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Welcome to WikiProject New York (state) (WPNY), a WikiProject dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of the U.S. state of New York. All editors interested in improving articles related to New York (state) are encouraged to join the project by signing up at Participants.
Scope and goals
WikiProject New York (state) covers all articles relating to the US state of New York. Our goal is to build the best free encyclopedia on New York (state) subjects by:
- Creating, improving, and maintaining articles that relate to the State of New York
- Categorizing, classifying, and organizing articles relating to the state.
- Providing recommendations and best-practices for editors working on the state's articles.
- Serving as as the central point of discussion for issues related to New York (state) on the English Wikipedia.
Members
Active members
To join WikiProject New York (state), edit this to add yourself to the following table of members. Members should also place member identification on their user page.
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Dellis12144 (talk · contribs) | Resident of Rensselaer, New York, covering articles on the City of Rensselaer, New York, including a history of the Mayors of Rensselaer, New York. | |
Daniel Case (talk · contribs) | Took us long enough to do this. Way past about time. | |
Lisapollison (talk · contribs) | Just created Bardavon 1869 Opera House and working to expand it. It's a wonderful old theater in Poughkeepsie. | |
AMK152 (talk · contribs) | I live in Jamestown, New York | |
Bearian (talk · contribs) | Contributing to articles about Albany, New York and New York City. | |
Gamer9678 (talk · contribs) | From Cheektowaga | |
Doncram (talk · contribs) | Adding articles to List of National Historic Landmarks in New York | |
DCDuring (talk · contribs) | Contributing to Mount Vernon, NY and numerous non-NY articles. | |
Bentley4 (talk · contribs) | Long Island, Finger Lakes Region, state government | |
Rlendog (talk · contribs) | Native New Yorker transplanted to Jersey; interested in NY culture, sports and history | |
Muboshgu (talk · contribs) | Politics | |
LtPowers (talk · contribs) | ||
Pubdog (talk · contribs) | National Register of Historic Places in New York | |
Jim.henderson (talk · contribs) | NYC and suburban pictures and history | |
DanielPenfield (talk · contribs) | Longtime listener, first-time caller. | |
WindingRoad (talk · contribs) | Interests: NYC and Hudson Valley history and architecture. Reside NYC and Dutchess County. | |
C16sh (talk · contribs) | NYC/Long Island/Westchester area. | |
Buffaboy (talk · contribs) | Upstate NY kid, contributor/creator of WikiProject Western New York. We are recruiting contributors. | |
Futurist110 (talk · contribs) | Interested in (more) famous New York Governors. I added Gubernatorial portraits for all of the New York Governors wherever I was sure that these portraits were already in the public domain. | |
Peter Flass (talk · contribs) | Mostly Saratoga County, maybe as far south as Albany, but occasionally other areas I know anything about . | |
Epicgenius (talk · contribs) | ||
PointsofNoReturn (talk · contribs) | working on articles in Downstate New York, tri-state area | |
Vmanjr (talk · contribs) | Binghamton native, former Ithaca resident; interests include Greater Binghamton, the Southern Tier, the Finger Lakes, Upstate New York, and local/state history/infrastructure/transportation | |
Ergo Sum (talk · contribs) | Hudson Valley native and proud New Yorker | |
DASonnenfeld (talk · contribs) | CNY resident; interested in historic sites, natural areas and reserves | |
DENAMAX (talk · contribs) | ||
SHISHIR DUA (talk · contribs) | Covering the updates reagrdin' the United States and modifying them. | |
NicoARicoA (talk · contribs) | New York City, points of interest, updated photography | |
Dhpage (talk · contribs) | From Jamestown, created Continental Charters Flight 44-2, 1953 New York Central Railroad accident, Chadakoin River, and Reginald Lenna. | |
Levineuwirth (talk · contribs) | Lifelong resident of New York State interested in helping out. | |
TheTexasNationalist99 (talk · contribs) | Recent resident of New York State particularly interested in Downstate New York. | |
Quantocius Quantotius (talk · contribs) | Anything in project scope; willing to work on templates, modules, and other behind the scenes type stuff if time-insensitive. | |
HugoHelp (talk · contribs) | New York City - Mostly The Bronx, hospitals, and lists. | |
NYCDOT (talk · contribs) | Reside on Long Island, I can write about Long Island areas, and MTA-related transit. | |
Tamimgimpala (talk · contribs) | I cover articles about writers, artists/painters from New York. Also historians (mostly women). | |
Lallint (talk · contribs) | Resident of Watertown, New York; Looking to get the article to FA Somehow, maybe somebody could help me? | |
Wil540 art (talk · contribs) | Resident of Brooklyn, NYC; very interested in history of the city, especially Brooklyn. The New York related articles I've started are: Cartography of New York City, New York City waste management system, Trees of New York City, Skateparks in New York City, and some others. | |
Keystone18 (talk · contribs) | New York geography, cities, towns, highways, organizations, people, education, sports. | |
Andrevan (talk · contribs) |
Semi-Active members
Please move your username back to the main table if you decide to resume full-activity.
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Ryozzo (talk · contribs) | New York State Law and Tax history. |
WTGDMan1986 (talk · contribs) | Loved playing on this stage in Tekken 2 (Arcade & PSX) and racetrack in Gran Turismo 4 (PS2). Wishes to revert vandalism and expand on articles. |
Cocoaguy (talk · contribs) | NYC |
Cheesebox (talk · contribs) | Binghamton native. Interested in public transportation state wide and anything Greater Binghamton related. |
Bdesham (talk · contribs) | Mostly interested in Geneseo and environs. |
Farkas2029 (talk · contribs) | Will be working on members of the United States Representative from New York. |
Douglas Camin (talk · contribs) | Resident of Binghamton, NY. Done lots of work on that article in particular, and other articles radiating out from it.town of Poestenkill. |
Kraxler (talk · contribs) | I'm working mostly on History |
Don Argus jr (talk · contribs) | Expat upstater. I've been adding to the Upstate New York article in the past few months. |
Cg-realms (talk · contribs) | I contribute to List of National Historic Landmarks in New York semi-regularly and update articles about the Capital Region and state in general |
DrGaellon (talk · contribs) | Westchester, NYC |
MattWade (talk · contribs) | Capital Region, interest in education |
BlueH2O (talk · contribs) | Rochester |
Adavis444 (talk · contribs) | Greater Binghamton, the Southern Tier, Universities in New York, and SUNY |
Gyrobo (talk · contribs) | Mostly active in WP:HVNY and WP:CDNY, though I'd be happy to help on any New York article. |
LanceBarber (talk · contribs) | Schenectady County |
Jonahman10 (talk · contribs) | Chemung County |
Kelvin13 (talk · contribs) | Long Islander, interested in mapmaking, other graphical stuff, etc. |
Initforthelutz (talk · contribs) | WNY. |
BRES2773 (talk · contribs) | Works on transport in NYC, and Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties |
Bopcicle22 (talk · contribs) |
Former members
Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the main table when you can participate again.
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Cmagha (talk · contribs) | Basically, Upstate (and vile was the suggestion to delete that article back in June; shame, shame, shame. Carl Carmerer would have been appalled. |
Kafziel (talk · contribs) | Hudson Valley history and landmarks |
Heymister14 (talk · contribs) | Yankees fan, interested in Upstate NY, especially Franklin, Essex, and Hamilton Counties |
Catdude (talk · contribs) | Just adopted some articles as I type this (kindly see below). |
Gamer9678 (talk · contribs) | From Cheektowaga |
TwinsMetsFan (talk · contribs) | Lifelong resident of Rochester, NY. Founder/coordinator of project. |
Jguard18 (talk · contribs) | Westchester |
Camelbinky (talk · contribs) | Capital Region, history and transportation |
Grungeman (talk · contribs) | Long Islander living in the Shawangunks; interested in Long Island the Hudson Valley |
Bernstein2291 (talk · contribs) | |
Pmcyclist (talk · contribs) | Biographies and history of the Ossining and Albany areas |
WikiCats (talk · contribs) | |
ThinkBlue (talk · contribs) | I've been to New York and contribute to a Professional Wrestlers' article |
Antepenultimate (talk · contribs) | Expat, formerly lived in Western and Central New York; interested in articles relating to New York's protected areas and geography |
JhonsJoe (talk · contribs) | Focus on low importance politicians. - New York City Resident |
Rekaiser (talk · contribs) | Central NY, especially Syracuse, Liverpool, and Brewerton areas with an emphasis on history |
Trulystand700 (talk · contribs) | Citizen of New York City and loyal To New York |
KU (talk · contribs) | The Southern Tier, the Finger Lakes region, and Upstate New York |
Ken Seh (talk · contribs) | Interested in Upstate landmarks: Niagara Falls, Bear Mountain, etc. Lives in NYC. |
Lvklock (talk · contribs) | I live in the Syracuse area. |
Njcraig (talk · contribs) | General interest and assessment of articles, also member of WP:OREGON and others. |
Bardobro (talk · contribs) | Southern Tier native, SUNY grad, former Ithaca resident, now living in MD. I'm interested in history, geography, and ecology: rivers, streams, and lakes, flora and fauna. |
JC7V7DC5768 (talk · contribs) | Staten Island, Catskills, Saratoga Springs |
Phyleea (talk · contribs) | Street art in NYC |
Member identification
Members of WikiProject New York (state) should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject New York (state) members.
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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.
How you can help
Assessment
All of WikiProject New York (state)'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 statewide assessment statistics are transcluded at right.
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Maintenance
Article alerts
The project subscribes to Article alerts, a service that automatically notifies the project when pages within WPNY's scope enter various Wikipedia workflows (such as deletion discussions, good or featured article nominations, peer review, and others). These notifications can be found below.
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Today's featured articles
- 21 Jul 2022 – The Cat and the Canary (1927 film) (talk · · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb
Did you know
- 03 Jul 2022 – Kenneth Petty (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by VersaceSpace (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Jul 2022 – Ari Nagel (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by Mvqr (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Jul 2022 – Matthew Tye (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by Cunard (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Jun 2022 – Mary Mara (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by Bloom6132 (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 19 Jul 2022 – Eddie Alderson (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Bgsu98 (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
- 17 Jul 2022 – Eddie McGee (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Bgsu98 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 17 Jul 2022 – Lisa Donahue (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Bgsu98 (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 16 Jul 2022 – Spiral Universe (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Andrevan (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 16 Jul 2022 – Kenneth Petty (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Gatoclass (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 15 Jul 2022 – Lorna Salzman (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Sal2100 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 14 Jul 2022 – McPherson Seaplane Base (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Chris troutman (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
- 13 Jul 2022 – Tremaine Emory (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Alexandermcnabb (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 12 Jul 2022 – Braindance (band) (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Iridescent (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 12 Jul 2022 – Suraj Patel (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Rosguill (t · c); see discussion (2 participants; relisted)
- (14 more...)
Proposed deletions
- 15 Jul 2022 – Saratoga College (talk · · hist) was PRODed by SimLibrarian (t · c): concern
- 15 Jul 2022 – General Patent Corporation (talk · · hist) was PRODed by Andrevan (t · c): concern
- 17 Jul 2022 – Eddie McGee (talk · · hist) PRODed by Bgsu98 (t · c) was deproded by Glades12 (t · c) on 17 Jul 2022
- 17 Jul 2022 – Lisa Donahue (talk · · hist) PRODed by Bgsu98 (t · c) was deproded by Spiderone (t · c) on 17 Jul 2022
- 15 Jul 2022 – Spiral Universe (talk · · hist) PRODed by Andrevan (t · c) was deproded by Ais523 (t · c) on 16 Jul 2022
Categories for discussion
- 14 Jul 2022 – Category:Villages in New York (state) (talk · · hist) was CfDed by True Pagan Warrior (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Jun 2022 – Category:New York (state) state court judges (talk · · hist) was CfDed by Rathfelder (t · c); see discussion
- 29 Jun 2022 – Category:New York (state) state courts (talk · · hist) was CfDed by Rathfelder (t · c); see discussion
Templates for discussion
- 05 Jul 2022 – Template:Long Island Ducks (talk · · hist) TfDed by WikiCleanerMan (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 13 Jul 2022 – Korean won long island (talk · · hist) →Koreatown, Queens was RfDed by Mellohi! (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Jul 2022 – Korean won queens (talk · · hist) →Koreatown, Queens was RfDed by Mellohi! (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Jul 2022 – Korean won flushing (talk · · hist) →Koreatown, Queens was RfDed by Mellohi! (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Jul 2022 – Korean won Flushing (talk · · hist) →Koreatown, Queens was RfDed by Mellohi! (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Jul 2022 – Filipino queen (talk · · hist) →Filipinos in the New York metropolitan area was RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Jul 2022 – Filipino queens (talk · · hist) →Filipinos in the New York metropolitan area was RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Jul 2022 – Filipino community in (talk · · hist) →Filipinos in the New York metropolitan area RfDed by IAmChaos (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 11 Jul 2022 – Filipino commun (talk · · hist) →Filipinos in the New York metropolitan area RfDed by IAmChaos (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 10 Jul 2022 – Filipino new (talk · · hist) →Filipinos in the New York metropolitan area RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 10 Jul 2022 – Filipinos New (talk · · hist) →Filipinos in the New York metropolitan area RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- (2 more...)
Featured list candidates
- 24 Jun 2022 – List of United States Military Academy First Captains (talk · · hist) was FL nominated by Maile66 (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 19 Jul 2022 – Candler Building (New York City) (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Epicgenius (t · c); start
- 18 Jul 2022 – Eunice Newton Foote (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by SusunW (t · c); start
- 15 Jul 2022 – Benjamin D. Wood (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Doug Coldwell (t · c); start
- 14 Jul 2022 – New York Yankees (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by LuK3 (t · c); start
- 10 Jul 2022 – Columbia University tunnels (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Normsupon (t · c); start
- 03 Jul 2022 – Columbia University sundial (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Normsupon (t · c); start
- 24 Jun 2022 – Natalie Portman (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Kj cheetham (t · c); start
- 22 Jun 2022 – Eileen Collins (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Hawkeye7 (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Jun 2022 – Charlie H. Hogan (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Doug Coldwell (t · c); start
- 22 May 2022 – George Henry Daniels (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Doug Coldwell (t · c); start
- (4 more...)
Peer reviews
- 30 Jan 2022 – Roswell P. Flower Memorial Library (talk · · hist) has been put up for PR by Lallint (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 06 Jul 2022 – William Barr (talk · · hist) move request to Bill Barr by Polyamorph (t · c) was no consensus; see discussion
- 06 Jul 2022 – William Barclay (New York politician) (talk · · hist) move request to William A. Barclay by Sahaib (t · c) was moved to William A. Barclay (talk · · hist) by Dekimasu (t · c) on 13 Jul 2022; see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 15 May 2022 – Kappo Masa Restaurant (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Masa Takayama by RZuo (t · c); see discussion
- 01 May 2022 – New Amsterdam Region (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Partition and secession in New York#Dividing New York State into three autonomous regions by Pharos (t · c); see discussion
- 01 May 2022 – Montauk Region (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Partition and secession in New York#Dividing New York State into three autonomous regions by Pharos (t · c); see discussion
- 01 May 2022 – New York Region (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Partition and secession in New York#Dividing New York State into three autonomous regions by Pharos (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Dec 2021 – New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Police (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to New York State Department of Environmental Conservation by Apocheir (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 13 Jul 2022 – Draft:The Sound Garden (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by K1ngv4mpcart1 (t · c)
- 12 Jul 2022 – Draft:2022 PGCBL Season (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by MuckdogsFanatic (t · c)
- 07 Jun 2022 – Draft:Legal Action Center (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ET090901 (t · c)
- 03 Jun 2022 – Draft:East Utica (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Randy Marsh45 (t · c)
- 18 May 2022 – Draft:Capital District Youth Pipe Band (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Dontdowdit (t · c)
- 27 May 2022 – Draft:Teachers Federal Credit Union (talk · · hist) submitted for AfC by Juliam119 (t · c) was declined by Missvain (t · c) on 13 Jul 2022
New articles
See User:AlexNewArtBot/NewYorkSearchResult
Resources
- displays recent changes to articles within WPNY's scope
- Reflinks: Edits bare references; adds title/dates etc. to bare references
- Checklinks: Edits and repairs external links
- Dab solver: Quickly resolves ambiguous links
- Peer reviewer: Provides hints and suggestions to improve articles
Templates
Infoboxes
Articles should have an infobox that concisely summarizes the article's content. See Category:Infobox templates for a raw list of infobox templates. Examples of infoboxes include:
- {{Infobox road}};: for long-distance roads, freeways, etc.
- {{Infobox settlement}}: for all types of settlements in the state of New York such as (click for examples) hamlets, villages, towns, and cities
- {{Infobox street}}: for city streets
Stub templates
Stubs should be tagged with an appropriate stub template. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types for a raw list of stub templates. Examples of New York-related stub templates include:
- {{NewYork-stub}}: Generic template for New York (state)-related articles
- {{NewYork-geo-stub}}: Template for articles related to New York (state) geography
- {{NewYork-politician-stub}}: Template for articles related to New York (state) politicians
- {{NewYork-road-stub}}: Template for articles related to roads in New York (state)
- {{NewYork-school-stub}}: Template for articles related to schools in New York (state)
Project banner
{{WikiProject New York (state)}} should be placed on the talk pages of articles relevant to the state of New York. However, if the article is already tagged for {{WikiProject New York City}}, please tag only for Top-importance, High-importance, or select Mid-importance articles, as outlined in this project's importance scale. The project banner is shown below.
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Categories
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Taskforces
- Capital District
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- Hudson Valley
- Long Island
- State University of New York
- WikiProject Syracuse, New York
- Western New York
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