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WikiProject Erie was started on March 25, 2007, to coordinate work on articles related to Erie, Pa. and Northwest Pennsylvania in the English Wikipedia.

Anyone interested in contributing is encouraged to sign up below and post any ideas and/or suggestions on the Talk page. Feel free to edit this page and add any articles that need serious work or that you feel require attention below in the Open Tasks sections.

Contents 1 Scope 2 News 3 Relations 3.1 Parent Projects 3.2 Sister WikiProjects 3.3 Descendant WikiProjects 4 Similar WikiProjects 5 Members 5.1 Administrators 5.2 Editors 6 Tasks 6.1 On-going 6.2 Erie suburbs 6.2.1 Cities 6.2.2 Boroughs 6.2.3 Townships 6.2.4 Census-designated places 6.2.5 Unincorporated communities 7 Articles 7.1 Featured Articles 7.2 Did You Know? 7.3 Good Articles 7.4 Needing attention 7.5 Requested 8 Photographs 8.1 Featured Pictures 8.2 Requested 9 Assessment 10 Project templates

[edit] Scope

This WikiProject aims to coordinate improvment efforts on articles related to Erie, Pennsylvania, and the surrounding area including Northwestern Pennsylvania.

It is also an aim of this project to bring the Erie city article up to Featured Article status, in part by bringing it up to the standards defined by WikiProject Cities.

This is an open project that is owned and controlled by all its members. Its open tasks are a compilation generated by many of its members. All concerns with elements of this project should be discussed on the Talk page.

[edit] News

March 25, 2007: WikiProject Erie begins - After noticing WikiProjects for Pittsburgh and Youngstown, I decided that Erie needed one. As you may notice, this page is pretty much a knock-off of those two (Ytown and Pgh). The Pgh project page is awesome. If you've got some time, please check it out. And take notice to the Talk page, too. It's how I'd like to see Erie's WikiProject page be used. --Write_On_1983 talk | contribs 05:08, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
May 25, 2007: WikiProject Erie is two months old with four members. Erie, PA is well on the way to becoming a Good Article. I'd like to start tagging Crawford County, PA and Warren County, PA articles for the project. --T. Wiki
June 2, 2007 Erie has been listed as a Good Article. Well done to all that contributed.--T. Wiki 12:46, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
July 7, 2007Erie has been listed as a Featured Article.—trey^{is the editor that has sex in their sig} 21:08, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Relations

[edit] Parent Projects

The following are parents of this project:

• WikiProject Cities
• WikiProject U.S. cities
• WikiProject Pennsylvania

[edit] Sister WikiProjects

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Philadelphia
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Pittsburgh
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Youngstown

[edit] Descendant WikiProjects

No descendent WikiProjects have been defined as of yet.

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[edit] Members

Project members, please see the Project Templates to add special Erie boxes to your user page to identify yourself as a member of the project.

[edit] Administrators

Wikipedia Administrators and System Operators have essential tools at their disposal to greatly improve WikiProject Erie articles. Please utilize them for tasks you find needing their assistance and attention.

None Named Yet

[edit] Editors

• Write_On_1983 talk | contribs - One of them m'up 'ers that really loves Erie and most of what it has to offer
• ​​​​D​​tbohrer​​​​^{talk•contribs} - was thinking of starting a wikiproject for Erie; has edited a lot of Erie-related articles
• Pat - a grad student at Mercyhurst College who lives in Erie and has revised a couple of Erie-related articles between class assignments; will try to help out
• vishwin60 - I live all the way down in SE PA, but I will still help. I mainly do transportation and style editing.
• —trey^jay–jay(UTC) Recently unbanned. Founding member.
• yankeesrj12- I will help do anything that is needed
• ​​DNCamper^{talk•contribs} - Lives in Albion, Pennsylvania. Would like to contribute topics like History and anything relevant to Albion.
• Presidentman (talk) Random Picture of the Day - Will do anything to help

[edit] Tasks

Feel free to add any articles that need to be addressed or improved to this list. When adding a page, place {{WikiProject Erie}} on the articles talk page. Please remember to sign all additions in this section.

[edit] On-going

• Keep Erie, Pennsylvania, as compact as possible, moving as much details into sub-articles as is reasonable
• Keep all Erie-related articles properly categorized
• Patrol changes to Erie-related articles
• Turn Erie, Pennsylvania, into a featured articleY Done
• Improve the stub articles related to Erie and identify and tag new Erie-related stub articles
• Patrol recent changes to note improvements / vandalism to articles under the scope of Erie, PA.

[edit] Erie suburbs

It is recommended that pages for municipalities surrounding Erie be updated.

[edit] Cities

• Corry
• Erie

[edit] Boroughs

Albion Cranesville Edinboro Elgin Girard

Lake City McKean Mill Village North East Platea

Union City Waterford Wattsburg Wesleyville

[edit] Townships

• Lawrence Park (the only "first class township" in the county)

Amity Township Concord Township Conneaut Township Elk Creek Township Fairview Township Franklin Township Girard Township Greene Township

Greenfield Township Harborcreek Township Lawrence Park Township LeBoeuf Township McKean Township Millcreek Township North East Township Springfield Township

Summit Township Union Township Venango Township Washington Township Waterford Township Wayne Township

[edit] Census-designated places

Census-designated places are geographical areas designated by the U.S. Census Bureau for the purposes of compiling demographic data. They are not actual jurisdictions under Pennsylvania law. Other unincorporated communities, such as villages, may be listed here as well.

• Avonia
• Northwest Harborcreek

[edit] Unincorporated communities

• State Line

[edit] Articles

[edit] Featured Articles

Articles that achieved FA status

• Erie, Pennsylvania - 7 July 2007
• Presque Isle State Park - 25 November 2007

[edit] Did You Know?

Articles that were featured in the Did You Know? section on the Main Page

• ...that the official Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, prematurely announced the death of Bishop Donald Trautman? — 2007-07-06
• ...that after Hugo Chávez's September 2006 speech to the United Nations, gas stations operated by the United Refining Company starting removing Citgo signs from their buildings? — 2007-07-24
• ...that the Gudgeonville Covered Bridge (pictured) in Girard, Pennsylvania is said by local residents to be haunted by the ghost of a donkey? — 2007-09-19
• ...that in the landmark case Erie v. Pap's A. M., the Supreme Court of the United States upheld an ordinance requiring some erotic dancers to wear nipple pasties and a G-string? — 2007-10-14
• ...that United States Navy Rear Admiral Charles A. Curtze qualified for the 1936 Summer Olympics as a gymnast, but the State Department prohibited him from traveling to Nazi-ruled Germany? — 2008-01-02
• ...that in 2002 the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad bought 41½ miles (66.8 km) of track between Meadville and Corry, Pennsylvania for $1? — 2008-02-01
• ...that before becoming mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania in 1862, Prescott Metcalf started two railroads, numerous manufacturing firms, and was the director of a canal? — 2008-02-18

[edit] Good Articles

Articles that achieved GA status

[edit] Needing attention

Please list below any Erie-related articles that need help.

See also: Category:Erie articles needing attention

• Millcreek Twp. --Write On 1983 03:51, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
• Millcreek Township School District --Write_On_1983 talk | contribs 23:14, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
• Erie County, Pennsylvania-Ttttrrrreeeeyyyyyy 00:22, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Requested

Please list below requests for any articles relating to the Erie-area. Should you be inclined to do so, you may create the page yourself, but please remember to tag it to the Erie Project.

• Erieblogs, Dobbins Landing, --Write_On_1983 talk | contribs 05:04, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
• The Boston Store --​​​​D​​tbohrer​​​​^{talk•contribs} 16:40, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
• McDowell High School --Ttttrrrreeeeyyyyyy 22:22, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
• Erie County Convention Center Pat 09:09, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
• Jerry Uht Pat 09:09, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
• Raymond M. Blasco, M.D. Memorial Library Pat 08:20, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
• Erie Veterans Memorial Stadium Pat 19:59, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
• Celebrate Erie --Write_On_1983 talk | contribs 20:56, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
• Erie Management Group (EMG) [1] Pat 00:00, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
• Theater in Erie, Sports in Erie, Flag of Erie.--trey 22:02, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Photographs

[edit] Featured Pictures

Erie-related images that are promoted to featured picture

POTD on 2008-02-27

[edit] Requested

Please list below requests for any photos relating to the Erie-area. Should you be inclined to do so, you may take the photo yourself, but please remember to tag it to the Erie Project. Put the requests in order from most important to least.

• a photograph of the inside of St. Peter Cathedral. Pat 00:00, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
• Interstate 79 and West 26th St Interchange, preferably from 79 northbound.--trey 22:02, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
  • It's a difficult shot, Trey. How's this? Image:I79term.jpg --Pat 21:02, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
• photo of the new EMTA buses and a photo of a Bayliner Trolley. 1, 2 --​​​​D​​tbohrer​​​​^{talk•contribs} 00:25, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
• photo of Erie International Airport --​​​​D​​tbohrer​​​​^{talk•contribs} 20:04, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Assessment

Erie articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	None	Total
Quality
	FA	2					2
	B		5	12	1		18
	Start	1	14	80	24		119
	Stub		6	119	79	2	206
	List		1	3	1		5
	Assessed	3	26	214	105	2	350
	Total	3	26	214	105	2	350

• Assessment – Article rating system
• V1.0 index logs, sortings, stats, etc
• Rating change log

[edit] Project templates

The following are templates related to WikiProject Erie:

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{{WikiProject Erie}} Designates that an article as part of WikiProject Erie. Placed on the article's Talk page.	WikiProject Erie is part of WikiProject Erie, which is building a comprehensive and detailed guide to the Erie, Pennsylvania metropolitan area, the surrounding counties of Crawford and Warren, and related subjects on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, visit the project page, where you can join the project. Portal Unknown This article has not been rated on the quality assessment scale. Unknown This article has not had been rated on the importance assessment scale.
{{Erie, PA}} Placed at the bottom of a major Erie-related article.	v • d • e City of Erie History • Demographics • Economy • Transportation • Media • Colleges and Universities • Parks • Presque Isle • County • School District  • Sports
{{Erie Travel}} Placed at the bottom of a transportation-related Erie article.	v • d • e Transportation in Erie, Pennsylvania Interstate Highways I-79 • I-90 • I-86 Routes US 19/Peach Street • US 20  • PA 5 • PA 89 • PA 97 N • PA 98 • PA 99 • PA 290 • PA 299 • PA 505 • PA 531 • PA 832 • PA 955 Limited-access Highways Bayfront Connector Airport Erie International Airport/Tom Ridge Field Public Transit Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority • LIFT Intercity Bus Greyhound Lines • Coach USA • Anderson Travel • Trailways Passenger Rail Union Station • Amtrak Lake Shore Limited Transportation Center Erie Intermodal Transportation Center Freight Rail Norfolk Southern • CSX Water Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority • Great Lakes Cruise Company • American Canadian Cruise Line
{{ErieWikiProject-Member}} Designates that a user is a member of WikiProject Erie. Placed on the member's user page and/or their associated talk page.	This user is a member of WikiProject Erie, a WikiProject which aims to expand coverage of Erie, Pennsylvania, on Wikipedia. Please feel free to join us.
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{{User WPErie}} Designates that a user is a member of WikiProject Erie. Placed on the member's user page and/or their associated talk page. Can be used in addition to or instead of the banner above.	This user is a member of WikiProject Erie.
{{Erie Invite}} An invitation to be placed on a user's talk page, who has made major edits to Erie-related articles, to join WikiProject Erie.	Hello WikiProject Erie! You are receiving this message because we've noticed your excellent edits on the Erie-related page {{{1}}}. We need your assistance at WikiProject Erie. This is a new WikiProject and there is much work to do. Please head over to the project page, add your name, and help us enhance and increase the coverage of Erie related articles.
{{User Erie}} Designates that a user is from Erie, Pa. Placed on the member's user page and/or their associated talk page. Doesn't require membership in this project to use.	ERIE This user loves Erie, Pa.
{{User:Dtbohrer/Userboxes/Erie, PA}} Designates that this user is currently residing in Erie, PA. Placed on the member's user page and/or their associated talk page. Doesn't require membership in this project to use.	This user lives in Erie.