This is a
WikiProject, an area for focused collaboration among Wikipedians. New participants are welcome; please feel free to participate!
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Welcome to WikiProject Appalachia! This project was founded by BrineStans on March 4, 2009 to expand and improve Wikipedia's coverage of the region of Appalachia.
All users are welcome and can sign their name in the members section. Feel free to add any articles in need of creation or overhaul to the respective sections.
This page was recently overhauled. The overhaul lasted from February 10 to February 20, 2024. Please feel free to make comments on the talk page about any and all problems, issues, or ideas you may have. Don't hesitate to join in the effort to make the best project we can!
Our assessment department's scales, worklist, and FAQs can be found here
If you have any questions, feel free to ask a member of our volunteer administrative team for help! Managers cover numerous specific topic areas and/or broad administration of the project. Ask for help on any of their talk pages or send them a message through this project's talk page!
This WikiProject aims to coordinate development of and improvements to articles related to the Appalachia region.
Note: Do not assume that being in, occurring in, or originating from Appalachia inherently places a subject within this projects's scope. A certain amount of cultural and/or historical impact on the region is required. It is rather subjective, but use your best judgement; if any disagreement about relevance arises please make it known via this project's talk page so that discussion can take place and consensus can be reached.
The following subject matters fall under this project's scope:
All of these only apply when there is a reasonably notable connection with Appalachia
To join the WikiProject Appalachia, edit this list and add # {{subst:me}}
to the following list of members in alphabetical order by username. Feel free to also add in your specialty/focus inline with your name!
Make sure to add {{ User WP Appalachia}} or {{ User WP Appalachia 2}} to your userpage to place yourself in our category!
Users will be manually moved to the
inactive participants list periodically if they are found to have been inactive sitewide for a minimum of two months, this period is discretionary. Checks are carried out by volunteers; understand that mistakes can and will be made. If you will be absent for a period but would like to remain marked active, please add (temporarily absent)
following your username on the list below. To return to the active participants list simply remove your name from the inactive section and replace it below.
The Appalachia Volunteer Administrative Team is a set of users who commit to a higher level of project participation, generally in a specific area. These users volunteer to manage, expand, and streamline certain processes and functions of this project.
The position of project coordinator is an elected position whereas the managerial positions are open and voluntary. Any non-ip user is fully permitted to participate in any PC voting. See the project coordinator section of this page for details on the role.
As simply as this concept can be explained: There is no power, authority, or prestige associated with volunteer administrators; there is only a commitment to help. The names are mostly just for show.
To volunteer, simply add # ~~~
under the position you would like to volunteer for in alphabetical order. There is no limit to how many people can volunteer for a certain position and the list of positions can be expanded or shortened with consensus.
The following are all templates directly serviced and sponsored by WikiProject Appalachia:
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WikiProject Appalachia}} Designates a page as being part of WikiProject Appalachia. Placed on the page's Talk page. |
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Appalachia-stub}} Designates an article as an Appalachia-related stub. Placed at the bottom of the article. |
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User WP Appalachia}} and/or {{
User WP Appalachia 2}} Designates a user as a member of WikiProject Appalachia. Placed on the member's user page and/or talk page. Can be used in addition to or instead of the banner below. |
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WP Appalachia member banner}} Designates a user as a member of WikiProject Appalachia. Placed on a member's user page and/or talk page. |
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AppalachiaProjectInvite}} Placed on a user's talk page for the purpose of inviting them to participate in WikiProject Appalachia. |
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{{
Appalachia Barnstar}} Recognizes an editor's efforts to improve articles concerning the Appalachian region, as well as WikiProject Appalachia. Just add "{{[[Template:Appalachia Barnstaressage ~~~~|subst:Appalachia Barnstaressage ~~~~]]}}" to an editor's talk page, filling in a message to let them know why they have received it. |
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Project departments are generally "run" by one or more department managers; for any questions regarding the departments below, the project in general, or Wikipedia as a whole: don't hesitate to contact them on their talk pages or this project's talk page.
Project coordinators are "elected" by WikiProject Appalachia members from among any users who receive a nomination or volunteer to be "on the ballot". The coordinator has a very specific set of roles to fill and is not equivalent to a leader or authority.
Most importantly, section N5 states:
The PC is not a president, monarch, or dictator; they are a coordinator who's duty is to coordinate, not lead.
The project coordinator, as you might guess, is tasked with the coordination of this WikiProject. The goal of the coordinator is to maximize the efficiency of this project; users editing Appalachia-related articles will generally edit at the same pace no matter what, but the focus of affiliated users and the standardization of articles and templates can be changed. By preferring certain focuses and working to make the editing process simpler and easier, this project can better work towards its goal of a well documented Appalachia.
In truth, there is no formal election, but a discussion and consensus.
A PC should be replaced when one or more of the following is true:
It is the duty of the project coordinator to carry out and/or supervise the following. If action is controversial or possibly counter-intuitive then any and all actions by the PC must defer to consensus. Similarly, the powers, limitations, and details of the PC can be changed at any time through consensus.
Articles in the Wikiproject are in Category:WikiProject Appalachia.
Related English-language Wikipedia categories:
Related categories at Wikimedia Commons:
This is a
WikiProject, an area for focused collaboration among Wikipedians. New participants are welcome; please feel free to participate!
|
|
Welcome to WikiProject Appalachia! This project was founded by BrineStans on March 4, 2009 to expand and improve Wikipedia's coverage of the region of Appalachia.
All users are welcome and can sign their name in the members section. Feel free to add any articles in need of creation or overhaul to the respective sections.
This page was recently overhauled. The overhaul lasted from February 10 to February 20, 2024. Please feel free to make comments on the talk page about any and all problems, issues, or ideas you may have. Don't hesitate to join in the effort to make the best project we can!
Our assessment department's scales, worklist, and FAQs can be found here
If you have any questions, feel free to ask a member of our volunteer administrative team for help! Managers cover numerous specific topic areas and/or broad administration of the project. Ask for help on any of their talk pages or send them a message through this project's talk page!
This WikiProject aims to coordinate development of and improvements to articles related to the Appalachia region.
Note: Do not assume that being in, occurring in, or originating from Appalachia inherently places a subject within this projects's scope. A certain amount of cultural and/or historical impact on the region is required. It is rather subjective, but use your best judgement; if any disagreement about relevance arises please make it known via this project's talk page so that discussion can take place and consensus can be reached.
The following subject matters fall under this project's scope:
All of these only apply when there is a reasonably notable connection with Appalachia
To join the WikiProject Appalachia, edit this list and add # {{subst:me}}
to the following list of members in alphabetical order by username. Feel free to also add in your specialty/focus inline with your name!
Make sure to add {{ User WP Appalachia}} or {{ User WP Appalachia 2}} to your userpage to place yourself in our category!
Users will be manually moved to the
inactive participants list periodically if they are found to have been inactive sitewide for a minimum of two months, this period is discretionary. Checks are carried out by volunteers; understand that mistakes can and will be made. If you will be absent for a period but would like to remain marked active, please add (temporarily absent)
following your username on the list below. To return to the active participants list simply remove your name from the inactive section and replace it below.
The Appalachia Volunteer Administrative Team is a set of users who commit to a higher level of project participation, generally in a specific area. These users volunteer to manage, expand, and streamline certain processes and functions of this project.
The position of project coordinator is an elected position whereas the managerial positions are open and voluntary. Any non-ip user is fully permitted to participate in any PC voting. See the project coordinator section of this page for details on the role.
As simply as this concept can be explained: There is no power, authority, or prestige associated with volunteer administrators; there is only a commitment to help. The names are mostly just for show.
To volunteer, simply add # ~~~
under the position you would like to volunteer for in alphabetical order. There is no limit to how many people can volunteer for a certain position and the list of positions can be expanded or shortened with consensus.
The following are all templates directly serviced and sponsored by WikiProject Appalachia:
What to type / Why to use | What it makes | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Articles | |||||||||||
{{
WikiProject Appalachia}} Designates a page as being part of WikiProject Appalachia. Placed on the page's Talk page. |
| ||||||||||
{{
Appalachia-stub}} Designates an article as an Appalachia-related stub. Placed at the bottom of the article. |
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Project members | |||||||||||
{{
User WP Appalachia}} and/or {{
User WP Appalachia 2}} Designates a user as a member of WikiProject Appalachia. Placed on the member's user page and/or talk page. Can be used in addition to or instead of the banner below. |
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{{
WP Appalachia member banner}} Designates a user as a member of WikiProject Appalachia. Placed on a member's user page and/or talk page. |
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{{
AppalachiaProjectInvite}} Placed on a user's talk page for the purpose of inviting them to participate in WikiProject Appalachia. |
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{{
Appalachia Barnstar}} Recognizes an editor's efforts to improve articles concerning the Appalachian region, as well as WikiProject Appalachia. Just add "{{[[Template:Appalachia Barnstaressage ~~~~|subst:Appalachia Barnstaressage ~~~~]]}}" to an editor's talk page, filling in a message to let them know why they have received it. |
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Project departments are generally "run" by one or more department managers; for any questions regarding the departments below, the project in general, or Wikipedia as a whole: don't hesitate to contact them on their talk pages or this project's talk page.
Project coordinators are "elected" by WikiProject Appalachia members from among any users who receive a nomination or volunteer to be "on the ballot". The coordinator has a very specific set of roles to fill and is not equivalent to a leader or authority.
Most importantly, section N5 states:
The PC is not a president, monarch, or dictator; they are a coordinator who's duty is to coordinate, not lead.
The project coordinator, as you might guess, is tasked with the coordination of this WikiProject. The goal of the coordinator is to maximize the efficiency of this project; users editing Appalachia-related articles will generally edit at the same pace no matter what, but the focus of affiliated users and the standardization of articles and templates can be changed. By preferring certain focuses and working to make the editing process simpler and easier, this project can better work towards its goal of a well documented Appalachia.
In truth, there is no formal election, but a discussion and consensus.
A PC should be replaced when one or more of the following is true:
It is the duty of the project coordinator to carry out and/or supervise the following. If action is controversial or possibly counter-intuitive then any and all actions by the PC must defer to consensus. Similarly, the powers, limitations, and details of the PC can be changed at any time through consensus.
Articles in the Wikiproject are in Category:WikiProject Appalachia.
Related English-language Wikipedia categories:
Related categories at Wikimedia Commons: