Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Texas/Archive 4

This is an archive of past discussions about Wikipedia:WikiProject Texas. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page.

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Archive 4

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Nomination of Portal:Austin for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Austin is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The page will be discussed at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Austin until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the page during the discussion, including to improve the page to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the deletion notice from the top of the page. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 05:56, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement!

Hello,
Please note that Karla Faye Tucker, which is within this project's scope, has been selected as one of Today's articles for improvement. The article was scheduled to appear on Wikipedia's Community portal in the "Today's articles for improvement" section for one week, beginning today. Everyone is encouraged to collaborate to improve the article. Thanks, and happy editing!
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On whether Waskom, Texas should mention the abortion ban

Please see Talk:Waskom,_Texas#The_abortion_ban

WhisperToMe (talk) 10:25, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

2019 El Paso shooting

Perhaps a member of this project could have a look at the importance rating for this article. Given that mass shootings occur with a depressing regularity, I doubt that this particular one merits a "high importance" rating. Thanks. --Randykitty (talk) 07:21, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

Same river different names

I posted comments at Talk:Beaver River (Oklahoma)#Same river different names and other projects. It would seem the same river (North Canadian River) using interchangeably different names could be covered in one article using alternate names. Otr500 (talk) 11:00, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

Drafts for missing Justices of the Texas Supreme Court

Drafts have been seeded for the following missing Justices of the Texas Supreme Court (many of whom also held other state offices, or played other parts in the history of the state):

These mostly have links to bios of the judges, and only need to have pertinent dates and predecessors/successors filled in before they can be moved to mainspace as stubs. bd2412 T 21:41, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool

Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.

We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma (talk) 04:25, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

2020 Houston explosion

Collaboration welcome at 2020 Houston explosion. Thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 14:14, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

Merger

I have started a discussion of the re-evaluation of WikiProject Houston's activity status and about considering a merger with WikiProject Texas. Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 16:36, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Marian Oldfather Boner

Hi everyone, I am currently working on an article for Marian Oldfather Boner. It would be very helpful if anyone is able to provide a fair use image that can be added to the Wikipedia page. She seems to be buried here at Oakwood Cemetery Annex. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 17:07, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

@HickoryOughtShirt?4: Here is a belated response. I found two images for Boner in an 1930 University of Texas yearbook. Whether this is in the public domain in the US, I cannot say. Here is the link: [1]. There is a photo at .pdf page 97 and another at page 339. A good admin to ask about fair use for images is User:Nikkimaria. I hope this helps. Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 08:10, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

Reactivate project?

Hopefully there is an interest in reviving WikiProject Texas. I have two priorities for starting this process.

The first is monitoring the project's main talk page and the project's help talk page. Answering inquiries on talk pages will lead to a greater rate of retention of newer editors. They don't know how to detect an inactive project page. They will just think they are being ignored.
Catching up with the backlog of assessments. This is a valuable form of feedback for newer editors.

Thanks for reading, Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 07:41, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

I've now watchlisted this page (and the Austin project), and I'll try to be responsive to future posts here and there. Haha I've personally assessed a couple of thousand articles for this WikiProject (look in September 2018 for my most recent cleanout of the backlog), and I'll continue to try to hold it down, though I have trouble getting motivated to assess hundreds of athlete biographies. -Bryan Rutherford (talk) 22:03, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

Hopefully there will be some more volunteers to help you out. It will take me awhile to work through the Houston backlog, but please let me know where I can assist. Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 01:29, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

WP Texas merger proposal

I have proposed a merger for all of the WikiProject Texas subprojects: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Council#Merger_proposal . Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 17:56, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

RFC Discussion: Definition of Houston's Southwest Chinatown?

Please see the request for comment Talk:Chinatown,_Houston#Definition(s)_of_Chinatown_used/cited_by_the_article_Request_for_Comment_(RFC) regarding how Chinatown (the Southwest one) in Houston should be defined.

Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 01:15, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Mike Jackson

Mike Jackson (right-handed pitcher), an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual 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. Therapyisgood (talk) 20:02, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

Texas Alliance of Energy Producers

Was wondering is some members of this WikiProject would mind taking a look at this article? I came across it via WP:THQ#posting a picture. There quite a bit of formatting cleanup that’s probably needed, but it’s the overall promotional tone and a bit iffy WP:NORG that might need a looking at by multiple errors. There may have been some WP:COI/WP:UPE editing over the years, including the most recent burst, but that can be cleaned up or trimmed out if the organization is notable. — Marchjuly (talk) 22:08, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Robert Lee Moore Hall

Project members are invited to help expand Robert Lee Moore Hall, which appears to be receiving a name change. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 01:39, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

University updates

UTPB has no new info (buildings majors etc) since 2008 before I did a few touch ups but it isn't enough. If someone could help me overhaul it Id appreciate that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Huskermax5 (talk • contribs) 03:31, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

In wake of Beirut, Texas City disaster needs attention

There's been a huge spike in pageviews (almost 100k) for Texas City disaster, a 1947 explosion also caused by ammonium nitrate. It has a citations maintenance template and could probably use some attention. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 20:15, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

Six Flags AstroWorld

I've made a few recent changes to the Six Flags AstroWorld article, but even just at a glance any editor could tell this article needs a lot of work. There's a ton of unsourced content, overly detailed information about specific rides (even for those which have standalone Wikipedia entries), and lots of subsections which could possibly be merged. If editors care to help out, any improvements are much appreciated! Thanks, --Another Believer _(Talk) 13:20, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi Another Believer, Thanks for pointing out the need for improvement to the Astroworld article. I added one paragraph and edited one sentence according to information I found from the same TSHA article cited in the first paragraph.

There are many pages in the article's history, so there has been many editors adding text over the years without citing reliable sources. I have edited some articles with the same problem, but with mixed results. Articles with this much unsourced content require complete overhauls. My search of JSTOR this morning revealed no articles with non-trivial instances of "Astroworld" showing up. A good first step would be to rewrite the article according to how much relevant information we can cite from the Handbook of Texas Online article. If you can roundup a few more editors to help with this rewrite, I would like to help. Best, Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 17:44, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

Oldsanfelipe2, Thanks for improving the article. I've posted similar requests for help at WikiProject Amusement Parks (and the Six Flags task force) and WikiProject Houston. I agree, the article needs an overhaul, but I'm not sure if the best solution is to mark where sources are needed or simply cut out all the unsourced/poorly-sourced text and essentially start over? Happy to continue discussion(s) on article talk page. I invite others to review the page as well, thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 17:50, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

Update: The article was nuked and now in the process of being rebuilt. If you're more interested in adding content and making other improvements, as opposed to cleaning up a mess, you're invited to help assist! Happy editing, ---Another Believer _(Talk) 22:28, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

Lloyd Chapman - is he notable?

Dropping Lloyd Chapman here for input on whether or not this old article is even notable. I honestly don't know. This came up because at WP:AIV a suspected disruptive new editor keeps deleting part of this. Looking at it, I don't see how this ever survived at Wikipedia. If this individual is not notable by the standards of this process, then maybe we should put this up at WP:AFD. Comments? — Maile (talk) 00:34, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

Good question. I slapped a {{notability}} tag at the top of the page, maybe that will gin up some interest. This person isn't clearly wiki-notable, but he's not clearly lacking in wiki-notability. I predict any AFD will result in something between a "no consensus" and a "weak delete" unless there's a rush of "deletionist" participation in that discussion. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 01:25, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. If you Google him, there are sites that come up, including his own. It's just that I don't know anything about him, and didn't feel right putting this up for deletion without more information. — Maile (talk) 01:43, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

I think we should give it time before sending it to AFD. On the other hand, if the editor who proposed deletion chooses to send it to AFD, then off to AFD it will go. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 01:57, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

The editor mentioned above was not proposing deletion. They were taking it upon themselves to remove parts of the article, with no notification or anything. That deleting editor has no other edits at Wikipedia, so they might be a vandal. — Maile (talk) 02:09, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

The same editor who all but blanked the page previously proposed its deletion. In between, an editor who was not logged in also proposed its deletion. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 02:22, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of Alexis Texas for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Alexis Texas is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alexis Texas (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Right cite (talk) 05:27, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

Bust of Bernardo O'Higgins (Houston)

Bust of Bernardo O'Higgins (Houston) has been nominated for deletion. There's a question in the deletion discussion re: Houston Chronicle archives. Does anyone have access or care to weigh in on the discussion? Bait30 ^{Talk 2 me pls?} 02:43, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Article request: Housing in Texas

Wikipedia readers would be grateful if your project would consider creating a new article about Housing in Texas. Here are some sources of information:

Category:Housing in Texas
Texas Low Income Housing Information Service
Houston Organizing Movement for Equity / HOME Coalition
Texas Appleseed. Disaster Recovery & Fair Housing
Housing Needs By State: Texas, Washington, DC: National Low Income Housing Coalition, retrieved October 25, 2020
"Texas", COVID-19 Housing Policy Scorecard, Eviction Lab, retrieved October 25, 2020
"Texas Homelessness Statistics", Usich.gov, Washington DC: U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, retrieved October 25, 2020
(Texas+housing), Digital Public Library of America (assorted materials)
(Texas+housing), UK: Core.ac.uk (assorted materials)
(Texas+housing), Germany: Base-search.net (assorted materials)

Best regards, -- M2545 (talk) 11:14, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Probably not. This would be more like "Food distribution in Texas" or "Pollution in Texas." That said, there may be a place to discuss housing within certain major cities within those cities' articles. Notice I said "may" not "is." The talk pages of the respective city articles is a good place to raise the issue. This is one of those times where WP:BRD probably isn't the best option - discuss first instead. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 13:41, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Question re: Houston. Are Montrose and Neartown the same?

Are Montrose and Neartown the same? Please see Talk:Neartown_Houston#Montrose_and_Neartown_the_same? Thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 05:40, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

Update: I've submitted a formal merge discussion: Talk:Montrose,_Houston#Merger_proposal ---Another Believer _(Talk) 17:11, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

GAR

Post Oak Mall, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for a community 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. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 05:54, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

Should Winfield Independent School District be de-merged from Winfield, Texas?

See Talk:Winfield, Texas on the question of whether Winfield Independent School District be de-merged from Winfield, Texas. WhisperToMe (talk) 00:00, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

Radiant Fountains

Radiant Fountains has been nominated for deletion. Are any project members able to search the Houston Chronicle archives for additional sources? ---Another Believer _(Talk) 04:35, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

AfD

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/JR's Bar and Grill

---Another Believer _(Talk) 13:49, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

Texas Tech University Featured article review

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Shawn Michaels Good Article Reassessment

Shawn Michaels, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual 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. --Whiteguru (talk) 12:37, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

Aubrey Huff Good Article Reassessment

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The Grotto in San Antonio

New stub! The Grotto (San Antonio). Improvements welcome! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 14:30, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

Texas Good Article Reassessment

Greetings! I was looking through the Good Article reassessments page and noticed that the Texas article is up for community reassessment. Anybody who's interested in participating may do so at the reassessment page. Stedil (talk) 05:40, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

Notice of Featured Article Review for TAMU

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More opinions/hands are always welcome, but I believe I've addressed every issue within 24 hours. Buffs (talk) 23:05, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

Two GAC articles on Sam Houston

The above two articles are up for Good Article assessment. CaroleHenson has been the primary author on both of them. — Maile (talk) 23:53, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

Articles for inclusion

Hello WikiProject Texas. Please know that an article I created, Japanese Garden of Peace, is one which I believe is within the scope of your project. Kind regards to all,Hu Nhu (talk) 05:05, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

I added the project banner to the talk page. Stedil (talk) 02:09, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

National Register of Historic Places in Texas

For anyone wanting to source National Register of Historic Places in Texas listings, or Recorded Texas Historic Landmark listings, the Texas Historic Sites Atlas is an excellent resource. When you pull up your preferred listing, click on the Files tab for the link to the NRHP nomination details in PDF. And FYI ... the PDF I used on San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District contained a table with all the listings and particulars on it. The older the nominations are, the less likely the orderly presentation of the details on the NRHP form. — Maile (talk) 14:22, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

"Texas Historic Sites Atlas". atlas.thc.state.tx.us. Texas Historical Commission.

Below are the Historic Distric listings for Bexar County

Alamo Plaza Historic District - needs work

National Register Listing — Atlas Number 2077001425

Blue Star Street Industrial Historic District

National Register Listing — Atlas Number 2094000627

Bungalow Colony Historic District

National Register Listing — Atlas Number 2003000627

Kelly Field Historic District

National Register Listing — Atlas Number 2003000626

King William Historic District

National Register Listing — Atlas Number 2072001349

La Villita Historic District

National Register Listing — Atlas Number 2072001350

Lavaca Neighborhood Historic District

National Register Listing — Atlas Number 2000000773

Main and Military Plazas Historic District

National Register Listing — Atlas Number 2079002914

Main and Military Plazas Historic District (Period of Significance and Boundary Increase) — Bexar County

National Register Listing — Atlas Number 2100004489

Mission Parkway Historic-Archeological District

National Register Listing — Atlas Number 2075001953

Monte Vista Residential Historic District

National Register Listing — Atlas Number 2098001421

Old San Antonio City Cemeteries Historic District

National Register Listing — Atlas Number 2000000772

Randolph Field Historic District

National Register Listing — Atlas Number 2096000753

San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District

National Register Listing — Atlas Number 2100002128

Source of the River District

National Register Listing — Atlas Number 2078002894

South Alamo Street-South Mary's Street Historic District

National Register Listing — Atlas Number 2084000026

Southern Pacific Depot Historic District

National Register Listing — Atlas Number 2079002917

Trinity University Historic District

National Register Listing — Atlas Number 2100002471

United States San Antonio Arsenal District (period of significance expansion)

National Register Listing — Atlas Number 2069000200

Voelcker Farmstead Historic District

National Register Listing — Atlas Number 2014000402

Invitation Homes

Invitation Homes, which is based in Dallas, Texas, has requests to improve the "Overview" and “History” sections of the Invitation Homes article at Talk:Invitation Homes. Full disclosure: I made this request on behalf of my employer, therefore I have a conflict of interest and am looking for volunteer editors to review my requests! Kristi at IH (talk) 21:06, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

Disappearance of Jason Landry

I have recently created a draft for the Disappearance of Jason Landry. He disappeared under suspicious circumstances in December 2020. Any help with the article would be appreciated. Thank you, Thriley (talk) 21:23, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

List of ghost towns in Texas

I've been going through List of ghost towns in Texas to add sourcing, and have removed two that are obvious to me: Loyal Valley, Texas which is currently what it always was - small farming population, but, not abandoned; and Luckenbach, Texas which has been a privately-owned for-profit venture for more than half a century. It's never been a true ghost town. Some on the list are true ghost towns that just vanished, but many are not. Also, I would say that any town that is part of a school district, is not a ghost town. I intend to remove the ones that still have active populations.— Maile (talk) 21:02, 27 September 2021 (UTC)

I think that would be great! If they merit removal from the Ghost Town page, can they be added to the List of unincorporated communities in Texas? Katrazyna (talk) 03:51, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Texas A&M Featured article review

User:HAL333 has nominated Texas A&M University for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:13, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

Texas History Movies

This is not a film, but a series of cartoons published later as a book. I just accepted this from AfC, as it has at least two very good sources. But it needs filling out--perhaps someone here would be interested. DGG ( talk ) 06:35, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Ease of voting

An editor has added rankings of the "easiest" and "hardest" states to vote in, to several US state articles. I question the value of this ranking, and have started a discussion at Talk:Texas#Ease of voting. Magnolia677 (talk) 12:28, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

Mike Cochran, Texas journalist

I just created a draft for Texas journalist Mike Cochran. Any help would be appreciated. Thriley (talk) 07:21, 16 January 2022 (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)

Proposed deletion of José Silva (parapsychologist)

The article José Silva (parapsychologist) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Unreferenced article with a slanted POV that has clearly not shown signs of improvement in years

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You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

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User script to detect unreliable sources

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.

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This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:02, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Draft article for Ion District

Hello! I'm Katrina, here on behalf of the Ion to suggest some improvements to the Wikipedia article about the innovation district. I'm submitting requests at Talk:Ion Innovation District instead of editing the article myself, in order to comply with conflict of interest rules.

There are many problems with the current Wikipedia article. The text relies heavily on press releases, company websites, government documents, and Rice's student newspaper over secondary journalistic sources. The article also seems heavily skewed, focusing on the community benefits agreement and funding more than the campus and facilities. There is also some incorrect text and some outdated information. For these reasons, I've worked to draft a much improved article, which I've saved here for editors to review: User:KB Ion/Ion District.

My first request to replace the "Campus" section with the proposed "Description" section was fulfilled, but I'm struggling to get feedback on my proposed replacement for the History section. Are any WikiProject Texas participants willing to review what I've proposed and copy over the content appropriately? Thanks! KB Ion (talk) 18:33, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

Merger discussion for Deen the Great vs. Walid Sharks

An article which may be of interest to members of this project—Deen the Great vs. Walid Sharks—has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Chocobiscuits (talk) 08:35, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

Elections in Texas Updates

Hello! I am a student at Texas Tech, tasked with improving a Wiki page for my final project. I am hoping to work with the Elections in Texas page, specifically to add a voting rights and voter powers section like the Elections in California has. I will also improve the citations across the whole page. Please let me know if y'all have any questions/comments/concerns/recommendations! Jayuslynne (talk) 00:37, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

Photo request

Are there any Wikipedians in Texas that are able to take photographs of the Martin Lake Line and upload them to Commons please? By doing this, we may be able to verify the line is no longer electrified and answer a query at the help desk. Mjroots (talk) 05:50, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia:Content assessment

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Content assessment#Proposal: Reclassification of Current & Future-Classes as time parameter, which is within the scope of this WikiProject. This WikiProject received this message because it currently uses "Current" and/or "Future" class(es). There is a proposal to split these two article "classes" into a new parameter "time", in order to standardise article-rating across Wikipedia (per RfC), while also allowing simultaneous usage of quality criteria and time for interest projects. Thanks! —CX Zoom[he/him] ^{(let's talk • {C•X})} 07:08, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

Ranch water RfD

Hi all, your input at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 July 5#Ranch water would be appreciated. --BDD (talk) 15:18, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Any Wikipedians from El Paso?

Hi, I've been working recently on two articles: El Paso Police Department and El Paso Fire Department. Compiling an accurate list of the chiefs of those departments (there's a section in each article) has become something of a relaxing past time of mine. But I'm at the point where recentism bias in online sources is hindering progress. This is interesting history for the city but newspaper sources seem almost necessary to continue to add reliable references. If anybody from El Paso wants to help, I'd be welcome. Jason Quinn (talk) 07:26, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Some photos would also make excellent additions to those articles. Jason Quinn (talk) 07:27, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Jason Quinn this Texas project is semi-inactive. Have you scrolled through Commons:Category:El Paso County, Texas? I don't know who on this project is from El Paso. But Megalibrarygirl who primarily is attached to Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red is from El Paso, and might be able to point you in the right direction. — Maile (talk) 15:35, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Hi Jason Quinn! I am an El Pasoan and when I do local topics, I usually focus on museums, interesting businesses and women who lived and shaped El Paso. I'm also a librarian and I can help you get access to El Paso Times online through our library services! Drop me a line in email or on my talk page! :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 18:14, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Raytheon Company requested move

There is a discussion taking place at Talk:Raytheon_Company#Requested_move_5_August_2023 about whether to move Raytheon Company to Raytheon. --Jax 0677 (talk) 02:33, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

Featured article review

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NPOV Concerns

A report has been made regarding a BLP article about a prominent public official from Texas including concerns about possible NPOV editing. Interested members of this project may find the report here. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:28, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

Edit-athon invite

Hi everyone,

If you're in San Antonio, we of the Women in Religion WikiProject, a sister project of Women in Red, would like to invite you to an edit-athon we're conducting at the American Academy of Religion on Friday, November 17, 10 am - 12 pm CST. If interested, please contact User:RosPost for more information. Best, Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 17:28, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

Move San Antonio task force to its proper location

An editor has requested that Wikipedia:WikiProject San Antonio be moved to another page, which may be of interest to this WikiProject. You are invited to participate in the move discussion. -- 65.92.247.90 (talk) 22:31, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

Merge WP:HOUSTON into WPTEXAS as a taskforce

An editor has requested that Wikipedia:WikiProject Houston be moved to another page, which may be of interest to this WikiProject. You are invited to participate in the move discussion. -- 65.92.247.90 (talk) 22:31, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

Merge WP:DFW into WPTEXAS as a taskforce

An editor has requested that Wikipedia:WikiProject Dallas-Fort Worth be moved to another page, which may be of interest to this WikiProject. You are invited to participate in the move discussion. -- 65.92.247.90 (talk) 22:31, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

Merge WP:Austin into WPTEXAS as a taskforce

An editor has requested that Wikipedia:WikiProject Austin be moved to another page, which may be of interest to this WikiProject. You are invited to participate in the move discussion. -- 65.92.247.90 (talk) 22:39, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

FAR for Shaylee Mansfield

I have nominated Shaylee Mansfield for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:50, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Invite to join the February 2024 Unreferenced Backlog Drive

WikiProject Unreferenced articles | February 2024 Backlog Drive

There is a substantial backlog of unsourced articles on Wikipedia, especially for United States-related articles! The purpose of this drive is to add sources to these articles and make a meaningful impact towards improving Wikipedia as a whole.

Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles cited.
Remember to tag your edit summary with [[WP:FEB24]], both to advertise the event and tally the points later using Edit Summary Search.
Interested in taking part? Sign up here.

CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 14:10, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Butthole Surfers

Butthole Surfers 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. Spinixster (chat!) 03:49, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

County Categories

I have come across a few pages such as Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative that lists every county in which the co-op does business. What is the task force's opinion on this as it seems like a lot of categories to attach and cannot find where it is done similarly in Wikipedia. CNMall41 (talk) 00:39, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

For better context, I am adding cats to company pages and we already have a category for "Companies based in Texas" as well as some categories for "Companies based in [Insert County Name], Texas." --CNMall41 (talk) 00:49, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:University of Texas at Austin stabbing#Requested move 14 July 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:University of Texas at Austin stabbing#Requested move 14 July 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 98𝚃𝙸𝙶𝙴𝚁𝙸𝚄𝚂 • [𝚃𝙰𝙻𝙺] 22:42, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Six Flags#Requested move 21 June 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Six Flags#Requested move 21 June 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 04:41, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

El Paso Police Department

Anybody interested in helping with the El Paso Police Department article's "Chief of Police history" section? In particular, somebody with access to the El Paso Times archive would be really beneficial as there are many useful articles there of which I can only see tiny snippets. Mostly trying to complete the section by adding references for the dates the Chief's tenure began and ended, their full names, and any special notes about their departure. I'm not entirely sure the list is complete too. It's possible some short term tenures are missing. I'm also trying to distinguish between interim Chiefs and appointed chiefs. Jason Quinn (talk) 10:21, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

I'm an El Paso resident, and I will be glad to help! Reciprocally, I'd like to invite help approving my well-sourced article Draft_talk:El_Paso_Chamber, which is supported by WikiProject yet has been declined twice despite nine reliable independent citations, and many notable firsts in its 125-year history.

WilliamEHillis (talk) 03:35, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Kris Kristofferson § Lyme Disease - revisited

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Kris Kristofferson § Lyme Disease - revisited, which is within the scope of this WikiProject. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 01:23, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

Graffiti in Houston

Graffiti in Houston has been tagged for speedy deletion, if any project members are interested in taking a look or making article improvements. Thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 14:13, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 4#Requested move 30 July 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 4#Requested move 30 July 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 07:26, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

GA discussions

There are two discussions about making LeAnn Rimes and Lee Ann Womack potential good articles. They can be found at Talk:LeAnn Rimes#GA? and Talk:Lee Ann Womack#Possible GA?. Comments from project members would be welcome. Thanks. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 02:42, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Chairmen of the Public Utility Commission of Texas

Drafts have been initiated for the seventeen missing chairmen of the powerful Public Utility Commission of Texas (some of these are women, but the title is "Chairman"). Any help in getting these drafts finished and moved to mainspace would be of great benefit to this project. Most of these officeholders have also held other prominent positions in public life or industry.

Cheers! BD2412 T 20:51, 15 August 2024 (UTC)