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Welcome to '''WikiProject Austin'''. We are a [[Wikipedia:Wikiproject|group]] of editors dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of the city of [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] and the [[Greater Austin]] area. Editors who are interested in contributing, please sign up below and post any ideas and suggestions on the [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Austin|talk page]]. Also, feel free to edit this page and add any articles that need work or that you feel require attention below in the tasks section.

==Scope==
* Geographically related articles in the Greater Austin metropolitan area.
* Articles about persons who have had a significant presence or relationship to the city.

==Assessment Dashboard==
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Notice: An [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Austin/Unreferenced BLPs|Unreferenced BLP list]] for this WikiProject is available.
{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Austin articles by quality statistics}}
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Austin/Assessment|Austin assessment procedures and worklists]]

[[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Austin articles by quality log|Log]]
*Note: This chart may not reflect recent edits and changes.

==Tasks==
*Get the core articles up to at least GA standards: [[Austin, Texas]], [[History of Austin, Texas]]. Also [[Greater Austin]], because it has such broad coverage, should be raised as well. --[[User:Mcorazao|Mcorazao]] ([[User talk:Mcorazao|talk]]) 22:22, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[Robert Mueller Municipal Airport]] needs additional citations for verification. (--[[User:TheAustinMan|TheAustinMan]] ([[User talk:TheAustinMan|talk]]) 20:00, 3 January 2010 (UTC))
*[[User:WhisperToMe|WhisperToMe]] thought of an interesting idea to add an article on African American neighborhoods in Austin. --[[User:TheAustinMan|TheAustinMan]] ([[User talk:TheAustinMan|talk]]) 20:18, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
*You could make the page [[Williamson County, Texas]] a C class article by editing it. This article is a high importance article. --[[User:TheAustinMan|TheAustinMan]] ([[User talk:TheAustinMan|talk]]) 20:32, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
*The WikiProject Austin wants you to make good articles! We only have 1. WikiProject Austin encourages you to edit/clean our articles under the project's scope. --[[User:TheAustinMan|TheAustinMan]] ([[User talk:TheAustinMan|talk]]) 20:37, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
*Please read the [https://tools.wmflabs.org/bambots/cwb/bycat/Austin.html cleanup listing] by [[User:CleanupWorklistBot|CleanupWorklistBot]] for a complete listing of articles that can be edited to make it better. --[[User:TheAustinMan|TheAustinMan]] ([[User talk:TheAustinMan|talk]]) 20:32, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

===Article alerts===
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==About This WikiProject==
===Parentage===
The parent of this WikiProject is [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities|WikiProject Cities]] / [[Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. cities|WikiProject U.S. cities]]. At the US state level, the parent of this project is [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Texas|WikiProject Texas]].

===Goals===
* To provide guidelines and recommendations for articles that describe all aspects of the city of Austin and the surrounding metropolitan area.
* To improve Wikipedia's coverage of [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] by creating, expanding, and maintaining such articles and related portal.
* To serve as the central point of discussion for issues related to Austin in Wikipedia.
* Establish Wikipedia as one of the premier online information resources on the Greater Austin metropolitan area.

===How can I contribute?===
If you are reading this, then you probably know something about the Austin area...we welcome your contributions! If you're new to Wikipedia, have a look at the following:
* '''[[Wikipedia:Introduction|Introduction to Wikipedia]]'''
* [[Wikipedia:How to edit a page|How to edit a page]]
* [[Help:Starting a new page|Starting a new page]]
* [[Help:Editing|Wikipedia syntax]]

If you are looking for something to do involving the project, the left-hand column contains information on '''special missions''', '''on-going collaborations''' and '''specific requests'''. Also, look for tags such as {{tl|cleanup}}, and {{tl|unreferenced}} to guide your contributions to the project articles.

To maintain article quality, please follow these rules:
*'''[[WP:CITE|Provide sources]]''' for your edits.
* '''[[WP:PATROL|Patrol]]''' the project [[Special:Recentchangeslinked/Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Austin articles by quality|watchlist]] for recent changes

=== Related projects ===
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Houston|WikiProject Houston]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Dallas-Fort Worth|WikiProject Dallas-Fort Worth]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject San Antonio|WikiProject San Antonio]]

==Participants==
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Austin/Active participants}}

===Inactive participants===
# [[User:Blake675]] {{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|Texas}}

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== See also ==
* [[:File:Qxz-ad76.gif|Qxz ad]]

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