Wikipedia:WikiProject Kansas

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Urgent:
To Nominate at WP:FAC:
To Improve to Featured standard: Kansas, Topeka, Kansas, Wichita, Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, History of Kansas
Collaboration: Kansas
To Expand:
To Clean up:
To Merge:
To Destub: See: Category:Kansas stubs
To Deorphan: Pillsbury Crossing
To Categorize:
To Create: Articles in: Category:Newspapers published in Kansas, Category:Libraries in Kansas
To de-redlink: Kansas State Board of Education; Mission Creek; The Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery; Ninnescah River (Kansas); Walnut River (Kansas); Cow Creek (Kansas); Saline River (Kansas); Solomon River (Kansas)
Lists to de-redlink: Lakes, reservoirs, and dams in Kansas
Lists to complete: List of Kansas-related topics, List of people from Kansas
Wanted Pics/Graphics: Battle of Black Jack, Crane Observatory, Haviland Crater, Lake Afton Public Observatory, Philip Billard Municipal Airport, Sisk Observatory, Topeka, Kansas
Wanted New Pics:
Maintain: add {{Project Kansas}} to the talk pages of Kansas-related articles and add the articles to Wikipedia:WikiProject Kansas/Kansas recent changes so related changes link works.

Shortcut: WP:Kansas

This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles on the U.S. state of Kansas 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
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 Kansas 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 Kansas
Culture (talk)— Music, art, icons, mass communication
People (talk) — Includes Kansas natives and those residents who have shaped Kansas
Government (talk) — Government: federal, state and local politics in relation to Kansas
History (talk) — History of Kansas during and prior to statehood
Economy (Talk) — Major Kansas industries, employers, trends, and history relating to the economy of Kansas

[edit] Related WikiProjects

WikiProject Kansas is one of the United States WikiProjects.

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People	Asian Americans \| Indigenous peoples

[edit] Members

Userboxes for WP:KANSAS

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This user is a native of Kansas.

Project members: you can also add {{User WPKansas}} to your user page to identify yourself as a member of the project, and {{User Kansas}} to show fondness for Kansas in general. Also available is {{User Kansan}} for those fortunate enough to have been born in the state.

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[edit] Infoboxes

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{{Kansas}}

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

	State of Kansas Topeka (capital)
Regions	Cherokee Strip \| East Central \| Flint Hills \| High Plains \| Kansas City Metropolitan Area \| The Ozarks \| Red Hills \| Santa Fe Trail Region \| Smoky Hills \| Southeast
Largest cities	Derby \| Dodge City \| Emporia \| Garden City \| Hays \| Hutchinson \| Kansas City \| Lawrence \| Leavenworth \| Leawood \| Lenexa \| Liberal \| Manhattan \| Olathe \| Overland Park \| Prairie Village \| Salina \| Shawnee \| Topeka \| Wichita
Counties	Allen \| Anderson \| Atchison \| Barber \| Barton \| Bourbon \| Brown \| Butler \| Chase \| Chautauqua \| Cherokee \| Cheyenne \| Clark \| Clay \| Cloud \| Coffey \| Comanche \| Cowley \| Crawford \| Decatur \| Dickinson \| Doniphan \| Douglas \| Edwards \| Elk \| Ellis \| Ellsworth \| Finney \| Ford \| Franklin \| Geary \| Gove \| Graham \| Grant \| Gray \| Greeley \| Greenwood \| Hamilton \| Harper \| Harvey \| Haskell \| Hodgeman \| Jackson \| Jefferson \| Jewell \| Johnson \| Kearny \| Kingman \| Kiowa \| Labette \| Lane \| Leavenworth \| Lincoln \| Linn \| Logan \| Lyon \| Marion \| Marshall \| McPherson \| Meade \| Miami \| Mitchell \| Montgomery \| Morris \| Morton \| Nemaha \| Neosho \| Ness \| Norton \| Osage \| Osborne \| Ottawa \| Pawnee \| Phillips \| Pottawatomie \| Pratt \| Rawlins \| Reno \| Republic \| Rice \| Riley \| Rooks \| Rush \| Russell \| Saline \| Scott \| Sedgwick \| Seward \| Shawnee \| Sheridan \| Sherman \| Smith \| Stafford \| Stanton \| Stevens \| Sumner \| Thomas \| Trego \| Wabaunsee \| Wallace \| Washington \| Wichita \| Wilson \| Woodson \| Wyandotte

[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 Kansas/Kansas recent changes if you want it to show up before the next update.

This article is part of WikiProject Kansas, an effort to create, expand, organize, and improve Kansas-related articles to a feature-quality standard.

Template to tag and rate Kansas Articles

	WikipediaWikiProject Kansas is part of WikiProject Kansas, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to Kansas on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.
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Template to categorize different periods in Kansas's history; placed toward the top of history-related article pages.

Important dates in Kansas's history

July–August 1541: Coronado explores Kansas
April 30, 1803: Louisiana Purchase Treaty signed
May 30, 1854: Kansas Territory organized
July 29, 1859: Constitution adopted by convention
January 29, 1861: Kansas becomes 34th state
August 21, 1863: Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence
Spring 1879: Exodusters
February 19, 1881: First state to Constitutionally prohibit alcohol
1890s: Populist Revolt
July 1951: Great Flood of 1951
May 17, 1954: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For Kansas-related articles needing a photograph, use {{reqphotoin|Kansas}} in the talk page, which adds the article to Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Kansas. 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 Kansas 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 Kansas articles lack photographs: some of these can be found at Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Kansas. If any are located near you, you can help Wikipedia by uploading a freely licensed photograph to Wikimedia Commons.