Talk:Scouting in Massachusetts

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Organization

Would Wikipedians entertain the idea of having the Councils-by-state sections recategorized to "Scouting in Arizona", "Scouting in Washington", and so on, rather than a list of every council and district? The reason I would like this considered is

1) no other country's Scouting articles are divided into such minute details (except for The Scout Association of Hong Kong, and really, is that much minutiae important or interesting to the reader?)

2) many councils that a reader may choose to look up, like the Fitchburg Area Council of Massachusetts or the Vigilante Area Council of Montana, went extinct 30+ years ago, yet may be of interest in a more state-based article

3) many states like Alaska share a communal Scout history, only fairly recently being broken into smaller councils, others like North Dakota had several merged into one, and some Scouting histories are better told encompassing an entire state. The fact that Scouts in California prior to the charter of the BSA were the youth arm of the California Highway Patrol, or the fact that Connecticut, while having only eight counties, has had 22 councils over the course of its history, would be well-included in a statewide article

Chris 00:52, 8 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure I understand what you mean. Currently, we have the information pertaining to specific councils clustered in articles by state, right? What, then, is the difference between the 'Councils-by-state sections' and " 'Scouting in Arizona', 'Scouting in Washington', and so on"? Or do articles on singular councils still exist? If so, I think that this discussion should be taken to the Scouting portal. Bcaff 13:27, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This was originally posted back before we did that. Chris 02:32, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rating

With some refs and history, this'd be a B-class article. Rlevse 10:14, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Historical council information to be folded in

Historical council information to be folded in — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kintetsubuffalo (talk • contribs) 20:32, 18 September 2006‎

  • Hook, James; Franck, Dave; Austin, Steve (1982). An Aid to Collecting Selected Council Shoulder Patches with Valuation.

There are so many council here. I have redirected many to Boston Minuteman Council, but I'm not sure I've captured them all. --evrik (talk) 17:33, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merges

Shingebis Lodge merge

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Camp Child

Does anyone happen to know why the Old Colony Council no longer owns Camp Child? I was sorry to see that it is no longer a Scout property. I spent several summers there with my troop in the mid sixties. It's a shame it is gone - declining participation in Scouting I would guess. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.154.33.120 (talk • contribs) 4 August 2007

  • It closed in 1995. Check out the link. --evrik (talk) 16:20, 24 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The early history of the Boy Scouts of America in Springfield, Mass

  • Lampshire, Edwin; Ellis, Ralph W. (1923). The early history of the Boy Scouts of America in Springfield, Mass. Springfield, Mass.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Gadget850 (Ed) talk - 17:18, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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