Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Massachusetts/Archive 5

Lockdown (2008)
I recently got the above article to FA and it falls under this project since the event took place in Massachusetts. Just thought to say, this project just gained another Featured Article.-- Will C  04:16, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

List of stations on the MBTA subway
I have been working on the List of stations on the MBTA subway over the past few days. I kind of used List of London Underground stations as a jumping off point, since that is a featured list. I have most of the current information i could find already in the article but i am not very good with formating, especially references. If anyone could go take a look and fix or help out with anything they can it would be great.

--Found5dollar (talk) 04:48, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

City (?) status of Palmer
Per, Palmer is one of those municipalities that is known as a town but is legally a city because of its form of government (which is town council-town manager). I may need some help convincing User:Nyttend that Palmer has city status even though it calls itself as a town. Disputed pages are Hampden County, Massachusetts and Palmer, Massachusetts. Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks! --Polaron | Talk 01:34, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

I would have to concur that these disputed pages are, in fact, in error. According to the Massachusetts Official Homepage (linking over to Palmer), Palmer is, indeed, a TOWN. It was incorporated as a town in 1775 and has Town Meetings. The Palmer page is also lacking references. Rawhyd (talk) 02:54, 23 January 2009 (UTC)Rawhyd
 * There are 11 municipalities that are called towns but have city forms of government. See for example West Springfield. The determination was to classify municipalities by their legal standing rather than their official name. Palmer changed its form of government in 2004 but is currently exploring another charter change. Palmer currently does not have a town meeting form of government. If you prefer to use the official name, that would entail a change to 10 other articles that are cities but known as towns, in addition to Palmer. --Polaron | Talk 03:40, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Science Park
I have a question about what we should consider the official name of the Science Park MBTA station. the current page it is located at is Science Park/West End (MBTA station). They MBTA just recently added "West End" to the signs at the station, but they have also stated that "West End" will not be added to mbta maps or to other documents. Should this page be named Science Park/West End (MBTA station) or just Science Park (MBTA station)? I personal feel the later is still the stations true name. Any thoughts? --Found5dollar (talk) 15:35, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree. The Boston Globe article linked from Science Park/West End (MBTA station) says it's "a symbolic local change that will only be visible" on signs at the station.  It sounds like a compromise gesture that the MBTA reached with the neighborhood association and not a reflection on the official name of the station. Tim Pierce (talk) 22:14, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Neighborhoods of Taunton, Massachusetts
Anyone want to improve or start any articles on the neighborhoods in Taunton:

-Viddea9 26 February, 2009 10:27 (UTC)
 * North Taunton
 * Westville
 * Whittenton
 * Whittenton Junction
 * Oakland
 * Weir Village
 * East Taunton
 * Downtown Taunton

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The State Seal Is Wrong!
hello, I've been trying to get some help with this for a while.. anyway: The state seal .svg file File:Seal_of_the_State_of_Massachusetts.svg Has a misspelling in it. It should read "Reipublicae" instead it reads "republicae". The correct seal is shown here: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cismaf/mf1a.htm

Can someone fix this? I don't have the skills and the original creator is not answering me.

Thanks a million..

The Talking Sock talk contribs 22:43, 6 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Have you tried asking the Image workshop for help? I'm guessing they'll be able to fix it. As there is already a .png version with the REI- spelling (here), this is probably just a matter of converting the image from one format to the other. Alexius  Horatius 00:05, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

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Towns with city forms of government
See Talk:Braintree, Massachusetts. There is an argument of whether to call Braintree a city or a town. It is one of the 11 municipalities with a city form of government that calls itself a town. Currently, the convention on Wikipedia is to call these entities as cities, and is reflected in various templates and lists. Additional comments are at the Braintree talk pae are welcome. Thanks. --Polaron | Talk 20:31, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

mormon temple in Boston
There is a Mormon temple in Boston. Should the article belong to this WikiProject? LDS-SPA1000 (talk) 03:35, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Does your WikiProject care about talk pages of redirects?
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List of Massachusetts State Parks
I have begun working on this series of articles using the featured List of Pennsylvania State Parks as a model. If anyone would like to help out, you can pick nearly any state park article you want, because those that exist are stubs and most aren't even stubs. Any help or advice would be nice. If enough people are interested, perhaps a sub project could be started. This would make a swell summer project folks! get out there and take some pictures. EraserGirl (talk) 17:05, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

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Mass History stub
I'm not sure how stub tags get created, but a Massachusetts History stub would be greatly appreciated. Gosox5555 (talk) 22:17, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Annnd the spotlight falls on ... [[USS Massachusetts (BB-59)|USS ''Massachusetts'' (BB-59)]]!
Hi all. An article within the scope of this project, USS Massachusetts (BB-59), has been selected to receive the recently-reactivated Spotlight during the week of 1 August. Any help that could be offered would be greatly appreciated! Some sources availiable for use in expanding the article can be found here. Cheers, — Ed   (Talk  •  Contribs)  04:58, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

USS Massachusetts (BB-59)
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A-Class review for USS Massachusetts (BB-59) now open
The A-Class review for USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is now open; all editors are invited to participate, and any input there would be appreciated! Thanks! -MBK004 06:30, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Update U.S. Senators
I noticed that several articles for municipalities in Massachusetts haven't been updated to note that John Kerry is now the senior Senator and Paul Kirk is the junior Senator. I'm correcting some, but it would be good to have a concerted effort to change all of these now and then again after the election. --JamesAM (talk) 15:41, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Perhaps a template could be used so that we don't have to edit 351 articles twice.—Markles 16:11, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Admittedly, I varied my wording a bit depending on what the existing wording was. I've updated some of the towns from Bristol County and Dukes County, so maybe a preferred wording could be selected from one of the those changes I made. I've made sure to change the senior/junior designation and noted that Paul Kirk is an interim appointee in the changes I've made. --JamesAM (talk) 16:52, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I just noticed that there's already a template in the To Do List on the top of the page. Oops. --JamesAM (talk) 16:54, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I thought about modifying the template into county templates for many of the city and towns to help with the very problem discussed (see Worcester County cities and towns), but thought it actually may make the problem worse. If many of the cities and towns have not updated their information in a month for Kennedy, then there may be lower offices, with more more obscure officeholders be slow to be updated as well.  At least more people may recognize that Ted Kennedy as passed, then say, the Bristol or Middlesex County Sheriff, for example. We may be compounding the problem, not lessening it? Thoughts? Pvmoutside (talk) 18:01, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I suggest the template use code to make it easily modifyable. If it's in district 2, then "congressional district=2", etc.—Markles 13:05, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Nathaniel Hawthorne
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AfD for New England Institute of Religious Research
Please see Articles for deletion/New England Institute of Religious Research. Thank you for your time, Cirt (talk) 05:46, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Please see the "scope of WP:Boston" discussion
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Category for deletion
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Consensus needed - bot auto-assessment
I'm planning on having the classes added to the rest of the unassessed articles here, so approval would be appreciated. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 06:37, 8 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Specifically, Kevin has requested to auto-assess as many of the unassessed articles as possible. This is done by looking for a stub template on the article, or inheriting the class from other projects (see here for further details). If there are no objections to this, the task will run in the next 72 hours. –xenotalk  14:03, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Cambridge Chronicle
I replaced the redirect of Cambridge Chronicle to GateHouse Media with a stub, that I am hoping to get to at least Start-Status within the day. Feel free to comment and / or help. --Jordan1976 (talk) 13:32, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

How should I put in a request for an assessment?
Where should I put this? Is there a list at all? Winner 42 (talk) 21:59, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Picture request
There's a Thomas Eakins painting on display in the Brockton Musuem of Art in Brockton, MA. The painting is the Portrait of Walter Copeland Bryant. See List of works by Thomas Eakins, #372.

I'm looking for someone in the area who is willing to go to the library and photograph the painting for me. Raul654 (talk) 16:20, 27 May 2010 (UTC)


 * I have added a template to Talk:List of works by Thomas Eakins, so that the request will show up in the appropriate photo request categories. Tim Pierce (talk) 16:54, 27 May 2010 (UTC)


 * In my experience, nobody ever looks through those categories -- I was hoping to solicit a volunteer :) Raul654 (talk) 19:55, 28 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Sure, no harm in that. But in my experience, Wikipedian photographers are much more likely to see a photo request in a photography category than in a Wikiproject talk page.  I am, anyway. :-) Tim Pierce (talk) 19:44, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Couple final questions re: Massachusetts GA nom
Hi - lately I've been doing some work in trying to get Massachusetts up to a GA; it's coming together - all that is really needed now is an expanded intro, rewritten and referenced Geography section, and a climate section - but I have a few questions that I'd like someone with more experience with the place than I have to take a look at.


 * First, I need someone to basically read through the Arts and Culture section and make sure nothing is really off - as in if an event mentioned no longer takes place or if something is missing but really should be mentioned that isn't currently mentioned. You don't have to do any major work here, (of course, you can if you want) but basically I would just like a local to have a look.


 * Second, I'd like to mention a few current local political issues - in other words, not something like "taxes" or something. For instance, at the end of the politics section for South Dakota, I made a quick mention of a few issues such as video lottery that are sort of important locally though perhaps not nationally.


 * Third, I still need to write a climate section - this is just going to be a general thing showing general climate info and stats and stuff - just a few paragraphs (Again, South Dakota is a good example of what I'll be trying to do).

As for severe weather, I was going to mention (with references, if I can find them) that tornadoes are rare but do occur once in a while, hurricanes occur but not so much as Florida or Louisiana, and also mention Nor'easters.

I found a good reference for some of this, but it would be a big help if someone could bring to my attention specific hurricanes or other events that need to be mentioned (I don't really want to trawl through 'List of Hurricanes'...) Anyway, thanks for your help. Alexius Horatius  12:53, 4 June 2010 (UTC)


 * One looks good, but I know that there is the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra and one in Springfield. For number two, you could talk about the corruption that has occured recently in the state, that of Dianne Wilkerson. I also know that Lowell virtually worships the late Paul Tsongas, so I don't know if that is worth mentioning since I know Barnstable didn't worship both Kennedys and Kirk. The weather section could be tied into that of the rest of New England. We haven't had a hurricane since Bob in 1991, so we're really overdue. Sometimes I know it goes subzero on the Cape and the last time this happened around six years ago, they closed schools. You could mention the Worcester tornado of 1953 as that killed many people and was the last true one in the state. I mean there have been others, but they are usually F1 or F2. The Worcester one was officially an F4 but I know some people are trying to lobby to get it changed to F5 as it was so destructive. You could also talk about the spring floods that have occured in the state. This past March we had two major floods in the Boston area around two weeks apart. I know that when the second one happened, areas around Boston were flipping out while the people on the Connecticut River valley were just mentioning it. One interesting tidbit, since Lowell has the Merrimack dammed, when they get a flood, there is one gate that prevents the destruction of the city shown here. If you want more pictures User:CSZero has a site or two that he created that are a wealth of knowledge. There was also the ice storm that occured in December of 2008 and that caused a bunch of damage to areas north of Spencer and as far east as Lowell. It was also destructive because nothing melted for a long time. Additionally, there was a time when the jet stream quite literally fell out of the sky over the cape in December 2005. This link is a pretty accurate representation of what happened. I remember that day that they were predicting a warm rain storm. It then got windy and much colder out and snow started to fall. Basically a blizzard occured with less than an inch of snow present and many trees were taken down on the eastern side of the Cape. After writting all that, I realized that I am a heavy geek and I guess I should get a life. If you have any other questions, I am more than happy to help. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 20:18, 5 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks a lot - I've just added a bit about the other two orchestras (I was worried the whole time about making the article too Boston-centric, so those help). I'll work on the climate stuff over the next few days - I guess I overestimated the hurricane thing a bit - I was under the impression it was like one minor one a year and a major one a decade or something, but looking at List of hurricanes in New England, it looks like the ones that do get there are mostly just rain and a bit of wind by that time. I'll probably focus more on the flooding and winter storms and things like that, perhaps also mention the Worcester tornado you were talking about. Alexius  Horatius  22:09, 5 June 2010 (UTC)


 * You might include the great New England hurricane of 1938, still recalled by older people. See photos at http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=hurricane+1938&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=XPBPTY-bAYWclgeSwYwr&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=2&ved=0CCoQsAQwAQ but you'll have to troll through them to find the Massachusetts ones. Note, too, that more than one hurricane's photos are on that website!


 * Go to http://www.tornadoproject.com/alltorns/matorn.htm for lists of tornadoes in all Mass. counties. And see http://www.tornadoproject.com/alltorns/worstts.htm#MA for the worst ones.

Stockbridge Bowl

 * I've just created this minor article, or stub about a Massachusetts topic.
 * Am un-tutored in formatting and etc......Would be pleased if anybody performed a slight clean-up on this item, or wished to do expansion.
 * Thanks.

Calamitybrook (talk) 02:52, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

List of United States federal courthouses in Massachusetts
This list is largely complete, but has bits and pieces of information missing, and needs images filled in - any help in completing it would be much appreciated. Cheers! bd2412 T 18:52, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Kripalu Center RfC
Any interested editors are encouraged to take part in the discussion at Talk:Kripalu Center. Thank you. John Carter (talk) 17:41, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Harvard RFC
There is currently an RFC about use of the word "Prestigious" in the lead of Harvard University. Comments are welcome here. ~DC Let's Vent 20:50, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Massachusetts Literary map from Massachusetts Center for the Book
The Massachusetts Center for the Book has an online (and print) map with information about various locations around the state which are related to books, authors, poets, etc. This could be useful for Massachusetts' literary-related articles, especially those with little existing information. Jodi.a.schneider (talk) 22:44, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Massachusetts articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release
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Proposed rename of Plymouth and Cambridge
There is a current proposal at Talk:Plymouth and Talk:Cambridge to rename the articles (which are about the UK cities) and replace the pages with a disambiguation page. In both proposals, the Massachusetts cities are some of the most viewed from the disambiguation page. The proposal has already been flagged for attention by the automobile wikiproject and as a result a number of comments proposing the car is just as important as the UK city and keeping the article represents a UK bias (the Massachusetts cities are also of relative importance; making Plymouth and Cambridge disambiguation pages would ease access to them). Consequently raising for attention here to give appropriate balance. Comments either way are welcome. Pur ple back pack 89    07:52, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

A consideration for cross project consolidation of talk page templates
I have started a conversation here about the possibility of combining some of the United States related WikiProject Banners into WikiProject United States. If you have any comments, questions or suggestions please take a moment and let me know. --Kumioko (talk) 19:53, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

quiet here......
Hi, this article is templated as related to this wikiproject and has been prodded. Walter Timilty - Off2riorob (talk) 12:07, 10 December 2010 (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) 19:14, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Guys, there is so much work to be done on coverage of Massachusetts that I would hope that we can avoid the distraction of Kumioko's well-meaning efforts to restart the WikiProject United States. Let's get back to work here on our articles. If people within this project want to try a collaboration, propose it on our Project page rather than getting wrapped up in the other. Racepacket (talk) 14:32, 25 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) 19:08, 26 January 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) 02:13, 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) 02:13, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

County navigational boxes
Templates in Category:Massachusetts county navigational boxes have dark blue title bars, on which the blue article links are unreadable, and clearly in breach of WCAG (web content accessibility guidelines). My recent attempt to fix this on Worcester County, Massachusetts were reverted with the edit summary "Back to standard format)". If that's a standard (I can't find it documented anywhere), it's a bad one, and needs to be replaced with something more accessible. Andy Mabbett (User: Pigsonthewing ); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 21:24, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Prince Hall pictures
This Wikiproject may be interested in the discussion at Talk:Prince Hall Mystic Cemetery about the best image(s) to add to that page. Incidentally, the Arlington Historical Society has a bunch of information on the history of the cemetery and I hope to see what is reliably sourced and suitable for addition. Matchups 02:48, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Featured list candidacy of List of colonial governors of Massachusetts
I have nominated List of colonial governors of Massachusetts as a featured list candidate. Interested parties can participate in the discussion here.  Magic ♪piano 21:50, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Massachusetts
Members of this project might be interested in this discussion  currently underway at the Massachusetts talk page. I am hoping for more participants in this discussion. Steve Quinn (talk) 04:15, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

Featured article review
There is currently a featured article review underway for 1689 Boston revolt. If you are interested in participating, please click here.  DCI  talk 22:18, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

Historical population counts added for all 351 Massachusetts municipalities
I figured it would make sense to note here that I just completed adding historical population count tables to each Massachusetts city and town article. In the vast majority of cases, the tables contain previously-absent population counts for each decade for the given municipality from 1850 through 2010, or from the decade following if the municipality was incorporated after 1850. In some cases, the decennial population counts are given from 1790. The tables are in the 'Demographics' section of each article. I've included references for the sources of the data in each decennial US census, and to the relevant Population Estimates Program source for annual population estimates from 2001 through 2009.

To my knowledge these tables are the only systematic, fully digitized and free collection of decennial population counts for Massachusetts's 351 municipalities currently available. I transcribed these records from scanned PDF copies of census records; so if anyone happens to notice an error, please let me know. Hopefully this data will come in handy for our readers, and perhaps folks interested in the state's historical population trends! Emw (talk) 04:29, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Nicely done.—GoldRingChip 12:20, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

2007 Boston bomb scare is a GAN that needs work today
I'm the GA reviewer for this article. It's been on hold for over a week and I plan to fail it at the end of the day unless some editors take the initiative to implement the necessary improvements. Thus far, nobody has responded. AstroCog (talk) 15:27, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject University of Massachusetts was marked as inactive
I just wanted to drop a note that WikiProject University of Massachusetts was recentlymarked as inactive. I recommend pulling it in as a task force of this project. --Kumioko (talk) 04:42, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Proposal to add WikiProject Massachusetts under WikiProject United States
Greetings, I am a member of WikiProject United States, it was recently suggested that WikiProject Massachusetts might be inactive or semi active and it might be beneficial to include a project for it in the list of projects supported by WikiProject United States, which Kumioko have added some of the projects like WikiProject American television and WikiProject United States Government. After reviewing the project it appears that there have not been any active discussion on the talk page in some time and the only content updates appear to be simple maintenance so being supported by a larger project might be beneficial. This discussion is intended to start the process of determining if the project members are interested in the project being added to the projects supported by WikiProject United States. If have any thoughts, comments or questions, please let me know. JJ98 (Talk / Contributions)  10:08, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
 * This project doesn't seem to be very active on the main page or this talk page. I think that maybe adding it to the supported projects list of WikiProjec United States might be beneficial. Does anyone have any comments about doing this? Since 2 previous posts by myself and JJ98 have gone unanswered I will only leave this here for a couple days before I add it. --Kumioko (talk) 04:45, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Since knowone seems to mind I am going to add this project as well as the University of Massachusetts project to the supported projects list of WikiProject United States. I will give it a couple more days though while I'm working some other tasks. --Kumioko (talk) 17:27, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I added the project to the supported projects list of WikiProject United States since there are no objections after 3 months. --Kumioko (talk) 21:53, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Municipalities
Just thought the Project would like to know, I've gone through (or am going through) every municipality page and removing anyone listed as a Notable native who does not meet WP:N. If you disagree with any removal and would like my rationale behind excluding that person or those people, please contact me on my talk. Thanks, Achowat (talk) 15:40, 16 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:Massachusetts will have interest in putting on events (on and off wiki) related to women's roles in Massachusetts'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) 00:26, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

School districts
Hi, guys! Since the schools in Massachusetts have a lot of Portuguese speaking students, I asked users of the Portuguese Wikipedia to write stubs on certain MA school districts. One user has done, so and I thank him for his work! WhisperToMe (talk) 22:31, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Merge input needed - Hopkinton
Should Hopkinton (CDP), Massachusetts merged with Hopkinton, Massachusetts? Please comment at Talk:Hopkinton, Massachusetts. D O N D E groovily  Talk to me  04:02, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Long-finned pilot whale
I just been merging banners on Long-finned pilot whale. I can't particular see why this is under WPUS or originally in this project. Can someone take a look. Agathoclea (talk) 19:33, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Category:People born in Springfield, Massachusetts
I have just created Category:People born in Springfield, Massachusetts, as a subcategory of Category:People from Springfield, Massachusetts, as well as Category:People born in West Springfield, Massachusetts. If anybody can create similar categories for other cities in Massachusetts, post here and I will help you populate it. Brad7777 (talk) 14:42, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Portal:New England was nominated for Featured Portals
Here. Achowat (talk) 18:38, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Proposal for United States A-Class review process
There is a proposal at WikiProject United States to start an A-Class review process for United States related articles. Please stop by and join the discussion. Kumioko (talk) 02:07, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Portal:Massachusetts is up for Featured Portal status
Hello all. The following is a neutrally worded courtesy message:

Portal:Massachusetts has been nominated for Featured Portal status. The nomination page is Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Massachusetts.

As a WikiProject with a related sphere of interest, you are being notified of the proceedings, and invited to participate in them.

Yours,  S ven M anguard   Wha?  17:54, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Relevant RfD
The redirect, which points at Massachusetts, has been nominated for deletion. Your contributions to the discussion at Redirects for discussion/Log/2013 January 8 would be appreciated. Thryduulf (talk) 18:00, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

GA review
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Elizabeth_Warren/GA2#GA_Reassessment - You  really  can  21:37, 18 January 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)

GAR of Ursuline Convent Riots
Ursuline Convent Riots, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual 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. This article has been bannered as falling within the scope of this project, and its principal editor is not very active. --  Magic ♪piano 22:21, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Discussion to remove the Automatically assessed logic from the WikiProject United States template
Greetings, there is a discussion regarding removal of the logic used to populate Automatically assessed article categories from Template:WikiProject United States. Most of the categories (over 220 Wikipedia wide) were deleted in February 2013 because they were empty. These categories were previously populated by a bot that hasn't run since 2011 and the categories aren't used. Removal of this uneeded/unused logic will greatly reduce the size and complexity of the WikiProject United States template. Any comments or questions are encouraged here. Kumioko (talk) 18:42, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Lest there is any confusion for people who don't speak the same language, the words "logic used to populate Automatically assessed article categories" refer to the feature that was supposed to allow this WikiProject's template to "inherit" class and importance ratings from other WikiProjects. Kumioko says that there are no longer any bots performing the function that formerly copied those ratings. --Orlady (talk) 23:05, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

Neighborhoods in Boston article
Hello! I updated the Neighborhoods in Boston article to reflect the City of Boston's new neighborhood designations, but I'm not familiar enough with the sub-neighborhoods in "List of places and squares within neighborhood areas" to properly split Allston-Brighton and Dorchester & Mid Dorchester. I moved a few sub-neighborhoods from Dorchester to Mid Dorchester based on the City website's description, but can someone else check if any of the neighborhoods listed under Dorchester belong under Mid Dorchester? And can someone split up Allston & Brighton? Thanks! Nadhika99 (talk) 08:36, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

The usage of is under discussion, see talk:UMass Minutemen and Minutewomen -- 70.50.151.11 (talk) 05:01, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedian in Residence at Harvard
Harvard is seeking a Wikipedian in Residence. This will be a temporary, three-month, paid position. Apply by April 15. Please refer to the job posting for information. I have no connection to Harvard or anything, so best not to contact me with questions about the job. Alex Kyrios (talk) 23:40, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

AfC submission - 16/03
Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/The Point ("Whiskey Point"), Brookline, Massachusetts. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 16:02, 16 March 2014 (UTC)

AfC submission - 27/03
This is a current submission about an interesting topic, although I'm not sure it's notable...Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/First Parish of Watertown, MA. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 15:00, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

Discussion of article for deletion, Community Resources for Justice
(Full disclosure: I've helped create and edit this page): Community Resources for Justice is a Massachusetts-based organization whose page is up for deletion. I was wondering if anyone in this group had thoughts one way or the other; the discussion page is here. I'm interested in working with history articles but am still getting the hand of the notability guidelines, so would be happy for any more views on that. AmandaRR123 (talk) 17:41, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride
Are there any Massachusetts residents interested in participating in Wiki Loves Pride 2014, a multi-national effort to improve coverage of LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects? Perhaps an edit-a-thon or a photography project? Please visit the project page for details or let me know if you have any questions. Thanks! -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 17:32, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

Leaflet For Wikiproject Massachusetts 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) 13:45, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

Editors in the area of the Peabody Essex Museum
Hello. Are there any editors in the area of the Peabody Essex Museum who would like to help me get a picture a portrait of Henry Pitman from the Peabody Essex Museum and possibly help me find any information on the portrait itself like date of creation and artist? I am not sure 100% sure if his portrait is even there but I am hypothesizing this base on the fact his mother Kinooleoliliha's portrait is there. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 04:06, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * , might be your guy. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 04:44, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Been talking to him at Talk:Peabody Essex Museum but he hasn't gotten back to me in weeks.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 04:57, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

New England Wikimedians website
Hey all. I would just like to let you know that the New England Wikimedians user group now has a website. If anyone would like to get involved in an event or suggest hosting something, please let us know there, as we are trying to increase our events and would love to have help organize and host events in the region. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 04:43, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks. But I don't need YAWS2C (Yet Another Website to Check). Any reason you haven't set up a WikiProject New England and run this user group here? — Lentower (talk) 13:26, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
 * It's more because the scope would either be so small (just things that pertain to the region), or things that include all of the region and all of the projects within it. I have pondered setting it up before, but I have not really known if there would be support for doing so. That being said, if you think there is a way to drum up support, let me know, and I would be happy to devote some time to creating it. The only problem is, we'd have to figure out the scope first, so we could then tag the articles accordingly.
 * In terms of the user group being set up there, having us independent of the site is partly designed to allow for us to someday reach nonprofit status and fund events if we so choose. There are some thematic organizations (WikiProject Med being one of them) that exist, but we have generally found it easier to move off of the site and use that as an official line of communication (much as the Meta page before it), as it is easier to coordinate that way.
 * Sorry for the long response, but I figured I would help answer any questions that you might have, as I do agree that it is bothersome to have another site to check, and we are currently trying to figure out a way to consolidate everything so that people aren't running all over to find something. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 20:58, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the explanation. Appears to be a small group of editors, unlikely to grow much. Not at all clear to me, the group will have much effect. But it's your time, and if a small group wants to meet and have a website, that's fine. Though consider carefully, if continuing the group will lead to a net gain in WP editing quality and quantity. The time spent on the group could instead go to editing.
 * I already find enough WP events local to Boston. I have yet to go to one, as I don't have a laptop and they generally focus on editing. — Lentower (talk) 22:23, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
 * No worries, as we are looking to start incorporating into a chapter by the end of next year. There is currently a survey going out right now that is seeking to gather more input of people in the area, so let me know if you would like to take it and I can send you the link. In terms of the events part, I am actually looking into doing more events that don't involve a laptop or computer connection for that matter, since I completely understand where you're coming from there. However, I would like to counter your assertion that we aren't likely to grow much, as there are multiple editors in the area, but we have mainly been organizing in the Boston area because that is where we are. Since organizing into a more coherent group over a year ago, we have had many events when compared to the previous fiscal year, and are looking to expand further in the coming year. You are more than welcome to also come and voice your opinion at these events, as we would like to have everyone participate in our events. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 16:26, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

Photo requests of the "Good Will Hunting" bench for Robin Williams tribute
Can anyone in the Boston area get some free shots of the "Good Will Hunting" bench in the Public Gardens, as people are currently using it as a tribute for Robin Williams and it would be nice to get some shots of that for his article. (Have also asked at the Boston WP). --M ASEM (t) 03:24, 13 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)

Today's Featured Article discussion related to this project
The 2008 ACC Championship Game was a college football game between the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Boston College Eagles.

I've nominated 2008 ACC Championship Game for consideration as Today's Featured Article, see discussion at Today's featured article/requests/2008 ACC Championship Game. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 21:16, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Mental health center
Hello, I just transferred a picture from Flickr of the rear of a Massachusetts Mental Health center (which is signed in the picture as that), but when I uploaded it to Massachusetts Mental Health Center and saw the pictures side by side, I became less sure that they are the same building? It's a short article, if you click you will see it... Apologies for any confusion, ~ R.T.G 13:20, 17 November 2014 (UTC)


 * The building pictured in the infobox has been demolished (as stated in the article).  Magic ♪piano 21:30, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Worcester
The discussion on whether Worcester should become a disambiguation page has reopened. Please visit Talk:Worcester to add to the discussion.--Found5dollar (talk) 02:02, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

High Schools & Athletic Conferences
I thought that the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) and its athletic conferences/leagues may need some work and attention. The histories of these schools may need to be brought up to date. --Aidan721 (talk) 03:31, 9 January 2015 (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!

Note: To receive additional notifications about WikiProject X on this talk page, please add this page to WikiProject X/Newsletter. Otherwise, this will be the last notification sent about WikiProject X.

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

March 2015 Art+Feminism events in Worcester and Amherst
Hi Massachusetts Wikipedians! I am reaching out to see if anyone would be interested in helping out with editing training for a Meetup/ArtAndFeminism edit-a-thon taking place at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester on Friday March 13th. We would appreciate any assistance in securing at least one experienced Wikipedian in the area, and I'd be happy to put you in touch with the organizers if you are able to help out. More information about the event can also be found here. If interested, please reply on wiki or by e-mail at thepwnco.wiki@gmail.com. Cheers! -Thepwnco (talk) 22:18, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
 * EDIT: there's also an event being organized for Amherst, date and venue still TBD! -Thepwnco (talk) 22:47, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Hi! We are working with staff at Hampshire College to organize a Wikipedia edit-a-thon there for the Meetup/ArtandFeminism 2015 events taking place March 7th and 8th. Would you be interested in being a local Wikipedia contact and perhaps also facilitating a training at their event? If no, do you know of any Wikipedians in the Amherst area that might be interested in helping out? Cheers! OR drohowa (talk) 19:03, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

Meghan Trainor RFC
Hi, I would like to notify the wikiproject that there's currently an RFC underway at Talk:Meghan Trainor as to how to describe the talents of Meghan Trainor. Your participation is welcome. -- Diannaa (talk) 00:58, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

Wikia
Looking round Wikia (as one does) there is if anyone is interested. Jackiespeel (talk) 17:53, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

suggested edits to Analog Devices
Hi all, I've proposed several updates/additions to Analog Devices, which falls under the scope of this WikiProject, here. I have a COI and won't be editing directly, but I have several factual updates and minor improvements I think would benefit the article, and I would really appreciate it if someone could take a look and provide feedback. Thank you! Mary Gaulke (talk) 21:42, 21 May 2015 (UTC)