Wikipedia:WikiProject Alaska

WikiProject Alaska

This WikiProject is about the U.S. state of Alaska
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"For decades there have been as many different ideas about Alaska as the proverbial blind men had about the elephant." – Harold L. Ickes, 1945

"Alaska is bounded on the north by Stefanssen, on the east by perdition, on the west by Bolshevism, and on the south by applications for government jobs." – Anton Anderson, 1952

"...Alaska was largely a terra incognita; the literature pertaining to it was scanty and of dubious accuracy. In fact, so much was so misleading that it became natural and a seeming duty to put down facts and to correct the inaccuracies found everywhere in the public print." — Edward L. Keithahn, 1966

Welcome to WikiProject Alaska! This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles on the U.S. state of Alaska 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 member section below.

Do consider contributing to our update board!

Overview

Open tasks for Wikipedia:WikiProject Alaska. Edit or discuss these tasks. Shortcuts: Recent changes | Categories | History

• Urgent: An editor in Alaska able/willing to actively work with the Wikipedia Ambassador Program to provide direction/oversight for any articles within the project which are being improved upon under the program.
• To Rate: Unassessed Alaska articles, Unknown-importance Alaska articles
• To Nominate at WP:FAC:
• To Improve to Featured standard: Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, Juneau, Alaska, History of Alaska
• Collaboration:
• To Expand: Category:Alaska stubs, Alaskeros, Sheldon Jackson, Scouting in Alaska
  • Governor articles: Steve Cowper, Bill Sheffield, Keith Harvey Miller, Waino Edward Hendrickson
• To Clean up: Diomede Islands
• To Merge:
• To Destub: See: Category:Alaska stubs
• To Deorphan:
• To Categorize:
• To Create: Articles on incoming (2019) legislators (and updating outgoing ones), Articles for new 2010 Census CDPs: Badger, Alaska, Chena Ridge, Alaska, Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska, Farmers Loop, Alaska, Goldstream, Alaska, Loring, Alaska, Point Possession, Alaska, South Van Horn, Alaska, Steele Creek, Alaska, Whitestone, Alaska
• Lists to de-redlink: List of mayors of Anchorage DoneDavid chamberlain (talk) 20:49, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
• Lists to complete: List of mayors of Fairbanks, Alaska
• Wanted Pics/Graphics:
• Wanted New Pics: See Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Alaska
• Common mistakes to avoid (and correct):
  • Knik, Alaska, the ghost town, and Knik River, Alaska, the CDP, are not the same place. In fact, they are approximately an hour's drive away from each other.
  • Despite its name of "City and Borough of Yakutat," this entity is a borough, not a consolidated city-borough.

See the talk page (or archives of same) of WP:ALASKA, or of the articles in question, for more information.

• Maintain: add {{WikiProject Alaska}} to the talk pages of Alaska-related articles and add the articles to Wikipedia:WikiProject Alaska/Recent changes (if not done already by a bot) so related changes link works.
• To expand: Rie Muñoz, Rosita Worl

This WikiProject was created to organize, format, expand, and exemplify Alaska related articles on Wikipedia. Our to-do list is located to the right, and is in a constant state of flux.

Project divisions

• Communities (talk) — Cities, towns, villages and boroughs.
• Physical geography (talk) — Regions, parks, climate, physical features.
• Transportation (talk) — Roads & highways, trails, railroads, ferries, airlines & airports, general aviation, trucking, ships, and pipeline.
• Culture (talk) — Music, art, popular culture & cultural icons, mass communication, & cultural groups/peoples.
  • Alaska Natives (talk) — History, cultures, languages, politics, etc. of Alaska Natives.
• People (talk) — Biography on people native to Alaska and those residents who have shaped Alaska.
• Government (talk) — Government: federal, state and local politics in relation to Alaska.
• History (talk) — History of Alaska during and prior to statehood.
• Economy (Talk) — Major Alaska industries, employers, trends, and history relating to the economy of Alaska.

Related WikiProjects

Very important to coordinate and collaborate with are the following:

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America
• WikiProject Russian history
• WikiProject Eastern Orthodoxy
• WikiProject Canada
  • WikiProject British Columbia
  • WikiProject Canadian Territories (for Yukon)

Also:

• WikiProject Geography
  • WikiProject Mountains
  • WikiProject Lakes
  • WikiProject Rivers
  • WikiProject Volcanoes
• WikiProject Mining
• WikiProject Ghost towns

Participants

Active members

To join WikiProject Alaska, edit this section and add #{{subst:me}} and any comments to the following list of members in alphabetical order by username. Members should place member identification on their user page.

1. Activist - Traveled much of the state, from the Arctic Ocean to the Bering Straits, to Wrangell, to Homer, to Cold Bay. Created & contributed to articles.
2. ak49north - Lived in Alaska since age 5; since 1991. From Anchorage, lived in Fairbanks 3 yrs. Former UAF student now attending UAA.
3. akbeancounter - Lives in Anchorage, travels to Native villages for business and photographs anything that can't escape quickly enough.
4. akghetto ^talk (founder)
5. M^ask otherwise known as User:AKMask, Juneau resident
6. AnaSoc sociologist with access to University of Alaska research libraries
7. Anne Bryger Utqiagvik resident and Arctic archaeologist
8. Alaska Dave (talk) 02:55, 22 March 2018 (UTC) I have lived in Homer for over 35 years and am a very active Open Street Map volunteer. I'm currently adding geographic features for our beautiful state to the OSM database.
9. AlaskaTrekker - Walked across about of the state so far, more to come. Have lots of photos of remote areas.
10. Alchier Kodiak Island Local. Went to school at Mt. Edgecumbe, Alaska state run boarding school.
11. Argentak Homer-born Alaskan Creole, now residing in Vancouver, Canada.
12. ARoseWolf - Lived in Alaska for about 17 years.
13. Av9 - Interested in Alaskan geography
14. Bahb the Illuminated Lifelong Alaskan.
15. Beeblebrox Nineteen-year resident of Kenai Peninsula, focused on KPB articles, but also working on the stub list.
16. Blueelectricstorm Born and raised in Alaska; now residing out-of-state.
17. Calliopejen1 - From Anchorage, though out-of-state at the moment.
18. Cgranade - That crazy UAF student... well, one of the very many crazy students, anyway.
19. CharlesRobertCountofNesselrode - A guy concerned about the status of the De Long Islands for which many brave American men nobly died to discover and claim
20. cluth - Journalism student at UAA, have lived in Anchorage since 1995, work at the Alaska Railroad.
21. Cswihart - A guy from Anchorage.
22. Dean Shan - Born and raised in Interior Alaska.
23. daemox - A recent (January, 2013), native-born Cascadian immigrant to the Fairbanks area. Attending the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
24. Dan H Pitt (talk · contribs) 17:17:03, 15 January 2022 (UTC)  One-time Talkeetna resident, long-time Alaska fan; interested in linguistics and anthropology.
25. Deirdre - Alaskan born and raised; publisher, editor, and artist; will add info where I can, proofread, etc.
26. DinkY2K - wanna-be photographer and naturalist
27. DocOfSocWanna-be visitr, general interest
28. Doncram - Interested in historic places; see List of NHLs in AK and List of RHPs in AK
29. DonKofAK Born in Anchorage of Alaska Native & Native Alaskan parents in 1948. Planning Commissioner, Chairman Emeritus of The CIRI Foundation. Well versed in geography, real estate, land use, aviation and Alaska's history.
30. Drew Lindow - Lifelong Alaskan, resident of Cordova
31. Enigmaticjew - I had lived in Fairbanks for 5 1/2 years. I plan on returning within the next few years.
32. FCYTravis - Possibly UAF Class of '10. Moving up from the San Francisco Bay to finish up my journalism degree.
33. Goalslammer - Lived 5 yrs in St. Michael, on the Norton Sound; Now permanently residing in Wasilla.
34. GregoryKohler - just moved to Eagle River, AK but visited during summer/winter break for a couple years
35. Gypsyleathers - Former resident of Kodiak and Fairbanks, working on bio of relative who is an Alaskan Pioneer
36. HalfwayAffable (talk · contribs) - Focuses on Muni, Matsu, and politics/
37. Hayduke - Anthropologist and archaeologist from Fairbanks.
38. IanHerriott - Fairbanksan since 2003. Occasionally fly south.
39. the iBook of the Revolution: Anchoragemiut now in Oregon. Working the IPA and Wikipedia:WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia.
40. IndigoAK200 - Fourteen year resident of Alaska. I'll probably help out on the more technology/business related articles (GCI, ACS, Alascom for instance).
41. Jonathan.s.kt - Lifelong Sitkan.
42. Kareeser - Took a vacation in Alaska, and now wants to learn & expand WP information on all things Alaskan.
43. Kintrix - Stationed in Fairbanks for three years and fell in love with the state.
44. knowmoore - Teacher at a Yup'ik village on the Lower Kuskokwim.
45. l'aquatique[talk] - What's there to say about me...? From Juneau.
46. LeheckaG - South-Eastern Alaska resident (transplanted from Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, Ohio); traveling between Naukati Bay, Anchorage and Dinglishna Hills.
47. Longestview - Making maps and pages for historical Alaskan elections.
48. Marlinite (talk · contribs) - Contributor to Alaskan towns and looking for other communities with no current article to add.
49. Merovingian - am interested in state history and geography; will do what I can.
50. Microwavedfork - Lifelong Alaskan, hoping to clean up some articles.
51. Mizu onna sango15 - Always lived in AK and enjoys the wilderness and, of course, the dividends.
52. Mr.crabby (Talk) - North Carolina resident, but have always had an interest in Alaska.
53. Mycranthebigalt (talk · contribs) 10:36:59, 5 May 2022 (UTC)  - Alt of Wikiproject:Alaska member Mycranthebigman.
54. Owco - Lived in Alaska for over 8 years, attend school here.
55. penguinece - Born in Sitka, raised in Juneau. Grew up fishing on the Alsek River. Currently living in Maine.
56. Phahyt - Raised in Chugiak, Been to all around the state ( As north as Prudhoe Bay and as South as Juneau, As east as Tetlin, and as west as uhh I haven’t been west but my dads been to a lot of villi ages and the farthest west being stlawrence
57. Redtitan - From WA state, big fan of Alaska, and climate geek. I specialize in adding climate information, using the WRCC (Western Regional Climate Center) as a reference. I add weatherboxes and Köppen types to location pages.
58. Shunpiker - Former Alaskan, subject to nostalgic bouts of insomnia
59. Sipik06 - Alaska resident since 2010
60. Skookum1 (talk) - a BCer, a Canuck, often a pain in the ass and way too long winded almost on any day; working on Pacific Northwest history and geography in general, gold rushes and marine history in particular, and just lately doing a lot on Russian America articles, so might as well add myself....
61. Slamforeman - Visited Alaska and thought it was quite nice! Recently contributed to articles about Ninilchik and Akiachak, and I hope to contribute much more.
62. stellertony - Sophomore at Steller Secondary School and lifelong Alaskan.
63. subarcticsensing- Yuk from the coast, researcher & engineer.
64. Sue Rangell All about Denali and Kenai.
65. Ted Clayton - Olympic Peninsula local, Quillayute & Sol Duc rivers. Logged on Kuiu Island & Hobart Bay, Southeast Alaska.
66. TempestDevil - Somewhat new to Wikipedia, Senior at Lathrop High School in Fairbanks, Alaska.
67. Wrad - Spent a few years traveling in Alaska, from Fairbanks to Homer, and from Anchorage to Sitka.
68. Wren King - Moved to Ketchikan in 2018, amateur photographer.
69. Yksin - Alaskan since 1982, live in Anchorage.
70. Yupik - Spent time in Nome and across the Bering in Provideniya. Learned some Yup'ik in Alaska and have been fascinated by it ever since.
71. Zero Gravitas - Lifelong Alaskan, live in Anchorage
72. AlaskaGal~ ^_^ - From the UK, huge fan of Alaska & Alaskan politics, stemming from an early fascination with Senator Ted Stevens, which grew into an at-large love of Alaska. ~ AlaskaGALT
    
73. Shackpoet - Alaskan since 2003, educator, librarian, Alaska literary advocate.
74. Kpmcg - Former resident. Born and raised in Sitka. Lived in Sitka, Juneau, Anchorage, and Fairbanks.
75. GreenLipstickLesbian (talk · contribs) 05:43:07, 19 June 2024 (UTC) - born and raised, happily working on biographies of Alaskan women whenever possible

Former members

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

1. Aconcagua - User from Germany, who is working on articles about Alaska at de.wp (been to Alaska in 1994)
2. Angelikfire - Italian, I've been fascinated by Alaska for quite some time.
3. Coldplay Expert (talk) To be honest I have never been to Alaska but I would love to live there! (I also have relatives in Anchorage.)
4. Foryst - Former Esteroid, and general wikipedia lurker. Cleans up small bits here and there.
5. Luigizanasi - From across the 141st meridian in Whitehorse, Yukon. Helping on articles on history, geography and natural history that cross the border.

Member identification

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

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

For other Alaska user templates see Category:Alaska user templates. We also have an advertisement! Add {{wikipedia ads|ad=142}} to your userpage, which displays like this:

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Infoboxes

Code	Result
{{Alaska}} Infobox for use on regions, cities, and boroughs; placed at the bottom of article pages.

Award

The Alaskan Barnstar is awarded to users who have made particularly fine contributions to Alaska-related articles, and/or to WikiProject Alaska.

To award the Alaskan Barnstar, use the following code:

==YOUR TOPIC HERE==
{{AKBarnstar|YOUR TEXT HERE ~~~~}}

For example:

==Alaskan Barnstar for excellent edits==
{{subst:AKBarnstar|I hereby award you the Alaskan Barnstar for your excellent edits in Anchorage-related articles. ~~~~}}

Templates

Code	Result
{{WikiProject Alaska}} Template showing an article, image, category, or template is part of this WikiProject. Placed at the top of talk pages, not articles. After tagging an article, you can add it and its talk page to Wikipedia:WikiProject Alaska/Alaska recent changes if you want it to show up before the next update.
{{Alaska History}} Template to categorize different periods in Alaska's history; placed toward the top of history-related article pages.
{{Alaska-stub}} Stub notice for Alaska articles not covered by one of the other stub categories; placed at the bottom of article pages
{{Alaska-geo-stub}} Stub notice for articles dealing with Alaska locations or geographical features; placed at the bottom of article pages
{{Alaska-politician-stub}} Stub notice for Alaska politicians; placed at the bottom of article pages
{{Alaska-school-stub}} Stub notice for Alaska schools (but not colleges or universities); placed at the bottom of article pages
For Alaska-related articles needing a photograph, use {{Image requested|in=Alaska}} in the talk page, which adds the article needing a photo to Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Alaska. You can help Wikipedia by uploading freely licensed photographs for these articles to Wikimedia Commons. The Free Image Search Tool may be able to locate suitable images on other web sites. The Image Existence Checker shows articles in this list that have images.

Userboxes

Code	Result
{{Template:User Alaska}}	This user lives in the U.S. State of Alaska.	Usage
{{Template:User interest Alaska|6}}	This user is interested in the U.S. State of Alaska.	Usage
{{Template:User interest Alaska|8}}	This user is interested in the U.S. State of Alaska.	Usage
{{Template:User interest Alaska|10}}	This user is interested in the U.S. State of Alaska.	Usage
{{Template:User interest Alaska|12}}	This user is interested in the U.S. State of Alaska.	Usage
{{Template:User WikiProject Alaska}}	This user is a participant in WikiProject Alaska.	Usage
{{Template:User WP Alaska}}	This user participates in WikiProject Alaska.	Usage
{{Template:User WPAlaska}}	This user participates in WikiProject Alaska.	Usage
{{User:Dailynetworks/ubx/Alaska}}	This user has visited Alaska.	Usage

Article alerts

Did you know

• 21 Nov 2024 – Anchorage White Raven (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by GreenLipstickLesbian (t · c); see discussion

Proposed deletions

• 17 Nov 2024 – Egg Islands (Alaska) (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Sparkle & Fade (t · c): Single sentence definition article, which seems to fail WP:NOTABILITY, as it is uninhabited and has no mention outside of maps.

Categories for discussion

• 14 Nov 2024 – Category:Alaska Independents (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Jjamesryan (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 19 Sep 2024 – Little Diomede Island (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Diomede, Alaska by RadioKAOS (t · c); see discussion
• 19 Sep 2024 – Diomede, Alaska (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Little Diomede Island by RadioKAOS (t · c); see discussion

Alaska stubs

If the priority articles in the to do list aren't of interest to you, you can always expand any of the multitude of Alaska-related stubs. The Alaska stub tree is outlined below.

Code	Result	Alaska categories	Other categories	Links
{{Alaska-stub}}		Category:Alaska stubs	None	Links
{{Alaska-baseball-team-stub}}			Category:Western United States baseball team stubs	Links
{{Alaska-basketball-team-stub}}			Category:Western United States basketball team stubs	Links
{{Alaska-footyclub-stub}}			Category:Western United States soccer club stubs	Links
{{Alaska-newspaper-stub}}			Category:Western United States newspaper stubs	Links
{{Alaska-sport-stub}}			Category:Western United States sport stubs	Links
{{Alaska-sport-team-stub}}			Category:Western United States sports team stubs	Links
{{Alaska-transport-stub}}			Category:Western United States transportation stubs	Links
{{Alaska-tv-station-stub}}			Category:Western United States television station stubs	Links
{{Alaska-airport-stub}}		Category:Alaska airport stubs	None	Links
{{Alaska-baseball-venue-stub}}		Category:Alaska building and structure stubs	Category:Western United States baseball venue stubs	Links
{{Alaska-bridge-struct-stub}}			Category:Western United States bridge (structure) stubs	Links
{{Alaska-church-stub}}			Category:Western United States church stubs	Links
{{Alaska-hospital-stub}}			Category:Western United States hospital stubs	Links
{{Alaska-museum-stub}}			Category:Western United States museum stubs	Links
{{Alaska-railstation-stub}}			Category:Western United States railway station stubs	Links
{{Alaska-sports-venue-stub}}			Category:Western United States sports venue stubs	Links
{{Alaska-struct-stub}}			None	Links
{{Alaska-geo-stub}}		Category:Alaska geography stubs		Links
{{Alaska-protected-area-stub}}			Category:Western United States protected area stubs	Links
{{Alaska-road-stub}}			Category:Western United States road stubs	Links
{{Alaska-geologic-formation-stub}}		Category:Alaska geologic formation stubs	None	Links
{{Alaska-bio-stub}}		Category:Alaska people stubs		Links
{{Alaska-mayor-stub}}		Category:Alaska politician stubs	Category:Western United States mayor stubs	Links
{{Alaska-politician-stub}}			None	Links
{{Alaska-radio-station-stub}}		Category:Alaska radio station stubs		Links
{{Alaska-NRHP-stub}}		Category:Alaska Registered Historic Place stubs		Links
{{Alaska-school-stub}}		Category:Alaska school stubs		Links
{{Alaska-university-stub}}			Category:Western United States university stubs	Links
{{AleutiansWestAK-geo-stub}}		Category:Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska geography stubs	None	Links
{{DenaliAK-geo-stub}}		Category:Interior Alaska geography stubs		Links
{{FairbanksNorthStarAK-geo-stub}}				Links
{{SoutheastFairbanksAK-geo-stub}}				Links
{{JuneauAK-geo-stub}}		Category:Juneau Borough, Alaska geography stubs		Links
{{KenaiPeninsulaAK-geo-stub}}		Category:Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska geography stubs		Links
{{NorthSlopeAK-geo-stub}}		Category:North Slope Borough, Alaska geography stubs		Links
{{NomeAK-geo-stub}}		Category:Northern Alaska geography stubs		Links
{{NorthwestArcticAK-geo-stub}}				Links
{{AnchorageAK-geo-stub}}		Category:Southcentral Alaska geography stubs		Links
{{MatanuskaSusitnaAK-geo-stub}}				Links
{{HainesAK-geo-stub}}		Category:Southeast Alaska geography stubs		Links
{{HoonahAngoonAK-geo-stub}}				Links
{{KetchikanGatewayAK-geo-stub}}				Links
{{PetersburgAK-geo-stub}}				Links
{{PrinceofWalesHyderAK-geo-stub}}				Links
{{SitkaAK-geo-stub}}				Links
{{SkagwayAK-geo-stub}}				Links
{{WrangellAK-geo-stub}}				Links
{{YakutatAK-geo-stub}}				Links
{{AleutiansEastAK-geo-stub}}		Category:Southwest Alaska geography stubs		Links
{{BethelAK-geo-stub}}				Links
{{BristolBayAK-geo-stub}}				Links
{{DillinghamAK-geo-stub}}				Links
{{KodiakIslandAK-geo-stub}}				Links
{{KusilvakAK-geo-stub}}				Links
{{LakeAndPeninsulaAK-geo-stub}}				Links
{{YukonKoyukukAK-geo-stub}}		Category:Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska geography stubs		Links

Assessment

Main page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Alaska/Article assessment

Alaska articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA			2	8			10
FL	1	2		2			5
GA	3	7	13	21			44
B	10	28	59	95		7	199
C	9	63	172	334		38	616
Start	14	97	519	2,069		189	2,888
Stub	2	14	201	2,384		216	2,817
List	4	13	79	93	1	15	205
Category					2,484		2,484
Disambig					100		100
File					319		319
Portal					54		54
Project					32		32
Redirect	2	1	6	73	1,531		1,613
Template					305		305
NA					2		2
Other					11		11
Assessed	45	225	1,051	5,079	4,839	465	11,704
Unassessed				2		15	17
Total	45	225	1,051	5,081	4,839	480	11,721
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 34,491			Ω = 5.25

Find a photograph

Many Alaska articles lack photographs: some of these can be found at Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Alaska. If any are located near you, you can help Wikipedia by uploading a freely licensed photograph to Wikimedia Commons.

Resources

The following periodicals are indexed and available from various subscription databases for the time periods indicated, in either audio, video, abstract, citation, or full-text format. If you wish information from them, or regarding a specific topic, and cannot access them, please send me an e-mail indicating your e-mail address and the topic you are interested in, and I will forward to you what I can recover. John Carter (talk) 18:39, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

• Alaska (1977-on)
• Alaska Business Monthly (1985-on)
• Alaska Journal of Commerce (2002-on)
• Alaska Law Review (1984-on)
• Alaska Oil & Gas Reporter (2002-2004)
• Anchorage Daily News (2000-on)
• Arctic Research of the United States (1997-on)