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WikiProject Maryland

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Welcome to WikiProject Maryland! The purpose of this project is help editors who are interested in editing articles related to Maryland. This page and its subpages contain suggestions and tools to help editors contribute to Maryland-related articles. It is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page. You may also wish to add your name to #Participants. This project serves as a hub for all other projects related to Maryland, see the child projects below for more detailed information on contributing to Maryland-related articles.

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The purpose of this project is to cover all articles related to the U.S. state of Maryland. It should also serve as a hub for other more specific projects related to Maryland (such as Roads in Maryland). From this project, contributors will find links to the subprojects, and information for contributing to topics that do not yet have a subproject. This project is also responsible for the maintenance of the Maryland portal.

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Maryland/Assessment – the assessment unit.

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Roads in Maryland

• Baltimore

• Wikipedia:U.S. Wikipedians' notice board
• Wikipedia:U.S. Southern wikipedians' notice board

• Category:Wikipedians in Maryland

Feel free to add yourself here if you plan on participating, the more the merrier. You may also wish to add this project's userbox, {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Maryland/Userbox}}, to your userpage. The userbox looks like this:

This user is a member of WikiProject Maryland.

• Jeff02 – I live in QA county, and am pretty knowledgable on roads in Maryland
• Tom – I've written many of the articles about Maryland Congressmen, Governors, Senators, etc.
• Neutralhomer – I actively update the Radio and Television stations in Maryland.
• Littledrummrboy 21:03, 12 June 2007 (UTC) Originally from Delaware and a UMBC grad.[reply]
• «Marylandstater» ^«reply» 13:47, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• John Carter 18:03, 21 August 2007 (UTC) – may not be of much use, but will help when I can[reply]
• Pilch62 – I was born and raised in Worcester County, as most members of my family have been for nigh unto 300 years—we came to America and stopped dead. My family have also been involved in state politics.
• bwyche – a graduate of Johns Hopkins University. Edited articles on Johns Hopkins the person;Johns Hopkins, the institutions, including the Johns Hopkins Colored Children Orhanage, the hopkins' faculty, and other figures,including patients, african americans at hopkins.
• User:Toddst1 – writing on mostly colonial or maritime related stuff Toddst1 (talk) 09:58, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Sallicio – I live and work in the Baltimore-DC corridor and write and edit mostly on political content. Go 'Skins! Sallicio (talk) 23:25, 17 December 2007 (UTC)Sallicio[reply]
• Lady Aleena – I can make templates when needed, user template for this project is done.
• 1MSU-LAX •talk• 19:09, 16 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Kevinadavid – Is a former resident of Montgomery County and likes to help out with pages involving the schools and cities in that county.
• Wikipedian1234 – I am a resident of Montgomery County, Maryland. I can help out with any articles affiliated with that area.
• Dgreco – new resident of Rockville, MD. I can help with Maryland colleges. I have done a lot of work with other college pages and am working on setting up a universal mold for small colleges without the history of large institutions.
• Joe Sperrazza – I grew up in Maryland, living in Harford County and then Baltimore City
• Deanlaw – in the Baltimore area
• Adavidb
• Ted A. – native and resident of metro Baltimore
• Wildthing61476 – born and raised in Baltimore, lifelong resident. Contributor to local neighborhood and school articles.
• America69 (talk) 13:49, 13 July 2008 (UTC) – live in Maryland[reply]
• Eleoopy – grew up in Glen Burnie area and now live in Washington DC.
• Pubdog – President of the Cool Spring Terrace Civic Assn, Adelphi, MD (Prince George's County) and archivist at the National Archives at College Park.
• GcSwRhIc (talk) 13:47, 20 September 2008 (UTC) – born and raised in Baltimore.[reply]
• Yachtsman1 – Annapolitan, and I have lived here since I was very young. Contributor to school and history articles, Loyola College in Maryland alumnus, B.A. in History.
• Levineps – I live in North Potomac in Montgomery County, Maryland. I am a native of this great state and have been here my whole life, save for college. I am a big Baltimore Orioles and Maryland Terrapins fan and love politics.
• Sallicio – I live in AA and work in PG.
• Jo7hs2 (talk) 16:44, 24 December 2008 (UTC), Natural and historical features, particularly of Western Maryland. History and Legal education.[reply]
• Strikehold – Focus on the University of Maryland and Maryland Terrapins.
• User:Arverniking
• MdDeptVitalStatistics born and raised in Maryland
• Airplaneman – Among other random things, I'll try to clean up and expand articles as needed. Airplaneman ^talk 00:04, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• DinDraithou – I'm interested in the colonial families of Maryland, and have resided in four Maryland counties to date.
• Clariosophic – I'm interested in historic buildings and churches, Carpenter Gothic architecture, colonial history, etc.
• gohens84 – I live in Newark, DE; graduated from Mount St. Mary's, Emmitsburg, Maryland. Currently working with Garrett County Maryland History Museum to further develop Garrett County, Maryland Wikipedia articles.
• Cenantua – Primarily focused on Washington County, Maryland interests (related to the C&O Canal, Civil War, Clear Spring area).
• Asteuartw - Early History of Maryland, Colonial Maryland, Maryland in the Civil War.
• RG104 - I live in Baltimore County. I like to contribute to articles about schools and education in Maryland.
• Jmcgowan2 - Interested in Moses Rawlings and Rawlings, MD.
• FlugKerl - Interested in recovering forgotten MD history.
• DAK4Blizzard – Grew up in Potomac, Maryland. Most interested in schools and cities.
• Eli Pousson I live in Baltimore and I'm very interested in architectural history, Baltimore history, and Baltimore neighborhoods.
• acomas From Silver Spring. Interested in that region & general history.
• Amit Parikh - I am a recent graduate of the University of Maryland and have lived in Columbia/Howard County for my whole life (23 years). I'm interested in local/regional topics (specifically for Howard County and Columbia), as well as local sports and education topics.
• Folklore1 - Resident of Baltimore
• Crislen - Born and raised in Maryland, most interested in schools in the state.
• IndtAithir - Interested in western Maryland, from Sugarloaf to the border!
• Wilford Nusser - Lifelong resident of Montgomery County, Maryland; chiefly Rockville. Working on Rockville history and Montgomery County archaeology articles.
• Abc9100 -I live in Rockville. I am a kid and would like to contribute info about the civil war. Comment: Some google maps would help, too, but im a beginner and only contribute text :-)
• Bardobro - I'm a long-term resident of Balt-Wash, currently living in Anne Arundel County. I'm interested in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, local history, culture, and environmental issues.
• CommuterHell - I live in Baltimore County and work in DC. I have lived in Maryland just over 5 years. I follow politics, transit issues, history, and history.
• Kristaoz - I live in Anne Arundel County and have been here all my life. Went to the University of Maryland, College Park and am an avid sports fan.
• Nikki - Born in Frederick County and have lived in Allegany County for many years. Have attended Frederick Community College, Frostburg State University, and University of Maryland University College. Interested in helping out any local articles on Allegany County, including photos.
• JPemb - I'm a native and interested in Maryland laws.
• Ferddog - Journalist and lifelong Baltimore City/County resident except for a brief stop in Chicago - favorite topics are business and film.
• Fromahill - 8th generation Washingtonian and descendant of the Ark and Dove. Mostly interested in the first 70 years of Maryland and helping to fill in any missing gaps in her story.
• Maryland Pride - Born, raised, and currently residing in Maryland, having lived in both Montgomery County and Prince George's County. Most interested in schools in the state, with some knowledge in other state-related areas.
• prairieskygal - Resident of Baltimore since 2011. I'm interested in the Baltimore arts scene and public libraries.
• The Ink Daddy! – Interested in Baltimore metropolitan area, primarily Baltimore City.
• Boardgamesrule (talk) 00:13, 9 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Nicholasemjohnson - I was born in Maryland and I still live there.
• Yeshuaschild - I live in Prince George's County, interests are the weather, politics, and history
• Foxbat89 - I live in Montgomery County. I love taking pictures and I love driving, and would like to provide photographs for articles as needed. I'm VERY new to this and have very little idea what I'm doing, so some pointers/how-to's or even a list of Maryland articles that need photographs uploaded would be nice.
• Qscgy256 - I've lived in Montgomery County all my life, and am interested in history.
• idrisclay - Social media marketing specialist for Prince George's Community College living in Prince George's County.
• Merimoocoww - DC graduate student, who was born and raised in 20878 (North Potomac/Darnestown/Gaithersburg)
• Triple3D 19:05, 16 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

These are project participants who are believed to be inactive; if you see your name below (click "show") and believe it was put here by mistake, please move it back to the "Active" list.

1. Portal:Maryland

Robust economy sections pertaining to the State of Maryland's cities, towns and unincorporated areas. Many are lack luster or have none at all, a list of organizations would be a good start.

If there is a Maryland-related article that you would like to see created, add a request for it below:

• History of Montgomery And Prince George's Counties as they relate to Washington, D.C.
• Life Sciences Corridor in Maryland
• St. Mary's Industrial School
• Chancellor of Maryland

Allegany County

• List of county commissioners of Allegany County, Maryland

Anne Arundel

• List of county executives of Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Baltimore County

• List of county executives of Baltimore County, Maryland

Calvert County

• List of county commissioners of Calvert County, Maryland

Caroline County

• List of county commissioners of Caroline County, Maryland

Carroll County

• List of county commissioners of Carroll County, Maryland

Cecil County

• List of county commissioners of Cecil County, Maryland

Charles County

• List of county commissioners of Charles County, Maryland

Dorchester County

• List of county commissioners of Dorchester County, Maryland

Frederick County

• List of county commissioners of Frederick County, Maryland
• Frederick County Commission

Garrett County

• List of county commissioners of Garrett County, Maryland

Harford County

• List of county executives of Harford County, Maryland

Howard County

• List of county executives of Howard County, Maryland

Kent County

• List of county commissioners of Kent County, Maryland

Montgomery County

• List of county executives of Montgomery County, Maryland
• Montgomery County Commission

Prince George's County

• List of county executives of Prince George's County, Maryland
• Prince Georges County Commission

Queen Anne's County

• List of county commissioners of Queen Anne's County, Maryland

Saint Mary's County

• List of county commissioners of Saint Mary's County, Maryland

Sommerset County, Maryland

• List of county commissioners of Sommerset County, Maryland

Sommerset County, Maryland

• List of county executives of Sommerset County, Maryland

Washington County, Maryland

• List of county executives of Washington County, Maryland

Washington County, Maryland

• List of county commissioners of Washington County, Maryland

Worchester County, Maryland

• List of county commissioners of Worchester County, Maryland

If there is a Maryland-related article that already exists but you would like to see it cleaned up or expanded, add it below

• John Lee Carroll - expand article
• Arthur Pue Gorman - expand article
• Fulton, Maryland
• Josias Fendall – long article with zero references
• Frederick County Sheriff's Office
• Nancy K. Kopp
• Maddox, Maryland
• John Eager Howard – cleaned up, but still room for expansion
• Abingdon, Maryland- needs referencing, expansion of history section, and perhaps a few pictures
• Moses Rawlings - needs expansion and more sources
• Capitol College – reads as an historical timeline, not terribly encyclopedic. needs expansion, maybe some abridging.
• Seneca Quarry - could be expanded from the sources added, rewritten for clarity

This section is for ongoing tasks

• John Thomas Scharf, Historian and Colonel - do help Victuallers (talk) 17:03, 23 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Make sure the talk pages of all relevant articles include {{WikiProject Maryland}}, and are assessed.

Similar to the Collaboration of the week, but on a smaller scale, you might want to "adopt" an article. This would involve doing the research, writing, and picture-taking (if possible) for either a non-existent article or a stub. Of course, everyone else can still edit an adopted article, and you can work on other things too, but the idea is to find a focus for a while, to try and build up the number of quality articles the Project has produced.

• J. Joseph Curran adopted by Marylandstater (talk) 16:20, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Mount Savage, Maryland adopted by WildwoseWildwose.
• Woodberry, Baltimore adopted by Marylandstater 14:48, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

{{WikiProject Maryland|class=|importance=}} should be placed on the talk pages of relevant articles to put them under the project's radar. It looks like this:

Maryland Unassessed

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Maryland, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the U.S. state of Maryland on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.MarylandWikipedia:WikiProject MarylandTemplate:WikiProject MarylandMaryland articles ??? This article has not yet received a rating on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.

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{{Maryland-stub}}	This Maryland-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
{{Maryland-geo-stub}}	This Maryland state location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia and WikiProject Maryland by expanding it.
{{Maryland-politician-stub}}	This article about a Maryland politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia and WikiProject Maryland by expanding it.
{{Maryland-school-stub}}	This Maryland school-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia and WikiProject Maryland by expanding it.
{{Maryland-road-stub}}	This Maryland road-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
{{Maryland-newspaper-stub}}	This article about a Maryland newspaper is a stub. You can help by expanding it.
{{Maryland-radio-station-stub}}	This article about a radio station in Maryland is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
{{Maryland-sports-venue-stub}}	This article about a sports venue in Maryland is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

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.

This user is a member of WikiProject Maryland.	{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Maryland/Userbox}}
This user lives in and hails from the U.S. State of Maryland.	{{User Maryland}}
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Maryland articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA		2	7	31			40
FL	2	2	1	11			16
FM					12		12
GA	1	10	29	122		1	163
B	16	39	119	290		22	486
C	15	52	225	952		88	1,332
Start	7	222	789	3,514		443	4,975
Stub		380	305	3,847		392	4,924
List	2	4	84	127	15	34	266
Category				3	4,613		4,616
Disambig					25		25
File				46	202		248
Portal					5		5
Project				1	60		61
Redirect		10	21	179	475		685
Template				1	398		399
NA				6	1		7
Other					27		27
Assessed	43	721	1,580	9,130	5,833	980	18,287
Unassessed						43	43
Total	43	721	1,580	9,130	5,833	1,023	18,330
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 61,525			Ω = 5.16

(table only includes the total number of articles in each state's project at the beginning of the yearly quarter indicated.)

Please feel free to list your new Maryland-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Wikipedia page. DYN has a 72 hr. time limit from the creation of the article.

• Alonzo G. Decker, Jr.
• Ron Franklin (jockey)
• Matt Brown (American football)
• Emma Giles
• Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer, Jr.‎
• Creagerstown Park
• Visitation Academy of Frederick
• St. John's Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland
• History of Maryland in the American Revolution
• Maryland Line (CSA)
• Maryland State Colonization Society
• Riverside Generating Station
• Herbert A. Wagner Generating Station
• Brandon Shores Generating Station
• Charles P. Crane Generating Station
• Battle of the Severn
• Cathedral Hill Historic District
• St. Anne's Church (Annapolis, Maryland)
• Shrine of St. Anthony
• Savage Mountain
• Keyser's Ridge, Maryland
• Jeanne Dorsey Mandel
• Patricia Donoho Hughes
• Warrior Run (generating station)
• Deep Creek Dam
• Love Point, Maryland
• Joseph C. Howard, Sr.
• Bell v. Maryland
• Talbot County Courthouse
• Walter P. Carter
• Baltimore City Circuit Courthouses
• Lloyal Randolph
• Baltimore County Circuit Courthouses
• Wendell H. Phillips
• Caroline County Courthouse
• Howard County Circuit Courthouse
• Baltimore City Hall
• Queen Anne's County Courthouse
• Kent Fort, Maryland
• Baltimore Steam Packet Company ("Old Bay Line")
• Rachel Carson Greenway

• ...that the only man to fly both atomic bomb missions over Japan during World War II was a Marylander? (see: Jacob Beser) Marylandstater 12:52, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• ...that the only black college to field a NCAA lacrosse team was the Morgan State University Lacrosse Bears?(new article and new expansion) Marylandstater (talk) 01:23, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• ...that life-long Marylander Annie Armstrong, for whom the Southern Baptist Easter collection for domestic missions is named, resigned from the missionary organization she founded vowing never to serve the SBC again? SonPraises (talk) (contributions) 04:54, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that the $2 million Baltimore City Hall (pictured) was designed by a 22-year-old architect in 1867? (new article) Marylandstater (talk) 03:25, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that in 1979, Joseph C. Howard, Sr., whose mother was Sioux and father was African American, became the first African American named to the United States District Court for the District of Maryland? (new article) Marylandstater (talk) 03:25, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that the tallest building in Baltimore, Maryland is the forty-story Legg Mason Building (pictured), which rises 529 feet (161 m) in height?

• ... that four players from the Morgan State University Football Bears are in the NFL Hall of Fame?

• ... that Edward P. Hurt, who coached Morgan State College to 14 CIAA football championships, was also the school's track coach and on the coaching staff at the 1964 Olympic Games?

• ... that on January 13, 1964, a B-52 bomber containing two 24-megaton nuclear weapons crashed on Savage Mountain in Garrett County, Maryland?

• ... that the Battle of the Severn in 1655 in Annapolis, Maryland, was closely related to the conflicts of the English Civil War, which had concluded four years earlier in England?

• ... that at 5 feet 5 inches tall and 165 pounds, Howard Stevens was one of the smallest players ever in the National Football League?

• ... that, despite running back Matt Brown being only 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m) tall, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers just signed him to a three-year NFL contract?"

• Union Arch Bridge
• Manchester, Maryland

• 2008 Humanitarian Bowl
• Baltimore City College
• Baltimore Steam Packet Company ("Old Bay Line")
• Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Maryland and Washington, D.C.
• George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore
• History of Baltimore City College
• Maryland Route 36
• Music of Maryland
• Royal Blue (B&O train)
• The Wire
• U.S. Route 40 Alternate (Keysers Ridge – Cumberland, Maryland)

• Baltimore Orioles Managers
• Baltimore Orioles Opening Day Starting Pitchers
• Baltimore Ravens First Round Draft Picks
• Counties
• Current members of the Maryland House of Delegates
• Hurricanes (1980–present)
• National Park System areas in Maryland
• Numbered Highways in Maryland
• Sister Cities
• State Symbols
• Tallest Buildings in Baltimore
• United States Naval Academy alumni (General, Astronauts, Chiefs of Naval Operations, Legislators, Medal of Honor Recipients

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Current members of the Maryland House of Delegates: 3,023 times

Music of Maryland was viewed 6,442 times

Martin O'Malley was viewed 37,850 times

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