Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Geographical coordinates/Archive 9

message: I've added a new option for the type tag on geotags, since lakes do not fit any of the existing tag types: type:lake, with the obvious meaning. -- The Anome 20:37, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi, at the german wikipedia we use "waterbody", so we can also tag bays, fjords, lakes, glaciers ... Please use also "waterbody". -- Stefan Kühn 16:29, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll do that: I've got 327 article to correct, which I will do when I have time. -- The Anome 02:21, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

text: Done. -- The Anome 17:02, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  New tag type option 

message: A walk of the category tree suggests that perhaps 140,000 of the current 1.37 million articles on Wikipedia are about places of some sort. Of these, about 48000 are listed in Stefan Kühn's list of geotagged articles, and the Anomebot has so far marked an additional 16000 or so articles with geodata taken from either the GNS or Stefan's listing of coordinates in the de: Wikipedia, making a total of 64000 tagged articles: so just under half of all place articles are now tagged. The actual situation is probably better than this, because a large number of British place articles are currently tagged with OSGB36 coordinates, which Stefan's tool does not yet pick up. -- The Anome 14:25, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Progress so far 

message: Is there a template people can put on the talk page of an article to request that coordinates be included in the article? Similar to  or . Qutezuce 03:26, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The German wikipedia has the template  under Vorlage:Lagewunsch. I wonder if it could be adapted for the English one. --Carboxen 05:40, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm making :Template:LocateMe right now. Andy Mabbett 15:36, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template to request coords? 

message: Hello. The WikiProject Council has recently updated the Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory.  This new directory includes a variety of categories and subcategories which will, with luck, potentially draw new members to the projects who are interested in those specific subjects. Please review the directory and make any changes to the entries for your project that you see fit. There is also a directory of portals, at User:B2T2/Portal, listing all the existing portals. Feel free to add any of them to the portals or comments section of your entries in the directory.
The three columns regarding assessment, peer review, and collaboration are included in the directory for both the use of the projects themselves and for that of others. Having such departments will allow a project to more quickly and easily identify its most important articles and its articles in greatest need of improvement. If you have not already done so, please consider whether your project would benefit from having departments which deal in these matters. It is my hope that all the changes to the directory can be finished by the first of next month. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you.  B2T2 14:46, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Project directory 

message: Google have added a wikipedia layer to Google Earth.
Official Google Blog: Opening my eyes to a whole new world
--Grand Edgemaster Talk 13:18, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Google's Wikipedia Layer in Google Earth