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[edit] Davenport
I personally think that more attention should be done to Davenport, Iowa ==. Living there for along time, I KNOW there is alot missing from the article on it it. There is so much more that can be said about that city. Someone, please get some better pictures, I don't mind the ones that are there now, and I know they don't have to be pretty, but there's so much more to Davenport than what is being shown. I mean, come on you guys. Even Dubuque has a better article than Davenport (no offense to the people working on that article, but it seems like no one wants to put that much detail into Davenport). I think we should all get to working. Iamanadam 17:42, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Townships
I've begun creating articles for the townships in Iowa, attempting to include as much useful information as I can gather, and I wondered if this might be the time to set up some stub sorting to avoid having too many entries in the main Category:Iowa geography stubs category. This has been done in some other states, such as Indiana. Omnedon (talk) 14:34, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
- Speaking of which -- do the Iowa township articles that I've made so far look OK to people here? Omnedon (talk) 12:38, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
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- Thanks for the feedback. There is a small issue on which I believe there is need for some local input from people who have more direct knowledge of local government in Iowa. In some cases, I gather that townships were created to have the same boundaries as cities, such as with Centerville, Iowa in Appanoose County, Iowa. I included this township in the navigational template, since it does exist as a separate entity from the city and (I felt) therefore needed to be part of the list of townships. However, there is a different view that there should not be two links to the same article within the template. I do see the logic of this; however, although the city and township are described in the same article, it does refer to two separate entities with two similar but nevertheless different names and different GNIS IDs. One solution would be to go back to having a separate article for the township; the relevant township articles have so far been merged with the city articles, since there was not much unduplicated information. However, there might be more information that should be added to one that would not apply to the other, and vice versa. In any case, is there any guidance on what would be most appropriate from an Iowa standpoint, before this work proceeds much further? Thanks! Omnedon (talk) 03:33, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Clean up
I don't know how many people from the project are regularly active, but I just did a major clean up to the Iowa page. It still needs work, esp reformatting the sports, and maybe being pickier who we list as famous iowans. Also, it would be nice to add like an "attractions" section, listing major stuff such as adventure land, the amanas, and hoover stuff. that is where i'd need help, cause i'm not too familiar with attractions outside the QC area. I'm also going to reformat the "transportation" and "law and gov." sections to be more like minnesota, which is an FA. Also, i'm not sure we need the "Important cities and towns" section, since they are already listed on the template at the bottom Ctjf83 talk 20:49, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
- I definitely agree that the "Famous Iowans" section is getting really long because there aren't any standards for notability. I probably wouldn't object to it being deleted altogether -- considering that Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, or Missouri don't have such sections -- but I'll let the rest of the community decide. I've been really busy with other things lately so I haven't had time to do any significant improvements. --Iowahwyman (talk) 00:58, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Famous Iowans
Done cleaned up
- does anyone have ideas on cleaning up this section? Does everyone think it just needs a major clean up, with standards on listing people, or just delete it all together? It is very listcruftish as it stands now Ctjf83 talk 04:38, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Slipknot Peer Review
Recently I requested peer reviews for the article Slipknot (band), seeing as it's listed within your project I was wondering if a participant of the project could leave a review here. Rezter (talk) 14:37, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Request for assessment: Slipknot (band)
Over the past few weeks, I have added a lot of information to the article on slipknot (band). Would someone from WikiProject Iowa mind assessing it? It has passed as a GA and since the article has developed further and I feel it will be ready for a FAC soon. Rezter (talk) 12:05, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] I recently requested a peer review
Yesterday I applied for a peer review for the article Iowa Democratic caucuses, 2008. Since the article is officially within the scope of your Wikiproject, I was wondering whether someone would be willing to provide some feedback.--Dem393 (talk) 03:37, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] The Daily Iowan
Hi, could you please have a look at the current state of The Daily Iowan? There has been some dispute about the newspaper's practice of publishing criminal records. As I'm living on a different continent, I'm hoping that someone who knows the newspaper and the issues would be able to at least comment the recent edits. Thanks. Avij (talk) 12:44, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
