Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Switzerland/Archive 3

Traffic statistics
Hello! The contributors might be interested to see how popular are the articles related to Switzerland. I used http://stats.grok.se/ to make a table of the most frequented pages. It is only approximate because the redirects have to be counted manually, nevertheless it gives a good overview of the traffic. MadGeographer (talk) 14:15, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Coordinators' working group
Hi! I'd like to draw your attention to the new WikiProject coordinators' working group, an effort to bring both official and unofficial WikiProject coordinators together so that the projects can more easily develop consensus and collaborate. This group has been created after discussion regarding possible changes to the A-Class review system, and that may be one of the first things discussed by interested coordinators.

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Some articles under this project need to be better watchlisted
A probable hoax at the Stans article went undetected for nearly eighteen months. Even if the edit was correct, it certainly didn't belong in the article. See my comment on Talk:Stans. Do people watchlist, or even read through, the articles on these small Swiss towns/cities? The only reason I looked up the page was because of The Sydney Morning Herald article "Man wrestles kangaroo in Canberra home", which briefly mentions the city. Graham 87 08:31, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

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New galleries
Hello, new galleries with interesting picturess are available on commons: Switzerland, have a look! MadGeographer (talk) 16:17, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

mormon temple in Bern
There is a Mormon temple in Bern. Should the article belong to this WikiProject? LDS-SPA1000 (talk) 18:24, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Proposal for a 200-WikiProject contest
A proposal has been posted for a contest between all 200 country WikiProjects. We're looking for judges, coordinators, ideas, and feedback.

The Transhumanist 00:39, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Flag of Lucerne
The Lucerne Flag (in the Swiss Canton Flags Section) is the wrong way round. its vertical not horizontal.

like this:

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Talk:Berne
Should we move the capital? Please express your thoughts.  Sandstein  18:04, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Result
The move request was closed with the result that the article is now at Bern. We should discuss


 * how to go about propagating this change in the related articles, categories etc. (perhaps a bot task?) and
 * whether to also move Canton of Berne and related pages.  Sandstein   07:47, 9 June 2009 (UTC)


 * I've been running around making some of the changes, moving sub-articles. I've moved the canton too ... a bit strange to have divergent names. The categories need to be fixed, but I see someone is already working on this. Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk ) 01:27, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Pietro Antonio Solari
The man was born in Carona (Ticino canton) in 1445 and left for Muscovy in 1487. Is he Italian or is he Swiss? Ticino was not part of Confederation yet, but there was no Italy either. ?! NVO (talk) 18:40, 27 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Per Ticino, the Ticino belonged to Milan until the Swiss conquered it in the 15th century. Since the concept of nationality doesn't really seem to apply in this case, why not just refer to him him as "from the Ticino"?  Sandstein   20:54, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * He appears in the long List of Russian architects that already has many Ticino natives (18th-19th century, definitely Swiss) as well as "true" Italians. I'm trying to label immigrant architects that qualify for inclusion, but deep past is not so obvious... Perhaps indeed a separate notice on "from Ticino ..." will fit better. NVO (talk) 22:13, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Super League (soccer)
The Swiss Super League changed names several times, notably in 2003. The seasonal lists linked from Swiss Super League seasons are all at the title "Swiss Super League Season 19xx". I'm a bit hesitant which name to use as a title for the earlier years. I thought of "Swiss national league A 19xx (football)", "Swiss national football league A 19xx", or using its title in German.

One should take into account that the other sports have national A leagues and still use that designation. The question is similar for league below. -- User:Docu

Photograph request: Swiss Int'l Air Lines HQ
Hi! If someone is in Basel, would anyone mind photographing the headquarters of Swiss International Air Lines? Thank you WhisperToMe (talk) 07:17, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Albert Einstein
...is at peer review. Help get it back to FA. Casliber (talk · contribs) 11:33, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Municipalities of the canton of Bern
I've started trying to expand all the Municipalities articles with some basic stats from the Swiss Fed Statistical Office and from HDS. So far I've got nearly all the municipalities in Bern done. If anyone's interested, take a look and see there's any errors, problems etc or see if you can expand further that would be great. Also, I've been removing stub tags, but haven't re-rated the articles. Thanks Tobyc75 (talk) 01:16, 16 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Looks good! Your data seem to be a bit dated, though, I a m pretty sure that there have been several mergers since 2007. The official up to date list of Bernese municipalities can be found at http://www.sta.be.ch/belex/d/1/152_01.html, in Anhang 1 (appendix 1) to the Gesetz über die Organisation des Regierungsrates und der Verwaltung (Law concerning the organisation of the Executive Council and the administration). At the end of this statute, there are a list of changes that have been made to it. The last is 5.5.2009 GRB - BAG 09–43, in Kraft am 1. 7. 2009, i.e., decision of the Grand Council of 5 May 2009, Bernese Official Statute Collection of 2009 no. 43, entered into force on 1 June 2009. We can look this up in the BAG, at http://www.sta.be.ch/belex/d/bag.asp, and find the actual change of the statute, http://www.sta.be.ch/belex/d/BAG-pdf/BAG_09-43.pdf, which is a bureaucratical change (Boltigen is now a Einwohnergemeinde instead of a Gemischte Gemeinde). If you look up the other changes listed at the end of the statute, you should be able to track down all the recent mergers of municipalities.
 * As to the layout, what I would propose is a sortable table in which the municipalities can be sorted by name, Amtsbezirk (district), Verwaltungsregion (administrative region), Wahlkreis (electoral district), Gerichtskreis (judicial district) and so forth, as per the map at or per the lists at.
 * Finally, the list is limited to Einwohnergemeinden und gemischte Gemeinden, i.e., civic and mixed municipalities. Technically, under Bernese law, the parishes (Kirchgemeinden) and the burghers' communities (Burgergemeinden und burgerliche Korporationen) are also municipalities, although they overlap the "normal" municipalities that you list. This may need disambiguation.  Sandstein   06:21, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the further info, so far I've just been working from the Municipalities that were created a few year ago, and using what's listed in the SFSO database, which seems to have not been updated for 2008 numbers yet. I'll check the appendix to see who's merged and update as needed.  Do you know if there's similar info for the other Cantons?Tobyc75 (talk) 22:15, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
 * No, I'm Bernese... It might me easiest to work from SFSO data, if there is any, because collecting individual data from every canton would be a considerable effort.  Sandstein   05:26, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Also, I was planning to just Redirect the absorbed municipality to the absorbing municipality and just copy most of the info into the article. Is that what's been done in the past or on other countries? Tobyc75 (talk) 23:50, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
 * It looks like in other cases, the pages have been kept and a new page is created which combines most of the text of the original. I'm going to keep the original pages then. Tobyc75 (talk) 01:42, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, at least for larger municipalities, it may make sense to retain a page for the historic municipality.  Sandstein   05:26, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
 * At Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Swiss_municipalities, there is an outline of things to be done for mergers. I didn't get all the way through for those at the beginning of 2009. Sample change for one that merged: Obergesteln. -- User: Docu at  04:05, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

The first theatre and the first actors
Hello! I am interested in theatre history, and I hope some one can answer my question. I wonder: which was the first permanent theatre, with proffesional actors of both genders, in Switzerland? I am also interested in the first known actor and actress, or the most famous actor and actress, of that theatre's early years. I have heard that the first theatre in Switzerland of this kind was built in 1673, and in Geneva in 1783. What were they called, and who were the first actor and actress there? I hope someone can answer my question. I would be gratefull if you could answer on my talk page. Regards--Aciram (talk) 09:54, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi; the best place to ask factual questions like these is WP:RD/H.  Sandstein   13:38, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Template up for deletion
A courtesy notification (given the nominator failed to provide one) - the Infobox Swiss town template is up for deletion. There seems to be a bit of a campaign on against regional templates - the Australian and Austrian ones have also been targeted. Orderinchaos 03:41, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Gefängnis Zürich
The Gefängnis Zürich article has been listed at AfD. Mjroots (talk) 09:48, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Francophonie?
Does anyone think there should be a WP:WikiProject Francophonie? It would be like WP:WikiProject Commonwealth that handles the British Commonwealth.

See Talk:Organisation_internationale_de_la_Francophonie_(OlF) for the discussion.

76.66.197.30 (talk) 08:00, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Districts of Switzerland
Proposal to rename the articles about individual districts at Talk:Districts of Switzerland TrueColour (talk) 21:22, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Very high priority article work needed
As discussed on Jimbo Wales' talk page, The Doughnut Days 2009 drive to the next decade is underway, and we need help with Ringli, Basler Krapfen, Chüechli, and Öhrli. Thank you for your immediate attention to this critical subject matter. ChildofMidnight (talk) 01:10, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Districts of Switzerland
Proposal to rename the articles about individual districts at Talk:Districts of Switzerland TrueColour (talk) 21:22, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Very high priority article work needed
As discussed on Jimbo Wales' talk page, The Doughnut Days 2009 drive to the next decade is underway, and we need help with Ringli, Basler Krapfen, Chüechli, and Öhrli. Thank you for your immediate attention to this critical subject matter. ChildofMidnight (talk) 01:10, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Castiel
Castiel has been proposed to be renamed, see Talk:Castiel. The current candidate destinations are Castiel (municipality), Castiel (Switzerland) and Castiel, Switzerland, neither of which indicate the Canton.

76.66.197.17 (talk) 05:57, 29 December 2009 (UTC)