Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Florida/Archive 1

message: I created the Portal:Ireland some time ago.  Do we have enough participation to create a Florida portal?  ℬastique▼parℓer♥voir♑ 03:26, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure. Right now we have a lot of redlinks, and too many of the bluelinks are stubs. I like the idea, I'm just not sure it wouldn't prove to be embarrasing. KillerChihuahua?!? 13:24, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: A portal needs a steady source of articles to flow in and out, in order to keep it dynamic. Not sure we have enough high-quality Florida articles to cover that base yet. One thing we ought to do here, in fact, is get a list together of the very best existing articles on Florida people, places, and things. Oh, and images, too! bd2412 T 15:08, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm leaning towards yes - something between Portal:Utah and Portal:Texas, with layout more like Utah. Bastique, can you commit to keeping the Portal updated? KillerChihuahua?!? 14:41, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: As with the Ireland Portal I'd be committed to the primary layout and design and certain sections, while other people take responsibility for different parts ("featured" picture, article, "did you know", etc.)  Makes the work much less on a single individual and gets a lot of people involved. ℬastique▼parℓer♥voir♑ 19:23, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Then lets see who is willing to take on roles, including the one of Head Whip-Cracker. If we cannot keep it current, then IMHO it might be worse than not having one at all. KillerChihuahua?!? 19:28, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: No commitments from me, right now. I'm waiting to hear if I've got a new job, which would put me back to working full time for the first time in 2 1/2 years. -- Dalbury(Talk) 20:04, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

text: Personally, I'm not interested in working on a portal. -- Tetraminoe 22:10, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikiportal Florida 

message: I created some templates for our project to use. I posted them on the project page. — Moe ε 16:36, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added  for categories. -- Tetraminoe 10:19, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Project Templates 

message: In addition to Ports, what about historic forts? Coastal Forts KillerChihuahua?!? 11:48, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: There are some interesting forts in the state, including a number in the National Parks system. List of forts#United States#Florida has ten (although I've never heard of Fort Foster. -- Dalbury(Talk) 12:20, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

text: Besides the (more or less) preserved forts, there were a number of Seminole War forts that have disappeared, although the names live on. How do we handle thoose? -- Dalbury(Talk) 13:23, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Write articles if they are notable and we can find sources, starting with the ones in parks (more likely to be notable and have documentation.) But I think what you're asking is if we add them to the Florida forts list? or did you mean something else? KillerChihuahua?!? 13:26, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: This dovetails nicely into the voluminous redlinks on the List of Florida state parks. bd2412 T 13:42, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Forts 

message: Can we add this to the cleanup list?  This has the potential to be an incredible featured article.  ℬastique▼parℓer♥voir♑ 03:23, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]] 

message: I added a bunch of headers from  to the project page. I am in favor of not using the full template, as I feel that's overly restrictive and I don't think it suits our needs at the moment. But I do think there are ideas there we can use -- so I borrowed them. I also tinkered with them a bit. If you're a stickler for precedent, or just don't like the way I did things, feel free to play with it.
In particular, I couldn't get the sister project links to come out in a way I liked; maybe someone would like to try their hand at it. -- Tetraminoe 12:18, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  New headers on project page 

message: What do you think of making a list of Florida articles that need images? We could then search online for free images or encourage project members to go out and take their own. (For instance, I added my own photos to Blue Spring State Park, New Smyrna Beach, Florida, Longwood, Florida, and Lake Mary, Florida.) Besides being a worthy task, I think this could help the longevity of the project: so many WikiProjects die out because they don't lay out reasonable goals. Searching for Florida articles that lack images, and then searching for or creating those images, is a bite-sized task that can last essentially forever -- the sort of thing you want to keep WikiProject volunteers. -- Tetraminoe 12:42, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I can add a few articles to that list. I've been trying to contact the local historical society to see what I can get from them, but haven't been able to find the office open since Wilma passed through. -- Dalbury(Talk) 12:53, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  In my opinion we should try to take our own pictures. We could also find them in the internet, but they are more likely copyrighted. --Jaranda wat's sup 00:02, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I do intend to take some pictures, but I may be a while getting around to all of the places on my list. As I'm not a pilot, I can't take my own aerial shots. And some of the pictures I want have to be old. I can't very well go take a picture of something that no longer exists. I have had a little luck getting PD images through the Internet. -- Dalbury(Talk) 00:22, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I have been keeping my camera in my vehicle lately as I'm driving around town and realize with some dismay that I have far less opportunity for decent images than in ordinary times.  Although it's been two months since Hurricane Wilma, a huge amount of signs and structures remain unrepaired.  I suppose as time goes on my opportunities will increase.  ℬastique▼parℓer♥voir♑ 19:28, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I know. I was planning to take pictures for Morikami Park and Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, but they had a lot of damage, and I don't want to put up a picture of the Museum building with so many tiles missing from the roof. -- Dalbury(Talk) 20:10, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images