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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[edit]
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[edit]
Active members[edit]
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. | |
Purpetic (talk · contribs) | Resident of Rochester, New York Grad of Irondequoit High School. Intrests in Upstate topics such as the Buffalo Bills and Adirondack Park. | |
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) | ||
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) | ||
Rocfan275 (talk · contribs) | Resident of Rochester. Interested in the Adirondacks, biographies, and local businesses. | |
Alexcs113 (talk · contribs) | Former Resident of New York State. Willing to continue helping with election-related articles. | |
voorts (talk · contribs) | Resident of Washington Heights. Mostly interested in contemporary NYS politics. | |
SpyGuy12345 (talk · contribs) | NYC resident, Long Island, Schenectady & Cattaraugus Counties. Also anything else. | |
Scu ba Scu ba (talk · contribs) | Mostly interested in local politics, but also newspapers and biographies and sometimes companies. | |
User:KingTheD(talk · contribs) | ||
Cutecurbit Cutecurbit (talk · contribs) | Finger Lakes resident. Interested in parks, National Register of Historic Places, and geography. | |
Wildcat7176 (talk · contribs) | Long Island | |
Dolpan (talk · contribs) | Upstate New York resident. Capital Region Dweller. Pop Culture and production and theater are interests. Will be matriculating in Troy, New York. | |
MidAtlanticBaby (talk · contribs) | North Valley Stream, New York / Montclair, New Jersey (but has family out in Trenton) | |
Ornov Ganguly (talk · contribs) | Historian from Long Island. Access to academic resources from anywhere in Nassau County. Happy to take pics! | |
YakMeat (talk · contribs) | Parks/Nature of NYC suburbs. New to wikipedia. |
Semi-Active members[edit]
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) | |
SpookyTwenty (talk · contribs) | NYC, Greene County, photography |
Jpm287 (talk · contribs) |
Former members[edit]
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[edit]
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) participants.
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Guidelines and structure[edit]
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[edit]
Assessment[edit]
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.
- Quick links
Maintenance[edit]
Article alerts[edit]
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.
Did you know
- 19 May 2024 – Drew Thomas (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Cunard (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Apr 2024 – Stonewall Inn (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Epicgenius (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 10 Jun 2024 – John Werner (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by 48JCL (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 04 Jun 2024 – Cutover (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Amigao (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 02 Jun 2024 – Louisa Rachel Solomon (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Seaweed (t · c); see discussion (2 participants; relisted)
- 02 Jun 2024 – Vish Burra (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Gloern (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 02 Jun 2024 – Peter Riva (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by JFHJr (t · c); see discussion (1 participant; relisted)
- 01 Jun 2024 – Tushy (company) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Alpha3031 (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
- 01 Jun 2024 – Scott Fox (author) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Vortex3427 (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
- 01 Jun 2024 – Phil Agcaoili (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Beland (t · c); see discussion (1 participant; relisted)
- 31 May 2024 – Sacks and Co. (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Volcom95 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
- 30 May 2024 – WEDG-TV (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mvcg66b3r (t · c); see discussion (5 participants; relisted)
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Proposed deletions
- 06 Jun 2024 – Redeemer Church (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Apocheir (t · c): concern
- 04 Jun 2024 – John Werner (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by 73.253.32.222 (t · c) was deproded by 48JCL (t · c) on 10 Jun 2024
- 31 May 2024 – South Hill (Sullivan County, New York) (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Geschichte (t · c) was deleted
- 30 May 2024 – Rice Hill (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Geschichte (t · c) was deleted
- 28 May 2024 – Varick (hamlet), New York (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Phytism (t · c) was deleted
- 27 May 2024 – Tunnicliff Hill (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Geschichte (t · c) was deleted
Categories for discussion
- 07 Jun 2024 – Category:Why Do Fools Fall in Love (film) (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Jun 2024 – Category:Battles of the War of 1812 in New York (state) (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Nederlandse Leeuw (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Apr 2024 – Category:Natural history of New York (state) (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Jun 2024 – Category:Jews and Judaism in Sullivan County, New York (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Omnis Scientia (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 29 May 2024 – Category:Closed churches in New York (state) (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 27 May 2024 – Category:17th-century executions by the Province of New York (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 30 May 2024 – Donald Von ShitzInPantz (talk · edit · hist) →Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York RfDed by Liz (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Files for discussion
- 30 May 2024 – File:Brad Heckman.mp3 (talk · edit · hist) (on Brad Heckman) FfDed by Reppop (t · c) was closed; see discussion
A-Class review
- undated – Boot Monument (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review
Good article nominees
- 10 Jun 2024 – Mary Myers (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by GreenLipstickLesbian (t · c); start discussion
- 27 May 2024 – Cannonball (LIRR train) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by ComplexRational (t · c); start discussion
- 19 May 2024 – New York State Pavilion (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Epicgenius (t · c); start discussion
- 29 Apr 2024 – Central Synagogue (Manhattan) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Epicgenius (t · c); start discussion
- 10 Apr 2024 – Dia Bridgehampton (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Found5dollar (t · c); start discussion
- 30 Dec 2023 – Satti Majid (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by FuzzyMagma (t · c); start discussion
Featured article reviews
- 17 Feb 2024 – Mariah Carey (talk · edit · hist) was put up for FA review by ScarletViolet (t · c); see discussion
Peer reviews
- 28 May 2024 – Scarsdale, New York (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by 48JCL (t · c); see discussion
- 28 May 2024 – Yonkers, New York (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by The Cadillac Ranger (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Apr 2024 – New Rochelle High School (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by The Cadillac Ranger (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 07 Jun 2024 – Brodie Lee (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Jonathan Huber by Anonymy365248 (t · c); see discussion
- 31 May 2024 – Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Trump hush money trial by Cobblebricks (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Jun 2024 – 2024 Columbia University pro-Palestinian campus occupation (talk · edit · hist) move request to 2024 Columbia University pro-Palestinian campus occupations by CommunityNotesContributor (t · c) was moved to 2024 Columbia University pro-Palestinian campus occupations (talk · edit · hist) by Robertsky (t · c) on 08 Jun 2024; see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 04 Dec 2023 – St. Joseph's Health (Syracuse, New York) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to St. Joseph's Health (Syracuse, New York) by DASonnenfeld (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Dec 2023 – St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center (Syracuse, New York) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to St. Joseph's Health (Syracuse, New York) by DASonnenfeld (t · c); see discussion
- 31 May 2024 – Conviction of Donald Trump (talk · edit · hist) proposed for merging to Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York by ElijahPepe (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Articles to be split
- 04 Jan 2024 – Long Level (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Jlwoodwa (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Jun 2023 – Karpeles Manuscript Library Museums (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Relinus (t · c); see discussion
- 31 May 2024 – Conviction of Donald Trump (talk · edit · hist) proposed for splitting by ElijahPepe (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 31 May 2024 – Reactions to the prosecution of Donald Trump in New York (talk · edit · hist) proposed for splitting by Personisinsterest (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Articles for creation
- 01 May 2024 – Draft:Morgan's Crossing (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 72.17.42.35 (t · c)
- 30 Apr 2024 – Draft:Stuart Rosenthal (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c)
- 02 Apr 2024 – Draft:Cyrenius Chapin (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by TRoseUB (t · c)
- 01 Apr 2024 – Draft:Albanian-American Association of Ulqin (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by EuropaUlqini (t · c)
- 31 Mar 2024 – Draft:The Smubbs (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Chroikey (t · c)
- 30 Mar 2024 – Draft:Wide Right II (Buffalo Bills) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 131.247.224.203 (t · c)
- 16 Mar 2024 – Draft:Oramel, NY (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Pshak (t · c)
- 01 Mar 2024 – Draft:Marquand and Co. (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Southport1639 (t · c)
- 24 Feb 2024 – Draft:Jonathan Foster (musician) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Fostidae (t · c)
- 17 Jan 2024 – Draft:Peconic Bay scallops (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Kazamzam (t · c)
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New articles[edit]
See User:AlexNewArtBot/NewYorkSearchResult
Resources[edit]
- 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[edit]
Infoboxes[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
{{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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Userboxes[edit]
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Barnstar[edit]
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{{Empire State Barnstar|For extraordinary work on New York State articles.<br>--Signature}}
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Categories[edit]
Portals[edit]
Taskforces[edit]
- Capital District
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- Hudson Valley
- Long Island
- State University of New York
- WikiProject Syracuse, New York
- Western New York
- Housing and Tenant Rights Task Force
Similar WikiProjects[edit]
Parent WikiProject[edit]
- The parent of this WikiProject is Wikipedia:WikiProject United States