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WikiProject Western New York
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Welcome to WikiProject Western New York, a WikiProject commenced on August 22, 2012, to help improve articles relating to Western New York. Our WikiProject will be dedicated to improving existing Western New York-related articles and creating new ones. An ultimate goal is to improve articles to featured article status, including the articles on cities within the Western New York region. This page and its subpages contain suggestions and various resources to improve articles; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested on the area. If you would like to help, please join the project, and see the to-do list below.

Goals

  • Foster development of Western New York articles
  • Focus on the cities of Buffalo, Rochester, and Niagara Falls
  • Develop a template for the Western New York region

Scope

Because Western New York covers a broad, wide area of the state, this WikiProject aims to improve the institutions, landmarks, attractions and events of the following counties:

Counties not listed here are not within the scope of this project.


Participants

The following is a list of Wikipedians who are committed members of WikiProject Western New York. If you wish to join the project, please add your name to the Active members list below, and indicate any areas of particular interest. If you join this project, please add one of the below userbox templates to your user page:

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Western New York/userbox}} {{Template:User WikiProject Western New York}}


If you wish to retire from the project, please move your name from Active members to Former members and leave a brief message explaining why.


New entries go at the bottom. Entry format:

  1. Name (talk · contribs) (I am interested in working on...) 00:27, 18 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please note that it is "User|" not "User:" and five tildes at the end, not four.

Active Members

  1. Buffaboy (talk · contribs) I am interested in working on Everything WNY! Lifelong, young WNY'er fan of the Bills and Sabres. 20:14, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
  2. Fortunate4now (talk · contribs) I live and work in Buffalo, New York and most of my edits already include companies or buildings in the city and surrounding suburbs. Fortunate4now (talk) 16:30, 24 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Buffalutheran (talk · contribs) I've lived in WNY all my life, and have been editing the encyclopedia since 2009. I've edited a great many TV and radio station articles in the past, but I'm willing to do just about anything. Buffalutheran (talk) 16:51, 6 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Ericando (talk · contribs) Lifelong Buffalo resident. Veteran, history and science fiction buff and avid sports fan. I love editing FC Buffalo and Buffalo Sabres articles.Eric Ando (talk) 07:54, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  5. dhpage (talk · contribs) Grew up in Jamestown, college in Buffalo. I just created article Chadakoin River. Love the WNY area. 06:22, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  6. buffbills (talk) Just here to help out.
  7. Ejgreen77 (talk · contribs) Primarily interested in Erie County, and Buffalo sports-related topics. 00:49 24 September 2013 (UTC)
  8. Smdenman (talk · contribs) I am especially interested in Allegany County, New York, Alfred New York (village, town and community), Alfred University and historic ceramic artists in the region 02:04, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
  9. DACC23 (talk · contribs) Buffalo native, currently in New York City, interested in Buffalo art, architecture, and history. 11:15, 11 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  10. WuTang94 (talk · contribs) Rochester native who studied in Cleveland, Ohio before returning home. Realized how much I missed Upstate New York when I left it, which reignited my passion for the Bills and Sabres. Also interested in architecture, buildings, infrastructure, and history, but will occasionally geek out with games and pop culture. 05:16, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Erikaschoene (talk · contribs) Buffalo another Buffalo native. Interested in notable Buffalo residents and historical figures in the community. 04:18, 16 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  12. DBirdie (talk · contribs) Buffalo - lived adult life in Buffalo (to present). Interested in all things Buffalo. --DBirdie (talk) 03:16, 31 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Inactive members

Please add your username to the bottom the list to deactivate your membership for any period of time longer than six months, and a reason why.

Former members

The following users have retired from this WikiProject.

Guidelines and structure

Articles within the scope of this project shall use the article structure guideline laid out by the most relevant WikiProject for a given article. For example, an article on a school should use WikiProject Schools's guideline and structure, while an article on a state-maintained or state-designated highway should use WikiProject New York State Routes's guideline and structure.

Open tasks

Current season articles for WNY sports teams

Please help keep these current season articles updated, as these seasons progress and new information becomes available.

Football 2017 Buffalo Bills season
2017 Buffalo Bulls football team
Hockey 2016–17 Buffalo Beauts season
2017–18 Buffalo Sabres season
Basketball 2016–17 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team
2016–17 Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball team
2016–17 Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team
2016–17 St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball team
Baseball 2017 Buffalo Bulls baseball team
Lacrosse 2017 Buffalo Bandits season
2017 Rochester Knighthawks season
Soccer 2017 Western New York Flash season
2017 Rochester Rhinos season

Assessment

Main page: Assessment department
Western New York articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 2 1 3 6
FL 4 4
FM 4 4
GA 1 1 12 22 2 38
B 4 9 20 59 1 93
C 5 17 57 174 3 256
Start 1 32 317 1,045 17 1,412
Stub 9 650 964 14 1,637
List 35 55 3 93
Category 341 341
Disambig 1 5 6
File 36 36
Project 9 9
Redirect 3 2 74 79
Template 152 152
Other 1 2 3
Assessed 11 70 1,096 2,329 623 40 4,169
Unassessed 13 13
Total 11 70 1,096 2,329 623 53 4,182
WikiWork factors (?) ω = 18,261 Ω = 5.31

All of WikiProject Western New York's articles are assessed for quality and importance using the criteria outlined at this project's assessment department. These criteria supplement those developed by the Version 1.0 Editorial Team. The current assessment statistics are transcluded at right.

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Stub templates

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Articles

Western New York
Buffalo, New York
Niagara Falls, New York
Rochester, New York

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  • 01 May 2024 – Buffalo International Jewish Film Festival (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Boleyn (t · c); see discussion (5 participants; relisted)

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