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Welcome to WikiProject American Old West, a place on Wikipedia where for the most part you can put up your boots and edit without a lot of bickering and backbiting. There's lots of articles waiting to be started! This project covers any and all articles related to the historical American Old West from about 1835 to 1900. If you would like to help out with the project, please add your name to the list of participants below. If you have comments or suggestions, consider adding it to talk page.
Summary
The goal of this wikiproject is to help expand and improve the coverage the history of the American Old West on Wikipedia. These include the following:
- Ghost towns
- Cowboys and cowgirls
- Western lawmen
- Old West outlaws
- Mountain Men
- Texas Ranger Hall of Fame
- Cochise County in the Old West
- Native Americans
... and many other requested articles.
The cutoff date for articles included within this WikiProject's scope is from about 1835 to 1900. If your article is about a subject that was notable after 1900, please consider adding it to Wikiproject United States.
Guidelines
- Articles within the scope of WikiProject American Old West should include information about the subject's relation to the American Old West.
Open tasks
Participants
Please add your name and a short description of your interest below to the end of the list.
Active participants
- DarthWyyrlok (talk · contribs)
- The Utahraptor (talk · contribs) 29 June 2010 Utah
- Kintetsubuffalo (talk · contribs) 29 June 2010 Colorado
- Wilhelmina Will (talk · contribs) - I'll start off with seeing that pages which belong in this wikiproject are labeled as part of it, and then take things from there.
- CosmicPenguin (talk · contribs) contribs Wyoming, Colorado, Indian Wars, Emigrant Trails, Mining, Railroads, Ghost Towns 02:36, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
- Montanabw (talk · contribs) horses, cowboys, ranches, native people (and why a lot of folks prefer being called "Indian"), cows, rodeos, Western US generally. Fourth generation Montanan, among other things, have an old history degree with emphasis in western history and women's history. Strongest on Northern Rockies and Great Plains, but up to speed elsewhere.
- intothatdarkness (talk · contribs) - General Frontier history, Frontier Army (both before and after ACW), Frontier law enforcement, cattle towns, Montana (6th generation Montanan), Wyoming, Idaho, Kansas, etc.
- Jburlinson (talk · contribs)
- Jojhutton (talk · contribs) 17:13, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
- Rosiestep (talk · contribs) 02:30, 3 September 2010 (UTC) - California; Ghost towns
- Hutcher (talk · contribs), my father is from the Black Hills of South Dakota so I'd like to tune related articles up, 16:46, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
- btphelps (talk · contribs) - Events and individuals related to Cochise County in the Old West
- Coreyg3 (talk · contribs) (I am in a group project working on cleaning up, editing and contributing to general information on the American Old West!)
- Melpars (talk · contribs) (I am a student at the University of Washington hoping to research and participate in the American Old West WikiProject as a new Wikipedia participant)
- mwtmtmtl (talk · contribs) (I am interested in the idioms and word origins of the Old West. I am particularly interested in cow town, and cattle trail history)
- Rosalina523 (talk · contribs)
- Richlevine00 (talk · contribs) (I am interested in the Plains Wars, Native American and Lakota history) 00:54, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
- KingJeff1970 (talk · contribs) 18:47, 2 August 2014 (UTC) I'm a trained historian of the West (and, yes, I do tricks, for the right treats) and I've been working in public history for 20 years in MT, AZ, and CO. I'm particularly interested in the historiography and bibliography of the American West, and regional history.
- DENAMAX (talk · contribs)
- Bruin2 (talk · contribs) Particularly interested in Oklahoma history, including Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory, which were forerunners of the present state of Oklahoma.
- OSMOND PHILLIPS (talk · contribs) (I am interested in the good guys and the bad guys of the Old West)
- Jack DeMattos (talk · contribs) Experienced professional writer of the Wild West, specifically interested in Gunfighters and Lawmen
- Failosopher (talk · contribs) (History of Ghost towns and gunslingers!)
- Mike Searson (talk · contribs) Professional author of the Old West, people and firearms
- PJsg1011 (talk · contribs) Armchair historian and curious explorer of historical places; interested mostly in clean-up and style edits of any articles needing them.
- Drown Soda (talk · contribs) Interested in Old West culture in general, outlaw biographies--specifically in Oregon and Montana
- BrushyBill (talk · contribs) –Interested in all things history.
- Kyerjay (talk · contribs) - Mostly Arizona
- CJK09 (talk · contribs) - mountain men, Plains Indian wars, California and Nevada gold and silver rushes, California history in general
- Paleface Jack (talk · contribs) - Mainly focusing on people (Mountain men, Outlaws, Lawmen, etc.)
- It'sOnlyMakeBelieve (talk · contribs) - this, that, and the other!
- Randoperson1 (talk · contribs) - A lot of Things!
- ElCharismo (talk · contribs) – Mountain West resident, lifelong horseman, occasional cowboy poet. Lawman lorehunter & Twain enthusiast. Boarding this locomotive to help dust-off a few of American history's forgotten volumes.
- Srich32977 (talk · contribs) – getting old, and leaning westwardly
Former participants
OldWestHistorian (talk · contribs)16:14, 20 July 2010 (UTC) Retired since May 2011Lithistman (talk · contribs)(I am interested in working on Kansas-related articles, particularly in the area of Dodge City and its part in the Old West.) Inactive since November 2014dnforney (talk · contribs)03:55, 21 August 2014 (UTC) I am interested in cattle ranching, gold mining, and Colorado history in particular, but also enjoy the overall history of the western United States in the 1870-1900 time period. Inactive since October 2014
Articles
Featured content
N/A
Candidates
Newly created articles
Please feel free to list your new American Old West-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them, are at least over 1,500 characters, don't have any dispute templates on them, and cite their sources, should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Wikipedia Main Page.
Articles needing attention
See Category: American Old West articles needing attention here.
Proposed new articles
See: Requested articles
Peer review requested
N/A
Article assessment and re-assessment
See: Assessment
Article alerts
Did you know
- 28 Apr 2024 – The Days of '98 Show (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by Cunard (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 25 Apr 2024 – Conestoga wagon (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start
Requested moves
- 21 Apr 2024 – Native American genocide in the United States (talk · · hist) move request to Persecution of Native Americans by KlayCax (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Articles to be split
- 10 Dec 2023 – Western United States (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Peaceray (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jan 2023 – Dakota War of 1862 (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Mr. Guye (t · c); see discussion
Good articles
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Promoted: April 18, 2011
- Abraham Lincoln Promoted: December 16, 2010
- Pony Express Promoted: July 24, 2010
- Alamogordo, New Mexico Promoted: November 21, 2009
- Louis H. Carpenter Promoted: August 4, 2009
- Thomas R. Cornelius Promoted: March 29, 2009
- Gadsden Purchase Promoted: October 10, 2008
- Emigrant Trail in Wyoming Promoted: June 21, 2008
- Joel Palmer Promoted: March 29, 2008
- Sitting Bull Promoted: January 14, 2008
- Great Raid of 1840 Promoted: July 21, 2007
- Provisional Government of Oregon Promoted: July 4, 2007
- American Civil War Promoted: November 4, 2006
- Mormon Trail Promoted: June 11, 2006
- Silver Reef, Utah Promoted: December 29, 2010
- Irataba Promoted: February 15, 2015
- Rose-Baley Party Promoted: February 16, 2015
- Wyatt Earp Promoted: November 20, 2015
- Billy the Kid Promoted: January 9, 2016
- Stephen Dee Richards Promoted: April 23, 2020
Featured articles
- Battle of the Alamo Promoted: October 3, 2009
- Fredonian Rebellion Promoted: September 6, 2009
- James Bowie Promoted: January 21, 2008
- California Gold Rush Promoted: December 10, 2007
- Frederick Russell Burnham Promoted: September 29, 2007
- Rock Springs massacre Promoted: July 30, 2007
- Emperor Norton Promoted: July 7, 2007
- Tulsa, Oklahoma Promoted: May 12, 2007
- San Francisco Promoted: September 10, 2006
- History of the Grand Canyon area Promoted: May 18, 2005
- Yosemite National Park Promoted: March 18, 2005
Statistics
Project templates
Talkpage templates
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Article templates
Infoboxes
- {{Infobox police officer}}, a good infobox for "lawmen" such as sheriffs and marshals
- {{Infobox criminal}}, a good infobox for "outlaws"
- {{Infobox criminal organization}}, a good infobox for "outlaw gangs"
- {{OldWest-stub}}
- {{OldWest-bio-stub}}
- {{US-ghost-town-stub}}
- {{California-ghost-town-stub}}
- {{Wild West}}
- {{Cochise County Conflict}}
Userpage templates
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Barnstar template
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Project invite
- {{subst:American Old West WP invite}}
Categories
Sisterlinks
List of U.S. State-level WikiProjects and their sub-projects
Related WikiProjects
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Ghost towns
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Mining
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Law Enforcement
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history (see also: U.S. military history and U.S. Civil War task force)
Review and assessment
Assessment at WikiProject American Old West is conducted on two separate levels. First the article is assessed for its "class." Stub, start, B, C, GA, or FA? Class helps keep track of where we are and where we should go. The second criterion an article is assessed on is its importance to the project. A table below helps explain. First, the article subject's historical value is assessed. Mid-level importance articles have some significance, but not as much as top level articles. Top level importance articles are articles that are important to include in an encyclopedia. The lowest assessment is for little-known, interesting pieces of trivia relating to the American Old West.
Assessment instructions
An article's assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject American Old West}} project banner on its talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax):
- {{WikiProject American Old West|class=??? }}
The following values may be used:
- FA (adds articles to Category:FA-Class American Old West articles)
- should only be used for articles that are currently listed as featured articles
- GA (adds articles to Category:GA-Class American Old West articles)
- should only be used for articles that are currently listed as good articles
- B (adds articles to Category:B-Class American Old West articles)
- C (adds articles to Category:C-Class American Old West articles)
- Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class American Old West articles)
- Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class American Old West articles)
- NA (for pages, such as templates or disambiguation pages, where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-Class American Old West articles)
Non-article pages can be rated, though for the list and category class it's better to use our templates because it adds them to the appropriate category in Category:WikiProject American Old West articles, which helps immensely with overall organization.
The following values may be used:
- Dab (adds articles to Category:Disambig-Class American Old West articles)
- should be used on disambiguation pages related to WikiProject American Old West
- Image (adds articles to Category:Image-Class American Old West articles)
- should be used on image pages related to or in articles related to WikiProject American Old West
- Redirect (adds articles to Category:Redirect-Class American Old West articles)
- should be used on redirect pages related to articles in WikiProject American Old West
- Template (adds articles to Category:Template-Class American Old West articles)
- should be used on WikiProject American Old West template pages, such as an infobox or navigation box.
Articles for which a valid class is not provided are listed in Category:Unassessed American Old West articles. The class should be assigned according to the quality scale below.
Quality scale
Importance assessment
An article's assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the {{WikiProject American Old West}} project banner on its talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax):
- {{WikiProject American Old West|class=???|importance=??? }}
The following values may be used:
- Top (adds articles to Category:Top-importance American Old West articles)
- should only be used for top-importance articles.
- High (adds articles to Category:High-importance American Old West articles)
- should only be used for high-importance articles.
- Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance American Old West articles)
- should only be used for mid-importance articles.
- Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance American Old West articles)
- should only be used for low-importance articles.
- NA (for use on non-articles).
Importance scale
Articles for which a valid importance is not provided are listed in Category:Unknown-importance American Old West articles. The importance should be assigned according to the importance scale below.
Top | Subject is a must-have for a print encyclopaedia | Famous historical figure or event from the American Old West. |
High | Subject contributes a depth of knowledge | Well-known historical figure or event from the American Old West. |
Mid | Subject fills in more minor details | Significant historical figure or event from the American Old West. |
Low | Subject is mainly of specialist interest | Not well-known; an interesting piece of trivia relating to the American Old West. |
NA | Non-Article | Project pages |