Template talk:Protected areas of Washington (state)

message: This is a pretty huge info box, bigger than some of the articles it is used at. I think collapsible sections should be considered, similar to Template:Railway lines in New South Wales. --Duk 17:42, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh, I see it has a hide button, can this be the default? --Duk 17:45, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree, this is huge and dominates articles that incorporate it.  A navbox should be less intrusive. Brianhe 17:49, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

text: Ah, here it is - from Template:Navbox generic, state = collapsed. --Duk 18:33, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Large

message: I think that Washington's National Natural Landmarks should be listed here.  These are a bit unusual in that they may not be considered protected in the same sense as the others in this list; the landmarks can include private lands that can be unilaterally de-listed and altered (according to National Natural Landmark).  So I thought I'd bring it up for discussion here before adding a section.  Brianhe (talk) 07:30, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Are there similar precedents in other Protected Area state templates?  Myasuda (talk) 02:22, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've never heard of this status, but the only thing that makes me cautious of it, is the incredible largeness of this template. But I suppose if it's hidden it doesn't really matter, and what would matter, is if this status actually makes the sites "protected". Murderbike (talk) 03:36, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think I'd prefer that a subset of the Natural Landmarks be thrown in the template's "Other" category rather than have it be a separate section under the template.  Rationale: some are already listed (e.g. Gingko Petrified Forest is under state parks and Nisqually Delta falls under the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge), and others don't really seem appropriate (e.g. the Wallula Gap doesn't seem to have anything akin to protection associated to it).  Myasuda (talk) 03:50, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree with both comments above.  I think Mima mounds should be placed in the Other category and will do it.  The others I'm not so sure about. Brianhe (talk) 07:07, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: National Natural Landmarks

message: I'm using the list at the Washington State Parks site to update the parks listed in this nav box.  A bunch of the redlinks on there no longer appear on the parks web page, though the ones I've checked so far do appear in a 20-year-old DeLorme road atlas of the state that I have.  I'm thinking they've probably been closed or maybe combined or changed ownership since the list here was compiled.  I'm going to remove the redlinks that are also not listed parks.wa.gov, but I'll list them here for posterity. W.stanovsky (talk) 06:28, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Missed removing Matilda Jackson State Park before.  Just did it. W.stanovsky (talk) 16:33, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  According to the WA parks page for Jarrell Cove State Park, Harstine Island State Park (not listed here) and Stretch Point State Park (removed to the first list in this section) are "satellite parks" of Jarrell Cove, so I added them back into the template as pipes to Jarrell Cove State Park. W.stanovsky (talk) 05:26, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updated list of state parks 

message: I put together some generic text and other information for the creation of state parks stubs where there are currently redlinks, if anyone wants to help in creating.  See my post at the talk page on WikiProject Washington if you'd like to help. W.stanovsky (talk) 05:35, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Creating stubs for State Parks redlinks 

message: In recent years, Washington State has transferred ownership of a number of state parks to counties and cities under condition that they remain protected.  Accordingly, I created a new subgroup for these within the "other" group and moved Mukilteo Lighthouse Park and Wenberg County Park into it.  I'm pretty sure there are others, and I'll try and find them when I can.  W.stanovsky (talk) 19:54, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  New subgroup for former state parks