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{{Project|WP:MAINE}}
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[[Image:Flag of Maine.svg|right|thumb|200px|Maine State Flag]]
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Welcome to WikiProject Maine! We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of articles related to the state of Maine.
; Goals
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* The goal of this WikiProject is to provide complete coverage on subjects related to Maine, by expanding articles on people, places, and things resident or native to Maine.
==Goals==
The goal of this WikiProject is to provide complete coverage on subjects related to Maine, by expanding articles on people, places, and things resident or native to Maine.


; Scope
===Scope===
* This project proposes to work with all pages related to the state of Maine, its history, geography, and people.
This project proposes to work with all pages related to the [[:Category:Maine|state of Maine]] or its history, geography, or people.
All these articles should be included in the [[:Category:Maine]] or one of its subcategories.


{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Maine/members}}
== Guidelines ==


==Articles==
<!--
{{main|Wikipedia:WikiProject Maine/Assessment}}
Discuss the format for each article based on the WikiProject. Include various categories applicable to the topic.
=== Requested articles ===
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Several red links exist in Maine related articles, and there are also several other pages which have been requested to be created. They can be found at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Maine/Requested articles]].


== Open tasks ==
=== Stubs ===
Stub articles can be found here.
<!-- What *specific* things need to be done. Lists of articles to be worked on are a good start. -->
*[[:Category:Stub-Class Maine articles]]
{{todo}}
*[[:Category:Maine stubs]]
*All articles should be added to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Maine/Articles]] list by category.
*All members should always feel free to patrol the [[Special:Recentchangeslinked/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Maine/Articles|recent changes]] list to note improvements, other changes, or vandalism of articles within the scope of this project.


== Members ==
===Recognized content===
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Maine/Recognized content}}


====Article alerts====
#[[User:Badbilltucker|Badbilltucker]]
{{Article alerts columns}}
# [[User:Ventric|Ventric]]
# [[User:Icelandic Hurricane|icelandic]] '''''[[User:Icelandic Hurricane/Contributions|hur]][[User:Icelandic Hurricane/Esperanza|<font color="green">ric</font>]][[User:Icelandic Hurricane/Contributions|ane]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Emailuser/Icelandic_Hurricane #12]''''' <sub>[[User talk:Icelandic Hurricane|(talk)]]</sub>
# [[User:Lostvalley|Lostvalley]]
# [[User:Warlordjohncarter|John Carter]] 15:19, 9 April 2007 (UTC) - Trying to fill the shoes of the project's proposer.
# [[User:Tikuko|Tikuko]]
# [[User:Mr mark taylor|Mr Mark Taylor]]
# [[User:SarekOfVulcan|SarekOfVulcan]] - Brewer resident
#[[User:Doug|Doug.]]<sup>([[User talk:Doug|talk]] <small>•</small> [[Special:Contributions/Doug|contribs]])</sup> 22:35, 5 September 2007 (UTC) - Maine law, Maine history, Maine geography
# [[User:Thomas.macmillan|Thomas.macmillan]]
#[[User:Fleetflame|Fleetflame]] ([[User talk:Fleetflame|talk]]) I live in the Rumford/Mexico area, willing to help out wherever.
# [[User:Doctuh |Doctuh]]
# [[User:Rigby27|Rigby27]]
# [[User:Jasynnash2|Jasynnash2]]
# [[User:FeanorStar7|FeanorStar7]] ([[User talk:FeanorStar7|talk]]) 00:06, 28 March 2008 (UTC) - At my job I work with a lot of Maine historical material so have gotten interested in history of the state; also have access to genealogy tools for Maine.
# [[User:Wvfd14|wvfd14]]
# [[User:Buskahegian|Buskahegian]]


==Assessments==
Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Maine/Assessment|Assessment]] - Our assessment department, where we assess the quality and importance of the Maine-related articles in Wikipedia.
<!-- *[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Maine/Collaboration|Collaboration]] - A monthly nominated article.
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Maine/Gallery|Gallery]] - a collection of some of our best pictures.
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Maine/Top-importance articles|Top-importance articles]] - Where all members should feel free to indicate which articles they think are of top importance to the project and thus the ones we might focus a significant part of our attention to improving in the short term. -->


==Discussion==
All members should feel free to add {{tl|User WikiProject Maine}} to their userpages to identify themselves as members of the project.
See the [[WT:WikiProject Maine|talk page]]


== Articles ==
==Related Projects==
===Parent Project===
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. States]]


===Other Related Projects===
===[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] Featured articles===
{{US-related WikiProjects|state=expanded}}
Articles on Maine-related subjects, not necessarily improved to Featured Status by this WikiProject.


==Open Tasks==
===[[Image:Cscr-candidate.png|22px|FAC]] Peer review/Featured article candidates (FAC)===
All members should always feel free to patrol the [[Special:Recentchangeslinked/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Maine/Articles|recent changes]] list to note improvements, other changes, or vandalism of articles within the scope of this project. Also, all new articles should be added to the page [[:Wikipedia:WikiProject Maine/Articles]] to ensure that they are included on the recent changes list.
The following articles are in review as [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidates]]:<br>
*All articles should be added to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Maine/Articles]] list by category.
*All members should always feel free to patrol the [[Special:Recentchangeslinked/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Maine/Articles|recent changes]] list to note improvements, other changes, or vandalism of articles within the scope of this project.


==Tools==
===[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] Good articles (GA)===
:''Main tool page: [[WP:TOOLS]]''
The following articles have either been recognized as good articles or are currently under review for good article status:
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Maine/Popular pages|Popular pages]], updated monthly, an automatically generated list of the most visited WikiProject Maine articles
*[[Effects of Hurricane Isabel in New York and New England]]
* {{WikiProject cleanup list}}
*[[February 2007 North America winter storm]]
*[[Howie Day]]
*[[North American ice storm of 1998]]
=== New articles ===


=== Resources ===
Please feel free to list your new Maine-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 [[Template talk:Did you know|Did you know?]] box the [[Main Page]]. Please also make sure that each new article created is put into one of the categories for Maine, so that the articles will appear there. Also, if possible, add each new article to the page [[:Wikipedia:WikiProject Maine/Articles]] (still under construction) so that they can be viewed for recent changes.
* {{cite web |url=https://www.maine.gov/portal/index.html |title=State of Maine official website}}

* {{cite web |url=https://www.usgs.gov/science/regions?State=ME |title= USGS real-time, geographic, and other scientific resources of Maine}}
*[[Henry Payson Dowst]] created on [[2008-06-01]]
* {{cite web |url=https://www.mainegenealogy.net/index.asp |title=Maine Genealogy}}
*[[Katya Alpert Gilden]] created on [[2008-06-04]]
* {{cite web |url=http://history.rays-place.com/me/index.htm |title=Local histories of towns and counties in Maine}}
*[[Paul E. Watson]] created on [[2008-06-01]]
*[[Joseph Homan Manley]] created on [[2008-06-07]]
*[[Ruel Perley Smith]] created on [[2008-06-01]]
*[[Blanche Willis Howard]] created on [[2008-06-01]]
*[[Al Brady]] created on [[2008-05-30]]
*[[Margherita Arlina Hamm]] created on [[2008-05-25]]
*[[Christopher Levett]] created on [[2008-03-19]]
*[[Julie N.]] created on [[2008-02-07]]
*[[Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul]], created on [[2008-02-09]]
*[[Casco Bay Bridge]], created on [[2008-02-06]]
*[[Portland-Montreal Pipe Line]], created on [[2008-02-05]]
*[[Maine Constitution]], created on [[2007-05-27]]
*[[Penobscot River Bridge]], created on [[2007-08-24]]

=== Did you know (DYK?) ===

==Formerly recognized content==
;[[Image:Cscr-featured-strike.png|20px|Former featured articles]] Former featured articles

;[[Image:Symbol unsupport vote.svg|20px|Delisted Good Articles]] Delisted Good Articles

=== Departments ===

=== Collaboration and review ===
; [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Maine/Assessment|Assessment]] - rates articles for both quality and importance to this project.

; [[WP:COTW|Collaboration of the week]]
*

; [[WP:PR|Peer review]]

== Templates ==

===Stubs===
*{{tl|Maine-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Maine. To be placed on the bottom of the article page.
**{{tl|Maine-school-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to schools in Maine. To be placed on the bottom of the article page.
'''''NOTE: Stubs are managed by the [[WP:WSS|Stub-sorting WikiProject]]. Before creating a new stub, you should propose it at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals]]. See [[Wikipedia:Stub]] for general guidelines on proposing stub templates and categories. DO NOT simply create new stub templates, as these will be deleted.'''''

===Other templates===
{{tl|WikiProject Maine}} should be placed on the talk pages of relevant articles to put them under the project's radar.

{{tl|WikiProject Maine}} looks like this:
{{WikiProject Maine}}

== Categories ==

* [[:Category:Maine]]

== Resources ==
*[http://www.globecams.com/namerica/usa/maine.html Live webcams from Maine]
*[http://www.maine.gov State of Maine official website]
*[http://www.usgs.gov/state/state.asp?State=ME USGS real-time, geographic, and other scientific resources of Maine]
*[http://www.ers.usda.gov/StateFacts/ME.htm Maine State Facts]
*[http://www.maine.info Maine Information]
*[http://www.mainegenealogy.net Maine Genealogy]
*[http://www.mainetoday.com MaineToday.com - Information, recreation, blogs, breaking news]
*[http://my.mainetoday.com/ myMaineToday.com - Maine news, written by Mainers]
*[http://www.mepages.net/ MEPages.NET - Maine Yellow Pages]
*{{Wikitravel}}
*[http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/23000.html U.S. Census Bureau quick facts on Maine]
*[http://history.rays-place.com/me/index.htm Local histories of towns and counties in Maine]
*[http://www.countymapsofmaine.com County Maps of Maine]

==[[Image:Nuvola apps knotes.png|20px|Related projects]] Related WikiProjects==
{{US-related WikiProjects}}


{{Wikipedia help pages}}
{{Wikipedia policies and guidelines}}
{{WikiProject Footer}}
{{WikiProject Footer}}


[[Category:WikiProject Maine| ]]

[[Category:WikiProjects participating in Wikipedia 1.0 assessments|Maine]]
[[Category:WikiProject U.S. states|Maine]]
[[Category:WikiProject U.S. states|Maine]]
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Latest revision as of 22:50, 2 June 2024

WikiProject Maine
Flag of Maine
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Project banner template{{WikiProject Maine}}
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Welcome to WikiProject Maine! We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of articles related to the state of Maine.

Goals

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The goal of this WikiProject is to provide complete coverage on subjects related to Maine, by expanding articles on people, places, and things resident or native to Maine.

Scope

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This project proposes to work with all pages related to the state of Maine or its history, geography, or people.

Active members

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To join WikiProject Maine, edit this section and add the Wikitext #{{subst:me}} with your areas of interest to the bottom of the following list of members. Members should also place member identification on their user page.

  1. Daniel H (talk · contribs)
  2. 331dot (talk · contribs)
  3. Arverniking (talk · contribs)
  4. BMRR (talk · contribs) - Interested in all things Maine, but especially southern Maine cities and towns, Mount Desert Island, Maine railroads, and Maine politics.
  5. Buskahegian (talk · contribs)
  6. Calidum (talk · contribs)
  7. Doug (talk · contribs) - Maine law, Maine history, Maine geography
  8. FeanorStar7 (talk · contribs) - At my job I work with a lot of Maine historical material so have gotten interested in history of the state; also have access to genealogy tools for Maine.
  9. fieldpolicer32 (talk · contribs) - Resident of Maine, Living in North Berwick, Maine interested in Maine Railroads and state fire department history
  10. General534 (talk · contribs) - Resident of Maine, interested in Maine history, bridges, historical locations
  11. Icelandic Hurricane (talk · contribs)
  12. Jason Bluefire (talk · contribs) - Resident of Maine
  13. John Carter (talk · contribs) - Trying to fill the shoes of the project's proposer.
  14. larsenault (talk · contribs) - Resident of Maine, employed by USM. General editing.
  15. Liam987 (talk · contribs)
  16. Mackenzie Andersen (talk · contribs)
  17. maineshepp (talk · contribs) Interested in northern Maine, especially historic biography.
  18. MarkHB (talk · contribs) I live in Portland (and was actually born here), and am something of a roadgeek (and major Sea Dogs fan). I'll try to help out wherever I can.
  19. MattGagnon (talk · contribs) Grew up in Maine, still a Mainer at heart. I run the leading Maine political blog, Pine Tree Politics, and have a specific interest in the politics of Maine.
  20. MEVocReentry (talk · contribs) 20 October 2022: No profile page created yet. Have been researching, and would appreciate some help researching, the tiny circles of the tightly woven legal and political landscapes of Maine and what the economic impact on Congressional District 2 has been because of that legal and political marriage's faustian bargain. Counter-vailing evidence to this theory is also welcome.
  21. Moxhay (talk · contribs) -Resident of Maine, interested in Maine highways and transportation
  22. MrRadioGuy (talk · contribs)
  23. Widget-policyq229 (talk · contribs)Been to maine once and would like to go again, Interested in highways, places and architecture.
  24. Namiba (talk · contribs)
  25. Nammiller (talk · contribs)
  26. Nickline4 (talk · contribs)
  27. Oak Island Kid (talk · contribs)
  28. Penbay (talk · contribs)
  29. SarekOfVulcan (talk · contribs) - Eddington resident
  30. Technical 13 (talk · contribs) — I'm am especially technically inclined and would love to help developing the inner workings of the project wherever need may arise.
  31. Thegrandalliance (talk · contribs) - Resident of Maine, will try to help with anything I can
  32. Thewellman (talk · contribs) - Geography & history of transportation.
  33. Tikuko (talk · contribs) - Holden Resident
  34. Ventric (talk · contribs) - Selectman in Milford, Maine
  35. Voxlibra (talk · contribs) - Resident of Bangor
  36. WestportWiki (talk · contribs) - Resident of Bath
  37. Pugchump (talk · contribs) - Sanford, Maine resident, grew up in Kennebunk, Maine
  38. BrikDuk (talk · contribs) - Lifelong resident of Portland
  39. ClaudeDavid (talk · contribs) - Resident of Old Orchard Beach. Trying to create public domain images of township centers.
  40. Tomorrow&tomorrow&tomorrow (talk · contribs) Maine politics, geography, public health policy
  41. Acgarretson (talk · contribs) 04:20:14, 4 January 2022 (UTC)  - Maine scientific institutions and universities[reply]
  42. Kansatria (talk · contribs) 14:57:04, 7 March 2022 (UTC)  - Working on an article about 2021 Question 1 at my sandbox page.[reply]
  43. L'Mainerque (talk · contribs) - See my username? Maine citizen.
  44. jake-jakubowski (talk · contribs) 17:10:19, 29 September 2022 (UTC) - Work in Brunswick, Live in Topsham, Interested in history of both towns.[reply]
  45. AverageEstoniaEnthusiast (talk · contribs) 16:43:01, 7 January 2023 (UTC)  - Freeport Gang #1, I mostly work on local articles.[reply]
  46. Eejit43 (talk · contribs) 02:52:27, 21 January 2023 (UTC)  - From southern Maine, want to finally get into editing more articles about this wonderful state![reply]
  47. Akyyka (talk · contribs) 05:52:23, 15 December 2023 (UTC)  - Student in Bangor, from southern York County[reply]
  48. Brindille1 (talk · contribs) 03:49:22, 19 January 2024 (UTC)  - Raised in Maine, and living in Boston[reply]
  49. Smilax100 (talk · contribs) I love Maine and all aspects of the culture, and I'm interested in it's towns, arts, fiction, and culture.
  50. HESMaineLibrary (talk · contribs) - students of Hope Elementary School, dedicated to researching the history and updating the wiki page of Hope, Maine.
  51. Geardona (talk · contribs) 23:19:10, 23 February 2024 (UTC)  Going to maintain Portal:Maine, feel free to reach out to me.[reply]
  52. Possiblegermany (talk · contribs) Hi, I'm Paige! I live in southern Maine and love the sea.
  53. Jantompkins (talk · contribs) 17:35:12, 27 July 2024 (UTC)  Hello! I'm Ján, born in Blue Hill, grew up in Bangor, and I'm now living in Prague but still have a deep love for our beautiful state and sharing its wonders with others.[reply]

Former members

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

  1. Buaidh (talk · contribs) 16:41:43, 13 May 2019 (UTC) – WikiProject templates and categories.[reply]
  2. TheLastClassicist1750 (talk · contribs) 1:21:12, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Member identification

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Members of WikiProject Maine should place one of the following on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Maine participants.

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

For other MaineMaine user templates see Category:Maine user templates.

Welcome message for new users

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Please copy this wikitext and put in talk page of any new members: {{Template:Maine project welcome}}

Welcome to WikiProject Maine!

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Hello, and welcome to Wikiproject Maine! Thank you for your generous offer to help contribute. We're sure your input will be much appreciated.

If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can see a list of open tasks, and come to the Project talk page, where you can join in our discussions about Maine-related articles. The best place to start helping is upgrading our stub articles. Consider adding yourself to the The 50,000 Destubbing Challenge!

Have a wicked awesome time!


Articles

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Main page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Maine/Assessment

Requested articles

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Several red links exist in Maine related articles, and there are also several other pages which have been requested to be created. They can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Maine/Requested articles.

Stubs

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Stub articles can be found here.

Recognized content

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These of our recognized content for WikiProject Maine. Featured content and good articles are what Wikipedia editors believe are some of the best work on Wikipedia. Before being listed here, content must pass the appropriate featured or good article candidacy for accuracy, neutrality, completeness, and style.


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Good articles

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Did you know? articles

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Good article nominees

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Former good articles

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Article alerts

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Did you know

Articles for deletion

  • 27 Nov 2024 – Scott Logan (musician) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Safrolic (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
  • 18 Nov 2024 – Joline Godfrey (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Revirvlkodlaku (t · c) was closed as keep by Benison (t · c) on 25 Nov 2024; see discussion (4 participants)

Good article nominees

Articles to be split

Assessments

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  • Assessment - Our assessment department, where we assess the quality and importance of the Maine-related articles in Wikipedia.

Discussion

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See the talk page

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Parent Project

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Open Tasks

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All members should always feel free to patrol the recent changes list to note improvements, other changes, or vandalism of articles within the scope of this project. Also, all new articles should be added to the page Wikipedia:WikiProject Maine/Articles to ensure that they are included on the recent changes list.

  • All articles should be added to the Wikipedia:WikiProject Maine/Articles list by category.
  • All members should always feel free to patrol the recent changes list to note improvements, other changes, or vandalism of articles within the scope of this project.

Tools

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Main tool page: WP:TOOLS

Resources

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  • "State of Maine official website".
  • "USGS real-time, geographic, and other scientific resources of Maine".
  • "Maine Genealogy".
  • "Local histories of towns and counties in Maine".
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