Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Kansas City


Active? edit

Hey y'all...I'm interested in joining this WikiProject, but it seems pretty inactive. Anyone lurking around here anymore? Ks0stm (TCGE) 15:47, 11 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

I still do quite a bit of tagging and am open to collaborating on articles. Grey Wanderer (talk) 16:13, 3 March 2019 (UTC)Reply

Verrückt picture edit

Is it possible for someone to upload an freely licensed image of Verrückt (water slide) to Wikimedia Commons to use for the article? I've been trying to remember to go take one before it gets torn down, but I keep forgetting. Elisfkc (talk) 16:46, 21 December 2016 (UTC)Reply

Late reply, but it looks like someone got one. Grey Wanderer (talk) 06:08, 10 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

KC Public Library looking for a Wikipedian in residence edit

KCPL is looking for a Wikipedian to host trainings, organize events, and be the general rep for all things Wikipedia + KC for the library. If you're reading this, you're probably qualified :) Job posting is here. Cheers! Accedietalk to me 18:04, 9 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the notice, Accedie. Grey Wanderer (talk) 21:35, 9 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

User script to detect unreliable sources edit

I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like

  • John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14. (John Smith "[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14.)

and turns it into something like

It will work on a variety of links, including those from {{cite web}}, {{cite journal}} and {{doi}}.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:01, 29 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

Project-independent quality assessments edit

Quality assessments by Wikipedia editors rate articles in terms of completeness, organization, prose quality, sourcing, etc. Most wikiprojects follow the general guidelines at Wikipedia:Content assessment, but some have specialized assessment guidelines. A recent Village pump proposal was approved and has been implemented to add a |class= parameter to {{WikiProject banner shell}}, which can display a general quality assessment for an article, and to let project banner templates "inherit" this assessment.

No action is required if your wikiproject follows the standard assessment approach. Over time, quality assessments will be migrated up to {{WikiProject banner shell}}, and your project banner will automatically "inherit" any changes to the general assessments for the purpose of assigning categories.

However, if your project has decided to "opt out" and follow a non-standard quality assessment approach, all you have to do is modify your wikiproject banner template to pass {{WPBannerMeta}} a new |QUALITY_CRITERIA=custom parameter. If this is done, changes to the general quality assessment will be ignored, and your project-level assessment will be displayed and used to create categories, as at present. Aymatth2 (talk) 20:51, 11 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

Good article reassessment for Kansas City Chiefs edit

Kansas City Chiefs has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Hog Farm Talk 18:48, 29 March 2024 (UTC)Reply