Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Georgia (U.S. state)/Archive 8

This page is an Archive of the discussions from WikiProject Georgia (U.S. state) talk page (Discussion page). (January 2014 - December 2014) Please Do not edit.

Proposal to add Portal:Film in the United States to Gone with the Wind (film)
Hi! Here is an RFC on whether to add Portal:Film in the United States to: Gone with the Wind (film) Village_pump_(proposals)

The film article is not a part of this WikiProject, but the original novel article is: Gone with the Wind. The outcome of this discussion may affect portal placement in other Gone with the Wind-related articles. WhisperToMe (talk) 23:41, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Bankhead photo?
I've been doing a bit of cleanup at Bankhead, Atlanta (not much), and I can barely find any photos of this area. I'm not in Atlanta - are there any Wikipedians who live or pass near Bankhead who could take a photo that we could use for the article, something iconic to Bankhead? Possibly a photo of the highway for which the neighborhood is named (currently named the Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway) and/or a photo of Maddox Park. Alternately, I'm not sure where the Bankhead Highway turns into the Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway, but a picture of a sign that says "Bankhead Highway" would also probably work as well, even if it's from somewhere else in or around Atlanta (I've heard that Bankhead is a bad neighborhood, so I can understand if the photographer types don't want to go there and pull out a nice camera). Thanks! 0x0077BE [talk/contrib] 02:30, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

Popular pages tool update
As of January, the popular pages tool has moved from the Toolserver to Wikimedia Tool Labs. The code has changed significantly from the Toolserver version, but users should notice few differences. Please take a moment to look over your project's list for any anomalies, such as pages that you expect to see that are missing or pages that seem to have more views than expected. Note that unlike other tools, this tool aggregates all views from redirects, which means it will typically have higher numbers. (For January 2014 specifically, 35 hours of data is missing from the WMF data, which was approximated from other dates. For most articles, this should yield a more accurate number. However, a few articles, like ones featured on the Main Page, may be off).

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AfC submission - 08/04
Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Lake Jodeco. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 01:09, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 6 May 2014
Would it be possible to add task forces for other cities to this template, like Atlanta has been done? Or, at the very least, different sections of the state? Allen (Morriswa) (talk) 15:38, 6 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. -- Red rose64 (talk) 17:48, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
 * How do I do that? I would like to be able to tag road articles for the specific city or area that they exist in. Allen (Morriswa) (talk) 02:24, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Well, you've made your initial suggestion (both here and at Template talk:WikiProject Georgia (U.S. state)): there are two possible followups - you can expand on that yourself, or you can wait for others to offer suggestions as to how to proceed. Things to consider might include: which cities would be most suitable for taskforces; what would be the scope of each taskforce; what sort of things would need to be done; how many people are willing to participate. There is more at WikiProject Council/Guide and WikiProject Council/Guide/Task forces. You can use the existing Atlanta task force as inspiration; you could also look at the taskforces for other states - such as, which has six taskforces (but only one of these is specific to a single city). On that matter, I notice that of the neighbouring states, , and  have no city taskforces, whilst both  and  are moribund.
 * Once such matters have been agreed, put the appropriate amendments into Template:WikiProject Georgia (U.S. state)/sandbox. But per Edit requests, you shouldn't use until a consensus has been formed to proceed with the change to the template. -- Red rose64 (talk) 08:37, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

Adding county-contained highways to county navigational templates?
Would it be possible to add the appropriate highways (Interstate, U.S. highways, state routes, etc.) to the county navigational templates, such as Mitchell County, Georgia? Allen (Morriswa) (talk) 17:11, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Would this be a back-door attempt to undo what Templates_for_discussion/Log/2013_May_7 did? In any case, the purpose of those existing navboxes is limited to listing the municipalities and communities within a specific county, which is a different subject from the highways therein.  Imzadi 1979  →   10:09, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
 * No, it would not be a "back-door attempt". I just don't understand at all why you guys like to undo edits and delete stuff that would be great for a supposed "encyclopedia" of knowledge. Shouldn't there be an attempt to spread the greatest amount of knowledge and information across the widest area possible? If so, why do you insist on deleting things and making things harder for people like me? Allen (Morriswa) (talk) 10:15, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
 * That would be expending the scope of the navbox, which is "Municipalities and communities of Mitchell County, Georgia, United States", to "Municipalities, communities, and highways of Mitchell County, Georgia, United States". One of these things is not like the other. –Fredddie™ 12:05, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

Leaflet For Wikiproject Georgia (U.S. State) 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:

• Active Wikiprojects: Wikiproject Medicine, WikiProject Video Games, Wikiproject Film

• Tech projects/Tools, which may be looking for either users or developers.

• Less known major projects: Wikinews, Wikidata, Wikivoyage, etc.

• Wiki Loves Parliaments, Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves ____

• Wikimedia thematic organisations, Wikiwomen’s Collaborative, The Signpost

For more information or to sign up for one for your project, go to: Project leaflets Adikhajuria (talk) 13:19, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

Notice of proposed renaming of "Georgia in the American Civil War" categories
I have proposed removing the disambiguator "(U.S. state)", which I believe to be unnecessary in context, from the titles of the following category and subcategories:


 * Category:Georgia (U.S. state) in the American Civil War → Category:Georgia in the American Civil War
 * Category:People of Georgia (U.S. state) in the American Civil War‎ → Category:People of Georgia in the American Civil War‎
 * Category:American Civil War museums in Georgia (U.S. state) → Category:American Civil War museums in Georgia
 * Category:Georgia (U.S. state) Confederate Civil War regiments‎ → Category:Georgia Confederate Civil War regiments‎
 * Category:Georgia (U.S. state) Union Civil War regiments → Category:Georgia Union Civil War regiments

The proposal is presently encountering nearly unanimous opposition among the five other editors who have commented so far. You are invited to participate in the discussion, which can be found here. Note that the time window for participation will close very soon. — Jaydiem (talk) 14:16, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

FAR
I have nominated John Mayer 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.  Snuggums ( talk  /  edits ) 18:52, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

Irwinville
I haven't really edited Wikipedia before but I'd like help updating the Irwinville page. I found photos of several events mentioned in the article (Cooperative Gin and May Day) http://photogrammar.yale.edu/search/results.php?start=0&search=&pname=&lot=&van=&state=Georgia&county=Irwin&city=&year_start=1935&month_start=0&year_stop=1939&month_stop=12 They're from a Depression Era Photography program. There are also other photos from the late 30s to the mid 40s from all over in there.(184.77.111.171 (talk) 03:07, 8 September 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)