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{{WikiProject status |active |type=geo |topic=Alabama |portal=Alabama |parent=United States |sc1=WP:ALA |date=2020-11-01}}
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 | shortcuts = [[WP:ALA]], [[WP:Alabama]]
 | category = Alabama
 | portal = Alabama
 | commons = Alabama
 | parent = United States
 | notice-extended = {{tlx|WikiProject Alabama|class{{=}}}}
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Welcome to the '''Alabama WikiProject'''.  We are a [[Wikipedia:Wikiproject|group]] dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of articles related to '''[[Alabama]]'''.  This WikiProject was started on April 6, 2007, which was {{How long ago|2007|4|6}} ago.

; Goals
* The goal of this WikiProject is to provide complete coverage on subjects related to Alabama, by expanding articles on people, places, and things resident or native to Alabama.

; Scope
* This project proposes to work with all pages related to the state of Alabama, its history, geography, and people.

== Open tasks ==
<!-- What *specific* things need to be done.  Lists of articles to be worked on are a good start. -->
{{To do}}

==Participants==
{{/Members}}

== Articles ==
===[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] Featured articles (FA)===
The following Alabama-related articles have been recognized as [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured articles]]:

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:[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] [[2005 Sugar Bowl]]
:[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] [[2006 UAW-Ford 500]]
:[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] [[Alabama Centennial half dollar]]
:[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] [[Ben Paschal]]
:[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] [[Birmingham campaign]]
:[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] [[Bobby Eaton]]
:[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] [[Disappearance of Natalee Holloway]]
:[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] [[Hiram Wesley Evans]]
:[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] [[Hurricane Carmen]]
:[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] [[Hurricane Danny (1997)]]
:[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] [[Hurricane Elena]]
:[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] [[Hurricane Eloise]]
:[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] [[Ozzie Smith]]
:[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] [[To Kill a Mockingbird]]
:[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] [[Tropical Storm Bill (2003)]]
:[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] [[Zelda Fitzgerald]]
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===[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] Featured lists (FL)===
The following Alabama-related lists have been recognized as [[Wikipedia:Featured lists|featured lists]]:

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:[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] [[Hurricane Katrina tornado outbreak]]
:[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] [[List of Alabama Crimson Tide bowl games]]
:[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] [[List of Alabama Crimson Tide football seasons]]
:[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] [[List of Alabama Crimson Tide head football coaches]]
:[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] [[List of Auburn Tigers head football coaches]]
:[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] [[List of cities and towns in Alabama]]
:[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] [[List of colleges and universities in Alabama]]
:[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] [[List of counties in Alabama]]
:[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] [[List of Governors of Alabama]]
:[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] [[List of National Historic Landmarks in Alabama]]
:[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] [[List of tallest buildings in Mobile]]
:[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] [[List of UAB Blazers football seasons]]
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===[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] Featured medias (FL)===
The following Alabama-related lists have been recognized as '''featured media''' &ndash; files designated as [[Wikipedia:Featured pictures|featured pictures]] or [[Wikipedia:Featured sounds|featured sounds]]:

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:[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] [[:File:Tuskegee airman2.jpg]]
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===[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] Good articles (GA)===
The following Alabama-related articles have been recognized as [[Wikipedia:Good articles|good articles]]:

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:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[1892 Alabama Cadets football team]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[2007 UAW-Ford 500]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[2009 Alabama Crimson Tide football team]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[2010 Alabama Crimson Tide football team]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[2011 Alabama Crimson Tide football team]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[2011 LSU vs. Alabama football game]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[2011 Super Outbreak]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[2012 Alabama Crimson Tide football team]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Acer rubrum]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Agudath Israel Etz Ahayem]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Alabama State Route 73]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Appalachian Trail]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[April 6–8, 2006 tornado outbreak]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Auburn High School (Alabama)]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Charles Barkley]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Birmingham Americans]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Hugo Black]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Canoe Fight (Creek War)]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Brodie Croyle]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Hugh Culverhouse]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Hiram Wesley Evans]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[February-March 2007 tornado outbreak]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Charlie Fonville]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Grapico]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Great Storm of 1975]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Bob Holly]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Hurricane Florence (1953)]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Hurricane Florence (1988)]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Hurricane Isidore]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Interstate 359]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Debra Marshall]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Mark Matthews]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[John Mitchell (American football coach)]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Mobile, Alabama]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Captain Munnerlyn]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Noel F. Parrish]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Dan Povenmire]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Saturn V Dynamic Test Vehicle]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Richard M. Scrushy]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Shenandoah (band)]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Harry Toulmin (Unitarian minister)]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Tropical Storm Arlene (2005)]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Tropical Storm Beryl (1988)]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Tropical Storm Matthew (2004)]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[Utricularia inflata]]
:[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] [[William Lowndes Yancey]]
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=== New articles ===
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===Did you know (DYK)===
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===Fully illustrated lists===
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!Add your fully illustrated lists or almost completely illustrated lists [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Alabama/Fully illustrated lists|here]].
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|All Alabama-related list-articles that include fully illustrated image tables.  Fully illustrated lists with [[National Register of Historic Places]]-related subjects should also be posted at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/full illus list|WikiProject National Register of Historic Places]].
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==Activity and alerts==
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!Alabama–related pages currently nominated at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion|Articles for deletion (AfD)]] or tagged for [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|Proposed deletion (PROD)]] that are listed at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Alabama|WikiProject Deletion sorting]] may be found below:
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===Most popular===
*A '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Alabama/Popular_pages|listing]]''' of WikiProject Alabama's most popular articles, updated monthly.

===Article alerts===
{{/Article alerts#Alabama}}

*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Alabama/Article alerts/Archive|Article alert archive]] for WikiProject Alabama

==Assessment==
{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Alabama articles by quality statistics}}
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Alabama/Assessment|Assessment]] - rates articles for both quality and importance to this project.  Article talk pages need to be tagged with {{tl|WikiProject Alabama}} in order to be assessed by the project, see below for more information.
*[[WP:PR|Peer review]]  - this is intended for high-quality articles that have already undergone extensive work, often as a way of preparing a [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured article]] candidate.  For other types of reviews, leave a message on the [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Alabama|project talk page]].
==Help==
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=====Talk page template=====
{| class="wikitable"
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| <nowiki>{{WikiProject Alabama|class=}}</nowiki><br><br> ''This should be placed on the article talk page for all Alabama-related articles.''
| style="text-align: left; " | {{WikiProject Alabama|category=no}}
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=====Article page templates=====
[[WP:STUB|Stub]] templates go at the ''bottom'' of the relevant article page.  Please use the most precise stub tag whenever possible.

:'''Note:''' All stubs are managed by [[WP:WSS|WikiProject Stub sorting]]. Before creating a new stub template, you must 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.

*{{tl|Alabama-stub}} - For stub articles relating to Alabama that do not fit into the stub categories below.
**''Building and structure stubs'' relating to Alabama should be tagged with {{tl|Alabama-struct-stub}}.
**''Railroad station stubs'' relating to Alabama should be tagged with {{tl|Alabama-railstation-stub}}.
**''Sports venue stubs'' relating to Alabama should be tagged with {{tl|Alabama-sports-venue-stub}}.
**''Geography stubs'' relating to Alabama should be tagged with {{tl|Alabama-geo-stub}}.
**''Airport stubs'' relating to Alabama should be tagged with {{tl|Alabama-airport-stub}}.
**''National Register of Historic Places stubs'' relating to Alabama should be tagged with {{tl|Alabama-NRHP-stub}}.
**''Newspaper stubs'' relating to Alabama should be tagged with {{tl|Alabama-newspaper-stub}}.
**''Political biography stubs'' relating to Alabama should be tagged with {{tl|Alabama-politician-stub}}.
**''Radio station stubs'' relating to Alabama should be tagged with {{tl|Alabama-radio-station-stub}}.
**''Road stubs'' relating to Alabama should be tagged with {{tl|Alabama-road-stub}}.
**''School stubs'' relating to Alabama should be tagged with {{tl|Alabama-school-stub}}.

=====Userbox templates=====
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| {{tl|AlProInv}}<br><br> ''This can be added as an invitation on user talk pages of people who have done Alabama articles. To use, add <nowiki>{{AlProInv}}</nowiki>. Then add your signature after the template to sign and date by using four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>).''
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|{{tl|W-alabama}}<br><br> ''This can be used to welcome new project members. To use, add <nowiki>{{W-alabama}}</nowiki> to a new member's talk page. Then add your signature after the template to sign and date by using four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>).''
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All Alabama-related articles should be included in one of the [[:Category:Alabama]] subcategories.  There are many Alabama related categories, only a few parent-level categories are listed here.

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* [[:Category:Buildings and structures in Alabama]]
* [[:Category:Communications in Alabama]]
* [[:Category:Education in Alabama]]
* [[:Category:Geology of Alabama]]
* [[:Category:Geography of Alabama]]
* [[:Category:Government of Alabama]]
* [[:Category:History of Alabama]]
* [[:Category:Landmarks in Alabama]]
* [[:Category:People from Alabama]]
* [[:Category:Populated places in Alabama]]
* [[:Category:Sports in Alabama]]
* [[:Category:Transportation in Alabama]]
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*[http://www.alarc.org/ Alabama Association of Regional Councils]
*[http://www.archives.state.al.us/ Alabama Department of Archives and History]
**[http://www.archives.state.al.us/aaa.html All About Alabama] - at the Alabama Department of Archives and History
*[http://www.touralabama.org/ Alabama Department of Tourism and Travel]
*[http://www.preserveala.org/ Alabama Historical Commission] 
**[http://www.preserveala.org/ARdigital/Alabama_Register_Listing.pdf  Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage] - links to individual nomination sheets are now available for many counties
*[http://alguard.state.al.us Alabama National Guard]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Alabama/Periodicals|Alabama Periodicals]] - links to various Alabama publications
*[http://alabama.gov/ Alabama.gov Alabama State Government]
*[http://www.legislature.state.al.us/ Alabama State Legislature]
**[http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/coatoc.htm Code of Alabama 1975] - at the Alabama State Legislature site
*[http://www.Alapark.com Alabama State Parks]
*[http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/ Encyclopedia of Alabama]
*''History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography'': [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZEkUAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage#PPR1,M1 Volume I], [http://books.google.com/books?id=r0kUAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=1_1 Volume II], [http://books.google.com/books?id=nkoUAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=1_1 Volume III], [http://books.google.com/books?id=_0oUAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=1_1 Volume IV]
*[http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/01000.html United States Census Bureau - Alabama QuickFacts]
*[http://www.ers.usda.gov/statefacts/al.htm United States Department of Agriculture - Alabama Fact Sheet]
*[http://www.usgs.gov/state/state.asp?State=AL United States Geological Survey resources of Alabama]
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*''Main tool page: [[tools:~dispenser/view/Tools|toolserver.org]]''	
**[[tools:~dispenser/view/Reflinks|Reflinks]] - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references	
**[[tools:~dispenser/view/Checklinks|Checklinks]] - Edit and repair external links	
**[[tools:~dispenser/view/Dab_solver|Dab solver]] - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
**[[tools:~dispenser/view/Peer_reviewer|Peer reviewer]] - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.
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