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Geyser Notability

This is a discussion to determine (if any) guidelines for notability of geothermal features in Yellowstone. The MSU database has over 10,000 entries. I don't think we should be be including all of them, so we need some threshold of notability. The first one I can think of is a no brainer - notable features have official names. This will cut out things like "feature 40" at Norris Basin. Another possible threshold would be coverage in a reliable source, other then the MSU database. What do other people think? CosmicPenguin (Talk) 21:22, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Yellowstone NAVBOX initiative

I have been toying with the idea of creating a series of Yellowstone specific navigation templates to be used on the now almost 200 articles directly or indirectly related to Yellowstone National Park. My first attempt is at: User talk:Mike Cline/Articles Under Contemplation/Template:Upper Geyser Basin. My vision is that there would be a series of templates that would organize all Yellowstone articles either by broad subject matter (Wildlife, etc.) or by locale (Upper Geyser Basin) as appropriate. Eventually, every Yellowstone article would include an appropriate NAVBOX template. Let me know your thoughts, as this is my first navbox template, any suggestions or advice. Thanks.--Mike Cline (talk) 21:07, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Hey Mike - I think the navboxes are a great idea - the Upper Geyser Basin looks good. I'm guessing you would probably do one for Lake, Norris, Upper Geyser, Lower Geyser and Mammoth? CosmicPenguin (talk• WP:WYO^Help!) 04:59, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Stereo cards

"Ingersoll Spring (Bob)", photographed by Truman Ward Ingersoll.

Two things.

1. There is an enormous resource of mostly 19th century photos in Commons:Category:Stereo cards of Yellowstone National Park and its subcategories.
2. I've been slowly sorting out the content from the rather arbitrary NYPL temporary categories into more useful categories. Every so often, something stymies me. The few remaining images in the temporary Commons:Category:NYPL T. W. Ingersoll are of something captioned as "Ingersoll Spring (Bob)". Does anyone know where in the park this would be?

Jmabel | Talk 22:46, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

My guess is the name never became official. It is not listed in Whittelsey Yellowstone Place Names ,in the YNP Geothermal Features database or the USGS Geographic names database. From the appearance of the spring, it is also certainly somewhere in the Mammoth Hot Springs terraces. --Mike Cline (talk) 22:59, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll just use Commons:Category:Mammoth Hot Springs. - Jmabel | Talk 00:40, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

September 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States

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Nomination as a United States Wikipedians' Collaboration of the Month candidate

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December 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States

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January 2012 Newsletter for WikiProject United States and supported projects

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Proposal for United States A-Class review process

There is a proposal at WikiProject United States to start an A-Class review process for United States related articles. Please stop by and join the discussion. Kumioko (talk) 02:28, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Discussion to remove the Automatically assessed logic from the WikiProject United States template

Greetings, there is a discussion regarding removal of the logic used to populate Automatically assessed article categories from Template:WikiProject United States. Most of the categories (over 220 Wikipedia wide) were deleted in February 2013 because they were empty. These categories were previously populated by a bot that hasn't run since 2011 and the categories aren't used. Removal of this uneeded/unused logic will greatly reduce the size and complexity of the WikiProject United States template. Any comments or questions are encouraged here. Kumioko (talk) 18:54, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

Lest there is any confusion for people who don't speak the same language, the words "logic used to populate Automatically assessed article categories" refer to the feature that was supposed to allow this WikiProject's template to "inherit" class and importance ratings from other WikiProjects. Kumioko says that there are no longer any bots performing the function that formerly copied those ratings. --Orlady (talk) 23:40, 31 August 2013 (UTC)