Wikipedia:WikiProject Wisconsin

Open tasks for WikiProject Wisconsin. Edit or discuss these tasks.

• Collaboration:
• To Nominate at WP:FAC:
• To Improve to Featured standard: Door Peninsula, Flag of Wisconsin, Governor of Wisconsin, Green Bay (Lake Michigan), Green Bay Packers, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Madison, Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Mississippi River, Outline of Wisconsin, Robert M. La Follette, University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Wisconsin River, List of tallest buildings in Milwaukee, List of tallest buildings in Madison
• To Expand:Wisconsin gubernatorial election, 2012, Brown Deer Park Golf Course, Burlington Liars' Club, Cheesehead, Joshua Glover, Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Fair, Wisconsin State Fair Park, Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, Milwaukee Advertiser, Irvine Park (Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin), Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs. See also Category:Wisconsin stubs
• To Clean up: August 2005 Wisconsin tornado outbreak
• To Deorphan:
• To Create: Arthur Oliver Smith, Indianhead (region), Pat White (soccer), Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds, Dunlap Reef Range Lighthouse, Arnold Zander, Ceded Territory of the 1837 and 1842 Treaties with the Chippewa
• Categories to populate:
• Lists to de-redlink:
• Lists to complete: List of bike trails in Wisconsin, List of newspapers in Wisconsin, List of Wisconsin magazines, Sports in Wisconsin
• Wanted Pics/Graphics: See Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Wisconsin

This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles on the U.S. state of Wisconsin with a spirit of cooperation. This page and its subpages contain suggestions on formatting and layout of articles, which can be discussed at the project's talk page. To participate, simply add your name at the participants section.

Recent changes in Wisconsin-related articles (list)(edit)

Scope

This project covers the creation and editing of articles related to the U.S. State Wisconsin, its cities, counties, geography, transportation, culture, history and so on. It aims to expand Wikipedia's resources on Wisconsin in a fair and accurate manner.

Project divisions

• Cities (talk) — Cities, towns, villages and counties
• Physical geography (talk)— Regions, parks, climate, physical features
• Transportation (talk)— Roads, trails and rails in and around Wisconsin
• Culture (talk)— Music, art, icons, mass communication
• People (talk) — includes Wisconsin natives and those residents who have shaped Wisconsin
• Government (talk) — Governance, as well as federal, state and local politics in relation to Wisconsin
• History (talk) — history of Wisconsin during and prior to statehood

Participants

Project members: you can also add {{WisconsinWikiProject-Member}} to your user page to identify yourself as a member of the project. When listing yourself, please do so in alphabetical order.

• Acjelen - raised in Wausau, spend a lot of time in Door County, now I live in Texas.
• Antandrus (talk) (childhood in Milwaukee; frequent visitor to Madison; part-time participant)
• BaronLarf (born & live in the Milwaukee metropolitan area; also lived in Appleton)
• Bweimert - born in Marshfield, Wisconsin and raised in Abbotsford, Wisconsin.
• Clavette - born in Milwaukee in 1991. Currently living in Hartford, Wisconsin.
• Dhartung - grew up in Janesville, live there now, though my roots are in Chicago
• Dhmachine31 - lifelong resident of Altoona, can't guarantee I'll be active in this but I'll help when I can
• dmp348 - grew up in Stoughton and now living in Texas, but I know where to find cheese curds and Packer games
• DVGalot - born in Milwaukee and I've lived in St. Francis, Hales Corners and Franklin
• Fang Aili - born and raised in Milwaukee, current resident of the Bay View community in Milwaukee.
• Goodoldpolonius2, born and raised in Milwaukee, though on the East Coast for the past decade and a half.
• Grassferry49, born in Fond du Lac, grew up in Janesville now go to school at MSOE in downtown Milwaukee.
• hansamurai - born in Oshkosh, raised in Beaver Dam, go to school at the University of Wisconsin, and currently working in Minnesota.
• HollyAm (raised in Milwaukee)
• Jachim69 - Born and raised in Manitowoc. Currently living in Hoffman Estates. I still get back to Manitowoc about every month or so. I'd be happy to take some pictures in that area; I'm already planning to get some for the USS Cobia and Wisconsin Maritime Museum articles.
• Kamic (Wisconsin Native: born in Platteville and raised in: Weyauwega, Oconto, Marinette, Green Bay)
• Karl Shea - Born in Milwaukee, living in the Riverwest area of Milwaukee
• Kyle Andrew Brown - Dane County, Madison West Sider
• Linnwood — (Born and raised in Racine County, lived many years on the East Side of Milwaukee, now in Chicago)
• Mmmbeer - a Madisonian, University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate and current University of Wisconsin Law School student.
• mtz206 - born & raised in Manitowoc, lived in Milwaukee, now in New York City
• nobs {Racine County & Milwaukee; have spent significant amounts of time Lake Geneva, Green Bay, Oshkosh, Eau Claire, Madison, Appleton, UP (irredenta), and St. Croix County (suburban St. Paul)}
• PaddyM - Born and raised in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin; undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; currently studying medicine at St. George's University. For fun, I've managed the cream puff-Dairy Bakery at the Wisconsin State Fair for the last 13 years.
• User:RFD-born in Neenah;lives in La Crosse.
• Royalbroil - born in Chilton, went to college at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, lived in Sheboygan, moved back to Chilton to attend Fox Valley Technical College
• Schwnj - Raised in Milwaukee/Wauwatosa, went to college in De Pere (outside of Green Bay), now attending graduate school at Arizona State University.
• Sean_WI - Currently attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Shadowe - Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Graduated in 2004 from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Currently living in Muskego.
• Slambo - Madison resident since 1994, specializing in railroad history
• slowpokeIV - Born and Bred in Milwaukee, currently living in Greendale.
• Spizzma - Born and currently being raised in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
• SushiGeek - born and raised in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Now living in Northern Illinois.
• Tarfu92 - born and raised in Racine and lived four years in Madison.
• Tomer - lived in Eau Claire since age 7
• Whopper - I lived (and currently live) in Eau Claire for a little under 25 years. I actually study life, and know most of the stores here.
• Wisco - born and living in Madison.
• Woohookitty - born in Eau Claire. Moved to Madison at 13...back to Eau Claire at 18...back to Madison at 24...then to Fond du Lac at 27...and back to Madison at 31. I get around! I consider Eau Claire as "home".

Featured articles

Articles on Wisconsin-related subjects, not necessarily improved to Featured Status by this WikiProject

• Canadian Pacific Railway (current operator of the former Milwaukee Road line from Milwaukee to La Crosse)
• George F. Kennan
• Xanadu House

Resources

• Wisconsin Blue Book: Contains up-to-date facts and figures for cities, politicians, elections and other assorted info
• Wisconsin State Parks from the Wisconsin DNR
• WisconsinHighways.org: information on interstate, federal and state highways in Wisconsin
• Wisconsin County Association's list of counties, with map. Links to county websites
• Websites for Wisconsin's muncipalities from Wisconsin.gov
• Wisconsin Historical Society: historic newspaper articles, photographs Dictionary of Wisconsin History

Infoboxes

• {{Wisconsin}} - Infobox for Wisconsin regions, counties and cities; placed at the bottom of article pages

Templates

• {{WikiProject Wisconsin}} - Template stating this article is a part of this wikiproject; placed on the top of talk pages, not on article pages
• {{User WikiProject Wisconsin}} - a smaller version of the WikiProject member template, Babel-style.
• {{Wisconsin-geo-stub}} - Stub notice for Wisconsin articles dealing specifically with locations or geographical features in Wisconsin; placed at the bottom of article pages
• {{Wisconsin-politician-stub}} - Stub notice for politicians primarily associated with Wisconsin; placed at the bottom of article pages
• {{Wisconsin-school-stub}} - Stub notice for schools in Wisconsin; placed at the bottom of article pages
• {{Wisconsin-stub}} - Stub notice for all other Wisconsin articles; placed at the bottom of article pages

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