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Wikipedia:WikiProject Maine

WikiProject Maine
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Welcome to WikiProject Maine! We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of articles related to the state of Maine.

Goals

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The goal of this WikiProject is to provide complete coverage on subjects related to Maine, by expanding articles on people, places, and things resident or native to Maine.

Scope

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This project proposes to work with all pages related to the state of Maine or its history, geography, or people.

Active members

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To join WikiProject Maine, edit this section and add the Wikitext #{{subst:me}} with your areas of interest to the bottom of the following list of members. Members should also place member identification on their user page.

  1. Daniel H (talk · contribs)
  2. 331dot (talk · contribs)
  3. Arverniking (talk · contribs)
  4. BMRR (talk · contribs) - Interested in all things Maine, but especially southern Maine cities and towns, Mount Desert Island, Maine railroads, and Maine politics.
  5. Buskahegian (talk · contribs)
  6. Calidum (talk · contribs)
  7. Doug (talk · contribs) - Maine law, Maine history, Maine geography
  8. FeanorStar7 (talk · contribs) - At my job I work with a lot of Maine historical material so have gotten interested in history of the state; also have access to genealogy tools for Maine.
  9. fieldpolicer32 (talk · contribs) - Resident of Maine, Living in North Berwick, Maine interested in Maine Railroads and state fire department history
  10. General534 (talk · contribs) - Resident of Maine, interested in Maine history, bridges, historical locations
  11. Icelandic Hurricane (talk · contribs)
  12. Jason Bluefire (talk · contribs) - Resident of Maine
  13. John Carter (talk · contribs) - Trying to fill the shoes of the project's proposer.
  14. larsenault (talk · contribs) - Resident of Maine, employed by USM. General editing.
  15. Liam987 (talk · contribs)
  16. Mackenzie Andersen (talk · contribs)
  17. maineshepp (talk · contribs) Interested in northern Maine, especially historic biography.
  18. MarkHB (talk · contribs) I live in Portland (and was actually born here), and am something of a roadgeek (and major Sea Dogs fan). I'll try to help out wherever I can.
  19. MattGagnon (talk · contribs) Grew up in Maine, still a Mainer at heart. I run the leading Maine political blog, Pine Tree Politics, and have a specific interest in the politics of Maine.
  20. MEVocReentry (talk · contribs) 20 October 2022: No profile page created yet. Have been researching, and would appreciate some help researching, the tiny circles of the tightly woven legal and political landscapes of Maine and what the economic impact on Congressional District 2 has been because of that legal and political marriage's faustian bargain. Counter-vailing evidence to this theory is also welcome.
  21. Moxhay (talk · contribs) -Resident of Maine, interested in Maine highways and transportation
  22. MrRadioGuy (talk · contribs)
  23. Widget-policyq229 (talk · contribs)Been to maine once and would like to go again, Interested in highways, places and architecture.
  24. Namiba (talk · contribs)
  25. Nammiller (talk · contribs)
  26. Nickline4 (talk · contribs)
  27. Oak Island Kid (talk · contribs)
  28. Penbay (talk · contribs)
  29. SarekOfVulcan (talk · contribs) - Eddington resident
  30. Technical 13 (talk · contribs) — I'm am especially technically inclined and would love to help developing the inner workings of the project wherever need may arise.
  31. Thegrandalliance (talk · contribs) - Resident of Maine, will try to help with anything I can
  32. Thewellman (talk · contribs) - Geography & history of transportation.
  33. Tikuko (talk · contribs) - Holden Resident
  34. Ventric (talk · contribs) - Selectman in Milford, Maine
  35. Voxlibra (talk · contribs) - Resident of Bangor
  36. WestportWiki (talk · contribs) - Resident of Bath
  37. Pugchump (talk · contribs) - Sanford, Maine resident, grew up in Kennebunk, Maine
  38. BrikDuk (talk · contribs) - Lifelong resident of Portland
  39. ClaudeDavid (talk · contribs) - Resident of Old Orchard Beach. Trying to create public domain images of township centers.
  40. Tomorrow&tomorrow&tomorrow (talk · contribs) Maine politics, geography, public health policy
  41. Acgarretson (talk · contribs) 04:20:14, 4 January 2022 (UTC)  - Maine scientific institutions and universities[reply]
  42. Kansatria (talk · contribs) 14:57:04, 7 March 2022 (UTC)  - Working on an article about 2021 Question 1 at my sandbox page.[reply]
  43. L'Mainerque (talk · contribs) - See my username? Maine citizen.
  44. jake-jakubowski (talk · contribs) 17:10:19, 29 September 2022 (UTC) - Work in Brunswick, Live in Topsham, Interested in history of both towns.[reply]
  45. AverageEstoniaEnthusiast (talk · contribs) 16:43:01, 7 January 2023 (UTC)  - Freeport Gang #1, I mostly work on local articles.[reply]
  46. Eejit43 (talk · contribs) 02:52:27, 21 January 2023 (UTC)  - From southern Maine, want to finally get into editing more articles about this wonderful state![reply]
  47. Akyyka (talk · contribs) 05:52:23, 15 December 2023 (UTC)  - Student in Bangor, from southern York County[reply]
  48. Brindille1 (talk · contribs) 03:49:22, 19 January 2024 (UTC)  - Raised in Maine, and living in Boston[reply]
  49. Smilax100 (talk · contribs) I love Maine and all aspects of the culture, and I'm interested in it's towns, arts, fiction, and culture.
  50. HESMaineLibrary (talk · contribs) - students of Hope Elementary School, dedicated to researching the history and updating the wiki page of Hope, Maine.
  51. Geardona (talk · contribs) 23:19:10, 23 February 2024 (UTC)  Going to maintain Portal:Maine, feel free to reach out to me.[reply]
  52. Possiblegermany (talk · contribs) Hi, I'm Paige! I live in southern Maine and love the sea.
  53. Jantompkins (talk · contribs) 17:35:12, 27 July 2024 (UTC)  Hello! I'm Ján, born in Blue Hill, grew up in Bangor, and I'm now living in Prague but still have a deep love for our beautiful state and sharing its wonders with others.[reply]

Former members

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Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.

  1. Buaidh (talk · contribs) 16:41:43, 13 May 2019 (UTC) – WikiProject templates and categories.[reply]
  2. TheLastClassicist1750 (talk · contribs) 1:21:12, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Member identification

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Members of WikiProject Maine should place one of the following on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Maine participants.

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 This user is a participant in
WikiProject Maine.
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{{Template:User WP Maine}}
 This user participates in
WikiProject Maine.
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{{Template:User WP Maine|invite}}
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WikiProject Maine.
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For other MaineMaine user templates see Category:Maine user templates.

Welcome message for new users

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Please copy this wikitext and put in talk page of any new members: {{Template:Maine project welcome}}

Welcome to WikiProject Maine!

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Hello, and welcome to Wikiproject Maine! Thank you for your generous offer to help contribute. We're sure your input will be much appreciated.

If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can see a list of open tasks, and come to the Project talk page, where you can join in our discussions about Maine-related articles. The best place to start helping is upgrading our stub articles. Consider adding yourself to the The 50,000 Destubbing Challenge!

Have a wicked awesome time!


Articles

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Main page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Maine/Assessment

Requested articles

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Several red links exist in Maine related articles, and there are also several other pages which have been requested to be created. They can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Maine/Requested articles.

Stubs

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Stub articles can be found here.

Recognized content

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These of our recognized content for WikiProject Maine. Featured content and good articles are what Wikipedia editors believe are some of the best work on Wikipedia. Before being listed here, content must pass the appropriate featured or good article candidacy for accuracy, neutrality, completeness, and style.


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Good articles

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Did you know? articles

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Good article nominees

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Former good articles

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Article alerts

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Did you know

Articles for deletion

  • 27 Nov 2024 – Scott Logan (musician) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Safrolic (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
  • 18 Nov 2024 – Joline Godfrey (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Revirvlkodlaku (t · c) was closed as keep by Benison (t · c) on 25 Nov 2024; see discussion (4 participants)

Good article nominees

Articles to be split

Assessments

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  • Assessment - Our assessment department, where we assess the quality and importance of the Maine-related articles in Wikipedia.

Discussion

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See the talk page

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Parent Project

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Open Tasks

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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. Also, all new articles should be added to the page Wikipedia:WikiProject Maine/Articles to ensure that they are included on the recent changes list.

  • All articles should be added to the Wikipedia:WikiProject Maine/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.

Tools

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Main tool page: WP:TOOLS

Resources

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  • "State of Maine official website".
  • "USGS real-time, geographic, and other scientific resources of Maine".
  • "Maine Genealogy".
  • "Local histories of towns and counties in Maine".
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