Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Pittsburgh/Archive 2015

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Harej (talk) 16:56, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Deletion discussion for newspaper The Globe
Ongoing deletion discussion to decided whether or not to delete article on newspaper The Globe (student newspaper), with discussion page at Articles for deletion/The Globe (student newspaper).
 * 1) The Globe (student newspaper)
 * 2) Articles for deletion/The Globe (student newspaper)

Further research would be most appreciated, and/or suggestions for additional secondary sources, at Talk:The Globe (student newspaper).

Thank you for your time,

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 21:30, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

March 2015 Art+Feminism event in Pittsburgh
Hi Pittsburgh 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 being organized in Pittsburgh. 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. If interested, please reply on wiki or by e-mail at thepwnco.wiki@gmail.com. Cheers! -Thepwnco (talk) 22:28, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

Pittsburgh meetup
Pittsburgh Wikipedians are invited to a meet up on April 3, 2015. Meetup Pittsburgh


 *  Bfpage &#124;leave a message 19:53, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Box black and gold
Heads up for all, we have an editor attempting to change the Pittsburgh box to sky blue again, I reverted it for now, but appreciate any and all input on this going forward. Thanks.  Market St.⧏  ⧐ Diamond Way  04:26, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

National Steel


Dear Pittsburgh people,

is anyone from steel industry and knows, when this logo was used?--Kopiersperre (talk) 19:58, 3 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Its first use as a trademark was in April 1986, according to the USPTO records (see under the "Goods and Services" heading). A photo of a stock certificate dated 02/03/2003  shows that the logo was still being used in the year of the company's demise. So, I would say 1986–2003. —Phleg1 (talk) 00:56, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Chip Esten listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Chip Esten to be moved to Charles Esten. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 22:47, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

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

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

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

What should you take photos of?

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

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

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

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

Smallbones( smalltalk ) 13:45, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

Visiting scholar position, University of Pittsburgh, possibly focusing on Pittsburgh

 * See Visiting Scholars/Apply &bull; Lingzhi&diams;(talk) 02:20, 17 July 2015 (UTC)