Atlanta task force
Some Wikipedians have formed a task force of WikiProject Georgia (U.S. state) to better organize information in articles related to the Atlanta, Georgia and the Atlanta Metro area. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians.
If you would like to help, please add your name to the List of Participants below, and see what you can do. We'll be happy to have your help!
How can I contribute to this project ?
No matter how experienced you are, we could use your help!
If you're new to Wikipedia, have a look at the following:
- Introduction to Wikipedia
- How to edit a page
- Starting a new page
- Wikipedia syntax
If you're looking to join the project or for something to do, try the following:
- Add your name to the list of participants (optional)
- Contribute to an existing article; there is a list of articles below (or click here)
- Have a look at this week's collaboration (on the left).
- Consider starting with a topic you're familiar with, and working out from there.
- Every article in the project has a "to do" list with suggestions and helpful links for that article. If you can think of something the article needs, or have completed one of those tasks, feel free to edit that list!
- Be on the lookout for tags such as {{cleanup}} and {{unreferenced}} to guide your contributions.
- Start a new article!
- There's a list of requests below (or click here).
- Be sure to add {{WikiProject Georgia (U.S. state)|class=|importance=|atlanta=yes|atlanta-importance=}} to the talk page.
- Add an image to an article!
- Check the image requests below and to the left (or click here)...
- Or look at project articles for somewhere a picture you've taken might look good.
- Image uploading and licensing is difficult, so don't be afraid to ask for help!
- If you upload an image you've taken, licensing it under Creative Commons cc-by-2.5 (or a similar license) will reduce the chance that it will be deleted.
- cc-by-nc and cc-by-3.0 licenses are considered "unfree";
- If you upload an image, you have to swallow the fact that any person or corporation (including the institute) can (and will) use your image.
- Add images you upload to Category:Atlanta. If you upload them to Commons, add them to the category on both Commons and Wikipedia. (Yes, you can categorize a Commons image on Wikipedia.)
And remember, provide sources for your edits.
General Tasks
- Assess Atlanta articles that are currently unassessed.
- see assessment
- Prioritize Atlanta articles that are not currently prioritized.
- see assessment
- Raise quality of current articles (place an announcement in the box above when you do!)
- Create new articles related to Atlanta
Specific Tasks
- Clean up Atlanta neighborhood naming conventions: districts, subdistricts, neighborhoods (See Naming conventions below)
- Fulfill the image requests
Naming Conventions
Districts, Subdistricts, and Neighborhoods: The current format of 'neighborhoods' for Atlanta is confused/inaccurate. Calling Downtown, Midtown, and Buckhead 'neighborhoods' is incorrect. These are large districts, with taxing and zoning authority, and are themselves comprised of smaller districts (such as the Fairlie-Poplar district in Downtown) or neighborhoods/developments. Note, for example, Midtown includes Ansley Park, Home Park, Atlantic Station, SoNO, etc. Buckhead has over 130,000 residents and includes smaller neighborhoods, with their own associations. Someone who knows the city well needs to clean this up.
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Alerts
Good article nominees
Good article reassessments
Requested moves
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Featured content
Main page featured articles
Picture of the day pictures
Cocacola-5cents-1900 edit1 (2009-02-13)
Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mathew Ahmann in a crowd.) - NARA - 542015 - Restoration (2020-02-12)
Vernon E. Jordan working on a voter education project (2023-02-16)
Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site (36233249121) (2025-08-28)
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Participants
Here is a list of Atlanta task force members, together with some of their interests. To join the group simply add yourself to the list of participants.
- PatricknoddyTALK (reply here)|HISTORY (founder)
- Akubhai 04:04, 20 April 2007 (UTC) - I'm in
- Mhking 04:12, 20 April 2007 (UTC) - likewise...
- Thejerm 19:35, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
- Lbr123 02:46, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
- Toussaint 00:31, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
- Tantoi12 12:24, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
- mav 14:17, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
- Connor.carey 16:17, 13 Aug 2007 (UTC)
- Centrisian 15:16, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
- Matthew R. Lee 22:32, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
- Wesley M. Curtus 15:25, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
- Majoreditor (talk) 03:58, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
- Deelzbub- specializing in historic Atlanta and the Southside - May 2008
- SweetMelissaGT - Atlanta, Georgia Tech, etc.
- Hippie Metalhead - Mostly dealing with the north metro area and metro high schools
- Krelnik - music venues, structures and some related biographies
- Ethan (talk) 23:04, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
- Hapeville Bobby - I will probably add info about local government and towns
- Schoolbus13 - Specializes in DeKalb County.
- earlopogous
- Keizers - Atlanta: city, history and neighborhoods Keizers (talk) 16:41, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
- Awsoeinwik
- Ganeshk (talk) 02:38, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
- Rlp17 — Can work on SSW Gwinnett (Lilburn, Mountain Park, Stone Mountain, Snellville, & Centerville, Gwinnett County, Georgia) Rlp17(talk) 19:45, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
- Nick Black -- Encyclopedia Black is on the case
- Jinkinson -- Buckhead/Sandy Springs
- ThunderBacon (talk · contribs) -- New to contributing to wiki, but not to Atlanta. Looking forward to helping out! 14 July, 2016
- JJonahJackalope (talk) 21:34, 26 May 2020 (UTC) Already created several pages on parks, park structures, and historic buildings in Atlanta, and I plan to continue.
- Navarre0107 (talk) 20:06, 4 December 2020 (UTC) -- Born in Riverdale, Georgia, proud Coca-Cola drinkin' Atlantan
- SirPolyglot (talk) 21:42, 9 February 2023 (UTC) - 8-year Atlanta resident, will help with any articles about government or politics
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