Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Takes America 2012

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OK, I see it's actually "Wikipedia Takes United States of America" ;-)

(Diego bf109 (talk) 15:11, 6 August 2012 (UTC)).


 * Yes. But keep in mind this page is only being broadcast on the banner to Wikipedians geolocated in the US :)--Pharos (talk) 13:48, 10 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Geolocation is not the best - it stank in 2000 and it's based on assumed information which is increasingly wrong due to the increase in vpn and wireless sales. That said, I'm in Hawaii.. please represent the most-connected state. Mahalo. MEMEyou (talk) 12:18, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

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Try out the event page wizard!
Create a photo event page today: Wikipedia Takes America.--Pharos (talk) 13:55, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

High-probability events
I've organized the following events that have a relatively high probability for going ahead.--Pharos (talk) 20:29, 15 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Northeast
 * Wikipedia Takes Baltimore
 * Wikipedia Takes Manhattan
 * Boston


 * Midwest
 * Wikipedia Takes America/Chicago
 * Wikipedia Takes America/St. Louis


 * South
 * Wikipedia Takes America/Houston
 * Wikipedia Takes Atlanta
 * Wikipedia Takes America/Saint Augustine
 * Wikipedia Takes America/nashville, tn


 * West
 * Meetup/Seattle
 * Wikipedia Takes America/Portland
 * Meetup/Utah
 * Meetup/Boulder
 * LA
 * SF

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: Not moved Mike Cline (talk) 17:46, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Takes America → Wikipedia Takes the United States – Please rename it to "Wikipedia:Wikipedia Takes the United States" (that actually rhymes) or something along the line. Event clearly is intended to be confined to one country. If that is not the intention this should be made clear. -- A Certain White Cat chi? 16:53, 23 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Oppose The common use of "America" is the country "United States of America." For example, the demonym is "American", not "United Statesian". If the title was referring to the only other possible meaning, it would read "Wikipedia:Wikipedia Takes the Americas" (emphasis added). Cheers, Zaldax (talk) 17:53, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Sure but when I read "Wikipedia Takes America" I do not think it only covers events in the US. "Americas" is a US/European use. Some countries including South American countries only recognize one continent without a North/South divide. This creates unneeded confusion that can be easily avoided. Besides "Wikipedia Takes the United States" rhymes. -- A Certain White Cat chi? 18:55, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Support I have to agree with you. Born and raised in the USA, but to me America includes Central America and the Caribbean, not to mention Canada.
 * Oppose To read and understand Wikipedia you need a minimum level of competence in English, which includes understanding English idiom. It's obstinate for anyone fluent in the language to insist on reading the phrase so literally. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 18:03, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
 * America is a disambiguation page for a reason you know. -- A Certain White Cat chi? 19:17, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Even the OED recognizes that America = USA as one of the two main senses of the word. And American English dictionaries consistently place USA as the first definition. The reason a dab page exists is that America has multiple senses -- as is the case for most words. But most words have one main sense, and it's safe to assume that the most logical, and most common, sense is the one being used unless there is some reason to think otherwise. If we must read "Wikipedia Takes America" in an obtuse way, why not also complain that "Wikipedia" is ambiguous, since Wikipedia itself -- and certainly not all Wikipedians -- are not taking America. And "takes", when read in an obtuse, literal way, is totally inappropriate, since Wikipedia is in no way holding or possessing America. We'd definitely need a new title if it were meant to be read only by machines or first year ESL students. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 21:39, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Dictionaries will list multiple meanings that honestly doesnt mean much. After all, "America" does not exclusively mean "United States of America". Your analogy is faulty, Wikipedia does not refer to a continent (a political claim) and it only refers to a single entity (the online encyclopedia). The political definition of what constitutes as "America" is actually quite controversial as I explained. I suppose the point here is to prove that American nationalism/patriotism/supremacy is above all else. That is the message this name is giving and I do not like this. Frankly I find it quite arrogant. This may even deter Americans whom are not US citizen (Canadians, Mexicans, Cubans, Argentinians, etc etc). -- A Certain White Cat chi? 01:39, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose seems like a kinda petty proposal.  Hot Stop   04:08, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Support why not make it rhyme? -- 76.65.128.252 (talk) 04:18, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose, it's true that "America" is in fact too ambigious in the mainspace, and there we should really use "United States" instead, but this is the project namespace, it's not necessary to be as unambigious here if we can get a shorter title instead. --The Evil IP address (talk) 15:42, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
 * "United States" v "America" is 13 v 7 characters counting the space which has a difference of 6 which isn't that (123456) many IMHO. Certainly a title such as "Wikipedia Takes the United States of America" would indeed be too long but that is not the proposal. -- A Certain White Cat chi? 01:46, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Support I like a good rhyme.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 16:48, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose, unnecessary. Existing title is unambiguous. — P.T. Aufrette (talk) 18:17, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
 * What are you talking about? Even the article America is a disambiguation page. -- A Certain White Cat chi? 01:43, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Water has a disambiguation page but that doesn't mean we have to rename every article that uses the word water. Lots of words have multiple meanings. It's normal; not something we have to "fix". --Dennis Bratland (talk) 01:54, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
 * This isn't an article, it is a wikipedia event. "Wikipedia Takes Water" would probably confuse most users. Do we mean wikipedia is filling up with water (like a ship) or it is a Wikipedia event that takes place on the sea (territorial/international waters). Whenever possible words with multiple meanings should be avoided in project names especially if the use is controversial politically. -- A Certain White Cat chi? 02:22, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Without taking a position on the question at hand, I'll direct supporters of this request to half rhyme. --BDD (talk) 17:44, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I say let's move it to Wikipedia Takes the United Stakes. Jafeluv (talk) 08:49, 31 August 2012 (UTC)


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Map for your trips
I hope you find this map useful to plan your trips and maximize the number of monuments to take photos from. Regards. emijrp (talk) 12:16, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Prettifying front side
Anyone have good ideas about prettifying the 'confirmed-planned' events on front side of this page, with tables or whatnot?--Pharos (talk) 15:10, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Edit Request: Mideast
Technically Washington DC and Baltimore are not Northeast Cities, rather, we are in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Can you change it to Northeast/Mid-atlantic, because I almost didn't click to see if my cities were included. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.85.222.21 (talk) 17:47, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Move
Since all of the content of this page pertains to the 2012 campaign, I went ahead and moved the page to Wikipedia Takes America 2012. This leaves the generic page Wikipedia Takes America to either: use for the 2013 campaign or use as a generic page about the campaign, with instructions, goals and a history of the campaign. How did the campaign start? How did it evolve over time? I also completed an overhaul of the Wikipedia Takes America category, creating subcategories for campaigns by year. I hope this organization makes sense and is beneficial to the project. -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 20:09, 14 November 2012 (UTC)