Portal talk:Philadelphia

Maintenance
This is nice, but who is going to maintain this?evrik 20:04, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, in fact, we shopuld take turns. --South Philly 04:07, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
 * What do you mean? Medvedenko 20:16, 9 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I think it was a request for volunteers to coordinate each month. --evrik 18:58, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, exactly. --South Philly 00:41, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

On another note Portal/Directory listed me as the coordinator. I want to help, but don't think i have the time as the coordinator of this. I am hoping that others will volunteer. --South Philly 00:41, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I put your name there along with mine, because you had been maintaining the portal since creating it and I plan to help as long as I contribute to Wikipedia. Medvedenko 01:19, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

hi evrik (still around? others have disappeared...): Seems no one is maintaining this portal anymore, at least not monthly, maybe decadely? ;) Should really choose a single featured image, article & bio that's more useful and welcoming (rather than riots, etc.) for the occasional passer-by (about 30 a day based on page stats). Maybe a recent skyline image, and either the Independence Hall or City Hall article (though not 'featured', still fairly good), and Ben Franklin's bio, or a current sports figure, or the mayor? Also, the news box could be removed in favor of just the link at bottom of page, and DYK/quotes boxes could be made short static lists, or just removed unless someone wants to keep them updated regularly. This editor's not volunteering for regular maintenance, but will at least do the previous suggestions, probably in a few days unless there's an objection. Cheers. Brian W. Schaller (talk) 01:47, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I stopped tending to this at least eight years ago. --evrik (talk) 20:34, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

OK, looks like the boxes are randomized via the template - didn't realize that. Still, there are a lot of (comically) disparaging "quotes" (attributed but w/o sources) throughout the archives. Oh well, seems even most Fluffyans hate their own city. ;) Anyway, the news box link provides no real updated recent news, and the DYK box seems like it wasn't used after the first few months, a decade ago. Time to remove those boxes as they're just wasting reader's time & screen space... Done. Brian W. Schaller (talk) 07:29, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Feel free to improve this. --evrik (talk) 20:34, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

February 2010
I'm a rookie at Wikipedia, but I would like to post this as the featured picture for February 2010: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Philadelphia/Selected_picture_archive If anyone could do this for me, I appreciate it. I've had no luck. Thanks. BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 03:25, 1 February 2010 (UTC)BoringHistoryGuy
 * I added the picture for you. The pictures are randomly selected from a list and are not selected for an entire month. Medvedenko (talk) 02:43, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

June 2007
Just did it. Almost last minute --evrik (talk) 18:58, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

July 2006
I just finishd secting articles for the month. --evrik 04:13, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Just a small thought-- Is there a better color we could select? This one is the default, I think AdamBiswanger1 02:05, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Does it matter? --evrik 22:29, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes. New to Wikipedia?  See Introduction, and Portal. AdamBiswanger1 18:10, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Are you saying that because you're relatively new to wikipedia (two months) that you need guidance? I'm not clear on what you're trying to say. --evrik 17:04, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Can't we just be friends? AdamBiswanger1 17:10, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

August 2006

 * Done -South Philly 04:06, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

September 2006

 * Done --evrik 18:40, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

October 2006

 * -South Philly 04:06, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
 * -Medvedenko 03:37, 28 September 2006 (UTC) I'll take it up since South Philly has not been around recently.
 * Good catch. --evrik 19:55, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

November 2006

 * (Open)

December 2006

 * (Open)

Feature Status
Do we want to apply for feature status? --South Philly 00:41, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
 * MMMMaybe ... -evrik 03:45, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Its close I think, two problems I feel is the intro needs tightening and they will object to any use of Fair Use images. Medvedenko 01:19, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Arts
Interesting idea... think you should have asked first? --evrik 15:00, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I wonder what others think about keeping this section. I don't think there enough good articles related to Philadelphia to fill up three infoboxes. Medvedenko 20:41, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Sports
Should we add a box for sports related information. --South Philly 04:08, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I think that would be too much, we have four selected article sections here already. Sports can be featured in any of the existing categories, I would even count it as part of culture. Medvedenko 20:16, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Selected anniversaries
I have added a selected anniversaries section to this page. I'm keeping it hidden until the New Year, because I'm replacing the Music Arts & Culture section with it. This frees up a lot more articles to be selected between the Selected biography and Selected article sections. There are just not enough non stub culture articles to make that section worthwhile. Selected anniversaries can include any type of Philadelphia related topic, no matter the quality of the article. Medvedenko 04:03, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Here is a link to the Music, Arts & Culture archive for prosperity. Portal:Philadelphia/Music, Arts & Culture archive/2006.
 * I like the idea of the music and culture. I would say we should keep it to highlight music and the performing arts. I'll write more when I have more time. --evrik (talk) 21:43, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Images tagged for deletion
The following images have been tagged for deletion, at first on grounds that their descriptions do not show their source URLs. Five or more of these are in Philadelphia and illustrate articles about their sites. At least one has been a Philadelphia portal DYK or other featured photo. 1. Image:JohnColtraneHouse.png 2. Image:MtPleasantFairmountPk.jpg 3. Image:PhilaSchoolofDesign.jpg 4. Image:RaceStMeetinghouse.jpg 5. Image:USSBecuna.jpg 6. Image:Cliveden-mansion.png 7. Image:Stenton-mansion.png 8. Image:St-James-the-Less-Church.png 9. Image:PennaAcademyofFineArts.png 10. Image:Woodford-mansion.png 11. Image:Wyck.png

The first 5 are probably copied from National Historic Landmark program webpages of the National Park Service (NPS), and if locations are provided then there is a further issue that they are probably in violation of copyright. Not all images on NPS webpages are public domain. These images were tagged as being taken by a NPS employee but that is not documented. The NPS also uses photos taken by others, and those are not public domain. The uploader has been notified. If others wish to address these problems by providing URLs, please do. Otherwise they will be deleted. Personally, I feel conflicted about proceeding with this, as I have also worked on articles about Philadelphia area sites, such as List of National Historic Landmarks in Philadelphia and it is my wish for such articles to be well illustrated, but this is where i am at in discussion with the uploader on his talk page. No hard feelings intended. (similar notice posted elsewhere, too) doncram (talk) 00:51, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, OK, I added sources.--BillFlis (talk) 14:10, 22 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I added some info. These should go to the commons. --evrik (talk) 18:44, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Byberry Mental Hospital
To whom it may concern, I am the daughter of a patient who is admitted to Byberry —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.54.62.87 (talk) 14:47, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * ? --evrik (talk) 15:33, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

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