Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Colorado

In person meeting?

I'm seeing if there would be interest in having an in person meeting in Denver and/or eventually having a Wikipedia: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)

@MatthewFromColfaxLibrary: 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)

U.S. Mountain West Online Meeting

Wikimedia US Mountain West

Wikimedians of the U.S. Mountain West will hold an online meeting from 8:00 to 9:00 PM MST, Tuesday evening, February 13, 2024, 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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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)

Talk:Sapiah#Article title

Hello, I have posted a question at Talk:Sapiah#Article title 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)

Colorado pioneers category

As an FYI, I created Category:Colorado pioneers as a subcategory to

• Category:American pioneers by state
• Category:People from Colorado
• Category:People of the American Old West

The people that are in the category so far came from

• List of African American pioneers of Colorado
• Colorado Women's Hall of Fame, basically women born before 1875
• a few from {{Mining in Colorado Springs}} - I wasn't sure if I should grab all of them or not
• searches on: Colorado pioneer - just getting started

There is also a List of mountain men to research for Colorado content, but I am wondering if there should be a category for

• Category:Mountain men of Colorado
• Category:People of Colorado before 1858
  • which would also pick up Native Americans and
  • men who weren't African Americans
  • people from Nuevo México (1598–1848) and New Mexico Territory (1850–1912) who lived in Southern Colorado.

Perhaps the people from the New Mexican territory and Nuevo México who settled in Colorado should be in the pioneers category. I am not at all sure.

Any guidance is appreciated!–CaroleHenson (talk) 20:55, 15 March 2024 (UTC)