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Liberty, NY

Hey all, just made an account. Thought maybe this worked like a comment thread, and wrote the following. Still learning the ropes, so thanks for your patience!

"Hey fellow Liberty natives! This article reads like an advertisement, not an encylopedia article.

Frankly, this is unacceptable. I'm new to actually editing Wikipedia, and I have yet to figure out exactly how to get it to say that thing about not meeting standards for tone at the top, but it needs it. Badly.

No ill will towards whomever wrote this - there's a great deal to be proud of in this corner of the world, but there's a lot of ugly stuff too.

More to the point, an encyclopedia should be neutral, and I hope that somebody with more time on their hands than I will rectify this issue post haste. Because all I see when I read this is a small town desperate for new people to move in. And not to assume authorial intent here, but that's counterintuitive.

Thank you in advance, anyone who takes this on (assuming anybody will.)" NapkinGhost (talk) 09:40, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury 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. Onegreatjoke (talk) 01:20, 28 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for History of Singapore

History of Singapore 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. Onegreatjoke (talk) 21:06, 30 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for History of Minneapolis

History of Minneapolis 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. Onegreatjoke (talk) 19:41, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Canterbury

Canterbury 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. Onegreatjoke (talk) 01:30, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Importance parameter

I've been adding the {{WikiProject Cities}} template to thousands of talk pages that lack it. I've also been adding an importance= parameter to each one. A look at /Assessment shows the importance parameter has been gotten rid of. I would like it made clear whether that parameter should be added, since I am currently unsure, and I don't want to add an unneeded parameter to so many talk pages. Pinging John M Wolfson, who deleted the importance categories. Nythar (💬-🍀) 12:09, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Nythar: given that there are tens, possibly hundreds, of thousands of cities on Earth, it would be rather fatuous to assign each of them an "importance" parameter. (I've personally thought it would be best to wind up this project due to the wide scope, but I've been vetoed on that.) Therefore, we have followed the trend of other WikiProjects such as Film and Albums, and ditched it in favor of a "core" of 50 mega-important cities, and taskforces to take care of the rest. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 16:40, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@John M Wolfson: Do you know where I can find a list of taskforces? Nythar (💬-🍀) 16:42, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Nythar: They won't apply to the vast majority of articles, but there are two located at Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities#Taskforces. Hope this helps! – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 16:46, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Also, @Nythar:, if you have a tool that you've been using to add the templates, could you also use it to remove the importance parameters? – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 16:50, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'll do so if I come across such a page using User:Evad37/rater or AWB, which I normally use for large-scale edits. Nythar (💬-🍀) 16:54, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed merging of Himare (town) into Himare

A user is proposing this at the relevant talkpage [1]. I think it would be odd not to have a separate article for the largest settlement in the municipality. Additional input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Khirurg (talk) 22:18, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

And I think it would be odd to treat Himara in a different way from every other city and town in Albania. Even more odd is to have 2 articles, one of which is just a short copy of the other. When you make a request for comments, make it neutral without arguments for your own stance included. Ktrimi991 (talk) 23:10, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Mikkeli

Mikkeli 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. Onegreatjoke (talk) 21:43, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Credibility bot

As this is a highly active WikiProject, I would like to introduce you to Credibility bot. This is a bot that makes it easier to track source usage across articles through automated reports and alerts. We piloted this approach at Wikipedia:Vaccine safety and we want to offer it to any subject area or domain. We need your support to demonstrate demand for this toolkit. If you have a desire for this functionality, or would like to leave other feedback, please endorse the tool or comment at WP:CREDBOT. Thanks! Harej (talk) 17:44, 5 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Birmingham

Birmingham 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. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 10:00, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Why is the data for the 2020 census not being added to articles?

Back when the 2010 Census came out, people were quick to get the data written into the articles. Not this time; It's been 3 years now and many articles still only have paragraphs describing the 2010 Census. Why? Alexysun (talk) 02:49, 12 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Census Bureau is not done releasing their data from the census. I think most are waiting for a complete 1:1 replacement set, which would require more detailed releases, before doing mass replacements. Sounder Bruce 03:03, 12 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Community articles for some states have been converted to 2020 census. I updated almost 700 community articles for state of Kansas. • Sbmeirow • Talk • 13:05, 12 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Becuase that was done in an automated way by User:Rich Farmbrough, who has unfortunately been banned. If someone can make a bot that can scrape census data while editing it would be great. See Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Cities/Archive_22#US_Cities_-_Census_info for the last discussion on updating the paragraph format. Reywas92^Talk 15:40, 12 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What's the source for the Historical population table of US municipalities?

Hey all! 👋 I'm currently in the process of translating lists of municipalities in the USA from the Wikipedia in English to the one in French, and preparing a demography template (it's already widely used for French communes) in order to lower the needs of maintenance of our own Wikiproject USA.

While reading Red Creek, New York, I've noticed that the "U.S. Decennial Census" reference link of its Historical population table is broken. What's supporting such numbers in the various tables shown in every article about a community in the USA? I've only found the "QuickFacts" tool on the Census Bureau website, and it seems very limited to communities with a population over 5,000 and the two last censuses. 😓

I would very much prefer if every data point of the tables had a reference that I could verify instantly online. Can anyone point me to historical US Census ressources and current data for US communities please? I'll welcome any easy-to-process data tables and ways to find them. 😃 J. N. Squire (talk) 22:39, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]