Wikipedia:WikiProject Iowa

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This project template is under construction, created by blatantly copying Wikipedia:WikiProject Alaska and replacing all instances of Alaska with Iowa. Anyone is welcome to rearrange things or help set up some of the subsidiary pages and templates.

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Urgent:
To Nominate at WP:FAC:
To Improve to Featured standard:
Collaboration:
To Expand: Blank Park Zoo
To Clean up:
To Merge:
To Destub: See: Category:Iowa stubs
To Deorphan:
To Categorize:
To Create:
Lists to de-redlink:
Lists to complete:
Wanted Pics/Graphics:
Wanted New Pics: See Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Iowa
Maintain: add {{Project Iowa}} to the talk pages of Iowa-related articles and add the articles to Wikipedia:WikiProject Iowa/Iowa recent changes so related changes link works.

This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles on the U.S. state of Iowa 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 member section below.

1 Outline
2 Project Divisions
3 Related WikiProjects
- 3.1 Child WikiProjects
4 Members
5 Infoboxes
6 Templates
7 Link to Stubs
8 Find a photograph

[edit] Outline

This WikiProject was created to organize, format, expand, and exemplify Iowa related articles on Wikipedia. Our to-do list is located to the right, and is in a constant state of flux.

[edit] Project Divisions

Communities (talk) — Cities, towns, villages and boroughs
Physical geography (talk)— Regions, parks, climate, physical features
Transportation (talk)— Roads, trails, rail, ferries, and airplanes in and around Iowa
Culture (talk)— Music, art, icons, mass communication
People (talk) — Includes Iowa natives and those residents who have shaped Iowa
Government (talk) — Government: federal, state and local politics and politicians in relation to Iowa.
History (talk) — History of Iowa during and prior to statehood
Economy (Talk) — Major Iowa industries, employers, trends, and history relating to the economy of Iowa

[edit] Related WikiProjects

WikiProject Iowa is one of the United States WikiProjects.

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[edit] Child WikiProjects

Iowa State Highways

[edit] Members

Userboxes for WP:IOWA

This user is a member of WikiProject Iowa.

This user lives in Iowa.

Project members: you can also add {{User WPIowa}} to your user page to identify yourself as a member of the project, and/or {{User Iowa}} to show Iowan-ness in general.

. Tim4christ17 ^talk (founder) - Keeping the project's recent changes link reasonably up-to-date. Also working on Iowa Politicians articles.
. Arch O. La ^{Grigory Deepdelver} 07:15, 5 September 2006 (UTC). Out of Oskaloosa, IA.
McMillin24 _contribs^talk 21:26, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
Firsfron of Ronchester 22:54, 5 September 2006 (UTC) (lived all over Eastern Iowa)
Iowahwyman 22:57, 5 September 2006 (UTC) Currently in Des Moines; lived all of my 30 years in Iowa
—Ben Brockert (42) 23:02, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
Lini – Have lived in Eastern Iowa for the past 20 years :)
Ted 16:23, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Josh 21:30, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Brent Butler _contribs^talk 17:12, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
• master_son^{Lets talk} - Founder of Iowa State Highway WP
Allen Huffman 18:18, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
Iowacrusader 03:53, 26 November 2006 (UTC) - SE Iowa student
DBQer 20:01, 25 February 2007 (UTC) - Student living in Dubuque
ObtuseAngle 04:20, 13 March 2007 (UTC) Not living in the state currently, but very much an Iowan. You can change where you are, but you can't change where you're from!
bigcurrens 19 March 2007
Wingman1331 14:46, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Infoboxes

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{{Iowa}}

Infobox for use on regions, cities, and boroughs; placed at the bottom of article pages.

	v • d • e State of Iowa Des Moines (capital)
Regions	Coteau des Prairies \| Coulee Region \| Des Moines metropolitan area \| Great River Road \| Iowa Great Lakes \| Loess Hills \| Omaha‑Council Bluffs metropolitan area \| Quad Cities \| Siouxland \|
Largest cities	Ames \| Ankeny \| Bettendorf \| Burlington \| Cedar Falls \| Cedar Rapids \| Clinton \| Council Bluffs \| Davenport \| Des Moines \| Dubuque \| Fort Dodge \| Iowa City \| Marion \| Marshalltown \| Mason City \| Muscatine \| Ottumwa \| Sioux City \| Urbandale \| Waterloo \| West Des Moines
Counties	Adair \| Adams \| Allamakee \| Appanoose \| Audubon \| Benton \| Black Hawk \| Boone \| Bremer \| Buchanan \| Buena Vista \| Butler \| Calhoun \| Carroll \| Cass \| Cedar \| Cerro Gordo \| Cherokee \| Chickasaw \| Clarke \| Clay \| Clayton \| Clinton \| Crawford \| Dallas \| Davis \| Decatur \| Delaware \| Des Moines \| Dickinson \| Dubuque \| Emmet \| Fayette \| Floyd \| Franklin \| Fremont \| Greene \| Grundy \| Guthrie \| Hamilton \| Hancock \| Hardin \| Harrison \| Henry \| Howard \| Humboldt \| Ida \| Iowa \| Jackson \| Jasper \| Jefferson \| Johnson \| Jones \| Keokuk \| Kossuth \| Lee \| Linn \| Louisa \| Lucas \| Lyon \| Madison \| Mahaska \| Marion \| Marshall \| Mills \| Mitchell \| Monona \| Monroe \| Montgomery \| Muscatine \| O'Brien \| Osceola \| Page \| Palo Alto \| Plymouth \| Pocahontas \| Polk \| Pottawattamie \| Poweshiek \| Ringgold \| Sac \| Scott \| Shelby \| Sioux \| Story \| Tama \| Taylor \| Union \| Van Buren \| Wapello \| Warren \| Washington \| Wayne \| Webster \| Winnebago \| Winneshiek \| Woodbury \| Worth \| Wright

[edit] Templates

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Template showing an article, image, category, or template is part of this WikiProject. Placed at the top of talk pages, not articles.

After tagging an article, you can add it and its talk page to Wikipedia:WikiProject Iowa/Iowa recent changes if you want it to show up before the next update.

This article is part of WikiProject Iowa, a WikiProject related to the U.S. state of Iowa.

Stub notice for Iowa articles not covered by one of the other stub categories; placed at the bottom of article pages

This Iowa-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub notice for articles dealing with people from or related to Iowa; placed at the bottom of article pages

This Iowan biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub notice for articles dealing with Iowa locations or geographical features; placed at the bottom of article pages

This Iowa state location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub notice for Iowa politicians; placed at the bottom of article pages

This article about an Iowa politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub notice for Iowa schools (but not colleges or universities); placed at the bottom of article pages

This Iowa school-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

For Iowa-related articles needing a photograph, use {{reqphotoin|Iowa}} in the talk page, which adds the article to Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Iowa. You can help Wikipedia by uploading freely licensed photographs for these articles to Wikimedia Commons.

It is requested that a photograph or photographs be included in this article to improve its quality, if possible.
Wikipedians in Iowa may be able to help!

[edit] Link to Stubs

If the priority articles in the top of this page don't interest you, you can always expand one of these stubs.

[edit] Find a photograph

Many Iowa articles lack photographs: some of these can be found at Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Iowa. If any are located near you, you can help Wikipedia by uploading a freely licensed photograph to Wikimedia Commons.