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Goals

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ImprovePennsylvania articles to featured status.
Standardization -Wikipedia:WikiProject Pennsylvania/Rules and Standards
Building and consensus nomenclature for neighborhood articles, including elimination of all red links.

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As of Sept 8 2021, all articles have now been assessed. Please see "To Do" section for more areas requiring attention. Thanks!Penndyl (talk)13:25, 8 September 2021 (UTC)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Username_policy[reply]

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47thPennVols (talk ·contribs) -Pennsylvania Civil War and individual regiment histories and updates, history updates for various cities and counties, bios of notable Pennsylvanians, general edits as needed
49ersfanforlife (talk ·contribs) - East Stroudsburg, PA Science O, Schools in East Stroudsburg
AAARanger5 (talk ·contribs)
Abtmcm (talk ·contribs)
Acronach (talk ·contribs) History
AdmiralKolchak (talk ·contribs)
Aearthrise (talk ·contribs) has Dutch heritage, and speaks thePennsylvania Dutch language.
All Is One (talk ·contribs)
Allreet (talk ·contribs) - Lehigh Valley
Alpacaaviator (talk ·contribs) 15:15:31, 13 January 2021 (UTC) [reply]
Alphageekpa (talk ·contribs)
AltioraPeto (talk ·contribs)
Arverniking (talk ·contribs)
Auntieruth55 (talk ·contribs) western pa, history stuff, photographs of southwestern PA
AWESOMEDUDE0614 (talk ·contribs) - South-East PA, Small town enjoyer, politics and gov buff
Axcelis (talk ·contribs) Sports, History, Pittsburgh
Bbabybear02 (talk ·contribs) - Pittsburgh, Western Pennsylvania, Media,Radio, and TV articles
Bhockey10 (talk ·contribs)-Sports, Central and Eastern PA, etc..
Blargh29 (talk ·contribs)
bldfire (talk ·contribs) - Philadelphia Music
Bluestrike12 (talk ·contribs)-Central PA
BML0309 (talk ·contribs) - Any articles on education (school districts, high schools, templates, etc.)
Born of Iron (talk ·contribs) Pennsylvania Capitol
Bowie60 (talk ·contribs)
BSA Archery (talk ·contribs)
CaptainScratch (talk ·contribs) 03:03:47, 14 November 2020 (UTC) - Mainly onlypolitics andelections, though I might occasionally dabble into pages in connection togovernment andhistory every now and again.[reply]
ChrisGriswold (talk ·contribs)
Chsdrummajor07 (talk ·contribs) 06:35:01, 25 January 2021 (UTC) - Chester County. elections, & politics coverage.[reply]
ClairSamoht (talk ·contribs)
Cleveland Todd (talk ·contribs) Former Philadelphian 12th and Spruce. Eagles' fan. Politics and government.
Cmacauley (talk ·contribs), interested in Pennsylvania during the French and Indian War, Pennsylvania fur trade, Pennsylvania Native Americans
Coemgenus (talk ·contribs)
CrazedEwok (talk ·contribs)
Crazypaco (talk ·contribs)
Dddstone (talk ·contribs)
DENAMAX (talk ·contribs) Maxim Stoyalov
dhaluza (talk ·contribs)
Dionysius Miller (talk ·contribs) Pittsburgh, CFB, history, & culture
Doomsdayer520 (talk ·contribs) 14:53:47, 31 October 2019 (UTC) - Native and (almost) lifelong resident, can help with state highway system, state parks, state forests, recreation. Especially northwestern and north-central.[reply]
Dough4872 (talk ·contribs)
DrStrangelove64 (talk ·contribs) - Altoona and State College, Music
Dthomsen8 (talk ·contribs) - Philadelphia, Lehigh Valley, Pittsburgh, PA history and politics
Dudtz (talk ·contribs)
EATC (talk ·contribs) - Politics, Government, Sports
ELM485 (talk ·contribs) - SW PA specific Greene & Fayette- coal towns and immigrant history
Enigmaticjew (talk ·contribs)
Esw01407 (talk ·contribs)
Eurovision25 (talk ·contribs) — Geography, biographies, companies, education, organizations. Welcome working with others on articles.
Fachwerkhaus54 (talk ·contribs) 19:23:33, 25 February 2020 (UTC) [reply]
Focus (talk ·contribs) - Central PA esp.
Goldenfiremech (talk ·contribs) - Anything that needs adding
Goonsnick (talk ·contribs)
Grsz11 (talk ·contribs) - sports
Hunter Kahn (talk ·contribs) - Will help out where I can. Will probably be best with northeastern PA (Pike, Monroe, Northampton counties...)
HistorianAJG (talk ·contribs) - politicians
Idonthaveagoodfeelingaboutthis (talk ·contribs) - energy efficiency
iloveheadbangingmusic (talk ·contribs) - new articles for unincorporated communities in Berks County
Instaurare (talk ·contribs) 09:35:47, 19 December 2019 (UTC) [reply]
Internazionale (talk ·contribs)
Itsasoa (talk ·contribs) - Mainly Erie and Franklin Counties
ItsDaBunnyYT (talk ·contribs) 06:14:25, 20 May 2020 (UTC) - Resident of Llanerch, Pennsylvania with interests in Delaware County[reply]
James_xeno (talk ·contribs)
Jasontromm (talk ·contribs)
Jazatz2 (talk ·contribs) - Lancaster, Central PA, Politics, History, Parks/Landmarks
Jbs1985 (talk ·contribs)
Jln Dlphk (talk ·contribs) - Northeastern PA, especially Wayne County
jls211 (talk ·contribs) - Central PA
Jmpenzone (talk ·contribs)
Joefromrandb (talk ·contribs)
JohnnyAlbert10 (talk ·contribs)
jstuby (talk ·contribs) - Bedford County and surrounding counties, geology statewide
KatieBU (talk ·contribs) - Anything, anywhereKatieBU (talk)23:34, 10 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keystone18 (talk ·contribs) - Cities, towns, and things related to Pennsylvania
landryoliver (talk ·contribs)
Leepaxton (talk ·contribs) - Pittsburgh metropolitan area, Western Pennsylvania, and Allegheny County articles and photographs.
Lemcke (talk ·contribs) - Altoona and State College Pennsylvania.
Lilipo25 (talk ·contribs) - Union and Clinton Counties, colonial history
LovatRandom (talk ·contribs) - Fulton County, and industrial history
Mareino (talk ·contribs)
Marksdaly (talk ·contribs)
Marphilly (talk ·contribs)
MED usgswrd (talk ·contribs) -(MEDegnan) Geology & Hydrology in PA, & environmental concerns
Michael pirrello (talk ·contribs) - Montgomery/Bucks, watersheds, native plants, entomology, STCs/EACs
MidAtlanticBaby (talk ·contribs) - Long Island, New York/New Jersey-based, but spends a lot of time in PA.
Mjf3719 (talk ·contribs) -Leesport and GreaterBerks County
Mr. Spencer Kinkelaar (talk)01:08, 22 January 2014 (UTC) --South-East Area, Philly, some of the whole state.[reply]
Neagley (talk ·contribs)
Netmouse (talk ·contribs) - Underground Railroad and Abolitionists, Biography, York County
Newyorkadam (talk ·contribs)
Notyourbroom (talk ·contribs)—Primarily things related to Western Pennsylvania. I'm active in contributing photographs to Commons.
PAWiki (talk ·contribs) - Lehigh Valley and Philadelphia areas.
Peetlesnumber1 (talk ·contribs) - Geography and Sports in Southeastern, PA.
Penndyl (talk ·contribs) - Central PA, history, state government, geography, Philly
Pennsylvania Penguin (talk ·contribs)
Pier Snake (talk ·contribs)
Plm209 (talk ·contribs)
PonileExpress (talk ·contribs)
Public_Thing (talk ·contribs)
Ranger Ian (talk ·contribs) - PA state parks, river awareness, SE PA, EACs, Environmental Issues
RedShiftPA (talk ·contribs)
Red0ctober22 (talk ·contribs) - PrimarilyDelaware Valley
Ruhrfisch (talk ·contribs)
Runningmaster28 (talk ·contribs)
Rypcord (talk ·contribs) -Hummelstown
SageTDS (talk ·contribs) - York County, politics at all levels
Scott Mingus (talk ·contribs),Pennsylvania Civil War articles
ScouterSites (talk ·contribs) - The Poconos
Scu ba (talk ·contribs) - Eastern PA, Lehigh Valley, Politics federal and statewide
Sir_Joseph (talk ·contribs)
Skabat169 (talk ·contribs)
Slon02 (talk ·contribs) - Politics and government
snowman304 (talk ·contribs) - Northwestern Pennsylvania
Squamate (talk ·contribs)
Superken (talk ·contribs) - Revolutionary History
SusquehannaMan (talk ·contribs) - Villages in south-central PA, rural bridges and mills.
Technologysam (talk ·contribs) - Pittsburgh area.
TartarTorte (talk ·contribs)
Thebirdlover (talk ·contribs) - Pennsylvania Politics.
TheTaraStark (talk ·contribs) - South-Central PA, Harrisburg, State Politics, Flags
Thisisbossi (talk ·contribs) - Small fixes, assessments, and larger mods toLanCo/Berks area.
ThunderRoad14 (talk ·contribs) - Pennsylvania history, museums, and parks
TidalTreka (talk ·contribs) - Weather of Pennsylvania
TJungli (talk ·contribs) - Politics, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, general state articles
Topshelver (talk ·contribs) - History, politics, Chester County area
Trey (talk ·contribs) - Erie related pages
Veg Mapper (talk ·contribs) - Rivers, streams, natural heritage, botany, and population statistics
UnkleFester (talk ·contribs) - Pittsburgh, Architecture
User1728 (talk ·contribs)
VerruckteDan (talk ·contribs)
Vishwin60 (talk ·contribs)
Vmanjr (talk ·contribs) - Pittsburgh, Western Pennsylvania, history, general state articles
WeirdWikiGuy (talk ·contribs) 19:34:57, 15 January 2021 (UTC) - Clinton & Lycoming Counties[reply]
wikipeep 494 (talk ·contribs)
Wrightchr (talk ·contribs) - Harrisburg area
Writerchic99 (talk ·contribs)
WTGDMan1986 (talk ·contribs)
Buzzweiser196 (talk ·contribs) - western PA history and industry
TwerkingLlama (talk ·contribs) - Pittsburgh, History
Z. Patterson (talk ·contribs)

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Identity0x4d4444 (talk ·contribs)- PA state, county, and city Demographics, Politics, and Economy statistics

WikiProject Philadelphia volunteers available to help

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PYLrulz (talk ·contribs)
CanonLawJunkie (talk ·contribs) - SouthEastern PA, Philly area, ect.
GPL93 (talk 06:28, 15 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Nnev66 (talk)23:03, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that even thoughLower Merion Library System accounts for only 7% of the county's population, it accounts for over 20% of its circulation?
... thatWendall Woodbury was the firsttelevision anchor in theUnited States to report on the unfoldingThree Mile Island accident in 1979?
... thatEarly Archaic peoples used theHouserville Site inPennsylvania ten millennia ago?
... thatJohn Pittenger, formerPennsylvania Secretary of Education anddean ofRutgers School of Law–Camden, was the firstlegislator to utilizehigh school legislative pages in thePennsylvania House of Representatives?
... that in its heyday, thehistoricMountain Springs Hotel inEphrata, Pennsylvania, hostedU.S. Presidents Lincoln,Grant, andBuchanan?
... that theGhost Town Trail inWestern Pennsylvania utilizes 36 miles (58 km) of donated and abandoned railroad and features many abandoned miningghost towns?
... thatTeedyuscung, known as theKing of theDelawares, lost much of his territory tocolonial Pennsylvania in theWalking Purchase and later sought retribution for the massive land loss?
... that theSoldiers and Sailors Monument inLancaster, Pennsylvania, stands on the site of a 1777Second Continental Congress meeting?
... that thePennsylvania Mutiny of 1783 was a primary reason for the creation of a separate federal district to serve as the capital of the United States?
... that when theLackawanna Steel Co. moved fromScranton, Pennsylvania, toNew York in 1902, its relocation led to the founding ofLackawanna, New York?

... that thePhoturis pennsylvanica(pictured), aspecies oflightning bug, isPennsylvania'sstate insect?
... that in 2006 thePhiladelphia City Council proclaimed "Edie Huggins Day" in honor of her 40th anniversary as areporter andjournalist forWCAU-TV?
... that thesmallest Natural Area in Pennsylvania protects a stand ofbox huckleberry, but another stand nearby is the oldest plant in theUnited States?
... that thePine Creek Path, aNative American trail alongPine Creek inPennsylvania, was later used by lumbermen, then its course was followed by arailroad, and today it is arail trail(pictured)?
... thatCongregation Beth Israel, aConservative synagogue inLebanon, Pennsylvania, was designed byPercival Goodman to mirror the barns of nearbyPennsylvania Dutch farmers?
... that theErie Gauge War in 1853 was nicknamed the "Peanut War" because its outcome affected thestreet vendors who soldpeanuts to travelers inErie,Pennsylvania the most?
... thatAmerican Revolutionary war officerAnthony Wayne's bones are buried atSt. David's Episcopal Church inPennsylvania, while the rest of him is buried hundreds of miles away inErie, Pennsylvania?
... that themetal finishing on more than 10,000Olympic torches used in the torch relay for the1996 Summer Olympics inAtlanta, Georgia was done by theErie Plating Company?
... thatFrank W. Preston invented thefurnace which madeCorelle glassware possible and worked to establishMoraine State Park inPennsylvania?
... that theMillersburg Ferry(pictured) inPennsylvania is the last ferry on theSusquehanna River and the last authentic wooden double stern-wheeledpaddle boat operating in the United States?
... that of the 30covered bridges that once stood inSullivan County, Pennsylvania, onlyForksville,Hillsgrove, andSonestown remain, all of which were built in 1850?
... that theFranklin County Courthouse incorporates the walls and columns left afterConfederate forces burned the previous courthouse during theAmerican Civil War?
... that the meanderingMaryland and Pennsylvania Railroad line took 77.2 miles (124 km) to connectBaltimore, Maryland andYork, Pennsylvania although the two cities are only 45 miles (72 km) apart in a straight line?
... that despite being the firsthot blast ironfurnace inCentre County, Pennsylvania,Bellefonte Furnace was idle for more than six of its first ten years of existence?
... that thePond Eddy Bridge, built in 1904, is the only artery to access 22 homes inPennsylvania?
... that, during aFersommling, the only language spoken isPennsylvania Dutch and that anyone who speaksEnglish has to pay a fine for each word?
... that the 1852Lombard Street Riot capped thirteen years of recurring racial violence inPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania?
... that thePhiladelphia Phillies were the last of the original 16Major League Baseball franchises to win theWorld Series?
... thatprison contemplative programs likemeditation were used in 19th centuryPennsylvania as an earlyprison reform?
...that bothHillary Clinton andBarack Obama refused to hand outstreet money, a political tactic common inPhiladelphia, during the2008 Pennsylvania primary?
...that thePhiladelphia Lazaretto is the oldest surviving quarantine hospital in the United States?
... thatBirely, Hillman & Streaker was the onlyPhiladelphian manufacturer of wooden ships to survive the post-Civil War slump?
...that when theYMCA of Berwick was incorporated inPennsylvania in 1883, the majority of the organization's trustees were current executives ofJackson and Woodin Manufacturing Company?
...thatJohn Heisman, namesake of theHeisman Trophy, played for theBrown Bears before eventually transferring to theUniversity of Pennsylvania?
...thatMid-State Regional Airport is aKeystone Opportunity Zone to promote economic growth, but, to protect thePennsylvania statepark andforest(pictured) it was formed from, cannot legally expand?
...that the decision of aPennsylvania provincial court in1764,The King v. Haas, is one of the first attempts to apply thewrit of habeas corpus in theThirteen Colonies?
...that the 31 mi (50 km)West Rim Trail along theGrand Canyon was selected byOutside Magazine as the best hike inPennsylvania?
...thatsix latrines atBlack Moshannon State Park inPennsylvania are listed on theNational Register of Historic Places?
...thatOregon State athletic director Percy Locey claimed that thePhiladelphia Athletics stoleJohn Leovich from the college, yet he ended up playing only onemajor league game?
...that theIntelligencer Journal ofLancaster, Pennsylvania, established in 1796, is one of the oldestnewspapers in theUnited States?
...thatJames Gwyn was awarded the rank ofbrèvet major general byPresident Abraham Lincoln in 1864?

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Hollidaysburg Area Public Library
Hinduism in Pennsylvania
Martin Meylin Gunshop
Housing in Pennsylvania‎.Sources:
- Category:Housing in Pennsylvania‎
- Housing Needs By State: Pennsylvania‎, Washington, DC:National Low Income Housing Coalition, retrievedOctober 24, 2020
- "Pennsylvania‎",COVID-19 Housing Policy Scorecard,Eviction Lab, retrievedOctober 24, 2020
- "Pennsylvania‎ Homelessness Statistics",Usich.gov, Washington DC:U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, retrievedOctober 24, 2020
- (Pennsylvania‎+housing),Digital Public Library of America (assorted materials)
- (Pennsylvania‎+housing), UK:Core.ac.uk (assorted materials)
- (Pennsylvania‎+housing), Germany:Base-search.net (assorted materials) -- Best regards, --M2545 (talk)14:09, 24 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Eighth Ward in Harrisburg, PennsylvaniaPenndyl (talk)14:48, 17 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
St. James Episcopal Church (Lancaster, PA) in Lancaster, Pennsylvania[1]

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Article requests : :Assess articles inCategory:Unassessed Pennsylvania articles
Cleanup : :Pennsylvania Department of Corrections andSports in South Central Pennsylvania need work.
Verify : :Add sources toUnreferenced BLPs
Local government in Pennsylvania needs inline citation work.
Wikify : :CheckCategory:Wikipedia requested maps in Pennsylvania and add{{PennPlaceMap}} to articles
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Pennsylvania articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	2	9	43	43			97
FL		4	9	13			26
FM					41		41
A			5	1			6
GA	2	20	90	344		1	457
B	12	180	711	994		52	1,949
C	9	174	753	4,019		97	5,052
Start	11	68	3,268	21,729		266	25,342
Stub		1	83	6,029		365	6,478
List		16	86	498	11	23	634
Category					7,393		7,393
Disambig					267		267
File					954		954
Portal					99		99
Project					37		37
Redirect		2	33	733	1,218		1,986
Template					834		834
NA					1		1
Other				2	35		37
Assessed	36	474	5,081	34,405	10,890	804	51,690
Unassessed						16	16
Total	36	474	5,081	34,405	10,890	820	51,706
WikiWork factors (?)		ω =192,540			Ω = 4.89

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Wikinews:WikiBureau Pennsylvania

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Wikimedia Pennsylvania

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Hello there!

We are now forming the first local Wikimedia Chapter in the United States:Wikimedia Pennsylvania. Our goals are to perform outreach and fundraising activities on behalf of the various Wikimedia projects. If you're interested in being a part of the chapter, or just want to know more, you can:

Join ourmailing list
Visit our blog athttp://wmfpa.blogspot.com
you can add your username tom:Wikimedia Pennsylvania#Interested Participants

Thanks!

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Tools

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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.

External watchlist

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Wikiproject Watchlist - WikiProject Pennsylvania

This watchlist appears to be no longer active.47thPennVols (talk)23:49, 23 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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