Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Washington/Archive 4

Need IDs of Downtown Bellevue buildings
On Commons, we could use ID of some Downtown Bellevue buildings on Commons. If you can identify these, please click through and edit the descriptions accordingly. (I have them all watchlisted, so if you don't want to mess with trying to fix categories accordingly, that's fine, I'll get to it.)

Also, it would be great if someone could use the "add a note" feature to provide information about some of the images in Commons:Category:Bellevue, Washington skylines

Thanks in advance. - Jmabel | Talk 21:02, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Creating stubs for state Natural Area Preserves that are currently redlinks
Hi all, I'm going to try and add stubs all the state NAPs, and help would be greatly appreciated. I've added links to each (nearly all of them red) at Template:Protected Areas of Washington. Below is some generic wiki text I borrowed (with most of this post) from my similar effort on the state parks. Paste it into the new article page to (hopefully) put together consistent, generic stubs. Anyone else who wants to work on these should jump right in; we're blessed with a state that has plenty of protected areas to go around.

Terms in CAPS are my generic reminders that need to be filled in with specific location-appropriate details. Only two references are needed. The GNIS record should be easy to search for here, but records probably won't exist for all of these place. If that happens, I would search for nearby locations or geographic features, put in the coordinates for the best one, and note the fact in the discussion. The second source is the specific NAP's Web site, which you can find at the Washington DNR's list.

All the information needed for the body, references, and other templates should be on those two sites, and any that isn't should probably just be omitted. Don't miss the latitude and longitude near the bottom or it will display a useless generic message on the new page. I've set it up to use decimal latitude & longitude without compass directions so that they can be easily copied & pasted from the full GNIS record. The references are set up to take advantage of the new WP:LDR. Apologies that the text runs off the screen; I don't know how to make it not do that within the preformatted text tags without adding newlines that would then mess up the layout when new pages are displayed after wiki markup. After creating an article, check that the link from the template actually goes there.

Finally, help WikiProject Washington by:


 * Adding the WikiProject Washington template to the new article talk page
 * Posting the link to your article at the WikiProject Washington new articles page

Thanks for any help; also, suggestions for improvements would be appreciated. If you want to help but you're confused by this explanation, drop me a note here and I'll help.

NAME Natural Area Preserve in COUNTY County, Washington is part of the Washington Natural Areas Program. It consists of ACREAGE acres of TERRAIN&LOCATION. SPECIAL FEATURES HERE.

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Bank logo?
Shot this on a building in Mount Vernon, Washington. I believe it was a bank logo for a former bank. Does anyone know what bank (or whether I might be wrong)? - Jmabel | Talk 18:31, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Slade Gorton
Shouldn't WikiProject Washington (and for that matter WikiProject Seattle) add the page for Slade Gorton? I mean he was only a State Legislator, three term Attorney General, and three term US Senator from Washington. Good thing Illinois and Chicago have claimed him. 66.195.33.201 (talk) 00:30, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Feel free to do it yourself in the future.Cptnono (talk) 00:37, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Trying to tread lightly as I'm an anon and a newbie. 66.195.33.201 (talk) 00:55, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

The Editors involved with Whatcom Volunteer Center Need Your Help
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Snohomish, WA
This issue has remained unaddressed for over a year. Since I don't know much about Washington (and don't spend much time on the wiki), could someone fix it? Thanks, Griffinofwales (talk) 18:32, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Tacoma Hotel
Does anyone know anything about the Tacoma Hotel depicted here in 1909? A difficult topic to search online, since you just get a list of present-day hotels in Tacoma. - Jmabel | Talk 19:34, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * It was the "centre of the city s social life, has been host to several Presidents, royalty and distinguished leaders" before it burned. First google archive hit is from 1896. There is a blurb in the second column., this one is a pay per view unfortunately, more info on the fire, Cptnono (talk) 01:26, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Editing needed on East Wenatchee article
Considering relocation to the Wenatchee / East Wenatchee area, I decided to look up the demographic info on both cities to get some idea what the economic picture is like in the area. Casual perusal suggests the numbers in the Demographics section of that article are completely bogus (for example, median income is claimed to be $74,919 but the same paragraph claims 46.5% of residents live below the poverty line. Neither figure is remotely close to matching 2000 census data.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.223.205.146 (talk) 05:02, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads-up, I've corrected it --Surachit (talk) 10:29, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:WikiProject EasternWA
It seems to me that the inactive project WikiProject EasternWA might be merged here. Just a thought. Rd232 talk 16:28, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Proposed move discussion re: Washington
A discussion has been started at Talk:Washington which may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 18:06, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
 * It seems to have happened. The article for the state is now Washington (U.S. state).  For anyone who has bots or tools that use regular expressions, I've created a page to help detect automatically reparable links: WikiProject Washington/Link repair.  (I'm not from Washington state, but I do some repetitious cleanup when I'm editing.)  Feel free to add if you know how, or make suggestions on what types of phrases might be easy to detect as referring to the state. --Closeapple (talk) 06:43, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Relevant AFD - Everybody Draw Mohammad Day
Please see Articles for deletion/Everybody Draw Mohammad Day. Thank you for your time, -- Cirt (talk) 17:16, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Everybody Draw Mohammad Day

Need IDs of Downtown Bellevue buildings
On Commons, we could use ID of some Downtown Bellevue buildings on Commons. If you can identify these, please click through and edit the descriptions accordingly. (I have them all watchlisted, so if you don't want to mess with trying to fix categories accordingly, that's fine, I'll get to it.)

Also, it would be great if someone could use the "add a note" feature to provide information about some of the images in Commons:Category:Bellevue, Washington skylines

Thanks in advance. - Jmabel | Talk 21:02, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

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Bank logo?
Shot this on a building in Mount Vernon, Washington. I believe it was a bank logo for a former bank. Does anyone know what bank (or whether I might be wrong)? - Jmabel | Talk 18:31, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Slade Gorton
Shouldn't WikiProject Washington (and for that matter WikiProject Seattle) add the page for Slade Gorton? I mean he was only a State Legislator, three term Attorney General, and three term US Senator from Washington. Good thing Illinois and Chicago have claimed him. 66.195.33.201 (talk) 00:30, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Feel free to do it yourself in the future.Cptnono (talk) 00:37, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Trying to tread lightly as I'm an anon and a newbie. 66.195.33.201 (talk) 00:55, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

The Editors involved with Whatcom Volunteer Center Need Your Help
This article has been up for deletion for a week and was relisted today. An organization that's been serving the community for 39 years surely has sufficient 3rd party coverage to support notability. Please step up and help these editors find reliable 3rd party sources -- any year - to support notabilty. Thanks.--Mike Cline (talk) 01:37, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Snohomish, WA
This issue has remained unaddressed for over a year. Since I don't know much about Washington (and don't spend much time on the wiki), could someone fix it? Thanks, Griffinofwales (talk) 18:32, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Tacoma Hotel
Does anyone know anything about the Tacoma Hotel depicted here in 1909? A difficult topic to search online, since you just get a list of present-day hotels in Tacoma. - Jmabel | Talk 19:34, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * It was the "centre of the city s social life, has been host to several Presidents, royalty and distinguished leaders" before it burned. First google archive hit is from 1896. There is a blurb in the second column., this one is a pay per view unfortunately, more info on the fire, Cptnono (talk) 01:26, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Editing needed on East Wenatchee article
Considering relocation to the Wenatchee / East Wenatchee area, I decided to look up the demographic info on both cities to get some idea what the economic picture is like in the area. Casual perusal suggests the numbers in the Demographics section of that article are completely bogus (for example, median income is claimed to be $74,919 but the same paragraph claims 46.5% of residents live below the poverty line. Neither figure is remotely close to matching 2000 census data.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.223.205.146 (talk) 05:02, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads-up, I've corrected it --Surachit (talk) 10:29, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Unreferenced living people articles bot
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Wikipedia:WikiProject EasternWA
It seems to me that the inactive project WikiProject EasternWA might be merged here. Just a thought. Rd232 talk 16:28, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Proposed move discussion re: Washington
A discussion has been started at Talk:Washington which may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 18:06, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
 * It seems to have happened. The article for the state is now Washington (U.S. state).  For anyone who has bots or tools that use regular expressions, I've created a page to help detect automatically reparable links: WikiProject Washington/Link repair.  (I'm not from Washington state, but I do some repetitious cleanup when I'm editing.)  Feel free to add if you know how, or make suggestions on what types of phrases might be easy to detect as referring to the state. --Closeapple (talk) 06:43, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Relevant AFD - Everybody Draw Mohammad Day
Please see Articles for deletion/Everybody Draw Mohammad Day. Thank you for your time, -- Cirt (talk) 17:16, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Everybody Draw Mohammad Day

List of United States federal courthouses in Washington
This list is largely complete, but has bits and pieces of information missing, and needs images filled in - any help in completing it would be much appreciated. Cheers! bd2412 T 21:26, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Washington articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release
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WikiProject cleanup listing
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New article
Enjoy! ;) Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 23:03, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum
 * Any chance anyone could venture to take some free use pictures of the museum, and upload them to Wikimedia Commons? :) -- Cirt (talk) 23:13, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Invitation to help with WikiProject United States
--Kumioko (talk) 03:01, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Mariners WikiProject
Hello all! I would like to extend an invitation to join WikiProject Seattle Mariners. The project was created in 2008, but didn't really take off. Now, I have re-created the project and would love some help. Everyone is welcome to join. Thanks! --Brian Halvorsen (talk) 01:42, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

A consideration for cross project consolidation of talk page templates
I have started a conversation here about the possibility of combining some of the United States related WikiProject Banners into WikiProject United States. If you have any comments, questions or suggestions please take a moment and let me know. --Kumioko (talk) 05:05, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Eastern Washington articles
Just a FYI, Category:WikiProject Eastern Washington articles has 104 articles in it, that are tagged with the E. Washington project template, which no longer is active, and the majority of the articles are not tagged with the WPWashington project banner. So, they're kinda floating out there, and need to be re-tagged with the parent banner. Thanks, --Funandtrvl (talk) 22:28, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
 * What I would say is make the Eastern Washington WP a task force of this project, and retag any Eastern Washington project as taskforce on the WP Washington template. --Admrboltz (talk) 20:39, 5 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Sounds like a good idea to me, Im a semiactive member of both projects (here and E.WA) though I mainly edit extinct animal articles and related. I think restructuring E.WA as a task force is optimal. -- Kev  min  § 21:16, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
 * yeah, since really it should be part of WP:WA anyways... I mainly work on state highways here. --Admrboltz (talk) 23:04, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Well, there doesn't seem to be opposition to this idea. What I would like to propose is then to merge WikiProject Eastern Washington into WikiProject Washington as a task force. This would involve adding a task force option into the WikiProject Washington banner, and then removing the WikiProject Eastern Washington tags, and add in the task force coding,  or something, to the end of the Washington template (or add as necessary). --Admrboltz (talk) 22:55, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I am going to send a message to all Eastern Washington WP members to poll their interest in merging into WP:WASH. Please vote using the below form. All members of WP:WASH and Eastern Washington are open to vote. --Admrboltz (talk) 00:14, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

PROPOSAL: Merge WikiProject Eastern Washington into a task force of WikiProject Washington.
Current vote tally: (1/0/0)

Support
 * 1) Support as nominator --Admrboltz (talk) 00:14, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Support In fact I had that on my todo list as well. --Kumioko (talk) 01:02, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) Support I'm not part of this, but I decided to put my vote in. (ARRRGH!!! That bot was sooo annoying on IRC!!!) WikiCopter (radio • sorties • images • simplicity • lost • defense • attack)
 * 4) Support. It makes sense. --Quartermaster (talk) 05:38, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
 * 5) Support. Makes really sense. Since Eastern Washington WikiProject has been inactive since February 2010, it might be likely to convert into a task force of WikiProject Washington. However, I'am not objecting that. JJ98 (Talk) 05:50, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) Support It doesnt seem necessary to have two different projects that cover the same area and should have the same goals.  Making WP:E.WA. a task force will bring more eyes to the area.-- Kev  min  § 07:10, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

Opposed

Neutral

Comments
 * 1) Only if people over there want to. I know this project is semi-dead and not sure about that one. However, there is a massive difference between the two ides of the state so can understand a focus on each.Cptnono (talk) 05:40, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * The message was sent to only members of the Eastern Washington WP. I assume interested members of this project watch this page. --Admrboltz (talk) 05:53, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Washington Coin and Bullion Association


The article Washington Coin and Bullion Association has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Fails to meet general notability guideline

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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) 23:39, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Eastern Washington
Since the task force has been created, I have changed all the instances of WikiProject Eastern Washington to use the eastern-washington parameter of WikiProject Washington and have nominated the original template for deletion. --Admrboltz (talk) 23:41, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Relationship with WikiProject United States
People from a variety of WikiProjects have had concerns about the scope of WikiProject United States and its relationship with other WikiProjects. We have created an RFC and invite all interested editors to discuss it at: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject United States. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 15:33, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Categories for discussion nomination of Category:Washington (U.S. state)
Category:Washington (U.S. state), which is under the purview of this WikiProject, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. 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. -- Black Falcon (talk) 18:58, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Coeur d'Alene War, Spokane War, or Palouse War?
The article now titled Coeur d'Alene War was originally titled Spokane-Coeur d'Alene-Paloos War which is a "SYNTH" title; please see name discussion at Talk:Coeur_d%27Alene_War. We're trying to come up with the "most correct" name for this war, which goes by all three of those names. Input from someone from one of those three nations or familiar with the history of the region would be greatly appreciated.Skookum1 (talk) 18:39, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Seattle banner merge
Please see the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Seattle. --  Admr Boltz  21:19, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Adding "Popular pages" to U.S.-related projects
A very interesting tool of the Wikimedia Toolserver is called WikiProject Popular pages lists. These lists are similar to project-related article lists like U. S. article lists used for generating assessment statistics. The Popular pages lists include the rank, total views, average daily views, quality and importance ratings for the listed articles. Here is the full list of projects using popular pages lists. An FAQ also is available at User:Mr.Z-man/Popular pages FAQ.

I recently added links to lists of popular pages as shown below to the U.S. Portal - WikiProjects box and the nominations sections for each of the selected articles boxes.

Portal:United States/Projects/Popular pages

Because this project was not included, I am bringing up the popular pages tool here. This tool makes it very easy to track three of four balancing dimensions when selecting articles for showcasing at a portal - quality, importance and popularity. When tracking the fourth dimension, topic, the related article lists tool (such as for U.S. article lists tool) also might be useful by filtering on categories of interest.

If you do decide to use this tool, feel free to update Portal:United States/Projects/Popular pages as well.

Regards, RichardF (talk) 02:49, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Featured portal candidate: United States
Portal:United States is a current featured portal candidate. Please feel free to leave comments. -- RichardF (talk) 02:49, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Acting governors of Washington Territory
The featured list candidate "List of Governors of Washington" does not currently contain any reference to the acting governors of Washington Territory (see for the full list of governors at the wa.gov site). If you have ideas on how to best integrate them into the article, feel free to voice an opinion at Talk:List of Governors of Washington. &mdash; Myasuda (talk) 03:28, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Capital Boulevard Crossing
Would I be correct in guessing that the historic Capital Boulevard Crossing (of the Deschutes River) in Tumwater, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, no longer exists? Because I believe the first image here shows what now takes Capital Boulevard across the river, and it doesn't look particularly historic at all, let alone its categorization as "art deco". Or am I possibly mistaken about which bridge is Capital Boulevard, and possibly it is the one shown in the second image? - Jmabel &#124; Talk 03:49, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi, nice to see some activity on this page. I no longer live in Oly, but Tumwater Falls is one of my favorite places in the world. I'm guessing it's not the first image. I'll see if I can puzzle this out and get back to you. Cheers, Valfontis (talk) 05:14, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
 * In the second pic, you've got the crossing of Boston St. in the foreground and Custer Way in the background, which are much more likely to be historic. Is it possible they realigned/renamed Capitol from Custer? It looks like a bypass and Custer Way would be too rickety to take the traffic volume, I bet... Still looking. Valfontis (talk) 05:29, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
 * You know, now that I think about it, when you are actually on the Capitol Blvd bridge, it is quite pretty--I used to ride my bike across it every day, but it's been a long time. I bet it is the correct one. So did you go down and get any shots of the old brewery? Valfontis (talk) 05:32, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, my hunch was correct--here is what it looks like on top. Not quite a Conde McCullough, but still charming. I hope that helps! Valfontis (talk) 05:36, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Indeed, some of the columns are in fact Art Deco totem poles, complete with lights in the beaks of Raven. Valfontis (talk) 05:44, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Ah. Makes perfect sense now. I'm thinking that because File:Upper Tumwater Falls 06.jpg shows little of what is interesting about the bridge, it probably would not be a useful image in National Register of Historic Places listings in Thurston County, Washington; if anyone lives thereabouts and can take a more relevant one, that would be great. Otherwise, I'll try to do it when I'm next in the area, but that could be months or even years. - Jmabel &#124; Talk 06:01, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Seattle
Greetings, I noticed that there are still about 750 articles attached to Template:WikiProject Seattle that need to be moved into WPWashington. I am going to be submitting a bot request to move some articles in regards to WikiProject United States and thought I would ask if you would like me to include these in the request. --Kumioko (talk) 22:30, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I would like to submit this group in the next week after I get the newsletter out so if anyone has any comments for or against please let me know. --Kumioko (talk) 13:29, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Changed archive settings
I've changed the archive settings for MiszaBot from 14 days to 30 days and to leave the last 3 threads up. This is so that users (such as myself) that stop by—won't think this is a dead WikiProject. I hope everybody is OK with that. Go ahead and revert if you want to. Thanks. - Hydroxonium (T•C• V ) 02:55, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Water Bodies
The information on the (old grave pit) lakes on the north side of Yakima is a bit in error, but more amusing is Wikipedia's refusal to accept an objective edit informing readers of the largest (old gravel pit) lake in Yakima (50 acres, 120 feet deep), LL Buchanan Lake, on the east side of Yakima, within the City limits. The lake has its own website (BuchananLake.com) and three floating islands that have become acknowledged as the most commonly mentioned visual image of Yakima. Now, just who deleted the flawlessly factual and objective edit if there is no editorial board? Wikipedia has a growing sector of detractors pointing out verifiable errors and omissions that Wikipedia refuses to correct. It will require a few more decades for Wikipedia to become reliable for useful information. This comment was written by Doug@DougBuchanan.com. You can ask him any questions, and he will respond with the most accurate answer his mind can devise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.127.64.136 (talk) 19:36, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Did you provide any independent citation for your edit? If not, it is likely someone did not know whether it was accurate and decided that omission was the safest course. - Jmabel &#124; Talk 04:43, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

John T. Williams
Does either John T. Williams himself or his shooting by Seattle police officer Ian Birk deserve an article? There is certainly no shortage of sources for such an article. - Jmabel &#124; Talk 04:41, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Fairwood, Washington
Fairwood is located in King County, Washington under the designation of Fairwood-Cascade, a census-designated place. For some reason, you have Fairwood listed as a census-designated place in Spokane County, Washington. I realize that there are two large neighborhoods in Washington state with this name but one is really big and is getting misplaced on Facebook due to this mistake. Please correct this problem--the Fairwood that is known here as Fairwood-Cascade is about 3-4 times the population of Fairwood in Spokane County and has twice voted to become an incorporated city and has turned down annexation to the city of Renton, Washington once. Currently, there is no such city as Fairwood, Washington but when people on Facebook say they live in Fairwood, Washington, they are referring to Fairwood-Cascade or Cascade-Fairwood, Washington in King County, a suburb of Seattle. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.197.128.214 (talk) 04:40, 4 August 2011 (UTC)


 * It's not incorrect since the article was created using 2000 census data. Like many places in the U.S., Washington has settlements with the same name (see Pine Grove, Oregon, for example). This happens especially with somewhat generic names like "Fairwood". If you look at the Fairwood, Washington article, at the top there is what we call a "hatnote" leading to the article for Cascade-Fairwood, Washington. Is there some way to make this clearer?


 * BTW, when you say there is "no such city" as Fairwood, Washington, you are partially right as it isn't a city, it's a CDP. But it is a populated place accordng to the USGS. Now the census sometimes makes up names for CDPs but most often they use the name of an existing settlement. (See Garden Home-Whitford, Oregon for an example of a hyphenated CDP name made up of long-standing existing communities.) Maybe someone with access to a Washington place name book can do some research and find out. I specialize in Oregon stuff, but since this project is somewhat inactive, I sometimes provide answers here. I hope this helps. Valfontis (talk) 16:05, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Mount Walker bad link
Hello,

The Quilcene, WA page links to the wrong Mount Walker, and a search for Mount Walker also leads to another mountain by the same name in another part of the world. I believe there's an article about Mount Walker, WA, but it doesn't come up in the links I've tried or in the search. Can someone fix this?

Thanks, Neal — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.183.65.9 (talk) 13:46, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ The article should be at Mount Walker (Washington) but it doesn't exist yet. Valfontis (talk) 16:45, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Suggestion for this project to be supported by WikiProject United States
It was recently suggested that this project be included in the list of projects supported by WikiProject United States. After reviewing the project it appears that there have been some recent discussions on the talk page and some updates to the main project page. Before any action is taken I want to ensure that the members of the project concur with this action. I will contact each of the active members of the project and ask them to comment as well. Please feel free to contact me if there are any comments or questions. --Kumioko (talk) 00:47, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Personally, I don't care to join a Project that doesn't have a specific interest in Washington (or Maine, for that matter). -- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 03:35, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Sarek, this project will continue to remain Washington specific, this will just allow a closer alignment with WikiProject United States. --Kumioko (talk) 14:55, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * What would it mean to be "supported"? I'm not particularly active with this project, except adding various pages to it. It seems much less active overall than the Oregon project and, perhaps, the British Columbia project (which seems to be organized as a sub-project of the Canada WikiProject). It seems, from my relatively limited exposure, that this project could use some additional attention and work. Personally, I would be more interesting in some kind of "Pacific Northwest" project that included Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Having this project restricted to the political boundaries of the state of Washington feels, to me, like taking a knife to the larger region and its shared history, culture, etc. Not that I expect a project like that, just saying. Being part of WikiProject United States would still feel as if a large portion of the region (BC) was being left out. I live in Washington and the United States, but feel much more connected with, and at home in British Columbia than in, say, Kentucky, Texas, Florida, etc. Anyway, I'm mainly just wondering what it would mean to be "supported"? Pfly (talk) 04:23, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Ill try and keep this as short as possible but please let me know if you want me to explain something more. First let me say that the project page with members stay basically as they are with the members able to dictate how things happen, scope of the project, etc. Its not going to be absorbed or dissolved in any way and speaking on scope won't change unless the members want it too (although I could agree about the Pacific Northwest comment I think we should keep it separate from BC and Canada personally). The main change would be that the WikiProject banner would be replaced with the WPUS banner (the subprojects of Eastern Washington and Seattle will still remain intact as well). You can take a look at Category talk:Visitor attractions in South Carolina to see an example. All the projects use a standard group of parameters (Needs infobox, image, attention, geo coordinaates, etc) it also reduces the number of banners cluttering up the talk page of the articles, allows various bots to do their business, etc. All the projects use the same article classes (If the project doesn't want to though thats ok too but the rest do and I would like to try and keep it as standard as possible).


 * How it will be supported can depend on what the members of the project want but typically WPUS is a bigger project with a lot more members, it has a newsletter, a monthly collaboration, multiple bots that run actively through the articles for various things (as can be seen on the members page) with more being setup as we go along. This means that it will be seen by a lot of people in a lot of ways. Up till now we have mostly been concentrating on building up the project but soon we are going to be starting to do some drives to build up articles, create new ones, etc. I hope this helps. With all that said if the projet members aren't interested in support thats fine. This is just a suggestion and knowone is forcing anyone to do anything. --Kumioko (talk) 14:55, 19 August 2011 (UTC)


 * That sounds fine to me. More eyes would be good. It's similar to how British Columbia pages are handled, I think (like Talk:Nootka Sound). Hopefully other people will pitch in opinions. I'm more of a watcher than a contributor to this project. Pfly (talk) 00:06, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks. --Kumioko (talk) 00:39, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Does anyone else have any comments about this proposal? Its been open for 10 days so far. --Kumioko (talk) 18:50, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
 * The proposal seems OK to me, but I don't have strong feelings one way or the other. - Hydroxonium (T•C• V ) 02:17, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
 * At the risk of lurkers appearing with alternate viewpoints, I say go for it. This project is fairly inactive, at least compare to our southern neighbor, WP:ORE. Anything that might breathe some life into the project seems worth pursuing to me. I might even try to get our southern neighbors to cast their eyes northward a bit. After all, Portland's mountains includes Mt St Helens and Mt Adams. I can't believe their outdoors adventures don't include Washington places. So, despite my hesitancy, sign me up for a "go for it". I assume it can always be reversed if there is a sudden upwelling of gungho Washington editors. Pfly (talk) 11:23, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
 * As a member who signed up a long while ago, but spends my time working on writing articles on things that lived here millions of years ago, I say go for it also. There are a lot of articles that could use the added eyes which I don't know enough about to help with.-- Kev  min  § 15:31, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok, I just added WikiProject Washington, Seattle and the Eastern Washington task force to the WikiProject United States sandbox. I need to do some more work but if there aren't any more comments sometimes this week I will implement the changes. It will likely take a couple weeks or so for the bot to replace the templates so you won't notice much at first. Besides adding these to the WPUS template I will be creating the categories necessary to bring them in line with the other projects. Washington and Seattle are done but I will finish the Eastern Washington task force tomorrow. I also went ahead and setup the Washington and Seattle projects for JL-bot which will autogenerate theh featured content. I will also do this with Eastern Washington once the categories are built and populated. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. --Kumioko (talk) 03:25, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for keeping us updated, Kumioko. Thanks for the work on the templates too. - Hydroxonium (T•C• V ) 04:54, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
 * No problem, I have created all the necessary categories for Eastern Washington Here. If you think something needs to be changed or if I missed something feel free to fix it or let me know and I can do it. I also notice that there are quite a few articles missing from Eastern Washington so I will work on working on that a bit. --Kumioko (talk) 17:21, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I also wanted to add that in order to keep Seattle and Eastern Washington close to Washington on the list they show up on the template documentation as WikiProject Washington - Seattle and WikiProject Washington Eastern Washington task force I hope thats ok. You can see what this look at by going to Template:WikiProject United States/sandbox. --Kumioko (talk) 23:45, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Everything looks good. Keeping both together seems like a good idea. Thanks, Kumioko. - Hydroxonium (T•C• V ) 01:55, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I just found a couple more things that I have a question about. I found 3 more Washington related projects; WikiProject Washington Redskins, Seattle Mariners and Seattle Sounders task force. My question here is I notice that many of the articles from these three projects are not in Washington or Seattle. Would you like me to add these when the bot runs through? If you want I can add these too the template as well but since they are already supported by another project I'm not sure if there is much value beyond adding them to the Seattle project. --Kumioko (talk) 02:43, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

I would say yes for sure to the Sounders and Mariners. The Redskins is a solid no, as it pertains to the "other Washington", lol. Its for the Washington DC football team.-- Kev min  § 03:53, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh wow I can't believe I didn't catch that, lol. So do you think we should add these as task forces under WPWashington on the template or just add the articles to Seattle? --Kumioko (talk) 04:00, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

Eastern Washington; Nothing to do with D.C.
Could anybody here remove this from the WikiProject US Washington DC Task Force? I just found this on the Chesapeake (Amtrak) talk page, and it clearly doesn't belong there. DanTD (talk) 01:32, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I went ahead and fixed theone article by adding "EastWa=No" to the template, but I couldn't figure out what went wrong that it would show up there. Obviously this is going to affect many articles. Kumioko? Can you fix the coding? Valfontis (talk) 03:13, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
 * It was an accidental coding error in the template. The change has already been made here and we are just waiting on an admin to post the change. It should happen sometime today. --Kumioko (talk) 03:59, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok its fixed now. --Kumioko (talk) 13:59, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

September 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States
--Kumioko (talk) 03:23, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

Port Townsend
A little help requested on the Commons. I suspect that many of the images in Commons:Category:Houses in Port Townsend, Washington also belong in Commons:Category:Port Townsend Historic District, but I didn't take them and don't know the geography of the town well enough to know which are in the district (bounded by Scott, Blaine, Walker, and Taft Sts., and the Waterfront). If anyone knows their way around this, the addition of that second category where applicable would be welcome. Please make a note here if you take care of this, so no one else wastes their time on an already completed task. Thanks. - Jmabel &#124; Talk 18:24, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

Active participants list
I changed the format of the Active participants list a little. I hope its ok. I replaced the bullet with a number at the begging of the name and I added Template:User to make it easier to see talk and Contribs. Feel free to revert if you don't like it. The change can be seen here --Kumioko (talk) 16:44, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Green and Duwamish Rivers
Please comment on merging Green River (Washington) and Duwamish River at Talk:Green River (Washington). For those not familiar, The river changes name in the middle of its course (in Seattle) for no reason in particular, so these are two rivers in name only. (Actually, there are historical reasons for the name change). D O N D E groovily  Talk to me  19:28, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Nomination as a United States Wikipedians' Collaboration of the Month candidate
One or more articles relating to this project have been nominated to be a future United States Wikipedians' Collaboration of the Month. All editors interested in improving these articles or voting for next months collaboration are encouraged to participate here. --Kumioko (talk) 19:54, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

December 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States
--Kumioko (talk) 01:53, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

January 2012 Newsletter for WikiProject United States and supported projects
--Kumi-Taskbot (talk) 18:17, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

WikiWomen's History Month
Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Washington will have interest in putting on events (on and off wiki) related to women's roles in Washington's history, society and culture. We've created an event page on English Wikipedia (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. These events can take place off wiki, like edit-a-thons, or on wiki, such as themes and translations. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch (talk) 00:43, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

John T. Williams
I would think that we should probably have an article about slain carver John T. Williams and/or about his killing and its aftermath, especially now that a major memorial totem pole has been erected in his honor as a permanent feature of Seattle Center. - Jmabel &#124; Talk 06:04, 29 February 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) 02:24, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

To do list updated
I just added University of Washington School of Nursing to the to do list. 67.101.5.59 (talk) 22:42, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Greetings from GLAM-Wiki US

 * Hiya! I've just created a GLAM information page for Washington state, but I'm sure I missed out a lot of local GLAM organizations and resources, to say nothing about local Wikimedians interested in helping local GLAMs reach out to Wikipedia. Any help in improving that page would be greatly appreciated! -- Gaurav (talk) 03:08, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Portland edit-athon tomorrow... any Vancouver residents interested?
-- Another Believer ( Talk ) 19:32, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Wikimedia Cascadia
There has been a little bit of activity at the Wikimedia Cascadia page at Meta, along with its associated talk page. If you have any thoughts on this proposed organization, I am all ears (as I know others are as well). Feedback? Interest? Questions? -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 03:54, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia edit-thon in Portland, Oregon: Saturday, February 9, 2013
Sending invitation to Southwest Washington residents. Hope to see you there! -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 17:43, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

problem with using intersection template on WSR 542
I added Abbotsford, British Columbia, to one of the main intersections, could be added to another; but I don't understand the template; I did it just like the one involving Vancouver BC, but the template doesn't work right and the square brackets for the link are visible; I tried to fix it, made it worse, but it still needs fixing. I guess it has something to do with the template's design re Washington towns vs non-WA ones = ??Skookum1 (talk) 04:04, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Getting Washington up to GA level
Howdy- I have started a peer review for Washington, with the hope of getting it up to GA status within a reasonably short amount of time. All help is greatly appreciated. PrairieKid (talk) 03:46, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I've now began the development of the article in preparation of receiving good article status. TB randley  (T • C  • B) 09:29, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

Proposed move for the state article
Please see the "Washington and Georgia" section of WP:VPR. I've proposed synchronizing this article's title with Georgia (U.S. state), either by moving this article to Washington (U.S. state) or by moving the other one to Georgia (state). I don't care which we do, but I think that it would be good for the two to use the same method of disambiguation. Nyttend (talk) 16:12, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
 * I think just saying state is sufficient. Using other articles as an example we don't say US athlete in most, we just say athlete when disambiguation is needed. The same applies here I think. Kumioko (talk) 16:26, 1 June 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) 18:53, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Lest there is any confusion for people who don't speak the same language, the words "logic used to populate Automatically assessed article categories" refer to the feature that was supposed to allow this WikiProject's template to "inherit" class and importance ratings from other WikiProjects. Kumioko says that there are no longer any bots performing the function that formerly copied those ratings. --Orlady (talk) 23:41, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia Takes Vancouver, Washington
WikiProject Washington members, whether or not you live in Vancouver, please consider signing up to participate in Wikipedia Takes Vancouver 2013. So far, no actual event has been organized, but the campaign seeks to upload photographs of sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Vancouver and the surrounding areas. Sign up to show your support, or assist with uploading new or old photos. Thank you very much! -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 21:18, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Shaping Seattle Architecture
I just got hold of a spare copy of Jeffrey Karl Ochsner's excellent Shaping Seattle Architecture for $1 at the Friends of the Library sale; couldn't turn that down. I'll give it free to anyone working in this subject matter area; contact me on my talk page. - Jmabel &#124; Talk 19:13, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

University of Idaho edit-a-thon
Pardon the late notice, but the University of Idaho Library is hosting an edit-a-thon tomorrow as part of Open Access Week (more info). Our neighbors in Eastern Washington are welcome—as is anyone, for that matter! If you can't make it to Moscow, you're certainly welcome to participate remotely. Alex Kyrios (talk) 19:18, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

Meetup in Vancouver, WA
For any project members in Southwest Washington...

-- Another Believer ( Talk ) 16:54, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

Snokomish people?
Apparently on the Semiahmoo peninsula, between the Semiahmoo people and the Lummi. See Talk:North_Straits_Salish_language. Anyone have anything else on them?Skookum1 (talk) 08:53, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

AfC submission
Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/West Woodland, Seattle, WA. Regards, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 18:59, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Handled. --  Admr Boltz  19:11, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

notice of various tribal RMs
There's a large number re Washington, some involving dab pages; if you don't have them watchlisted please see the new discussions on WP:RM.Skookum1 (talk) 07:45, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

Mud slide disaster
USA today has a front page story on this mudslide which occurred two days ago. I can't find anything on Wikipedia about this incident. Am I looking in the wrong place? Thanks in advance, XOttawahitech (talk) 19:34, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
 * It's here: 2014 Oso mudslide. Valfontis (talk) 20:33, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

Invitation to User Study
Would you be interested in participating in a user study? We are a team at University of Washington studying methods for finding collaborators within a Wikipedia community. We are looking for volunteers to evaluate a new visualization tool. All you need to do is to prepare for your laptop/desktop, web camera, and speaker for video communication with Google Hangout. We will provide you with a Amazon gift card in appreciation of your time and participation. For more information about this study, please visit our wiki page (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Finding_a_Collaborator). If you would like to participate in our user study, please send me a message at Wkmaster (talk) 06:32, 26 March 2014 (UTC).

Wiki Loves Pride
Are there any WA residents interested in participating in Wiki Loves Pride 2014, a multi-national effort to improve coverage of LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects? Perhaps an edit-a-thon or a photography project? Please visit the project page for details or let me know if you have any questions. Thanks! -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 17:40, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

NfD: Tacoma Streetcar
Tacoma Streetcar has been nominated for deletion. See Articles for deletion/Tacoma Streetcar. JohnMcButts (talk) 01:40, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

Portland/Oregon/WikiProject Oregon notifications
Greetings, neighbors to the north! I have compiled a list of people who have attended meetups in Oregon, are members of WikiProject Oregon, or have a general interest in improving Oregon-related content at Wikipedia. The list, located at Meetup/Portland/Participants, will be used to distribute talk page messages and meetup invitations that may be of interest to these individuals. If you are interested in receiving talk page messages about WikiProject Oregon or meetups, feel free to add your name to the list. Thanks! -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 17:36, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Leaflet For Wikiproject Washington At Wikimania 2014
Hi all,

My name is Adi Khajuria and I am helping out with Wikimania 2014 in London.

One of our initiatives is to create leaflets to increase the discoverability of various wikimedia projects, and showcase the breadth of activity within wikimedia. Any kind of project can have a physical paper leaflet designed - for free - as a tool to help recruit new contributors. These leaflets will be printed at Wikimania 2014, and the designs can be re-used in the future at other events and locations.

This is particularly aimed at highlighting less discoverable but successful projects, e.g:

• Active Wikiprojects: Wikiproject Medicine, WikiProject Video Games, Wikiproject Film

• Tech projects/Tools, which may be looking for either users or developers.

• Less known major projects: Wikinews, Wikidata, Wikivoyage, etc.

• Wiki Loves Parliaments, Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves ____

• Wikimedia thematic organisations, Wikiwomen’s Collaborative, The Signpost

For more information or to sign up for one for your project, go to: Project leaflets Adikhajuria (talk) 11:19, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

Category:Nooksack
This category was originally created, SFAIK, for ethno articles about the Nooksack/Nowxa7saq (sp? - and the main ethno article was for a while at least at a version of the indigenous spelling), but now it includes Category:Nooksack, Washington and the river, falls etc....I'm of a mind to remove the geographic items from the category; some are directly connected to the organized tribe (isn't Nooksack WA the location of the Rez and vice-versa?) so not sure, thought I'd better ask Washingtonians; not sure if there's a Category:Skokomish or similar for other peoples; I know that Category:Duwamish tribe doesn't have this problem because of the "tribe" dab (which myself I don't think is necessary but the RM was turned down because of claims that Duwamish+anything were equally primary topics, and the person closing that RM being in Ireland and not knowing or caring anything about these peoples/topics); but the namespace collision between indigenous peoples and the many geographic items named for them is an ongoing nest of thorny confusions; and in cases like this Category:FOO winds up seeing FOO whatevers added to it; same was would happen with Category:Squamish if that very bad idea had been allowed to stand (it was attempted twice by people oblivious to the existence of the town and who are hostile to modern native names and insistent that only anglicizations are allowed, even thoug the target names are still "not English" and in spite of the many primarytopic conflicts resulting).Skookum1 (talk) 04:18, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

CfD on Category:Chinook Jargon place names
Category:Chinook Jargon place names has been nominated for deletion/upmerging, with a suggestion that List of Chinook Jargon place names be upmerged. Please add any comments to the CfD.Skookum1 (talk) 15:20, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

KEXP-FM
I've had a couple contacts from marketing people at KEXP-FM about updating the article about them. An intern there was copy-pasting some press release boilerplate into the article. I suggested they post their questions and concerns at Talk:KEXP-FM and we will help. Please keep an eye on it, and/or update the article if you have time. It looks like it could use some cleanup and needs to be brought up to date to reflect recent changes. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 19:27, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

Page move
A recent page move, which invokes WP:COMMONNAME and WP:PRIMARYTOPIC concerns, may be of possible interest to readers of this project. Please discuss at Talk:Peter R. Gross. Thank you. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 18:20, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

Fort Colville up for re-naming with single-L
This was discussed long ago, I think here on WP:Washington as it's not on the article's talkpage. Needs input from Washingtonians and others familiar with Pacific Northwest history/geography. Talk:Fort_Colville. Skookum1 (talk) 06:48, 18 September 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) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Columbia Valley BC (Cultus Lake area) re logging railroad via Whatcom County
Found this bit while looking up BC logging railroads last night....what's curious to me is what kind of deal there must have been with US authorities to cross the border at Lindell Beach (the rural neighbourhood at teh south end of Cultus Lake) via Maple Falls WA to get the logs to White Rock...presumably at Blaine unless they were recrossed at Sumas and taken to White Rock, veery circuituously, by BCER lines.......also wondering if this valley was part of teh "Whatcom Trail" to the Fraser goldfields.Skookum1 (talk) 07:53, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

Law enforcement agencies
Seems like category:State law enforcement agencies of Washington (state) needs a definition of what belongs. Maybe agencies whose propimary purpose is law enforcement? It includes State Parks, presumably because (some) rangers are sworn officers. But same can be said of WDFW, and they are not listed. — Brianhe (talk) 16:11, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

Spokane: economic history
(also posting to Eastern Washington task force)

I'm not particularly connected to Washington, but I'm a member of the Guild of Copy Editors, and User:G755648 asked me to do some copyediting on Spokane, Washington. In the process I've been trying to clean up some spots that don't seem to make sense, and I can't get any further with this one:

In the section 20th century, the first paragraph says
 * Expansion abruptly stopped in the 1910s and was followed by a period of population decline, due in large part to Spokane's slowing economy. ... During this time of stagnation...

while the second tells us that
 * Spokane's golden period of growth continued, however, and the city reached a peak in development between 1907 and 1930.

'''These certainly seem to contradict each other, but I can't sort them out. Help, somebody who can?''' Please Ping me.

--Thnidu (talk) 02:32, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Expert attention
This is a notice about Category:Washington articles needing expert attention, which might be of interest to your WikiProject. It will take a while before the category is populated. Iceblock (talk) 20:01, 11 December 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) 16:58, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

March 2015 Art+Feminism event in Ellensburg
Hi Washington Wikipedians! I am reaching out to see if anyone would be interested in helping out with editing training for a Meetup/ArtAndFeminism edit-a-thon being organized in Ellensburg. We would appreciate any assistance in securing at least one experienced Wikipedian in the area, and I'd be happy to put you in touch with the organizers if you are able to help out. If interested, please reply on wiki or by e-mail at thepwnco.wiki@gmail.com. Cheers! -Thepwnco (talk) 22:33, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

Template_talk:Washington
Thought this might be a good place to mention the above discussion. JesseW, the juggling janitor 06:13, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

Category:Omak, Washington
Category:Omak, Washington, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for selective upmerging and deletion of most of its subcategories. 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. RevelationDirect (talk) 10:44, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

Notification of Good Article reassessment
Boeing 787 Dreamliner, 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. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:13, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

AfC submission
Care to have a look at Draft:Trillium Projects? Thanks, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 17:51, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

Visiting scholar position, University of Washington, focusing on Pacific Northwest

 * See Visiting Scholars/Apply &bull; Lingzhi&diams;(talk) 02:34, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

Suggestion
Hello all! I was curious if anyone else thought it might be a good idea to make a (nonbinding) guideline on how all the individual US state WikiProjects should organize themselves, to help standardize them. I originally put this suggestion in the WikiProject United States talk page, so feel free to look there if you're interested. It's pretty empty though; basically all they said was to see what each of the individual projects thought about it. Please tell me if you have any concerns with this idea; hopefully we can find a way for everyone to love it! Also, I'm new at making proposals, so please forgive me if I do anything silly. :) Hope that you like this idea! JonathanHopeThisIsUnique (talk) 04:58, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

Regional US/Canada Wikimedia conference - Washington DC - 9-11 October
Hello. I would like to invite you to WikiConference USA. This community gathering will be Friday-Sunday 9-11 October (with Columbus Day being Monday the 12th) in Washington DC at the National Archives and Records Administration.

Persons interested in participating may present a submission, request one of about 25 travel scholarships, or plan to attend. Thanks.  Blue Rasberry  (talk)  16:52, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride
 You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride!


 * What? Wiki Loves Pride, a campaign to document and photograph LGBT culture and history, including pride events
 * When? June 2015
 * How can you help?
 * 1.) Create or improve LGBT-related articles and showcase the results of your work here
 * 2.) Upload photographs or other media related to LGBT culture and history, including pride events, and add images to relevant Wikipedia articles; feel free to create a subpage with a gallery of your images (see examples from last year)
 * 3.) Contribute to an LGBT-related task force at another Wikimedia project (Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikivoyage, etc.)

Or, view or update the current list of Tasks. This campaign is supported by the Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group, an officially recognized affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation. Visit the group's page at Meta-Wiki for more information, or follow Wikimedia LGBT+ on Facebook. Remember, Wiki Loves Pride is about creating and improving LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects, and content should have a neutral point of view. One does not need to identify as LGBT or any other gender or sexual minority to participate. This campaign is about adding accurate, reliable information to Wikipedia, plain and simple, and all are welcome!

If you have any questions, please leave a message on the campaign's main talk page.

Thanks, and happy editing!

User:Another Believer and User:OR drohowa

United States v. Washington Featured Article Candidate
United States v. Washington is undergoing evaluation for possible promotion to Featured Article at Featured article candidates/United States v. Washington/archive1. Feel free to stop by and assist in assessing this article. GregJackP  Boomer!   17:23, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

AfC submission
See Draft:Showbox SoDo. Thank you, FoCuS contribs ;  talk to me!  18:04, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

Washington mountains
The List of mountain peaks of Washington has been expanded and updated. We need articles for the following mountain peaks: "Aeneas Mountain, Big Chiwaukum, Calispell Peak, Copper Butte, Gunn Peak, Huckleberry Mountain, Lyman Hill, Moses Mountain, Mount Aix, Mount Bonaparte, Mount Lago, Oregon Butte, Remmel Mountain, Round Mountain, Ruby Mountain, South Twin, Three Fingers, Tiffany Mountain, and White Chuck Mountain" Information about these peaks can be found in their references on the List of mountain peaks of Washington. We also need good mountain photos for the articles and list gallery. Yours aye, Buaidh  03:09, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
 * As I can see Three Fingers from my house, I feel obliged to claim the article as my own. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.  Sounder Bruce  03:20, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Do we have some more volunteers?   Buaidh  23:43, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Missing Washington Supreme Court Justices
Drafts have been created for dozens of missing Washington Supreme Court Justices at WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/United States judges and justices. Please feel free to complete these drafts and move them to mainspace. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Cheers! bd2412 T 18:49, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

Unnecessary disambiguation
The main article is obviously at Washington (state) for disambiguation purposes, but do we need to include (state) in article titles that are not shared with Washington DC or elsewhere? I just moved List of lakes in Washington (state) to List of lakes in Washington, as Washington DC has no lakes and no disambiguation is necessary. What do you think about this and many other articles? Reywas92 Talk 21:54, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I am in the process of moving several related articles for the same reason (such as List of earthquakes in Washington (state) to List of earthquakes in Washington, as Washington, D.C. experiences no earthquakes). Completely agree with you there. MB298 (talk) 21:37, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
 * See WP:SHORTFORM. The question is whether the shorter title would remain ambiguous. bd2412  T 18:51, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

US 50,000 Challenge invite
Hi. The WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more states than they might otherwise work on. If there's the interest I will start 1000 State Challenges like The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of states regularly contributing. If you would like to see masses of articles being improved for the US and your specialist/home state like WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon, sign up today and once the challenge starts a contest can be organized. This is a way we can target every state, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant and also sign under any state sub challenge on the page that you might contribute to! Thankyou.♦ Dr. Blofeld  15:38, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
 * PacNW-specific: WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge/Pacific Northwest. --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 18:22, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

PUD No. 1 of Jefferson County v. Washington Department of Ecology
Participants in this WikiProject are invited to develop this article. —Wavelength (talk) 17:17, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
 * PUD No. 1 of Jefferson County v. Washington Department of Ecology
 * I've added information corroborated from Seattle Times articles written in 1994. Feel free to correct them, as I'm not an expert in legal procedure and terminology.  Sounder Bruce  23:41, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

Sea-Tac demonstration against immigration ban photos are on commons
Over at Category:Protest against immigration ban at Sea-Tac Airport. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 07:06, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

Notice about adminship to participants at this project
Many participants here create a lot of content, may have to evaluate whether or not a subject is notable, decide if content complies with BLP policy, and much more. Well, these are just some of the skills considered at Requests for adminship.

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 * Requests for adminship/Optional RfA candidate poll

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March Against Hate
Project members are invited to participate in the AfD discussion re: Portland Women March Against Hate. I've expressed an interest in moving the article to March Against Hate, and expanding its scope to cover more than just Portland. I welcome editors to either contribute to the ongoing discussion or help expand this article's section for other cities, including Seattle. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 15:17, 28 March 2017 (UTC)