Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Florida/Archive 9

Request review of Florida topic articles
Hi there, I'd like for another editor look at two proposed articles I have drafted, one to replace an existing article and the other one brand new.


 * First, the article on Babcock Ranch is currently a stub and I have recently drafted a carefully researched, much expanded new version. The new version is in my user space here at the moment. The proposed new draft for Babcock Ranch is (I hope you will find) a significant improvement on the existing stub and provides much more information, all of which is verifiable. As well as this request, I have placed a similar message on the Babcock Ranch Talk page.
 * I would also appreciate input on a new article for Florida-based real estate developers, Kitson and Partners. The draft for this is currently here in my user space. I believe it easily meets WP:NOTE, based on substantial coverage of the company in WP:RELIABLE sources (included in the article). The draft I've written follows the MoS for articles about companies and has been well researched so that all details are verifiable.

The reason I make these requests is that I have a working relationship with Kitson and Partners, who are the developers for Babcock Ranch. While both articles have been written following Wikipedia policies very carefully, including WP:VERIFY, WP:RS and WP:NPOV, I'm aware that I have a WP:CONFLICT with the subject matter. I'm therefore hesitant to immediately post either drafts. Any feedback on either draft would be gratefully received, either here on on my talk page. If I don't receive any objections to the drafts within a few days, I may then post them up. Thanks, Brushfoot (talk) 22:30, 14 January 2011 (UTC)


 * I've now received a reply on the Babcock Ranch talk page, so this article no longer needs reviewing. Feedback on my draft for Kitson and Partners would still be appreciated. Thanks, Brushfoot (talk) 15:22, 15 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Both articles have now been posted following positive feedback. Any additional feedback would be entirely welcome, just let me know. Thanks, Brushfoot (talk) 01:55, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

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) 19:10, 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)
 * Just to clarify the misrepresentative statement left above. 4 or 5 editors (most work on the same couple projects) have voiced concern of the Scope of the project of which Racepacket is the main voice. The project has tried to work with them on adjustments to the Mission statement and defining the importance descriptions but they will not relent until WikiProject United States agrees to resitrict its scope to only include National importance articles which would require that any projects associated with WPUS be disassociated and cut lose to succeed or fail on their own. I do encourage you to way in on the discussions. --Kumioko (talk) 15:40, 26 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Actually, I share those concerns. A project that includes every article that has anything to do with the US is far too huge to be of any use whatsoever, imo. Zeng8r (talk) 16:11, 26 January 2011 (UTC)


 * I too share those concerns, as I mentioned (above) when you discussed your intent to merge this project into WPUS. I won't speak for anyone else or for any other project, but I think that trying to shoehorn every state project, every city project, and other projects like state roads and the like into the US project is a fool's errand, and I will oppose any effort to make this a subproject of WPUS. And FWIW, I don't believe I've ever crossed paths with Racepacket, except on ANI.  Horologium  (talk) 16:58, 26 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Ditto, and ditto. The explosion of WP:US tags on military articles (already under the U.S. Military Task Force of WP:MILHIST) has caught my eye as well. WP:US is simply far too large a project to work, I'm afraid. - The Bushranger One ping only 17:50, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
 * First I want to assure you, if I haven't already. That WPUS IS NOT on a campaign to eliminate the other projects and most of the articles we haev been tagging are articles that never had a US related tag. Also In regards too the size of the project WPUS only has about 26000 articles (not counting categories, templates, files and the like) and WPNRHP has about 30, 000, WPMILHIST has somewhere in the neighborhood of 125, 000 and WPBiography has about 800, 000 does that also mean that these project are too large to work with?


 * In regards to the State roads projects WP US roads is already killing those off and sucking them in and has a page dedicated to its members voting on which one to eliminate next and I have stated repeatedly and will do again that if the state projects are active then the city projects and substate related projects should roll into the state if they are inactive. --Kumioko (talk) 17:58, 26 January 2011 (UTC)


 * The difference between, say, the MilHist project and your intention for WPUS is that the MilHist project didn't sweep aside a bunch of established projects with a more limited scope. You stated in November that you were interested in revitalizing WPUS, but that doesn't mean that the state projects should be subordinated as a result. In the case of the roads project, I cannot say for certain, but I suspect that most of the members of the various state projects are on board for the disestablishment of their projects and re-establishment of task forces under the roads project. That is not the case (here, or in a number of other states), as you have received pushback against your proposal. One of the issues is that not all of the state projects want to work under the aegis of WPUS (which doesn't mean an antagonistic relationship), and you don't seem to recognize that. Racepacket has stated his piece, and DJSasso had a salient point on the ANI discussion. You state immediately above that you don't plan to roll groups into WPUS, which is not quite what you were saying in November, and it's likely that definitions of "active" are likely to differ from editor to editor. My biggest concern is the potential for a "turf war" over different groups with different editors. WikiProjects (including this one) can sometimes be a bit possessive about their preferred standards. WP:CLASSICAL imposes a "no infobox" standard on biographical articles under their purview, which harmonizes with other music Wikiprojects views, but not necessarily with that of other projects. Imagine if WP:AUSTRIA wanted to include infoboxes for all biographical articles under their banner. Neither view is supported or opposed by policies or editing guidelines, but the fallout could be ugly. This has happened in the past, IIRC, with the Roads project.) Leave articles about specific states (and cities) to the state (or city) WikiProject, and reserve WPUS for more interstate topics.  Horologium  (talk) 21:50, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

"Leave articles about specific states (and cities) to the state (or city) WikiProject, and reserve WPUS for more interstate topics." This is exactly my position as well. That'd still be a pretty big project, but not so broad as to be unworkable. Also, that would reduce toe-stepping on established projects. Zeng8r (talk) 00:05, 27 January 2011 (UTC)


 * It doesn't matter anymore because I left the project. All I was trying to do by getting WPUS going again was to help improve articles and fill in for the inactive projects by pulling the orphaned articles in under an active project. That was taken way out of context by some editors and I am tired of it. Rather than be happy that an active project is taking an interest and trying to improve articles and improve Wikipedia some editors like Racepacket just want to fight and fuss and cry about how the mean WikiProject is trying to take over. Rather than actually do any active editing he just wanders around in endless discussions. I now know why the project went in active and the collaboration space and portal were left to rot for the last 4 years. I hope that the current members can keep it running but unless people stop getting such an attitude of ownership over articles and become more willing to allow other projects to actually participate in improving them then maybe its better just to let them rot. --Kumioko (talk) 00:19, 27 January 2011 (UTC)


 * I hope you reconsider. I'm sure there are plenty of interstate-related articles that WPUS could focus on. (If it had absorbed all the state and local projects, tho, the list of articles needing work would have been terribly daunting.) Zeng8r (talk) 00:39, 27 January 2011 (UTC)


 * What has bothered me about the whole thing is that it appeared to a one-man campaign to over-run a lot of other projects. I think you have pushed the scope of the United States project far beyond any kind of sustainable program. You are the one that struck me as having ownership problems. -- Donald Albury 00:45, 27 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Well it doesn't matter now since I will not be involved with the project so the articles will just have to sit there, unwatched, unedited and unmaintained like they were before. Maybe ill change my mind in the future and get involved again but I suspect that the project will just fizzle out again in a few weeks which I suspect is what most editors want anyway. I hope I'm wrong but well see. --Kumioko (talk) 00:50, 27 January 2011 (UTC)


 * You can't maintain all those articles by yourself. All you can do is work on what you have time and inclination to work on. Wikipedia is a collective effort, and its success or failure does not depend on any one of us. Trust me, trying to take on too much leads to burn out. -- Donald Albury 03:22, 27 January 2011 (UTC)


 * As much as one devoted editor can affect a project's activity and productivity, no one editor can handle an endeavor of the scope being attempted there, it's just too much. I do hope you change your mind about leaving the project.--Cúchullain t/ c 15:24, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't mean to keep this discussion going but no one editor was trying too. We had about 184 (of which that has dropped to 178 since yesterday) and there are only 26000 articles (not counting Categories, files and the like) currently tagged to the project. Far from the 900, 000 in WPbiographty, the 125000 in MILHist or even the 32000 in California. In fact after looking closer there were less than 200 articles in common between Florida and WPUS. If WPFlorida doesn't want to use the WPUS banner then fine but the fact is the misconceptions about scope were blown way out of proportion by less than 5 users who display undue ownership of certain articles. --Kumioko (talk) 17:34, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Suburbs with X Amount of Inhabitants in Greater Orlando
Should we be counting CDP places that aren't incorporated as suburbs? My thought is no, they are county residents. Frank0051 (talk) 02:11, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I noticed we have started to do this in the Greater Tampa and Greater Miami sections as well. If it is agreed upon that we should be putting CDPs, can we come up with some type of uniform way to distinguish between incorporated and non-incorporated areas? Frank0051 (talk) 02:18, 6 February 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frank0051 (talk • contribs)
 * I'd assume "*" and "* unincorporated" would be logical. - The Bushranger One ping only 03:58, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, I just mention it because perhaps we should standardize it across the metro areas; I looked and Greater Tampa and Greater Miami have different ways of doing it. And it wasn't until a couple weeks (or maybe months) that these CDPs got added to Greater Orlando. Frank0051 (talk) 17:22, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Unincorporated places can be suburbs just as much as incorporated places. The WP article at Suburb doesn't mention incorporation status, and specifically does mention single-developer sub-divisions as examples of suburbs. -- Donald Albury 20:56, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree with Donald, and I'd even go farther to say that unincorporated areas are more likely to be true suburbs. In any case, there's no real reason to distinguish between incorporated vs unincorporated suburbs in the article title, imo, but the area's status should be mentioned in the first sentence of the text itself. Zeng8r (talk) 21:05, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Adding "Popular pages" to U.S.-related projects
A very interesting tool of the Wikimedia Toolserver is called WikiProject Popular pages lists. These lists are similar to project-related article lists like U. S. article lists used for generating assessment statistics. The Popular pages lists include the rank, total views, average daily views, quality and importance ratings for the listed articles. Here is the full list of projects using popular pages lists. An FAQ also is available at User:Mr.Z-man/Popular pages FAQ.

I recently added links to lists of popular pages as shown below to the U.S. Portal - WikiProjects box and the nominations sections for each of the selected articles boxes.

Portal:United States/Projects/Popular pages

Because this project was not included, I am bringing up the popular pages tool here. This tool makes it very easy to track three of four balancing dimensions when selecting articles for showcasing at a portal - quality, importance and popularity. When tracking the fourth dimension, topic, the related article lists tool (such as for U.S. article lists tool) also might be useful by filtering on categories of interest.

If you do decide to use this tool, feel free to update Portal:United States/Projects/Popular pages as well.

Regards, RichardF (talk) 01:50, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Featured portal candidate: United States
Portal:United States is a current featured portal candidate. Please feel free to leave comments. -- RichardF (talk) 01:50, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Florida State League (Baseball)
I don't know who might be a fan of minor league baseball - but the Florida State League is about to start its season next month. Many of the team pages need work (I'm working on the Daytona Cubs) Gamweb (talk) 22:14, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
 * List of FSL teams
 * Bradenton Marauders
 * Brevard County Manatees
 * Charlotte Stone Crabs
 * Clearwater Threshers
 * Daytona Cubs
 * Dunedin Blue Jays
 * Fort Myers Miracle
 * Jupiter Hammerheads
 * Lakeland Flying Tigers
 * Palm Beach Cardinals
 * St. Lucie Mets
 * Tampa Yankees

Sand Key
There should be an article about Sand Key. I am going to stay at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort near Clearwater. It is a long skinny island that includes a lot of notable towns. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.66.79.114 (talk) 20:01, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Florida Chapter?
Do we have enough active wikipedians in Florida to form a chapter? I've created an entry for Florida at the Wikimedia United States Chapters Council page. If a state-wide chapter will be too unwieldy, perhaps chapters based on the larger cities could be formed. -- Donald Albury 21:02, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
 * As I said at WP:JAX I would be interested in this.--Cúchullain t/ c 01:17, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
 * As I said at JAX, we probably need more than the two of us. -- Donald Albury 11:38, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm interested, not sure what's required or anything like that. Frank0051 (talk) 18:44, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Neighborhoods of Jacksonville, Florida
I've started a discussion at Talk:Neighborhoods of Jacksonville, Florida about reworking and reorganizing the article. Any input would be appreciated.Cúchullain t/ c 01:21, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Florida Commissioner of Agriculture
We really need some work to this, adding past Commissioners, etc. This seems to be the one existing Cabinet position where we don't have an list of past Commissioners (a quick web search did not turn up one either). There was no category for this position(like the other Cabinet offices) so I created it today. Today, I also added an entry for Nathan Mayo, who served as Commissioner for 37 years - really interesting history. Frank0051 (talk) 18:44, 26 May 2011 (UTC)


 * You prompted me to unleash some google mojo. This might be what you are looking for: http://www.floridamemory.com/Collections/governors/commissioner-of-agriculture.cfm. Gamaliel (talk) 19:07, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
 * That definitely helps. I'm glad someone was able to find something. Frank0051 (talk) 21:22, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Merger Proposal: List of cities in Florida and List of towns and villages in Florida
I am proposing to merge List of cities in Florida and List of towns and villages in Florida; get in the conversation while it is 'hot'. Frank0051 (talk) 17:52, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Oppose Generally, we try to make lists smaller, not bigger. I don't think any other state does this, so why should we be the exception? --Ebyabe (talk) 22:16, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Oppose, per Ebyabe -- Donald Albury 10:33, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Support:Well, you might want to actually post on the Merger discussion page on Talk:List of cities in Florida, but first we don't try to make lists smaller or larger, we try to make them factually accurate. I imagine the reason (I cannot say with certainty) that other states do this [multiple lists) is because there are actual legal differences between cities, towns, and villages in most states (this is particularly true in the Northeast). If you look at the Merger Discussion on Talk:List of cities in Florida you will see that, "It is my thought that List of towns and villages in Florida and List of cities in Florida should be merged together into a new page entitiled List of municipalities in Florida (or perhaps list of incorporated areas) with redirections from the old pages. There is no legal difference between a city, town, villages, Hamlet, or whatever else you want to name your city in Florida, so why should we segregate them?" Frank0051 (talk) 18:43, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge complete given other support shown on the actual talk page, and following the trend used in other states (Tennessee for instance). Frank0051 (talk) 15:43, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Merger Proposal: Lake Eola and Lake Eola Park
I am proposing to merge Lake Eola Park (and redirect) into Lake Eola; get in the conversation while it is 'hot'. Frank0051 (talk) 20:52, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Support Ebyabe (talk) 22:16, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Support -- Donald Albury 10:32, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

The Merge has been completed. Frank0051 (talk) 18:53, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Support--Cúchullain t/ c 19:02, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Can you help expand Allen Morris (historian)?
I recently proposed this page for deletion. I later removed my proposal and finally got around to improving the article. I don't have the time or resources to get it out of stub class and was hoping people in WikiProject Florida could make an improvement to the page. Ryan Vesey (talk) 13:11, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Talk:Casey Anthony: Own article or not?
A discussion is going on at the above linked talk page about whether or not Casey Anthony should get her own article outside of the case. Some of you may want to weigh in. Flyer22 (talk) 19:38, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

FAR for History of Miami
This article is being reviewed for Featured Article de-nomination: Daniel Christensen (talk) 22:57, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
 * History of Miami; talk page
 * Featured article review/History of Miami/archive1

Suggestion for WikiProject United States to support WikiProject Florida
Someone recently suggested that this project may be inactive or semiactive and it might be beneficial to include it in the list of projects supported by WikiProject United States. After reviewing the project it appears that there has been no significant activity on either the main project page or the talk page since 2010. Please feel free to contact me if there are any comments or questions. --Kumioko (talk) 03:16, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
 * This discussion has been open for 13 days without comment. Does anyone have any comments about this suggestion? --Kumioko (talk) 20:37, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
 * What exactly is the effect of what you are asking about? Niteshift36 (talk) 20:50, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
 * No problem, First let me say that the project page with members stay basically as they are with the members able to dictate how things happen, scope of the project, etc. Its not going to be absorbed or dissolved in any way and the scope won't change unless the members want it too. The only change would be that the WikiProject banner would be replaced with the WPUS banner with WikiProject Florida embedded within it. You can take a look at Category talk:Visitor attractions in South Carolina to see an example. All the projects use a standard group of parameters (Needs infobox, image, attention, etc), and the banner allows for things like project to do lists, articles with to do lists and articles with comments. It also reduces the number of banners on the talk page of the articles. All the projects use the same article classes (If the project doesn't want to though thats ok too but the rest do and I would like to try and keep it as standard as possible).


 * How it will be supported can depend on what the members of the project want but typically WPUS is a bigger project with a lot more members, it has a newsletter, a monthly collaboration, multiple bots that run actively through the articles for various things (as can be seen on the members page) with more being setup as we go along. This means that it will be seen by a lot of people in a lot of ways. Up till now we have mostly been concentrating on building up the project but soon we are going to be starting to do some drives to build up articles, create new ones, etc. I hope this helps. --Kumioko (talk) 23:20, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Since it has been 18 days since this discussion began and it appears that there are no problems with this proposal I am going to go ahead and add this project to the supported projects list. --Kumioko (talk) 19:42, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
 * You may do so, but you will NOT change the WPFLA template to mark it as deprecated. You have been attempting to shove this WikiProject into another one, even though your proposal has received objections from multiple editors in this project each time you have discussed it. Adding it to the "supported by" list is fine, but deprecating templates is quite another.  Horologium  (talk) 18:12, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Actually you don't know what your talking about. If you actually paid attention you would notice that if even 1 editor was opposed I didn't make the change. If you want me to leave the banner thats fine but that fact that this message sat here and on several other Florida related projects (all of them actually) messages on any of them stating opposition for about 20 days it didn't give the impression that anyone cared. I am not trying to "force" anything on anyone. --Kumioko (talk) 18:37, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I know exactly what I am talking about. I didn't oppose (or even comment upon) your last post because I am not opposed to having WPUS "support" us, but your post doesn't say anything about deprecating the template for WPFLA, which was the edit you just requested on the WPFLA template page. You are right that you have not forced anything, but you have been pushing the same line since November 2010, you have received pushback each time from me and last two other editors, and your overzealous efforts earlier this year resulted in a very large (and at times heated) discussion about the scope of WP:USA. I don't plan to involve myself in WP:US, and I would appreciate it if WP:USA didn't try to impose changes upon us.  Horologium  (talk) 19:15, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Since it appears above that there is some opposition to this project being supported I am going to give this discussion a couple days to gathher more comments before migrating the articles into WPUS. I have added the coding to the WPUS template as well as several other Florida related projects (Miami, Tampa Bay and Jacksonville) but I can easily remove them if this project doesn't want it. --Kumioko (talk) 18:56, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * No problem I will remove the Florida projects from the supported list. As I mentioned before no one is forcing anything. It may take a couple days for an admin to get around to making the edit though. Since the template is protected and I am not an admin I can only make the changes in the sandbox. --Kumioko (talk) 19:34, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Its done, All Florida related projects have been removed from WPUS and its template and I have reverted the changes made to the templates deprecating them. --Kumioko (talk) 21:03, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

A few suggestions for the project
Since this project does not wish to be supported by WikiProject United States I'll leave these suggestions here if anyone wants to take them for action. Cheers and happy editing. --Kumioko (talk) 19:34, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) I found quite a bit of content containing Florida, FL, Tampa bay, Miami, Orlando and Pensacola that isn't tagged for the project yet. There are quite a few redirects but there are a lot of articles as well. There may also be a few false positives but I haven't scrubbed it much yet.
 * 2) I created categories for WP Florida, Tampa Bay, Miami and Jacksonville for: needing infoboxes, needing references, containing comments, containing to do lists, the project doesn't have a to do list linked, needing geo coordinates, needing images, needing attention, needing maps and a couple of others. I recommend the Templates be modified to use these. This will allow editors interested in that topic area to more easily focus there efforts.
 * 3) Several of the Florida projects didn't track some or all of the non article content of: Category, Template, Book, Redirect, Project, Portal, Disambig, File and FM. I created these with the intent of WPUS supporting them but I recommend adding these to the templates. This will allow Article alert bot to notify the project if any of these content types are suggested for discussion, deletion, review, etc without having to watch all the for discussion, deletion, review boards as closely.
 * 4) I would suggest adding the other 9 Florida related projects to the Florida banner. Most of the projects are Inactive or semiactive and it makes sense for them to be consolidated.
 * 5) I created pages for To do lists for each of the Following projects if hey were needed: WP Florida, Tampa Bay, Miami and Jacksonville. A couple still need to be populated though.
 * 6) I made sure that Florida, Miami, Tampa Bay and Jacksonville were signed up for Article Alerts and JL-bot. in a couple cases they are not linked to the project pages yet so someone may want to do that.
 * 7) I forgot that I also created importance categories for the projects that didn't use those. --Kumioko (talk) 19:40, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Proposed Master Legend DYK
Hey guys, I have a DYK outstanding for Master Legend (Orlando) if some people want to help proof the article or proof the DYK request (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Did_you_know#Articles_created.2Fexpanded_on_September_17) Frank0051 (talk) 16:34, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

Portal:Florida: Who updates it?
Who updates the Portal:Florida page? Perhaps I'm wrong, but it seems like the DYK, featured story, and other content hasn't been updated in months. Frank0051 (talk) 23:58, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

Is there a page for newbies to this project?
--Ourhistory153 (talk) 20:11, 27 September 2011 (UTC) I am trying to find a landing page for those interested in being involved with this Florida wiki writing project. Any direction would be appreciated. Also I have some suggested pages with our state's 500th anniversary coming up.

Solicit Interest for Articles for Florida's 500th Anniversary
Communities all across Florida will be planning celebrations and activities surrounding our state's 500th anniversary in 2013. Whereas the anniversay is based around the landing of Juan_Ponce_de_Leon in April of 1513 there are other heritage events that will be included. As an editor and writer here at Wikipedia I am looking for other editors who would like to cover this topic and the history that goes with it. If interested, let's set up a talk page where we can discuss creating topics around this special anniversary and the History_of_Florida. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ourhistory153 (talk • contribs) 04:10, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Invite to Viva Florida 500
I'd like to invite fellow Wikipedians interested in Florida history to join in our new project page for celebrating our state's 500th anniversay at Viva_Florida_500 Please review and join in getting this project off the ground. It's more than just about Ponce de Leon and his landing it is also about other cultures and what new content we can bring into Wiki such as what we can add about the Native Cultures that were here when this period of discovery began.--Ourhistory153 (talk) 14:18, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Those who read this posting last year, please note I need your help. I do all this work to this project, promoting Wikipedia to over a hundred historians and archivists throughout Florida, and now a Mr. Danbury User_talk:Donald_Albury wants to delete it! I'm an author and a historian and I have better things to do with my time. Let him know you don't want this project deleted. We have made great progress, and it is not as though we have been idle with it. --Ourhistory153 (talk) 15:01, 27 January 2012 (UTC)


 * What you are doing is great. But it should be done through this existing Wikiproject, rather than dividing our efforts. I'd hate to think that you would refuse to promote Wikipedia simply because of a request to work through this project rather than one that duplicates this project. Dougweller (talk) 15:50, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

I solicited opinions back in September of last year and it was decided to go with the project. I've published articles in the press on this project, as I am a correspondent, to help get the brand recognition of Wikipedia to this community. Historians, archivists, yes and even TDC people are familiar with this project. And then five months later someone wants to delete the project? What is wrong that picture. I rest my case, I gotta get back to more productive work. --Ourhistory153 (talk) 16:10, 27 January 2012 (UTC)


 * I can see the problem you have, but surely you can just say the project is merged with this one? Dougweller (talk) 19:02, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Just FYI there is nothing wrong with multiple projects promoting the same topic. WikiProject United States broadly covers Us topics and other more specific projects cover the same ones. Take for example US Presidents and US Presidential elections, Politics, US State Legislators, US Congress, Barack Obama, etc. WikiProject MILHIST has a task force for Aviation and thats a seperate project. My only problem with the new project is the title. It should be WikiProject Viva Florida 500 to match the standard naming convention given to WikiProjects. --Kumioko (talk) 19:10, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

I like the use of the word Friends in the title. It seemed to invoke an atmosphere of mutual cooperation. Much like my "Period of Friendship" narrative in the Ais Indians article. But if that is what you want to change sobeit. I don't know why I came back to check in. I suppose it has to do with the affirmation in my life "Nothing worthwhile ever comes easy". -Rick Warren --Ourhistory153 (talk) 21:57, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/Fall 2011 Photo Contest
WP:NRHP is having a Fall Photo Contest running from Oct. 21-Dec. 4, 2011. I'd like to encourage anybody who enjoys photography, and anybody who is interested in historic places to participate. One way that an individual editor or a project can participate is to include their own challenge. For example, somebody here might want to include a challenge such as "A barnstar will be awarded to the photographer who adds the most photos of NRHP listed Post Offices to the NRHP county lists." To sponsor a challenge all you need to do is come up with an idea, post it on the contest page, and do the bit of work needed to judge the winner(s).

Any and all contributions appreciated.

‖ Ebyabe talk - Health and Welfare  ‖ 19:09, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Weather
We need more thoughts at Talk:Climate_of_Florida. Anybody interested in the weather? :) Student7 (talk) 12:49, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Merge proposal
I have proposed that Ponce de León Island be merged into Brevard County, Florida. -- Donald Albury 18:48, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

What do we do about a project that duplicates the work of this one?
See the section above "Invite to Viva Florida 500". Dougweller (talk) 19:02, 27 January 2012 (UTC)


 * I've asked the editor who nominated Viva Florida for deletion to drop it. I've managed to get agreement o make Viva Florida 500 a subproject of this project, and keep the original page as a redirect so any existing links still work. See Wikipedia talk:Viva Florida 500 WP. Can anyone help with this? Dougweller (talk) 18:37, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

WikiWomen's History Month
Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Florida will have interest in putting on events (on and off wiki) related to women's roles in Florida'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) 23:58, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

New task force as result of MfD
This is a page move notification. The page "Viva Florida 500 WP" has been moved to "WikiProject Florida/History task force" per this discussion. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 09:09, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

File:William R. Roesch.jpg
File:William R. Roesch.jpg has been nominated for deletion at Possibly_unfree_files/2013_March_27 -- 65.92.180.137 (talk) 01:39, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

BLT cocktail
BLT cocktail is undergoing a deletion discussion about whether to delete the article from Wikipedia.
 * BLT cocktail

Please see ongoing discussion at Articles for deletion/BLT cocktail.

Thank you for your time,

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 08:52, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Snow in Florida
I have nominated Snow in Florida to go up on the main page here. Any help you can provide in addressing the concerns that have been raised there would be greatly appreciated. Some of the concerns, such as replacing the deadlinks, are things that I do not know how to resolve, so I thought that bringing the nomination to the attention of people interested in Florida-related articles might grab the attention of editors who know how to resolve these concerns better than I. Neelix (talk) 00:18, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Change in name of MSA
A name change from North Port–Sarasota–Bradenton MSA to Sarasota MSA is being discussed on talk:Sarasota metropolitan area. Student7 (talk) 20:46, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

Trayvon Martin on the backseat of a car.png
image:Trayvon Martin on the backseat of a car.png has been nominated for deletion -- 70.24.249.39 (talk) 05:31, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

AfD
Articles for deletion/Tommie Barfield Dloh cierekim  05:03, 4 December 2013 (UTC) If someone could complete this, the creator appears to have stopped when the AfD started. Dloh cierekim  15:12, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Move request: Alvin Brown (politician)
I've started a move request that may be relevant to this project. It can be found at Alvin Brown (politician).--Cúchullain t/ c 14:08, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Publix Sabor photo request
Is anyone here in the Miami or Orlando areas?

If so, would you mind photographing any one of these Publix Sabor locations?
 * Hialeah Mercado 1585 West 49th Street Hialeah, FL 33012-2924
 * Miller Square Shopping Center - 13890 SW 56th St Miami, FL 33175-6021
 * Publix Sabor Coral Way Shopping Center - 8680 SW 24th St Miami, FL 33155-2338
 * Ventura Downs - 1980 East Osceola Parkway, Kissimmee, FL 34743-8600

Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 14:58, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Sanford Police Department (Florida)
As a result of the recent shooting, I have started the above page. I tell you, a lot of excitment for a small PD. I would appreciate the attention of those of you interested. Paul, in Saudi (talk) 08:36, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Double-crested Cormorant
See discussion on whether to include the alternate colloquial name of "nigger goose", currently disputed. go to Talk:Double-crested_Cormorant Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:50, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Spanish Wikipedia: WikiProject Florida created
For editors who speak Spanish, you are welcome to edit es:Wikiproyecto:Florida, the Spanish Wikipedia WikiProject on Florida WhisperToMe (talk) 20:34, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Redlinked images
These pages have redlinked images: It may be a job for the Highways WikiProject? -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 04:59, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Florida State Road 320
 * Florida State Road 345
 * Florida State Road 464
 * Florida State Road 951

Environmental impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
There is a discussion if the Environmental impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was split correctly from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and if it should be merged back there. Relevant sections for this discussion are this and this. Your comments are appreciated. Thank you. Beagel (talk) 21:46, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Ed Miracle
I just created an article on him. Does anyone in the area have anything to expand it? Do you tag BLP articles for this wikiproject?--Canoe1967 (talk) 18:24, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
 * WP:Florida doesn't have a BLP tag in its template, but it needs the normal WPBIO template with blp=yes. - The Bushranger One ping only 05:12, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Heads up...
An IP editor is making numerous changes to coordinates for north Florida communities, that are making the coordinates less accurate, as well as other presumably good-faith but nonconstructive edits as seen at Cedar Key, Florida. Keeping an eye on this might be needed. - The Bushranger One ping only 05:13, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Neighborhoods articles
Disambiguation for articles on neighborhoods has always been a bit of an issue at Wikipedia, and it's becoming more of an issue with Jacksonville articles as we create and expand more articles on its neighborhoods. Historically, most neighborhood articles used a "comma convention" (ie, formatted as Springfield, Jacksonville). Others use the parenthetical: Springfield (Jacksonville). A number of cities, including Washington, D.C., Charlotte, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, and Atlanta, have adopted the parenthetical across the board, and in January 2011, Averette moved almost all articles on Florida neighborhoods to this convention (see Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and Tampa, Miami Beach, and Key West, and a few others). When he got to Jacksonville, however, I asked him to stop until an actual consensus for such moves was determined; as a result, Jacksonville articles are split; most have used the parenthetical, while some retain the comma convention. As we continue to improve Jacksonville's neighborhood articles, it's time to pick one format and stick with it. A recent move request for Washington neighborhoods found no consensus to change from the parenthetical to the comma convention, and a related RM for Atlanta seems unlikely to find such consensus either. Considering the convention is here to stay for the time being, and that virtually all other Florida neighborhood article use it, I recommend we shift the remainder of applicable Jacksonville article be moved to parenthetical disambiguation. As with anything, articles without an ambiguous title don't need a disambiguator.--Cúchullain t/ c 13:50, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I, personally, much prefer the comma convention, as it fits with the normal convention used for populated places across the board. But I won't stand in the way of uniformity - better to be at a not-as-good but still-useable format across the board, then split. - The Bushranger One ping only 16:05, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I think there are solid arguments for both conventions. This just happens to be the one with the most widespread use in the most comparable articles, and since there's a lot of activity on Jacksonville neighborhood articles right now I want to get some consistency in there so it doesn't cause issues down the road.--Cúchullain t/ c 18:14, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Florida State League (Baseball)
If there are any baseball fans, I would like to call upon you to help expand the pages for the Florida State League minor league teams. When a visiting team comes to Daytona Beach to play the Daytona Cubs, I will try to take plenty of photos and upload them to the Commons. Thanks for your attention. Gamweb (talk) 20:59, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
 * List of FSL teams
 * Bradenton Marauders
 * Brevard County Manatees
 * Charlotte Stone Crabs
 * Clearwater Threshers
 * Daytona Cubs
 * Dunedin Blue Jays
 * Fort Myers Miracle
 * Jupiter Hammerheads
 * Lakeland Flying Tigers
 * Palm Beach Cardinals
 * St. Lucie Mets
 * Tampa Yankees

Bay of Espiritu Santo
Can someone with an understanding of the history of Tampa Bay/ East Florida, please see Talk:Tampa Bay. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:44, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Leon County Census figures in error
Not sure where else to post this where somebody who wants to look into it will see this note, but here goes: a little research project of mine led me to the historical population figures for Tallahassee and Leon County, among other localities in Florida. Look in the demographics section of each article to see a list of decennial census population counts. Trouble is, from 1930 to 1970, the figures given for Leon County are actually less than those given for Tallahassee!

I traced this back via the citation given to the Census Bureau figures online - and yup, that's what the CB says in a list prepared in 1995. But that just can't be correct. As a preliminary guess, I'm thinking the compiler of that list reversed the figures for the county and the city in those decades, but who knows for sure.

It's not worth my time to wade through the massive CB website to try to find the original reports and figures from each of those decades, and maybe it's not worth anyone else's time, either - but bad information is a wicked thing, big or little. So I'm posting this note here in case anyone else wants to wrassle with the Census Bureau data and come up with better figures. Textorus (talk) 22:22, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

Created new article on Chicago Options Associates
I've gone ahead and created a new article on Chicago Options Associates.
 * Chicago Options Associates

Suggestions for additional secondary sources would be appreciated, at the article's talk page.

Cheers,

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 08:06, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Port of Fernandina
I started an article on this port. If I understand correctly, the original port was on Amelia Island. The town there was known as Fernandina but was later renamed Old Town. I would appreciate any assistance in clarifying the history and where the current port is. Thanks to anyone willing to lend a hand. Candleabracadabra (talk) 18:14, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Sweetwater, Florida proposal
Something which has been bothering me for a while since I first spotted it is this disambiguation page where someone who types in Sweetwater, Florida gets a disambig page with four choices: one each in Dade, Hardee, Duval, and Liberty counties. At one time, typing in Sweetwater, Florida would take a person to the municipality in Dade County's page. Then someone who apparently isn't very familiar with Florida changed it to the current mess we have now.

So we have four communities in Florida with the name "Sweetwater". Summing them up:
 * Sweetwater, Liberty County, Florida- A google search (and map) will show that this is probably just a small community with negligible population; probably less than 100 people, not even a CDP. There isn't an article for this community, just a red link.
 * Sweetwater, Duval County, Florida- This is actually part of Jacksonville, as Duval County has no unincorporated areas. This also is a red link, but if someone saw fit to create an article, it should be at Sweetwater, Jacksonville, Florida.
 * Sweetwater, Hardee County, Florida does have an article about it, but having lived in an adjacent county, I know its more common name is "Sweetwater Ranch". This commmunity isn't large, but is growing although it isn't large enough to qualify for CDP status by the census bureau.
 * Sweetwater, Miami-Dade County is the only one of the four which is incorporated and is a city with close to 15,000 people located in the largest county in the largest metropolitan area in the state.
 * There are other numerous communities, subdivisions, etc. named Sweetwater in Florida (I know of several in Polk County and at least one in Broward).

So I propose that Sweetwater, Florida point to the city in Miami-Dade county not a disambig page with the city and three much smaller communities, because almost anyone who would type in Sweetwater, Florida would almost certainly be looking for the city in South Florida, not one of the other three. I also propose moving Sweetwater, Hardee County, Florida to Sweetwater Ranch, Florida.

If anyone has any objections, please state them below, otherwise- I'll make the move as stated above a week from now. VictorianMutant (Talk) 15:27, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

Archived some threads
I've archived some inactive threads to subsections which were notifications about discussions that have since been closed. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 17:37, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

List of Florida state forests
I created the ones that were redlinked. Some of them are now recretaion areas so I think updates are needed. Also I couldn't find much for Watson Island State Forest. If anyone can help I would appreciate it. Thanks. Candleabracadabra (talk) 15:52, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

CDPs without articles
The following CDPs (probably all new from the 2010 Census) currently have no articles: There are also some new ones that were not formerly CDPs and so don't have much in the way of information. --NE2 02:17, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Acacia Villas, Florida
 * Allentown, Florida
 * Avalon, Florida
 * Berrydale, Florida
 * Black Hammock, Florida
 * Brownsdale, Florida
 * Cabana Colony, Florida
 * Cobbtown, Florida
 * Dickerson City, Florida
 * Dixonville, Florida
 * East Milton, Florida
 * Fidelis, Florida
 * Floridatown, Florida
 * Fort Green, Florida
 * Fort Green Springs, Florida
 * Fuller Heights, Florida
 * Garcon Point, Florida
 * Grenelefe, Florida
 * Harold, Florida
 * Heritage Pines, Florida
 * Holley, Florida
 * Island Walk, Florida
 * Kenwood Estates, Florida
 * Key Vista, Florida
 * Lake Mystic, Florida
 * Lakewood Gardens, Florida
 * Lemon Grove, Florida
 * Limestone, Hardee County, Florida
 * Meadow Oaks, Florida
 * Montura, Florida
 * Mount Carmel, Florida
 * Mulat, Florida
 * Munson, Florida
 * OakLeaf Plantation, Florida
 * Pasadena Hills, Florida
 * Pine Air, Florida
 * Pine Level, Santa Rosa County, Florida
 * Pioneer, Florida
 * Point Baker, Florida
 * Quail Ridge, Florida
 * River Ridge, Florida
 * Roeville, Florida
 * San Castle, Florida
 * Spring Hill, Santa Rosa County, Florida
 * Spring Ridge, Florida
 * Tiger Point, Florida
 * Verona Walk, Florida
 * Wallace, Florida
 * Watergate, Florida
 * Whitfield, Santa Rosa County, Florida
 * Wiscon, Florida
 * Are any of them in Indian River or Brevard? None of them look familiar. But if any are, I will look into creating them.Greg Bard (talk) 18:15, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
 * I don't think so, unless nobody's added them to those county templates yet. --NE2 21:04, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

I now have a list of all current and former CDPs, with counties, at User:NE2/CDP. --NE2 17:20, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

Versailles house in Windermere
Does anyone live near Windermere, Florida? We really, really need a photo of Versailles house. Many thanks, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:49, 5 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Live near Windermere and have a boat, since it's in an exclusive gated community :) Although perhaps you could sneak in on the sidewalk. Though the photos on http://www.ocpafl.org/searches/ParcelSearch.aspx?pid=282319739100220 probably qualify as PD-FLGov (the cited court decision deals with another county's property appraiser). --NE2 02:13, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Fantastic!!! I will upload one of those images right now. If you do happen to buzz by in your boat, please do take a snapshot. Many, many thanks. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 02:35, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Done. It is a bit dicey because the license says "...created by a government unit of the U.S. state of Florida..." and the source isn't exactly that. But, the next sentence refers to what you said about public records, so we will see. Again, thank you for the suggestion. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 02:51, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that seems to be an error in the template. The actual law cited says "any state, county, district, authority, or municipal officer, department, division, board, bureau, commission, or other separate unit of government created or established by law". (PS: I don't actually have a boat; that was an addition to the requirements for being able to take a photo.) --NE2 03:08, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
 * An error: Good. That means the image should stick. The boat: Get one. Then you could sneak onto the properties of the stinking rich and detonate their lawn jockeys. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 03:13, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride 2014
You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride 2014, a campaign to create and improve LGBT-related content at Wikipedia and its sister projects. The campaign will take place throughout the month of June, culminating with a multinational edit-a-thon on June 21. Meetups are being held in some cities, or you can participate remotely. All constructive edits are welcome in order to contribute to Wikipedia's mission of providing quality, accurate information. Articles within Category:LGBT in the Americas may be of particular interest. You can also upload LGBT-related images by participating in Wikimedia Commons' LGBT-related photo challenge. You are encouraged to share the results of your work here. Happy editing! -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 20:56, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

Leaflet For Wikiproject Florida At Wikimania 2014
Hi all,

My name is Adi Khajuria and I am helping out with Wikimania 2014 in London.

One of our initiatives is to create leaflets to increase the discoverability of various wikimedia projects, and showcase the breadth of activity within wikimedia. Any kind of project can have a physical paper leaflet designed - for free - as a tool to help recruit new contributors. These leaflets will be printed at Wikimania 2014, and the designs can be re-used in the future at other events and locations.

This is particularly aimed at highlighting less discoverable but successful projects, e.g:

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For more information or to sign up for one for your project, go to: Project leaflets Adikhajuria (talk) 12:39, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

Need of more pages
I've been watching for a while that there are thousands of pages related to Florida, but not tagged as, especially the biographical article where the subject is directly connected with Florida. For example Steven A. Boylan, a huge article and I just added the project Since my list has got thousands of name that require I think a bot would be appropriate.

Thanks and share your views  Occult Zone (Talk • Contributions • Log) 09:53, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

Need article on strike which began in 1963 on Florida East Coast Railway
There was a strike on the Florida East Coast Railway that began in 1963. It's important in history. I really don't know much about the strike, besides its duration, bitterness, violence, and effect on US-wide work rules in a major industry (railroads). Therefore, I can't comment on the accuracy of the existing article on the FEC. But I can say that the level of detail that's in the current article is probably about right for a general article on the FEC.

I would like Wikipedia to have a new article specifically on the strike: what happened, why, and consequences.

I think the article should use Seth Bramson's book, Speedway to Sunshine, even though I haven't read it, because it is reputed to be the standard reference on the FEC. Similarly, I would expect the article to use historians who have published in the Florida Historical Quarterly. But I'm not sure such sources will have sufficient sympathy for the workers who went on strike. So, for completeness and NPOV, I encourage authors to search out such sources, in addition to sources that are sympathetic to FEC management.

I'm not expert enough on Wikipedia to know the best way to invite such an article to be written, but I'm cross-posting this to the Talk page of WikiProject:Organized Labour and here (with minor edits) - original post is on Talk page of FEC. Oaklandguy (talk) 04:09, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal
Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej (talk) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

"Florida White"
FYI, the usage of "Florida White" is up for discussion, see Talk:Anglo-Nubian -- 65.94.171.225 (talk) 05:25, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
 * It's a rabbit, for the record. I was expecting something like Florida Cracker. --NE2 06:09, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject X is live!


Hello everyone!

You may have received a message from me earlier asking you to comment on my WikiProject X proposal. The good news is that WikiProject X is now live! In our first phase, we are focusing on research. At this time, we are looking for people to share their experiences with WikiProjects: good, bad, or neutral. We are also looking for WikiProjects that may be interested in trying out new tools and layouts that will make participating easier and projects easier to maintain. If you or your WikiProject are interested, check us out! Note that this is an opt-in program; no WikiProject will be required to change anything against its wishes. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!

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Harej (talk) 16:57, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Jokes on the Spanish Version on the Orlando(Florida) article.
I don't know exactly where to post this. The Sanish version of the article on Orlando(Florida), under the section of Etimología (Etymology) says: "doky is beautiful, love it" (doky es hermoso amenlo) which is a prank and has nothing to do with the article. Someone messed up with it. http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_(Florida). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.217.83.110 (talk) 01:22, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Hard Choices, new article about crime film set in Florida
I've created a new article about the crime film, set in Florida, Hard Choices (film).

Help with suggesting additional secondary sources would be appreciated at the article's talk page, at Talk:Hard Choices (film).

Thank you,

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 02:52, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Jokes on the Spanish Version on the Orlando(Florida) article.
I don't know exactly where to post this. The Sanish version of the article on Orlando(Florida), under the section of Etimología (Etymology) says: "doky is beautiful, love it" (doky es hermoso amenlo) which is a prank and has nothing to do with the article. Someone messed up with it. http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_(Florida). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.217.83.110 (talk) 01:22, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Hard Choices, new article about crime film set in Florida
I've created a new article about the crime film, set in Florida, Hard Choices (film).

Help with suggesting additional secondary sources would be appreciated at the article's talk page, at Talk:Hard Choices (film).

Thank you,

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 02:52, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Addison Russell (baseball) listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Addison Russell (baseball) to be moved to Addison Russell. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 23:18, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

State of Florida v. George Zimmerman listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for State of Florida v. George Zimmerman to be moved to State v. Zimmerman. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 23:19, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

AfC submission
Could anyone have a look at Draft:Sloman Moody? Thanks, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 16:11, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Tillie K. Fowler Article
The article I previously created former U.S. Congresswoman Tillie K. Fowler of Florida may be of interest to this WikiProject. --TommyBoy (talk) 01:15, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride!
 You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride!


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 * How can you help?
 * 1.) Create or improve LGBT-related articles and showcase the results of your work here
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Featured list removal candidates/List of birds of Florida/archive1
I have nominated List of birds of Florida for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here.

Nomination of NewsBank for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article NewsBank is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/NewsBank until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 08:23, 3 October 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) 04:58, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

AfC submission
Could anyone assess this man's notability? Draft:Sloman Moody. Best, FoCuS contribs ;  talk to me!  17:05, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Windover Archeological Site
Please add to your watchlists and improve if possible - we've an IP citing Gavin Menzies to prove the bodies found there were European. Doug Weller (talk) 16:08, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

St. Petersburg, Florida buildings
Hey, I was just wondering if someone from the WikiProject Florida could rate these following articles:
 * Parkshore Plaza - 20 September 2015
 * One St. Petersburg - 18 September 2015
 * List of tallest buildings in St. Petersburg, Florida - 16 September 2015
 * Signature Place - 15 September 2015

I figured that they probably need a rating since they're located in Florida and other similar articles rated. Thank you for your consideration to read this and possibly rate those articles (even though they're lists/stub/start but who knows). Adog104 (talk) 19:39, 21 September 2015 (UTC)Adog104

Help with Quint Studer
Hi, I am looking for editors to review some edits I have for the Quint Studer article. I am requesting feedback because I have prepared two new drafts on behalf of, and with input from, Mr. Studer as a paid consultant to The Studer Group. Because of my COI, I won’t make edits myself. My drafts focus on Studer's investments and baseball team ownership. Since he owns the Blue Wahoos and most of his investments are in the Pensacola area, I thought editors here might be interested in reviewing. The full request and links to the drafts can be found here. I appreciate any assistance you can provide. Thanks. 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 21:43, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

Created new article - Cuban-born musician Israel Kantor
I've created a new article on the Cuban-born musician Israel Kantor.

Suggestions for additional secondary sources would be appreciated, at Talk:Israel Kantor.

Thank you,

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 01:16, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

AfC submission
See Draft:Larry and Penny Thompson Memorial Park and Campground. Thank you, FoCuS contribs ;  talk to me!  02:07, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Missing Florida Supreme Court Justices
Drafts have been created for dozens of missing Florida 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 04:30, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

Frank Brogan
Does anyone have the date Frank Brogan formally left office as lieutenant governor? MB298 (talk) 19:01, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Never mind - just found it out. MB298 (talk) 19:08, 12 December 2015 (UTC)

Production of Key Largo
A relatively small matter but, after 9 years, no-one has bothered to address a simple question about this classic movie. Though not a film connoisseur, I have read the article in question and believe it is well below WP standards. Cheers, Bjenks (talk) 06:30, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

Auto-assessment of article classes
Following a recent discussion at WP:VPR, there is consensus for an opt-in bot task that automatically assesses the class of articles based on classes listed for other project templates on the same page. In other words, if WikiProject A has evaluated an article to be C-class and WikiProject B hasn't evaluated the article at all, such a bot task would automatically evaluate the article as C-class for WikiProject B.

If you think auto-assessment might benefit this project, consider discussing it with other members here. For more information or to request an auto-assessment run, please visit User:BU RoBOT/autoassess. This is a one-time message to alert projects with over 1,000 unassessed articles to this possibility. ~ RobTalk 22:28, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

Walt Disney World Railroad assessment requested

 * Walt Disney World Railroad - entire article re-written this week with the goal of achieving good article status or higher.  Jackdude 101  ( Talk )  03:32, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

Welcome to the Hall of Fame!
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RfC
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:2016 Orlando nightclub shooting. - MrX 13:56, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

Talk:SIG MCX Please post on that page if you have a comment. Felsic2 (talk) 20:10, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

US 50,000 Challenge invite
Hi. The WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more states than they might otherwise work on. If there's the interest I will start 1000 State Challenges like The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of states regularly contributing. If you would like to see masses of articles being improved for the US and your specialist/home state like WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon, sign up today and once the challenge starts a contest can be organized. This is a way we can target every state, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant and also sign under any state sub challenge on the page that you might contribute to! Thankyou.♦ Dr. Blofeld  15:12, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Florida Amendment 2 (2016) Needs Expansion
We should expand this, especially before the election on Tuesday. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tkratzer (talk • contribs) 16:20, 1 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Note that with the success of Amendment 2, we have a new article: Cannabis in Florida. Goonsquad LCpl Mulvaney (talk) 22:46, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Florida Amendment 2 (2016)
I've updated Florida Amendment 2 (2016) for a class project, could it be taken off the stub list, please? Thanks, Tkratzer (talk) 05:02, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

Notice to participants at this page about adminship
Many participants here create a lot of content, have to evaluate whether or not a subject is notable, decide if content complies with BLP policy, and much more. Well, these are just some of the skills considered at Requests for adminship.

So, please consider taking a look at and watchlisting this page:


 * Requests for adminship/Optional RfA candidate poll

You could be very helpful in evaluating potential candidates, and even finding out if you would be a suitable RfA candidate.

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Comments on RfC Donald Trump requested
There is currently an RfC about the outcome of the presidential election here. Participation would be appreciated. Thanks. SW3 5DL (talk) 16:59, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

Commons:Photo challenge February 2017 is Multilingualism
Hola a tod@s! Estoy aquí para anunciar commons:Commons:Photo challenge/2017 - February - Multilingualism. Esperamos que os animéis a participar.

FYI, take a look in commons:Commons:Photo challenge/2017 - February - Multilingualism if you have any file you'd like to upload, maybe in some of your archive at home. So far nothing from Florida .--Alexmar983 (talk) 05:36, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

Rail transport in Walt Disney Parks & Resorts featured list
Greetings. I am attempting to get the Rail transport in Walt Disney Parks and Resorts article upgraded to featured list status here: Featured list candidates/Rail transport in Walt Disney Parks and Resorts/archive1. If you are a member of this task force, your input will be valuable.  Jackdude 101  ( Talk ) 23:36, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

The Republic of Florida
Hello all, I have created a page for the Republic of Florida that gave us Florida's first constitution in 1812 (Although technically the Magna Carta and the Constitution of the Republic of West Florida were earlier.) Sadly, I having some trouble with users who dismiss my academic sources for only sources that belittle Florida and support Spain. Any tips for this new user? Some people have denied that the Republic even existed and seem to be discriminating against Native Floridians. Im not a fan of any forms of hate speech and historical event deniers, as I am sure most of you are not either. How can I combat this? Thank You!

EastFloridaHistorian (talk) 22:01, 14 May 2017 (UTC)

Popular pages report
We – Community Tech – are happy to announce that the Popular pages bot is back up-and-running (after a one year hiatus)! You're receiving this message because your WikiProject or task force is signed up to receive the popular pages report. Every month, will post at /Popular pages with a list of the most-viewed pages over the previous month that are within the scope of. We've made some enhancements to the original report. Here's what's new:
 * The pageview data includes both desktop and mobile data.
 * The report will include a link to the pageviews tool for each article, to dig deeper into any surprises or anomalies.
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Warm regards, the Community Tech Team 17:16, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

Drafts for twenty missing Florida Supreme Court Justices
Drafts have been initiated for twenty missing Florida Supreme Court Justices: Generally, these include minimal biographical information provided by the Florida Supreme Court Historical Society, but additional detail and sourcing is needed. Please help complete these drafts and move them to mainspace. Cheers! bd2412 T 15:00, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * 1) Draft:Armstead Brown
 * 2) Draft:B.K. Roberts
 * 3) Draft:Benjamin S. Liddon
 * 4) Draft:Charles B. Parkhill
 * 5) Draft:David L. McCain
 * 6) Draft:E. Harris Drew
 * 7) Draft:Evelyn C. Maxwell
 * 8) Draft:Francis B. Carter
 * 9) Draft:Hal P. Dekle
 * 10) Draft:Jefferson B. Browne
 * 11) Draft:John E. Mathews
 * 12) Draft:Leslie A. Thompson
 * 13) Draft:Paul D. Barns
 * 14) Draft:Rivers H. Buford
 * 15) Draft:Robert S. Cockrell
 * 16) Draft:Roy H. Chapman
 * 17) Draft:T. Frank Hobson
 * 18) Draft:Thomas M. Shackleford
 * 19) Draft:William A. Hocker
 * 20) Draft:William H. Ellis

Merge for Ft. Lauderdale Air & Sea Show
It has been suggested that Fort Lauderdale Air Show be merged into Air & Sea Show. (Discuss)

If anyone from this WikiProject has any opinions or input, it would be appreciated. WikiVirus  C (talk) 05:13, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

Help with Full Sail University edit request
Hello, WikiProject Florida participants. On behalf of my employer, Full Sail University (which is based in Florida), I have proposed some improvements to the Wikipedia article. More specifically, I have suggested 4 changes to the article's introduction, which you can see here. My financial conflict of interest prevents me from making any edits myself. Any suggestions and feedback are welcome. Tylergarner (talk) 19:13, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

WikiProject United States
Is there any interest in adding Florida wikiproject page template to the template WikiProject United States? It wouldn't change anything about the project, just the template itself. 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 multiple states, and I'm hoping to not have to add separate banners for states that aren't in the template. it seems like you might be the only people active in this project based on WikiProject Directory/Description/WikiProject Florida, is that correct? -Furicorn (talk) 08:28, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

Florida Bulldog and Sunshine State News
Do any Florida editors know about these publications? They present themselves as reputable but appear biased to me. See Lauren Book and its talk page for the relevant example of my concern. Thanks. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:47, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Not sure about the first one, but this article says Sunshine State News is "conservative-oriented" and refuses to disclose its ownership, which doesn't sound either reputable or unbiased. TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 00:57, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I had a feeling about that. – Muboshgu (talk) 03:16, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Winter Park Village
I am looking for further input at Articles for deletion/Winter Park Village. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 07:11, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

Pompano Beach Mound
Perhaps a review and suggestions for further improvement? Thanks. MrBill3 (talk) 16:08, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

Draft for Web.com article for consideration
On behalf of the Jacksonville-based Web.com via Burson-Marsteller, and as part of my work at Beutler Ink, I've submitted an expanded and updated draft of the Web.com article for consideration at Talk:Web.com. I am looking for an uninvolved editor to review this draft for accuracy and neutrality, and to copy over content appropriately as a replacement of the current article, which is severely problematic, as evidenced by the 5 tags seen at the top.

Is a member of WikiProject Florida willing to take a look at the draft? It is not terribly lengthy or controversial, and I am more than happy to split the edit request into multiple if editors prefer to review one section at a time. Thanks for your consideration. Inkian Jason (talk) 15:20, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * The edit request has been answered, so I am marking this section as resolved. Inkian Jason (talk) 20:56, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

The Players Championship move discussion
There is a requested move discussion at the talk page of The Players Championship to change the name to Players Championship (golf). Randy Kryn (talk) 11:36, 26 November 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_Florida

Please take a few minutes to help make these more useful to our readers.&mdash; Rod talk 15:41, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Key West, Florida / Key West merger
I have proposed a merger of Key West, Florida and Key West at Talk:Key West if you care to participate. —  AjaxSmack 17:21, 6 January 2018 (UTC)

Request to remove unsourced content from Full Sail University article
Hello, WikiProject Florida. I am currently working with Full Sail University to improve the institution's Wikipedia article. I'll be suggesting content additions later, but first I'd like to start by simply removing unsourced content throughout the article. I've submitted a request here, and I'm looking for an uninvolved editor who is willing to review my suggested content removals and update the article accordingly. Are any project members willing to take a look? Thanks in advance. Inkian Jason (talk) 16:28, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
 * The edit request has been answered, so I've marked this section as resolved. Inkian Jason (talk) 16:02, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

New Florida userbox templates
New Florida userbox templates are now available at Template:User WP Florida and Template:User WP United States. Let me know if you have any suggestions. Yours aye, Buaidh  talk contribs 23:50, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railway
is at AfD. It needs sourcing by someone with access to archives.-- Dloh cier ekim  (talk) 18:05, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

WikiProject collaboration notice from the Portals WikiProject
The reason I am contacting you is because there are one or more portals that fall under this subject, and the Portals WikiProject is currently undertaking a major drive to automate portals that may affect them.

Portals are being redesigned.

The new design features are being applied to existing portals.

At present, we are gearing up for a maintenance pass of portals in which the introduction section will be upgraded to no longer need a subpage. In place of static copied and pasted excerpts will be self-updating excerpts displayed through selective transclusion, using the template Transclude lead excerpt.

The discussion about this can be found here.

Maintainers of specific portals are encouraged to sign up as project members here, noting the portals they maintain, so that those portals are skipped by the maintenance pass. Currently, we are interested in upgrading neglected and abandoned portals. There will be opportunity for maintained portals to opt-in later, or the portal maintainers can handle upgrading (the portals they maintain) personally at any time.

Background
On April 8th, 2018, an RfC ("Request for comment") proposal was made to eliminate all portals and the portal namespace. On April 17th, the Portals WikiProject was rebooted to handle the revitalization of the portal system. On May 12th, the RfC was closed with the result to keep portals, by a margin of about 2 to 1 in favor of keeping portals.

There's an article in the current edition of the Signpost interviewing project members about the RfC and the Portals WikiProject.

Since the reboot, the Portals WikiProject has been busy building tools and components to upgrade portals.

So far, 84 editors have joined.

If you would like to keep abreast of what is happening with portals, see the newsletter archive.

If you have any questions about what is happening with portals or the Portals WikiProject, please post them on the WikiProject's talk page.

Thank you. &mdash; The Transhumanist  07:38, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

"History" section improvements for the Full Sail University article
Hello again! On behalf of Full Sail University (based in Winter Park, Florida), I have proposed an expanded and improved "History" section for the university's Wikipedia article here. I've reviewed sourcing, provided specific suggestions for expanding the article (such as fleshing out the school's early history, and adding mention of former official names as well as major program developments), and worked to improve readability/organization by creating two subsections. An editor responded to say they felt this request was a lot to review at once, so I've created a subsection to address a smaller section of the article.

I do not edit articles directly because of my COI, and I'm seeking one or more editors to review the proposed changes and implement provided markup appropriately. The collapsed rendering has color coded suggestions to make reviewing easier. Are any WikiProject Florida members willing to take a look? Thanks for your consideration. Inkian Jason (talk) 17:50, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I've requested a peer review, and invite editors to provide feedback, if interested. Thanks! Inkian Jason (talk) 20:46, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

RfC on Ron DeSantis "monkey" quote
There is an RfC at the Ron DeSantis talk page found here that members of this project might interested in taking part in. -- ψλ  ● ✉ ✓ 16:13, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

RfC on election/referendum naming format
An RfC on moving the year from the end to the start of article titles (e.g. South African general election, 2019 to 2019 South African general election) has been reopened for further comment, including on whether a bot could be used move the articles if it closed in favour of the change: Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (government and legislation). Cheers, Number   5  7  15:45, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

2012 Daytona 500 - Peer review
The article on the 2012 Daytona 500 is up for peer review which is linked here. I intend that the article reach FAC, with a view of having it be on the main page on February 27, 2017. All feedback (including constructive criticism) is appreciated.

WP 1.0 Bot Beta
Hello! Your WikiProject has been selected to participate in the WP 1.0 Bot rewrite beta. This means that, starting in the next few days or weeks, your assessment tables will be updated using code in the new bot, codenamed Lucky. You can read more about this change on the Wikipedia 1.0 Editorial team page. Thanks! audiodude (talk) 06:47, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

A new newsletter directory is out!
A new Newsletter directory has been created to replace the old, out-of-date one. If your WikiProject and its taskforces have newsletters (even inactive ones), or if you know of a missing newsletter (including from sister projects like WikiSpecies), please include it in the directory! The template can be a bit tricky, so if you need help, just post the newsletter on the template's talk page and someone will add it for you.
 * – Sent on behalf of Headbomb. 03:11, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Aaron Hernandez article
Opinions are needed on the following: Talk:Aaron Hernandez. A permalink for it is here. The discussion concerns Hernandez's sexuality and how much detail to include on it, and WP:In-text attribution. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 04:03, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

Blue Fields Massacre is a problem
I'm 100% certain that the title is original research. It took me quite a while to find anything as there was a Chief Jim Jumper who died before the Civil War. However, I have found a similar story in this newspaper.. It's possible that this book might help but there's no preview. Doug Weller talk 10:31, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Normally I wouldn't turn to a Wikia site for information, but there are some contemporary sources cited here. I'm still not sure if the subject meets WP:SIGCOV. - MrX 🖋 11:51, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Both Legend of a Seminole: the Life of Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, an autobiography, and Legends of the Seminoles, a children's book by Betty Mae Jumper, are in my local public library. I'll take a look. - Donald Albury 13:35, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Some good stuff there. These are probably enough along with whatever you can find. A contemporary NYT article and a 1998 Orlando Sentinel overview. We need a better title of course.  Doug Weller  talk 18:54, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Legends of the Seminoles was not helpful about Jim Jumper. I'm waiting for Legend of a Seminole to be sent over from another branch. I don't see anything in Betty Mae Tiger Jumper that suggests that the book will throw any light on Jim Jumper. - Donald Albury 20:35, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

OK, got A Seminole Legend from the library. Betty Mae Tiger Jumper refers to the event as the "Bluefields massacre". Part of the narrative is Jumper's account of what she heard from her grandmother. There are citations, some of which may be hard to track down:


 * Hanson, W. Stanley. (1943) Letter. Ethel Cuttler Freeman Papers. National Anthropological Papers, Smithsonian Institution.
 * Jumper, Betty Mae, and Patsy West. (September 1, 1995) "Brighton's Heritage." In "Reflections" column, by Patsy West, no. 95, Seminole Tribune.
 * Smiley, Nixon. (November 22, 1964) "Jim Jumper Massacre." Miami Herald.
 * Stout, Wesley. (March 1, 1965) "Jim Jumper Massacre." Orlando Sentinel.
 * West, Patsy. (September 29, 1995) "Brighton's Heritage: The Bitter Truth." ''Seminole Tribune.

I'll work on the article later today. - Donald Albury 18:20, 24 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Issues of the Seminole Tribune from 1996 on are online. Just misses the issues cited above. Corrected above to Bluefields - Donald Albury 20:18, 24 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Great work. We need to both get the right title per WP:COMMONNAME and redirects for anything else that people might search for. Doug Weller  talk 18:37, 25 January 2019 (UTC)


 * No help with the name, but this source and this source have a few new details (they have almost the same text, word for word, I'm confused on how they are connected). Then, there is this weird thing from Wikitubia. - Donald Albury 22:41, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

I would like to settle on a new name for the article. I've opened a section on the name at Talk:Blue Fields Massacre. - Donald Albury 11:03, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Casey Calvert (actress) for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Casey Calvert (actress) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Casey Calvert (actress) (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.

Thank you, Right cite (talk) 20:21, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool
Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.

We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma (talk) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

John Tiedtke up for deletion
Putative lack of notability. The article should be examined in that light. 7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 13:03, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

Merging inactive and semi-active WikiProjects
Fairly recently, somebody on WikiProject New York recommended merging inactive and another is semi-active related wikiprojects to WPNY as task forces, such as WikiProject Long Island, WikiProject Syracuse, New York, WikiProject Capital District and WikiProject Hudson Valley and even WikiProject Western New York. I'd like to recommend a similar activity for inactive and semi-active related wikiprojects such asWikiProject Tampa Bay. -User:DanTD (talk) 15:34, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Barge Port
Hi all. Some local knowledge may be helpful here. Just wondering if Barge Port (Palatka, Florida) is a real place. Can't find it on gazetteers. This mentions 'Palatka Barge Port' which sounds like a much better name to me. The term 'Barge Port' is too generic IMHO. Any suggestions? Is nit a simple naming snafu? Thanks for your help. Fob.schools (talk) 11:49, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Of the two sources cited in the article, one calls it "Putnam County Barge Port" and the other calls it "St Johns River Barge Port." The Chamber of Commerce, here, and other sources also call it "Putnam County Barge Port." This newspaper article calls it the "Barge Port in Palatka." Some sources call it "Palatka Barge Port." I would say that either "Putnam County Barge Port" or "Palatka Barge Port" would be better than the current article name, personally leaning towards "Putnam County Barge Port." The article itself is really weak, and I would be tempted to merge it into the Palatka article. - Donald Albury 13:04, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

Citrix Systems request
On behalf of Fort Lauderdale-based Citrix Systems, I've posted a request at Talk:Citrix Systems to update the article's infobox and Operations section with fairly basic information. I'm not editing the article directly because of my conflict of interest. Could a member of WikiProject Florida take a look and update the page on my behalf if they agree with the suggestions? Thanks for any help in advance. Inkian Jason (talk) 16:59, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Update to peer review page
Hi all, I've boldly updated your project's peer review page (WikiProject Florida/Peer review) by updating the instructions and archiving old reviews.

The new instructions use Wikipedia's general peer review process (WP:PR) to list peer reviews. Your project's reviews are still able to be listed on your local page too.

The benefits of this change is that review requests will get seen by a wider audience and are likely to be attended to in a more timely way (many WikiProject peer reviews remain unanswered after years). The Wikipedia peer review process is also more maintained than most WikiProjects, and this may help save time for your active members.

I've done this boldly as it seems your peer review page is pretty inactive and I am working through around 90 such similar peer review pages. Please feel free to discuss below - please ping me in your response.

Cheers and hope you are well, Tom (LT) (talk) 00:47, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Featured article review Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami
I have nominated Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Sandy Georgia (Talk)  01:10, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

Article request: Housing in Florida
Wikipedia readers would be grateful if your project would consider creating a new article about Housing in Florida. Here are some sources of information: Best regards, -- M2545 (talk) 10:13, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Category:Housing in Florida
 * Real estate in Florida
 * (assorted materials)
 * (assorted materials)
 * (assorted materials)
 * (assorted materials)
 * (assorted materials)
 * (assorted materials)


 * Not that good of an editor but I'll try my best.
 * I completed a draft, you're welcome to edit it if you'd like. FredModulars (talk) 01:15, 27 December 2020 (UTC)

Florida Memory
Is there anyone who like uploading public domain material (photos) to Wikipedia Commons? I come across some great stuff in the Florida Archives (Florida Memory) such as this composite image of 1897 Florida House of Rwpresentstives members. There's also an 1899 image of leading judges and legislators with their full names (the one I linked had the county they represent and last name). Please let me know. Thanks. FloridaArmy (talk) 23:30, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Draft:Leroy McDaniel
Does anyone think this Florida folk musician os notable? FloridaArmy (talk) 00:27, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Larry Lawton
Jewel thief turned media personality. His page is pretty awful, with scant sources and sounding wholly promotional. There's not a lot of web sources that talk about him, but checking newspapers.com for Larry Lawton and Gangster Redemption (his book) brought up several profiles which would be key sources to fixing the article. I presume his arrest and trial would also have been covered as well, but I haven't found anything yet. Harizotoh9 (talk) 04:49, 15 February 2021 (UTC) Update: Newspapers.com had a free weekend, and I ended up clipping a lot of articles relating to Larry Lawton. If anyone wants to, they can help me out rebuilding the article. Harizotoh9 (talk) 21:46, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

There's two newspaper articles on him that I don't have access to. If someone could clip them on newspapers it would help a lot. Harizotoh9 (talk) 22:03, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
 * "Sheriffs use DVDs for at-risk youth". Florida Today. November 19, 2009. p. A1.
 * David Berman (May 14, 2010). "Brevard Man pitches own reality show". Florida Today. p. A1.
 * I have since found both articles via other means. The Berman article was given the wrong title in the page so I have corrected it. Harizotoh9 (talk) 05:22, 8 March 2021 (UTC)

Renew WP:FLORIDA
Not sure about others, but I think WP:FLORIDA has seen better days. Pretty sure the Yahoo group is defunct and few people are still active and committed, though I might be wrong. Task forces are nonexistent and many people were active in the 2000s. Does anyone have any ideas on how to revive/renew/revamp the project? There's a lot that can be done. FredModulars (talk) 12:26, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Nice pic! I think all Yahoo groups are defunct now, but I agree there don’t seem to be many folks who are particularly active. The articles in the project still see some activity but I’ve not seen any focused efforts recently. <b style="color:#22AA00;">Zsinj</b><sup style="color:#888888;">Talk 01:19, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
 * A few of the users on the members list are still active, but I don't recognize many of the users on the list, and some I do know have not edited in article space in years. I still have a lot of Florida articles on my watchlist, but have ignored this project, and, frankly, use all the time I am willing to spare for Wikipedia on working my watchlist, adding to existing articles and creating new articles. I'm not sure I'm up to putting much enegy into this project. - Donald Albury 16:53, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

Merger discussion for Old Florida Museum
An article that you have been involved in editing&mdash;Old Florida Museum&mdash;has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Star  Mississippi  20:17, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

Yeah, template syntax doesn't quite work, but flagging this for the project as I've started a merger discussion. Have also pinged the museums project. I am not watching here, so please ping me if needed Star   Mississippi  20:17, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

Request assessment of Brevard County, Florida
Hi WP FLA, would someone mind reassessing this county article? I’m too close to the subject and would appreciate the independent look. I don’t think it’s been assessed in a long time. Thanks! ZsinjTalk 17:35, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

Notice of Featured Article Review
I have nominated Florida Atlantic University for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Bumbubookworm (talk) 20:01, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

GA reassessment of Florida International University
Florida International University has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 21:41, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

Mabbett Villa, St. Petersburg


I'm trying to find coordinates for the above building, seen on a postcard from the first decade of the 20th century, and whose street address is given in a Polk directory as "Mabbett Villa, 521 5th Street, St. Petersburg". Can anybody kindly assist, or suggest a site with old maps of the city? Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:35, 29 November 2021 (UTC)


 * I would say the address would be the same for St. Petersburg. The grid system is mostly still used in the city from the times I've been there. I did a Google search and the Google Streetview shows the road as a brick road (don't know if it's brick pavers but I know it's a historical district of the city). – The Grid  ( talk )  16:09, 29 November 2021 (UTC)


 * The Sanford Insurance Maps for St. Petersburg in 1913, here, shows individual buildings, but I do not see a building that fits that image where that address would fall (on either page 5 or page 28). - Donald Albury 16:39, 29 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Looking at the listing again - that's a lot of Mabbetts living there. – The Grid  ( talk )  18:22, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

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WP:UNDUE and sourcing issues.
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Republic of the Floridas
There's a slow-moving edit war on Republic of the Floridas and also on es:República de Florida (1817). I don't know enough about the period and region to sort out what's going on. Can someone please help? Bovlb (talk) 23:56, 26 May 2022 (UTC)


 * @Bovlb I'm not experienced enough on Wikipedia to be able to mediate an edit war, however, I have done a good bit of research on this period and will try to add more to the article. Perhaps that will help put a stop to the edit war you mention (at least on the English wiki). Here's to hoping. Amscheip (talk) 22:58, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

Seminole Terminology
Hello all, I did pose this question on the talk page for the article itself, Seminole Tribe of Florida, but I wasn't sure how much exposure it'd get there so I wanted to drop the question here as well: The term "full bloods" is used in the article and I am unsure if this is accepted terminology or outdated? To be honest, even if it is outdated, I couldn't think of a good synonym for Seminole members who were fully "genetically" Seminole. Thanks! Amscheip (talk) 16:26, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I suggest you ask at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America, as well. There are Wikipedians that watch that page that can give you a perspective on how that is handled in articles about other Native American people. - Donald Albury 12:50, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the suggestion, will do. Amscheip (talk) 16:26, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Battle of Withlacoochee or Ouithlacoochie?
In all of the secondary sources I've read, the spelling is Withlacoochee. I asked if we should change the name of the article Battle of Ouithlacoochie to reflect this on the articles talk page and another editor offered to make the change. However, we both thought it prudent to get more input, if possible, before we make the changes. Are there any opinions in favor or not? Is this a question I should also bring to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America like my previous Seminole Terminology question? Thanks! Amscheip (talk) 17:59, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

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Yulee, Florida
There is both a census county division and a census-designated place called Yulee, Florida. Currently, the article is about the census county division, but the categories and the navboxes at the bottom are based on the census-designated place. The infobox has also been updated to be about the census-designated place. I'm sure that the CCD and CDP should be in separate articles, but do CCD's generally qualify for articles? I haven't seen many articles about them. Kk.urban (talk) 03:40, 17 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Also, most or all of the interwiki links go to articles about the census-designated place. Kk.urban (talk) 03:42, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
 * changed the topic from the CDP to the CCD in 2018. What do you recommend ... changing it back? Kk.urban (talk) 03:44, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Per WP:GEOLAND, census tracts not commonly recognized as a place are not presumed to be notable. Since there is a CDP for Yulee, that should be what the article is about. As this change was made without any discussion on the talk page, it should be changed back. I'll go ahead and do that. Donald Albury 13:27, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
 * After another look at the article, I'm holding off on changing it. I still think the article should be about the CDP, but I will wait to hear what others think on how to handle the CCD content. - Donald Albury 13:40, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

Requesting reassessment of MegaCon
In the past couple of months, I have revamped MegaCon to where it's greatly improved, the list of events is easily navigable and much research has been done to fill in the tables with info about past events. If I could have a reassessment of the quality of the article from another person's perspective that would be appreciated. ShadowDragon343 (talk) 18:52, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

Water Mamagement Districts
With the exception of the coverage of the Southwest Florida Water Management District, all other articles on water management districts in Florida need infoboxes, images of their headquarters, and in some cases agency seals. -User:DanTD (talk) 04:07, 17 December 2023 (UTC)


 * That's something I can work on through the holidays! – The Grid  ( talk )  14:17, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Impact! (TV series)
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Requested move at Talk:Chris Williams (metal drummer)
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Good article reassessment for University of Central Florida
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Roseland Cemetery
I started Draft:Roseland Cemetery on this cemetery in Monticello, Florida. Should it be merged into Monticello or remain separate? Seems notable to me and might be undue weight in the locality's entry but I am flexible. Thanks for any input. FloridaArmy (talk) 19:04, 2 March 2024 (UTC)