Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Texas/Dallas–Fort Worth task force

WikiProject Dallas-Fort Worth
a community collaboration about the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Texas (USA)
Started 16 May 2006

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WP Texas merger proposal

I have proposed a merger for all of the WikiProject Texas subprojects: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Council#Merger_proposal . Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 17:47, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

NOTE, this was archived at WT:WikiProject_Council/Archive_24#Merger proposal in 2020; with general support -- 65.92.247.90 (talk) 22:10, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

Cool, Texas, is a small village (not a city). Please change more than one incorrect entry.

A city is a large human settlement.[2][3] It can be defined as a permanent and densely settled place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks.[4] Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, and communication. (Wikipedia, 'City')

- A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. http://languagelearningbase.com/87791/metropolis-city-town-village-hamlet-whats-the-difference

A zip code denotes a mail delivery zone; city boundary congruence may occur but must not</ref>. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.131.78.33 (talk) 19:02, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

Switched off inactive group notification

So looks like there's at least a bit of recent activity on the talk page. I had no idea about this project and just found out when I was super confused and perplexed why there isn't a broader Texas project. I'm going to work to review some of the unassesed articles. Any other ideas on things that need to be freshened up or need help? Sulfurboy (talk) 20:08, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

Ignore the no Texas comment, guess it wasn't showing up in Rater due to it being considered only semi-acitve. Sulfurboy (talk) 20:12, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

Update to peer review page

Hi all, I've boldly updated your project's peer review page (Wikipedia:WikiProject Dallas-Fort Worth/Peer review) by updating the instructions and archiving old reviews.

The new instructions use Wikipedia's general peer review process (WP:PR) to list peer reviews. Your project's reviews are still able to be listed on your local page too.

The benefits of this change is that review requests will get seen by a wider audience and are likely to be attended to in a more timely way (many WikiProject peer reviews remain unanswered after years). The Wikipedia peer review process is also more maintained than most WikiProjects, and this may help save time for your active members.

I've done this boldly as it seems your peer review page is pretty inactive and I am working through around 90 such similar peer review pages. Please feel free to discuss below - please ping me ({{u|Tom (LT)}}) in your response.

Cheers and hope you are well, Tom (LT) (talk) 23:26, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Category:Dallas articles needing expert attention has been nominated for discussion

Category:Dallas articles needing expert attention has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Peaceray (talk) 17:46, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:UT Arlington Mavericks § Proposed merge of University of Texas at Arlington Rebel theme controversy into UT Arlington Mavericks

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:UT Arlington Mavericks § Proposed merge of University of Texas at Arlington Rebel theme controversy into UT Arlington Mavericks. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 23:57, 18 February 2022 (UTC) 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 23:57, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

User script to detect unreliable sources

Main page: User:Headbomb/unreliable

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

• John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

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.

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Requested move 8 November 2023

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved to Wikipedia:WikiProject Texas/Dallas–Fort Worth task force. (closed by non-admin page mover) Elli (talk | contribs) 18:46, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Dallas-Fort Worth → Wikipedia:WikiProject Texas/Dallas-Fort Worth – Merge this inactive task force into its state's project as a taskforce; matching the location of WP:WikiProject Texas/San Antonio. Much like how WP:WikiProject Los Angeles is a task force of WP:WikiProject California. Task force conversion, like how other inactive wikiprojects have been converted into taskforces of wikiprojects of a superset topic. This wikiproject has been inactive-status for a year[1] -- this would implement the supported proposal from 2020. -- 65.92.247.90 (talk) 22:27, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

• Support per nomination. SnowFire (talk) 18:51, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Comment: If this is moved to be a task force then the proper name (based on most task forces) is Wikipedia:WikiProject Texas/Dallas-Fort Worth task force. This can be seen by the same example given by the op which leads to Wikipedia:WikiProject California/Los Angeles area task force. Gonnym (talk) 19:07, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

• Move to WP:WikiProject Texas/Dallas-Fort Worth task force per Gonnym. Anyway, the gist here is that we have too many moribund "micro-wikiprojects" and they need to merge to continue serving any purpose at all.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  21:12, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Good article reassessment for Kansas City Chiefs

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)