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'''Welcome to the Community Portal.'''  Currently this is a basic forum to discuss general issues relating to Pensapedia.
 
'''Welcome to the Community Portal.'''  Currently this is a basic forum to discuss general issues relating to Pensapedia.
  
 
==Civil service worker information==
 
==Civil service worker information==
I want to gauge opinion on including certain information in the articles of civil servants, such as their addresses/telephone numbers (at least in the case of City Council/County Commission and similar) and salaries... What are some thoughts? '''[[User:Dcosson|dcosson]]''' ··· '''[[User talk:Dcosson|talk]]''' 11:25, 19 August 2007 (CDT)
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I want to gauge opinion on including certain information in the articles of civil servants, such as their addresses/telephone numbers (at least in the case of City Council/County Commission and similar) and salaries... What are some thoughts? '''[[User:Dcosson|dcosson]]''' ··· '''[[User talk:Dcosson|talk]]''' 11:25, 19 August 2007 (CDT)
 
:I think salaries are fair game. Home addresses and phone numbers are a little more iffy... I know that's what some Councilmembers, etc. have on their City website pages, but I think a link to those pages would be sufficient. --[[User:Admin|Admin]] 12:38, 19 August 2007 (CDT)
 
:I think salaries are fair game. Home addresses and phone numbers are a little more iffy... I know that's what some Councilmembers, etc. have on their City website pages, but I think a link to those pages would be sufficient. --[[User:Admin|Admin]] 12:38, 19 August 2007 (CDT)
::Such is my general feeling. '''[[User:Dcosson|dcosson]]''' ··· '''[[User talk:Dcosson|talk]]''' 14:17, 19 August 2007 (CDT)
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::Such is my general feeling. '''[[User:Dcosson|dcosson]]''' ··· '''[[User talk:Dcosson|talk]]''' 14:17, 19 August 2007 (CDT)
  
 
==Location succession box==
 
==Location succession box==
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==Awesome book==
 
==Awesome book==
I've just received an awesome new resource, a 1946 book entitled "The Naval Air Training Bases Through World War II".  FULL of pictures.  Hopefully I/we can figure out a way to get them scanned.  '''[[User:Dcosson|dcosson]]''' ··· '''[[User talk:Dcosson|talk]]''' 09:11, 21 October 2007 (CDT)
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I've just received an awesome new resource, a 1946 book entitled "The Naval Air Training Bases Through World War II".  FULL of pictures.  Hopefully I/we can figure out a way to get them scanned.  '''[[User:Dcosson|dcosson]]''' ··· '''[[User talk:Dcosson|talk]]''' 09:11, 21 October 2007 (CDT)
  
 
==Naming conventions for persons?==
 
==Naming conventions for persons?==
 
Should we establish naming conventions for persons?  Especially with historic figures, there are a variety of ways to present their names, i.e. [[F. C. Brent]], [[Francis Brent]], [[Francis C. Brent]], or (this is how we have this article) [[Francis Celestino Brent]]...  Currently we have different articles with different name formats.  In the time of many of these figures, it was popular to go by your first and middle initials, i.e. [[F. C. Brent]], [[A. V. Clubbs]], [[P. K. Yonge]], [[C. H. Turner]]... should we respect that?
 
Should we establish naming conventions for persons?  Especially with historic figures, there are a variety of ways to present their names, i.e. [[F. C. Brent]], [[Francis Brent]], [[Francis C. Brent]], or (this is how we have this article) [[Francis Celestino Brent]]...  Currently we have different articles with different name formats.  In the time of many of these figures, it was popular to go by your first and middle initials, i.e. [[F. C. Brent]], [[A. V. Clubbs]], [[P. K. Yonge]], [[C. H. Turner]]... should we respect that?
  
Generally I feel like we should go with full names whenever possible, a la [[Francis Celestino Brent]]... but then what format do we fall back to if we do not know the middle name?  For instance, at the moment I do not know C. H. Turner's middle name.  So should it be [[C. H. Turner]], [[Charles H. Turner]], [[Charles Turner]]?  Anyone have any input? '''[[User:Dcosson|dcosson]]''' ··· '''[[User talk:Dcosson|talk]]''' 09:37, 6 December 2007 (CST)
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Generally I feel like we should go with full names whenever possible, a la [[Francis Celestino Brent]]... but then what format do we fall back to if we do not know the middle name?  For instance, at the moment I do not know C. H. Turner's middle name.  So should it be [[C. H. Turner]], [[Charles H. Turner]], [[Charles Turner]]?  Anyone have any input? '''[[User:Dcosson|dcosson]]''' ··· '''[[User talk:Dcosson|talk]]''' 09:37, 6 December 2007 (CST)
 
:In the case you mention, the [http://www.rootsweb.com/~flescamb/directv.htm 1894 city directory] calls him [[Charles H. Turner]], which is what I think I would use. --[[User:Admin|Admin]] 11:09, 6 December 2007 (CST)
 
:In the case you mention, the [http://www.rootsweb.com/~flescamb/directv.htm 1894 city directory] calls him [[Charles H. Turner]], which is what I think I would use. --[[User:Admin|Admin]] 11:09, 6 December 2007 (CST)

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cnalipa Welcome to the Community Portal. Currently this is a basic forum to discuss general issues relating to Pensapedia.

Civil service worker information

I want to gauge opinion on including certain information in the articles of civil servants, such as their addresses/telephone numbers (at least in the case of City Council/County Commission and similar) and salaries... What are some thoughts? dcosson ··· talk 11:25, 19 August 2007 (CDT)

I think salaries are fair game. Home addresses and phone numbers are a little more iffy... I know that's what some Councilmembers, etc. have on their City website pages, but I think a link to those pages would be sufficient. --Admin 12:38, 19 August 2007 (CDT)
Such is my general feeling. dcosson ··· talk 14:17, 19 August 2007 (CDT)

Location succession box

What do you think of a "succession box" as a way to mark the different businesses that have occupied a given building or address? It may be a simpler way than creating an article for each address with lots of past tenants (though we can still do that when appropriate). For example, Trader Jon's might have the following:

Preceded by:
Birgar Testman's ship chandlery
511 South Palafox Street
1953-2003
Succeeded by:
Big Sexy Food

(Not the best choice as there were other tenants between Testman's chandlery and Trader Jon's, but you get the idea.) --Admin 15:02, 17 October 2007 (CDT)

Awesome book

I've just received an awesome new resource, a 1946 book entitled "The Naval Air Training Bases Through World War II". FULL of pictures. Hopefully I/we can figure out a way to get them scanned. dcosson ··· talk 09:11, 21 October 2007 (CDT)

Naming conventions for persons?

Should we establish naming conventions for persons? Especially with historic figures, there are a variety of ways to present their names, i.e. F. C. Brent, Francis Brent, Francis C. Brent, or (this is how we have this article) Francis Celestino Brent... Currently we have different articles with different name formats. In the time of many of these figures, it was popular to go by your first and middle initials, i.e. F. C. Brent, A. V. Clubbs, P. K. Yonge, C. H. Turner... should we respect that?

Generally I feel like we should go with full names whenever possible, a la Francis Celestino Brent... but then what format do we fall back to if we do not know the middle name? For instance, at the moment I do not know C. H. Turner's middle name. So should it be C. H. Turner, Charles H. Turner, Charles Turner? Anyone have any input? dcosson ··· talk 09:37, 6 December 2007 (CST)

In the case you mention, the 1894 city directory calls him Charles H. Turner, which is what I think I would use. --Admin 11:09, 6 December 2007 (CST)