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WikiProject Virginia
This WikiProject is about the US state of Virginia
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Welcome to WikiProject Virginia!

This WikiProject is a collaborative group of editors dedicated to the creation and improvement of articles related to the Commonwealth of Virginia, its regions, counties, cities, history, geography, and culture. Through the spirit of cooperation, the end goal of the project is the production of articles of at least Good Article status, if not Featured Article quality. The project also helps maintain the Virginia portal.

If you have questions or thoughts about improving articles on Virginia, please leave a message on the talk page. If you see an article that is within the scope of the project that needs to be assessed or reassessed, please visit our assessment department. If you need a peer review or help, please visit the peer review or article improvement departments.

Finally, if you are interested in being part of a community of editors dedicated to the subject of Virginia on Wikipedia, please consider joining WikiProject Virginia.

Categories[edit]

For a tree of categories related to Virginia see Categories

Articles & Statistics[edit]

For a list of Virginia-related DYK articles, Good Articles, Featured Articles, and other recognized content, see recognized content.

This list is generated automatically every night around 10 PM EST. View full worklist.

Virginia articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	3	5	10	23			41
FL				3			3
FM		1	1	1	30		33
GA	4	19	56	127			206
B	24	125	224	379		4	756
C	16	226	493	1,305		118	2,158
Start	2	129	1,239	4,474		440	6,284
Stub		13	707	8,450		364	9,534
List	2	18	60	306	3	28	417
Category			1	2	6,303		6,306
Disambig				2	31		33
File				2	109		111
Portal					2		2
Project					42		42
Redirect	1	3	15	320	1,095		1,434
Template					742		742
Other				2	17		19
Assessed	52	539	2,806	15,396	8,374	954	28,121
Unassessed				11	1	218	230
Total	52	539	2,806	15,407	8,375	1,172	28,351
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 99,936			Ω = 5.27

Tasks to Be Done[edit]

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Virginia: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2020-09-14

To do list

Expand stubs:
- Virginia • Virginia geography • Virginia politicians • Virginia schools

FAC:

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 Virginia))) or categorized correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options.

No results were found.

FAR: none
FARC: none

GA Noms:

No results were found.

- Harrison family of Virginia · Gessner Harrison
Review: none
Article Improvement and Requested Help: Add Articles that you need help with, or articles that are in bad condition
Assess:
- Assess articles that have tags but no quality or importance assessment.
Infoboxes are Needed on these articles
Photos have been Requested on these articles:
Miscellaney:
- Many of the "unincorporated communities" in Template:Richmond County, Virginia are in fact neighborhoods of the City of Richmond, Virginia, not the unrelated county; the articles need to be changed (text + name) to reflect this (click on their coordinates for proof)

Article Cleanup and Alerts[edit]

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.

Articles for deletion

19 Feb 2024 – Staples Mill station (GRTC) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Pi.1415926535 (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
19 Feb 2024 – Scott's Addition station (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Pi.1415926535 (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
19 Feb 2024 – Convention Center station (GRTC) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Pi.1415926535 (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
19 Feb 2024 – Shockoe Bottom station (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Pi.1415926535 (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
19 Feb 2024 – Willow Lawn station (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Pi.1415926535 (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
19 Feb 2024 – VCU Medical Center station (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Pi.1415926535 (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
19 Feb 2024 – East Riverfront station (GRTC) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Pi.1415926535 (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
19 Feb 2024 – VCU–VUU station (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Pi.1415926535 (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
19 Feb 2024 – Rocketts Landing station (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Pi.1415926535 (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
19 Feb 2024 – Government Center station (GRTC) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Pi.1415926535 (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)

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Proposed deletions

17 Feb 2024 – Sterling, Virginia house explosion (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Borgenland (t · c) was deproded by Spiderone (t · c) on 17 Feb 2024
15 Feb 2024 – 2023 Arlington house explosion (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Delta1989 (t · c) was deproded by Delta1989 (t · c) on 15 Feb 2024
10 Feb 2024 – WXOB-LP (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Let'srun (t · c) was deleted

Categories for discussion

05 Feb 2024 – Category:Frederick Lions football players (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Let'srun (t · c); see discussion

Redirects for discussion

21 Feb 2024 – Silver Line (Washington Metro (talk · edit · hist) →Silver Line (Washington Metro) was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion
09 Feb 2024 – Tuesday, September 11, 2001 8:46 a.m (talk · edit · hist) →September 11 attacks was RfDed by GabrielPenn4223 (t · c); see discussion
09 Feb 2024 – Manhattan Raid (talk · edit · hist) →September 11 attacks RfDed by GabrielPenn4223 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
09 Feb 2024 – September 11 airstrikes (talk · edit · hist) →September 11 attacks RfDed by GabrielPenn4223 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
09 Feb 2024 – Terrorist attacks on New York, WA, and Pennsylvania (talk · edit · hist) →September 11 attacks RfDed by GabrielPenn4223 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
09 Feb 2024 – 2001 New York attacks (talk · edit · hist) →September 11 attacks RfDed by GabrielPenn4223 (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Good article nominees

24 Jan 2024 – Angel Rodriguez-Diaz (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by APK (t · c); start discussion
24 Jan 2024 – Beth El Congregation (Winchester, Virginia) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by APK (t · c); start discussion
09 Dec 2023 – Generation Joshua (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by APK (t · c); start discussion
27 Nov 2023 – Wayside Theatre (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by APK (t · c); start discussion
27 Nov 2023 – Middletown Historic District (Middletown, Virginia) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by APK (t · c); start discussion
07 Nov 2023 – James Dillon Armstrong (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by West Virginian (t · c); start discussion
23 Oct 2023 – WRLH-TV (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Sammi Brie (t · c); start discussion

Requested moves

19 Feb 2024 – Pilgrim's Knob, Virginia (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Pilgrims Knob by William Avery (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

03 May 2019 – National Register of Historic Places listings in Richmond, Virginia (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Magicpiano (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

23 Jan 2024 – Draft:St. Emma Military Academy (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Warbert7+6 (t · c)

Unreferenced BLPs Related to Virginia

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Virginia-related Task Forces[edit]

(Note: This task force appears to be inactive) Northern Virginia – The region of Virginia known as Northern Virginia, which includes the Virginian part of the Washington Metropolitan Area, consisting of Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, and Prince William counties, as well as the independent cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, and Manassas Park.

Virginia-related WikiProjects[edit]

Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Virginia Task Force
Wikipedia:WikiProject University of Virginia (inactive)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Albemarle County (inactive)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Virginia Tech
Wikipedia:WikiProject Richmond, Virginia

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External links[edit]

Encyclopedia Virginia

Tools[edit]

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