Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Massachusetts/Archive 3
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Military
I am with the Military History Task Force. I have come upon some article concerning Massachusetts and added them to your Military article sections. Feel free to added any additional inputs to the article and responses would be appreciated on my talk page.--Oldwildbill 10:52, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
Copyright/plagarism issue: Massachusetts Attorney General
I recently added a "possible copyright violation" tag ({{copyvio}}) to the Massachusetts Attorney General page. The Wikipedia article, written substantially by User:Markles, contains whole section copying from the Official AG's page at http://www.ago.state.ma.us/index.cfm. I suggest that you check the other pages in your Wikiproject to make sure there isn't other such material.--Assawyer 23:31, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Braintree, Massachusetts
I note that both Braintree, Massachusetts, and Quincy, Massachusetts, claim to be the birthplace of John Adams. Any idea which is right? Badbilltucker 20:34, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
- Theoretically, both are right. He was born in Quincy, which was at that time a part of Braintree. Speaking historically, he was born in Braintree. Speaking geographically, or in a contemporary context, Quincy. Sahasrahla 22:40, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
Invite
Wanted to let you know that WP:BIOGRAPHY has added a "work group" called Politics and government, and so wanted to invite you to participate on any biography-type articles. The section for MA is here and if there's interest, we can beef it up to look like the newly-created Virginia one plange 05:25, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Requested move "Boston, Massachusetts" to "Boston"
There is an ongoing survey to move the Boston city article to the unqualified name (without the state name). Please join the discussion at Talk:Boston, Massachusetts. --Polaron | Talk 05:44, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
Editors needed at UMassWiki!
If you're watching the University of Massachusetts Amherst article, you may have noticed it growing and growing and growing. It's gotten very large, and there are questions about what to do with all the information which may not meet Wikipedia notability standards if split off into separate articles.
Well, there is a place where all useful, interesting and fun information about UMass Amherst is welcome. That place is UMassWiki. I founded UMassWiki over a year ago. It's picked up steam since then and a lot of information has been added, but there are still a lot of gaps. The skeleton is all there in terms of categories and lists, but we still really need people to fill in those red links and expand all the stubs.
Aside from being a useful compendium of information about UMass Amherst and the surrounding area which is far more in-depth than this Wikipedia article can ever be, one of my hopes for UMassWiki is to be a fun resource as well. The criteria for inclusion of information is less strict on UMassWiki, and I'm really hoping to pick up some of the lore and legend that makes UMass what it is, for instance legends and ghost stories about dorms, trivia about certain buildings, and facts and tidbits about the surrounding towns that would never cut it in a "professional encyclopedia" but are interesting and useful to the UMass community.
Please consider contributing to UMassWiki. It's a well-maintained wiki, open edit (no account needed!). My ultimate goal is for the wiki to become a resource useful to every segment of the UMass community, from high school seniors researching schools to current undergrads and grad students to alumni looking to relive a bit of the past. We can only accomplish this together with help from wiki editors like yourselves. --Neurophyre(talk) 21:37, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
Invitation to new WikiProject
A new WikiProject has been started, and may be of interest to members here. It is WikiProject National Register of Historic Places. It covers all listings on the Register, in all states and territories. Should you be so inclined, please feel free to join. And spread the word to any other interested parties. -Ebyabe 19:44, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
Project directory
Hello. The WikiProject Council has recently updated the Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory. This new directory includes a variety of categories and subcategories which will, with luck, potentially draw new members to the projects who are interested in those specific subjects. Please review the directory and make any changes to the entries for your project that you see fit. There is also a directory of portals, at User:B2T2/Portal, listing all the existing portals. Feel free to add any of them to the portals or comments section of your entries in the directory. The three columns regarding assessment, peer review, and collaboration are included in the directory for both the use of the projects themselves and for that of others. Having such departments will allow a project to more quickly and easily identify its most important articles and its articles in greatest need of improvement. If you have not already done so, please consider whether your project would benefit from having departments which deal in these matters. It is my hope that all the changes to the directory can be finished by the first of next month. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. B2T2 19:03, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Boston Neighborhoods
I suggest we create a Boston Neighborhood section - There are already several articles on this topic and we could clean and standardize these
Climate
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This article lacks information about climate. Please add it if you can, citing reliable sources Many consider a climate section in an encyclopedia article about a nation/state/geographic region to be required. Please remove this message once this section has been written. |
Massachusetts lacks a section on climate. Jcam 21:19, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
Massholes
Doesn't anyone else think that Massholes should be with this wikiproject instead of New Hampshires? Caf3623 00:07, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Not sure if I even approve of the term. It seems to stem more for jealousy than anything. We may drive a little erratic but who has not gotten stuck behind a NH driver slowing to a stop through the "fast lane" on the pike only to realize that they do not have a fast lane pass and they back up into you.
Cowhampshire
How about creating a cowhampshire page?
WikiProject Boston
Looking for members to join Wikipedia:WikiProject Boston
Created Middle East nightclub article
I Created an article about the The Middle East (nightclub) and its notability is being questioned - Add your thoughts to the page. Markco1 23:31, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia Day Awards
Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 22:11, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
