Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado
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This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles on the U.S. state of Colorado with a spirit of cooperation. This page and its subpages contain suggestions on formatting and layout of articles, which can be discussed at the project's talk page. To participate, simply add your name at the members section below. Or you can look at the recent changes for Colorado-related articles.
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Outline
To Do
Edit or discuss these tasks.
- Urgent:
- Get the word out and add {{Project Colorado}} templates on Colorado-related talk pages
- To nominate at WP:FAC:
- Platte Canyon High School shooting, after revisions
- To nominate at WP:GAC:
- Insert nomination here.
- To improve to Featured standard:
- Denver, Colorado (it has already undergone WP:USCOTW)
- To collaborate on:
- Insert task here.
- To expand:
- Insert task here.
- To clean up:
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Telluride, Colorado
- To merge:
- Insert task here.
- To de-stub:
- See Category:Colorado stubs
- To deorphan:
- Insert task here.
- To categorize:
- Insert task here.
- To create:
- Articles in: insert articles here
- Lists to de-redlink:
- Insert task here.
- Lists to complete:
- Insert task here.
- Wanted images:
- Images do nothing but enrich and enhance these pages, so add whenever possible.
- Maintain:
- Add {{Project Colorado}} to the talk pages of Colorado-related articles and add the articles to Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/Colorado recent changes so related changes link works.
This WikiProject was created to organize, format, expand, and exemplify Colorado related articles on Wikipedia. Our to-do list is located to the right, and is in a constant state of flux. The recent changes page for Colorado-related articles is a good way to see what has recently been changed.
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Project divisions
- Communities (talk) — Cities, towns, and neighborhoods
- Physical geography (talk)— Regions, parks, climate, physical features
- Transportation (talk)— Roads, trails, rail, ferries, and airplanes in and around Colorado
- Culture (talk)— Music, art, icons, mass communication
- People (talk) — Includes Colorado natives and those residents who have shaped Colorado
- Government (talk) — Government: federal, state and local politics in relation to Colorado
- History (talk) — History of Colorado during and prior to statehood
- Economy (Talk) — Major Colorado industries, employers, trends, and history relating to the economy of Colorado
- Education (Talk) — Colleges, Higher Learning Institutions and High Schools of Colorado
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Related WikiProjects
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Participants
Project members: You can also add {{User WPColorado}} to your user page to identify yourself as a member of the project.
- Throughthelens talk (founder) Colorado native and Wikipedian who has noticed some glaring inaccuratcies in articles about my home state.
- Vertigo700 06:27, 16 March 2006 (UTC) I personally think this is great. I am also a native Coloradan, from Denver, and would definitely love to get this thing rolling. Can help in any way possible.
- Editor19841 00:12, 18 March 2006 (UTC) I'm happy to see that a project like this has finely been created. I was born and raised in Denver, Colorado, and am proud of my heritage throught the Centennial State. I'm currently devoting my time on Wikipedia to Colorado-related articles, and am well educated in the history of the state, so I am open to any ways I can contribute to the project.
- Cperko 12:18, 19 March 2006 (UTC) Great idea! Though I'm relatively new to editing, I've been interested in Colorado history and lore for years. I look forward to contributing.
- Yale2010 20:23, 1 April 2006 (UTC) Coloradoan, reporting for duty!
- Enkrates 18:41, 2 April 2006 (UTC) I'm in Colorado Springs and I'm trying to improve the articles related to the city.
- Atanamir I'm from california, but i've been working on the transport articles for colorado.
- Webdinger 02:13, 12 April 2006 (UTC) I've been living in Colorado for a very long time now (Colorado Springs specifically) and I believe it's important to improve all Colorado-related articles. A project like this is a wonderful way to initiate and drive that process.
- tstockma 05:46, 17 April 2006 (UTC) Likewise, I'm in Colorado Springs have done considerable work on its page in the last few months, plus expanding some of eastern Colorado counties' pages, and a few other Colorado tasks. Having a "task list" sounds great, especially if we can prioritize.
- EnsRedShirt 09:59, 22 April 2006 (UTC) I Have been living in Colorado for just about ten years now. I live Southwest of Denver on 285, and love it. I would love to help, when I have time.
- eisenhower
UTCEQ - James Reyes 23:33, 30 April 2006 (UTC) I'm a student at CU Boulder.
- Notchcode I am a native, living and working in the Denver-Metro area and am excited to help out. I do work for the state agency that governs mines and mined land reclamation, and have a lot of mining-related knowledge I can share (in addition to the usual native knowledge ;) ).
- Willy Logan 23:44, 22 May 2006 (UTC) I lived in Boulder for thirteen years; I graduated from high school there.
- NealMcB 13:52, 24 May 2006 (UTC) Colorado resident since 1979. I created the page on Boulder and have added a number of Colorado listings to Placeopedia.com
- digital_me(t/c) 19:21, 30 May 2006 (UTC) Colorado resident since 1992.
- Adagio 15:09, 23 June 2006 (UTC) CO resident, specializing in geography, geology and history.
- Charlie (Colorado) Colorado native, found this via the Southern San Luis Valley Railroad Co. page; interested in Colorado history in general, and in the SSLV in particular as my grandfather was one of the owners.
- Skeenbr0 21:25, 29 July 2006 (UTC) Colorado native.
- Jake34567 16:19, 3 August 2006 (UTC) Coloradoan here. I can provide images and information for articles that concern the Littleton/Centennial area.
- Loren 08:24, 5 September 2006 (UTC) Recent transplant going to CU, happy to help wherever I can.
- JonScottDallas 08:55, 6 September 2006 (UTC) Major contributor to the Manassa, Colorado page and interested in Denver, the San Luis Valley and southern Colorado
- Brian 16:11, 27 September 2006 (UTC) Colorado native. Love contributing to the community, specifically Denver and Front Range related articles.
- BionicWilliam 16:11, 27 September 2006 (UTC) Thornton, Colorado native. helping out where I can
- D.F. "Jun Kazama Master" Williams 00:09, 15 October 2006 (UTC) I HATE violence towards girls and women (Platte Canyon shooting) (I'm from North Carolina, Maryland, New York, Connecticut, and California), so in Mariska Hargitay's honor, I'm joining!
- Quinn 33 03:53, 5 December 2006 (UTC) As a Colorado native, I'd love to help out.
- Buaidh 20:55, 2 January 2007 (UTC) Coloradan since 1962 and involved in state and local government since 1985.
- Grye 02:30, 14 January 2007 (UTC) Live in & mostly interested in Telluride article -for now...;-)
- Septagram 19:46, 18 January 2007 (UTC) Experienced Colorado Springs for nearly 30 years. Articles should be balanced and include two or more sides (POVs) to be truely useful to readers.
- Janus303 17:53, 29 January 2007 (UTC) Colorado born and bred!
- Oddharmonic 22:16, 20 February 2007 (UTC) Lived for several years in Evergreen; interested in local-interest and historic places articles in Jefferson, Park and Clear Creek Counites.
- Jimbo Herndan I live in Boulder for thrirteen years. I contribute to Boulder related articles.
- Haitianministries 00:38, 23 March 2007 (UTC) A Colorado native, voluntarily exiled to the Caribbean. Interested in Colorado history, especially religious history.
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Resources
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Infoboxes
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Templates
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| {{Project Colorado}}
Template showing an article, stub, image, category, or template is part of this WikiProject. Placed at the top of talk pages, not articles. After tagging an article, you can add it and its talk page to Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/Colorado recent changes if you want it to show up before the next update. |
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| {{Colorado-stub}}
Stub notice for Colorado articles not covered by one of the other stub categories; placed at the bottom of article pages |
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| {{Colorado-edu-stub}}
Stub notice for Colorado articles not covered by one of the other stub categories; placed at the bottom of article pages |
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| {{Colorado-geo-stub}}
Stub notice for articles dealing with Colorado locations or geographical features; placed at the bottom of article pages |
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| {{Colorado-politician-stub}}
Stub notice for Colorado politicians; placed at the bottom of article pages |
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| {{Denver-stub}}
Stub notice for Denver-related articles; placed at the bottom of article pages |
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Stubs
If the priority articles in the top of this page don't interest you, you can always expand one of these stubs.
 U.S. Collaboration of the Week  |
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These two weeks, Shreveport, Louisiana is the US Collaboration of the Week. (Shortcut: WP:USCOTW +/-) |
