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WikiProject Colorado

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WikiProject Colorado is a collaboration to improve, create, and update Wikipedia articles about the U.S. State of Colorado. We invite you to participate. To join, add your user name to our member list and place one of our member userboxes on your user page.

Please put your questions about, and suggestion for, Colorado articles on our WikiProject Colorado talk page. We really appreciate your help.

See our WikiProject Colorado member list.

To join WikiProject Colorado, add your user name to our member list and place one of our member userboxes on your user page.

Add your user name to our e-mail invitation list to receive information about Colorado events and to our U.S. Mountain West invitation list to receive invitations to online meetings of the Wikimedians in U.S. Mountain West.

You may also be interested in the Wikimedians of Colorado User Group.

We invite you to participate in our current collaboration to document the following seven historic Colorado county seats:

• California Ranch, Colorado now Franktown – Douglas County seat 1864 to 1874
• Dayton, Colorado near Twin Lakes – Lake County seat 1866 to 1868
• Hahns Peak, Colorado – Routt County seat 1878 to 1912
• Lourette, Colorado – Lake County seat 1863 to 1866
• San Juan City, Colorado – Hinsdale County seat February 10, 1874 to 1875
• Ula, Colorado at 38°09′00″N 105°30′07″W / 38.1500°N 105.5019°W / 38.1500; -105.5019 – Custer County seat March 9, 1877 to 1878
• Wason, Colorado near 37°49′28″N 106°53′42″W / 37.8244°N 106.8949°W / 37.8244; -106.8949 – Mineral County seat March 27 to November 7, 1893

See our Colorado collaboration talk page.

• Wikimedia US Mountain West Spring 2024 online meeting, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 8:00-9:00 PM MDT
• Wikimedia US Mountain West Summer 2024 online meeting, Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 8:00-9:00 PM MDT
• Wikimedia US Mountain West Autumn 2024 online meeting, Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 8:00-9:00 PM MST

• Events elsewhere

Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Colorado article requests Cleanup : Colorado articles needing attention (2 P) Expand : Colorado articles with to-do lists (14 P) Featured article candidates : No results were found. Featured list candidates : List of Community episodes Good article nominations : 1997 Spring Creek flood Geographical coordinates : Colorado articles missing coordinates (99 P) Infobox : Colorado articles needing an infobox (0 P) Map : Colorado map requests (1 C, 15 P) Photo : Colorado photograph requests (4 C, 432 P) Stubs : Colorado stubs (7 C, 241 P), Colorado stub-class articles (3,609 P), Colorado start-class articles (3,679 P), and Colorado draft-class articles (32 P) Unreferenced : Unreferenced Colorado articles (0 P) WikiProject Colorado banner : Place the WikiProject Colorado banner ((WikiProject United States|class=|importance=|CO=yes|CO-importance=)) at the top of the talk page of all Colorado articles and assess the article.

See Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/2020 Census for 2020 United States Census results.

• List of new Colorado articles
• Recent changes to WikiProject Colorado articles
• Articles on topics located near you
• Most popular WikiProject Colorado articles
• All WikiProject Colorado articles
• Please place your request for a new Colorado article in our Colorado article requests.

Colorado data

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/Counties
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/Municipalities
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/CDPs

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• List of all subpages of this page
• Communities (talk) – Cities, towns, and neighborhoods
• Culture (talk) – Music, art, icons, mass communication
• Economy (Talk) – Commerce: Major Colorado industries, employers, trends, and history relating to the economy of Colorado
• Education (Talk) – Colleges, Higher Learning Institutions and High Schools of Colorado
• Geography (talk) – Regions, parks, climate, physical features
• Government (talk) – Government: federal, state and local politics in relation to Colorado
• History (talk) – History of Colorado during and prior to statehood
• People (talk) – Includes Colorado natives and those residents who have shaped Colorado
• Transportation (talk) – Roads & highways, trails, railroads, airlines & airports, general aviation, and trucking, ships, public transit/busses and pipeline.

• Bibliography of Colorado
• Geography of Colorado
  • Help:Elevation
• History of Colorado
• Index of Colorado-related articles
• List of Colorado-related lists
  • Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/List of highest towns in Colorado
  • Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/List of the highest U.S. town by date
• Outline of Colorado
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/Popular pages
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/GNIS places needing verification
• Commons:Category:Colorado
• JSTOR search for Colorado limited to accessible articles
• History of Colorado 4 volumes Stone, Wilbur Fiske, 1833-1920, ed

WikiProject Colorado banner

Place the WikiProject Colorado banner ((WikiProject United States|class=|importance=|CO=yes|CO-importance=)) at the top of the talk page of all Colorado articles and assess the article.

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This article is within the scope of WikiProject United States, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of topics relating to the United States of America on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the ongoing discussions. Template Usage Articles Requested! Become a Member Project Talk Alerts United StatesWikipedia:WikiProject United StatesTemplate:WikiProject United StatesUnited States articles NA This article has been rated as NA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. This article is supported by WikiProject Colorado, our collaboration to improve, create, and update Wikipedia articles about the U.S. State of Colorado. To comment about this page, select the New section tab above. For questions about, or to make suggestions for Colorado articles, go to our project's talk page. We invite you to join us!

Request templates

• If a Colorado article needs an infobox, please add needs-infobox=yes to the WikiProject Colorado banner on the talk page.
  

((WikiProject United States|class=|importance=|CO=yes|CO-importance=|needs-infobox=yes))

United States: Colorado NA‑class

This article is within the scope of WikiProject United States, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of topics relating to the United States of America on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the ongoing discussions. Template Usage Articles Requested! Become a Member Project Talk Alerts United StatesWikipedia:WikiProject United StatesTemplate:WikiProject United StatesUnited States articles NA This article has been rated as NA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. This article is supported by WikiProject Colorado, our collaboration to improve, create, and update Wikipedia articles about the U.S. State of Colorado. To comment about this page, select the New section tab above. For questions about, or to make suggestions for Colorado articles, go to our project's talk page. We invite you to join us! This article has been marked as needing an infobox.

• If a article needs a Colorado map, please add ((map requested|Colorado)) below the Wikiproject Colorado banner on the talk page.

It is requested that a map or maps be included in this article to improve its quality. Wikipedians in Colorado may be able to help!

• If a article needs a Colorado photograph, please add ((photo requested|in=Colorado)) below the Wikiproject Colorado banner on the talk page.

It is requested that a photograph be included in this article to improve its quality. Wikipedians in Colorado may be able to help! The external tool WordPress Openverse may be able to locate suitable images on Flickr and other web sites.

Upload

• If an article needs an image of a Colorado person, please add ((image requested|people of Colorado)) below the Wikiproject Colorado banner on the talk page.

It is requested that an image or photograph be included in this article to improve its quality. Please replace this template with a more specific media request template where possible. The Free Image Search Tool or Openverse Creative Commons Search may be able to locate suitable images on Flickr and other web sites.

Upload

Short article description

Place ((short description)) at the very top of all articles with a very brief description of the article.

Infobox templates

Place ((infobox person)) at the top of all articles about a Colorado person.

Place ((infobox settlement)) at the top of all articles about a populated Colorado place. For examples of how to use this template, see Denver, Boulder, or Fulford.

Place ((infobox ancient site)) at the top of all articles about a Colorado ghost town.

Place ((infobox road)) at the top of all articles about a Colorado highway, road, or street.

Place ((infobox mountain)) at the top of all articles about a Colorado mountain.

Place ((infobox mountain pass)) at the top of all articles about a Colorado mountain pass.

Place ((infobox landform)) at the top of all articles about a Colorado mountain range or other landform.

Place ((infobox river)) at the top of all articles about a Colorado river or stream.

Place ((infobox body of water)) at the top of all articles about a Colorado lake or pond.

Place ((infobox valley)) at the top of all articles about a Colorado valley.

Place ((infobox hiking trail)) at the top of all articles about a Colorado trail.

Place ((infobox ski area)) at the top of all articles about a Colorado ski area.

For other infobox templates, see Category:Infobox templates

Portal boxes

Place one of following portal linkboxes at the top of the See also section of Colorado articles. Place ((clear)) at the bottom of the See also section to avoid run-on to the next section.

Use ((Portal|Colorado)) for a single portal linkbox.

Colorado portal

Use ((Pbox|Colorado)) for a compact single portal linkbox.

Use ((Portal|Geography|North America|United States|Colorado)) or similar for a multiple portal linkbox.

	Geography portal
	North America portal
	United States portal
	Colorado portal

Use ((Pbox|Geography|North America|United States|Colorado)) or similar for a compact multiple portal linkbox

Sister project links

Place ((sister project links|auto=yes)) at the top of the External links section of relevant Colorado articles. You may use ((sister project links|Colorado|auto=yes)) for general Colorado articles.

External linkboxes

Any of the following external linkboxes may be placed in the External links section of relevant Colorado articles between the individual external links and the ((Authority control)). Select [show] to display the linkbox.

((Colorado))

((Colorado cities and mayors of 100,000 population))

((ColoCol))

((Colorado Counties))

((Forts in Colorado))

((Indigenous People of CO))

((Mountains of Colorado))

((Colorado Fourteeners))

((Colorado highest))

((Colorado Municipalities))

((National Register of Historic Places in Colorado))

((People from Colorado))

((Colorado Places))

((Protected Areas of Colorado))

((Colorado Rivers))

((School districts in Colorado))

((Colorado State Senators))

((Colorado House of Representatives))

((Colorado trauma centers))

((CO-FedRep))

((Zoos of Colorado))

See Category:Colorado templates for regional and special purpose external linkboxes.

Stub templates

Place the most relevant of the following stub templates at very bottom of a Colorado stub article.

• Place ((Colorado-airport-stub)) at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado airport.

• Place ((Colorado-baseball-team-stub)) at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado baseball team.

• Place ((Colorado-baseball-venue-stub)) at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado baseball stadium or field.

• Place ((Colorado-basketball-team-stub)) at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado basketball team.

• Place ((Colorado-bridge-struct-stub)) at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado bridge or overpass.

• Place ((Colorado-church-stub)) at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado church or temple.

• Place ((Colorado-election-stub)) at the bottom of a stub article about elections in Colorado.

• Place ((Colorado-footyclub-stub)) at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado soccer team.

• Place ((Colorado-geo-stub)) at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado place or geographic feature.

and if the place is a Colorado ghost town —

• Place ((US-ghost-town-stub)) at the bottom of a Colorado ghost town stub article.

• Place ((Colorado-geologic-formation-stub)) at the bottom of a stub article about a geologic formation in Colorado.

• Place ((Colorado-mayor-stub)) at the bottom of a stub article about a current or former Colorado mayor.

• Place ((Colorado-newspaper-stub)) at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado newspaper or magazine.

• Place ((Colorado-politician-stub)) at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado politician.

• Place ((Colorado-radio-station-stub)) at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado radio station.

• Place ((Colorado-railstation-stub)) at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado railway station.

• Place ((Colorado-river-stub)) at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado river or stream.

• Place ((Colorado-road-stub)) at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado highway, road, or street.

• Place ((Colorado-school-stub)) at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado school.

• Place ((Colorado-sport-stub)) at the bottom of a stub article about sports in Colorado.

• Place ((Colorado-sport-team-stub)) at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado sports team other than baseball, basketball, or soccer.

• Place ((Colorado-sports-venue-stub)) at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado sports venue other than baseball.

• Place ((Colorado-struct-stub)) at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado building or structure.

• Place ((Colorado-transport-stub)) at the bottom of a stub article about transportation in Colorado.

• Place ((Colorado-university-stub)) at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado college or university.

• Place ((Denver-stub)) at the bottom of a Denver-related stub article.

• Place ((Colorado-stub)) at the bottom of a Colorado-related stub article not covered by one of the other stub templates above.

See the following categories for Colorado stub articles.

• Category:Colorado stubs (241)
  • Category:Colorado building and structure stubs (160)
    • Category:Colorado church stubs (61)
    • Category:Colorado school stubs (102)
  • Category:Colorado geography stubs (620)
    • Category:Colorado protected area stubs (65)
    • Category:Colorado Registered Historic Place stubs (522)
    • Category:Colorado river stubs (148)
  • Category:Colorado politician stubs (244)
  • Category:Colorado radio station stubs (205)
  • Category:Colorado sport stubs (65)
    • Category:Colorado sports team stubs (152)
  • Category:Colorado transportation stubs (64)
    • Category:Colorado railway station stubs (86)
  • Category:Denver stubs (96)

Userbox templates

Members of WikiProject Colorado should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Colorado participants.

Wikitext	userbox	where used
[[Category:WikiProject Colorado participants]]	none	linked pages
((Template:User WikiProject Colorado))	This user is a particpant in WikiProject Colorado.	linked pages
((Template:User WP Colorado))	This user participates in WikiProject Colorado.	linked pages
((Template:User WikiProject Colorado|invite))	This user invites you to join WikiProject Colorado.	linked pages
((Template:User WP Colorado|invite))	This user invites you to join WikiProject Colorado.	linked pages

For other Colorado user templates see Category:Colorado user templates.

Colorado articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA		1	2	2		8	13
FL		1	2	6			9
FM					7		7
A				1			1
GA		2	12	26		49	89
B	1	13	81	101		65	261
C	2	16	118	497		336	969
Start		4	312	2,361		1,002	3,679
Stub		7	143	2,544	1	923	3,618
List	1	10	39	137		69	256
Category			1	2	3,675		3,678
Disambig					10		10
File				2	159		161
Portal					46		46
Project		3	4		50		57
Redirect			12	128	515		655
Template		1	8	11	282		302
Other			1	1	20		22
Assessed	4	58	735	5,819	4,765	2,452	13,833
Unassessed				6		248	254
Total	4	58	735	5,825	4,765	2,700	14,087
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 44,881			Ω = 5.21

This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged or categorized (e.g. Category:WikiProject Colorado articles) correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options.

Featured articles

Former featured articles

Featured lists

Former featured lists

Good articles

Former good articles

Did you know? articles

Featured pictures

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  Arachnis picta edit1
• 
  Colorado state coat of arms (illustrated, 1876)
• 
  Colorado. Round up on the Cimarron
• 
  Denver Colorado 1898 - LOC - restoration1
• 
  Gaillardia in Aspen (91273)
• 
  Maroon Bells (11553)a
• 
  Nikola Tesla, with his equipment Wellcome M0014782 - restoration2
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  Ruth Handler in 1961
• 
  Sphalerite - Creede, Mineral County, Colorado, USA

Featured list candidates

Good article nominees

A-Class articles

In the News articles

Main page featured articles

Main page featured lists

Picture of the day pictures

• 
  Arachnis picta edit1
• 
  Colorado state coat of arms (illustrated, 1876)
• 
  Colorado. Round up on the Cimarron
• 
  Denver Colorado 1898 - LOC - restoration1
• 
  Gaillardia in Aspen (91273)
• 
  Maroon Bells (11553)a
• 
  Ruth Handler in 1961

WikiProject Colorado is one of the United States WikiProjects.

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38°59′50″N 105°32′52″W / 38.9972°N 105.5478°W / 38.9972; -105.5478 (State of Colorado)