WikiProject Iowa

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This WikiProject was formed to improve and create articles related to the U.S. state of Iowa with a spirit of cooperation. This page and its subpages contain suggestions on the formatting, layout, and improvement of such articles. Any questions you have can be asked at the talk page. To participate, simply add your name at the member section below.

Iowa – This is our main article, and is in great need of improvement. Let's try to improve it to at least Good Article status, aiming for Featured Article status. A suggested model is the article on Minnesota, which has achieved Featured Article status.

• Communities (talk) — Cities, towns, villages and boroughs
• Physical geography (talk)— Regions, parks, climate, physical features
• Transportation (talk)— Roads, trails, rail, ferries, and airplanes in and around Iowa
• Culture (talk)— Music, art, icons, mass communication
• People (talk) — Includes Iowa natives and those residents who have shaped Iowa
• Government (talk) — Federal, state and local politics and politicians related to Iowa.
• History (talk) — History of Iowa during and prior to statehood
• Economy (Talk) — Major Iowa industries, employers, trends, and history relating to the economy of Iowa

• WikiProject U.S. Roads/Iowa task force

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1. Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} (founder) - Keeping the project's recent changes link reasonably up-to-date. Also working on Iowa Politicians articles.
2. McMillin24 _contribs^talk 21:26, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
3. Firsfron of Ronchester 22:54, 5 September 2006 (UTC) (lived all over Eastern Iowa)[reply]
4. Iowahwyman 22:57, 5 September 2006 (UTC) Currently in Des Moines; lived all of my 30 years in Iowa[reply]
5. —Ben Brockert (42) 23:02, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
6. Lini – Have lived in Eastern Iowa for the past 20 years :)
7. Ted 16:23, 6 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
8. Josh 21:30, 6 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
9. Brent Butler _contribs^talk 17:12, 7 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
10. • master_son^{Lets talk} - Founder of Iowa State Highway WP
11. Allen Huffman 18:18, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
12. Iowacrusader 03:53, 26 November 2006 (UTC) - SE Iowa student[reply]
13. ObtuseAngle 04:20, 13 March 2007 (UTC) Not living in the state currently, but very much an Iowan. You can change where you are, but you can't change where you're from![reply]
14. Psychless 20:35, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
15. Sultec 16:51, 30 July 2007 (UTC) I've lived most of my life in Earling.[reply]
16. Captain panda 02:41, 8 September 2007 (UTC) I live in Sioux City and I edit Iowa articles sometimes.[reply]
17. Mookie89 22:16, 16 October 2007 (UTC) - Formerly of Burlington and University of Iowa alumni[reply]
18. Ctjf83Talk
19. Wikijsmak (talk) 03:41, 7 July 2008 (UTC) has completed an expansion of stubs of all Iowa Congressmen since statehood and has created pages for Iowa congressional districts 8 through 11, completing the set[reply]
20. Bill Whittaker 11 July 2008. Iowa archaeology and history. I take small town photos as well.
21. Kepper66 (talk) 21:44, 3 September 2008 (UTC) Born and raised in Iowa. I Love our history![reply]
22. Fredddie™ 01:01, 13 October 2009 (UTC) In Des Moines by way of Clinton.[reply]
23. Frood! ^Ohai _{What did I break now?} 00:21, 12 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
24. RifeIdeas Talk October 22 2010 From Hiawatha, Cities, politicians and history are my interests.
25. J. Edgar Vekilnik, Jr. (talk) 13:58, 14 December 2010 (UTC) I'm a retiree living in Pocahontas County, Iowa. I'm mostly interested in getting rid of vandalism, but the Iowa pages sure could use some help![reply]
26. cReep 30 December 2010. From Millville Township but grew up mostly in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. I'm interested in the history of townships in Iowa, especially those in Clayton County, Iowa.
27. aflafla1 Native of Lyon County keeping tabs on wind power in Iowa among other things.
28. InFlamester20 (talk) 05:43, 17 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
29. ErikVKing Native of Davenport, IA and have made and am interested in adding more to the page Rockingham Township, Scott County, IA
30. Farragutful 16:28, 6 February 2013 (UTC) Grew up in Davenport and lived in eastern Iowa most of my life.[reply]
31. MB298 MB298 (talk) 19:36, 26 November 2015 (UTC) While I am not from Iowa and have never visited the state, the Iowa Registers contain useful information and such and I am interested in improving Iowa political articles.[reply]
32. bojo1498 talk 23:27, 2 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
33. Dustin C. Oliver (talk) 06:00, 18 January 2016 (UTC) Originally from Alabama, currently live in Bettendorf and contribute by editing and providing pictures for articles related to historic properties and people of Scott County.[reply]
34. Fredsteve3 (talk) 20:05, 5 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
35. Eric-Wester (talk) 18:21, 15 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
36. Bardoleg (talk) 06:11, 26 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
37. Fondycardinals (talk) 02:43, 30 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
38. jfjagar (talk) 00:36, 15 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
39. CreativeCartel (talk) 09:29, 18 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
40. Dolotta (talk) 04:49, 31 August 2018 (UTC) -- I mostly look at keeping assessments up-to-date.[reply]
41. Kb03 (talk) 01:27, 23 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
42. Helloimahumanbeing (talk) 21:21, 11 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
43. THX1136 (talk) 01:25, 23 August 2019 (UTC) == resident since birth from central Iowa mainly interested in local music from the 60s on along with article clean up.[reply]
44. Gwenhope (talk · contribs) 23:40:00, 11 December 2019 (UTC)  born and raised in central Iowa. Mostly work on Des Moines metro area pages when doing Iowa-related things.[reply]
45. Fonsit (talk · contribs) 01:58:58, 13 May 2020 (UTC) Lived in SE Iowa for quite a while, interested in working mainly on small town wikis, mainly in the SE region.[reply]
46. RickH86 (talk · contribs) 14:36:32, 13 July 2020 (UTC)  I've updated the list of school districts and list of high schools. I've adding infoboxes to the school district pages, and created pages for each school district that were listed but didn't have an article.[reply]
47. Etriusus 17:07:10, 14 September 2020 (UTC)&nbsp: Working on Pottawatomie County and local[reply]
48. Zpro1408 (talk · contribs) 14:13:10, 4 October 2022 (UTC) [reply]
49. AlpacaBoy (talk · contribs) 20:20:48, 29 November 2022 (UTC) [reply]
50. Frothy Pizza (talk · contribs) 20:21:56, 29 November 2022 (UTC) [reply]
51. Iowauniguy (talk) 22:07, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
52. Bedshote (talk) 19:13, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
53. Salmoonlight (talk · contribs) 23:06:24, 14 November 2023 (UTC) [reply]
54. Exiolirion (talk · contribs) 02:21:29, 1 March 2024 (UTC) [reply]

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{{Iowa-stub}} Stub notice for Iowa articles not covered by one of the other stub categories; placed at the bottom of article pages	{{Template:Iowa-stub}}
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{{Iowa-school-stub}} Stub notice for Iowa schools (but not colleges or universities); placed at the bottom of article pages	{{Template:Iowa-school-stub}}
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The Iowa Barnstar is the unofficial Iowa Wiki award.

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	{{subst:Iowa Barnstar|message ~~~~}}	The Iowa Barnstar The Iowa Barnstar can be awarded to anyone who makes excellent contributions to Iowa-related articles. Feel free to share this award. User:Yourusername (talk) 12:00, today's date (UTC)

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