Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. counties

Latest comment: 8 days ago by Queen of Hearts in topic FLRC for List of counties in Maryland

2022 census estimates

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

Proposed merger with Wikipedia:WikiProject cities

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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)Reply

Wrong thumbnail map

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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)Reply

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

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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)Reply

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)Reply
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)Reply
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)Reply
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)Reply
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)Reply
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)Reply

FLRC for List of counties in Maryland

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I have nominated List of counties in Maryland for featured list removal. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. charlotte 👸♥ 03:16, 16 November 2024 (UTC)Reply