Wikipedia:WikiProject Syracuse, New York
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Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Syracuse, New York. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the goals, tasks, and projects below.
After discussion, this WikiProject was started on July 31, 2006.
For more information on WikiProjects, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject and Wikipedia:WikiProject/Best practices.
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The Near Westside is one of the oldest Syracuse neighborhoods. In the early 1900s there were many wealthy families living along West Onondaga Street in many very large homes. The mayor of Syracuse lived in one of those homes. There was a beautiful fountain with many statues at onondaga circle where West Onondaga Street and Delaware Street come together. See Talk:Near Westside, Syracuse for the to-do list. See Cleanup of the week below to add articles that need to be cleaned up. |
Title
WikiProject on Syracuse, New York
Scope
There are over 1000 articles that link to Syracuse, New York alone. New Syracuse-related articles are constantly being created, often by good-intentioned but inexperienced editors who violate copyright, or simply violate NPOV and style guidelines. As the Syracuse scope goes far beyond the main article, a greater level of coordination than what can be achieved on one talk page is required.
For starters, the project will focus on articles directly relating to Syracuse (as in locations, buildings, parks, etc. that are in the city proper), as well as the towns (and their respective villages) that share a border with the city.
Parentage
- Grandparent: WikiProject Cities
- Parent: WikiProject U.S. cities
- State-level: WikiProject New York
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Members
- I'm in--Niro5 02:57, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
- Same here -- Gizzakk 03:27, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
- That makes three --newkai | talk | contribs 03:30, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
- I'll try AdamBiswanger1 14:53, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
- Will try. About to move there. Tfine80 17:14, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
- I am very interested in being part of this project. KVenneSyr August 2006 (UTC)
- I've already added some, and will continue to contribute. SirJasalot 15 September 2006 (UTC)
- TwinsMetsFan - From the city 80 miles to the west (Rochester) and have visited Syracuse on numerous occasions. Happy to help.
- Yes, count me in please - would love to help Alucard (Dr.) 31 October 2006
- I would like to help also. Have some photos that can be usefull. CrimsonFury 1 December 2006
Structure
An issue facing the project is Category:Greater Syracuse, New York vs. Category:Onondaga County, New York. Right now Greater Syracuse is in the Onondaga County category, but Greater Syracuse arguably extends beyond Onondaga County... Tough situation. In any case, make sure to add [[Category:Greater Syracuse, New York]] to all Syracuse-related articles, unless there is a more specific subcategory, including:
- Category:Buildings and structures in Syracuse, New York
- Category:People from Syracuse, New York
- Category:Radio stations in Syracuse
- Category:Sports in Syracuse, New York
- Category:Syracuse University
- Category:Syracuse streets and neighborhoods
- Category:Television stations in Syracuse
Not arguably. The
Goals
- Ensure that all Syracuse-related articles at least meet basic WP:Style guidelines, are categorized correctly and wikilinked with detail, including its neighborhood if it is located in Syracuse.
- Work on completing the neighborhoods.
- Continually improve the quality of the better articles so they can reach Good Article status one day.
Projects
- Photography: Replace bad-quality, dismal-looking, and questionable-copyright-status photos with better free ones.
- A good third-party source is Flickr. Here's the Syracuse Creative Commons Search String
- If anyone has any requests, just let me know. I am rather busy at the moment, but I am trying to get around and get some decent shots. -- Gizzakk 19:03, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
- Same for me. Though I am not formall part of the project, I live near Liverpool High School and do photography, so I can also get some good shots. Contact me through my talk page -- Blown-Upp
Tasks
- Continuous: Keep Syracuse, New York as compact as possible, moving as much details into sub-articles as is reasonable.
- Continuous: Keep all Syracuse-related articles properly categorized.
- Continuous: Ensure that all links going to the central city article are disambiguated, especially to ensure that links to Syracuse aren't instead meant to go to Syracuse University or Syracuse, Italy.
- Plan and develop Portal:Syracuse, New York (See Portal:Philadelphia for an example).
- Identify and list all Syracuse-related infoboxes and navigational templates on a subpage, and consider the development of new ones.
- Add an assessment scale.
Other subpages
Templates
The following are templates related to WikiProject Syracuse:
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{{SyracuseNYWikiProject}} Designates that an article as part of WikiProject Syracuse. Placed on the article's Talk page. |
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{{SyracuseNYWikiProject-Member}} Designates that a user is a member of WikiProject Syracuse. Placed on the member's user page and/or their associated talk page. |
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{{User WPSyracuseNY}} Designates that a user is a member of WikiProject Syracuse. Placed on the member's user page and/or their associated talk page. Can be used in addition to or instead of the banner above. |
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{{User_SyracuseNY}} Designates that a user is from Syracuse Metro. Placed on the member's user page and/or their associated talk page. Doesn't require membership in this project to use. |
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Infoboxes
There is just the main infobox template currently in use in the main article. We could use some help creating a template for the "sudo-template" currently in use in some neighborhood articles.
Stub templates
NOTE: Stubs are managed by the Stub-sorting WikiProject. Before creating a new stub, you should propose it at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals. See Wikipedia:Stub for general guidelines on proposing stub templates and categories. DO NOT simply create new stub templates, as these will be deleted.
Maybe this should be done...
Other templates
Neighborhood articles use Template:Syracuse Neighborhoods at their bottom:
Categories
Lists
Cleanup/Expansion of the week
Queue
Add articles you find of subpar quality below, and they will be "Cleanup of the Week" in the order they were added:
Past
- Northside, Syracuse (Before & After)
- Skunk City (Before & After)
- North Valley, Syracuse (Before & After)
- List of annual events in Syracuse (Before & After)
- Clinton String Quartet (Before & After)
- Syracuse Cultural Workers (Before & After)
New articles related to Syracuse
Please feel free to list your new Syracuse-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Wikipedia page. DYN has a 72 hr. time limit from the creation of the article. Listing an article here also increases its visibility so it can be proofread more quickly.
Requested articles
List topics here that you feel are important but don't have the knowledge or drive to create.
Arts and Culture
Neighborhoods
The following neighborhood articles have yet to be created:
- Elmwood, Syracuse
- Lakefront, Syracuse
- Near Eastside, Syracuse
- Outer Comstock
- Salt Springs, Syracuse
- Sedgwick, Syracuse
- Skytop, Syracuse
- South Valley, Syracuse
- Southwest, Syracuse
- Washington Square, Syracuse
Wikipedia surveys
Ad hoc surveys
Ongoing Wikipedia surveys
Deletion links
- Articles for deletion (Article deletion):
- Deletion review (Article undeletion}:
- Templates for deletion:
- Categories for discussion:
- Images for deletion:
- Redirects for deletion:
WikiProject Deletion sorting
Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting is a new effort that attempts to classify various articles nominated for votes for deletion by major categories. The Syracuse-related articles at VFD are listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Syracuse.
Requests
Resources
- The New Student's Reference Work (for old history)
- Hardin, Evamaria: Syracuse Landmarks: An Aia Guide to Downtown and Historic Neighborhoods ISBN 0815602731
Syracuse Meetups
See also
Wikipedia:WikiProject Templates