Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ohio/Archive 3

Splitting Ohio for stubs
A discussion is taking place at Stub types for deletion concerning changing the regions used to subdivide oversized Ohio stub categories. Caerwine Caer’s whines 02:21, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

No importance classing?
Does the tag have an importance heading? I don't see any on the Ohio-related articles that I've seen. Spencer T♦C 20:37, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Fredericktown
Is Fredericktown, Ohio different to Village of Fredericktown? CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 19:06, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm not familiar with either of them, but the former appears to be in Knox County, Ohio and the latter in Columbiana County, Ohio. Perhaps the articles should be fitted with hatnotes. - Eureka Lott 22:46, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I live near Fredericktown, Ohio and the articles are indeed about two different locations. --Rkitko (talk) 23:46, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I missed the Columbiana County link. I've tagged them both with disambiguations. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 16:08, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Geneva, Ohio
I took the time to revise and rewrite this article (being that I live there and all) because it was a sloppy mess beforehand. I plan on adding other things, including media (newspapers, radio stations, etc.). Let me know what you think. Hopefully it can be rated as at least a Good Article some time soon. Wlmaltby3 (Talk / Contribs) 19:24, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Technical issue? When I google "hannan trace river valley" I get a short article on these two ohio schools. When I send the URL to someone (including myself), clicking on the URL gets just a notice that there is no such article.65.79.130.39 (talk) 13:58, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

List of Ohio state symbols assessment
I think it may be ready for an upgrade to start status... we're well underway in fleshing it out. If one of the admins would like to take a look and see. Thanks Ryecatcher773 (talk) 03:02, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Hudson, OH
How do I submit Hudson, OH for assessment? ExplorerCY (talk) 03:46, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Requested photo categories
I noticed that there are subcategories of Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Ohio divided by town, and many more that don't exist (i.e. there are pages in the category but the category doesn't appear as a subcategory because it is a redlink). Anyone here have any thoughts on upmerging the category? —Random832 15:27, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Main Template
I have overhauled the template but will not put into effect the changes, instead I put them here:  See the difference below:

§tepshep  •   ¡Talk to me!  18:15, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I figure I'll change it, and if someone's unhappy with it they can revert it. I've tested this extensively and it seems to work fine.  §tepshep   •   ¡Talk to me!  22:10, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Newsletter
Has a Project Newsletter ever been contemplated? If anyone is interested I am trying a version at: User:Stepshep/Sandbox/Newsletter. If this gets okayed there is already a bot set up to send it out to all project members, with a link to remove themselves from the spamlist if they wish. I'll send a couple of you guys a note so this doesn't get passed over. §tepshep  •   ¡Talk to me!  21:30, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Sounds good to me.– Alex43223T 01:31, 28 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I will try to assist in any manner that I can...Remember that I am new to this end of the site and my skills will be 'slower' (not that I will not learn) than the normalCookiejuran (talk) 01:34, 28 March 2008 (UTC)


 * On the surface, this idea sounds good. Do any other State projects have newsletters, and its all within the realms of Wiki's talk page policies? Mass emails like this are allowed then? If it turns out its within all the rules, this sounds like an excellent idea, and remind me to help the project more often. - A.J. (talk) 02:35, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Newsletters are mass mailed by many Projects (Biography, Military history, Food and Drink, Germany, Cleveland Cavaliers, Novels,), just to name a few I'm aware of, as long as there is way to stop recieving the letter it's fine... and I already have an idea for an unsubscribe list so that shouldn't be an issue. Thanks for the comments. §tepshep  •   ¡Talk to me!  19:45, 28 March 2008 (UTC)  Edit: Most newsletters are listed here: WikiProject Council/Newsletters.


 * Went ahead and mass sent the newsletter, it should be going out soon. I figure that's the best way to get community consenus, so everyone can see it.  §tepshep   •   ¡Talk to me!  00:03, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Sounds like a good idea to me. Billy Massie (talk) 04:17, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Tom Brinkman
Tom Brinkman has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. --Daysleeper47 (talk) 13:07, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Cleaning cats
There is a list at: User:Stepshep/WPOHCAT, a bot will be tagging all all articles under the categories left. If anyone wants to remove ones not Ohio related please do. Thanks for your help. §tepshep  •   ¡Talk to me!  20:33, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Requesting assessment for Pickerington, Ohio
I have made some major updates to the Pickerington, Ohio page and would like it to be assessed. If someone could do that, I would be greatful! I'll return the favor for your article, if you assess this one. Thanks! Metatinara (talk) 05:36, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Assessed. §hep   •   ¡Talk to me!  23:57, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Shep. I'll work on getting some book references over the next week by speaking with the historical society while I am home, as well as work on other suggestions! Metatinara (talk) 22:21, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Grand River Academy
Hi all, I have closed an AfD on this as no consensus default keep, recommending that three months be granted for folks to find some offline sources. Surely some local history books in an Ohio library will have something? Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:08, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

List of counties in Ohio
Myself and a group of other editors are working to bring List of counties in Ohio to Featured List standard. Hopefully, you'd agree that the article is pretty close. The main thing holding it back is the lack of references in the lead section. Could people here take two minutes to have a quick look, and see if the can use their specialist knowledge of Ohio to help provide those remaining few citations? Every little helps. Tom pw (talk) (review) 13:40, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Article Importance
I'm hoping to start a discussion on how to rate article for importance at the assessment talk page. Please lend in your opinions! Thanks. §hep  •   ¡Talk to me!  00:09, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

C-Class Implementation
There is a current discussion going on at V 1.0 Team/Assessment where the community is gathering consensus on the use of a C-Class between Start and B. Since this change will effect all projects; members are invited to join in the !vote and discussions. §hep  •   ¡Talk to me!  17:01, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Hi, unfortunately we don't have adequate images of Ohio's only National Park. Commons:Category:Cuyahoga Valley National Park is all there is. If someone is going there sometimes this spring, summer, or fall please take a camera with you and take pictures of the sights and the typical landscape. TIA --h-stt !?  11:55, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Any specs? I have a good feeling a good NPS pic is somewhere online.  Front entrance? What you lookin for?  §hep   •   ¡Talk to me!  23:57, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, I didn't introduce myself. I'm the main author on US National Parks, Monuments, Historic Sites and so on in the de-Wikipedia. I've been to many of them myself, have traveled many states of the US (and provinces in Canada), but haven't been to Ohio and this Park, and probably won't come there anytime soon. I have to write about it none the less, because we don't have anyone in the German Wikipedia, who has been there. And frankly, from the NPS-Website I did not get an adequate idea about the park. The aerial images at Google finally helped me to understand about it. So basically I would like to have pictures of everything in the park:
 * Nature and the natural landscape: The River, the tributaries (with the Brandywine Falls and other waterfalls), the forest, open areas, ...
 * The cultural landscape: The historic locks, the towpath, the historic farms, farm land, man-made ponds, other historic buildings, ...
 * A National Park in a densely populated area: The Ohio Turnpike (and/or other overpasses), sub-urban developments (as seen from the park or the park as seen from them), the golf course, other recreational installations of any kind, industrial buildings close to the park, ...
 * whatever I missed here that is specific for Cuyahoga Valley NP.
 * You know, first of all Cuyahoga Valley NP deserves a decent article (and decent images) just because it is a National Park. But I think there is more: Having protected nature in a densely populated area is an interesting challenge for environmentalists. And one that will become more important. There are no more Yosemites, Yellowstones or Grand Canyons around anymore, not in the US, nor in Germany. But valuable patches of nature, interconnected with remnants of historic use by man, and a huge need for recreational use today are pretty typical for the developed world. And this makes Cuyahoga Valley NP interesting and deserving to be reported at Wikipedia - in English language but in other languages as well. Can anyone of you help me and Wikipedia in general, by providing a few images of the topics above, and/or of anything else that I didn't know or think about? --h-stt !?  17:19, 27 April 2008 (UTC) PS: This is not urgent. Take your time, but maybe someone of you thinks of my wishes, when you go to the park anyway - or if you are looking for an idea on how to spend a day this season. I put the category at the Commons and the article here on watch, and hope to see a few good pictures coming in over time. Thanks in advance
 * I'll see what type of trip, if any, I can set up. Busy searching through Google right now.  Keep you posted.  §hep   •   ¡Talk to me!  00:24, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I've emailed a few people with copyrighted photos of the sign and have received no response... I was looking to go there myself but have the Nuss procedure set up for this July and summer gym this June.  Is there anyone who lives near Akron or Cleveland who has a free weekend?  §hep   •   ¡Talk to me!  22:41, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your efforts so far. And good luck for the procedure. As mentioned, this is not urgent by any means. If anyone of you can make it in the coming weeks, that's perfect. If it happens only in the fall or even next year, that's fine too. --h-stt !?  09:04, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

http://www.shannontech.com/ParkVision/CuyahogaValley/CuyahogaValley.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mikebeam (talk • contribs) 13:23, 9 June 2008 (UTC)


 * I emailed Patrick a few months agao and never received a response. All photographs ©Patrick Holleran, Shannon Technologies, 1994-2008. §hep   •   ¡Talk to me!  19:19, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Picture request for Ohioans living near/in Toledo
I'm currently working on an article on the Roman emperor Domitian. Unfortunately, there is a serious lack of good, clear pictures of his portraits (busts, statues). Part of the reason is because there are simply few surviving portraits of Domitian to begin with (he was condemned to be obliterated from public memory following his death). The Toledo Museum of Art however contains a truly spectacular bust of this emperor, which is not only a fine portrait of Domitian in its own right, but probably one of the finest surviving busts from the Roman Empire period. An example can be seen here. Because I think the current article would be greatly enhanced with an image of this bust, I've tried an extensive internet search for good, free pictures but came up with nothing. So I would like to ask any Wikipedians living nearby to either, "donate" pictures they already have to Wikipedia, or consider taking a short trip to the museum and photograph this statue from as many angles as they can. Your help would be much, much appreciated! Cheers. --Steerpike (talk) 19:46, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Facelift
I've been looking around and there seems to be some very talented HTML wiki-editors. Would anyone be opposed to having our pages get a facelift so that they look more organized? We could always look through Category:User html-5, Category:User html-4, and Category:User html-3 for some users who may be willing to help us out. If we can get some consensus and no takers I'll take the issue to the bounty board. What do you think? §hep  •   ¡Talk to me!  18:38, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Article Cleanup Listing
An article cleanup listing (found here) has been generated to list articles which have been tagged as needing our attention. There are currently 2206 articles, which is 15% of all of our articls, which are flagged for cleanup. If you have the time please stop by one of the articles and help it out enough that the cleanup tags can be removed. Thanks! §hep  •   ¡Talk to me!  21:24, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

InterProject Collaboration
Hey there! As you may or may not know. An Afd has been brought up to discuss the notability of Ohio High School Athletic Conferences. It was proposed that WikiProject Ohio lead an effort to get these articles up to par. We are asking for help from WikiProject Sports and WikiProject Schools as well to help us get these articles uniform. An effort headed by JonRidinger and Frank12 is in place to jump start this process. Any help you guys could lend would be greatly appreciated. As a main point for the effort we have the talk page which is located at OH/HS Football Conferences. Thank you for your time! §hep  •   ¡Talk to me!  21:59, 9 June 2008 (UTC)


 * I moved the collaboration to WikiProject Ohio/HS Football Conferences, which is what I intended to suggest in the first place. davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  22:45, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Centralized Discussion for reorganization of high school football conferences
Any objections to starting Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ohio/HS Football Conferences 2008 Reorg to discuss reorganizing and possibly merging or deleting high school football conferences, as outlined in this AfD? davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  19:59, 10 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Wait, nevermind, we already have a place: WikiProject Ohio/HS Football Conferences. davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  20:13, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Moved to WikiProject Ohio/HS Athletic Conferences davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  20:45, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Richard Cordray
Richard Cordray's article is slightly out of date, I'm on his campaign staff and below is an updated biography that may be helpful in editing his page.

Thanks Tdean1007 (talk) 02:04, 15 June 2008 (UTC)Theresa

On June 11, Governor Ted Strickland endorsed Ohio Treasurer Richard Cordray to be the Democratic candidate for Ohio Attorney General in November 2008. Elected to the Treasurer’s office in 2006, Richard Cordray manages all state banking functions, oversees an investment portfolio averaging $18 billion, and is the custodian of more than $200 billion in pension and other assets. Cordray’s primary goals are safeguarding state funds to restore the public trust, promoting financial security for Ohioans, and cultivating economic growth.

Upon taking office, Cordray made small business growth one of his top priorities. A former small business owner, Cordray understands the rigors and difficulties of running one’s own enterprise. He immediately revitalized the Treasury’s small business program, called GrowNOW, which fills an important funding niche for the small businesses that create and keep jobs in our hometowns. As of June 2008, GrowNOW is supporting over 700 small businesses in our communities (in contrast to fewer than 100 when Cordray took office) and has affected more than 7,000 Ohio jobs. Because of his efforts to aid small businesses, the U.S. Small Business Administration named him the 2008 Financial Services Champion of the Year for the Midwest Region.

Cordray is also building on his commitment to the financial security of Ohio’s families. As a county treasurer, he advocated strongly for a bill to require financial education for all high school students beginning in 2010. As Ohio Treasurer, he worked with education leaders to create the Teachers Academy, a program that trains teachers to provide financial education even sooner. For this work, the Central Ohio OEA/NEA honored Cordray with the Friend of Education award.

In addition to offering many financial education workshops to senior citizens, students, women, victims of domestic violence, and people who want to repair their credit, the Treasury created an online financial education center, YourMoneyNowOnline.org, that brings important real-time tools and answers to families who either find themselves in financial difficulty or want to avoid it.

An active community servant, Cordray has worked steadfastly to fight home foreclosure in Ohio. The Treasury has helped organize more than 50 Save Our Homes county task forces, which combine the efforts of government, non-profits, and the private sector to match resources to those facing foreclosure. Along with Chief Justice Moyer, Cordray helped organize a state effort to implement mediation programs in foreclosure cases to keep families in their homes. In 2008, Neighborhood Housing Services honored Cordray for his long-time commitment to this issue.

Cordray’s first community service was as a child, volunteering alongside his parents who worked on behalf of the developmentally disabled. This experience affected him so deeply that, as a State Representative, he sponsored the Community Service Education Act to promote service learning as a way to teach children responsibility and moral values in our schools.

In addition to serving as Franklin County Treasurer and a State Representative, Cordray was Ohio’s first State Solicitor, conducting and supervising Ohio’s toughest cases in the state and federal courts. In 2005 he was named the national “County Leader of the Year” by American City & County magazine. An attorney by profession, he clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justices Byron White and Anthony Kennedy, and later returned to argue six cases before the Court. He also taught for 15 years at the Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law.

Richard Cordray lives near Grove City with his wife, Peggy, and their twins Danny and Holly.


 * Sorry, we really prefer work with sources. Do you happen to have any? This also doesn't follow our neutral point of view standards, which is very stringent for biographies of living people  §hep   •   ¡Talk to me!  02:07, 15 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Sorry about that. Here are some sources.

1) http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/06/12/CORDRAY.ART_ART_06-12-08_B5_UBAFJ2F.html?sid=101 This one is a newspaper article that says he is running for attorney general. 2) http://www.tos.ohio.gov/content/view/763/41/ This one is a link to how the GrowNow program did in April, 2008 3) http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/03/ohio_treasurer_receives_award.html This is a newspaper article about him being recognized by the US Small Business Administration 4) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/10/AR2006071001105.html At the end of this article, the Washington Post identifies Cordray as having been a clerk for Justices White and Kennedy 5) http://www.smartvoter.org/2000/03/07/oh/state/vote/cordray_r/bio.html This is a really long biography, submitted by the candidate, but I believe it was vetted by the League of Women Voters.

Also, we have a new Web site, www.cordrayforohio.com, I'm not sure if that is appropriate for your "links" section or not. Again, I'm very sorry for not citing anything in the last comment, I misunderstood your procedures. I hope this is more helpful. Tdean1007 (talk) 16:03, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

New C-Class
Per Wikipedia talk:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment our assessment scheme will now include a C-class between Start and B. When everything is settled we'll have a lot a work ahead of us. §hep  •   ¡Talk to me!  03:20, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Amish GA Sweeps Review: On Hold
As part of the WikiProject Good Articles, we're doing sweeps to go over all of the current GAs and see if they still meet the GA criteria and I'm specifically going over all of the "Culture and Society" articles. I have reviewed Amish and believe the article currently meets the majority of the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. I have left this message at this WikiProject's talk page so that any interested members can assist in helping the article keep its GA status. In reviewing the article, I have found there are a few issues that may need to be addressed, and I'll leave the article on hold for seven days for them to be fixed. I have left messages on the talk pages of the main contributors of the article along with several related WikiProjects. Please consider helping address the several points that I listed on the talk page of the article, which shouldn't take too long to fix if multiple editors assist in the workload. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Happy editing! --Nehrams2020 (talk) 08:26, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

New Taskforce
I was looking at the now inactive WikiProject Ohio townships and thought it was a shame that all of that hard work doesn't seem to be used anymore. I'd like to throw out a poll for you to !vote in, to see if anyone would object to making this inactive project a WP:OH Taskforce. Thanks! §hep  •   ¡Talk to me!  17:50, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Disucssions
I think that we could really do something with this as a taskforce, we have 1,486 different Ohio township articles and they don't seem to see too much action. §hep  •   ¡Talk to me!  17:38, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

I completely support

 * - as nominator
 * The basic idea of this project was to get townships all created, and then to upgrade them. They're all created now, and there's not much upgrading that can be done anymore, except by people with access to local sources.
 * I suppose its a bit late, but I'd support this.

I support on certain condition(s)
Zane McFate (talk) 11:55, 28 August 2008 (UTC) This is a great idea, and in fact, I am in the process of upgrading the Goshen Township page, as I am a resident, but it will take many hours of work per page at local historical societies and libraries in most cases. I have had to browse reference-only books by local historians to gather my information, and I imagine that the other rural townships will have the same issue. Perhaps a tag seeking local talent to provide essential information would work.

Results
WikiProject Ohio townships was moved to WikiProject Ohio/Townships taskforce. The project banner will be updated to have the parameter |township=yes available. §hep  •   ¡Talk to me!  05:35, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Invites
What would everyone think about sending all members of Category:Wikipedians in Ohio an invite to join the project? Maybe this would get some juices flowing over here again. §hep  •   ¡Talk to me!  17:50, 15 June 2008 (UTC)


 * The dirty deed's been done. We'll have to see if anyone wants to join us.  §hep   •   ¡Talk to me!  18:46, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Notifications of nominations for GA, FL ect
Can all be found at User:Parent5446 Bot/Task Lists/WikiProject Ohio. §hep  •   ¡Talk to me!  01:32, 17 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Bot and botop both seem to be inactive. I've put us on a wating list for an article alert bot that should have more functionality than the last one.  §hep   •   ¡Talk to me!  18:46, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia 0.7 articles have been selected for Ohio
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We would like to ask you to review the articles selected from this project. These were chosen from the articles with this project's talk page tag, based on the rated importance and quality. If there are any specific articles that should be removed, please let us know at Wikipedia talk:Version 0.7. You can also nominate additional articles for release, following the procedure at Release Version Nominations.

A list of selected articles with cleanup tags, sorted by project, is available. The list is automatically updated each hour when it is loaded. Please try to fix any urgent problems in the selected articles. A team of copyeditors has agreed to help with copyediting requests, although you should try to fix simple issues on your own if possible.

We would also appreciate your help in identifying the version of each article that you think we should use, to help avoid vandalism or POV issues. These versions can be recorded at this project's subpage of User:SelectionBot/0.7. We are planning to release the selection for the holiday season, so we ask you to select the revisions before October 20. At that time, we will use an automatic process to identify which version of each article to release, if no version has been manually selected. Thanks! For the Wikipedia 1.0 Editorial team, SelectionBot 23:01, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Help here!
I think we as a project could get through this fairly quickly with the number of members we have! Even if you could do one or two articles your help would be greatly apprecaited.

Abercrombie & Fitch to Jerry Springer

 * Abercrombie & Fitch : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abercrombie_%26_Fitch&oldid=245910241
 * Akron, Ohio : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Akron,_Ohio&oldid=245798374
 * Ambrose Bierce : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ambrose_Bierce&oldid=245765133
 * Amish : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amish&oldid=245377174
 * Amtrak : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amtrak&oldid=245922633
 * Anne Heche : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anne_Heche&oldid=245524430
 * Annie Oakley : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Annie_Oakley&oldid=245218740
 * Benjamin Harrison : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benjamin_Harrison&oldid=245569287
 * Big Ten Conference : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Big_Ten_Conference&oldid=245497628
 * Canton, Ohio : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canton,_Ohio&oldid=245921600
 * Cedar Point : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cedar_Point&oldid=245920212
 * Charles G. Dawes : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_G._Dawes&oldid=245781465
 * Charles Manson : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_Manson&oldid=245304064
 * Cincinnati Bengals : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cincinnati_Bengals&oldid=245561309
 * Cincinnati Reds : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cincinnati_Reds&oldid=242950299
 * Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway : Waiting until the article finishes its revamping
 * Cincinnati, Ohio : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cincinnati,_Ohio&oldid=245732058
 * Clark Gable : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clark_Gable&diff=245637619&oldid=245626837
 * Cleveland Browns : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cleveland_Browns&oldid=245601647
 * Cleveland Browns seasons : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cleveland_Browns_seasons&oldid=226755352
 * Cleveland Cavaliers : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cleveland_Cavaliers&oldid=245599101
 * Cleveland Indians : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cleveland_Indians&oldid=244783864
 * Cleveland, Ohio : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cleveland%2C_Ohio&diff=244920037&oldid=242247063
 * Columbus Blue Jackets : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Columbus_Blue_Jackets&oldid=245226619
 * Columbus Crew : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Columbus_Crew&oldid=245790811
 * Columbus, Ohio : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Columbus,_Ohio&oldid=245760860
 * Curtis LeMay : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Curtis_LeMay&oldid=245091296
 * Dave Chappelle : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dave_Chappelle&oldid=245806464
 * Dave Grohl : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dave_Grohl&oldid=245590438
 * Dayton, Ohio : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dayton,_Ohio&oldid=245718057
 * Dean Martin : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dean_Martin&oldid=245517612
 * Dennis Kucinich : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dennis_Kucinich&oldid=245744214
 * Devo : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Devo&oldid=245751286
 * Doris Day : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doris_Day&oldid=245129205
 * Drew Carey : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drew_Carey&oldid=245544831
 * Flint : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flint&oldid=240907177
 * Freddy Krueger : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Freddy_Krueger&oldid=245653341
 * George Armstrong Custer : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Armstrong_Custer&oldid=245764035
 * George B. McClellan : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_B._McClellan&oldid=245770136
 * George Voinovich : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Voinovich&oldid=244720885
 * Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company&oldid=245431412
 * Halle Berry : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Halle_Berry&oldid=245800725
 * Harlan Ellison : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harlan_Ellison&diff=next&oldid=245187525
 * Harriet Beecher Stowe : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harriet_Beecher_Stowe&oldid=245071943
 * Hurricane Isabel : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hurricane_Isabel&oldid=243692830
 * Jack Nicklaus : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Nicklaus&direction=next&oldid=242985282
 * Jack Warner : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Warner&oldid=244831000
 * James A. Garfield : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_A._Garfield&oldid=245681601
 * Jeffrey Dahmer : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeffrey_Dahmer&oldid=244994744
 * Jerry Springer : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jerry_Springer&oldid=245151388

Jesse Owens to Tracy Chapman

 * Jesse Owens : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jesse_Owens&oldid=245580865
 * Jim Thorpe : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jim_Thorpe&oldid=243643771
 * Jimmy McAleer : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_McAleer&oldid=240889832
 * John Brown (abolitionist) : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Brown_(abolitionist)&oldid=245753887
 * John D. Rockefeller : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_D._Rockefeller&oldid=245570174
 * John Glenn : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Glenn&oldid=245352203
 * Johnny Appleseed : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Johnny_Appleseed&oldid=245480450
 * Katie Holmes : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Katie_Holmes&oldid=245127855
 * Ken Griffey, Jr. : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ken_Griffey,_Jr.&oldid=244879165
 * Kent State University : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kent_State_University&oldid=245565262
 * Lake Erie : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lake_Erie&oldid=243525074
 * LeBron James : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LeBron_James&oldid=245199746
 * List of Governors of Ohio : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Governors_of_Ohio&oldid=234541802
 * List of tallest buildings in Cleveland : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Cleveland&oldid=240729862
 * Marilyn Manson : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marilyn_Manson&oldid=245624367
 * Martin Sheen : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Martin_Sheen&oldid=245224326
 * Maynard James Keenan : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maynard_James_Keenan&oldid=245559176
 * Natalie Clifford Barney : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Natalie_Clifford_Barney&oldid=245132594
 * Neil Armstrong : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Neil_Armstrong&oldid=245727026
 * New France : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_France&oldid=245743872
 * Nine Inch Nails : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nine_Inch_Nails&oldid=245605517
 * Nine Inch Nails discography : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nine_Inch_Nails_discography&oldid=245778160
 * Northern Cardinal : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northern_Cardinal&oldid=245216663
 * Norwood, Ohio : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Norwood,_Ohio&oldid=243637736
 * Ohio : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ohio&oldid=245918783
 * Ohio River : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&oldid=245548130
 * Ohio State University : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ohio_State_University&oldid=245686391
 * Ohio Wesleyan University : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ohio_Wesleyan_University&oldid=245456730
 * Paul Newman : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_Newman&oldid=245727081
 * Paul Tibbets : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_Tibbets&oldid=242675783
 * Pete Rose : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pete_Rose&oldid=244645322
 * Philip Johnson : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philip_Johnson&oldid=243803177
 * Philip Sheridan : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philip_Sheridan&oldid=244887147
 * Procter & Gamble : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Procter_%26_Gamble&oldid=243337669
 * Randy Savage : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Randy_Savage&oldid=245919274
 * Relient K : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Relient_K&oldid=245609333
 * Roger Clemens : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roger_Clemens&oldid=245013058
 * Roger Zelazny : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roger_Zelazny&oldid=242477938
 * Rutherford B. Hayes : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_B._Hayes&oldid=245273399
 * Salmon P. Chase : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salmon_P._Chase&oldid=244050967
 * Standard Oil : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Standard_Oil&oldid=245537627
 * Steven Spielberg : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steven_Spielberg&oldid=245381879
 * Superman : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Superman&oldid=245399264
 * The Isley Brothers : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Isley_Brothers&oldid=241473908
 * Thomas Edison : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Edison&oldid=243022849
 * Toledo War : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Toledo_War&oldid=245422026
 * Toledo, Ohio : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Toledo,_Ohio&oldid=245770314
 * Toni Morrison : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Toni_Morrison&oldid=245770101
 * Traci Lords : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Traci_Lords&oldid=245491962
 * Tracy Chapman : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tracy_Chapman&oldid=245769777

Traffic (2000 film) to Youngstown, Ohio

 * Traffic (2000 film) : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Traffic_(2000_film)&oldid=245355657
 * Ulysses S. Grant : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ulysses_S._Grant&oldid=244611461
 * Warren G. Harding : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Warren_G._Harding&oldid=245320522
 * Wendy's : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wendy%27s&oldid=245741333
 * White-tailed deer : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White-tailed_deer&oldid=245682162
 * Willard Van Orman Quine : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Willard_Van_Orman_Quine&oldid=244638357
 * William Henry Harrison : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Henry_Harrison&oldid=245265858
 * William Howard Taft : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Howard_Taft&diff=245767669&oldid=245671457
 * William McKinley : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_McKinley&oldid=245748430
 * William Tecumseh Sherman : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Tecumseh_Sherman&diff=245768476&oldid=245622294
 * Wright brothers : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wright_brothers&oldid=245265790
 * Youngstown, Ohio : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Youngstown,_Ohio&oldid=245726877


 * Deadline has passed. All links have been chosen.  §hep   •   ¡Talk to me!  18:47, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Featured article review of Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway
Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. Tom B (talk) 15:02, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Nice source for Fayette County info...
While doing some Googling trying to find some info on Jasper Mills, Ohio (which I've just created an article for), I came across an old book on the history of Fayette County, Ohio from 1914. I haven't looked through it as it's several hundred pages in length, but it might be a good resource for those who want more info for articles on Fayette County places. It's available for free from Google Books Oldiesmann (talk) 22:27, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Nice find, thanks for sharing! §hep   •   ¡Talk to me!  22:31, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

reworked
I reworked the main page just a little bit. Any negative comments? §hep  •   ¡Talk to me!  05:25, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Looks great! Nice job.  Spencer T♦C 17:49, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Suggestion for townships...
Seeing as to how there are currently 1,314 articles in the Townships in Ohio category, I propose we re-structure the category in the same way that we did the High schools in Ohio category - create 88 new sub-categories ("Townships in {county name} County, Ohio"), then move the appropriate township articles to each sub-category. I realize that townships are a bit different since they include the county name in the article, but it might make things look a bit nicer and would probably help people more easily find information on a township in a particular county, especially in cases where there are several different townships with the same name (such as Union Township - there's one in Clermont County, one in Clinton County, one in Fayette County...). If nobody is opposed to this idea, I'd be more than willing to take on the task of re-categorizing everything. Oldiesmann (talk) 03:56, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Sounds like a very good idea. It's great to see some action here!  With the new townships taskforce, I'm also working on tagging all of the project banners with |township=yes to make sure they're all organized by the project.  If you need any help, let me know.  §hep   •   ¡Talk to me!  19:53, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
 * One thing I did notice though, the main township list says "1362 current and historic townships" and I only found 1342. (Adding the 1314 in the existant cat, the 7 in the defunct, and the 21 in the defunt Cuyahoga article)  If you count the number of article listed on the township list you get 1362.  So I'm guessing they're all not categorized?  I put the list of all of them numbered on a subbpage of mine if you're curious. Here.  §hep   •   ¡Talk to me!  20:05, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Glad you like the idea. I'm in the process of creating the county-specific township categories now. Once I'm done with that, I'll take a look at your list and see what I can do with it. Oldiesmann (talk) 17:41, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I'll get to sorting. I think a module in AWB should be able to reclassify the cats.  §hep   •   ¡Talk to me!  21:49, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I've finished all the categories. I'll start moving some tonight as well. Also, what's AWB? Oldiesmann (talk) 02:21, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
 * WP:AWB, the Auto-wiki browser. Makes mass editing very easy.  §hep   •   ¡Talk to me!  02:46, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

That should do it. §hep  •   ¡Talk to me!  03:19, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Requested moves (Naming conventions)
There is currently a proposal on the table to amend the Wikipedia naming conventions for US cities to follow the AP Stylebook's suggested names. This would effectively move a number of US city articles currently on the list. Ohio articles that would be affected are as follows: Cincinnati, Ohio would be moved to Cincinnati and Cleveland, Ohio would move to Cleveland. To comment on this discussion, please go here. To comment on a discussion that would leave Cleveland, Ohio as the article and Cleveland as a redirect please visit this discusion. §hep  •   ¡Talk to me!  21:08, 14 October 2008 (UTC)


 * The Cleveland discussion has closed. The article will not be moved.  §hep   •   ¡Talk to me!  01:14, 16 October 2008 (UTC)


 * The Cincinnati discussion has closed. Cincinnati, Ohio was moved to Cincinnati.  §hep   •   ¡Talk to me!  21:45, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Ohio-related articles needing geographical coordinates
Based on a search of Wikipedia's articles, I've found some Ohio-related articles that I believe are about places, and could usefully have geographical coordinates added.

The articles in question are listed in Category:Ohio articles missing geocoordinate data. At the time of writing, some examples included:
 * Georgian Heights
 * Germain Amphitheater
 * German Baptist Church
 * German Heritage Museum
 * Gifford State Forest (Ohio)
 * Glacial till plains (Ohio)
 * Glen Helen Nature Preserve
 * Glenville, Cleveland
 * Goggin Ice Arena

...and there are many more, as well. At the time of posting this notice, there were 542 articles in this category needing geographical coordinates.

Why add coordinates?
By adding coordinates, a Wikipedia reader can easily view the location on a street map, nautical chart, topographic map, by satellite photo, realtime weather map, and in many other ways. Coordinate data makes an article eventually appear in various services such as Google Maps' Wikipedia overlay, Google Earth, and Wikipedia's own internal map service. Coordinate data also helps readers looking for geographically-based data, such as locations near a reference point, or related information.

How can I do it?
The articles are all marked with tags, which need to be replaced with coord tags that contain the location's latitude/longitude coordinates; or you might be able to add coordinates to an existing infobox. You can find out how to do this at the Geocoding how-to for WikiProject members. Please let me know if this is useful, or if you have any questions! -- §hep   •   ¡Talk to me!  16:35, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Ohio articles needing geographic coordinates
 articles in Category:Ohio articles missing geocoordinate data do not have geographic coordinates. Coords are useful for making the article appear on Google Maps & many other mapping services; and they allow our users to click through to see the article subject location on a map. There's a short guide to on how to add geocodes to articles ... it really is very easy to do. I hope you'll take some time to ensure that Ohio is as well represented as it can be on wikipedia by fixing up the listed articles. thanks --Tagishsimon (talk) 00:36, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Article alerts
A new bot has been subscribed to that will update an article alerts page. This page will include information on current Afds, FACs, GANs, and more. When the page is operational we will get a link to it. This sounds like it should be pretty useful. §hep  •   ¡Talk to me!  19:40, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
 * See also  Recent changes to Ohio-related articles 
 * You may have noticed a new tab added at the top. It shows all recent changes to articles marked with our project tag.  The other link did our article category, so would be accurate as to what is tagged, but only showed Talk: pages.  Hope you guys find this new page helpful! If not please nix it.  §hep   •   ¡Talk to me!  00:22, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Transclusions
If you're intersted in having our alerts placed elsewhere just add wherever you wish. If you're interested in following just certain workflows you can transclude, , ,. With details on what each conatins on their respective pages. §hep  •   ¡Talk to me!  04:48, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Member activity
Another bot has been signed to to that task of monitoring member activity. The list can be found here. I'd like to propse all users that have not edited within the last 6 months and longer be notified of the following actions:
 * All members that have not edited within the last six months will remain as members
 * Members that have not edited within the last year will be removed from the member list and hidden as 3 of our other members are
 * Users who wish to rejoin in the project/activity can readd their names at any time §hep   •   ¡Talk to me!  19:40, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Participants page layout
I was wondering what you guys thought about remodeling the participants page. It could be a wiki-sortable table, with columns of User, Description left, and location if they listed it on either the page or their userspace. That way if someone wants to contact someone in Akron to see if they can take a picture for an article. They can click the sort button for city and have them all sorted right there. Current members would then be notified of the changes so they can fill out the rest of the table for the name if they wish. Thoughts? §hep  •   ¡Talk to me!  19:40, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Page needing updated
Could anyone here help me update United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2008, OH-FedRep, and the other Ohio election-related pages. Including the pages of all the runners? §hep  •   ¡Talk to me!  22:57, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
 * All done by now. §hep   •   ¡Talk to me!  04:43, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

A new Ohio DYK
Just thought I would mention that I created an Ohio related article which recently appeared on the mainpage DYK section. I added it into the box on our project DYK page, but have no idea what is being done with the full list business below it for the Portal. Not something I've ever worked with. -- PEPSI2786 talk 05:48, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Did you know?
 * ... that until his death in 1927, James C. Donnell was the last man to call John D. Rockefeller simply "John"?


 * Very cool! I'll pop it into the portal system. §hep   •   ¡Talk to me!  05:57, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Popular pages
A list of our most popular pages has been generated. Here. The list has been cropped to those articles that get 100+ views a day. §hep  •   ¡Talk to me!  22:35, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

FAR Warren County Canal
nominated Warren County Canal for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Tom B (talk) 12:20, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

We have completed bios for all Civil War articles
See List of Ohio's American Civil War generals; all the articles are now blue-linked. We have completed more than fifty Civil War generals this year to finish off the list as planned by the end of December 2008. 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (talk) 01:01, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Wow! That's a great job, I'll be interested to read the additions and the article as I've never happened past it.  §hep   •   ¡Talk to me!  03:13, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Review department
A peer review/A-Class review has been started up at WP:OH/R. My hope is that we can get the active project members to participate in these as they come up. §hep  •   ¡Talk to me!  04:50, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Kevin Boyce
Hey guys. I've started a quick article on Kevin Boyce in one of my subpages. Would someone be able to do some more digging and fact-checking before this goes live? He's expected to be officially appointed tonight. If you see anything that would be useful, or something I wrote up that looks wrong please go ahead and fix it. ICYDK he's supposed to be the new Treasurer after Cordray got Attorney General. §hep  •   ¡Talk to me!  18:23, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Anyone think this might make it through DYK?


 * Kevin Boyce


 * ... that Kevin Boyce will be the first African-American Ohio Democrat to hold a statewide, non-judicial office? &mdash; Self nom
 * Or if there is a better hook to use? §hep   •   ¡Talk to me!  01:51, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Jennifer Brunner GAR
Jennifer Brunner has been nominated for a good article reassessment. Articles are typically reviewed for one week. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to good article quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. Reviewers' concerns are here.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 14:27, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Hickory Farms
I created a short article on Hickory Farms, a company based in Ohio. Anyone wanna help me expand it, please? Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 02:38, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Left some notes on the talk page and got a picture. Hope they help! §hep   •   ¡Talk to me!  22:06, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Lorain.com Link
To whom it may concern,

I was recently adding external links to my website www.lorain.com that serves all of Lorain County, OH. We offer news, real estate, classifieds, personals, job listings, events, business directory, city guides, coupons, contests, and fundraisers for local non-profit organizations throughout Lorain County.

After adding several links I was told that I can no longer add any further links because I was adding to many, would be my guess. However, I feel that offering an external link to www.lorain.com on Wikipedia would benefit your site visitors as well. These external links would only be posted on Lorain County cities and villiages, as these are the only people it would benefit.

I appreciate your time on this matter and look forward to your response. (Loraincom (talk) 13:15, 17 January 2009 (UTC))


 * Our guidlines on this matter (WP:EL, WP:LINKFARM, and WP:NOTADVERTISING) are quite clear. Further, Wikipedia is not a directory. External links are to be used for locations of further information not yet included in the article (e.g. a link to an entry from a relaible source on the history of Lorain County). External links should also be directly related to the topic, not just generally related because the topic of the article happens to be in Lorain County. A link to your personal company's website is a conflict of interest. I would not advise continuing to add it. Please do feel free to expand our articles with sourced information from reliable sources that is written in your own words. --Rkitko (talk) 14:47, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

I appreciate your candor, and will not post any futher links. Please be advised that there is another local website similar to www.lorain.com currently being shown in the city of Lorain's Wikipedia called www.loraincounty.com please make sure that this link is removed as well. Obviously if we cannot show our external link on Wikipedia this link would be viewed as inappropriate as well.(Loraincom (talk) 16:09, 17 January 2009 (UTC))


 * Agreed on the other link; it is also inappropriate. I removed that link from the Elyria, Ohio article, but missed it on Lorain, Ohio. I've removed it now. Thanks for pointing it out. Cheers, Rkitko (talk) 16:52, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

I found a few more check out Avon, OH and Avon Lake, OH and remove these links as well. Thanks Loraincom (talk) 17:36, 17 January 2009 (UTC)]


 * If there's a problem you see, you can edit the articles and remove the links. Point back to this discussion in your summary if you get any trouble for removing the spam. §hep   •  Talk  22:50, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Ohio Memory Project
Some possible sources if you're looking for freely-licensed photos for city articles:


 * Ohio Memory Project
 * Cincinnati Memory Project

Make sure to use only the photos explicitly dated before 1923!

– Minh Nguyễn (talk, contribs) 10:47, 18 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Great resources! I must also caution that many of these photos were never published, so even though they may be dated before 1923, they would not be public domain unless they were published before 1923. For those interested in the distinction if you're going to use these photos, see the description at PD-US. Cheers, Rkitko (talk) 14:00, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

User Nyttend vs. Elmore, Ohio
User Nyttend repeatedly makes bad edits (albeit generally with good intentions) on the Elmore, Ohio page. His edits have consistently stuck to "factual" sources which are not quite as sound as he imagines. Not much we can do to change that. But he no longer allows any edit to the page by taking advantage of the fact that the average citizen of Elmore does not know the proper format.

If there were an editor to take his place who was actually concerned with making the Elmore, Ohio page accurate, that editor would probably spend less time denying that rivers and creeks which run through town exist. He would also spend less time calling the Elmore Car "silliness" when it was, in fat, a fairly noteworthy historical contribution made by the community.

I do not know how Wikipedia works in terms of editors, but if any of you are established contributors with any pull... and a desire for the Ohio wiki to be accurate, it would certainly be nice if you could help this user understand why his edits are not as productive as he thinks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.60.201.191 (talk) 17:14, 6 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Does the content you add come from a reliable source, do you use footnotes? IF you answer to either of those questions then there is a possibility of a problem. Is Nyttend a bit strict with the articles he watches over? Generally, yes...but we all have to be a bit or all kinds of cruft would fill up WIkipedia's articles. The best thing to do if you have a problem with an editor is to discuss the issue on the article's Talk: page or contect them on their user talk page. We can't "take each other's places", we watch and edit the articles we want to. I've left a Welcome template on your talk page that explains Wikipedia a bit, hopefully that helps clear some of the confusion. §hep  • Talk  04:20, 8 February 2009 (UTC)


 * He could have been a bit more helpful in his explanations, but, in theory, everything in Wikipedia should be sourced (although it's not in practice). Any unsourced, debated information can be removed. I don't see why he argues that the river does not run through the location, but, if it does, I bet we could find a source saying so. I'll do some research and get back to you.  hmwith  τ   05:20, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, looking through the history and the article, I have a few points. I note that you added the car statement (here), which I agree with the other editors that it doesn't belong in the article, especially in the introduction, without any sources. As for the river, if you look at the About Elmore section, you can see it's already noted that the river is in the town. I clarified this, as well as added a source, as you can see in this diff. I hope that this helps,  hmwith  τ   05:29, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

jergens soap company
request. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.43.217.166 (talk) 06:59, 15 February 2009 (UTC)


 * What it looks like the best article we have right now on the topic is Kao Corporation, they bought Jergens and have their US operations headquartered in Cincinnati. Woodbury Soap Company also has a bit of information about the company. The article should probably be Andrews Jergens Company (redirecting to Kao). If you believe there is enough notability for the company to have an article our request page is at WikiProject Ohio/Requested articles; you should also place your request at Requested articles too get a bit more exposure. §hep  Talk  21:15, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Cincinnati / Ohio / Wikipedia Loves Art Meetup
I'm going to plan on being at the Taft Museum for the Wikipedia Loves Art event / contest on this coming Sunday the 2nd from 11-12. I'm hoping I'll get a chance to meet up with other Wikipedians, photographers, and art lovers. Although this is a way to hopefully encourage participation in that project, I hope other Wikipedians will feel free to come and chat. It is not necessary to pay admission to come into the cafe portion of the Taft. Please stop by and see me! DaveMenninger (talk) 01:04, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

New DYK...
FYI, Jonathan Alder made it to DYK on March 11, 2009...


 * ... that after being kidnapped by Shawnees and adopted by a Mingo chief, Jonathan Alder became the first white settler of Madison County, Ohio?

- Adolphus79 (talk) 04:12, 12 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I saw that just a few hours ago when the bot updated our article alerts (seems to have been down for 2 days prior). Very nice article so far, congratulations! §hep  Talk  04:29, 12 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Thank you, I'm hoping to get it up to GA indirectly, then start working on the history of some of the other local articles (Plain City, Ohio is next on the list)... - Adolphus79 (talk) 04:32, 12 March 2009 (UTC)


 * As a side note you have some very useful file uploads. If you haven't already, you might want to look into uploading images to Commons. I'll probably move the ones here already to Commons with CHelper when I get a spare minute. §hep  Talk  04:42, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Ulysses S. Grant Peer Review Request
I've added a peer review request for Ulysses S. Grant. It can be found here. Regards,  Jd 027  (talk) 00:58, 22 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Saw this one on the alerts system. I'll try to take a look. §hep  Talk  01:05, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

107 OVI
There is a historical biographic novel called "The Flying Dutchmen" by Andrew B. Suhrer that chronicles the 107th OVI and the role his great grandfather Fernando Suhrer. Fernando Suhrer rose through the ranks to reach the rank of Major. He was later murdered in Fernandina Beach, Florida by Thomas Jefferson Eppes, great grandson of Thomas Jefferson. This book is well written and the research is excellent. I live in northeast Florida where the later chapters of this book take place. There is a very significant amount historical information about the 107th OVI and their participation in several major campaigns in the Civil War. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.183.34.45 (talk) 22:31, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Ohio meetup
Brainstorming for the Ohio Wikipedia meetup is in the works. See the page at Meetup/Ohio 1. Perhaps a notice in the newsletter is in order? Feel free to edit the page or discuss on the meetup's talk page. Thanks!  hmwith  τ   01:41, 8 February 2009 (UTC)


 * For those interested, we have decided on Columbus for the location of the meetup, but we are still trying to work out the details of date/time and specific location within Columbus... anyone interested in helping with this, please visit the meetup page... also, if we could get some kind of link or advertisment on the project main page, that would help... - Adolphus79 (talk) 18:51, 24 March 2009 (UTC)


 * How's that? §hep  Talk  01:11, 25 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Awesome, thanks... I'll try to keep ya'll up to date as we continue to plan... - Adolphus79 (talk) 02:27, 25 March 2009 (UTC)


 * We've now decided on a date, July 18, 2009... new banner available for those interested, found at Meetup/Ohio 1/Banner... - Adolphus79 (talk) 17:35, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Zavikon Island
The talk page for Zavikon Island claims the article to be part of the Ohio wikiproject. The island is in the 1000 Islands region on the St. Lawrence Seaway, which would place it pretty much on the Ontario-New York border. Should a more appropriate wiki project be chosen for this page? --66.102.80.212 (talk) 02:50, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

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Terex article
Dear WikiProject Ohio members:

Please excuse me if inadvertently violate protocol involved in your editing and control process. I don't mean to do so. I'm looking for some help and would be more than happy to collaborate with whomever is involved in this project interested in the article on the formerly Hudson, Ohio based Terex(then GM Terex). I'm sorry to say that it is out of date and inaccurate in several respects. It needs a broader perspective. I certainly respect the Ohio connection in the company history and would want to retain that. I met many friendly GM Terex retirees at a meeting two years ago at the Hudson Library. However, the Terex of today belongs to the world and has substantial operations in other states (IA, MS, MN, SD, WA, TX, OK, SC, to name a few,)as well as in Germany, the UK, Italy, China, and elsewhere. You can understand that our employees who have seen the current article find it unsatisfactory. Rather than provide new material or photos to this article and then have the new material edited by one of your members, I'd like to reach some consensus that would be acceptable to your project that would also accurate provide information needed for those researching the company of today. I'm looking forward to a response and hope that as an Ohio State graduate (MA, Journalism, 1984)I could be granted some kind of provisional standing with your project. :)

Mike Bazinet Terex Corporation MikeB54 (talk) 15:46, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Neil Armstrong needs help
As we near the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11, the article on Neil Armstrong could use just a little work. Thanks for your help, JMG (talk) 07:32, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 1) Someone has tagged a few sentences "citation needed" - it would be great to get those cleaned-up.
 * 2) There seems to be a small discrepancy between Apollo 11 and Neil Armstrong concerning how much fuel the lunar lander had for landing.

Changes to popular pages lists
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Ohio Governors Mansion
I have desperately searched all of the resources I could come across to see if the current Governor's House in Bexley, Ohio is on the NRHP and have so far been unsuccessful. I hereby petition any and all fellow WikiProject Ohio brothers and sisters to please help me and take up the cause to discover if the current Ohio Governor's House is listed on the registry, and if not to petition for it be added. Bwsmith84 (talk) 05:03, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Danny Thomas page
Someone (most likely the improbable subject child) keeps adding that Thomas had a second son by an illicit affair. Unverifiable, Family denies.) The only source for this "information" is the subject child's website, and a website of his "crazy mother", whom he believes although he states she abandoned him at 14, was abusive and was not of stable mind. This "child" claims Thomas left "death messages" in his autobiography to him and his mother and is responsible for the death of his child.  You can see the mothers website at www.claudiaokeefe.com.  I feel it is very important to block this person from adding to this page for his own benefit.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zabadu (talk • contribs) 17:06, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

GA Reassessment of Warner and Swasey Observatory
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Akron Airport
Not quite sure where to put this, but the article for Akron Airport is about an airport in Akron, New York, and is incorrectly listed in our WikiProject. Is there a way to get it out? Thanks. Navie05 (talk) 05:40, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Culture of Akron, Ohio
This article was recently created by an editor who means well and has done a lot to the Akron, Ohio article. My concern here is excessive amounts of trivia. One section, for instance, lists virtually every instance where Akron has been mentioned or featured in television and film. I would appreciate any help from other experienced editors at the Talk:Culture of Akron, Ohio page or in the article itself. Thanks --JonRidinger (talk) 21:21, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Love twins
An article on this young porn twin duo instead of the famous top forty charting song by Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross? You've GOT to be kidding me... This is an atrocity. The porn stars lack decades of historical significance to be given a page. Please strike this crap immediately. This is not academia, this is self-promotion for the point of greater video sales.Paradise coyote (talk) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paradise coyote (talk • contribs) 15:31, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

redirect from 'GAI Consultants Inc.'
What does the acronymn 'GAI' indicate? beadtot 64.136.26.230 (talk) 01:52, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

AFD for St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Cleveland Heights, Ohio)
Articles for deletion/St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) - comment/improve. NVO (talk) 16:40, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Task force idea: Cleveland OH
Is anyone interested in starting a task force for Cleveland, Ohio? It would cover the Cleveland MSA. WhisperToMe (talk) 00:00, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Quick meeting
William Pietri and I plan on meeting soon (possibly next Wednesday) in the Ohio State campus area in Columbus to discuss FlaggedRevs. If anyone is interested in getting together for dinner please let me know (suggestions welcomed).  Aar on Sc hulz  00:47, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Gah, nevermind, won't be possible for a few weeks.  Aar on Sc hulz  01:10, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Tech Town article
If anyone knows what happened with whatever the bill was that is mentioned in the Tech Town article, could you go and update the article please? — V = I * R  (talk to Ω) 21:01, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Akron, Ohio
Anyone here who could help improve the Akron, Ohio article would be greatly appreciated. It needs a lot of help and some steady, experienced editors. --JonRidinger (talk) 02:02, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Pictures of Temple Israel (Dayton, Ohio)‎
Would anyone here be able to take pictures of Temple Israel (Dayton, Ohio)‎? It would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Jayjg (talk) 20:10, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

List of United States federal courthouses in Ohio
This page has been initiated - any help in filling in missing federal courthouses would be appreciated! bd2412 T 03:00, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Euclid Avenue
FYI, there was a Requested moves discussion initiated about the location of the Euclid Avenue articles. Please see Talk:Euclid Avenue (Cleveland, Ohio) if you'd like to provide your input. - Eureka Lott 23:18, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

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Help with dividing Cincinnati?
With 240 entries, National Register of Historic Places listings in Cincinnati, Ohio [warning: this list takes a long time to load] is way too long and needs to be divided into several sublists. Would you be willing to offer an opinion on splitting it at its talk page? Nyttend (talk) 00:42, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Unidentified bridge
Hi, I found this image on commons and I would know if this place could be in Dayton (because of the user name of the uploader user:Dayton141). Thank you. Duch (talk) 15:58, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Found it; see image description. Nyttend (talk) 05:03, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your help. Duch (talk) 10:52, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

GA Reassessment of Ohio Department of Transportation
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Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation
We may need some eyes on this article. Yesterday a new user replaced it with a rather bland PR piece, removing all reference to various past scandals; when this was reverted she explained on her talk page that she works in media relations for the Bureau "and we want to put our information on it." I explained about COI and offered her the choice of making proposals on the talk page or making a draft article in user space; she chose the latter, and I have copied the existing article into User:Michelle Gatchell/Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation for her to work on, and given her pointers to useful guidelines. We'll see what her draft turns out like, but I think there may be some work necessary to de-PR it and reach an acceptable version. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 14:43, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Cleveland task force
I wonder if anyone is interested in starting a Cleveland task force? WhisperToMe (talk) 05:45, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

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Pics from Ohio.gov
Can anyone verify if Ohio.gov pics are considered public domain for use on Wiki?Emjaymem (talk) 03:26, 14 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Likely not. Only works produced for the US federal government are released into the public domain. I'm not aware of any individual state government that has a similar provision. See PD. Rkitko (talk) 04:27, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Understood. My question was whether Wiki has been granted permission to use by Ohio specifically. For instance, on the OH Supreme Court site(part of Ohio.gov), they allow "limited license to access and make personal use of their site and not to download...without expressed written consent." So they might give permission. I was trying to find out if any WP:OH had been granted permission... Emjaymem (talk) 17:54, 14 March 2010 (UTC)


 * I see. Then the answer is again likely not or most certainly not. I'm not even sure what body (legislator? governor?) would have the authority to grant written permission to use the pictures on Ohio.gov. You might be better off asking this question at Media copyright questions. Rkitko (talk) 21:23, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

EXCUSE ME. I LISTED SOURCES FOR HARRY TORHAN AND THE MEDALS HE GOT WHILE SERVING FOR HIS COUNTRY AND TOWN OF BELLE VALLEY OHIO. WHY DID YOU DELETE IT. IF YOU ARE GOING TO DENY A NOW DEAD SOLIDER HIS RIGHT TO PROPERLY PUT UP WHAT HE ACHIEVED THEN YOU MUST DO IT WITH EVERY OTHER SOLIDER ON HERE. I AM SORRY IF YOUR LIFE DOES NOT AGREE WITH THIS, BUT I PUT IN A SOURCE AND YOU TOOK IT DOWN. SHAME ON YOU. SHAME ON YOU. HIDING BEHIND YOUR COMPUTER. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.108.172.187 (talk) 16:43, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

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Cleveland State University/ Charles Schweinfurth/ Mather Mansion/ Euclid Avenue, Cleveland Ohio's Millionaire's Row=
Could someone get a photo of the Mather Mansion that's now part of Cleveland State University. As far as I can tell it's the last or one of the last mansions left from Millionaire's Row. If anyone wants to venture out to Shoreby Club in Bratenahl, Ohio, that would be cool too. And I have a long list of photos I want in Cincinnati, and other areas of Ohio also. Who's road tripping??? ChildofMidnight (talk) 05:34, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

I am student at Cleveland State and I visit Mather mansion frequently, I will be more than happy to supply you with pictures.--Saab 1989 (talk) 15:26, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Standards for university importance need review?
According to the importance scale, only universities with more than 50,000 students are considered "high" importance and only those with more than 20,000 are considered "mid" importance. According to List of colleges and universities in Ohio, this means that only OSU qualifies for "high" importance (and only did so in the past 5-6 years), and only 5 others qualify for "mid" importance. The remainder, including Case Western Reserve University (the highest ranked national university in Ohio by US News & World Reports) and Oberlin College (the highest ranked liberal arts college in Ohio and the first US university to regularly admit female and black students) are ranked "low" - the same as individual sports events and city parks. Ranking by enrollment alone (especially with such high requirements) seems to be a rather poor way to measure the importance of a university to a region. Mr.Z-man 01:13, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

I agree, I currently attend Cleveland State University and by that measurement that mean we are considered low importance even though we have a population of 16000 students.--Saab 1989 (talk) 15:29, 21 May 2010 (UTC)


 * I also agree that there needs to be additional criteria established. Perhaps 20,000 or 25,000 could be one criterion for "high" importance, but also factoring in rankings and national exposure or notability (Oberlin and Case, despite being small both have significant notability currently and historically) including rankings or history.  Ohio State is hardly the only "high" importance school in the state by any measure...certainly the largest and probably the best known in terms of exposure to the average person (mostly through athletics). --JonRidinger (talk) 17:24, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

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Ohio gubernatorial elections
I found some lists of elections for governors (along with secretary of state) up to 1920. It also includes total number of votes and party. | Ohio election statistics | Ohio gubernatorial elections

And this site has election info for 1940 on. | elections

The last few elections already have their own individual articles, should that be continued or should it just be added to Ohio gubernatorial elections? 69.40.251.126 (talk) 16:58, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Apple (automobile)
The Apple (automobile) article is currently at AfD. The company was in existence in 1917-18 and very few references are available online. Are there any editors in the Dayton area who are able to research through contemporary newspapers of the time to definitively establish the notablity of this short-lived automobile manufacturer? Mjroots (talk) 08:20, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Cleveland Museum of Art
I realize that the building had been closed to visitors for the $350+ million in renovations for several years, but seriously, this article is woefully bad for such an outstanding museum (not to mention a major Ohio cultural institution). I've started to renovate the article, but I'm having issues with the image in the infobox (it may be due to the file type). Anyone who would be so kind as to upload (and insert) a more flattering photo of the building would be welcome to do so (I'd go take a pic myself, but living in Chicago now, it's not really feasible). In any case, there is no reason why this article can't eventually be a 'feature' -- I do realize no one has even assessed it yet, despite what ought to be presumed so far as its relativity on the 'importance scale' for Project Ohio articles. Please help.Ryecatcher773 (talk) 16:40, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Comair HQ
Delta announced that it may sell the Comair HQ at Cincinnati Airport. It is of the essence to photograph it, as the HQ building could have its markers taken off. The HQ is located along Comair Boulevard. WhisperToMe (talk) 01:46, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Ohio articles at FAC
The Ohio article School for Creative and Performing Arts is currently a Featured Article Candidate. The review may be of interest to editors on this project. --Nasty Housecat (talk) 00:31, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

The article Kent, Ohio is also at FAC. The review can be found here. --JonRidinger (talk) 00:55, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Ohio articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release
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Ohio Civil War regimental histories
After months of work, I have just finished creating 209 original articles of Ohio Civil War regimental histories listed at List of Ohio Civil War units. The articles represent all of the infantry, artillery, and cavalry units that completed organization. Several more irregular or short-term units remain, but it's time for me to move on to another project.

I hope this has been helpful for WikiProject Ohio and that work continues to improve the articles I created and those that others have created.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or suggestions.

Spacini (talk) 23:01, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject cleanup listing
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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) 20:02, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Lincoln Knolls


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 * Neighborhoods generally don't meet the requirements of WP:N, no mention of notability no references

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Rutherford B. Hayes FAC
I nominated Hayes for Featured Article here. If anyone has any comments or suggestions, I'd be glad to hear them. --Coemgenus 13:38, 22 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) 19:20, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Devo
If any project members could contribute to the discussion at Talk:Devo, it would be appreciated. Thanks! --JonRidinger (talk) 15:51, 26 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) 19:12, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Caterpillar Club
The Caterpillar Club relates to pilots who have escaped from an aircraft using a parachute. Although one manufacturer resides in Ohio, it seems far-fetched to link the article with that manufacturer. I want to remove the template from the Talk page in accordance with wp:spam. Could I have comments on the Talk:Caterpillar Club page please?

Regards JRPG (talk) 13:15, 19 January 2011 (UTC)


 * I've now removed the template but if there are objections please use the talk page. JRPG (talk) 21:37, 26 January 2011 (UTC)


 * While I would personally not call the project banner spam, editors are free to add or remove them as they see fit. The article is categorized under "History of Dayton, Ohio". It seems reasonable for the algorithm which added the tag to assume that that meant it was an important part of Dayton's history and therefore Ohio's history given Dayton's prominence in Ohio. I would suggest that if the article doesn't merit a project banner that the category probably also doesn't belong. But that's just my opinion.  Shep  Talk  01:38, 27 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Oh dear, any insult was totally unintended, thanks for the explanation!  Someone linked Caterpillar Club to a single parachute manufacturer based in Ohio who gave the first award.  It was the linking not the banner which I regard as spam.  Regards JRPG (talk) 16:07, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Lake Erie revamp
If interested, I'm seeking feedback for a proposed revamp of Lake Erie which is currently in a sandbox page here. Comments? Ideas? Suggestions? All welcome.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 06:09, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Resources
I am starting sections in the talk pages of various WikiProjects to indicate which periodicals are available through online subscription databases available to me, and indicating that any individuals interested in getting information from them could drop me an e-mail and I would forward whatever is available. The Akron Beacon Journal is available from 1998 through today. I would request that someone add a section to the main project page with that information, which I can expand with additional resources over the weeks ahead. Thank you. John Carter (talk) 18:43, 6 February 2011 (UTC)