Talk:Wyoming/Archive 1

Twelfth Amendment
The Twelfth Amendment does NOT prohibit a Presidential and Vice Presidential candidate from being registered in one state. It only prohibits the electors from that state voting for both candidates. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.8.112.133 (talk) 16:04, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Fix
At the bottom it lists different Wyoming cities. One of these reads "Bristol" and links to "Bristol, RI. Why?????


 * I don't know, but I've fixed it. --Mr. L e fty Talk to me! 01:15, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Now is says that Bristol, Wyoming is a city. There is no Bristol, Wyoming! Can someone fix it??Ekulwyo 06:13, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing it. Ekulwyo 05:29, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

State Name
The article says that Wyoming is an Italian word for "no state here." Is this a joke? I read somewhere that Wyoming was actually named after the Wyoming Valley in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Anyone have any info about this? --JimDanger 15:53, 3 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Wyoming is not an Italain word. It orginated from "the Delaware Indian word, meaning “mountains and valleys alternating”; the same as the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania."  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.146.35.195 (talk) 00:43, 26 November 2007 (UTC)


 * This is a joke from a Garfield episode. I would expect vandals to change it back at some point in the future. marnues (talk) 18:29, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Needs fixing
there is a banner near the top of the talk page that says to remove it whence a climate section is added. I see a climate section already and I fixed the location of the NWS station therin. I do not know how to get rid of the "needs a climate section" banner from the talk page. 72.36.46.253 06:15, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Template removed.—M_C_Y_1008 (talk/contribs) 01:34, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Population
I updated the population from the 2000 census value to match the current US Census estimate. It now matches [this table]. --Emplynx 04:12, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Shape
I noticed that the border seems to have an indentation on the northern part of Yellowstone. Is this correct, and why is this so? CoolGuy 06:54, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Yes, indeed, there is an indent in the northern portion of Wyoming. It suprised me when I saw it, but I looked it up in an atlas, and yes there is an indentation. Ekulwyo 05:28, 8 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Wyoming has strait boarders, when you are looking at the north western corner of the map you will see yellowstone also marked on most maps. Parts of Yellowstone fall into Montana and Idaho.  When you look that the map be sure to distiguish between Wyoming's boarders and Yellowstone's.


 * Wyoming's north border is not straight. There are jogs at [T58N R101W]http://www.wy.blm.gov/mtps/mt/100/58101mt.pdf and [T58N R75W]http://www.wy.blm.gov/mtps/mt/70/5875mt.pdf, and the norther border within Yellowstone park is indeed "indented". You can see these with Google Earth as well. And no, I am not confusing the state border with the park border...

Population as of 2005
The state infobox needs to be updated...the only way to show state populations is by the 2000 census, but we also have the 2005 census available, so I'll locate the origination point of this infobox and see if I can get this fixed. I re added the correct 2005 census figures with an embedded link to the source.--MONGO 07:18, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

What was the content of the tall tales?
The chapter on History states that the reports by Colter and Bridger were first considered to be fictional or tall tales and later found to be true. I think the article should also say (briefly) what the contents of those reports were. --Etxrge 09:14, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Town and City
I propose that the Category Towns of Wyoming be merged with the Category Cities of Wyoming. There is little rhyme and less reason in the way these are currently organized. Even Cheyenne, largest town, has a population of only 55,000. That's not much of a city. --Fluffbrain 16:45, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

metric data
I added the missing metric measures in the article. I wonder why the person who had added the metricization tag hadn'd done that himself or herself. It isn't that difficult after all. But some people seem to prefer playing with tags instead of improving articles themselves. What a pity. --Maxl 12:01, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

New Sports section added to updated WikiProject U.S. states format
The WikiProject U.S. states format has been updated to include a new Sports section, that covers collegiate sports, amateur sports, and non-team sports (such as hunting and fishing). Please feel free to add this new heading, and supply information about sports in Wyoming. Please see South_carolina as an example. NorCalHistory 13:18, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

State Food
Does Wyoming have a state food? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Chuck61007 (talk • contribs) 00:25, 10 January 2007 (UTC).

New proposed WikiProject
There is now a proposed WikiProject to deal with the state of Wyoming at WikiProject Council/Proposals. Any parties interested in taking part in such a project should indicate as much there, so that we can know if there is sufficient interest to create it. Thank you. Badbilltucker 16:59, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Education Addition: Colleges
I'm going to add the fact that Wyoming is the only state with only one four-year college. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.69.118.1 (talk) 01:46, 27 March 2007 (UTC).


 * Incorrect, University of Wyoming is the state's only public institution of higher learning. Piercetp (talk) 18:45, 4 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Only "brick and mortar" four-year college is more meaningful than only "public" four-year college and perhaps less likely incorrect (since this assertion is not sourced, it is hard to tell, but for example the Catholic school may not even be a public school). In any case adding the "brick and mortar" qualifier rather than "public" is more in line with the original statement. TallMagic (talk) 18:46, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Geography
Strictly speaking, the statement that "Wyoming is one of three states bounded only by lines of latitude and longitude" is in error. The boundaries are not straight lines...there are a few zigs and zags. For instance, look at the topo maps for the western end of the northern border (just north of Tower Junction, WY). PurpleChez 19:46, 4 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Wyoming has strait boarders, when you are looking at the north western corner of the map you will see yellowstone also marked on most maps. Parts of Yellowstone fall into Montana and Idaho.  When you look that the map be sure to distiguish between Wyoming's boarders and Yellowstone's.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.146.35.195 (talk) 00:40, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * That is actually incorrect - the borders are not straight. There is a goodly amount of Park County that is not along the 45th parallel.  see .  You can also see it on Google maps: .  Its a minor detail, but important to point out. CosmicPenguin (Talk) 02:49, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Correct...The north border of park county has several places where it deviates north of the 45th parallel. The boundaries of Yellowstone National Park extend well north of this zigzag to include some parts of Montana.--MONGO (talk) 03:04, 27 November 2007 (UTC)


 * MONGO and/or CosmicPenguin: I've seen those bumps in online maps before, and just always assumed it was an artifact of whatever process was used to create the boundary, not a real jog. I'm surprised it really isn't straight; what would be the point of such deviations? Do you know of something written down somewhere that verifies and/or documents this jog?  I'm not actually disputing it, so if you don't know of one, don't waste time looking; maybe I'll look into it myself someday.  Just thought maybe you knew of one offhand. --barneca (talk) 03:17, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Its can be clearly seen on the topographic map, and you can't get much more authoritative then that. I did a bit of searching, and couldn't find anything definitive, but you can get some clues from the topo map.  For most of the distance between Clark, Wyoming and the national park boundary the border between Montana and Wyoming is also marked as "National Park Boundary" or "Wilderness Boundary", so its possible that has something to do with it.  These may be relics of the original boundaries of the Yellowstone Timberland Reserve,but I don't know for sure, since there aren't any really good maps of the Yellowstone Timberland Reserve that Google could find.  It would be interesting to hear the real story, but I'm afraid it probably is more boring then we expect. CosmicPenguin (Talk) 04:46, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I suspect you are correct...surely there is an explanation somewhere, but I wasn't able to locate anything either. I see that the boundary is both north and south of the 45th parallel...but perhaps there were some odd reasons why they did this then. The Park was created around the same time as the surveyors did their surveys...and the rest is in Shoshone and I think Custer National Forests, all of which were federally "protected" at also about the same time as part of the Yellowstone Timber Reserve. I'll try and see what turns up with more investigating.--MONGO (talk) 10:49, 27 November 2007 (UTC)


 * OK, I think I know what's going on now. Although the definitive publication isn't available to me, now that I see an explanation, it makes sense, based on previous experiences I've had with surveyors and surveying.
 * This pdf says what I always thought; that Wyoming is defined in its enabling legislation by latitude and longitude:
 * Wyoming was established from parts of the Dakota, Idaho and Utah Territories in 1868 (15Stat.L.178,Ch.235). It was a simple designation of latitude and longitude lines:
 * Commencing at the intersection of the twenty-seventh meridian of longitude west from Washington with the forty-fifth degree of north latitude, and running thence west to the thirty-fourth meridian of west longitude; thence south to the forty-first degree of north latitude; thence east to the twenty-seventh meridian of west longitude; thence north to the place of beginning.
 * This article and this article both make the point that these lines had to actually be surveyed, back in the 1800's, and errors were bound to creep in. And, more importantly:
 * Once a boundary is marked on the ground and accepted by all interested parties it is a true line even though it doesn’t follow the written description.
 * This USGS professional paper is alluded to by most of the articles I've found as the definitive reference, but I don't have easy access to it. Probably not necessary, however, as the explanation above makes sense and rings true.
 * Whether you think this is interesting or not probably depends on whether you're as big a nerd as I am. --barneca (talk) 13:43, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * We studied this problem as part of my Information class in College. This is one of the more troubling parts of GIS mapping: who do you believe and why do you believe them? On paper, Wyoming is a pure geographic rectangle following the lines of latitude and longitude. However, the devil is in the details (or in this case, the amblings of most likely drunk surveyors).  spryde |  talk  00:03, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Based on this, I'd be tempted to re-add the "one of three states with only lat/long boundaries" text removed in August. As one of the references I link above says, either all straight boundaries like this are considered "straight", or none are; Wyoming's boundaries aren't the exception.  Although the deviations are interesting, I'd say for all practical purposes Wyoming's boundaries are lines of latitude and longitude.  Any comments? --barneca (talk) 18:43, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, unless the practical purpose is ownership, mineral rights, where you pay taxes, etc. Two of the "jogs" in the Montana-Wyoming boundary amount to offsets of about a half-mile (one near MT Hwy 72/WY 120, north of Cody; the other near MT Hwy 391 where the Powder River crosses the border; there are others within Yellowstone Park). These diversions of the boundary are not hard to find (they are in the DeLorme atlases, as well as of course the topo maps). Just my 2 cents. Cheers Geologyguy (talk) 18:52, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * "Practical" was a poor choice of words on my part. Please substitute "for the purposes of a general encyclopedia article" where I said "for all practical purposes" above.  I understand they're relatively large jogs locally. --barneca (talk) 18:57, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * This statement was added again today to the article - I tried to head off the debate at the pass by adding the executive summary from the above discussion to the the article. To wit, the legislation defines it as a rectangle, but in reality, straight lines aren't always that easy to come by.  CosmicPenguin (Talk) 22:45, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Question.
Are there airports in Wyoming, and where are they? This article needs to link to them if they exist. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.102.131.1 (talk) 22:49, 8 December 2007 (UTC) what number is the state, what year did it become a state.

Prince of Wales
Doesn't Prince Charles own a lot of Wyoming? I distinctly remember having read something to that effect some years ago. --Cancun771 (talk) 23:44, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Is there execution in Wy?
This could be mentioned under the "judical system" paragraph, the issue is obviously important for people who travel to Wyoming to commit most serious crimes. 82.131.210.162 (talk) 09:55, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Oregon/Wyoming
Both articles say that these states are the 9th largest in the union... Oregon is slightly bigger, according to the article... a bit confused then. How could this be? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.147.76.240 (talk) 12:21, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Good catch. If you look at List of U.S. states by area (or at Table 20 in the US Census report), you see that Oregon is 9th and Wyoming is 10th by total area, but Wyoming is 9th and Oregon 10th by land area. Since all of our other state articles are ranked by total area, I'm changing the value in the Wyoming infobox to 10th. --[[User:Barneca|barneca] (talk) 18:39, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Popo Agie Wilderness
Is there a Wyomingan here who can confirm the pronunciation of Popo Agie Wilderness? The transcription in the article (popo-ZHAH) is a bit odd. kwami (talk) 08:35, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Locals in the vicinity of Lander tend to pronounce Popo Agie as "poPo-zhah". Moon Handbooks Wyoming(see pg. 269) But the farther away from the Wind Rivers Mts you get, the more you will find Wyomingites who struggle with the term and land upon pronouncing "Popo Agie" as it is written. Fishdecoy (talk) 14:52, 11 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks! kwami (talk) 20:37, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Wyoming —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.91.179.31 (talk) 18:27, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Politics
I have edited the Politics section of this article to better reflect the state's political history. Up until the 1980s, the state sent numerous Democrats to Washington, among them Gale McGee and Teno Roncalio. Up until the 1980s, the state had more reliably democratic counties than today, mostly due to the influence of the railroad-related unions along the southernmost tier of the state. It would be incorrect to give the idea that Wyoming has always been as politically conservative as it is today; the Republican domination of the state's congressional delegation is a recent (post 80s) phenomenon, and is in many ways a by-product of shifts in the state's economy (toward mineral extraction) and population (fewer unionized workers, more immigrants from neighboring states). --Embarcadero (talk) 17:12, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

borders
it's stated in the article that the borders of wyoming are all straight lines, however, the northern border, particularly the yellowstone region is noticeably not straight on just about any map, even ones on this page. might want to get rid of that statement.


 * Wyoming has strait boarders, when you are looking at the north western corner of the map you will see yellowstone also marked on most maps. Parts of Yellowstone fall into Montana and Idaho.  When you look that the map be sure to distiguish between Wyoming's boarders and Yellowstone's.

2010 Census?
The article lists populations as the 2010 census, but when I go to the US government site, it says the same populations but says 2009 estimate.

Someone should fix that 99.21.160.184 (talk) 00:42, 16 October 2010 (UTC)Brenda Marie June

Proposed merge of Sierra Madre Range (Wyoming) into this article
I don't think this is warranted. Per Merging, when not to merge - when it could be expanded or is a discrete topic. It is a discrete topic and could be expanded with geology, ecology, climate, more history, etc. It's already too detailed to fit comfortably into a state article. Novickas (talk) 20:41, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Seriously? For the record, oppose, for the same reasons that Mississippi River shouldn't be merged with United States. Alexius Horatius  20:58, 24 October 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm going to remove the merge proposal, here and at the range article, since it has gotten no further support. Novickas (talk) 18:40, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

North-South distance
We make the claim: "From the north border to the south border it is 276 miles (444 km)" but don't indicate how this is measured. It can't be the distance over the surface of the Earth, since that's clearly different on the mountainous western border than it is on the flatter eastern border. So it seems to me it's either: (a) some sort of average, in which case we need to explain the calculation, or (b) the distance measured between the northern and southern border after they were projected onto some fiducial surface, in which case we need to explain the surface and the projection used.—Ketil Trout (&lt;&gt;&lt;!) 01:12, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Rank of size
It is stated in the article that the size of Wyoming is the 10th largest in the US with 97,814 square miles. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, it is the 9th largest at 97,809 square miles. Which is correct? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.80.158.112 (talk) 20:27, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Copyvio
I just tagged a possible copyvio paragraph in this article. The text can be found on.

It is difficult to know in which direction the text was copied. The website has a date in 1999. The text was added here by, apparently a sock puppet of a blocked editor. In the other hand, there are some unit conversions typical from wikipedia.

Anyway, I'm not sure this paragraph is useful: most of its content has already been stated in the previous paragraph. I believe it could be deleted without loosing any useful information. Calimo (talk) 14:04, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

Wyomingites
I've chopped the redundant list as List of people from Wyoming exists and has more detailed info. If any are missing there, feel free to add them. Vsmith (talk) 02:35, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

Religion
The source cited for religious affiliation percentages (the source is ) includes data for Muslim, Buddhist, and Hindu. From the basic map that is shown, select any religious tradition. This view shows the breakdown of the entire US. Then, click on Wyoming on the map. The breakdown now shows the data for Wyoming (combined with Montana), including Muslim (<0.5%), Buddhist (1%) and Hindu (<0.5%). There is apparently no direct link to the Montana/Wyoming specific view.

The recent spate of edits/reverts are due to an anonymous editor using several different IP addresses (110.93.92.157, 110.93.92.69, 110.93.92.142, 110.93.92.227) deleting the (sourced) percentages for Muslim, Buddhist, and Hindu. With this edit, I re-added the percentages for these religions (including the "less than" for Muslim and Hindu) following the initial edit where they were deleted.

Is there any particular reason the percentages for these religions should be deleted?

Is there any reason not to show Muslim and Hindu as "<0.5%" (as indicated by the source) rather than "0.5%"?

Note that the same user is doing the same thing at the Montana article, and was briefly blocked due to WP:3RR. -- Rick Block (talk) 16:16, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

City and Town
I see some incorporate settlements styled "city" and a few "towns". Is there any administrative difference in local government between the two like in some states, or are both symbolic titles? --Criticalthinker (talk) 07:40, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

The population of the Cheyenne area (mentioned in the summary at the top of the article) says a population estimate is based on the 2012 census. THERE WAS NO CENSUS IN 2012. Can someone with privileges to edit the article please correct this to say 2010 census? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.66.145.2 (talk) 22:46, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

Federal aid
One Sided "Federal Aid Per Capita" Attack.

The article mentions that Wyoming gets more Federal aid per capita than any other State bar Alaska - the article does not mention that Wyoming provides more natural resources revenue (again per capita) for the Federal government than any other State accept Alaska. I am sure that most people in Wyoming would be happy to give up all Federal aid - if they did not have to see Federal tax money (from natural resources) leave the State.89.242.197.167 (talk) 14:38, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

Population Increase between 1970 and 1980
A chart in the article shows that between 1970 and 1980, there was an increase of population by over 40 per cent. Unfortunately, there is no further explanation in the text, e.g. in the history section. Could someone please add some information regarding this increase?

And, by the way, information on the history of the last few decades in the article is rare, anyway. Someone with greater knowledge or more insights should extend the article. -- Gut informiert (talk) 15:27, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

Lead, Wyoming boundaries
There doesn't seem to be an explanation about the boundaries in the body as there should be. In fact, is that correct? I am thinking it might be territory that came from the purchases not boundaries. Can someone enlighten me before I go exploring on my own? Thanks. Ward20 (talk) 07:50, 1 March 2014 (UTC)


 * This part of the current lead:

"Wyoming also is the only state whose boundaries were acquired through four separate purchases: first during the Louisiana Purchase, second from the Annexation of Texas, third from the Oregon Country, fourth and last from the Mexican-American War."


 * One, yes, it should certainly read "whose territory was acquired...", not "whose boundaries..." Two, only the first of the four listed was really a "purchase". Texas was "annexed" by request, the Oregon Country was claimed and ultimately fixed via treaty, and the Mexican Cession was annexed by conquest. Three, this might be true if limited to "since the US was established in 1783", as colonial territory was established through many treaties, wars, etc. Even then, according to File:UnitedStatesExpansion.png Colorado arguably involves four acquisitions: Louisiana Purchase, Adams–Onís Treaty (the small purple bit), Texas Annexation, and Mexican Cession. Then there are additional possibilities. Part of the territory of New Mexico was arguably acquired with the Louisiana Purchase, then given up in the Adam-Onís Treaty, then acquired again in the Texas Annexation and the Mexican Cession, and further added to with the Gadsden Purchase. Is that three or four, or even five territorial changes? Finally, as often the case when talking about territorial acquisitions Native American land cessions/purchases are being ignored here. Pfly (talk) 20:25, 1 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Well thank you kind Wikipedian. I think then the material should be removed from the lead. Then the expansion should be developed in the body and afterward re-evaluated to to see what if anything should be included in the lead.Ward20 (talk) 22:19, 1 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Makes sense to me! Pfly (talk) 00:36, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Images
The images in the geography section are poorly organized and are causing white space issues, and some may have to move elsewhere. The map of the national parks doesn't seem fully necessary, too. I may try moving some around.Scarlettail (talk) 03:46, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
 * It seems better now for some reason, never mind. Scarlettail (talk) 20:37, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

Religion
The article stated:

The religious affiliations of the people of Wyoming are as follows: Christian 78%, Protestant 47%, Catholic 23%, LDS (Mormon) 9%,  Jewish <0.5%, Jehovah's Witness 2%, Muslim <0.5%, Buddhist 1%, Hindu <0.5% and Non-Religious at 20%.  < ! - - To whoever keeps deleting these percentages: why are you deleting them? They're from the cited source just like the others. Please explain your reasoning on the talk page for this article - - >

I wasn't the one that removed any figures before but I now removed most of the paragraph (including these percentages) because the information seemed faulty and was badly sourced:
 * 1) As I understand it, the first ref might either have been intented to source the LDS percentage as 9% - however, it actually give percentages for Protestants, Catholics and Jews as well. I included these, though if one reads through the article, the method of ascertaining Protestant figures is a bit biased.
 * 2) The second ref is supposed to source all the figures is more problematic. It doesn't like to specific information but only to a website that forces the reader to click through several choices to get anything. As such, the link is useless to the reader.
 * 3) The best I could find was percentages for Montana and Wyoming combined.
 * 4) Without this ref, there is no basis for Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu or non-religious figures.
 * 5) For more than one reason, it is absurd to give a percentage of Christian as 77% next to Protestant 47% and Catholic 23%.

Str1977 (talk) 17:03, 19 December 2014 (UTC)

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Language Links Missing
I notice the language links are missing. I checked the other states and they have the language links. These links are usually on the left side under languages and a gear cog symbol which is under page information. I'm not equipped with the knowledge to fix this but I'm sure some one reading this could fix this213.94.147.120 (talk) 14:52, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
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Ancestry Groups (Under Demographics / Population)
According to this section:

The largest ancestry groups in Wyoming are: German (26.0%), English (16.0%), Irish (13.3%), American (6.5%), Norwegian (4.3%), and Swedish (3.5%).

However, it also lists the Hispanic/Latino population at around 9%. Given that there probably aren't a lot of people of Puerto Rican or Cuban ancestry, I would have to think that 'Mexican' would at least come in above 'Swedish' and possibly also 'Norwegian' and 'American' - I tried, but couldn't locate any sources that meet Wikipedia's rules. Can anyone help on this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.24.247.59 (talk) 04:38, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
 * This page, http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF, doesn't even include Mexican as one of the top 27 responses in Wyoming for ancestry in the 2000 census. It would probably be included 18.9% listed as other ancestries. Either most people who identified as hispanic in the 2000 census did not respond to the questions about ancestry, or Wyoming's hispanic population comes from a diverse national background and is not mostly Mexican as you suspected.


 * All of the other numbers you gave seem accurate in the report, though the fact-finder does not report any value for 'American' ancestry and I cannot find any government published article from that census that would suggest this values is correct (it was my understanding that those who identified themselves as having 'american ancestry' were from the upper south). If the 'American' statistic is still in the article I will check the citation, and delete it if necessary.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cincotta1 (talk • contribs) 20:05, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 5 February 2018
The Cheyenne link in the population density box redirects to Laramie County, Wyoming instead of Cheyenne Metropolitan Statistical Area ChickenWindow (talk) 23:54, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
 * NOTE: Cheyenne, WY MSA had never redirected anywhere other than Laramie County, Wyoming; it pre-dates the creation of Cheyenne metropolitan area in 2009. I updated it.  General Ization  Talk  23:59, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 March 2019
WesleyN17 (talk) 20:08, 18 March 2019 (UTC) i want to edit false info.
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. aboideautalk 23:14, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Wyoming's 7 degrees from West to East and 4 degrees from South to North was chosen by US Congress
I added... This 7 degrees from West to East and 4 degrees from South to North was chosen by US Congress. 2601:580:100:AD1C:F8EF:1492:9E6E:63AF (talk) 22:30, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

Why is there a page for a state that doesn't exist?
See title of section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.102.210.129 (talk) 04:44, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

Comment>>Hi wikipedians, please be aware that User talk:75.102.210.129 has vandalize the Wyoming (disambiguation) page a few times in 2019. Thanks, SWP13 (talk) 01:04, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Portal:Wyoming for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Wyoming 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:Wyoming 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 10:48, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

The population figure has the date of the census in parentheses afterwards. In the source, the date is "2018"; on the rendered page, it's "2,018", which is inappropriate. How can this be fixed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fivetonsflax (talk • contribs) 03:30, 10 October 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 February 2020
You might want to fix this page and/or edit this because not all this information is up to date. SammiSmith12342 (talk) 22:32, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. MadGuy7023 (talk) 23:19, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion
The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion: Participate in the deletion discussion at the. —Community Tech bot (talk) 18:07, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Barns grand tetons mountains.jpg

Double landlocked
The opening sentence claims that Wyoming is a double landlocked state. Since the linked article states that a double landlocked state (or, indeed, a landlocked one) is a sovereign state, Wyoming does not qualify and I propose the opening sentence be modified to reflect that. See

Kaptainkruft (talk) 09:22, 22 September 2020 (UTC)


 * I've never heard of a US state being described as "landlocked". It's a term usually used for countries (sovereign states).  "Double landlocked" looks even more wonky, especially in the first sentence. Magnolia677 (talk) 16:22, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I agree that the current placement is awkward. The claim should probably be in geography, not in the lead (if it belongs at all). For what it is worth, I have heard landlocked used to describe individual US states in casual conversation, though never doubly landlocked. I do not like to use wp:circular references to justify either inclusion or deletion of content, but when searching for 'landlocked states' few reliable sources applied the language to US states. I find worldatlas.com to be of dubious reliablity. The San Francisco Chronicle has an article that briefly mentions landlocked 'can be applied to states too' before discussing landlocked properties (i.e. real estate without street access). All of the other first page results were wikipedia mirrors, referred to other usages of landlocked, or were dubious. This suggest that the usage is uncommon, and may not be valuable for inclusion.--Cincotta1 (talk) 21:16, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

Deserts Section
Magnolia677(talk) The second source describes various deserts and desert features in the areas mentioned on the edit. It can be moved to the first citation for clarity. Maybe it the section can be re-named shrublands or something equivalent? But deserts is how most people in Wyoming would describe the terrain. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chiffre01 (talk • contribs) 20:16, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion
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Nomination for deletion of page
I rise to nominate this page for a non-existent state for deletion. laganrat (talk) 16:36, 15 January 2023 (UTC)


 * April's fools is in 3 months (and no, I'm not saying you should nominate it until then). (CC) Tb hotch ™ 20:51, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

Mountain Ranges section
Would like to see the following changes:

Change ". . . and in the southern region" to ". . . in the southeast are" and "and in the southwest is the Salt River range." 2600:6C47:BCF0:8770:957:9BCD:4EAF:58CF (talk) 19:38, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

Suggesting update to the Taxes section
Dropping a suggested source and edit here for consideration. The Taxes section references data that is 15 years old. I'd like to suggest including a source that shows that Wyoming is still the least tax burdened state as of 2022. I'd like to suggest that this sentence:
 * In 2008, the Tax Foundation reported that Wyoming had the most "business-friendly" tax climate of any U.S. state

Be changed to:
 * In 2008, the Tax Foundation reported that Wyoming had the most "business-friendly" tax climate of any U.S. state, and a 2022 study found that Wyoming remained the least-taxed state in the U.S.

Thanks for the consideration and let me know if you have any questions. SBCornelius (talk) 19:05, 5 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Go ahead: I have reviewed these proposed changes and suggest that you go ahead and make the proposed changes to the page. Actualcpscm (talk) 13:46, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 August 2023
According to American Immigration Council, The top countries of origin for Wyoming’s immigrants were Mexico (40 percent of immigrants), China (12 percent), Germany (7 percent), England (4 percent), and Canada (4 percent) in 2018. Add this information to the demographics section.

Source: https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/files/research/immigrants_in_wyoming.pdf 94.127.212.209 (talk) 07:39, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: Why are you using a proxy? M.Bitton (talk) 17:45, 20 August 2023 (UTC)