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Student clubs

There is interest in starting a Wikipedia student group at the University of Colorado at Boulder (see Gaurav). Is there interest in a student group at:

or any other Colorado school?  Buaidh  19:53, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Civilian Conservation Corps projects

I would like to recommend a WP page listing CCC projects in Colorado. Any interest? I'd be willing to start it, but would hope others would add to it. --Araucana (talk) 13:49, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Transportation in Colorado

Hi Everyone, I am a new member to the project and, per the request list, started an article on transportation in Colorado. It needs some text expansion and references, but I think it is a good start. I would appreciate any ideas or comments. Feel free to take a stab at some of the expansion yourself if you like as well. --יהושועEric (talk) 17:46, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

Nomination as a United States Wikipedians' Collaboration of the Month candidate

One or more articles relating to this project have been nominated to be a future United States Wikipedians' Collaboration of the Month. All editors interested in improving these articles or voting for next months collaboration are encouraged to participate here. --Kumioko (talk) 19:37, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

December 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States

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January 2012 Newsletter for WikiProject United States and supported projects

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WikiWomen's History Month

Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Colorado will have interest in putting on events (on and off wiki) related to women's roles in Colorado's history, society and culture. We've created an event page on English Wikipedia (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. These events can take place off wiki, like edit-a-thons, or on wiki, such as themes and translations. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch (talk) 23:54, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Satop

Template:Satop has been nominated for deletion. Among other things, Template:Satop links an article to its relevant outline, index, and portals. You may wish to comment at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page.  Buaidh  17:49, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Photo request

Hi! Would anyone mind photographing the Frontier Airlines HQ at 7001 Tower Road Denver, CO 80249-7312 ?

Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 02:02, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Denver meetup idea

Please see Wikipedia_talk:Meetup/Denver#Denver_meet-up_idea. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:33, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Very large new "See also" sections being added to Colorado cities and towns

I've noticed that very large additions are being made to the "See also" sections of many Colorado cities and towns, for example:

These don't seem to add much but clutter, and don't seem to conform to the MOS WP:See also recommendations. In particular, the actual "See also" items tend to get lost in the boilerplate.

On the positive side, the multiple portals added do seem to be a useful addition.

The main editor involved seems to be Buaidh.

Please have a look, and see what you think. If this has been discussed before, a pointer to that discussion would be appreciated. Thanks, Pete Tillman (talk) 01:32, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Much of what this editor did doesn't meet the guidelines for See Also. See WP:OVERLINK too. Like links to Colorado, and the County article for the town in question....William 19:04, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Colorado Education

The Colorado Department of Education is the administrative arm of the Colorado State Board of Education.

As the administrative arm of the State Board of Education, CDE is responsible for implementing state and federal education laws, disbursing state and federal funds, holding schools and districts accountable for performance, licensing all educators, and providing public transparency of performance and financial data. CDE serves students, parents, and the general public by protecting the public trust through ensuring adherence to laws, strong stewardship of public funds, and accountability for student performance[1].

  1. ^ http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdecomm/aboutcde.htm

As this is the case I propose this article (Colorado State Board of Education) be moved under the title of Colorado Department of Education. The Department of Education's website lists the State Board of Education's page on it's (CDE) website. This appears to me to be an hierarchical situation placing the CDE above the State Board of Education. Wikipedia has prominence of BoE with barely a stub of the CDE. I will attempt to expand the CDE article to reflect this hierarchical situation and investigate how much may be merged or perhaps someone with more experience can offer a better solution. Currently I am creating a List of non-public schools in Colorado for the Wikipedia Project Colorado as one of their to do list requests. The name change is in line with CDE's official language (non-public schools). I am presently trying to move the List to article space but beforehand I was linking the districts and schools to current Wikipedia articles and now I am finding out that quite a bit of work needs to be done to clean up this situation now being presented for discussion. As a recently new editor to Wikipedia taking a bold initiative to see these things done, I would request comment from the tenured editor sector. This original discussion is being posted on the Talk:Colorado State Board of Education page and duplicated (copy/pasted) at the WP:Colorado talk page where this discussion should be held as other articles are being affected or will be by the time I am through figuring it all out. I will be watching all affected pages for replies or comments and my User_talk:Orschstaffer page in case I am overstepping my boldness or if I should direct my energies in some other way. I am Orschstaffer and this is a school project.

I've noticed, since I wrote this discussion at Talk:Colorado State Board of Education, that school district articles have been redirected to common names of school districts. I have not taken the time to review/research Wikipedia policy for naming conventions as they regard official names as such, Colorado Department of Education, whose nomenclature for school districts have been redirected to common names in Wikipedia articles (some not all). As encyclopedic articles, I would say factual names with references to common names are in order. I am sure I will eventually research this issue before I revert (or suggest/propose) school district names be the official nomenclature used by the CDE. Just like the List of non-public schools I am drafting now, which is ready for article namespace. This project requested a List of private schools in Colorado, which I drafted as User:Orschstaffer/List of private schools in Colorado however I propose the use of non-public as the CDE nomenclature is such (as well as the Colorado law). So I hesitate to move the article until this is resolved; and as well the links in the article list are not complete until the school districts are reverted back to the official names. If this subject and tasks is not of higher importance that I do hear of some concensus or guideline/policy, I will begin the reversion process beginning with the school districts in Colorado as per the list requires. What I am proposing goes further than just the list though as I am finding more articles that may require fine tuning as regards this educational thing.

Also, when I began this education venture, I wanted to go with the education project, however, that particular topic/category/(whatever) had too many edit war/pov/pedagogical confusion I almost quit this editing thing. But it is too important to let that deter me. So I am now concentrating my efforts with the Colorado Project. I am doing the bold thing and would like some experienced advice especially as my endeavors are a school project. Thanks for your patience and support. My efforts expand the Wikimedia Projects and intend to be global in cause.  O = M C 4  03:46, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Proposal for United States A-Class review process

There is a proposal at WikiProject United States to start an A-Class review process for United States related articles. Please stop by and join the discussion. Kumioko (talk) 02:01, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Request for article Geology of Colorado

I have a proposed draft of the geology of the Gunnison Country. It is referenced bibliography containing every aspect of the geology of Colorado. Information is geographically located in the Gunnison Country but can be expanded easily to other formations around the state. Would anyone care to peer review, comment, expand, or move to article space? You may view my intentions for this article here.

Draconrex (talk) 03:32, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

Template:US state and territory history

You may wish to comment on the proposed deletion of Template:US state and territory history at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2012 September 3#Template:US state and territory history. Yours aye,  Buaidh  02:10, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Colorado Wikimedians mailing list

Hi everybody! User:Isarra and I just applied for a Wikimedia mailing list for Coloradans. Our plan is mainly to make it easier to organize local events, particularly in the Front Range; but it could easily be used to help coordinate WP:COLO matters as well. Please check it out, and let us know if anything needs fixing/improving! -- Gaurav (talk) 07:39, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Colorado Supreme Court

Colorado Supreme Court article has been added to the WikiProject Colorado. Draconrex (talk) 15:22, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

December 2, 2012 Denver meetup

Details have been posted at Wikipedia:Meetup/Denver#December_2.2C_Denver_Meetup_and_Wikinews_workshop. --LauraHale (talk) 02:28, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

Consolidated meetup page

Could we merge Wikipedia:Meetup/Boulder and Wikipedia:Meetup/Denver into a single page at Wikipedia:Meetup/Colorado? I've lived in both of these fine cities, and I don't think they mean to be exclusive.

I hope we can see meetups in Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, or your home town. Post here if you would like help settings up a meetup.  Buaidh  19:55, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

BLT cocktail

BLT cocktail is undergoing a deletion discussion about whether to delete the article from Wikipedia.

Please see ongoing discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/BLT cocktail.

Thank you for your time,

— Cirt (talk) 08:52, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

TAFI

Monument Valley is one of today's articles for improvement ~KvnG 21:39, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

Photographs

I'm a Colorado native and will be visiting family in several areas where Wikipedia entries lack photos. Mostly, these pages are about small towns on the eastern Great Plains. Does anybody have any guidelines on what to photograph to represent a tiny community? My concern is that for many such places, the representative photo might be of a gas station/covenience store or grain elevator, which could be construed as a commercial endorsement. And can a small page have more than one photo? Lthanlon (talk) 18:59, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

A grain elevator, a view down Main Street, a town square, a county courthouse or a grange hall might be good choices to represent a small town. I would stay away from a photo showing just one commercial establishment unless the building is interesting for some other reason. There are also articles besides towns that might need a photo. State highways in Colorado, Colorado RIvers, anything on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Colorado. For a small article, one or two photos should be plenty. But if you have other good photos that might come in handy when the article is expanded, feel free to upload them to the commons. --Footwarrior (talk) 20:36, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the guidance, Footwarrior -- it's much appreciated. Good idea about uploading additional photos to the commons. I'll also check out the other articles to see if I can help. Thanks again! Lthanlon (talk) 02:33, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

I've identified several towns I'm going to try to photograph in a few weeks and will follow your guidelines. Would brief videos work, as well? I'm thinking that in many cases a single still photo that represents a community could be complemented by a 30-second pan across a business district or highway crossroads. I don't see too many videos of this type of Wikipedia, so perhaps there are issues with this approach? Lthanlon (talk) 16:45, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

Discussion to remove the Automatically assessed logic from the WikiProject United States template

Greetings, there is a discussion regarding removal of the logic used to populate Automatically assessed article categories from Template:WikiProject United States. Most of the categories (over 220 Wikipedia wide) were deleted in February 2013 because they were empty. These categories were previously populated by a bot that hasn't run since 2011 and the categories aren't used. Removal of this uneeded/unused logic will greatly reduce the size and complexity of the WikiProject United States template. Any comments or questions are encouraged here. Kumioko (talk) 18:20, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

Lest there is any confusion for people who don't speak the same language, the words "logic used to populate Automatically assessed article categories" refer to the feature that was supposed to allow this WikiProject's template to "inherit" class and importance ratings from other WikiProjects. Kumioko says that there are no longer any bots performing the function that formerly copied those ratings. --Orlady (talk) 22:54, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

2013 Colorado floods

Even though this is still unfolding, developing this should be a priority right now. There's a lot to do to describe the progress of the rain and flooding, and to detail the impact by county, and sections should also be added to the relevant articles on the affected communities. postdlf (talk) 17:53, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride

Are there any Colorado residents interested in participating in Wiki Loves Pride 2014, a multi-national effort to improve coverage of LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects? Perhaps an edit-a-thon or a photography project? Please visit the project page for details or let me know if you have any questions. Thanks! --Another Believer (Talk) 17:38, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal

Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej (talk) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Marijuana vending machine

We really need a photo. Surely there must be some of these machines about. Please, someone who knows where one is, if you remember your camera, and have the energy and motivation, take a photo for the article. Many thanks. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 11:37, 24 December 2014 (UTC)

Colorado only allows cannabis to be sold in licensed stores with strict security. A licensed store may have a vending machine, but it would only be a novelty. Yours aye,  Buaidh  18:34, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

WikiProject X is live!

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Harej (talk) 16:57, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Pikeview, Colorado

Hi,

I've been working on expanding the Pikeview, Colorado article, but I'm a bit confused. The original town of Pikeview was a mining town and railroad station stop near the present Mark Dahbling and Rockrimmon intersection, just of Interstate 25.

There is also Pikeview reservoir off Austin Bluffs/Garden of the Gods Road, Mark Dahbling, and Interstate 25 (i.e., 1.5 miles south of Pikeview). Then there is Pikeview Quarry Road to a quarry that is 5.6 miles west of Pikeview off of Vindicator.

There are also two other quarries nearby - on either side of Queens Canyon - one south and entered near Manitou Springs and the other off of 30th Street, which I think I've also seen called Pikeview Quarry. I've plotted these on google maps and am just trying to sort out whether Pikeview Reservoir and Pikeview Quarry should be in the Pikeview article. I am guessing that Pikeview Reservoir should be in the article, but I don't know about Pikeview Quarry.

Any insight would be really helpful! I've posted this on the article talk page so that the history is there. Thanks!--CaroleHenson (talk) 17:26, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

Merging Cruise Room with Oxford Hotel ?

I created an article about the Cruise Room, and it's been suggested to merge it into the Oxford Hotel article.

I'm newish to Wikipedia, so I'm curious if anyone here has an opinion. Seems odd to me, but happy to do what makes sense. Anyone know the Cruise Room (Denver historic Art Deco bar)?

Jump in and join the discussion, if you'd like.

Thanks, Justapersona (talk) 20:08, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

Merge was completed (see Talk:Oxford Hotel (Denver, Colorado)) ~Kvng (talk) 14:31, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Montrose County Historical Museum

Greetings, good people. Have just come across the new article Montrose County Historical Museum which may be of interest to you. Best wishes, DuncanHill (talk) 20:09, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

High Rockies

Any potential for this as a standalone article, or should it be redirected somewhere? postdlf (talk) 22:42, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

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Wiki Loves Pride!

You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride!

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Need help with Colorado city demonyms

I built a new List of adjectivals and demonyms for Colorado cities, but I still need a number of demonyms for Colorado cities and towns. Please look over the table and add any demonyms with which you are familiar. Thanks,  Buaidh  21:46, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

Suggestion

Hello all! I was curious if anyone else thought it might be a good idea to make a (nonbinding) guideline on how all the individual US state WikiProjects should organize themselves, to help standardize them. I originally put this suggestion in the WikiProject United States talk page, so feel free to look there if you're interested. It's pretty empty though; basically all they said was to see what each of the individual projects thought about it. Please tell me if you have any concerns with this idea; hopefully we can find a way for everyone to love it! Also, I'm new at making proposals, so please forgive me if I do anything silly. :) Hope that you like this idea! JonathanHopeThisIsUnique (talk) 04:58, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

AfC submission

See Draft:Central Park (RTD). Thank you, FoCuS contribs; talk to me! 00:05, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

Idledale, Colorado

This community is a census-designated place but is missing census data. Not sure if there is a Wikiproject more focused on that task. postdlf (talk) 21:53, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

Census data is only collected for Census Designated Places at the Decennial Census. See the List of census-designated places in Colorado. Yours aye,  Buaidh  15:58, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

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St. Martin's Chamber Choir

Would someone from this WikiProject would mind assessing St. Martin's Chamber Choir? The sourcing seems a bit iffy and I'm not sure if it meets WP:ORG. Perhaps it has received more coverage in local papers, etc. Thanks in advance. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:11, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

Please See - Submissions

https://wikiconference.org/wiki/Submissions
--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 00:38, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

Move discussion at the Murder of JonBenét Ramsey article

Opinions are needed on the following: Talk:Murder of JonBenét Ramsey#Requested move 20 September 2016. Among the concerns noted in the move discussion is whether or not WP:Undue weight is being given to a recent documentary. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 15:42, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

Upcoming "420 collaboration"

You are invited to participate in the upcoming

"420 collaboration",

which is being held from Saturday, April 15 to Sunday, April 30, and especially on April 20, 2017!

The purpose of the collaboration, which is being organized by WikiProject Cannabis, is to create and improve cannabis-related content at Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects in a variety of fields, including: culture, health, hemp, history, medicine, politics, and religion.

WikiProject Colorado participants may be particularly interested in the following:
Cannabis in Colorado (Category:Cannabis in Colorado).

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US 50,000 Challenge invite

Hi. The Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more states than they might otherwise work on. If there's the interest I will start 1000 State Challenges like Wikipedia:The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of states regularly contributing. If you would like to see masses of articles being improved for the US and your specialist/home state like Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon, sign up today and once the challenge starts a contest can be organized. This is a way we can target every state, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant and also sign under any state sub challenge on the page that you might contribute to! Thankyou.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:11, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Definition of WP:NPOV at the Death of JonBenét Ramsey article and its relation to article titles and article content

Will editors here weigh in on a dispute about the definition of WP:NPOV and its relation to article titles and article content? It's now an RfC; see Talk:Death of JonBenét Ramsey#RfC: Is use of murder in the text, or use of murder categories, within the article against the WP:NPOV policy?. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 02:14, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

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National Cannabis Summit

National Cannabis Summit has been marked for speedy deletion, if any editors wish to help expand the article or comment on its talk page. Thanks! ---Another Believer (Talk) 00:28, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Please read and add thoughts to the discussion taking place at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Geology#Navbox input needed, thanks.--Kevmin § 19:17, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

New Member

Hello! My name is Colman2000, and I have just joined WikiProject Colorado a few days ago. I have lived in Colorado for most of my life (10 years to be exact), and I know a thing or two about Colorado. It is also my most favorite state in the United States, and I would love to participate in this fine WikiProject. If you have any questions or comments, please leave me a message on my talk page about anything in this WikiProject, and I will be glad to add an edit to any article regarding Colorado. I will also be glad to tell you what I think about any article or advice you may need. Thank you for reading, and I am delighted to be participating in this WikiProject! Colman2000 (talk) 01:49, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Roseanne Barr GAR

I've started WP:Good article reassessment/Roseanne Barr/1 and welcome input from others. Snuggums (talk / edits) 22:18, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

New Colorado userbox templates

New Colorado userbox templates are now available at Template:User WP Colorado and Template:User WP United States. Let me know if you have any suggestions. Yours aye,  Buaidh  talk contribs 23:50, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

RfC at Roseanne Barr

There is an RfC at the Roseanne Barr talk page found here that members of this project might be interested in taking part in. -- ψλ ● ✉ ✓ 01:58, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

WikiProject collaboration notice from the Portals WikiProject

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Portal Colorado

Our Colorado portal has been nominated for deletion. You may wish to comment at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion#Portal:Colorado. Yours aye,  Buaidh  talk contribs 18:56, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

Dottie Wham

I just created this stub. Can anyone help me by adding more information? Bearian (talk) 02:11, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool

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Updates for Charlie Ergen

Hello, my name is Caroline. As an employee of DISH (as disclosed on my profile page as well as the article's talk page), I have suggested improvements and updates to the infobox at Charlie Ergen, chairman of Colorado-based DISH Network and EchoStar. You can see the request at Talk:Charlie_Ergen#Updates_for_infobox. I was hoping editors here at WikiProject Colorado might be able to assist with these updates. Thanks in advance for any help. CK-DISH (talk) 20:48, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

GAR

Chipotle Mexican Grill, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 17:26, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Outline of Colorado solution, draft for assessment.

New member with loads of Colorado improvements up for discussion. This project page solicits help with the outline, I have provided a viable draft. User talk:Paptilian. Paptilian (talk) 22:56, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

User:Paptilian/Draft of the Outline of Colorado for the WikiProject: Colorado

The working draft of User:Paptilian/Draft of the Outline of Colorado for the WikiProject: Colorado is ready to play.Paptilian (talk) 19:01, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Is anyone hereabouts familiar with the Costilla County area?

If so, you may be able to help out at Talk:San Francisco, Colorado#Merge?. Deor (talk) 23:03, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

WikiProject Colorado Zoom meeting 05/12/2021

WikiProject Colorado

WikiProject Colorado will hold a Zoom meeting at 7:30 PM MDT on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, for those interested in working on Colorado Wikipedia articles. Your suggestions and comments are appreciated. Information about some of the things we need to do is located at Colorado things to do and Requested Colorado articles.

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Conflict of interest discussion relevant to project

Hello, I recently started a discussion on the Conflict of Interest Noticeboard about a set of Colorado Government IP addresses (I believe, in the state legislative offices) who have been editing Colorado politicians' articles for some time without COI disclosures. The articles listed in that notice have several potential COI and vandalism issues stemming from both IP and named users. Please take a look at the discussion and help as you can. - - mathmitch7 (talk/contribs) 15:03, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

Category:Colorado articles needing expert attention has been nominated for discussion

Category:Colorado articles needing expert attention has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Peaceray (talk) 06:58, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Passing of Richard Meyers (2012)

Very sadly, it has only just come to my attention that the editor User:Richard Myers passed away in December 2012; an obituary appears here, there was discussion on Daily Kos about his passing and a memorial event organised in 2013. He was active in this project and the organized labour project (and intersections of the two projects such as Ludlow massacre). He was also a very early Wikipedian, beginning his contributions in 2004. I found him warm and generous in all my interactions and wa genuinely committed to the goals of this encyclopedia. For those who wish to remember him, messages can be left on his talk page: User talk:Richard Myers. I'll be putting together a note for Signpost, please contact me if you wish to contribute. Kind regards, --Goldsztajn (talk) 21:07, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

WikiProject Colorado meeting Tuesday November 9, 7:30pm Mountain Daylight Time

Hey, I am not sure who is initiating this, but I received message to my Talk page, approximately: "Brief online meeting of WikiProject Colorado / What's up with Wikipedia and WikiProjectColorado? Join us for a brief online meeting at 7:30 PM MDT Tuesday evening, November 9, 2021 at https://meet.google.com/wyz-dfek-fdp / If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself from the mailing list. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:20, 2 November 2021 (UTC)" This had a hidden comment: "Message sent by User:Nnadigoodluck@enwiki using the list at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Meetup/Colorado/Invitation_list&oldid=1053264481".

Whoever did organize this, please 'fess up, but I for one am glad there is a meeting scheduled, and I will plan to show up. :) --Doncram (talk) 03:14, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

GAR

Radioactive contamination from the Rocky Flats Plant, a page within the scope of this project, is up for Wikipedia:Good article reassessment. Please see Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Radioactive contamination from the Rocky Flats Plant/1. Your help to improve the article or give feedback would be most appreciated! CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 05:07, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

Missing Colorado Supreme Court Justices

Drafts have been initiated for the following missing missing Colorado Supreme Court Justices. Any help in completing these and moving them to mainspace would be appreciated!

  1. Draft:Albert T. Frantz - Albert T. Frantz
  2. Draft:Charles F. Caswell - Charles F. Caswell
  3. Draft:Donald E. Kelley - Donald E. Kelley
  4. Draft:E. V. Holland - E. V. Holland
  5. Draft:Edward C. Day Jr. - Edward C. Day Jr.
  6. Draft:Edward E. Pringle - Edward E. Pringle
  7. Draft:Francis Eugene Bouck - Francis Eugene Bouck
  8. Draft:Francis J. Knauss - Francis J. Knauss
  9. Draft:Frank B. Goudy - Frank B. Goudy
  10. Draft:Frank H. Hall (judge) - Frank H. Hall (judge)
  11. Draft:George A. Luxford - George A. Luxford
  12. Draft:George E. Lohr - George E. Lohr
  13. Draft:George H. Bradfield - George H. Bradfield
  14. Draft:George W. Allen - George W. Allen
  15. Draft:George W. Musser - George W. Musser
  16. Draft:George Wicks Bailey - George Wicks Bailey
  17. Draft:Haslett P. Burke - Haslett P. Burke
  18. Draft:Henry S. Lindsley - Henry S. Lindsley
  19. Draft:Howard Kirshbaum - Howard Kirshbaum (Howard M. Kirshbaum)
  20. Draft:James K. Groves - James K. Groves
  21. Draft:James E. Garrigues - James E. Garrigues
  22. Draft:John C. Young (judge) - John C. Young (judge)
  23. Draft:John Campbell (judge) - John Campbell (judge)
  24. Draft:John H. Denison - John H. Denison
  25. Draft:John M. Maxwell - John M. Maxwell
  26. Draft:John R. Clark (judge) - John R. Clark (judge)
  27. Draft:John Taylor Adams (judge) - John Taylor Adams (judge)
  28. Draft:John W. Sheafor - John W. Sheafor
  29. Draft:Joseph R. Quinn - Joseph R. Quinn
  30. Draft:Julian H. Moore - Julian H. Moore
  31. Draft:Leonard v. B. Sutton - Leonard v. B. Sutton
  32. Draft:Luis Dario Rovira - Luis Dario Rovira
  33. Draft:Mortimer Stone - Mortimer Stone
  34. Draft:Norris Conroy Bakke - Norris Conroy Bakke
  35. Draft:Paul V. Hodges - Paul V. Hodges
  36. Draft:R. Hickman Walker - R. Hickman Walker
  37. Draft:Robert B. Lee - Robert B. Lee
  38. Draft:Tully Scott - Tully Scott
  39. Draft:William D. Neighbors - William D. Neighbors
  40. Draft:William H. Erickson - William H. Erickson
  41. Draft:William H. Gabbert - William H. Gabbert
  42. Draft:William S. Jackson (judge) - William S. Jackson (judge)

Cheers! BD2412 T 04:12, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Emblem WP:COLO

Template:Emblem WP:COLO has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. 65.92.246.142 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 14:39, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

Changing Lincoln Park to La Alma Lincoln Park, in Denver

Hello, I'm not sure if this is the right place for this, so please direct me accordingly! The Lincoln Park neighborhood in Denver has been named as a Historical Cultural District and a landmark designation by the name La Alma Lincoln Park. Is is possible to change the name in the article?

https://www.denvergov.org/Government/Agencies-Departments-Offices/Agencies-Departments-Offices-Directory/Community-Planning-and-Development/Landmark-Preservation/Current-Landmark-Initiatives/La-Alma-Lincoln-Park-Designation

https://historicdenver.org/la-alma/

https://www.rmpbs.org/blogs/news/la-alma-lincoln-park-historic-cultural-district/

Thanks! :) JaneClawsten (talk) 15:10, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

User script to detect unreliable sources

Main page: User:Headbomb/unreliable

I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like

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Nomination of List of counties in Colorado/detail for deletion

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Online meeting

I am unable to make the online meeting. Will there be a recording or minutes posted? ~ Matthewrb Talk to me · Changes I've made 21:18, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

Population change lists

Buaidh recently created the list articles Population history of Colorado counties, Population history of Colorado municipalities, and Population history of Colorado census-designated places as splits from the parent List of counties in Colorado, List of municipalities in Colorado, and List of census-designated places in Colorado, respectively. I commend Buaidh for all of the efforts in adding this content, but it seems that the organization of this content would greatly benefit from discussion and input from others. I understand these pages may still be under construction, and setting aside the potential WP:NOTSTATS issue, currently the content does not seem properly allocated between the new lists and the original ones and present WP:CONTENTFORK concerns. Population history of Colorado counties contains columns for land area, water area, min. and max. elevation, links to county websites, and links to maps that are not directly related to population changes and do not appear in the main article where they would be more appropriate. It may be possible to have a second table in the main counties list article rather than a separate article. Population history of Colorado municipalities only adds an additional census's worth of data over what is currently found in the parent list, but also adds land area and water areas, websites, and map links, which would be more appropriate in the parent list instead (perhaps coinciding with the removal of redundant population data from the main list). Finally, most problematically, Population history of Colorado census-designated places completely duplicates the content at List of census-designated places in Colorado with additional columns, some of which are unrelated to population, suggesting the new content could simply be added to the parent list. Additionally, when duplicating tables like this to create new pages, it is important to note in edit summaries where the tables originated per WP:Copying within Wikipedia, which was not done here. Overall, the list content should be appropriately distributed between the two lists, with minimal duplication of content, or they should be merged into the parent lists. Mdewman6 (talk) 00:11, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

Research access

This Thursday, I will be meeting with an archivist from the University of Denver's Special Collections to discuss access to their wealth of materials on Colorado history. As I am a student there, I don't expect this will be my only opportunity to access this collection. However, I would prefer to accomplish as much as I can in one go. If any members of this project wish for me to retrieve publications or public-domain images from this collection, please reply to this thread or ping me on my talk page by noon MT on Thursday. A full list of their collection can be searched here. My focus will be on assembling images of Emmanuel Chapel/Synagogue and Trinity Methodist Church, but I will have enough time for at least two other missions. Thank you! ~ Pbritti (talk) 23:09, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

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Colorado Collaboration invitation

WikiProject Colorado

WikiProject Colorado invites you to participate in our current collaboration to locate and document the following two original 1861 Colorado Territory county seats:

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Parkville

LandmarkHunter.com reports the coordinates of Parkville as 39.49887, -106.95004 in Eagle County. Can anyone verify this? Thanks,  Buaidh  talk e-mail 19:43, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
Satellite imagery suggests there was something there–not sure that it's our Parkville. I'll be in Summit County this week and ask around. If anyone finds any other potential locations, let me know. I'm just hoping none are at the bottom of Lake Dillon... ~ Pbritti (talk) 20:35, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
A photo of the Masonic marker at the Parkville cemetery is shown at the Denver Public Library.  Buaidh  talk e-mail 20:38, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
Promising! [1] ~ Pbritti (talk) 20:47, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
Approximate location appears to be roughly halfway between the Blue River arm of Lake Dillon and Breckenridge, so roughly south of Preston and the Jumbo mine; It is toward the end of Tiger Road (Summit County Road 6) where the dredge tailings end and immediately east of Forest Road 355-1B. Just beyond the site is the Parkville Cemetery with the Masonic marker. Coordinates for the site are 39 degrees, 30 minutes, 4.6 seconds north and 105 degrees, 56 minutes, 51.7 seconds west.: [2], [3] ~ Pbritti (talk) 20:59, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
Parkville briefly contained a small mint; will look for images of the coinage/tokens or dies: [4] ~ Pbritti (talk) 21:03, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Alright, site found. I'll try to XC ski in this weekend to see if I can grab some photos of the modern site. Anyone is free to ping me if they have specific requests for those images. ~ Pbritti (talk) 21:08, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

The Geographic Names Information System incorrectly gives the Parkville coordinates as 39.4988727, -106.9500441 at an elevation of 10466 feet in Eagle County. I believe these should have been 39.4988727, -105.9500441 at an elevation of 10000 feet in Summit County. This would explain why some people had difficulty finding Parkville.  Buaidh  talk e-mail 21:57, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
I'll double check it. I think the discrepancy is partly the road marker v. the now-buried site. I'll take elevation measurements at each and we can see which source is best based on that (and perhaps use the coordinates from a photo). ~ Pbritti (talk) 22:38, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
The elevation at coordinates 39.4988727, -105.9500441 is approximately 10,000 feet.  Buaidh  talk e-mail 23:08, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

San Miguel

On November 1, 1861, Costilla County was created with San Miguel as its county seat. In 1863, the Costilla County seat was moved 17 miles (27 km) north to San Luis. It wasn't until 1869, that surveys revealed that San Miguel, now renamed Costilla, was actually located in the New Mexico Territory. This is an interesting bit of Colorado trivia. Yours aye,  Buaidh  talk e-mail 00:00, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

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Wikimedia US Mountain West online meeting 05/09/2023

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Colorado collaboration

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We wish to thank everyone who contributed to our two prior Colorado collaborations to document the Amache National Historic Site and our three lost original county seats of Parkville, St. Vrain, and San Miguel. We invite you to help with our new collaboration to document the seven following former county seats:

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California Ranch

When the Territory of Colorado created the 17 original Colorado counties on November 1, 1861, Frankstown was designated the Douglas County seat. On September 8, 1862, the Russellville post office moved to Frankstown. In 1864, Douglas County moved the county seat 2.9 miles (4.7 km) south to the California Ranch stage stop which became known as Franktown. Please see Site Of Historical "California Ranch" To Be Marked In Ceremony, Sunday. Thanks,  Buaidh  talk e-mail 02:40, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

Dayton

The original Lake County seat was Oro City. In 1866, Lake County moved the county seat from Oro City to Dayton. In 1868, Lake County moved its county seat again from Dayton to Granite. The Dayton post office operated from October 16, 1866 to November 30, 1868 when service was moved to Granite. On June 19, 1879, the Twin Lakes post office opened at the renamed site of Dayton. Please see The Ute were the first to inhabit Dayton and The County Seat History that isn’t found in a saloon. Thanks,  Buaidh  talk e-mail 01:11, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

I will start working on Dayton.–CaroleHenson (talk) 22:24, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
Thanks Carol.  Buaidh  talk e-mail 17:36, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

Hahns Peak

The Hahns Peak, Colorado post office operated from May 3, 1877 until November 26, 1941. In 1878, Routt County moved its county seat from Hayden to Hahns Peak. In 1912, Routt County moved its county seat from Hahns Peak to Steamboat Springs where it remains. Hahns Peak is now known as Hahns Peak Village. Thanks,  Buaidh  talk e-mail 03:59, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Laurette

I have yet to find anything about Lourette. Can anyone help? Thanks,  Buaidh  talk e-mail 15:23, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

The Laurette post office operated from November 14, 1861 to December 21, 1865 when the name was changed to Buckskin. The Buckskin post office operated from December 21, 1865 to January 24, 1873 when it closed.

The original Park County seat was Tarryall. In 1863, Park County moved the county seat from Tarryall to Laurette. In 1867, Park County moved the county seat from Buckskin to Fair Play (now Fairplay) where it remains. Laurette/Buckskin is now known as Buckskin Joe, Park County, Colorado. Thanks,  Buaidh  talk e-mail 10:32, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

San Juan City

When the Territory of Colorado created Hinsdale County on February 10, 1874, San Juan City was designated the county seat. The name was soon shortened to San Juan. In 1875, Hinsdale County moved the county seat from San Juan to Lake City where it remains. When Mineral County was created on March 27, 1893, San Juan became a part of that county. The San Juan post office operated from June 24, 1874 to March 18, 1895, then again from February 28, 1900 to May 14, 1904, and then again from July 5, 1922 to March 8, 1923. Please see Stop 9: San Juan City. Thanks,  Buaidh  talk e-mail 03:41, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Ula

The Ula post office operated from December 1, 1871 to May 4, 1891. When the State of Colorado created Custer County on March 9, 1877, Ula was designated the county seat. In 1878, Custer County moved the county seat to Rosita. Please see Ula vanished as the first country seat in Custer County. Thanks,  Buaidh  talk e-mail 03:44, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Wason

The Wason post office operated from December 26, 1891 to April 30, 1904. When the State of Colorado created Mineral County on March 27, 1893, Wason was designated the county seat. On November 7, 1893, Mineral County voters moved the county seat to Creede where it remains. Please see Creede Town History and Wason Ranch history. Thanks,  Buaidh  talk e-mail 03:56, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

We've added a new List of Colorado-related lists which includes both the Colorado-related lists by topic and an alphabetical list of Colorado-related lists. Please add any new (or found) Colorado lists to these lists. Thanks,  Buaidh  talk e-mail 21:27, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

@Buaidh I'm currently working on a Colorado related list. Draft:Flora of Colorado. If anyone wants to participate in building it, they would be welcome. At my current rate I think I'll have it finished and ready for posting in about a year and a half. MtBotany (talk) 16:28, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia:Content assessment

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Wikimedia US Mountain West online meeting 08/08/2023

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Elevation

Proper wikitext for U.S. elevations is explained at Help:Elevation. Yours aye,  Buaidh  talk e-mail 22:48, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Ghost towns on the GNIS

The Geographic Names Information System considers a ghost town to be a "Populated Place" regardless of whether it currently has any population, so it may be misleading to say that "The GNIS classifies it as a populated place." Yours aye,  Buaidh  talk e-mail 03:45, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

Highest U.S. town

A chronological list of the highest U.S. town by date has been created. Yours aye,  Buaidh  talk e-mail 19:10, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

This list has been moved to Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/List of the highest U.S. town by date. There is also a List of cities in the United States by elevation. Yours aye,  Buaidh  talk e-mail 14:11, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

List of highest towns in Colorado

There is a new List of highest towns in Colorado. Please take a quick look since a deletion effort is already underway. I'm not sure why Colorado is so frequently maligned. Yours aye,  Buaidh  talk e-mail 23:07, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

This list has been moved to Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/List of highest towns in Colorado. Yours aye,  Buaidh  talk e-mail 15:34, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

US Mountain West online meeting November 14

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Nomination of List of places in Colorado: A–F for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of places in Colorado: A–F is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Proposed merger

I am proposing to merge the List of places in Colorado with the List of populated places in Colorado. Both lists contain all of the 3400+ populated places places in Colorado, but the List of places in Colorado only contains about 600 of the 23,775 non-populated place names. Let me know what you think. Yours aye,  Buaidh  talk e-mail 00:32, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

Done: Redirected the List of places in Colorado to the List of populated places in Colorado. Yours aye,  Buaidh  talk e-mail 16:17, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
Deletion discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of places in Colorado: A–F.  Buaidh  talk e-mail 16:15, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Timeline of Denver format

I've been working on the Timeline of Denver article, taking out non-notable events and adding in notable events with cites. What I am wondering is if it ought to be reworked to have a format more like the Timeline of Colorado history article with events in a table and reverse chronological order. I'm not going to change anything right away, just wondering if people have opinions on how well or not the current format works vs. other possible ones. MatthewFromColfaxLibrary (talk) 21:49, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

@MatthewFromColfaxLibrary: I think that the current formatting is appropriate, per similar timelines of other cities (Timeline of New York City being my deference here). However, I do thoroughly commend your efforts! Thanks for taking on such an onerous task—feel free to ping if you want a second set of eyes on anything Colorado-related! ~ Pbritti (talk) 22:41, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
@Pbritti Thanks for the offer of help. Happy to work with others. I'm not finding it onerous, just somewhat slow going. Lots of things to read to find the little nuggets of information and I'm still working at understanding the Wikipedia book citing system. MatthewFromColfaxLibrary (talk) 18:49, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
@Pbritti Just did the major revamp edit of the page. I've been gathering better references and trying to confirm every entry. When/if you have time let me know what you think. I decided that dividing up the book references by when they were printed was a bit silly, but I can organize them into the by century thing again if prefered. MatthewFromColfaxLibrary (talk) 23:36, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
@MatthewFromColfaxLibrary: You caught me at a good time! I'm looking at the article right now! Thanks for the ping. ~ Pbritti (talk) 23:43, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Denver gathering

WikiProject Colorado

We will hold a casual Wikipedia gathering at the Gonzales Library at 1498 North Irving Street in Denver, on Sunday afternoon, February 11, 2024, from 2:30 to 4:00 PM MST. See details at Wikipedia:Meetup/Denver#February 11, 2024: Denver, Colorado Wiki Meetup.

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Colorado timelines

WikiProject Colorado currently supports six Colorado timelines:

  1. Timeline of Colorado history
  2. Timeline of Aurora, Colorado
  3. Timeline of Boulder, Colorado
  4. Timeline of Colorado Springs, Colorado
  5. Timeline of Denver
  6. Timeline of mining in Colorado

These timelines don't need to be in the same format, but they should correlate. They can also share references. The February 11, 2024, meeting at the Gonzales Library in Denver would be a good time to start a new timeline effort.  Buaidh  talk e-mail 18:08, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

This is a good topic to bring up.
I was actually going to ask a question about this topic related to what should or should not go into them. There are currently a few items in the Timeline of Denver that do not directly relate to the city, like an entry about the Denver Federal Center. Denver in the name, but actually in Lakewood. Should the Denver Timeline be about just the city and things that relate to it like Denver Water projects or the Mountain Parks System? Or should it be the whole metropolitan area? So some of the items from Aurora and more items from the surrounding suburbs?
If we use the metro area definition I should probably round up the founding of Littleton, Northglen, Lakewood, Edgewater, etc. If not I think we should probably have one or two more timelines like a Timeline of Jefferson County and a Timeline of Arapahoe County, eventually.
Right now I am mildly in favor of a Denver in the Metro sense because the surrounding cities are important and their history is so intertwined with that of the other suburbs and with that of Denver. Trying to separate them is like trying to describe a limb of a tree without talking about how it relates to the tree as a whole. The downside is the potential of potentially being too long or big or of needing to leave out events that are significant to a suburb, but not to the metro area as a whole. Something to think about. I'm not going to change Denver away from a Denver only focus until there is a reasonable consensus about how it should look. MatthewFromColfaxLibrary (talk) 17:48, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

In person meeting?

I'm seeing if there would be interest in having an in person meeting in Denver and/or eventually having a Wikipedia:edit-a-thon to share tips, attract new editors, etc. I work at the Gonzales Branch Library in Denver so I know the ropes about reserving a room and would be happy to organize one on a Sunday. MatthewFromColfaxLibrary (talk) 16:56, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Sounds interesting to me. ~Kvng (talk) 03:09, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
@Kvng How is Sunday February 4th for you? MatthewFromColfaxLibrary (talk) 16:21, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
@MatthewFromColfaxLibrary: I'm going to be in the Denver area this upcoming Sunday and Wednesday–Thursday next week for a brief visit. Sadly, I guess I'll miss out on this. However, I hope as many people as possible are able to meet up! ~ Pbritti (talk) 18:09, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
@MatthewFromColfaxLibrary I'm afraid I'll be in Crested Butte on Sunday. ~Kvng (talk) 15:37, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
@Kvng Is that an every Sunday thing or just the 4th of February? If you'll be around on the 11th of February at 2:30 let's have a little meet then. MatthewFromColfaxLibrary (talk) 17:16, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
11 February at 230p will work. ~Kvng (talk) 13:39, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
How big a meeting do you wish this to be? We usually only get a handful of users. Richard Knipel sent out an e-mail notice yesterday, and I can post a User_talk invitation. There will also be an online meeting on Tuesday evening, February 13, 2024, 8:00-9:00 PM MST. Yours aye,  Buaidh  talk e-mail 18:21, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
The Gonzales branch is large, I have the upstairs meeting room reserved and that can comfortably seat 12 people and can seat as many as 20 packed in. MatthewFromColfaxLibrary (talk) 19:54, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for everyone who came. I think we can do it again next month, provided the weather is good for travel. MatthewFromColfaxLibrary (talk) 23:37, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Sapiah#Article title

Hello, I have posted a question at Talk:Sapiah#Article title about whether the most appropriate title for the article should be Sapiah or Buckskin Charley. If you'd like to weigh-in there, that would be great!–CaroleHenson (talk) 13:54, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

U.S. Mountain West Online Meeting

Wikimedia US Mountain West

Wikimedians of the U.S. Mountain West will hold an online meeting from 8:00 to 9:00 PM MST, Tuesday evening, February 13, 2024, at meet.google.com/kfu-topq-zkd. Anyone interested in the Mountain West or the future direction of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement is encouraged to attend. All guests are welcome. Please see our meeting page for details.

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Hi, I have really wanted to attend these online meetings. I have memory and days of cognition problems that take me out-of-pocket and I have missed them. I will work harder for the next one.–CaroleHenson (talk) 14:06, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Requested articles - Neighborhoods

Hi,

There's a request for an article about "West End" in Colorado Springs that just seems to be a name for a post office location in Colorado Springs. There is a neighborhood called "Westside". See this map or this one that is much easier to read and includes future neighborhoods out of Banning Lewis Ranch from the City of Colorado Springs site - it's between Old Colorado City and Downtown.

Would you mind if I changed it to "Westside"?–CaroleHenson (talk) 02:52, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Oh, I found "West End" at the List_of_populated_places_in_Colorado with this end note 49 about Old Colorado City (which is next to Westside and is sometimes conflated as the same area).–CaroleHenson (talk) 03:00, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
The link in the note goes to a page that talks about Old Colorado City and "west side". There's no mention of "West End" and I don't find West End in the City of Colorado Springs neighborhoods pages, nor GNIS.
I added "Westside, Colorado Springs to List_of_populated_places_in_Colorado - and I updated the note there for "West End" to state that the efn/note refers to "west side". There is no GNIS record for West Side, but it's on the City of Colorado Springs neighborhood pages.
It could be that there's confusion about "West End" relative to "West Colorado Springs", which is a combination of neighborhoods west of I-25 and west to encompass Manitou Springs. Ironically, the google map of "West Colorado Springs" omits the "Westside neighborhood", which is south of Unitah, west of I-25, and east of Cresta / 21st Street.–CaroleHenson (talk) 14:41, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Colorado pioneers category

As an FYI, I created Category:Colorado pioneers as a subcategory to

The people that are in the category so far came from

There is also a List of mountain men to research for Colorado content, but I am wondering if there should be a category for

Perhaps the people from the New Mexican territory and Nuevo México who settled in Colorado should be in the pioneers category. I am not at all sure.

Any guidance is appreciated!–CaroleHenson (talk) 20:55, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia U.S. Mountain West Online Meeting

Wikimedia US Mountain West

Wikimedians of the U.S. Mountain West will hold an online meeting from 8:00 to 9:00 PM MDT, Tuesday evening, May 14, 2024, at meet.google.com/kfu-topq-zkd. Anyone interested in the Mountain West or the future direction of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement is encouraged to attend. All guests are welcome. Please see our meeting page for details.

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Rescheduled online meeting of the Wikimedians of the U.S. Mountain West 05/21/2024

The online meeting of the Wikimedians of the U.S. Mountain West originally scheduled for May 14 has been rescheduled for 8:00 to 9:00 PM MDT, Tuesday evening, May 21, 2024, at meet.google.com/wbg-wgws-sbj. Please see our new meeting page for details.

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Requested move at Talk:December 2021 Midwest derecho and tornado outbreak#Requested move 23 May 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:December 2021 Midwest derecho and tornado outbreak#Requested move 23 May 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Safari ScribeEdits! Talk! 11:46, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

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