Wikipedia:WikiProject Pennsylvania

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1 Goals
2 Announcements
3 Participants
- 3.1 Participants in WikiProject Philadelphia available to help
4 Did You Know?
5 Structure
- 5.1 WikiProject requests list
- 5.2 Assessment
6 Templates
7 Related WikiProjects
- 7.1 Child WikiProjects
8 Images
9 Wikimedia Pennsylvania
10 Similar WikiProjects

[edit] Goals

Improve Pennsylvania articles to featured status.
Standardization - Wikipedia:WikiProject Pennsylvania/Rules and Standards
Building and consensus nomenclature for neighborhood articles, including elimination of all redlinks.

[edit] Announcements

[edit] Participants

AAARanger5
Abtmcm
Allreet
All Is One - Western Pennsylvania
Alphageekpa
Bhockey10-Sports, Central and Eastern PA, etc..
User:ChrisGriswold
ClairSamoht
Dddstone
Dudtz
Lemcke - Altoona and State College Pennsylvania.
Mareino
PAWiki - Lehigh Valley and Philadelphia areas.
Ruhrfisch
User:Scott Mingus, Pennsylvania Civil War articles
South Philly - email me for my opinion
Squamate
SkaBat169
Jmpenzone
Thisisbossi - Small fixes, assessments, and larger mods to LanCo/Berks area.
Myselfalso
Dincher
iloveheadbangingmusic - new articles for unincorporated communities in Berks County
Internazionale
WTGDMan1986
wikipeep 494
dhaluza
BSA Archery
Ranger Ian - PA state parks, river awareness, SE PA, EACs, Environmental Issues
User:Arverniking
Coemgenus
Marphilly
Vishwin60
Superken - Revolutionary History
shanafme
Trey - Erie related pages

VerruckteDan
JohnnyAlbert10
James_xeno
Plm209
Jasontromm
Pier Snake
CrazedEwok
RedShiftPA
Enigmaticjew
jls211 - Central PA
Grsz11 - sports
weyandt - Pennsylvania culture, particularly dialects and other quirky items.
AltioraPeto
Neagley
Monobi
Bowie60
Pennsylvania Penguin
PAWiki
TheZachMorrisExperience - Pittsburgh and Western PA, photos
Mjf3719 - Leesport and Greater Berks County
Deigo
PonileExpress
Marksdaly
jstuby - Bedford County and surrounding counties, geology statewide
MED usgswrd -(MEDegnan) Geology & Hydrology in PA, & environmental concerns
AdmiralKolchak
Hunter Kahn - Will help out where I can. Will probably be best with northeastern PA (Pike, Monroe, Northampton counties...)
Notyourbroom—Primarily things related to Western Pennsylvania. I'm active in contributing photographs to Commons.

[edit] Participants in WikiProject Philadelphia available to help

PYLrulz

[edit] Did You Know?

... that in its heyday, the historic Mountain Springs Hotel in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, hosted U.S. Presidents Lincoln, Grant, and Buchanan?
... that the Ghost Town Trail in Western Pennsylvania utilizes 36 miles (58 km) of donated and abandoned railroad and features many abandoned mining ghost towns?
... that Teedyuscung, known as the King of the Delawares, lost much of his territory to colonial Pennsylvania in the Walking Purchase and later sought retribution for the massive land loss?
... that the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, stands on the site of a 1777 Second Continental Congress meeting?
... that the Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783 was a primary reason for the creation of a separate federal district to serve as the capital of the United States?
... that when the Lackawanna Steel Co. moved from Scranton, Pennsylvania, to New York in 1902, its relocation led to the founding of Lackawanna, New York?

... that the Photuris pennsylvanica (pictured), a species of lightning bug, is Pennsylvania's state insect?
... that in 2006 the Philadelphia City Council proclaimed "Edie Huggins Day" in honor of her 40th anniversary as a reporter and journalist for WCAU-TV?
... that the smallest Natural Area in Pennsylvania protects a stand of box huckleberry, but another stand nearby is the oldest plant in the United States?
... that the Pine Creek Path, a Native American trail along Pine Creek in Pennsylvania, was later used by lumbermen, then its course was followed by a railroad, and today it is a rail trail (pictured)?
... that Congregation Beth Israel, a Conservative synagogue in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was designed by Percival Goodman to mirror the barns of nearby Pennsylvania Dutch farmers?
... that the Erie Gauge War in 1853 was nicknamed the "Peanut War" because its outcome affected the street vendors who sold peanuts to travelers in Erie, Pennsylvania the most?
... that American Revolutionary war officer Anthony Wayne's bones are buried at St. David's Episcopal Church in Pennsylvania, while the rest of him is buried hundreds of miles away in Erie, Pennsylvania?
... that the metal finishing on more than 10,000 Olympic torches used in the torch relay for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia was done by the Erie Plating Company?
... that Frank W. Preston invented the furnace which made Corelle glassware possible and worked to establish Moraine State Park in Pennsylvania?
... that the Millersburg Ferry (pictured) in Pennsylvania is the last ferry on the Susquehanna River and the last authentic wooden double stern-wheeled paddle boat operating in the United States?
... that of the 30 covered bridges that once stood in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, only Forksville, Hillsgrove, and Sonestown remain, all of which were built in 1850?
... that the Franklin County Courthouse incorporates the walls and columns left after Confederate forces burned the previous courthouse during the American Civil War?
... that the meandering Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad line took 77.2 miles (124 km) to connect Baltimore, Maryland and York, Pennsylvania although the two cities are only 45 miles (72 km) apart in a straight line?
... that despite being the first hot blast iron furnace in Centre County, Pennsylvania, Bellefonte Furnace was idle for more than six of its first ten years of existence?
... that the Pond Eddy Bridge, built in 1904, is the only artery to access 22 homes in Pennsylvania?
... that, during a Fersommling, the only language spoken is Pennsylvania Dutch and that anyone who speaks English has to pay a fine for each word?
... that the 1852 Lombard Street Riot capped thirteen years of recurring racial violence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
... that the Philadelphia Phillies were the last of the original 16 Major League Baseball franchises to win the World Series?
... that prison contemplative programs like meditation were used in 19th century Pennsylvania as an early prison reform?
...that both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama refused to hand out street money, a political tactic common in Philadelphia, during the 2008 Pennsylvania primary?
...that the Philadelphia Lazaretto is the oldest surviving quarantine hospital in the United States?
... that Birely, Hillman & Streaker was the only Philadelphian manufacturer of wooden ships to survive the post-Civil War slump?
...that when the YMCA of Berwick was incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1883, the majority of the organization's trustees were current executives of Jackson and Woodin Manufacturing Company?
...that John Heisman, namesake of the Heisman Trophy, played for the Brown Bears before eventually transferring to the University of Pennsylvania?
...that Mid-State Regional Airport is a Keystone Opportunity Zone to promote economic growth, but, to protect the Pennsylvania state park and forest (pictured) it was formed from, cannot legally expand?
...that the decision of a Pennsylvania provincial court in 1764, The King v. Haas, is one of the first attempts to apply the writ of habeas corpus in the Thirteen Colonies?
...that the 31 mi (50 km) West Rim Trail along the Grand Canyon was selected by Outside Magazine as the best hike in Pennsylvania?
...that six latrines at Black Moshannon State Park in Pennsylvania are listed on the National Register of Historic Places?
...that Oregon State athletic director Percy Locey claimed that the Philadelphia Athletics stole John Leovich from the college, yet he ended up playing only one major league game?
...that the Intelligencer Journal of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, established in 1796, is one of the oldest newspapers in the United States?

[edit] Structure

[edit] WikiProject requests list

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New Requests

http://www.revolutionaryday.com/usroute202/valleyforge/default.htm

http://jim-frizzell.com/valley_forge_train_station_may_01_2005.htm

Hollidaysburg Area Public Library
Pennsylvania State Constables
Penn Wynne
Ralph Cooper Hutchison Surname spelling questioned.
Bob Cranmer [[1]]
Steak-umm or Quaker Maid Meats - the former has been deleted in the past, but being the number one producer of sandwich steaks should be notable. Some news results on Google about the companies merging, returning to TV ads, etc.
Susquehanna and New York Railroad

[Greensboro, PA] - Content Restoration & Edits - near-term goals expanding on early slack water navigation, river trade & settlements from mid to upper Monongahela, industry through to current day redevelopment - contact poster for backgrounder

[edit] Assessment

Pennsylvania articles		Importance
Pennsylvania articles		Top	High	Mid	Low	None	Total
Quality
	FA	3	3	10	4	10	30
	FL		1	3	1	6	11
	A					4	4
	GA	1	8	10	7	39	65
	B	8	48	263	42	129	490
	C		1	12	13	46	72
	Start	7	52	1261	886	765	2971
	Stub	5	21	580	774	3129	4509
	List		2	7	9	96	114
	Assessed	24	136	2146	1736	4224	8266
	Unassessed			28	31	2170	2229
	Total	24	136	2174	1767	6394	10495

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[edit] Templates

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[edit] Images

Source	License	Tag
Free image sources for the United States
Wikimedia Commons (Cat:United States)	Various	N/A
Historic American Buildings Survey ([2])	P.D.	{{PD-USGov-Interior-HABS}}
Historic American Engineering Record ([3])	P.D.	{{PD-USGov-HAER}}
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U.S. Coast Guard ([6])	P.D.	{{PD-USGov-DHS-CG}}
Library of Congress - American Memory ([7])	P.D.	{{LOC-image}}
Library of Congress - Prints and Photographs ([8])	P.D. (not all)	{{LOC-image}}
NOAA ([9])	P.D.	{{PD-USGov-DOC-NOAA}}
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Creative Commons (by,sa) on Flickr ([11][12])	C.C.	{{cc-by-2.0}}{{cc-by-sa-2.0}}
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[edit] Wikimedia Pennsylvania

Hello there!

We are now forming the first local Wikimedia Chapter in the United States: Wikimedia Pennsylvania. Our goals are to perform outreach and fundraising activities on behalf of the various Wikimedia projects. If you're interested in being a part of the chapter, or just want to know more, you can: