Wikipedia:WikiProject Washington

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**WikiProject Washington**
This WikiProject is about the US state of Washington
Shortcuts:	WP:WPWA
Wikimedia Commons:	Washington
Parent project:	U.S. states
Project notice template:	{{WikiProject Washington}}
Participant userbox:	{{User WikiProject Washington}}
Has goals	Yes

To-do list for WikiProject Washington.

edit - history - watch - refresh

Add the template {{WikiProject Washington}} to Washington related talk pages
To Destub: Category:Washington_stubs
Articles needing pictures: Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Washington
To Create: Tipsoo Lake, Sultan River, Bonanza Peak, Omak Lake
Review recent changes:
To Deorphan:

This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles on the U.S. state of Washington and coordinate the efforts of users interested in topics related to Washington. Courtesy to WikiProject Oregon, from which this layout was partially copied.

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1 Scope
2 New article announcement
3 Requested Articles
4 Requested Photos
5 Related WikiProjects
6 Participants
7 Project divisions
8 Sub-Projects
9 Overlapping projects
10 Infoboxes
11 Templates
12 Categories and recent changes
- 12.1 Category tree
13 Featured content related to Washington

[edit] Scope

This project covers the creation and editing of articles related to the U.S. State of Washington, including its cities, geography, history, etc. It aims to make Wikipedia the foremost online reference for all topics Washington.

[edit] Related WikiProjects

WikiProject Washington is one of the United States WikiProjects.

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Assets	US Interstate Highways \| US Highways \| US Roads \| Historic Places

Also related, and often overlapping heavily with US topics, are WikiProject Canada and WikiProject Mexico.

[edit] Participants

Bigfathairymarmot (talk) 01:54, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Deacon of Pndapetzim (talk) 18:12, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
-→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 21:38, 13 January 2007 (UTC) - resident of BC, but I do work on WA articles and visit WA from time to time
Cacophony 17:59, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
Pfly 09:24, 17 January 2007 (UTC), as much as I am shy to commit myself to projects, I live in the Seattle area and have been adding and working on WA articles for a while, so I might as well add myself! Mostly interested in geography and history.
Surachit 18:27, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
Luksuh 06:36, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Cascadia^TALK^|^HISTORY 21:54, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
Wjhonson 08:07, 10 March 2007 (UTC) Mostly Snohomish County history, some other pioneers
dyknowsore 19:30, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
Lukobe 02:11, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Jwinters | Talk 19:05, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
emesselt 20:28, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
Kgrr 15:59, 10 April 2007 (UTC) (King County, Cascades)
John 03:38, 12 April 2007 (UTC) seismology, some geology, wiki-neophye
Geneb1955^Talk/_CVU 12:11, 20 April 2007 (UTC) Mostly King County, public safety, aviation, government history. My wiki-time has decreased greatly in the past six months. I'll try to check in here though.
Glock2700 06:24, 21 April 2007 (UTC) Geology and geomorphology in Clark County and surrounding area.
- Freechild 16:56, 5 May 2007 (UTC) History of Olympia and surrounding areas, and history of the waterways.
Murderbike 20:40, 24 May 2007 (UTC) I've done several articles, and I'm really excited about photos right now.
S ^up? 20:50, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
The Artak 06:43, 24 August 2007 (UTC) --Mostly Snohomish County, particularly Marysville and surrounding areas. Also Community Transit.
VanTucky ^(talk) 03:44, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
FrogofTime 09:02, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
SarekOfVulcan (talk · contribs) 15:35, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
Bestlynx (talk · contribs) 08:10, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Mtsmallwood (talk) 09:22, 29 January 2008 (UTC) Pacific Northwest history, geology, transportation, and landmarks.
∞☼Geaugagrrl^(T)/_(C) 05:15, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Vincent9679 (talk) 17:12, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Jailerdaemon (talk) 03:49, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
- Diligent Terrier (and friends) 13:22, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Templates

{{Washington}} - Infobox for Washington regions, counties and cities; placed at the bottom of article pages
{{Protected Areas of Washington}} - Navigational box for, well, protected areas in Washington.

[edit] Categories and recent changes

WikiProject Washington - for articles, categories, and templates related to WikiProject Washington
- Recent changes – shows activity on "talk" pages of WikiProject Washington pages.
- Recent changes – based on work by EncMstr. Shows recent changes in articles that were part of the project as of March 29, 2007.