Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Big Ten

Welcome to the Big Ten WikiProject. The talk page will of course be used for any questions. If we use assessment and importance meters in the future and you're not sure what to rate something, list it here and I'll take care of it. If you're not sure whether something should be tagged or not, list it here as well. Anyway, have fun and just do whatver needs doig on the to-do list. -- Wizardman 14:01, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Updates and Progress
Add anything you have made serious progress on here. This could be for future reference if this ever becomes big enough to make a barnstar for. Plus I can see if people are acualy contributing to this.-- Wizardman 19:44, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Alright, I was busy the past couple weeks with something as important as this wikiproject, but I've been doing what I can. I love the progress on Wisconsin thus far. I'll look it over and see what needs cleanup/expansion, then you can submit if for FAC, possibly later this month.-- Wizardman 18:49, 3 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Nothing's really happened here at all, it seems. I need to get everyone workign on something, perhaps.-- Wizardman 18:23, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Tagging Update
100 tags later... Most, if not all, stadiums are tagged; however, I did not tag Hockey-only stadiums or Hockey Teams, as the Big Ten does not include hockey. All marching bands, student sections, rivalries, football teams, mascots, and some fight songs are tagged. I have not tagged any coaches, players, or buildings/colleges yet. – Lordmontu  (talk) • (contribs) 00:07, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I tagged pretty much everything related to UIUC. A lot of it looks like it could be deleted or merged, but that's for another time. Once neary everything's tagged we can really have some fun. Plus, I'm wondering if we can include other branches of big ten schools. Some may be okay, but some are their own college, such as UIC. For now, I guess we'll stay away from them, but who knows in the future. -- Wizardman 05:35, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Question on scope
Is it intended that this project focus on the schools on the big 10 merely with respect to their athletic programs, or is it the intent to focus on the 11 schools and their athletic programs together? The latter might encourage broader participation. This could be useful, even for a wider range of eyes on the athletics articles. If we want to go that way, then we shold make it clear on the project page. If it is to be the former (athletics-related only), then I suggest that getting the main university articles to FA status shold be removed from the goals as that would fall outside of the scope of the project. Johntex\talk 05:46, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
 * It'll be encompassing all aspects of the Big TEn Conference, so we are looking at the latter. All aspects of the 11 schools are being looked at in this WikiProject. I'll make a note of it. -- Wizardman 05:51, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
 * OK Thanks for that. What about alumini and professors?  WikiProject University of Texas at Austin covers them as well.  Will we do so here? Johntex\talk 06:23, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Professors you can tag, I'd rather not do alumni until later.-- Wizardman 14:10, 12 January 2007 (UTC)