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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
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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
[edit]- 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
[edit]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
Also:
Participants
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Active members
[edit]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.
- 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.
- ak49north - Lived in Alaska since age 5; since 1991. From Anchorage, lived in Fairbanks 3 yrs. Former UAF student now attending UAA.
- akbeancounter - Lives in Anchorage, travels to Native villages for business and photographs anything that can't escape quickly enough.
- akghetto talk (founder)
- Mask
otherwise known as User:AKMask, Juneau resident - AnaSoc sociologist with access to University of Alaska research libraries
- Anne Bryger Utqiagvik resident and Arctic archaeologist
- 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.
- AlaskaTrekker - Walked across about of the state so far, more to come. Have lots of photos of remote areas.
- Alchier Kodiak Island Local. Went to school at Mt. Edgecumbe, Alaska state run boarding school.
- Argentak Homer-born Alaskan Creole, now residing in Vancouver, Canada.
- ARoseWolf - Lived in Alaska for about 17 years.
- Av9 - Interested in Alaskan geography
- Bahb the Illuminated Lifelong Alaskan.
- Beeblebrox Nineteen-year resident of Kenai Peninsula, focused on KPB articles, but also working on the stub list.
- Blueelectricstorm Born and raised in Alaska; now residing out-of-state.
- Calliopejen1 - From Anchorage, though out-of-state at the moment.
- Cgranade - That crazy UAF student... well, one of the very many crazy students, anyway.
- CharlesRobertCountofNesselrode - A guy concerned about the status of the De Long Islands for which many brave American men nobly died to discover and claim
- cluth - Journalism student at UAA, have lived in Anchorage since 1995, work at the Alaska Railroad.
- Cswihart - A guy from Anchorage.
- Dean Shan - Born and raised in Interior Alaska.
- daemox - A recent (January, 2013), native-born Cascadian immigrant to the Fairbanks area. Attending the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
- 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.
- Deirdre - Alaskan born and raised; publisher, editor, and artist; will add info where I can, proofread, etc.
- DinkY2K - wanna-be photographer and naturalist
- DocOfSocWanna-be visitr, general interest
- Doncram - Interested in historic places; see List of NHLs in AK and List of RHPs in AK
- 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.
- Drew Lindow - Lifelong Alaskan, resident of Cordova
- Enigmaticjew - I had lived in Fairbanks for 5 1/2 years. I plan on returning within the next few years.
- FCYTravis - Possibly UAF Class of '10. Moving up from the San Francisco Bay to finish up my journalism degree.
- Goalslammer - Lived 5 yrs in St. Michael, on the Norton Sound; Now permanently residing in Wasilla.
- GregoryKohler - just moved to Eagle River, AK but visited during summer/winter break for a couple years
- Gypsyleathers - Former resident of Kodiak and Fairbanks, working on bio of relative who is an Alaskan Pioneer
- HalfwayAffable (talk · contribs) - Focuses on Muni, Matsu, and politics/
- Hayduke - Anthropologist and archaeologist from Fairbanks.
- IanHerriott - Fairbanksan since 2003. Occasionally fly south.
- the iBook of the Revolution: Anchoragemiut now in Oregon. Working the IPA and Wikipedia:WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia.
- IndigoAK200 - Fourteen year resident of Alaska. I'll probably help out on the more technology/business related articles (GCI, ACS, Alascom for instance).
- Jonathan.s.kt - Lifelong Sitkan.
- Kareeser - Took a vacation in Alaska, and now wants to learn & expand WP information on all things Alaskan.
- Kintrix - Stationed in Fairbanks for three years and fell in love with the state.
- knowmoore - Teacher at a Yup'ik village on the Lower Kuskokwim.
- l'aquatique[talk] - What's there to say about me...? From Juneau.
- LeheckaG - South-Eastern Alaska resident (transplanted from Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, Ohio); traveling between Naukati Bay, Anchorage and Dinglishna Hills.
- Longestview - Making maps and pages for historical Alaskan elections.
- Marlinite (talk · contribs) - Contributor to Alaskan towns and looking for other communities with no current article to add.
- Merovingian - am interested in state history and geography; will do what I can.
- Microwavedfork - Lifelong Alaskan, hoping to clean up some articles.
- Mizu onna sango15 - Always lived in AK and enjoys the wilderness and, of course, the dividends.
- Mr.crabby (Talk) - North Carolina resident, but have always had an interest in Alaska.
- Mycranthebigalt (talk · contribs) 10:36:59, 5 May 2022 (UTC) - Alt of Wikiproject:Alaska member Mycranthebigman.
- Owco - Lived in Alaska for over 8 years, attend school here.
- penguinece - Born in Sitka, raised in Juneau. Grew up fishing on the Alsek River. Currently living in Maine.
- 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
- 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.
- Shunpiker - Former Alaskan, subject to nostalgic bouts of insomnia
- Sipik06 - Alaska resident since 2010
- 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....
- Slamforeman - Visited Alaska and thought it was quite nice! Recently contributed to articles about Ninilchik and Akiachak, and I hope to contribute much more.
- stellertony - Sophomore at Steller Secondary School and lifelong Alaskan.
- subarcticsensing- Yuk from the coast, researcher & engineer.
- Sue Rangell[citation needed] All about Denali and Kenai.
- Ted Clayton - Olympic Peninsula local, Quillayute & Sol Duc rivers. Logged on Kuiu Island & Hobart Bay, Southeast Alaska.
- TempestDevil - Somewhat new to Wikipedia, Senior at Lathrop High School in Fairbanks, Alaska.
- Wrad - Spent a few years traveling in Alaska, from Fairbanks to Homer, and from Anchorage to Sitka.
- Wren King - Moved to Ketchikan in 2018, amateur photographer.
- Yksin - Alaskan since 1982, live in Anchorage.
- 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.
- Zero Gravitas - Lifelong Alaskan, live in Anchorage
- 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
- Shackpoet - Alaskan since 2003, educator, librarian, Alaska literary advocate.
- Kpmcg - Former resident. Born and raised in Sitka. Lived in Sitka, Juneau, Anchorage, and Fairbanks.
- GreenLipstickLesbian (talk · contribs) 05:43:07, 19 June 2024 (UTC) - born and raised, happily working on biographies of Alaskan women whenever possible
Former members
[edit]Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.
- Aconcagua - User from Germany, who is working on articles about Alaska at de.wp (been to Alaska in 1994)
- Angelikfire - Italian, I've been fascinated by Alaska for quite some time.
- 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.)
- Foryst - Former Esteroid, and general wikipedia lurker. Cleans up small bits here and there.
- Luigizanasi - From across the 141st meridian in Whitehorse, Yukon. Helping on articles on history, geography and natural history that cross the border.
Member identification
[edit]Members of WikiProject Alaska should place one of the following on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Alaska participants.
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Infoboxes
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| {{Alaska}} Infobox for use on regions, cities, and boroughs; placed at the bottom of article pages. |
Award
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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. ~~~~}}
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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. |
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| {{Alaska History}}
Template to categorize different periods in Alaska's history; placed toward the top of history-related article pages. |
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| {{Alaska-stub}}
Stub notice for Alaska articles not covered by one of the other stub categories; placed at the bottom of article pages |
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| {{Alaska-geo-stub}}
Stub notice for articles dealing with Alaska locations or geographical features; placed at the bottom of article pages |
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| {{Alaska-politician-stub}}
Stub notice for Alaska politicians; placed at the bottom of article pages |
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Article alerts
[edit]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
[edit]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.
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Assessment
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| B | 10 | 28 | 59 | 95 | 7 | 199 | |
| C | 9 | 63 | 172 | 333 | 38 | 615 | |
| Start | 14 | 97 | 519 | 2,062 | 189 | 2,881 | |
| Stub | 2 | 14 | 200 | 2,385 | 217 | 2,818 | |
| List | 4 | 13 | 79 | 93 | 1 | 15 | 205 |
| Category | 2,483 | 2,483 | |||||
| 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 | 1,050 | 5,072 | 4,838 | 466 | 11,696 |
| Unassessed | 2 | 15 | 17 | ||||
| Total | 45 | 225 | 1,050 | 5,074 | 4,838 | 481 | 11,713 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 34,458 | Ω = 5.25 | |||||
Find a photograph
[edit]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
[edit]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)
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