Wikipedia:WikiProject Connecticut
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Welcome to the Connecticut WikiProject. We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of articles related to Connecticut.
Guidelines
- Goals and scope
- The goal of this WikiProject is to provide complete coverage on subjects related to Connecticut, by expanding articles on people, places, and things resident or native to Connecticut.
- This project proposes to work with all pages related to the state of Connecticut, its history, geography, and people. All these articles should be included in the Category:Connecticut or one of its subcategories.
- All members should always feel free to patrol the articles in the project assessment table Wikipedia:WikiProject Connecticut/Assessment to note improvements, other changes, or vandalism of articles.
- Recruit new membership from Category:Wikipedians in Connecticut and from articles you're working on.
Current events
Articles pending merge or other
Please announce articles with merge ongoing discussions here and indicate after a merge is completed or a decision not to merge is reached. Please participate in merge discussion at Talk pages of articles involved.
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2011
2010
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WikiProject Connecticut AUTUMN Photo Contest
Congratulations to Grondemar for winning the Summer Photo Contest! But as you probably know, many articles still have no pictures whatsoever! Therefore, I again challenge my fellow Nutmeggers to the contest: who can add the most images to the Wikiproject? C'mon folks, you probably have a digital camera on your phone anyway!
Rules:
- You must take the picture yourself, adding public domain pictures (ie: postcards from pre-1923 that are on a website) will NOT count. The picture cannot already exist on Wikipedia, in Commons, etc.
- The picture must be of something notable for a CT rated article and be of decent quality.
- You may not add more than 5 pictures to any one article during the contest.
- All photos must be uploaded and added to their articles. If it wasn't added to the article and titled, it doesn't count.
- All submissions must be made after 12:00 UTC (8:00 AM EST) on September 15th, 2010 and no later than 23:59 UTC (7:59 PM EST) on October 31st, 2010.
Prizes:
Every participant with with 15+ pictures will receive a
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The Photographer's Barnstar | |
| Congratulations! You added XX images to the Connecticut WikiProject! |
The top contributor will win the coveted CT photo barnstar award!
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The Connecticut Photographer's Barnstar | |
| I am happy to award [[|]] with this barnstar for winning the Autumn 2010 Photo Contest with XX pictures. Congratulations! Markvs88 (talk) 20:08, 10 September 2010 (UTC) |
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Add your name here if you want to join the contest:
- Markvs88 Running total: 9. Pages: Connecticut Route 33 (1), Norfield Historic District (2), Weston, Connecticut (1), Branford Center (3), Trumbull, Connecticut (2).
- Grondemar Running total: 0. Pages:
- Turbokoala -- Running Total: 0 pages
- Sphilbrick-- Running Total: 162 added 130 counted.
- Emporostheoros 155 total, count 115. Pages: Fair Haven Union Cemetery (5); Tomlinson Lift Bridge (1); River Street Historic District (New Haven, Connecticut) (7 count 5); Clinton Avenue School (2); Herman Hotchkiss (2); Quinnipiac River Historic District (6 count 5); Quinnipiac Brewery (7 count 5); Ahavas Sholem Synagogue (2); William Pinto House (3); St. Luke's Episcopal Church (New Haven, Connecticut) (3); Strouse, Adler Company Corset Factory (5); Hall-Benedict Drug Company Building (2); Elizabeth R. Hooker House (3); Congregation Mishkan Israel (3); Goffe Street Special School for Colored Children (1); Prospect Hill Historic District (New Haven, Connecticut) (6 count 5); Orange Street Historic District (10 count 5); Edgerton (Hamden and New Haven, Connecticut) (5); Trowbridge Square Historic District (5); Strong School (1); Wooster Square (10); Chapel Street Historic District (13); Ninth Square Historic District (9); Howard Avenue Historic District (5); City Point (New Haven) (6); Winchester Repeating Arms Company Historic District (11); Westville Village Historic District (7); Upper State Street Historic District (5); Beaver Hills Historic District (8); Edgewood Park Historic District (2).
Membership
Please feel free to add your name in here.
Articles
Articles in need of creation
Articles in need of improvement
- Connecticut State Capitol (April 9, 2010)
- Flag of Connecticut (April 9, 2010)
- George P. McLean (April 9, 2010)
- Seal of Connecticut (April 9, 2010)
- Jonathan Trumbull (April 9, 2010)
- United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (April 9, 2010)
Connecticut seals & flags project
As some of you might have noticed, I've spent some time uploading town seals onto the various town pages. However, there are some which I cannot seem to find. Any help in this matter is appreciated.
Missing town seals
- Fairfield County: (1) Sherman, Connecticut.
- Hartford County: (1) Hartland, Connecticut.
- Litchfield County: (4) Colebrook, Connecticut, Cornwall, Connecticut, Harwinton, Connecticut, & Sharon, Connecticut.
- Middlesex County: (1) Middlefield, Connecticut.
- Tolland County: (3) Andover, Connecticut, Stafford, Connecticut & Union, Connecticut.
- Windham County: (4) Ashford, Connecticut, Hampton, Connecticut, Scotland, Connecticut, & Sterling, Connecticut.
Both New London & New Haven counties are done.
- Additionally, some seals (ie: Bridgeport, Connecticut & Stamford, Connecticut) were uploaded to commons and I can't find a way to tag them for the Wikiproject. Does anyone know how to remediate this?
Town flags
- Currently we have all of 12 town and 1 borough flag in the Category:Flags of Connecticut. As with the seals, any and all help is appreciated! Markvs88 (talk) 19:04, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
Towns known to not have flags [1]:
- Fairfield County: (7) Brookfield, Monroe, New Canaan, Newtown, Ridgefield, Shelton, & Wilton.
- Hartford County: (7) Berlin, Canton, Farmington, Newington, Suffield, South Windsor, & Windsor.
- Litchfield County: (1) Plymouth.
- Middlesex County: (1) Cromwell.
- New Haven County: (4) Branford, Guilford, North Branford, & Southbury.
Featured article candidates (FAC) for peer review
The following B rated (or better) articles are in review as Featured article candidates:
Good articles (GA) for peer review
The following B rated articles are in review as Good article candidates:
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New articles
Please feel free to list your new Connecticut-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please), with date. Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box the Main Page.
- Bridgeport Harbor - Just a stub right now, another puzzling long-term miss. Markvs88 (talk) 15:25, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
- Hope Haynes - The ship which crashed into the Congress Street Bridge in 1905 and caused the historic gas explosion. Markvs88 (talk) 16:09, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
- Milford Oyster Festival -- I did not create it, but it is still a new article (created August 26, 2010). --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 04:37, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
- List of mayors of Stratford, Connecticut - Just what it says. Markvs88 (talk) 16:46, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
- Seaside Institute and Nathaniel Wheeler Memorial Fountain - two more Bridgeport NRHP starts/stubs. Abby Kelleyite (talk) 17:10, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
- They're old news, but new to Wikipedia: United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1992 (stub; created by me on August 19, 2010) and United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, 2006 (stub; had been a redirect which I made an article out of on August 21, 2010). --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 08:46, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
- List of Connecticut Huskies bowl games—currently a featured list candidate –Grondemar 21:32, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
- Sacred Heart Academy (Stamford, Connecticut) - closed Catholic high school, discovered when an anon added it to the Stamford, Connecticut article. Markvs88 (talk) 14:56, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
- Berkshire No. 7, barge sunk in Bridgeport Harbor, last seen 4 yrs before NRHP listing! --doncram (talk) 14:43, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
- Mary and Eliza Freeman Houses - Oldest surviving houses built by free blacks in Connecticut. Abby Kelleyite (talk) 23:12, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
- Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Ferry - Created today, not sure how this was missed for so long. Markvs88 (talk) 21:01, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
- That is surprising. Nice catch. Abby Kelleyite (talk) 23:12, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
- Pequonnock River Railroad Bridge - Created 27 July 2010, this bridge is on the AMTRAK & Metro North NYC to New Haven corridor. Markvs88 (talk) 21:01, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
- Olin Observatory - Created 28 July 2010, this observatory is at New London's Connecticut College. Markvs88 (talk) 21:01, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
- Achavath Achim Synagogue - A NRHP stub/start. One of fifteen CT synagogues added to the NRHP in 1995-96. Abby Kelleyite (talk) 00:01, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
- Seaside Park (Bridgeport, Connecticut) - Just a start. I'm liking the NYT anecdote about Barnum championing concerts in the park for DYK. Abby Kelleyite (talk) 22:49, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
- Connecticut elections, 2010: A year-specific index of the various elections to occur in the state in 2010. Created by me on July 9, 2010. --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 05:53, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
Connecticut related AfDs
Assessments
| Connecticut articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
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| FL
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15 | 23 | 110 | 148 | |||
| B | 20 | 55 | 83 | 141 | 14 | 313 | |
| C | 23 | 162 | 395 | 830 | 3 | 25 | 1,438 |
| Start | 18 | 339 | 744 | 3,937 | 255 | 5,293 | |
| Stub | 92 | 304 | 2,101 | 1 | 288 | 2,786 | |
| List | 5 | 26 | 69 | 77 | 7 | 13 | 197 |
| Category | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3,835 | 3,841 | ||
| Disambig | 30 | 30 | |||||
| File | 1 | 1 | 591 | 593 | |||
| Portal | 90 | 90 | |||||
| Project | 1 | 24 | 25 | ||||
| Redirect | 12 | 24 | 130 | 613 | 779 | ||
| Template | 1 | 2 | 381 | 384 | |||
| NA | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Other | 1 | 48 | 49 | ||||
| Assessed | 67 | 708 | 1,652 | 7,351 | 5,624 | 595 | 15,997 |
| Unassessed | 4 | 112 | 116 | ||||
| Total | 67 | 708 | 1,652 | 7,355 | 5,624 | 707 | 16,113 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 50,151 | Ω = 5.02 | |||||
Articles of achievement
Featured articles
Articles on Connecticut-related subjects, not necessarily improved to Featured Status by this WikiProject.
- Hurricane Gloria, April 1, 2006
- List of Connecticut tornadoes, October 25, 2008
- Metacomet Ridge, main page January 26, 2008
- USS Connecticut (BB-18), main page February 22, 2009
Did you know (DYK?)
Connecticut articles that have appeared in the Main page's Did you know? section:
Pre-2010 listings
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- Saugatuck River Bridge, appeared on January 19, 2010
- Nathaniel Wheeler, appeared on March 11, 2010
- Whitney Avenue Historic District, appeared on March 18, 2010
- John Toner, appeared on March 25, 2010
- Orris S. Ferry, appeared on March 28, 2010
- West Haven Green Historic District, appeared on April 30, 2010
- Goffe Street Special School for Colored Children, appeared on May 8, 2010
- Desireé Bassett, appeared on May 17, 2010
- Seaside Park (Connecticut), appeared on August 12, 2010
- Achavath Achim Synagogue, appeared on August 13, 2010
- Seaside Institute, appeared on August 28, 2010
- List of Connecticut Huskies bowl games, appeared on August 29, 2010
- Main Street Historic District (Danbury, Connecticut), appeared on August 30, 2010
- Old Furnace State Park, appeared on September 1, 2010
- Milford Oyster Festival, appeared on September 6, 2010
- Walter Eli Clark, appeared on September 8, 2010
- Paul Ryan Rudd, appeared on September 14, 2010
- Abner Wilcox, appeared on October 5, 2010
- Arthur Holch, appeared on October 14, 2010
- Kenneth North, appeared on October 16, 2010
- Liberty Green Historic District, appeared on October 20, 2010
- Louis F. Bantle, appeared on October 29, 2010
- Oliver Filley House, appeared on October 30, 2010
On this day...
A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the On this day... section:
- Pequot War, appeared on May 26 2004.
- Benedict Arnold, appeared on June 1, 2004, June 1, 2005, June 1, 2006, June 1, 2007, and June 1, 2008.
- Yale University, appeared on October 9, 2004
- USS Nautilus (SSN-571), appeared on February 4, 2005, February 4, 2006, February 4, 2007, August 3, 2007, February 4, 2008, August 3, 2008, February 4, 2009, and February 4, 2010.
- Nathan Hale, appeared on September 22 , 2005, September 22 , 2006, and September 22, 2007.
- Eli Whitney, Jr., March 14, 2006 and March 14, 2007.
- Amistad (1841), appeared on March 9, 2007, March 9, 2008, March 9, 2009, and 9 March 9, 2010.
- Mark Twain, appeared on April 21, 2010.
- King Philip's War, appeared on August 12, 2005, August 12, 2008, August 12, 2009, and August 12, 2010.
Formerly recognized content
Former featured articles
- Hopkins School - Demoted on December 18, 2007.
Delisted Good Articles
Collaboration and review
- Assessment - rates articles for both quality and importance to this project.
- Collaboration of the week
Categories
Images
WikiProject Connecticut uses Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Connecticut to monitor all Connecticut articles needing images. In addition, Wikipedian photographers living in Connecticut use the subcategories at Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Connecticut to locate those subjects near where they typically take photographs. The "imageneeded=" and "in=" parameters of {{WikiProject Connecticut}} populate the category.
- To request an image for an article, use the "imageneeded=yes" parameter in the {{WikiProject Connecticut}} article talk page template. Please use the "in=" parameter in the {{WikiProject Connecticut}} template to specify the Connecticut county where the photograph may be taken. Up to three locations may be specified, such as {{WikiProject Connecticut|class=Start|importance=Low|imageneeded=yes|in=Litchfield County, Connecticut|in2=London|in3=New Haven County, Connecticut|unref=yes}}
- If you need to specify four or more locations (such as a road passing through multiple Connecticut counties), use {{reqphoto}} and its multiple "in=" parameters.
Templates
Infoboxes
- {{Infobox Settlement}} - Infobox to be used for all types of settlements such as cities, towns, and villages. Examples: Bridgeport, Hartford, and the town of Branford
Stubs
- {{Connecticut-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Connecticut. To be placed on the bottom of the article page.
- {{Connecticut-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Connecticut geography. To be placed on the bottom of the article page.
- {{Connecticut-politician-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Connecticut politicians. To be placed on the bottom of the article page.
- {{Connecticut-school-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Connecticut schools. To be placed on the bottom of the article page.
- {{Connecticut-road-stub}} - Used to mark state highway articles that are stubs.
- {{Connecticut-struct-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to buildings and structures in Connecticut. To be placed on the bottom of the article page.
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
WikiProject Connecticut participants should add one of the following Wikitext expressions to their user page.
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See Wikipedia:Userboxes/Location/United States for other Connecticut userboxes.
Other templates
{{WikiProject Connecticut}} should be placed on the talk pages of relevant articles to put them under the project's radar.
{{WikiProject Connecticut}} looks like this:
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{{Portal|Connecticut}} can be placed in See Also sections of relevant articles and looks like this:
Resources
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.
