In progress
I began helping out with the 9/11-related pages in 2005/2006 when there was a flood of conspiracy theory edits, though came to Wikipedia to edit pages about criminology, history, architecture, geography, and other topics. Below is a list of key Wikipedia:WikiProject September 11 articles and other articles I'm working on, along with quality and page view information. The goal is to get as many of these articles to featured article quality, or at least good article quality. In the past months, the amount of problems with the 9/11 articles has diminished, and I'm spending a lot more time on architecture articles, including Benjamin Latrobe (one of the architects of the United States Capitol and the White House).
- 9/11 attacks and Al-Qaeda
| Article | Quality | Page views | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Qaeda | B | 200,810 | In decent shape, but the "Refuge in Afghanistan" section needs cleanup. The "Regional activities" section used to be a mess, with material since put into subarticles, so it's better now. But, the section needs more substance now in summary style. |
| Hijackers | Start | 4,360 | Needs lots of improvement. |
| Khalid Sheikh Mohammed | Start | 21,591 | I don't believe it's yet B-Class. Needs lots of improvement. |
| Osama bin Laden | B | 215,024 | The article still needs overall improvements. |
| The Pentagon | B | 64,905 | Article needs more sources. |
| Planning | Start | 1,828 | Needs lots of improvement. |
| Ramzi Binalshibh | Start | 3,103 | Needs lots of improvement. |
| Sayyid Qutb | B | 11,601 | Qutb was an important influence for Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda. The article is mostly good shape, though it has an "Original research" maintenance tag in one section. |
| September 11, 2001 attacks | 
GA |
373,638 | Page views = 180049 (old name) + 193,589 (new name) |
| War in Afghanistan (2001–present) | B | 82,976 | Although there is a substantial amount of useful information, the article needs much work to bring up to standards. The task of adding sources and cleanup may be very time-consuming. Large portions of the article do not have inline citations. The article also has a lengthy "public opinion" section which is merely a list. The "Human rights abuses" section has been tagged with neutrality issues since December 2007. The article also seems not very up-to-date with more recent events in Afghanistan. |
- World Trade Center
| Article | Quality | Page views | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 World Trade Center bombing | B | 4,352 | Needs more work to get it to GA quality, with many more sources, including The New Jackals by Simon Reeve and Two Seconds Under the World by Jim Dwyer. |
| 7 World Trade Center |
FA |
44,198 | Brought to FA status in September 2007. |
| Collapse of the World Trade Center | B | 22,225 | Needs a bit of work to bring up to GA standards. |
| Construction of the World Trade Center |
FA |
3,994 | Created article, brought to FA status in May 2007. |
| Freedom Tower | B | 108,736 | This gets a large number of page views, so it's important. Fortunately, the article appears in good shape. |
| Larry Silverstein | B | 7,358 | This needs to be watched carefully for WP:BLP violations. |
| Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |
GA |
8,318 | Brought to GA status. |
| World Trade Center |
GA |
239,906 | Article has now passed as a good article, though there is a list of improvements needed, in working towards FA status. See here for issues to address. |
| World Trade Center site | B | 26,773 | Needs extensive work, article is disorganized. |
- The Flights
| Article | Quality | Page views | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines Flight 11 |
FA |
30,646 | Worked with User:VegitaU on this, reached FA status in June 2008. |
| United Airlines Flight 175 | B | 20,094 | |
| American Airlines Flight 77 |
FA |
20,995 | Worked with User:VegitaU on this, reached FA status in June 2008. |
| United Airlines Flight 93 |
FA |
49,901 | Mostly done by User:VegitaU who brought to FA status in July 2008. |
- Hijackers
| Article | Quality | Page views | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohamed Atta (pilot) |
A |
11,657 | I'm skipping GA. This is almost ready for FAC, though needs a few more sources and some dubious sources replaced, and needs copyediting. |
| Abdulaziz al-Omari | Start | 3,591 | Only has a few references. |
| Satam al-Suqami | Start | 1,816 | Only a few references so far. |
| Wail al-Shehri |
FA |
2,367 | Passed FAC in December 2008. |
| Waleed al-Shehri | B | 2,208 | Uses some of the same sources as his brother's article. |
| Marwan al-Shehhi (pilot) | Start | 5,472 | Needs quite a bit of work. |
| Ahmed al-Ghamdi | Start | 1,658 | |
| Fayez Banihammad | Start | 1,762 | |
| Hamza al-Ghamdi | Start | 2,300 | |
| Mohand al-Shehri | Start | 1,545 | |
| Hani Hanjour (pilot) | B | 4,723 | |
| Khalid al-Mihdhar |
FA |
3,396 | Brought to FA status in October 2008. |
| Majed Moqed | Start | 1,316 | |
| Nawaf al-Hazmi | B | 2,243 | Uses some of the same sources as Khalid al-Mihdhar |
| Salem al-Hazmi | Start | 1,328 | |
| Ziad Jarrah (pilot) |
FA |
8,461 | This is a featured article, though it passed FAC a few years ago when the criteria were not as stringent. The article did pass a featured article review in September 2007, so it's still in pretty good shape, but at some point it can use some work to get it up to current featured article standards. |
| Ahmed al-Haznawi | Start | 1,798 | |
| Ahmed al-Nami | Start | 2,386 | |
| Saeed al-Ghamdi | Start | 2,640 |
- Crime
These articles are important, though the topic area has been neglected. I need to spend more time on these.
| Article | Quality | Page views | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Criminology | B | 31,827 | |
| Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment | B | 795 | Started article |
| Federal Bureau of Investigation |
GA |
43,978 | Passed as a GA in 2006, but needs more sources and improvement. |
| Criminal justice | B | 28,414 | |
| Police | B | 60,214 | |
| Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution | B | 87,515 | |
| Exclusionary rule | B | 18,304 | |
| Crime | B | 37,408 | |
| Domestic violence | Start | 56,977 | This article is unacceptably poor quality, though I have sources and need to spend time on this. This is a very time consuming task. |
| Crime in Mexico | Start | 5,192 | Saved from AFD |
| Roper v. Simmons | B | 6,636 | Started article |
| New York City Police Department | B | 15,787 | |
| Crime in New York City | Start | 10,069 | Started article |
| Orlando Winfield Wilson | Start | 599 | Started article |
| Property crime | Start | 2,153 | Started this article, same time as gun violence articles |
| Gun violence in the United States |
GA |
12,785 | Started this article in November 2006, when I realized Wikipedia had no article on gun violence (a basic topic), while there were articles on all the Pokemon characters. Also created general article on gun violence. |
- Other
| Article | Quality | Page views | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiroshima | B | 62,253 | This was in start class when I found it, yet it's important, so I improved it. Still needs lots of work, though I don't know Japanese, so I can only do so much. |
| Middle East | B | 106,018 | Article was in sad shape, start class when I found it. Now it's B-Class, but still needs extensive improvements. |
| Ras Muhammad National Park | Start | 114 | |
| Geocoding | Start | 9,332 | Started article |
| Benjamin Latrobe | B | 1,824 | |
| John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | B | 4,645 | |
| Washington Metro |
GA |
10,884 | This passed as a GA in 2005. It needs more references and more work. |
| United States Capitol | B | 59,822 | Article is disorganized, contains too many lists, and too few references. |
| History of Washington, D.C. | B | 4,895 | |
| Crime in Washington, D.C. | B | 7,908 | |
| Anacostia | Start | 4,745 | |
| Georgetown, Washington, D.C. | B | 8,739 | Might skip GA with this article. |
| National World War II Memorial | B | 9,098 | |
| Lincoln Theatre (Washington, D.C.) |
GA |
637 | Created article, brought to GA status |
| New York Draft Riots |
GA |
13,764 | Brought to GA status. |
| New York City |
FA |
618,853 | I worked to get this through FAC, adding info, sources and copyediting. This is the 75th most popular article on Wikipedia. |
| Banff National Park |
FA |
11,714 | Brought to FA status in 2006, and article is still in good shape. |
| Jasper National Park | Start | 4,108 | Since I worked on the Banff article, someday I should get this to FA status. (if no one else comes along to do so). Article is in sad shape, so short. :( |
| New York Stock Exchange | Start | 165,960 | This article is appalling, yet with high number of page views. According to article history statistics, User:ClueBot is by far the top editor. Where is ClueBot? Seems to have stopped editing. |
| Main Navy and Munitions Buildings |
GA |
Created article in October 2008. |
- http://stats.grok.se/en/ - page view statistics
- http://vs.aka-online.de/cgi-bin/wppagehiststat.pl - article history statistics
In progress
I began helping out with the 9/11-related pages in 2005/2006 when there was a flood of conspiracy theory edits, though came to Wikipedia to edit pages about criminology, history, architecture, geography, and other topics. Below is a list of key Wikipedia:WikiProject September 11 articles and other articles I'm working on, along with quality and page view information. The goal is to get as many of these articles to featured article quality, or at least good article quality. In the past months, the amount of problems with the 9/11 articles has diminished, and I'm spending a lot more time on architecture articles, including Benjamin Latrobe (one of the architects of the United States Capitol and the White House).
- 9/11 attacks and Al-Qaeda
| Article | Quality | Page views | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Qaeda | B | 200,810 | In decent shape, but the "Refuge in Afghanistan" section needs cleanup. The "Regional activities" section used to be a mess, with material since put into subarticles, so it's better now. But, the section needs more substance now in summary style. |
| Hijackers | Start | 4,360 | Needs lots of improvement. |
| Khalid Sheikh Mohammed | Start | 21,591 | I don't believe it's yet B-Class. Needs lots of improvement. |
| Osama bin Laden | B | 215,024 | The article still needs overall improvements. |
| The Pentagon | B | 64,905 | Article needs more sources. |
| Planning | Start | 1,828 | Needs lots of improvement. |
| Ramzi Binalshibh | Start | 3,103 | Needs lots of improvement. |
| Sayyid Qutb | B | 11,601 | Qutb was an important influence for Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda. The article is mostly good shape, though it has an "Original research" maintenance tag in one section. |
| September 11, 2001 attacks |
GA |
373,638 | Page views = 180049 (old name) + 193,589 (new name) |
| War in Afghanistan (2001–present) | B | 82,976 | Although there is a substantial amount of useful information, the article needs much work to bring up to standards. The task of adding sources and cleanup may be very time-consuming. Large portions of the article do not have inline citations. The article also has a lengthy "public opinion" section which is merely a list. The "Human rights abuses" section has been tagged with neutrality issues since December 2007. The article also seems not very up-to-date with more recent events in Afghanistan. |
- World Trade Center
| Article | Quality | Page views | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 World Trade Center bombing | B | 4,352 | Needs more work to get it to GA quality, with many more sources, including The New Jackals by Simon Reeve and Two Seconds Under the World by Jim Dwyer. |
| 7 World Trade Center |
FA |
44,198 | Brought to FA status in September 2007. |
| Collapse of the World Trade Center | B | 22,225 | Needs a bit of work to bring up to GA standards. |
| Construction of the World Trade Center |
FA |
3,994 | Created article, brought to FA status in May 2007. |
| Freedom Tower | B | 108,736 | This gets a large number of page views, so it's important. Fortunately, the article appears in good shape. |
| Larry Silverstein | B | 7,358 | This needs to be watched carefully for WP:BLP violations. |
| Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |
GA |
8,318 | Brought to GA status. |
| World Trade Center |
GA |
239,906 | Article has now passed as a good article, though there is a list of improvements needed, in working towards FA status. See here for issues to address. |
| World Trade Center site | B | 26,773 | Needs extensive work, article is disorganized. |
- The Flights
| Article | Quality | Page views | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines Flight 11 |
FA |
30,646 | Worked with User:VegitaU on this, reached FA status in June 2008. |
| United Airlines Flight 175 | B | 20,094 | |
| American Airlines Flight 77 |
FA |
20,995 | Worked with User:VegitaU on this, reached FA status in June 2008. |
| United Airlines Flight 93 |
FA |
49,901 | Mostly done by User:VegitaU who brought to FA status in July 2008. |
- Hijackers
| Article | Quality | Page views | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohamed Atta (pilot) |
A |
11,657 | I'm skipping GA. This is almost ready for FAC, though needs a few more sources and some dubious sources replaced, and needs copyediting. |
| Abdulaziz al-Omari | Start | 3,591 | Only has a few references. |
| Satam al-Suqami | Start | 1,816 | Only a few references so far. |
| Wail al-Shehri |
FA |
2,367 | Passed FAC in December 2008. |
| Waleed al-Shehri | B | 2,208 | Uses some of the same sources as his brother's article. |
| Marwan al-Shehhi (pilot) | Start | 5,472 | Needs quite a bit of work. |
| Ahmed al-Ghamdi | Start | 1,658 | |
| Fayez Banihammad | Start | 1,762 | |
| Hamza al-Ghamdi | Start | 2,300 | |
| Mohand al-Shehri | Start | 1,545 | |
| Hani Hanjour (pilot) | B | 4,723 | |
| Khalid al-Mihdhar |
FA |
3,396 | Brought to FA status in October 2008. |
| Majed Moqed | Start | 1,316 | |
| Nawaf al-Hazmi | B | 2,243 | Uses some of the same sources as Khalid al-Mihdhar |
| Salem al-Hazmi | Start | 1,328 | |
| Ziad Jarrah (pilot) |
FA |
8,461 | This is a featured article, though it passed FAC a few years ago when the criteria were not as stringent. The article did pass a featured article review in September 2007, so it's still in pretty good shape, but at some point it can use some work to get it up to current featured article standards. |
| Ahmed al-Haznawi | Start | 1,798 | |
| Ahmed al-Nami | Start | 2,386 | |
| Saeed al-Ghamdi | Start | 2,640 |
- Crime
These articles are important, though the topic area has been neglected. I need to spend more time on these.
| Article | Quality | Page views | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Criminology | B | 31,827 | |
| Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment | B | 795 | Started article |
| Federal Bureau of Investigation |
GA |
43,978 | Passed as a GA in 2006, but needs more sources and improvement. |
| Criminal justice | B | 28,414 | |
| Police | B | 60,214 | |
| Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution | B | 87,515 | |
| Exclusionary rule | B | 18,304 | |
| Crime | B | 37,408 | |
| Domestic violence | Start | 56,977 | This article is unacceptably poor quality, though I have sources and need to spend time on this. This is a very time consuming task. |
| Crime in Mexico | Start | 5,192 | Saved from AFD |
| Roper v. Simmons | B | 6,636 | Started article |
| New York City Police Department | B | 15,787 | |
| Crime in New York City | Start | 10,069 | Started article |
| Orlando Winfield Wilson | Start | 599 | Started article |
| Property crime | Start | 2,153 | Started this article, same time as gun violence articles |
| Gun violence in the United States |
GA |
12,785 | Started this article in November 2006, when I realized Wikipedia had no article on gun violence (a basic topic), while there were articles on all the Pokemon characters. Also created general article on gun violence. |
- Other
| Article | Quality | Page views | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiroshima | B | 62,253 | This was in start class when I found it, yet it's important, so I improved it. Still needs lots of work, though I don't know Japanese, so I can only do so much. |
| Middle East | B | 106,018 | Article was in sad shape, start class when I found it. Now it's B-Class, but still needs extensive improvements. |
| Ras Muhammad National Park | Start | 114 | |
| Geocoding | Start | 9,332 | Started article |
| Benjamin Latrobe | B | 1,824 | |
| John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | B | 4,645 | |
| Washington Metro |
GA |
10,884 | This passed as a GA in 2005. It needs more references and more work. |
| United States Capitol | B | 59,822 | Article is disorganized, contains too many lists, and too few references. |
| History of Washington, D.C. | B | 4,895 | |
| Crime in Washington, D.C. | B | 7,908 | |
| Anacostia | Start | 4,745 | |
| Georgetown, Washington, D.C. | B | 8,739 | Might skip GA with this article. |
| National World War II Memorial | B | 9,098 | |
| Lincoln Theatre (Washington, D.C.) |
GA |
637 | Created article, brought to GA status |
| New York Draft Riots |
GA |
13,764 | Brought to GA status. |
| New York City |
FA |
618,853 | I worked to get this through FAC, adding info, sources and copyediting. This is the 75th most popular article on Wikipedia. |
| Banff National Park |
FA |
11,714 | Brought to FA status in 2006, and article is still in good shape. |
| Jasper National Park | Start | 4,108 | Since I worked on the Banff article, someday I should get this to FA status. (if no one else comes along to do so). Article is in sad shape, so short. :( |
| New York Stock Exchange | Start | 165,960 | This article is appalling, yet with high number of page views. According to article history statistics, User:ClueBot is by far the top editor. Where is ClueBot? Seems to have stopped editing. |
| Main Navy and Munitions Buildings |
GA |
Created article in October 2008. |
- http://stats.grok.se/en/ - page view statistics
- http://vs.aka-online.de/cgi-bin/wppagehiststat.pl - article history statistics