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WikiProject Oklahoma

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This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles on the U.S. state of Oklahoma 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 Active members list.

Portal[edit]

Oklahoma portal

Scope and goals[edit]

This project oversees articles related to the U.S. state of Oklahoma, its cities, counties, geography, transportation, culture, history, and more. It aims to expand Wikipedia's resources on Oklahoma in a fair and accurate manner. Everyone is welcome to help out. In fact, there's more than enough work to go around. You can help by:

suggesting improvements on talk pages
copyediting and fact checking
adding photos
reverting vandalism
and expanding or contributing to articles

Project divisions[edit]

Cities (talk) — Cities, towns, villages and counties
Physical geography (talk) — Regions, parks, climate, physical features
Transportation (talk) — Roads, trails and rails in and around Oklahoma
Culture (talk) — Music, art, icons, mass communication
People (talk) — Oklahoma natives and residents who have shaped the state
Government (talk) — Governance and politics in relation to Oklahoma
History (talk) — history of Oklahoma during and prior to statehood

Members[edit]

To join WikiProject Oklahoma, add your username to our member list.

Barnstar[edit]

The WikiProject Oklahoma Barnstar is awarded to users who make outstanding contributions in the field of Oklahoma articles, or contribute significantly to WikiProject Oklahoma.

You can give your fellow project members a barnstar like the one below with the simply following code.

((subst:Oklahoma Barnstar|Your message here ~~~~))

		The Oklahoma Barnstar

Tasks[edit]

Open tasks for WikiProject Oklahoma.

Edit or discuss these tasks.

To Improve to Featured standard: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma House of Representatives, University of Oklahoma, Will Rogers
To Expand: Articles on cities in Oklahoma
Lists to complete: List of rivers in Oklahoma
To Destub: See Oklahoma stubs, University of Oklahoma or Oklahoma State stubs
Drafts: See Category:Draft-Class Oklahoma articles.
Wanted Pictures/Graphics: Requested photographs in Oklahoma, Requested photographs of OU campus

Related WikiProjects[edit]

Request[edit]

Need an article created, improved an article and need it re-assessed, or do you need something else? Request it here.

Recent changes[edit]

Recent changes in Oklahoma-related articles (list)(edit)

Article nominations[edit]

Feel free to contribute to the assessment of these articles.

Featured list candidates[edit]

None

Featured/Good topic candidates[edit]

None

Good article nominations[edit]

Marlon Coleman

Feedback requests[edit]

Jim Inhofe (Pre-GA review updates)
April Rose Wilkens (copyediting)

Article examples[edit]

These articles may help set an example for users editing other Oklahoma articles.

This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged (e.g. ((WikiProject Oklahoma))) or categorized correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options.

Former featured articles[edit]

Main page featured articles[edit]

Featured lists[edit]

Former featured lists[edit]

Good articles[edit]

Former good articles[edit]

Featured portals[edit]

Portal:Oklahoma

Good article nominees[edit]

Jug Bennett

In the News articles[edit]

Did you know? articles[edit]

Featured pictures[edit]

Billy Bowlegs (Holata Micco, "Alligator Chief")
Buddy Hield
Chelsea Manning on 18 May 2017
FEMA - 44359 - Oklahoma tornado destroyed home
May 20, 2013 Moore, Oklahoma tornado
Ruth Muskrat

Picture of the day pictures[edit]

Billy Bowlegs (Holata Micco, "Alligator Chief")
Buddy Hield
Chelsea Manning on 18 May 2017
FEMA - 44359 - Oklahoma tornado destroyed home
May 20, 2013 Moore, Oklahoma tornado
Ruth Muskrat

Templates[edit]

For a more complete list of Oklahoma-related templates, see Category:WikiProject Oklahoma templates.

((WikiProject_Oklahoma)) advertise in talk pages of articles that this article is part of WikiProject Oklahoma, Tulsa taskforce and the OU taskforce. Several parameters can be used the basics being: class= (assessment of the article's quality), importance= (relative to this project), Tulsa-task-force= and ou-task-force=.
((InviteOK)) Use this to invite users to the Wikiproject.
((Oklahoma))
((Oklahoma State University))
((University of Oklahoma))

Stub categories[edit]

U.S. Cites infobox[edit]

((Infobox Settlement)) - Standard infobox template for most types of settlements like cities, towns, villages, etc. To use it, copy the format located at Template:Infobox Settlement and substitute the settlement's information in the parameters section as directed on the Infobox template page.

Userboxes[edit]

This user is a participant in
WikiProject Oklahoma.

((User WikiProject Oklahoma))

This user lives in the U.S. State of Oklahoma.

((User Oklahoma))

This user is interested in the U.S. State of Oklahoma.

((User interest Oklahoma))

Oklahoma article stats[edit]

Oklahoma articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	2			4			6
FL			3	6			9
FM					2		2
GA		8	18	45			71
B	12	32	87	183		1	315
C	16	97	375	677			1,165
Start		28	597	3,425			4,050
Stub		16	43	2,906		1	2,966
List		12	43	272			327
Category				2	3,939		3,941
Disambig					25		25
File		4	8	10	91		113
Portal					50		50
Project					25		25
Redirect		4	9	52	598		663
Template					342		342
Other					10		10
Assessed	30	201	1,183	7,582	5,082	2	14,080
Unassessed				1		6	7
Total	30	201	1,183	7,583	5,082	8	14,087
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 43,793			Ω = 5.11

Tools[edit]

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.

External watchlist[edit]

Wikiproject Watchlist - WikiProject Oklahoma

Wikipedia key policies and guidelines (?)

Five pillars
- Ignore all rules

Content (?)

P	Verifiability No original research Neutral point of view What Wikipedia is not Biographies of living persons Copyright (Copyright violations) Image use Article titles
G	Notability Autobiography Citing sources Reliable sources Medicine Do not include copies of lengthy primary sources Plagiarism Don't create hoaxes Fringe theories Patent nonsense External links

Conduct (?)

P	Civility Consensus Harassment Vandalism Ignore all rules No personal attacks Ownership of content Edit warring Dispute resolution Sockpuppetry No legal threats Child protection Paid-contribution disclosure
G	Assume good faith Conflict of interest Disruptive editing Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point Etiquette Gaming the system Please do not bite the newcomers Courtesy vanishing Responding to threats of harm Talk page guidelines Signatures

Deletion (?)

P	Deletion policy Proposed deletion Biographies Criteria for speedy deletion Attack page Oversight Revision deletion

Enforcement (?)

P	Administrators Banning Blocking Page protection

Editing (?)

Editing policy

Article size Summary style Be bold Disambiguation Hatnotes Broad-concept article Understandability
Style	Manual of Style Contents Accessibility Dates and numbers Images Layout Lead section Linking Lists
Classification	Categories, lists, and navigation templates Categorization Template namespace

Project content (?)

G	Project namespace WikiProjects User pages User boxes Shortcuts Subpages

WMF (?)

P	Terms of Use List of policies Friendly space policy Licensing and copyright Privacy policy

List of all policies and guidelines
- P: List of policies
- G: List of guidelines
Summaries of values and principles

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