User:Livinlife133/WikiProject Blackstone Valley (Draft)

Welcome to the Blackstone Valley WikiProject! The Blackstone Valley is a historically important region in the United States, located in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

News and Updates

 * 28 August 2020: WikiProject proposed

Criteria
To have a page included in the WikiProject, the page subject must be located within the region (region limits below), or be affiliated with the region. Town and road pages are accepted, as long as roads run through the region.

Region limits
The Blackstone Valley is made up of 25 communities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, those being:
 * Auburn, Massachusetts
 * Blackstone, Massachusetts
 * Burrillville, Rhode Island
 * Central Falls, Rhode Island
 * Cumberland, Rhode Island
 * Douglas, Massachusetts
 * East Providence, Rhode Island
 * Glocester, Rhode Island
 * Grafton, Massachusetts
 * Hopedale, Massachusetts
 * Leicester, Massachusetts
 * Lincoln, Rhode Island
 * Mendon, Massachusetts
 * Millbury, Massachusetts
 * Millville, Massachusetts
 * Northbridge, Massachusetts
 * North Smithfield, Rhode Island
 * Pawtucket, Rhode Island
 * Providence, Rhode Island
 * Smithfield, Rhode Island
 * Sutton, Massachusetts
 * Upton, Massachusetts
 * Uxbridge, Massachusetts
 * Woonsocket, Rhode Island
 * Worcester, Massachusetts

Members
If you would like to join the project, add your name to the bottom of this list.
 * 1) Livinlife133 - member since 28 August 2020

Classes
This project grades articles with the same standards as WP:1.0.

Importance
There are four main importance categories, low, mid, high, and top.
 * Top importance articles are the main articles that explain the region. These would be Blackstone Valley, Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor and Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park.
 * High importance articles are articles about the infrastructure of the region. Roads, rails, bike paths, etc. The pages for the 25 communities above, as well as villages, are also high importance.
 * Mid importance articles are for individual places throughout the region.
 * Low importance articles are for the people that have lived in the region. Exceptions are granted for major individuals, such as Samuel Slater.