Wikipedia:WikiProject West Virginia
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This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles on the U.S. State of West Virginia, with a spirit of cooperation. This page and its sub-pages aim to both provide resources for Wikipedia, and expand Wikipedia as a resource about West Virginia. The project's talk page is a place for members to discuss issues regarding project-related articles. To join, simply add your name to the list at the participants section. To see articles and information about West Virginia, see the West Virginia Portal.
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- View criteria and requests for assessment
- View lists of stubs, for articles in need of expansion
- View resources for finding photographs, and requests for photos
- See box at right for article-specific tasks
Assessment
| West Virginia articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | Total | ||
 FA |
1 | 2 | 20 | 23 | |||
| FL |
6 | 6 | |||||
| FM |
13 | 13 | |||||
 A |
2 | 2 | |||||
 GA |
1 | 24 | 38 | 92 | 155 | ||
| B | 12 | 37 | 52 | 155 | 256 | ||
| C | 11 | 65 | 115 | 566 | 757 | ||
| Start | 7 | 169 | 747 | 2,744 | 3,667 | ||
| Stub | 23 | 1,244 | 5,913 | 7,180 | |||
| List | 1 | 29 | 103 | 158 | 291 | ||
| Category | 5,503 | 5,503 | |||||
| Disambig | 152 | 152 | |||||
| File | 540 | 540 | |||||
| Portal | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Project | 66 | 66 | |||||
| Redirect | 2 | 66 | 3,481 | 3,549 | |||
| Template | 620 | 620 | |||||
| NA | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Other | 5 | 50 | 55 | ||||
| Assessed | 33 | 353 | 2,305 | 9,719 | 10,427 | 22,837 | |
| Total | 33 | 353 | 2,305 | 9,719 | 10,427 | 22,837 | |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 65,535 | Ω = 5.44 | |||||
Project divisions
A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.
- Communities (talk) – Cities, towns, and villages
- Physical geography (talk) – Regions, parks, climate, physical features
- Transportation (talk) – Roads, trails, rail, ferries, and airplanes in and around West Virginia
- Culture (talk) – Music, art, icons, mass communication
- People (talk) – Includes West Virginia natives and people from the current 55 counties pre-statehood
- Government (talk) – Government: federal, state and local politics in relation to West Virginia
- History (talk) – History of West Virginia during and prior to statehood
- Economy (Talk) – Major West Virginia industries, employers, trends, and history relating to the economy of Virginia
- Education (Talk) – All schools, colleges, universities and educational organizations & institutions in West Virginia
Article alerts
Did you know
- 04 Feb 2026 – Jerry Bird (skydiver) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Paul W (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 02 Mar 2026 – Flora, West Virginia (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Netstars22 (t · c) was closed as delete by Vanamonde93 (t · c) on 10 Mar 2026; see discussion (8 participants)
Proposed deletions
- 13 Mar 2026 – Dollie, West Virginia (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Winter.Lance (t · c): concern
- 14 Mar 2026 – Kai Newkirk (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Reywas92 (t · c) was redirected to Democracy Spring (talk · edit · hist)
- 09 Mar 2026 – Kidtown, West Virginia (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by AusLondonder (t · c) and endorsed by Bearian (t · c) on 10 Mar 2026 was deleted
- 09 Mar 2026 – Morocco, West Virginia (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by AusLondonder (t · c) was deleted
- 08 Mar 2026 – South Branch Depot, West Virginia (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by AusLondonder (t · c) was deleted
- 08 Mar 2026 – Grace, Hampshire County, West Virginia (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by AusLondonder (t · c) and endorsed by Bearian (t · c) on 09 Mar 2026 was deleted
- 02 Mar 2026 – Fort Forman (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Pi.1415926535 (t · c) was deleted
- 02 Mar 2026 – Fort Capon (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Pi.1415926535 (t · c) was deleted
- 02 Mar 2026 – Fort Cox, West Virginia (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Pi.1415926535 (t · c) was deleted
- 02 Mar 2026 – Homer's Fort (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Pi.1415926535 (t · c) was deleted
Featured article candidates
- 02 Feb 2026 – Hurricane Camille (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Hurricanehink (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 26 Feb 2026 – 19th-century glassmaking in the United States (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by TwoScars (t · c); start discussion
Articles to be merged
- 12 Jan 2026 – WVSSAC Super Six Football Championships (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to West Virginia High School Football State Championships and playoff history by Waxdingo (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 29 Nov 2025 – July–August 2022 United States floods (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by The Nth User (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 06 Feb 2026 – Draft:Eberly College of Arts and Science (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by AmericanIrishman (t · c)
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For a comprehensive listing of West Virginia-related recognized content, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject West Virginia/Recognized content.
Templates
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{{WikiProject United States|class=|importance= |
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Template stating this article is a part of this wikiproject; placed on the top of talk pages, not on article pages. Please see the template documentation page for details regarding class and importance attributes. | |||||||||||||
| {{West Virginia-geo-stub}} |
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Stub notice for West Virginia articles dealing specifically with locations or geographical features in West Virginia; placed at the bottom of article pages | |||||||||||||
| {{West Virginia-politician-stub}} |
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Stub notice for politicians primarily associated with West Virginia; placed at the bottom of article pages | |||||||||||||
| {{WestVirginia-school-stub}} |
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Stub notice for schools in West Virginia; placed at the bottom of article pages | |||||||||||||
| {{WestVirginia-radio-station-stub}} |
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Stub notice for radio stations in West Virginia; placed at the bottom of article pages | |||||||||||||
| {{WestVirginia-road-stub}} |
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Stub notice for roads in West Virginia; placed at the bottom of article pages (see WP:WIH) | |||||||||||||
| {{WestVirginia-stub}} |
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Stub notice for all other West Virginia articles; placed at the bottom of article pages | |||||||||||||
| {{Charleston, West Virginia}} | Navigational box for the city of Charleston; placed at the bottom of article pages, above {{West Virginia}} | ||||||||||||||
| {{West Virginia}} | Navigational box for West Virginia regions, counties and cities; placed at the bottom of article pages | ||||||||||||||
| {{Image requested|in=West Virginia}} |
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Added to West Virginia-related talk pages to request images. Adds article to a category. See documentation page for attribute usage. | |||||||||||||
Userboxes
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{{User WikiProject West Virginia}} | ||
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{{User West Virginia}} | ||
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{{User interest West Virginia}} | ||
Barnstar
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{{subst:The West Virginia Barnstar|message ~~~~}} | The West Virginia Barnstar
This barnstar is given to recognize particularly fine contributions to areas of work within the articles of the State of West Virginia, to let people know that their hard work is seen and appreciated. |
Participants
Click here to add yourself to the list of Project participants, and tell us a little about your involvement. You may also add {{User WikiProject West Virginia}} to your user page to identify yourself as a member of the project. This will add you to Category:WikiProject West Virginia participants.
Click "show" here to view our members.
Active participants
To join WikiProject West Virginia, edit this section and insert the Wikitext #{{subst:me}} with your areas of interest into the following list of participants in alphabetical order. Participants should also place participant identification on their user page.
- 636Buster (talk · contribs) -- Statewide communities
- Acroterion (talk · contribs) -- Historic places, mining, Eastern Panhandle
- Bitmapped (talk · contribs) -- Parks, geography, transportation, government, history and broadcasting.
- Blsii (talk · contribs) -- Government and education
- Byzantinekaiser (talk · contribs) -- Demographics and Economics
- West Virginian (talk · contribs) -- West Virginia biographies, categories, historic places, geography, and topics related to Hampshire County
- Catdog4169 (talk · contribs) -- Everything Monroe County.
- Clarinetcutie (talk · contribs) -- Forgotten people and locations of the Clarksburg area
- Coal town guy (talk · contribs) -- Coal Towns and Coal Camps of West Virginia.
- Dionysius Miller (talk · contribs) -- Less documented Appalachian history, geography, and athletics.
- Dubyavee (talk · contribs) -- Ordinance of Secession and early Statehood movement\
- Hurricane Clyde (talk · contribs)
- IlyaSedion (talk · contribs)-- West Virginia Trivia and working on creating the West Virginia History Bowl page.
- Kurttarvis (talk · contribs) -- Unincorporated communities, geography, and history
- Longestview (talk · contribs) -- Creating pages for state-level elections in West Virginia that do not already have pages.
- Nascar1996 (talk · contribs) -- Lives in West Virginia and edits cities and places in McDowell County WV.
- Presidentman (talk · contribs) -- Former resident, everything Putnam County & all roads
- Rjensen (talk · contribs) political & economic history statewide
- Sabre ball (talk · contribs)
- TheCatalyst31 (talk · contribs) -- Communities, geography, historic places, anything in Summers County
- P Aculeius (talk · contribs) -- History and geography
Former participants
Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.
Participant identification
WikiProject West Virginia participants should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject West Virginia participants.
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{{Template:User WikiProject West Virginia}} |
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{{Template:User WP West Virginia}} |
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{{Template:User WP West Virginia |
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For other West Virginia user templates see Category:West Virginia user templates.
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