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Welcome to the Rhode Island WikiProject. We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of articles related to Rhode Island.
- Goals
- The goal of this WikiProject is to provide complete coverage on subjects related to Rhode Island by expanding articles on people, places, and things resident in or native to Rhode Island.
- Scope
- This project proposes to work with all pages related to the state of Rhode Island and its history, geography, and people.
All these articles should be included in the Category:Rhode Island or one of its subcategories.
Guidelines
editOpen tasks
editTo-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Rhode Island:
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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.
Article alerts
editFiles for discussion
- 02 Nov 2024 – File:WWKX logo.png (talk · edit · hist) (on WWKX) was FfDed by Wcquidditch (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 24 Oct 2024 – Macaroni Riots (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by JJonahJackalope (t · c); start discussion
- 30 Jun 2024 – WNAC-TV (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Sammi Brie (t · c); start discussion
Peer reviews
- 20 Aug 2024 – Hard Scrabble and Snow Town (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by RI.goblin (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 31 Oct 2024 – The Sally (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Sally (1764 ship) by 2620:6E:6000:2900:91EC:C9F1:7CB6:6116 (t · c); see discussion
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Members
editActive members
editTo join WikiProject Rhode Island, 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.
- Phantombantam (talk · contribs) 05:14, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
- Nick Lima (talk · contribs) 08:05, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
- Moodyboy11 (talk · contribs) 00:51, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
- John Carter (talk · contribs) 23:24, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
- Loodog (talk · contribs) 02:05, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
- Shunpiker (talk · contribs) 05:09, 9 May 2007 (UTC) (Political biographies, history)
- Analogdemon (talk · contribs) 00:55, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
- Raime (talk · contribs) 17:56, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
- SarekOfVulcan (talk · contribs) (grew up near P.C.)15:19, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
- Swampyank (talk · contribs) 06:06, 27 December 2007 (UTC) Rhode Island history and geography
- Crips r us (talk · contribs) 20:45, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
- Risico001 (talk · contribs) 23:52, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
- Shakescene (talk · contribs) 04:23, 9 July 2008 (UTC) (politics, history, Providence, East Side, colleges)
- Doc Strange (talk · contribs) 16:58, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
- David.cormier (talk · contribs) 24 August 2008 (history)
- Toonami Reactor (talk · contribs) 23:09, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
- Juliancolton (talk · contribs) 03:31, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
- GiselleRI (talk · contribs) 13.37, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
- innapoy (talk · contribs) 23:30, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
- jmcdaid (talk · contribs) 22:30, 21 February 2010 (UTC) Portsmouth
- Mikhailov Kusserow (talk · contribs) 08:26, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
- Maunus (talk · contribs) 22:03, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
- Breffni Whelan (talk · contribs) 29 Nov 2010
- Pawtucketray (talk · contribs) 27 December 2010 (UTC) (Pawtucket area history)
- Sarnold17 (talk · contribs) 13 Feb 2011 (History)
- Jones7224 (talk · contribs) 19:16, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
- RedSoxFan2434 (talk · contribs) 20:45 11 April 2012
- Ultimoed (talk · contribs)04:51, 21 September 2012
- Rhododendrites (talk · contribs) 15:51, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
- Calidum (talk · contribs) 00:29, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
- mikeu talk 14:54, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
- Kzirkel (talk) 15:22, 26 January 2016 (UTC): Mayors of Providence; Governors; Lieutenant Governors; and general 19th Century history
- LilRhody (talk) 20:12, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- Stereorock (talk · contribs)
- Dilidor (talk) 14:43, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
- Smt42 (talk · contribs) 01:30, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
- Durandman (talk · contribs) 11:32 23 November 2017
- Diogenes99 (talk · contribs) (talk) 13:30, 14 August 2018 (UTC) early settlers Robert Coles (settler)
- JasonJD48 (talk · contribs) (talk) 19 January 2019 (East Providence history, governance and officials}
- JKizzieHumanities (talk · contribs) 00:47:26, 5 September 2019 (UTC) (Arts and culture)
- Willconns (talk · contribs) 17:55:55, 19 October 2019 (UTC) (Journalism and Public Art)
- CosmicKanan (talk · contribs) 12:02, 24 September 2020 (UTC) Electoral history, election mapping
- Wingedserif (talk · contribs) 14:33:23, 31 July 2021 (UTC) art, indigenous history
- Bowser498 (talk · contribs) 17:20, 11 September 2021 (UTC) COVID-19 pandemic in Rhode Island
- RhodeIslandHistory (talk · contribs) 16:48, 23 January 2022 (UTC) Abraham Redwood, Kingston Pease
- Taxin609 (talk · contribs) 21:21:07, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
- SusImposter49 (talk · contribs) 20:30:26, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
- Frost.xyz (talk · contribs) 23:02:36, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
- Seventeenseventeen (talk · contribs) 04:18 9 August 2022 (UTC)
- Skipple (talk · contribs) 01:29:17, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
- Thetreesarespeakingtome (talk · contribs) 09:50, 17 October 2022 (UTC) sports
- Erin1973 (talk · contribs) 01:47:37, 14 October 2023 (UTC) Washington County
Former members
editThank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.
Member identification
editMembers of WikiProject Rhode Island should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Rhode Island participants.
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For other Rhode Island user templates see Category:Rhode Island user templates.
Recognized content
editThis is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged or categorized (e.g. Category:WikiProject Rhode Island articles) correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options. |
Featured articles
editFeatured lists
editGood articles
edit- 1761 Milestone
- John F. Adams House
- Allenville Mill Storehouse
- Joseph Kinnicutt Angell
- Aza Arnold
- Benedict Arnold (governor)
- William Arnold (settler)
- Art's Auto
- Amanda Asay
- Barrington Civic Center Historic District
- Battle of Block Island
- Benjamin Church House (Bristol, Rhode Island)
- Bicknell–Armington Lightning Splitter House
- Bristol County Jail
- Bristol Customshouse and Post Office
- Cable Car Cinema
- Charles Payne House
- John Clarke (Baptist minister)
- Nicholas Colasanto
- Susanna Cole
- Robert Coles (settler)
- Collyer Monument
- John Collins Covell
- Division Street Bridge (Rhode Island)
- Mary Dyer
- East Junction Branch
- East Providence Branch
- Equestrian statue of Ambrose Burnside
- Anthony Esolen
- Family Gay
- Fifth Ward Wardroom
- Fire Station No. 4 (Pawtucket, Rhode Island)
- First Ward Wardroom
- Foster–Payne House
- Fuller Houses
- Green Jacket Shoal
- Stephen Hopkins (politician)
- Hurricane Bob
- Effects of Hurricane Floyd in New England
- Harry Kizirian
- Linda Laubenstein
- Liberty Arming the Patriot
- H. P. Lovecraft
- Massie Wireless Station
- Cormac McCarthy
- Louis F. Menage
- Moonrise Kingdom
- Moshassuck Valley Railroad
- Mount Hope Bay raids
- Narragansett Pacer
- Narragansett Pier Railroad
- Newport and Wickford Railroad and Steamboat Company
- Northup Avenue Yard
- Susanna Paine
- Potter–Collyer House
- Providence College
- Public Universal Friend
- USS Rhode Island (BB-17)
- Rhode Island Route 4
- Rhode Island Route 37
- Rhode Island Route 99
- Rhode Island Route 403
- Rhode Island banking crisis
- Roger Mowry Tavern
- Royal Rumble (1994)
- Ethel Sands
- Ida Silverman
- Edgar Smith (pitcher/outfielder)
- Statue of Christopher Columbus (Johnston, Rhode Island)
- Gilbert Stuart
- Valley Falls train collision
- John Montgomery Ward's perfect game
- Warwick Railway
- Wickford Junction station
- World War I Memorial (East Providence, Rhode Island)
Did you know? articles
edit- 1936 Northeastern United States flood
- The Great Snow of 1717
- John F. Adams House
- Allenville Mill Storehouse
- Joseph Kinnicutt Angell
- Antinomian Controversy
- Osceola Archer
- Aza Arnold
- Amanda Asay
- Edward Mitchell Bannister
- Mildred Barker
- Barrington Civic Center Historic District
- Edward A. Batchelor
- Bellevue Avenue Historic District
- Block Island Wind Farm
- Ken Block (politician)
- Bonded Vault heist
- Anne Lynch Botta
- Charles R. Brayton
- Bristol County Jail
- Brown Bears
- Jumbo Brown
- Cape Cod Expressway
- Cards Pond
- Culley C. Carson III
- John Carter (printer)
- Joe Cavanagh
- Clarence G. Child
- Robert Coles (settler)
- Chris Cosentino
- Damian Costantino
- John Collins Covell
- Cranston Public Library
- Crimetown
- James Diossa
- Amasa Eaton
- Rip Egan
- Experiment (horse-powered boat)
- Michael Flynn
- Fuller Rock Light
- J. A. Gammons
- Louis Edward Gelineau
- Nellie Gorbea
- A. O. Granger
- Green Jacket Shoal
- Hannah Robinson Tower
- Hard Scrabble and Snow Town
- Rowland G. Hazard
- Jason Healey
- Robert J. Healey
- Albert W. Hicks
- Thomas Holden (general)
- Stephen Hopkins (politician)
- How to be a Redhead
- Joe S. Jackson
- Mark Jankowski
- Joseph Jenckes Jr.
- John Hay Library
- Sissieretta Jones
- Harry Kizirian
- Linda Laubenstein
- Wilbert E. Longfellow
- Aaron Lopez
- H. P. Lovecraft
- Maschaug Pond
- Sabina Matos
- Barbara P. McCarthy
- Russell McVinney
- Louis F. Menage
- Jo-Jo Morrissey
- Moshassuck Valley Railroad
- Robert Edward Mulvee
- Musselbed Shoals Light
- Narragansett Pier Railroad
- Narragansett land claim
- Narragansett turkey
- Abraham Nathanson
- Naval War College
- Newport Historic District (Rhode Island)
- Newport and Wickford Railroad and Steamboat Company
- Ninigret Pond
- Northup Avenue Yard
- Old Colony House
- David Olyphant
- Oscar (therapy cat)
- Palatine Light
- Paleontology in Rhode Island
- Ellen Fitz Pendleton
- Nick Principe
- Providence (1866 steamboat)
- Providence Grays all-time roster
- Providence and Worcester Railroad
- Railroads in New England
- Ratification of the United States Constitution by Rhode Island
- David Wallis Reeves
- Tim Regan (ice hockey)
- Kyle Regnault
- Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival
- Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra
- Rhode Island Route 37
- Rhode Island Soft Systems
- Rhode Island banking crisis
- Jackie Saccoccio
- Ethel Sands
- Ida Silverman
- Snake Den State Park
- James L. Swauger
- Benjamin Franklin Tilley
- Trustom Pond
- Valley Falls train collision
- WADK
- WDOM
- WNET (Rhode Island)
- WNPE
- Walsh-Kaiser Company
- Wanton–Lyman–Hazard House
- Alexander Warner
- Warwick Railway
- Ryan Westmoreland
- Inez Whipple Wilder
- William C. O'Neill Bike Path
- Wood River Branch Railroad
- Josephine Silone Yates
Featured portals
editGood article nominees
editFormer featured articles
editFormer featured lists
editFormer good articles
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Collaboration and review
edit- Assessment - rates articles for both quality and importance to this project.
Templates
editUserboxes
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Stubs
editAll stub templates are to be placed at the bottom of the article page.
- {{RhodeIsland-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Rhode Island.
- {{RhodeIsland-struct-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to buildings and structures in Rhode Island.
- {{RhodeIsland-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Rhode Island geography.
- {{RhodeIsland-radio-station-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to FCC-licensed radio stations in Rhode Island.
NOTE: Stubs are managed by the Stub-sorting WikiProject. Before creating a new stub, you should propose it at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals. See Wikipedia:Stub for general guidelines on proposing stub templates and categories. DO NOT simply create new stub templates, as these will be deleted.
Other templates
edit{{WikiProject United States|RI=yes|RI-importance=}} should be placed on the talk pages of relevant articles to put them on the project's radar. When the template is added to the talk page it looks like this:
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Categories
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Resources
edit- Official state website
- IslandSymbols.htm Rhode Island state symbols
- Secretary of State of Rhode Island
- Rhode Island State Library and Archives
- Why Did Rhode Island Become a State? from the NSLA
- USGS real-time, geographic, and other scientific resources of Rhode Island
- US Census Bureau
- Island.com/ County Maps of Rhode Island Full color maps. List of cities, towns and county seats
- Rhode Island State Facts
- Island.com/ Rhode Island Commission on Tourism
- Rhode Island's Summits
- ISLAND.htm Climate of Rhode Island
Related WikiProjects
editTools
edit- Main tool page: toolserver.org
- Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
- Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
- Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
- Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.