Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Louisiana/Archive 2

New articles
Dear Wikipedians, a list of possible Louisiana-related articles found by bot is available at User:AlexNewArtBot/LouisianaSearchResult. Colchicum 14:48, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Why is the Battle of Raymond page on the WikiProject Louisiana list? - Tony Gunter —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.138.106.100 (talk) 21:13, August 26, 2007 (UTC)
 * It was misidentified. I just added it to Mississippi wikiproject and removed it from Louisiana wikiproject. -- doncram (talk) 22:39, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

List of National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana is an article in progress that could use help! Pick any of the 53 listed NHLs, and develop its article, or help in the main list-table article. Photos needed! -- doncram (talk) 22:39, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Portal
I have added a basic Portal:Louisiana and added it to the directory. Feel free to make any improvements. Arundhati lejeune 00:22, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Loogaroo and Vampire
G'day all, a couple of us are working up vampire to FAC, and there's a stubby bit on loogaroo mentioned. I was wondering if anyone had a book on lousiaina folklore which mentions them which could work as an inline ref. Also it'd be good to expand teh article at loogaroo too. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 05:45, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Honey Island Swamp monster
I've just created the above article, but the only sources I could use were online (I live slightly outside the area!) Are there any Louisianans who could improve the article with local books or press articles? Also, I was unable to find an appropriate Louisiana-based category for it (there's no "Folklore of Louisiana" category, rather disappointingly). Perhaps someone could help with that? Thanks, Totnesmartin 18:01, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

8 Louisiana-related AfDs currently underway
Editor Billy Hathorn has been a prolific creator of biographies of lesser-known Louisiana political figures. Many of these articles have been deleted on grounds of notability. At issue has been the availability of references that meet the requirements of our Notability Guideline for Biographies. Additionally, many have cited Mr. Hathorn's master's thesis, which raises issues relating to our Original Research Policy and our Conflict of Interest Guideline. Complicating everything is the shortage of online references for politicans of 50 to 80 years ago; paper is just as acceptable per our Reliable Sources and Verifiability rules, but it is so much easier in AfDs to quickly verify notability for current newsmakers that are discussed online.

Here's the current crop of Articles for Deletion (AfD) discussions; your input pro or con is invited:
 * Articles for deletion/Roy R. Theriot
 * Articles for deletion/Allison Kolb
 * Articles for deletion/Charles and Virginia de Gravelles
 * Articles for deletion/Ben C. Toledano
 * Articles for deletion/Roderick Miller
 * Articles for deletion/Hall M. Lyons
 * Articles for deletion/Willis Ricketts
 * Articles for deletion/Billy J. Guin

A concise summary of all of the Louisiana AfDs underway can be found at If you put that page on your watchlist, you'll automatically learn of new AfDs as they're added to the list.
 * WikiProject Deletion sorting/Louisiana

More general discussions of Mr. Hathorn's articles can be found at:
 * User talk:Billy Hathorn
 * Includes deletion notices for many more of his articles
 * Administrators' noticeboard/Archive114
 * Requests for comment/Billy Hathorn

It would be good if we can somehow use this prolific body of work while staying within our content guidelines. -- A. B. (talk) 00:04, 17 December 2007 (UTC)