Wikipedia:WikiProject Virginia
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This project covers the creation and editing of articles related to the Commonwealth of Virginia, its regions, counties, cities, history, geography, and culture. This shall be done through the spirit of cooperation with the end goal of such editing being the production of articles of at least Good Article status, if not Featured Article quality.
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[edit] Articles
[edit] Statistics
This list is generated automatically every night around 10 PM EST. View full worklist.
| Virginia articles |
Importance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | High | Mid | Low | None | Total | ||
| Quality | |||||||
 FA |
6 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| A | 1 | 1 | |||||
 GA |
4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | ||
| B | 9 | 49 | 52 | 12 | 154 | 276 | |
| Start | 2 | 175 | 180 | 133 | 673 | 1163 | |
| Stub | 1 | 56 | 333 | 476 | 1854 | 2720 | |
| List | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 23 | ||
| Assessed | 16 | 294 | 576 | 623 | 2703 | 4212 | |
| Unassessed | 1 | 24 | 25 | ||||
| Total | 16 | 294 | 576 | 624 | 2727 | 4237 | |
[edit] Membership
(Feel free to add your name and area of interests.
(If you feel that you are in the wrong section feel free to change it.)
[edit] Active members
Users who are still active among this project or Wikipedia.
- RebelAt (talk · contribs) - History, Central Virginia, Southwest Virginia
- MPD01605 (talk · contribs) - Northern Virginia, transportation (see: Wikipedia:WikiProject Virginia Highways)
- Vaoverland (talk · contribs) - Historic Triangle, Central, Southeastern Virginia, history, transportation, geography, biography
- Youngamerican (talk · contribs) - Mainly matters relating to VA history before the partition of the state in 1863, with a sub-focus on the area that is now West Virginia.
- Dinosaur puppy (talk · contribs) - History, Northern Virginia, Biographies of early colonists.
- Derek.cashman (talk · contribs) - Primarily Richmond, Hampton Roads, colleges and universities in Virginia, history.
- Erechtheus (talk · contribs) - Richmond, Petersburg, Williamsburg, Hanover, Southwest Virginia, Danville
- Kubigula (talk · contribs) - Virginia law, history
- Arbogastlw (talk · contribs) - History and geography of Loudoun County
- Chrislk02 (talk · contribs) - Hampton Roads, Franklin, Courtland, places in that area
- No1lakersfan (talk · contribs) - Anything Hampton Roads: Publc schools, highways, cities, etc.
- JimDunning (talk · contribs) — Northern Virginia, history and secondary schools
- Zidel333 (talk · contribs) - Northern Virginia, Virginia History, Economics, Politics, etc. etc.
- Neutralhomer (talk · contribs) - Radio and Television stations for Virginia, history for Frederick County, VA.
- Don Braffitt (talk · contribs) - Southwest Virginia
- WAVY 10 (talk · contribs) - Hampton Roads area (mainly television stations and personalities), live about an hour away in North Carolina
- VirginiaProp (talk · contribs) - Tidewater and more specifically Virginia Peninsula
- Terrenjpeterson (talk · contribs) - Central Virginia - museums
- Carla (talk · contribs) - History, Appalachian area, Hampton Roads
- Faithlessthewonderboy (talk · contribs) - Biographies, education
- Cccola29 (talk · contribs) - Virginia State Politics, Notable Figures.
- TommyBoy (talk · contribs) - Politics, Biographies
- Bbabybear02 (talk · contribs) - Anything Virginia (Mostly Radio Stations)
- Queerbubbles (talk · contribs) - Live in Fairfax area, but love to add pics for anywhere. Mostly Charlottesville and UVA articles
- Patriarca12 (talk · contribs) - Roanoke
- Crazysane (talk · contribs) - Southampton County History / Photography
- AnnaFrance (talk · contribs) - Bedford, Campbell, and Botetourt Counties
[edit] Semi-active
Users who make the occasional edit here and there.
- Erielhonan (talk · contribs) - Richmond, ecology of the Commonwealth (ecoregions, flora, fauna), linguistic history, NPOV.
- racepacket (talk · contribs)- Northern Virginia, historic sites and buildings (last Virginia edit Sept 25, 2007; still active)
- Tnkr111 (talk · contribs) — Live in Alexandria, interetsed in historical and cultural sites in the NoVA area
- mmoyer (talk · contribs) Northern Virginia, extinct towns, local history, historical structures (last Virginia edit July 2, 2007; still active)
- sageofwisdom (talk · contribs) History, Richmond region, Historic Triangle, Appalachian mountains
- chrisfortier (talk · contribs) Hampton Roads area, Southwest Virginia, JMU
- Okisize (talk · contribs) History (mainly Old South and Reconstruction), Shenandoah Valley, Richmond, Hanover County, VMI
- Old Guard (talk · contribs) - economy
- unixluv (talk · contribs) - Hampton Roads, NASA and Langley AFB
- MsDivagin (talk · contribs) - Metro Richmond, Hanover & Secondary Schools
- Patrickneil (talk · contribs) - Washington, DC metro, history
- Hadoriel (talk · contribs) - History (mainly colonial and pre-civil war)
[edit] Inactive
Users who have left Wikipedia or have not been active editing Virginia-related articles.
- Plange (talk · contribs) - history of Southwest Virginia, mainly Washington County (Inactive since May 1, 2007)
- Va girl2468 (talk · contribs) - Northern Virginia, Central Virginia (Richmond, Henrico and Chesterfield counties), History, Colleges and universities in VA, VA Beach area (Inactive since May 29, 2007)
- Nationalboard (talk · contribs) - Central-Southern Virginia (last Virginia related edit September 12, 2006)
- Bubastis1 (talk · contribs) - Hampton Roads, Virginia, technology, history (last Virginia related edit September 24, 2006)
- PAE2008 (talk · contribs) - Northern VA History and Public Schools (Fairfax County) (Inactive since November 8, 2006)
- DMLaenker (talk · contribs) - Hampton Roads, Richmond, Shenandoah Valley (Inactive since April 2, 2007)
- P.L.A.R. (talk · contribs)-Central Virginia, history (Inactive since June 1, 2007)
- Staus (talk · contribs)-Businesses & Retail in/around Richmond and Henrico. (Inactive since February 8, 2007)
- Doodlemuck (talk · contribs) - History of Northern Virginia, places, people, and geography (Inactive since February 19, 2007)
- JIJUUUH (talk · contribs) History of southern Virginis, Places, People, and Geography (No edits ever made)
- AeliasIV (talk · contribs) - Politics of Virginia, Virginia Universities (Inactive since March 7, 2007)
- Narwhalhistory (talk · contribs) - History of Central Virginia, colonist bios, Hanover/Louisa County, Virginia Law, and the Civil War in Virginia. (Inactive since March 2, 2007)
- somemoron (talk · contribs) - Richmond, Charlottesville, parks and recreation (Inactive since January 4, 2007)
- akronpow (talk · contribs)- Charlottesville, Richmond, shopping centers and real estate development (Inactive since March 16, 2007)
- Lokinjo (talk · contribs) - Lives in Centreville and likes Starcraft. (Inactive since April 11, 2007)
- Grayghost01 (talk · contribs) - Created Winchester in the Civil War and many other Virginia Civil War related contributions (see my user page). I'm looking for help on Virginia Regimental histories, and on more pages on some of the Gaps and other geo features of the Civil War not yet on Wiki (e.g. Chester's Gap is not done, while Ashby Gap is a stub) (Only 5 edits since June 2007)
- WTGDMan1986 (talk · contribs) Love the state, wishes to revert vandalism. (last Virginia related edit May 18, 2007)
- ramcgl (talk · contribs)- Anything Southwest Virginia, mainly from the Coalfields. (Inactive since May 2, 2007)
- Siesatia (talk · contribs) - Northern Virginia, Past, Present, mainly Loudoun County (Inactive since February 6, 2007)
- emeil (talk · contribs) - History, Eastern Shore of Virginia, originally from Amelia County (Inactive since June 13, 2007)
- hunter209 (talk · contribs)-Southwest Virginia (Only 4 edits in July 2007)
[edit] Project Divisions
- 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 Virginia
- Culture (talk) — Music, art, icons, mass communication
- People (talk) — Includes Virginia natives and those residents who have shaped Virginia
- Government (talk) — Government: federal, state and local politics in relation to Virginia
- History (talk) — History of Virginia during and prior to statehood
- Economy (Talk) — Major Virginia industries, employers, trends, and history relating to the economy of Virginia
- Education (Talk) — All schools, colleges, universities and educational organizations & institutions in Virginia
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Related WikiProjects
WikiProject Virginia is one of the United States WikiProjects.
Also related, and often overlapping heavily with US topics, are WikiProject Canada and WikiProject Mexico.
[edit] Virginia-related WikiProjects
[edit] Categories
For a tree of categories related to Virginia see Categories
[edit] Lists
- List of cities in Virginia
- List of cities and towns along the Potomac River
- List of colleges and universities in Virginia
- List of colonial governors of Virginia
- List of counties in Virginia
- List of Virginia county name etymologies
- List of Virginia county seats
- List of Governors of Virginia
- List of high schools in Virginia
- List of hospitals in Virginia
- List of individuals executed in Virginia
- List of Lieutenant Governors of Virginia
- Virginia locations by per capita income
- List of areas in the National Park System of the United States in Virginia
- List of newspapers in Virginia
- List of Virginia numbered highways
- List of people from Virginia
- List of radio stations in Virginia
- List of radio stations in Virginia by format
- List of Virginia railroads
- List of Registered Historic Places in Virginia
- List of Virginia rivers
- List of school divisions in Virginia
- List of Virginia state forests
- Virginia State Highways
- List of Virginia state parks
- List of Virginia state prisons
- List of television stations in Virginia
- List of television stations in Virginia (by channel number)
- List of towns in Virginia
- List of unincorporated towns in Virginia
- List of United States Representatives from Virginia
- List of United States Senators from Virginia
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[edit] External links
Categories: WikiProject Virginia articles | Unassessed Virginia articles | Main pages with misplaced talk page templates | Wikipedia requested photographs in Virginia | WikiProject Virginia members | WikiProject Virginia | WikiProject U.S. states | WikiProjects participating in Wikipedia 1.0 assessments
