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This is a WikiProject, an area for focused collaboration among Wikipedians.
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This WikiProject was formed to improve and create articles related to the U.S. state of Iowa with a spirit of cooperation. This page and its subpages contain suggestions on the formatting, layout, and improvement of such articles. Any questions you have can be asked at the talk page. To participate, simply add your name at the member section below.
[edit] Project collaboration
Iowa – This is our main article, and is in great need of improvement. Let's try to improve it to at least Good Article status, aiming for Featured Article status. A suggested model is the article on Minnesota, which has achieved Featured Article status.
[edit] Project divisions
- Communities (talk) — Cities, towns, villages and boroughs
- Physical geography (talk)— Regions, parks, climate, physical features
- Transportation (talk)— Roads, trails, rail, ferries, and airplanes in and around Iowa
- Culture (talk)— Music, art, icons, mass communication
- People (talk) — Includes Iowa natives and those residents who have shaped Iowa
- Government (talk) — Federal, state and local politics and politicians related to Iowa.
- History (talk) — History of Iowa during and prior to statehood
- Economy (Talk) — Major Iowa industries, employers, trends, and history relating to the economy of Iowa
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WikiProject Iowa is one of the United States WikiProjects.
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[edit] Child task forces
- WikiProject U.S. Roads Iowa task force
[edit] Assessment
| Iowa articles by quality and importance |
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Importance |
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Total |
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3 |
1 |
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4 |
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1 |
1 |
 A |
1 |
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1 |
 GA |
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1 |
11 |
1 |
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4 |
17 |
| B |
2 |
1 |
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2 |
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2 |
7 |
| C |
3 |
16 |
42 |
70 |
1 |
60 |
192 |
| Start |
6 |
11 |
198 |
455 |
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340 |
1,010 |
| Stub |
1 |
7 |
19 |
580 |
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1,439 |
2,046 |
| List |
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3 |
10 |
8 |
3 |
17 |
41 |
| NA |
2 |
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5 |
1,216 |
2 |
1,225 |
| Assessed |
15 |
39 |
280 |
1,124 |
1,221 |
1,865 |
4,544 |
| Unassessed |
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1 |
41 |
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1,892 |
1,934 |
| Total |
15 |
39 |
281 |
1,165 |
1,221 |
3,757 |
6,478 |
To assess an article add {{Project Iowa}} to the talk page of the article if it isn't there already. Then fill in the |class= parameter. Please read the complete directions over before you start assessing. If you have any questions go to the talk page. If you do assess an article consider adding it to an appropriate workgroup and put it in one of the tables on the workgroup's page.
[edit] Article Alerts
- Proposed deletions
- 03 Feb 2012 – Chris Ash (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Addyfree (t · c): does not appear to meet general notability guidelines for people/athletes per wikipedia standards; the one secondary source is a yahoo-based news aggregator that is not a meaningful secondary source material
- Categories for discussion
- Featured article candidates
[edit] Members
Place your username at the bottom of this list.
[edit] Active participants
- . Philosopher Let us reason together. (founder) - Keeping the project's recent changes link reasonably up-to-date. Also working on Iowa Politicians articles.
- . Arch O. La Grigory Deepdelver 07:15, 5 September 2006 (UTC). Out of Oskaloosa, IA.
- McMillin24 contribstalk 21:26, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
- Firsfron of Ronchester 22:54, 5 September 2006 (UTC) (lived all over Eastern Iowa)
- Iowahwyman 22:57, 5 September 2006 (UTC) Currently in Des Moines; lived all of my 30 years in Iowa
- —Ben Brockert (42) 23:02, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
- Lini – Have lived in Eastern Iowa for the past 20 years :)
- Ted 16:23, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
- Josh 21:30, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
- Brent Butler contribstalk 17:12, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- • master_sonLets talk - Founder of Iowa State Highway WP
- Allen Huffman 18:18, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
- Iowacrusader 03:53, 26 November 2006 (UTC) - SE Iowa student
- DBQer 20:01, 25 February 2007 (UTC) - Student living in Dubuque
- ObtuseAngle 04:20, 13 March 2007 (UTC) Not living in the state currently, but very much an Iowan. You can change where you are, but you can't change where you're from!
- bigcurrens 19 March 2007
- Wingman1331 14:46, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- drmartini- 16:20, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
- SpoonThief 21:04, 20 May 2007 (UTC) - Currently Living in Dubuque, and planning to go the the University of Iowa in 3 or so years
- Ecombmiami
- Psychless 20:35, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
- Presidentman
- Sultec 16:51, 30 July 2007 (UTC) I've lived most of my life in Earling.
- Captain panda 02:41, 8 September 2007 (UTC) I live in Sioux City and I edit Iowa articles sometimes.
- Mookie89 22:16, 16 October 2007 (UTC) - Formerly of Burlington and University of Iowa alumni
- Iamanadam Born in Davenport, live in Georgia.
- Ctjf83Talk
- Knoethe 9:49, 11 January 2008
- Wikijsmak (talk) 03:41, 7 July 2008 (UTC) has completed an expansion of stubs of all Iowa Congressmen since statehood and has created pages for Iowa congressional districts 8 through 11, completing the set
- TehGus 08:09, 7 July 2008 (CST) From Dubuque.
- Bill Whittaker 11 July 2008. Iowa archaeology and history. I take small town photos as well.
- Kepper66 (talk) 21:44, 3 September 2008 (UTC) Born and raised in Iowa. I Love our history!
- cryptod I have a friend that lives in Iowa and I am going to move there currantly live in massachusets though
- User:Brettstout(talk) An Iowa resident and student at the University of Iowa
- GrandpaDave Originally from southwest Iowa, Indianola since 1982.
- User:Hawkeyefan490 Living in Burlington, have lived here for all of my life.
- Fredddie™ 01:01, 13 October 2009 (UTC) In Des Moines by way of Clinton.
- mickeylynne08 12:56, 30 March 2009 (UTC) Born in Harper, now living in Cedar Falls attending UNI.
- Buaidh 15:30, 11 June 2010 (UTC) Portal:Iowa creator
- Pilif12p : Yo 17:30, 27 June 2010 (UTC) Lifelong Cedar Rapidian
- RifeIdeas Talk October 22 2010 From Hiawatha, Cities, politicians and history are my interests.
- J. Edgar Vekilnik, Jr. (talk) 13:58, 14 December 2010 (UTC) I'm a retiree living in Pocahontas County, Iowa. I'm mostly interested in getting rid of vandalism, but the Iowa pages sure could use some help!
- cReep 30 December 2010. From Millville Township but grew up mostly in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. I'm interested in the history of townships in Iowa, especially those in Clayton County, Iowa.
- Kyle 10 October 2004. From Sioux City, Iowa. I am a fact checker with substantial creditability for statistics and finance.
- John From Fairfield, Iowa. Knowledgeable about the state of Iowa's, cities and towns.
- Colbycheeze 13 March 2011. From Estherville, Iowa and an alumnus of Iowa State University. I'm interested Estherville, Iowa and Iowa State University history. I reside in Raleigh, North Carolina where I am attending graduate school at North Carolina State University studying Soil science.
- aflafla1 Native of Lyon County keeping tabs on wind power in Iowa among other things.
- Dave Native of Black Hawk County and resident of Waterloo.
[edit] Member userbox templates
WikiProject Iowa members should add one of the following Wikitext expressions to their user page.
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[edit] Templates
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| {{Iowa-stub}}
Stub notice for Iowa articles not covered by one of the other stub categories; placed at the bottom of article pages
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| {{Iowa-bio-stub}}
Stub notice for articles dealing with people from or related to Iowa; placed at the bottom of article pages
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| {{Iowa-geo-stub}}
Stub notice for articles dealing with Iowa locations or geographical features; placed at the bottom of article pages
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| {{Iowa-politician-stub}}
Stub notice for Iowa politicians; placed at the bottom of article pages
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| {{Iowa-school-stub}}
Stub notice for Iowa schools (but not colleges or universities); placed at the bottom of article pages
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For Iowa-related articles needing a photograph, use {{Image requested|in=Iowa}} in the talk page, which adds the article to Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Iowa. You can help Wikipedia by uploading freely licensed photographs for these articles to Wikimedia Commons.
The Free Image Search Tool may be able to locate suitable images on other web sites.
The Image Existence Checker shows articles in this list that have images.
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[edit] Link to Stubs
If the priority articles in the top of this page don't interest you, you can always expand one of these stubs.
[edit] Find a photograph
Many Iowa articles lack photographs: some of these can be found at Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Iowa. If any are located near you, you can help Wikipedia by uploading a freely licensed photograph to Wikimedia Commons.
[edit] Iowa Barnstar
The Iowa Barnstar is the unofficial Iowa Wiki award.
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The Iowa Barnstar
The Iowa Barnstar can be awarded to anyone who makes excellent contributions to Iowa-related articles. Feel free to share this award. User:Yourusername (talk) 12:00, today's date (UTC)
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