User:Elkman/Todo

To-do list

• More bridge articles in Brainerd
  • Minnesota Highway 371 Bridge - see my St. Cloud-Brainerd directory
  • Washington Street Bridge MN-210 - see Image:MN-210 Bridge 2a.JPG in the Commons
  • Brainerd Rail Bridge - picture in the St. Cloud-Brainerd directory is mostly OK
  • Laurel Street Bridge - picture in Crow Wing Tour, but it kind of blows

• Pictures from Crow Wing County that correspond to unwritten articles:
  • Northern Pacific Railroad Shops Historic District (Minnesota Treasures, p. 47)
  • Brainerd Water Tower [1]
  • Brainerd Public Library
  • Crow Wing County Courthouse and Jail (which was closed when I went there)
  • Brainerd Public Library
  • Soo Line Depot (Crosby)
  • Deerwood Auditorium (Minnesota Treasures, p. 242)
  • Elevated Metal Water Tanks in every damn city in the Cuyuna Range

• Pictures from 6/24, 6/25 for unwritten articles
  • Minneapolis St. Paul Rochester & Dubuque Electric Traction Company Depot - but I hesitate to write an article about a shack next to the tracks
  • White Castle Building No. 8 - I think I can write an article about a hamburger stand (Minnesota Treasures, p. 276)
  • Washburn Park Water Tower (plaque on it) and tribe.net
  • Nicollet Avenue Bridge - not NRHP or a bridge over the Mississippi, but it's a nice looking arch bridge nationalbridges.com
  • Theodore Wirth House-Administration Building
  • Washburn-Fair Oaks Mansion District
  • James J. Hill House - picture at Image:James J. Hill House large.jpg (from HABS/HAER)
  • Image:WitchesHatWT.JPG already exists for the Prospect Park water tower

• Incorporate interesting Minnesota facts from the North Star site

• Expand the Three Rivers Park District article
• Start an article on 1934 Minnesota state highway renumbering with a lot of information borrowed from Steve Riner's site, and link it at Template:Highway renumbering series
• Picture for Lake Vermilion - actually, expand it and edit it for tone

• Write more bridge articles using User:Elkman/BridgeSkeleton and pictures in commons:Category:Bridges in Minnesota

• Add infobox to Strangeitude, add all the other Ozric Tentacles albums - are there good external reviews for these?

• See if I actually want to post User:Elkman/Highway Naming

• Add my pictures to Category:Images of Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Draw a new version of Image:Northwestterritorymap.jpg, maybe a new photo for Image:Paint markers.jpg (if I still have that one), maybe Image:Thinkgeek binary clock.jpg (from Mike C's office), Image:WWJD.jpg (still in my garage)

• Move images from WP to Commons using Commons Helper

• MNHS State Historic Preservation Office lists Rabideau CCC Camp as a National Historic Landmark effective 2/17/06; info at US Forest Service, HABS/HAER, and more from the Forest Service

• MN&S swing bridge:
  • Dan Patch Central
  • Videos for sale
  • TWM's research
  • CP Heavy Haul
  • Twin City Rails group (if they let me in)
  • MNS History group (if they let me in)

References

• Excellent reference for bridge types (built in Montana, at least): "Structural Systems and Dimensions" (pdf). 2002. p. 79. Retrieved 2006-05-05. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |accessyear= and |coauthors= (help) (saved to MontanaBridgeManual.pdf on my machine) - span lengths, cross sections, and the like; page 17 has cross-section diagrams

• Find pictures for Minnesota state parks from byways.org
• King Bridge company inventory

Cheat sheet

Libre Map Project boundary maps

WP:WPMN participants

• BenFranske - Edina, I think
• Elkman - Bloomington
• False Prophet - not sure where, but seems to be a sports fan
• Gephart - think he's in the Twin Cities; working on city infoboxes and stuff
• Grika - not sure where
• Jonathan Kovaciny - Mankato
• Jonathunder - especially active in articles related to southeast Minnesota
• Ksax - not entirely sure; thought he was in Alexandria, but probably not
• Malepheasant - Minneapolis
• Our Bold Hero - not sure where, but knows a lot about fish
• Ravedave - Shakopee - also contributes to WP:FPC
• Rhelmerichs - not sure where, but works on political articles
• Rx StrangeLove I'm taking requests for photography in and around the Twin Cities, as well as some outstate areas when I travel.
• Unidiode - not sure, but has worked on the RCHS article