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Welcome to the Montana WikiProject. We are a group dedicated to improving Misplaced Pages's coverage of articles related to the U.S. State of Montana.
- Goals
- The goal of this WikiProject is to provide complete coverage on subjects related to Montana, by expanding articles on people, places, and things resident or native to Montana.
- Scope
- This project proposes to work with all pages related to the state of Montana, its history, geography, and people.
All these articles should be included in the Category:Montana or one of its subcategories.
Guidelines
Open tasks
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- All articles should be added to the Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Montana/Articles list by category.
- All members should always feel free to patrol the recent changes list to note improvements, other changes, or vandalism of articles within the scope of this project.
Members
Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.
- Ltvine 01:15, 2 March 2007 (UTC) - northeast Montana native - Foci: Transportation, Architecture, others still developing.
- Geologyguy 02:33, 2 March 2007 (UTC) - Geology, Butte History, National Historic Landmarks, Mining, Natural areas, mountains
- MONGO Mainly working on land management articles, but will contribute to anything that is needed.
- ElCharismo 16:24, 2 March 2007 (UTC) - Focus: General Montana History, Small Town Culture, Local Geography, and Incorporation of Photography and Other Media
- Drumguy8800 (talk · contribs · count) Love Montana.. I've been working on articles within the scope of the Bitterroot Range recently.. but I'm a pretty experienced editor and am willing to help wherever.
- Greyduk 21:31, 5 August 2007 (UTC) Eastern Montana
- MontanaHatchet 01:17, 10 October 2007 (UTC)-Former Montana resident, wanted to be a part of my state's Wikiproject.
- John Carter 16:27, 12 October 2007 (UTC) - work on the portal.
- Wolfdog1 05:34, 18 November 2007 (UTC) Billings Metro Area, South Central Montana and mountains
- Jade Robbins (talk) 23:29, 29 November 2007 (UTC) - Montana resident, will help whenever possible.
- P.primo (talk) 23:29, 23 February 2008 (UTC) - Focus: Colstrip, Montana, grew up in Colstrip
- Mike Cline (talk) Recently transplanted to Bozeman, MT. Interested in Montana Rivers, History and Fly Fishing.
- Montanabw 16:45, 8 September 2008 (UTC) Fourth Generation Montanan. Wiki Veteran Editor, feel free to call on me to resolve disputes and trounce popular myths. EVERYONE is entitled to my opinion! (grin)
- snachodog (talk) 14:09, 16 September 2008 (UTC) I love Montana. Going to school in Missoula, involved in local politics. I am a Misplaced Pages novice, but I will help with whatever I can.
- tanankyo (talk) 18:14, 09 October 2008 (UTC)-Former Deer Lodge resident, interested in helping when and where I can.
- Seattlehawk94 ((User talk:Seattlehawk94|talk)) 03:04, 29 January 2009 (UTC) Family is all from Butte, spent alot of my life there and it's home. Mostly Western/SW Montana, Livingston/South Central Montana, Billings are topics I know about.
All members should feel free to add {{User WikiProject Montana}} to their userpages to identify themselves as members of the project.
{{User WikiProject Montana}} looks like this:
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Articles
Featured articles
Articles on Montana-related subjects, not necessarily improved to Featured Status by this WikiProject.
Education
Geography
History
Landmarks
Notable Montana residents
Peer review/Featured article candidates (FAC)
The following articles are in review as Featured article candidates:
Good articles (GA)
The following articles have either been recognized as good articles or are currently under review for good article status:
Art, architecture and archaeology
Economics and business
Culture and society
Engineering and technology
Food and drink
- Geography
- History
Language
Mathematics
Music
Politics and government
Religion
War and military
New articles
Please feel free to list your new Montana-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box the Main Page. Please also make sure that each new article created is put into one of the categories for Montana, so that the articles will appear there. Also, if possible, add each new article to the page Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Montana/Articles (still under construction) so that they can be viewed for recent changes.
New articles:
- Hayden Geological Survey of 1871
- Gustavus Cheyney Doane
- Old Montana Prison
- Robert Kelleher
- Southwestern Montana
- Montana Stream Access Law
- Elm Coulee Oil Field
- Boulder Batholith
- Madison Limestone
- Bakken Formation
- Williston Basin
- Socialist Hall in Butte
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Montana
- Camp Disappointment
- Great Falls Portage
- Great Northern Railway Buildings
- Coloma, Montana
Did you know (DYK?)
- ...the coldest temperature ever recorded in the United States outside of Alaska is -70 °F (-56.66 °C) at Rogers Pass, Montana?
- ...that Pokey Allen, former head coach of the Portland State Vikings football team, appeared in television commercials threatening to have himself shot out of a cannon into the backyards of anyone not buying season tickets?
- ... that William Frankena "played an especially critical role in defense of fundamental academic freedoms during the McCarthy era while chair of the philosophy department at the University of Michigan?
- ...that Katie Blair became the first teenager from Montana to place in the Miss Teen USA pageant's 24 year history, when she won the Miss Teen USA 2006 crown?
- ...that, as a result of track switchbacks on either side of a mountain pass, all trains of the Gilmore and Pittsburgh Railroad crossed over the U.S. continental divide running backwards?
Formerly recognized content
Former featured articles
Delisted Good Articles
Departments
Collaboration and review
- Assessment - rates project related articles for quality.
Templates
Stubs
- {{Montana-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Montana. To be placed on the bottom of the article page.
- {{Montana-protected-area-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to protected areas in Montana. To be placed on the bottom of the article page.
NOTE: Stubs are managed by the Stub-sorting WikiProject. Before creating a new stub, you should propose it at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals. See Misplaced Pages:Stub for general guidelines on proposing stub templates and categories. DO NOT simply create new stub templates, as these will be deleted.
Other templates
{{WikiProject Montana}} should be placed on the talk pages of relevant articles to put them under the project's radar.
{{WikiProject Montana}} looks like this:
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Categories
Montana Montana-related lists Communications in Montana Montana culture Economy of Montana Education in Montana Environment of Montana Geography of Montana Government of Montana Health in Montana History of Montana Montana law Military in Montana Missing person cases in Montana Native American tribes in Montana People from Montana Politics of Montana Professional wrestling in Montana Science and technology in Montana Montana society Sports in Montana Tourist attractions in Montana Transportation in Montana Works about Montana Images of Montana Montana stubsResources
- State of Montana Website
- Official State Travel Information Site
- Montana State Capitol Information
- Montana History
- The Montana History Wiki collection of information resources available through the Montana Historical Society Research Center.
- Montana Historical Society
- USGS real-time, geographic, and other scientific resources of Montana
- State Facts from the U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Montana Memory Project-Montana's Digital Archives and Library
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