Wisconsin

''One of the periods of glaciation was also termed the Wisconsin glaciation.'' Wisconsin is a state in the United States, located in the U.S. Midwest. Although the exact etymology of the name is uncertain, "Wisconsin" is thought to be an English language version of a French language adaptation of an Indian word. The Ojibwe language word ''Miskasinsin'', meaning "Red-stone place," was probably the name given to the Wisconsin River, which then was recorded as ''Ouisconsin'' by the French, and changed to its current form by the English. Other theories are that the name comes from words meaning "Gathering of the Waters" or "Great Rock." ''Wisconsin'' originally was applied to the Wisconsin River, and later to the area as a whole when Wisconsin became a territory. The state's name is abbreviated WI, Wis, or Wisc. USS Wisconsin was named in honor of this state. == History == ''Main Article: History of Wisconsin'' In 1634, Frenchman Jean Nicolet became Wisconsin's first European explorer. The French controlled the area until 1763, when it was ceded to the British. After the American Revolutionary War, Wisconsin was a part of the United StatesNorthwest Territory. It was then governed as part of Indiana Territory, Illinois Territory, and Michigan Territory. Wisconsin Territory was organized on July 3 1836 and became the 30th state on May 29 1848. Wisconsin's political history encompasses, on the one hand, Robert_M._La_Follette,_Sr. and the Progressive movement; and on the other, Joseph McCarthy, the controversial anti-communist censured by the Senate during the 1950s. The first Socialist mayor of a large city in the United States was Emil Seidel, elected mayor of Milwaukee in 1910; another Socialist, Daniel Hoan, was mayor of Milwaukee from 1916 to 1940. During both the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections, Wisconsin was considered a "swing" state due to its residents being relatively equally split between voting for the United States Democratic Party and United States Republican Party candidates. The state just barely (by about 5,700 votes) went for the Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore, in 2000 and by 14,000 votes to Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, both of whom lost the national election. The state mineral is Galena otherwise known as lead sulfide which reflects Wisconsin's early mining history. Many town names such as Mineral Point, Wisconsin, recall a period in the 1820s, 1830s, and 1840s when Wisconsin was an important mining state. When Indian treaties opened up southwest Wisconsin to settlement, thousands of miners—many of them immigrants from Cornwall, England—flocked to southern Wisconsin in what could almost be termed a "lead rush." At one point Wisconsin produced more than half of the nation's lead. During the boom it appeared that southwest Wisconsin might become the population center of the state, and Belmont, Wisconsin was briefly the state capital. By the 1840s the easily-accessible deposits were worked out, and experienced miners were drawn out of Wisconsin by the California Gold Rush. This period of mining before and during the early years of statehood directly led to the development of state's nickname, "the Badger State". Many miners and their families lived in the mines in which they worked until adequate above-ground shelters were built and were thus compared to Badgers. ===See also=== *Peshtigo Fire *Territory of Wisconsin *Wisconsin Walleye War == Culture == Known as "America's Dairyland," Wisconsin is also known for cheese. Citizens of Wisconsin are called Wisconsinites although the nicknames "Badgers" (after the state's nickname and school mascot of the University of Wisconsin), although a common nickname (sometimes used pejoratively) among non-residents is "Cheeseheads", due to the prevalence and quality of cheesemaking in the state. The Milwaukee Art Museum known for its unique architecture is located in Milwaukee. Milwaukee is also home to the Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens which cover over 200 acres (800,000 m²) of land on the far west side of the city. Madison is also home to the Vilas Zoo which is free for all visitors as well as the University of Wisconsin. == Law and government == The capital is Madison, Wisconsin and the largest city is Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Beginning with the governorship of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. in the early 1900s and the United States Progressive Party establishment soon thereafter, Wisconsin and in particular, Madison, have often been seen as leaders in labor, and social welfare legislation as well as legislation popularly termed "socially progressive". For example, in 1982 sexual orientation was added by the state legislature as a protected category under existing anti-discrimination laws, a step in the context of the 1980s seen as highly innovative. * Governors of Wisconsin * Wisconsin State Legislature ** Wisconsin State Senate ** Wisconsin State Assembly * U.S. Congressional Delegations from Wisconsin ** List of U.S. Senators from Wisconsin == Geography == The state is bordered by Lake Superior and Michigan to the north, by Lake Michigan to the east, by Illinois to the south, and by Iowa and Minnesota to the west. Part of the state's boundaries includes the Mississippi River and St. Croix River (Wisconsin-Minnesota). With its location between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River, Wisconsin is home to a wide variety of geographical features. These features allow the state to be broken into five distinct regions. In the north, the Lake Superior Lowland occupies a belt of land along Lake Superior. Just to the south, the Northern Highland includes the state's highest point, Timms Hill, as well as massive forests and thousands of small glacial lakes. In the middle of the state, the Central Plain (Wisconsin) possesses some unique sandstone formations like the Dells of the Wisconsin River in addition to rich farmland. The Eastern Ridges and Lowlands region in the southeast is home to many of Wisconsin's largest cities. In the southwest, the Western Upland is a rugged landscape with a mix of forest and farmland. The varied landscape of Wisconsin makes the state a vacation destination popular for outdoor recreation. Winter events include curling matches and snowmobile derbies. The distinctive Door Peninsula, which extends off of the eastern coast of the state, contains one of the state's most beautiful tourist destinations, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door_County Door County]. The area draws thousands of visitors yearly to its quaint villages, seasonal cherry picking, and ever-popular [http://www.lakemichiganangler.com/recipes/fish/door_county_fish_boil_photos.htm fish boils]. Wisconsin's self-promotion as "America's Dairyland" sometimes leads to a mistaken impression that it is an exclusively rural state. In fact Wisconsin contains cities and towns of all sizes. Milwaukee is a city slightly larger than Boston and part of a largely developed string of cities that stretches down the western edge of Lake Michigan into greater Chicago and also into northwestern Indiana. This string of cities along the western edge of Lake Michigan is generally considered to be an example of a Megacity. Madison's triple identity as state capital, university town, and working city give it a cultural richness unusual in a city its size. Medium-sized cities dot the state and anchor a network of working farms surrounding them. ===See also=== *List of Wisconsin counties *List of cities in Wisconsin *List of villages in Wisconsin *List of towns in Wisconsin *List of Wisconsin rivers

''Badger State''
State animal:	Badger (animal)
State Domesticated Animal:	Dairy Cow
State Wild Animal:	White-tailed Deer
State Beverage:	Milk
List of U.S. state birds:	American robin
State Capital:	Madison, Wisconsin
State Dog:	American Water Spaniel
List of U.S. state fish:	Muskellunge
List of U.S. state flowers:	Wood Violet (plant)
State fossil:	Trilobite
State Grain:	maize
List of U.S. state insects:	Honeybee
List of U.S. state mottos:	''Forward''
List of U.S. state songs:	"On Wisconsin"
List of U.S. state trees:	Sugar Maple
List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones:	Galena (Lead sulphide)
List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones:	Red Granite
List of U.S. state soils:	Antigo Silt Loam
List of U.S. state dances:	Polka
State Symbol of Peace:	Mourning Dove

==Economy== In addition to cheese, Wisconsin is known for its beer, Bratwurst, cranberries and many festivals, such as Summerfest and the Oshkosh Airshow. Wisconsin is also the largest producer by volume of ginseng, cranberry, and paper products in the United States. The once coveted title of top milk producer no longer belongs to Wisconsin; the position of top milk producer is now held by California. The University of Wisconsin is an international leader in stem-cell research. == Demographics == According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2003, Wisconsin's population was estimated at 5,472,299 people. The racial makeup of the state is: *87.3% Whites *5.7% African American *3.6% Hispanic American *1.7% Asian American *0.9% American Indian *1.2% mixed race The 5 largest ancestry groups in Wisconsin are German-American (42.6%), Ireland (10.9%), Polish-American (9.3%), Norwegian-American (8.5%), England (6.5%) 6.4% of Wisconsin's population were reported as under 5, 25.5% under 18, and 13.1% were 65 or older. Females made up approximately 50.6% of the population. ===Religion=== The religious affiliations of the citizens of Wisconsin are: *Protestant � 51% *Roman Catholic � 39% *Other Christian � 1% *Other Religions � 1% *Non-Religious � 6% The three largest Protestant denominations in Wisconsin are: Lutheran (26% of the total state population), Methodist (6%), Baptist (4%). == Important cities and villages == Cities and villages are incorporated urban areas in Wisconsin. Towns are unincorporated minor civil divisions of County#United_States. Cities/Metroplitan areas in Wisconsin with population of 50,000 or more as of 2000 include: * Milwaukee, Wisconsin, pop. 596,125 (1,500,741 in metropolitan area) * Madison, Wisconsin - pop. 208,856, state capital, flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin * Green Bay, Wisconsin, pop. 102,263, home of Green Bay Packers football team * Kenosha, Wisconsin, pop. 90,625; considered part of the greater "Chicagoland" area; site of Kenosha Velodrome, opened in 1927, oldest operating velodrome in the U. S.; International HQ of the Barbershop music Society. * Racine, Wisconsin, pop. 81,703, headquarters of S. C. Johnson (Johnson Wax) with Frank Lloyd Wright-designed administration building. Once home of the Racine Belles, an All-American Girls Professional Baseball League team. * Appleton, Wisconsin, pop. 70,232. Location of Lawrence University and the Harry Houdini Historical Center, controversial for a 2004 exhibit showing the secret of Houdini's famous "Metamorphosis" trick * Waukesha, Wisconsin, pop. 65,092 * Oshkosh, Wisconsin, pop. 63,325. Home of the busiest airport in the world—during the week when the Experimental Aircraft Association, devoted to hobbyist-built aircraft, holds its annual Oshkosh Airshow. * Eau Claire, Wisconsin, pop. 61,702. Home of National Presto and Menards. * Janesville, Wisconsin, pop. 60,294. Home to a major General Motors assembly plant, 3.5 million square feet (325,000 m²) in size. * West Allis, Wisconsin, pop. 60,254. Home of the Pettit National Ice Center (formerly the West Allis Olympic Ice Rink), training center for the U. S. Olympic speedskating team, and the West Allis Speedskating Club, which as of 2005 has nurtured 17 Olympians and 95 national champions. * La Crosse, Wisconsin, pop. 51,907. Wisconsin's main port on the Mississippi River and home of Trane. * Sheboygan, Wisconsin, pop. 50,792. * Wausau, Wisconsin, pop. 38,469 (81,421 in metropolitan area). Home to Granite Peak Ski Area; located at crossroads of Interstate 39 and State Highway 29. Other cities include: * Antigo, Wisconsin, pop. 8,560, * Baraboo, Wisconsin, pop. 10,717, home of Circus World Museum * Beloit, Wisconsin, pop. 35,821, home of Beloit College * Portage, Wisconsin, pop. 9,728, birthplace of Frederick Jackson Turner, Zona Gale * Ripon, Wisconsin birthplace of the United States Republican Party, 1854 * Stevens Point, Wisconsin, pop. 24,539, home of the [http://www.for-wild.org/wchf/ Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame], commemorating Aldo Leopold, John Muir, and others * Superior, Wisconsin, pop. 27,389 * Waterloo, Wisconsin, pop. 3,259, home to the headquarters of one of the world's largest bicycle manufacturers, Trek (bicycle manufacturer) * Watertown, Wisconsin site of the first kindergarten in the United States * Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, pop. 2,418 (approx. 4,000 including Lake Delton, Wisconsin) popular resort area, home of Tommy Bartlett's thrill shows and numerous hotels and themeparks. * Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, pop. 18,435 == Education == === Colleges and universities === ====Four-year and postgraduate institutions====

*Alverno College *Beloit College *Cardinal Stritch College *Carroll College (Wisconsin) *Carthage College *Concordia University Wisconsin *Edgewood College *Lakeland College *Lawrence University *Maranatha Baptist Bible College *Marian College of Fond du Lac *Marquette University *Medical College of Wisconsin *Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design *Milwaukee School of Engineering *Mount Mary College *Mount Senario College *Nashotah House *Northland College *Ripon College

====Two-year institutions====

== Professional sports teams == *Milwaukee Brewers, Major League Baseball *minor league baseball **Wisconsin Timber Rattlers **Beloit Snappers *Northwoods League baseball teams **Eau Claire Express **La Crosse Loggers **Madison Mallards **Wisconsin Woodchucks *Milwaukee Bucks, National Basketball Association *Green Bay Packers, National Football League *Milwaukee Admirals, American Hockey League *Milwaukee Wave, Major Indoor Soccer League *Milwaukee Wave United (dormant for 2005), USL First Division == Miscellaneous information == *List of people from Wisconsin *List of television stations in Wisconsin *List of Wisconsin state parks *Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference == External links == *[http://www.wisconsin.gov/ State of Wisconsin] *[http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/core/wisconsin_state_symbols.html Wisconsin state symbols] *[http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/55000.html U.S. Census Bureau] *[http://www.wicourts.gov/ Wisconsin Court System] *[http://www.legis.state.wi.us/ Wisconsin State Legislature] *[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI The State of Wisconsin Collection] from the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections *[http://strivinglife.net/articles/canwipickpres.shtml Can Wisconsin Pick a Presidential Candidate, or What?] - Article looking at the Presidential voting record of Wisconsin from 1900 to 2004. *[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/topics/wisconsin-name/ Wisconsin's Name: Where It Came From and What It Means] U.S. states Wisconsin hi:विस्कांसिन os:Висконсин

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== the farm == STOP SAYING THE FARM IS TYPICAL. Sure, there are several, but the way i just cahnged it (to say its one area) is acceptable, and 99% of wisconsin doesnt look like that. And no, we arn't stuck in the 70s, as some shows may have you think.\ :True that. Most of the Wisconsin population are in the cities. Many farms are giant comercial-grade, while there are still a lot that are family-owned. User:Sean WI 04:59, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC) ----- Wondering how to edit this State Entry?
The WikiProject U.S. States standards might help. ------ ''An event mentioned in this article is a MediaWiki:May 29 selected anniversaries''. ------ == "Major" and "Minor" cities == I have no idea what the standards for inclusion in these categories might be. Some of the entries, like the one for Stockholm, seem like jokes to me. I don't know whether there are definitions of "major" and "minor" cities, but personally, I don't think a city with a population less than 100,000 qualifies as "major." I decided to put in the populations and let people judge for themselves. User:Dpbsmith 02:25, 3 Feb 2004 (UTC) ---- ===Wisconsin Glaciation=== The recent disambiguation link is a good idea, but the linked page makes no reference to the Wisconsin glaciation. This is quite strange and should be fixed. User:Chrisdolan 18:05, 28 Mar 2004 (UTC) ===Added Some Content=== I added some content regarding cities in Wisconsin as well as adding the picture of the Milwaukee Art museum to emphasize that Wisconsin does have cities, it�s surprising but people really seem to think Wisconsin is some kind of urban less expanse of tress and farms. I also added some info about wisconsin's products and how California now produces more milk. If you spot a problem please correct it in terms of facts or formatting. Cheers. --User:Ic0n0 23:31, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC) == Please, let's tone down the boosterism... == ...it's getting out of hand. :"In addition to vast rural areas Wisconsin is home to several large cities, including Milwaukee and Madison. These large cities add a dynamic urban edge to the state�s otherwise rural setting which is often overlooked by those passing through the state. Both Madison and Milwaukee boast world-class universities and night life." Now, Milwaukee ''is'' by most standards a large city, not humongous but bigger than, say, Boston. (And the Milwaukee Journal is a better paper than the Boston Globe). It's one of the twenty biggest cities in the U. S. But Madison a "large city?" Population 200,000? I don't think so. Similarly, UW-Madison could be called a "world-class university," whatever that means. But UWM? It's a perfectly respectable university, but it's hardly a public Ivy. And what do you mean by "world-class universities," plural? I'm only aware of only one university, singular, in Madison. There might be more than one ''university'' in Milwaukee--is Marquette actually in Milwaukee? But "world-class" is stretching it. And that "dynamic urban edge" guff really should go. Wikipedia is not a tourist brochure. User:Dpbsmith User_talk:dpbsmith 00:06, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC) Well, i can see where your problem with it lies and i will tone it down. It's just that the picture of the farm as "Typical wisconsin" is pretty anoying i just overcompinsated and i will fix it. --User:Ic0n0 06:27, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC) I cut that last paragraph i added, it doesn't really add anything. I would like to be to emphasize that Wisconsin has many medium sized cities in addition in Milwaukee and Madison but coming up with a way to do that which avoids sounding like a tourist brochure is going to be more difficult.--User:Ic0n0 06:41, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC) *Thanks! There must be a way to make the point you want to make without sounding boosterish... I'll think about it myself. Wisconsin certainly isn't the only state that consists of a small number of big cities, many small cities and towns, with large ''active'' agricultural land in between. Actually, California really isn't all that different, yet nobody thinks of California is being solely a "farm state" or would use a picture of a farm as "typical" of California... But you know, WIsconsin has sort of brought it on itself by using the slogan "America's Dairyland." User:Dpbsmith User_talk:dpbsmith 10:58, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC) **Well the idea I am trying to convey is that Wisconsin has a lot of medium sized cities, those between 50,000 and 150,000. I mean I can think of a ton, Eau Claire, La Crosse, Wausau, Green bay, Appleton, Oshkosh, Sheboygan, Janesville, Kenosha, and Racine are all cities that stand on their own, expect maybe Racine and Kenosha which are really dual suburbs of Milwaukee and Chicago. But the point is that is there are more independent �anchor� cities of significant size then most of the surrounding states have including Illinois if we don�t consider Chicagoland. ***I agree. I don't really know how to compare it with other states, but "a lot of medium-sized cities" is the characteristic pattern. **But your right, those of us in Wisconsin have to a large extent placed this rural dairy farm image on ourselves with the constant emphasis on milk and cheese. I am from Milwaukee and as a result am actually quite bitter at the image of Wisconsin that is generally presented, hence my overcompensation earlier. There is almost a sort of downstate and upstate thing going on in Wisconsin like in New York State, a lot of us in the Milwaukee area find we have very little in common with the rest of the state. It�s a bit of a tangent but for example I have never seen a cow closer then 30 feet or milked one as I am sure most Wisconsinites haven�t. I guess unlike some Wisconsinites I don�t feel pride in the whole rural farm description they seem to relish. Anyway, when I figure out a good way to write more content without the unnecessary POV I will do so. --User:Ic0n0 11:56, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC) ***Maybe something like this: ::::Wisconsin's self-promotion as "America's Dairyland" sometimes leads to a mistaken impression that it is an exclusively rural state. In fact Wisconsin contains cities and towns of all sizes. Milwaukee, Wisconsin is a city slightly larger than Boston and part of the "Chicagoland" megalopolis on the edge of Lake Michigan. Madison, Wisconsin's triple identity as state capital, university town, and working city give it a cultural richness unusual in a city its size. Medium-sized cities dot the state and anchor a network of working farms surrounding them. :::Brewers pasted a "beer" label on Milwaukee, which probably doesn't help its reputation. :::The article doesn't currently say anything about what I think is fairly extensive network of Amish communities in Wisconsin. :::By the way, the list of cities could use some attention. Some time ago there was a silly list of "major cities" and people kept adding rather small towns to it, I guess either as pranks or because they wanted their home town on the list. I sort of stabilized things by stating the actual population of each town listed, and listing ''every'' city over 50,000 under the neutral title "cities with populations over 50,000." But the "other cities and towns" list could use some judicious pruning. User:Dpbsmith User_talk:dpbsmith 13:29, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC) :::: I have added your suggestion Dpbsmith with a really minor tweak, but you can see for yourself. I think it looks pretty good, thoughts? --User:Ic0n0 01:46, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC) ::::: Looks fine to me. User:Dpbsmith User_talk:dpbsmith 02:46, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC) ==Cheeseheads== I think perhaps the cheese head stuff belongs more in a cultural area of the article rather then in the first paragraph. Just a thought. --User:Ic0n0 03:19, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC) :You are correct. Until someone puts it there, I'm going to delete it. It's irrelevant to this article. The "cheesehead" thing is less than 10 years old, and almost exclusively a Green Bay Packer fan innovation. It has far less to do with Wisconsin culture than with Green Bay sportsfannery, and should be included there, with perhaps a passing reference made in a "Wisconsin Culture" article. User:TShilo12 04:17, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC) ::"Cheeseheads" is definitely more than 10 years old. I'm not sure how far back it goes, but I lived in the Chicago area more than ten years ago and "cheesehead" was often tossed about jocularly by area radio hosts. That and phrases like "behind the cheddar curtain" have been around for longer than ten years and used to make jokingly derogatory references to all the neighbors to the north, not only to Green Bay residents. Although I agree that it probably should not be in the intro section and may be more appropriate in the culture section. 13:13, Feb 16, 2005 (UTC) == Location of Pettit Ice Center? West Allis or Milwaukee? == The Pettit Ice Center is strongly associated with West Allis, but I'm not quite sure on pinning down its legal location. Its address is variously given as Pettit Ice Center, 500 S. 84th St., West Allis e.g. [http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1401&dept_id=173342&newsid=13725044&PAG=461&rfi=9 here]. Try a [http://www.google.com/search?q=%22500+S.+84th+St%22+%22West+Allis%22&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 Google search on "500 S. 84th St" "West Allis"] to see what I mean. Yet http://www.thepettit.com the official website uses the same street address but puts itself in Milwaukee: "National Ice Center, 500 South 84th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53214... Location I-94 & 84th Street." There's no particular mystery about the location, which is on the Wisconsin State Fair Park which obviously is on or close to the border between West Allis and Milwaukee. Obviously the park complex as a whole spans the border and has parts in West Allis and parts in Milwaukee. [http://www.wsfp.state.wi.us/home/wsfp/CONTACT_US/index.htm The Wisconsin State Fair Park] gives its address as: "640 South 84th Street, West Allis, Wis. 53214." (But the [http://www.wawmchamber.org/fp/city.htm#Recreation West Allis West Milwaukee C of C website] gives the address of the State Fair Park as "8100 W. Greenfield Ave. West Allis, WI 53214" I queried The Pettit and receive this reply: From: rmulterer@thepettit.com Date: February 11, 2005 10:06:33 PM EST Since we are adjacent to I-94, our mailing address is Milwaukee. So we are considered to be in Milwaukee, but West Allis is mere yards away. Obviously this has something to do with where the office is, where the actual rink is, where the state fairgrounds are, where the rink used to be, etc. etc. This would all be a matter of West Allis pride rather than geography. For now I'm leaving it as being "in" West Allis but maybe at some point the language should be wordsmithed. User:Dpbsmith User_talk:dpbsmith 15:05, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC) The borders of the city of Milwaukee are really odd in places, some parts of the city on the far south side are only contiguous with the rest of the city by like 3-4 yards along a road. It�s just weird. But as far as I am aware the ice rink is in fact in the city of Milwaukee despite the stair fair property being mostly in west allies, but it�s commonly considered west allis. [http://www.ic0n0.com/ice.jpg Pettit Center Location]The dark line is the border. [http://www.ic0n0.com/mil.jpg Milwaukee Borders with Ice Center] As you can see milwaukee has some strange borders. You can look a really cool gis here [http://www.milwaukee.gov/display/router.asp?docid=3480 Map Milwaukee] --User:Ic0n0 22:21, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC) == Major Businesses == Under "Misc Information" should we have a link to a list of major businesses that are headquarted in Wisconsin? User:Sean WI 05:06, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC) ==Etymology== [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/topics/wisconsin-name/] indicates that the origin of the name is French ''Ouisconsin'' which comes from the Ojibwe ''Miskasin'', which itself would be a haplologied form of ''Miskasinsin'', literally "red-stone-area". The name was originally applied to the river, and referred to, I would imagine, red stones in the area. I'm going to wait to change the claim in the article to get other people's input. --User:Whimemsz 15:08, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC) *Whimemsz, I think pretty much anything that can be backed up with reliable source material not only ''can'', but ''ought'' to be included precisely because any and every other reference that speaks to the subject of the origin of the name, specifically mentions that ''nobody knows the etymology for certain''. Any discussion in this article should, regardless of how many different sources are brought into the discussion, make this clear. User:TShilo12 ^{User talk:TShilo12} 03:41, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)

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The alphabetical listing of major cities in the older version of the template was much easier to navigate through. Listing the cities by population necessitates changing the template after changes in relative population, plus looks haphazard. Other state templates also use alphabetic listings (:Template:Washington, :Template:California, :Template:California). The deletion of the regions also was unnessessary; a better solution would be to write articles for the regions rather than just imply that the only region in Wisconsin was the Lake Superior Lowland. The older template also was more compact, and fit better within an article. (Compare with other state templates, again.) If anything, Wisconsin's template should be made more compact, not larger.--User:BaronLarf 09:01, Feb 12, 2005 (UTC) I took you suggestions into consideration and created a compact template for the admittedly much more rural state of West Virginia. I agree that alphabetically listing cities makes the section more navigable; however, I wanted to impose some sort of hierarchy of cities and to feature more isolated, smaller cities rather than suburbs of Milwaukee. Note the compactness of the template, the alphabetical listing of cities, the highlighting of the state capital, and the efficient data organization. As for the regions, I'd like to see some with articles already written becuase they tend to lend themselves more easily to articles, however, I haven't found any for Wisconsin.

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