Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Texas/Houston task force/Archive 1

message: IAH has been ripped through with false information and factual inaccuracy at a pace i cannot keep up with within the last two days or so. any help would be great, there may be sock puppets, or people not following the rules or guidlines doing or going past 3RR, not adhering to photo deletions. i know Postoak has seen some of this. if we come together to help this article, because its an important one for houston, then maybe this can FINALLY get under control. thanks guys. Urban909
: I've noticed a lot of "sock puppet" activity lately. I will keep an eye on IAH the best I can. This is a very important article and I feel will soon be a candidate for Good article. Postoak 23:25, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: IAH

message: Not sure where you put updates.  I made you guys a  template and put it on all the station pages.  It's also extensible for when Houston gets line #2 ;) drumguy8800 C T 08:34, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  METRORail 

message: Project discussion - Guidelines (November 11, 2006): Our first discussion as members of WikiProject Houston is to propose the operational or functional guidelines of the project. Personally, I don't want to get bogged down with any rigid structure or formality (this is supposed to be fun!), but we do need some basic guidelines as a foundation as we move forward. Please provide your ideas and suggestions. The end result of this discussion is to propose our initial set of guidelines. Please see discussion topics below and add any additonal topics as necessary. Postoak 22:42, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discussion: project guidelines

message: I see this is a starting project. I have a bot that can tag pages for your project if needed. Betacommand (talk • contribs • Bot) 07:39, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  note 

message: I was going through the images in Houston, Texas, most of them seem ok, although there are a few that would fail WP:FUC, there are also a few unsourced imaged that are tagged in a way that they haven't drawn attention. Would it be good to start a subpage of the project page called /Images or something and summarize them there? - cohesion 19:04, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, I was thinking about where I should put the info, and I think having it on that actual talk page would be better (probably in the /Comments section which is part of the rating scheme), that way people that aren't following this project could possibly help. I will create Wikipedia:WikiProject Houston/Images also, and we can link the articles that have had an image review from there. Objections or better ideas? :) - cohesion 21:15, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images 

message: The new stub type "Houston-stub" that I created in now a proud member of Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion. This is because I did not propose the initial creation of the stub at WP:WSS/P.  Incidentally, I proposed the stub several days ago and added the stub to >30 articles. Please stop by Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion and provide your input. Thanks, Postoak 01:38, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The Houston-stub is now "legal". Postoak 06:18, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stub category 

message: I just made a few suggestions on Talk:Houston, Texas/to do that I think would bring the Houston, Texas article closer to FA standards.  Anyone, please tell me if you agree or disagree and if you would like to tackle any part in particular.  Thanks. Ufwuct 21:10, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with your suggestions. What we need to do is tackle these as a group. I've proposed your suggested articles as a weekly collaboration effort, please see the to-do box on the main project page. Let me know what you think. Postoak 08:26, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: To do for [[Houston, Texas]]

message: Are we ready? What do you feel needs to be done to the article? Should we try a "pre" peer review by requesting a few editors (perhaps previous critics, I know a few) to tell us what they think? Or should we go for it? Postoak 06:02, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Peer review for [[Houston, Texas]]

message: Should there be a section on the project page that lists the featured or good articles that this project has? Tennis DyNamiTe (sign in) 03:10, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, this is now in place. I've assessed most if not all of the articles under the project. The assessment box on the main page contains all articles by class. You can see all articles in a class by clicking on the class title. Click on "FA" and you will see Portal:Houston and Tropical Storm Allison. Postoak 20:16, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Feature Articles 

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 22:23, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikipedia Day Awards 

message: Would Lake Livingston and Lake Conroe fall under the scope of WP:Houston being that the water supply of each lake is owned 2/3 by the City of Houston? And does the Trinity River (Texas) fall into the houston spectrum being it runs through Liberty County, along with the fact it being the inflow and discharge for Lake Livingston. Also are roads in the area going to be included in the project or just leave them to the State highway wikiproject? Just thought I'd ask before I went ahead and added them...Feedloadr 02:44, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think Lake Livingston and Lake Conroe would be in scope since the city owns a portion of both, but I'm not too sure about the Trinity River. Roads in the Houston MSA area can be included. Postoak 04:01, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Lakes and roads around Houston

message: I propose that the List of shopping malls in Houston, Texas become a category so we can reduce the amount of listings under Category:Shopping malls in Texas and maybe make it into a subcategory with the other cities' categories. — SirChan 09:00, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, good idea. Postoak 01:20, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Malls category