Talk:List of famous Minnesotans

message: *I will be categorizing all of the individuals listed. Once done, lets work on getting articles created for everyone! Rob110178 00:23, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Taming the List

message: ... Nice work!
Also see ... Peer mentoring role models: 
Collaborative leadership learning framework for ALL-WinWin community-building. 
Conserving social capital by using story-telling about common (not always shared) experiences. 
See also: List_of_famous_Minnesotans#Explorers_and_innovators
RJBurkhart 10:28, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re*Cycling RO/CS Lessons Learned 

message: This list may be missing category tags to indicate that it's part of an incubator social network analysis pilot to engage more adult lifelong learners as participants in Wikipedia projects ...
Either "Be aware" or BEWARE! of false consensus effect ...
Also see: Wikipedia talk:Climate change team
:I'm sorry, I don't understand this. What are you saying about false consensus? Jonathunder 14:29, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: OK - Then scan guidelines for Talk:Sea level rise. RJBurkhart 15:13, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The talk page for Sea level rise is quite long and varied. Nothing there immediately appears relevant to me, but then I'm not even sure what question you are raising. Be more specific, please. Jonathunder 18:56, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Balancing collaborative style with substance 

message: === Social activist references ===
Figure 2: (p. 47) of portrait book shows graphic example of technical company formations and spinnoffs originating with Engineering Research Associates (ERA) during 1946. 
Cited as its primary source was the Milwaukee Journal, 7 October 1980.   
*William C. Norris Portait of a Maverick  (1987)
*Charles Babbage Institute: (3) Oral history interview records
RJBurkhart 18:00, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Willaim C. Norris Circles of Influence (MentorshipART)  

message: Figure 2: (p. 47) of portrait book shows graphic example of technical company formations and spinnoffs originating with Engineering Research Associates (ERA) during 1946. 
Cited as its primary source was the Milwaukee Journal, 7 October 1980.   
*William C. Norris Portait of a Maverick  (1987)
*Charles Babbage Institute: (3) Oral history interview records
RJBurkhart 18:00, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Social activist]] references 

message: So nobody is famous except (1) authors, (2) pundits, (3) sports figures? Michael Hardy 23:32, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Which is it?

message: I am proposing that List of famous Minnesotans be merged into List of people from Minnesota. The reasons for this:
*Compare Wikipedia searches for list of famous and list of people from and you will see that the latter is preferred when referencing people of a given region, especially other states. Consistency is important.
*A list of people is less restrictive than a list of famous so there will be less question about who may and may not be included on the page. Any Minnesotan notable enough to be included in Wikipedia is notable enough to be included in List of people from Minnesota. Generally, only celebrities, politicians, and important historical figures are truly "famous", and I don't think others should be excluded based on that.
*International readers are less likely to be familiar with the term Minnesotans may not instantly recognize that these are people from Minnesota. With the title "people from Minnesota", it's unmistakable. Even if they've never heard of Minnesota, they can tell that we're talking about people all from the same place.
:: I concur with this suggestion supported by rational reasoning. 10:28, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed page merge