Talk:Minnesota State Fair

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Minnesota State Fair is the best state fair ive ever been to.

Hell yeah! --Perfection 05:31, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

Glad you enjoyed the fair (I did too), but please remember this is a place to discuss the article, not the subject of the article. Jonathunder 05:33, 2005 September 3 (UTC)

Who cares, he wasn't hurting anything, plus Minnesota is the best state, so naturally, the fair will be awesome. ;) andrew 10:49, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

i think that in the article they should add which artists will be performing at te grandstand, the cost of food, rides, etc. These details are important and would greatly help the public.--Chocogirl 21:04, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

1 advertising?
2 To do
3 copy vio and PR
4 sources to incorporate

[edit] advertising?

The section about shows playing at the grandstand almost sounds like advertising to me, as it shows ticket prices and all that. It seems like something that belongs at the fair website, not Wikipedia.

Caesar

Yikes, I agree. I'm not a big fan of putting schedules that will be out of date in 2 weeks. I'm going to remove them... Rx StrangeLove 01:35, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] To do

Things I think would improve the article:

More good quality images. I have some from 2006 I will upload as I have time, but ones from different editors will help.

More about history and heritage square. More about the agricultural contests, the core of the fair's original purpose. Something about crop art.

Other ideas? Jonathunder 22:23, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

I also have a fairly large collection of photos from the past few Minnesota State Fairs when someone gets around to re-vamping this article please contact me and I'd be happy to share any you wanted. -BenFranske 02:58, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Added several photos from Amy Mingo, a link to the commons where there are more, and a link to the Minnesota portal. What I think the article needs now is writing. (Sorry I am not a writer.) -Susanlesch 08:04, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

How about info on the land before it was the fairgrounds. I believe that it was the Ramsey county poor farm, but I'm not sure.

It was the poor farm, and as I recall the J.V. bailey house was an infimary there back in the day--Sabeen557 01:51, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Also some info on what is done to prepare for the fair.

Someone could call up the administration builing and see if they oculd answer some questions--Sabeen557 01:51, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Let's try to add references to it as well. I'd like this to at least become a good article. Grand master ka 06:04, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Speaking of references, here is the primary source for the 2006 numbers: [1] -Ravedave ^{(help name my baby)} 02:42, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] copy vio and PR

Jeeze we are blind! User Msfpr (Minnesota Fair PR, Duh!) added a ton of info directly from the fair press kit. I have since reverted to an older, better formated version of the page. I think we can work some of the material in though. -Ravedave 16:35, 2 June 2007 (UTC)