Wikipedia:WikiProject Alabama

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Welcome to the Alabama WikiProject. We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of articles related to Alabama.

Goals
  • The goal of this WikiProject is to provide complete coverage on subjects related to Alabama, by expanding articles on people, places, and things resident or native to Alabama.
Scope
  • This project proposes to work with all pages related to the state of Alabama, its history, geography, and people.

All these articles should be included in the Category:Alabama or one of its subcategories.

Contents

[edit] Guidelines

[edit] Open tasks

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Alabama: edit · history · watch · refresh

Here are some tasks you can do:
  • All members should always feel free to patrol the recent changes list to note improvements, other changes, or vandalism of articles within the scope of this project.

[edit] Members

Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.

All members should feel free to add {{User WPAlabama}} to their userpages to identify themselves as members of the project.

You might also want to add the project talk page to your watch list and help us make decisions and formulate ideas about the project.

  1. JodyB 14:24, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
  2. Вasil | talk 22:37, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
  3. AlaGuy 00:20, 7 April 2007 (UTC) Decatur and Tuscaloosa areas
  4. AuburnPilot 06:34, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
  5. Rob C (Alarob) 17:12, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
  6. Dystopos 19:06, 9 April 2007 (UTC) Birmingham District
  7. Patrick Sewell 20:02, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
  8. Alabamaboy 22:24, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
  9. Majoreditor 01:56, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
  10. User:WayneRay Clay County
  11. Patriarca12 14:13, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
  12. Lkseitz 16:41, 18 April 2007 (UTC), Birmingham and Huntsville areas
  13. CC21560
  14. Govtrust 13:08, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
  15. Diarmada 21:33, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
  16. Rangerman99 20:19, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
  17. Mark Daily 13:00, 17 May 2007 (UTC), Colbert County, The Shoals Area, Cherokee
  18. Leeannedy 22:52, 19 May 2007 (UTC) (Current focus on prehistory and colonial history in the state.)
  19. Wendell 03:51, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
  20. Aleta 16:47, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
  21. Heatherfire 15:15, 20 June 2007 (UTC), Huntsville, Madison and Tuscaloosa, specifically the schools
  22. Dravecky 11:10, 31 July 2007 (UTC), politics, Huntsville, and structural issues
  23. Mnemnoch 04:58, 3 August 2007 (UTC) Baldwin County, Alabama Educational System
  24. Crkey 04:41, 29 August 2007 (UTC),Huntsville
  25. Realkyhick 16:45, 15 September 2007 (UTC) Birmingham area
  26. Robberex
  27. Izzy007
  28. ArtifexCrastinus 18:33, 15 September 2007 (UTC) Huntsville, its high schools, and its local government
  29. MGSGNR 19:45, 15 September 2007 (UTC) Etowah County area and related topics
  30. Droliver native of Mountain Brook/Birmingham
  31. Helmsb 04:40, 16 September 2007 (UTC) Birmingham Area
  32. Simplemindedted 12:12, 17 September 2007 (UTC) Auburn/Opelika, Lee County, constitutional reform and Alabama politics
  33. Altairisfar 02:03, 18 September 2007 (UTC) South Alabama
  34. OEP 16:07, 19 September 2007 (UTC) Tuscaloosa, Local knowledge, film
  35. Poisen the Well 01:10, 3 October 2007 (UTC) Mobile Area
  36. facingthetrend Birmingham Area
  37. Ravenhull Mobile area
  38. civilengtiger Birmingham area, transportation, geography, natural features
  39. User:1bookfan Marshall County
  40. Kenny D Dekalb County, Telecommunications, Technology, Gaming
  41. Rlm0710 Mobile area
  42. Stephen Pettis Monroe County, Southwest Alabama
  43. WaynePerkins area of concern is Wayne Perkins article

[edit] Articles

[edit] FA Featured articles

Articles on Alabama-related subjects, not necessarily improved to Featured Status by this WikiProject.

FA Birmingham campaign
FA Bobby Eaton
FA Hurricane Danny (1997)
FA List of Governors of Alabama
FA Natalee Holloway
FA Rosa Parks
FA To Kill a Mockingbird
FA Tropical Storm Bill (2003)

[edit] FAC Peer review/Featured article candidates (FAC)

The following articles are in review as Featured article candidates:

[edit] GA Good articles (GA)

The following articles have either been recognized as good articles or are currently under review for good article status:

GA 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak
GA Acer rubrum
GA Auburn High School
GA Brodie Croyle
GA Carl Lewis
GA Charles Barkley
GA Condoleezza Rice
GA February-March 2007 Tornado Outbreak
GA Great Storm of 1975
GA Hurricane Florence (1988)
GA Hurricane Georges
GA Hurricane Isidore
GA Hurricane Ivan
GA Mark Matthews
GA Mobile, Alabama
GA Ozzie Smith
GA Taylor Hicks
GA Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
GA Tropical Storm Arlene (2005)
GA Tropical Storm Beryl (1988)
GA Tropical Storm Matthew (2004)
GA Utricularia inflata
GA William Lowndes Yancey
GA William March
GA Zelda Fitzgerald

[edit] New articles

Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Page. Please also make sure that each new article created is given the {{WikiProject Alabama}} banner on its talk page as this will put it into the appropriate project category. The template supports the class parameter so you can add its assessment there too.

  • Jimmie Lee Jackson was a young civil rights protestor who was murdered by an Alabama State Trooper in 1965. Jackson's death was among the abuses of African Americans that inspired the Selma to Montgomery marches.

[edit] Did you know (DYK?)

[edit] Assessment

Alabama
articles		 Importance
None Total
Quality
Featured article FA 9 9
Good article GA 24 24
B 190 190
Start 2227 2227
Stub 2862 2862
List 143 143
Assessed 5455 5455
Unassessed 87 87
Total 5542 5542
Assessment - rates articles for both quality and importance to this project.
Collaboration of the week
Peer review

[edit] Collaboration

For more information on Collaborations, see m:Wikimedia COTW, Wikipedia:Collaboration of the week, Category:Wikipedia collaborations and {{COTWs}}.

Alabama Collaboration of the Week

This week, the article Alabama is the Alabama Collaboration of the Week. 

All editors are invited and encouraged to visit Alabama and help enhance and improve this article. See the article talk page for specific needs and areas of work.
Offer your ideas and suggestions for future Alabama Collaborations of the week at Alabama Collaboration of the Week

[edit] Templates

The following templates may be used to tag pages cared for by WikiProject Alabama:

[edit] Page templates

[edit] Banner template

Code Result
{{WikiProject Alabama}}

This should be placed on the article talk page for all Alabama-related articles.
This article is part of WikiProject Alabama, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to Alabama on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit this article, or visit the project page to join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.
??? This article has not yet received a rating on the quality scale.

[edit] Stub templates

Stub templates go at the bottom of the relevant article page. Please use the most precise stub tag whenever possible.

Note: All stubs are managed by WikiProject Stub sorting. Before creating a new stub, you must 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.

[edit] Navigation templates

Code Result
{{USCongDistStateAL}}

This is for use on pages relating to the United States Congressional Districts from Alabama.
v • d • e
Alabama's congressional districts
Territory At-large 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The At-large and 8th-10th districts are obsolete.
See also: Alabama's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations
All U.S. districts – Apportionment – Redistricting – Gerrymandering – Maps
{{Protected Areas of Alabama}}

This is a very nice navigation box to many wonderful parks and other protected areas.
v • d • e
Protected Areas of Alabama
National Park Service
National Forests
National Wildlife Refuges
Wilderness Areas
State Parks
State Forests

Fayette • Geneva • Little River • Saint Stephens • Weogufka
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (web)
{{USRepSuccession box}}

This can be placed on pages for Alabama Congressmen. Several parameters are available.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Alabama		 Incumbent

[edit] User templates

Code Result
{{User WPAlabama}}

This will automatically add you to the Alabama WikiProject member category.
a collection of books This user is a member of the Alabama WikiProject.
{{AlProInv}}

This can be added as an invitation on user talk pages of people who have done Alabama articles. To use, add {{subst:AlProInv}}. Your signature will automatically replace the four tildes.
Hi WikiProject Alabama! You are receiving this message because we've noticed your excellent edits on Alabama related articles. We need your help at the Alabama WikiProject! This is a new WikiProject and there is much work to do. Please head over to the project page, add your name, and help us enhance and increase the coverage of Alabama related stories.
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{{W-alabama}}

This can be used to welcome new project members. To use, add {{subst:W-alabama}} to a new member's talk page. Your signature will replace the four tildes.
Hi WikiProject Alabama! Welcome to the Alabama WikiProject! Please jump right in! If you have any questions, post a note on the project talk page or ask someone on the member list.
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[edit] Categories

There are many Alabama related categories, only a few are listed here to stimulate thinking. There are many articles that can be improved.

Wikipedia category listing which includes Alabama.

[edit] Resources

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