Wikipedia:WikiProject Western New York

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

Goals

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

 Scope The Western New York WikiProject concerns the coordination, creation, development and organization of efforts on articles related to Western New York.

To view a comprehensive list of counties that are within the scope of the WNY Project see the counties section of Western New York.

Goals Announcements
 * 1) Get this project organized and focused
 * 2) Build all Top-importance Buffalo articles to Good Article status, at a minimum
 * Please follow the discussions on the project discussions page

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

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

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

New entries go at the bottom. Entry format: Please note that it is "User|" not "User:" and five tildes at the end, not four.
 * 1)  (I am interested in working on...) 00:27, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

Active Members

 * 1)  I am interested in working on Everything WNY! 20:14, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
 * 2)  I live and work in Buffalo, New York and most of my edits already include companies or buildings in the city and surrounding suburbs. Fortunate4now (talk) 16:30, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
 * 3)  I've lived in WNY all my life, and have been editing the encyclopedia since 2009. I've edited a great many TV and radio station articles in the past, but I'm willing to do just about anything. Buffalutheran (talk) 16:51, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
 * 4)  Lifelong Buffalo resident. Veteran, history and science fiction buff and avid sports fan. I love editing FC Buffalo and Buffalo Sabres articles.Eric Ando (talk) 07:54, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 5)  Grew up in Jamestown, college in Buffalo.  I just created article  Chadakoin River.  Love the WNY area.  06:22, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
 * 6) buffbills (talk)  Just here to help out.
 * 7)  Primarily interested in Erie County, and Buffalo sports-related topics. 00:49 24 September 2013 (UTC)
 * 8)  I am especially interested in Allegany County, New York, Alfred New York (village, town and community), Alfred University and historic ceramic artists in the region 02:04, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
 * 9)  Buffalo native, currently in New York City, interested in Buffalo art, architecture, and history. 11:15, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
 * 10)  Rochester native who studied in Cleveland, Ohio before returning home. Realized how much I missed Upstate New York when I left it, which reignited my passion for the Bills and Sabres. Also interested in architecture, buildings, infrastructure, and history, but will occasionally geek out with games and pop culture. 05:16, 16 November 2016 (UTC)
 * 11)  Buffalo another Buffalo native. Interested in notable Buffalo residents and historical figures in the community. 04:18, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
 * 12) Buffalo - lived adult life in Buffalo (to present).  Interested in all things Buffalo. --DBirdie (talk) 03:16, 31 August 2017 (UTC)
 * 13)  Copyediting a specialty. 00:00, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
 * 14)  Grew up in EA, worked for a brief time in Jamestown and now a Rochester resident.  Apart from 7 years at college have lived my whole life in this region and have no intention on leaving.  15:46, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
 * 15)  I want to edit Buffalo history. 18:45, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
 * 16)  Buffalo is my life! From the Bills to the broadcasters, I have been through it all. I want to make sure my city gets in the spotlight once more. You can NEVER underestimate the power of Buffalo, NY. Besides, I live in the Doyle hamlet. 18:15, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
 * 17)  Interested primarily in the cultural arts history of Rochester, but honestly will end up following any ROC-related rabbit hole.
 * 18)  primary interests include Buffalo sports and Rochester in general
 * 19)  Interests include Chautauqua County, pizza, and science fiction 18 September 2022
 * 20)  Interested in the history of the Seneca and all things Rochester-related. Kodak03 (talk) 01:48, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

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

Former members
The following users have retired from this WikiProject.

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

Current season articles for WNY sports teams
Please help keep these current season articles updated, as these seasons progress and new information becomes available.

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


 * Quick links
 * Assessment log
 * Quality assessment category
 * Importance assessment category

Project banner
The talk page banner for this project is WikiProject Western New York. This template, placed on the article's talk page, designates that an article is covered by WikiProject Western New York. The project banner is shown below.

Stub templates
See WikiProject New York's stub template list for a list of stub templates pertaining to the state of New York.