Wikipedia talk:U.S. Northern Wikipedians' notice board/Archive 1

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Archive 1

Notes

OK. Conquasabit has been up here as the collaboration article for several days. What is it? I only found it as part of a Latin phrase from Mozart - " conquasabit capita in terra multorum." (and scatter heads on many lands) from Vesperae solennes de Confessore K. 339. Rmhermen 14:39, Oct 19, 2004 (UTC)

Could we just change this to U.S. colloboration of the week? I'm really not sure the Northeastern U.S. needs to be separated out, and I think there's a lot more to focus on if we extend the reach of this COTW...Not to mention I'm reluctant to divide the country into quarters for COTW. I think the South is sort of a special funky case, but West-Midwest-North-South is kinda crazy.

jengod 17:48, Oct 19, 2004 (UTC)

A fine idea, at least until it gets unreasonably large. But I don't think lack of material is holding anyone back; the specificity of a particular region can make it easier to focus on one big gap at a time. +sj +

I created the Southern version because I felt there were many Southern-related articles that needed to be tended to. I never knew the North was regarded in popular culture and whatnot like the South has been. I mean, you never hear of Northern folklore and literature and all that. Mike H 10:47, Oct 21, 2004 (UTC)

And you want to perpetrate this burial of Northern folklore and culture? I see how it is. The devil go down to ye, then. +sj + 15:25, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)

It doesn't. This page serves no purpose. [[User:Davodd|DAVODD «TALK»]] 02:46, Oct 23, 2004 (UTC)

Pow, who whizzed in his morning coffee? Every region of the US is sorely lacking in coverage. I agree with jen that having a US-wide collaboration is a good place to start, but I don't think it is lack of interesting subject matter that is holding anyone back. +sj +

I'm sorry? What harm is this page possibly doing to Wikipedia? Since there is no notice board for the full US, but there's one for the South, why shouldn't the North have a board? Also, the traditional North is usually restricted to states in the northeastern portion of the country. Rhobite 04:38, Oct 23, 2004 (UTC)

Northern?

Judging by the map, this should be northeastern. States not included on the map: Alaska, Washinton, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota and Michigan have boundaries that reach farther north than Maine. [[User:Davodd|DAVODD «TALK»]] 00:21, Oct 21, 2004 (UTC)

I don't like it much myself, but there's a long history to that classification. And if you like that kind of spat, there are even juicier ones in Europe and Asia just waiting to be revived. +sj +

Incidentally, I notice you have Salt Lake City on the to-do list. As this is my hometown, residence, and a topic I've contributed many articles around, I was wonderin' if I'm Northern in the relevant sense. None of you all seem to be west of the midwest. Cool Hand Luke 08:23, 30 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Standard naming scheme

Please see the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Regional notice boards#A uniform naming scheme. Zocky | picture popups 00:52, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

DYK

The DYK section featured on the main page is always looking for interesting new and recently expanded stubs from different parts of the world. Please make a suggestion.--Peta 02:12, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

An Invitation from the Philippine Wikipedia Community

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Merge three noticeboards

I have started a proposal to merge three United States related Noticeboards into one due to all three having no, or extremely limited activity, in the last year. I believe this will invigorate the noticeboard if we keep any of them at all. I propose merging:

into

Wikipedia:U.S. Wikipedians' notice board.

Please provide comments here (including support or oppose). Comments are necessary to ensure that this does not intefere with ongoing efforts. If no comments are received in 7 days I will assume there is no problem and proceed with the merger. --Kumioko (talk) 19:39, 12 October 2010 (UTC)