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.

Project collaboration[edit]

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.

Project divisions[edit]

• 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

Child task forces[edit]

WikiProject U.S. Roads Iowa task force

Assessment[edit]

To assess an article add {{WikiProject Iowa}} to the talk page of the article if it isn't there already. Then fill in the |class= parameter. Please read the complete directions over before you start assessing. If you have any questions go to the talk page. If you do assess an article consider adding it to an appropriate workgroup and put it in one of the tables on the workgroup's page.

Article Alerts[edit]

Members[edit]

Place your username at the bottom of this list.

Active participants[edit]

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)
3. Firsfron of Ronchester 22:54, 5 September 2006 (UTC) (lived all over Eastern Iowa)
4. Iowahwyman 22:57, 5 September 2006 (UTC) Currently in Des Moines; lived all of my 30 years in Iowa
5. —Ben Brockert (42) 23:02, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
6. Lini – Have lived in Eastern Iowa for the past 20 years :)
7. Ted 16:23, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
8. Josh 21:30, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
9. Brent Butler _contribs^talk 17:12, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
10. • master_son^{Lets talk} - Founder of Iowa State Highway WP
11. Allen Huffman 18:18, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
12. Iowacrusader 03:53, 26 November 2006 (UTC) - SE Iowa student
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!
14. Psychless 20:35, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
15. Sultec 16:51, 30 July 2007 (UTC) I've lived most of my life in Earling.
16. Captain panda 02:41, 8 September 2007 (UTC) I live in Sioux City and I edit Iowa articles sometimes.
17. Mookie89 22:16, 16 October 2007 (UTC) - Formerly of Burlington and University of Iowa alumni
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
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!
22. Fredddie™ 01:01, 13 October 2009 (UTC) In Des Moines by way of Clinton.
23.  Buaidh  15:30, 11 June 2010 (UTC) Portal:Iowa creator
24. Frood! ^Ohai _{What did I break now?} 00:21, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
25. RifeIdeas Talk October 22 2010 From Hiawatha, Cities, politicians and history are my interests.
26. 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!
27. 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.
28. aflafla1 Native of Lyon County keeping tabs on wind power in Iowa among other things.
29. InFlamester20 (talk) 05:43, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
30. ErikVKing Native of Davenport, IA and have made and am interested in adding more to the page Rockingham Township, Scott County, IA
31. Metraff (talk) 20:48, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
32. Farragutful 16:28, 6 February 2013 (UTC) Grew up in Davenport and lived in eastern Iowa most of my life.
33. 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.
34. bojo1498 talk 23:27, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
35. 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.
36. Fredsteve3 (talk) 20:05, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

Inactive participants[edit]

Users who haven't edited in a year as of February 1, 2013^[update]

1. . Arch O. La ^{Grigory Deepdelver} 07:15, 5 September 2006 (UTC). Out of Oskaloosa, IA.
2. DBQer 20:01, 25 February 2007 (UTC) - Student living in Dubuque
3. bigcurrens 19 March 2007
4. Wingman1331 14:46, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
5. drmartini- 16:20, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
6. SpoonThief 21:04, 20 May 2007 (UTC) - Currently Living in Dubuque, and planning to go the the University of Iowa in 3 or so years
7. Ecombmiami
8. Iamanadam Born in Davenport, live in Georgia.
9. Knoethe 9:49, 11 January 2008
10. TehGus 08:09, 7 July 2008 (CST) From Dubuque.
11. cryptod I have a friend that lives in Iowa and I am going to move there currantly live in massachusets though
12. User:Brettstout(talk) An Iowa resident and student at the University of Iowa
13. GrandpaDave Originally from southwest Iowa, Indianola since 1982.
14. User:Hawkeyefan490 Living in Burlington, have lived here for all of my life.
15. mickeylynne08 12:56, 30 March 2009 (UTC) Born in Harper, now living in Cedar Falls attending UNI.
16. Kyle 10 October 2004. From Sioux City, Iowa. I am a fact checker with substantial creditability for statistics and finance.
17. John From Fairfield, Iowa. Knowledgeable about the state of Iowa's, cities and towns.
18. Colbycheeze 13 March 2011. From Estherville, Iowa and an alumnus of Iowa State University. I'm interested Estherville, Iowa and Iowa State University history. I reside in Raleigh, North Carolina where I am attending graduate school at North Carolina State University studying Soil science.
19. Dave Native of Black Hawk County and resident of Waterloo.

Member userbox templates[edit]

WikiProject Iowa members should add one of the following Wikitext expressions to their user page.

Wikitext	Userbox
[[Category:WikiProject Iowa members]]	no userbox
{{User WP Iowa}}	This user is a member of WikiProject Iowa
{{User WPIowa}}	This user is a member of WikiProject Iowa.

• See Wikipedia:Userboxes/Regional WikiProjects for other WikiProject userboxes.
• See Wikipedia:Userboxes/Location/U.S. states#Iowa for other Iowa userboxes.
• You can use {{User Iowa Flag}} to add the Flag of Iowa to the upper right corner of your user page.

General Navigation Box[edit]

Code	Result
{{Iowa}} Navigation box for use on regions, cities, boroughs, and other general-Iowa articles; placed at the bottom of article pages. Category:Iowa navigational boxes has other, more specific, Iowa navigation boxes.

Templates[edit]

Code	Result
{{WikiProject Iowa}} Template showing an article, image, category, or template is part of this WikiProject. Placed at the top of talk pages, not articles. After tagging an article, you can add it and its talk page to Wikipedia:WikiProject Iowa/Iowa recent changes if you want it to show up before the next update.	WikiProject Iowa / Government / Communities  (Rated C-class, Mid-importance) IowaWikipedia:WikiProject IowaTemplate:WikiProject IowaIowa articles This page is within the scope of WikiProject Iowa, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the U.S. state of Iowa 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.  C  This page does not require a rating on the project's quality scale.  Mid  This page has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale. This page is supported by the government workgroup (marked as Mid-importance). This page is supported by the communities workgroup (marked as Mid-importance).
{{Iowa-stub}} Stub notice for Iowa articles not covered by one of the other stub categories; placed at the bottom of article pages
{{Iowa-bio-stub}} Stub notice for articles dealing with people from or related to Iowa; placed at the bottom of article pages
{{Iowa-geo-stub}} Stub notice for articles dealing with Iowa locations or geographical features; placed at the bottom of article pages
{{Iowa-politician-stub}} Stub notice for Iowa politicians; placed at the bottom of article pages
{{Iowa-school-stub}} Stub notice for Iowa schools (but not colleges or universities); placed at the bottom of article pages
For Iowa-related articles needing a photograph, use {{Image requested|in=Iowa}} in the talk page, which adds the article to Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Iowa. You can help Wikipedia by uploading freely licensed photographs for these articles to Wikimedia Commons. The Free Image Search Tool may be able to locate suitable images on other web sites. The Image Existence Checker shows articles in this list that have images.

Userbox templates[edit]

Code	Result
{{Template:User interest Iowa|6}}	This user is interested in the U.S. State of Iowa	Usage
{{Template:User interest Iowa|8}}	This user is interested in the U.S. State of Iowa	Usage
{{Template:User interest Iowa|10}}	This user is interested in the U.S. State of Iowa	Usage
{{Template:User interest Iowa|12}}	This user is interested in the U.S. State of Iowa	Usage
{{Template:User Iowa}}	This user lives in the U.S. State of Iowa.	Usage
{{Template:User WP Iowa}}	This user is a member of WikiProject Iowa	Usage
{{Template:User WPIowa}}	This user is a member of WikiProject Iowa.	Usage
{{User:Dailynetworks/ubx/Iowa}}	This user has visited Iowa.	Usage

Link to Stubs[edit]

If the priority articles in the top of this page don't interest you, you can always expand one of these stubs.

• Iowa stubs
• Geography stubs
• Politician stubs

Find a photograph[edit]

Many Iowa articles lack photographs: some of these can be found at Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Iowa. If any are located near you, you can help Wikipedia by uploading a freely licensed photograph to Wikimedia Commons.

Iowa Barnstar[edit]

The Iowa Barnstar is the unofficial Iowa Wiki award.

Image	What to paste in the recipient’s Talk Page	Who deserves it
	{{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)

Tools[edit]

Main tool page: toolserver.org

• Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
• Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
• Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
• Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.

External watchlist[edit]

• Wikiproject Watchlist - WikiProject Iowa