A few Wikipedians have gotten together to make some suggestions about how we might organize data in articles about states, cities and towns. Here they are: WikiProject U.S. States These are only suggestions, things to give you focus and to get you going, and you shouldn't feel obligated in the least to follow them. Mainly, we just want you to write articles! |
A few Wikipedians have gotten together to make some suggestions about how we might organize data in articles about states, cities and towns. Here they are: WikiProject U.S. States These are only suggestions, things to give you focus and to get you going, and you shouldn't feel obligated in the least to follow them. But if you don't know what to write or where to begin, following the below guidelines may be helpful. Mainly, we just want you to write articles! |
There shall be an article called U.S. States, which shall discuss U.S. States in general, as opposed to any particular state, and provide a list of U.S. states. It shall also list the current U.S. Federal Territories, and explain the difference between a state and a Federal territory. |
There shall be an article called U.S. States, which shall discuss U.S. States in general, as opposed to any particular state, and provide a list of U.S. states. It shall also list the current U.S. Federal Territories, and explain the difference between a state and a Federal territory. It shall also include a listing of U.S. states in order of admission to the Union, including the date on which it was admitted. |
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A few Wikipedians have gotten together to make some suggestions about how we might organize data in articles about states, cities and towns. Here they are: WikiProject U.S. States These are only suggestions, things to give you focus and to get you going, and you shouldn't feel obligated in the least to follow them. But if you don't know what to write or where to begin, following the below guidelines may be helpful. Mainly, we just want you to write articles!
Title: WikiProject U.S. States
Scope: This WikiProject aims primarily to provide information on all of the 50 U.S. States, their counties and cities. This WikiProject shall also provide information on the current U.S. Federal Territories (District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, etc.) as well.
Parentage: The parent of this WikiProject has not yet been defined. Possible candidates include [WikiProject Countries of the World]? and [WikiProject United States]?.
Descendant Wikiprojects:
Formatting for U.S. States:
There shall be an article called U.S. States, which shall discuss U.S. States in general, as opposed to any particular state, and provide a list of U.S. states. It shall also list the current U.S. Federal Territories, and explain the difference between a state and a Federal territory. It shall also include a listing of U.S. states in order of admission to the Union, including the date on which it was admitted.
Each U.S. state shall be called by the common name of the state, e.g. Texas, California. An exception to this rule is Georgia, since that is the name of both a U.S. State and an independent country in the Caucasus?; means must be found of distinguishing between the two. The article on each U.S. State shall include the following information:
If any section above becomes too detailed, it should be split off into a separate article.
Pages on U.S. Federal Territories are to have the same format as U.S. States above, mutatis mutandis.
Please try to avoid including trivia in the articles for U.S. States, unless you consider the trivia especially interesting.
Formatting for U.S. Counties:
Each U.S. county shall be called by the common name of the state, e.g. Jackson County, Michigan. Where needed, a link to the county will be placed on a more general entry page, e.g. Jackson should contain a link to Jackson County, Michigan, Jackson, Mississippi and Jackson, Michigan. The article on each U.S. County shall include the following information:
Formatting for U.S. Cities:
Each U.S. city shall be called by the common name of the city, e.g. Jackson, Mississippi, [Des Moines, Iowa]?, New York, New York. All other possible common names for the city should re-direct to the main city entry. Ideally, it should be that every city has an entry titled in the CITY NAME, STATE NAME manner. New York City, for example, or other such instances should at least be in some way associated to a CITY NAME, STATE NAME entry so that a common linking standard can be maintained. (The proliferation of New York City entries shows, I think, the need for a naming standard specific to cities). The article on each U.S. city shall include the following information:
Hierarchy definition:
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