Wikipedia:WikiProject Tennessee

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WikiProject Tennessee is a project to help improve Wikipedia's coverage of articles relating to the state of Tennessee.

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Tennessee: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2019-04-25

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Article requests : :-Create articles for TN high schools
-Create or expand articles for Tennessee state highways (see list)

-Create or expand articles for the Tennessee airports (see Perry County Airport for an example).

-Create articles for old Tennessee newspapers that have been digitized by Chronicling America. The list is here, with good source material under "More Info." NOTE that several papers have multiple entries due to name changes, but will require only one Wiki article.

-Browse the online Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture (here) and find entries that need a Wikipedia article (not all will meet notability, but most will; if unsure, post to the project talk page)

-Create or improve articles for notable Tennessee women (possible sources: [1], [2])

-Create an article for the "Night Riders" of Reelfoot Lake (source: [3])

-Create an article for the Memphis Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 (sources: [4], [5])

-Create an article for the Elizabethton Rayon Strikes of 1929 (sources: [6]), [7])

-Create an article for Crab Orchard Stone (source: [8]); see Tennessee marble for an example.

-Create an article for the Tennessee General Law Mayor-Aldermanic Charter, a type of charter used by several cities and towns (source: [9])
Expand : :-Start Class articles
-Articles about cities and towns (list here)

-Articles about rivers (list here)

-Knoxville Convention Center

-Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area

-Fordtown, Tennessee
Stubs : :-Stub Class articles
Update : :-Articles about counties, cities and towns to use 2010 U.S. Census data (source).
Other : :-Tag all TN-related articles' talk pages with {{WikiProject Tennessee|class=|importance=}} to include them in the project
-Assign Quality rating to unassessed TN articles according to Quality assessment standards

-Check new Tennessee-related articles and tag their talk page to include them in the project, if appropriate

-Review articles identified as needing assistance: Tennessee articles needing attention

-Invite frequent TN article editors to join the project

-Help fill the Portal:Tennessee with high quality information about the state. Suggest articles, biographies, anniversaries for the portal.

-Clean up Brentwood, Tennessee#Notable residents - Find and cite source(s) indicating that the individual lives in Brentwood or did at one time. If no sources exist, delete the name.

-Add photographs of all the state's National Register of Historic Places listings (see National Register of Historic Places listings in Tennessee for listings needing a photograph)

-Identify unsuccessful gubernatorial candidates who meet notability and create articles for them (see list of runners-up)

-Determine proper order and layout for the List of lieutenant governors of Tennessee

-Find sources for geological articles, including Cumberland Plateau, Highland Rim, and Nashville Basin.

The counties of Tennessee.

Project goalsEdit

This WikiProject is aimed at creating, improving and managing all articles relating to the U.S. state of Tennessee, including, but not limited to, its cities and counties, geographical features, people, institutions and businesses and history. We strive to maintain the utmost quality in all of these articles, and attempt to properly define their importance in the structure of Tennessee.

ParticipantsEdit

To join WikiProject Tennessee, add your username to our participant list.

UpdatesEdit

Recent milestones of the project. See /News for an archive of old news items.

March 7, 2009 - All 3,431 identified Tennessee articles have been assessed for quality and priority for the Tennessee project.
February 1, 2008 - List of counties in Tennessee was promoted to Featured List status.
January 19, 2008 - All identified Tennessee articles have been assessed for quality and priority for the Tennessee project.
December 24, 2007 - Navbox {{Memphis, Tennessee}} was contributed to improve navigation of Memphis Metro Area topics.
December 11, 2007 - WikiProject TN State Routes was started to improve quality of TN road articles.
December 4, 2007 - List of cities and towns in Tennessee was promoted to Featured List status.

Subprojects & task forcesEdit

Chattanooga task forceEdit

This task force has been established to focus on all articles relating to Chattanooga, Tennessee.

WikiProject Tennessee State RoutesEdit

This subproject has been established to focus on the highways and byways that comprise the state routes of Tennessee.

WikiProject resourcesEdit

SubpagesEdit

/Assessment: Article assessment page.
/Articles: Occasionally updated list of articles tagged with {{WikiProject Tennessee}}.
/Members: Membership list.
Wikipedia:WikiProject Tennessee/Most-viewed pages: The Project's most popular pages.
/Stubs: WikiProject stub templates.
/Templates: Tennessee-specific templates.

Article alertsEdit

Did you know

25 Jul 2021 – Howell Edmunds Jackson (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Extraordinary Writ (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

03 Aug 2021 – Grace June Cash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by John B123 (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
28 Jul 2021 – Margaret Feierabend (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by AngryHarpy (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
27 Jul 2021 – Jennifer Greenberg (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Possibly (t · c); see discussion (5 participants; relisted)
25 Jul 2021 – Music City Mystique (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Boleyn (t · c) was closed as keep by RL0919 (t · c) on 01 Aug 2021; see discussion (5 participants)
23 Jul 2021 – Gatlin Green (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by The Film Creator (t · c) was closed as delete by Daniel (t · c) on 30 Jul 2021; see discussion (3 participants)
09 Jul 2021 – Quintavious Johnson (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by GUtt01 (t · c) was closed as redirect by Daniel (t · c) on 30 Jul 2021; see discussion (4 participants; relisted)

Good article nominees

23 Jul 2021 – Tennessee (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by Bneu2013 (t · c) was promoted by Some Dude From North Carolina (t · c), see discussion

Requested moves

03 Aug 2021 – Nashville, Tennessee (talk · edit · hist) move request to Nashville by 49.150.110.214 (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Articles to be split

29 Jan 2019 – Memphis Tigers football (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by UW Dawgs (t · c); see discussion
07 May 2017 – Clarksville, Tennessee (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by M2545 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

02 Aug 2021 – Draft:United States Stove Company (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by ChattWiki423 (t · c) was declined by Clearfrienda (t · c) on 03 Aug 2021

TemplatesEdit

Click on a template's link to see an example of how the template will appear.

Project template: {{WikiProject Tennessee|class=|importance=}} - This template is used for tagging the Discussion (talk) pages of articles cared for by the WikiProject. Make certain that this banner is placed only on article talk pages. This template is also used to assess the quality and importance of articles, following the standards as outlined on the article assessment page. For further usage instructions and additional variables, please visit the template page at {{WikiProject Tennessee}}.

User templates: {{User WikiProject Tennessee}} - Userbox for use on the user page.; {{WikiProject Tennessee member}} - Banner for use on the user talk page.

Stub templates: See /Stubs for a list of Tennessee-specific stub templates.

Userboxes

This user participates in
WikiProject Tennessee.

{{User WikiProject Tennessee}}

{{User Tennessee}}

This user is interested in the U.S. State of Tennessee.

{{User interest Tennessee}}

Infoboxes and navboxesEdit

See /Templates for a list of Tennessee-specific infoboxes and navboxes and an example of each.

CategoriesEdit

▼ WikiProject Tennessee

► WikiProject Tennessee articles

► Wikipedia meetups in Tennessee

► WikiProject MTSU

► WikiProject Tennessee participants

► Tennessee templates

► WikiProject Tennessee templates

► WikiProject Vandy

SourcesEdit

This is a list of Free and GDFL information sources specific to Tennessee.

Tennessee.gov

Other sources are available through various online databanks and are listed below. The information may be available in either citation or full text format. If you should wish information from these sources, please drop me an e-mail indicating either the subject you are interested in, or the periodical and period, along with your own e-mail address, and I will forward to you the information I find. John Carter (talk) 18:00, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Advantage (1985-1990)

Article statusEdit

These sections relate to different actions needed for Tennessee-related articles. If you know of an article needing priority action, please list it in the appropriate section below.

Requested articlesEdit

Knoxville Journal - historical main Knoxville paper, now weekly paper

Articles for deletionEdit

See Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Tennessee

Merge requestsEdit

Category:Tennessee articles needing merge action: This list of articles are proposed for merging into another, related article. Please look at the request and comment on the appropriate article talk page.

Articles needing attentionEdit

Category:Tennessee articles needing attention: This list of articles are in need of some kind of immediate attention. Please check that article's talk page for details.

Articles needing photosEdit

Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Tennessee: This list of articles are in need of an image or photograph. You can help Wikipedia by uploading freely licensed images and photos for these articles to Wikimedia Commons. You can tag an article as needing an image by placing {{reqphoto|in=Tennessee}} on that article's talk page.

Looking for a relevant photo of a stock certificate for Wreck of the Tennessee Gravy Train, or a 1929 State of Tennessee bond.

Article assessmentsEdit

Assessment page: This article describes how to properly assess the quality and importance of an article using the {{WikiProject Tennessee}} template.

Top-rated articlesEdit

These articles have been granted either Featured Article status (FAs) or Good Article status, meaning they are some of the best articles on Wikipedia. All articles should strive toward the quality represented in these articles. If a Tennessee-related article is proposed for either title, please list it in the Nominees subsection.

Featured articlesEdit

Good articlesEdit

Good articles

NomineesEdit

Elizabethton,_Tennessee, please review for GA (good article) class. Article might need help with a few red links first, it is well structured and referenced. Current status is B-class. doxTxob 21:52, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

I am thinking that several sections of the Elizabethton, Tennessee Wiki article first needs to be "more fleshed" out pertaining to several history sections (railroad history, rayon mill-textile workers/union historty history, etc.) before GA status --- I would also like to see content pertaining to the Elizabethton city government and the city parks and rec department.

The red link for a non-existing North American Rayon Corporation should be eliminated with the addition of more detail and perhaps image files about the rayon mills section under history (be sure to follow the Tennessee Encyclopedia external links for detailed material references).4.129.71.185 15:05, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

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ToolsEdit

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.

External watchlistEdit

Wikiproject Watchlist - WikiProject Tennessee