Wikipedia:WikiProject Kansas


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This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles on the U.S. state of Kansas with a spirit of cooperation. This page and its subpages contain suggestions on formatting and layout of articles, which can be discussed at the project's talk page. To participate, simply add your name at the member section below. 

Project Divisions
  WikiProject Divisions  
 * Alerts - provides members of WikiProject Kansas with information about new discussions or collaborations.
 * Communities (talk)&mdash;Cities, towns, villages and boroughs
 * Physical geography (talk)&mdash; Regions, parks, climate, physical features
 * Transportation (talk)&mdash; Roads, trails, rail, ferries, and airplanes in and around Kansas
 * Culture (talk)&mdash; Music, art, icons, mass communication
 * People (talk)&mdash;Includes Kansas natives and those residents who have shaped Kansas
 * Government (talk)&mdash;Government: federal, state and local politics in relation to Kansas
 * History (talk)&mdash;History of Kansas during and prior to statehood
 * Economy (Talk)&mdash;Major Kansas industries, employers, trends, and history relating to the economy of Kansas

Tasks

 * Urgent: History of African Americans in Kansas
 * To Nominate at WP:FAC:
 * To Improve to Featured standard: Kansas; Topeka, Kansas; Wichita, Kansas; Lawrence, Kansas; Salina, Kansas; History of Kansas; List of counties in Kansas
 * Collaboration: Kansas
 * To Expand: Kansas State Board of Education; Walnut River (Kansas); Cow Creek (Kansas); Saline River (Kansas); Solomon River (Kansas); The Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery; Ninnescah River (Kansas); Mission Creek
 * To Clean up:
 * To Merge:
 * To Destub: See: Category:Kansas stubs
 * To Deorphan: KVC Health Systems; Kracht Castle Island
 * To Categorize: add Category:Kansas Sports Hall of Fame inductees to all bios of those listed at Kansas Sports Hall of Fame
 * To Create: Articles in: Category:Newspapers published in Kansas; Category:Libraries in Kansas
 * To de-redlink:
 * Lists to de-redlink: List of rivers of Kansas
 * Lists to complete: List of Kansas-related topics; List of people from Kansas
 * Wanted Photos/Graphics: Crane Observatory; Haviland Crater; Lake Afton Public Observatory; Philip Billard Municipal Airport
 * Wanted New Photos: missing photos of Kansas Courthouses, all buildings on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Kansas
 * Maintain: add to the talk pages of Kansas-related articles and add the articles to WikiProject Kansas/Kansas recent changes so related changes link works.

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Articles and system

 * Main page: 1.0 Editorial Team : Kansas articles

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infoboxes
  WikiProject Kansas Infoboxes

Templates
  WikiProject Kansas Templates

Tips
Useful tips for "WikiProject Kansas" editors:
 * See USCITY article for U.S. city guideline. This should be used for all U.S. communities, which includes incorporated cities, unincorporated cities, ghost towns, neighborhoods.  Obviously, not all fields and sections apply in non-incorporated community articles. (tip by User:Sbmeirow)
 * Since some websites delete or move old webpages, it's best to archive the webpage AND add it to your references. This future-proofs your references, because if the old webpage goes away, then Wikipedia still has access to an archived copy.  Instructions: 1) open up first webpage that you plan to use in your reference, 2) open up a second webpage to https://archive.org/web/  3) paste first webpage box on right side under "Save Page Now" then press "Save Page" button and wait archive.org to backup the webpage, 4) open up wikipedia article that needs the reference, 5) edit the article, 6) click the cursor where you need to insert the reference, 7) choose a "Cite" template at the top of the edit window, 8) click "Show/hide extra fields" button (to show archive fields), 9) fill in fields, 10) click "Preview" button to make sure you haven't made a mistake, 11) click "Insert" button to insert the reference citation text into the edit window. (tip by User:Sbmeirow)

Resources

 * Websites
 * State Library of Kansas Digital Resources, kslib.info, available for individuals whose IP address is in Kansas
 * Kansas Historical Society, kshs.org, references and some digitized documents
 * Internet Archive, archive.org, digitized books and documents


 * Kansas
 * List of books about Kansas, many of these books are online


 * Wikipedia
 * Wikipedia : The Missing Manual; John Broughton; O'Reilly Media; 312 pages; 2008; ISBN 9780596515164. (Online HTML eBook)

Tools

 * Main tool page: toolserver.org


 * Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
 * Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
 * Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
 * Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.