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I would like to help the WikiProject Maryland.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Brandinian (talk • contribs)

Sure, go ahead, everyone is welcome to join and help out. The best way to help is to spread the word so more people can join. Also you can edit pages related to Maryland, this page lists some templates that can be useful when editing these articles (it mostly lists stub templates for now but as the project matures we'll get some more listed). Oh yes, and don't forget to add your name under participants! And one more thing, don't forget to sign your comments with ~~~~ -Jeff ^(talk) 23:48, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Roads in Maryland Inclusion

Have the members of this WikiProject ever considered adding some of the more notable roads, bridges, tunnels or other road-related articles currently part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Roads in Maryland? The Baltimore-Washington Parkway is currently the only article I've come across that has tags from both projects. -TheOneKEA

We could probably put some of them in both projects, so long as they are significant to the state as a whole. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge article, given the bridge's status as a major state landmark should probably be included in this project as well as the roads one for example. Same goes for the B/W parkway given its important historical significance. The best thing to think about when deciding whether to include an article or not is if it is more than "just another road or bridge". Also consider the size of Category:WikiProject Maryland articles, we don't want to add too many.-Jeff ^(talk) 18:06, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Emerson Harrington

The lead photo at Emerson Harrington may not actually be of him. I could use a few more eyes to help. Thanks. --tomf688 (talk - email) 21:18, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

He does look awfully different here.-Jeff ^(talk) 04:28, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Portal

Anyone interested in starting Portal:Maryland? As you may have noticed, I listed it under Projects on the main page, but didn't intend to start it until we got some more members. I don't have any experience in creating WikiPortals and only skimmed through WP:P, so I'm hoping that there's someone here that has more experience with this, and could help get this started.-Jeff ^(talk) 17:40, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

I think a portal would be a fine idea. --tomf688 (talk - email) 00:44, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

It's started, still needs work though, in particular it needs a selected article and picture as well as some "did you know?" items. They can all be discussed at the appropriate pages there.-Jeff ^(talk) 05:22, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

I've added a few suggestions for the "Did you know?" section on the talk page. I'll try to find some good pictures as well. --tomf688 (talk - email) 20:02, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Let People Know About the Project

I strongly recommend that the project get itself listed on the Wikipedia:List of WikiProjects, and that you place the project banner on every talk page that relates to your project. I will help in the latter by placing the banner on all the cities in Maryland and people from those cities that I come to in the course of my own activities. Badbilltucker 19:07, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for bringing the list of wikiprojects to my attention, I didn't know about it before. Thanks for your help with the banners too.-Jeff ^(talk) 20:32, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Invite

Wanted to let you know that WP:BIOGRAPHY has added a "work group" called Politics and government, and so wanted to invite you to participate on any biography-type articles. The section for MD is here and if there's interest, we can beef it up to look like the newly-created Virginia one plange 05:24, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Invitation to new WikiProject

A new WikiProject has been started, and may be of interest to members here. It is WikiProject National Register of Historic Places. It covers all listings on the Register, in all states and territories. Should you be so inclined, please feel free to join. And spread the word to any other interested parties. -Ebyabe 19:42, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Project directory

Hello. The WikiProject Council has recently updated the Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory. This new directory includes a variety of categories and subcategories which will, with luck, potentially draw new members to the projects who are interested in those specific subjects. Please review the directory and make any changes to the entries for your project that you see fit. There is also a directory of portals, at User:B2T2/Portal, listing all the existing portals. Feel free to add any of them to the portals or comments section of your entries in the directory. The three columns regarding assessment, peer review, and collaboration are included in the directory for both the use of the projects themselves and for that of others. Having such departments will allow a project to more quickly and easily identify its most important articles and its articles in greatest need of improvement. If you have not already done so, please consider whether your project would benefit from having departments which deal in these matters. It is my hope that all the changes to the directory can be finished by the first of next month. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. B2T2 19:03, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Baltimore mayor's race

Hi all-

Just thought I'd let you know that I've created a page for the upcoming Baltimore mayor's race, which should be something of a doozy, at Baltimore mayoral election, 2007. I added the template for the MD WikiProject to that talk page ... hope that's OK! --Jfruh (talk) 03:31, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

I'll go ahead and add this to the new articles section.-Jeff ^(talk) 20:32, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Maryland's 1st congressional district

Just FYI, I've finished the biographies for all the Congressmen who have represented Maryland's 1st congressional district. I finished the 2nd, 6th, 7th, and 8th districts a while ago, so all that is left to do is the 3rd, 4th, and 5th districts. --tomf688 (talk - email) 04:50, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia Day Awards

Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 22:11, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

P:MDRD FPOC

Portal:Maryland Roads is at featured portal candidates, the nomination is here. Dough4872 16:48, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

GLAM Wiki meet-up in Baltimore on July 19

Baltimore Heritage is hosting an informal meet-up to continue discussion around partnerships between GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) with Wikipedia in the Baltimore area that we started at the last Baltimore Meet-up. We'd welcome any Wikipedians interested in learning more about this topic and working on ideas for projects with local museums.

Baltimore GLAM Wiki Partnerships Meeting

• Thursday, July 19, 10:30 am
• 11 1/2 West Chase Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
• Metered on-street parking is available in the surrounding neighborhood.

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Rosecroft Raceway/archive1

Hello, everyone:

I have nominated Rosecroft Raceway, a harness racing track in Maryland, for a featured article. However, there has not been many comments, and it would be greatly appreciated if anyone could take a took at it. Thank you to everyone in advance!
—Michael Jester (talk · contribs) 22:36, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Wikinic

	Great American Wiknic - Chestertown, MD
	You are invited to the third Great American Wiknic taking place in Chestertown, MD, on Saturday, June 22, 2013 starting at noon! This is a chance for all of the wikipedians in the Eastern Shore to meet for an afternoon of fun and fellowship. This is a bring your own lunch event, if you have special treats you would like to share feel free to bring them. We would love to have you there!

Message delivered by Guerillero | My Talk at 20:19, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

FAR

I have nominated Music of Maryland for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Dana boomer (talk) 16:59, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Frederick County History Edit-A-Thon

	Frederick County History Edit-A-Thon
	You are invited to join us in writing articles on Frederick County History the edit-a-thon will be taking place in Frederick, MD, on Saturday, June 14, 2014 starting at noon (presentation on local history and Wikipedia to begin at 11)! We're really looking forward to improving Wikipedia articles related to the rich history of Frederick County. Please bring your own laptop and charger. We look forward to seeing you!

Message delivered by Zell Faze (talk)

Archived

I archived all topics on this page that hadn't seen any updates in the past two years. The archives are located at Archive 6. Zell Faze (talk) 19:44, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride 2014

You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride 2014, a campaign to create and improve LGBT-related content at Wikipedia and its sister projects. The campaign will take place throughout the month of June, culminating with a multinational edit-a-thon on June 21. Meetups are being held in some cities, or you can participate remotely. All constructive edits are welcome in order to contribute to Wikipedia's mission of providing quality, accurate information. Articles within Category:LGBT in the Americas may be of particular interest. You can also upload LGBT-related images by participating in Wikimedia Commons' LGBT-related photo challenge. You are encouraged to share the results of your work here. Happy editing! --Another Believer _(Talk) 20:59, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal

Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej (talk) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Nomination of Meitiv family for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Meitiv family is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Meitiv family until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 04:57, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride

You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride!

• What? Wiki Loves Pride, a campaign to document and photograph LGBT culture and history, including pride events
• When? June 2015
• How can you help?

  1.) Create or improve LGBT-related articles and showcase the results of your work here

  2.) Upload photographs or other media related to LGBT culture and history, including pride events, and add images to relevant Wikipedia articles; feel free to create a subpage with a gallery of your images (see examples from last year)

  3.) Contribute to an LGBT-related task force at another Wikimedia project (Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikivoyage, etc.)

Or, view or update the current list of Tasks. This campaign is supported by the Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group, an officially recognized affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation. Visit the group's page at Meta-Wiki for more information, or follow Wikimedia LGBT+ on Facebook. Remember, Wiki Loves Pride is about creating and improving LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects, and content should have a neutral point of view. One does not need to identify as LGBT or any other gender or sexual minority to participate. This campaign is about adding accurate, reliable information to Wikipedia, plain and simple, and all are welcome!

If you have any questions, please leave a message on the campaign's main talk page.

Thanks, and happy editing!

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AfC submission

Could any of you kindly have a look at Draft:Baltimore City Health Department? It copies material from its website, and I'm not sure if it falls under public domain. Regards, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 18:07, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

@FoCuSandLeArN: It is not under the public domain. Zell Faze (talk) 04:36, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

G12 then? FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 21:01, 26 July 2015 (UTC)