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Historical council information to be folded in

Kansas Topeka 1917 1918
Kansas Norton County 1919 1920
Kansas Lawrence 1920
Kansas Manhattan 1917 1923
Kansas Iola 1920 1923
Kansas 187 Arkansas City 1920 1924 merged into Sumner-Crowley 199 1924
Kansas 188 Cloud County 1922 1924 changed name to North Kansas Area 188 1924
Kansas Ottawa 1922 1924
Kansas 192 Liberal 1922 1925 ended 1925
Kansas 199 Winfield 1922 1925 merged into Sumner-Crowley 199 1925
Kansas 196 Salina 1917 1926 ended 1926
Kansas 188 North Kansas Area 1925 1927 ended 1927
Kansas 199 Sumner-Crowley 1925 1928 ended 1928
Kansas 193 Southeast Kansas 1930 1935
Kansas 192 Salina Area 1938 1939 Coronado Area 192 1939
Kansas 192 Coronado Area 1939
Kansas 194 Santa Fe Trail 1946 http://www.sftcbsa.org
Kansas 197 Topeka 1919 1929 Jayhawk Area 197 1929
Kansas 197 Jayhawk Area 1929 http://www.jayhawkcouncil.org
Kansas 193 Independence 1919 1923 changed name to Montgomery County 193 1923
Kansas 193 Montgomery County 1923 1926 changed name to Independence 193 1926
Kansas 195 Pittsburg 1918 1926 merged into SEKan Area 744 1926
Kansas 190 Hutchinson 1922 1929 changed name to Southwest Kansas Area 190 1929
Kansas 193 Independence 1926 1930 merged into SEKan Area 193 1930
Kansas 744 SEKan Area 1926 1930 merged into SEKan Area 193 1930
Kansas 194 Parsons 1921 1932 merged into SEKan Area 193 1932
Kansas 198 Wichita 1918 1940 changed name to Quivira 198 1940
Kansas 190 Southwest Kansas 1929 1946 changed name to Kanza 190 1946
Kansas 193 SEKan Area 1930 1972 merged into Quivira 198 1972
Kansas 190 Kanza 1946 1997 July 1 merged into Quivira 198 1997 July 1
Kansas 198 Quivira 1940

What kind of information on each council?

What kind of information should we have on each council in Kansas? I think that we should try to have the same type of information (summer camps, areas/cities served, districts, OA lodge, Mic-O-Say, etc) but also not be afraid to include unique categories for each council.

Discussion: What are we looking to do here?!?--Paul McDonald 03:49, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think you're on the right path, there, Paul! Chris 05:39, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion discussion

Please visit and vote at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tribe of Mic-O-Say (2nd nomination), it was recently vandalized, and unknowing editors thought it was meant to be an attack piece. Chris 05:39, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge

Tamegonit Lodge

Oppose merge --evrik ^(talk) 14:36, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Theodore Naish Scout Reservation

Oppose merge --evrik ^(talk) 14:40, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Article structure

Is it intentional that the article reads like Scouting in Kansas = Scouting America and then GSUSA is tacked on at the end? I would propose an introductory blurb detailing the beginnings of all scouting movements in the state, and then section headings for each organization ordered by first the establish in the state. Thoughts? I don't have much expertise on the orgs, but we're also missing Camp Fire, Trail Life, etc. Thebumblefumble (talk) 22:41, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've rearranged a bit to make clearer what is common and what is separate. Camp_Fire_(organization) is a youth group with similar aims to Scouting and a history connected to the BSA but isn't generally considered part of the Scouting. Trail Life USA is, like Camp Fire, a scout like organization. I'm not sure there is a firm rule but non-aligned scouting groups are usually included in these articles but not scout-like, mostly, I suspect, because there are so many of the latter. I think they can be mentioned in the history if in connection to Scouting groups in Kansas (for instance did the creation of Trail Life or American Heritage affect either BSA or GSUSA by lost of membership or significant adult leadership?; was/is Camp Fire a major competitor?). Reliable sources would be needed. Erp (talk) 14:48, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GSKSMO

GSKSMO is a council split across two states. More importantly, it's the Kansas City metro council. I think it is somewhat unreasonable that information is split by state for this council across two articles. I think that we should include all information about the council on both pages, but prioritize the information to the state whose article the reader is on.

For example: There are two active properties in the council. One in Tonganoxie, KS and one in KC, MO. Formerly, only the Tonganoxie one was on this article and only the KC one was on the Scouting in Missouri article. Instead, both should be on both, but on this article the Tonganoxie property should be first and on the other one the KC property should be listed first.

Thoughts? Thebumblefumble (talk) 13:05, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Larned Central States Scouts Museum

I've removed the Central States Scouts Museum from the article as I couldn't find any current website about it and it seems to have been hit with a devastating fire in 2016. https://www.gbtribune.com/news/local-news/pawnee-co-news-/larned-central-scouts-museum-burned/ Erp (talk) 14:53, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]