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Welcome to the Big Ten WikiProject, a collaboration area and group of editors dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of the Big Ten Conference.

(For more information on WikiProjects, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject and the Guide to WikiProjects).

Goals

• The goals of this WikiProject are:

1. To expand coverage of the Big Ten conference and related areas. 2. To create a foundation of all Big Ten information possible.

Scope

• The scope of this WikiProject is to expand all articles necessary, and make all colleges and rivalries associated with the Big Ten Conference as good as they can be. Note that this WikiProject is not just about Big Ten Athletics, but also about the schools themselves.

Contents 1 To-do 2 Participants 3 Articles 3.1 Featured content 3.1.1 Good Articles 3.2 Collaboration 4 Templates 5 Related projects

[edit] To-do

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Big Ten:

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Tag all articles related to this WikiProject Make FA: University of Illinois, Indiana University, University of Iowa, University of Minnesota, Northwestern University, Ohio State University, Penn State University, Purdue University, University of Wisconsin-Madison (use Michigan and MSU as guidelines.) Big Ten Conference. This is a big one, and it needs a HUGE amount of work. Make GA: All athletics articles, primarily Michigan-Ohio State Rivalry Expand: Smaller rivalries (Illibuck, Purdue Cannon, etc.) All History of... college articles (use History of Michigan State University as a guideline). All branches of the main college campus Unstub: Anything stubbed :P

[edit] Participants

Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.

1. Wizardman (colleges, football articles, rivalries)
2. Lordmontu (football, basketball, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
3. Football79 (football, University of Minnesota)
4. Kermitmorningstar (Penn State University)
5. JakeApple (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
6. CrayolaTwo (University of Wisconsin Marching Band, Big Ten marching bands)
7. Johntex (football, mascots, University of Michigan)
8. Stusutcliffe (football, basketball, University of Michigan)
9. Ets5017(Big 10 Marching Bands) (Penn State University)
10. Rkevins82 (Ohio State University, academics, history, anything needing citation, unpopular topics)
11. iowacrusader (University of Iowa, basketball, football, limited academics)
12. indianahighschoolgameday (Indiana everything, almost all current happenings)
13. Patricknoddy
14. Max (I attend Michigan State University but have love for all of the Big TEN!)
15. Timpcrk87 (Indiana University Bloomington)
16. N00bUser (everything about the University of Iowa)

[edit] Articles

[edit] Featured content

• University of Michigan
• Michigan State University
• History of Michigan State University

Topic discussion 6 articles Michigan State University
History of Michigan State University Campus of Michigan State University Michigan State University academics Michigan State Spartans Michigan State University Libraries

[edit] Good Articles

Article's related to the Big Ten that are rated GA on the quality scale If you know of a Article that is not on this list feel free to add it. this may grow to become a large collection of Big Ten Related Articles to help look at when working on related projects.

• Sparty- is the mascot of Michigan State University. Sparty is usually depicted as a muscular male Spartan warrior/athlete dressed in stylized Greek costume.
• TCF Bank Stadium - The new football home of the University of Minnesota football team beginning in 2009.

[edit] Collaboration

Collaboration of the month

• February 2007: Big Ten Conference
• April 2007: Women's sports in the Big Ten. Rkevins 18:58, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Templates

• {{WikiProject Big Ten}}

• {{User:Lordmontu/Userboxes/Big Ten Wikiproject}}

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[edit] Related projects

There's no "immediate" relations to any, but there are many semi-distant relatives.

• WikiProject Universities
• WikiProject College football
• WikiProject College basketball
• WikiProject Pennsylvania State University
• WikiProject University of Texas at Austin
• WikiProject ACC (just starting out as well, apparently)