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Contents 1 The Mystic Order of the Krewe of Chartreuse 2 Excellent article 3 Time for districts? 4 How can I make this article okay? 5 Template Category 6 Kudos 7 Suggestions 8 To do 9 Bars 10 Katrina

The Mystic Order of the Krewe of Chartreuse

To: The Staff of Wikitravel

Thank you ever so much for the kind blurb about our walking Krewe. For the record we' d like to clarify to all non-New Orleanians that we are NOT the Mardi Gras parade that you see in movies. We are what is referred to as a "Walking Krewe" or "Walking Club" meaning we do not throw trinkets from floats. That requires a city permit. We however march throughout the French Quarter on Mardi Gras day to our own beat, like so many other marching clubs, dressed in costume, soaking in the sights, sounds and food, as well as bringing our own party wherever we stop and go. Be warned: If you're looking for the Girls Gone Wild Mardi Gras, that isn't us. Plenty of that on Bourbon Street. In fact they have their own balcony now. Ours is a different type of debauchery, thank you very much.

For all those interested in joining us on Mardi Gras day, please refer to our Yahoo club listing. Serious inquiries only.

Thank you again for the mad props. See you all in a chartreuse blur come Fat Tuesday. The Minister of Blasphemy Krewe of Chartreuse

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While I agree with our esteemed Minister of Blasphemy, I must point out one small error in his letter. The Krewe Banner (a ball and cross on a green field) can be seen early on Carnival morning as the Mad Marchers of Luridis, a subkrewe, march a semirandom path from the begining of the parade route to the Vieaux Carre. The Krewe of Chartreuse is a unique marching club in that it's banner and members can be seen throughout the day from 8am till well into the evening. As we say in the Krewe, its not a sprint, its a marathon.

The Loud Founder, Capt. of The Mad MArchers of Luridis Krewe of Chartreuse

Excellent article

My compliments on the article as well. I spent last winter in an apartment in da quarter and you have pretty well captured the essence of it. William M Goetsch 12:16, 18 May 2004 (EDT)

Time for districts?

OK, so, this page has got really big, and it's apparent that there's some need to separate out the districts. I propose that we break it up according to the Wikitravel:Huge city article template. Sound good? --Evan 17:04, 24 May 2004 (EDT)

Sounds fine to me. I was thinking that the French Quarter would probably evolve into a seperate article first with more info. I guess it is time for "New Orleans/French Quarter". Should shorter sections on other parts of town be split off too now? -- Infrogmation 17:46, 24 May 2004 (EDT)

I've gotten at least a start on subpages for all the parts of the city of interest to visitors, I think. Some of the major suburbs outside of the city itself need similar treatment, like Metairie (many conventions billed as "in New Orleans" are actually held out in Metarie). Hm, should an important suburb that is not legally part of the city be a sub-page (eg, "New Orleans/Metarie") or just seperate (as "Metarie")? -- Infrogmation

So here's the way I see it: we do big region article for the "Greater New Orleans area", and include cities like Metairie, New Orleans, etc. We have districts for parts of New Orleans proper, like the Vieux Carre and Bucktown. Lastly, we have some information in New Orleans#Get out about the nearby visit-worthy suburbs.

We've done this with San Francisco and the Bay Area (California) to good effect. The Bay Area is a region, it has cities in it, including SF, and SF has some districts.

Sound good? --Evan 00:45, 14 Jun 2004 (EDT)

Yes, sounds fine. That'd be a good place to list things like the attractions on the North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain and nearby plantaions as well. P.S.: For the record, "Bucktown" is one of the places that should be mentioned that is outside of the city limits, being across the line into Jefferson Parish from West End (which is mentioned in New Orleans/Lakeview and Lakefront). Cheers, -- Infrogmation 01:39, 14 Jun 2004 (EDT)

How can I make this article okay?

I'd like to get reccomendations for getting New Orleans up to adiquate status so it can be removed from Wikitravel:Articles needing attention.

For correctly applying template, perhaps someone can show me how on a sample subpage, like New Orleans/Mid-City?

One thing I have a particular opinion about is that live music DOES NOT belong as a part of "Drink"! I guess it could be a sub-section of "To do", but so could "Eat" and "Drink". I think at least in places where music is an important part of the culture and a key reason for numerous visitors coming, it should be allowed to be a seperate heading. If this would need some modification of policy, where should I bring this up for discussion? Thanks for any help! -- Infrogmation 12:37, 13 Jun 2004 (EDT)

You should bring it up on the Wikitravel talk:Article templates page, or perhaps on the Wikitravel talk:District article template page. One thing to consider is putting live music venues under sub-headings in Do or Drink. Or, if you could come up with another name for Drink (like Party, Go out, Step out, etc.), that would encompass not only bars and nightclubs but also other nightlife venues, well, that'd be real great. --Evan 13:13, 13 Jun 2004 (EDT)

OK, so, I took a poke at New Orleans/Mid-City. Mostly what had to be done was make sure it used the Wikitravel:District article template and the right listings formats.

You may want to look at these Manual of style pages: Huge city article template, restaurant listings, attraction listings, bar listings, and Accommodation listings. Most of the work that needs to be done for the NO pages is a) putting in the right sections and b) changing the listings styles.

Lastly, most of the listings for NO are incomplete (no phone number, no hours, no rough prices, etc.). Don't worry about that right now -- we can fill that stuff in later. --Evan 14:44, 13 Jun 2004 (EDT)

Thanks. -- Infrogmation 00:48, 14 Jun 2004 (EDT)

Template Category

With a bit of delay, I finally brought up a proposal for officially allowing a "Live music" (or something similar) heading at Wikitravel talk:Article templates. -- Infrogmation 13:15, 1 Jul 2004 (EDT)

Kudos

Passing on a good response:

I pointed out this site to someone who recently moved to the New Orleans area, and got an enthusiastic email saying in part:

" This is great! I wish I had ad the URL when I first moved here [...] I think yours is the most cohesive one I've run across so far."

Yay for Wikitravel! -- Infrogmation 13:15, 1 Jul 2004 (EDT)

Suggestions

Festivals should be under See or Do (I am not sure which, there's a list "what goes where" it may list festivals). Not sure about music... Probably under "Do" as in "going out to clubs" etc. At any rate, it should be called "Listen" (you "listen" to music). -- Nils 01:26, 23 Jul 2004 (EDT)

Thanks for the feedback. You might wish to suggest the "Listen" category in the discussion on Wikitravel talk:Article templates too. -- Infrogmation 14:52, 24 Jul 2004 (EDT)

To do

• Suburbs, like Kenner, Metairie, Chalmette, maybe Slidell, Northshore, Westbank
• Festivals: JazzFest most importantly, also French Quarter Fest, Essence Festival, Satchmo Summer Fest
• More & better hotel listings

The Wyndhams on the main page should be sorted out into the relevant districts. Jpatokal 09:13, 1 Feb 2005 (EST)

Done. -- Infrogmation 17:13, 2 Feb 2005 (EST)

Bars

I removed the recent addition of bars to the front page. Most of those were already in the neighborhood pages; any additional info I added in the appropriate place. (Also added Molly's at the Market in the Quarter listing... alas, not just for locals anymore...) -- Infrogmation 15:14, 29 Oct 2004 (EDT)

Katrina

So, Maj, Amita and I were in New Orleans at the beginning of this week, and we found the city to be in very good shape. We spent most of our time in the French Quarter, CBD, Faubourg, and we saw some reconstruction but otherwise little sign of Katrina. Outside the city center there were a lot of damaged buildings, downed trees, and blocked roads. I've tried to revise the warning box to reflect that NO is probably OK for most visitors; comments or changes encouraged. --Evan 14:18, 24 March 2006 (EST)