Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mississippi

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[edit] Shortcut

Please note that no shortcut currently exists, since the abbreviation WP:MS directs to the Manual of Style, while WP:MISS directs to Missing Wikipedians. If anyone out there has suggestions for a shortcut for WikiProject Mississippi, please feel free to add it. — ArkansasTraveler 01:15, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

New shortcuts have now been added. — ArkansasTraveler 16:20, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pine Belt

I have completed an article on Pine Belt (Mississippi) !

[edit] New articles

Dear Wikipedians, a list of possible Mississippi-related articles found by bot is available at User:AlexNewArtBot/MississippiSearchResult. Colchicum 14:52, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Importance of articles on National Historic Landmarks

I'm beginning to work on a List of National Historic Landmarks in Mississippi and related articles on each of the 38 NHLs in the state. In the process I may create articles on other sites that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. All of the NHLs are NRHPs. As I go, I am inclined to give each NHL importance rating of "Mid" as for Oakland Memorial Chapel and to give importance rating of "Low" to NRHPs that are not also NHLs, as for Alcorn State University Historic District. FYI, for a corresponding list in Illinois, someone involved in the state wikiproject is giving the NHLs mid importance. Feedback would be welcome. doncram 18:10, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Daily Corinthian

Since my daddy used to be the editor there, I banged together a very rough piece last night. Could somebody who's lived in Mississippi later than 1961 please improve it? --Orange Mike | Talk 16:20, 21 November 2007 (UTC) (Jim Lowrey's oldest)

[edit] Battle of Port Gibson/Battle of Raymond

Why would one be listed with importance set to high, and one set to low? Port Gibson turned the Grand Gulf position and doomed Bowen to defeat if he did not retreat. Raymond turned Vicksburg, and doomed all of Pemberton's army if he did not retreat. - Tony Gunter —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.97.118.4 (talk) 16:43, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

They are both listed as "mid" importance now. Based on the importance scale descriptions at the Mississippi Project, they should probably both be "low" but they were historic so I gave them "mid". Thanks. -- ALLSTARecho 17:15, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] City of Pearl

I noticed that there is a sentence fragment in this article: "But in the mid 1900s the influx of industry and people working in Jackson, in neighboring Hinds county, but residing in Pearl." I didn't know the intent of the author so I didn't change it.NinetyWt (talk) 19:04, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out. I've since changed it. Better? - ✰ALLSTAR✰ echo 21:49, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hurricane Camille GA Sweeps Review: On Hold

As part of the WikiProject Good Articles, we're doing sweeps to go over all of the current GAs and see if they still meet the GA criteria and I'm specifically going over all of the "Meteorology and atmospheric sciences" articles. I have reviewed Hurricane Camille and believe the article currently meets the majority of the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. I have left this message at this WikiProject's talk page so that any interested members can assist in helping the article keep its GA status. In reviewing the article, I have found there are some issues that may need to be addressed, and I'll leave the article on hold for seven days for them to be fixed. I have left messages on the talk pages of the main contributors of the article along with other WikiProjects. Please consider helping address the several points that I listed on the talk page of the article, which shouldn't take too long to fix if multiple editors assist in the workload. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Happy editing! --Nehrams2020 (talk) 23:05, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Peer review for Meridian, Mississippi

I recently requested a peer review for the Meridian, Mississippi article because I think it is on its way to achieving GA or FA status. Comments on the review page would be helpful. Thanks! --Dudemanfellabra (talk) 17:40, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Zotero - web-based citation manager

Just wanted to let project members know about a great resource - zotero, which can be downloaded for free, is a web-based citation and source/material manager developed by the Dept. for History and New Media at George Mason University near Washington, DC. I've been using it for a few months but am just beginning to capitalize on it and shift from using notes and scraps of paper around my computer! You can take "notes", create tags for notes and articles, books, etc.; download snapshots of title pages, capture URL and titles, access dates, etc. There is more that I have not begun to touch, not yet having made it through the instructional video.--Parkwells (talk) 20:34, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] City, town, or village?

List of cities in Mississippi
List of towns and villages in Mississippi

What criteria is used to designate whether a location is a city, a town, or a village: population only or are other factors involved? Every location which takes up a dot on a map should be listed on one of these two articles, correct? Between the two articles there seems to be a mix up of where some locations should go which has probably resulted in several not being listed at all or removed from one without being added to the other. — CobraWiki ( jabber | stuff ) 19:03, 5 June 2008 (UTC)