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'''WikiProject Pittsburgh''' was started on August 29, 2006 to coordinate work for and expand coverage of [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]] and related subjects in the [[English Wikipedia|English]] [[Wikipedia]].

Anyone who is interested in contributing, please [[#Members|sign up]] below and post any ideas and suggestions on the [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Pittsburgh|Talk page]]. Also, feel free to edit this page and add any articles that need serious work or that you feel require attention below in the [[#Tasks|''Tasks'' section]].

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==Scope==

This [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProject]] aims to coordinate development of and improvements to articles related to [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] and the [[Pittsburgh metropolitan area|surrounding metropolitan area]] in [[Western Pennsylvania]], including [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny]], [[Armstrong County, Pennsylvania|Armstrong]], [[Beaver County, Pennsylvania|Beaver]], [[Butler County, Pennsylvania|Butler]], [[Fayette County, Pennsylvania|Fayette]], [[Washington County, Pennsylvania|Washington]], and [[Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania|Westmoreland]] counties.

This works to elevate the Pittsburgh city article to [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|Featured Article]] status, improve existing Pittsburgh-related articles, and create new articles for Pittsburgh-related subjects that don't have articles yet. ~~We monitor and improve [[Portal:Pittsburgh]]~~.

This is an open project that is owned and controlled by all its members. Its [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Pittsburgh#Tasks|open tasks]] are a compilation generated by many of its members. All concerns with elements of this project should be discussed on the [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Pittsburgh|Talk page]].

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* August 29, 2006 – WikiProject Pittsburgh begins.

* April 18, 2008 – This project's first descendant, [[Wikipedia:WikiProject University of Pittsburgh|Wikiproject University of Pittsburgh]], launched.

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Hello there!

We are now forming the first local Wikimedia Chapter in the United States: [[m:Wikimedia Pennsylvania|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:

* Contact us on IRC at [irc://irc.freenode.net/#wikimedia-pa <tt>#wikimedia-pa</tt>]

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* Visit our blog at http://wmfpa.blogspot.com

* you can add your username to [[m:Wikimedia Pennsylvania#Interested Participants]]

Thanks!

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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Pennsylvania|WikiProject Pennsylvania]]

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* [[WP:ERIE|WikiProject Erie]]

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* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject University of Pittsburgh|WikiProject University of Pittsburgh]]

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'''[[Murray Chotiner]]''' (1909–1974) was an American [[political campaign staff|political strategist]], [[Attorney at law (United States)|attorney]], government official, and close associate and friend of [[President of the United States|President]] [[Richard Nixon]] during much of Nixon's political career. He served as [[campaign manager]] for the future president's run for the [[United States Senate]] in 1950 and for his vice presidential bid in 1952, and managed the campaigns of other [[California]] [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]s. He was active in each of Nixon's two successful runs for the [[White House]] in low-profile positions. After Congress investigated Chotiner in 1956, suspecting the attorney was using his connections to Nixon for [[influence peddling]] to benefit his private clients, the Vice President and his former campaign manager temporarily parted ways. Nixon recalled him to work on his 1962 [[Governor of California|gubernatorial]] campaign and again for his successful [[United States presidential election, 1968|1968 presidential bid]]. After Nixon was inaugurated in 1969, Chotiner received a political appointment to a government position and, in 1970, became a member of the [[Executive Office of the President of the United States|White House staff]]. He returned to private practice a year later, but was involved in [[United States presidential election, 1972|Nixon's 1972 re-election campaign]]. He remained an informal adviser to Nixon until he died in [[Washington D.C.]] following an auto accident in January 1974, and Nixon mourned the loss of a man he described as a counselor and friend. ('''[[Murray Chotiner|more...]]''')</div>{{hidden end}}

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{{classicon|FL}} [[List of Pittsburgh Steelers first-round draft picks]] – July 14, 2008

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{{classicon|GA}} [[Perry Como]] – September 2, 2010<br>

{{classicon|GA}} [[Washington & Jefferson College]] – September 12, 2010<br>

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Also, see [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Pittsburgh articles by quality log]]

== Missing articles ==

See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Pittsburgh/Missing articles]]

==Members==

{{See also|:Category:WikiProject Pittsburgh ~~members~~participants|:Category:Wikipedians in Pittsburgh}}

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# tagged on their talk page with WikiProject Pittsburgh assessment templates (add <nowiki>{{WikiProject Pittsburgh|class=|importance=}}</nowiki> to the top of article's talk page

# assessed (fill in in the class= and importance= parameters if they are missing; it is as easy as making them class=start and importance=mid for example; see [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment|here]] for detailed how-to)

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* Add all Pittsburgh-related articles that get frequent changes or are susceptible to vandalism to the [[/Watchlist|Project Watchlist]].

* Target Pittsburgh-related articles to take to [[Wikipedia:Good articles|Good]] or [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|Featured]] status.

* Add the missing information to articles in the [[{{FULLPAGENAME}}#Maintenance categories|maintenance categories.]]

==== Recent changes to Pittsburgh articles ====

~~====Change patrol====~~

Editors are encouraged to 'patrol' recent changes to those articles related to Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania.

~~To ensure that all changes to Pittsburgh-related pages are sound, here are "recent changes" pages to aid in that endeavor:~~

*'''[[Special:Recentchangeslinked/Wikipedia:WikiProject Pittsburgh/Articles|ALL CATALOGUED]]''': Recent changes to all pages catalogued for WikiProject Pittsburgh

*'''[[Special:Recentchangeslinked/Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|MAIN ARTICLE]]''': Recent changes to all pages linked to from the [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] article

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* Identify and list all Pittsburgh-related infoboxes and navigational templates on a subpage, and consider the development of new ones.

* Add a [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment|quality assessment scale]] on a subpage, listing all pages that fit into various grade levels.

* Plan and develop [[Portal:Pittsburgh]] (See [[Portal:Philadelphia]] for an example).

==== Newsletter ====

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A continuous goal of this project is to improve sub-articles referenced in the Pittsburgh city article as well as any article related to the subject of Pittsburgh. This section aims to list the articles with the greatest current need.

Also, see the [[:Category:Pittsburgh~~, Pennsylvania~~ stubs|full list of all Pittsburgh-related stubs]]. Project members should try to improve stubs at least to the point where the stub notices can be removed.

====Article cleanup====

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These are potential articles that project members have requested be created for the Wikipedia. If you know of a notable subject for an article that isn't listed here and want to create the article right away, please do so.

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*[[Pittsburgh attractions]] — categorize under [[:Category:Visitor attractions in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]

**[[Golf in Pittsburgh]], or alternatively, [[Golf in Western Pennsylvania~~]]. This article would also be useful for the [[Portal:Pittsburgh~~]]. It could cover history, famous courses and events, and players from the area.

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====Photos====

I need a photo of a "sankey brick" for the new [[Sankey brick]] article. Can someone on the Southside look around for an old brick stamped "SANKEY"? I no longer live in Pennsylvania.

*Added [[:File:Sankey Bulwell (5476800616).jpg]]. Is that correct?--[[User:GrapedApe|GrapedApe]] ([[User talk:GrapedApe|talk]]) 05:33, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

=====Historic lists photo request=====

There are five lists of Pittsburgh area historic landmarks and sites: [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania]], [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], [[List of City of Pittsburgh historic designations]], [[List of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks]], and [[List of Pennsylvania state historical markers in Allegheny County]].

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===Categories===

[[:Category:Pittsburgh~~, Pennsylvania~~|Pittsburgh~~, Pennsylvania~~]] |

[[:Category:WikiProject Pittsburgh|WikiProject Pittsburgh]] |

[[:Category:WikiProject Pittsburgh ~~members~~participants|WikiProject Pittsburgh ~~Members~~participants]] |

[[:Category:Wikipedians in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Wikipedians in ~~stubs|~~Pittsburgh ~~stubs~~]] |

~~[[:Category:Wikipedians in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Wikipedians in Pittsburgh]] |~~

====Maintenance categories====

[[:Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Pennsylvania|Wikipedia requested photographs in Pennsylvania]] |

[[:Category:Pittsburgh articles missing geocoordinate data‎|Pittsburgh articles missing geocoordinate data‎]] |

[[:Category:Pittsburgh articles needing an infobox|Pittsburgh articles needing an infobox]] |

[[:Category:Pittsburgh stubs|Pittsburgh stubs]] |

[[:Category:Wikipedia requested maps in Pittsburgh|Wikipedia requested maps in Pittsburgh]]

===Templates===

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| {{Pittsburgh Star}}

====Userboxes for non-members and members====

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|{{tlu|User:Scepia/newspaper name{{!}}The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}}

|{{tlu|User:Scepia/newspaper name{{!}}The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review}}

===Images===

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===Sources and references===

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* [http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/index Pittsburgh City Paper]

* [http://digital.library.pitt.edu/pittsburgh/ Historic Pittsburgh Collection]

* [http://www.~~city~~pittsburghpa.~~pittsburgh.pa.us~~gov/ Official City Page]

* [http://www.visitpittsburgh.com Pittsburgh Visitors Bureau]

* [http://www.pittnews.com Pitt News]

* [http://www.thetartan.org/ The Tartan (CMU's paper)]

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*[http://toolserver.org/~tim1357/cgi-bin/wikiproject_watchlist.py?template=WikiProject+Pittsburgh Wikiproject Watchlist - WikiProject Pittsburgh]

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~~== Comment on the WikiProject X proposal ==~~

Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please '''[[meta:Grants:IEG/WikiProject X|review the proposal here]]''' and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my [[User talk:Harej|talk page]]. Thank you for your time! [[User:Harej|Harej]] ([[User talk:Harej|talk]]) 15:17, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

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