Wikipedia talk:WikiProject United States/Archive 13

Heads up
Just a head up for the participates of the WikiProject United States, Impeachment inquiry against Mike DeWine. Elijahandskip (talk) 21:30, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

Talk:Lists of U.S. county name etymologies
Please discuss. Kori das 📣 00:07, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

RfC at Talk:Cracker (term)
Hello, there is an RfC that y'all might be interested in here. It is in regards to the lead of Cracker (term).  Bait30  Talk 2 me pls? 22:11, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

University Health System - San Antonio, TX
Can someone please help with updating the University Health System? There is inaccurate information posted and missing information as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.190.245.72 (talk • contribs) 16:40, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Which misleading information? WhisperToMe (talk) 15:23, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

Merge Wikipedia:WikiProject United States Territories into Wikipedia:WikiProject United States as a task force?
WikiProject United States Territories continues to be inactive. Should it become a task force of Wikipedia:WikiProject United States? WhisperToMe (talk) 15:23, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

FAR for Oklahoma
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Minnesota Featured article review
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==Category:Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places by territory has been nominated for merging to ==

Category:Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places by territory has been nominated for merging to. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Place Clichy (talk) 14:15, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

"United States" in article titles
I have noticed "United States" and "U.S." are both used in titles, whereas MOS:ACROTITLE seems to prescribe the full name in the title, unless the abbreviation is significantly more well known. Are there any specific guidelines or conventions regarding the use of one or the other? Thanks --17jiangz1 (talk) 11:22, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Request for edit/revision
If you find yourself wanting to correct some listcruft and WP:OR, the List of active separatist movements in North America is pretty bad and needs some refining.

Trimmed down a bit already. I feel like some obsessed fringe editors over years got it to the state it is in. I also feel like lumping in autonomy and regionalist groups with hate groups is pretty bad. Not sure how best to organize the article, but it seems like each entry should be so obvious that it has its own article already, and really only needs a single bullet point per 'movement'.

Thanks for taking a look. Rauisuchian (talk) 09:58, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

WikiProject Iowa
wp:WikiProject Iowa is inactive, but I'm running into articles that could be tagged as such, and aren't tagged with template:WPUSA. Maybe we could update the WPIOWA to be part of WPUSA, like it is for the states like Colorado, etc., that are tied into the WPUSA template? If there's no objection, I'll be glad to set it up. Funandtrvl (talk) 02:56, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I am not part of this specific WikiProject, but that makes sense as a tie-in, especially if other states are already. Rauisuchian (talk) 10:05, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I've added WPIOWA to the template WPUSA. There are 3,000+ articles populating the categories. I don't know why the project was taken down! Funandtrvl (talk) 22:51, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

FAR for Tulsa
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"MIMAL" requested article
So I was browsing the requested articles and saw MIMAL. It was Afd'ed in 2019, so I'm going to remove it from the requested articles list. --JackFromReedsburg (talk) 17:46, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

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The Big Butt Book
I created a new article, about the literary work which traces the cultural history of the buttocks -- The Big Butt Book. Let me know if you want to help out with further research! Thanks very much, Right cite (talk) 02:03, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Good thing this isn't Twitter, FB or Instagram, as I can hear the jokes, now! :) Funandtrvl (talk) 02:33, 31 October 2020 (UTC)


 * I immediately thought of Baby Got Back. — Maile (talk) 02:38, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

==Discussion at Draft talk:2024 United States presidential election § Now that it's November, when should we move?== You are invited to join the discussion at Draft talk:2024 United States presidential election § Now that it's November, when should we move?. Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 21:29, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

Input requested at Talk:China–United States trade war
Input is requested in an RfC at Talk:China–United States trade war/Archive 5. —Granger (talk · contribs) 06:03, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

Courts
I added a few state courts to the list of what needs to be done Bigmike2346 (talk) 20:48, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

WikiProject Grand Canyon proposal
Hi there, editors at your Wikiproject may be interesting in the related WikiProject Grand Canyon proposal, which you can see and support here! Kingsif (talk) 08:38, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Mir, ISS and Gateway task force
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Mir, ISS and Gateway task force. Soumya-8974 talk contribs subpages 18:33, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

New film article - Women of the White Buffalo
I created a new article about the documentary film, Women of the White Buffalo. Let me know if you want to help with further research, Right cite (talk) 22:02, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Proposed Merge: Justice Party (United States) and Rocky Anderson
Hello editors. It has been proposed that the article Justice Party (United States) be merged into the article Rocky Anderson. And one or both of those articles is within the scope of this WikiProject. If you would like express support for or object to the merge then you are strongly encouraged to do so at the talk page for Rocky Anderson. Thank you! -- Molandfreak  (talk,   contribs,  email) 19:05, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Does "[insert Cabinet position here]"-designate mean anything?
With the flurry of recent Biden administration picks, we're seeing a lot of changes to the articles of prospective cabinet-level appointees along the lines of "X is the [position]-designate". Do people know: (1) if there are RS that are using this phrase (I haven't seen any so far); and/or (2) if this is a real thing in federal law? AFAIK, you are either the Secretary of X or the nominee to be Secretary of X, neither of which would be possible for a prospective Biden Cabinet member since he can't officially/legally nominate anyone until January. Being the designated Secretary of X doesn't seem like it means much, at least to my knowledge. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 22:35, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Invitation to US Housing Edit-a-thon
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Portland foreclosure protest
Improvements welcome at Portland foreclosure protest. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 00:27, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

FAR for University of Michigan
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When God Writes Your Love Story Featured article review
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2021 United States Capitol protests
Help wanted to expand 2021 United States Capitol protests. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 18:42, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

Jeff Zients page
A Politco page says that Jeff Zients was scrubbed of politically charged info https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/03/wikipedia-page-bidens-new-covid-czar-scrubbed-442735 WhisperToMe (talk) 23:42, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
 * ANI link WhisperToMe (talk) 23:52, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

Is this article within the scope of the project
See SSA impersonation scam, currently in the process of adding it to wikiprojects and this is a very common scam targeted at US citizens - but different to the examples of articles I've seen in the project so far. Would be glad for advice. Thanks, Pahunkat (talk) 21:30, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I added it to this WikiProject, seeing as IRS impersonation scam is a similar article under this WikiProject. WikiProject USA is very broad, so its usually helpful to look at related articles to see their WikiProjects for guidance. JackFromReedsburg (talk &#124; contribs) 21:53, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I'll bear that in mind for next time. Pahunkat (talk) 21:57, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

Question about the scope of Category:Armenian emigrants to the United States
On Category talk:Armenian emigrants to the United States there is a question on whether "Armenian emigrants to the United States" should refer to people from the modern polity of Armenia (1918-today) or whether it should include ethnic Armenians of other citizenships (including the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire) WhisperToMe (talk) 06:25, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

Territories
I am attempting to revive the territories project, so come stop by and join us if you want to, I know WP:USA used to have some taskforces and workgroups around territories, also should wp:ust become a subproject of wp:usa? Alex the Nerd (talk) 11:02, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
 * On November 19, 2019 you marked the Puerto Rico talk page with the project you say you are trying to revive. Since then, more than a year later, you haven't made one edit to the article although I'm sure the article could benefit from your contributions.


 * In 2015 Jaguar marked thousands of Puerto Rico articles with the WikiProject UST and also did not make one edit for the benefit of the articles.


 * As you may or may not know, the WikiProject Puerto Rico, etablished 14 years ago, is quite active. I myself have made thousands upon thousands of edits to PR articles. So before you start marking all articles of fat people on Wikipedia with WikiProject Fat People, we know Puerto Rico is a Territory of the US, have a talk with your project members and consider how you will assist in improving the articles.  Merely marking the article with a Project is not helping.  --The Eloquent Peasant (talk) 11:51, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

United States Capitol art
A few of us are interested in overhauling United States Capitol art, National Statuary Hall Collection, and Sculptures of the National Statuary Hall Collection. Please join us if you're interested! All improvements and talk page suggestions/discussions welcome. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 17:47, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

Missing article: Municipalities of the United States
A recent discussion and table at Talk:Gmina revealed that US is the only major country with no article or even redirect for the 'municipalities of/in Fooland'. Perhaps someone here would like to remedy this? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 05:57, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Latinos for Trump
New stub Latinos for Trump proposed for merge. Article improvements and/or discussion comments welcome. --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 01:14, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Trump–Raffensperger phone call
has been nominated for deletion. Articles for deletion/Trump–Raffensperger phone call for more details. SK2242 (talk) 21:33, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
 * AfD withdrawn. SK2242 (talk) 22:08, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

WikiProject BLM collaboration
You are invited to participate in the ongoing WikiProject Black Lives Matter collaboration. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 19:14, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

Discussion of interest
Members of this project may be interested in this discussion. Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:39, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

FAR notice
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FAR nomination of Baltimore City College
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FAR for Youngstown, Ohio
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Adding an Article (List of Mammals of Maryland).
Title. I have a drafted a "List of Mammals of Maryland" article here and I'd like to know the following:
 * Is there any incorrect formatting?
 * How can I get this article attached to the locked "List of Mammals of Maryland" that happens when you click the "List of mammals of the United States by political division" template?
 * Does anyone have any interest in editing this? Kgharial (talk) 20:26, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

Campbell's Soup Cans Featured article review
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Map of participants in World War II
I've made a proposal to alter the world Map of participants in World War II to change the colors used for France and its colonies. Your feedback would be appreciated at this discussion. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 22:39, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of José Silva (parapsychologist)


The article José Silva (parapsychologist) has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "Unreferenced article with a slanted POV that has clearly not shown signs of improvement in years"

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Members vs. participants
This project may be interested in efforts to replace "members" by "participants" in all wikiprojects. The matter is being discussed at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Council.--Ipigott (talk) 10:07, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Proposed page move
It has been proposed Franco-American (disambiguation) be renamed and moved to Franco-American. Members of this WikiProject may have opinions relevant to the discussion. Please see Talk:Franco-American (disambiguation). Cnilep (talk) 04:01, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

RfC CPAC stage Odal shape compared to Nazi symbol
A RfC has been opened at Talk:Conservative_Political_Action_Conference. The question is, "Should the article mention that some sources noted the CPAC stage had an appearance similar to a Odal and that this symbol was used by some Nazi units?" Springee (talk) 04:55, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

New category
I have created a new category, "Civil service reform in the United States", which people could add to relevant articles. I was surprised there wasn't a category for articles on this hot topic in the late 19th century.Brianyoumans (talk) 19:26, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

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Nancy Drew Featured article review
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Rhode Island's new official name (as of November 2020)
As mentioned on the main Rhode Island article: Formerly named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations since its accession to the Union in 1790, voters in the state approved an amendment in November 2020 to the state constitution, renaming itself the State of Rhode Island. This change took effect when the results were certified on November 30, 2020.

I noticed that some articles like Rhode Island statistical areas still mention the state's old name.

Not sure if this is the right place to put a note like this. In any case, I wanted to make a note that Rhode Island's official name is worth updating across a number of articles. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drewda (talk • contribs) 22:10, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

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M Hagler
Practicing my information style. This boxer has 1 day left on recent deaths I believe. Bokoharamwatch (talk) 16:51, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

Census Bureau officially recognizing councils of governments as CT's county-equivalents in 2023
You are invited to comment at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Connecticut.-- Molandfreak  (talk,   contribs,  email) 05:33, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory has an RFC
Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has an RFC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 20:00, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

RfC on description of Southern strategy in lead of Republican Party
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Newer discussion at Talk:Second Cold War
Newer discussion: Talk:Second Cold War --George Ho (talk) 15:51, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Importance rating
The following should be, in my opinion, the set importance rating for the following articles:


 * Top
 * All 50 States
 * The District of Columbia
 * All 45 U.S. Presidents
 * High
 * Puerto Rico, Guam, some other U.S. territories
 * All U.S. Vice Presidents

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FAR for Seattle
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Subcategories for Category:African-American culture?
Should Wikipedia have subcategories for Category:African-American culture for specific states? Feedback welcome here. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 18:32, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

Discussion
Member of this project may be interested in this discussion, and this one. Beyond My Ken (talk) 16:50, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Another of my images has been challenged by Filetime, here. Beyond My Ken (talk) 05:07, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

New 1991-2020 normals being released
It's now official. NOAA has released the new climate normal for the 1991-2020 period so now, we need to start updating the climate boxes to transition from 1981-2010 to 1991-2020. Before there were some edits back in April claiming that 1991-2020 data was released but this was not official as normals accounts for missing data while averages doesn't. I have been recently editing some pages already in updating the climate data to the newer 1991-2020 data (see Template:Atlanta weatherbox as an example for the main stations and (Port Huron) for other stations as examples to follow. Please feel free to edit the climate data in major cities in the United States to change it to the 1991-2020 data since it is officially released to the public. I have added some recommended sources below; if you have more, then feel free to add it. Thanks.

Recommended sources


 * NWS for basic data and records
 * NCEI data for stations (can search by station name, or map, and can download as csv or pdf file)

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FAR notice
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GAR
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Ultra High Frequency Follow-On listed at Requested moves
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A discussion of interest
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Andrew Dismukes listed at Articles for deletion
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Student Assignment
Hi everyone, I am a student currently enrolled in a subject which requires the improvement of a stub article. I am writing on the 2017 Elvis Presley documentary 'The King'. I would really appreciate your advice and feedback over the coming weeks as our edits and contributions will make up our final grades for the subject. Thank you so much!Husseyp — Preceding undated comment added 03:08, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Including a link here for anyone interested: The_King_(2017_American_film) -- Rovenrat (talk) 23:18, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

FLR notice
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Is there a policy anywhere regarding "Riot" vs. "Protest"?
Someone brought it up here, with regards to the Boston Tea Party. In my experience most sources do seem to use the phrase "protest" for this subject (though often with references to "mobs" as opposed to "protesters"), so I'd be hesitant to make sweeping changes to this article. But I imagine this issue comes up frequently – anyone know of any specific guidance or policy on this type of thing? Rovenrat (talk) 22:33, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

FAR for William Goebel
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FAR for Lee Smith
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Peer review/The 40-Year-Old Virgin/archive1
Can someone please leave comments for this? SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 23:49, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

Most viewed stub in this Wikiproject
RuPaul's Drag Race (season 13)	816,288	27,209	Stub--Coin945 (talk) 15:29, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

Image discussion at Talk:Second Cold War
I started the following discussion: Talk:Second Cold War --George Ho (talk) 05:24, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

List of B-class articles with citation or other issues

 * Comments concerning issues that also involve the classification of Eielson Air Force Base at Talk:Eielson Air Force Base. Wikipedia:WikiProject Superfund appears to be inactive --  Otr500 (talk) 15:07, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

RfC of interest
This RfC may be of interest to the members of this WikiProject. Beyond My Ken (talk) 02:10, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

Kiwi Camara
Hello! Sarah here, attempting to update and improve the Kiwi Camara article on behalf of DISCO. I've disclosed my conflict of interest and shared a link to a draft article at Talk:Kiwi Camara, but so far I have not received any feedback from other editors even after posting similar requests for help at WikiProject Biography and WikiProject Tambayan Philippines. I've outlined problems with the current article, which is mostly a Background section with two Controversy sections related to the same incident. I've also worked to draft a more well-rounded biography which relies on news organizations over student newspapers. Are any members of WikiProject United States able to review the concerns I've identified alongside the draft, then update the live article appropriately? Thanks in advance! Sarah DISCO (talk) 17:43, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

Good Article Reassessment for Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump
Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 20:36, 26 June 2021 (UTC)

Page move discussion at Talk:Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, Talk:Moderna COVID-19 vaccine and Talk:Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
Greetings members, two page move discussions are on-going at Talk:Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, Talk:Moderna COVID-19 vaccine and Talk:Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Interested editors are requested to participate/contribute. Thank you. Run n Fly (talk) 06:57, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Washington's Birthday
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Washington's Birthday that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Lennart97 (talk) 20:31, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

GAR
Denver, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Hog Farm Talk 05:19, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

Marble House RfC
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Marble_House#RfC:_Should_the_lede_image_be_changed? This RfC] may be of interest to the members of this WikiProject. Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:58, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Pay as You Earn (PAYE)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Pay as You Earn (PAYE) that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. — Shibboleth ink  (♔ ♕) 22:11, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

Multiple related articles that seem to basically be about the same subject
While working on getting the main article - Mountain Meadows Massacre - to possibly being a WP:GA I've become aware that Wikipedia has 8 different articles about various aspects of the Mountain Meadow Massacre. Does Wikipedia need all of these articles? Can any of them be combined...should any of them be combined? The articles are rendered in the Template:Mountain Meadows massacre series as: I've also posted about this at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject History - see this section, but haven't gotten any responses. I've read through much of the articles and they don't seem all that different. To me the "Conspiracy and siege", "Killings and aftermath", "Investigations and prosecutions" articles, especially, seem somewhat redundant and repetitious in subject matter. I am interested in what this WikiProject's editors think about all this. Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 16:21, 14 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Mountain Meadows Massacre and Mormon theology
 * War hysteria preceding the Mountain Meadows Massacre
 * Conspiracy and siege of the Mountain Meadows Massacre
 * Killings and aftermath of the Mountain Meadows Massacre
 * Investigations and prosecutions relating to the Mountain Meadows Massacre
 * Remembrances of the Mountain Meadows Massacre
 * Mountain Meadows Massacre and Mormon public relations
 * Media coverage of the Mountain Meadows Massacre
 * Theological factors
 * War hysteria
 * Conspiracy and siege
 * Killings and aftermath
 * Investigations and prosecutions
 * Remembrances
 * LDS public relations
 * Media depictions

RfCs of interest

 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject United States Presidents with Discussion of president series boxes,
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject United States Presidents with Discussion of vice-president series boxes. Shearonink (talk) 20:55, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

FAR for Hispanic Americans in World War II
I have nominated Hispanic Americans in World War II 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 "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Bumbubookworm (talk) 12:29, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

State short descriptions
I noticed that all 50 states have a short description of "State of the United States of America". I was thinking of doing an AWB run to make this simply "State of the United States" for concision (and to match the corresponding category, and wider "State of [country]" category structure); I wanted some level of consensus first, so I am posting here. — Goszei (talk) 08:00, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, because the short description matches what is in Wikidata right now, you would need to change Wikidata too, or the articles will end up in the "hidden" category of Category:Short description is different from Wikidata. Wikidata, in this case, uses the more formal, long name of the USA. Also, template:infobox settlement, of which template:infobox U.S. state is a wrapper template, is supposed to be adding short descriptions automatically, but when I try that, it doesn't match what is in Wikidata either. Does anyone have any input on this problem? --Funandtrvl (talk) 23:01, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I also think because Wikidata is a multilingual site, that "... of America" is used, because several other countries are also "United States", like: Estados Unidos Mexicanos. --Funandtrvl (talk) 23:08, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
 * The Wikidata description is often used as the default for a local short description but the two do not need to match. Also, infobox settlement will add a reasonable short description in most cases — GhostInTheMachine talk to me 07:27, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

Notification of requested move discussion at Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act
An editor has requested for Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act to be moved to INVEST in America Act. Since you had some involvement with Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act, you might want to participate in the move discussion (if you have not already done so). SkyWarrior 03:44, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

Notice
Heads up, an RFC is taking place, which may affect American political articles. GoodDay (talk) 22:06, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

Category:Human rights abuses in the United States: POV/OR issue?
I just removed José Padilla (criminal) from Category:Human rights abuses in the United States because there was no mention of human rights in the article. I also note that Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act was added without explanation in 2015, although more recent revisions do discuss this POV. I encourage you to go through all the remaining category members to remove anything that isn't supported in text, or move it to one of the subcategories. –LaundryPizza03 ( d c̄ ) 00:50, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

Notice of a discussion on Talk:Immigration to the United States
There is currently a discussion on the talk page of Immigration to the United States about splitting the article: Talk:Immigration_to_the_United_States. Please participate if you can. Thank you. DesertPipeline (talk) 11:38, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

County seats templates by state
Hello, all. I have been, over the last several months off and on, working on creating templates listing the county seats of each state, then distributing said templates on the articles of the county seats. My first was Montana county seats, and my most recent as of this post is Connecticut county seats. I have created 11 such templates as of this post, improving the amount from 13 to 24. Therefore, there are 26 county seat templates left, and I intend on working on this until all 50 states have their own templates. If anyone wants to pitch in and make more such templates for states that do not have one yet, then distribute them to the relevant pages, I would much appreciate that. I believe that it is beneficial to the encyclopedia to be able to navigate through pages of county seats effectively.

I have also created a template for the templates, placed below, so as to navigate through county seat templates, and also to track progress. I would love to see all those links be blue someday. And it can happen pretty soon, too, especially if at least several people are working on it. Cheers.

Mungo Kitsch (talk) 07:36, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Started Template:Idaho county seats; but should this list be by County Name, and not Seat/Town name? Such that selecting Power County, Idaho, would actually take you to: American Falls, Idaho? (Going through the County name to get to the County Seat?) Mjquinn_id (talk) 16:07, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

State-line-straddling towns
I've found two cases where towns straddle the MD-DE state line so far. In both cases there are two articles, one for each state. For Delmar, Maryland and Delmar, Delaware there are two incorporations and thus two mayors etc., but the reality is that it's a single town that the state line runs through; there's even only a single town website. Hickman, Maryland and Hickman, Delaware is a worse case, both because the whole thing is unincorporated, and because the dividing line is the road that the community straddles, with houses on one side in a different state from those on the other; and there are no other streets.

To my mind, each of these should be one article. The current split for Delmar is marginally arguable from a necessary legal fiction POV, but from what I can see everyone views the two halves as a single town. The Hickman case is less justifiable because there is no legal fiction to be reproduced. So I'd like to merge both of these, but I would like to know how we've handled this in the past, especially in terms of article naming. Mangoe (talk) 03:46, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
 * There's also Marydel, Delaware and Marydel, Maryland. For the Delmar case, this is interesting - it notes that the two sides create their own revenues and ordinances, but then the pool the revenues and have a single town manager. The legal fiction and separate stuff like incorporation and ordinances makes Delmar tricky.  Hickman should certainly be merged, IMO to Hickman, Delaware and Maryland.  We seem to handle unincorporated communities in two states that way - see Boydsville, Kentucky and Tennessee, Dukedom, Kentucky and Tennessee, Pruden, Kentucky and Tennessee, Arkmo, Arkansas and Missouri, and presumeably others. Hog Farm Talk 05:14, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I agree with the idea, so go ahead when you feel okay about it. WP:Bold. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 05:21, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the advice. I'll start merging them shortly. Mangoe (talk) 20:02, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:CIA activities in Iraq
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:CIA activities in Iraq that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. — hueman1 ( talk •  contributions ) 14:14, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

Questionable map
Could someone with more historical knowledge than myself check File:Louisiana (1762) orthographic projection.svg for accuracy? It is sourced to an alternate history wiki, which makes me very suspicious of it. Thanks, Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:21, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

Two GAC articles on Sam Houston

 * Sam Houston and slavery
 * Sam Houston and Native American relations

The above two articles are up for Good Article assessment. has been the primary author on both of them. — Maile (talk) 23:53, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

Does anyone know when the 2020 census results will be released for municipalities?
I have searched everywhere but can't find the date, should be soon right? I'm working on templates and just want to know when I should apply them. Thanks! Mattximus (talk) 17:31, 21 June 2021 (UTC)


 * I believe cities and towns are released in May 2022. Counties are March 2022, so that will serve for larger jurisdictions. There should be more data on states in December.-- Patrick, o Ѻ ∞ 18:15, 21 June 2021 (UTC)


 * It seems that this data was just released today. This link contains delimited text files showing the 100% counts for municipalities, counties, tracts, etc. Flejern (talk) 19:43, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Contributions welcome here
Since this WikiProject is featured in Template:RuPaul's Drag Race, I invite the members to partecipate in this discussion: RuPaul's Drag Race#Template edit suggestion. Thank you 92.28.190.117 (talk) 15:35, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

RfC re: Ronan Farrow reporting at NBC News
There is an RfC at Talk:NBC News that members of this project may be interested in. Please note I am a paid consultant to NBC News. BC1278 (talk) 15:45, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

Zachary Taylor
Anyone interested in working on Zachary Taylor? It had a few citation needed tags but otherwise seems in decent shape. An editor a has requested a GAR reassessment, but I feel it could be relatively easily fixed by one or two interested editors. Unfortunately the editor who got it to GA standard no longer edits. Aircorn (talk) 09:08, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Battle of Brices Cross Roads
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Battle of Brices Cross Roads that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. — Shibboleth ink  (♔ ♕) 11:12, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

Template Resurrection:Idaho
I want to gather Consensus on resurrecting a long dead, separate template for WikiProject Idaho, as I want to get some Task Forces going. But it would require the removal (probably) of some parameters from the Main Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_United_States template... and a fairly large SUBST, which is going to look pretty odd in View History... In General, I think I would 1) LEAVE the US Template; 2) Drop the ID Specific parameters 3) ADD the Idaho Template (Same "class", same "importance"). Could you please reply with your consensus (or oppositions)? with rationale please... Mjquinn_id (talk) 15:51, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
 * User:Mjquinn id: Can you provide more context? Also, what do you mean by "require... a fairly large SUBST"? DesertPipeline (talk) 09:43, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
 * So, The WikiProject Idaho template was rebuilt as a wrapper a couple years ago. A wrapper to the US Template. Being thorough, they also put into place an auto WP:SUBST that rebuilds the Idaho template into the US template with the ID flags.  In trying to rebuild the project, I need to reverse that.  Finding the US Template WITH the ID=yes flag and reverse it; dropping ID parameters and ADDING the new ID Template. (Currently in the template's sandbox).


 * 1) ) I didn't want to perform a change on some 2,000 pages without getting some kind of consensus with the US Project first. Especially, pulling the ID flag from the US Talk Banner... unless you are ok leaving it there?
 * 2) ) Though I have worked with templates for quite a while, this would be the largest change that I have pulled off. Might be nice to have another template expert looking over my shoulder? - Mjquinn_id (talk) 14:17, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
 * User:Mjquinn id: Thank you for the explanation. I can't say I completely understand; therefore, I think it would be best to wait until others who understand this properly respond. Regards, DesertPipeline (talk) 20:56, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
 * User:Mjquinn id: Since you haven't had any responses yet, you might consider posting about this on Village pump (technical). DesertPipeline (talk) 07:36, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
 * DesertPipeline: Many thanks. Mjquinn_id (talk) 19:51, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

WikiProject Twenty-Tens Decade Started
Hello editors of the WikiProject of the United States. I wanted to inform you guys that the WikiProject of the Twenty-Tens decade started recently. Feel free to join the new WikiProject! Elijahandskip (talk) 02:29, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Discussion over the Door County Wisconsin article
There is currently a discussion about what to keep, what to remove, and what to split off into separate pages at Talk:Door_County,_Wisconsin; things are still being sorted out.--Epiphyllumlover (talk) 23:38, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

You Are My Sunshine
Why is this song low-importance? I realize our article sucked, but I am trying to make it better. Just curious how you guys look at it. Thanks Tillywilly17 (talk) 04:02, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:COVID-19 misinformation by the United States
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:COVID-19 misinformation by the United States that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. –– FormalDude  talk  08:21, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

RfC on table style
Should the style of articles beginning with "United States congressional delegations from" match the table style and broader format of featured lists such as United States congressional delegations from Indiana and Utah, or the articles for almost all of the other states, such as Alaska and California, or should each article be kept where it is per MOS:VAR? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 20:59, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

Factors to consider:
 * What are the advantages and disadvantages to each style?
 * Should the style vary based on the size of the state and the length of its history in Congress?

United States Representatives from Alaska:

United States Representatives from Utah:

Gonna need some visual examples, here. GoodDay (talk) 22:03, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
 * The best examples are United States congressional delegations from Utah and United States congressional delegations from Oregon, and I put examples of the two tables above. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 22:40, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I reckon the best way to go, is the maps version. Otherwise, you're gonna have a ton of images in the California delegation article. GoodDay (talk) 23:42, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what you mean? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 04:41, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Perhaps this topic is a bit over my head. Best for others to chime. GoodDay (talk) 12:43, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm now noticing United States congressional delegations from Massachusetts, which is the first page I've seen that uses Party cell templates. Might this be a good compromise between readability and getting the most possible information across? I still find it a tad hard to visualize compared to party shading, but it's certainly easier than utilizing a separate cell, and I can definitely see how the text would be more readable this way. --WMSR (talk) 15:09, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 * first of all, I'm using yo instead of ping forever. Thank you for that, that's fantastic. Second, i'd be more than happy to match the Massachusetts style (with some variations state-by-state), but is it within MOS:VAR for us to update the tables that way? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 22:13, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I think so, because many of the party shading templates are not compliant with MOS:COLORS, which can cause accessibility issues (especially those of some smaller parties). That said, I'm not sure whether Cell party would work quite as well on pages like Political party strength in Alaska, for example. --WMSR (talk) 22:23, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 * fantastic– I think my next project is going to be fixing up United States congressional delegations from Alaska, then. I'm going to close this RfC within a day. Also, it's not a huge problem if I switch the senate template so that the colours oppose each other, right? because otherwise it's just gonna be a pain. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 22:28, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Awesome, though I'm not sure what you mean by switch the template so that the colors oppose each other. --WMSR (talk) 22:32, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

so you know how on United States congressional delegations from Massachusetts, if you go to the Senate table, the party colours are both to the left of the names? i feel like those should be outwards instead–so on the left for the leftward name, and on the right for the rightward name. The alternating colours should be inward, next to the Congress. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 22:36, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Gotcha. I'm going to have to do some work on the Party cell template then to make a parameter for which side to shade. Been a while since I messed with parameters like that so I may need some time (unless you can do it easily). --WMSR (talk) 22:47, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I can fix the party cell template, no need :) thanks so much for the help! hope to see you again around wikipedia :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 23:15, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Ope, I just did. Param 2 is side (default is left), param 3 is position (for politicians who change parties, otherwise no need to define). Working on documentation now. --WMSR (talk) 23:24, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Finished documentation. Check out United_States_congressional_delegations_from_Alabama to see how I envision it being utilized when I made the new params. Obviously, if there's a better way, I'm all ears. --WMSR (talk) 23:58, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 * damn! put a lot of work into the Alabama senate part, too- props. I think the party colouring should go outward, instead of being inward and right next to the alternating colours denoting term? Makes it less overwhelming on that front. Also, with regards to the names, it should probably be one name throughout multiple parties, or several separated by hard boxes–the middle ground seems like there's something off but i'm open to either way? just suggestions theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 00:22, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
 * My thinking was that having it in the middle makes it easier to visualize the balance of the delegation in any given Congress. It's also how Utah was laid out (and Hawaii previously). I am also not sure about what to do with party switchers. Only putting the name once would make it off-center and it would not be clear which party goes in the parentheses. This was sort of my best attempt but I'm sure someone has a better idea. I wish others would chime in! --WMSR (talk) 00:43, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

really would be nice if others participate, but this is rather back-water so it looks like it's just us for now. Maybe we make the party colours the same thickness as the alternating colours, and that way they're not overshadowed? For the party switchers, I'd say just make separate hard boxes for each party switch? I don't think we have a better method of representation at the moment, which sucks. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 00:50, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
 * How do you feel about dashed lines for party switches? I updated the template and think it might once again be the best of both worlds. For alternating term colors, i think we just set the width on the column to a super low number. --WMSR (talk) 02:35, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
 * oooo the dashed lines are good. What are you suggesting with the column width? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 02:56, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Well, I tried removing the non-breaking spaces and that seemed to make it better (check Alabama). Not sure if the columns can be narrowed any further though. Also just want to say that I'm really enjoying this collaboration! --WMSR (talk) 03:18, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
 * That works well! Any concern about the party cells for some reason showing up ever so slightly on the other sides of the cells? Please reply on my talk page, as I think the public section of the RfC has passed its purpose. Also, I'm very much enjoying working with you too! I haven't had this much fun on wikipedia in quite some time. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 16:57, 31 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Provide more rather than less information, and provide it in the form that is easiest to read. The main tables in these articles are almost identical. They get very different in the "Historical timeline" sections, and the version with separate tables instead of one giant table is much easier to make sense of, but if there's information types missing from it then it should be expanded to include them if we think it's info of encyclopedic interest (which it likely is, though a discussion won't hurt).  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  14:50, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

Could you please review this USA focused COVID-19 related article: COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the United States ?
I am working on expanding the COVID-19 coverage on wikipedia. I have published a couple related articles recently: COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the United States and High-risk people. If you could take a look and possibly make an edit, let me know what you think in the talk page, I would appreciate it. Open to any feedback.

Thank you again. --Wil540 art (talk) 18:23, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Race in 2020 Census data
I have two comments about the recently released 2020 census data, which can be noted in this diff:
 * 1) Each of the five races (White, Black, Asian, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Pacific Islander) is enumerated both as race alone, and as race alone or in combination. We need to decide which will be listed first in the article, and whether both will be given in the infobox.
 * 2) There has clearly been a significant change in how Hispanics/Latinos are counted. Hispanics who identified their race as White alone dropped from 27 million in 2010 to 13 million in 2020, while Hispanics who identified as two or more races rose from 3 million to 20 million. How should this be dealt with, especially in the articles Hispanic and Latino Americans and White Hispanic and Latino Americans? Will they still be considered as white, or not? —Lights and freedom (talk ~ contribs) 03:17, 6 September 2021 (UTC)


 * A similar discussion about this is ongoing at Talk:United States. I suggested that we start listing both race alone and in comination on all articles where it is necessary to list this data. 2020 census data on race and ethnicity is not directly comparable to data from past censuses, due to changes in methodology, something the census bureau has cautioned. Bneu2013 (talk) 16:45, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Tuck School of Business FAR
I have nominated Tuck School of Business 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 "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Bumbubookworm (talk) 13:08, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

California College Republicans
has been recreated by a new editor; experienced editors might want to check their work. I see some unsourced BLP claims, and some unsourced non-notable namedrops. 2005 AFD on it was kinda leaning WP:NOPAGE though most of the discussion focused on how poorly the article was written; I leave it to regular America editors to decide whether it still applies since a lot has happened in American politics since then. Regards! Usedtobecool ☎️ 04:29, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Death of Gabby Petito
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Death of Gabby Petito that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. SK2242 (talk) 21:43, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

Odwalla FAR
I have nominated Odwalla 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 "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 20:37, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

RfC discussion at Talk:Second Cold War (September 2021)
I started an RfC discussion: Talk:Second Cold War --George Ho (talk) 18:24, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Fried chicken which may be of interest to you. Please consider posting a comment there. Thank you.--John Cline (talk) 21:26, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

FAR notice
I have nominated The Greencards 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 "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Hog Farm Talk 03:36, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:The Conversation
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:The Conversation that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vpab15 (talk) 18:47, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

Obama FAR
I have nominated Barack Obama 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 "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Therapyisgood (talk) 01:06, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

Why does the United States control what is happening in the Western Pacific?
While we appreciate what the USA is doing to keep the world safe from power-mad would-be world dictators, does it extend to blocking normal content and editing of pages that cover what is happening in the Western Pacific Naval Symposium.

It rightly offends my pedantry when I'm unable to add a [sic] to the quoted statement:

The Western Pacific Naval Symposium are a series of biennial meetings of the Pacific nations to discuss naval matters held on even numbered years. A WPNS workshop is held on odd numbered years in between the symposiums.[1]

When clearly, the Western Pacific Naval Symposium [is] a series...

Wikipedia's strength is having people who sweat the small stuff. How can I live with myself, knowing that I let this pass? (rhetorical question)! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rob Napier (talk • contribs) 07:50, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
 * this is just a WikiProject and is limited in scope in what it can offer solution-wise. You would be better to post this to the Administrators Noticeboard (Incidents). It is the more appropriate venue, has a wider audience, and you are more likely to get a definitive response, if not an immediate resolution, from either the community (via consensus) or from any of the several administrators in attendance. Good luck -  wolf  09:23, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

Request for contribution
Hello. I am requesting contributions at an RM here. I didn't know what other moderately-active WikiProject applied so I came here. Thank you! Paul Vaurie (talk) 00:57, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Replacing 2010 population with 2020 population data
infobox settlement has a "|population_as_of" parameter, which means it's easy to tell which locations are in the United States and still use 2010 data. Could a maintenance category be added that keeps track of which locations haven't been updated? I'm not good with coding templates myself. HotdogPi 15:04, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

FAR
I have nominated Armament of the Iowa-class battleship 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 "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. TomStar81 (Talk) 12:16, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

Request for comment: Consistent article titles re: ethnic groups in the United States
Should we seek to make the titles of entries about ethnic groups in the United States more consistent? --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 17:27, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

If you poke around Category:Ethnic groups in the United States, or more specifically Category:Ethnic groups in the United States by city and Category:Ethnic groups in the United States by state, you'll notice inconsistency with how articles are titled. For instance, in Oregon there's Hispanics and Latinos in Portland, Oregon, History of Chinese Americans in Portland, Oregon, and History of the Japanese in Portland, Oregon.

Category:Chinese-American history shows some consistency across city entries using "History of Chinese Americans in XXX". Category:Korean-American culture by city is fairly inconsistent: there are entries using "History of Koreans in XXX", "History of Korean Americans in XXX", "History of the Korean Americans in XXX", and "Koreans in XXX". The categories Japanese-American culture by city and Hispanic and Latino American history are inconsistent.

Here's my question: Should we seek to make the titles of entries about ethnic groups in the United States more consistent?

If so, there seem to be several options:


 * 1) Use "History of XXX in YYY" (example: History of Chinese Americans in Portland, Oregon)
 * 2) Use "History of the XXX in YYY" (example: History of the Japanese in Portland, Oregon)
 * 3) Use "XXX in YYY" (example: Hispanics and Latinos in Portland, Oregon; Koreans in New York City)
 * 4) Use "XXX culture in XXX" (example: Hispanic and Latino culture in Portland, Oregon)

I'm thinking we should decide if the words "history" or "culture" are helpful in the titles of such articles, or if simply mentioning the ethnic group and geography are all that's necessary. If we can come to a consensus, many page moves will be required to make entries consistent, but then we'd have a solid standard moving forward. I invite all to weigh in, discuss pros and cons, and select a preferred format (if applicable).

Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 17:27, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I prefer "X in Y" because it's the simplest and broadest. History is not necessarily culture and vice versa, and "History of" articles are not limited to that, also including the current demographics and culture as well. The other inconsistency though is whether "Americans" is included, e.g. History of Korean Americans in Boston vs History of Koreans in Baltimore – I would include that. Reywas92Talk 19:11, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
 * what is your brief and neutral statement? At over 2,300 bytes, the statement above (from the tag to the next timestamp) is far too long for  to handle, and so it is not being shown correctly at Requests for comment/Society, sports, and culture. The RfC may also not be publicised through WP:FRS until a shorter statement is provided. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 22:15, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
 * See brief and neutral statement in bold. --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 23:00, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Then it needs to be first, with its own timestamp, otherwise Legobot cannot pick it out from the rest of the text. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 06:45, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I agree with "X in Y" (3) due to its simplicity and broader definition. As mentioned, I think the inclusion of "Americans" should be decided upon, but I don't have an opinion on that part.  Bsoyka  ( talk  &middot;  contribs ) 04:28, 3 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Strong oppose A and B, support C in consistency with most other Wikipedia pages (Americans in the Philippines, Americans in the United Kingdom, Americans in Pakistan, Americans in India, etc. etc.). Using "history" seems to assume that such an ethnic group no longer exists or has been assimilated, that the for example French ethnicity of a French person who migrated to the USA 1 week ago is "part of history", even when that person might still identify as a French and not as a French American or American of French origin. "Culture" is unorthodox and has a less broad scope. Super   Ψ   Dro  08:57, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

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