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For optional guidelines on contributing see WikiProject U.S. Regions
All previous discussion is located at General Discussion Archive 1.
Project Parentage
On the meta page it says we do not have a Wikipedia:WikiProject parent. I propose we list our parent as WikiProject Geography. Davodd 01:16, Feb 27, 2004 (UTC)
US v Amer
honestly didnt spot the proposed distiction. and Am. SW is a whole other thing from Am. Mid-Atl states. jengod 06:16, Mar 16, 2004 (UTC)
We Need To Work Together
I cannot help but feel that we are hampering each others efforts by not collaborating more with each other. Wikipedia is a community of people building an encyclopedia, a wikiproject is a department or sub-group, so in theory it should be more close-knit than the larger community. Our project is not functioning as a community and if we do not begin to at least collaborate more with each other our project will fail.
This does not mean that you have to know that Jfitts is originally from Scottsbluff, Nebraska or that jengod has a Bachelor of Arts in English from Stanford, though it certainly wouldn't hurt. The key problem lies in that more often than not project participants do not know what other participants are doing. I posted a notice that Davodd and I had completed the unofficial regions template and infobox, yet there has been no discussion on it and the official regions article prototype is worthless without others contributions. In short we need a better way of communicating with each other, and notifying participants of changes and current policies.
I propose that in addition to the project page we have a community page, that would function as a hub for our project. Please review the proposal at Community.
--JCarriker 06:49, Mar 22, 2004 (UTC)
- I think the Community page is a good idea. I have not had the time to participate in this project as much as I would like, so it has been difficult to keep up with exactly what others are doing and what needs to be reviewed or discussed. Having one place I can check in on to see what's currently going on and what needs to be done would be very helpful. Jfitts 16:25, 31 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- After thinking about it some more, I would suggest another section be added to the Community Page. A section that shows what each of us is currently working on would be helpful, both for coordination and accountability. Participants could move items from the Work Needed section to the section that shows that they are currently working on it. This would be especially helpful for large tasks that involve multiple articles and would more time to complete. It would be reassuring to know someone is working on it, and others would know who to coordinate with if they wanted to help. Jfitts 16:46, 31 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Non-Participation
Just wanted to let you all know that I'm removing myself from formal participating in this project, in part because I don't think it needs to be so formal. I think that identifying a list of regions, and identifying some topics that should be covered in articles about them (history, boundaries, maps, significance) is worthwhile, but I think taxoboxes and rigid naming conventions are excessive for what regions are: informal affilations of people by geography. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Good luck! jengod 21:59, Mar 29, 2004 (UTC)
- I hope that you will reconsider your decision to leave the project, you have been a very good contributor. Please stay and discuss the matters you disagree with, I'm not sure about the taxoboxes but I'm sure that something can be worked out the naming conventions. Balance is something that is very important if you feel that things are getting excessive, I wish that you would stay and try to work out a compromise. Also if you leave there will not be no female participants.
- -JCarriker 22:18, Mar 29, 2004 (UTC)
Greetings. I'm not sure what you're looking for from me. I have some interest in U.S. Regions, mostly in historical terms. I was primarily interested in following this project as a more or less passive participant. I'll keep an eye on things and if I see something that I have thoughts on, I'll share them here. Good luck. Bkonrad | Talk 23:30, 29 Mar 2004 (UTC)