Wikipedia:WikiProject Washington

WikiProject Washington
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Categories	Washington (state), WikiProject Washington
Portal	Washington (state)
Wikimedia Commons	Washington (state)
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Userbox	{{User WikiProject Washington}}

This is a WikiProject, an area for focused collaboration among Wikipedians. New participants are welcome; please feel free to participate!

This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles on the U.S. state of Washington and coordinate the efforts of users interested in topics related to Washington. Courtesy to WikiProject Oregon, from which this layout was partially copied.

For more information on WikiProjects, please see Wikipedia:WikiProjects and Wikipedia:WikiProject best practices.

To join this WikiProject, please sign your username under the participants section and put {{User WikiProject Washington}} on your user page.

Scope

This project covers the creation and editing of articles related to the U.S. State of Washington, including its cities, geography, history, etc. It aims to make Wikipedia the foremost online reference for all topics Washington.

New article announcement

It is important that as many users as possible with an interest in Washington topics know about new Washington related articles. Please announce new articles at Wikipedia:WikiProject Washington/New Articles.

Requests

Requested Articles

If you want to request an article, you can either start it up yourself or request help from the WikiProject membership it by going to WikiProject Washington/Requested Articles.

Requested Photos

Looking for a photograph for your article? Wikipedia:WikiProject Washington/Requested Photos is the place for you. For a comprehensive list of articles needing pictures go here: Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Washington (state)

Related WikiProjects

Super-Projects

Sub-Projects

Also, within Washington:

Wikipedia:WikiProject Washington State Highways

Task forces

Eastern Washington task force

Overlapping projects

Participants

You are invited to participate in WikiProject Washington, a WikiProject dedicated to developing and improving Washington state articles.

To invite someone to our WikiProject, place {{subst:WPWashington-invite}} on their talk page.
To join WikiProject Washington, place your username on our participant list.

Userboxes

Feel free to add one of these userbox templates to your user page.

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WikiProject Washington.

{{User WikiProject Washington}}

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in the U.S. State of Washington.

{{User Washington}}

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{{User interest Washington}}

Structure

Project divisions

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Infoboxes

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

Templates

{{Protected Areas of Washington}} - Navigational box for, well, protected areas in Washington.

Washington (state) templates

Washington (state) navigational boxes

Washington (state) highway templates

Washington National Register of Historic Places templates

Seattle templates

STA High Performance Transit Network templates

Swift Bus Rapid Transit templates

Washington (state) transportation templates

Washington (state) user templates

Washington (state) law citation templates

WikiProject Washington templates

Categories and recent changes

WikiProject Washington - for articles, categories, and templates related to WikiProject Washington
- Recent changes – shows activity on talk pages of WikiProject Washington pages.

Category tree

WikiProject Washington

WikiProject Washington articles

Eastern Washington task force

Wikipedia meetups in Washington (state)

WikiProject Washington participants

WikiProject Seattle

Washington (state) templates

WikiProject Washington State Historical Society

WikiProject Washington templates

Washington (state)

Washington (state)-related lists

Communications in Washington (state)

Washington (state) culture

Economy of Washington (state)

Education in Washington (state)

Environment of Washington (state)

Geography of Washington (state)

Government of Washington (state)

Health in Washington (state)

History of Washington (state)

Washington (state) law

Military in Washington (state)

Missing person cases in Washington (state)

Native American tribes in Washington (state)

People from Washington (state)

Politics of Washington (state)

Fictional populated places in Washington (state)

Professional wrestling in Washington (state)

Science and technology in Washington (state)

Washington (state) society

Sports in Washington (state)

Tourist attractions in Washington (state)

Transportation in Washington (state)

Works about Washington (state)

Images of Washington (state)

Washington (state) stubs

Article assessment

Washington articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA		7	11	31		1	50
FL		3	4	18		1	26
FM					10		10
A		1		4			5
GA		8	26	165		153	352
B	6	24	45	191		265	531
C	3	21	108	675	1	785	1,593
Start	6	26	183	4,330	1	3,170	7,716
Stub		7	77	3,168	6	3,687	6,945
List	1	11	69	187	3	102	373
Category					4,291		4,291
Disambig					22		22
File					108		108
Portal					2		2
Project					45		45
Redirect		2	8	161	878		1,049
Template					435		435
NA					2		2
Other					31		31
Assessed	16	110	531	8,930	5,835	8,164	23,586
Unassessed				2		262	264
Total	16	110	531	8,932	5,835	8,426	23,850
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 88,910			Ω = 5.17

Assessment log

The logs on the linked page are generated automatically (on a daily basis); please don't add entries to them by hand.

Unexpected changes, such as downgrading an article, or raising it more than two assessment classes at once, are shown in bold.

Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Washington articles by quality log

Article alerts

Article alerts

Did you know

22 Oct 2024 – Bern Shanks (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Chetsford (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

07 Nov 2024 – Theatre Puget Sound (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Graywalls (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
06 Nov 2024 – Jeffrey Gramlich (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Smallangryplanet (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
26 Oct 2024 – Humiston family murders (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by CoconutOctopus (t · c); see discussion (13 participants; relisted)
21 Oct 2024 – Arthur H. Marshall (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by KnowledgeIsPower9281 (t · c); see discussion (6 participants; relisted)
25 Oct 2024 – Indi Script Records (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Graywalls (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 06 Nov 2024; see discussion (4 participants; relisted)

Hot articles

51 edits	2024 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
17 edits	2024 Washington Public Lands Commissioner election
17 edits	Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
17 edits	2024 Washington gubernatorial election
16 edits	Bob Ferguson (politician)
15 edits	Dave Upthegrove
15 edits	Howard Green (American football)
13 edits	Sehome, Bellingham, Washington
13 edits	Frank Herbert
13 edits	Mount Baker National Recreation Area

These are the articles that have been edited the most within the last seven days. Last updated 9 November 2024 by HotArticlesBot.

Featured content related to Washington

This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged or categorized (e.g. Category:WikiProject Washington articles) correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options.

Featured articles

Featured lists

A-Class articles

Featured pictures

BNSF GE Dash-9 C44-9W Kennewick - Wishram WA
Emma Smith DeVoe by James & Bushnell - No photographer stamp
Heinrich Berann NPS Panorama of North Cascades without labels
Jeannette Rankin, Bain News Service, facing front
MonroeStreetBridgea
Mount St Helens Summit Pano II
Seattle I-5 skyline dllu
Tacoma Narrows Bridge destruction

Good articles

Picture of the day pictures

SeattleI5Skyline (2007-12-02)
Tacoma Narrows Bridge destruction (2008-07-20)
BNSF GE Dash-9 C44-9W Kennewick - Wishram WA (2013-04-05)
Mount St Helens Summit Pano II (2013-04-10)
MonroeStreetBridgea (2016-09-24)
Heinrich Berann NPS Panorama of North Cascades without labels (2019-08-27)
Emma Smith DeVoe by James & Bushnell - No photographer stamp (2021-08-22)
Jeannette Rankin, Bain News Service, facing front (2022-11-07)

Tools

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

Main tool page: toolserver.org

Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.

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