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Welcome to WikiProject North Dakota! We are a WikiProject dedicated to developing and expanding Wikipedia content related to the U.S. state of North Dakota.

If you would like to bring something to the attention of the project, please leave a comment at the project's talk page. If you would like to join the project, simply add your name below. Feel free to review the project's "to-do list" and check out the project templates we use. For a directory of North Dakota-related content on Wikipedia, visit the "List of North Dakota pages".

Since WPND is a collaborative effort, feel free to make edits to any of the project's pages.

Contents 1 Purpose and scope 2 Assessment 3 Outreach 4 To-do list 5 Project templates 5.1 Stub templates 6 Project participants 7 Related WikiProjects 8 Related Portals

[edit] Purpose and scope

The purpose of WikiProject North Dakota is to enhance and expand North Dakota-related content on Wikipedia. This includes improving both the quality and quantity of such content. Quality is improved by making appropriate additions to and revisions of existing articles. Quantity is improved by the sensible creation of new articles for worthy subjects. A list of pages currently monitored by WikiProject North Dakota can be found here.

[edit] Assessment

North Dakota articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	None	Total
Quality
	FA	1	1				2
	A
	GA				1		1
	B	8	10	14	15		47
	Start	6	9	25	30	668	738
	Stub	1	8		19	707	735
	Assessed	16	28	39	65	1375	1523
	Unassessed	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	16	28	39	65	1375	1523

[edit] Outreach

WikiProject North Dakota now publishes a monthly newsletter. Read the current WPND newsletter.

[edit] To-do list

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject North Dakota:

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Cities: expand: Bottineau, North Dakota, Grafton, North Dakota, Williston, North Dakota cleanup: Minot, North Dakota Culture: create: Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra, Empire Arts Center, Greater Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra expand: Cuisine of North Dakota, Fleischkuekle, Knoephla, Prairie Knights Casino, Plains Art Museum cleanup: North Dakota pottery Education: create: individual school districts expand: Bismarck State College, Dickinson State University, Lake Region State College, North Dakota State College of Science, University of Mary, Valley City State University, Williston State College, The Anne Carlsen Center for Children Geography: create: North Dakota Badlands, Stump Lake, redlinks in List of North Dakota state parks expand: Geography of North Dakota, Devil's Lake, Missouri Plateau, Turtle Mountains, Red River Valley Government: create: North Dakota Department of Career and Technical Education, North Dakota Department of Commerce, North Dakota Department of Emergency Services, North Dakota Department of Financial Institutions, North Dakota Department of Health, North Dakota Department of Human Services, North Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs, North Dakota Game and Fish Department, North Dakota Industrial Commission, North Dakota Office of Management and Budget, North Dakota Oil and Gas Division, North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department, North Dakota Securities Department, North Dakota State Land Department, North Dakota State Library, North Dakota State Seed Department expand: Governor of North Dakota, North Dakota Constitution, North Dakota Department of Transportation, North Dakota Secretary of State, North Dakota Public Service Commission, North Dakota State Tax Commissioner, North Dakota State Treasurer, North Dakota State Auditor, North Dakota Department of Agriculture, North Dakota Department of Labor, North Dakota Labor Commissioner watch for vandalism: North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party and all candidates and electors of the party History: create: ... expand: History of North Dakota, State Historical Society of North Dakota, North Dakota's United States Senate elections articles, local histories People: create: Chester Fritz, Curt Zimbelman expand: Eli C. D. Shortridge, Donna Nalewaja, Steve Sydness, Ben Clayburgh, Usher L. Burdick Sports: create: Sam McQuade Sr. Softball Tournament expand: North Dakota High School Activities Association, North Dakota State Bison logos Misc: Expand Category:Images of North Dakota (see Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in North Dakota) Straighten out formatting and double check party and NPL affiliations on political lists such as List of Governors of North Dakota and U.S. Congressional Delegations from North Dakota.

[edit] Project templates

Please add {{WikiProject North Dakota}} to the talk pages of North Dakota-related articles, categories, templates, etc. This produces...

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[edit] Stub templates

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[edit] Project participants

WikiProject North Dakota is always happy to have more editors with an interest in North Dakota join the project. If you would like to sign up, please place your name at the end of this list. After adding your name here, you might like to add the {{User WikiProject North Dakota}} userbox to your user page so other editors can see that you are a member of this WikiProject.

Note: Dates in italics indicate when editor first added their name to this list.

1. MatthewUND (talk · contribs) (June 17, 2005) - I would be very interested in helping out with any aspect of the project you would like me to. I am not overly familiar with the western part of the state, but I would be willing to work on Fargo articles or whatever. I have done almost all that I can think of doing with Grand Forks and UND, but I suppose there is always something else to do.
2. Poppyhaitian (talk · contribs) (August 29, 2005) - I am pretty familiar with the western part of the state. So, I will let our differences slide and I will join you on your crusade to educate the world of the greatness of our state of North Dakota. No longer will we have to quietly by as the ignorant people ask us if Mount Rushmore is in North Dakota. No! We shall let them know of our true monuments like Salem Sue and the Jamestown buffalo!
3. Alexwcovington (talk · contribs) (August 29, 2005) - I think I'll put my name here just so everyone's on the level. Just one or two more people and we should have enough to get going.
4. Weatherman90 (talk · contribs) (February 2, 2006) - I am from Bismarck myself, so I will focus on improving that article. I could also help with any other cities in eastern North Dakota if needed. I once had a person ask me if we have elecricity here...hopefully I can do something to educate those people! I will also take charge of pages for the past governors of ND. - update
5. Opes (talk · contribs) (February 2, 2006) - I actually made ND along with God. God proposed the idea to me, and I was like, " Yeah, ok." Tell me something you want done, and I will do it. UPDATE: I will work on History of North Dakota Granted I'm not a history major, but I do know quite a bit about the subject. (Opes 23:13, 2 February 2006 (UTC))
6. Trishymouse (talk · contribs) (February 7, 2006) - I will volunteer, silly person that I am. I grew up in St. Vincent, MN but live in Fargo now. St. Vincent in right across the Red River from Pembina, ND. While everyone else seems interested in the larger and more famous aspects of North Dakota, I rather like the more obscure and rural, and dare I say it, historical...
7. Driken (talk · contribs) (April 2, 2006)
8. Misternuvistor (talk · contribs) (February 8, 2006) - I'll definitely lend a hand, I'd be quite honored to assist. I could definitely add info regarding the music scene amongst the younger folk in the state (I noticed The AMP, regarding to such, is mentioned in the Music of North Dakota article), as well as other ND-related subjects, such as the State Capitol & the ND Heritage Center, and adding stub tags (if needed) to ND politician articles...
9. Milk the cows (talk · contribs) (October 10, 2006) - I'm from North Dakota, and my old username was Grejlen, so I'm not a newbie.
10. DavidA (talk · contribs) (February 12, 2006) - Please forgive me for taking so long to get back to you. I certainly would be happy to help, though I'm really the newcomer here. My wife's a Minot native, so I'll see if I can get any leads from her too.
11. Mitchberg (talk · contribs) (March 23, 2006) - I'd love to help; I live in the Twin Cities, but am a Rugby native who grew up (through college) in Jamestown. My dad got the eastern half of the state in the divorce, and mom got the west. I can do some history, music (in the seventies and early eighties), media (I grew up in NoDak radio) and of course the greater Jamestown area.
12. Leopold Samsonite (talk · contribs) (March 24, 2006) - I grew up on the western part of the state near Watford City, ND, so I can give as much information as I can.
13. Doubleplusungood (talk · contribs) (March 28, 2006) - I look forward to assisting in any way I can with this project.
14. jolomo (talk · contribs) (May 14, 2006) - My people are all from central NoDak and I have some historical references but only make it to the state once or twice a year (ie few photos)
15. JWGreen (talk · contribs) (July 27, 2006) - I have lived in Grand Forks for most of my life, and my family is from the Cavilier/Bathgate/Neche area. I also work for the Summer Performing Arts Company in Grand Forks. I am looking forward to contributing!
16. Rickabbo (talk · contribs) (August 1, 2006) - I've live in Grand Forks all my life, and I edit mostly Television station pages and media stuff. I'm a newbie, so bare with me.
17. NDCompuGeek (talk · contribs) (December 29, 2006) - I live in the thriving metropolis of Des Lacs (population ~200), roughly 15 miles NW of Minot. I'll try and add what I can, where I can, and be as useful as I can....
18. Bschott (talk · contribs) (January 4, 2007) - I have lived in North Dakota most of my life from Flasher, to Bismarck, to Whapeton, to Minot, to Fargo. I'm very willing to add what I can where I can.
19. R9tgokunks (talk · contribs) (January 4, 2007) - I was born in Bismarck, ND, and i currently live right in the middle of the city of Burlington (the first city in Imperial Ward County), which is right next to Minot; and I started my Wikipedia 'career' by adding an entire history section on Burlington, in early 2005. I currently goto Des-Lacs Burlington HS in the United 12 District, and will be graduating soon. I have ALOT of family around state, and i have been all around North Dakota, especially to Fargo and Grand Forks.
20. Distortionmaster20 (talk · contribs) (January 4, 2007) - I was born in Miami, Florida and have lived most of my life in Everett, Washington. Twice a year I go out to North Dakota to visit my Grandparents. Personally I love the state and I hope to make good contributions to the page whenever I can.
21. Bookworm857158367 (talk · contribs) (February 11, 2007) -- I am from North Dakota and currently live in Minot. I'll add what I can.
22. Tazzaler (talk · contribs) (February 20, 2007) -- I am from North Dakota, I lived in Bismarck, now currently in Germany. Also Planning to move back in a couple of years to attend college at NDSU. I hope I can contribute a great deal to all North Dakota subject, and particularly ones that pertain to Bismarck, Lincoln and Lisbon.
23. Amwyll Rwden (talk · contribs) (March 05, 2007) -- I have lived in Germany for the past 15 years or so now, but I grew up in Kulm. I look forward to helping the great state of N.D. be better represented on Wikipedia.
24. Ndstate (talk · contribs) (March 23, 2007) -- I have been a consistent user of wikipedia for years so I thought I would start to contribute. I am mostly familiar with the eastern part of the state so I will work on these articles.
25. chrisbg99 (talk · contribs) (April 21, 2007) -- I'm from Hannaford and this seems like something interesting to be a part of.
26. TRBUFF (talk · contribs) (August 5, 2007) -- I am a native North Dakotan from Sheyenne, North Dakota. I'd love to work on a project like this to embolden North Dakota Articles; whether they be about large cities or small towns.

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