Wikipedia:WikiProject Oklahoma
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Open tasks for WikiProject Oklahoma. |
- Current collaborations: Oklahoma State University - Stillwater
- To Improve to Featured standard: Will Rogers, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City
- To Expand: Wagoner Armory, Robert J. Sullivan, Jr., Philbrook Museum of Art, Ford Center, Tulsa Zoo, BOK Center, Bell's Amusement Park, Frontier City, Oklahoma State Capitol, Kate Barnard, Politics of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Republican Party, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, Eusebius J. Beltran, Sooner Catholic, James Robert Jones, Boggy Depot, Oklahoma (an authentic Oklahoma ghost town), Tulsa (the 1949 film); Oklahoma State Senator Glenn Coffee; add {{Infobox City}} to town and city pages.
- To Create: Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Land Run of 1892, Land Run of 1895, Oklahoma Territorial Legislature, Red Bird City Hall.
- To Clean up: Kim Holland, Duncan, Oklahoma someone is placing malacious comments rather than facts pertaining to the history of Duncan. How do we block them?
- To Merge:
- Lists to complete: List of radio stations in Oklahoma, List of television stations in Oklahoma, List of newspapers in Oklahoma, List of Oklahoma rivers, List of people from Oklahoma
- To Destub: See Oklahoma stubs, University of Oklahoma or Oklahoma State stubs
- Wanted Pictures/Graphics: Requested photographs in Oklahoma, Requested photographs of OU campus
This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles on the U.S. state of Oklahoma with a spirit of cooperation. This page and its subpages contain suggestions on formatting and layout of articles, which can be discussed at the project's talk page. To participate, simply add your name at the participants section.
Recent changes in Oklahoma-related articles (list)(edit)
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[edit] Scope
This project covers the creation and editing of articles related to the U.S. State Oklahoma, its cities, counties, geography, transportation, culture, history and so on. It aims to expand Wikipedia's resources on Oklahoma in a fair and accurate manner.
Frankly, most of the Oklahoma related articles are rather poor. This project is here to fix that.
Everyone is welcome to help out. In fact, there's more than enough work to go around. You can help us out in the following ways:
- reading over articles and giving your suggestions in the article's talk pages
- copyediting for grammar and clarify
- adding photos
- reverting vandalism
- citing sources
- fact checking
- minor or major research and contributions
- and more!
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Related WikiProjects
WikiProject Oklahoma is one of the United States WikiProjects.
Also related, and often overlapping heavily with US topics, are WikiProject Canada and WikiProject Mexico.
[edit] Oklahoma-Related WikiProjects
- Oklahoma State Highways | Missing articles on Oklahoma newspapers | WikiProject University of Oklahoma | Taskforce Tulsa
[edit] Participants
- KBD5196 (talk · contribs)
- Ashlux (talk · contribs)
- Dsmdgold (talk · contribs)
- Ragesoss (talk · contribs)
- Eisenhower (at war or at peace) (Project) (UTC)
- Scott5114 (talk · contribs)
- Kukini (talk · contribs)
- Nmajdan (talk · contribs): Born & raised in Tulsa; OU alumni; Sand Springs resident.
- Ramen addiction (talk · contribs): Born in Tulsa, living in Welty, Oklahoma. Hi I'm Chester.
- Willy Logan (talk · contribs)
- Mitternacht90 (talk · contribs)
- Xltel (talk · contribs)
- Okiefromokla (talk · contribs) Claremore resident; works mostly geography and places articles for Oklahoma.
- Marcus.jones (talk · contribs)
- Kungfuadam (talk · contribs)
- KrakatoaKatie (talk · contribs)
- Jmbranum (talk · contribs)
- Phaedriel (talk · contribs)
- Johntex (talk · contribs) - primarily Indigenous peoples, colleges, and college athletics
- Pagrashtak (talk · contribs)
- ProfessorPaul (talk · contribs): Living in southern Oklahoma; community college professor teaching American Government, History, and Economics.
- rchilde (talk · contribs)
- Rougher07 (talk · contribs): Proud to be an Okie from Muskogee
- Kralizec! (talk · contribs) - interest mainly related to tourism areas in the state
- Doafhat (talk · contribs): OSU student from Broken Bow
- AristonAstuanax (talk · contribs)
- Sooner Dave (talk · contribs): Sooner born, Sooner bred, living in Norman
- Philippe (talk · contribs): Grew up in Shawnee, lived in Oklahoma City, currently in beautiful Tulsa
- Yagikaru (talk · contribs)
- Tyler Roberts (talk · contribs)
- Desert sapper (talk · contribs):Born in Texas, raised in Oklahoma, hopefully in country long enough to sleep in a bed this time.
- Joetcrocker (talk · contribs)
- CoupleOfAvengers (talk · contribs): Mostly Oklahoma City urban
- Badluckprince (talk · contribs):Count me in.
- Lobosolo (talk · contribs):Northwest Oklahoman, interested in business, economy, geography, education, media.
- Bhankins (talk · contribs):Tulsan, pictures, places, sciences.
- Jannizz (talk · contribs): Norwegian guy. Translating the Oklahoma article
- GreenGourd (talk · contribs): Native Oklahoman, now living in Philly (egad!).
- Geekgal (talk · contribs): From Northwest Oklahoma, currently living in Tulsa.
- Zja2 (talk · contribs): Spent MS and HS in Shawnee, OK. My entire Maternal side is in OK.
- TommyBoy (talk · contribs): Attended high school and college in Oklahoma
- Mathieu77 (talk · contribs): Current resident of Edmond.
[edit] Project divisions
- Cities (talk) — Cities, towns, villages and counties
- Physical geography (talk) — Regions, parks, climate, physical features
- Transportation (talk) — Roads, trails and rails in and around Oklahoma
- Culture (talk) — Music, art, icons, mass communication
- People (talk) — includes Oklahoma natives and those residents who have shaped Oklahoma
- Government (talk) — Governance, as well as federal, state and local politics in relation to Oklahoma
- History (talk) — history of Oklahoma during and prior to statehood
[edit] Adopt an article
Similar to the Collaboration of the week, but on a smaller scale, you might want to "adopt" an article. This would involve doing the research, writing, and picture-taking (if possible) for either a non-existent article or a stub. Of course, everyone else can still edit an adopted article, and you can work on other things too, but the idea is to find a focus for a while, to try and build up the number of quality articles the Project has produced.
Check Wikipedia:WikiProject Melbourne#Adopt an article to see how this section is used.
Current Adoptions
[edit] Templates
For a more complete list of Oklahoma-related templates, see Category:WikiProject Oklahoma templates.
- {{WikiProject_Oklahoma}} advertise in talk pages of articles that this article is part of WikiProject Oklahoma. Two parameters can be used: class (assessment of the article's quality) and importance (relative to this project).
- {{Oklahoma}}
- {{Oklahoma State University}}
- {{University of Oklahoma}}
[edit] Stub categories
- {{Oklahoma-stub}}
- {{Oklahoma-geo-stub}}
- {{Oklahoma-politician-stub}}
- {{Oklahoma-school-stub}}
- {{Oklahoma-university-stub}}
- {{UOklahoma-stub}}
- {{OKState-stub}}
[edit] U.S. county infobox
- {{Infobox U.S. County}} - the US County Infobox needs to be added to almost all OK counties.
[edit] Infoboxes
[edit] Categories
[edit] Articles
[edit] New Oklahoma-related articles on Wikipedia
Please feel free to list your new Oklahoma-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. DYK has a limit of 5 days for the creation of an article or the hstand eavy expansion of it. Please remember to add {{persondata}} to the biographical articles you create.
Please place newest articles on the top
| Article | Created On | Did You Know... | ||
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| 101 Ranch | Created on January 16, 2008 (JCMCapital) | |||
| List of Art Deco buildings in Tulsa, Oklahoma | Created on June 4, 2007 (Dsmdgold) | |||
| Tulsa Fire Alarm Building | Created on June 2, 2007 (Dsmdgold) | |||
| Bank of Bigheart | Created on May 2, 2007 (Dsmdgold) | |||
| Barnsdall Main Street Well Site | Created on May 1, 2007 (Dsmdgold) | ...that the Barnsdall Main Street Well Site is believed to be the only oil well in the middle of a Main Street anywhere in the world? | ||
| Puterbaugh Conference on World Literature | Created on April 18, 2007 (steventity) | ...that Nobel laureates Czesław Miłosz, Orhan Pamuk, J. M. Coetzee, Kenzaburo Oe and Octavio Paz have all been honored with a Puterbaugh Conference? | ||
| George B. Schwabe | Created on April 3, 2007 (NMajdan) | ...that George B. Schwabe served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1921 to 1922 and was the first and only Republican to hold that position until 2005? | ||
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Created on March 6, 2007 (Desert sapper) | This is a Userbox for everyone to use on their User Pages. | ||
| Oklahoma Statehood Stamp | Created on January 21, 2007 (ProfessorPaul) | ...that a special "first day of issue" postmark for this stamp (celebrating 100 years of Oklahoma Statehood) may be obtained until March 2007? | ||
| Sherman E. Smith Training Center | Created on January 14, 2007 (Doafhat) | ...that this indoor practice facility will be the largest and most expensive facility of its kind in the state of Oklahoma and the Big 12 Conference? | ||
| Oklahoma Hospital Association | Created on January 14, 2007 (ProfessorPaul) | ...that this state affiliate of the American Hospital Association assists the over 150 hospitals in Oklahoma? | ||
| List of hospitals in Oklahoma | Created on January 13, 2007 (ProfessorPaul) | ...that there are over 150 hospitals listed in Oklahoma by the Oklahoma Hospital Association? | ||
| Reasor's | Created on January 13, 2007 (ProfessorPaul) | ...that this Oklahoma-based grocery store chain (with over 12 locations in northeastern Oklahoma) was begun by Larry Reasor in 1963 with just one store in Tahlequah? | ||
| Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education | Created on December, 2006 (Jzwei) | |||
| Oklahoma State University College of Arts & Sciences | Created on December 8, 2006 (Doafhat) | |||
| Karsten Creek | Created on December 1, 2006 (Doafhat) | |||
| Tulsa (1949 film) | Created on November 26, 2006 (ProfessorPaul) | ...that this 1949 motion picture about the Tulsa oil boom of the 1920s was nominated for an Oscar? | ||
| Michael Anthony Hughes | Created on November 26, 2006 (ProfessorPaul) | ...that there are conflicting reports about whether this abducted child is still alive or dead? | ||
| William S. Spears School of Business | Created on November 15, 2006 (Doafhat) | |||
| Oklahoma State University College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources | Created on November 15, 2006 (Doafhat) | |||
| Oklahoma state elections, 2006 | Created on November 8, 2006 (NMajdan) | |||
| Oklahoma State University homecoming | Created on November 5, 2006 (Doafhat) | ...that this Oklahoma State University tradition is widely recognized as the biggest and best homecoming celebration in the country? | ||
| Colvin Center | Created on November 5, 2006 (Doafhat) | ...that this Oklahoma State University student recreation center was named as one of the top six collegiate sports centers in the United States? | ||
| Oklahoma State University Medical Center | Created on November 5, 2006 (Doafhat) | ...that OSU Medical Center's telemedicine program is one of the largest state-wide telemedicine programs in the United States? | ||
| Daily O'Collegian | Created on November 5, 2006 (Doafhat) | ...that this student-run newspaper at Oklahoma State University has been in circulation in 1895? | ||
| Katherine Cross | Created on November 4, 2006 (Terrillwhite) | ...Katherine is a legendary figure known for her mysterious headstone inscription: "Murdered by human wolves"? | ||
| Bullet (mascot) | Created on November 3, 2006 (Doafhat) | ...that this Oklahoma State University mascot was inspired by the Texas Tech University Masked Rider tradition? | ||
| Oklahoma State University College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology | Created on November 3, 2006 (Doafhat) | ...that this Oklahoma State University college is the only combined engineering, architecture, and technology college in the United States? | ||
| Oklahoma congressional elections, 2006 | Created on October 29, 2006 (ProfessorPaul) | ...that every Oklahoma Congressional incumbent (whether Democrat or Republican) is in a safe seat and will likely be re-elected? | ||
| Student Union (Oklahoma State University) | Created on October 25, 2006 (Doafhat) | ...that this student activity center is the largest student union in the world? | ||
| James Robert Jones | Created on October 5, 2006 (ProfessorPaul) | ...that this former Oklahoma Congressman also served as the United States Ambassador to Mexico? | ||
| Ardmore Higher Education Center | Created on September 21, 2006 (ProfessorPaul) | ...that this consortium-model higher education institution makes college classes available in Ardmore, Oklahoma from four local participating Oklahoma colleges? | ||
| Cherokee National Holiday | Created on September 2, 2006 (Terrillwhite) | ...that this annual event draws over 70,000 people to the town of Tahlequah, OK to celebrate the September 6, 1839 signing of the Cherokee National Constitution? | ||
| Glen D. Johnson | Created on August 21, 2006 (ProfessorPaul) | ...that, like Clem McSpadden, this former member of Congress served only 1 term? | ||
| Tom Steed | Created on August 21, 2006 (ProfessorPaul) | ...that this former member of Congress was 20 years a journalist and 32 years a U.S. Representative in Congress? | ||
| Edmon Low Library | Created on August 13, 2006 (User:Doafhat) | ...that this Oklahoma State University library is the fourth building on the OSU campus to officially serve as the main library? | ||
| Pistol Pete (mascot) | Created on August 13, 2006 (User:Doafhat) | ...that this Oklahoma State University mascot is based on Frank Eaton, a gunslinging deputy U.S. Marshal? | ||
| William K. Brewster | Created on August 8, 2006 (ProfessorPaul) | ...that this former member of Congress is also a licensed pharmacist? | ||
| Holy Family Cathedral in Tulsa | Created on August 2, 2006 (ProfessorPaul) | ...that this church is the motherchurch of the Diocese of Tulsa? | ||
| Edward James Slattery | Created on August 2, 2006 (ProfessorPaul) | ...that Father Slattery is the Bishop of the Diocese of Tulsa? | ||
| Eastern Oklahoma Catholic | Created on August 2, 2006 (ProfessorPaul) | ...that this bi-weekly newspaper is the official news and information publication of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulsa? |
[edit] Nominated DYK (pending acceptance)
[edit] New stub article
This is a list of newly created articles that have been created as stubs and are in need of expansion.
- Miller Brothers 101 Ranch - created 11/7/2007
- Page Belcher - created 03/27/2007
- Oklahoma State Fair - created 10/08/2007
- [[U.S. Interior Highlands - created 10/13/07
[edit] Oklahoma-related articles up for deletion
Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Oklahoma for an up-to-date listing of Oklahoma-related articles which have been listed for deletion. You are encouraged to take part in any discussions which interest you.
[edit] Oklahoma-related articles for peer review, good article, or featured article candidates
The Oklahoma-related articles are listed on Wikipedia:Peer review, Wikipedia:Good article candidates, or Wikipedia:Featured article candidates. You can edit and watch this list together with the list of newest articles (above).
Please check out AndyZ's suggestions for a good article.
Peer Review
- none
GA candidates
- none
FA candidates
- none
[edit] Article assessment
| Oklahoma articles |
Importance | ||||||
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| Top | High | Mid | Low | None | Total | ||
| Quality | |||||||
 FA |
3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||
| A | 1 | 1 | |||||
 GA |
1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| B | 8 | 14 | 25 | 12 | 36 | 95 | |
| Start | 6 | 32 | 111 | 465 | 258 | 872 | |
| Stub | 12 | 117 | 511 | 458 | 1098 | ||
| Assessed | 18 | 60 | 260 | 990 | 753 | 2081 | |
| Unassessed | 4 | 6 | 33 | 752 | 795 | ||
| Total | 18 | 64 | 266 | 1023 | 1505 | 2876 | |
[edit] WikiProject Oklahoma Newsletter
[edit] Requests
Got some requests? Add them here.
- Friday Newspaper is a legal paper of record that's been around since '73, I believe. It's not listed in any news or media related pages, and it'd be a conflict of interest for me to add it. It's unique and worthy of inclusion.
- How about making Chester, Oklahoma? Thanks, --Mitternacht90 23:33, 3 September 2006 (UTC).
- I think it's time Tulsa World got some attention. Part of the content was written by a World staffer, and there's some slow-moving debate about the paper's political alignment. --D Wilbanks 06:34, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
- Nominated articles and pictures for representation on Portal:Oklahoma. Please visit Portal talk:Oklahoma#Nominate articles for future Selected Article and Picture.--NMajdan•talk 17:35, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
- Can I get some help deciding which version to revert to/developing University of Central Oklahoma? Most of the content there now (the entire History section) is lifted verbatum from the University's website. See the talk page for the specifics. Thanks. steventity 04:52, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
- I reverted to the last edit before the copyrighted material was added. Please revert if you feel this was a mistake and the material did not violate copyright. Also, please feel free to add to the article and to all Oklahoma university articles- they need your help (non-copyrighted material, of course). steventity 19:51, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
- Well, not all of them. I'd like to think the University of Oklahoma article is pretty well written. As a matter of fact, it is up for a peer review right now so any help would be appreciated. I am close to nomination for Featured Article.--NMajdan•talk 20:10, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
- Anybody feel like taking a look at Southern Nazarene University and working on the advert like qualities? While the advert tag was recently removed, a quick read through should make it evident that more work is needed. -steventity 15:18, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
- I wonder if someone would take a moment to look at the Kim Holland page (particularly the 2006 election section). I fleshed out the article some and added citations, but I'm not a purely unbiased source for that article, given that I worked for Commissioner Holland, so a second (or third) set of eyes would probably be a good idea. Philippe Beaudette 23:25, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
- Anybody have/want to take some pictures of Rogers State University or Northeastern State University for their respective articles? -steventity 22:58, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
- Oklahoma City needs a tremendous ammount of serious work. As dramatic as it sounds, I have serious concerns that it is probably Wikipedia's worst article for an American large city. Would someone like to take an interest in this article? Okiefromokla•talk 04:24, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
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- Not so bad anymore, but still need work.Okiefromokla•talk 19:01, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
- I have created an article on former Oklahoma State Senator Gene Stipe, but I am having trouble finding much information on him other than his current legal and health problems. Any assistance in expanding the article would be appreciated --TommyBoy (talk) 02:43, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
- Template:Current Oklahoma Legislature needs be updated to reflect the recent resignation of state House Speaker Lance Cargill. I would do this myself, but I have not heard who Cargill's replacement is. --TommyBoy (talk) 19:39, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
- Matt Holliday - Reassessment Request - I should have probably posted this a long time ago, but I've made significant changes to the player page of Matt Holliday since late last year when the article was just a bunch of disorganized paragraphs with no headings or expansive content. I haven't made as many edits on the article since late last year (as I've already done many of the major revisions); however, seeing as how the article seems to now be beyond a stub-class, I thought I'd submit a reassessment request. -- Luke4545 (talk) 16:26, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
- List of fossils of Oklahoma I'd love to learn the different types of fossils found here, otherwise, I have to look through books. :( Thank you if anyone adds it! --HoopoeBaijiKite 23:24, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
- If anyone here is interested in putting the Clayton Bennett article on a watch list or wants to improve this article, I would appreciate it. The article has suffered repeated vandal and POV edits from Washington-area editors. Chicken Wing (talk) 23:33, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Resources
- {{oklahomatasks}}
- IRC channel for this project on Freenode in the #oklahoma channel.
