Talk:Washington Park (community area), Chicago

message: I dabbed one article into 3.  CHICOTW editorial assistants may feel only 2 are necessary.  If so, only create 2 and I will delete the link to the 3rd on the dab page. TonyTheTiger 13:51, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Tony, not sure if we can come up with enough about the racetrack in a week to make it a strong enough standalone article. Maybe for now we could just go with the neighborhood and park articles, and then the racetrack could be a project by itself later on? I need to research it more thoroughly and I'm afraid I might not be around much this week. How does everyone else feel? User:Sebbeng 16:27, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I will research on Encyclopedia of Chicago this weekend and go for separate article. TonyTheTiger 23:19, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Disambiguation

message: I won't have time to do this myself until this weekend, but wanted to share: the University of Chicago included Washington Park in its "Employer Assisted Housing Program" (warning: PDF). Since the U of C is the biggest economic engine in the area, this should, I think, count as notable. I don't know when the program began (I think 2004), or how much of an impact it's had so far, which is why I'm holding off. L Glidewell 01:55, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Revitalization

message: Does anyone know what procedure I would need to follow to add the official city of Chicago Neighborhood map (external links section) into the template or on the page for the neighborhood. TonyTheTiger 23:22, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I do, but you might want to hold off on that. There's a huge argument going on right now over fair-use images and image use on Wikipedia in general, and a few editors are going around tagging images uploaded under the fair use license as "replacable". The idea is that if we get rid of fair use images, it will spur folks to get free/libre replacements. Works by the federal government are in the public domain, but state govt works are not. So if you upload it or link it to the page, there's a good chance it will end up deleted by next week. TheQuandry 23:39, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I would like to add the City of Chicago Neighborhood maps to all 77 neighborhood or community area maps since they all are using a similar template. TonyTheTiger 22:39, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You'll see more about this on the page link I put on your talk page. The problem with doing this is that the images already in there were created by someone who then released them into public domain. So they have no copyright restriction for Wikipedia. The official Chicago maps from the city or state government are protected under copyright. The folks who are crusading in favor of a libre Wikipedia (which basically means that every part of Wikipedia should be freely reproducable, even commercially) want no copyright restrictions. Uploading the official maps will get one of the folks who are on this crusade against fair use (which is how we currently use a lot of copyrighted material) will place a tag on the image and them you'll have to explain why it's not replacable or recreateable. They'll say "it's just a map, it can be redrawn". And then an administrator will come along and delete it. Trust me, it's a huge mess. TheQuandry 06:37, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: In any case, uploading and linking images is easy. You have to click the "upload file" link in the toolbox menu on the left. Then you go through a normal upload procedure, pick an image license, etc. and upload the file to Wikipedia. Finally, when you want to link it to the infobox, just place the name of the new image in where the old one is. TheQuandry 06:41, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neighborhood map 

message: The article is very well written and has good reference citations. I think it mostly meets the Good Article criteria, with two exceptions. First, the population decline is still not being explained in enough detail. All it says is that is it, "partly due to initiatives of the Chicago Land Clearance Commission." Ok? So what else? What exactly is the Chicago Land Clearance Commission and what does it have to do with the neighborhood? What are the other reasons for population decline (the statement only partially attributes population decline)?
:I think I may have gotten enough info now.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM)  15:33, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have rearranged, but I don't know what it looks like at 1024x768.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM)  15:33, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

text: Article looks good now. Promoted. Dr. Cash 19:16, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: GA Review