Wikipedia:WikiProject Franco-Americans

Welcome to WikiProject Franco-Americans. Several Wikipedians have formed this collaboration resource and group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Franco-Americans and the organization of information and articles on this topic. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in the topic. If you would like to help, please join the project, inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list below.

Goals

 * Provide guidance to Wikipedians wishing to improve articles related to Franco-Americans.
 * Help coordinate efforts aiming to improve and augment the coverage of Franco-American topics.
 * Maintain a sensible categorization of Wikipedia articles related to Franco-Americans.
 * Maintain the Portal:Franco-Americans

Scope

 * This project will encompass all aspects of the experience of Franco-Americans in the United States, including culture, history, politics, business, sports, etc. It will cover everything from the first Huguenot refugees of the 17th century to the most recent immigrants from everywhere within the French-speaking world.

Guidelines

 * Participants are advised to follow the principles, policies and guidelines of this encyclopedia, paying particular attention to these points:


 * In as much as possible, prefer English-language sources over French-language ones for the sake of verifiability. When alternatives to French-language sources cannot be found, it is suggested to provide a translation for the referenced passages. See Wikipedia:Verifiability (Non-English sources).
 * In conformity with Naming conventions (use English), articles should have a French name if really it is the usage, among English speakers, to refer to a given object by that name.

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


 * 1)  (I am interested in working on a better understanding of Quebec and Acadia by English speakers world wide.)
 * 2)  (committed elsewhere, but I can help once in a while)
 * 3) (J'sus intérésé pour travailler dessus les articles à l'égard de la louisiane française // I'm interested in working on articles pertaining to French Louisiana) 19:29, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
 * 4)  (Je suis interesse a travailler comme moderateur du projet, aider a structurer le Portail et faciliter la traduction dans nos differentes langues / I am interested in working on moderating the project, help structure the Portal and bring the articles into our different languages ) 05:07, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
 * 5)  (Looking to do maintenance on pages related to French such as the various dialects in the USA)
 * 6)  (Interested in learning by editing/studying this topic)
 * 7)  (Interested in fleshing out stubs as time permits)
 * 1)  (Interested in fleshing out stubs as time permits)

New articles
Please feel free to list your new Franco-Americans-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them, are at least over 1,000 characters, don't have any dispute templates on them, and cite their sources, should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Wikipedia Main Page.

Assessment

 * Assessment



Peer review

 * Peer review

Templates

 * The template should be placed on the talk pages of relevant articles to put them under the project's scope. It looks like this:

Resources

 * Studies in Franco-American History found at the Quebec History Site
 * Maine's French communities Resources
 * Franco-American Oral Histories
 * Franco American Library / Bibliothèque franco-américaine
 * Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine
 * The Franco-American Connection Links
 * Council for the Development of French in Louisiana / Conseil pour le développement du français en Louisiane
 * Franco-American Women's Institute

Language demographics

 * "Louisiane (USA)", in L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
 * "Maine (USA)", in L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
 * "Massachusetts (USA)", in L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
 * "New Hampshire (USA)", in L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
 * "Vermont (USA)", in L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde

Related WikiProjects

 * WikiProject Ethnic groups and WikiProject United States can be considered parent WikiProjects.