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.

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Outer Comstock is one of the 26 officially recognized neighborhoods of Syracuse, New York. It borders six other Syracuse neighborhoods, with University Hill to the north, Brighton and North Valley to the west, the University Neighborhood and Skytop (Syracuse University's South Campus) to the east, and South Valley to the south. See Talk:Outer Comstock for the to-do list. See Cleanup/Expansion of the week below to add articles that need to be cleaned up.

Contents 1 Title 2 Scope 3 Parentage 4 Similar WikiProjects 5 Related pages in Sister projects 5.1 Sister Project Searches 6 Members 7 Structure 8 Goals 9 Projects 10 Tasks 11 Other subpages 12 Templates 12.1 Infoboxes 12.2 Stub templates 12.3 Other templates 13 Categories 14 Lists 15 Cleanup/Expansion of the week 15.1 Queue 15.2 Past 16 New articles related to Syracuse 17 Requested articles 17.1 Arts and Culture 17.2 Neighborhoods 17.3 Education 18 Wikipedia surveys 18.1 Ad hoc surveys 18.2 Ongoing Wikipedia surveys 18.2.1 Deletion links 18.2.1.1 WikiProject Deletion sorting 19 Requests 20 Resources 21 Syracuse Meetups 22 See also 23 Sister Project links

[edit] Title

WikiProject on Syracuse, New York

[edit] 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.

[edit] Parentage

• Grandparent: WikiProject Cities
• Parent: WikiProject U.S. cities
• State-level: WikiProject New York

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[edit] Related pages in Sister projects

• Commons:Syracuse, New York
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• Wiktionary:Syracuse

[edit] Sister Project Searches

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[edit] Members

1. I'm in--Niro5 02:57, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
2. Same here -- Gizzakk 03:27, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
3. That makes three --newkai | talk | contribs 03:30, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
4. I'll try AdamBiswanger1 14:53, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
5. Will try. About to move there. Tfine80 17:14, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
6. I am very interested in being part of this project. KVenneSyr August 2006 (UTC)
7. I've already added some, and will continue to contribute. SirJasalot 15 September 2006 (UTC)
8. TwinsMetsFan - From the city 80 miles to the west (Rochester) and have visited Syracuse on numerous occasions. Happy to help.
9. Yes, count me in please - would love to help Alucard (Dr.) 31 October 2006
10. I would like to help also. Have some photos that can be usefull. CrimsonFury 1 December 2006
11. I'm up for it. Already started by adding every hamlet I could think and fleshing out the article on East Syracuse. Feel free to contact me directly at clarkpark@twcny.rr.com. I wonder if we could get a forum specifically for this subject at Syracuse.com, which encourage a lot of locals to participate. Howard Evans
12. I've been working on outlying metropolitan areas (e.g. Solvay, Skaneateles, Westvale. My special interest is architectural history, but generally all local history. Phmalo 00:19, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
13. Count me in. I have a lot of knowledge about the eastern suburbs (too much, in fact) and will help out wherever I see it's needed! Sinisterminister 09:33, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
14. Patricknoddy
15. Cheesebox 13:29, 17 February 2007 (UTC)Hope to learn more about WikiProjects as I lend a hand. I have a proposal for a Binghamton project.
16. I'll help out as I can. Mykll42 08:15, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
17. Darry2385 I grew up and live in Camillus while not away at school. I'll help out as much as I can. 16:00, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
18. I'll bite. --Zero Serenity 04:31, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
19. I'd like to join and contribute where I can.--Terrapin83 08:23, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 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 Syracuse SMSA includes the western half of Madison County and all of Oswego County. Also, under the heading of Sports, I may be able to come up with some info on the Post-Standard Basketball League of the 1920's and 1930's. A dozen or so major papers across the state sponsored leagues in their area. There was a structure for a state championship tournament between league champions. Split Rock, which was a good deal larger then due to the munitions factory, had a team. East Syracuse's and Minoa's teams were statewide powerhouses in the late 20's and early 30's, due largely to Paul Everett in East Syracuse and Hubie Costello (father of Larry) in Minoa. I still have one of East Syracuse's trophies around here somewhere. My father was the starting center and – remember this was an all White league eighty years ago – was one of the three or four tallest guys in the state at 6'3". ~~Clarkpark~~

As mentioned elsewhere, the metropolitan area extends into Cayuga County as well--and into Cortland County. The artificial political jurisdictions create problems of redundancy and difficulty of access--I didn't even know there WAS a "Greater Syracuse" article, until reading this discussion. I'm pondering now whether what I've been done in "Onondaga County" belongs merely there, or needs to be replicated in "Greater Syracuse." Phmalo 18:05, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Goals

1. 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.
2. Work on completing the neighborhoods.
3. Continually improve the quality of the better articles so they can reach Good Article status one day.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Other subpages

[edit] Templates

The following are templates related to WikiProject Syracuse:

What to type / Why to use it	What it makes
{{SyracuseNYWikiProject}} Designates that an article as part of WikiProject Syracuse. Placed on the article's Talk page.	{{PAGENAME}} is part of WikiProject Syracuse, New York, a project which aims to coordinate work for and expand coverage of Syracuse, New York and related subjects on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.
{{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.	{{PAGENAME}} is a member of WikiProject Syracuse, New York, a project which aims to coordinate work for and expand coverage of Syracuse, New York and related subjects on Wikipedia. Please feel free to join the project.
{{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.	This user is a member of WikiProject Syracuse, New York.
{{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.	This user is from, lives in, or has lived in the Syracuse, New York metropolitan area.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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...

[edit] Other templates

Neighborhood articles use Template:Syracuse Neighborhoods at their bottom:

Brighton Downtown Armory Square Hanover Square Elmwood Eastwood Far Westside Tipperary Hill	Lakefront Franklin Square Inner Harbor Lincoln Park Meadowbrook Near Eastside Near Northeast Hawley-Green Little Italy	Near Westside North Valley Northside Outer Comstock Salt Springs Sedgwick Skytop (South Campus) Skunk City South Valley	Southwest Strathmore University Hill Marshall Street University Neighborhood Westcott Westside Washington Square

[edit] Categories

• Category:Greater Syracuse, New York

[edit] Lists

• List of annual events in Syracuse
• List of famous Syracusans

[edit] Cleanup/Expansion of the week

• Outer Comstock

[edit] Queue

[edit] Past

• Syracuse Nationals (Before & After)
• Onondaga Community College (Before & After)
• Christian Brothers Academy (Syracuse, New York) (Before & After)
• Near Westside, Syracuse (No Change)
• 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)

[edit] 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.

• I created Syracuse Symphony Orchestra today using information from their website. If somebody would go through to make sure its cited properly and all that jazz, it would be great. Darry2385 17:17, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Requested articles

List topics here that you feel are important but don't have the knowledge or drive to create.

[edit] Arts and Culture

• Syracuse Opera
• Syracuse Stage

[edit] Neighborhoods

The following neighborhood articles have yet to be created:

• Elmwood, Syracuse
• Lakefront, Syracuse
• Near Eastside, Syracuse
• Salt Springs, Syracuse
• Sedgwick, Syracuse
• Skytop, Syracuse
• South Valley, Syracuse
• Southwest, Syracuse
• Washington Square, Syracuse

[edit] Education

• Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District
• Cazenovia Central School District
• Syracuse University Project Advance

[edit] Wikipedia surveys

[edit] Ad hoc surveys

[edit] Ongoing Wikipedia surveys

• Requested moves:
• Requests for Comments:

[edit] Deletion links

• Articles for deletion (Article deletion):
• Deletion review (Article undeletion}:
• Templates for deletion:
• Categories for discussion:
• Images for deletion:
• Redirects for deletion:

[edit] 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.

[edit] Requests

[edit] Resources

1. The New Student's Reference Work (for old history)
2. Hardin, Evamaria: Syracuse Landmarks: An Aia Guide to Downtown and Historic Neighborhoods ISBN 0815602731

[edit] Syracuse Meetups

[edit] See also

Wikipedia:WikiProject Templates

[edit] Sister Project links

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