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Welcome to the Rhode Island WikiProject. We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of articles related to Rhode Island.

Goals

• The goal of this WikiProject is to provide complete coverage on subjects related to Rhode Island by expanding articles on people, places, and things resident in or native to Rhode Island.

Scope

• This project proposes to work with all pages related to the state of Rhode Island and its history, geography, and people.

All these articles should be included in the Category:Rhode Island or one of its subcategories.

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Rhode Island:  ·  history ·  watch ·  refresh · Updated 2016-06-24 Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Cleanup : Rhode Island articles needing attention Featured article candidates : * This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot ( talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged or categorized (e.g. Category:WikiProject Rhode Island articles) correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options. No results were found. Featured list candidates : * This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot ( talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged or categorized (e.g. Category:WikiProject Rhode Island articles) correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options. No results were found. Featured sound candidates : * This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot ( talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged or categorized (e.g. Category:WikiProject Rhode Island articles) correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options. Project Content template contains the following errors: No content type parameters found Unable to generate results. See documentation for help Good article nominations : * This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot ( talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged or categorized (e.g. Category:WikiProject Rhode Island articles) correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options. No results were found. Geographical coordinates : Rhode Island articles missing geocoordinate data Infobox : Rhode Island articles needing infoboxes Map : Requested maps in Rhode Island Photo : Requested photographs in Rhode Island, a photo of The Shunned House at 135 Benefit Street, Providence, for that article Stubs : Stub-Class Rhode Island articles, Category:Rhode Island stubs, Category:Rhode Island geography stubs, Category:Rhode Island politician stubs Unreferenced : Unreferenced Rhode Island articles Other : *Bring Rhode Island up to FA status. See To Do list on its page for specifics. Place the {{ WikiProject United States|class=|importance=|RI=Yes|RI-importance=}} banner into Rhode Island related articles and assess

• All members should always feel free to patrol the recent changes list to note improvements, other changes, or vandalism of articles within the scope of this project.

Active members

To join WikiProject Rhode Island, edit this section and add the Wikitext #{{subst:me}} with your areas of interest to the bottom of the following list of members. Members should also place member identification on their user page.

1. Phantombantam ( talk · contribs) 05:14, 21 January 2007 (UTC) reply
2. Nick Lima ( talk · contribs) 08:05, 21 January 2007 (UTC) reply
3. Moodyboy11 ( talk · contribs) 00:51, 23 January 2007 (UTC) reply
4. John Carter ( talk · contribs) 23:24, 26 February 2007 (UTC) reply
5. Loodog ( talk · contribs) 02:05, 4 February 2007 (UTC) reply
6. Shunpiker ( talk · contribs) 05:09, 9 May 2007 (UTC) (Political biographies, history) reply
7. Analogdemon ( talk · contribs) 00:55, 12 June 2007 (UTC) reply
8. Raime ( talk · contribs) 17:56, 24 June 2007 (UTC) reply
9. SarekOfVulcan ( talk · contribs) (grew up near P.C.)15:19, 7 November 2007 (UTC) reply
10. Swampyank ( talk · contribs) 06:06, 27 December 2007 (UTC) Rhode Island history and geography reply
11. Crips r us ( talk · contribs) 20:45, 29 January 2008 (UTC) reply
12. Risico001 ( talk · contribs) 23:52, 29 January 2008 (UTC) reply
13. Shakescene ( talk · contribs) 04:23, 9 July 2008 (UTC) (politics, history, Providence, East Side, colleges) reply
14. Doc Strange ( talk · contribs) 16:58, 2 August 2008 (UTC) reply
15. David.cormier ( talk · contribs) 24 August 2008 (history)
16. Toonami Reactor ( talk · contribs) 23:09, 15 October 2008 (UTC) reply
17. Juliancolton ( talk · contribs) 03:31, 20 May 2009 (UTC) reply
18. GiselleRI ( talk · contribs) 13.37, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
19. innapoy ( talk · contribs) 23:30, 9 August 2009 (UTC) reply
20. jmcdaid ( talk · contribs) 22:30, 21 February 2010 (UTC) Portsmouth reply
21. Mikhailov Kusserow ( talk · contribs) 08:26, 11 August 2010 (UTC) reply
22. Maunus ( talk · contribs) 22:03, 25 September 2010 (UTC) reply
23. Breffni Whelan ( talk · contribs) 29 Nov 2010
24. Pawtucketray ( talk · contribs) 27 December 2010 (UTC) (Pawtucket area history)
25. Sarnold17 ( talk · contribs) 13 Feb 2011 (History)
26. Jones7224 ( talk · contribs) 19:16, 4 February 2012 (UTC) reply
27. RedSoxFan2434 ( talk · contribs) 20:45 11 April 2012
28. Ultimoed ( talk · contribs)04:51, 21 September 2012
29. Rhododendrites ( talk · contribs) 15:51, 31 December 2013 (UTC) reply
30. Calidum ( talk · contribs) 00:29, 3 January 2015 (UTC) reply
31. mikeu ^talk 14:54, 26 December 2015 (UTC) reply
32. Kzirkel ( talk) 15:22, 26 January 2016 (UTC): Mayors of Providence; Governors; Lieutenant Governors; and general 19th Century history reply
33. LilRhody ( talk) 20:12, 10 March 2016 (UTC) reply
34. Stereorock ( talk · contribs)
35. Dilidor ( talk) 14:43, 30 January 2017 (UTC) reply
36. Smt42 ( talk · contribs) 01:30, 15 June 2017 (UTC) reply
37. Durandman ( talk · contribs) 11:32 23 November 2017
38. Diogenes99 ( talk · contribs) ( talk) 13:30, 14 August 2018 (UTC) early settlers Robert Coles (settler) reply
39. JasonJD48 ( talk · contribs) ( talk) 19 January 2019 ( East Providence history, governance and officials}
40. JKizzieHumanities ( talk · contribs) 00:47:26, 5 September 2019 (UTC)  (Arts and culture) reply
41. Willconns ( talk · contribs) 17:55:55, 19 October 2019 (UTC)  (Journalism and Public Art) reply
42. CosmicKanan ( talk · contribs) 12:02, 24 September 2020 (UTC)  Electoral history, election mapping reply
43. Wingedserif ( talk · contribs) 14:33:23, 31 July 2021 (UTC)  art, indigenous history reply
44. Bowser498 ( talk · contribs) 17:20, 11 September 2021 (UTC) COVID-19 pandemic in Rhode Island reply
45. RhodeIslandHistory ( talk · contribs) 16:48, 23 January 2022 (UTC) Abraham Redwood, Kingston Pease reply
46. Taxin609 ( talk · contribs) 21:21:07, 13 May 2022 (UTC)  reply
47. SusImposter49 ( talk · contribs) 20:30:26, 12 June 2022 (UTC)  reply
48. Frost.xyz ( talk · contribs) 23:02:36, 12 June 2022 (UTC)  reply
49. Seventeenseventeen ( talk · contribs) 04:18 9 August 2022 (UTC) 
50. Skipple ( talk · contribs) 01:29:17, 11 August 2022 (UTC)  reply
51. Thetreesarespeakingtome ( talk · contribs) 09:50, 17 October 2022 (UTC)  sports reply
52. Erin1973 ( talk · contribs) 01:47:37, 14 October 2023 (UTC)  Washington County reply

Former members

Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.

1. Weaselpie ( talk · contribs) 28 Feb 2011

Member identification

Members of WikiProject Rhode Island should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Rhode Island participants.

Wikitext	userbox	where used
[[Category:WikiProject Rhode Island participants]]	none	linked pages
{{ Template:User WikiProject Rhode Island}}	This user is a participant in WikiProject Rhode Island.	linked pages
{{ Template:User WP Rhode Island}}	This user participates in WikiProject Rhode Island.	linked pages
{{ Template:User WP Rhode Island|invite}}	This user invites you to join WikiProject Rhode Island.	linked pages

For other Rhode Island user templates see Category:Rhode Island user templates.

This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot ( talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged or categorized (e.g. Category:WikiProject Rhode Island articles) correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options.

Featured articles

Featured lists

Good articles

Did you know? articles

Featured portals

Former featured articles

Former featured lists

Former good articles

Assessment - rates articles for both quality and importance to this project.

Userboxes

This user is a participant in WikiProject Rhode Island.	{{ User WikiProject Rhode Island}}
This user lives in the U.S. State of Rhode Island.	{{ User Rhode Island}}
This user is interested in the U.S. State of Rhode Island.	{{ User interest Rhode Island}}

Stubs

All stub templates are to be placed at the bottom of the article page.

• {{ RhodeIsland-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Rhode Island.
  • {{ RhodeIsland-struct-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to buildings and structures in Rhode Island.
• {{ RhodeIsland-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Rhode Island geography.
• {{ RhodeIsland-radio-station-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to FCC-licensed radio stations in Rhode Island.

NOTE: Stubs are managed by the Stub-sorting WikiProject. Before creating a new stub, you should propose it at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals. See Wikipedia:Stub for general guidelines on proposing stub templates and categories. DO NOT simply create new stub templates, as these will be deleted.

Other templates

{{WikiProject United States|RI=yes|RI-importance=}} should be placed on the talk pages of relevant articles to put them on the project's radar. When the template is added to the talk page it looks like this:

United States: Rhode Island NA‑class

This article is within the scope of WikiProject United States, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of topics relating to the United States of America on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the ongoing discussions. Template Usage Articles Requested! Become a Member Project Talk Alerts United StatesWikipedia:WikiProject United StatesTemplate:WikiProject United StatesUnited States articles NA This article has been rated as NA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. This article is supported by WikiProject Rhode Island.

• Category:Rhode Island

• Official state website
• IslandSymbols.htm Rhode Island state symbols
• Secretary of State of Rhode Island
• Rhode Island State Library and Archives
  • Why Did Rhode Island Become a State? from the NSLA
• USGS real-time, geographic, and other scientific resources of Rhode Island
• US Census Bureau
• Island.com/ County Maps of Rhode Island Full color maps. List of cities, towns and county seats
• Rhode Island State Facts
• Island.com/ Rhode Island Commission on Tourism
• Rhode Island's Summits
• ISLAND.htm Climate of Rhode Island

WikiProject Rhode Island is one of the United States WikiProjects.

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