Wikipedia:WikiProject Kansas
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This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles on the U.S. state of Kansas 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.
Portal
editProject Divisions
edit- Alerts - provides members of WikiProject Kansas with information about new discussions or collaborations.
- Communities (talk)—Cities, towns, villages and boroughs
- Physical geography (talk)— Regions, parks, climate, physical features
- Transportation (talk)— Roads, trails, rail, ferries, and airplanes in and around Kansas
- Culture (talk)— Music, art, icons, mass communication
- People (talk)—Includes Kansas natives and those residents who have shaped Kansas
- Government (talk)—Government: federal, state and local politics in relation to Kansas
- History (talk)—History of Kansas during and prior to statehood
- Economy (Talk)—Major Kansas industries, employers, trends, and history relating to the economy of Kansas
Article alerts
editArticles for deletion
- 19 May 2024 – List of stamp clubs and philatelic societies in the United States (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Cocobb8 (t · c) was closed as no consensus by OwenX (t · c) on 11 Jun 2024; see discussion (11 participants; relisted)
Categories for discussion
- 26 Apr 2024 – Category:Natural history of Kansas (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 23 May 2024 – December 2021 Midwest derecho and tornado outbreak (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Tornado outbreak and derecho of December 15–16, 2021 by MarioProtIV (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 23 Jun 2020 – List of lakes, reservoirs, and dams in Kansas (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Wolfgang8741 (t · c); see discussion
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Tasks and statistics
editTasks
edit- Urgent: History of African Americans in Kansas
- To Nominate at WP:FAC:
- To Improve to Featured standard: Kansas; Topeka, Kansas; Wichita, Kansas; Lawrence, Kansas; Salina, Kansas; History of Kansas; List of counties in Kansas
- Collaboration: Kansas
- To Expand: Kansas State Board of Education; Walnut River (Kansas); Cow Creek (Kansas); Saline River (Kansas); Solomon River (Kansas); The Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery; Ninnescah River (Kansas); Mission Creek
- To Clean up:
- To Merge:
- To Destub: See: Category:Kansas stubs
- To Deorphan: KVC Health Systems; Kracht Castle Island
- To Categorize: add Category:Kansas Sports Hall of Fame inductees to all bios of those listed at Kansas Sports Hall of Fame#Inductees
- To Create: Articles in: Category:Newspapers published in Kansas; Category:Libraries in Kansas
- To de-redlink:
- Lists to de-redlink: List of rivers of Kansas
- Lists to complete: List of Kansas-related topics; List of people from Kansas
- Wanted Photos/Graphics: Crane Observatory; Haviland Crater; Lake Afton Public Observatory; Philip Billard Municipal Airport
- Wanted New Photos: missing photos of Kansas Courthouses, all buildings on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Kansas
- Maintain: add {{WikiProject Kansas|class=|importance=}} to the talk pages of Kansas-related articles and add the articles to Wikipedia:WikiProject Kansas/Kansas recent changes so related changes link works.
Statistics
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Articles and systemedit
Featured articleseditB-Class articleseditStart articlesedit |
Stub links
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If the priority articles in the top of this page don't interest you, you can always expand one of these stubs. |
Find a photograph
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Many Kansas articles lack photographs: some of these can be found at Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Kansas. If any are located near you, you can help Wikipedia by uploading a freely licensed photograph to Wikimedia Commons. Please help take photos of various Kansas Courthouses that are missing. |
Participants
editActive members
editTo join WikiProject Kansas, edit this section and insert the Wikitext #{{subst:me}}
with your areas of interest into the following list of members in alphabetical order. Members should also place member identification on their user page.
- Aardvark92 (talk · contribs)
- Activist (talk · contribs) Have traveled most of the state including every Interstate mile. Interest in Government and communities.
- AlSmith28 (talk · contribs)
- Arkoutdoors (talk · contribs) - south-eastern Kansas in particular, as well as Kansas geography, history and politics.
- Baylor98 (talk · contribs) - Kansas City Metropolitan Area
- Bhall87 (talk · contribs) - Lawrence, Kansas, mainly interested in Kansas cities, Bleeding Kansas, Northeast Kansasand trying to get photos of places in Kansas. Also, I am doing a massive list of ghost towns in Kansas.
- Buaidh (talk · contribs) - Northwestern Kansas TerritoryHistory of the Territory of Kansas
- Couillaud (talk · contribs)
- Cuprum17 (talk · contribs) - S.E. Kansas
- FUBAR007 (talk · contribs) - Cities and towns in central and western Kansas
- Flibbert (talk · contribs)
- Funplussmart (talk · contribs) -South central Kansas, particularly in the Wichita area.
- Hallward's Ghost (talk · contribs) 00:33:56, 16 August 2020 (UTC) I was born and raised in Lewis, Kansas, and am interested in working in articles relating to the history of Kansas, particularly regarding prehistory and the history of Indigenous people in Kansas, as well as the Bleeding Kansas time period.
- ilamb94 (talk · contribs) - Wichita, Kansas, Interested in Kansas politics and Kansas towns.
- IronRose26 (talk · contribs) Current resident of Stilwell, Kansas; I enjoy history and small towns. I am excellent at copy/line editing. March 2022
- IveGoneAway (talk · contribs) - Kansas geology and related settlement history, especially the counties along primordial Interstate 70.
- Jp07 (talk · contribs)
- Kmwebber (talk · contribs) -Interested in Kansas History, hoping to contribute to articles soon!
- Kswx29 (talk · contribs) - Northeast Kansas
- Ks0stm (talk · contribs) - Salina, Kansas, Anything related to cities/towns/counties or central Kansas.
- L337p4wn (talk · contribs) - Wichita, Kansas
- Lithistman (talk · contribs) - Southwest Kansas, mainly interested in Dodge City-related articles, Bleeding Kansas, photographing places in Kansas, and Kansas history.
- marshan3q (talk · contribs) - Lawrence, Kansas Born in Topeka, raised all over the state by Kansas teachers (mother Kindergarten, father high school social studies). Fascinated by Kansas history, the history of the Free Staters, Jayhawkers, Lawrence, Topeka, and pretty much the entire state of Kansas. Trying to get photos of every city/community and Kansas and eventually would like to create a WikiBook on the state
- marasama (talk · contribs) - Wichita, Kansas
- mateinsixtynine (talk · contribs) - Topeka, Kansas and northeast Kansas stuff.
- Mdupont (talk · contribs) - Topeka, Kansas, Commons, Community.
- Military Peanuts (talk) 20:14, 19 March 2020 (UTC) -Native and current resident of De Soto, Kansas, former resident of Geary County, Kansas, spent summers as a child in Salina, Kansas
- Moonraker0022 (talk · contribs)
- Mustang06 (talk · contribs)
- paulmcdonald (talk · contribs) - Overland Park, Kansas, working on Cloud County and college football articles for schools in Kansas
- Qqqqqq (talk · contribs) - Politics and license plates, specifically Political party strength in Kansas and Vehicle registration plates of Kansas
- Reddi (talk · contribs)
- Ryan2845 (talk · contribs)
- Scu ba (talk · contribs) - Politics, namely local members of the Kansas Republican Party.
- Sbmeirow (talk · contribs) - All communities of Kansas
- Spacefem (talk · contribs) - Wichita, Kansas, Particularly interested in cities, but I'll help out anywhere.
- Spacini (talk · contribs) - Manhattan, Kansas, Kansas in the Civil War & Kansas biographies.
- WTGDMan1986 (talk · contribs)
- WaltBren (talk · contribs) - Manhattan, Kansas, Interested in Bus and rail transportation in Kansas, as well as general articles.
- Wrad (talk · contribs)
- Zamorakphat (talk · contribs) - Interested in Topeka and North Eastern Kansas
- Gearheadham (talk · contribs) 19:25:01, 29 January 2023 (UTC) - Interested in Kansas history incl NE KS & Flint Hills areas.
- TwistedMan1328 (talk · contribs) - Bonner Springs, Kansas, Working on towns, cities, and townships in Northeastern Kansas.
- RoyalSilver (talk · contribs) - Topeka, Kansas, working on a draft for Lake Shawnee! Interested in Salina and Topeka.
Former members
editThank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.
- Bjorklund_ks (talk · contribs) - Wichita, Kansas, Interested in Kansas sports history & Kansan athletes. - No edits since November 2009
- Burroughsks88 (talk · contribs) - No edits since August 2009
- CharacterZero (talk · contribs) - Only 1 edit (in March 2011) since November 2010
- Jwadeo (talk · contribs) - No edits since March 2009
- Kivaan (talk · contribs) - No edits since April 2008
- JKetchersid (talk · contribs) - Wichita, Kansas, Kansas Museums - No edits since January 2011
Member identification
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For other Kansas user templates see Category:Kansas user templates.
Templates and infoboxes
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{{Kansas}} Infobox for use on regions, cities, and boroughs; placed at the bottom of article pages. |
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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 Kansas/Kansas recent changes if you want it to show up before the next update. |
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{{Kansas History}}
Template to categorize different periods in Kansas's history; placed toward the top of history-related article pages. |
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{{Kansas-stub}}
Stub notice for Kansas articles not covered by one of the other stub categories; placed at the bottom of article pages |
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{{Kansas-geo-stub}}
Stub notice for articles dealing with Kansas locations or geographical features; placed at the bottom of article pages |
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{{Kansas-politician-stub}}
Stub notice for Kansas politicians; placed at the bottom of article pages |
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{{Kansas-school-stub}}
Stub notice for Kansas schools (but not colleges or universities); placed at the bottom of article pages |
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For Kansas-related articles needing a photograph, use 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.
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{{Kansas Barnstar}} Award a barnstar to an editor who has added value to the project. |
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Tips
editUseful tips for "WikiProject Kansas" editors:
- See Wikipedia:USCITY article for U.S. city guideline. This should be used for all U.S. communities, which includes incorporated cities, unincorporated cities, ghost towns, neighborhoods. Obviously, not all fields and sections apply in non-incorporated community articles. (tip by User:Sbmeirow)
- Since some websites delete or move old webpages, it's best to archive the webpage AND add it to your references. This future-proofs your references, because if the old webpage goes away, then Wikipedia still has access to an archived copy. Instructions: 1) open up first webpage that you plan to use in your reference, 2) open up a second webpage to https://archive.org/web/ 3) paste first webpage box on right side under "Save Page Now" then press "Save Page" button and wait archive.org to backup the webpage, 4) open up wikipedia article that needs the reference, 5) edit the article, 6) click the cursor where you need to insert the reference, 7) choose a "Cite" template at the top of the edit window, 8) click "Show/hide extra fields" button (to show archive fields), 9) fill in fields, 10) click "Preview" button to make sure you haven't made a mistake, 11) click "Insert" button to insert the reference citation text into the edit window. (tip by User:Sbmeirow)
Resources
edit- Websites
- State Library of Kansas Digital Resources, kslib.info, available for individuals whose IP address is in Kansas
- Kansas Historical Society, kshs.org, references and some digitized documents
- Internet Archive, archive.org, digitized books and documents
- Kansas
- List of books about Kansas, many of these books are online
- Wikipedia
- Wikipedia : The Missing Manual; John Broughton; O'Reilly Media; 312 pages; 2008; ISBN 9780596515164. (Online HTML eBook)
Tools
edit- 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.