Wikipedia:WikiProject Missouri
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This WikiProject has been created to better organize information in articles related to the U.S. State of Missouri. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; 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 and see the to-do list there.
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Scope
This WikiProject will cover the creation, editing, and organization of articles related to the U.S. State Missouri, its law, government, cities, counties, geography, transportation, culture, history, education, and so on. It aims to expand Wikipedia's resources on Missouri in a fair and accurate manner.
Participants
Here is a list of members of WikiProject Missouri. If you would like to join, please add your name to the bottom of the list.
- preschooler@heart my talk - contribs 21:26, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
- Rt66lt - Head of WikiProject Missouri State Highways, southwest Missouri
- KHill-LTown
- Amalas
- Elonka - Interests: Missouri history, St. Louis Arch, tech infrastructure, and biographies
- Marcusscotus1 - Interests: place names, culture, and general geography
- TommyBoy - Interests: government, history, law, and politics
- The Deviant - Native Missourian.
- GuruBuckaroo - St. Louis Metro Resident since birth. Interests: St. Louis Metro, St. Louis History & urban legends, Cardinals Baseball
- Mobyrock - Native Missourian. Traveled the world. Decided there was no place like home. Back in Missouri.
- J\/\/estbrook - Missouri Businesses and anything St. Louis (GO CARDS!)
- Hellmark - Native, who is active in various organizations that help the area.
- Muspud2 - Native, now living in Philadelphia, MU-Columbia graduate (electrical engineering). Interests: places I've been in MO, things dear to my heart that have a lack of attention on Wikipedia (Marching Mizzou, for starters). Go Chiefs.
- Discordanian - Added St. Louis Walk of Fame and have been spending time on disambiguation of St. Louis.
- Christian Historybuff 15:25, 13 April 2006 (UTC) I was born and live in Florissant, Missouri and St. Charles, Missouri. On top of that my last name, Gentry, is the name of a county and town in Missouri.
- P.Shack Missouri native KC Area.
- Genius00345 - Native Missourian. Mid-MO area.
- Storm63640 - Native Missourian, Kirkwood High Class of 1991, Living in Farmington
- Geobeedude Belton native, wants to help with geography
- badbilltucker - Non-native Missourian, currently residing in St. Louis
- Abernaki - Warrensburg MO native
- Alakey2010 - Sedalia, MO native, currently residing in Blue Springs, MO.
- GangstaEB EA Missouri is cool
- Quartermaster - St. Louis area Reference Librarian
- OscartheOtter - Former Mascot for the Missouri River Otters Hockey Club
- Doyel - Native Missourian - St. Louis area.
- TMS63112 - St. Louis native, especially interested in Missouri politics related articles.
- DrummerguyYD07 - St. Charles native and Cardinals fanatic.
- GreyWanderer - Columbia native, MU student
- Cwd575 - Fair Grove Native, University of Idaho Graduate Student
- TubaHero - Lee's Summit native, University of Missouri-Columbia Student
- Joshua Friel - Webb City high school graduate, University of Missouri Alum, current resident of South Korea
- ChicagoPimp - UM-Rolla grad, longtime KC resident, current resident of Chicago
- 'J Klein my talk my contributions - St. Louis native
- North Shoreman - I'm a Cleveland Ohio resident with an interest in the Civil War in the Trans-Mississippi
- yawetag - Lived in St. Louis area since 2001. Interest in the casinos in the St. Louis area, as well as all of Missouri.
- vicjm (talk - contribs) I used to live in St. Louis, but now in Mid-MO. I'll try to help however I can.
- J. D. Redding in KCMo alot.
- Stoa - KCMO native
- Vishwin60 - Used to live in St. Louis, working mainly on transportation
- WTGDMan1986 - heard very much about St. Louis, reverts vandalism.
- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) - I edit a professional wrestlers' page and so happens to be from Missouri.
- Kabethme - Missouri resident, formerly of Southern Missouri but now living in St. Louis
- Seethaki 01:49, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
- djlangen - Odessa, MO resident
- raym0ndh0lmes - Resident of Raymore, traveller
- Arthur of Red - One of roughly ten people in county that know of Wikipedia
- bfelice - Missouri Humanities communications
- User:Chiorman Born in Missouri and travels there often.
- User:Red Harvest - Grew up in Ozarks, and UMR grad. Interest in ACW history primarily.
- Cencere - Live in St.Charles
- User:SineQ - Columbia, MO
- UntiedShoes - Grew up in Liberty, MO and attends school in Kirksville, MO
- User:Ozarkhighlands - Native Missourian, lives in Massachusetts.
- Andy Finkenstadt - 11 year St Charles resident, amateur local history researcher.
- - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 21:01, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
Article assessment statistics
Missouri articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
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1 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 35 | ||
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4 | 7 | 11 | ||||
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1 | 1 | |||||
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2 | 2 | 16 | 110 | 3 | 133 | |
B | 10 | 28 | 75 | 229 | 66 | 408 | |
C | 7 | 32 | 175 | 718 | 252 | 1,184 | |
Start | 3 | 35 | 603 | 3,032 | 1,453 | 5,126 | |
Stub | 4 | 94 | 6,328 | 3,042 | 9,468 | ||
List | 10 | 30 | 125 | 2 | 129 | 296 | |
Category | 38 | 5,658 | 5,696 | ||||
Disambig | 1 | 32 | 33 | ||||
File | 3 | 44 | 47 | ||||
Portal | 1 | 1 | |||||
Project | 18 | 18 | |||||
Template | 865 | 865 | |||||
NA | 23 | 139 | 759 | 921 | |||
Other | 61 | 61 | |||||
Assessed | 22 | 112 | 1,028 | 10,756 | 7,440 | 4,946 | 24,304 |
Unassessed | 3 | 349 | 352 | ||||
Total | 22 | 112 | 1,028 | 10,759 | 7,440 | 5,295 | 24,656 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 88,630 | Ω = 5.42 |
Explanation of article grading system
Recognized content
Featured articles
- Barbara McClintock
- Daniel Boone
- Pioneer Zephyr
- Robert A. Heinlein
- Harry S. Truman
- USS Missouri (BB-63)
Good articles
Did you knows (DYKs)
- Harold G. Schrier - 24 January 2007
- Bearcat Stadium - 1 October 2006
Formerly recognized content
Former featured articles
Former good articles
Collaboration
The following proposals for collaboration have been made.
- The Day After - filmed in KC and Lawrence, a concerted effort is underway to make this a features article on the main page. Most of the film took place in Missouri. --KHill-LTown 04:41, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
- Support. Very interesting and well written. --preschooler@heart my talk - contribs 22:47, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
- Since this is the Missouri Project shouldn't the article on Missouri be a feature article? After all, Missouri is what this project is all about. --(Steve 20:47, 27 April 2006 (UTC))
support. That's not a bad idea. however we'll need support from at least 3 people (or 3 more supporters than opposers) to get it approved. keep in mind that it's good to find articles that are well written and that most wouldn't have read otherwise. --preschooler@heart my talk - contribs 17:19, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
- oppose I'd have to agree with Steve on this. While this is a good article, I don't think that it's the one we want to stand behind. I would much rather see something more related to Missouri make it to featured status. Amalas =^_^= 17:52, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
- Comment. wait, what are you referring to in your opposition? "the day after" or "Missouri"? --preschooler@heart my talk - contribs 19:16, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
- Oops... I meant to say that I oppose The Day After. Amalas =^_^= 20:19, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
- oppose OK, the unknown newbie chimes in. The Day After is a great article, but I don't think playing up a program about the end of life as we know it would necessarily be the best sort of advertisement for the state. I personally think playing up some other article which might need more work, like Lewis and Clark, Harry Truman, Louisiana Purchase, Branson, Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. Route 66, or even KMOX might function as a better advertisement for the state than an end-of-the-world story. Granted, any other would need improvements, but those could be made a priority of the group. My personal choice would be U.S. Route 66. There's a great exhibit at the Jefferson Expansion about the subject, and I could try to get some good photos and other items to upgrade the article. Of course, I don't necessarily know what I'm talking about. Feel free to heckle. Badbilltucker 01:23, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
- Kansas City, Missouri Well written and interesting, perfect article to represent our cause. --Geobeedude 18:52, 15 November 2006 (UTC)Geobeedude
Article Collaboration
This section is designated for an article that will be temporarily featured for article improvement. Nominate articles that are of significant importance that you feel need to be revised to meet higher standards.
The Current Collaboration is Tom Pendergast.
Notes:
- I think i have a good picture, but i'm not sure how to tag it. i got the pic from the Kansas City Public Library, which I am assuming is not-for-profit.
link: http://www.kclibrary.org/localhistory/media.cfm?mediaID=35057 . the picture is at the bottom of the page.
- Additional Comments concerning the Tom Pendergast Collaboration can be found Here.
Nominations
the following are nominations for future article collaborations.
There are currently no nominations for future article collaborations.
moved St. Louis quote discussion to talk page
Articles nominated for deletion
Templates
Missouri Infoboxes
- {{Missouri}} - For Regions, Counties and Cities; Place at bottom of article pages.
- {{WikiProject Missouri}} - Use to identify an article as part of the wikiproject. Place on Talk Pages, not article pages.
- {{User WikiProject Missouri}} - Userbox for use on user pages to identify yourself as a member of the WikiProject
- {{MOGovernors}} - For use on pages of Missouri Governors
- {{Infobox MO Route}} - For Missouri state and U.S. routes
- {{Infobox Interstate/Intrastate}} - For Missouri Interstate Highways
- {{Infobox U.S. County}} - standard United States county infobox
Stub Templates
- {{Missouri-stub}} - Generic Missouri Article Stub
- {{Missouri-geo-stub}} - Missouri Geographical Stub
- {{Missouri-politician-stub}} - Missouri Politician Stub
- {{Missouri-school-stub}} - Missouri School Stub
- {{Missouri-road-stub}} - Missouri road stub
Lists
I did not know where to put these because it did not seem to fit properly under Articles and List because they do exist, but it needs a lot of work. (Steve 21:14, 25 November 2006 (UTC))
- Neighborhoods of St. Louis--There are 79 Neighborhoods listed and only 13 that have articles.
- List of Registered Historic Places in Missouri, Counties A-B--more than 163 places listed and only 15 that have articles.
- List of Registered Historic Places in Missouri, Counties C--more than 221 places listed and only 10 that have articles.
- List of Registered Historic Places in Missouri, Counties D-I--more the 191 places listed and only 18 that have articles.
- List of Registered Historic Places in Missouri, Counties J-K--more than 271 places listed and only 14 that have articles.
- List of Registered Historic Places in Missouri, Counties L-N--more than 175 places listed and only 9 that have articles.
- List of Registered Historic Places in Missouri, Counties O-St.--more than 218 places listed and only 10 that have articles.
- List of Registered Historic Places in St. Louis County, Missouri--more than 405 places listed and only 15 that have articles.
- List of Registered Historic Places in Missouri, Counties Ste.-Z--more than 56 and only 2 that have articles.
Articles and Lists
Here is a section of articles and lists that either need to be created or revised. If you feel a Missouri-related article needs to be created or revised, please post it here.
Article Revision:
- History of Missouri; see featured articles History of Arizona, History of New Jersey and History of Alaska
- Standardization of Missouri Governor articles.
- Metropolitan Community Colleges of Kansas City
- Hazelwood School District
- Dick Gregory The article has been listed as needing cleanup.
- Lucas Grabeel A very badly written article
- Belton high school My own, but not a really good article.
- Changed to Belton High School (Missouri). Please delete former article.
- Old North St. Louis The Article has been cited as to be checked for its neutrality.
- Charles Ray Hatcher - was an American serial killer from St. Joseph. I've got a lot of information on my Workdesk if anyone wants to help with this.
- Missouri Humanities Council Listed as written like an advertisement, need neutrality help.
Article Creation:
- If someone could give me a link to a similar page to use as a template, I'd be willing to tackle this. mobyrock 04:55, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
- Jefferson City, Missouri Metropolitan Area
- St. Louis Community College
- Missing Missouri Governors. See List of Governors of Missouri.
- Hazelwood Central High School
- St. Louis Globe Democrat Former St. Louis newspaper that was equally to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in populatiy at one time.
- Chariton, Missouri
- Knob Noster High School
- a article about the school instead of placing it in the city page... a student can update it daily..
List Revision:
I've worked on it some, but it still needs tons of work. P.Shack 21:38, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
- Knob Noster School District a article about the school instead of placing it in the city page... a student can update it daily..
List Creation:
- I believe this already exists, List_of_Missouri_counties. -- mobyrock 13:52, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
- Well, List of Missouri counties just redirects to List of counties in Missouri (note the lowercase 'c'), so I think we can safely remove this... Amalas =^_^= 14:15, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
Requests
Things to do
- Place {{WikiProject Missouri}} on talk pages of all articles found on {{Missouri}} and subsequently all cities, counties, regions, government articles, and other relevant articles. This is essentially busywork and any assistance is much appreciated. As far as I can tell, all articles in categories regarding missouri are covered except for the subcategories below, but if you see any articles regarding something that is applicable to the wikiproject, tag it. preschooler@heart 20:25, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Sections left: These are all subcategories of Category:Missouri . Note: Some of these may not be relevant to missouri due to sections involving Kansas City, Kansas and East St. Louis Delete from list when complete.
Category:Kansas City metropolitan area
Registered Historic Places in Missouri
- Note project-relevant articles that are in need of revision or creation and place them in Requests category
- Assess Ken Holtzman
Why was this removed? Still needs some help. --Kallahan (talk) 21:33, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
Good/Featured/A-Class Articles
these articles have not necessarily received thier status because of the actions of the wikiproject, but are covered by the wikiproject and have received marks of excellence including A-Class Status, Featured Status, and/or Good Article Status.
This list is not necessarily complete.
Featured Articles: None Currently Posted
Good Articles:
A-Class Articles: None Currently Posted
Resources
- [1] Moser's Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets in Missouri at the Springfield-Greene County Library website
- [2] Missouri Official Manual (aka "The Blue Book").
Child WikiProjects
- Columbia
- Kansas City
- St. Louis
- Missouri State Highways
- Mizzou
- Silver Dollar City
- Washington University in St. Louis
- St. Louis Cardinals