Wikipedia:WikiProject Youngstown

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Downtown Youngstown as it looked around 1910.
Downtown Youngstown as it looked around 1910.
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WikiProject Youngstown was started on November 3, 2006 to coordinate work on articles related to Youngstown, Ohio in the English Wikipedia.

Anyone who is interested in contributing, please sign up below and post any ideas and suggestions on the Talk page. Also, feel free to edit this page and add any articles that need serious work or that you feel require attention below in the Open Tasks sections.

Note: This WikiProject was recently tagged as inactive. It is in fact very active, but we edit articles, not the WikiProject namespace (obviously). If you care to tag it as inactive, please look at the body of work done by our editors, not the edit count on the WikiProject page.

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[edit] Scope

This WikiProject aims to coordinate improvement efforts on articles related to Youngstown, Ohio and the surrounding area. The project has succeeded in bringing the Youngstown city article up to Featured Article status; it will now now focus on upgrading articles related to Youngstown.WikiProject Cities.

[edit] Relations

[edit] Parentage

The parent of this WikiProject is WikiProject Cities / WikiProject U.S. cities.

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Still needed

  • Wikipedia:WikiProject Northeast Ohio

which could be created in place of:

  • Wikipedia:WikiProject Cleveland
  • Wikipedia:WikiProject Akron

[edit] Participants Members

Project members, please add {{YoungstownWikiProject-Member}} to your user page to identify yourself as a member of the project.

[edit] Administrators

Wikipedia Administrators and System Operators have essential tools at their disposal to greatly improve WikiProject Youngstown articles. Please utilize them for tasks you find needing their assistance and attention.

None Named Yet

[edit] Editors

[edit] Assessments

WP:Youngstown has begun assessment of all of its articles based on the Wikipedia 1.0 assessment scale. You can view more about the assessment scale at Assessment or Article Classification.

[edit] Open Tasks

Feel free to add any articles that need to be addressed or improved to this list. When adding a page, place {{YoungstownWikiProject}} on the articles talk page.

Image:Evolution-tasks.png Here are some open WikiProject Youngstown tasks:

  • Upgrade all Youngstown articles, improving B-class articles to featured status
    • Add photographs to many Youngstown articles.
    • Mention cultural features of the city beyond those that are immediately visible to tourists.
  • Improve the stub articles related to Youngstown and identify and tag new Youngstown-related stub articles.

[edit] Youngstown Neighborhoods

These articles need to be expanded...

[edit] Project templates

The following are templates related to WikiProject Youngstown:


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{{YoungstownWikiProject}}

Designates that an article as part of WikiProject Youngstown. Placed on the article's Talk page.
WikiProject Youngstown is part of WikiProject Youngstown, which is building a comprehensive and detailed guide to the Youngstown, Ohio metropolitan area and related subjects on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, visit the project page, where you can join the project.
{{YoungstownWikiProject-Member}}

Designates that a user is a member of WikiProject Youngstown. Placed on the member's user page and/or their associated talk page.
Peer review This user is a member of WikiProject Youngstown, a WikiProject which aims to expand coverage of the Youngstown, Ohio on Wikipedia. Please feel free to join us.
{{Youngstown-stub}}

Designates that an article is a Youngstown-related stub. Placed at the bottom of the article.
 This Youngstown-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
{{User WPYoungstown}}

Designates that a user is a member of WikiProject Youngstown. Placed on the member's user page and/or their associated talk page. Can be used in addition to or instead of the banner above.
This user is a member of WikiProject Youngstown.
{{User Youngstown}}

Designates that a user is from Youngstown, Ohio. Placed on the member's user page and/or their associated talk page. Doesn't require membership in this project to use.
This user lives in or hails from Youngstown, Ohio.