Wikipedia:WikiProject Politics/American politics
Welcome to the American politics taskforce of WikiProject Politics!
Scope
This task force covers all pages related to the Politics of the United States. It attempts to organize and coordinate the efforts of editors and create standards for constructing good articles. An easy way to figure out what is in the scope of this project is to look at the category tree below.
Hot articles
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106 edits | Department of Government Efficiency |
70 edits | 2028 United States presidential election |
42 edits | Donald Trump |
27 edits | Sylvester Turner |
26 edits | Second presidency of Donald Trump |
26 edits | Kaz Daughtry |
24 edits | 2025 United States trade war with Canada and Mexico |
23 edits | Strategic bitcoin reserve |
20 edits | 2025 water release from Lake Kaweah and Lake Success |
16 edits | Sean Duffy |
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Participants
- Mr. Guye, especially in
Minnesota politics. — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs) 22:19, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
- Jon698, especially in
US Third Parties and Third party politicians and
Wyoming politics Jon698 (talk) (contribs) 22:38, 6 August 2017 (UTC)
- TxStateAlum17, especially in
Texas politics. TxStateAlum17 (talk) 15:39, 4 October 2017 (UTC)TxStateAlum17
- MJL, especially in
Connecticut politics. –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 17:31, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
- Ed. Jishnu, especially in
Oklahoma politics.
- Wei4Green, especially in recent presidential elections (not an expert though). —Wei4Green | 唯绿远大 (talk) 00:32, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
- HeartGlow30797, especially in
Kansas politics. But I will deal with all local, state, and federal: Senates, House of Representatives, Supreme Courts, and Governors. I will also look into Cabinet Members (and Cabinet member equivalents, I will look into executive branch individuals in each state as well), presidential elections, ambassadors, US Courts, State Agencies, Local School Boards and State Courts.
- Cliffmore, especially in
Texas politics. Cliffmore (talk) 15:55, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
- Politicsfan4, mainly
US national politics, especially presidential and congressional elections, as well as politicians.
- IP75. post 1932 national elections, BLPs
- Havashahaba, especially in
Louisiana politics, supreme courts, voting rights
- AbledAtol, Third Parties, Right wing Politics,
Texas
Nebraska Right-Wing Extremism(American Militia Movement, Boogaloo Movement)
- Mcbenseigs, especially in
Wisconsin politics, but I can certainly help with Congressional, Executive, and polling articles —
- JTZegers, especially in
New York politics, but I can help with
US national politics as well. Just leave a message on my talk page with anything you need help in!
- Mcbenseigs (talk) (contribs) 26 April 2021 (UTC)
- TheGothPoet I can assist with current
US national politics as well as current
Kentucky politics.
- Bneu2013 - especially
Tennessee politics, politics of the Southeastern United States, and current events/major issues.
- Fakescientist8000 - especially
Massachusetts politics, as well as politics of
New England.
- Andrevan, Andrevan@ 19:02, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
- Iamreallygoodatcheckers,
United States politics and
Texas politics Iamreallygoodatcheckerst@lk 03:31, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
- Estar8806 (talk · contribs),
United States politics particularly
New York politics--Estar8806 (talk) 18:33, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
- FormalDude, especially biographies of politicians. ––FormalDude (talk) 23:55, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
- Ktkvtsh -
USA - Politicians and elections
- HistoryTheorist -
USA mostly national politics, minor edits on grammar/citations, and narrations with a focus on midcentury politics. May dabble in a bit of
Washington politics as well. ❤HistoryTheorist❤ 05:23, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
- Wispinn -
USA - Electoral politics, with specific interest in federal political campaigns, political action committees, Campaign finance in the United States, and some state-level politics and historical reference in
Tennessee,
Iowa, and the Appalachia region. --Wispinn (talk) 10:54, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
- Doughbo, especially in the
San Antonio,
Texas region. Doughbo (talk) 07:31, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
- Red0ctober22, especially in
Pennsylvania politics.
- JustAGrook, especially in
Illinois politics. JustAGrook (talk) 17:35, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
- kegill,
USA national politics as well as federal political campaigns, misinformation, media criticism. Selected
Washington state and Seattle politics. 07:05, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
- DukeOfDelTaco, particularly
California and
Los Angeles area as well as federal elections and politics. 02:15, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
- Roastedbeanz1, mainly Northeastern United States politics; state house of representatives. ~20:18, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- Superb Owl, USA politics, media ~04:02, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
- Knowledgework69, Federal Politics, and the Constitution, as well as Foreign Affairs.
- Sm8900, have written numerous articles, including modern histoy, regarding US politics
Todo
Todo items for members of American politics task force
- Find editors who have shown interest in this subject and ask them to take a look here.
- Review importance and quality of existing articles
Todo items for anyone
- Identify articles for creation
- Identify articles for improvement
- Create and expand articles on members of state legislatures, whom are inherently notable. — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs) 00:10, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
Project guidelines
Tagging and assessment
Any articles that are within the scope of this project should be tagged with the project banner of WikiProject Politics. You should add |American=yes
to their banner, {{WikiProject Politics|American=yes|American-importance=}}
as this will automatically put the page in the appropriate categories, such as Category:American politics task force articles. Add |American-importance=[na, Low, Mid, High, or Top]
to the same banner to rank its importance in American politics.
Templates
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Stub categories
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Article alerts
Today's featured article requests
- 19 May 2025 – Malcolm X (talk · · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion
Did you know
- 08 Mar 2025 – Raj Salwan (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by Moon motif (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Feb 2025 – Official White House portraits of Nancy and Ronald Reagan (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by No Swan So Fine (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 18 Feb 2025 – Potential American ownership of the Gaza Strip (talk · · hist) AfDed by DecafPotato (t · c) was closed as keep by Vanamonde93 (t · c) on 25 Feb 2025; see discussion (24 participants)
- 16 Feb 2025 – He who saves his country, violates no law (talk · · hist) AfDed by ARandomName123 (t · c) was closed as delete by Star Mississippi (t · c) on 02 Mar 2025; see discussion (27 participants; relisted)
- 14 Feb 2025 – List of documents released by the Department of Government Efficiency (talk · · hist) AfDed by Soibangla (t · c) was closed as merge by OwenX (t · c) on 21 Feb 2025; see discussion (23 participants)
- 13 Feb 2025 – Akash Bobba (talk · · hist) AfDed by Clyde293 (t · c) was closed as redirect by Dclemens1971 (t · c) on 20 Feb 2025; see discussion (8 participants)
- 12 Feb 2025 – Gautier Cole Killian (talk · · hist) AfDed by Eddie891 (t · c) was closed as merge by Liz (t · c) on 19 Feb 2025; see discussion (5 participants)
- 11 Feb 2025 – Marko Elez (talk · · hist) AfDed by SKAG123 (t · c) was closed as keep by Liz (t · c) on 18 Feb 2025; see discussion (21 participants)
- 05 Feb 2025 – Gavin Kliger (talk · · hist) AfDed by Bluethricecreamman (t · c) was closed as merge by OwenX (t · c) on 13 Feb 2025; see discussion (51 participants)
- 05 Feb 2025 – Ethan Shaotran (talk · · hist) AfDed by Bluethricecreamman (t · c) was closed as merge by OwenX (t · c) on 13 Feb 2025; see discussion (51 participants)
- 05 Feb 2025 – Edward Coristine (talk · · hist) AfDed by Bluethricecreamman (t · c) was closed as merge by OwenX (t · c) on 13 Feb 2025; see discussion (51 participants)
- 05 Feb 2025 – United States proposed takeover of the Gaza Strip (talk · · hist) AfDed by ElijahPepe (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 12 Feb 2025; see discussion (35 participants)
Categories for discussion
- 05 Feb 2025 – Category:Wikipedia categories named after American politicians (talk · · hist) CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 04 Feb 2025 – Category:Department of Government Efficiency people (DOGE) (talk · · hist) CfDed by Muboshgu (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 04 Feb 2025 – Category:Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) (talk · · hist) CfDed by Muboshgu (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 07 Mar 2025 – Donut President (talk · · hist) →John F. Kennedy was RfDed by Duckmather (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Mar 2025 – Howard University Speech (talk · · hist) →Lyndon B. Johnson was RfDed by Duckmather (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Mar 2025 – Poppy Bush (talk · · hist) →George H. W. Bush was RfDed by Duckmather (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Mar 2025 – BHOII (talk · · hist) →Barack Obama was RfDed by Duckmather (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Mar 2025 – President Elon Musk (talk · · hist) →Elon Musk was RfDed by CookieMonster755 (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Feb 2025 – Jd v (talk · · hist) →JD Vance was RfDed by Rusalkii (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Feb 2025 – Ronald Trump (talk · · hist) →Donald Trump was RfDed by Stranger43286 (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Feb 2025 – 2025 United States constitutional crisis (talk · · hist) →Department of Government Efficiency was RfDed by Xeroctic (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Feb 2025 – Attempted takeover of US federal agencies by Elon Musk (talk · · hist) →Department of Government Efficiency entry into US federal buildings RfDed by Wildfireupdateman (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 03 Feb 2025 – Kekius Maximus (talk · · hist) →Elon Musk RfDed by Rusalkii (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Good article nominees
- 06 Mar 2025 – Aaron Burr (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Ali Beary (t · c); start
- 05 Mar 2025 – Jan Brewer (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Thebiguglyalien (t · c); start
- 23 Feb 2025 – Thomas Jefferson (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Ali Beary (t · c); start
- 23 Feb 2025 – John Holmes Jackson (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Jon698 (t · c); start
- 22 Feb 2025 – Howard Lutnick (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by ElijahPepe (t · c); start
- 14 Feb 2025 – Lee Warne (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Roc0ast3r (t · c); start
- 12 Feb 2025 – Pete Hegseth (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by ElijahPepe (t · c); start
- 04 Feb 2025 – Views of Elon Musk (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by CommunityNotesContributor (t · c); start
- 29 Oct 2024 – Angela Alsobrooks (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Y2hyaXM (t · c); start
- 03 Aug 2024 – Solid South (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by JohnAdams1800 (t · c); see discussion
Good article reassessments
- 07 Mar 2025 – Jim McGovern (American politician) (talk · · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Feb 2025 – Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (talk · · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Feb 2025 – Drew Carey (talk · · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Feb 2025 – Newt Gingrich (talk · · hist) nominated for GA reassessment by Thebiguglyalien (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Requests for comments
- 08 Mar 2025 – Donald Trump (talk · · hist) has an RfC by SusanLesch (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Feb 2025 – Trump derangement syndrome (talk · · hist) has an RfC by BootsED (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Feb 2025 – Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (talk · · hist) has an RfC by Some1 (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Feb 2025 – Elon Musk (talk · · hist) has an RfC by Yeshivish613 (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Feb 2025 – Wendy Rogers (politician) (talk · · hist) has an RfC by 77.22.168.65 (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Feb 2025 – Far-right politics (talk · · hist) has an RfC by Wikieditor662 (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Jan 2025 – 2028 United States presidential election (talk · · hist) has an RfC by Chetsford (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Feb 2025 – Department of Government Efficiency (talk · · hist) RfC by WeatherWriter (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 22 Feb 2025 – Republican Party (United States) (talk · · hist) RfC by Springee (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 05 Feb 2025 – Kash Patel (talk · · hist) RfC by Wikieditor662 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
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Peer reviews
- 21 Feb 2025 – 2020 New York's 22nd congressional district election (talk · · hist) has been put up for PR by Apocheir (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Nov 2022 – Mexico–United States border (talk · · hist) has been put up for PR by Meganfarley65 (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 07 Mar 2025 – First Trump tariffs (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to First Trump presidency tariffs by 216.58.25.209 (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Mar 2025 – John Rutherford (Florida politician) (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to John Rutherford by Jeffrey34555 (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Mar 2025 – John Rose (Tennessee politician) (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to John Rose by Jeffrey34555 (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Mar 2025 – William Timmons (politician) (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to William Timmons by Jeffrey34555 (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Mar 2025 – Joe Wilson (American politician) (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Joe Wilson by Jeffrey34555 (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Mar 2025 – Glenn Thompson (politician) (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Glenn Thompson by Jeffrey34555 (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Mar 2025 – David Joyce (politician) (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to David Joyce by Jeffrey34555 (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Mar 2025 – Michael Guest (politician) (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Michael Guest by Jeffrey34555 (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Mar 2025 – Bill Keating (politician) (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Bill Keating by Jeffrey34555 (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Mar 2025 – Jeff Jackson (politician) (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Jeff Jackson by Jeffrey34555 (t · c); see discussion
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Articles to be merged
- 27 Jan 2025 – Antioch High School shooting (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Antioch High School (Tennessee) by MountainJew6150 (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Dec 2024 – Atlantic Revolutions (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Age of Revolution by Leventio (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Nov 2024 – Criticism of the United States government (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Federal government of the United States by Kowal2701 (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Jul 2024 – David Cobb (activist) (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to David Cobb 2004 presidential campaign by Star Mississippi (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Feb 2025 – Republican Party (United States) (talk · · hist) proposed for merging to OTHERPAGE by GoodDay (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 04 Feb 2025 – Department of Government Efficiency entry into US federal buildings (talk · · hist) proposed for merging to Department of Government Efficiency by Carguychris (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Articles to be split
- 26 Jan 2025 – UFO conspiracy theories (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Feoffer (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Nov 2024 – Trumpism (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by BootsED (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Oct 2024 – Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by ManOfDirt (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Oct 2024 – List of Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign non-political endorsements (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Braganza (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Oct 2024 – List of Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign political endorsements (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Braganza (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Aug 2024 – New Mexico Legislature (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by M2545 (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Aug 2024 – Eleanor Roosevelt (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Vinnylospo (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Aug 2024 – Democratic Party (United States) (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Braganza (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Aug 2024 – Libertarian Party (United States) (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Braganza (t · c); see discussion
- 29 Jun 2024 – Thomas Massie (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Kodiak Blackjack (t · c); see discussion
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Articles for creation
- 04 Feb 2025 – Draft:Gaurav Srivastava (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Joaquienstallfesh (t · c)
- 04 Jan 2025 – Draft:Cave Johnson Couts (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Issac I Navarro (t · c)
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