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Does Montgomery Bell Tunnel = Narrows of the Harpeth??

It appears to me that Montgomery Bell Tunnel and Harpeth River State Park are both about the same tunnel (which is a National Historic Landmark). However, I've never been to the place discussed, and I don't have any firsthand knowledge. Does anyone know? Are they one and the same? --Orlady (talk) 17:38, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

As far as I know, the Narrows of the Harpeth is a section of the Harpeth where two ends of a large bend in the river nearly join (naturally). The Montgomery Bell Tunnel is a manmade tunnel from one end of this bend to the other. It was part of Narrows of the Harpeth State Historic Area until recently (2004 or so), when this state historic area was combined with Mound Bottom and several other sites along the lower Harpeth to create Harpeth River State Park. The Montgomery Bell Tunnel article incorrectly places the tunnel in Montgomery Bell State Park, which is further to the north in Dickson County (Harpeth is in Cheatham County). Bms4880 (talk) 21:02, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

The reason the article said it was part of Montgomery Bell State Park is that the National Park Service information sheet says it is part of that state park. Apparently the information sheet is out of date (my best guess is that the State Historic Area was administered by Montgomery Bell State Park). Particularly, if the article is going to contradict the information in a reliable source, the article should cite another source to substantiate its facts. --Orlady (talk) 14:53, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

The article is wrong. The tunnel is not the Narrows of the Harpeth. The tunnel is at the Narrows of the Harpeth. The Narrows of the Harpeth are natural...the tunnel is manmade. --Smashville 13:54, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

I noticed that. Does "Narrows" refer to the pinch of land between the two ends of the bend, or something else? The USGS classifies it as a "gap." Bms4880 (talk) 14:14, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Now this is beginning to make sense to me! I've looked at photos and maps on various websites, and it appears to me that the name "narrows of Harpeth" is associated with a large incised meander of the Harpeth River. It's not clear whether the word "narrows" refers to the stream channel itself or to the closeness of the two ends of the meander, but I think the second possibility is more likely. In any event, Montgomery Bell's tunnel connected the two ends of the meander, harnessing 16 ft of hydraulic head as source of water power. --Orlady (talk) 15:34, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

I think "Narrows" might refer to the land between...since the river comes within 200 feet of running back into itself (of course, if memory serves me correctly...there's a huge rock hill in the way...which is what the tunnel was built through) --Smashville 15:43, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

O.K., both articles and the Harpeth River article should now be correct. I'll expand the Harpeth River State Park article when I get a chance. Bms4880 (talk) 16:42, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

This discussion back in July 2008 was all very interesting. It would be nice if the information it uncovered was reflected at all in the Montgomery Bell Tunnel article which doesn't mention any narrows at all. :) doncram (talk) 01:01, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Changes to the WP:1.0 assessment scheme

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Note: I'll be reworking our assessment system and template next week (might work on the template tonight...we'll see), but I'm not sure I feel the need to retroactively apply these, unless someone just really wants to go out into the wilderness and start assessing. Let me know your opinions. — Huntster (t • @ • c) 23:21, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. I'll keep the new criteria in mind when creating/modifying articles, but I don't see a need for reassessment. Bms4880 (talk) 00:03, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

I agree that there is little purpose in reassessing articles. That opinion notwithstanding, I've inaugurated the new classification level by reducing three articles from B-class to C-class (I thought all three articles were over-rated). --Orlady (talk) 02:02, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

New Article

• Arpad Vass - anthropologist request for over a year fulfilled - A fact from Arpad Vass appeared on Misplaced Pages's Main Page in the Did you know? column on July 8, 2008. SriMesh | talk 03:46, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Miller's Department Store

Miller's Department Store is unreferenced and may be original research. Can someone familiar with the company and source material about the company add references? If it's notable, there should be mentions in local specialty books and in local news outlets. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 22:08, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

It's unreferenced, but the content is valid. I couldn't have written it, but from personal knowledge and memory I can vouch for the general validity of much of the article. The contributors probably had a source. --Orlady (talk) 00:03, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

For better or for worse, Misplaced Pages doesn't like original research. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 00:25, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Articles flagged for cleanup

Currently, 2783 articles are assigned to this project, of which 477, or 17.1%, are flagged for cleanup of some sort. (Data as of 14 July 2008.) Are you interested in finding out more? I am offering to generate cleanup to-do lists on a project or work group level. See User:B. Wolterding/Cleanup listings for details. Subscribing is easy - just add a template to your project page. If you want to respond to this canned message, please do so at my user talk page. --B. Wolterding (talk) 08:29, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

I took the liberty of adding the template to the project page. The cleanup listing should be available in a few days. -NatureBoyMD (talk) 15:58, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Featured Article candidate: Nashville Sounds

I have nominated Nashville Sounds to become a Featured Article. I would appreciate support and/or constructive comments from members of the project. You may view the nomination here. -NatureBoyMD (talk) 19:20, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages 0.7 articles have been selected for Tennessee

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Ross Creek Landing State Park

Is this really a state park? It looks to me to be a private golf course. If you have information on it, please comment on the talk page. --Orlady (talk) 20:00, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

I've requested a move on The Hermitage (Tennessee), a NHL in Tennessee

I've requested a move of article The Hermitage (Tennessee) to rename it from "The Hermitage (Tennessee)" to "The Hermitage (Andrew Jackson home)". Please discuss at its Talk page. Notice provided also at wp:Requested moves and at wt:NRHP. Thanks. doncram (talk) 21:06, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Indian Mountain State Park

I'm having trouble finding the following information for this article:

1. The year the park was established
2. The company that owned/operated the strip mine upon which the park was established

Any info. will be helpful. Bms4880 (talk) 18:30, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

WP:GAR review of Tina Turner

Tina Turner has been nominated for a good article reassessment. Articles are typically reviewed for one week. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to good article quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. Reviewers' concerns are here. Wildhartlivie (talk) 07:30, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Protection for James K. Polk?

I'm not really familiar with making requests for semi-protection, but are there any reasons we shouldn't request semi-protection for the Polk article? It's vandalized several times per day. Bms4880 (talk) 16:49, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Yes, it deserves semi-protection. I'll go request it. --Orlady (talk) 16:59, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

I went ahead and semi-protected for a week...pretty obvious, no need to go through the request...obviously, if it keeps up once it comes off, I'll extend it...--Smashville 17:00, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Knoxville City-County Building

I just added a stub article at Knoxville City-County Building, because it was a red link on another page. The only thing I was able to find about it was the address. Perhaps a local can fill it in. --rogerd (talk) 18:10, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

I'm surprised it's even notable. It's a big rectangular building overlooking the river. It had prime Boomsday seating if you had an office in it. That's about all I remember. I'll check some hardcover sources at the library tomorrow. Bms4880 (talk) 23:36, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for saying that. I also consider the Knoxville City-County Building to be utterly unremarkable (not that I'm entirely sure which building it is). Apparently the redlink of concern was in City-County Building, which link does not exactly establish notability. --Orlady (talk) 04:41, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

In this photo it's the large building in the foreground on the left that looks like a skyscraper turned on its side. I didn't find anything on it in any hardcover sources. A more recent text might have some info on it. Bms4880 (talk) 23:42, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

I found some additional info about it, and added to the article. --Orlady (talk) 04:21, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Looks good. I'll keep an eye out for any extra information. Bms4880 (talk) 21:56, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Appalachian English

I'm going to overhaul and expand this article tomorrow, and I was wondering if there is a Misplaced Pages rule against the use of eye dialect. Several editors have been using it for examples in the "Sample Vocabulary" section. As far as I can tell, linguists and researchers in the field frown upon its use, and I'm going to delete or re-word most of the examples, but I thought it odd that multiple editors were doing this. Bms4880 (talk) 23:34, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

I see absolutely no reason to keep those misspellings. After all, while the dialect's speech may be...unique, the words they represent are still spelled the same as Queen's English, and this is a written encyclopaedia. — Huntster (t • @ • c) 05:02, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Tennessee articles needing geographic coordinates

142 articles in Category:Tennessee articles missing geocoordinate data do not have geographic coordinates. Coords are useful for making the article appear on Google Maps & many other mapping services; and they allow our users to click through to see the article subject location on a map. There's a short guide to on how to add geocodes to articles ... it really is very easy to do. I hope you'll take some time to ensure that Tennessee is as well represented as it can be on[REDACTED] by fixing up the listed articles. thanks --Tagishsimon (talk) 00:49, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

New article

Please help expand Tennessee coal sludge spill, and if you're in Tennessee, get photos. Badagnani (talk) 20:33, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

FYI: New URLs for Tennessee General Assembly

Sigh! In its infinite wisdom, the new Republican majority in the General Assembly has decided to dump the old http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/ URL and change everything over to http://www.capitol.tn.gov/ . Suffixes also have been changed from "htm" to "html". This means that many links in reflists and EL lists are now bad and will need to be updated. --Orlady (talk) 17:33, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Seth Walker Norman

This article says that Judge Norman was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1962. Online records don't seem to go back that far; is anyone in a position to verify this with offline resources? Thanks. Gonzonoir (talk) 09:20, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Participate in Misplaced Pages Loves Art in Chattanooga!

Chattanooga's Hunter Museum of American Art is one of sixteen art museums that is participating in the Misplaced Pages Loves Art project. If you're going to be anywhere near Chattanooga during the month of February, bring your camera to the museum and join the contest. More details are here. Kaldari (talk) 22:01, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Considering Chattanooga is just down I-24 from me (Murfreesboro), I do hope I'll be able to take part. Hopefully we can get a number of Tennesseans (and surrounding state-ians) involved, perhaps pick a day and go as a group. Kaldari, think it would be a good idea to post to the Alabama, Georgia and North Carolina groups? Atlanta (116 mi) and Huntsville (108 mi) are about equidistant from there as myself. — Huntster (t • @ • c) 04:52, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

I should be able to make it at some point during the month. Bms4880 (talk) 15:08, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Don't forget to register if you're interested in participating. Kaldari (talk) 19:55, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

I went ahead and registered, in case I can make it. Will be a Saturday, Sunday or Monday, given my work schedule. — Huntster (t • @ • c) 11:12, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

If anyone goes to this, swing by the downtown area and get a picture of the Hamilton County Courthouse for its infobox. I'm not sure if I'll make it or not. Bms4880 (talk) 22:23, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

I plan on going, likely the 21st or 22nd. I'll grab a pic. Any courthouses (or other stuff) between Murfreesboro and there that you're needing? I don't mind detouring a little. — Huntster (t • @ • c) 22:46, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Coffee is the only other county in the Murf. area without a courthouse image for its infobox, as far as I know. Not sure how far out of the way it is, but we also need a picture of Tims Ford Dam (near Fayetteville), as it is the only major TVA dam of which we lack a photo. Bms4880 (talk) 19:07, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Milestone Announcements

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I thought this WikiProject might be interested. Ping me with any specific queries or leave them on the page linked to above. Thanks! - Jarry1250 22:23, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Missing biography articles

Here are the first hundred or so people covered in the Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture:

• Adelicia Acklen
• Roy Acuff
• Jesse F. Adams
• James R. Agee
• William Thomas Alderson
• Lamar Alexander
• David Allison
• William Robert Anderson
• Archaic Period
• John Armfield
• Samuel Mayes Arnell
• Eddy Arnold
• Francis Asbury
• Chet Atkins
• Attakullakulla
• Stanley Irving Auerbach
• Marilou Awiakta
• Herman Baggenstoss
• Deford Bailey
• Howard H. Baker Jr.
• Howard H. Baker Sr.
• Edward Emerson Barnard
• Paul Weisiger Barret
• George Washington Barrow
• William Brimage Bate
• Kathy Bates
• Mary Frances Battle (Fannie Battle)
• Jere Baxter
• James Baxter Bean
• Hubert Bebb
• John Bell
• Madison Smartt Bell
• Montgomery Bell
• Persa Raymond Bell (P. R. Bell)
• Thomas Hart Benton
• George Leonard Berry
• Mary Frances Berry
• John Houston Bills
• Lloyd T. Binford
• Adolpho A. Birch
• Gideon Blackburn
• Leonard Ray Blanton
• Anthony Bledsoe
• Isaac Bledsoe
• William Blount
• Willie Blount
• James Lafayette Bomar Jr.
• James Bond
• Samuel Bond
• Arnaud W. Bontemps
• Daniel Boone
• Ralph Boston
• Elias Boudinot
• George Thomas Bowen
• William Bowen
• Duke C. Bowers
• Eva Lowery Bowman
• Henry Allen Boyd
• John W. Boyd
• Richard Henry Boyd
• Virginia Frazer Boyle
• Reese Bowen Brabson
• Roark Bradford
• Owen Bradley
• Braxton Bragg
• John Bragg
• Lloyd Branson
• Carson Brewer
• William Herbert Brewster Sr.
• Beverly Briley
• William E. Brock III (Bill Brock)
• Frederick William Brode
• Cleanth Brooks
• Harvey Broome
• Aaron V. Brown
• Arthur Brown
• Clarence Brown
• Dorothy Lavinia Brown
• John Calvin Brown
• Lizinka Campbell Brown
• Milton Brown
• Neill Smith Brown
• Gordon Weaver Browning
• William Gannaway Brownlow (Parson Brownlow)
• Charles Faulkner Bryan
• Andrew Hays Buchanan
• James Mcgill Buchanan
• John Price Buchanan
• Lewis C. Buckner
• Calvin Adam Buehler
• Carroll Gideon Bull
• Lucius E. Burch Jr.
• Aaron Knox Burrow
• Raymond Arthur Bussard
• Jacob Franklin Butcher (Jake Butcher)
• John Washington Butler
• Joseph W. Byrns
• Robert Cain Jr. (Bobby Cain Jr.)
• Rogers Clark Caldwell
• Frances Boyd Calhoun
• Burton Callicott
• Callie House
• Ebenezer Calvert
• Peter Ross Calvert
• Alexander Cameron
• James Cameron
• Alexander Campbell
• Archie Campbell
• Arthur Campbell
• David Campbell
• Judge David Campbell
• Francis Joseph Campbell
• George Washington Campbell
• Will Davis Campbell
• William Bowen Campbell
• Newton Cannon
• Charles Warner Cansler
• Guy Carawan
• Allen Dickenson Carden
• Kate Augusta Carl
• Edward Ward Carmack
• J. Edwin R. Carpenter
• Leroy Carr
• William Carroll
• George Lafayette Carter
• John Carter
• Landon Carter
• Peter Cartwright
• Johnny Cash
• Clifton Bledsoe Cates
• John Catron
• Tracy Caulkins Stockwell
• Hiram Sanborn Chamberlain
• Benjamin Franklin Cheatham
• Kitty Cheatham
• William A. Cheatham
• Amos Uriah Christie
• Paul Revere Christopher
• Chuqualataque
• Robert R. Church Jr.
• Robert R. Church Sr.
• Jay Guy Cisco
• Ed Clark
• Sam Lillard Clark
• Philander Priestley Claxton
• Robert E. Clay
• Patrick Ronayne Cleburne

It looks like we're missing about half of them in Misplaced Pages. Kaldari (talk) 02:21, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Nice compilation. The fact that we have that many still blows my mind, lol. — Huntster (t • @ • c) 03:32, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK suggestion

From searching the DYK archives:

• ...that the town of Rogersville, Tennessee was founded in 1789 by Irish-born pioneer Joseph Rogers and his father-in-law Thomas Amis?

• ...that the Paper Clips Project of a small school in Tennessee received over 30 million paperclips from all over the world to honor the victims of the Holocaust?

• ... that there is no agreement as to the origin of the unusual name of Nameless, Tennessee?

• ...that prior to the 1916 college football season, John R. Bender and Hall-of-Famer Zora G. Clevenger in effect traded jobs as head coach at Kansas State University and the University of Tennessee?

98.166.139.216 (talk) 23:23, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

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