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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

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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:

  1. Creating, improving, and maintaining articles that relate to the State of New York
  2. Categorizing, classifying, and organizing articles relating to the state.
  3. Providing recommendations and best-practices for editors working on the state's articles.
  4. Serving as as the central point of discussion for issues related to New York (state) on the English Wikipedia.

Members

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Active members

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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.

Username Areas of interest
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.
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)
New York (state) 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.
New York (state) 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.
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.
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.
Red0ctober22 (talk · contribs) Primarily 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.
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

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Please move your username back to the main table if you decide to resume full-activity.

Username Areas of interest
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

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Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the main table when you can participate again.

Username Areas of interest
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

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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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{{Template:User WikiProject New York}}
This user is a member of
WikiProject New York State.
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{{Template:User WP New York}}
This user participates in
WikiProject
New York State.
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{{Template:User WP New York|invite}}
This user invites you to join
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New York State.
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For other New York (state) user templates see, see Category:New York (state) user templates.
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Guidelines and structure

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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

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Assessment

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New York (state) articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 2 4 15 61 82
FL 3 2 12 17
FM 108 108
A 5 5
GA 4 9 42 289 130 474
B 14 62 131 609 348 1,164
C 8 162 289 2,011 924 3,394
Start 11 558 2,099 7,360 2 4,602 14,632
Stub 25 3,172 6,658 6 4,977 14,838
List 15 109 320 2 198 644
Category 5 8,324 8,329
Disambig 57 57
File 495 495
Portal 256 256
Project 156 156
Redirect 5 26 147 2,476 2,654
Template 6 838 844
NA 9 6 15
Other 2 40 42
Assessed 39 843 5,885 17,494 12,766 11,179 48,206
Unassessed 12 1 672 685
Total 39 843 5,885 17,506 12,767 11,851 48,891
WikiWork factors (?) ω = 180,167 Ω = 5.21
Main page: Assessment department

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

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Article alerts

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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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Redirects for discussion

Featured article candidates

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Articles to be merged

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Articles for creation

New articles

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See User:AlexNewArtBot/NewYorkSearchResult

Resources

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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

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Infoboxes

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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:

Stub templates

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NOTE: Stubs are managed by the Stub-sorting WikiProject. Before creating a new stub, you should propose it at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals. See Wikipedia:Stub for general guidelines on proposing stub templates and categories. DO NOT simply create new stub templates, as these will be deleted.

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
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  • {{NewYork-geo-stub}}: Template for articles related to New York (state) geography
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Project banner

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{{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

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Barnstar

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The Empire State Barnstar
For extraordinary work on New York State articles.
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New York-related content

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Main article: Index of New York-related articles

Categories

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