Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Colorado/Archive 2

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)
 * Colorado State University, Fort Collins
 * Denver University, Regis University, University of Colorado Denver, and other schools in Denver
 * University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and the United States Air Force Academy
 * Colorado School of Mines, Golden
 * Colorado State University - Pueblo
 * Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction

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
--Kumioko (talk) 01:35, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

January 2012 Newsletter for WikiProject United States and supported projects
--Kumi-Taskbot (talk) 18:09, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

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. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; 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:


 * Creede, Colorado, previous version
 * Blanca, Colorado, previous version

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." (To subscribe, Women in Red/Invite list. Unsubscribe, Women in Red/Opt-out list)
 * }--Ipigott (talk) 06:41, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

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. 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)

US 50,000 Challenge invite
Hi. The WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland 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 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 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. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 02:14, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Popular pages report
We – Community Tech – are happy to announce that the Popular pages bot is back up-and-running (after a one year hiatus)! You're receiving this message because your WikiProject or task force is signed up to receive the popular pages report. Every month, will post at /Popular pages with a list of the most-viewed pages over the previous month that are within the scope of. We've made some enhancements to the original report. Here's what's new:
 * The pageview data includes both desktop and mobile data.
 * The report will include a link to the pageviews tool for each article, to dig deeper into any surprises or anomalies.
 * The report will include the total pageviews for the entire project (including redirects).

We're grateful to for his original, and we wish his bot a happy robot retirement. Just as before, we hope the popular pages reports will aid you in understanding the reach of, and what articles may be deserving of more attention. If you have any questions or concerns please contact us at m:User talk:Community Tech bot.

Warm regards, the Community Tech Team 17:16, 17 May 2017 (UTC)


 * this is great news! - Scarpy (talk) 20:29, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

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)

Navbox discussion
Please read and add thoughts to the discussion taking place at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Geology, thanks.-- Kev min  § 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
The reason I am contacting you is because there are one or more portals that fall under this subject, and the Portals WikiProject is currently undertaking a major drive to automate portals that may affect them.

Portals are being redesigned.

The new design features are being applied to existing portals.

At present, we are gearing up for a maintenance pass of portals in which the introduction section will be upgraded to no longer need a subpage. In place of static copied and pasted excerpts will be self-updating excerpts displayed through selective transclusion, using the template Transclude lead excerpt.

The discussion about this can be found here.

Maintainers of specific portals are encouraged to sign up as project members here, noting the portals they maintain, so that those portals are skipped by the maintenance pass. Currently, we are interested in upgrading neglected and abandoned portals. There will be opportunity for maintained portals to opt-in later, or the portal maintainers can handle upgrading (the portals they maintain) personally at any time.

Background
On April 8th, 2018, an RfC ("Request for comment") proposal was made to eliminate all portals and the portal namespace. On April 17th, the Portals WikiProject was rebooted to handle the revitalization of the portal system. On May 12th, the RfC was closed with the result to keep portals, by a margin of about 2 to 1 in favor of keeping portals.

There's an article in the current edition of the Signpost interviewing project members about the RfC and the Portals WikiProject.

Since the reboot, the Portals WikiProject has been busy building tools and components to upgrade portals.

So far, 84 editors have joined.

If you would like to keep abreast of what is happening with portals, see the newsletter archive.

If you have any questions about what is happening with portals or the Portals WikiProject, please post them on the WikiProject's talk page.

Thank you. &mdash; The Transhumanist  07:29, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Portal Colorado
Our Colorado portal has been nominated for deletion. You may wish to comment at Miscellany for deletion. 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
Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.

We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma (talk) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

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. 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. Deor (talk) 23:03, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

WikiProject Colorado Zoom meeting 05/12/2021
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 and

Topic: WikiProject Colorado May 2021 Time: May 12, 2021 07:30 PM MDT

Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/78055623422?pwd=VUtPQVZrZzU1ZWVhZ0F1MExIeUQ2UT09

Meeting ID: 780 5562 3422 Passcode: WP:CO MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:07, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

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 Good article reassessment. Please see 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!

• #Draft:Albert T. Frantz - Albert T. Frantz

• #Draft:Charles F. Caswell - Charles F. Caswell

• #Draft:Donald E. Kelley - Donald E. Kelley

• #Draft:E. V. Holland - E. V. Holland

• #Draft:Edward C. Day Jr. - Edward C. Day Jr.

• #Draft:Edward E. Pringle - Edward E. Pringle

• #Draft:Francis Eugene Bouck - Francis Eugene Bouck

• #Draft:Francis J. Knauss - Francis J. Knauss

• #Draft:Frank B. Goudy - Frank B. Goudy

• #Draft:Frank H. Hall (judge) - Frank H. Hall (judge)

• #Draft:George A. Luxford - George A. Luxford

• #Draft:George E. Lohr - George E. Lohr

• #Draft:George H. Bradfield - George H. Bradfield

• #Draft:George W. Allen - George W. Allen

• #Draft:George W. Musser - George W. Musser

• #Draft:George Wicks Bailey - George Wicks Bailey

• #Draft:Haslett P. Burke - Haslett P. Burke

• #Draft:Henry S. Lindsley - Henry S. Lindsley

• #Draft:Howard Kirshbaum - Howard Kirshbaum (Howard M. Kirshbaum)

• #Draft:James K. Groves - James K. Groves

• #Draft:James E. Garrigues - James E. Garrigues

• #Draft:John C. Young (judge) - John C. Young (judge)

• #Draft:John Campbell (judge) - John Campbell (judge)

• #Draft:John H. Denison - John H. Denison

• #Draft:John M. Maxwell - John M. Maxwell

• #Draft:John R. Clark (judge) - John R. Clark (judge)

• #Draft:John Taylor Adams (judge) - John Taylor Adams (judge)

• #Draft:John W. Sheafor - John W. Sheafor

• #Draft:Joseph R. Quinn - Joseph R. Quinn

• #Draft:Julian H. Moore - Julian H. Moore

• #Draft:Leonard v. B. Sutton - Leonard v. B. Sutton

• #Draft:Luis Dario Rovira - Luis Dario Rovira

• #Draft:Mortimer Stone - Mortimer Stone

• #Draft:Norris Conroy Bakke - Norris Conroy Bakke

• #Draft:Paul V. Hodges - Paul V. Hodges

• #Draft:R. Hickman Walker - R. Hickman Walker

• #Draft:Robert B. Lee - Robert B. Lee

• #Draft:Tully Scott - Tully Scott

• #Draft:William D. Neighbors - William D. Neighbors

• #Draft:William H. Erickson - William H. Erickson

• #Draft:William H. Gabbert - William H. Gabbert

• #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
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 and turns it into something like
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from cite web, cite journal and doi.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- &#32; Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:01, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Nomination of List of counties in Colorado/detail for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of counties in Colorado/detail is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/List of counties in Colorado/detail until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, 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 article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished. Mdewman6 (talk) 23:33, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

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
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)
 * I will remove the duplicate columns from the three offending articles. Yours aye, Buaidh  talk e-mail 00:07, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Done. Buaidh  talk e-mail 04:53, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
 * If anyone else has suggestions for these six articles, I would greatly appreciate the input. Thanks, Buaidh  talk e-mail 23:44, 30 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)

Wikimedia US Mountain West online meeting
Wikipedia users in the United States Mountain West and High Plains will hold an online meeting from 8:00 to 9:00 PM MST, Tuesday evening, February 14, 2023, at meet.google.com/kfu-topq-zkd. Anyone interested in the history, articles, or photographs of our region is encouraged to attend.

If you don't wish to receive these invitations any more, please remove your username from the Meetup/US Mountain West/Invitation list. Thanks.

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Colorado Collaboration invitation
WikiProject Colorado invites you to participate in our current collaboration to locate and document the following two original 1861 Colorado Territory county seats: If you have any questions, please contact User:Buaidh (talk or e-mail).
 * Parkville, Colorado, the original county seat of Summit County, Colorado.
 * San Miguel, Colorado, the original county seat of Costilla County, Colorado.

If you don't wish to receive these invitations any more, please remove your username from the Meetup/Colorado/Invitation list. Thanks. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:12, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

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! ~ 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.:, ~ Pbritti (talk) 20:59, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Parkville briefly contained a small mint; will look for images of the coinage/tokens or dies: ~ 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 mi 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)

Project-independent quality assessments
Quality assessments by Wikipedia editors rate articles in terms of completeness, organization, prose quality, sourcing, etc. Most wikiprojects follow the general guidelines at Content assessment, but some have specialized assessment guidelines. A recent Village pump proposal was approved and has been implemented to add a class parameter to WikiProject banner shell, which can display a general quality assessment for an article, and to let project banner templates "inherit" this assessment.

No action is required if your wikiproject follows the standard assessment approach. Over time, quality assessments will be migrated up to WikiProject banner shell, and your project banner will automatically "inherit" any changes to the general assessments for the purpose of assigning categories.

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Wikimedia US Mountain West online meeting 05/09/2023
Wikimedians of the U.S. Mountain West will hold an online meeting from 8:00 to 9:00 PM MDT, Tuesday evening, May 9, 2023, at meet.google.com/kfu-topq-zkd. Anyone interested in the history, geography, articles, maps, or photographs of the Mountain West or the future direction of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement is encouraged to attend. Please see our meeting page for details.

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Colorado collaboration
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: If you have any questions, please contact Buaidh  talk e-mail
 * California Ranch, Colorado now Franktown – Douglas County seat 1864 to 1874
 * Dayton, Colorado now Twin Lakes – Lake County seat 1866 to 1868
 * Hahns Peak, Colorado now Hahns Peak Village – Routt County seat 1878 to 1912
 * Laurette, Colorado now Buckskin Joe – Park County seat 1863 to 1868
 * San Juan City, Colorado at 37.7857°N, -107.1441°W – Hinsdale County seat February 10, 1874 to 1875
 * Ula, Colorado at 38.15°N, -105.5019°W – Custer County seat March 9, 1877 to 1878
 * Wason, Colorado near 37.8244°N, -106.8949°W – Mineral County seat March 27 to November 7, 1893

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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 mi 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)

List of Colorado-related lists
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 Content assessment
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Wikimedia US Mountain West online meeting 08/08/2023
Wikimedians of the U.S. Mountain West will hold an online meeting from 8:00 to 9:00 PM MDT, Tuesday evening, August 8, 2023, at meet.google.com/kfu-topq-zkd. Anyone interested in articles, history, geography, maps, or photographs of the Mountain West or the future direction of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement is encouraged to attend. We may try to organize one or more Wiknics. Guests are welcome. Please see our meeting page for details.

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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 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 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
Wikimedians of the U.S. Mountain West will hold an online meeting from 8:00 to 9:00 PM MST, Tuesday evening, November 14, 2023, 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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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.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of places in Colorado: A–F until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, 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 article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished. Buaidh talk e-mail 16:01, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

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)
 * 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)
 * 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
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 Meetup/Denver.

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Colorado timelines
WikiProject Colorado currently supports six Colorado timelines: 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)
 * 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


 * 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 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)
 * 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
Hello, I have posted a question at Talk:Sapiah 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
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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)