Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Minnesota/Archive 2

message: I wrote large portions of this article earlier this year (before I learned about inline citations, so I intend to do an overhaul sometime this winter, but that's another matter) and recently noticed that there's a spot on the minnesota template for "North Shore", but it doesn't link anywhere. I'd add it myself, but I don't know how. Can anyone do that?
As an aside, the article could really use some work and I've left it unfinished for months now because I don't have good source material. Any help is always appreciated. I know making this the most comprehensive article on the place isn't really your top priority, but that's my dream, some years down the road... Thanatosimii 23:42, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Are you talking about :Template:Minnesota?  There's a link to it within the "Regions" section, and it looks like the link goes to your article.  If you're viewing it from within the North Shore (Lake Superior) article itself, you won't see a link -- instead, you'll see just the title bold and in black.  (Like this: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Minnesota.)  As far as work on the article goes, just work on it as you have time.  I think mentioning it here will get some people to pay some attention to it, as well, if they have time.  --Elkman - (Elkspeak) 23:51, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, I don't understand these things. That seems to be the answer. Thanatosimii 00:02, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[North Shore (Lake Superior)]] 

message: Added the Minnesota Portal. It has a beginning, but needs to be fleshed out.  Particularly a list of Minnesota images to be replaced one a week, or two weeks, a list of Minnesota historical comments for each month, and a list of articles about Minnesota for us to feature.  Also, looking for volunteers to maintain the portal.  Atom 20:13, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Portal for Minnesota 

message: FYI: I just created :Category:Tourism in Minnesota. Please populate it if you are so inclined. Mike Dillon 19:36, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Why did you remove the tourist attractions category from a bunch of article and then create that one? Wouldn't it have made sense to replace "tourist attractions" with that category? -Ravedave (help name my baby) 19:41, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It might have made sense to do that, but I didn't. In my (possibly uninformed) judgement, the articles that were being added did not belong in the category in all cases. Also, I had not intended to create the new category when I removed the non-existent one. Mike Dillon 19:45, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tourism category created 

message: Added Pike island and Bradbury Brook.  Both would benefit greatly from other perspectives and energy.  I still ahve to work through ref's on Pike Island to properly format, and get much more detail.  Atom 21:21, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Pike Island is currently on "Did you know..." on Main Page.  It will probably be there for a few hours.  Appraiser 20:19, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added articles 

message: See the latest changes to the Minnesota Article.  Atom 02:53, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some light-hearted fun 

message: Hinduism in Minnesota  I heard they just built a huge temple and there's a small community in the state.--D-Boy 08:59, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request 

message: I would like to propose the creation of a task force to coordinate articles relating to the University of Minnesota/University of Minnesota system.  I had thought of creating a separate WikiProject for these articles, but though that it would be a better idea to fold it into this larger project.  Any thoughts?  I'm more than happy to get started on this if a number of you think it is a good idea.  The Military History project has set up several task forces that can serve as models for this one. Gopherbone 06:37, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: University of Minnesota Task Force

message: Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention.  Badbilltucker 22:12, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikipedia Day Awards 

message: * —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 198.203.175.175 (talk) 20:53, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: 3 images of state seal

message: Gopher backer has nominated Climate of Minnesota for Featured Article status.  Here's the nomination.
I'm also looking at nominating History of Minnesota for FA status pretty soon.  Anyone who wants to make comments, copyediting, or any other changes is welcome to do so.  --Elkman - (Elkspeak) 16:37, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Featured Article status 

message: Very few pages link to Camp Coldwater, and maybe the article needs further work as well. Michael Hardy 20:20, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Camp Coldwater

message: Comments and edits welcome on Jeannette Piccard in GA nominees. -Susanlesch 02:50, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: *WikiProject Biography gave a favorable and very helpful review. Thanks to help from a friend who passed this I am going to try FAC in a few weeks. Your input is welcome. -Susanlesch 14:38, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: GA nominee

message: Regarding the city template, where, if anywhere, should zip codes go? I've seen them in a variety of places on Wikipedia entries, including the introduction and under the geography heading. It would be nice to have a standard place for this kind of information. Thanks, Jcbutler 15:43, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: IMO they really shouldn't be in Wikipedia at all.  --Appraiser 16:05, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There's been discussion of that, but no clear consensus. In my opinion, for a small town, particularly in Greater Minnesota, where a ZIP code probably has never changed and is unlikely to in the forseeable future, having that somewhere might be useful. For a city where there may be a changing list of ZIP codes, that isn't as likely to be something a reader would expect from Wikipedia. Jonathunder 16:39, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Zip codes? 

message: I have created Culture of Minnesota it needs more work though. -Ravedave (Adopt a State) 18:10, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Culture of Minnesota

message: I've created Template:Minnesota_Corporations, based on Template:Seattle_Corporations and Template:Philadelphia_Corporations (I'm sure others exist as well). I haven't yet added the template to the linked company -- does anyone know if that can be done automatically somehow? Afiler 22:46, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minnesota Corporations 

message: I added some references to League of Minnesota Cities, but I'm worried that they don't sufficiently demonstrate notability.  --Eastmain 02:23, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[League of Minnesota Cities]] 

message: I've nominated History of Minnesota for Featured Article status.  Please feel free to leave comments or to reply at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/History of Minnesota.  --Elkman - (Elkspeak) 04:29, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[History of Minnesota]] up for FA review 

message: The  needs to be added to almost all MN county articles. /Timneu22 02:47, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm about 90% done with adding county infoboxes.  Still have roughly from S to Z to add. RyguyMN 05:53, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: All counties now have an infobox!  RyguyMN 01:12, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  U.S. county infobox