Talk:Colorado

Where is Colorado's Wildlife Section?

I cannot recall if Wikipedia's Colorado entry ever had a Wildlife section, but it most certainly should, as Colorado is well-known for its wildlife. Whoever's editing this Wikipedia page has managed to excise all but two references to it, despite the fact that countless pages online, including a number from the Colorado State Government itself, reference our wildlife: "Few other places in North America offer such a bounty of wildlife-watching opportunities as Colorado. Who in your group will win the eagle-eye award by spotting some of Colorado’s most majestic residents — state mammal bighorn sheep, bald eagles, mountain goats, moose, elk, pronghorns?" I think it's high time the Colorado Division of Wildlife and other interested parties become more involved in restoring the accuracy and completeness of Wikipedia's entry on Colorado.Clepsydrae (talk) 08:59, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Portal:Colorado for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Colorado is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The page will be discussed at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Colorado until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the page during the discussion, including to improve the page to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the deletion notice from the top of the page. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 10:47, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

General errors

Colorado in spanish means Colorful, not Red which would be Rojo or maybe as well Pinto in an archsic form of red. There is a mistake on the etymology of the word. The spanish called the river colorado due to its red color "the colorful river" not the "Red River". This is an important mistake.

There's something glitchy going on with the quotation marks on the anthem line of the infobox — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.106.237.97 (talk) 22:32, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

"Colarado" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Colarado. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Steel1943 (talk) 22:19, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Change WikiProject United States ranking from "Mid" to "High"

While I'm still not certain what the particular value of the rating system for WikiProjects is, Colorado more than certainly has a level of importance as a high level matter if you compare it to the other pages that also hold that status (view mid list here and high list here). If nobody objects, I will act and move it to the "high" category at the end of the week. ~ Pbritti (talk) 20:24, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

It is done. ~ Pbritti (talk) 18:24, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

Colorado Rivers, Lakes, Streams, Creeks (Waterways in General !?!?!?!?) from archives

Colorado waters have been protected by Colorado State Constitution. Gov sources should supply much info. Also as recent as a few years Water rights have changed. Geology, Streams, drainages, probably enough to create a separate article. I might have a look into this. Or would someone care to discuss?Paptilian (talk) 15:52, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

Replacement of image

Maroon Bells, 14,163 ft., seen from Aspen Highlands

Image by User: Rhododendrites

User:Richardmouser recently added an image of Maroon Bells. I have inserted that image on the top-right, along with its caption. I am proposing it be replaced with the image on the bottom-right, a featured picture and quality image added by User: Rhododendrites. MOS:IMAGES states that editors should "find better images" and "use the best quality images available". My impression is that the bottom image is better quality, is of a larger file size, and does not have a distracting red rope in the image. The input of others would be appreciated. Magnolia677 (talk) 11:29, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

No question that the second image on this page is more suitable. -Roxy the grumpy dog . wooF 12:04, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

I agree the new photo is better than the one I put on the page. Just thought a photo of the Maroon Bells would be good for the Colorado page. Thank you for finding a more suitable photo Magnolia677. - Richardmouser

Moving the History section

I'm going to move the History section further up the page, keeping it in line with other state articles. ~ Pbritti (talk) 22:37, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

Name of the state

The origin of Colorado's name is something of debate. As Seraphimblade points out in his edits, the name for the state is generally attributed to the Colorado River (despite the Colorado River not originating in the state and indeed not having any portion of itself in the state until a politician lobbied to relabel a tributary). However, we can't say that the state is "definitively" named after the river, as we have multiple sources that claim otherwise and no source appears to cite any official resource. If anyone has a recommendation for how to phrase this section of the lede, please discuss below. Until then, I'll insert an interim sentence addressing the name. ~ Pbritti (talk) 18:41, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

Actually, it looks like neither is particularly verifiable. The "source" cited for the rocks claim is rather junk ([1]), and the source they cite as their source, [2], has absolutely nothing on it about being from rocks. That aside, the source in the body text which supposedly was used for the river claim didn't confirm that either. So for now, the only verifiable part is that it's from the Spanish for "colored red", and until better references can be found that verifies any more than that, we can't support anything further than that either way. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 19:31, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

Hey @Seraphimblade: While I think you might be dismissing the sources a little too liberally, I agree that the situation is not preferable. I reached out to History Colorado for their take on the matter. I uncovered this source from Encyclopedia Brittanica Kids, which is authoritative enough with regards to reflecting formal research, though they provide no evidence and appear to be simply tying Colorado the state and Colorado the river together solely on the basis of name. I won't add the source myself in order to preserve the stability of the page, though you may do so. ~ Pbritti (talk) 19:47, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I'll also ask the Denver Public Library, they have a pretty extensive Western History collection and will likely know where to find more information on it. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 20:03, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

This article needs a better map--missing towns of significant size

The map of the state of Colorado featured in this article is flawed. It omits sizeable towns such as Vail, Estes Parks and Carbondale with populations of five or six thousand, Golden with almost 20,000, and even Loveland with a population of almost 80,000, while featuring towns of a few hundred people such as Walden and Hot Sulphur Springs. Pciszek (talk) 09:18, 3 May 2021 (UTC)