Wikipedia:WikiProject Liberia

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WikiProject Liberia

This WikiProject is about the country of Liberia
Shortcut	WP:LIBERIA
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.

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.

Articles for deletion

• 18 Apr 2024 – Ricardo George (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Robby.is.on (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)

Requested moves

• 14 Apr 2024 – Nigerien crisis (2023–present) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Nigerien crisis (2023–2024) by Yxuibs (t · c); see discussion

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.

1. John Carter 19:36, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
2. ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ ^$1,000,000? 13:05, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
3. Michel Doortmont (talk) 01:49, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
4. Cattus ^talk 18:25, 21 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
5. HalfwayAffable (talk · contribs) - 2024; focuses on general Liberian information
6. Black Falcon ^(Talk) 22:52, 30 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
7. Aboutmovies (talk) 10:11, 30 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
8. Sundostund (talk) 13:25, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
9. RoundSquare (talk · contribs) 23:38:31, 13 February 2021 (UTC) [reply]
10. Anwegmann (talk · contribs) 01:35:35, 12 June 2022 (UTC)  Liberian history; Early national era[reply]
11. Versace1608 (talk · contribs) 00:04:46, 27 March 2023 (UTC)  BLP articles about Liberian musicians[reply]

Former members[edit]

Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.

1. Buaidh (talk · contribs) 19:38:37, 13 May 2019 (UTC) – WikiProject templates and categories.[reply]

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.

Wikitext	userbox	where used
[[Category:WikiProject Liberia participants]]	none	linked pages
{{Template:User WikiProject Liberia}}	This user is a participant in WikiProject Liberia.	linked pages
{{Template:User WP Liberia}}	This user participates in WikiProject Liberia.	linked pages
{{Template:User WP Liberia|invite}}	This user invites you to join WikiProject Liberia.	linked pages

For other Liberia user templates, see Category:Liberia user templates.

Liberia articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA		1					1
GA		2	1	4			7
B	6	8	7	12			33
C	12	11	37	62	1	24	147
Start	34	52	125	276		84	571
Stub	7	23	184	798		122	1,134
List	3	1	13	39		44	100
Category			12	1	1,486		1,499
Disambig				1			1
File				1	2		3
Portal					32		32
Project					6		6
Redirect	2		3	18	27		50
Template					64		64
Other				1	3		4
Assessed	64	98	382	1,213	1,621	274	3,652
Unassessed				1			1
Total	64	98	382	1,214	1,621	274	3,653
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 10,360			Ω = 5.47

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]

Good articles[edit]

Former good articles[edit]

Did you know? articles[edit]

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

Articles nearing recognized content[edit]

• Edwin Barclay
• First Liberian Civil War
• Joseph Jenkins Roberts

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