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This portal is a former featured portal. Please see the links under Portal milestones below for its original nomination page and why it was removed.

Portal milestones
Date	Process	Result
August 1, 2006	Featured portal candidate	Promoted
February 1, 2007	Featured portal review	Demoted
February 20, 2008	Peer review	Reviewed
January 30, 2011	Peer review	Reviewed
June 21, 2011	Featured portal candidate	Not promoted
Current status: Former featured portal

United States

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North America

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Countries

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WikiProject Countries to-do list:

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Article requests : Check out the article alerts; see if anything catches your fancy.
Cleanup : clean-up listing for Countries
Stubs : de-stub articles in Category:Stubs by region.
Other : add {{WPCountries}} to talk pages of related articles, and assess.

Portals

(Rated Substantial-class, Mid-importance)

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Substantial	This portal has been rated as Substantial-Class on the project's quality scale.
Mid	This portal has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.
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	This portal needs upgrading. The notes below may contain further details. This portal needs updating with new content. The notes below may contain further details. This portal has minor issues in need of editor attention. The notes below may contain further details. This portal's subpages have been checked by an editor, and are needed. Additional notes: At least one article is out of date. All article subpages should be at least checked and preferably converted to transclusion Please take care when editing, especially if using automated editing software. Learn how to update the maintenance information here. (October 2019)

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To-do list for Portal:United States: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2022-11-11

Purpose: to get this portal featured again

add and populate a Selected biography section Done.

~~add and populate a Selected anniversary section~~

~~added - needs to be populated~~ encompassed by "On this day" section

add "On this day" calendar Done.

create all monthly and daily pages Done.
populate all daily pages Doing... late January through mid August events entered

create at least one month lead time while populating pages Done

add and populate a Selected location section Done

add and populate a Lists section Done

use the random portal element template to rotate content for:

Selected article Done.

Selected picture Done.

Selected culture biography Done.

Selected society biography Done.

Selected location Done

DYK section Done.

Minor things:

separate the Category section from the Topics section using a category tree. Done.
insert image of current president in biography section

As a guideline, let's stick to using FA-Class United States articles, A-Class United States articles, plus FA-Class biography articles and A-Class biography articles about Americans to populate each 'Selected' section where possible. The main exception could be for Top or High Importance articles of lower quality, given a consensus to do so.

Automated portal content suggestions (purge)

The following suggestions have been automatically generated as content that might be suitable for the portal, subject to review by a human editor. Please do not mindlessly copy items to the portal page without first checking that the suggestions are appropriate.

Recent Did you know? items

* ... that a boot is the only monument in the United States dedicated to the traitor Benedict Arnold because it "was the only part of Arnold not to later turn traitor"?

* ... that '''[[Boot Monument|a boot]]''' is the only monument in the United States dedicated to the traitor [[Benedict Arnold]] because it "was the only part of Arnold not to later turn traitor"?

* ... that the chief editor of the United States' Telegraph allegedly gouged a rival reporter's eyes inside a Senate office?

* ... that the chief editor of the '''''[[United States' Telegraph]]''''' allegedly gouged a rival reporter's eyes inside a Senate office?

* ... that one member of the U.S. Army Air Corps was so unimpressed by the Estoppey D-8 that he stated that he would rather use "nails and a wire"?

* ... that one member of the [[United States Army Air Corps|U.S. Army Air Corps]] was so unimpressed by the '''[[Estoppey D-series|Estoppey {{nowrap|D-8}}]]''' that he stated that he would rather use "nails and a wire"?

* ... that Ronald Reagan did not publicly mention AIDS until 1985, after more than 5,000 people in the United States had died from it?

* ... that '''[[Ronald Reagan and AIDS|Ronald Reagan did not publicly mention AIDS]]''' until 1985, after more than 5,000 people in the United States had died from it?

* ... that actress Edna May Sperl's fiancé was arrested on the day of her wedding by a federal marshal because her fiancé's father opposed the marriage?

* ... that actress '''[[Edna May Sperl]]'''{{`s}} fiancé was arrested on the day of her wedding by a [[United States Marshals Service|federal marshal]] because her fiancé's father opposed the marriage?

* ... that Addie Viola Smith was the first female Foreign Service officer to serve under the United States Department of Commerce?

* ... that '''[[Addie Viola Smith]]''' was the first female [[Foreign Service officer]] to serve under the [[United States Department of Commerce]]?

Recent In the news items

27 May 2024 – Red Sea crisis

Yemen's Houthi militia says that they attacked three merchant ships and two destroyers from the United States Navy. (Reuters)

:[[Yemen]]'s [[Houthi]] militia says that they attacked three merchant ships and two destroyers from the [[United States Navy]]. [https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/yemens-houthis-say-they-attack-three-ships-two-us-destroyers-2024-05-27/ (Reuters)]

27 May 2024 –

A teenager is killed and six other people are injured in a shooting in downtown Lansing, Michigan, United States. (USA Today)

:A teenager is killed and six other people are injured in a shooting in [[Downtown Lansing|downtown]] [[Lansing, Michigan|Lansing]], [[Michigan]], [[United States]]. [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/27/lansing-michigan-shooting-memorial-day-weekend/73868232007/ (''USA Today'')]

25 May 2024 – Israel–Hamas war

Four U.S. Army vessels connected to a floating pier off the Gaza Strip become disconnected and wash up on beaches, two in Israel and two in the Gaza Strip. (NPR)

:Four [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] vessels connected to a floating [[Gaza floating pier|pier off the Gaza Strip]] become disconnected and wash up on beaches, two in Israel and two in the [[Gaza Strip]]. [https://www.npr.org/2024/05/25/nx-s1-4981449/u-s-army-vessels-beached-israel-gaza (NPR)]

25 May 2024 – Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–26, 2024

At least five people are killed after a tornado strikes the cities of Pilot Point and Valley View in Texas, United States. (NBC Dallas-Fort Worth)

:At least five people are killed after a tornado strikes the cities of [[Pilot Point, Texas|Pilot Point]] and [[Valley View, Texas|Valley View]] in [[Texas]], [[United States]]. [https://www.nbcdfw.com/weather/weather-connection/north-texas-tornado-warning-storm-damage/3551043/ (NBC Dallas-Fort Worth)]

24 May 2024 – United States v. Live Nation Entertainment

The first consumer class action lawsuit by ticket buyers is filed against Ticketmaster and Live Nation Entertainment, following the lawsuit filed by the United States Department of Justice. (Reuters)

:The first consumer [[class action]] lawsuit by ticket buyers is filed against [[Ticketmaster]] and [[Live Nation Entertainment]], following the lawsuit filed by the [[United States Department of Justice]]. [https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/live-nation-ticket-buyers-sue-wake-us-justice-department-case-2024-05-24/ (Reuters)]

23 May 2024 – Kenya–United States relations

U.S. President Joe Biden announces during a state visit by Kenyan President William Ruto that he will designate Kenya a major non-NATO ally as it is expected to lead the international intervention in Haiti. (Reuters) (NPR)

:[[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Joe Biden]] announces during a state visit by [[President of Kenya|Kenyan President]] [[William Ruto]] that he will designate [[Kenya]] a [[major non-NATO ally]] as it is expected to lead the [[Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti|international intervention in Haiti]]. [https://www.reuters.com/world/us-expected-designate-kenya-major-non-nato-ally-source-says-2024-05-22/ (Reuters)] [https://www.npr.org/biden-kenya-state-visit (NPR)]

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