Talk:Little Chute, Wisconsin

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[edit] Discussion

Can't we get a better pix than a watertower? I've e-mailed Little Chute Historical Society to get permission for photos but no one replies. Anyone in LC want to stop by the Library and ask? Jhuiting 19:47, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

LC is a unique town with a great history; let's keep the basketball status of 5th generation Dutch Boys out of it. How about taking the digital cameras out to the locks at Doyle Park and gets some pixs? Jhuiting 03:27, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Taken care of, but the School and Sport success section should probably be rewritten to cover the local teams instead of a single squad's success. If I followed the sports in Little Chute more closely, I'd do it. Pontificator 06:48, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Petetowns (Who fan?) can we get a more historical view of LC sports teams? Including perhaps the Mustangs, the Dutchmen and even the Flying Dutchmen and include hockey, football and the like. The Centenial Book has some info. 140.104.20.3 , who ever you are, how about a quick historical summary of the school system? LC is unique in that St John's provided the sole HS for so many years - a state-versus-church issue to be sure. Jhuiting 16:06, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Jhuiting 22:28, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Reply on the watertower comment as photographer: Ok, what would you like a picture of instead? Please be specific. It obviously was a poor day to take a picture (dark and cloudy). A poor picture is better than none. Any picture first published before 1923 is fair game per U.S. copyright (even if it's on a website), and there is a tag for it. Royalbroil ^T : C 20:29, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures

I'd be happy to go out and snap a few pictures of the Village and put them in the public domain. Maybe a picture of St. Johns seeing as how it's so pervasive in the written article and so critical to the history of the Village. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kermit814 (talk • contribs) 16:40, 23 January 2007 (UTC).

Sounds good. You can replace the image watertower image if you feel it is appropriate. Contact me, and I will have my watertower image speedy deleted (as the author). Royalbroil ^T : C 16:43, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] School and Sport Success

Whomever is anonymously changing this section to include non-NPOV and biased information needs to stop please. The inclusion of phrases like "Led by point guard Kurt Schommer and a strong and solid core of big men consisting of Bryan Arnold, Max Sorenson, and Dan VanGroll" and "The team led by point guard Kurt Schommer, now a freshman and plays for Madison Edgewood, and a strong big man group consisting of Bryan Arnold, Max Sorenson, and Danny VanGroll" is both irrelevant and against the posting guidelines.

Additionally, this section needs to be rewritten from a historical/informational viewpoint to bring the article in line with similar sections from other articles. I'll begin researching this and rewriting it this weekend, but it will take some time to do properly. Example:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison%2C_wi#Sports Pontificator 06:03, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article improvement

Royalbroil: Thanks for the headings. I could use some help on the references and general clean up. I want to get an A on this this Jhuiting 22:28, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

"A" status means that it passed the Good Article (which is difficult as I just had Mario Andretti's article pass GA criteria), and might be considered for featured article. It needs to be complete in all aspects. See Duluth, Minnesota or Youngstown, Ohio for articles at Good Article status. This article would need to be greater than these articles. There is much to improve in this article.

About the referencing: I think it is SOOOO much easier to use templates to reference the article. You are more or less required to use inline citations if you want to get it to GA status, at least in certain cases. You can find out more about citing at WP:CITE, although it looks like you understand it fairly well. You can find out about the citation templates at Wikipedia:Citation templates. All your citations need to be not from a person or word of mouth, but instead from a reliable source. Reliable sources include newspapers (The Post-Crescent will be especially useful), magazine (especially national ones), and even better than those two are books. You can look at any Good Article (like Andretti for example) to see the referencing in action. Let me know if you need any help, or if you want some coaching. This article is on my watchlist. I am familiar with the Fox Cities, as I recently graduated from Fox Valley Technical College. I occasionally get through the Little Chute area, as my sister lives in Freedom. Royalbroil 03:51, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Why did we yank the link to the St John grade school geneology website? I think it's a unique project that bears mentioning. 100,000 people all linked together. In fact we should add it to the current history. Jhuiting 13:01, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

• User:JWilpolt is the webmaster according to their website, so WP:COI.

• Per WP:EL nutshell: "Adding external links can be a service to our readers, but they should be kept to a minimum of those that are meritable, accessible and appropriate to the article."

• Per WP:EL#Links_normally_to_be_avoided: 1) Any site that does not provide a unique resource beyond what the article would contain if it became a Featured article. 4) Links mainly intended to promote a website. Most importantly: 14) Sites that are only indirectly related to the article's subject: the link should be directly related to the subject of the article. A general site that has information about a variety of subjects should usually not be linked to from an article on a more specific subject. Similarly, a website on a specific subject should usually not be linked from an article about a general subject. If a section of a general website is devoted to the subject of the article, and meets the other criteria for linking, then that part of the site could be deep-linked.

The website might be an excellent resource for referencing though.

Maybe I'm missing something. What do you think - What's your argument for inclusion? Royalbroil 13:22, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

The gentleman that provided the link is likely the best source on the planet on local (Little Chute / Hollandtown) genealogy. He was including a link to a Rootsweb page where St John 5th grade students have created one of the largest databases (GEDCOM) of its kind. It is very likely that everyone in Little Chute - at least of Dutch extraction - has an ancestor in there. I, for example, have 17 family LINES in there that pre-date Geo Washington. It's of 5th-grade quality, but it's a gem. Perhaps a brief explanation of the project and the link would be appropriate. 68.16.190.91 17:16, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

It might be encyclopedic if it is well-done and it works with some text talking about the people in the city/valley. The webmaster should not be adding links to his own cite per WP:COI. The link should be added by others. Take a stab. We can discuss after it is added. Remember, the goal is to build an encyclopedia, not to link to cool sites. Please make sure that it doesn't look like advertising for the website. I had looked over the website before I removed it before, and I do think it's pretty cool. I wonder if it's encyclopedic. Royalbroil 18:13, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia

I've put the Aliens reference back in without the unnecessary quote. I'm not a huge MST3K fan so would someone clear up the statement there? Was Little Chute referenced as the hometown of the fictional character Mike Nelson or is it the actual hometown of the actor Michael J. Nelson (who according to his wiki entry was born in IL, moved to MN and later CA)? I believe it is the former.Kermit814 (talk) 17:49, 5 March 2008 (UTC)