Wikipedia:WikiProject Alaska

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This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles on the U.S. state of Alaska 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.

Contents 1 Outline 2 Project Divisions 3 Related WikiProjects 4 Members 4.1 Sympathizers 5 Infoboxes 6 Templates 7 Link to Stubs 8 Find a photograph

[edit] Outline

This WikiProject was created to organize, format, expand, and exemplify Alaska 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 Alaska.
• Culture (talk)— Music, art, popular culture & cultural icons, mass communication, & cultural groups/peoples.
  • Alaska Natives (talk)— History, cultures, languages, politics, etc. of Alaska Natives.
• People (talk) — Biography on people native to Alaska and those residents who have shaped Alaska.
• Government (talk) — Government: federal, state and local politics in relation to Alaska.
• History (talk) — History of Alaska during and prior to statehood.
• Economy (Talk) — Major Alaska industries, employers, trends, and history relating to the economy of Alaska.

[edit] Related WikiProjects

WikiProject Alaska is one of the United States WikiProjects.

General	United States | Regions | States | Counties | Cities | Special districts
Government	Congress | Presidents | Governors | Politicians | State capitols | Government agencies
States	Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Florida | Georgia | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas  | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | South Carolina | South Dakota | Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin List of State-level WikiProjects American Samoa | Puerto Rico There are also portals to content about several US states.
Assets	U.S. Armed Forces | U.S. roads | U.S. highways | U.S. Interstate highways | National Register of Historic Places
People	Asian Americans | Indigenous peoples

[edit] Members

Userboxen for WP:ALASKA This user is a member of WikiProject Alaska. This user is from Alaska.

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

• akghetto ^talk (founder)
• Deirdre - Alaskan born and raised; publisher, editor, and artist; will add info where I can, proofread, etc.
• Jarfingle - Lifelong Sitkan.
• Merovingian - am interested in state history and geography; will do what I can.
• Dean Shan - Born and raised in Interior Alaska.
• knowmoore - Teacher at a Yup'ik village on the Lower Kuskokwim.
• cluth - Journalism student at UAA, have lived in Anchorage since 1995, work at the Alaska Railroad.
• stellertony - Sophomore at Steller Secondary School and lifelong Alaskan.
• Zero Gravitas - Lifelong Alaskan, live in Anchorage
• Kareeser - Took a vacation in Alaska, and now wants to learn & expand WP information on all things Alaskan.
• M^ask otherwise known as User:AKMask, Juneau resident
• Hayduke - Anthropologist and archaeologist from Fairbanks.
• the iBook of the Revolution: Anchoragemiut now in Oregon. Working the IPA and Wikipedia:WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia.
• Sue Rangell^{[citation needed]} All about Denali and Kenai.
• GregoryKohler - just moved to Eagle River, AK but visited during summer/winter break for a couple years
• TempestDevil - Somewhat new to Wikipedia, Senior at Lathrop High School in Fairbanks, Alaska.
• DinkY2K - wanna-be photographer and naturalist
• Shunpiker - Former Alaskan, subject to nostalgic bouts of insomnia
• Cgranade - That crazy UAF student... well, one of the very many crazy students, anyway.
• IndigoAK200 - Fourteen year resident of Alaska. I'll probably help out on the more technology/business related articles (GCI, ACS, Alascom for instance).
• AlaskaTrekker - Walked across about 3000 miles of the state so far, more to come. Have lots of photos of remote areas.
• Yksin - Alaskan since 1982, live in Anchorage.
• Yupik - Spent time in Nome and across the Bering in Provideniya. Learned some Yup'ik in Alaska and have been fascinated by it ever since.
• User:Akbeancounter - Lives in Anchorage, travels to Native villages for business and photographs anything that can't escape quickly enough.
• Wrad - Spent a few years traveling in Alaska, from Fairbanks to Homer, and from Anchorage to Sitka.
• Gypsyleathers - Former resident of Kodiak and Fairbanks, working on bio of relative who is an Alaskan Pioneer
• Cswihart - A guy from Anchorage.

[edit] Sympathizers

• Luigizanasi - From across the 141st meridian in Whitehorse, Yukon. Helping on articles on history, geography and natural history that cross the border.
• Foryst - Former Esteroid, and general wikipedia lurker. Cleans up small bits here and there.

[edit] Infoboxes

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

State of Alaska Juneau (capital) Regions Aleutian Islands | Arctic Alaska | Bush Alaska | Interior | Kenai Peninsula | Mat‑Su Valley | North Slope | Panhandle | Seward Peninsula | Southcentral | Southwest | Tanana Valley | Yukon‑Kuskokwim Delta Largest cities Anchorage | Barrow | Bethel | Fairbanks | Homer | Juneau | Kenai | Ketchikan | Kodiak | Kotzebue | Nome | Palmer | Petersburg | Seward | Sitka | Unalaska | Valdez | Wasilla Boroughs Aleutians East | Anchorage | Bristol Bay | Denali | Fairbanks North Star | Haines | Juneau | Kenai Peninsula | Ketchikan Gateway | Kodiak Island | Lake and Peninsula | Matanuska‑Susitna | North Slope | Northwest Arctic | Sitka | Yakutat Census areas Aleutians West | Bethel | Dillingham | Nome | Prince of Wales‑Outer Ketchikan | Skagway‑Hoonah‑Angoon | Southeast Fairbanks | Valdez‑Cordova | Wade Hampton | Wrangell‑Petersburg | Yukon‑Koyukuk | (see also) Unorganized Borough

[edit] Templates

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{{Project Alaska}} 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 Alaska/Alaska recent changes if you want it to show up before the next update.	This article is part of WikiProject Alaska, an effort to create, expand, organize, and improve Alaska-related articles to a feature-quality standard.
{{Alaska History}} Template to categorize different periods in Alaska's history; placed toward the top of history-related article pages.	History of Alaska Russian America Department of Alaska District of Alaska Alaska Territory State of Alaska
{{Alaska-stub}} Stub notice for Alaska articles not covered by one of the other stub categories; placed at the bottom of article pages	This Alaska-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
{{Alaska-geo-stub}} Stub notice for articles dealing with Alaska locations or geographical features; placed at the bottom of article pages	This Alaska location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
{{Alaska-politician-stub}} Stub notice for Alaska politicians; placed at the bottom of article pages	This article about an Alaska politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
{{Alaska-school-stub}} Stub notice for Alaska schools (but not colleges or universities); placed at the bottom of article pages	This Alaska school-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
{{Alaska-Community-External-References}} Link template to Division of Community Advocacy community summaries and photos; placed in external links section after any real links but before any geolinks templates	Alaska Division of Community Advocacy - Community Information Summary Alaska Division of Community Advocacy - Community Photos
For Alaska-related articles needing a photograph, use {{reqphotoin|Alaska}} in the talk page, which adds the article to Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Alaska. 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 Alaska 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.

• Alaska stubs
• Alaska geography stubs
• Alaska politician stubs

[edit] Find a photograph

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