Wikipedia:WikiProject Minnesota

This project covers the creation and editing of articles related to the U.S. State of Minnesota, its cities, counties, geography, transportation, culture, history, and so on. It aims to expand Wikipedia's resources on Minnesota in a NPOV and accurate manner.

This WikiProject was formed to coordinate the development of better articles on the U.S. state of Minnesota. This page and its subpages contain suggestions on formatting and layout of articles, which can be discussed at the project's talk page.

The flag of Minnesota

Location of Minnesota in the United States

Portal

• Minnesota portal

Article Alerts

Article alerts

Did you know

• 05 Nov 2024 – The Catholic Spirit (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Darth Stabro (t · c); see discussion
• 05 Nov 2024 – James Michael Reardon (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Darth Stabro (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 04 Nov 2024 – Kirby Puckett's 1991 World Series home run (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Muboshgu (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
• 31 Oct 2024 – Michael Koppelman (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Theroadislong (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
• 26 Oct 2024 – Death of Harry Welter (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Sam Sailor (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 02 Nov 2024; see discussion (5 participants)
• 04 Oct 2024 – Econofoods (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by CNMall41 (t · c) was closed as draftify (deleted) by Asilvering (t · c) on 02 Nov 2024; see discussion (10 participants; relisted)

Redirects for discussion

• 24 Oct 2024 – Nortwest Airways (talk · edit · hist) →Northwest Airlines was RfDed by Crouch, Swale (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 03 Nov 2024 – Coon Rapids Dam (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Darth Stabro (t · c); start discussion
• 16 Oct 2024 – Nazareth Hall Preparatory Seminary (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Darth Stabro (t · c); see discussion
• 21 May 2024 – John Koerner (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Mehendri Solon (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 23 Oct 2024 – Patty Wetterling (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Murder of Jacob Wetterling by Star Mississippi (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 23 Jan 2023 – Dakota War of 1862 (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Mr. Guye (t · c); see discussion
• 01 Dec 2020 – Treaty of St. Peters (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Eharris33 (t · c); see discussion

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Current project

Please help with the category of Unassessed Minnesota articles. As of July 10, 2020, there are approximately 206 articles remaining to be assessed.

Core articles/High-level articles

Article	Class	Rationale	Quality	Comments
Minnesota	Top	WP:CORE	B	Excellent - appeared on the Main Page May 11, 2007
Climate of Minnesota	Top	WP:CORE	C	Excellent - appeared on the Main Page February 17, 2011
Culture of Minnesota	Top	WP:CORE	B	Help!
Demographics of Minnesota	Top	WP:CORE	B	A good one to work on
Economy of Minnesota	Top	WP:CORE	B	A good one to work on
Geography of Minnesota	Top	WP:CORE	B	A good one to work on
Flag of Minnesota	Top	WP:CORE	C	Needs much more work. Help!
Geology of Minnesota	Top	WP:CORE	B	A good one to work on
History of Minnesota	Top	WP:CORE	C	Appeared on the Main Page May 11, 2008, but failed feature article review and dropped all the way down to C-Class
Minneapolis	Top	WP:CORE	FA	Excellent - appeared on the Main Page July 20, 2008
Minneapolis–Saint Paul	Top	WP:CORE	B	A good one to work on
Mississippi River	Top	WP:CORE	B	A good one to work on
Music of Minnesota	Top	WP:CORE	B	Demoted from FA. What needs to be done to improve it?
Natural history of Minnesota	Top	WP:CORE	Start	Good but small, direct copy from Minnesota
Politics of Minnesota	Top	WP:CORE	B	A good one to work on
Saint Paul, Minnesota	Top	WP:CORE	GA	Not too shabby...FA, anyone?
Sports in Minnesota	Top	WP:CORE	B	A good one to work on
Transportation in Minnesota	Top	WP:CORE	B	A good one to work on
University of Minnesota	Top	WP:CORE	B	A good one to work on
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness	Top	WP:CORE	GA	GA once again!
Anoka County, Minnesota	High	A High-level article	Start	Help!
Bloomington, Minnesota	High	A High-level article	B	A good one to work on
Dakota County, Minnesota	High	A High-level article	C	Much improved, keep improving it
Duluth, Minnesota	High	A High-level article	B	Delisted from GA :(
Eugene McCarthy	High	A High-level article	B	A good one to work on
Fort Snelling	High	A High-level article	B	A good one to work on
Hennepin County, Minnesota	High	A High-level article	C	A good one to work on
Metro Blue Line (Minnesota)	High	A High-level article	B	A good one to work on
History of Minneapolis	High	A High-level article	GA	Potential FA?
History of Saint Paul, Minnesota	High	A High-level article	B	A good one to work on
Hubert Humphrey	High	A High-level article	B	A good one to work on
I-35W Mississippi River bridge	High	A High-level article	GA	Good collaboration
Iron Range	High	A High-level article	B	A good one to work on
Lake Minnetonka	High	A High-level article	B	A good one to work on
Lake Superior	High	A High-level article	B	A good one to work on
List of Governors of Minnesota	High	A High-level article	B	A good one to work on
List of Minnesota state parks	High	A High-level article	B	A good one to work on
List of Minnesota state symbols	High	A High-level article	FL	Fantastic, you betcha - appeared on the Main Page November 24, 2014
List of National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota	High	A High-level article	B
List of people from Minnesota	High	A High-level article	B	A good one to work on
Mall of America	High	A High-level article	B	Still needs some work.
Mankato, Minnesota	High	A High-level article	Start	Help!
Mayo Clinic	High	A High-Level article	Start	Clinic and medical school needs work!
Template:Minnesota	High	A High-level article	Template	This is good as-is
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	High	A High-level article	Start	Help!
Minnesota State Capitol	High	A High-level article	GA	Potential FA?
Minnesota State Fair	High	A High-level article	B	A good one to work on
Template:Politics of Minnesota	High	A High-level article	Template	This is good as-is
Ramsey County, Minnesota	High	A High-level article	Start	Help!
Rochester, Minnesota	High	A High-level article	Start	Help!
Saint Anthony Falls	High	A High-level article	B	Help!
St. Cloud, Minnesota	High	A High-level article	Start	Help!
St. Paul Pioneer Press	High	A High-level article	Start	Help!
Star Tribune	High	A High-level article	Start	Help!
United States congressional delegations from Minnesota	High	A High-level article	B	A good one to work on
University of Minnesota system	High	A High-level article	B	A good one to work on
WCCO-TV	High	A High-level article	Start	A good one to work on
Walter Mondale	High	A High-level article	C	A good one to work on
Washington County, Minnesota	High	A High-level article	Start	Help!

Assessment

Main page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Minnesota/Assessment

Minnesota articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	1		4	6			11
FL		1	4	5			10
GA	3	5	12	85			105
B	15	55	112	198		6	386
C	7	43	240	929		77	1,296
Start	1	43	546	6,315		219	7,124
Stub		3	109	5,371		880	6,363
List	1	15	104	154		5	279
Category					5,058		5,058
Disambig					22		22
File					87		87
Project					20		20
Redirect			2	115	1,567		1,684
Template					672		672
NA				1	5		6
Other					19		19
Assessed	28	165	1,133	13,179	7,450	1,187	23,142
Unassessed						79	79
Total	28	165	1,133	13,179	7,450	1,266	23,221
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 80,350			Ω = 5.26

Importance Scale

The criteria used for rating article importance are not meant to be an absolute or canonical view of how significant the topic is. Rather, they attempt to gauge the probability of the average reader of Wikipedia needing to look up the topic (and thus the immediate need to have a suitably well-written article on it). Thus, subjects with greater popular notability may be rated higher than topics which are arguably more "important" but which are of interest primarily to students of Minnesota.

Article importance grading scheme

Label	Criteria	Examples
		Places	Things	People
Top	Subject is a "core" or "key" topic for Minnesota, or is generally notable to people other than residents of Minnesota. They define and determine the subject of the Minnesota WikiProject.	Minnesota	University of Minnesota	Prince (musician)
High	Subject is notable in a significant and important way within the field of Minnesota, but not necessarily outside it.	Bloomington, Minnesota	I-35W Mississippi River bridge	Amy Klobuchar
Mid	Subject contributes to the total subject of the Minnesota WikiProject. Subject may not necessarily be famous.	Apple Valley, Minnesota	Breck School	Ilhan Omar
Low	Subject is not particularly notable or significant even within the field of Minnesota, and may have been included primarily to achieve comprehensive coverage of another topic.	Climax, Minnesota	Baldwin Lake	Charlemagne Tower

Project divisions and current tasks

Use these pages to gather information and resources for use in developing Minnesota-related articles. Tasks should be listed as subpoints under the relevant item.

New article patrol

The "Alex New Article Bot" logs all new articles with "Minnesota" and other related words to a page. This is the workflow for dealing with them

1. The bot logs new articles to User:AlexNewArtBot/MinnesotaSearchResult, with the newest articles at the top
2. Review the pages checking for notability, copyvios, wikify etc.
3. If the article falls under WP:MN and is relevant then add WikiProject Minnesota template as {{WikiProject Minnesota}}.
4. Strike the article through showing it has been reviewed

General Minnesota resources

• General — General information on Minnesota

1. Add {{WikiProject Minnesota}} to Minnesota article Talk pages ... someone using AWB could probably do this most easily
2. Add {{Minnesota-stub}} or other appropriate stub notices (see below) to stub articles.
3. Identify articles needing images

• Recent changes — View recent changes in Minnesota articles. You may also view and edit the list of included articles.

1. Populate the list with ALL Minnesota articles.

Minnesota physical assets

• Government — Governance, as well as federal, state and local politics in relation to Minnesota

• Places — Cities, towns, counties, landmarks, and important structures

1. Add City Infobox and photo to biggest cities (see Minneapolis, Minnesota for example)
2. Improve Minnesota#Important cities and towns
3. Photographs needed: List of MN places that need photographs
4. Provide missing geocoordinate data

• Transportation — Roads, trails, and rails in Minnesota

1. Improve Transportation in Minnesota

• Parks — State parks and forests, local parks, and other natural areas

• Nature and geography — Natural and physical features and Minnesota plants and animals

Minnesota life

• People — Minnesota natives and those residents who have shaped Minnesota

1. Clean up List of people from Minnesota.
2. Make sure people in Category:People from Minnesota are included in List of people from Minnesota.

• Culture — Music, art, sports, media, etc.

• Commerce — Companies and general commerce in Minnesota

• Education — Education in Minnesota

• History — history of Minnesota during and prior to statehood

Members

Active members

To join WikiProject Minnesota, edit this section and insert the Wikitext #{{subst:me}} with your areas of interest into the following list of members in alphabetical order. Members should also place member identification on their user page.

1. Adanielch - University of Minnesota, William Mitchell College of Law, politics in Minnesota
2. Adposteriori (talk) 19:41, 4 March 2018 (UTC) - University of Minnesota Law School, Minnesota law & politics
3. User:Annwfwn - Twin Cities area, history and anthropology
4. Appraiser - working on Twin Cities historical sites, parks, 19th century explorers
5. Archivist100 (talk) 19:43, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
6. AsimovtheCat – Interested in Transport and fairly knowledgeable about Northfield and St. Olaf College in particular
7. Atom - Twin Cities Area, State parks, regional parks
8. Aunva6 (talk) 23:35, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
9. Awickert - East side of St. Paul, Minnesota geography and geology, state and regional parks
10. Axiom71 (talk) - Born in St. Paul, MN. Reside in Red Wing. Reading local history and interested in history of region and state.
11. Azeroth - I try to follow the passenger rail developments
12. Baron Dave - can help with SF fandom and some on Fresh Air Radio in Mpls
13. BenFranske
14. Bobamnertiopsis - Minneapolis stuff, especially history in south Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Public Library branches.
15. Bobak - urban planning, stadiums, misc. (I live in downtown Minneapolis and can get pictures in a jiff if people need them; I am also an administrator.)
16. Boon0044 - Saint Peter/Mankato/New Ulm area, state and local media, southern suburbs
17. User:Botpo - Ecology
18. Brienne of Tarth - politics, Minneapolis history, Hennepin and McLeod county history/happenings, art and music
19. BWes - Western Suburbs
20. C3F2k
21. Calebrw (talk) - South Minneapolis. Rice County. Northfield and the surrounding area. I can take requests on my talk page for pictures in those areas.
22. CamrynBell - 20th century history, biographies
23. Cedar Tree - Western and rural Minnesota
24. Chem8700 - Department of Natural Resources
25. ClarityKTMpls - Midwesterner through and through. Happy to help with all that makes our state awesome.
26. Comm260_ncu — Long-distance running in Minnesota; marathons, half-marathons, cross country, DIII sports
27. Czycha (talk)
28. Dane
29. Daveswagon - working on Central Minnesota locations and topics
30. Davumaya - Focus is on article recording and minneapolis & south burbs
31. Dynamic Doyle (talk)- Wikipedia user since September 2013. Avid bicyclist and manufacturing engineering technology student in Minneapolis and Mankato. Works at Star_Tribune Fleet Garage. Also loves finance/accounting, R&D, design, art, fluids (gas/liquids), classical music, and advocating for education.
32. eagleeye
33. Eamesheard (talk)
34. ebbillings (talk) 22:26, 9 November 2017 (UTC)
35. Editingwithcoffee (talk · contribs) 22:25:43, 2 July 2023 (UTC) 
36. Elkman - also helping out with history, lakes and bridges
37. Emika22 (talk) - MN history, culture; Dakota and Goodhue counties
38. ErikTheBikeMan (talk) I can help out with requests for pictures in the metro area.
39. Erutuon — interested in Minnesota native plants and nature in general
40. False Prophet helping with sports teams and main page sports section
41. Gandydancer - Duluth and Iron Range and Minnesota state parks
42. Gephart - Suburbs of Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area, as well as high schools and high school athletic related articles
43. Gnosbush
44. Gobonobo ^{T C} - Co-operatives, politics
45. Gopherbone - University of Minnesota, Golden Gopher athletics
46. Grandmasterka - Topics relating to inner-city Minneapolis. I would also like to bring Minnesota State Fair up to Featured Article status. (I am also an administrator.)
47. GreatLakesShips - Great Lakes shipwrecks.
48. greyduk - Minnesota lakes and other random information.
49. Grika - I've begun a project to create pages for all Minnesota Synagogues, any help would be appreciated - List of Minnesota Synagogues
50. Gtadoc - Medicine and medical education, and taking some pics of Rochester
51. Gutworth - I'd be glad to do research for any article
52. Mr. Guye - I live in Robbinsdale. I will likely focus on Minnesota politics and government. How am I not already a member of this WikiProject? I care about my state's articles!
53. GWST11 - Athletes in Minnesota
54. HeirloomGardener - I started working on Norwood Young America and Stiftungsfest, and I could help out with other places in that area
55. Hlodynn
56. —innotata
57. Iulus Ascanius - I like to clean, organize, and add basic info to articles on small cities and towns
58. Hurrmic (talk) residing in Southeast Minnesota, specifically Winona, Winona County (but a native of Minneapolis, Minnesota)
59. Jace (talk) - Lives in north Minneapolis. I can help out.
60. Jakeschneider220 - best in articles related to southwest Minnesota
61. JayJay - Assesing and re-assesing articles
62. JAYMEDINC
63. John Hoffoss contributing from Minneapolis.
64. Jonathan Kovaciny
65. Jonathunder - can help with tasks which require admin tools, and happy to take requests for photographs in southeast Minnesota
66. Jordano53 - NRHP listings in Minnesota, as well as topics related to Morrison County
67. Joseph507357 (talk Live in Minnesota.
68. Jrt989
69. KDTW Flyer - Wisconsin Native, working on airports
70. Keeper 76. Born and raised. "over 30 years experience". NorthWoods or Northburbs, let me know where to help.
71. kewlgrapes - I live in Rochester and frequently drive I-90 to Worthington. Happy to take pictures upon request.
72. Kris10z. MN history & pop culture fanatic, U of M student, would like to help with the Minnesota History Center page.
73. Ksax - I will take pictures of some outstate places, please ask!
74. KyrKazakh - Extremely new to Wikipedia, interested in improving geographical articles about the southeast part of the state.
75. Laflaneuse - Twin Cities, art, Lynx basketball, urban planning, transportation
76. Legolover26- I live in Minnesota and am from Minnesota and will look for ways to be of help.
77. LindaMorman - Politics, particularly creating/expanding entries on members of the State Legislature
78. Malepheasant - mostly in overlap with WikiProject Rivers
79. Malvoliox - Anything Minneapolis, twin cities, or statewide; government, neighborhoods...have been working on flag/seal stuff most recently.
80. Marauder09 - I'll help out, I live in Minnesota.
81. matt91486 - Intending to work on state Reps and Senators in addition to the random sports figures.
82. MatthewUND - I live in Grand Forks, ND, but I will help with northwest MN...particularly the Red River Valley. I can also serve as a liason between WPMN and WPND.
83. Mattwj2002 - I live in the Twin Cities. If I can be of any assistance, please let me know, I like to take pictures!
84. Mazzmn - SE Minn articles & images, and random tangents.
85. McGhiever - working mostly on parks
86. Minnecologies - forests/nature, will likely die trying to flesh out state forests and ecoregions
87. Minnemeeples (talk) - Anything Minnesota but with a focus on Minneapolis history, geography, and current events.
88. Moncoposig (talk) - Really anything related to Minnesota, but especially interested in Minnesotan ekistics and vexillology.
89. Moncrief - open to general editing tasks
90. Mrfeek - Politics, history
91. Mrtobacco
92. Myotus - Museums and local history organizations, Minnesota history especially local histories, historical sites.
93. Natalie Erin I can help with most general stuff and can provide requested free-content photos in the metro area.
94. Natemann133 A former intern in the Minnesota State Senate and Minnesota House of Representatives. Also a die-hard Minnesota sports fan and U of M graduate. I frequently edit/create member pages for members of the Minnesota House and Senate.
95. Nathanm_mn
96. Nirobbins (talk)
97. Nsteffel - History, politics, beer.
98. Nthyden - Minnesota Lynx, UMN School of Public Health
99. Okabena EnAvant New user; interested in southwest Minnesota cities/history/geography, metro area, transportation history, natural history.
100. Our Bold Hero
101. Palmejo (talk) - Born and raised in SW/WC MN, can focus there but assist wherever needed
102. paul2520 (talk) - LGBT issues, general tasks & editing help
103. Peter Beard (talk) - Mostly stuff in the metro area; history, photos - whatever's missing, really.
104. P.Haney - Anything high school related as well as St. Paul related.
105. Peterk17700 - West Metro articles and pictures
106. Pikachu Bros.
107. pvspencer22
108. Qwestify
109. RachelWex 18:03, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
110. RadManCF
111. Randomeditor1000 (talk) - University pages in MN, urban planning, transportation, city pages,
112. Ravedave - work on Minnesota and park articles mostly
113. Rehcsif - Western 'burbs, parks, general misc.
114. ReverendG
115. Rhelmerichs
116. Ruby2010 - recently overhauled the list of colleges and universities. Plan to eventually work on my undergrad (St. Thomas). History and politics interest me too.
117. Russian F - Culture and history of Minnesota, Northern Minnesota
118. Rx StrangeLove I'm taking requests for photography in and around the Twin Cities, as well as some outstate areas when I travel.
119. Ryan Vesey Currently working on some southwest Minnesota articles, trying to create articles for all of the Senators and Representatives from the region
120. RyguyMN
121. sabeen557 - Some on history and parks, cities that are near me, and write and supply pictures for the Minnesota State Fair (In the summer, it looks bad now)
122. Sabiona
123. Sable232 Highways, anything else that comes to mind.
124. SageSolomon Minnesota native, born and raised, living in the west-metro. Interested in the Cities and Towns, Geography, History and Politics.
125. SeanNovack (talk) History, Politics, and sports
126. Shaded0 (talk) 03:08, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
127. Showers
128. Simcor06 History, Culture and Commerce
129. Skyler13 (talk)
130. Smith03
131. SoAnactoria (talk · contribs) 05:54:16, 12 December 2022 (UTC)  - Wide interest range, but primarily urban planning, West Central Minnesota (particularly the Red River Valley), art in MN, Indigenous history and culture.
132. Station Attendant - Southeast, highways.
133. Steve 1521 (talk)
134. SunTunnels (talk) - Southeast and NRHP.
135. SusanLesch (talk)
136. SWMNPoliSciProject (talk) Preparation, modification and expansion of articles primarily relevant to government, politics and world affairs.
137. Thanatosimii State parks and the North Shore, mainly.
138. The.dharma.bum - mostly in the St. Croix River valley, Washington County, etc.
139. Thegracekelly (talk) - government, politics, law enforcement
140. Thesavagenorwegian - Elections mostly
141. TickleMeTrotsky - Duluth area, geology, miscellany
142. Tommie91 - I'm a very knowledgeable sports fan, especially Minnesota teams. Also a Minnesota history fan.
143. Trish Lewis - St. Vincent, Minnesota History
144. UBeR - Created glacial history of Minnesota. Can help on weather or hydrology related articles pertaining to Minnesota. Also have general knowledge on many Minnesota related topics.
145. Umtc2011
146. Unidiode
147. Voot 42 - Infrastructure, politics and random articles.
148. WeijiBaikeBianji (talk) - University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota Law School, fifth-generation Minnesotan. Will look around for miscellaneous tasks mentioned on the project page.
149. WildFan48 - Minnesota sports of any kind
150. William E Ostrem (talk · contribs) 02:32:06, 21 June 2021 (UTC)  - Wide interests, literature, sports, Twin Cities
151. Willy11009 - Rochester related articles
152. Wkaardal - SW Minnesota, Redwood Falls and Redwood County, UofMN, Historic and Major Landmarks, History
153. Woogums - history
154. WTGDMan1986
155. WxGopher - Almost exclusively editing weather articles, though occasionally Minnesota sports articles too.
156. Zappa26 - Can do whatever, currently working on state Senators and Representatives.
157. Zenlax - born in Minnesota and currently call it my second home.
158. ZJH
159. GM - Interest in Dakota County history, List of longest streams of Minnesota, List of rivers of Minnesota
160. CptFulton - Interest in adding photographs of small towns in the Twin Cities area
161. Zpro1408 (talk · contribs) 00:16:49, 30 September 2022 (UTC) 

Littlearmchairhistorian (talk · contribs) 17:59:19, 4 May 2023 (UTC)  - Interest in Minnesota politics. New to Wikipedia!

Packerfan386 (talk · contribs) 08:32:53, 29 January 2024 (UTC)  – The Cities and transportation stuff mostly.

Former members

Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.

1. Drew Geraets - will work on adding photos to MN pages
2. DrGregMN - Ghost towns
3. Dskluz - resident, works on general stuff related to Minnesota
4. FabianWilcox (talk) New user - would like to help with historical and geographic topics

Member identification

Members of WikiProject Minnesota should place one of the following on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Minnesota participants.

Wikitext	userbox	where used
[[Category:WikiProject Minnesota participants]]	none	linked pages
{{Template:User WikiProject Minnesota}}	This user is a participant in WikiProject Minnesota.	linked pages
{{Template:User WP Minnesota}}	This user participates in WikiProject Minnesota.	linked pages
{{Template:User WP Minnesota|invite}}	This user invites you to join WikiProject Minnesota.	linked pages

For other Minnesota user templates see Category:Minnesota user templates.

Meetups

At least one Minnesota user meetup was held every year from 2005 to 2018. Users have suggested a meetup for 2024. See the meetup talk page to see planned meetups and discuss future events.

Edit-a-thons and additional events are also listed on Wikipedia:Meetup/Minnesota.

Templates

U.S. city infobox

• {{Infobox City}} - Standard infobox template for cities.

U.S. county infobox

• {{Infobox U.S. County}} - the US County Infobox needs to be added to almost all MN counties.

Minnesota template

• {{Minnesota}} - Template for Minnesota regions, counties and cities; placed at the bottom of article pages

Userboxes

This user is a participant in WikiProject Minnesota.	{{User WikiProject Minnesota}}
This user lives in or hails from the U.S. State of Minnesota.	{{User Minnesota}}
This user is interested in the U.S. State of Minnesota.	{{User interest Minnesota}}

Barnstar

		The Minnesota Barnstar
		Put your message here.

{{subst:The Minnesota barnstar|1=Put your message here. ~~~~}}

WikiProject Minnesota

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Template stating this article is a part of this wikiproject. It is also used to rank and rate pages for wikipedia 1.0. Placed on the top of talk pages, not on article pages. When pages are rated they are automatically placed into subcategories of Category:Minnesota articles by importance or Category:Minnesota articles by quality. In those categories automatic summary and statistics pages are created by User:Mathbot.Those categories also have criteria for how ranking is performed.

Cleanup listing

• Cleanup listing for the project (old cleanup listing)

Stub notices

Please place stub notices at the bottom of article pages.

• {{Minnesota-stub}} - General Minnesota articles
• {{Minnesota-geo-stub}} - Minnesota locations or geographical features
• {{Minnesota-politician-stub}} - Minnesota politicians
• {{Minnesota-school-stub}} - Minnesota schools

Requested photos

For Minnesota-related articles needing a photograph, use {{Image requested|in=Minnesota}} in the talk page, which adds the article needing a photo to Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Minnesota. 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.

Child WikiProjects

Minnesota State Highways

Minnesota Twins

Minnesota Vikings

Minnesota Deletion sorting

Task forces

• Minnesota Legislature

Related WikiProjects

Tools

Main tool page: toolserver.org

• Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
• Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
• Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
• Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.