Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wisconsin/Archive 5

Rural, Wisconsin
The area code for Rural is listed in the box on the right as 920 - At this time I do not know if 920 crosses into Waupaca County at all. The area code for Rural is currently 715. This info needs to be corrected. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Irishrovr (talk • contribs) 16:48, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

The La Crosse Tribune
The La Crosse Tribune revamp its website on the internet. For Wikipedia especially WP Wisconsin that means the many citations using the La Crosse Tribune for citations are deadlinks. The citations will be staying in- goodfaith edits. Sigh... The Trib said they are working out the bugs for the archives. Thanks-RFD (talk) 12:41, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Isn't there some way to get them archived through some other website? I remember reading about some website (not Internet Archive) that will archive a website for Wikipedia. Does anyone remember?  Royal broil  01:34, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Update-I checked with the editor from the La Crosse Tribune and they are working the bugs out with their archives. The La Crosse Public Library is concern because make use of the Trib online to look up obituaries-Thanks-RFD (talk) 23:23, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

University of Wisconsin campus names
Please let me preface this with an apology. I am sorry for having pursued a project of replacing hyphens with en dashes in the names of UW campuses without having discussed it first with this WikiProject. Despite my good intentions, I failed to consider how potentially disruptive this move would be. I therefore come before you to discuss this move, ignoring that it may be a fait accompli; if consensus opposes, I'll take it as my penance to thoroughly undo. Kevin Forsyth (talk) 13:07, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

For discussion: Should hyphens be replaced with en dashes in the names of UW campuses? e.g. University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh and UW–Oshkosh, rather than UW-Oshkosh.

Support for these reasons:
 * The UW style guide wants an en dash between Wisconsin (or UW) and the campus name — i.e., the University itself considers an en dash to be the proper usage.
 * MOS:ENDASH states "When naming an article, a hyphen is not used as a substitute for an en dash that properly belongs in the title".
 * The lack of an en dash on a US-standard keyboard should not be a deterrent. It is easily added to an edit via either the Wikipedia tools or alt-0150.  Of course, per the guidelines I have placed redirects at any possible hyphenated alternate names, to facilitate searches.
 * Strictly as a matter of my aesthetic opinion, the en dash appears much more strong and robust in these names than a mere hyphen. I'm hopeful that UW alums would find it a visual improvement. Kevin Forsyth (talk) 13:07, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Proceed/Finish You've already spent so much time and effort to do these moves, I don't think you should undo. I probably would have opposed had this been asked before you did so much effort, but it's not a big deal to me. There appears to be no consensus between the different universities! My alma mater uses UW Oshkosh and University of Wisconsin Oshkosh all over its website. The University of Wisconsin System website uses University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (a dash). LaCrosse uses both the dash and endash on their homepage. Wow, this is making my head spin!  Royal broil  03:33, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Well and let's not even talk about the media outside of Wisconsin. It's almost always Wisconsin-Eau Claire or Wisconsin-Milwaukee or even the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. It's all over the place. Won't even start on UW-Madison constantly being called the University of Wisconsin. --User:Woohookitty Diamming fool! 20:35, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I use the sandbox to see if this will take hold and I had no problems with the en-dash.Thanks-RFD (talk) 23:19, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Washington Island
I'm going to Washington Island (possibly) this upcoming weekend. Is there anything related that I should take a picture of? I'm taking a camera with me.--Rockfang (talk) 11:06, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Namur
There appears to be two redundant articles talking about the same locale: Namur, Wisconsin and Namur Historic District. The place article is just a location an pictures of historical plaques while the historic district article is nearly devoid of content. Looking through the links and references, there does not appear to be any differentiation between the two. Furthermore, the listed area of the district is 3,500 acres, which includes the entire hamlet plus the surrounding farms. I would like opinions on whether a merge is appropriate (at least until more substantial content is added). Thanks. --Polaron | Talk 17:30, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Do you really want to hook horns again with that other contributor on this topic again? This has been a real contentious topic of late. There certainly are enough reliable sources justifications for having articles about a community just like there are justifications for having articles on historic districts.  Royal broil  01:03, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Some thoughts-in the Namur Historical District article I added a citation from the Wisconsin Historical Society about the historical district. In the Wisconsin Historical Society article- it mentioned the Namur Historical District covers parts of the towns of Union and Gardner. Given the Political subdivisions of Wisconsin, it would be impractical to merge the two articles. Given the fact that the Namur Historical District does cover 2 different Wisconsin towns, would that mean merging the Namur Historical District article with the Union and Gardner articles? I would think not. I am in complete agreement with RoyalBroil about locking horns with the other editor. There has been way too much WikiDrama in the way of the violation of the 3RR, Users getting blocked-angry frustration, etc. Also I am getting weary of this. The recent Law Affair Scandal involving the sockpuppet and the various administrators, the coverup, has not help either. Thank you for letting myself express my opinion and feelings-RFD (talk) 12:24, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
 * The historic district is fairly large (5.5 square miles) and does extend a bit beyond Union. However, the focus of the historic district is clearly the settlement of Namur. What I am thinking of is retaining the historic district article and merging the settlement article content (which at present isn't much) into the larger historic district article. I 'm not sure where the idea of merging into the town articles is coming from. I am not in any way proposing mergers to town articles. What I'm saying is, wouldn't it make sense to merge the stubby Namur settlement article into the Namur historic district article? Would there really be enough distinct content in this particular case for two independent articles? I know you are friends with another party to the WikiDrama you might be referring to and not with me but please evaluate this on its own merits. Thank you. --Polaron | Talk 16:30, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree with RoyalBroil that this is a contentious topic. Therefore, I would prefer if this can wait. I do know there has been edit wars. As for merging town articles there has been incidents of several Wisconsin towns articles being merged with Wisconsin village articles with the same name by people who do not realize that they are separate municipalities. As for the the 2 Namur articles I respectfully ask that you wait. These edit wars are very unsettling. Thank you-RFD (talk) 18:23, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I am suggesting that someone from the Wisconsin project do it rather than me as anything I do is apparently controversial. In any case, this is not urgent and I do agree that waiting is the best option for now. I have put a link to the NRHP nomination form at Talk:Namur Historic District for people to read through and decide for themselves. Sorry for bothering you. --Polaron | Talk 19:28, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I have been to both the community and the historic district. They are complete opposites. The focus is the historic district is the farms in the area - the rural community! It is not the "urban" (but tiny community) named Namur. The district is the the farms surrounding that community. The historic district is named after the community because the historic district is most easily identified by this community's name. So I strongly oppose this merge.  Royal broil  04:44, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Alright, if you say so. I asked here since I'm not familiar with the place. In any case, there is no question that the settlement is part of the historic district and is one of the focal points of the district. But yf you're sure that the history of the settlement is not directly related to the history of the farmsteads to its north, then I'll leave this to people with local knowledge (which is how it should be in practice anyway). --Polaron | Talk 18:21, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Photo requests
Would someone mind photographing the headquarters of Midwest Airlines (in Oak Creek, WI) and Air Wisconsin (near Appleton, WI)? Both articles need photos of the main offices of those airlines. Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 23:19, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Photographing the Air Wisconsin HQ is already on my To Do list! It's located at the Outagamie County Regional Airport in a western suburb of Appleton.  Royal broil  00:36, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
 * When you get the chance to get a shot of the HQ building, please do so, Royal :) - Anyway, I attached photo request templates on the talk pages of both articles; when each request is fulfilled, the corresponding request template will be removed. WhisperToMe (talk) 03:41, 23 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got the Midwest HQ photo. Please check the talk page. -Freekee (talk) 06:26, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Of course that's good enough! I added it to the article. Next time please add it! I added the building to the "Transport in Wisconsin" category on Commons as it's related to air transport.  Royal broil  14:01, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Census-designated places in Wisconsin
One thing I found out about the census-designated places in Wisconsin is that they have some special government district usually lake protection/rehabilition district and that the various land owners associations usually are connected with these districts. Sanitary/sewage districts would be another example. I told Nyttend that I suspect that this is not only in Wisconsin-but in rest of the nation as well. Many thanks-RFD (talk) 15:17, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Do you propose adding information about these districts within the existing CDP articles? I would imagine that would be the most helpful, as opposed to making new articles about each sanitary district.  Speaking of CDPs, I'm curious about what people thing about changing the name or focus of some of the articles.  Take for instance the article Chain O' Lakes-King, Wisconsin. King has been an unincorporated community since 1887, and has been home to the King post office for nearly that long as well., . Yet the name and layout of the article focus on the census designated place with a separate name. (Also, sorry about blanking the WPWI page a couple minutes ago... I incorrectly thought I was on my userpage space to test a new featured article bot)--BaronLarf 18:44, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 * About the CO'L-King CDP - I would prefer to see the article moved to King, Waupaca County, Wisconsin and have the CDP redirected to it. Chain O'Lakes is a region of lakes by Waupaca - not really a community like the other CDPs like Neopit, Wisconsin. I went on a tour boat on them once and to Hartman Creek State Park (got those pics the last time I was there). I remember driving past the Veteran's home once - many, many moons ago - when my parents' long departed friend was there. Since King has a post office so it should have its own article. The CO'L/King article just doesn't make sense to me. And shame on you for blanking the page (just kidding).  Royal broil  00:35, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Regarding the Chain O' Lakes-King article: I decided to be bold and move the page to King, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. (I was just there a couple of days ago myself; too bad I didn't bring a camera.)--BaronLarf 01:49, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * If you get to King again, there are a bunch of places in the King Veterans home that are listed on the National Register - so their pictures should be appreciated. I get through Waupaca while driving on US 10, so that city it done, but the other parts of the county aren't. I take one (or both) of my cameras with me whenever I travel. Your photographic contributions are welcome of course! I know that you were gone for a while - now everyone pretty much uploads to Wikimedia Commons so that they can be used on the other Wikipedias. I have created MANY city categories there. You can create one if your there, or at least please add to the county's category.  Royal broil  03:35, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, will do. I just got done uploading and linking to a bunch of photos (Redgranite, Omro, Aurora, Wild Rose & Wautoma). My camera isn't the greatest, but it's better than nothing I suppose.  I'll make sure that they're properly categorized the the commons. --BaronLarf 03:40, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * You're camera did very well, just like you did! Good job with the light and picking the right content. I haven't been to many of these communities in the past few years, so these pictures were definitely needed. I like taking pictures of the type of things that you did - main intersections, downtowns, city/village halls, high schoools, maybe a library, plus anything on the National Register of Historic Places is always welcome. I reviewed the images and added each to categories. I have created categories for each Wisconsin Highway that I've photographed. Then I'll add any image taken on the route. I have created categories for the most commons building types, like Category:Town halls in Wisconsin, Schools in Wisconsin, Libraries in Wisconsin, Rivers of Wisconsin, Category:Universities and colleges in Wisconsin, etc. I feel that we are responsible for all of the images in Commons Category:Wisconsin, which is a collection of anything to do with Wisconsin.  Royal broil  04:44, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * A brief description of the various special districts within each CDP would be helpful provided that there a website for each. Nyttend started and wrote many of the CDP articles throughout the nation so Nyttend probably would to like express any comments, etc. We are talking not only lake rehabilition districts but sanitary districts, etc. Many thanks-RFD (talk) 12:53, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I can't find any good list of these districts throughout the state; do you have a link to one? Thanks, --BaronLarf 17:16, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Wisconsin Lakes Association=RFD (talk) 17:57, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Wisconsin Public Service Commission-Lists of Special Districts
 * Cool, thanks!--BaronLarf 19:55, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Noted article section
There's a new bot-updated template for noted articles meant for use in WikiProjects. I've let it populate on my userspace, at User:BaronLarf/WPWI. Any objection to replacing the current (and somewhat out-of-date) listings with the new template? Cheers, --BaronLarf 11:13, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Support Wow, looks much better. I've been trying to maintain the old way (and I think that I started it)- this is much better. How/where did you find out about it?  Royal broil  12:53, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
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Towns vs. cities in Wisconsin
There's an article in Sunday's Appleton Post Crescent newspaper describing the difference between towns and cities. In case someone wants the content - I see that the Oshkosh Northwestern has the article too.  Royal broil  13:10, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
 * This seems like another town versus city battle in Wisconsin. The Town of Cedarburg sued the City of Cedarburg to stop an annexation in 2005.  The state legislature changed the Wisconsin constitution in the 1950s to permit Oak Creek to incorporated as a city to stop the encroachment of Milwaukee. The Town of Pewaukee staved off annexation from the Village of Pewaukee by incorporated as the City of Pewaukee.


 * From time to time there's also fights among cities & villages about which one of them will annex parts of towns. Just the other day in Kenosha County, the newly organized Village of Bristol (No article yet!) is coming into conflict with the Village of Pleasant Prairie over the annexation of the rest of the Town of Bristol. Pleasant Prairie itself was incorporated when the Town of Pleasant Prairie began to be annexed by the City of Kenosha. Over in the Town of Madison, officials want the town to dissolve, and the City of Madison and the City of Fitchburg fought over who would annex what. The Village of West Salem and the City of Onalaska are in a fight over attempts by residents of the Town of Hamilton to get annexed by West Salem. The Village of Brown Deer and the City of Milwaukee fought over annexation of the former Town of Granville&mdash;after referenda and a court battle, Milwaukee ended up getting all the rest of Granville, plus parts of Brown Deer.


 * One of the interesting things to note in that article about Grand Chute is the boundary agreement between Appleton and Grand Chute. From what I understand, the state legislature has increased the power of towns in recent decades to give more power to towns, forcing cities to the table and craft these agreements in order to expand. Maybe this sort of thing has a home over at Political subdivisions of Wisconsin? Cheers --BaronLarf 19:39, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Yea, there's always something going on. I used to work at an engineering company in Sheboygan and we would sometimes talk about land use as related to the surrounding towns. I see that the best content was missed in that article. Luckily I still have the article in my hand. I knew there was an article about towns vs cities/villages in Wisconsin. Off I go to add and cite some content! Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.  Royal broil  00:23, 14 January 2010 (UTC)


 * In the article abour Belgium, the Belgium village is said to be contained in the town of Belgium, but the articles say the village has more inhabitants than the town... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.129.46.177 (talk) 19:32, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes. So? The Village is a separate entity, surrounded by the remaining Town.-- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  20:25, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

WP:WIH proposed demotion
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Neighborhoods in Wisconsin-merging with other articles-
There is a category: Category:Neighborhoods in Wisconsin with 14 names. Carol Beach, Dexter's Corner, Ranney, Tobin are part of the village of Pleasant Village and should be merged into the article itself. In fact all the articles could be merge into the parent articles-East Ellsworth article into the Ellsworth, Wisconsin article; Gile, Wisconsin in the Montreal, Wisconsin article, Crestview, Racine County, into the village of Caledonia, Wisconsin article. Of the 14 Freistadt has some historical value. All 14 articles are about nieighborhoods that exist in incorporated areas in Wisconsin. 2 of them Frankville and Evergreen were former CPDs. Thanks-RFD (talk) 21:30, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, they could be merged, but I've seen articles on neighborhoods before (I think on Did You Know. So there are precedents to keep them. That said, many of these have very limited sources and content. I do think the CDP articles should remain, but I don't care about the other ones. I won't stand in the way of someone merging the other 12 articles.  Royal broil  04:17, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I think that they should probably be looked at on a case-by-case basis. East Ellsworth, Wisconsin could easily be merged into Ellsworth, Wisconsin. But articles regarding neighborhoods of larger cities like Racine, Kenosha, or Madison should either be left as neighborhoods or merged into one article per city, such as Neighborhoods of Milwaukee. (And since there are strong pro-keep opinions about keeping CDP articles, I would have no problem keeping those as separate articles.) Cheers, --BaronLarf 04:56, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree with with Royalbroil the 2 former CPDS articles=Frankville, Evergreen should remained. Also because of its historical nature, Freistadt should remain. One note of interest East Ellsworth&Gile have own post offices and zipcodes which were the reasons the articles were started in the first place even though they are incorporated areas. That leaves the 4 neighborhoods of Pleasant Prairie and Crestview of Caledonia. They need to brought together somehow-Thanks-RFD (talk) 13:40, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 * The Nakoma neighborhood in Madison is historical and should be kept. I am not sure about Flintville and Georgetown. Thanks-RFD (talk) 13:49, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Another area to look at-the village of Bristol, Wisconsin in Kenosha, Wisconsin was incorporated. The town of Bristol still exists but the village wants to annex the town. The town of Bristol has 2 unincorporated communities Pikesvile and Woodworth. If the town does get annexed we may may have to decided what to do with both of them. This is what happen to Pleasant Prairie and caledonia=they were towns and were incorporated as villages and the unincorporated communities became part of the villages-Thank you-RFD (talk) 13:57, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Curious, what would be the harm in redirecting the stub neighborhood articles? If I understand all of you rightly, none of these communities are notable as former municipalities and thus inherently notable.  In case you wonder why I've popped in — RFD told me that I might be interested in this discussion.  Nyttend (talk) 20:10, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirects for most of these would be fine with me. Those articles with notable information (like Freistadt, Wisconsin) could have that info merged. Nyttend, would you be okay with making redirects for Evergreen, Marathon County, Wisconsin to Kronenwetter, Wisconsin and Franksville, Wisconsin to Caledonia, Racine County, Wisconsin? Cheers --BaronLarf 20:35, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Can East Ellsworth and Gile be included in the redirect? Both have PO and zipcodes? Also Carol Beach has some ancient Indian sites= Barnes Creek (Wisconsin). According to the Pleasant Prairie village website the village had 9 unincorporated communities prior to being a village-Thanks-RFD (talk) 21:16, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

I merged East Ellsworth, Wisconsin into Ellsworth, Wisconsin; Gile, Wisconsin into Montreal, Wisconsin; Flintville, Wisconsin into Suamico, Wisconsin; Freistadt, Wisconsin into Mequon, Wisconsin; and Dexter's Corner, Wisconsin, Carol Beach, Wisconsin, Ranney, Wisconsin, and Tobin, Wisconsin into Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. I believe that these are all uncontroversial merges. I know that RFD has also made a couple merges (Georgetown, Racine, Wisconsin into Racine, Wisconsin and Crestview, Racine County, Wisconsin into Caledonia, Wisconsin are two I noticed.) If there are consensus objections to any of these merges, they are easily undone.

Reading the above discussion, it looks like we have the following articles left:
 * Evergreen, Marathon County, Wisconsin and Franksville, Wisconsin are former CDPs. It appears that Royalbroil (and perhaps Nyttend) are against merging and redirecting these articles. I am in favor of merging, but I can wait a year or two until the 2010 Census data is out with new census data not including these areas. At that point, there will be no unique information in these articles that could keep them from being merged into their respective municipalities.
 * Nakoma, Madison, Wisconsin This is a neighborhood of Madison, Wisconsin. A merge would not be wise here, in my opinion, because this is just one neighborhood of many in this major city. I believe this article is best merged into a future Neighborhoods of Madison, Wisconsin article with additional Madison neighborhoods.
 * Truesdell, Wisconsin Neighborhood of Kenosha, Wisconsin. As with Nakoma, I believe it should be merged into a Neighborhoods of Kenosha, Wisconsin article with additional Kenosha neighborhoods.

Thoughts?--BaronLarf 06:35, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I redirected the Georgetown, Racine, Wisconsin neighborhood article maybe a little prematurely- When a section about neighborhoods in Racine is started maybe there will mention of this neighborhood. I do agree with Nyttend and Royalbroil about the former CDPs in Wisconsin and there are 3 so far. Many thanks-RFD (talk) 12:33, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

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 * Wow, some real shockers in this group. Dahmer is #1 - never would guessed. I never heard of #21 Bon Iver outside of Wikipedia - obviously I'm missing out on something! Time to do some searching to find out their sound.  Royal broil  02:34, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
 * The Dahmer article is frequently vandalized; that's why I monitor it (though I may have dined with him, since he lived near my then-favorite Taco Bell). -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  20:24, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Meetup
Has there ever been a Wiki meetup in Wisconsin? Jonathunder (talk) 04:05, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I haven't heard of one. I'd be interested, though. --BaronLarf 21:19, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
 * They can be fun. It would just take a person, or a few people, to take the lead in organizing it. I've done that in the past for the Minnesota one. Jonathunder (talk) 21:40, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Sounds interesting, maybe a Saturday or Sunday afternoon would be best for me. This time of year I want to get to the racetracks on Friday &/or Saturday nights. I don't know where the best place would be - maybe Madison? Depends if anyone wants to come from the LaCrosse area or not. If just Milwaukee area people plus me, maybe Port Washington would work. Preferring to keep it general in the public forum, I live in the Fox Valley area.  Royal broil  02:49, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I live in the Milwaukee area, and would be willing to travel as far as Madison or the Fox Valley to meet up. Weekends are better for me, as well. And planning at least a month in advance would be best, I would think, too. --BaronLarf 09:45, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I live in La Crosse; weekends would be fine. Also I never had a car or drivers license so I would have to find some way to get there. The Amtrak to Columbus, Wisconsin of Milwaukee? Thanks-RFD (talk) 16:45, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Include me among those interested in Milwaukee or Madison as a site. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  20:23, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia will celebrate its tenth anniversary on Saturday, January 15, 2011. Meetup events are being planned worldwide. How about one in Madison? Jonathunder (talk) 04:00, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Saturday is out for me for obvious reasons if you know me... Let me know about any non-Saturday meetups tho, and I'm game. I'd be willing to drive as far as Madison or Appleton from Eau Claire for it.  Green Bay I guess isn't out, but Milwaukee starts to get a bit ridiculous... Keep me in the loop!  Cheers, Tomertalk  21:31, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Superior, Wisconsin
I took many photos during a recent stay in Superior, mostly of buildings. I tried to get the ones listed on the National Register. With some of them, it's a bit hard to identify which historic property is the one listed. If any editors are familiar with this city and wish to help, please let me know. Jonathunder (talk) 12:58, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I think that all of the regulars here live in completely different parts of the state, I hope I'm wrong!  Royal broil  21:47, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

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Alan Kulwicki second attempt at Featured status
On Commons, I discussed with another contributor about getting something NASCAR featured for WikiProject NASCAR. We agreed that Alan Kulwicki is probably the best option. I attempted it at Featured Article before and it didn't pass because there was too much to do. It didn't fail because it was real bad. Since he was from Wisconsin, I request that members of this WikiProject review the article for excellence in grammar, spotless sourcing using impeccable reliable sources, content flow, etc. We decided to nominate it in just under 2 weeks after I get back from an extended weekend vacation next weekend. I have already requested reviews from my fellow WikiProject NASCAR members.  Royal broil  04:33, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Talk:Milwaukee Bridge War
"In 1840, the Wisconsin State Legislature, finding the ferry system on the Milwaukee River to be "inadequate", ordered the construction of a bridge. "

Wouldn't it have been difficult for the Wisconsin State Legislature to have acted in 1840, given that Wisconsin didn't become a state until 1848? :)

I note two of the three references cited on the page simply state "legislature" and the third explicitly states "territorial legislature".

W9wi (talk) 03:06, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
 * You can edit it without asking for permission, especially in an obvious case like this.  Royal broil  03:56, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject U.S. tagging
I've been in a discussion at WikiProject United States. One senior editor wants to use a bot to add WikiProject United States to the talk pages for any article in certain U.S. categories - even if it's already part of a state WikiProject. How do you think Wikipedians will react to seeing WikiProject Wisconsin and WikiProject United States on article talk pages?  Royal broil  03:09, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I had been adding WP-Wisconsin to categories relating to Wisconsin. This helps us out to see what categories would be needed that are on record. This would be a duplication of the various WP States Projects. Also I have a love/hate relationship with the bots especially in starting a simple stub of an article only to be classified as a copyright violation when none exists. Please no more bots! Please keep things as they are. Thank ypu-RFD (talk) 13:08, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
 * The point of this is that some projects are active and some are not and some that are may not be in the future. This is just an attemtpt to try and ensure that all US related topics are covered, preferably from multiple angles (National, State, potentially city, etc). I also want to clarify that this bot will only add the WPUS banner and assessment. It isn't replacing the state banner, making statements of copyvios and the like or anythnig else. Bots are not bad, they save us from doing painstaking work by automating tedious functions. Plus, If I don't use a bot then that means having to manually tag tens of thousands of articles myself. Further, although this project may be active many of the state projects are not and this will allow multiple points of visibility on the article. Is it duplicative, yes no doubt but is it harmful to the article. Nope and in fact its necessary to ensure that articles are covered from different angles. It is no more a problem than having 2 different states or having a state and the WPMILHIST US/ACW/ARW task force. The WikiProjects run autonimously of one another. The state projects might logically fall under WP:US as you state but its by association only, the projects are separate entities. I also want to clarify that if I dont "tag" articles that are already associated to a US related wikiproject (such as a state) it will mean having to exclude more than 100 different US related Wikiprojects, which would be extremely hard if its possible at all. With that said, if Wisconsin wanted to work in cooperation with WPUS and allow the WP Wisonsin banner to be embedded in the US banner in a similar way that the WPMILHIST does task forces (just to be clear it would still be its own project) or how WPBIO does its Priority/workgroup=? then that could be done as well. That would in fact be better, but Im not asking for that. --Kumioko (talk) 18:21, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Many thanks for the comment-it does clarify things especially the bots. RFD (talk) 18:27, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Just for curiousity sake I went and did a comparison of articles that WPUS and WPWisconsin have. As of today, WPUS currently has 10750 (I updated the numebrs this morning they were at 10441 yesterday), WPWisconsin has 11016 and of those only 101 are currently in-common between the 2 projects. Upon further review most of the 101 are Medal of Honor recipients. Which reflects another interesting point of view in that a Medal of Honor recipient, perhaps arguably, is just as important from a National perspective as they are from a state or local perspective. --Kumioko (talk) 18:44, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject cleanup listing
I have created together with Smallman12q a toolserver tool that shows a weekly-updated list of cleanup categories for WikiProjects, that can be used as a replacement for WolterBot and this WikiProject is among those that are already included (because it is a member of Category:WolterBot cleanup listing subscriptions). See the tool's wiki page, this project's listing in one big table or by categories and the index of WikiProjects. Svick (talk) 20:03, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

Invitation to help with WikiProject United States
--Kumioko (talk) 03:02, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Wisconsin municipalities categories
To my fellow Wisconsin Wikipedians administrators and editors- We need to keep an eye out for any new categories involving Wisconsin municipalities that will be appearing on the recent changes. User Tomer started this with the unincorporated communities of Dunn and Eau Claire Counties with categories for them and now User: Ktr101 started this for Westfield, Wisconsin in Marquette County. These new categories need to be correct according to the Political subdivisions of Wisconsin. The Wisconsin counties navigational templetes are also helpful. The categories also need to have the WP Wisconsin templates with: |class=category be put on the talk pages. That way we have this on record in case there are any questions, etc. Several WikiProjects involving the various states in the United States have these types of categories but not us. Finally I goof up with this by putting this on Billy Mitchell talk page-it was an accident and I had to delete it. My apologies on this-Thank you-RFD (talk) 14:21, 16 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) 05:00, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

US Collaboration reactivated & Portal:United States starting next
Casliber recently posted a suggestion on the talk page for WikiProject United States about getting the US Wikipedians Collaboration page going again in an effort to build up articles for GA through FA class. See U.S. Wikipedians' notice board/USCOTM. After several days of work from him the page is up and ready for action. A few candidates have already been added for you to vote on or you can submit one using the directions provided. If you are looking for inspiration here is a link to the most commonly viewed articles currently under the scope of Wikiproject United States. There are tons of good articles in the various US related projects as well so feel free to submit any article relating to US topics (not just those under the scope of WPUS). This noticeboard is intended for ‘’’All’’’ editors working on US subjects, not just those under WPUS.

The next item I intend to start updating is Portal:United States if anyone is interested in helping. Again this is not specific to WPUS and any help would be greatly appreciated to maximize visibility of US topics. The foundation has already been established its just a matter of updating the content with some new images, biographies and articles. Please let leave a comment on the Portals talk page or let me know if you have any questions or ideas. --Kumioko (talk) 23:41, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Protests on ITN
I didn't expect to ever see a Wisconsin-specific topic on the "In The News" section of the main page. The 2011 Wisconsin budget protests have made it. Too bad there's so much division in the state on this topic because we'd have a reason to celebrate.  Royal broil  03:41, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Ryan Zeinert nominated for deletion
I have nominated the article for deletion. I don't see how he's notable, but I'd love to be wrong. Please join the discussion at Articles for deletion/Ryan Zeinert.  Royal broil  23:40, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Wisconsin
I notice WikiProject South Carolina is pulled under WikiProject United States. A discussion about whether we should do the same may be needed. I am not sure if any of the other WikiProjects involving the states have done the same. Thank you-RFD (talk) 11:49, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I know several others are. I have asked questions about it at WikiProject West Virginia. It's voluntary for those less active WikiProjects and I doubt we'll be asked since we're known as one of the most active. All they're doing is pulling the state WikiProject template on the talk pages under the national one.  Royal broil  12:04, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Expand on Reuben Glaser
Hi there, StupidDumbGnome (talk) here. Im just a fan from Wisconsin but I decided to write the article about Reuben Glaser when I saw he didn't have one, which i was kind of surprised about given that he was all over the news a few months ago. I see there had been some deleted articles, but I think we can all agree he is at least kind of notable now and there's no shortage of sources and articles to validate that, but once again I am just a fan, not an expert, and i'm new here to Wiki, so I worry that many things are excluded from the page. I've been following him for years and he has been providing a unique Wisconsin liberal and humorous voice that carries quite a bit of weight in this state (or at least wth me) and is expanding. I'm sure you could dig up all sorts of stuff about him, such as stuff he's written, things he's said, people he's met, etc. Also maybe elaborate on the Rosie Jones Rosie Jones (model) rumors. I almost added their rumored romance to her page too but I wasn't sure if I should because it's just a rumor. Should I do that? Maybe one of you guys? I don't want to do something i'll regret. But his twitter and her twitter certainly suggest something more than friendship and i think that's really interesting if you know him or follow him online like I do. Could somebody better at Wikipedia add some stuff to the page and maybe make a night project out of it or something? i think its probably lacking a lot right now. Thanks a lot!

StupidDumbGnome (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 04:26, 13 January 2012 (UTC).

PS. I only came here because that's what the talk page said I should do. That's why I think you guys would be willing to help. If nothing else, could you just take a look at it and tell me what you think? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by StupidDumbGnome (talk • contribs) 04:46, 13 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:Wisconsin will have interest in putting on events (on and off wiki) related to women's roles in Wisconsin'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) 00:44, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

which Lima, Wisconsin, for "round barn" Dean-Armstrong-Englund Octagonal Barn ???
Hey, which of many Lima's of Wisconsin apply for a barn of the octagonal-round type,the Dean-Armstrong-Englund Octagonal Barn, built c.1889-93, southeast of Lima.

, and I created the redirect so that readers would still get to "Pembine, Wisconsin". When we specify Beaver and Marinette, it links to. Again, if I didn't create the appropriate redirect, there would be a redlink in the article's junction list table after I switched the template to use the appropriate parameters.
 * This is all I did, and nothing more. There is no campaign to change article titles, just a few cheap redirects to ensure that an article continues to link to the intended locations after a template change.  Imzadi 1979  →   02:24, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't see any problem with creating those redirects; they're useful for a specific purpose and they're not inaccurate. I wouldn't move any of the town pages to those titles, but that's not what's being done here. TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 02:37, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * It's been stated over and over and over again that we're only creating redirects. This IP is just forum shopping. –Fredddie™ 03:07, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * The Administrative divisions of Wisconsin article explains the local government in Wisconsin. That is essential reading. Also in the Wisconsin Constitution Article IV section 23: "town government" is used and is the legal and constitutional usage not township which is use in other states. Thank you-RFD (talk) 10:49, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * no one has mentioned "township" in regards to this, except to note that a "town" in WI is essentially the same as a "township" in Michigan or Minnesota. In fact, if everyone would please read the volume of comments we've made to the IP above, we are only creating redirects, and only so that the links output by a template continue to hit the intended target. Nothing more, and nothing less. We are NOT changing article titles.  Imzadi 1979  →  15:56, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Redirects are helpful and cheap so I don't see the problem with creating them. RFD is right about them being referred to as towns not townships. They are similar to townships in other states. It was a real mess figuring out how to create consistent title names for locations when you consider that the same name was used for towns, villages, cities in different counties. There's even a town and unincorporated community with the same name as its county! I'm impressed to see that debaters actually understood this point throughout the discussion. There have been many challenges to articles titles over the years from people who didn't understand location naming in Wisconsin.  Royal broil  12:06, 3 October 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)

Auto-assessment of article classes
Following a recent discussion at WP:VPR, there is consensus for an opt-in bot task that automatically assesses the class of articles based on classes listed for other project templates on the same page. In other words, if WikiProject A has evaluated an article to be C-class and WikiProject B hasn't evaluated the article at all, such a bot task would automatically evaluate the article as C-class for WikiProject B.

If you think auto-assessment might benefit this project, consider discussing it with other members here. For more information or to request an auto-assessment run, please visit User:BU RoBOT/autoassess. This is a one-time message to alert projects with over 1,000 unassessed articles to this possibility. ~ RobTalk 01:28, 4 June 2016 (UTC)


 * I'm game for this -- it would save work for somebody. -- Dolotta (talk) 22:24, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
 * does the auto-assessment bot also handle importances? I know importances are subjective, but you could also assume that if an article is so old and has never been assessed by the project, it's probably low-importance. –Fredddie™ 21:19, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Fredddie -- My understanding, reading the documentation, is that it does not. Correct me if I'm wrong. Dolotta (talk) 03:29, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Sounds reasonable to me. Of course lots of articles have very old assessments but it's better than no assessment.  Royal broil  04:09, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
 * If it is fine with all involved, I will go ahead and put WP:WISCONSIN on the list. Dolotta (talk) 02:26, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Just saw this - sorry, things have been hectic for me. The bot doesn't handle importances because many projects actually have an objective importance rating scheme which varies based on topic area. Not to mention that even subjective importances vary a lot by project. Green Bay Packers is obviously top for the Packers WikiProject but less than top for this one, for instance. ~ Rob 13 Talk 05:14, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

2016 Community Wishlist Survey Proposal to Revive Popular Pages
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 * Fix and improve Mr.Z-bot's popular pages report

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A couple of RMs
I'd be grateful is editors familiar with the subject area could weigh in on a couple of slightly tricky requested move discussions at Talk:Monroe, Green County, Wisconsin and Talk:Eden, Wisconsin. Cheers, Jenks24 (talk) 12:02, 2 March 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 Stevens Point. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 15:18, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

Marley G. Kelly vs. Morley Garfield Kelly
It seems like these articles are about the same person and could be merged if the correct spelling can be found. --bp0 (talk) 10:26, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Popular pages report
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 * The pageview data includes both desktop and mobile data.
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Errund
Could someone kindly help with this article? I am new and it's in process of being deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hsypark (talk • contribs) 21:08, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

Semi-active wikiproject
Greetings, Today I added the WP Semi-active notice to the project page. If enough editors feel this is not warranted, then it is okay with me to remove the tag. Any discussion is welcome. Regards, — JoeHebda • (talk) 18:03, 25 July 2017 (UTC)


 * I know of several people, myself included, that are involved with the project. Dolotta (talk) 12:16, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I am also still involved with the WikiProject Wisconsin-thank you-RFD (talk) 12:20, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Expanding Regions of Wisconsin
I noticed Regions of Wisconsin only mentions one categorization schema, which inconveniently is not very easy to apply since it doesn't really line up with county borders. However, it seems like there are a lot of ways to categorize the regions of the state. Here are some links to a variety of different schema. Does anyone have any opinion if any of them make more sense for organizing Category:Wisconsin geography stubs?
 * Wisconsin Dept of Tourism
 * Wisconsin Taxpayer Alliance (from article on regional economic trends in WI)
 * Wisconsin DOT
 * Wisconsin Economic Development
 * Wisconsin DNR
 * Wisconsin DHS — Preceding unsigned comment added by Furicorn (talk • contribs) 00:33, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I agree the current categorization is poor, and I much prefer the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel version.  JTP (talk • contribs) 02:59, 24 August 2017 (UTC)


 * From an administrative viewpoint, I kind of liked the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources categorization since each region has a comparable number of counties. As someone who doesn't know much about Wisconsin, do you mind explaining to me the advantage of the Wisconsin Taxpayer Alliance schema (that is the one that appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)? -Furicorn (talk) 05:02, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
 * After hearing your thoughts, I think the DNR version is much better.  JTP (talk • contribs) 01:09, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Also, does anyone know of a good source for a Free-licensed image of wisconsin with county divisions? -Furicorn (talk) 08:44, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I see User:Rcsprinter123 creates most of the highlighted county maps on Wikipedia. You may want to ask them.  JTP (talk • contribs) 01:09, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing me to them, they were able to create these maps -Furicorn (talk) 20:55, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Disambiguation links on pages tagged by this wikiproject
Wikipedia has many thousands of wikilinks which point to disambiguation pages. It would be useful to readers if these links directed them to the specific pages of interest, rather than making them search through a list. Members of WikiProject Disambiguation have been working on this and the total number is now below 20,000 for the first time. Some of these links require specialist knowledge of the topics concerned and therefore it would be great if you could help in your area of expertise.

A list of the relevant links on pages which fall within the remit of this wikiproject can be found at http://69.142.160.183/~dispenser/cgi-bin/topic_points.py?banner=WikiProject_Wisconsin

Please take a few minutes to help make these more useful to our readers.&mdash; Rod talk 20:02, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

IP disruption
An IP editor is being disruptive at Schofield/Rothschild shootings. Stop by the talk page and offer some thoughts on the page's notability. Etzedek24 (Would it kill ya to leave an edit summary?) 20:01, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

Wisconsin dairy barn
Wisconsin dairy barn is a new article. Could use more examples and especially pictures! The one used in article so far has trees obscuring much of the example barn, the model barn at University of Wisconsin. --Doncram (talk) 21:58, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

AFD on Saint Patrick's Church (Benton, Wisconsin)
Saint Patrick's Church (Benton, Wisconsin) looks kinda notable to me. Articles for deletion/Saint Patrick's Church (Benton, Wisconsin) is ongoing; comments welcome there. --Doncram (talk) 03:35, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

NRHP articles especially needing help
User:Jeff the quiet and I have been plugging along improving Wisconsin articles on National Register-listed places. There were 125 as of February 2017. Help wanted in improving these to remove negative tagging about references needing to be improved. (What shows is "This article lacks inline citations besides to NRIS, ...") The following are all that remain: Usually the NRHP nomination document, or a Wisconsin Historical Society Inventory document, and photos, can be found by clicking on the NRHP reference number in an articles infobox. See improved referencing in other Wisconsin NRHP articles like St. Croix County Courthouse and Church of St. Thomas the Apostle (Beloit, Wisconsin). --Doncram (talk) 01:56, 10 March 2018 (UTC) P.S. Development of any of these could count at The 50,000 Challenge, where some editors like to mention/share their accomplishments. --Doncram (talk) 02:32, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
 * 1) Burlington Downtown Historic District, developed a bit already
 * 2) Rickeman Grocery Building, developed a bit already
 * 3) Julia B. and Fred P. Bowen House, developed recently by Jeff the quiet
 * 4) Cooksville Cheese Factory  -Jeff the quiet (talk) 05:00, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
 * 5) Turtleville Iron Bridge -developed some --Doncram (talk) 12:18, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
 * 6) Gust Brothers' Store -developed some --Doncram (talk) 12:18, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
 * 7) Lachmund Family House, 717 Water Street in Sauk City.  I added a NRHP reference adequate to remove negative tag and just a factoid or two.  More development would be good. --Doncram (talk) 02:19, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
 * 8) Walworth D. Porter Duplex Residence Added enough to remove negative tag. --Doncram (talk) 03:35, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
 * 9) Marcus Sears Bell Farm Added enough to remove negative tag. --Doncram (talk) 17:13, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * 10) William J. Bernd House (Arch Avenue, New Richmond, Wisconsin) -developed some --Doncram (talk) 12:18, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
 * 11) William J. Bernd House (Second Street, New Richmond, Wisconsin) -developed some --Doncram (talk) 12:18, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
 * 12) William Dwelley House --NRHP document added. --Doncram (talk) 05:07, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * 13) Dr. Frank W. Epley Office --NRHP document added. --Doncram (talk) 05:07, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * 14) Herman L. Humphrey House --NRHP document added. --Doncram (talk) 05:07, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * 15) Lewis-Williams House --NRHP document added. --Doncram (talk) 05:07, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * 16) Samuel T. Merritt House --NRHP document added. --Doncram (talk) 05:07, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * 17) Joseph Mielke House - I added a bit. --Doncram (talk) 00:02, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
 * 18) New Richmond News Building --NRHP document added. --Doncram (talk) 05:07, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * 19) Erick J. Thompson House Added enough to remove negative tag. --Doncram (talk) 17:13, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * 20) Capt. Alexander A. Arnold Farm improved. Royalbroil
 * 21) Coman House - I tried but found little. I think that my image is an improvement. Royalbroil --Indeed.  I added a bit. --Doncram (talk) 00:02, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
 * 22) Tollef Jensen House - I tried but found little - Royalbroil --The NRHP document is available, if follow link on refnum from infobox. --Doncram (talk) 17:13, 19 March 2018 (UTC)   - I added a bit. --Doncram (talk) 00:02, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
 * 23) Ridge Avenue Historic District (Galesville, Wisconsin) -i added a bit, before seeing another editor was offering to develop more.--Doncram (talk) 03:35, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
 * 24) Delavan Post Office -developed some --Doncram (talk) 12:18, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
 * 25) Halverson Log Cabin -developed some --Doncram (talk) 12:18, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
 * 26) Everett P. Barrett House --NRHP document added. --Doncram (talk) 05:07, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * 27) Pilgrim Family Farmstead --NRHP document added. --Doncram (talk) 05:07, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Please leave me a message if I photographed a listing and more images would be helpful. I generally take a dozen or more images of a listing and I kept all of the originals. I have a 3 terabyte backup drive and 2 tb hard drive to accommodate. I call the Ridge HD in Galesville since I photographed it.  Royal broil  13:28, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
 * , is there a category/method to find all of the NRHP-only sourced articles from Wisconsin?  Royal broil  01:51, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Sure,, two approaches:
 * 1. wp:NRHPPROGRESSWI reports on numbers in each of Wisconsin's counties, is updated almost every day, allows you to zero in each specific county list-article of NRHPs having any "NRIS-only" items. Current total is 13, with 8 being in National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Croix County, Wisconsin.  If you install a tool into your account and use Microsoft Edge rather than Chrome browser, following cursory instructions at wp:NRHPHELP (plus perhaps more help to get it to work), you can see the yellow NRHP stats info and further get the list-article to selectively show just the NRIS-only ones.
 * 2. Run wp:PETSCAN tool to find the intersection of Category:Articles sourced only to NRIS and Category:Wisconsin, i.e. click PetScan applied to this task, which currently yields 13 articles (when category depth set to 5). Several of these articles are not listed above.  For example it finds SS William A. Irvin, not listed above. --Doncram (talk) 02:25, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I installed the yellow box via editing my vector skin several years ago. I wasn't aware of the other tool. Thanks Doncram! I know you took a lot of flack years ago for creating many stubs and I'm very pleased to see you following through. Kudos.  Royal broil  03:49, 28 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks, that is kind of you to say.
 * Those others are:
 * Cathedral Church of All Saints (Milwaukee) --NRHP document added. --Doncram (talk) 05:07, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Fort Laurens --> NOT IN WISCONSIN, in Ohio instead.  (shows up maybe as Category:1778 establishments in the Northwest Territory might be within Wisconsin parent category.) --Doncram (talk) 05:07, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * SS William A. Irvin --NRHP document added.  Complicated because photos were switched with an unrelated NRHP site in Minnesota. --Doncram (talk) 05:07, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Old St. Mary's Church (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) --NRHP document added. --Doncram (talk) 05:07, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * William Stolte Sr. House --NRHP document added. --Doncram (talk) 05:07, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * --Doncram (talk) 16:19, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Okay, something has been done for each one now, though it may be minimal. NRIS-only tags removed for all Wisconsin NRHPs.  Happy to talk about more substantial improvement.
 * Please note that during the cleanup campaign over the last year and a half, it was User:Jeff the quiet who cleaned up the most articles (mostly within tracking at User:Doncram/Batch-ID-KY-ND-WI). Thanks Jeff! --Doncram (talk) 05:07, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Don, you're welcome. Thanks for organizing this campaign and giving me a nudge.   -Jeff the quiet (talk) 13:51, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, thank you Jeff! You may be quiet, but your work on Wikipedia speaks for itself. Excellent article improvements and pictures are the norm.  Royal broil  13:03, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

NRHP infobox generator updated to include NRHP registration doc ref including photos
Hey, the NRHP infobox generator (http://elkman.net/nrhp/) has been updated by User:Elkman to cover more years of data (now through 2013 or 2014), and in other ways. Elkman may still be tinkering with this. However the best news IMO is that it now includes a written-out NRHP registration document reference including photos. E.g. for Henry Sherry House, it includes:

Optional reference text:

which displays as:

You just paste it into a new article along with the infobox, and you can customize it a bit more in further edits (e.g. you can add author and preparation date, you can describe the photos), but it is a lot quicker now. This should make it easier to create new Wisconsin NRHP articles and also to improve old ones! --Doncram (talk) 21:34, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
 * So has consensus changed at the NRHP wikiproject to remove the "Address Restricted" images on Great Lakes shipwrecks? Many counties, especially on Lake Michigan, have many shipwrecks which are not only unreachable without a boat/scuba gear but have no GPS coordinates.  Royal broil  03:00, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

New Wisconsin userbox templates
New Wisconsin userbox templates are now available at Template:User WP Wisconsin and Template:User WP United States. Let me know if you have any suggestions. Yours aye, Buaidh  talk contribs 23:19, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

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

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

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Thank you. &mdash; The Transhumanist  08:00, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Photo Request for Titletown District
I am working on expanding Titletown District and would love to have some photos of the new park and development. Does anyone live in the Green Bay region who would be willing to grab some photos next time they drive by? Thanks! « Gonzo fan2007 '' (talk)  @ 14:41, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

New Article Possibility
Would anyone be up for creating an article on one Andrew Elmore? I book I have mentioned that he was a member of the Assembly around 1860 and it sounds like he had both Elmore, Wisconsin and Elmore Township, Faribault County, Minnesota named after him. -- Dolotta (talk) 05:40, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

Updated pictures
Hey, I went to Forest Home Cemetery today and took pictures, I took the liberty up updating the old low resolution pictures from 2006 on Valentin Blatz, Joseph Schlitz and Byron Kilbourn with new ones. Pepsiwithcoke (talk) 23:27, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

Merger discussion for Eric Forman, Michael Kelso, Steven Hyde, and others
Articles which may be of interest to members of this project&mdash;Eric Forman, Michael Kelso, Steven Hyde, and others&mdash;have been proposed for merging with List of That '70s Show characters. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. —  A L T E R C A R I  ✍ 14:57, 12 August 2018 (UTC)