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Welcome to WikiProject Massachusetts. This is a WikiProject intended primarily to produce, develop, and expand articles, templates, and other content relating to the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

If you would like to discuss new ideas for the Project, feel free to do so on on the Project's Talk Page. If you are interested in joining the project, simply add your username to the Participants list below.

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[edit] Articles

edit · history · watch · refresh Stock post message.svg To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Massachusetts:

This is a To-do list; feel free to add to it.

Newly created articles can be found here if they are not Massachusetts related articles do not tag them and take them of the list if they are Massachusetts related tag them with {{Project Massachusetts}} and rate them. Thank you Colchicum for setting up the bot.

[edit] Business articles

[edit] Culture articles

[edit] History articles

[edit] Local town articles

[edit] Military articles

Note that this is but a small part of the Massachusetts military articles as these are also mostly Revolutionary War era pages.

[edit] Newspapers

See also List of newspapers in Massachusetts for a complete list

See also List of newspapers in Massachusetts for a complete list

[edit] Organization Articles

[edit] People articles

[edit] Places/geography articles

[edit] Religion articles

[edit] State government articles

Note: This project is not specifically a government project.

[edit] Templates and Infoboxes

[edit] Templates

Template Result
{{WikiProject United States|MA=Yes}}

Use this template to show an article, image, category, or template is part of this WikiProject. This should be placed at the top of talk pages, not articles.
WikiProject United States / Massachusetts  
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This article is within the scope of WikiProject United States, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of topics relating to the United States of America on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the ongoing discussions.
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This article is supported by WikiProject Massachusetts.
 
{{Massachusetts-stub}}

Use this to identify an article as a stub, but only if the article cannot be classified with one of the below stub templates. It goes at the bottom of an article.
Stub icon This Massachusetts-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
{{Massachusetts-geo-stub}}

Use this to identify an article relating to locations (regions, towns, cities, etc.) or geographical features in Massachusetts as a stub. It goes at the bottom of an article.
Stub icon This Massachusetts state location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
{{Massachusetts-politician-stub}}

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{{Massachusetts-school-stub}}

Use this to identify an article relating to a Massachusetts school as a stub. It goes at the bottom of an article. (NOTE: Colleges and Universities are not included in this category.)
Stub icon This Massachusetts school-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
{{Massachusetts-road-stub}}

Use this to identify an article relating to roads in Massachusetts as a stub. It goes at the bottom of an article.
Stub icon This Massachusetts road-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
{{reqphotoin|Massachusetts}}

For Massachusetts-related articles needing a photograph, use {{Image requested|in=Massachusetts}} in the talk page, which adds the article to Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Massachusetts. You can help Wikipedia by uploading freely licensed photographs for these articles to Wikimedia Commons.

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It is requested that an image or photograph be included in this article to improve its quality.

Wikipedians in Massachusetts may be able to help!


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[edit] Infoboxes

See also Category:Massachusetts county navigational boxes.

Template Result
{{Massachusetts}}

Infobox Use this infobox in articles relating regions, counties, cities, towns, villages, and CDPs of Massachusetts. It is placed at the bottom of article pages.
Topics
Regions
Counties
Cities
(see all
municipalities)
Agawam · Amesbury · Attleboro · Barnstable · Beverly · Boston · Braintree · Bridgewater · Brockton · Cambridge · Chelsea · Chicopee · Easthampton · Everett · Fall River · Fitchburg · Franklin · Gardner · Gloucester · Greenfield · Haverhill · Holyoke · Lawrence · Leominster · Lowell · Lynn · Malden · Marlborough · Medford · Melrose · Methuen · New Bedford · Newburyport · Newton · North Adams · Northampton · Palmer · Peabody · Pittsfield · Quincy · Randolph · Revere · Salem · Somerville · Southbridge · Springfield · Taunton · Waltham · Watertown · Westfield · West Springfield · Weymouth · Winthrop · Woburn · Worcester
Note: Municipalities not listed above have a town meeting form of government. Municipalities listed above in italics have a city form of government, but have retained the name prefix "Town of " as part of their official names.
{{Infobox Mass Town Govt}}

Infobox Use this for all Government sections of cities & towns. It gathers information about the town, county, state, and federal elected officials.
County government: [[{{{county}}} County, Massachusetts|{{{county}}} County]]
Clerk of Courts: {{{clerk_courts}}}
District Attorney: {{{da}}}
Register of Deeds: {{{deeds}}}
Register of Probate: {{{probate}}}
County Sheriff: {{{sheriff}}}
State government
State Representative(s): {{{state_rep}}}
State Senator(s): {{{state_sen}}}
Governor's Councilor(s): {{{gov_councilors}}}
Federal government
U.S. Representative(s): {{{fed_rep}}}
U.S. Senators: John Kerry (D), Scott Brown (R)

{{Infobox Mass Area Code}}

Infobox Use this for all articles relating to area codes within Massachusetts. It contains all pertinent information and some nice maps of the town that are covered by each code.


Area code {{{area_code}}}
All Massachusetts area codes
All Massachusetts area codes
Statistics
Created
Time zone {{{timezone}}} (UTC{{{utc_offset}}})
{{Infobox Mass Prison}}

Infobox Use this for all articles relating to jails and prisons in Massachusetts. This includes including county and local jails.		 See Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center for an example of this Infobox used in an article.
{{Infobox Settlement}}

Infobox Use this for articles relating to Massachusetts cities, towns or any other type of settlement. Most fields are optional - see the template page for more details. (Also known as "Infobox City" or "Infobox Town")		 See Plymouth, Massachusetts for an example of this Infobox in use for a town and Pittsfield, Massachusetts for an example of this Infobox in use for a city.

[edit] Assessment

Main page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Massachusetts/Assessment
Project Massachusetts
Massachusetts articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 2 3 6 11 22
FL 1 1 7 9
A 2 2
GA 9 11 20 41 81
B 5 28 45 55 1 150 284
C 3 16 125 190 122 456
Start 3 17 170 592 955 1,737
Stub 4 268 1,542 1 4,687 6,502
List 6 6 36 1 87 136
Book 5 5
Category 1 1,674 1,675
Disambig 1 5 6
File 43 43
Portal 63 63
Project 8 8
Redirect 10 67 77
Template 2 1 79 82
NA 6 6
Assessed 14 84 634 2,467 1,953 6,042 11,194
Unassessed 10 1,566 1,576
Total 14 84 634 2,477 1,953 7,608 12,770

[edit] Categories

[edit] Categories to be included in this project

Category:Massachusetts

[edit] Categories to which this Project should refer

[edit] Images

Here are some images that were either created by/for this Project, or would just be handy for this Project. Please add more!

[edit] Maps

In the Infobox Template:Infobox City, there is a place for an image showing the town's place in the state. Can someone advise the rest of us on creating such images?

Yes. I just added an image file showing the outlines of Massachusetts towns and cities. When you add the Townbox to an article, download this image, fill in the town's borders with pure red color (using a program like Photoshop or any other that can handle .png files), and then upload the file with the name "Ma_towns_TOWNNAMEHERE.png" replacing "TOWNNAMEHERE" with the name of the town.
I got this image from a Massachusetts government web site, so I assume that it is public domain.--AaronS 16:32, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
As a side effect of making a map for Scouting in Massachusetts, I now have an SVG map of the townships in Massachusetts. This is (a) easy to scale and (b) use as a basis for other maps. It is based on the [Libre Map project] and so should be ok on the copyright (BY-SA creative commons). Hope it might be useful.--Erp (talk) 21:47, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Map of Massachusetts Townships

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