Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Hudson Valley/Archive 1

Project banner
I wonder whether the rest of you would feel comfortable using the WikiProject New York template if it was adjusted to include specific parameters for the Hudson Valley as well. It would reduce the amount of space taken up by banners. John Carter (talk) 21:16, 15 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Sort of like the way the former NYSR template is now this: ? I suppose that could work. It would avoid having to separately set up "nested" and other parameters in this template. Daniel Case (talk) 19:42, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Task force?
Given how small and limited its scope is, wouldn't this project work better as a task force of the New York Wikiproject? I've requested some comments from the NY Wikiproject talk page. --♬♩ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 16:04, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't know. Maybe. Anyway, how did you find this? Juliancolton (talk) ( Happy New Year! ) 18:39, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, it just seems like such a limited scope, and there are only two users. --♬♩ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 21:28, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * You could make it three. :P It has a pretty big scope; roads, landmarks, parks, our famous mansions, the CIA, all of the cities, the river... Juliancolton (talk) ( Happy New Year! ) 21:39, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * It's still pretty limited for its own project, and given that most already fall under the NY project, having a task force might be a better route; that way, people in the NY project might be more inclined to help out here. --♬♩ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 21:41, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject New York isn't all that active, really, and has so many articles that carving them up regionally makes more sense. It did for the Syracuse project, anyway (which I would suggest be expanded to something like WikiProject Central New York). There are lots of small NRHP articles that I didn't add to WP:NYS because of their lack of statewide significance. However, as a regional thing it would work better. I very much favor making this a separate project page but with the banner being the basic WP:NYS banner with a link to WikiProject Hudson Valley. Daniel Case (talk) 19:45, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
 * FYI, about the Syracuse Wikiproject, it is virtually dead, with only chat being just me working mainly on List of Registered Historic Places in Onondaga County, New York and one other person doing List of Syracuse University buildings. I do wish it was WikiProject Central New York, instead, to include in some wiki interest in Binghamton.  How would one go about changing it to WikiProject CNY, do you have any idea?  In general I think bigger areas are better, just to capture more interest.  And I wonder if we all should participate in New York WikiProject instead, which is pretty low activity however.  I have not seen Task Forces in action in any other State or City wikiprojects i have browsed, am not sure how those might work. doncram (talk) 00:38, 17 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I guess the question then is the name. What would the name of this page be:WikiProject Hudson Valley, WikiProject New York/Hudson Valley task force or WikiProject New York/Hudson Valley work group? We'd probably want to know for setting up the banner. John Carter (talk) 19:56, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
 * The page would be the same as it is currently. The question is do we use a seperate project banner? Juliancolton (talk) 20:03, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
 * The more that I think about it doing something like what we did in the roads project would be best. We'd preserve all the banner's bells and whistles, without having to reinvent the wheel, so to speak, and make clear the relationship between the state and regional projects. We could use both the state flag image and the river image. Daniel Case (talk) 05:18, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I made my own banner for my user page, with a view of the Hudson River and the Bear Mountain Bridge. Rather than trying to decide on a specific landmark, I just went with the literal Hudson Valley. It's not the greatest picture since it was kind of a hazy day, but something along those lines might not be a bad idea. There are plenty of free photos of the river and valley.
 * Also, for what it's worth, I'm in support of keeping this a separate Wikiproject; I'm much more likely to contribute here than I am on the generic NY one, even though I'm a member of both. Kafziel [[User talk:Kafziel|Talk] ]|undefined 20:06, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Newsletter
Do we start a newsletter for the project? Juliancolton (talk) 19:11, 18 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Let's wait till we have some more users and are really going. But it's a great idea. Daniel Case (talk) 18:41, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Banner
It seems like we'll keep the separate project banner. Fair enough ... there are a number of U.S. state projects where a city project has a separate banner, and I don't see why we can't. Although I would like to see some acknowledgement of the NY project in the HV banner.

But can we decide what should be in both projects and what should only be in WP:HVNY? County and major city articles (Newburgh, Poughkeepsie and Kingston, probably Beacon and Peekskill) definitely belong to both NY as a whole and HV.

However, a lot of the RHPs I've been doing really aren't of statewide importance, and I think most schools would be better served by a regional designation. Any other thoughts? Daniel Case (talk) 18:46, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Roads task-force
I've also been working (and I still am) to place the project banner and assess as many articles as I can find, and a good part of the are road articles, many of which are only Stub and Start-class. Any thoughts on a HV roads task-force? Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  15:14, 18 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I think NYSR already takes care of that. There's a fair amount of overlap there anyway. Daniel Case (talk) 16:02, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I propsed a HV task-force there, too. There is overlap, but generally the NYSR works on routes in western and central NY. Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  16:04, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Huh? The most active editors may focus in those areas but the project is indeed statewide. –  T M F 20:46, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, then I'll be part of it there because I've done so much on HV-area roads. Daniel Case (talk) 16:06, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, the project is statewide, but there is next to no activity in the Hudson Valley roads except for myself and Daniel Case. Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  12:13, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * And someone from WNY could argue that there's next to no activity there except for the edits that I make. I commented on this at NYSR and opposed it for one solid reason: sure, there may be stubs and starts in the Hudson Valley but there's also a boatload of recognized content (GA+) originating from the area. So in short, it's no better or worse than any other area of the state. I also don't see what this proposed task force can provide that NYSR doesn't. –  T M F 04:58, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

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Geographic scope issues
The question of what, geographically, constitutes the Hudson Valley is a question independent of Wikipedia and this project, of course. But we need to consider it too.


 * By putting it under the New York project, we have excluded Bergen and Hudson counties in New Jersey, both of which have long river frontage. I doubt there will be objections anywhere, but you never know.


 * There would be no argument about the traditional Hudson Valley counties: all that have river frontage in NY between Albany and New York City (Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Rensselaer, Rockland, Ulster and Westchester). Do we stop at Albany or consider "the valley" to go all the way up to Lake Tear of the Clouds?


 * Then there's the "regional overlap" question, or what to do about the Catskills. The eastern part of the region overlaps with the HV. The western (in the Delaware River watershed) does not. Should there be a separate Catskills subproject. I'd love this, of course, but I know others may feel differently.


 * That also brings up whether or not to include Sullivan County. Geographically, only three small corners are within the Hudson watershed, yet Sullivan as a whole is sometimes included as a Hudson Valley county (it has ex officio representation on Mid-Hudson Pattern for Progress) and arguably its economy and culture look very much to the east and northeast, given that there's not much in the other directions. Do we include it or not?

Any input is welcome. Daniel Case (talk) 05:29, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I would include Sullivan if for no other reason than that the D & H canal runs through it. It's not a major part of the Hudson watershed anymore, but it was pretty vital at one time and I agree about the cultural and economic link. As for whether we go past Albany, I don't really have an opinion on that one. I'd be interested to see what some published sources have to say about it. Kafziel Ask me for rollback 20:18, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, I don't think that it would include New Jersey no matter what we do with the project. Now, I still strongly support the keeping of this project as a seperate project, so, I think we should really think about this. This picture



shows that the hudson valley only goes to Dutchess. I dissagree with that, because the valley goes up to Albany, IMO. The actual valley is the area between the two mountain regions; the catskills, and the hinglands on one side, and the takonics. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Julian Colton (talk • contribs)

Ok, now comes the question as to whether to include Westchester. I think so, but I'd like to hear other's opinions. Also, I figured we include our scope on articles all the way up to Albany, and maybe to Tear of the Clouds. Thoughts? Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  15:34, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Actually, I was thinking articles in the following counties could be included:
 * Westchester
 * Rockland
 * Orange
 * Putnam
 * Sullivan
 * Ulster
 * Dutchess
 * Columbia
 * Rensselaer
 * Albany
 * Greene Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  16:08, 18 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Most of Westchester is a no-brainer. Yes, even down to Yonkers and even out to North Salem. But I'm not as sure about communities on Long Island Sound and the New Haven Line, like the whole group from Mount Vernon and New Rochelle to Rye and Port Chester. They don't seem to me to identify with the Hudson Valley. Maybe we should be specific about towns here. Daniel Case (talk) 16:05, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Yonkers, to me, isn't truely part of the Hudson Valley. Would it be of any use to make a map with inkscape highlighting what the project considers the HV? Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  16:12, 18 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I don't agree that southern Westchester should be part of this category. I'd opt to draw the line at the Tappan Zee Bridge and/or White Plains. Areas further south are often considered to be more of the NY-NJ metropolitan area. If you include Yonkers, you'd logically have to include, say, Hoboken.--Ana Nim (talk) 14:14, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * If we draw the line at specific points or locations rather than county boundaries, it could cause confusion. Southern Westchester is still located along the river, so IMO it should be considered part of the Hudson Valley. The problem is, though, that the NYC WikiProject includes Westchester, so I don't know if we want too much overlap. Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  15:18, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I would remove New Rochelle from this project, but I'm not sure how. Is it as simple as deleting the template on New Rochelle's talk page?  It appears to be the only Westchester town on Long Island Sound still part of this project. Asriel (talk) 22:12, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

I think there's a good case for leaving parts of Yonkers, especially since that's the location of the Hudson River Museum. We'll see more and more communities claiming river heritage in the coming months with the Hudson 400 celebrations in order to qualify for funding. TravellingCari 04:17, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

North end
The other side of this coin is where we draw the line on the north end. I've been doing some NRHP articles relating to Cohoes lately ... are you still in the Hudson Valley where the Mohawk flows in and you're above the limit of navigability at Troy? It would be easier if there were a Capital District project, but there isn't. Daniel Case (talk) 19:01, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 * It might make it easier to rename the project to "Hudson River Region" or such so we have a defined scope&mdash;anywhere along the river. –Juliancolton <sup style="color:#666660;">Tropical <sup style="color:#666660;">Cyclone  20:08, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 * That's just as nebulous, actually. My idea would be that we could include riverfront cities up to Troy Dam (based on the idea that Hudson Valley magazine covers things in Troy), which would exclude Cohoes. When a Capital District project comes into being, they can take over those counties. Daniel Case (talk) 00:47, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * The Troy Dam sounds like a good place to draw the line. –Juliancolton <sup style="color:#666660;">Tropical <sup style="color:#666660;">Cyclone  00:59, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

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Assessments
I've been working for a few days to get Category:Unassessed Hudson Valley articles down from 80+ articles to just over 20, and counting. I think we should make it a priority to assess every article with the Hudson Valley tag. Thanks, Juliancolton <sup style="color:#666660;">Tropical <sup style="color:#666660;">Cyclone  15:14, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I'd be happy to lend a hand with assessments, but I am quite new at it. Are either you or Daniel willing to give me a mini-mentoring on the subject?--otherlleft (talk) 02:58, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Veteran, Ulster County
Is there anyone in this project that can shed some light on Veteran, Ulster County, New York? If I didn't drive past a sign for it from time to time I wouldn't believe that there is such a place; I have had no success in locating any information on it online (as the name isn't exactly unique). It's real enough to be in the HV navigation template, so I was hoping someone could shed some light on it, even if it's not verifiable light. If I ever had a day off that was not a holiday or weekend I would haunt the town halls and the Ulster County Clerk to find out where this place got its name, and exactly what sort of place it is. . . it's a real DYK in the making!--otherlleft (talk) 03:05, 12 November 2008 (UTC)


 * My understanding, from the many histories of the Catskills I've read, is that it gets its name from a Continental Army veteran who was pretty much the sole inhabitant of the area for many years. It's not in Arthur Adams' Catskills gazzetteer, but I know I read it somewhere. I'm pretty sure the Saugerties town historian would be able to tell you something and give you a source. Daniel Case (talk) 04:25, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * That's what I thought would be a good place to start. Of course finding him on Veteran's Day would have been tricky!--otherlleft (talk) 15:13, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Capital District
Hello fellow Hudson Valley residents (and other interested parties)! I am working with Camelbinky in creating WikiProject Capital District. For those of you unfamiliar with the area, the Capital District is the area that encompasses Albany, Schenectady, and Troy. We are hoping that some of you would be interested in helping out in marking articles under the scope of this WikiProject. We also need help developing the project page! Many of you probably live here and we'd greatly appreciate your help on this new baby project. ~  ωαdεstεr 16  «talkstalk» 03:15, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Sounds like a good idea, though I'm not sure if the scope is broad enough. In any event, Columbia county is ours! :) –Juliancolton <sup style="color:#666660;">Tropical <sup style="color:#666660;">Cyclone  04:41, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I may be starting an inadvertent war, but I just labeled CC as a CapDist-related topic. I mean, you guys do shop at Crossgates and many people do work in Albany (especially for the state), right? 0:-) ~   ωαdεstεr 16  «talkstalk» 17:20, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmmm ... it would depend. We discussed above what our cutoff should be ... I am certainly, as I have indicated elsewhere, in favor of a WikiProject Capital District as I have contributed relevant material (see a lot of entries in and Central Troy Historic District), and I have lots of pictures of NRHP listings in Albany and Schenectady yet to process and create articles for. Defining the northern end of the Hudson Valley is a little hard ... Julian and I tentatively agreed that it would be Troy and Watervliet because that's where the navigable river ends. But Hudson Valley has always covered things all the way up to Albany and Troy, and certainly that includes Columbia County as well. Perhaps we should just allow Columbia articles to be listed in both projects, while north of it only riverside communities and river-related things get listed? Daniel Case (talk) 20:57, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Agree with Daniel Case, but I propose a small borderline. North of NY 295 is CD and below of NY 295 is HV? Mitch 32 ( Go Syracuse ) 21:04, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I would consider also that I'm not sure people in southern Columbia County identify with Albany so much. Yes, they're beyond the reach of Metro-North, don't have to pay the extra MTA sales tax and, if they work in New York City, are more likely to live in CC on weekends and vacation periods only. But only the northern part of the county (the Kinderhook area, Chatham and New Lebanon) feel Capital District, while Clermont and certainly Copake don't, seeming rather more like an extension of northern Dutchess County, in the same way that even Greenville on the other side of the river doesn't feel like CD (making the exclusion of Greene County more sensible). So Mitch's suggestion does make sense to some degree. But I would also want to keep stuff closer to the river up to Troy Dam. Daniel Case (talk) 21:25, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Addendum: I thought about the overlapping-regions issue a long time ago on this page, and I'm glad I did now. The fact is there are going to be some things that overlap besides the road articles already included in both projects. This will be relevant if there is ever a WikiProject Catskills; and the Capital District Project will at some point have to consider where it would give way to a hypothetical future WikiProject Adirondacks at its north (But for now my suggestion is to claim all the counties on the north). I think the HV project can take all the communities, and anything of significance, in Columbia County west of the Taconic and east of the Taconic south of either I-90 or NY 23. In Albany and Rensselaer counties, I would include the articles about only the settlements near the river and anything related to the river (tributaries, bridges, and riverside landmarks like Central Troy Historic District and Fort Crailo, say) or of regional significance (the Selkirk rail yard, if we ever get to doing it). Certainly not every RHP article in Albany County will go under HV (I will move U.S. Post Office (Delmar, New York) out of HV and into CD now; that was always an awkward fit). Or every secondary school for that matter. Daniel Case (talk) 23:01, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree. HV is usually (or so I think!) considered to end around the Rip Van Winkle Bridge. I-90 is a bit far north. --Regent's Park (Boating Lake) 00:11, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, Kinderhook is certainly north of that bridge, and usually considered part of the HV as well as, perhaps, the CD. My main point is that the two are not mutually exclusive geographically. New York has quite a few instances where its regions overlap (parts of the Finger Lakes are also part of Western New York, and others in Central New York). Daniel Case (talk) 05:52, 22 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Please see WikiProject Council/Proposals. Responding to my suggestion, Wadester created a proposal there.  I did not visit this Talk page earlier and was not aware of this discussion going on here.  Anyhow, I think the Proposals page is the right place to discuss coordination between wp:HVNY and that proposal. doncram (talk) 04:17, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Comment on Dunderberg Mountain Article

 * If anyone has time to contribute, please do some work on this article and/or comment at Talk:Dunderberg Mountain. Calamitybrook (talk) 18:15, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Possible redesign of the page?
I recently finished an overhaul redesign of WP:WikiProject Capital District (compare before and after) and I would be happy to do it for this project as well. Would members be interested in me doing this? Please respond below with a !vote and if there's consensus I'll get working. ~  ωαdεstεr 16  «talkstalk» 02:29, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Support ~  ωαdεstεr 16  «talkstalk» 02:29, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Show me what you'd like to do, and let's get Julian in on this. I was impressed with the WPCD page. Daniel Case (talk) 04:12, 10 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Now that I've re-read this, do your italics mean you prefer the older WP:CD design to the new one? ~  ωαdεstεr 16  «talkstalk» 16:44, 10 February 2009 (UTC)\
 * No, I'm just emphasizing how muhc I like the new one. Daniel Case (talk) 17:02, 10 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Oh good! ~  ωαdεstεr 16  «talkstalk» 20:11, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
 * It would essentially be like WP:CD, but a different color palette (maybe a green theme?). I can make a mockup (which would essentially be the final product anyway) as a sub-page to display it if necessary, but the current WP:CD is pretty close to what I imagine. Prolly have to wait till end of this week though. ~  ωαdεstεr 16  «talkstalk» 15:04, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
 * It would be great to have this page re-designed. I've been meaning to do it for a while now. –Juliancolton <sup style="color:#666660;">Tropical <sup style="color:#666660;">Cyclone  17:15, 10 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I'll probably get started this weekend, if not earlier. School and RfA questions are taking up the brunt of my time :) ~  ωαdεstεr 16  «talkstalk» 20:11, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Just kidding it's done. Any major problems/issues? I think I've included most, if not all of the info on the previous version. Some of the text for the header and scope were taken verbatim from WPCD. Feel free to reword or expand upon what's here (obviously). I consider this a base for what's to come. ~  ωαdεstεr 16  «talkstalk» 04:31, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Recent Contributions Needing Improvement

 * Bear Mountain Inn
 * Bear Mountain Bridge
 * Dunderberg Mountain

Calamitybrook (talk) 22:42, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

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Importance
I think we need a criteria for importance ratings. Here's what I have in mind:

Thoughts? –Juliancolton <sup style="color:#666660;">Tropical <sup style="color:#666660;">Cyclone  21:51, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Counties and major geographical features (such as Hudson River or Catskill Mountains) are high-importance, with top-importance reserved for the Hudson Valley article.
 * Cities, large towns, major attractions, and misc. well-known features are generally mid-importance.
 * NRHP listings, small towns and villages, bridges, roads, and smaller geographical features are generally low-importance.


 * I'm not sure size should be the determining factor. There are a number of things that fit mid-importance by your criteria that I think should be top; West Point for example.  I'm not quite sure what it should be.  One factor might be using something like the American Heritage Rivers to help select those items some how AHR  Ahwiv (talk) 23:38, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Agree that West Point should be high. ~  ωαdεstεr 16  «talkstalk» 23:41, 19 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I would consider the river article to be top-importance as well (no river, no valley). Any potential "History of the Hudson Valley" article should also be top-importance. West Point should probably also be high, and I would argue for the same status for another National Historic Landmark District on the river, the Hudson River Historic District (largest historic district on mainland US, basically the essence of the Hudson Valley in 35 square miles). I would also argue that something like Halve Maen deserves high importance. Significant regional news events like the PCB cleanup (if we ever devote a separate article to it, which we should) and Tawana Brawley, are probably mid-importance. I also think some larger villages like New Paltz (due to the college) and Catskill (county seat) ought to be of mid-importance as well. And maybe Rhinebeck and Millbrook as well (popular city weekend destination, upscale residence in the first instance and celebrity residences in the other). Daniel Case (talk) 09:10, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

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 * You guys should back off on the whole question. I don't think personal opinions about "importance" are important. It is inevitably rather subjective and a small-scale consensus that might be produced among a handful of "editors" would be very insignificant.


 * Far better to focus on improving articles. That's my view.

Calamitybrook (talk) 18:47, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

TFA
New York State Route 311 is on the main page as Today's Featured Article. Just a heads-up. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 00:32, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Museum at Bethel Woods merger
I've suggested that Museum at Bethel Woods be merged into the article on the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, of which it is part. A discussion has commenced on the Museum talk page. --JohnnyB256 (talk) 18:56, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Merge Bear Mountain State Park/Harriman State Park

 * There is no formal proposal for this but I'd like to suggest it.


 * Alternately, perhaps explain within the articles how and why they are separate entities, and why their separation is in any sense, significant.
 * Also, explain within each article, the extent to which, in practice, they are a single unit.

Calamitybrook (talk) 13:40, 12 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Good point. The people at PIPC will get very mad if we imply they're one unit. I think your alternative is better. Daniel Case (talk) 20:32, 12 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Am unaware of anything to suggest that they aren't administered as a single unit. But am not, in any event, suggesting that inaccurate material be incorporated.


 * These two chunks of land are of greatest interest and are best understood when considered together rather than separately, as did, for example, the author William Myles, who is or would be the obvious source for much of current content.


 * I don't know whether PIPC "got mad" at Myles, but if so, why would it be relevant?

Calamitybrook (talk) 17:24, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Tech Valley
I am working on a sandbox version of a future Tech Valley article here, and I could use some input from people who have more experience with places such as Kingston, Poughkeepsie, and Newburgh. As I continue to work on it the information I will be putting in will continue to make the article more and more Capital District-oriented and that would skew the article from its intent, to cover the entire Tech Valley. Tech Valley is 19 counties including all Hudson Valley counties except Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam. Tech Valley includes Orange, Dutchess, and Ulster all of which are very important high-tech counties.Camelbinky (talk) 00:56, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

AfD for John C. Tkazyik
Article on the mayor of Poughkeepsie is up for deletion. Interested editors may wish to weigh in. --JohnnyB256 (talk) 17:30, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

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A thought
NYC and Hartford are both pretty far away, so I was thinking about organizing a Capitol District meetup. It'll be more convenient for Hudson Valley residents, and we'd probably still see folks from NYC. Just a thought. –Juliancolton <sup style="color:#666660;">Tropical <sup style="color:#666660;">Cyclone  06:22, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll never go to NYC, but Albany I would consider.--otherlleft 03:50, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Request for revision of scope of WikiProject Hudson Valley
As some members of this WikiProject know, I have taken a position supporting(?) and/or opposing (?) the proposal for WikiProject Capital District and/or WikiProject New York Capital District, in part on grounds that its scope should be defined clearly with respect to WP:HVNY. I believe that for the success of the Capital one, it would be better served by clarifying a borderline inbetween its scope and the scope for WP:HVNY. Could the good people of this wikiproject concede that some downward adjustment of scope of WP:HVNY be allowed, in order to allow for non-overlapping borders? I expect you are the experts, but offhand it has been my understanding that the "Hudson Valley" region refers to counties south of Albany, that the Hudson River school of painting refers to paintings south of Albany, etc. (though I am aware some Hudson River school painters also trekked up into the Adirondacks on occasion). I don't care about which the border should be exactly, but perhaps the dividing line suggested by the New York State's official tourist regions mapping could be adopted.

Juliancolton has noted elsewhere that he does not see that overlap between these WikiProjects would be a problem, but he did not comment that realignment would or would not be a problem either. He and at least one other member here set an example by already signing up to be members of the other WikiProject, so I do not see why "turf" issues should be important. If you want to work on articles across a given border, you can be a member of that wikiproject too. I, for one, do see it as a problem for explaining this and the other WikiProject to possible future members, and also for causing duplication of efforts in banners and ratings and so on. It is a small issue on each article webpage, to have overcrowding from multiple wikiproject banners. It is a small but also numerous issue to determine whether just one or just the other or both of the WikiProjects apply for a given place. If others think there is no problem, then they also should not object to reducing the scope of WP:HVNY to avoid the issue that is perceived by some (i.e. me at least), or they should clarify why they would object, please. doncram (talk) 09:16, 25 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I can't remember where it is now, but I think we rejected NY's official tourist map's distinctions as creating divisions that don't exist in real life. I have said elsewhere as well that I believe that along the river in Rensselaer and Albany counties, there is space for a certain overlap because the river's estuary goes all the way to Troy and the riverside communities up there are considered to be part of the Hudson Valley as well (Certainly Hudson Valley has no problem listing events and reviewing restaurants in Albany, Troy, Rensselaer and Watervliet). If we really want to be sticklers about this we can stop at Greene and Columbia counties. Daniel Case (talk) 21:11, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Is there a downside to simply exercising judgment when selecting articles for each project, and obtaining consensus if it's not clear if an article belongs in one, the other, or both? I don't know if clear borders are helpful, much less necessary.  A community or topic that falls on one side may very well be clearly belonging to the tother project for any number of reasons.  As for explaining to new members, we can just point them to common sense.--otherlleft 03:54, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

GA reassessment of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Category:Education in Poughkeepsie, New York
Check out my latest posting at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject New York concerning the above category; perhaps there is someone here who could lend a hand or at least take a look at it. Alexius Horatius  02:28, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Template:Hvportal
FYI, has been nominated for deletion. 70.29.210.155 (talk) 05:18, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Now replaced by . Thanks! Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 03:32, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I wish someone had notified me of the deletion discussion beforehand. That template had at least a couple useful purposes which are now lost. Juliancolton (talk) 03:58, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't see what we gained by having lots of portal-specific templates when one could do the job, as it does now, with the appropriate arguments. Daniel Case (talk) 14:35, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

HV Banner needs more classes
A while back, I recommended new classes for Project Long Island articles, including Template, Redirect, Image, Category, etcetera. Now, I say WikiProject Hudson Valley banners should bet the same things. DanTD (talk) 02:47, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

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Hudson Valley towns
I have finished up Timeline of town creation in the Hudson Valley and hope it comes in handy for anyone who wants to expand/cleanup some of the town and county article history sections out there. Mostly I relied on French's Gazetteer of the State of New York but backed it up with the actual state laws that incorporated the individual towns and corrected with the appropriate official source where French was wrong.Camelbinky (talk) 17:22, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

A-class review request
I'm requesting an A-Class review for Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, which has just become a GA. None of the involved projects have a formal A-Class method, so I'm requesting that two editors review the article and support its promotion. I'm reposting this request on the talk pages of all involved projects. --Gyrobo (talk) 03:05, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I'll do this; I live close enough to it anyway. Daniel Case (talk) 15:01, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks! If you need a copy of Carleton Mabee's Listen to the Whistle for your review, I've taken out the one at the Gardiner library. The Elting Library in New Paltz should have some. --Gyrobo (talk) 15:50, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I've updated my notice on the other relevant talk pages to say that you've volunteered to participate. Maybe that will bring over someone who was thinking, "well, I would, but would anyone else?" --Gyrobo (talk) 23:58, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Historic places in each county: photos and editors wanted
See new table format lists of Registered Historic Places, with room for a photo of each one, in List of Registered Historic Places in Columbia County, New York, etc. Click on the Google map link to see the exact locations of almost all of the NRHP properties and districts in each one. Enjoy... doncram (talk) 00:24, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) Westchester
 * 2) Rockland
 * 3) Orange
 * 4) Putnam
 * 5) Sullivan
 * 6) Ulster
 * 7) Dutchess
 * 8) Columbia
 * 9) Rensselaer
 * 10) Albany
 * 11) Greene
 * I'll help get pictures for Dutchess, Putnam, and Ulster, if needed. –Juliancolton <sup style="color:#666660;">Tropical <sup style="color:#666660;">Cyclone  00:26, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I've got a lot in the pipeline for those counties, actually. But if there's something out near you (would that be Patterson/Pawling, judging from your contribs) by all means. I can help you find these places. Maybe we could even get together some weekend. Daniel Case (talk) 00:28, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually, I'm close to Hyde Park in Dutchess, but I go down to Patterson pretty often. –Juliancolton <sup style="color:#666660;">Tropical <sup style="color:#666660;">Cyclone  17:30, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Hyde Park? I would never have guessed. I have actually photographed most of Hyde Park's RHPs and they're in the pipeline for future articles; but there are some further inland other than Top Cottage that I've not gotten to (Crum Elbow Meeting House, I think). I can let you know which ones if you want to go shoot them. Daniel Case (talk) 18:17, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Heh. I know I usually work on articles related to Putnam County, but I guess it would be more practical to work on things close to my area...oh well. That would be great if you could let me know which ones ones don't have pictures yet, and I'll try to get them soon. –Juliancolton <sup style="color:#666660;">Tropical <sup style="color:#666660;">Cyclone  19:18, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Should there be a Valley subcat in Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in New York as there are for NYC, LI and some other places? Jim.henderson (talk) 12:54, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Featured portal
I nominated P:HUDSON for featured portal. The portal affects the whole project, so if anyone wanted to help out at the nomination, that would be cool. --Gyrobo (talk) 01:14, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Assessment criteria
I just noticed that WikiProject Hudson Valley doesn't have project-specific assessment criteria like the New York and Capital District projects do. The current assessment system appears to be very subjective, so I thought I'd make a proposal for something more formal: I think it would also be helpful if the project allowed more classes, such as template, project, category, and portal. --Gyrobo (talk) 23:13, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Top importance – Hudson Valley counties and cities; geographic features and infrastructure that span multiple counties; people who had a major influence on the region; events or movements that had a major influence on the region's culture.
 * High importance – Villages, towns, and noteworthy-but-unincorporated population centers; geographic features and infrastructure that span a county or have some historical significance; historic districts; people who had a considerable impact on the region's history; events or movements that had a considerable impact on the region's culture.
 * Mid importance – Remaining population centers; historic buildings; people, events and movements that had a moderate impact on the region's history; minor geographic landmarks.
 * Low importance – Any person, place or thing that is connected to the region but doesn't meet the criteria for the other levels of importance.


 * Go ahead (I see you've been using this in a lot of your recent assessments). And yes, we can certainly use the non-article assessments. However, in most other projects I've noticed they've limited top-importance to very few articles. In our case, I think it should be reserved for Hudson Valley and Hudson River, with all those other things in high-importance. Daniel Case (talk) 13:32, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I added the extra classes, but I don't think we should be limiting the number of top-priority articles. The Hudson River School and Henry Hudson are just as key to the region's history as Kingston and Poughkeepsie. And we definitely need to do a better job grading the importance of municipalities; in WPNY, all places are mid or higher. If we reserve top for the river itself, then we have fewer options for counties, cities, villages, towns, hamlets, and neighborhoods. Low should really only be used for things that are tangentially related to the project. --Gyrobo (talk) 16:27, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

Counties
Which counties are in the scope of this project? There are some companies headquartered in Westchester County (Armonk, Harrison) and I would like to see these companies go from WP:NY to a more specific WikiProject, if possible WhisperToMe (talk) 05:13, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I've always felt just about everything Westchester (save maybe the communities along the Long Island Sound) to merit inclusion here. Armonk ... do you mean IBM? Given their presence in Poughkeepsie, East Fishkill and at one time Kingston, yes. Daniel Case (talk) 05:22, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Yep, in terms of Armonk I mean IBM and the publisher M. E. Sharpe.
 * For Harrison, it means Texaco, Pepsico, Mastercard. and the Atlas Air group (Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo).
 * WhisperToMe (talk) 05:28, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia Loves Libraries
I'm proposing a WLL event October 29 at the Albert Wisner Public Library, a really beautiful facility in Warwick township. I've had an initial contact with the library, and they're considering the unformed proposal. This is both a meetup for Orange County area Wikipedians and a chance to bond with the reliable source provider community. I'm not exactly sure what the program might entail, but I would be willing to teach several seminars on Wikipedia usage and beginning editing. I could also foresee some hands-on editing in the form of a local history (or other subject matter) live collaboration. I'm wondering if we couldn't invite attendees to bring their own devices and see how many different people we can get involved in trying to edit. Not everyone involved would need to be present; we could use dedicated editors to watch specific pages to help prevent utter chaos. Would any members of other Orange or Rockland county Wikipedians would like to join me in this WP:GLAM effort to help connect local libraries with the culture of Wikiprojects? I see no reason why we should limit this effort to one library if we could get others interested. BusterD (talk) 21:51, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, living at the other end of Orange County, and being as involved in WM-NYC as I am, I don't see why I shouldn't be involved. I have talked with User:Pharos about also having other events at the larger libraries in the region ... Middletown, Newburgh, Kingston, Poughkeepsie etc. There are other people both on- and off-wiki I could talk to, as well. Let me know what I can do. Daniel Case (talk) 20:16, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I'd be glad to get involved at more than one location myself. Thanks for jumping in. At this point everything is still somewhat speculative. But as a program emerges from discussion over at Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Loves Libraries, it's a good idea to survey the area and see how many people like ourselves are interested. It's possible this could be way more than a meetup. BusterD (talk) 22:23, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

AfD notification: Hudson Valley
The article Hudson Valley has been nominated for deletion. Please Articles for deletion/Hudson Valley for the discussion. Article has been tagged for WP:RESCUE. OpenInfoForAll (talk) 19:08, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Zero reason to think this will be deleted. Good time for us to improve it though. BusterD (talk) 21:02, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Closed as Snowball Keep within nine hours of nomination. New user with less than 50 edits nommed. BusterD (talk) 01:50, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

Rail trail FAC input requested
Just a quick notice: the FAC for Hudson Valley Rail Trail has been open for a little over a month now, and needs additional input. The trail runs through Highland in Ulster County, up to the Hudson River. Any review would be appreciated. --Gyrobo (talk) 22:49, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

Hudson Valley articles by quality and importance
The table of Hudson Valley articles by quality and importance now has no articles unrated as to quality or importance. When new articles are added to this project, I would appreciate it if the editor adding the article would also add the appropriate talk page templates with class= and importance= ratings. Editors who create articles can rate their own articles, at least at the stub, start, C and B levels. --DThomsen8 (talk) 23:51, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Article assessment in relation to WPNY
See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject New York. –  T M F  (talk) 21:11, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Non-Hudson valley portions of counties
Hi, does this wikiproject seek to cover, or accept coverage of, non-Hudson Valley locations within counties that do have large portions in Hudson Valley.

For example, Glen Island Park (New Rochelle, New York), in Westchester County, is in Long Island sound. I would like to add places like this to the most specifically relevant geo-based wikiproject and would prefer to add WikiProject Hudson Valley rather than WikiProject New York. doncram (talk) 19:50, 20 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Seriously, for various practical reasons dealing with a longrunning dispute there is need to have a WikiProject which will handle New Rochelle and other Westchester County articles. I can put up a proposal at the WikiProject Council/Proposals area for a separate WikiProject Westchester.  However, I would prefer it should be a Task Force of WP:HVNY if you would welcome, or at least not reject the idea.  It would need to have its own membership list and one of those article quality ratings X importance ratings tables. doncram (talk) 19:14, 22 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I think as a task force it would work better than a separate project. Daniel Case (talk) 19:22, 22 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Just doing some quick research, it seems this is obviously covered by WPHV. Westchester County is completely within the region regardless of having a coastline. ~  ωαdεstεr 16  «talkstalk» 20:58, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Westchester is definitely within the scope of the Hudson Valley (especially northern portions of the county). –Juliancolton <sup style="color:#666660;">Tropical <sup style="color:#666660;">Cyclone  21:07, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Note that I added a phrase to the Scope page to indicate it should include all of Westchester. Please feel free to discuss if you wish.--Arg342 (talk) 02:19, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

East Ramapo Central School District photos
Who wants to take photos of the East Ramapo Central School District buildings, especially the district headquarters and high schools? Due to the battle between the Hasidic Jews and the Black and Hispanic groups (and also those, including other Jews, who ally with the pro-public school side) this district is fairly well known... WhisperToMe (talk) 16:36, 23 April 2014 (UTC)


 * I might be going down to Rockland in a few weeks for some NRHP photos when it gets warmer and greener, I could do it then (although you have to be careful when photographing schools because people get paranoid if they see you; sometimes it's better done on weekends or holidays). Daniel Case (talk) 01:17, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
 * It's much easier to photograph on weekends and holidays anyway due to reduced traffic. So, I'll list the possibilities here (from highest priority to lowest) (See directions):
 * District headquarters: 105 South Madison Avenue, Spring Valley, New York 10977
 * Spring Valley High School: 361 E. RT. 59, Spring Valley, NY 10977 (for Spring Valley, New York)
 * Ramapo High School: 400 Viola Road, Spring Valley, NY 10977 (for New Hempstead)
 * Chestnut Ridge Middle School: 892 Route 45, Chestnut Ridge, NY (for Chestnut Ridge)
 * Pomona Middle School: 101 Pomona Road, Suffern, NY 10901 (for New Hempstead)
 * Elmwood Elementary School (4-6): 43 Robert Pitt Drive, Monsey, NY 10952 (for Monsey) - See sign
 * Lime Kiln Elementary School (4-6): 35 Lime Kiln Road, Suffern, NY 10901 (for Wesley Hills)
 * Hempstead Elementary School (1-6): 80 Brick Church Rd., Spring Valley, NY 10977
 * Kakiat Elementary School (4-6): 465 Viola Road, Spring Valley, NY 10977 (for Monsey)
 * Eldorado Elementary School (4-6): 5 Eldorado Dr, Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977 ‎(for Chestnut Ridge)
 * Grandview Elementary School (1-3) (for Wesley Hills): 151 Grandview Ave, Monsey, New York, 10952
 * Fleetwood Elementary School (1-3): 22 Fleetwood Avenue, Chestnut Ridge, New York 10977
 * Margetts Elementary School (1-3): 25 Margetts Road, Chestnut Ridge, New York 10952
 * Summit Park Elementary School (1-3) (for New Hempstead): 925 Route 45, New City, NY 10956
 * Thank you!
 * WhisperToMe (talk) 07:04, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

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Featured Article
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Pageview stats
After a recent request, I added WikiProject Hudson Valley to the list of projects to compile monthly pageview stats for. The data is the same used by http://stats.grok.se/en/ but the program is different, and includes the aggregate views from all redirects to each page. The stats are at WikiProject Hudson Valley/Popular pages.

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Question for all editors
Hello,

I came into a slight dispute with User:Castncoot, who added galleries to Hudson Valley (link) and Hudson River (link). I feel Wikipedia is not a gallery and images should merely be supplemental informative resources, and not dominate an article (these galleries currently can fill up my screen). There might be some policy or guideline that agrees with me there, I'm not really sure. While Castncoot was alright with me removing the gallery on the Hudson River article, he remains defensive about those on the Valley article.

I stated to him that the galley of bridges is "barely relevant to the Valley", and that he "might as well add a gallery of Hudson Valley firetrucks or post offices...". He replied that "bridges are a transportation lifeline of the Hudson Valley". My reply restated my relevancy argument and included that the galleries are "highly irregular, unnecessary, and unencyclopedic".

We have Wikimedia Commons to provide such expansive galleries and categories. This is a good example. And I'm not opposed to most galleries for being useful in giving a good representation of an object, a building, or a city. I'm opposed to these galleries because they're just pictures of shops, fireworks, and a library in the biggest cities, barely representative of the valley. And why a gallery on the trans-Hudson bridges? There are hundreds if not thousands of bridges in the Hudson Valley, most not crossing the Hudson, but instead the diverse system of lakes, rivers, and streams that transverse the counties.

I can't easily represent Castncoot's contrary opinions on the matter. Here are his latest content-related arguments:

"You've just said above that roads and highways are a lifeline. Bridges represent an even higher level of a lifeline - they are unique highways which carry those more ordinary roads and highways which you have acknowledged to be lifelines and carry them and their traffic across the prominent Hudson River; if not for those very bridges, each of which is more structurally complex, formidable, and certainly more iconic than those lesser roads and highways, passengers would have a greater difficulty getting to the other side of the Hudson River and the Hudson Valley. At least on the same side of the river, one often has alternate routes to travel."

"And by the way, can you think of another region in the world that is as defined by as many iconic bridges relative to its population as the Hudson Valley? - or alternatively, the ensuing transportational and economic catastrophe if the bridges (especially the Tappan Zee) were to all of a sudden magically diappear?"

I came here to ask others' thoughts on the matter.-- ɱ  (talk  ·  vbm)  22:07, 25 October 2015 (UTC)


 * The Hudson Valley is mentally and uniquely synonymous to many (if not most) people with cities and iconic bridges studding the Hudson River from north to south. Truth be told, these galleries should appear in both the Hudson Valley and Hudson River articles. They meet WP:GALLERY and WP:NOTABILITY criteria, they're constructive and informative to the reader, and I believe they improve the articles. I see you've removed the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement image from the Hudson Valley article gallery. Similarly, nothing prevents you from adding other, "non-Hudson River" bridges in the Hudson Valley or other images of cities to the Gallery, and if you find such other images to be notable, you should feel free to post them. Five to eight examples of each are innocuous and informative, and I think you're blowing the whole thing out to an absurd proportion. Best, Castncoot (talk) 03:10, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
 * You were correct, Mike ... there is indeed a policy page on this:
 * "... ''[T]he use of a gallery section may be appropriate in some Wikipedia articles if a collection of images can illustrate aspects of a subject that cannot be easily or adequately described by text or individual images. The images in the gallery collectively must have encyclopedic value and add to the reader's understanding of the subject. ... Images in a gallery should be carefully selected, avoiding similar or repetitive images, unless a point of contrast or comparison is being made ... However, Wikipedia is not an image repository. A gallery is not a tool to shoehorn images into an article, and a gallery consisting of an indiscriminate collection of images of the article subject should generally either be improved in accordance with the above paragraph or moved to Wikimedia Commons ... One rule of thumb to consider: if, due to its content, such a gallery would only lend itself to a title along the lines of 'Gallery' or 'Images of [insert article title]', as opposed to a more descriptive title, the gallery should either be revamped or moved to the Commons."
 * Way back in the early days, before Commons had been created/established itself, we had pages titled "Gallery of ..." that I think the policy was primarily intended to address (they have since been deleted). My personal belief is that galleries should be used primarily in articles that could be expanded further than they have yet been. I haven't looked at these galleries yet, but based on my experience and the above I would really have to be sold well. Bridge pics? We have a List of fixed crossings of the Hudson River to which a picture field could (and, I've always felt, probably should) be added. Frankly, I think this issue will be mooted in the next few years as a video showing all these things could easily be created (My next summer project after Wikimania!) and added to the articles, taking up far less screen space. Once people start getting the hang of how to make appropriate videos for articles, our overillustration problems will become a thing of the past. Daniel Case (talk) 03:41, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
 * "My personal belief is that galleries should be used primarily in articles that could be expanded further than they have yet been." That's exactly where the Hudson Valley article stands now, with a great deal of expansion needed; and before my recent edits, one might have been fooled into thinking that the Hudson Valley was a vast wilderness area as opposed to a thriving mini-metropolis home to roughly three million people and vibrant and growing Tech Valley and viticultural scenes. As it stands, there is not only no primary fork to the List of fixed crossings of the Hudson River article from the Hudson Valley article, but even once you get there, a picture field is missing. I urge everyone to move forward rather than regressing. Best, Castncoot (talk) 04:35, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Flattered as I am that so many of my own pictures are included in those galleries (though given that I have taken so many of them around, I shouldn't be surprised), the solution to the problems you note is not to add galleries, but to actually improve the (admittedly weak) article to the point that those pictures get used somewhere constructively. Or replace the existing pictures and write text that justifies their inclusion. As it is the galleries strike me as indiscriminate collections of images, and the bridge problem could be (again) remedied by adding an image field to the table in that list. Daniel Case (talk) 04:44, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Why don't we do both? I don't believe the pics are indiscriminate. They each have a meaningful caption and there is something notable about each. If you can work on a quick picture field for the Crossings article, then the need in the Hudson Valley article is obviated (provided a primary fork is utilized). Castncoot (talk) 04:59, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Table coding is not my forte, alas. Daniel Case (talk) 05:26, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Daniel, it's not too hard once you stare at the code long enough :) Done. Feel free to add images.-- ɱ  (talk  ·  vbm)  05:45, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I think we've done a pretty good job at greatly improving the Hudson Valley article in a short period of time. I especially like the vertical alignment of the city images, giving the north-south axis impression. Thank you, and cheers! Best, Castncoot (talk) 06:42, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Please comment or read this Move Review
Hi there,

I'm attempting to let this project's members know of Move review/Log/2016 June, where a Move Review is taking place. A Requested Move was implemented, moving New York to New York (state), which is now being contested. This should be of relevant interest to this WikiProject. This notice was requested by several editors, and is performed as a courtesy.

Best, ɱ  (talk) · vbm  · coi) 15:53, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

2016 Community Wishlist Survey Proposal to Revive Popular Pages
Greetings Members!

This is a one-time-only message to inform you about a technical proposal to revive your Popular Pages list in the 2016 Community Wishlist Survey that I think you may be interested in reviewing and perhaps even voting for:


 * Fix and improve Mr.Z-bot's popular pages report

If the above proposal gets in the Top 10 based on the votes, there is a high likelihood of this bot being restored so your project will again see monthly updates of popular pages.

Further, there are over 260 proposals in all to review and vote for, across many aspects of wikis.

Thank you for your consideration. Please note that voting for proposals continues through December 12, 2016.

Best regards, — Delivered: 18:01, 7 December 2016 (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.
 * The report will include the total pageviews for the entire project (including redirects).

We're grateful to for his original, and we wish his bot a happy robot retirement. Just as before, we hope the popular pages reports will aid you in understanding the reach of, and what articles may be deserving of more attention. If you have any questions or concerns please contact us at m:User talk:Community Tech bot.

Warm regards, the Community Tech Team 17:16, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

New Rochelle discussion notice
New Rochelle problem discussion notification: I've opened a new discussion at Administrators' noticeboard.

This relates to a perhaps overly complicated 4 part proposal i opened on March 26, which was closed on March 27 and archived at Administrators' noticeboard/Archive187.

I am hoping that WikiProject Hudson Valley may play a role in solving the long-running problem. I think it is a problem that won't go away. I've also provided a courtesy notice to all parties who had more than a one word comment in the previous discussion. doncram (talk) 03:50, 1 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Since the ban is already taking place, I have made futile attempts to perpetuate a crusade to replace these images with those that aren't Copyvios. The only time I've seen anyone post replacements is when I take trips to the New York Tri-State area, and in my previous one, I never got near southeastern Westchester County. -User:DanTD (talk) 02:56, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

Knickerbocker Building question
Please see the question at Talk:Knickerbocker Building. Thanks! ··· 日本穣 ·  投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 23:40, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Discussion Invitation
A merge proposal was made to merge Keith Raniere with NXIVM in November 2017, I have revived the merge proposal. Please see discussion here. Your comments in the discussion would be appreciated since the page is within this WikiProject. -- Waddie96 (talk) 14:42, 9 April 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  07:42, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Broadway (Manhattan)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Broadway (Manhattan). epicgenius (talk) 18:59, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

Error in National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Westchester list
There is an error in the Westchester list of National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Westchester County, New York. I've tried to fix it, but can't. Item 52, Site of the Old Croton Dam, is located in Yorktown, not Cortlandt. The map coordinates are also wrong, they link to the site of the New Croton Dam.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_northern_Westchester_County,_New_York — Preceding unsigned comment added by Croton Historian (talk • contribs) 18:11, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
 * It would probably have been better if you'd raised this at the list's talk page, but yes, it can be easily corrected. We have often used the location the NPS assigns the listing to as the one on the list here for consistency's sake if nothing else. Occasionally this has led to some confusion and we have departed from the NRIS; perhaps this may be another one of those times. As for the coordinates, I believe the dam site is actually now flooded by the reservoir? Wouldn't that information be in the original application? Daniel Case (talk) 21:21, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

Generations of the Hudson River School discussion
Please come participate in this discussion of the "generations" of the Hudson River School. Thanks! ··· 日本穣 ·  投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 22:47, 26 October 2018 (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)

Nomination of Portal:Briarcliff Manor, New York for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Briarcliff Manor, New York is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The page will be discussed at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Briarcliff Manor, New York 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 page during the discussion, including to improve the page to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the deletion notice from the top of the page. North America1000 09:50, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

Proposed merge into WikiProject New York
Please comment at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_New_York_(state). – Muboshgu (talk) 16:57, 15 September 2019 (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)

Statistics section, updated
Greetings, On WP page, I added wikilinks to "Popular pages" (which is now working & runs monthly), and "Quality operations". JoeNMLC (talk) 16:18, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

New article on artist Paul Seckel
I created a new article on the artist and painter, Paul Seckel. Any further research would be appreciated! Right cite (talk) 04:17, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

User script to detect unreliable sources
I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like and turns it into something like
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from cite web, cite journal and doi.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- &#32; Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:01, 29 April 2022 (UTC)