Wikipedia:WikiProject Omaha
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WikiProject Omaha was started on May 3, 2008 to coordinate work on articles related to the article Omaha in the English Wikipedia. Some Wikipedians have adopted this as a project to better organize information in articles related to the city of Omaha in the U.S. state of Nebraska.
This WikiProject aims to coordinate improvement efforts on articles related to Omaha, and includes all articles in the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area. However, it welcomes contributions from the entire Omaha area. It is also an aim of this project to bring the Omaha city article up to Featured Article status, in part by bringing it up to the standards defined by WikiProject Cities. We are considering formalizing an Assessment policy and procedure.
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[edit] Goals
- To provide guidelines and recommendations for articles that describe all aspects of the city of Omaha and the surrounding metropolitan area.
- To improve Wikipedia's coverage of Omaha by creating, expanding, and maintaining such articles and related portal.
- To serve as the central point of discussion for issues related to Omaha in Wikipedia.
- Establish maintain Wikipedia as one of the premier online information resources on the Omaha metropolitan area.
[edit] How can I contribute?
If you are reading this, then you probably know something about the Omaha area...we welcome your contributions! If you're new to Wikipedia, have a look at the following:
- Introduction to Wikipedia
- How to edit a page
- Starting a new page
- Wikipedia syntax
- Help edit a Omaha-related article that has been marked as needing urgent attention.
- Add other Wikiproject's categories and banners to appropriate Omaha-related articles.
If you are looking for something to do involving the project, the left-hand column contains information on special missions, on-going collaborations and specific requests. Also, look for tags such as {{cleanup}}, {{wikify}}, {{expand}}, and {{unreferenced}} to guide your contributions to the project articles.
And remember, always provide reliable sources for your edits.
[edit] Open tasks
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[edit] Templates
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| {{WikiProject Omaha}}
Template showing an article, image, category, or template is part of WikiProject Omaha. Placed at the top of talk pages, not articles. |
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| {{Omaha-stub}}
Stub notice for Omaha articles; placed at the bottom of article pages |
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| {{Omaha-NRHP-stub}}
Stub notice for Omaha articles related to the National Register of Historic Places; see also List of Registered Historic Places in Douglas County, Nebraska |
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[edit] Members
Please feel free to add yourself here, and share any areas of particular interest you have!
- Freechild'sup? - I am interested in all topics relating to Omaha, with a special emphasis on the history of the Omaha area and on anything pertaining to North Omaha.
- Parkwells (talk) 12:21, 4 May 2008 (UTC) - Interested in the histories of ethnic groups in Omaha, and how they share some characteristics of others who migrated at the same time to other industrializing cities, as well as differences. Also interested in evolving contemporary changes, such as movement of migrants to rural areas following meatpacking er
- AlexNebraska
- Pdfpdf (talk) 11:59, 5 May 2008 (UTC) - Happy to assist in the Category: Music in Omaha space.
- ⇔ ChristTrekker may not be very active, but will pitch in when he can
- Workman
- - BierHerr | Bier holen gehen 11:57, 6 May 2008 (UTC) I'll pitch in with standards and architecture/business/education articles when I can.
- Nice or in evil (talk) 15:43, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Member templates
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| {{WikiProject Omaha member}}
Place at the top of your talk page to show membership in WikiProject Omaha. |
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| {{User WPOmaha}}
For use in your userbox; that's the downtown skyline at dusk. |
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| {{User WikiProject Omaha}}
For use in your userbox; that's the official city flag. |
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[edit] Parentage
This WikiProject is the proud child of two parent WikiProjects: WikiProject Cities and Wikipedia:WikiProject Nebraska.
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[edit] Portal
Portal:Omaha is a sub-project of WikiProject Omaha. The portal is designed to help readers and/or editors maneuver their way through Omaha and related topic areas through pages similar to the main portal page.
[edit] Useful sources
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Wikipedia relies on verifiable sources. Some of the sources on Omaha that we have found are:
- Official City of Omaha website
- City of Omaha Vistor's Bureau
- Larsen, L.H. and Cottrell, B.J. (1997) The Gate City: A History of Omaha. University of Nebraska Press. - The first complete, modern history collection of note.
- Larsen, L.H., Dalstrom, H.A., Dalstrom, K.C. and Cottrell, B.J. (2007) Upstream Metropolis: An Urban Biography of Omaha and Council Bluffs. University of Nebraska Press. - The most current version of comprehensive Omaha history available.
- Douglas County Historical Society. (2007) "History at a glance". - A really nice timeline that appears pretty comprehensive. Clocks in at 25+ pages long.
- Bristow, D. (1997) A Dirty, Wicked Town: Tale of 19th Century Omaha. Caxton Press. - The funnest book of Omaha history yet written.
- Cutler, W. (1882) Andreas' History of Nebraska. Andreas Publishing Co. - This is widely seen as a source text.
- Sorenson, A. (1876) Early History of Omaha. - Another source text, this one written by a former mayor. Far more "colorful" than Andreas'.
- "Early Omaha: Gateway to the West" - A nice collection by the Omaha Public Library.
- Historic photos from across Omaha history
- Early Omaha photos - A great collection that is physically located at the downtown library.
- Nebraska State Historical Society website. - With lots of info, including NRHP info and more.
- "Omaha's Culture Club," - A New York Times article on Omaha's arts and music scene from 3/25/07.
Other sources worth noting are:
- OmahaWiki.org Omaha's own free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit
- Omaha Discussion Board
