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It seems like the groundwork for the WikiProject is in place. Any suggestions for a collaboration of the week for next week? Or any other suggestions, for that matter. Feel free to be bold and implement any changes you think necessary. Cheers.-- Baron Larf 03:10, July 26, 2005 (UTC)
Ready, set... Tomer TALK 00:03, July 28, 2005 (UTC)
So the first collaboration experiment didn't work out so well. I'm as guilty as anyone else; I checked out a few books on Young Bob, but never ended up writing anything on him. Should we try again with another article? -- Baron Larf 02:14, August 15, 2005 (UTC)
I'm planning on placing the Template:WikiProject Wisconsin on the top of the talk page of any future article having to do with Wisconsin that I edit, and encourage other members to do so also so we can keep track of articles edited as a result of the project. Any suggestions on the template are welcome. Cheers. -- Baron Larf 20:23, July 27, 2005 (UTC)
I've figured out a way for anyone to track recent changes for any article that has the Template:WikiProject Wisconsin on it; I've taken all the articles listed on Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:WikiProject Wisconsin and pasted them at Wikipedia:WikiProject Wisconsin/Wisconsin recent changes. I then pasted a link to Special:Recentchangeslinked/Wikipedia:WikiProject Wisconsin/Wisconsin recent changes at WP:WPWI. (I'll be updating Wikipedia:WikiProject Wisconsin/Wisconsin recent changes regularly so the list stays current.)
So anytime you'd like to see what changes have been made to Wisconsin-related articles, you merely have to click on that link rather than add tons of pages to your watch list. -- Baron Larf 16:46, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
The related articles American Empire, History of Minnesota, National Football League and Space program of the United States have been listed to be improved on Wikipedia:This week's improvement drive. To support one of these articles you can add your vote there. Also, Rodgers and Hammerstein is nominated at the Biography Collaboration. -- Fenice 07:15, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
Northeastern_Wisconsin_Zoo need more information. ~ -- Kamic A'kota 21:33, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi, guys. I just created the Circus World Museum page. You guys will want to expand it. -- WikiFan04 Talk 3:29, 28 Aug 2005 (CDT)
Created Olbrich Botanical Gardens. Needs fleshing out. If anyone wants to get to it, go ahead. Otherwise, I'll complete it when I get the time. Wisco 08:47, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
I found this category today, Category:Wisconsin metropolitan areas, and I'm not entirely sure what to do to improve it. I added Fox Cities to it, but I'm wondering about writing the following articles:
Obviously there's a bit of overlap in some of those (EC-CFma/Chip.Valley, Wausau/CentralWI), and some "lumping together" there (Janesville-Beloit, Racine-Kenosha), but I really don't know a lot about either. In all my traveling, I've never once so much as gotten gas in Janesville, and the only reason I've ever been in Beloit is because my dad knew where there was a KFC there from when he was a lot younger (either that or he just has a really good nose!)... Kenosha I've been to once, cuz my mom and I decided to take "the scenic route" coming home from Chicago once, and drove through both Racine and Kenosha on Wisconsin State Highway 32. BTW, there's a really cool map shop in downtown Racine. :-p I've never been anywhere near Sheboygan or Manitowoc, unless Fond du Lac and Appleton count as "near". Anyone have any ideas, pointers, or other comments about the scope of this little project I want to undertake? I can do enough internet research to write up something on pretty much anything (witness my recent creation of Chambers Island and Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, two places I've also never seen...nor been near, unless Green Bay counts as "near"), but I'd like to first get a feel for whether or not some of these areas are regarded as "metropolitan areas", and if so, in what context? I know all about the USCensusBureau's definitions, but is that the kind of thing anyone but the census bureau cares about? Tomer TALK 22:05, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
I am new to wikipedia.There are some articles you people should be made aware of concerning Wisconsin. -I was able to add some items to the article of Archbishop Raymond Leo Burke of St. Louis,Missouri.I got some materials from RIVERFRONT TIMES St Louis alternative newspaper about Archbishop Burke added to the article.He was born in Richland Center. -Consequently,I got articles about the Diocese of La Crosse,Bishop John Joseph Paul,and Bishop Jerome Edward Listecki started. -I graduated from Aquinas High School in La Crosse and started an article.I do volunteer work at Aquinas High School with the archives/alumni so I do have knowledge about this.Bishop Paul graduated from Aquionas.Archbishop Burke taught religion at Aquinas. The wife of Wisconsin Governor John W. Reynolds the former Patricia Brody was an Aquinas graduate.Also I added a article or a start of one about the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration of La Crosse. -I added articles about Bronson Cutting La Follette and Douglas La Follette. -I added an article about Campion High School in Prairie du Chien.My dad went there and was a classmate of Congressman Leo Ryan who was killed in Jonestown. Governor Patrick Lucey went to Campion.In both articles I added this fact.Am I in trouble? Thank you- Richard Dungar-La Crosse,Wisconsin-
I added a bibliography to the Diocese of La Crosse article.Except for the RIVERFRONT TIMES,the books can be found on WISCAT. What about an article about Ambassador Philip Mayer Kaiser?Ambassador Kaiser was born in the Bronx,but he went to and graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.Ambassador Kaiser took part in some protests in the 1930s of the Hotel Loraine in Madison when,that hotel blocked the blacks from staying there. Ambassador Kaiser is still involved with UW-Madison. He was instrumental in returning the Crown of St Stephen to Hungary during the Carter Presidency.This was one of the reasons communism collapsed in Hungary. There is an article about the Hotel Loraine in the Wisconsin Society historical magazine &Ambassador Kaiser covered it in his autobiography.Thank you- Richard Dungar-
I created 2 articles of 2 individuals with ties to Wisconsin: Ambassador Philip Mayer Kaiser&Governor-elect Orland Steen Loomis. Orland Loomis was elected governor in 1942 on the Progressive Party ticket but died before he was inaugurated.Thanks- Richard-
A number of templates are being used in articles on various cities throughout the state. The issue of what should and shouldn't be included in the templates has come up on the talk pages of several of them. Anyone who's interested, please check out the discussion at Template talk:Eau Claire, Wisconsin and weigh in there. Tom e r TALK 19:49, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
Peer review has been requested for the Joseph McCarthy article. Please make all peer review comments at Wikipedia:Peer review/Joseph McCarthy/archive1. Tom e r TALK 20:28, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
There is discussion at Talk:Warren, St. Croix County, Wisconsin whereby a user has changed the article to read "township" instead of "town." I don't live in Wisconsin, so I don't have the most knowledge about this. HollyAm 19:43, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
The Wikitravel article on Wisconsin is very disappointing, with a great deal of incorrect information and an ugly overemphasis on alcohol consumption. I removed some of the worst content, but overall the article needs a lot of work. Among other things, it claimed that, "Wisconsinites do not have a strong independent culture." I'm not sure if Wikitravel is relevant to this project but I felt it worth mentioning. Natlove 22:01, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
A userspace portal has been created for the State of Wisconsin... just wanted to bring it in to the fold by mentioning it here. Sulfur 22:45, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
I was checking on a couple items in my calendar today and noticed that this year's theme for the Badger Steam and Gas Engine Club show this year is "Made in Wisconsin". If what I've seen at past shows is any indication, this will be an excellent opportunity to photograph equipment from long-gone Wisconsin manufacturers. Sure, it's still seven months away (mid August), but I plan to head up there from Madison to get some photos and check the swap meet for railroad items; anyone else wanna meet there or (from the south) maybe carpool/caravan? Slambo (Speak) 18:32, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
Hullo. I messed around tonight with Devil's Lake State Park (and Devil's Lake, although that's a somewhat related issue, as I mentioned on its talk page), and realized that there is really only one "Devil's Lake State Park" (see Devil's Lake State Park (disambiguation)). So anyways, what got me riled up enough to come here is to point out that on the List of Wisconsin state parks, a bunch of park names are listed as park_name,_Wisconsin, which just seems to me to be a spectacularly bad idea. The naming conventions already in place have Place_name,_Political_division articles as municipalities, whereas geographical features are listed by their name alone, or Place_name,_(Political_division) in cases where multiple instances of the same name are found for distinct geographical features. So, I'd like to remove the "commafied" article names and links to them, if any more exist and, iff there exist multiple parks with the park names in question, move them to "parenthisized" article names. Comments? Questions? Tom e r talk 03:06, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
I made the article Sauk Prairie, Wisconsin, but I'm not sure exactly which categor|y(|ies) it belongs in. It's currently in Category:Sauk County, Wisconsin (as well as in Wis-geo-stubs, since it's currently tagged as a stub), but that just doesn't seem like a "complete" categorization to me. Any ideas? Tom e r talk 15:58, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
How about adding a license plate for this list, also to be included in the transportation section of the main article? -- LV (Dark Mark) 19:10, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
I just started an article about Hugo Jan Huss.He was a symphony conductor and music director from Romania who died in La Crosse, Wisconsin.I am a little nervous about this article because someone from Romania will probably do a rewrite.I hope the 2 sources from the La Crosse Tribune will survive the rewrite.Mr. Huss will be buried in Romania.Thank you RFD 15:22, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
I started an article about Alexander Stewart (Congress);he was from Wausau, Wisconsin and was in the United States House of Representatives.I will be working on the Wisconsin members of the House with new articles, but it will be gradual and slow going.The Hugo Jan Huss article turned out well. Thanks- RFD 14:08, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
Found two photos from the NTSB docket on the accident, and they've been added into the article. I removed this task from the to-do. Enjoy... Skybunny 19:01, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
I added Milwaukee, Wisconsin to "improve to featured status" because Wikipedia will soon be the topic of a Milwaukee Magazine article. One of their reporters ( User:Milmag, her name is Katie, see here) recently interviewed me about my wiki activities and my take on wiki in general. Milwaukee Magazine has a fairly large readership, so it'd be cool if we could improve Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Wisconsin by the time the article goes to print. Katie said, "As of now it's slated to run in the City Guide, which hits newsstands in late May and stays through the summer. But I'm pushing for more space, which means it might end up in the regular June issue of the magazine." So we have a little time, but let's get to work! Cheers, all. -- F a ng Aili 19:29, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
I might make a former members section under the members section, so people know where to turn in. Whopper 03:26, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
Hello. I'm a member of the Version 1.0 Editorial Team, which is looking to identify quality articles in Wikipedia for future publication on CD or paper. We recently began assessing articles using these criteria, and we are are asking for your help. As you are most aware of the issues surrounding your focus area, we are wondering if you could provide us with a list of the articles that fall within the scope of your WikiProject, and that are either featured, A-class, B-class, or Good articles, with no POV or copyright problems. Do you have any recommendations? If you do, please post your suggestions at the listing of all active Places WikiProjects, and if you have any questions, ask me in the Work Via WikiProjects talk page or directly in my talk page. Thanks a lot! Tito xd( ?!? - help us) 18:49, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
I just finished editing the Calumet County Parks article that I wrote, and I noticed that the are duplicate entries for the cities/villages in Calumet County: Brillion, Chilton, New Holstein, and Stockbridge. This problem can most easily been seen at Category:Calumet County, Wisconsin. There appears to be a non-standard way of naming all the cites, villages, and townships in the county of the form: City, Calumet County, Wisconsin ...... instead of the normal form: City, Wisconsin. Would someone who understands how these types of articles please fix the problem? I think its beyond me, for I don't know what should stay and what should go. I'm a resident of Calumet County if you need help explaining what's what. Thanks! Royalbroil 04:50, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
I noticed that there was an incorrect category called Category:Calument County that someone had placed Menasha in, so I corrected Menasha, and listed the category under {{ cfd}}.
Hi, I think I'm going to start making articles for high schools in WI. When I first joined, I made two articles, Wilmot Union High School and Westosha Central High School. Looking around, I notice that there really isn't any standard for what a school or high school article should contain and there are only a few articles about schools. Is there a pretty good article I can use as a guide or what should a good article contain? Fay2 17:46, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
I just went through all the Wisconsin categories and stuck the WikiProject Wisconsin tag to about 1000 more articles. The only large groups left mostly untagged are smaller counties, cities, villages and towns (all municipalities with more than 25,000 have been added) and biographies.
I don't know what the consensus is about biographical articles. How much of an impact should a person have had on the state before we stick on the project template? Any Wisconsin politician is obviously involved in the state enough to be a part of the project, but what about Heather Graham? She was born in the state, but that's about it. Or Golda Meir? She lived in Wisconsin from 1906 to 1921, and she's best known as a prime miniser of Israel not living in Wisconsin for 15 years, though the state likes claiming her. Should she be considered a part of the project?
This isn't a hard and fast rule, but I'm curious about what the community thinks.-- Baron Larf 15:49, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
The article on New Zealand English notes the flattened 'i' sound, which reminds me of the Wisconsin 'o' sound (as in coat), a very closed vowel which I use as a marker to distinguish speakers from Wisconsin. Other markers include the use of 'bakery' to denote pastries, and 'o ya' (but that's Minnesota as well). Sometimes 'a' is broad as well, but I do not have a word which I watch out for. And of course there is the hardened 'th', (dere, de, dose) in Milwaukee, as well as 'Luteran'. Any other linquistic markers for Wisconsin English, folks? -- Ancheta Wis 10:25, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
There is a discussion at Talk:University of Wisconsin-Madison regarding whether the name should have been changed to University of Wisconsin-Madison or kept at University of Wisconsin-- Baron Larf 15:09, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
I started article for the Roman Catholic Cathedrals in: Superior, Green Bay, and Milwaukee.Thank you- RFD 22:26, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
I started an article about the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi, St. Francis, Wisconsin. The Sisters shared the original founders with the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration and the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist of Meriden, Connecticut. I needed to start an article about the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist because their order was founded in December of 1973 as a result of a period of renewal within the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration.Thank you- RFD 13:01, 11 April 2006 (UTC)