Wikipedia:WikiProject Michigan
- This project template is under construction, created by blatantly copying Wikipedia:WikiProject Wisconsin and replacing all instances of Wisconsin with Michigan. Anyone is welcome to rearrange things or help set up some of the subsidiary pages and templates.
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Open tasks for WikiProject Michigan. |
- Collaboration:
- To Update:
- To Nominate at WP:FAC:
- To Improve to Featured standard:
- To Expand: Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Yellow Dog Plains, University of Michigan Biological Station, Andy Richter, Alexander Macomb (general), Michigan Women's Hall of Fame, Justus H. Rathbone, Sheryl James
- To Clarify:
- To Clean up: Michigan State Police
- To Merge:
- To Destub: See:
- To Deorphan:
- To Create: Chief Mackinac, Mackinaw Fur Company, Hinduism in Michigan, Bulldog Lake, Ben Feigenson and Perry Feigenson (the founders of Faygo Beverage Company in Detroit), Edward Knabusch and Edwin Shoemaker (co-founders of Monroe-based La-Z-Boy), Richard Emil Braun (Detroit-born poet and Classical translator), Gwenneth Bean (Muskegon-born opera contralto), Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth
- Lists to de-redlink: Islands of Michigan, Lighthouses in the United States#Michigan, List of Copper Country mines, List of Michigan State Historic Sites, List of museums in Michigan
- Lists to complete:
- Categories to expand: Category:Architects from Michigan
- Maintain: add {{WikiProject Michigan}} to the talk pages of Michigan-related articles and add the articles to Wikipedia:WikiProject Michigan/Michigan recent changes so related changes link works.
This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles on the state of Michigan 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.
Recent changes in Michigan-related articles (List of Michigan-related topics is an older method)
Scope
This project covers the creation and editing of articles related to the U.S. State Michigan, its cities, counties, geography, transportation, culture, history and so on. It aims to expand Wikipedia's resources on Michigan in a fair and accurate manner.
Relations
The parents of this WikiProject are U.S. Regions and U.S. States.
Similar WikiProjects: California, Texas, Hawaii, Utah, Vermont, Indiana, Wisconsin
Project divisions
- Cities (talk) — Cities, towns, villages and counties
- Physical geography (talk)— Regions, parks, climate, physical features
- Transportation (talk)— Roads, trails and rails in and around Michigan
- Culture (talk)— Music, art, icons, mass communication
- People (talk) — includes Michigan natives and those residents who have shaped Michigan
- Government (talk) — Governance, as well as federal, state and local politics in relation to Michigan
- History (talk) — history of Michigan during and prior to statehood
Participants
Project members: you can also add {{MichiganWikiProject-Member}} to your user page to identify yourself as a member of the project.
- Bkonrad (FYI, I sign talk pages as older≠wiser)
- Fang Aili. I lived in the UP for 2 years and went to school at Kalamazoo College. I'm interested in writing articles regarding the UP and the proposed sulfide mining in Yellow Dog Plains.
- dcclark - doing what I can to help! Born and raised in Michigan and the UP.
- Pentawing - Currently in Ann Arbor. Primarily focused on Southeast Michigan (including Detroit), the big cities, and the University of Michigan.
- MrMiscellanious - Currently in Midland, but I travel around the state often. Interested in writing items about Mid-Michigan (Midland, Saginaw, Bay City), as well as anything else related to Michigan.
- Rmhermen - Metro Detroit transplant, went to college in Holland (the Michigan one), lived in A2 a year and "up north" a year (Northern Lower).
- Guettarda - Seven years in East Lansing, with in-laws all over the state; yet to contribute much, but I would like to participate as time permits.
Featured articles
Articles on Michigan-related subjects, not necessarily improved to Featured Status by this WikiProject
Resources
- Michigan County Histories
- List of links to local government entities in Michigan
- Michigan Manual
- Directory of Local Government Resources
- Michigan Highways
Infoboxes
- {{Michigan}} - Infobox for Michigan regions, counties and cities; placed at the bottom of article pages
Templates
- {{WikiProject Michigan}} - Template stating this article is a part of this wikiproject; placed on the top of talk pages, not on article pages
- {{Michigan-geo-stub}} - Stub notice for Michigan articles dealing specifically with locations or geographical features in Michigan; placed at the bottom of article pages
- {{Michigan-stub}} - Stub notice for all other Michigan articles; placed at the bottom of article pages