Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Texas Tech University/Archive 1

Updated Talk Page Box Template
I have created an updated Talk Page Box template to include the portal box. I have it in a sandbox right now (Template:WikiProject Texas Tech University/Sandbox) for testing, and to make sure everybody wanted a link to the portal on the template. It is attached here: (Snipped By MarkRomero (talk) 23:04, 22 September 2008 (UTC), to avoid putting the project page in the class and importance categories)

--MarkRomero (talk) 01:54, 22 September 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm all for it. I think there are only two links to the portal now and one of those is on project page. Doesn't make sense to have a portal if no one knows about it. →Wordbuilder (talk) 02:31, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
 * It looks fine to me. The only issue might be the rules about template boxes.  I don't know if those are supposed to be standardized or not.--Elred (talk) 04:53, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Well I got the idea from the Biography Talk Page Template, so I am assuming it is ok. --MarkRomero (talk) 14:08, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

It looks like someone converted the template and, in so doing, included the portal box. →Wordbuilder (talk) 16:36, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Awesome....well that settles that. --MarkRomero (talk) 17:18, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

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Vote for Wikipedia Release 0.7 Articles
Below are a list of articles that are eligible for nomination for WP 0.7. We should vote on the articles we want (if not all of them) to nominate for WP 0.7.

B-Class Articles

Bob Knight (763)

Angelo State University (695)

Gary Blair (596)

William Curry Holden (371)

Waggoner Carr (323)

C-Class Articles

Texas Tech Red Raiders (753)

Susan Polgar (689)

Wes Welker (632)

Texas Tech University Goin' Band from Raiderland (581)

Mike Leach (508)

Graham Harrell (503)

Texas Tech University College of Engineering (437)

Sally Kipyego (420)

Texas Tech University traditions (139)

Scott Pelley (Unknown)

--MarkRomero (talk) 03:31, 29 September 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm not familiar with the process. How did you know which ones are eligibile for nomination? →Wordbuilder (talk) 13:51, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * The 1.0 Editorial Team has established a criteria for the WP 0.7 release. Also the reviewers are only interested in articles with a Bot importance score of >700. (The list above does not take the bot scores into account, as I did not have time to compile them now contains bot scores.) --MarkRomero (talk) 14:19, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Based on the scores the only ones articles that have a shot are Bob Knight, Angelo State University, Texas Tech Red Raiders and Susan Polgar. If nobody has objections I will nominate these for for inclusion. Also we have until the 20th of October to make revisions to and select the version of the Texas Tech article and any other articles selected. --MarkRomero (talk) 14:33, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * At 695, does Angelo State have a chance? I'd like to see it included and it just barely missed the 700. I noticed one of the criteria is internal links. I've never looked at other articles to make sure they link to ASU when possible. (I have with Tech, though.) I wonder if the bot will assess again before the deadling. →Wordbuilder (talk) 15:41, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I think it is close enough to 700 that it has a chance if we can make a convincing argument for its inclusion. Also the bot was using a database dump for August (I think), as the database dump system is currently offline. --MarkRomero (talk) 16:13, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. We just need to take a look at the articles and fix any obvious flaws. →Wordbuilder (talk) 16:20, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I have submitted Bob Knight and Texas Tech Red Raider, but I am not sure what to put for comments on Angelo State University. --MarkRomero (talk) 13:30, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Featured image on Commons
I think we have a few pictures on Commons that may fit the featured-image criteria. Here are the guidelines. Here is the gallery. If you see any that you think fit, post the link here and we can discuss. Avoid any that show a statue since some may see them as dirivative. →Wordbuilder (talk) 14:22, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * The picture of the old admin building is cool, but does not meet the criteria of 2M pixels. --00:07, 9 October 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by MarkRomero (talk • contribs)

Texas Peer Review
Here is something all UT, A&M, and Tech fans can agree on. Texas just got promoted to GA, is now on a FA run, and it would be nice to have all the input we can get in our  peer review. Thanks for the help. Oldag07 (talk) 15:37, 1 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Howdy! I know i am an aggie, but most people associated with this university are not just Tech fans, but Texans as well. And, making our state look good has got to be somewhat of a priority for us. I have divided the Texas page into 6 parts. Hopefully with more manageable chunks, people will be more willing to copy edit the page. would anybody at this project be willing to copy edit one section of the Texas page?  Thanks and gig em.


 * Talk:Texas Oldag07 (talk) 00:15, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

RfC for WP:BOOSTER
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College Fight Songs
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Name Change
Wanted to inform you all that I have changed my WP username from MarkRomero to Voltin. If you wish to verify it you can see the log entry. --Voltin (talk) 12:47, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up. →Wordbuilder (talk) 15:57, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Creating a "Double T" article?
Considering the Double T logo stopped a name change to Texas State and unique design (unlike &,  & , etc.), it just seems like it should have its own article. NThomas (talk) 05:18, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
 * If you can find enough sources to put together an article, that'd be great. In lieu of that, the information could be added to Texas Tech University traditions. →Wordbuilder (talk) 20:52, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I figured I could expand on the information from section from the university page. Go into detail about the history, include the old logo, include it's usage including the the Double T Bench and the sign at the south end of Jones AT&T Stadium. I'm guessing Double T would be the best title for the article? (opposed to Double T logo or Double T spirit mark'') NThomas (talk) 07:22, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
 * "Double T" is the most common way to refer to it, so I would go with that as the article's title. There is one version of the old logo already uploaded. →Wordbuilder (talk) 13:35, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I've gone ahead and created the Double T article. I think the only thing that really needs work is the usage section. I feel comfortable with the history section since it was pretty much perfectly sourced from other articles. Things that weren't I made sure were in that section. Any suggestions on potential expansion or comments? Also, it legitimize the article, what other articles should link to Double T that don't already? Feel free to reply on the Double T talk page. Thanks! NThomas (talk) 08:07, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Big 12 WikiProject
I'm trying to gauge the interested in created a Big 12 WikiProject and wondering who would like to be involved. There are already pages for WikiProject Big Ten and WikiProject ACC. A Big 12 project would cover the schools themselves and anything to do with conference sports including: events, rivalries, teams, seasons, championships and lore. There is already quite a bit of activity here on Wikipedia regarding the Big 12, and I think a project could help coordinate and unify our efforts. Please see WikiProject Council/Proposals/Big 12 if you are interested, and add your name to the list. Grey Wanderer (talk) 00:22, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

List of Texas Tech Red Raiders football seasons
I've been working on List of Texas Tech Red Raiders football seasons for a couple months and after getting a peer review, I nominated it for Featured List status. Please comment and critique the list on it's nomination page. Hopefully WP:TTU will have it's first FL article soon!

NThomas (talk) 20:46, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Less than three weeks later... WP:Texas Tech has its first Featured List! Check it out! NThomas (talk) 07:05, 27 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Congratulations NThomas. Great work! --Almosthonest06 (talk) 07:30, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Congrats, and thanks for the hard work. --Voltin (talk) 15:27, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Getting your compliments and seeing a new category on the WikiProject:TTU Assessment char is pretty cool stuff. NThomas (talk) 16:15, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

List of Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball seasons
After working on List of Texas Tech Red Raiders football seasons and going through the process to get WP:Texas Tech its first Featured list, I'm hoping lightning will strike twice with...

...List of Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball seasons.

I've already nominated it for Featured List status. I was very happy with the response and support with the last list in Featured list candidates and I'm hoping to see an even bigger turn out for this one. Don't forget to leave your comments and critiques on this new list's nomination page. NThomas (talk) 16:35, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I could use some support for Featured list candidates/List of Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball seasons/archive1. I previously had too many redlinks but that's all taken care of. There was a good turnout last time and I'm hoping for just as much Red Raider support. Thanks! NThomas (talk) 02:23, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

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List of Texas Tech Red Raiders head football coaches nominated for FL
There's a ton of potential TTU lists that would meet the criteria I'd like to get to featured list status (men's basketball coaches, men's basketball tournament results, baseball seasons, university presidents, Red Raiders in the NFL Draft, list of buildings, Historic District buildings, etc.). Right now, I need comments and support (if you support that the article meets the criteria) for...


 * List of Texas Tech Red Raiders head football coaches on its nomination page.

Any comments and critiques would be helpful in getting this one to Featured List too. Thanks. NThomas (talk) 21:28, 2 February 2010 (UTC)


 * I think you're doing an incredible job with the new Texas Tech articles and lists you've created. I just wish I had more time right now to dedicate to helping you get them up to featured status.


 * I want to give you a word of warning. Some may consider your posting here, asking for support, to be Canvassing. I know that's not your intent. I just don't want anyone to perceive it that way and take a negative view of you or your work. Wikipedia has so many rules and guidelines, I'm not sure I'll ever know them all. Most editors are forgiving but some get wrapped up in the "letter of the law", so I wanted to make you aware.


 * Keep up the great work! →Wordbuilder (talk) 21:47, 2 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks. There are so many easy lists to do, its discouraging to see a small directional school like UAB (in a Non-AQ conference) with List of UAB Blazers football seasons while Texas Tech, on the verge of flagship status, didn't even have a season list let alone a featured list. Just wanted to get the lists up to par with the rest of the Texas Tech articles. Also, I figured there was some rule about that. I'd like to think no one would take my intentions the wrong way. I've tried to phrase my announcements about the WP:FLC articles in a neutral position (ex.: Don't forget to leave your comments and critiques and I need comments and support if you support that the article meets the criteria) as opposed to This is a Texas Tech list and if you call yourself a Red Raider support this. In the future I'll use Template:Please see. Thanks for the heads up. NThomas (talk) 23:58, 2 February 2010 (UTC)


 * I'll take a look at the nomination page and see if I can lend a hand. Lists seem a bit easier to get to featured status than articles. A few of us went through hell to get the Texas Tech University to featured status. I think it left us a bit burnt out. →Wordbuilder (talk) 04:33, 3 February 2010 (UTC)


 * I can imagine the hell it took to get TTU to FA. The hardest part for me with these FLs are the leads. I can't imagine doing that for the entire article. That was before my time on WP:TTU so now ya'll can sit back and relax while I do my part for the WikiProject. NThomas (talk) 04:53, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Does Reese Technology Center fall under WP:TTU?
Does the Reese Technology Center (RTC) fall under WP:TTU since the Texas Tech University is considered a "anchor tenant"? The TTU has 4 research centers at RTC, most notably the Wind Science and Engineering Research Center. Even though it isn't entirely run by TTU like UNT's Discovery Park or UT Austin's J. J. Pickle Research Campus, I still think the Reese Technology Center would fall under WP:TTU's umbrella. What do you all think? NThomas (talk) 15:59, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I would say no on this as it is only tangentially related. Much the same reason Lubbock, Texas has not been included in the project. →Wordbuilder (talk) 20:09, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Texas Tech Red Raiders head men's basketball coaches/archive1
You are invited to join the discussion at. NThomas (talk) 17:46, 19 February 2010 (UTC) (Using )
 * Don't bother now. It failed because only one person cared to give it a real review. I can't believe one person here couldn't take a look at it. It takes less than 10 minutes for these lists and not one person bothered to help promote Tech's presence on the web here with another FL. NThomas (talk) 03:38, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Fuller Track
Check out the discussion. Need some help finding it's real name. NThomas (talk) 19:57, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

RfC: Memorial Circle
Inspired by a recent article published by Texas Tech, I decided to start writing an article on Memorial Circle in my user space. First, do we feel that Memorial Circle can support it's own article or should it, instead, by merged with the main and campus article? Second, I would like some feedback on the article stub I have so far so please feel free to leave me feedback or make some changes.

For now I would like to leave the article in my user space so that if we decide to make its own article it is still eligible for DYK. Thanks! — Voltin (T&#124;C) 21:38, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I like the article. However, I'm concerned that notability isn't established. The sources, while they cover the claims, are from Texas Tech instead of from a third party. So, it should either be merged with the main campus article or sources added until it can stand on its own. →Wordbuilder (talk) 01:32, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Here are some of the better references I've been using offline for the university campus article:
 * There's plenty of info scattered in these books and the NRHP listing has some info too. NThomas (talk) 02:28, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
 * There's plenty of info scattered in these books and the NRHP listing has some info too. NThomas (talk) 02:28, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
 * There's plenty of info scattered in these books and the NRHP listing has some info too. NThomas (talk) 02:28, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
 * There's plenty of info scattered in these books and the NRHP listing has some info too. NThomas (talk) 02:28, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
 * There's plenty of info scattered in these books and the NRHP listing has some info too. NThomas (talk) 02:28, 26 June 2010 (UTC)


 * You've got a great start on this. The article should be fairly large when everything is fleshed out. Here are some ideas for the article:
 * The lead starts out as: "Memorial Circle is located..." how about including "roundabout" so it starts out as: "Memorial Circle is a roundabout located..." As it is right now, if readers not familiar with the subject wouldn't have any clue there was a road encompassing/part of the circle.
 * Since Memorial Circle, along with Amon G. Carter Plaza (the eastern esplanade) and the Engineering Key (the northern esplanade), together are a contributing site to the Texas Technological College Historic District, you should include the NRHP Infobox for the Landscape/Esplanade since Amon G. Carter Plaza and the Engineering Key have almost no chance of having their own article. This would be the best place for it other then List of Texas Technological College Historic District properies
 * How about an "External links" section with a link to Memorial Circle's location on the www.ttu.edu campus map
 * Just some ideas. Keep up the good work. Just curious, what were you thinking of using as the hook for DYK? NThomas (talk) 02:28, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the suggestions, I have incorporated them into the article. I am not to familiar with the NRHP infobox (or the NRHP in general), so would you mind taking a look to make sure I that is is filled in correctly. I have not had time lately to work on the article lately, and probably won't until the July. When I have more free time I will see if I can't get a hold of those sources you mentioned (I hope the TTU library has copies on file.) As for the DYK hook, I really hadn't thought about that yet. If you have any suggestions I would happy to hear them. Thanks. — Voltin (T&#124;C) 22:36, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
 * The infobox looks great except... the name is suppose to be the same as the historical designation "Landscape/Esplanade", "Memorial Circle" doesn't need to be in "location', and since it's a site and not a building, the architectural style entry isn't needed. NThomas (talk) 04:01, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
 * The reason why I put Memorial Circle into the location was because it is encompassed by the street named "Memorial Circle", so it is basically its address. I am open to removing it, just wanted to clarify why I put it there in the first place. I implemented your other suggestions, thanks for the help. I was able request the books you suggested from the University Library, hopefully they can provide some more insight and most importantly sources. — Voltin (T&#124;C) 20:22, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
 * There's a ton of useful information both. For the DYK hook, in one of those books, it mentioned that Memorial Circle once had seven traffic lights. That's pretty excessive for a roundabout, especially considering that there aren't any today. Another one would be about the not walking on the grass, but using that seems a bit too... Aggie. NThomas (talk) 04:17, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Need help finding the Jones AT&T Stadium logo
I figured this would be the best place to put out a request. I've been looking for awhile and still can't find a quality image of the logo. Anybody know of a pdf or just the logo itself that's online? Thanks. NThomas (talk) 04:41, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I didn't realize it has its own logo. Can you give me an idea of what it looks like? →Wordbuilder (talk) 05:01, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
 * It stretches on the field from the 35 to 15 yard line and is all over the stadium on banners and walls. Here's some examples I could find.
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 * on the video from 2:09-2:12
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 * I'm thinking if it can't be found, it might be possible to recreate it in photoshop... NThomas (talk) 17:27, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh, okay. I've seen it a hundred times but I can't recall seeing it represented by itself; just in the pictures of the field and stadium. →Wordbuilder (talk) 02:40, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep an eye out for it. I know I've been, but no such luck yet. NThomas (talk) 04:04, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Pageview stats
After a recent request, I added WikiProject Texas Tech University to the list of projects to compile monthly pageview stats for. The data is the same used by http://stats.grok.se/en/ but the program is different, and includes the aggregate views from all redirects to each page. The stats are at WikiProject Texas Tech University/Popular pages.

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Firing Section of Mike Leach Article
I am looking for some feedback on some recent changes made by another editor to the Mike Leach article. I have added a new section the article's talk page for discussion. Any comments would be appreciated. — Voltin (T&#124;C) 18:31, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Tech Stadium or Tech Field
I'm trying to find which name to use. I've found 6 sources about it and it's a 50/50 split. 3 call it Tech Stadium and the other 3 call it Tech Field. Tech Stadium or Tech Field (depending on the source) was the former football stadium built in 1926 and demolished before the 1947 season to make way for Jones AT&T Stadium. Any help finding out which name is correct, or which name should be used as the title for a future article would appreciated. Thanks. NThomas (talk) 07:59, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I have La Ventana yearbooks covering most years between 1926 and 1947. I'll check them for contemporary usage. I might also be able to find a picture or two for the article. →Wordbuilder (talk) 14:35, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

RfC: Texas Tech Red Raiders football
I've been working section by section on Texas Tech Red Raiders football, and while I'm comfortable with what I've expanded/added in other sections so far (Stadium, Rivalries, and Head coaches), I'm not too sure about the Individual honors section. It's based on Maryland Terrapins football to give you some background as to what I was going for. Any critiques and comments would help. Thanks. NThomas (talk) 17:09, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I think it looks good, and is very in-depth. The only negative I can come with is that it is a little stats heavy (although, I personally don't think that is a bad thing.) In my opinion it far exceeds the section that you gave as the reference, good job. — Voltin (T&#124;C) 21:42, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. NThomas (talk) 22:54, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * The only thing I would change is the sentence that begins, "11 players have received a majority of votes..." As I recall, begining a sentence with a non-spelled-out number is discouraged. Maybe the sentence could be reworded to keep the 11 in numeric form but not at the very beginning. →Wordbuilder (talk) 16:25, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Any ideas on how the sentence could be restructured? Seeing "11" instead of "Eleven" is easier to see when just scanning the text (in my opinion), so I'm shooting at preserving the numerical form. NThomas (talk) 22:54, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * How about this: By receiving a majority of votes during selection for the respective seasons, 11 players have been named consensus All-Americans. →Wordbuilder (talk) 15:06, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Perfect! Thanks. NThomas (talk) 04:26, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

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New Texas Tech University identity guidelines
I received an email from TechAnnounce about changes to Texas Tech University's identity guidelines. Here's part of the release:


 * ''It has been five years since the current Visual Identity System went into effect establishing the coat of arms signatures. Since then, there have been many, many requests from units across the campus to allow the use of the Double T with the full department or college name.


 * ''While the coat of arms remains an important academic mark for the university, beginning Sept. 20, a new Double T lockup will be available to give units a choice of which signature to use based on the type of communication being delivered.


 * ''The new university lockup will first appear on the Texas Tech home page and top level pages beginning Sept. 20. Additionally, everyone who currently links to a TTU IT-created masthead graphic will see the Double T replace the Coat of Arms...


 * ''...For print, promotional and other digital pieces, units will be able to choose which signature works best, based on the type of communication being delivered...


 * ''...Visit http://www.depts.ttu.edu/communications/identityguidelines/ for more information on our branding initiatives.

Since the Texas Tech academic coat of arms is on its way out and is being replaced with the Double T should we do the same on Wikipedia? All of the Texas Tech University colleges, departments, and schools on Wikipedia use the academic coat of arms currently, so this decision would effect at least (and even more in the future). The precedent to use the coat of arms without a wordmark should continue with the transition to the Double T replacing the coat of arms with this svg version of the Double T. Any thoughts? NThomas (talk) 03:24, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
 * If I'm reading correctly, the coat of arms isn't really on its way out so much as more flexibility is being offered in choosing between it and the Double T. That said, Wikipedia is more about presenting the most common identifier, rather than adhering to the identity guidelines put out by companies or schools. Because the Double T is Tech's primary logo and because the Double T image is not copyrighted, it should be preferred here over the CoA. →Wordbuilder (talk) 14:50, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I've gone ahead and replaced the Coat of Arms with the Double T on the colleges and research center articles. NThomas (talk) 07:38, 30 September 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) 19:31, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

TTUHSC split
As Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) is a separate institution within the Texas Tech University System (TTUS), I've gone ahead and moved all TTUHSC articles into a new category (Category:Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center). This includes all schools and branches under TTUHSC. Previously, all TTUHSC articles had been in the TTUS category. NThomas (talk) 03:49, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Agreed. →Wordbuilder (talk) 14:34, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

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 * Category:Texas portals
 * Category:WikiProject Texas

Anyone interested in improving the basic look and structure, could open a WP:RfC. Dialogue is good for the project.

These are areas I see could be improved, in addition to miscellaneous information on the portal and project pages:


 * Participant lists could be divided in to two separate lists: Active, and Inactive participants
 * Task lists that require monitoring, can be somewhat automated by replacing the individual topic items with category page links
 * Eliminate duplication of efforts. Inter-connect the like sections in different pages to a singular template.
 * As an example, I already updated the Open Tasks on WikiProject Texas, and the Things You Can Do on the Texas portal. These are exactly the same information, but point to two different templates.  In a perfect world, these two pages would point to the same template, but they don't - possibly due to page formatting. I updated the templates they point to, so at least the individual items will point to Wiki links that would, in essence, make the list items self-updating. But it would be better if both pointed to only one template.

-Maile66 (talk) 19:38, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Discussion on WikiProject Texas regarding support by WikiProject United States
WikiProject Texas Tech University has been mentioned as being added to a list of projects being supported by WikiProject United States. You are invited to join the dialogue Here
 * -Maile66 (talk) 18:49, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Proposal for United States A-Class review process
There is a proposal at WikiProject United States to start an A-Class review process for United States related articles. Please stop by and join the discussion. Kumioko (talk) 02:17, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Discussion on consolidating inactive and semi-active university WikiProjects
This project may be affected by a proposed consolidation of inactive and semi-active WikiProjects covering universities. The proposed consolidation is being discussed on the talk page of WikiProject Universities. We are seeking feedback from the projects that may be impacted before we decide on a course of action. Please drop by to participate in the discussion. Thanks! –Mabeenot (talk) 06:54, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Discussion to remove the Automatically assessed logic from the WikiProject United States template
Greetings, there is a discussion regarding removal of the logic used to populate Automatically assessed article categories from Template:WikiProject United States. Most of the categories (over 220 Wikipedia wide) were deleted in February 2013 because they were empty. These categories were previously populated by a bot that hasn't run since 2011 and the categories aren't used. Removal of this uneeded/unused logic will greatly reduce the size and complexity of the WikiProject United States template. Any comments or questions are encouraged here. Kumioko (talk) 18:50, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

College basketball team navigation templates
Please join the discussion at the College Basketball Wikiproject for forming a consensus on the creation of a basic navigation template for college basketball teams. CrazyPaco (talk) 09:28, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

Popular pages tool update
As of January, the popular pages tool has moved from the Toolserver to Wikimedia Tool Labs. The code has changed significantly from the Toolserver version, but users should notice few differences. Please take a moment to look over your project's list for any anomalies, such as pages that you expect to see that are missing or pages that seem to have more views than expected. Note that unlike other tools, this tool aggregates all views from redirects, which means it will typically have higher numbers. (For January 2014 specifically, 35 hours of data is missing from the WMF data, which was approximated from other dates. For most articles, this should yield a more accurate number. However, a few articles, like ones featured on the Main Page, may be off).

Web tools, to replace the ones at ~alexz/pop, will become available over the next few weeks at popularpages. All of the historical data (back to July 2009 for some projects) has been copied over. The tool to view historical data is currently partially available (assessment data and a few projects may not be available at the moment). The tool to add new projects to the bot's list is also available now (editing the configuration of current projects coming soon). Unlike the previous tool, all changes will be effective immediately. OAuth is used to authenticate users, allowing only regular users to make changes to prevent abuse. A visible history of configuration additions and changes is coming soon. Once tools become fully available, their toolserver versions will redirect to Labs.

If you have any questions, want to report any bugs, or there are any features you would like to see that aren't currently available on the Toolserver tools, see the updated FAQ or contact me on my talk page. Mr.Z-bot (talk) (for Mr.Z-man ) 05:30, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal
Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej (talk) 22:48, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject X is live!


Hello everyone!

You may have received a message from me earlier asking you to comment on my WikiProject X proposal. The good news is that WikiProject X is now live! In our first phase, we are focusing on research. At this time, we are looking for people to share their experiences with WikiProjects: good, bad, or neutral. We are also looking for WikiProjects that may be interested in trying out new tools and layouts that will make participating easier and projects easier to maintain. If you or your WikiProject are interested, check us out! Note that this is an opt-in program; no WikiProject will be required to change anything against its wishes. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!

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

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

WikiProject United States - 50,000 Challenge
--- Another Believer ( Talk ) 22:05, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Popular pages report
We – Community Tech – are happy to announce that the Popular pages bot is back up-and-running (after a one year hiatus)! You're receiving this message because your WikiProject or task force is signed up to receive the popular pages report. Every month, will post at /Popular pages with a list of the most-viewed pages over the previous month that are within the scope of. We've made some enhancements to the original report. Here's what's new:
 * The pageview data includes both desktop and mobile data.
 * The report will include a link to the pageviews tool for each article, to dig deeper into any surprises or anomalies.
 * The report will include the total pageviews for the entire project (including redirects).

We're grateful to for his original, and we wish his bot a happy robot retirement. Just as before, we hope the popular pages reports will aid you in understanding the reach of, and what articles may be deserving of more attention. If you have any questions or concerns please contact us at m:User talk:Community Tech bot.

Warm regards, the Community Tech Team 17:16, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

WikiProject collaboration notice from the Portals WikiProject
The reason I am contacting you is because there are one or more portals that fall under this subject, and the Portals WikiProject is currently undertaking a major drive to automate portals that may affect them.

Portals are being redesigned.

The new design features are being applied to existing portals.

At present, we are gearing up for a maintenance pass of portals in which the introduction section will be upgraded to no longer need a subpage. In place of static copied and pasted excerpts will be self-updating excerpts displayed through selective transclusion, using the template Transclude lead excerpt.

The discussion about this can be found here.

Maintainers of specific portals are encouraged to sign up as project members here, noting the portals they maintain, so that those portals are skipped by the maintenance pass. Currently, we are interested in upgrading neglected and abandoned portals. There will be opportunity for maintained portals to opt-in later, or the portal maintainers can handle upgrading (the portals they maintain) personally at any time.

Background
On April 8th, 2018, an RfC ("Request for comment") proposal was made to eliminate all portals and the portal namespace. On April 17th, the Portals WikiProject was rebooted to handle the revitalization of the portal system. On May 12th, the RfC was closed with the result to keep portals, by a margin of about 2 to 1 in favor of keeping portals.

There's an article in the current edition of the Signpost interviewing project members about the RfC and the Portals WikiProject.

Since the reboot, the Portals WikiProject has been busy building tools and components to upgrade portals.

So far, 84 editors have joined.

If you would like to keep abreast of what is happening with portals, see the newsletter archive.

If you have any questions about what is happening with portals or the Portals WikiProject, please post them on the WikiProject's talk page.

Thank you. &mdash; The Transhumanist  07:58, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

A new newsletter directory is out!
A new Newsletter directory has been created to replace the old, out-of-date one. If your WikiProject and its taskforces have newsletters (even inactive ones), or if you know of a missing newsletter (including from sister projects like WikiSpecies), please include it in the directory! The template can be a bit tricky, so if you need help, just post the newsletter on the template's talk page and someone will add it for you.
 * – Sent on behalf of Headbomb. 03:11, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Portal:Texas Tech University
Portal:Texas Tech University, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Miscellany for deletion/University portals and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of Portal:Texas Tech University during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. UnitedStatesian (talk) 19:18, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool
Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.

We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma (talk) 04:25, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

User script to detect unreliable sources
I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like and turns it into something like
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from cite web, cite journal and doi.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- &#32; Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:02, 29 April 2022 (UTC)