Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Lehigh Valley

To-do list
Wow, I hope we can get all these articles created from the to-do list. --  J A 10 Talk • Contribs 02:52, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I am thinking about joining this project. I think it could benefit from my amazing GA writing skills.-- trey  02:56, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
 * That's fine. By the way, I'm sorry about all the bad blood between us. I have lots of anger issues and may sometimes see something in a different point of view. --  J A 10 Talk • Contribs 03:48, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Up for deletion
Guys, Allentown, PA in popular culture is up for deletion. Please see the notice on the article page for link to chime in with your feedback. Obviously, please oppose deletion. Alphageekpa 18:22, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't know, maybe they're right, maybe the material contained in the Allentown article works. --  J A 10  Talk • Contribs 15:25, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Hey guys, I do not know really how to do this, or if im in the correct location. But they told me to come to the talk section in regards to my site being deleted. I added www.lhshurricanes.org to Liberty's external links section and it always gets deleted. I looked at the guidlines and I do not understand why it is being deleted still. Anyone with some information would be appreciated. Thank you. Talk —Preceding comment was added at 02:43, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Lehigh Valley Definition
I recently posted comments on the Lehigh Valley Talk page regarding the opening paragraph of the Lehigh Valley article which defines the Lehigh Valley as the A-B-E metro. I can find no official sources to support this definition and believe it to be incorrect. My POV is that the L.V. is historically defined as Lehigh-Northampton counties plus the Phillipsburg area and that A-B-E metro is a relatively recent development that includes areas that are not part of the Lehigh Valley (Carbon, Bucks, Berks, and sections of Warren outside the P-burg area). The U.S. Census Bureau does not mention Lehigh Valley in association with the metro area, and numerous regional agencies, such as LV Economic Development Corp., LV Visitors & Convention Bureau, and LV Planning Commission, limit their definitions to Lehigh-Northampton. The only exception I've found is Great LV Chamber of Commerce, which includes P-burg but no other areas outside Lehigh-Northampton. A search of the Internet reveals that most .gov and .org hits for "lehigh valley" and "allentown-bethlehem-easton-pa-nj" together are Wikipedia-related; that is, other sites are mirroring WP's un-supported definition. I have several solutions in mind to remedy the problem, but would like feedback before moving ahead. Thanks. Allreet (talk) 17:35, 12 May 2008 (UTC)


 * My understanding has always been that the "Lehigh Valley" is A-B-E (or, Lehigh and Northampton County). I see that Warren County, New Jersey has made it's way into the Lehigh Valley "wiki" articles as well.  In The Morning Call's "Welcome to the Lehigh Valley", they state "The Greater Lehigh Valley encompasses two counties, Lehigh and Northampton, that together total more than 730 square miles. In that area, we have farms, burgeoning suburbs and cities. We are bordered by the Blue Mountains to the North, the Lehigh Mountain Range to the South, the Delaware River East and rolling farm lands lead us West."  No mention of New Jersey. The Lehigh Valley is a nice place, and I'm all for empire-building, so let's find ourselves a source! Alphageekpa (talk) 19:03, 12 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the speedy and considerate reply. We share the same basic understanding.  The picture is admittedly murky because Lehigh Valley is an informal term, defined by usage and not by the government or some other authority.  Fortunately, the trail is long.  The earliest source I've found is an 1860 history that includes Lehigh, Northampton, A-B-E and also the Phillipsburg area.  To my knowledge, this hasn't changed, and modern sources bear that out (though most ignore P-burg). I also haven't found anything that supports the position that the Valley and MSA are the same.  I would appreciate hearing from others before making changes.  Meanwhile, I've posted several definitions of the Lehigh Valley on my User page, from what seem to be the latest, most reliable sources on the subject. Allreet (talk) 23:11, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

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PA Roads needs help
I have a request of the project. Right now, the highways in Pennsylvania (under project WP:Pennsylvania Roads), and well, it is almost dead. We need help expanding over 350 stubs, and it would be very helpful, as some of the more important stuff needs help too. If you could possibly give input, ping me on my talk, or post here. Thanks.3 1/2 years of Mitch32 10:22, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

The Freddy Awards
Hey all! I've made an article about The Freddy Awards. Please feel free to check it out, make edits, give feedback, etc etc! —  Hunter  Kahn  ( c )  03:19, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

GA reassessment of State Route 1002 (Lehigh County, Pennsylvania)
I have conducted a reassessment of the above article as part of the GA Sweeps process. I have found some concerns with the article which you can see at Talk:State Route 1002 (Lehigh County, Pennsylvania)/GA1. I have placed the article on hold whilst these are fixed. You are being notified as the talk page has a banner for this project. Thanks, GaryColemanFan (talk) 06:45, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

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Most Valuable Players (film) AFD
Just wanted to bring this AFD discussion regarding the film Most Valuable Players, a documentary about an award ceremony for high school musical theater. Seeking input. Thanks! —  Hun ter   Ka  hn  23:13, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

List of crossings of the Lehigh River
It would be great to have a List of crossings of the Lehigh River, along the lines of the List of crossings of the Schuylkill River or the List of crossings of the Delaware River, but I do not have the information to make such a list. --DThomsen8 (talk) 15:20, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

Peace Candle
In case anyone wants to review a Lehigh Valley-related GAN, I've nominated Peace Candle for good article. Thanks! —  Hun ter   Ka  hn  01:49, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

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

Photographing every municipality in Pennsylvania
Several of us are engaged in a project to make sure that every municipality in the state has a photo in its article. That's one photo for every city, borough, town, and township. We'll probably leave census-designated places and unincorporated communities for next year.

There are 2562 municipalities in the state, which is likely the largest for any US state. So far we have about 1,869 of them photographed, with about 700 left to go. You can see what photos are needed, divided by county at User:Nyttend/Pennsylvania

You can also see the entire list at List of municipalities in Pennsylvania. Please take photos and upload them, first to the article for the municipality and then to the list article. We'd like to be finished with this project by July 4th, 2015.

What should you take photos of?

If you live in the area, you probably know better than we do what's the most important or most beautiful part of the municipality. But just in case you need a few ideas, try these subjects.
 * the town hall
 * railroad station
 * fire station or police station
 * a building on the National Register of Historic Places
 * a school or library
 * a bridge
 * a church
 * a park, perhaps with a Civil War monument
 * the corner of State and Main Streets
 * other street scenes, including residential areas and rural areas
 * the most beautiful building in town
 * the tallest building in town

When uploading the files to Commons, please include a category for the name of the municipality, or if no such category exists, the name of the county.

There is a "watchlist banner" running during June for all registered editors with a PA located IP. Even before the banner started running we had about 5 photographers working on this already: 1 in Western, PA, about 3 in SE PA, and 1 in NE PA. It looks like we need some folks in Western and Central PA!

If you have any questions, just ask, either here or at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Pennsylvania ‎.

Smallbones( smalltalk ) 13:57, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

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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.
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Pls see discussion
Please consider participating in discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places. It could lead towards revision, merger, or other change of the Allentown, Pennsylvania and List of historic places in Allentown, Pennsylvania and List of city parks and recreation facilities of Allentown, Pennsylvania and National Register of Historic Places listings in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania articles. --Doncram (talk,contribs) 01:46, 6 February 2023 (UTC)