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This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles on the U.S. state of Arizona 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 participants section.
This project is intended to pull together interested and knowledgeable editors to improve all articles about Arizona. Thus, it covers the creation and editing of articles related to the U.S. State Arizona, its cities, counties, geography, transportation, culture, people, history and traditions. The aim is to build a broad and deep collection of solid articles about Arizona and Arizonans. All editors are welcome. Ways you can join in include the following:
helping create the templates necessary for the project
reading over articles and giving your suggestions in the article's talk pages
copyediting for grammar and clarify
adding photos
reverting vandalism
citing sources
fact checking
minor or major research and contributions
advertising the project by posting the WikiProject template in relevant talk pages.
Related WikiProjects
WikiProject Arizona is one of the United States WikiProjects.
Miwasatoshi (talk·contribs) working on wikifying our glorious and expansive State Highway System!
Ned Scott (talk·contribs) count me in (update:I don't plan on being very active do to my busy schedule and other WikiProjects, but I will drop in from time to time)
ONEder Boy (talk·contribs) I actually tried proposing one a little while ago. Didn't seem like a whole lotta interest so I kinda forgot about it. I'll try to pass it on though.
Nebular110 (talk·contribs) Might as well. I'd also like to get Lowell Observatory featured eventually.
Pahoran513 (talk·contribs) I live in AZ and love our state. I'd be interested in working on any project--just let me know
TrackerTV (talk·contribs) I am in west Chandler and would love to help with expanding bits and pieces related to our wonderful state. I will also be adding Arizona television stations to this project (to become a co-op with WP:TVS, several state projects do this already).
Solarapex (talk·contribs) I'll contribute pictures as Arizona is my favorite destination.
Mavarin (talk·contribs) I've worked on some Tucson-centric articles, also Gila Bend, Arizona because it needed help. I'll be glad to take photos as well.
cascadia (talk·contribs) I live in Tempe, and have access to most of the metro area. I might be able to get some additional photos of places, if given enough time.
Uagent (talk·contribs) Count me in. It seems I'm destined to live in Phoenix, Arizona forever, so I might as well tell people about it, right?
Ixnayonthetimmay (talk·contribs) My main focus is adding the {{Infobox city}} template to articles for Arizona cities, towns, unincorporated areas, et cetera. I am also trying to create .svg maps for all Arizona counties and include these maps in city articles.
Mosamiazaz (talk·contribs)Living in Tucson, Arizona. I write and contribute to articles about Arizona's state parks and National Park Service sites. I take lots of photos and have used a number of them in my Wikipedia articles.
Tillman (talk·contribs) I've lived in Arizona for 30+ years now (presently in the Verde Valley), and have been doing some work on Arizona articles. Thanx for the invite, Kukini!
Gonzo fan2007 (talk·contribs) Im an Arizonan and hope to help with some of the articles about places and people in AZ.
Thesocialistesq (talk·contribs) I didn't know there was one. I've lived in Arizona since birth, so I suppose I should sign up. I can help with politics, weather, the west Valley, and Flagstaff-related articles.
WTGDMan1986 (talk·contribs) Saw an alarming Goth-like news headline, so I had to sign up immediately and spring into action. I'm also helping to revert vandalism. I also love hearing about the state.
Tarascon (talk·contribs) Ten-year Oro Valley resident. Interested in state & national parks, historic sites, and southern Arizona generally. New to Wikipedia. Thanks to Kukini & Tanthalas39 for their encouragement.
Retro2 (talk·contribs) Aiming to actually make casa grande well known for its a small little town that i know and love.
Arbiteroftruth (talk·contribs): Lives in Phoenix, no particular focus on editing, but interested in Arizona-related pages in general. Arbiteroftruth (talk) 06:16, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
deveng1 (talk·contribs) I am here because I live in Glendale, I enjoy reverting vandalism, editing schools, and I am might nasty when critiquing grammar.
Project divisions
Cities (talk) — Cities, towns, villages and counties
Culture (talk) — Music, art, icons, mass communication
Education (talk) — Schools, Colleges, Universities and other educational articles.
People (talk) — includes Arizona natives and those residents who have shaped Arizona
Government (talk) — Governance, as well as federal, state and local politics in relation to Arizona
History (talk) — history of Arizona during and prior to statehood
Adopt an article
Similar to the Collaboration of the week, but on a smaller scale, you might want to "adopt" an article. This would involve doing the research, writing, and picture-taking (if possible) for either a non-existent article or a stub. Of course, everyone else can still edit an adopted article, and you can work on other things too, but the idea is to find a focus for a while, to try and build up the number of quality articles the Project has produced.
Please feel free to list your new Arizona-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 on the Main Wikipedia page. DYN has a 5 day time limit from the creation of the article, and a 1500 character (1.5 kilobyte) minimum size of the main article.
William T. Howell, Territorial judge and principle author of Arizona's first legal code
Wells Spicer, Justice of the Peace who presided over Earp/Holliday preliminary hearing
Anson P.K. Safford, 3rd Territorial Governor and "Father of the Arizona Public Schools"
Arizona-related articles up for deletion
Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Arizona for an up-to-date listing of Arizona-related articles which have been listed for deletion. You are encouraged to take part in any discussions which interest you.
Arizona-related articles for peer review or featured article candidates
Do you have any requests for project members? Add them here.
One more request is for the Cliff-rose , for it needs to be cleaned up and we need an expert on the subject. It is a plant of Arizona. If it appears red then go to Lynx lake, and look up Cliff Rose from there on please.Hey Joe what you know? (talk) 03:22, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
Casa Grande is a listed as a start page. If anyone knows any information on Casa Grande please help me expand this article. Thank youHey Joe what you know? (talk) 23:18, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Prescott, Arizona is listed as a start page. Could someone explain what it needs to get to the next level? Or provide me a link that explains it? I have been involved in this page for several years.
Sedona, Arizona is one of the hottest tourist locations, second only to the Grand Canyon. I want more info included about my hometown, and its Majestic qualitys.
Anything specific that needs elaborating? I could research things a bit more if I had examples of what should be included. I read the article and it seems fairly thorough. Emphasising a town's "Magestic qualities" will make an article cross from encyclopedic to a Chamber of Commerce brochure. CascadiaTALK|HISTORY 22:02, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Sedona has developed an odd formatting problem, whose cause isn't obvious to me. Scroll down to "Education", and you'll see that the "Edit" buttons for that section, and the two above, are lumped together there. I queried Wikipedia:Village pump (assistance) and got this advice:
It is caused by the six images listed very close to each other (in the edit view) in the 'demographics section'. Spreading those out over the text should solve the problem. ssepp(talk) 21:30, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
Anyone want to take this on? I'm not comfortable fussing with images. Thanks, Pete Tillman 05:27, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
I had a hack at it. There is simply no way to fit as many images in an article with small sections; I had to remove two pictures. I recommend that more text be added to the geography section—or to any other section, really—to be able to readd the pictures. Titoxd(?!? - cool stuff) 06:26, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
Just noticed that two historic hotels in Flagstaff did not have articles, so I created stubs for them. Please check out the Weatherford Hotel and Hotel Monte Vista articles and add to them in any way that you can. Dr. Cash 18:43, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Well, the first one is a Registered Historic Place, and I added NRHP information to the article. The other, I can't find in NHRP system, does it go by any other name? Perhaps you could create/add to an article on the historic district that you say it is located within. The historic district itself would also be listed on List of Registered Historic Places in Arizona. doncram 02:17, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
Hopi needs serious attention, preferably from an expert -- ideally a Hopi. The existing article is confusing and almost certainly has some bad and/or misleading info. I did a bit, but I'm no expert <G>. TIA, Pete Tillman (talk) 21:25, 17 January 2008 (UTC), Rimrock, AZ
While making additions to the Homolovi Ruins State Park and Oracle State Park articles (and see the various talk pages while you're at it to discuss my additions), I noticed that the governing board of these state parks, Arizona State Parks, doesn't have an article. Unless anyone has any dissent (I'll give you guys a day or two), I'll create a stub, then list it as "to expand" on the to-do list. Then maybe I'll actually expand it :-) Tanthalas39 (talk) 02:28, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
Update: In process of creating stub for the Arizona State Parks board in my sandbox. References are hard to come by, I need to go down to the State Archives and see what I can get; I had a conversation with someone at the board and they referred me there. Tanthalas39 (talk) 23:28, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Yavapai County
I've just added a new section here on Land ownership and management, using Yavapai County as a "guinea pig", for information I think should be added to all Arizona counties (and most other counties in the western US, where public land ownership is important). Have a look and let me know what you think. Thanks, Pete Tillman (talk) 23:51, 2 May 2008 (UTC)