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I am new at this, so any edits are appreciated and thanks for in advance. CodeCarpenter 15:47, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

I know we Miamians are pretty disorganized and lazy, heh, but we should get started up on this project, who wants to group up and take on the challenge? -- SmthManly / ManlyTalk / ManlyContribs 22:29, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Change of Name

Shoudnt this WP be changed to WikiProject:South Florida since it talks about all of South Florida not just Miami. Arigont 21:23, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree that a more generic "WikiProject South Florida" would be better.--JEF 21:58, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

I meant for this to be specific to the city, but perhaps there can be a separate one for South Florida. I Saw that there is one for Southern California, but most of these projects are at the city level. CodeCarpenter 16:05, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
It should have stayed Wikiproject:Miami. Skillz187 19:12, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
I think that would have been too narrow a focus. Look at the Dallas/Fort Worth WikiProject where they did it on the whole metropolitan area. I decided to expand the scope (I did not change the title because it would have been too time consuming to change everything) because I felt that the line between the counties were almost indistinguisable at times (i.e. sports teams like the Florida Marlins). If you do not have a map with the county line you would not know where Dade ends and Broward begins unless you lived on the county line like me.--JEF 19:55, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
I get what you mean, and I agree that we should leave it a South Florida thing, but it looks funny having a Boca Raton page with a category reading "Wikiproject: Miami." As time consuming as changing the name may be, we might as well change the project to 'Wikiproject: South Florida.'Skillz187 02:53, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
I checked to see examples of it being done before and from what I can gather it has never been attempted before (from all the city WikiProjects and other ones I have seen so it would be going into uncharted territory where we may be left with a mess and no going back.--JEF 00:19, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Historic Pictures

A plea for pictures of US historic places in and around Miami, that is. I'm with WP:NRHP and live in Florida, and am trying to get photos of all the state sites. But being in the northern part of the state, it'll be some time before I can make it down there.

Dade County (I know, but I grew up in Miami in the 60's and 70's, and it'll always be just Dade County to me) has the most sites in the state, over 160. A few articles have pictures, but most don't. I have a checklist of sorts here. Any help y'all can provide would be appreciated. And, hey, an excuse to get away from the computer and out and about in the sun, not a bad thing, doncha know. :) -Ebyabe 20:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Scope of the Project

I think people need to make a decision on what the exact scope of this project is. Is it Miami, the Greater Miami Area, Miami-Dade County, or South Florida? For example, I wrote an article on the Holocaust Memorial on Miami Beach, and it was tagged and assessed as part of this project. It's quite clearly on Miami Beach, which is not part of Miami, but is considered to be part of the Greater Miami Area. So what is the boundary going to be? JDS2005 20:49, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

We are still debating that. Right now, we are focusing on Miami, but I think we all want to enlarge the project to encompass South Florida. The reason I have not changed it is because it is drastic for such a young WikiProject, and it is a hassle.--JEF 03:06, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Importance

Who rates the importance of these articles and on what criteria are they rated? JDS2005 21:42, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

The articles are judged based on the Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Release Version Criteria and are judged mainly by WikiProject Miami members but anyone can give and update ratings. Right now, I am giving preliminary assessments of all the WikiProject Miami articles, but the ratings can be debated later because they of their subjective nature.--JEF 03:00, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Subprojects

Hey everyone. I don't want to go messing around with coding that you all don't want messed with.. but its much wiser to transclude a page (like on your subprojects, under "ideal article") using the following syntax: {{article name}}. This way, it will stay up to date and it won't muddy up the coding on your subproject pages. Cheers! -- drumguy8800 C T 06:45, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Miami Portal

So are we ever going to have a functioning Miami portal? =] Skillz187 23:42, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Featured Picture Candidate

Guys, a photograph of the Miami Skyline is a candidate for featured pictures! Support it here Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Miami Skyline! Skillz187 20:26, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Meetup/Miami 2

New wikimeetup Miami set for around late August, if anyone is intrested. We need to set a place in the talk page though. Thanks Jaranda wat's sup 21:20, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Henry S. West Laboratory School

This project may be interested in commenting at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Henry S. West Laboratory School. TerriersFan 02:30, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Images for deletion/Downtownmiami.gif

The map graphic Image:Downtownmiami.gif has been nominated for deletion. Project members may be interested in commenting at the discussion here.

Likely to close within the next couple of days, or sooner. Jheald 19:28, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rilya Wilson case

I'd like to add the Rilya Wilson article to the project. I don't know how to do it exactly. Just add the template to the Talk page? - Cyborg Ninja 04:35, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed deletion: Micah Armstrong

Micah Armstrong (via WP:PROD) better known as Brother Micah, an open-air preacher

--User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 18:45, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Meetup/Miami 2.

The meetup in Miami was originally planned for August/September, but we'll probably be having it around January. Feel free to participate in the planning (exact date/place not decided upon) if you're interested. · AndonicO Talk 23:14, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Carl G. Fisher FAR

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[edit] Article abandoned in user space

User:Seedvp/Sunset Elementary School, about a school in Miami, probably could be moved to main space. The user has not posted since September 22, and so is probably not active. I did unlink categories and a template in the article from main space, so those should be restored if the article is moved to main space. -- Donald Albury 13:00, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Change of Project Name

If this project is focusing on South Florida, why is it named WP Miami? Miami is not the center of South Florida when South Florida is composed of 3 counties and Miami is in just one of them. WP Florida is culling their articles and tagging a number of them WP Miami. I think a name change is in order not to confuse people. KnightLago 15:46, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Also, I am willing to help with the work needed to change the name. KnightLago 15:59, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
See discussion on the top of this page for the answer to your question. If you can change the name of the project without creating a mess than go ahead, but it involves changes of all the subpages and categories, and when I looked it had never been done before (either a wikiproject started off as a regional project or it didn't). I decided to expand the scope of the project because Miami was too specific of a project, but I think a name change would be too much of a hassle.--JEF 21:29, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
For what it's worth, {{TampaWikiproject}} and {{WikiProject Jacksonville}} are also covering their respective MSAs. While I would like to see names that better reflect the scopes of all three projects, sometimes we have to live with what we have. -- Donald Albury 21:51, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
I understand what you are both saying, but it is pretty clear that most people think the name should change and the only thing holding people up is the work invovled. I am not going to do anything hasty, I'll first try and recruit some more help from editors experienced in this. Also, I think some of the work, such as substituting templates, could be done by a bot. If I find that it is too much work I will leave it alone. But I might as well try and see how hard it would be first. I will comment here and then wait a day or two before doing anything if I go that route. KnightLago 21:59, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
I started a thread to look for help and guidance, see Wikipedia_talk:Requested_moves#HELP_moving_an_ENTIRE_WikiProject. KnightLago 22:39, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Next Florida Meetup

Please feel free to discuss the next Florida meetup location(s) here. - Jameson L. Tai talk ♦ contribs 22:50, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] List of Registered Historic Places in Miami-Dade County, Florida

Any help in filling the image holes on the newly table-ized list would be greatly appreciated. Or Monroe, Broward or Palm Beach, for that matter. Cheers! :) --Ebyabe (talk) 00:05, 18 May 2008 (UTC)