Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Alabama/Archive 4

US Collaboration reactivated & Portal:United States starting next
Casliber recently posted a suggestion on the talk page for WikiProject United States about getting the US Wikipedians Collaboration page going again in an effort to build up articles for GA through FA class. See U.S. Wikipedians' notice board/USCOTM. After several days of work from him the page is up and ready for action. A few candidates have already been added for you to vote on or you can submit one using the directions provided. If you are looking for inspiration here is a link to the most commonly viewed articles currently under the scope of Wikiproject United States. There are tons of good articles in the various US related projects as well so feel free to submit any article relating to US topics (not just those under the scope of WPUS). This noticeboard is intended for ‘’’All’’’ editors working on US subjects, not just those under WPUS.

The next item I intend to start updating is Portal:United States if anyone is interested in helping. Again this is not specific to WPUS and any help would be greatly appreciated to maximize visibility of US topics. The foundation has already been established its just a matter of updating the content with some new images, biographies and articles. Please let leave a comment on the Portals talk page or let me know if you have any questions or ideas. --Kumioko (talk) 19:02, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Relationship with WikiProject United States
People from a variety of WikiProjects have had concerns about the scope of WikiProject United States and its relationship with other WikiProjects. We have created an RFC and invite all interested editors to discuss it at: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject United States. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 15:33, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Project page categories
I replaced two red-linked cats with their new names on the project page. The cat names had been changed per discussion here and here. It's a minor tweak but I see red whenever I see...uh, red. Anyway, as I'm not a regular editor on this page I thought I'd post here in the event anyone wanted to chime in. See y'all 'round  Tide  rolls  14:26, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Harvey Almorn Updyke Jr,
I put Harvey Almorn Updyke Jr back under notable people from Dadeville. I would guess most of the visits to the Dadeville page for info will be because of this guy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.119.213.249 (talk • contribs)
 * That doesn't make him notable. I've removed him several times. --Dystopos (talk) 21:56, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Carol M. Highsmith's America
A large (3948 image) archive of photographs of Alabama has been donated, without restriction (i.e. in the public domain), to the Library of Congress. The photographs were taken by Carol M. Highsmith in the Spring of 2010 all over the state, including many sites and events of cultural interest. Some have been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons already (see Commons Category:Photographs by Carol M. Highsmith). The rest of the "George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America" is searchable at the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division website. (link) --Dystopos (talk) 22:02, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I've tried to upload a lot of them to Commons over the last several months. But I'm sure that there are many more left that could be useful for Alabama-related articles. Altairisfar 00:58, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

List of colleges and universities in Alabama for FL
Hi folks. I'm preparing to nominate List of colleges and universities in Alabama for Featured List status. I'd appreciate any comments or suggestions anyone has. Do you think it would be good to go through an official peer review? I've patterned the list after the New Hampshire and Vermont lists that are already featured. —Spyder_Monkey (Talk) 21:37, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Looks good to me. I would find some sources for the ending statements in the lede paragraphs though.  I know that will be an issue for some people.  The red-links may be an issue, I've seen it become a big one on some nominations and a non-issue on others.
 * I asked for a peer review for the NHL's in Alabama list and found it helpful. I also had one done prior to having the GA assessment on the Mobile article.  Raime and I did not request one for the tallest buildings in Mobile list though and everything went smoothly.  The only negative is that a peer review can sometimes take a while, but if you're not impatient like me...
 * Hope it goes well! Altairisfar (talk) 22:12, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the advice. I've already created a bunch of community college stubs, so I guess I'll create a bunch of military education stubs. —Spyder_Monkey (Talk) 03:32, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Proposal to add WikiProject Alabama under WikiProject United States
Greetings, I am a member of WikiProject United States, it was recently suggested that WikiProject Alabama might be inactive or semi active and it might be beneficial to include it in the list of projects supported by WikiProject United States, which Kumioko and me have added some of the projects like WikiProject American television and WikiProject United States Government under the WikiProject United States banner. After reviewing the project it appears that there have not been any active discussion on the talk page in some time and the only content updates appear to be simple maintenance so being supported by a larger project might be beneficial. This discussion is intended to start the process of determining if the project members are interested in the project being added to the projects supported by WikiProject United States. If have any thoughts, questions or comments, please let me know. JJ98 (Talk / Contributions)  10:47, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * We may only have about six or so active members at this time, but I prefer that the project remain stand alone since this is the specific subject area that we contribute to and attempt to improve. I personally see no benefit in having the project supported by WikiProject United States.  It looks to me like the other state projects have been somewhat absorbed into the larger project (such as article talk pages using the WikiProject United States template instead of their own), so what would the benefit be?  Altairisfar (talk) 14:40, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I concur. If any members of WikiProject United States would care to improve any Alabama-related article, they're more than welcome to jump in but I see no benefit in WikiProject Alabama losing its unique focus and identity. - Dravecky (talk) 14:52, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * No problem, I will be back in 10 more days if there any other additional comments and then I'll go head and add it. Please let me know if you have any thoughts, questions or comments. JJ98 (Talk / Contributions)  19:18, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * You mean, not add it, right? The only two of us that have spoken so far are against your proposal. - Dravecky (talk) 21:20, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, definitely against. Altairisfar (talk) 22:13, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Make that three against. I dabble in South Carolina articles and didn't notice a huge swell of activity when that project was merged.  The only real difference I can see is a new banner and confusion over which talk page should be used.  We do appreciate any support in improving articles. Spyder_Monkey (Talk) 23:18, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Against. Being a WikiOgre, I don't contribute much, but I also don't see what the benefit to putting WP Alabama under WP US is. --Lkseitz (talk) 19:41, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Against. I also don't see what the benefit to WikiProject United States would be. Do they not have enough to work on? — ℜob C. alias &Agrave;LAROB  02:25, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Featured article review for Rosa Parks
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WikiWomen's History Month
Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Alabama will have interest in putting on events (on and off wiki) related to women's roles in Alabama's history, society and culture. We've created an event page on English Wikipedia (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. These events can take place off wiki, like edit-a-thons, or on wiki, such as themes and translations. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch (talk) 23:51, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Greetings from GLAM-Wiki US
Currently we have a cooperation starting with the Birmingham Museum of Art. Please let me know if you're interested in specifically assisting with this project. LoriLee (talk) 20:00, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2012 May 5
There are a number of files on Files for deletion/2012 May 5 relating to an Alabama election. Most likely they have been abandoned and will not be used again and can be deleted, but I think you guy should take a look before they go >NULL. Agathoclea (talk) 11:00, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Village pump (miscellaneous)
A New Page Patroller has asked for help with Otciapofa, currently an unsourced fragment: "Otciapofa are a Muscogee tribe." My Googling leads me to believe that "Otciapofa" and other transliterations are the Muscogee name for Hickory Ground, which is on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Elmore County, Alabama. Can anyone verify this properly and hopefully rewrite the article to better reflect this as a place of importance to both the Muscogee and Alabama? Fences &amp;  Windows  23:58, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Although you are correct, that Otciapofa seems to have been a native name for Hickory Ground, it seems to be more complex than is first apparent. The Alabama Indian Affairs Commission, states that the Otciapofa are also a tribe, once part of the Creek (Muscogee) Confederacy in the state.  It may be best to use this article to address the tribe and another to separately address the former town site, which was occupied by the Otciapofa.  Altairisfar (talk) 13:28, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Fences  &amp;  Windows  15:08, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Most decorated soldier of Second Indochina War contradictory statements
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Jorge Otero Barreto. RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 05:23, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I think you got the wrong wikiproject, he is from Puerto Rico. Altairisfar (talk) 13:00, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Request for comment
There is an open request for comment at Talk:Third Saturday in October for anyone interesting in participating on whether the article title should be Third Saturday in October or Alabama–Tennessee football rivalry. Altairisfar (talk) 06:02, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

10,000+ articles
Well, it appears that we have now officially reached a milestone, with more than 10,000 Alabama-related articles now present in the encyclopedia! Altairisfar (talk) 19:31, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

Mallory Hagan copyedit request
The reviewer at Talk:Mallory Hagan/GA1 suggested that I request a copyedit.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 16:44, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Help with article
Need some assistance with article Thank God for Mississippi. Thanks. Student7 (talk) 00:00, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Looks decent...what assistance do you need? Spyder_Monkey (Talk) 02:18, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Leon Russell is a rock musician
The article lists Leon Russell as a jazz musician. He is a rock musician. 50.164.139.121 (talk) 22:55, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

Link to incorrect Ricky Ray on the Birmingham Stallions page
The article on Birmingham Stallions mentions that in 1984, cornerback Ricky Ray was signed. However, when you click on the link over Ricky Ray's name, it takes you to a page of another Ricky Ray, born in 1979, so he would be age 5 at the time of signing with the Stallions. I do not believe there is a page for the actual Stallions Ricky Ray (born in 1957), so the link should be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Isabella278 (talk • contribs) 14:22, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

RfC regarding Ludwig von Mises Institute
See: Talk:Ludwig von Mises Institute – S. Rich (talk) 16:35, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

Daphne, AL
I'm working to get Daphne, Alabama to a Good Article status. I still have a ways to go but would appreciate some eyes on the page with suggestions for improvement. Thanks!
 * The standards have gotten even stricter since I worked to get Mobile there, but drop me a line if I can be of any help! Altairisfar (talk) 22:02, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

John Kelly Fitzpatrick
Greetings. I have created John Kelly Fitzpatrick. It would be great if some of you could expand it. Also, if we could find his picture, and possibly some of his artwork in the public domain (to add a gallery as I did for Ludwig Blum). Thank you.Zigzig20s (talk) 21:18, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

Nathaniel Thomas Lupton
Hello. I have created Nathaniel Thomas Lupton's page. He served as the President of the University of Alabama and later taught at Auburn University. I'd appreciate it if you could help me expand his page, as long as it is referenced/cited. Also his role in the Civil War seems to have been quite significant. Thank you.Zigzig20s (talk) 20:53, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

Popular pages tool update
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Toni Tennille
Hi, I was wondering if somebody from WikiProjectAlabama could take a look at Toni Tennille. I've made a few suggestions for improving the article on its talk page (here, here and here, but have yet to get any feedback. Personally, I think the page layout is poor and should be reorganized. It seems that people are just adding sections without considering the overall layout of the article. Since it is subject to WP:BLP and is listed as an "article of interest" to your project, I thought I'd ask for feedback here as well. Thanks in advance - Marchjuly (talk) 05:14, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Overrated article
I have commented on Chickamauga Wars (1776-1794), the subject of a proposed move. In 2007 WikiProject Alabama gave the article a B rating. I believe that should be reconsidered. I would give the article a "Start" class rating. Areas of concern include WP:OR, WP:OWN, and WP:UNDUE. Also, the article is unfocused because of a tendency to narrate tangentially related topics rather than using wikilinks, a symptom of WP:OWN. The source list that impressed prior reviewers consists mostly of out-of-date material. Even works with recent publication dates are reprints of 19th-century books.

Having weighed in on the move proposal, I am reluctant to simply assess the article myself. If my case makes sense, I hope another WikiProject member will take a moment to do the assessment. (I've also placed a request with a link to this thread.) — ℜ ob C. alias ALAROB 14:27, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

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Leaflet For Wikiproject Alabama At Wikimania 2014
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Peer review for 33rd Regiment Alabama Infantry
G'day all, the article on the 33rd Regiment Alabama Infantry is currently up for peer review. The review can be found here: Peer review/33rd Regiment Alabama Infantry/archive1. All interested editors are invited to participate. Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk) 07:45, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Straughn High School
Dear editors: Here's a draft article about a high school that could use some TLC. Would anyone like to fix it up? &mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 10:36, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal
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Alabama Music Hall of Fame
If someone likes to add the inductees of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame inclusive of the Award winners of the main awards of the institute, one can easily copy it from the Dutch article: nl:Alabama Music Hall of Fame. I've been busy on nl: for hours this morning to compile it. Just feel free to copy it and paste in the article here. There may be some additional work because you need to find the correct internal links to each musician. Good luck and cheers, Ymnes (talk) 12:44, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Category:Employees of the Alabama Legislature
Category:Employees of the Alabama Legislature, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for Deletion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect (talk) 03:03, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

Dead Children's Playground
I am not happy with the current state of this article, so I am contemplating whether I should rewrite/shorten it, or simply nominate it for delection. Is this a notable phenomene/place? Iselilja (talk) 19:07, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, it's a notable place with plenty of coverage in reliable secondary sources. There's no deadline with Wikipedia so fixing it or leaving it alone is almost always better than deletion. (I would oppose deletion in this specific case.) - Dravecky (talk) 08:03, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

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Terry Lathan, new Chair of the Alabama Republican Party
Hello. Just created Terry Lathan. Feel free to expand it. Also good if one of you is able to take her picture at an event.Zigzig20s (talk) 20:23, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Help with Alabama article
Hi there. I'm currently working on updating List of cities and towns in Alabama to have more information, images, and a better lead with the goal of bringing it up to featured status like List of cities and towns in California. I have brought 8 such lists to featured status in the past, and hope to see Alabama there as well. I'm wondering if anybody has some free time, I need help populating the "city or town" column, the 2000 population column, and the % growth column. If there are any GIS wizards out there, Alabama could also use a simple map that shows what areas are incorporated, and which are not. Thanks for your help. Mattximus (talk) 13:58, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

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Filling in references from University of Alabama site
Hi all... The article Helen E. Haines was created by someone at the University of Alabama but for two important references it only gives URLs, and these URLs aren't accessible to non-students. If you have access to University of Alabama resources or know someone who does, could you help by improving the references with title, author, publisher/journal, date, etc.? Thanks in advance! Calliopejen1 (talk) 22:13, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

Suggestion
Hello all! I was curious if anyone else thought it might be a good idea to make a (nonbinding) guideline on how all the individual US state WikiProjects should organize themselves, to help standardize them. I originally put this suggestion in the WikiProject United States talk page, so feel free to look there if you're interested. It's pretty empty though; basically all they said was to see what each of the individual projects thought about it. Please tell me if you have any concerns with this idea; hopefully we can find a way for everyone to love it! Also, I'm new at making proposals, so please forgive me if I do anything silly. :) Hope that you like this idea! JonathanHopeThisIsUnique (talk) 04:59, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

Missing Alabama Supreme Court Justices
Drafts have been created for dozens of missing Alabama Supreme Court Justices at WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/United States judges and justices. Please feel free to complete these drafts and move them to mainspace. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Cheers! bd2412 T 23:25, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

Proposal about incorporating this into WikiProject United States
This was last discussed years ago but I started a proposal (not a formal RFC for now) asking about WikiProject Alabama being incorporated as a taskforce within WikiProject United States (and thus a subsequent change in the templates. The discussion is at the US WikiProject. Please, everyone, comment there. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 05:33, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

AfC submission
See Draft:Byron Arnold Collection. Best, FoCuS contribs ;  talk to me!  03:17, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

Project member Dravecky died a few days ago
died last Saturday, April 23. See his talk page for details.

He is listed as a member of this WikiProject. I will leave it up to his fellow WikiProject participants to decide when it would be appropriate to remove him from the list of active participants. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  20:22, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

Germans in Alabama
It may be good to write an article on the Germans in Alabama. Some resources: WhisperToMe (talk) 03:07, 18 August 2016 (UTC)
 * "German companies are at home in Alabama." NBC News. May 20, 2007.
 * German Guide to Alabama - Alabama/Germany Partnership
 * "Cullman: Alabama's German Village" - State of Alabama Tourism Website
 * Poe, Kelly. "Germans came to build cars, but they got a lesson on Alabama." AL.com. January 24, 2015.
 * "Ten years after Mercedes, Alabama town still pans for gold." Savannah Morning News. Wednesday, October 09, 2002.
 * Cloos, Paul. "Mobile County wins ThyssenKrupp plant." AL.com. May 11, 2007. Updated May 12, 2007.
 * Nelson-Gabriel, Melissa. "Massive Thyssenkrupp steel plant in Calvert being sold for an estimated $1.55 billion." Associated Press at the Tuscaloosa News. Thursday December 26, 2013.
 * I see you have created Germans in Alabama.Zigzig20s (talk) 15:06, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I've added a relevant book that I've read with ISBN and OCLC.Zigzig20s (talk) 15:11, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

US 50,000 Challenge invite
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2016 Community Wishlist Survey Proposal to Revive Popular Pages
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To activate this project
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Historic fire stations
Unfortunately, in my opinion, the following stubs were all merged into Historic fire stations of Birmingham, Alabama, despite being independently notable: Feel free to expand any of these pages, which currently serve as redirects, if standalone articles are appropriate. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 19:50, 23 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Fire Station No. 3 (Birmingham, Alabama)‎
 * Fire Station No. 6 (Birmingham, Alabama)‎
 * Fire Station No. 10 (Birmingham, Alabama)‎
 * Fire Station No. 11 (Birmingham, Alabama)
 * Fire Station No. 12 (Birmingham, Alabama)
 * Fire Station No. 15 (Birmingham, Alabama)
 * Fire Station No. 16 (Birmingham, Alabama)
 * Fire Station No. 19 (Birmingham, Alabama)
 * Fire Station No. 22 (Birmingham, Alabama)
 * Wylam Fire Station

WikiProject United States
Is there any interest in adding Alabama to WikiProject United States? It seems like a useful template for regional articles that are of interest to many states. I'm working on some botany pages that span gulf states, and I'm hoping to not have to add separate banners for all six states that aren't in the template -Furicorn (talk) 08:05, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Disambiguation links on pages tagged by this wikiproject
Wikipedia has many thousands of wikilinks which point to disambiguation pages. It would be useful to readers if these links directed them to the specific pages of interest, rather than making them search through a list. Members of WikiProject Disambiguation have been working on this and the total number is now below 20,000 for the first time. Some of these links require specialist knowledge of the topics concerned and therefore it would be great if you could help in your area of expertise.

A list of the relevant links on pages which fall within the remit of this wikiproject can be found at http://69.142.160.183/~dispenser/cgi-bin/topic_points.py?banner=WikiProject_Alabama

Please take a few minutes to help make these more useful to our readers.&mdash; Rod talk 12:58, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

New article
Hey guys, I'm cleaning up the page on the Tennessee River, especially the tributaries. I created a new page for Bear Creek. I'm not sure if this page could fit within the scope of this WikiProject. N. Jain (talk to me) 15:02, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

New Alabama userbox templates
New Alabama userbox templates are now available at Template:User WP Alabama and Template:User WP United States. Yours aye, Buaidh  talk contribs 22:17, 25 April 2018 (UTC)