Wikipedia:WikiProject Washington/Eastern Washington task force
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Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Eastern Washington. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. This project was officially started on 9 August 2006.
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[edit]- List your name among the participants.
- Edit and expand this page. We need a solid foundation for the project in order to continue.
- Add pages to the articles covered section below.
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Scope
[edit]WikiProject Eastern Washington's goal is to add content, photos and information for all Eastern Washington pages. Right now it is focused on cities, towns, counties and places but as the project grows we hope to expand and cover all things related to Eastern Washington!
Participants
[edit]Anyone from, or with knowledge of Eastern Washington is welcome!
Active participants
[edit]- CDA aka Catherine
- Wjhonson
- Lukobe 05:50, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
- Matt Yeager♫ (Talk?) 04:07, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
- Surachit
- Williamborg (Bill)
- Presidentman
- Crazynas t
- Jdubman
- Quartermaster
- Nothingofwater
- Publichall
- Byrdsmyth
- Uncle Bean (talk) 00:33, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
- SpokaneWilly
- Redtitan (talk) - My skills are mapmaking and climate information. I hope to contribute to this areas here.
- DJ Cane (talk) 19:04, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
- Howpper (talk) 01:11, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
- 1958publius (talk) - My area is municipal government, happy to look into any city's Government section you want to point me to. I have no interest in politics.
- User:LoganNT
- 🌀CycloneFootball71🏈 |sandbox - I have good knowledge of the geography, flora, plus climate and weather here in Eastern Washington.
- Kadermonkey (talk · contribs) 21:41:09, 4 March 2021 (UTC) My skills are mostly related to finding facts that are not common knowledge but are interesting to learn about.
- Gustni
Inactive participants
[edit]- Alexandermiller - No edits since September 2012
- LaceyCantaloupe - No edits since August 2006
- JfrenchGU - No edits since October 2006
- Nrodovsky - No edits since October 2010
- Tippleman - No edits since Septmeber 2006
- --Wooty Woot? contribs 20:51, 20 November 2006 (UTC) - No edits in history at all
- CascadiaTALK|HISTORY - No edits since June 2007
- JStripes - 4 edits since September 2009. They were in March 2011
- User:Floridan - No edits since February 2011
- the pink panther - No edits since November 2009
- Kappabayan - No edits since December 2009
- Akihironihongo - Has said they are retired on User page since November 17, 2012
Statistics
[edit]Eastern Washington task force articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
FA | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
FM | 1 | 1 | |||||
A | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
GA | 1 | 1 | 8 | 52 | 62 | ||
B | 2 | 2 | 10 | 45 | 59 | ||
C | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 68 | 96 | |
Start | 3 | 7 | 9 | 71 | 162 | 252 | |
Stub | 6 | 33 | 41 | 171 | 251 | ||
List | 5 | 9 | 14 | ||||
Category | 74 | 74 | |||||
Disambig | 2 | 2 | |||||
File | 2 | 2 | |||||
Project | 6 | 6 | |||||
Redirect | 2 | 2 | 18 | 22 | |||
Template | 26 | 26 | |||||
Assessed | 6 | 19 | 51 | 157 | 129 | 511 | 873 |
Total | 6 | 19 | 51 | 157 | 129 | 511 | 873 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 3,453 | Ω = 4.76 |
Articles Covered
[edit]This is a short list of the articles that this WikiProject should focus on currently. The full list of articles can be found here.
Statistical Areas
[edit]Combined Statistical Areas
[edit]- Spokane–Coeur d'Alene combined statistical area
- Pullman–Moscow combined statistical area
- Moses Lake–Othello combined statistical area
Metropolitan Areas
[edit]- Lewiston–Clarkston metropolitan area
- Spokane metropolitan area
- Tri-Cities metropolitan area
- Wenatchee metropolitan area
Cities & Towns
[edit]Counties
[edit]Geography
[edit]Mountains
[edit]Mountain Ranges
[edit]Waterways
[edit]Significant Eastern Washington geologic features
[edit]History
[edit]Other
[edit]These articles are less important to this project at this point, but of course any contribution is welcomed.
Related WikiProjects
[edit]- WikiProject Washington
- WikiProject Oregon
- WikiProject British Columbia
- WikiProject Okanagan
- Wikiproject Indigenous peoples of North America
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Adopt an article
[edit]Similar to the Collaboration of the week, but on a smaller scale, you might want to "adopt" an article. This would involve doing the research, writing, and picture-taking (if possible) for either a non-existent article or a stub. Of course, everyone else can still edit an adopted article, and you can work on other things too, but the idea is to find a focus for a while, to try and build up the number of quality articles the Project has produced.
- Example article: User:Example
- History of Spokane: Alexandermiller
- Spokane River: SpokaneWilly
Quality
[edit]Label | Criteria | Reader's experience | Editor's experience | Examples |
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FA {{FA-Class}} |
Reserved exclusively for articles that have received "Featured article" status after peer review, and meet the current criteria for featured articles. | Definitive. Outstanding, thorough article; a great source for encyclopedic information. | No further editing necessary, unless new published information has come to light. | Australia (as of July 6 2006) |
A {{A-Class}} |
Provides a well-written, reasonably clear and complete description of the topic, as described in How to write a great article. It should be of a length suitable for the subject, with a well-written introduction and an appropriate series of headings to break up the content. It should have sufficient external literature references, preferably from the "hard" (peer-reviewed where appropriate) literature rather than websites. Should be well illustrated, with no copyright problems. At the stage where it could at least be considered for featured article status, corresponds to the "Wikipedia 1.0" standard. | Very useful to readers. A fairly complete treatment of the subject. A non-expert in the subject matter would typically find nothing wanting. May miss a few relevant points. | Minor edits and adjustments would improve the article, particularly if brought to bear by a subject-matter expert. In particular, issues of breadth, completeness, and balance may need work. Peer-review would be helpful at this stage. | Spokane |
GA {{GA-Class}} |
The article has passed through the Good article nomination process and been granted GA status, meeting the good article standards. This should be used for articles that still need some work to reach featured article standards, but that are otherwise good. Good articles that may succeed in FAC should be considered A-Class articles, but being a Good article is not a requirement for A-Class. | Useful to nearly all readers. A good treatment of the subject. No obvious problems, gaps, excessive information. Adequate for most purposes, but other encyclopedias could do a better job. | Some editing will clearly be helpful, but not necessary for a good reader experience. If the article is not already fully wikified, now is the time. | Eric Bana, Uluru |
B {{B-Class}} |
Has several of the elements described in "start", usually a majority of the material needed for a completed article. Nonetheless, it has significant gaps or missing elements or references, needs substantial editing for English language usage and/or clarity, balance of content, or contains other policy problems such as copyright, NPOV or NOR. With NPOV a well written B-class may correspond to the "Wikipedia 0.5" or "usable" standard. Articles that are close to GA status but don't meet the Good article criteria should be B- or Start-class articles. | Useful to many, but not all, readers. A casual reader flipping through articles would feel that they generally understood the topic, but a serious student or researcher trying to use the material would have trouble doing so, or would risk error in derivative work. | Considerable editing is still needed, including filling in some important gaps or correcting significant policy errors. Articles for which cleanup is needed will typically have this designation to start with. | Boomerang. |
Start {{Start-Class}} |
The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas, and may lack a table. For example an article on Africa might cover the geography well, but be weak on history and culture. Has at least one serious element of gathered materials, including any one of the following:
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Not useless. Some readers will find what they are looking for, but most will not. Most articles in this category have the look of an article "under construction" and a reader genuinely interested in the topic is likely to seek additional information elsewhere. | Substantial/major editing is needed, most material for a complete article needs to be added. This article usually isn't even good enough for a cleanup tag: it still needs to be built. | Jimmy Barnes |
Stub {{Stub-Class}} |
The article is either a very short article or a rough collection of information that will need much work to bring it to A-Class level. It is usually very short, but can be of any length if the material is irrelevant or incomprehensible. | May be useless to a reader only passingly familiar with the term. Possibly useful to someone who has no idea what the term meant. At best a brief, informed dictionary definition. | Any editing or additional material can be helpful. | Coffee table book (as of July 2005) |
Needed {{Needed-Class}} |
The article does not exist and needs to be created. |
Requests
[edit]- Maps - It would be nice if we could have a better map available for the communities in Chelan County, instead of the simple dot on the state map, similar to what is used in Maricopa County, Arizona for their communities. I know Chelan County isn't as large or have as many cities, but a closer view of just Chelan County vs. a entire state view would be better. I tried to find a good base map, but I can't find one. Cascadia 16:58, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
- Get the correct spelling on places - like the Fox Theater, some genius has the article titled Fox Theatre.
- I'm working on editing Hanford site, and I would eventually like to take it to good article status. Would anybody like to assess the article for the Eastern Washington Project or provide feedback? Northwest-historian (talk) 07:13, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
- Any help at The George Nethercutt Foundation would be appreciated. Thanks--Counsel (talk) 00:43, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
- An article on Rufus Woods, the namesake of Rufus Woods Lake and one-time publisher of the Wenatchee Daily World (http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/history/),who is notable due to his role in the decades-long battle to get the Grand Coulee Dam built.(http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/coulee/, http://wiki.sos.wa.gov/ndnp/Default.aspx?Page=Wenatchee_Daily_World) 72.244.200.63 (talk) 03:59, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Photos & other enhancements requested
[edit]Unless noted otherwise, the following articles have no pictures. Anyone's pictures would be appreciated.
Adams County
[edit]- Adams County, Washington article has one picture
- Hatton
- Lind
- Othello is largest city in Adams, but has only a single picture
- Cunningham
- Keystone
- Royal Slope
- Dr. Frank R. Burroughs House in Ritzville is a house listed on the National Register of Historic Places
- Nelson H. Greene House, located in Ritzville is a house listed on the NRHP
- Strap Iron Corral located 5 miles north of Hooper is listed on the NRHP
- Seivers Brothers Ranchhouse and Barn located in Lind is listed on the NRHP
Asotin County
[edit]- Cloverland, Washington is 11.5 miles (18.5 km) southwest of Asotin.
- Cloverland Garage in Cloverland
- Full Gospel Church at 1st and Monroe Streets in Asotin, Washington
Benton County
[edit]- Highland has only one picture.
- Steve Young, former Kennewick mayor, needs picture.
- Whitcomb
Chelan County
[edit]- Chelan River
- Chelan Mountains
- Sunnyslope
- South Wenatchee
- Entiat
- Chelan Falls
- Ardenvoir
- Chumstick
- Dryden
- Holden Village
- Malaga
- Monitor
- Peshastin
- Stehekin
- Winton
- Blewett - the ghost town
- Chelan County Public Utility District (PUD)
- Wenatchee School District
- Chatter Creek Guard Station in Leavenworth
- Columbia River Bridge (Wenatchee, Washington) is a historic bridge that spans the Columbia River between Wenatchee and East Wenatchee
- Rock Island Railroad Bridge (Columbia River) lies SW of Rock Island over the Columbia River
Columbia County
[edit]Douglas County
[edit]- Douglas County, Washington article could use geology discussion with articles
- Bridgeport
- Gallaher House in Bridgeport is on National Register of Historic Places
- East Wenatchee has only one photo - light for a community of 13,000
- Pangborn-Herndon Memorial Site is on National Register of Historic Places
- Rock Island
- Rock Island Railroad Bridge (Columbia River) is on National Register of Historic Places
- Waterville is lightly covered for a county seat (only an ambiguous snowstorm shot and a Route 2 shot taken outside of town)
- Orondo
- Palisades
Ferry County
[edit]Franklin County
[edit]- Basin City
- Connell
- Mesa
- West Pasco
- Eltopia
- Franklin County, Washington could use more photos
Garfield County
[edit]- Pomeroy is the county seat - can you believe not pictures!
- Pataha
- Lewis and Clark Trail-Travois Road is a surviving stretch of Indian travois trail followed by Lewis and Clark 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Pomeroy on U.S. Route 12.
Grant County
[edit]- Geoprahic features - Moses Lake& Potholes Reservoir
- Columbia National Wildlife Refuge
- Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
- Banks Lake South
- Cascade Valley
- Coulee City
- Desert Aire
- Electric City
- Ephrata is lightly covered for a county seat
- Grand Coulee
- Hartline
- Krupp (also known as Marlin)
- Lakeview
- Quincy has two photos - both from locales 5-10 miles outside of Quincy
- Royal City
- Warden
- Wilson Creek
- Beverly, Washington
- Stratford
- Trinidad
- Grant County Public Utility District
Kittitas County
[edit]Klickitat County
[edit]- Bingen
- Centerville
- Dallesport
- Roosevelt
- Trout Lake
- Cleveland just west of Bickleton contains an old cemetery and a refurbished rodeo.
- Husum located at Husum Falls on the White Salmon River
Lincoln County
[edit]Okanogan County
[edit]- Okanogan County, Washington article has only a courthouse photo
- Elmer City
- Nespelem
- Nespelem Community
- North Omak
- Riverside
- Tonasket
- Twisp
- Carlton
- Mason City
- Mazama
- Nighthawk
- Wauconda
Pend Oreille County
[edit]- Cusick
- Ione
- Metaline
- Metaline Falls
- Newport
- Tiger
- Usk
- Dr. John and Viola Phillips House and Office at 337 Spokane Ave. in Newport, Washington
Spokane County
[edit]- Little Spokane River
- Liberty Lake on the Idaho state line.
- Newman Lake is 17 miles (27 km) east-northeast of downtown Spokane.
- Dishman Hills Natural Conservation Area
- Nine Mile Falls, Washington is 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Spokane near Riverside State Park (includes the Bowl and Pitcher)
- Airway Heights
- Cheney - can you beleie a university town has no pictures.
- Country Homes
- Deer Park
- Fairfield
- Fairwood
- Latah
- Liberty Lake
- Medical Lake
- Millwood is surrounded on three sides by the city of Spokane Valley.
- Otis Orchards-East Farms
- Rockford
- Spangle
- Spokane Bridge is the first settlement in the Spokane Valley, and needs considerable expansion.
- Spokane Valley
- Town and Country
- Waverly
- Cheney Odd Fellows Hall at 321 First St. in Cheney
- Millwood Historic District in Millwood- Roughly bounded by Argonne and Sargent Rds., and by Euclid and Liberty Aves.
Stevens County
[edit]Walla Walla County
[edit]- Blue Mountains
- McNary National Wildlife Refuge
- Burbank
- College Place
- Dixie
- Garrett
- Electric Light Works Building - now the home of the Power House Theater is on NRHP
- Preston Hall (Waitsburg, Washington) is on NRHP
Whitman County
[edit]- Union Flat Creek
- Lake Herbert G. West, formed by Lower Monumental Dam
- Albion
- Colton 14 miles south of Pullman
- Garfield
- Lamont
- Malden
- Oakesdale
- Palouse has a regional photo only
- Rosalia
- Saint John
- Steptoe is 11 miles north of Colfax
- Tekoa has great historic picture, but nothing current
- Uniontown
- Belmont
- Ewan
- Hay
- Thornton
- Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (Palouse, Washington) at 105 E. Alder Street is on NRHP
- Interior Grain Tramway, which operated until 1938 near Pullman, is on NRHP and would benefit from historic photos
- Masonic Hall (Farmington, Washington) is on NRHP
- United Presbyterian Church (Pullman, Washington) is on NRHP
Yakima County
[edit]- Ahtanum Creek
- Ahtanum
- Eschbach
- Gleed
- Grandview
- Harrah
- Mabton
- Moxee
- Naches
- Satus
- Summitview
- Tampico, Washington eight miles west of Yakima on Ahtanum Creek
- Terrace Heights
- Tieton
- Union Gap
- Wapato
- White Swan
- Edgar Rock Lodge - a rustic house on the road over Chinook Pass to Bumping Lakeis on the NRHP
- Compass High School (Grandview, Washington) is on the NRHP
- Kamiakin's Gardens near Ahtanum Creek is on the NRHP
- Yakima Indian Agency Building, also known as the Toppenish Historical Museum is on the NRHP
- Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge near Sunnyside