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This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles on the U.S. State of West Virginia, with a spirit of cooperation. This page and its sub-pages aim to both provide resources for Wikipedia, and expand Wikipedia as a resource about West Virginia. The project's talk page is a place for members to discuss issues regarding project-related articles. To join, simply add your name to the list at the participants section. To see articles and information about West Virginia, see the West Virginia Portal.
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- View changes to West Virginia articles (list|edit)
- View changes to West Virginia talk pages (list|edit)
- View new articles containing the word "West Virginia"
- View criteria and requests for assessment
- View lists of stubs, for articles in need of expansion
- View resources for finding photographs, and requests for photos
- See box at right for article-specific tasks
Assessment
editWest Virginia articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
FA | 1 | 3 | 14 | 18 | |||
FL | 6 | 6 | |||||
FM | 11 | 11 | |||||
A | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
GA | 1 | 21 | 38 | 76 | 136 | ||
B | 11 | 29 | 46 | 116 | 1 | 203 | |
C | 7 | 50 | 85 | 377 | 2 | 521 | |
Start | 9 | 169 | 698 | 2,132 | 12 | 3,020 | |
Stub | 1 | 30 | 1,274 | 5,567 | 26 | 6,898 | |
List | 2 | 24 | 88 | 116 | 7 | 237 | |
Category | 4,118 | 4,118 | |||||
Disambig | 142 | 142 | |||||
File | 1 | 316 | 317 | ||||
Portal | 1 | 1 | |||||
Project | 62 | 62 | |||||
Redirect | 1 | 12 | 73 | 1,886 | 1,972 | ||
Template | 560 | 560 | |||||
NA | 1 | 1 | |||||
Other | 4 | 29 | 33 | ||||
Assessed | 32 | 330 | 2,245 | 8,478 | 7,125 | 48 | 18,258 |
Unassessed | 1 | 23 | 24 | ||||
Total | 33 | 330 | 2,245 | 8,478 | 7,125 | 71 | 18,282 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 59,455 | Ω = 5.51 |
Project divisions
editA list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.
- Communities (talk) – Cities, towns, and villages
- Physical geography (talk) – Regions, parks, climate, physical features
- Transportation (talk) – Roads, trails, rail, ferries, and airplanes in and around West Virginia
- Culture (talk) – Music, art, icons, mass communication
- People (talk) – Includes West Virginia natives and people from the current 55 counties pre-statehood
- Government (talk) – Government: federal, state and local politics in relation to West Virginia
- History (talk) – History of West Virginia during and prior to statehood
- Economy (Talk) – Major West Virginia industries, employers, trends, and history relating to the economy of Virginia
- Education (Talk) – All schools, colleges, universities and educational organizations & institutions in West Virginia
Article alerts
editToday's featured article requests
- 02 Nov 2024 – Daniel Boone (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion
Templates for discussion
- 26 Aug 2024 – Template:Restore the Broken (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by DB1729 (t · c); see discussion
Good article reassessments
- 18 Aug 2024 – Appalachian Trail (talk · edit · hist) nominated for GA reassessment by Schierbecker (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Articles to be split
- 20 Jul 2024 – Moneton (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Kepler-1229b (t · c); see discussion
- 29 Jun 2024 – Thomas Massie (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Kodiak Blackjack (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
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Recognized content
editFor a comprehensive listing of West Virginia-related recognized content, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject West Virginia/Recognized content.
Templates
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{{West Virginia-geo-stub}} | Stub notice for West Virginia articles dealing specifically with locations or geographical features in West Virginia; placed at the bottom of article pages | ||||||||||||||
{{West Virginia-politician-stub}} | Stub notice for politicians primarily associated with West Virginia; placed at the bottom of article pages | ||||||||||||||
{{WestVirginia-school-stub}} | Stub notice for schools in West Virginia; placed at the bottom of article pages | ||||||||||||||
{{WestVirginia-radio-station-stub}} | Stub notice for radio stations in West Virginia; placed at the bottom of article pages | ||||||||||||||
{{WestVirginia-road-stub}} | Stub notice for roads in West Virginia; placed at the bottom of article pages (see WP:WIH) | ||||||||||||||
{{WestVirginia-stub}} | Stub notice for all other West Virginia articles; placed at the bottom of article pages | ||||||||||||||
{{Charleston, West Virginia}} | Navigational box for the city of Charleston; placed at the bottom of article pages, above {{West Virginia}} | ||||||||||||||
{{West Virginia}} | Navigational box for West Virginia regions, counties and cities; placed at the bottom of article pages | ||||||||||||||
{{Image requested|in=West Virginia}} |
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Added to West Virginia-related talk pages to request images. Adds article to a category. See documentation page for attribute usage. |
Userboxes
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{{User WikiProject West Virginia}}
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{{User West Virginia}}
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{{User interest West Virginia}}
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Barnstar
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{{subst:The West Virginia Barnstar|message ~~~~}} | This barnstar is given to recognize particularly fine contributions to areas of work within the articles of the State of West Virginia, to let people know that their hard work is seen and appreciated. | The West Virginia Barnstar
Participants
editClick here to add yourself to the list of Project participants, and tell us a little about your involvement. You may also add {{User WikiProject West Virginia}} to your user page to identify yourself as a member of the project. This will add you to Category:WikiProject West Virginia participants.
Click "show" here to view our members.
Active participants
editTo join WikiProject West Virginia, edit this section and insert the Wikitext #{{subst:me}}
with your areas of interest into the following list of participants in alphabetical order. Participants should also place participant identification on their user page.
- 636Buster (talk · contribs) -- Statewide communities
- Acroterion (talk · contribs) -- Historic places, mining, Eastern Panhandle
- Bitmapped (talk · contribs) -- Parks, geography, transportation, government, history and broadcasting.
- Blsii (talk · contribs) -- Government and education
- Byzantinekaiser (talk · contribs) -- Demographics and Economics
- West Virginian (talk · contribs) -- West Virginia biographies, categories, historic places, geography, and topics related to Hampshire County
- Catdog4169 (talk · contribs) -- Everything Monroe County.
- Clarinetcutie (talk · contribs) -- Forgotten people and locations of the Clarksburg area
- Coal town guy (talk · contribs) -- Coal Towns and Coal Camps of West Virginia.
- Dionysius Miller (talk · contribs) -- Less documented Appalachian history, geography, and athletics.
- Dubyavee (talk · contribs) -- Ordinance of Secession and early Statehood movement\
- Hurricane Clyde (talk · contribs)
- IlyaSedion (talk · contribs)-- West Virginia Trivia and working on creating the West Virginia History Bowl page.
- Kurttarvis (talk · contribs) -- Unincorporated communities, geography, and history
- Longestview (talk · contribs) -- Creating pages for state-level elections in West Virginia that do not already have pages.
- Nascar1996 (talk · contribs) -- Lives in West Virginia and edits cities and places in McDowell County WV.
- Presidentman (talk · contribs) -- Former resident, everything Putnam County & all roads
- Sabre ball (talk · contribs)
- TheCatalyst31 (talk · contribs) -- Communities, geography, historic places, anything in Summers County
- P Aculeius (talk · contribs) -- History and geography
Former participants
editThank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.
- Buaidh (talk · contribs) 14:33:47, 26 July 2019 (UTC) – WikiProject templates and categories.
Participant identification
editWikiProject West Virginia participants should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject West Virginia participants.
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For other West Virginia user templates see Category:West Virginia user templates.
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