Talk:Bigfoot trap

Photo?

Too bad there is not a photo to help illustrate on that which the trap itself looks like. Berniethomas68 23:34, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

There's a photo in the Mail Tribune article in the references, but I put a {{reqphotoin}} template here so eventually maybe someone will take a free use one. Katr67 23:52, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Aparently, the Mail Tribune's enlarged image does not work now. But I went on a hike and got a winter photo of the trap today for the public domain, and put it where you set the request photo in. I noticed a message that I didn't supply the right tags for the image somewhere, about copyright stuff. I'm still very rusty at some of that stuff. Maybe someone else would care to save the image and help me submit it down the line if it gets deleted. Maybe someone knows how to go and magage the tags correctly now.Mdvaden 05:07, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

I think I replaced the image properly now.Mdvaden 05:42, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

External Link description: addition of GPS

Added "GPS Coordinates" to one external link because the page includes GPS coordinates also. 24.216.246.76 02:00, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Word smithing

Only a suggestion - its not my article of course - but the phrase "no-longer-extant organization" is a bit clumsy...Maybe "defunct" would be better? Engr105th 23:19, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

With all due respect (and see also WP:OWN):

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Thnx...I've remarked on the "Talk" pages for a while now but have not delved into trying to edit articles. I'll look at the rules. Just didn't want to over-step into someones article or work :) Engr105th 03:34, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Move?

It is my opinion that this article's current name is rather vague, and set up under the assumption that no other such traps will ever be built, and that an article on the phrase itself will never be nessecary. I find these to be rather clumsy assumptions. Also, the name is misleading, due to its vagueness, and I (probably among others) have been brought here simply by the novelty of the name. Finally, if someone actually was looking for information on this topic, they most likely have quite a hard time finding it, due to the undescriptive name. S8333631 (talk) 04:04, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

What would be a better name? —EncMstr (talk) 14:42, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps in the vein of "NAWRT Bigfoot Trap (Oregon)"? S8333631 (talk) 00:11, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

I assume it is safe for me to do this, because nobody has responded to my suggestion. Hello, My Name Is SithMAN8 (talk) 22:06, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Assumptions can get you into trouble. I don't really think the page move was necessary, as it claims to be the only bigfoot trap in existence, and if another bigfoot trap article is created, Bigfoot trap could have easily been made into a disambiguation page then, with each article qualified by who built it. I'm also not sure moving the page improves the chances of it being found via a Wikipedia search. It's seems silly to me to even bother arguing about it, though I did move the article again as nobody will know what the heck "NAWRT" is. I think it's unlikely we need to qualify the article as being in Oregon, until NAWRT builds a bigfoot trap in another state. If a qualifier is deemed necessary, a better name might be Bigfoot trap (Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest) for the entity that currently manages the site. [1] See naming conventions and disambiguation for more information. Katr67 (talk) 23:12, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

I moved the page back to it's former name, more or less for the reasons stated by Katr67 above. ClovisPt (talk) 05:29, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Should it be at Bigfoot trap or Bigfoot Trap? I think it should be lowercase, unless it is the bigfoot trap, vs. a bigfoot trap. I think that goes with naming conventions, but I don't have time to look up the guideline right now. Katr67 (talk) 16:14, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, you're right. My mistake. Go ahead and move it to the correct title (Bigfoot trap). Thanks, ClovisPt (talk) 17:51, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

External link restoration

Near October 11, 2009, somebody removed 2 of the best external links on topic for this trap, and replaced them with a Mail Tribune article about a Bigfoot book review with nothing relevant to this article. Looks like someone tried a book promotion. Am removing the Book Review and restoring the preexisting relevant links again 11/12/09, which also include the dimensions and GPS. ThreeWikiteers (talk) 06:18, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

GPS in article wrong

It appear that the GPS shown right now in the article, is wrong. 42.05394 N -123.14566 E --- The correct GPS seems to be in one of the external links about Collings Mountain Trail and the Bigfoot Trap, because it's in the vicinity of the trail and the images on Google Earth. From that page, the .kmz file navigates a short distance to the east for some odd reason, but the coordinates are right, and if entered by hand in the Google Earth search window, does navigate to the right spot. Anyone feel up to the task of editing the GPS, because I'm not sure if there is more to it than meets the eye. ThreeWikiteers (talk) 07:06, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

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