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==18th Anniversary and Business Meeting==
* Save the date. I have booked [[Rojo]]'s side room for an 18th anniversary party and business meeting on the afternoon of Sunday, March 17, 2024 (St Patrick's Day) from 1:00 to 4:00. The agenda for the business meeting is "Time to Grow Up", and we will aim to draft an advisory committee which will take up the task of discussing the future of the website (succession plans, etc.)  Anyone interested is invited to join us. More information to come. Feel free to contact me with questions, etc. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] ([[User talk:Dystopos|talk]]) 10:05, 1 February 2024 (CST)
** I have created an event page on Facebook. If you haven't been invited to interact with that page and would like to be, just let me know. Facebook interaction is by no means a requirement for actually coming to the party. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] ([[User talk:Dystopos|talk]]) 14:43, 12 February 2024 (CST)
*** Thank you to everyone who showed up. It was a surprisingly good turnout and very enjoyable. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] ([[User talk:Dystopos|talk]]) 11:23, 19 March 2024 (CDT)


== 10,000 articles ==
===Remarks===
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.  --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 13:49, 9 January 2014 (PST)
* You can find a copy of my remarks here: [[Bhamwiki talk:Messageboard/18th Anniversary notes]]. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] ([[User talk:Dystopos|talk]]) 20:01, 18 March 2024 (CDT)
* 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. --[[User:Dystopos|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. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 20:18, 28 March 2014 (PDT)


== Statistics 2014 ==
===Advisory committee ===
 
* As mentioned in my spoken notes, I do plan to convene an advisory committee or like body, using the names proferred in March (and any others who are interested). I expect to be sending out an email in the next week or so. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] ([[User talk:Dystopos|talk]]) 16:33, 10 May 2024 (CDT)
===Red links===
As of January 29, 2014, there are currently [http://www.bhamwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Wantedpages&limit=500&offset=38500 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.) --[[User:Lkseitz|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. --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 09:00, 29 January 2014 (PST)
 
== 2014 anniversary ==
 
* Our 8th anniversary is one month away. Do we have any plans yet? [[User:Wheresdib|--Wheresdib]] 22:01, 15 February 2014 (PST)
** I scouted Carrigan's Pub and came to no conclusion. That is all I have accomplished. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 15:13, 16 February 2014 (PST)
*** March 15 is a Saturday. Does early that evening (around 6:00) work for everyone? --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 13:06, 17 February 2014 (PST)
**** As of right now, March 15 will probably work for us. [[User:Wheresdib|--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. --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 06:58, 18 February 2014 (PST)
****** Attendance is mandatory, but the date can be flexible. Let me know what's best. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 13:44, 18 February 2014 (PST)
******* Would the following Saturday, [[March 22]], work for you guys? --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 08:36, 22 February 2014 (PST)
******** Works for me. --[[User:Dystopos|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?[[User:Wheresdib|--Wheresdib]] 11:14, 23 February 2014 (PST)
********** Fine by me. The 29th is a Saturday. Or we could do a Sunday brunch again. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 15:45, 23 February 2014 (PST)
********** we can do Sunday 3/23[[User:Wheresdib|--Wheresdib]] 20:13, 24 February 2014 (PST)
********** Sunday brunch on the 23rd should work for us, too. --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 07:51, 25 February 2014 (PST)
*********** OK, then. Now where was it I just heard had a really good Sunday brunch? Little Donkey? --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 09:12, 25 February 2014 (PST)
************ [[Trattoria Centrale]]? [[Another Broken Egg]] in [[Mountain Brook]]? It's been a while since I've "brunched". [[User:Wheresdib|--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. [[User:Wheresdib|--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. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 15:54, 1 March 2014 (PST)
** Works for us! What time? [[User:Wheresdib|--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? [[User:Wheresdib|--Wheresdib]] 15:33, 10 March 2014 (PDT)
**** Yes. Let's say noon to noon-fifteen. I'll make a FB event for it now. --[[User:Dystopos|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. [[User:Wheresdib|--Wheresdib]] 12:43, 26 March 2014 (PDT)
[[Image:Bhamwiki 8th.jpg|center|thumb|800px|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. --[[User:Dystopos|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! [[User:Wheresdib|--Wheresdib]] 03:34, 29 March 2014 (PDT)
**** Just noticed how good lookin' ya'll are. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 17:21, 4 June 2014 (PDT)
 
== Historic maps ==
 
So, while the page says [http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/topos/jefferson75min.html 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? --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 07:57, 19 February 2014 (PST)
* You are correct. The USGS suggests crediting their authorship. [http://www.usgs.gov/visual-id/credit_usgs.html www.usgs.gov/visual-id/credit_usgs.html]. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 08:17, 19 February 2014 (PST)
 
== Downtown grid ==
 
So, is [[User:Lkseitz/test#Birmingham_city_center_street_grid|this street grid table]] worth working on further, or am I wasting my time? Some of the text is supposed to be rotated 90 degrees, but it's only implemented in select browsers at the moment.  The final product would have it rotated in more.  In other words, if it doesn't look good in your regular browser, try another. --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 13:17, 4 June 2014 (PDT)
* On the one hand I think it's pretty awesome and I hate to discourage you. On the other hand, I think its limitations are inevitably in the foreground. Someday we'll want to show the city limits on there, and then the Smithfield grid, and then curves and overlay districts and… and.... Is there a possibility of having an image map which accomplishes the same thing? Is that another Mediawiki upgrade issue or just not our language, I don't know. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 17:21, 4 June 2014 (PDT)
** I should mention I've been mentally preparing to start an article on the arrangement and subdivision of [[Birmingham Blocks]]. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 17:22, 4 June 2014 (PDT)
** Ugh, I just looked at it on a smaller monitor.  I knew it was big, but the smaller monitor really hurts the layout.  And I'm acutely aware of the limitations.  For example, you'll note that [[Park Place]] is missing.  That was one of the major things I decided not to tackle before getting feedback.  I think it's simply too big to work.<br /><br />
::Yes, it's possible to use an imagemap, I just lack any sort of artistic skills to create an image for it.  (And I don't think Google's going to let use a Google Maps screenshot.)  A quick check shows that the ImageMap extension is bundled with MediaWiki starting with 1.21.  We're only on 1.10, so we would either have to install it or upgrade.<br /><br />
::Speaking of blocks, I worked at one point to do a table for those.  I discovered they're too complex to make a generic template, but we could do them on a one-by-one basis.  Use that link above and go back to the January 2011 version of the page to see them.  They don't have to be as big as what you see there. That was just a result of my starting with the generic version for all possible addresses. --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 20:33, 4 June 2014 (PDT)
 
== Downtown Homewood streets ==
 
Okay, how about [[User:Lkseitz/test#Downtown_Homewood|this one]]?  It looks good in every browser I've viewed it with, even on my phone.  I even got that weird angle for [[Lynn Boulevard]].  (But anybody got Safari?)  The purpose of these maps is simply to have a visual representation of the street layout of the area, not be geographically correct.  Think of it as a subway map; good for figuring out how to get somewhere, but not so good for geocaching. :-)  As far as individual buildings, I only marked those that take up entire blocks.  Sadly, [[Independence Plaza]] does not fill its entire block, at least not as I've broken the map down here. (Actually, [[Our Lady of Sorrows]] doesn't either, but the map is so geographically out of whack in that corner I figured it was close enough.)  --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 06:32, 13 June 2014 (PDT)
* Looks cool to me. Does it go on one page or as a template on lots of pages? --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 09:23, 13 June 2014 (PDT)

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18th Anniversary and Business Meeting

  • Save the date. I have booked Rojo's side room for an 18th anniversary party and business meeting on the afternoon of Sunday, March 17, 2024 (St Patrick's Day) from 1:00 to 4:00. The agenda for the business meeting is "Time to Grow Up", and we will aim to draft an advisory committee which will take up the task of discussing the future of the website (succession plans, etc.) Anyone interested is invited to join us. More information to come. Feel free to contact me with questions, etc. --Dystopos (talk) 10:05, 1 February 2024 (CST)
    • I have created an event page on Facebook. If you haven't been invited to interact with that page and would like to be, just let me know. Facebook interaction is by no means a requirement for actually coming to the party. --Dystopos (talk) 14:43, 12 February 2024 (CST)
      • Thank you to everyone who showed up. It was a surprisingly good turnout and very enjoyable. --Dystopos (talk) 11:23, 19 March 2024 (CDT)

Remarks

Advisory committee

  • As mentioned in my spoken notes, I do plan to convene an advisory committee or like body, using the names proferred in March (and any others who are interested). I expect to be sending out an email in the next week or so. --Dystopos (talk) 16:33, 10 May 2024 (CDT)
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