Wikipedia:WikiProject Wyoming

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Welcome to the Wyoming WikiProject. We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of articles related to Wyoming.

Goals

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  • The goal of this WikiProject is to provide complete coverage on subjects related to Wyoming, by expanding and improving articles on people, places, and things resident or native to Wyoming.

Scope

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  • This project comprises all pages related to the state of Wyoming, its history, geography, and people.

Portal

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Project Milestones

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News

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Guidelines

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Open tasks

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Article alerts

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Articles for deletion

  • 18 Nov 2024 – Byron Cemetery (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
  • 17 Nov 2024Red Cord Records (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Graywalls (t · c) was closed as delete by Sandstein (t · c) on 24 Nov 2024; see discussion (2 participants)
  • 07 Nov 2024Nicholas Sulentic (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Bearcat (t · c) was closed as delete by Just Step Sideways (t · c) on 22 Nov 2024; see discussion (4 participants; relisted)

Categories for discussion

Good article nominees

Featured article reviews

Good article reassessments

Articles to be split

Articles for creation

Members

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Active members

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To join WikiProject Wyoming, 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. Buaidh (talk · contribs) 20:48, 20 January 2007 (UTC) – Former Wyomingite now living in Colorado.[reply]
  2. --MONGO 07:53, 21 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  3. CosmicPenguin (Talk) 00:25, 23 January 2007 (UTC) - Also a former Wyomingite living in Colorado.  :)[reply]
  4. IvoShandor 13:35, 14 February 2007 (UTC): Fan of any U.S. state, they all have their splendor. Anyway I could be pretty helpful with Wyoming Registered Historic Places, as I am a duly contributing member of the NRHP WikiProject and also work on various Wyoming articles, especially Wyoming ghost towns.[reply]
  5. John Carter 14:54, 9 April 2007 (UTC) - Trying to fill the shoes of the project's proposer.[reply]
  6. Drumguy8800 (talk · contribs · count) I dearly dearly love Wyoming.. glad to help
  7. Laurapalooza 21 April 2007--I live in Wyoming! I make a few small contributions here and there but will try to do more for my adopted home.
  8. photomnt 24 April, 2007 -- Former resident, possible future resident, and all around lover of the state
  9. User:Ok! Like No Place On Earth.
  10. Wyorunner 14 June 2007 - Sports events and high schools.
  11. Dutchtower (talk · contribs · count) 17 May 2007 - I will take on Shell Falls and Shell Canyon.
  12. Milonica 18:08, 6 November 2007 (UTC) I live in Wyoming during the summer, an in Utah during the "college" school year.[reply]
  13. Ngs61 13 March 2008 - Visited Cheyenne,WY twice and like everything about Wyoming. Already have begun to contribute and will contribute to Wyoming State Routes and Major Highways in the great state of Wyoming.
  14. Aujourd'hui, maman est morte (talk) 12:00, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  15. Zenithian (talk) 21:35, 20 June 2008 (UTC), Former resident of Casper. Parkmaniac: 4Nov08 The real experts on Parkman and Laramie Plains -- whoever/wherever they are -- might consider me one of their number.[reply]
  16. Mike Cline - Yellowstone National Park, Montana History and Fly Fishing
  17. Profexorgeek - 16:47, 29 January 2009 (UTC) Wyoming resident, will work on projects as I find them/have time.[reply]
  18. Acroterion - 03:11, 15 March 2009 (UTC) National Register of Historic Places articles and Yellowstone/Grand Teton-related work.[reply]
  19. Rocco81b (talk) 10:17, 17 May 2009 (UTC) Will make various updates.[reply]
  20. MRF.AHC (talk) September 16, 2010, Current Laramie resident. Would like to update articles as I run across them.
  21. Marlinite (talk · contribs) Will contribute and create articles for Wyoming towns.
  22. Tdp301 (talk · contribs) 9 July 2012 - All Wyoming topics, especially towns and history-related articles
  23. Jon698 (talk · contribs) 3 February 2020 - Wyoming politics
  24. AlSmith28 (talk · contribs) 17 September 2020 - Wyoming politics

Former members

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

  1. PokeNer 22 August 2007 - I have been cleaning up the University of Wyoming page and Wyoming Cowboys page.
  2. Parkmaniac (talk) 15:19, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Member identification

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Members of WikiProject Wyoming should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Wyoming participants.

Wikitext userbox where used
[[Category:WikiProject Wyoming participants]] none linked pages
{{Template:User WikiProject Wyoming}} linked pages
{{Template:User WP Wyoming}} linked pages
{{Template:User WP Wyoming|invite}} linked pages

For other Wyoming user templates see Category:Wyoming user templates.

Noted Articles

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Blackwater Fire of 1937Fort YellowstoneGrand Teton National ParkMormon handcart pioneersWilliam F. RaynoldsShoshone National ForestStarship Troopers (film)

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List of counties in WyomingUnited States presidential elections in Wyoming

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  Good articles

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Absaroka (proposed state)Josh AllenEli BeboutBighorn Divide and Wyoming RailroadBrokeback MountainDick CheneyDjango UnchainedEmigrant Trail in WyomingFur-bearing troutWilliam Henry Harrison IIIJohnson County WarKGWC-TVKathy KarpanCynthia LummisMummy CaveThe Oregon Trail (1971 video game)The Oregon Trail (1985 video game)Paul RoachA. J. RosierSnake RiverTreaty of Fort Laramie (1868)Wilkins PeakUSS Wyoming (BB-32)Wyoming-class battleshipWyoming Highway 257Harry Yount

  Did you know? articles

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1st Wyoming Territorial LegislatureAbsaroka (proposed state)Steven AmstrupLaurie AndersBad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2Herma Albertson BaggleyC. C. BeallEli BeboutBig Nose GeorgeBlackwater Fire of 1937Harrison BrownBuffalo Bill State ParkBuffalo Bill – The ScoutStephanie BurnsCanyon HotelJoseph M. CareyWilliam L. CarlisleCraig CobbCredit Foncier of AmericaCurt Gowdy State ParkDakota, Minnesota and Eastern RailroadCliff DavisDipteronia browniiDjango UnchainedEDZ Irigary BridgeEagle Butte MineEagle Peak (Wyoming)ErismatopterusFontenelle DamFort CasparFort Laramie Three-Mile Hog RanchFort YellowstoneFossil CabinGirl Scout National Center WestGrand Canyon of the YellowstoneThe Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (1872)Grebe LakeGrizzly 399Ira L. HannaWilliam Jefferson HardinWilliam Henry Harrison IIIHeart Mountain (Wyoming)Lillian HeathHeroes of the Fourth TurningHerrera v. WyomingGil HibbenH. M. HookHynds LodgeIndigenous peoples of the Great BasinJustin James (basketball)E. Joy JohnsonKATI (Wyoming)KGWC-TVKHOLKNWTKYDZKathy KarpanKFNBLaurance S. Rockefeller PreservePatricia MacLachlanMarshall's HotelArthur John MatthewsMax MaxfieldThomas C. MolesworthMother FeatherlegsMummy CaveNagle Warren MansionBill NationNatural Trap CaveBob NicholasPaleontology in WyomingGeorge Edward PendrayDrew PerkinsPro-Life (politician)Pryor Mountains Wild Horse RangeRanch AWilliam F. RaynoldsThe Revenant (novel)J. De Forest RichardsPaul RoachTeno RoncalioShoshone LakeBill StallThomas SturgisMike Sullivan (Wyoming politician)Symphyotrichum molleTivoli Building (Cheyenne, Wyoming)Uinta County CourthouseEd Warren (politician)White Dome GeyserWyoming Highway 257Hansjörg WyssHarry Yount

  Good article nominees

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Mike Sullivan (Wyoming politician)Western Air Lines Flight 34

  In the News articles

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John Perry BarlowTom CoburnDick EllsworthMike EnziGrizzly 399George Clayton JohnsonPatricia MacLachlanPaul RoachJames G. Watt

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Blackwater Fire of 1937Fort YellowstoneGrand Teton National ParkMormon handcart pioneersWilliam F. RaynoldsRock Springs massacreShoshone National ForestStarship Troopers (film)Yellowstone fires of 1988Yellowstone National Park

  Picture of the day pictures

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Rock Springs massacreYellowstone fires of 1988Yellowstone National Park

  Former good articles

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Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern RailroadFirst transcontinental railroadM-10001George Edward PendrayPony ExpressUnion Pacific Railroad


Almost Good Articles

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The following articles have been noted as well-established and substantive, but require improvement or expansion:

New articles

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Please feel free to list your new Wyoming-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Page. Please also make sure that each new article created is put into one of the categories for Wyoming, so that the articles will appear there. Also, if possible, add each new article to the page Wikipedia:WikiProject Wyoming/Articles (still under construction) so that they can be viewed for recent changes.

Needed Articles

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The list of needed articles has moved to Wikipedia:WikiProject Wyoming/Needed Articles.

Assessment statistics

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Templates

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Userboxes

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{{User WikiProject Wyoming}}
 
{{User Wyoming}}
 This user is interested in the U.S. State of Wyoming.
{{User interest Wyoming}}

Stubs

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  • {{Wyoming-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Wyoming. To be placed on the bottom of the article page.
    • {{Wyoming-politician-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to politicians from Wyoming. To be placed on the bottom of the article page.

NOTE: Stubs are managed by the Stub-sorting WikiProject. Before creating a new stub, you should propose it at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals. See Wikipedia:Stub for general guidelines on proposing stub templates and categories. DO NOT simply create new stub templates, as these will be deleted.

Other templates

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Any articles that are within the scope of this project should be tagged with {{WikiProject United States|class=|importance=|WY=|WY-importance=}} on the talk pages of relevant articles to put them under the project's radar. It looks like this:

 United States: Wyoming Unassessed
 This article is within the scope of WikiProject United States, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of topics relating to the United States of America on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the ongoing discussions.
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This article is supported by WikiProject Wyoming.

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