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10,000 articles

So, is the goal to have 10,000 articles on the site before our 8th anniversary? I noticed our founder seems to have been creating more new articles than normal lately. --Lkseitz 13:49, 9 January 2014 (PST)

• There are no specific goals or deadlines for article count. As far as I'm concerned we're just aiming to continue getting better and better. --Dystopos 08:10, 10 January 2014 (PST)
  • Per an informal poll on Facebook and a "consensus-by-fiat" at brunch, our 10,000th article was, officially, Downtown revitalization. That daunting suggestion was made by Melissa Kendrick of Sojourns, who may not have expected us to go back to the 1940s, but that's how I roll. Other suggested topics included Valley View Park, Birmingham Natatorium and Turkish Bath, Buffalo Bill's Wild West, I Believe in Birmingham, Healthcare Community Amateur Radio Club, Jefferson County Amateur Radio Emergency Services, and several things we already have entries about. --Dystopos 20:18, 28 March 2014 (PDT)

Statistics 2014

Red links

As of January 29, 2014, there are currently 38,961 wanted articles with 74,869 links to them (red links). (The majority only have one link to them.) The front page says we have about 9,797 articles, meaning we're 20.09% complete. The last time I did this (January 24, 2013), we were at 9,107 articles with 36,583 wanted ones (19.93% done), so we made some progress even though we added 4,032 red links. (Note that wanted pages represent any topic which "could" have an article, not just those that "should" or "probably will" have articles.) --Lkseitz 09:00, 29 January 2014 (PST)

wikiFactor

"WikiFactor" is a measure of a site's popularity, derived by finding which is the last page (on Special:Popularpages) to have 1000x the number of page views as the number of its ranking.

Our wikiFactor is now 34, up from 31 in mid-April 2013. --Lkseitz 09:00, 29 January 2014 (PST)

2014 anniversary

• Our 8th anniversary is one month away. Do we have any plans yet? --Wheresdib 22:01, 15 February 2014 (PST)
  • I scouted Carrigan's Pub and came to no conclusion. That is all I have accomplished. --Dystopos 15:13, 16 February 2014 (PST)
    • March 15 is a Saturday. Does early that evening (around 6:00) work for everyone? --Dystopos 13:06, 17 February 2014 (PST)
      • As of right now, March 15 will probably work for us. --Wheresdib 15:22, 17 February 2014 (PST)
        • Ooo, should have looked at the calendar sooner. We have things afoot that weekend, but I might be able to come solo. --Lkseitz 06:58, 18 February 2014 (PST)
          • Attendance is mandatory, but the date can be flexible. Let me know what's best. --Dystopos 13:44, 18 February 2014 (PST)
            • Would the following Saturday, March 22, work for you guys? --Lkseitz 08:36, 22 February 2014 (PST)
              • Works for me. --Dystopos 13:29, 22 February 2014 (PST)
                • That's Connor's birthday and the in-laws will be in town, we will probably be doing his party that afternoon since Amy has to work that morning. Can we pick a different day?--Wheresdib 11:14, 23 February 2014 (PST)
                  • Fine by me. The 29th is a Saturday. Or we could do a Sunday brunch again. --Dystopos 15:45, 23 February 2014 (PST)
                  • we can do Sunday 3/23--Wheresdib 20:13, 24 February 2014 (PST)
                  • Sunday brunch on the 23rd should work for us, too. --Lkseitz 07:51, 25 February 2014 (PST)
                    • OK, then. Now where was it I just heard had a really good Sunday brunch? Little Donkey? --Dystopos 09:12, 25 February 2014 (PST)
                      • Trattoria Centrale? Another Broken Egg in Mountain Brook? It's been a while since I've "brunched". --Wheresdib 13:49, 25 February 2014 (PST)
                      • Other suggestions have been Cosmo's Pizza, Bottletree, Veranda on Highland, Todd English P.U.B. at Uptown, Five in Lakeview, and Village Tavern at The Summit. Personally, I'd like to go to either Trattoria Centrale or Cosmo's. --Wheresdib 11:43, 26 February 2014 (PST)
• Trattoria is packed wall to wall until the food runs out. Cosmo's sounds good to me. I also looked at Sweet Tea, but they don't have a breakfast menu any more, just cafeteria lunch. --Dystopos 15:54, 1 March 2014 (PST)
  • Works for us! What time? --Wheresdib 20:22, 1 March 2014 (PST)
    • Are we still on for Cosmo's (as opposed to Cosmos) on March 23rd? If so, what time? --Wheresdib 15:33, 10 March 2014 (PDT)
      • Yes. Let's say noon to noon-fifteen. I'll make a FB event for it now. --Dystopos 18:37, 10 March 2014 (PDT)

Results

• Did anyone get a group picture?, and do we have an official attendee list? I know most but not all who attended. --Wheresdib 12:43, 26 March 2014 (PDT)

Photo from Bhamwiki's 8th Anniversary brunch at Jim 'N Nick's. Seated (L-R), User:Morriscivitas, User:Chivon Morse, User:Dystopos, Linda Weeks, J. D. Weeks, User:Alarob, Valerie Sawyer, Amy Bannick Griffin, User:Wheresdib, Dorothy Seitz, User:Lkseitz, User:Dre & Betsy Pate. Not pictured: Photographer Eric Hawley and User:Anbdesign1, In the far background, Vulcan.

• • Thanks for coming, everybody! Sorry about the planning snafu. I think it worked out. --Dystopos 20:08, 28 March 2014 (PDT)
    • Ah this shows why I did not know about the group pic, apparently I wasn't paying attention. Thanks as always for a great time with great food! --Wheresdib 03:34, 29 March 2014 (PDT)

Historic maps

So, while the page says this page is copyrighted by UA, the actual maps are from the U.S. Geological Survey. Doesn't that make them works of the U.S. Government and therefore in the public domain? --Lkseitz 07:57, 19 February 2014 (PST)

• You are correct. The USGS suggests crediting their authorship. www.usgs.gov/visual-id/credit_usgs.html. --Dystopos 08:17, 19 February 2014 (PST)