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Shortcut | WP:LIBERIA |
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Category | Liberia |
Wikimedia Commons | Liberia |
Parent project(s) | Africa |
Project banner template | {{WikiProject Africa|Liberia=yes}} |
Userbox | {{User WikiProject Liberia}} |
Helps organise child projects? | No |
Assessment | /Assessment |
CSB | Relevant for countering systemic bias |
Welcome to the WikiProject Liberia! This group was formed to better organize articles on Liberia in a spirit of cooperation.
Scope
[edit]This group includes within its scope all articles related to Liberia, its cities, geography, transportation, culture, history and so on. It aims to expand Wikipedia's resources on Liberia in a fair and accurate manner. All of these articles should be contained within the Category:Liberia or one of its subcategories.
Article alerts
[edit]Good article nominees
- 07 Sep 2024 – Squatting in Liberia (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Mujinga (t · c); start discussion
- 29 Jul 2024 – Abortion in Liberia (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Vigilantcosmicpenguin (t · c); start discussion
Articles to be merged
- 06 Jul 2024 – Palaver sauce (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Kontomire stew by Melsj (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 02 Jul 2024 – Draft:CEPRES International University (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Ninzio (t · c)
Recent changes
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12 September 2024
- diffhist m Talk:Jon Stewart 14:11 −292 FlightTime talk contribs (Reverted 2 edits by 50.175.27.234 (talk) to last revision by Qwerfjkl (bot)) Tags: Twinkle Undo
- diffhist Talk:Jon Stewart 13:56 +138 50.175.27.234 talk (→Lab leak comments remain due, lasting coverage: Reply) Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit Reply
- diffhist Talk:Jon Stewart 13:56 +154 50.175.27.234 talk (→Lab leak comments remain due, lasting coverage: Reply) Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit Reply
- diffhist Talk:Liberia 13:52 −319 GhostInTheMachine talk contribs (Reverting edit(s) by 24.155.181.218 (talk) to rev. 1237203270 by Donald Albury: Vandalism (RW 16.1)) Tags: RW Undo
- diffhist Talk:Liberia 13:46 +319 24.155.181.218 talk (→Ly[light year]: new section) Tags: Reverted New topic
11 September 2024
- diffhist N Category talk:Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Liberia 05:50 +154 RoundSquare talk contribs (←Created page with '{{WikiProject banner shell|1= {{WikiProject Biography |living=no }} {{WikiProject Aviation|Accident=yes}} {{WikiProject Death}} {{WikiProject Liberia}} }}')
10 September 2024
- diffhist m Category talk:20th-century Liberian women politicians 19:13 −31 Tom.Reding talk contribs (-unnecessary params) Tag: AWB
- diffhist Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Liberia 11:51 +1,423 Grnrchst talk contribs (→Women in Green's October 2024 edit-a-thon: new section) Tag: New topic
- diffhist Talk:Cameroon dwarf gecko 09:39 +392 Ethmostigmus talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, Amphibians and Reptiles, +Africa (Rater))
8 September 2024
- diffhist N Talk:List of by-elections in Liberia 22:32 +77 RoundSquare talk contribs (←Created page with '{{WPBS|class=list|1= {{WikiProject Liberia}} {{WP Elections}} {{WP Lists}} }}')
- diffhist m Category talk:Port cities in Liberia 21:48 +23 Tom.Reding talk contribs (+{{WP Cities}}) Tag: AWB
- diffhist m Category talk:Mass media in Liberia by city 20:08 +23 Tom.Reding talk contribs (+{{WP Cities}}) Tag: AWB
- diffhist Category talk:20th-century Liberian women politicians 16:19 +104 Simeon talk contribs (WikiProject tagging) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
7 September 2024
- diffhist Talk:Squatting in Liberia 21:15 +188 Mujinga talk contribs (GSN)
- diffhist Talk:Religion in Liberia 13:12 +169 41.191.107.141 talk (→Religion: new section) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit New topic
- diffhist Talk:National Democratic Coalition (Liberia) 01:44 +38 Cdjp1 talk contribs (added WP)
- diffhist Talk:Movement for Justice in Africa 01:44 +38 Cdjp1 talk contribs (added WP)
- diffhist Talk:Liberian People's Party 01:43 +38 Cdjp1 talk contribs (added WP)
- diffhist Talk:United People's Party (Liberia) 01:42 +38 Cdjp1 talk contribs (added WP)
6 September 2024
- diffhist N Category talk:GA-Class Liberia articles 18:21 +54 Dpleibovitz talk contribs (+WikiProject) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- diffhist N Category talk:NA-Class Liberia articles 18:06 +54 Dpleibovitz talk contribs (+WikiProject) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
5 September 2024
- diffhist m Talk:Alfred Francis Russell 22:26 +4 StefenTower talk contribs (→top: set WP KY importance (initial - please raise if it should be higher)) Tag: AWB
Participants
[edit]Active members
[edit]To join WikiProject Liberia, edit this section and add the Wikitext #{{subst:me}}
with your areas of interest to the bottom of the following list of members. Members should also place member identification on their user page.
- John Carter 19:36, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
- ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 13:05, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
- Michel Doortmont (talk) 01:49, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
- Cattus talk 18:25, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
- HalfwayAffable (talk · contribs) - 2024; focuses on general Liberian information
- Black Falcon (Talk) 22:52, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
- Aboutmovies (talk) 10:11, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
- Sundostund (talk) 13:25, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
- RoundSquare (talk · contribs) 23:38:31, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
- Anwegmann (talk · contribs) 01:35:35, 12 June 2022 (UTC) Liberian history; Early national era
- Versace1608 (talk · contribs) 00:04:46, 27 March 2023 (UTC) BLP articles about Liberian musicians
Former members
[edit]Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.
- Buaidh (talk · contribs) 19:38:37, 13 May 2019 (UTC) – WikiProject templates and categories.
Member identification
[edit]Members of WikiProject Liberia should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Liberia participants.
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For other Liberia user templates, see Category:Liberia user templates.
Category tree
[edit]Recognized content
[edit]Liberia articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
FA | 1 | 1 | |||||
GA | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |||
B | 6 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 38 | |
C | 12 | 11 | 38 | 63 | 1 | 25 | 150 |
Start | 34 | 53 | 127 | 286 | 88 | 588 | |
Stub | 7 | 22 | 183 | 799 | 131 | 1,142 | |
List | 3 | 1 | 13 | 39 | 45 | 101 | |
Category | 12 | 2 | 1,525 | 1,539 | |||
Disambig | 1 | 1 | |||||
File | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Portal | 32 | 32 | |||||
Project | 5 | 5 | |||||
Redirect | 2 | 3 | 19 | 29 | 53 | ||
Template | 77 | 77 | |||||
NA | 1 | 1 | |||||
Other | 1 | 1 | |||||
Assessed | 64 | 98 | 384 | 1,231 | 1,672 | 290 | 3,739 |
Total | 64 | 98 | 384 | 1,231 | 1,672 | 290 | 3,739 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 10,520 | Ω = 5.46 |
This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged or categorized (e.g. Category:WikiProject Liberia articles) correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options. |
Featured articles
[edit]B-Class articles
[edit]- 1985 Liberian general election
- 1997 Liberian general election
- 2014 National Security Agency illegal seizure
- Abortion in Liberia
- Armed Forces of Liberia
- Harrison N. Bouey
- Cocoa smuggling
- Paul Cuffe
- Emma V. Day
- Sundaygar Dearboy
- Thomas Eric Duncan
- First Liberian Civil War
- Fula people
- Hercules (1970 ship)
- Human rights in Liberia
- University of Liberia
- Liberia women's national football team
- Liberian nationality law
- Montserrado County
- Wayétu Moore
- Muhlenberg Mission
- Nave Andromeda incident
- Nigerien crisis (2023–2024)
- Roberts International Airport
- Joseph Jenkins Roberts
- Sierra Leone Civil War
- MV Sirius Star
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
- Jon Stewart
- Thanksgiving
- George Peter Thompson
- William Tubman
- Attacks on the MV Tutor
- Visa policy of Liberia
- George Weah
- West African Ebola virus epidemic timeline of reported cases and deaths
- West African Examinations Council
- Benjamin Yeaten
Good articles
[edit]Former good articles
[edit]Did you know? articles
[edit]- 1927 Liberian general election
- 2014 National Security Agency illegal seizure
- Abortion in Liberia
- African Civilization Society
- African Methodist Episcopal University
- Selim Aga
- Benjamin Anderson (adventurer)
- William Spencer Anderson
- Ephraim Bacon
- Agnes Nebo von Ballmoos
- Billy (pygmy hippo)
- Booker Washington Institute
- Alfred Brownell
- Careysburg, Liberia
- Lott Cary
- Clay-Ashland
- Cocoa smuggling
- First Liberian Civil War
- Amy Ashwood Garvey
- Leymah Gbowee
- Amos Gray
- William Wadé Harris
- Hercules (1970 ship)
- Bismarck Kuyon
- Labor Congress of Liberia
- Johnnie Lewis
- Liberia Cement Corporation
- Liberia–United Kingdom relations
- University of Liberia
- Liberia women's national football team
- Liberian National Museum
- Liberian national transitional government
- Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law
- James W. Lugenbeel
- Fatima Massaquoi
- Francois Massaquoi
- Mining industry of Liberia
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Liberia)
- Monrovia Church massacre
- Montserrado County
- Wayétu Moore
- Mount Coffee Hydropower Project
- Joe Mulbah
- Isaac Musa
- New Georgia, Liberia
- People's Redemption Council
- Lake Piso
- Port Cresson massacre
- Saint John River (Liberia)
- Sapo National Park
- STAR radio
- Stella Maris Polytechnic University
- Suah Koko
- Tamba Taylor
- Hilary Teague
- The Daily Talk
- Western African Ebola epidemic
- Wildlife of Liberia
- Wellington Zaza
- Western green mamba
In the News articles
[edit]Did You Know (DYK)s
[edit]- ...that the UN estimates that 150,000 people died during the Liberian Civil War, with 850,000 refugees fleeing to neighboring countries? August 15, 2005 or March 6, 2005.
- ...that the University of Liberia, founded in 1862, is the oldest institute of higher learning in West Africa? May 18, 2006
- ...that The Daily Talk, the most widely read news medium in the Liberian capital of Monrovia, is published daily on a blackboard in the center of town? August 8, 2006
- ...that Lott Cary was an African American slave who became educated, bought his freedom, became a minister and physician, and helped found the Colony of Liberia in Africa in 1822? October 3, 2005
- ...that between her marriage to Marcus Garvey and her relationship with President of Liberia William Tubman, Pan-Africanist activist Amy Ashwood Garvey ran a club on London's Carnaby Street? April 27, 2007
- ...that Billy the pygmy hippo was the pet of U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, outlived him by 23 years, and sired 18 children all named Gumdrop? November 7, 2007
- ...that Liberian park Sapo National Park contains the second-largest tropical rainforest in West Africa after Taï National Park in neighbouring Côte d'Ivoire? December 16, 2007
- ...that Jeanne Labuda, a Democratic member of the Colorado House of Representatives elected in 2006, was a Peace Corps volunteer in Liberia? December 19, 2007
- ...that Lake Piso, a brackish water lake in western Liberia, is the largest in the country? March 15, 2008
- ... that during the Liberian Civil Wars over 5,000 artifacts were looted from the Liberian National Museum but a 250-year-old dining table given as a gift from Queen Victoria to Liberia's first President remains? May 9, 2008
- ... that Liberia College in the country of Liberia was authorized by the legislature in 1851, but did not start classes until 1863? September 4, 2008
- ... that the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law at the University of Liberia in Monrovia is the only law school in the nation of Liberia? September 6, 2008
- ... that Liberian Supreme Court Chief Justice Johnnie Lewis was rescued from an angry mob after a car he was in hit and killed a pedestrian? September 15, 2008
- ... that the English of Selim Aga, a former slave from Sudan, was so faultless that his book was believed to be fabricated by a Briton? October 18, 2008
- ... that STAR radio was named Liberian radio station of the year in 2008, winning a tape deck? October 20, 2008
- ... that prior to the First Liberian Civil War the Mount Coffee Hydropower Project produced 35 percent of Liberia's electricity? October 25, 2008
- ... that Montserrado County is the smallest county in Liberia, but also the most populous? October 25, 2008
- ... that the Saint John River is one of six major rivers in Liberia? November 4, 2008
- ... that Hilary Teague served as Liberia's first Secretary of State and wrote that country's Declaration of Independence? November 27, 2008
- ... that Clay-Ashland, a town in Liberia, is named after American slave owner Henry Clay? December 13, 2008
- ... that the African city of Careysburg, Liberia, hosted a large transmitter for Voice of America, the official external broadcasting service of the United States federal government? December 15, 2008
- ... that Leymah Gbowee organized a peace movement that ended the Second Liberian Civil War and led to the election of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first female president in Africa? September 12, 2010
- ... that the 1927 presidential election in Liberia made it into the Guinness Book of Records as the most fraudulent ever? December 15, 2010
- ... that McCants Stewart (pictured), the first African American lawyer in Oregon, was the son of an Associate Justice of the Liberian Supreme Court? January 29, 2011
- ... that New Georgia, Liberia, was established by Africans "recaptured" from a slave ship and held for seven years in Georgia waiting for courts to decide their fate? February 11, 2011
- ... that William Wadé Harris baptized over 100,000 converts in an eighteen-month period in West Africa? February 14, 2011
- ... that over 70,000 cubic yards (54,000 m3) of sand was excavated to extricate the Liberian steamship Santa Kyriaki from a beach in the Netherlands? May 18, 2011
- ... that the SS Empire Deed, a British Second World War cargo ship, ended up being sold in turn to shipping companies in Panama, Greece, Liberia and Taiwan? June 18, 2011
- ... that the African Methodist Episcopal University is the second largest university in Liberia? July 6, 2011
- ... that students at the Stella Maris Polytechnic university in Monrovia, Liberia, pay only US$5 tuition per credit? July 8, 2011
- ... that between 1848 and 1981, every director of Liberia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs had originally resided in Montserrado County? June 6, 2012
- ... that Izetta Wesley, a female football administrator, believes the government of Liberia is insincere in how they treat the Liberia women's national football team? June 27, 2012
- ... that Cemenco holds a monopoly on cement sales in Liberia? December 1, 2012
- ... that explorer Benjamin Anderson served as the Liberian treasury's comptroller and secretary from 1964 to 1966, and was charged with embezzlement of its funds? July 23, 2013
- ... that Liberia's first agricultural and vocational school is named after American educator Booker T. Washington? March 1, 2014
- .. that the West African green mamba (pictured) has one of the most rapidly acting venoms among all snakes? April 25, 2014
- ... that former speaker of the House of Representatives of Liberia William Spencer Anderson was originally a barber from Delaware? November 11, 2014
- ... that although 155,000 carats of diamonds were officially mined in Liberia in 2001, far more were smuggled to neighboring countries illegally? August 25, 2015
- ... that the black Liberian scholar and educator, Princess Fatima Massaquoi, wrote of her challenging experiences in Nazi Germany and the U.S. South in a recently rediscovered autobiography? February 21, 2016
- .. that during the West African Ebola virus epidemic as many as 15 different vaccines were in development? November 17, 2016
- ... that the Liberian Welington Zaza is the African junior record holder in the men's 110 metres hurdles? November 23, 2016
- ... that Liberian trade unionist Amos Gray became involved in labor activism whilst being a part-time port worker during his college years? September 4, 2017
- ... that the Labor Congress of Liberia was closely tied to the Liberian government and membership fees were paid directly to the governing True Whig Party? September 16, 2017
- ... that a political scandal erupted in 2014 after operatives of the Liberian National Security Agency illegally seized US$247,500 from a group of South Korean businessmen in a hotel room in Monrovia? November 2, 2017
- ... that Chief Suah Koko fought several battles against the Liberian government before granting them her land? December 28, 2017
- ... that the African-American settlers at Port Cresson were pacifist Quakers who were unequipped to defend themselves when attacked by King Joe? April 12, 2018
- ... that after the 1980 coup d'état that overthrew and killed Liberian President William Tolbert, the People's Redemption Council took power pending a rewrite of the country's constitution? December 14, 2018
- ... that the Monrovia Church massacre was the worst single atrocity of the Liberian civil war? January 11, 2019
- ... that Liberian-American author Wayétu Moore, once a war refugee, founded a nonprofit organization which publishes culturally relevant books for children in countries with low literacy rates? February 14, 2019
- ... that Liberian lawyer Alfred Brownell won the "Green Nobel" prize for his efforts to protect more than 500,000 acres (2,000 km2) of tropical forest land? June 11, 2019
- ... that among the wildlife of Liberia, the rarest mammal may be the Liberian mongoose? June 14, 2019
- ... that under the leadership of ethnomusicologist Agnes Nebo von Ballmoos, the University of Liberia choir performed around the world, including at Lincoln Center? January 5, 2020
- ... that Ephraim Bacon, a leader of the American Colonization Society expedition that founded Liberia, fled to Barbados after coming down with a fever? February 21, 2020
- ... that neighboring British Sierra Leone and Liberia disputed their border, and the British Empire seized the disputed territory in 1885? September 1, 2022
- ... that James W. Lugenbeel's journal became the only known record of the proceedings of the 1847 Liberian Constitutional Convention? September 18, 2022
- ... that in the aftermath of the American Civil War, the only Black-led organization providing teachers to formerly enslaved people was the African Civilization Society? February 26, 2023
- ... that through their participation in the Liberian National Transitional Government, warlords could gain access to state resources whilst continuing hostilities between each other? March 18, 2023
- ... that Liberian paramount chief Tamba Taylor worked as a tailor and claimed to have sewn clothes for Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie and Ghanaian president Kwame Nkrumah? April 7, 2023
- ... that Francois Massaquoi, who studied economics at New York University, later led the Lofa Defense Force during the First Liberian Civil War? April 19, 2023
- ... that Liberian factions voted Bismarck Kuyon to be the chair of the transitional executive branch of the government, but his nomination was revoked before he was installed? April 24, 2023
- ... that the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission listed former Council of State vice chair Isaac Musa among dead supposed perpetrators of human rights abuses and war crimes? May 8, 2023
- ... that Liberian minister of information Joe Mulbah was suspended by President Charles Taylor after a fist fight with the deputy minister of information? May 9, 2023
- ... that the neutral oil tanker Hercules carried an unexploded bomb into a Brazilian port after being attacked by Argentine aircraft during the Falklands War? July 27, 2024
- ... that in Liberia, self-induced abortions are performed with herbal remedies known as "rocket-propelled grenade" and "Christmas leaf"? July 30, 2024
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