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[edit] Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team cooperation

Hello. I'm a member of the Version 1.0 Editorial Team, which is looking to identify quality articles in Wikipedia for future publication on CD or paper. We recently began assessing articles using these criteria, and we are are asking for your help. As you are most aware of the issues surrounding your focus area, we are wondering if you could provide us with a list of the articles that fall within the scope of your WikiProject, and that are either featured, A-class, B-class, or Good articles, with no POV or copyright problems. Do you have any recommendations? If you do, please post your suggestions at the listing of all active Places WikiProjects, and if you have any questions, ask me in the Work Via WikiProjects talk page or directly in my talk page. Thanks a lot! Titoxd(?!? - help us) 18:50, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] COTW?

We should start a NYC COTW project, I think it would help out Wikipedia's NYC content a great deal. So many obvious articles are sorely lacking and could be improved greatly with a bit of focused attention. I mean, Chicago has one, so why not? I just thought I'd propose the idea before doing it myself, since I don't have too much time on my hands normally and don't want to feel responsible for the whole thing. --Tothebarricades 08:17, 27 March 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in New York

Many articles covered by this WikiProject lack photographs. As part of a subcategorization of the requested photos category, there is now a category for NY articles needing photos - to use it, just add {{reqphotoin|New York}} to the article's talk page. I have only added a few articles to the category so far, but it would be an easy way to make an extensive list NY-related articles lacking photos. I hope you find it useful!TheGrappler 06:31, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Archiving

This page was archived using the less popular method of permanent-link today. --DanDanRevolution 06:37, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Myrtle Ave

Seems like good old Murder Ave is an AfD: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Myrtle Avenue (New York City). Please feel free to weigh in, especially concerning the greater question: What's the standard for inclusion of streets? Thanks. --Howrealisreal 23:03, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nominate articles for Portal:United States

I've worked for the past month to update Portal:United States and keep it better maintained. Though, I think the Portal:United States would be even better with broader participation. One way to do that is instead of choosing the "selected article" myself each week, if others would nominate articles and help make decisions. (same goes for pictures, though these are stocked up through July 29) If there is anything related to NYC (or anything else related to the U.S. - culture, music, literature, geography, history, politics, ...), please nominate. I'd also like people to weigh in on the nominations and help select what should be featured. Thanks. -Aude (talk contribs) 23:43, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Help requested for the New York hotels page

The page New York City hotels has become nothing more than a spam magnet listing hotels. I do not want to tag it for deletion since obviously a lot of interesting things could be said about the history of hotels in New York and their role in the city's history. For instance, the Hotels in London page is pretty good and something of the same type would be a nice addition to the New York City Wikipedia content. Moreover, having a decent page would prevent spammers from simply adding their hotel to the list! I do not know enough about the subject to do this myself but I am hoping someone on your project can tackle this. Thanks in advance for your help. Pascal.Tesson 17:04, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] standardization of neighborhood articles?

Please forgive me for sounding ignorant; I'm sort of new at this. I saw on the project page that one of our goals was standardization, and was wondering if this meant detailing a standard format to apply to (for example) all the neighborhoods in Manhattan etc.

If so, are we brainstorming categories, or is there already a set format that everyone has come up with already that just hasn't been implemented yet?

If we are still in the process of coming up with a format, if that is what we are trying to do at all, I thought the format of the Harlem entry looked pretty good. Something along the lines of this:

  1. Geography
    1. Location and boundaries
    2. neighboring communities
    3. transportation (?)
  2. Culture/Characteristics/Politics
    1. demographics/stats
  3. History
  4. Landmarks
  5. Education (?)
  6. Parks/Recreation (?)
  7. Famous people
  8. Pop culture references
  9. External links
  10. References

What do you all think? Drenched 03:57, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

This approach would be a good start. In addition to location and boundaries, ideally there should be maps showing the location, with appropriate fuzziness at the edges, where there are differencs of opinion. Neighboring communities should also be listed. We should also try to get demographic stats, where available, though the lack of formal boundaries makes this much harder. I think we're still in the early stages, where most articles exist, but there is no consistency. Why not start with a sample neighborhood and use it as a model. Alansohn 13:19, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Boundaries are definitely an issue. I found a great website that can give census information for zip codes (could be complicated because of neighborhood size) that might be helpful. here is an example for 11220 (sunset park). (The "show more" links are excellent.) --Howrealisreal 01:55, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
Wow, that looks like a great source. Okay, I will choose a neighborhood and try to apply this format to it then and then post it here. But is it poor etiquette to just barge in and change the organization/titles though, or is that okay and just being "bold"? --Drenched 02:28, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
Should high schools & universities be included and/or given a section? How about major streets? Drenched 04:23, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tompkins Square Park Riot

I just spun Tompkins Square Park Riot off from Tompkins Square Park - it still has some tone issues and could use some attention from people more familiar with NYC than myself. Thanks. --W.marsh 17:18, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Call for Subway Station Photos from WP:NYCS

I think the title pretty much says it all. Over at WP:NYCS, we have an article for every subway station in the system, but we're missing photos for at least half of the stations. If you have a camera and ride the train, I'd encourage you to take a photo or two of your local station. It doesn't have to be anything controversial (just the entranceway is OK). Thanks, alphaChimp laudare 14:39, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

All right. Hooray anti-terrorism laws! --Drenched 04:00, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
Heh. Actually, my understanding is that it is not breaking the law. The NYPD may beg to differ though... alphaChimp laudare 04:11, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
What is the current status of the photography ban anyway? I had trouble finding info about it on the MTA website. Was it ever dropped or is it still current? --Drenched 04:54, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
My understanding is that it was dropped all the way back a year ago. The current rule says that amateur photography is permitted as long as you're not using fancy lights or "ancillary equipment". I read it here. By the way, what I'm saying does appear to be the consensus from everyone I've talked to on WP:NYCS. Unfortunately, it appears transit dropped the proposed rule so quietly that most new yorkers think photography is still banned. alphaChimp laudare 05:02, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for the update, that's great news! I've never heard of it being dropped and I knew of people being harrassed for picture taking in the not-so-distant-past, so I wasn't sure. And just now, I found this discussion about inconsistencies in law enforcement which I found somewhat amusing. So thanks for the official update on things! --Drenched 05:27, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Neighborhood naming convention

In case anyone hadn't noticed, Wikipedia:Communities strawpoll is voting on a uniform naming convention for all neighborhoods of U.S. cities. The proposition currently leading by a wide margin would apparently entail renaming most New York City neighborhood articles to something like neighborhood, New York, New York. older ≠ wiser 19:05, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

What would that mean, for example, for Park Slope, Brooklyn? Some possible interpretations:
  1. Park Slope, New York, New York
  2. Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York
  3. Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York, New York
I don't want to get into hair-splitting for its own sake, but New York City is an exception to just about every "rule" appling to U.S. geography. We're one city with five counties, for starters, instead of the other way around like most other urban parts of the country.  — AnnaKucsma   (Talk to me!) 18:58, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Is there a WikiProject New York City project banner?

I'm making a list of WikiProject banners, and don't see one for this project? Did I miss it somewhere? Badbilltucker 16:59, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 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 19:09, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Upcoming NYC Meetup

You wanted to know when the next meetup was being organized in New York City. Plan for Saturday, 9 December 2006. While you're at it. Come help us decide on a restaurant. See: Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC. Spread the word. Thanks. —ExplorerCDT 22:52, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Adopt-an-Article (yes, the section name is meant as humor)

I'd like to know if there's an approvals process for labelling existing articles as being a part of the project. I ask because the 1960 New York air disaster article was "adopted" by Wikipedia:WikiProject Disaster Management. Shouldn't we claim joint custody, at the very least?  — AnnaKucsma   (Talk to me!) 18:51, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of streetcar lines in Queens

Members might be interested in the new article list of streetcar lines in Queens. I've also been working on Long Island Rail Road and many of its related articles. --NE2 14:36, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia Club of New York

Come see: Wikipedia:Wikipedia Club of New York. —ExplorerCDT 14:27, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 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 22:16, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Downtown Brooklyn"

Is this neighborhood always known as "Downtown Brooklyn", or is it sometimes known as simply downtown when the context is clearly talking about Brooklyn? Thank you. --NE2 06:22, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New York Amateur Computer Club invitation

The New York Amateur Computer Club (www.nyacc.org) has requested that someone involved with Wikipedia give the a presentation. (I have directed them to this thread). Would anyone be interested in doing it? Raul654 21:14, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Standard blank map and infobox for neighborhoods

I've edited some Manhattan neighborhood articles, and I've noticed that boundaries are, even when well defined, hard to figure for someone who isn't in New York. I started the article Two Bridges, Manhattan, and I have to admit, if I didn't actually walk on those streets, I'd never know where the neighborhood is. It seems better to show

I'm not Wiki-savvy enough to know how to create an infobox, but I think one would be really useful, especially since a lot of bare minimum info that every 'hood article should have. It could contain:

  • Rough map showing the location
  • Generally agreed upon boundaries, N/E/S/W
  • Neighboring neighborhoods
  • Subway lines serving the neighborhood
  • Zip code(s)
  • Community Board

At the very least, is there a simple public domain map of the island where one could just fill in the neighborhood? Mosmof 18:14, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Maps are do-able. I have GIS map files for community boards, zip codes (really want that included?), subway lines, etc. The data can be used to (1) make the maps (2) largely automate generation of infoboxes by querying and pulling in the attribute information for each neighborhood. --Aude (talk) 18:52, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

I was thinking something like the map on the New York City page, which just shows its relative location in the state. I'm not sure I completely understand GIS, but it sounds good. Mosmof 19:25, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Ideally we could take something like Image:Manhattan 1920.png, and convert it to SVG to use as a base. It would be tedious and would need updating though. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 22:02, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New template {{NYCMayors}}

I created today. Has some redlinks. - Tragic Baboon (banana receptacle) 21:24, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Philadelphia meetup

For anyone interested in attending, there's a meetup in Philly on March 4. See Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia 3 Raul654 07:35, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Possible Merging/Deletion of Category:Streets in New York City

Posted this at the NYC Transportation WIkiProject too: Just thought I'd drop by to make you aware of a move by a user who has categorized himself as a 'Mergist Wikipedian' to delete 'Category:Streets in New York City', so that it may be ultimately merged into a single 'Streets and Squares' category. If you wish to express an opinion, the place to do it is here. --Keefer4 | Talk 02:01, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Photo request

Hello. I was wondering if anyone has or could take some photos of 55 Central Park West so I could use them in Ivo Shandor, an article I am working on improving, for obvious reasons. : ) I would greatly appreciate it as I am near Chicago with no plans to be in New York anytime soon. Thanks ahead of time. IvoShandor 13:43, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Request for advice: which streets in Manhattan are major?

I'm working on a map of Manhattan, showing general traffic patterns with the one-way roadways. Obviously the avenues are all major, and so are the wider two-way streets. But how about Lower Manhattan: there are some obvious ones like Broadway and Trinity Place/Church Street, but there seem to be a large number of roughly equal streets. Does anyone have any good ideas for how I can decide which ones to include? Thank you. --NE2 19:05, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

I have requested a move on Talk:Grand Army Plaza-Prospect Park (IRT Eastern Parkway Line). --NE2 16:21, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Brooklyn neighborhoods

Can someone more familiar with Brooklyn neighborhoods than I please fill in the first column of IND Culver Line#Station listing? Thank you. --NE2 15:07, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Central Park West

Central Park West Historic District, an article (collection of articles) I have been putting some effort into, is undergoing a current peer review. Any comments from NYC natives would be most helpful. Please consider posting some comments on the review.

In addition see (feel free to comment on the talk pages):

Thanks ahead of time for any help, it will be much appreciated. IvoShandor 15:39, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Project User Box?

Is there a project userbox? (WikiProject King Arthur is still fairly young, and there's already a box for it, which can be seen on my user page.)  — AnnaKucsma   (Talk to me!)

I have designed this one User:Roosterrulez/Wikiproject New York City
This user is a member of WikiProject New York City

. I will add it to the wikiproject page but if anyone doesn't like it feel free to edit it.http://roosterton.myminicity.com/ please go onto it (talk) 14:37, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Comment: I find the background color too saturated, so that it renders the link to the project page hard to read. I would consider a much less saturated background color, either dark or light, but chosen so that text of various colors are easy to read. Gosgood (talk) 15:00, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Do you and everyone like the newly changed userbox? Feel free to say your opinion and put it onto your userpage!!ROOSTER (talk) 19:05, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

I like the new one! Adding it now! -Herenthere (Talk) 03:17, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Peer review request

Lately, I've been working to bring the WTC article, and its subarticles to featured status. Right now, one is at peer review - Wikipedia:Peer review/Design and construction of the World Trade Center. It covers historical/planning aspects, as well as structural design and construction. Before going to WP:FAC, this article can use some folks to look it over and make suggestions, make sure it's not missing any important details, etc. Any help with reviewing the article would be most appreciated. --Aude (talk) 15:58, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Biographies

Do you guys cover biographies of people born in New York as within your scope? Was just about to tag one but I'm not sure if that's within your scope :). SeveroTC 23:26, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New York Yankees GA/R

New York Yankees has been nominated for a good article review. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to good quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are delisted. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. --TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 21:41, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Photos needed at 2007 Brooklyn tornado

Anyone with photos of the tornado damage are encouraged to upload them and link to the 2007 Brooklyn tornado article. Dhaluza 03:10, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Expert review: New York Hamster House

As part of the Notability wikiproject, I am trying to sort out whether New York Hamster House is notable enough for an own article. I would appreciate an expert opinion. For details, see the article's talk page. If you can spare some time, please add your comments there. Thanks! --B. Wolterding 09:05, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 1994 subway firebombings

I'd like to write an article about the 1994 subway firebombings, but I'm not sure how to title it. I'd put it under the name of the perpetrator, but that might not fit with BLP. Any better names that I haven't seen? Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 18:03, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

It depends. Is your focus the perpetrator or the incident? The comparisons I can think of are Virginia Tech massacre and Seung-Hui Cho both have articles, American Airlines Flight 63 and Richard Colvin Reid both have articles, and Long Island Rail Road massacre redirects to Colin Ferguson. TLK'in 05:02, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] CU tunnels

Participants of the NYC Wikiproject may want to comment about this: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Columbia University tunnels Wl219 04:14, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] picture of Vincent-Marie Viénot de Vaublanc request

  • hello

i'd like to have a fair use picture of the bust of Comte de Vaublanc by Dupaty displays at Dahesh museum of art, 580 Madison avenue http://www.daheshmuseum.org/collection/detail.php?object=dupatyc_1 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aymeric78 (talk • contribs) 17:32, 24 January 2008 (UTC) thank a lot Aymeric78 16:38, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Category for Deletion: Grand Street (New York City)

There is an active deletion discussion (here) for Category:Grand Street (New York City).

This category caught my attention when I noticed its parent category, Category:Streets in New York City. Someone had elevated Grand Street to a significance beyond its actual importance in New York City. Doesn't that look a little peculiar, with Grand Street as the only street "spanning" multiple boroughs?

Very few NYC streets have their own category, and generally they are more notable than Grand Street. Beyond that, I don't know of another case where identically-named streets in different boroughs are treated as if they're the same street, as has been done here.

If this were perpetuated, there would be a mess of unmaintainable categories. Fortunately, the example hasn't been emulated. But because it hasn't been, what's been done with Grand Street stands out as being rather peculiar. Marc Shepherd 02:26, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Are you saying that streets spanning multiple boroughs should not be allowed to have categories? Or, that spanning multiple boroughs makes a street appear more "significant" than it is?
As for the facts: In the 19th century the two major roads leading to New York City were the Boston Post Road and the East Post Road. The Boston Post Road followed the route of Broadway across Westchester County, Bronx and Manhattan, while the East Post Road from Long Island followed Grand Street through Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan. We have a category for Broadway, but for some reason it is not included in Category:Streets in New York City. -- Petri Krohn 02:05, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
Surely you can see that this page looks a little peculiar? Someone seems to have a fetish about this one rather unremarkable street. If this category should exist, then there are about 8 dozen others that should exist, but do not. The category for Broadway, you will note, is about the theater district, not the thoroughfare. Marc Shepherd 02:19, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
Would it please you if Category:Grand Street (New York City) was removed from Category:Streets in New York City and placed in Category:Streets in Manhattan AND Category:Streets in Brooklyn AND Category:Streets in Queens? I would not object. -- Petri Krohn 02:30, 2 October 2007 (UTC)


That would be fine with me, and I will withdraw the CfD (or at least, my support of it). Marc Shepherd 12:29, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New template for streets and IRC channel

I am in the middle of creating an infobox for streets in New York city. Also I have now opened an IRC channel for the project at #wikipedia-nyc. Leave your comments.Mitch32contribs 23:12, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] PROD & AFD: List of restaurants in New York City

Resolved.

List of restaurants in New York City (via WP:PROD on 2007-10-19) Kept

List of restaurants in New York City at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of restaurants in New York City (2007-10-19 – 2007-10-25) Deleted

--User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 02:41, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
updated --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 00:02, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
updated --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 00:44, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
Someone has removed the "prod" from that article. If you want to put in a formal AfD, I would support it. This is not a list of notable restaurants. It's a list of restaurants that happen to have Wikipedia articles. Since the category tells you that, it's basically redundant. Anyone who lives in New York would know that this list is laughable. Marc Shepherd 12:36, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New York City Meetup

The Brooklyn Bridge New York City Meetup


Next: Saturday November 3rd, Brooklyn Museum area
Last: 8/12/2007
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The agenda for the next meetup includes the formation of a Wikimedia New York City local chapter. Hope to see you there!--Pharos 20:28, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Recent changes on New York City article

Hi there has been a flurry of activity on images on the New York City article. I think they need a little more collaborative attention and invite other editors' opinions: Talk:New_York_City#Images_need_attention. Thanks -- SiobhanHansa 14:54, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Photo request: Cross Bronx Expressway

If anybody has any photos of the Cross Bronx Expressway, can you please upload them and add them to commons:Category:Cross Bronx Expressway? Thank you. --NE2 23:25, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed deletion notification: Atlas (building)

Atlas (building) (via WP:PROD) a 46 story building in Manhattan

--User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 00:45, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] January NYC Meetup

New York City Meetup


Next: Sunday January 13th, Columbia University area
Last: 11/3/2007
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This will be the second of the meetups with a session dedicated to discussing meta:Wikimedia New York City issues. We will also have activities scheduled after the session, with dinner at a local restaurant and (weather permitting) some late-night astronomy thrown in.

We are also in discussion on other possible activities like a special guided tour of the American Museum of Natural History or the Columbia University libraries. --Pharos (talk) 15:51, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New York City Fire Department

Ladies and gents, this article could use some TLC. The Bravest deserve a better article than the one they have. Please clean it up, add citations and get this thing on track to being a GA or FA. Thanks, --Daysleeper47 (talk) 20:46, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tompkins Square Park Police Riot (1988) GA Sweeps Review: On Hold

As part of the WikiProject Good Articles, we're doing sweeps to go over all of the current GAs and see if they still meet the GA criteria. I'm specifically going over all of the "World History-Americas" articles and just reviewed Tompkins Square Park Police Riot (1988). I believe the article currently meets the majority of the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. In reviewing the article, I have found there are some issues consideringe sourcing that should be addressed, and I'll leave the article on hold for seven days for them to be fixed. I am leaving this message at this project page, along with the other relevant task forces/WikiProjects/editors to the article, since the article falls under this topic and figured you might be interested in helping to improve the article further. The article needs just a few more inline citations and some minor cleanup, and if fixed, I'll pass the article. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page, and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. --Nehrams2020 (talk) 08:05, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Updating of FA and GA lists on project page

Hey, I do not belong to this project and was uneasy about adding them myself, but there are several FA-class and GA-class articles within the New York City project that are not listed on the project page. Perhaps someone who is authorized could add these? According to this, Stuyvesant High School is a FA, and according to this, GA-class NYC articles are East 233rd Street (Bronx), Gowanus Canal, Gun Hill Road (Bronx), Harlem, J. D. Salinger, Jonathan Lethem, Manhattan, Milton Friedman, New York Draft Riots, New York University, Nikola Tesla, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, The CIA and September 11 (book), Transportation in New York City, and Wall Street. Hobbesy3 (talk) 03:05, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New York Dialect

I didn't see the New York dialect page linked here. Since I haven't been involved in this project, I don't want to add it myself, but I have been involved in the page, and I think it certainly is relevant. mnewmanqc (talk) 02:08, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cliff Dwelling

Here's a request for the West Side editors: please upload a photograph of the Cliff Dwelling (96th and Riverside). It's one of the earliest forerunners of the art deco style and good be a good subject for a short article. DurovaCharge! 00:34, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimania 2009

I don't see NYC down as a bidding city for Wikimania 2009 or for any of the previous Wikimanias. Seems kind of odd to me. Does anyone else think a bid should be put in? —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 22:05, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New Netherland

Are New Netherland-related articles within the scope of this project, such as New Netherland, Adriaen van der Donck, Peter Stuyvesant? – Ilse@ 09:17, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Collapse of the World Trade Center GA Sweeps Review: On Hold

As part of the WikiProject Good Articles, we're doing sweeps to go over all of the current GAs and see if they still meet the GA criteria. I'm specifically going over all of the "World History-Americas" articles and just reviewed Collapse of the World Trade Center. I believe the article currently meets the majority of the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article if several issues are addressed. In reviewing the article, I have found there are some issues concerning sourcing and the lead that should be addressed, and I'll leave the article on hold for seven days for them to be fixed. I am leaving this message at this project page, along with the other relevant task forces/WikiProjects to the article, since the article falls under this topic and figured you might be interested in helping to improve the article further. The article needs just a few more inline citations and some minor cleanup, and if fixed, I'll pass the article. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page, and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Happy editing! --Nehrams2020 (talk) 00:42, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New York Draft RIots FA collaboration

A couple months ago I reviewed The New York Draft Riots for GA status and I passed it. I looked at the page again and it's really coming along so I was thinking that if we added more information to it we could try to nominate it for Featured Article. There are many resources to get information like the Ric Burns documentary New York, to the exhibit at the New York Historical Society website about this. New York Divided So who's with me on this? Bernstein2291 (talk) 02:14, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson on Peer Review

The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson has recently been passed as a Good Article, and is currently undergoing a Peer Review. Any comments/feedback on how to further improve the article's quality would be most appreciated, at Wikipedia:Peer review/The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson/archive1. Cirt (talk) 06:07, 10 January 2008 (UTC).

  • Peer review has been archived, thanks to those who gave feedback. Cirt (talk) 03:18, 21 January 2008 (UTC).

[edit] Bridge Cats

Hey, you hard working editors who seem to be getting into an edit war over parent categories in multiple articles about bridges including Bayonne Bridge. Please, discuss the matter in some forum and don't just revert each other. Jim.henderson (talk) 22:18, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] March NYC Meetup

New York City Meetup


Next: Sunday March 16th, Columbia University area
Last: 1/13/2008
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In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, and have salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the last meeting's minutes).

In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and (weather permitting) hold a late-night astronomy event at Columbia's telescopes.

You can add or remove your name from the New York City Meetups invite list at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Invite list.--Pharos (talk) 23:41, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mailing list

A mailing list has been created for New York City-area Wikimedians. Please consider joining the mailing list at mail:wikimedia nyc. Cbrown1023 talk 18:03, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Exciting photography event with Columbia University students

Please check out Wikipedia:Wikipedia Takes Manhattan. Any suggestions for articles that need specific (or better) photographs would be appreciated.--Pharos (talk) 20:43, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Last chance to help with Wikipedia Takes Manhattan goal list

We're going to print out the instruction packets late night Wednesday or so, so now's your last chance to add your requests to Wikipedia:Wikipedia Takes Manhattan/Goals. Thanks!.--Pharos (talk) 20:10, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia Takes Manhattan postponed to Friday April 4th

All other details remain the same. You have a little more time for the goal list now. Thanks.--Pharos (talk) 18:27, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] need photo of Met artifact

Fellow Wikipedians: If any of you are at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, I could use a photo of the ancient Jalisco figurine in the "Africa, Oceania, & The Americas" shown here at Flickr. I have asked the Flickr photog to use this photo, but he balked at allowing commercial use.

I would like to use this photo in the Western Mexico shaft tomb tradition article, although it would also be appropriate for the Mesoamerican ballgame article and perhaps others. The "horn" at the top of his head is my particular focus, since horned figurines are common in the shaft tomb tradition. Thanks, Madman (talk) 00:00, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] June 2008 NYC Meetup

New York City Meetup


Next: Sunday June 1st, Columbia University area
Last: 3/16/2008
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In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, elect a board of directors, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the last meeting's minutes).

We'll also review our recent Wikipedia Takes Manhattan event, and make preparations for our exciting successor Wiki Week bonanza, being planned with Columbia University students for September or October.

In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and (weather permitting) hold a late-night astronomy event at Columbia's telescopes.

You can add or remove your name from the New York City Meetups invite list at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Invite list.

Also, check out our regional US Wikimedia chapters blog Wiki Northeast (and we're open to guest posts).--Pharos (talk) 02:18, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Participants

Should I remove the inactive members from the list? Or at least strike them? Enigma message 20:32, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Merge proposal

There's been a merge suggestion on Talk:Celebrations_of_the_September_11,_2001_attacks#Merge.3F. JaakobouChalk Talk 19:17, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] New York Trip - Photos

Greetings all! I will be going on a trip to New York in early September, and will be taking my trusty digital camera with me. I'll have a few hours to spare each day to wander around, and was wondering if there were any specific photos that this wikiproject wanted from the city itself? I guess a list of requests would be best, and when I go onn holiday I'll snap as many as I can and then upload them. Cheers! Skinny87 (talk) 22:24, 4 June 2008 (UTC)