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Wiki Loves Pride!

You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride!

• What? Wiki Loves Pride, a campaign to document and photograph LGBT culture and history, including pride events

• When? June 2015

• How can you help?

• 1.) Create or improve LGBT-related articles and showcase the results of your work here

• 2.) Upload photographs or other media related to LGBT culture and history, including pride events, and add images to relevant Wikipedia articles; feel free to create a subpage with a gallery of your images (see examples from last year)

• 3.) Contribute to an LGBT-related task force at another Wikimedia project (Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikivoyage, etc.)

Or, view or update the current list of Tasks. This campaign is supported by the Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group, an officially recognized affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation. Visit the group's page at Meta-Wiki for more information, or follow Wikimedia LGBT+ on Facebook. Remember, Wiki Loves Pride is about creating and improving LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects, and content should have a neutral point of view. One does not need to identify as LGBT or any other gender or sexual minority to participate. This campaign is about adding accurate, reliable information to Wikipedia, plain and simple, and all are welcome!

If you have any questions, please leave a message on the campaign's main talk page.

Thanks, and happy editing!

User:Another Believer and User:OR drohowa

---Another Believer _(Talk) 04:54, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

AfD: Houston Heights Woman's Club

Resolved

Feel free to participate: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Houston Heights Woman's Club. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 04:53, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

Marking as "resolved" since then article was kept. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 23:37, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

420 Collaboration

You are invited to participate in the upcoming "420 collaboration", which is being held from Saturday, April 15 to Sunday, April 30, and especially on April 20, 2017! The purpose of the collaboration, which is being organized by WikiProject Cannabis, is to create and improve cannabis-related content at Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects in a variety of fields, including: culture, health, hemp, history, medicine, politics, and religion. WikiProject Houston participants may be particularly interested in the following: Cannabis in Texas (Category:Cannabis in Texas). For more information about this campaign, and to learn how you can help improve Wikipedia, please visit the "420 collaboration" page.

---Another Believer _(Talk) 04:32, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride - Houston

Just sharing a link to the project page Wikipedia:Meetup/Houston/Wiki Loves Pride 2016, in case anyone wants to see the new content being created or help our efforts. Thanks! --Another Believer _(Talk) 23:37, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

WikiProject United States - 50,000 Challenge

You are invited to participate in the 50,000 Challenge, aiming for 50,000 article improvements and creations for articles relating to the United States. This effort began on November 1, 2016 and to reach our goal, we will need editors like you to participate, expand, and create. See more here!

---Another Believer _(Talk) 21:19, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Black Leather Jesus

Is anyone from this WikiProject familiar with the band Black Leather Jesus. The article is not being supported by any reliable sources and appears to have been (re)created by someone associated with the band after it was speedily deleted per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Black Leather Jesus back in 2007. I can't see the original article anymore, but this looks, at least on the surface, like a candidate for speedy deletion per WP:G4. However, if anyone thinks it can be improved then please post something on the article's talk page. Thanks in advance. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:58, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

Archiving block book maps

Hi guys! @RJN: @Hourick: @Sandcherry: @0x0077BE: @EricEnfermero: @Another Believer:

I'm making listings of each Harris County block book map set for each neighborhood/subdivision in Harris County, Texas (the county includes the vast majority of the City of Houston, multiple other municipalities, and some unincorporated areas). I am posting these lists in the talk pages because I want to keep track of exact neighborhood boundaries (so we know what is inside or not inside a certain neighborhood, and not all homeowner's associations post maps of their respective boundaries). It is necessary to specifically use Wikipedia talk pages to keep track of them because there are some errors in Harris County's databases (the wrong maps are put in certain neighborhood listings, and/or the maps weren't allocated for that neighborhood at all but are clearly accessible on the website) and I want users to be able to have access to all of the relevant maps.

Maps can be combined with school district attendance boundary maps to determine where children in that neighborhood go to school. They can also be used to determine other major landmarks like parks, etc. which serve the neighborhoods. If an event happens in Houston, one could use these maps to determine with certainty which subdivision the event occurred in.

In addition to listing the block book maps (both the JPG and PDF files), I am archiving them on the following:

• The PDF files and JPG files on the Wayback Machine
• The JPG files on archive.is (archive.is can't archive PDFs)
• The PDF files on webcitation.org (for some reason the JPGs I'm archiving there result in garbled text)

By having two archives of each file, Wikipedians can access them even if the Harris County site is down. It's important to preserve our sources so future generations can use them.

Remember that neighborhoods of Houston in Fort Bend and Montgomery counties, portions of municipalities not in Harris County are not on the Harris County block book site. Therefore Blue Ridge/Briargate and parts of Kingwood won't be here. WhisperToMe (talk) 11:13, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

• I found a way that could help find maps not listed on the HCAD database: Look for the index map! (example A shows a broader index map). If you have maps of A subdivision but can't find nearby B subdivision, look for the original land survey indicated on subdivision A's block book sheet. Replace the parameters of https://www.hctax.net/Property/SubResults?T=Results&Vol=1&Page=1 with the volume # and page # indicated by A's block book. Example search results for Volume 41, Page 17. From there you should find an index map that will tell you where approximately subdivision B is based on the Part and index page number. From a smaller index map it should tell you exactly which volume and page number the subdivision appears on. WhisperToMe (talk) 13:35, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
  • This smaller index map says "Wessex Place" (A subdivision I've been trying to find) is on Volume 64 Page 169: https://www.hctax.net/Property/SubResults?T=Results&Vol=64&Page=169 - Hope it works - The result says no images :( - But I'll try manually looking for it WhisperToMe (talk) 13:55, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
    • Got Wessex Place! - I searched for Volume 64 Page 1, then manually changed the page number to be higher till I found my bearings (a labeled page number), then dialed it down till it matched! See, there's a way to find block book pages even if the HCAD internet database doesn't have them listed. If you want to get the boundaries of a neighborhood, please remember this! WhisperToMe (talk) 14:04, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Houston Press severe downsizing: May affect RS status (2017)

Houston Press is having a case of severe downsizing as almost all of its staff was let go: https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2017/11/03/houston-press-ends-print-product-cuts-staff.html and http://www.houstonpress.com/news/saying-goodbye-to-the-houston-press-in-print-9931333

I used the paper as a reliable source in Houston-related local interest articles, but the loss of salaried employees and any decline in editorial standards means I may not use post-October 2017 articles as sources.

On a more personal note I liked the paper and will miss its print version :( WhisperToMe (talk) 02:32, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

Discrepancy in article "History of the African Americans in Houston"

Howdy y'all,

I just noticed this in the article History of the African Americans in Houston. In the second sentence under the History section:

In 1860, 49% of the city's African American population was enslaved;[3] there were eight free blacks and 1,060 slaves.[2]

These two clauses seem to be at odds. The cite [2] points to a book review in which those figures lead off, but the page listed in cite [3] does not mention anything about the percentages of free or enslaved African Americans in 1860. The figure cited on that page points to a graph of 1920 Houston population's country of origin. A reading of previous pages that actually mention the period say nothing of the percentage of free or enslaved.

I propose rewording the sentence to eliminate the first cite:

In 1860, there were eight free blacks and 1,060 slaves.[2]

Joewhite (talk) 20:39, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

Sam Houston (sculpture)

Page watchers may be interested in updating the Sam Houston (sculpture) article. I don't really appreciate the comment an editor left on the talk page recently, but regardless, the article could use some improvements. Thanks for your consideration. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 17:33, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

WikiProject collaboration notice from the Portals WikiProject

The reason I am contacting you is because there are one or more portals that fall under this subject, and the Portals WikiProject is currently undertaking a major drive to automate portals that may affect them.

Portals are being redesigned.

The new design features are being applied to existing portals.

At present, we are gearing up for a maintenance pass of portals in which the introduction section will be upgraded to no longer need a subpage. In place of static copied and pasted excerpts will be self-updating excerpts displayed through selective transclusion, using the template {{Transclude lead excerpt}}.

The discussion about this can be found here.

Maintainers of specific portals are encouraged to sign up as project members here, noting the portals they maintain, so that those portals are skipped by the maintenance pass. Currently, we are interested in upgrading neglected and abandoned portals. There will be opportunity for maintained portals to opt-in later, or the portal maintainers can handle upgrading (the portals they maintain) personally at any time.

Background

On April 8th, 2018, an RfC ("Request for comment") proposal was made to eliminate all portals and the portal namespace. On April 17th, the Portals WikiProject was rebooted to handle the revitalization of the portal system. On May 12th, the RfC was closed with the result to keep portals, by a margin of about 2 to 1 in favor of keeping portals.

There's an article in the current edition of the Signpost interviewing project members about the RfC and the Portals WikiProject.

Since the reboot, the Portals WikiProject has been busy building tools and components to upgrade portals.

So far, 84 editors have joined.

If you would like to keep abreast of what is happening with portals, see the newsletter archive.

If you have any questions about what is happening with portals or the Portals WikiProject, please post them on the WikiProject's talk page.

Thank you.    — The Transhumanist   07:41, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Eagle Houston nominated for deletion

Resolved

• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eagle Houston

---Another Believer _(Talk) 02:17, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

The article was kept. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 17:26, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Assessing articles

What is the process for requesting assessment of articles related to Houston? Thanks, Oldsanfelipe (talk) 20:07, 30 June 2018 (UTC)

Tal's Hill (Minute Maid Park) remerger proposal

The article for Tal's Hill, a former feature of Minute Maid Park (the hill was removed in 2016), was merged into the Minute Maid Park article in 2007, however a user recreated the article last year. He currently opposes remerger. The discussion is here. 73.32.38.72 (talk) 14:38, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

Reactivate or transfer to a task force

WikiProject Houston has been inactive. For those who are interested in content under the scope of the project, would you prefer to reactivate the WikiProject or have it change its status to a Houston Task Force with the support of WikiProject Texas? Oldsanfelipe (talk) 15:28, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

I plan to reactivate the project. It will take some time to restore project functions. Postoak (talk) 16:26, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. Please let me know if I can be of help. Oldsanfelipe (talk) 16:33, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

Reassessing stub articles

Many stub articles are due for reassessment. This week I have reassessed many articles within the scope of the project as start-class, and in only a few cases, reassessed importance as mid. I would not imagine that these changes would be controversial, but (obviously) anyone is free to check my work. Cheers, Oldsanfelipe (talk) 13:17, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

Image request for war memorials

World War I Monument and World War II Memorial (Houston) need images, if any Houstonians find themselves around to snap a photo. Thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 01:08, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

@Another Believer: I am not a member of the project, but I'll try to help. I found an old photo roll with a few shots of the WWI Monument, but the quality is poor. I am not a good photographer, but sometimes I get lucky. I will put this on my to do list. Oldsanfelipe (talk) 09:27, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

Wonderful, thank you! I appreciate you're willing to add Houston sites to your to do list. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 13:45, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

@Another Believer: I just uploaded two images for the Houston World War II Memorial. They are not great, but you can find them at the Commons under Category:Public art in Texas. Oldsanfelipe (talk) 19:54, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

@Oldsanfelipe: Thank you, I've added them to the article! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 00:46, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

Neighborhoods

User:WhisperToMe and I have been discussing boundaries of the Houston Museum District at Talk:Houston_Museum_District#Boundaries. Now I'm wondering, should there be Wikipedia articles, categories, and possibly navboxes (if applicable) for Houston's superneighborhoods? Here is a link to a complete list:

• https://www.houstontx.gov/superneighborhoods/recognized.html

If this is how the city officially recognizes geographic areas, shouldn't we follow? ---Another Believer _(Talk) 14:44, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

• @Another Believer: It gets more complicated because the actual management organizations - homeowner's associations (for residential neigborhoods) and management districts established by the Texas Legislature (often for business districts/commercial areas) usually have completely different boundaries. The Westchase, Houston management district and the City of Houston superneighborhood have separate boundaries. Also sometimes communities just don't have any one set of boundaries (I wrote about this in the Third Ward, Houston#Boundaries section. WhisperToMe (talk) 15:53, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

  WhisperToMe, Hmm, ok, well then I don't really know what to do. I like being able to place sites in specific geographic areas, but this seems to be difficult in Houston. I'll let other editors decide how best to describe the geography of Houston. Too confusing for me! :p ---Another Believer _(Talk) 15:55, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

  It's all good! Anyway for reference this is the Texas management district boundary: https://www.westchasedistrict.com/land-use-map/ , and this is the City Super Neighborhood: https://www.houstontx.gov/planning/Demographics/docs_pdfs/SN/19_Westchase.pdf . If Houston had formal wards like Chicago I would be all in favor of using those. WhisperToMe (talk) 16:03, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

Quality images

I've noticed there are no quality, valued, or featured images of Houston at English Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons. Very surprising, and disappointing. Any candidates to nominate? ---Another Believer _(Talk) 17:27, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Update: The following two images have been promoted:

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Feel free to nominate others at Commons. Thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 17:22, 25 May 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! Delivered by — MusikBot talk 00:05, 10 June 2019 (UTC) on behalf of the TAFI team

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) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

Need input for merging Tal's Hill into Minute Maid Park

Tal's Hill is a former feature of Minute Maid Park that was removed in 2013. The Tal's Hill article was merged into the Minute Maid Park article in 2007, but then recreated by a user in 2017. The discussion for the merger is here: Talk:Minute_Maid_Park#New_Merger_Proposal 2600:1700:D6E0:65E0:8400:D781:3985:AB45 (talk) 12:36, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

2020 Houston explosion

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

Testing reports bot

Check out the new reports. Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 03:09, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Merger proposal

Could the article for the defunct Houston Lighting and Power be merged with Reliant Energy? Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 19:38, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

I'm disinclined in this particular case, as the utility was notable in its own right in its day. There is a lot of room to expand the article should someone wish to research the company. If it is merged and someone winds up writing a lot about it later, the reverse-split would leave a complicated history.

Personally, I think "defunct notable companies" are a very good topic for student projects, as they require some intense manual/pre-internet research skills and they are unlikely to be seen as promotional, so the student editors are unlikely to run into other editors telling them to read the COI and NOTSPAM pages. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 22:34, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

davidwr Makes sense. I have no plans to push for a merger. Thanks for taking a look. Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 06:49, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

Backlog on assessments: volunteers needed!

I have added a reporting bot to the Houston project site. (See "Testing reports bot" above.) Among other things, it gives a daily report of all assessments and reassessments under the scope of the project. There are still 422 Houston-based articles without assessments, and another 595 articles which have not been rated for importance. A great many older stub and start class articles have been expanded, but not yet reassessed. Many GA and FA articles attained there status over a decade ago, but there is a question whether these articles are maintained to current Wikipedia standards. Please let me know if you are interested in helping out with assessments and reassessments. Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 02:22, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

WikiProject status

I have asked for a clarification of what constitutes WikiProject activity. By any measure, WikiProject Houston is semi-active at best. I think the status should be changed accordingly until such time that it is less dormant. I think we should consider a merger with WikiProject Texas, which is itself only semi-active. WikiProject Texas main page has more functionality, and merging would prevent the need to re-invent the wheel. WikiProject San Antonio, for example, is now a Task Force, and WikiProject Houston should consider support from the stronger WikiProject Texas. Thoughts? Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 16:23, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Oldsanfelipe2, I'm from Houston originally but don't follow the activities of this project too closely. I do have the page on my watchlist. I don't feel strongly about being a WikiProject or a Task Force. I'll yield to the collective preference of other project members. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 16:37, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Perhaps merging all semi-active Texas WikiProjects into the Texas one, with Tasks forces being formed to replace individual projects, is the way to go. See WP:WikiProject Television. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 17:42, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Once project members decide, someone at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council might be able to help. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 21:16, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

I have marked both WikiProject Texas and WikiProject Houston as inactive. WikiProject Texas is not doing assessments or answering questions at its main talk page or help talk page. If there is support for reviving either project, I would like to be a part of that effort. Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 21:31, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

I could see the Texas project becoming active again if all the inactive Texas-related subprojects are converted into task forces of the parent WikiProject Texas: Wikipedia:WikiProject Austin, Wikipedia:WikiProject Dallas-Fort Worth, Wikipedia:WikiProject Houston, Wikipedia:WikiProject San Antonio, Wikipedia:WikiProject University of Houston, Wikipedia:WikiProject Texas A&M, Wikipedia:WikiProject Texas Tech University, and Wikipedia:WikiProject University of Texas at Austin. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 21:39, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

Another Believer, I can imagine how your suggestion might work, but my efforts at communications with WikiProject Texas have failed. I could try reaching out to the other subprojects. I have reached out to individual editors in the past. No responses. Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 22:53, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

I have contacted those subprojects about reactivating WikiProject Texas. I have not suggested mergers at this time. It doesn't make sense to merge unless the parent project is more active. thanks, Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 23:09, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

Oldsanfelipe2, I understand, but there will never be a critical mass across any of these projects unless we start pointing editors to a single space and combining lists of participants over time. I'm actually a fan of keeping standalone WikiProjects, but only when there's at least someone willing to state their preference to keep the WikiProject separate. If no one is suggesting otherwise, then I think merging makes sense. If we start converting Texas-related WikiProjects into task forces, and merging WikiProject talk page banners into Template:WikiProject Texas, over time editors will naturally find their way to Wikipedia:WikiProject Texas. Even if WP:Texas is seemingly inactive at the moment, I still think being bold and working to reinvigorate that project as worth the gamble. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 23:35, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

Another Believer I have reached out to all of these projects. Let's wait for the response. In the meantime, I am working on updating the WP Houston page. I can also do some more assessments, but I wish I had a bit more input about how to evaluate importance to the project. If you are available, I could use your help organizing the image requests: which ones are done, which requests are obsolete, or add a few that you might think of. Thanks, Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 23:50, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

My feeling is that if users don't respond at WikiProject Texas in sufficient time, we in a sense are authorized to proceed with a merge. Anyhow I also agree that merging into a single WikiProject is for the best at this time as activity on WikiProjects has been way down. WhisperToMe (talk) 09:21, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

I agree that a merger is necessary. We cannot maintain an independent WikiProject Houston without some significant commitment from several editors.Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 02:36, 3 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) 17:48, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

RFC Discussion: Definition of 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) 01:13, 16 March 2020 (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) 04:34, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

AfD

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

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

@LizardJr8: Curious if you're able to search the Houston Chronicle archives again for this subject? ---Another Believer _(Talk) 17:49, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

I found three articles. First two are not great for notability, but the third one might be:

• ORLANDO NIGHTCLUB MASSACRE; 'Nobody stood a chance' in worst mass shooting in U.S. history; THE REACTION: Locals stunned but steadfast: 'We can't be afraid' - June 13, 2016 - passing reference "She had gone to JR's, a well-known club popular with Houston's gay community, with her wife and some friends. The carnage hours earlier in Orlando, Fla., was on the minds of many patrons."
• Welcome to the gayborhood Montrose is still the epicenter for all the fun, but Houston's options are expanding - Feb 10, 2011 - also passing mention "Montrose is a nighttime gathering ground for gossip and karaoke (JR's Bar & Grill)" in a story about new places opening with former staff of JRs; does indicate that it is one of the four "venues owned by Charles Armstrong" which are a big part of the Montrose scene and its convenient multiple locations
• Crowd at Montrose gay bar is packed with Rockets fans - June 18, 1994 - article about JRs during basketball playoffs, and fans mingling with dancers in g-strings (the article is as much or more about the bar and the Montrose scene, compared to being about the playoffs)

LizardJr8 (talk) 18:37, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

LizardJr8, Thanks for searching! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 21:10, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

Six Flags AstroWorld

I understand this project may be 'inactive', but I'm also hoping there are still some active editors following along. 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! I've so much AstroWorld nostalgia, I'd love to see this article done right. --Another Believer _(Talk) 13:17, 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) 22:27, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

Update: Two other editors and I have co-nominated this article for Good status. Final call for updates! Also, sharing in case a project member wishes to complete the GA review. Thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 16:46, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

Update: The article has been updated to Good article status! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 19:17, 3 December 2021 (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? ---Another Believer _(Talk) 21:51, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

I just happen to be a subscriber so I looked at the archives.

• "RESTORED TO GLORY/City's statuary begins to look like new again" - story about Sam Houston statue. O'Higgins bust mentioned in a list of the 17 statues in worst shape among Houston's 90 statues
• "City attorney will step into sculpture dispute" - story about cruciform sculptures that were rejected by the city. O'Higgins bust mentioned in one sentence: "the commission recommended that a gift from the government of Chile, a bronze bust of Capt. Bernardo O'Higgins, founding father of the republic, be accepted for the International Sculpture Garden located in Hermann Park."
• "Passions burn hotly for 'The Liberator'" - story about a statue of Simon Bolivar. Passing mention of O'Higgins the person (not the Houston bust): ""The Liberator" is a household name in much of South America, though to Argentines that title belongs to Jose de San Martin and to Bernardo O'Higgins in Chile. Both were Bolivar contemporaries who led the independence struggles in those countries."

In summary, not much about the O'Higgins bust at all. LizardJr8 (talk) 20:40, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

LizardJr8, Thank you! I am linking to your feedback in the ongoing deletion discussion. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 20:48, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

Image request: Yia Yia Mary's

Submitting a request for images of Yia Yia Mary's, in case any project members can help. Thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 16:36, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

FAR for Tropical Storm Allison

I have nominated Tropical Storm Allison 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. Hog Farm _Talk 04:02, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

FAR for J. R. Richard

I have nominated J. R. Richard 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. Hog Farm _Talk 22:25, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Mistress Isabelle Brooks

I've nominated Mistress Isabelle Brooks for Good status, if any project members are interested in improving or reviewing. Thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 20:40, 17 May 2023 (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.

- Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

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Requested move at Talk:Eric Berger (meteorologist)#Requested move 8 January 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Eric Berger (meteorologist)#Requested move 8 January 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 20:36, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

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/Houston task force. (closed by non-admin page mover) Elli (talk | contribs) 18:46, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Houston → Wikipedia:WikiProject Texas/Houston – 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 3 years[1] -- this would implement the supported proposal from 2020. -- 65.92.247.90 (talk) 22:27, 8 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/Houston 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/Houston 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 ☏ ¢ 😼  21:13, 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.

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)

Good article reassessment for Galveston, Texas

Galveston, Texas 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. Z1720 (talk) 13:57, 22 August 2024 (UTC)