Wikipedia:WikiProject Maryland
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Introduction[edit]![]() Welcome to WikiProject Maryland! The purpose of this project is help editors who are interested in editing articles related to Maryland. This page and its subpages contain suggestions and tools to help editors contribute to Maryland-related articles. It is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page. You may also wish to add your name to #Participants. This project serves as a hub for all other projects related to Maryland, see the child projects below for more detailed information on contributing to Maryland-related articles. For more information on WikiProjects, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject and Wikipedia:WikiProject/Best practices. Scope[edit]The purpose of this project is to cover all articles related to the U.S. state of Maryland. It should also serve as a hub for other more specific projects related to Maryland (such as Roads in Maryland). From this project, contributors will find links to the subprojects, and information for contributing to topics that do not yet have a subproject. This project is also responsible for the maintenance of the Maryland portal. Members[edit]Active members[edit]To join WikiProject Maryland, edit this section and add the Wikitext
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Former members
[edit]Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.
- IAMTHEEGGMAN – I live in Harford County, have edited some Maryland related articles...
- Tuf-Kat – I have a Maryland connection I'd rather not elaborate on in a public forum, I worked music of Maryland into a FA and have always meant to get around to some other MD-related stuff
- Cliffie97 – I am a native Baltimorean, since moved away, knowledgable about pop culture and down-home aspects of the city and surrounding suburbs.
- WTGDMan1986 – Remove vandalism. I have cousins that live in this state. --D.F. "Jun Kazama Master" Williams 17:16, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
- Jacob1207 – A native of the 7th state, I have started and/or significantly contributed to several articles on Maryland. Main interests vis-a-vis the Free State are history and government.
- Wildwose – Working artist and long time Maryland resident currently relocating to the Mount Savage, Maryland area.
- Mocko13 – new to this, and happy for suggestions / putdowns / etc. Am working on articles relating to state and local politics.
- Mato2 – I have some information on Baltimore. Hope i can help!
- ~~Magistrand~~ – I live in Montgomery County, and go to Lakelands Park Middle School
- KjtheDj I can help doing odd jobs. I know a lot about MD.
- Plyhmrp Transportation, Cityies
- Genesis 5.17 I live in Jacksonville (Phoenix) Maryland and go up and down Maryland daily for sports and school.
- Politics rule 14:52, 12 May 2007 (UTC) I live in Maryland, and write about the counties, and the politics of Maryland!
- Paleridernightwolf – I a native of Prince George's County.
- Geraldk 21:03, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
- JHoltzman 15:05, 25 June 2007 (UTC) I live just outside of Baltimore and I would love to help.
- Teri Garnet – I enjoy researching Colonial Maryland History
- Joe – I live in Anne Arundel County and attend Arundel High School
- 1msulax 17:32, 21 May 2007 (UTC), I live in Baltimore, happy to help. - No activity since June 2010
- Vpuliva – I live in Washington County and I think I can be of help for Western Maryland related articles. - No edits since August 2009
- Esskater11 – I live in Parkville and are currently trying to get Andy Nelsons BBQ better ForeverDEAD 23:42, 23 October 2007 (UTC) - User page deleted November 2008
- User:cheezisyum21 - No edits since September 2009
- Geasterb - No edits since January 2009
- Eplack – born and raised in Timonium and now live between Towson and Baltimore city. Graduate of Towson University in Geography - No edits since February 2011
- AzianMao – I am a student of Annapolis Senior high. - No edits since March 2009
- RivalPeeps – Born, raised, and living in Maryland for over 25 yrs now – working primarily on the Baltimore Ravens season pages. Check out this year's when you get a chance! - No edits since May 2010
- JCantRoot - I moved to Maryland a year ago. I am interested in contributing heavily to landscape and wildlife photography needs. - No edits since February 2011
- Waveshi – Maryland resident that has lived all over the state, knowledgeable in Maryland economy, businesses, politics, geography and history. - No edits since August 2009
- Mazercat - I study in Maryland and know some of the locations around DC - No edits since September 2010
- Moss - I have lived Prince George's County since I was 13.
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Member identification
[edit]Members of WikiProject Maryland should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Maryland participants.
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For other Maryland user templates see Category:Maryland user templates.
Templates
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[edit]{{WikiProject Maryland|class=|importance=}}
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Maryland Flag Animated
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Barnstars
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Stubs
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NOTE: Stubs are managed by the Stub-sorting WikiProject. Before creating a new stub, you should propose it at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals. See Wikipedia:Stub for general guidelines on proposing stub templates and categories. DO NOT simply create new stub templates, as these will be deleted.
Userboxes
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{{User interest Maryland}}
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Categories
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Subpages
[edit]- List of all subpages of this page
Articles
[edit]Statistics
[edit]Maryland articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
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2 | 7 | 30 | 39 | |||
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2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 16 | ||
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1 | 10 | 28 | 119 | 1 | 159 | |
B | 15 | 42 | 120 | 283 | 15 | 475 | |
C | 16 | 52 | 223 | 940 | 77 | 1,308 | |
Start | 7 | 218 | 788 | 3,498 | 344 | 4,855 | |
Stub | 381 | 305 | 3,848 | 363 | 4,897 | ||
List | 2 | 4 | 84 | 123 | 4 | 33 | 250 |
Category | 4 | 4,579 | 4,583 | ||||
Disambig | 2 | 23 | 25 | ||||
File | 46 | 202 | 248 | ||||
Portal | 5 | 5 | |||||
Project | 1 | 60 | 61 | ||||
Redirect | 10 | 21 | 180 | 464 | 675 | ||
Template | 1 | 396 | 397 | ||||
NA | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
Other | 35 | 35 | |||||
Assessed | 43 | 721 | 1,578 | 9,088 | 5,781 | 833 | 18,044 |
Unassessed | 3 | 12 | 174 | 189 | |||
Total | 43 | 721 | 1,578 | 9,091 | 5,793 | 1,007 | 18,233 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 60,626 | Ω = 5.17 |
Growth of selected WikiProjects of other states since Oct. 2007
[edit](table only includes the total number of articles in each state's project at the beginning of the month and year indicated.)
State | 10/07 | 4/08 | 4/09 | 4/10 | 4/11 | 4/13 | 4/14 | 4/15 | 4/16 | 4/19 | 4/20 |
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Maryland | 749 | 2688 | 5740 | 6445 | 8228 | 10217 | 10605 | 11602 | 12303 | 14756 | 15195 |
New Jersey | 1039 | 1752 | 4592 | 6235 | 8953 | 11395 | 12104 | 15822 | 16779 | 19958 | 20317 |
Arizona | 1206 | 1528 | 2137 | 2838 | 4481 | 7096 | 7528 | 8357 | 8829 | 11194 | 11393 |
Pennsylvania | 3768 | 6829 | 9983 | 27345 | 30543 | 35526 | 36135 | 38009 | 39601 | 43536 | 44250 |
Delaware | 1179 | 1243 | 1317 | 1632 | 2572 | 3529 | 3790 | 4040 | 4340 | 5283 | 5448 |
Massachusetts | 1279 | 2408 | 7356 | 8833 | 11918 | 16106 | 17439 | 18888 | 19958 | 23792 | 24494 |
Hawaii | 1811 | 2072 | 2518 | 3543 | 4490 | 5083 | 5359 | 5732 | 6124 | 7403 | 7766 |
New Wikipedia articles related to Maryland
[edit]Please feel free to list your new Maryland-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Wikipedia page. DYN has a 72 hr. time limit from the creation of the article.
Did you know?
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Maryland articles that appeared on Wikipedia's main page in the DYK section |
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![]() ...that the only black college to field a NCAA lacrosse team was the Morgan State University Lacrosse Bears?(new article and new expansion) «Marylandstater» «reply» 23:37, 19 December 2016 (UTC) 01:23, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
...that lifelong Marylander Annie Armstrong, for whom the Southern Baptist Easter collection for domestic missions is named, resigned from the missionary organization she founded vowing never to serve the SBC again? SonPraises (talk) (contributions) 04:54, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
![]() ... that the $2 million Baltimore City Hall (pictured) was designed by a 22-year-old architect in 1867? (new article) «Marylandstater» «reply» 23:37, 19 December 2016 (UTC) 03:25, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
... that in 1979, Joseph C. Howard, Sr., whose mother was Sioux and father was African American, became the first African American named to the United States District Court for the District of Maryland? (new article) «Marylandstater» «reply» 23:37, 19 December 2016 (UTC) 03:25, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
![]() ... that the tallest building in Baltimore, Maryland is the forty-story Legg Mason Building (pictured), which rises 529 feet (161 m) in height?
... that four players from the Morgan State University Football Bears are in the NFL Hall of Fame?«Marylandstater» «reply» 23:37, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
... that Edward P. Hurt, who coached Morgan State College to 14 CIAA football championships, was also the school's track coach and on the coaching staff at the 1964 Olympic Games?«Marylandstater» «reply» 23:37, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
... that on January 13, 1964, a B-52 bomber containing two 24-megaton nuclear weapons crashed on Savage Mountain in Garrett County, Maryland?
... that the Battle of the Severn in 1655 in Annapolis, Maryland, was closely related to the conflicts of the English Civil War, which had concluded four years earlier in England?
... that at 5 feet 5 inches tall and 165 pounds, Howard Stevens was one of the smallest players ever in the National Football League?«Marylandstater» «reply» 23:37, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
... that, despite running back Matt Brown being only 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m) tall, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers just signed him to a three-year NFL contract?"«Marylandstater» «reply» 23:37, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
... that the crossroads town Creagerstown burned down in 1914 and never recovered? |
- 2008 Humanitarian Bowl
- Baltimore City College
- Baltimore Steam Packet Company ("Old Bay Line")
- Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Maryland and Washington, D.C.
- George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore
- History of Baltimore City College
- Maryland Route 36
- Music of Maryland
- Royal Blue (B&O train)
- The Wire
- U.S. Route 40 Alternate (Keysers Ridge – Cumberland, Maryland)
- Baltimore Orioles Managers
- Baltimore Orioles Opening Day Starting Pitchers
- Baltimore Ravens First Round Draft Picks
- Counties
- Current members of the Maryland House of Delegates
- Hurricanes (1980–present)
- National Park System areas in Maryland
- Numbered Highways in Maryland
- Sister Cities
- State Symbols
- Tallest Buildings in Baltimore
- United States Naval Academy alumni (General, Astronauts, Chiefs of Naval Operations, Legislators, Medal of Honor Recipients
Resources
[edit]- State website
- Current wiki traffic counting tool: [1]
- Old Wikipedia article traffic counter:
- For instance, from January 1, 2008 to June 21, 2008
- WikiProject Maryland was viewed 2,157 times
Current members of the Maryland House of Delegates: 3,023 times
Music of Maryland was viewed 6,442 times
- Martin O'Malley was viewed 37,850 times
Royal Blue (B&O train) was viewed 53,373 times
Edgar Allan Poe was viewed 1,339,916 times
Tools
[edit]- Main tool page: toolserver.org