Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. counties

User script to detect unreliable sources

Main page: User:Headbomb/unreliable

I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like

• John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14. (John Smith "[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14.)

and turns it into something like

• John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from {{cite web}}, {{cite journal}} and {{doi}}.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:02, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Elbeks wrong point

Wrong info 2600:1700:243E:30:2C45:99F1:11DC:445B (talk) 06:56, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

2022 census estimates

The U.S. Census Bureau has officially released the 2022 census estimates. DiscoA340 (talk) 15:51, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

Proposed merger with Wikipedia:WikiProject cities

I have started a discussion about possibly merging WikiProject U.S. counties with Wikiproject Cities at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cities#Proposed merger with Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. counties. If there is anyone still active here on the project, please consider commenting there. Thank you for your time, have a good day! DiscoA340 (talk) 19:22, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

Wrong thumbnail map

The popup thumbnail when mousing over Madison County, Illinois is the older File:Madison_County_Illinois_1812.png not the current borders. Somebody fix it please! Jidanni (talk) 12:17, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

Can we Get Consensus That Presidential Election Results Are a Should Include for Counties

A few editors have gotten it into their head that (despite having been there for years), these are now "not encyclopedic." It would be helpful to get consensus here that they are (or perhaps, if it goes that way, that they aren't) to resolve this.

I firmly believe they are encyclopedic, they give massive information about a county and its people that is simply not captured by anything else on the pages. DemocraticLuntz (talk) 20:41, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

I get that a line should be drawn somewhere, and I wouldn't support (for example) a breakdown of every single statewide race's result by county (Senate, Governor, Secretary of State, Agriculture Commissioner, Mine Inspector, etc.) but presidential results absolutely should be included. They are as much a baseline read on a county's partisanship as a trend in listed census demographic data is on a county's racial breakdown. Removing them feels bonkers. Buggie111 (talk) 13:45, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Weighing in here as a political scientist: county presidential results must stay! I literally just cited them as one of the great accomplishments of Wikipedia to a friend at lunch several days ago. I often use them as a source in teaching and them going away would damage the quality of Wikipedia. Deleting them would be the equivalent of like deleting population or something. If you don't find it useful, just keep scrolling! Jacob F. H. Smith (talk) 20:47, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

i am but a humble casual editor, but i agree with that the presidential election results for counties should remain, i think they are informative and useful, simple as Hthompson2000 (talk) 22:05, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Agree 100% that presidential election results should stay. They're a good data point about the political leanings of a county's population and an important piece of a county's political history. I don't understand why anyone would say that they're unencyclopedic... Could you point to where editors are arguing this? nf utvol (talk) 00:00, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

The discussion started at Talk:San Bernardino County, California#Election results gone.. I found several compelling arguments for retaining the data and I also think it should be added to the counties guideline. Rocfan275 (talk) 01:32, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

It is as useful as racial and socioeconomic demographic data or media in the city. It provides a wide angle lens view of the jurisdiction.Calwatch (talk) 06:12, 26 June 2024 (UTC)