Wikipedia:WikiProject West Virginia

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This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles on the U.S. State of West Virginia, with a spirit of cooperation. This page and its sub-pages aim to both provide resources for Wikipedia, and expand Wikipedia as a resource about West Virginia. The project's talk page is a place for members to discuss issues regarding project-related articles. To join, simply add your name to the list at the participants section. To see articles and information about West Virginia, see the West Virginia Portal.

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Open tasks for WikiProject West Virginia. Edit or discuss these tasks.

Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : To create: West Virginia Constitutional Convention, Coolfont Resort Cleanup : West Virginia articles needing attention, *Add city infobox to all town/city articles missing one. *Add appropriate bio infobox to all West Virginia bio articles missing one. Expand : Thomas Maley Harris, West Virginia Blazers, Greenbrier Limestone, Cabell Huntington Hospital, Tyler County Speedway, Secretary of State of West Virginia, Hunter Holmes Moss, Jr., East River Mountain Tunnel, United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia, 2010 Featured article candidates : * No results were found. Good article nominations : * No results were found. Geographical coordinates : West Virginia articles missing geocoordinate data Infobox : West Virginia articles needing infoboxes Map : Requested maps in West Virginia Photo : Requested photographs in West Virginia Stubs : Stub-Class West Virginia articles Other : Featured Sound Candidates: Project Content template contains the following errors: No content type parameters found Unable to generate results. See documentation for help Featured List Candidates: No results were found. Unreferenced: Unreferenced West Virginia articles Place the {{WikiProject United States|class=|importance=|WV=Yes|WV-importance=}} banner into West Virginia related articles and assess

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Assessment

West Virginia articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	1		3	18			22
FL		6					6
FM					11		11
A			1	1			2
GA	1	21	38	87			147
B	12	31	46	129			218
C	7	50	88	419			564
Start	10	178	706	2,279		2	3,175
Stub	1	27	1,267	5,673			6,968
List	2	24	91	135			252
Category					4,254		4,254
Disambig					143		143
File					330		330
Portal					1		1
Project					66		66
Redirect		1	13	74	1,982		2,070
Template					583		583
Other					36		36
Assessed	34	338	2,253	8,815	7,406	2	18,848
Unassessed				1			1
Total	34	338	2,253	8,816	7,406	2	18,849
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 60,884			Ω = 5.49

Project divisions

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.

• Communities (talk) – Cities, towns, and villages
• Physical geography (talk) – Regions, parks, climate, physical features
• Transportation (talk) – Roads, trails, rail, ferries, and airplanes in and around West Virginia
• Culture (talk) – Music, art, icons, mass communication
• People (talk) – Includes West Virginia natives and people from the current 55 counties pre-statehood
• Government (talk) – Government: federal, state and local politics in relation to West Virginia
• History (talk) – History of West Virginia during and prior to statehood
• Economy (Talk) – Major West Virginia industries, employers, trends, and history relating to the economy of Virginia
• Education (Talk) – All schools, colleges, universities and educational organizations & institutions in West Virginia

Article alerts

Article alerts

Articles for deletion

• 14 Nov 2024 – Kanawha people (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Hemiauchenia (t · c); see discussion (9 participants)

Categories for discussion

• 14 Nov 2024 – Category:West Virginia Independents (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Jjamesryan (t · c); see discussion
• 08 Nov 2024 – Category:Family of William Jennings Bryan (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Namiba (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 09 Oct 2024 – Hurricane Hugo (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 69.123.54.241 (t · c); see discussion
• 20 Jul 2024 – Moneton (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Kepler-1229b (t · c); see discussion
• 29 Jun 2024 – Thomas Massie (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Kodiak Blackjack (t · c); see discussion
• 19 Nov 2024 – Hurricane Helene (talk · edit · hist) proposed for splitting by Ponyo (t · c) was closed; see discussion

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Recognized content

For a comprehensive listing of West Virginia-related recognized content, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject West Virginia/Recognized content.

Templates

What to type	What it makes	What it's for
{{WikiProject United States|class=|importance= |WV=yes|WV-importance=}}		Template stating this article is a part of this wikiproject; placed on the top of talk pages, not on article pages. Please see the template documentation page for details regarding class and importance attributes.
{{West Virginia-geo-stub}}		Stub notice for West Virginia articles dealing specifically with locations or geographical features in West Virginia; placed at the bottom of article pages
{{West Virginia-politician-stub}}		Stub notice for politicians primarily associated with West Virginia; placed at the bottom of article pages
{{WestVirginia-school-stub}}		Stub notice for schools in West Virginia; placed at the bottom of article pages
{{WestVirginia-radio-station-stub}}		Stub notice for radio stations in West Virginia; placed at the bottom of article pages
{{WestVirginia-road-stub}}		Stub notice for roads in West Virginia; placed at the bottom of article pages (see WP:WIH)
{{WestVirginia-stub}}		Stub notice for all other West Virginia articles; placed at the bottom of article pages
{{Charleston, West Virginia}}		Navigational box for the city of Charleston; placed at the bottom of article pages, above {{West Virginia}}
{{West Virginia}}		Navigational box for West Virginia regions, counties and cities; placed at the bottom of article pages
{{Image requested|in=West Virginia}}		Added to West Virginia-related talk pages to request images. Adds article to a category. See documentation page for attribute usage.

Userboxes

This user participates in WikiProject West Virginia.	{{User WikiProject West Virginia}}
This user lives in the U.S. State of West Virginia.	{{User West Virginia}}
This user is interested in the U.S. State of West Virginia.	{{User interest West Virginia}}

Barnstar

Image	What to type	Title and description
	{{subst:The West Virginia Barnstar|message ~~~~}}	Original BarnstarThe West Virginia Barnstar This barnstar is given to recognize particularly fine contributions to areas of work within the articles of the State of West Virginia, to let people know that their hard work is seen and appreciated.

Participants

Click here to add yourself to the list of Project participants, and tell us a little about your involvement. You may also add {{User WikiProject West Virginia}} to your user page to identify yourself as a member of the project. This will add you to Category:WikiProject West Virginia participants.

Click "show" here to view our members.

Participants

Active participants

To join WikiProject West Virginia, edit this section and insert the Wikitext #{{subst:me}} with your areas of interest into the following list of participants in alphabetical order. Participants should also place participant identification on their user page.

1. 636Buster (talk · contribs) -- Statewide communities
2. Acroterion (talk · contribs) -- Historic places, mining, Eastern Panhandle
3. Bitmapped (talk · contribs) -- Parks, geography, transportation, government, history and broadcasting.
4. Blsii (talk · contribs) -- Government and education
5. Byzantinekaiser (talk · contribs) -- Demographics and Economics
6. West Virginian (talk · contribs) -- West Virginia biographies, categories, historic places, geography, and topics related to Hampshire County
7. Catdog4169 (talk · contribs) -- Everything Monroe County.
8. Clarinetcutie (talk · contribs) -- Forgotten people and locations of the Clarksburg area
9. Coal town guy (talk · contribs) -- Coal Towns and Coal Camps of West Virginia.
10. Dionysius Miller (talk · contribs) -- Less documented Appalachian history, geography, and athletics.
11. Dubyavee (talk · contribs) -- Ordinance of Secession and early Statehood movement\
12. Hurricane Clyde (talk · contribs)
13. IlyaSedion (talk · contribs)-- West Virginia Trivia and working on creating the West Virginia History Bowl page.
14. Kurttarvis (talk · contribs) -- Unincorporated communities, geography, and history
15. Longestview (talk · contribs) -- Creating pages for state-level elections in West Virginia that do not already have pages.
16. Nascar1996 (talk · contribs) -- Lives in West Virginia and edits cities and places in McDowell County WV.
17. Presidentman (talk · contribs) -- Former resident, everything Putnam County & all roads
18. Sabre ball (talk · contribs)
19. TheCatalyst31 (talk · contribs) -- Communities, geography, historic places, anything in Summers County
20. P Aculeius (talk · contribs) -- History and geography

Former participants

Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.

1. Buaidh (talk · contribs) 14:33:47, 26 July 2019 (UTC) – WikiProject templates and categories.

Participant identification

WikiProject West Virginia participants should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject West Virginia participants.

Wikitext	userbox	where used
[[Category:WikiProject West Virginia participants]]	none	linked pages
{{Template:User WikiProject West Virginia}}	This user participates in WikiProject West Virginia.	linked pages
{{Template:User WP West Virginia}}	This user participates in WikiProject West Virginia.	linked pages
{{Template:User WP West Virginia|invite}}	This user invites you to join WikiProject West Virginia.	linked pages

For other West Virginia user templates see Category:West Virginia user templates.

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