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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.
	See also: List of Portals
	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 Additional notes: At least one article is out of date.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

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* ... that the scenes set in the United States in the Taiwanese film '''''[[Daughter's Daughter]]''''' were nearly omitted during the writing process but were retained at the insistence of lead actress [[Sylvia Chang]]?

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* ... that the '''[[United States ten-thousand-dollar bill|US$10,000 bill]]''' is the highest denomination of US currency that has been used by the public?

* ... that Americans received nearly 15 billion political text messages in 2022?

* ... that Americans received nearly 15&nbsp;billion '''[[Political text messaging in the United States|political text messages]]''' in 2022?

* ... that the Haitian Revolution began when Cécile Fatiman sacrificed a black pig, a ritual that was later repeated by Haitians resisting the United States occupation and the Duvalier dynasty?

* ... that the [[Haitian Revolution]] began when '''[[Cécile Fatiman]]''' sacrificed a black pig, a ritual that was later repeated by Haitians resisting the [[United States occupation of Haiti|United States occupation]] and the [[Duvalier dynasty]]?

* ... that Arekia Bennett was inspired to organize a voter registration drive in 2017 by the 1964 Freedom Summer drive?

* ... that '''[[Arekia Bennett]]''' was inspired to organize a [[Voter registration in the United States|voter registration drive]] in 2017 by the 1964 [[Freedom Summer]] drive?

Recent In the news items

6 November 2024 – 2024 United States presidential election

Republican candidate Donald Trump declares victory in the 2024 United States presidential election and gives a victory address to supporters in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP)

:[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidate [[Donald Trump]] declares victory in the [[2024 United States presidential election]] and gives a victory address to supporters in [[Palm Beach, Florida|Palm Beach]], [[Florida]]. [https://apnews.com/live/trump-harris-election-updates-11-5-2024 (AP)]

Trump's victory results in him becoming the second President-elect since Grover Cleveland in 1892 to serve non-consecutive presidential terms once he is inaugurated. (AP)

:Trump's victory results in him becoming the second President-elect since [[Grover Cleveland]] in [[1892 United States presidential election|1892]] to serve non-consecutive presidential terms once he is inaugurated. [https://apnews.com/article/grover-cleveland-president-nonconsecutive-terms-7ea2c92c72911462ccb1bc2e7352fa23 (AP)]

Claims of election interference include hoax bomb threats linked to Russian email domains targeting polling places in contested states. (Reuters)

:Claims of [[2024_United_States_presidential_election#Election_interference|election interference]] include hoax bomb threats linked to Russian email domains targeting polling places in contested states. [https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fake-bomb-threats-linked-russia-briefly-close-georgia-polling-locations-2024-11-05/ (Reuters)]

Protests against Donald Trump

:[[Protests against Donald Trump]]

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:[[Just Stop Oil]] protesters spray orange outside the [[Embassy of the United States, London|American Embassy]] in [[London]] following Trump’s victory. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/us-embassy-just-stop-oil-trump-election-paint-b2642378.html (''The Independent'')]

5 November 2024 –

At least five people, including two election poll workers are killed by flash flooding in Missouri, United States, caused by torrential rain. (CBS News)

:At least five people, including two election poll workers are killed by [[flash flood]]ing in [[Missouri]], [[United States]], caused by torrential rain. [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/missouri-flash-flooding-kills-5-including-2-poll-workers/ (CBS News)]

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