Wikipedia:WikiProject United States History

Welcome to WikiProject United States History. Some Wikipedians have formed this collaboration resource and group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of United States history and the organization of information and articles on this topic. This page and 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
The WikiProject United States History is a project aimed towards the development and expansion of articles on the History of the United States, including:
 * To provide guidelines and recommendations for articles that describe all aspects of United States history.
 * To improve Wikipedia's coverage of United States history by creating, expanding, and maintaining such articles.
 * To address POV issues and tentative edits in articles within the scope of the project.
 * To serve as the central point of discussion for issues related to the history of the United States in Wikipedia.

Scope
The project generally considers any article related to prehistorical, historical or modern-day affairs of America and its territories to be within its scope. As history we regard the study and interpretation of the record of humans, families, and societies as preserved primarily through written sources. In other words, ambition of the project is to cover articles related to: All of these articles should be included in the Category:History of the United States or one of its subcategories.
 * the history of ancient America
 * the history of the native Americans
 * the history of European settlement in America
 * the present day history of America
 * any and all articles relating to important historical Americans

Participants
Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest. Novelist58 (talk) 21:40, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

Active participants

 * 1) U.S. History Guru
 * 2) specialized in US History from 1763–1877
 * 3) Updated June 2020: I'm a music historian and while I am knowledgeable about a variety of broad historical topics (not just music), I am most interested in adding to articles on American composers, musicians and musical styles/movements. Also focused on cleaning up WP:FRINGE such as pro-Confederate pseudohistory.
 * 4) (talk)
 * 5) (talk) 18:32, 9 April 2009 (UTC) Native American history, Civil War, American folk music
 * 6) – Historical outline of the United States
 * 7) (talk) 16:47, 21 August 2010 (UTC) I'm a US "Civil War" re-enactor and believe it was an International Conflict of Interests, not a civil war in one nation.
 * 8) (talk) 01:41, 15 August 2009 (UTC) – Biographies of Founding Fathers of the United States and their families.
 * 9) {talk} I'm interested in Colonial and early Federal history, as well as the history, specifically that of North Carolina
 * 10) {talk} Just U.S. history in general
 * 11) - expert Hoosier History (Indiana), an generally knowledgeable of all facets of national history.
 * 12) - California history; western US history 1804-1876; general 19th century US history especially 1844-1876; Native American history especially pre-subjugation; westward expansion and Manifest Destiny
 * 13) (talk) US women/gender/sexuality as part of WikiProject Women's History; US 19th & 20th century, especially 1898-1945; social, legal, cultural, policy history
 * 14) (founder)
 * 15) (talk) 05:33, 18 July 2009 (UTC) Revolutionary war-Gulf War
 * 16) Southern USA/CSA
 * 17) Deep South, race relations, American History from the Civil War to World War II.
 * 18) Colonial through Revolution and all things New England
 * 19) DiverDave (talk) 21:59, 13 March 2010 (UTC) maritime history, colonial period (especially Massachusetts)
 * 20) (talk) 01:38, 3 August 2009 (UTC) All American history, and especially Philadelphia events.
 * 21) Recent US Military History
 * 22) Military history in general; military intelligence and special operations; American Revolution from 1765-1790 (specifically espionage and irregular warfare); American identity; social, religious, and political extremist groups
 * 23) Founding era; Federal Convention.
 * 24) talk 03/07/2011--historiography, political, cultural intellectual all periods. Still pretty new and really appreciate advise (UTC)
 * 25) (Reconstruction)
 * 26) (talk) 00:40, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
 * 27) (talk) July 8, 2012--20th and 21st century U.S. history, historical U.S. demographics, Presidents, First Ladies, U.S. federal elections
 * 28) joined: 28 Aug 2010. Historically accurate place names and dating; geographical changes or events; the Revolutionary War; colonial, territorial and state border developments; bios and genealogies; grammar and English.
 * 29) (talk) 00:17, 16 June 2009 (UTC) Articles relating to the American Revolutionary War (especially early Revolution) and Colonial period, with a particular interest in Massachusetts. Also an interest in political history and political parties.
 * 30) (Specializing in presidencies from FDR to current George W. Bush; focus on Ronald Reagan)
 * 31) (talk) 13:25, 10 January 2010 (UTC) 19th century US political history, Civil War, maritime history, Massachusetts history
 * 32) presidents, Virginia history
 * 33) (from Washington to Obama)
 * 34) (talk) United States colonial history (especially in the Southwest)
 * 35) Maxim Stoyalov
 * 36) (Presidents, War History)
 * 37)  Maxim Stoyalov
 * 38) Just finished a course on it, so pretty much everything is my specialty.
 * 39) – Most U.S. history, especially political parties; not especially good with military history
 * 40) - presidents, elections, politics, wars, biographies
 * 41) - women in government, presidents and first ladies, women's history, law Knope7 (talk) 20:27, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
 * 42) - Law, environment, politics
 * 43) (Specializing in early American history from 1600–1783 with many personal resources)
 * 44) (Allen (talk) 05:15, 10 March 2012 (UTC)) (interested in editing articles about roads of the United States, whether Interstate, U.S. Highways, or state routes)
 * 45) Oughtta Be Otters (talk) 05:07, 20 December 2020 (UTC) Women in US history, minoritized populations and individuals in US history.
 * 46) (talk) 20:08, 1 June 2008 (UTC)]] 19th c., northern and southern tier migrations, also post-Civil War migrations and settlement on MS frontier, 20th c. Great Migration, ethnic and social history
 * 47) (talk) 16:00, 13 April 2010 (UTC) History of the American Old West, particularly the Gunslingers
 * 48) Anything U.S. history, but especially presidents and states, etc.
 * 49) Civil War, California history
 * 50) U.S. politics, mainly from 1900 to present. Some military history. Biographies, elections
 * 51) US History 1760–1800 and 1945+
 * 52) (talk) 02:46, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 53) (talk) 11:55, 15 March 2009 (UTC) Interested in Presidents, Michigan history, historical places, roads and buildings, etc.
 * 54) (talk) 21:00, 4 May 2010 (UTC) American Civil War and World War 2
 * 55) (talk) 10:31, 27 April 2009 (UTC) US History, esp WW2 (Pacific) and ACW.
 * 56) American History & Wisconsin State History
 * 57) 99 Percent Declaration
 * 58) (talk)
 * 59) 19th century U.S. social history, U.S. South, race and slavery
 * 60) Native peoples, pioneers/settlers/frontiers
 * 61) U.S. history, Arkansas history
 * 62) military and political history
 * 63) U.S. history,  Minnesota History
 * 64) Popular Sovereignty in the United States
 * 65) The U.S. in the Atlantic World and the Western Hemisphere
 * 66) War for Independence, Civil War, War of 1812. Also famous historical Americans such as James Otis Jr..
 * 67) colonial New England, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, colonial Virginia, Germanna settlement, War for Independence, role of religion in American culture, early Kentucky, The Travelling Church
 * 68) I was formerly pmoneymcw123 but i forgot my password. I'm getting my degree in U.s History so I'll try to do as much as I can as well as clean up and bulk up articles. Please contact me if there is anything you want me to do! I wanna help yo
 * 69) 19th century US History, film history, popular culture, Civil War
 * 70) Libertybison (talk) Mostly Founding era and Civil War but I can find myself working on any historical period.
 * 71) From the Beginning of America in Jamestown, to the Transcontinental Railroad. Vast knowledge in World War 2, and currently studying Watergate.
 * 72) Fairly knowledgeable in political theory at most points in US history, specifically early and middle 20th century
 * 73) U.S. political history
 * 74) Ellsie.c (talk)Ellsie.c  various eras
 * 75) government and politics with an emphasis on the states of Missouri, Oklahoma, and Virginia.
 * 76) U.S. political and military history
 * 77) U.S. political, employment and popular cultural history
 * 78) U.S. History
 * 79) U.S. West and Indigenous history
 * 80) Timothy (talk) United States History generally, colonial and early republic era particularly, Spanish Colonial America, California History, bibliographies
 * 81) I enjoy all United States History, but I specialize in the Reconstruction era, as well as the Gilded Age (mid 1860s to about 1900); I also emphasize my work on political history.
 * 82) S.shedore (talk) 21:19, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
 * 83) MBJAnderson (talk) 03:12, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
 * 84) Tamaz.young Tamaz.young (talk) 23:38, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
 * 85) meliredMelired (talk) 03:34, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
 * 86) Luisa Koala Maryland
 * 87) 20th century US political history, especially elections and legislative history.
 * 88) TheCoolestKidHere (talk) 03:00, 25 February 2022 (UTC) Louisiana Purchase history, Louisiana history, southern history, and historic houses and landmarks.
 * 10:16 27th June 2022
 * 1) Interested in general US history, particularly in it's early years of formation, as well as the expansion to the West.
 * 2) Interested in Colonial, Antebellum, and Reconstruction history, particularly the role of women.
 * 3) Interest in contemporary history and politics
 * 4) Interested in American Christianities, book history, and books about history. Added 21:37, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
 * 5) I'm interested in all eras of U.S. history but my personal interest lies with the American Revolution and the American Civil War eras.
 * 1) 20th century US political history, especially elections and legislative history.
 * 2) TheCoolestKidHere (talk) 03:00, 25 February 2022 (UTC) Louisiana Purchase history, Louisiana history, southern history, and historic houses and landmarks.
 * 10:16 27th June 2022
 * 1) Interested in general US history, particularly in it's early years of formation, as well as the expansion to the West.
 * 2) Interested in Colonial, Antebellum, and Reconstruction history, particularly the role of women.
 * 3) Interest in contemporary history and politics
 * 4) Interested in American Christianities, book history, and books about history. Added 21:37, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
 * 5) I'm interested in all eras of U.S. history but my personal interest lies with the American Revolution and the American Civil War eras.

Inactive participants

 * 1) Historian — No edits since October 2010
 * 2) (particularly, New York prior to 1783) - No edits since March 2008
 * 3) Civil War, Deep South, Great Depression. - Three edits in February 2011, nothing before that since August 2009
 * 4) Overall U.S history. I might go more to doctrines and foreign affairs also. - No edits since August 2009
 * 5) - No edits since December 2009
 * 6) General and Colonial American History. - No edits since December 2010. Only 6 total edits all for December 2010
 * 7) (talk) 20:32, 5 February 2009 (UTC) I can help with anything from the colonial period until reconstruction but particularly in the Early Republic — No edits since February 2009
 * 8) (talk) 02:55, 1 September 2009 (UTC) --American Revolution, early Maritime history — No edits since April 2010
 * 9) - No edits since September 2010
 * 10) American History from the Civil War through WWII — No edits since October 2010
 * 11) - 2 Edits to user page in March 2011, Nothing else till September 2010
 * 12) American History from 1750–1865, plus World War II. - No edits since October 2010
 * 13) (talk) 14:40, 4 August 2009 (UTC) Salem witch trials - 1 edit in January 2011, nothing before that till Septmeber 2010
 * 14) I can help improve American Revolution and American Civil War. - No edits since June 2010
 * 15) - User account blocked indefinitely in March 2010 for disruptive editing.
 * 16) - No edits since December 2010
 * 17) Emphasis on both the American Revolutionary and American Civil wars, including John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and Thomas Jefferson articles. - No edits since October 2010
 * 18) Hello. - 4 edits in May 2011, appear to be just random edits, nothing before that since December 2010
 * 19) Interested in pretty much everything. Those who don't know their history end up just repeating it. - No edits since April 2009
 * 20) (talk) 01:15, 24 November 2010 (UTC) - No edits since December 2010
 * 21) (talk) Articles related to the United States Constitution - No edits since May 2009
 * 22) American History — Only 1 edit and that was to add name as a participant in the project back in June 2010
 * 23) Carrying the Flame

Featured content

 * Robert F. Kennedy assassination
 * Robert F. Kennedy assassination

Candidates

 * (FLC) Timeline of drafting and ratification of the United States Constitution
 * Featured picture candidates/Women's Suffrage

Candidates
List of feuds in the United States

New articles
Please feel free to list your new United States history-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.
 * Owen Biddle, Sr. Revolutionary war colonel, and member of the prolific Biddle family --DThomsen8 (talk) 21:59, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Col. William Munroe – just created as a draft, not yet ready for prime time. Includes information about the second-in-command for the Colonists at the first shots of the American Revolution.
 * La Balize, Louisiana – already featured on DYK in May
 * Robert Purvis – added more material, featured on DYK

Collaboration and review

 * Peer review
 * Content assessment

Templates

 * User WikiProject US History – userbox
 * WikiProject United States History – Project banner, to be added to the talk pages of relevant articles.

Subpages

 * List of