WikiProject American Old West

This WikiProject covers the historical period of the American Old West (c. 1835-1900) and western-related topics.
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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.

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.

• Articles within the scope of WikiProject American Old West should include information about the subject's relation to the American Old West.

Please add your name and a short description of your interest below to the end of the list.

1. DarthWyyrlok (talk · contribs)
2. The Utahraptor (talk · contribs) 29 June 2010 Utah
3. Kintetsubuffalo (talk · contribs) 29 June 2010 Colorado
4. 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.
5. CosmicPenguin (talk · contribs) contribs Wyoming, Colorado, Indian Wars, Emigrant Trails, Mining, Railroads, Ghost Towns 02:36, 20 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Jburlinson (talk · contribs)
9. Jojhutton (talk · contribs) 17:13, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
10. Rosiestep (talk · contribs) 02:30, 3 September 2010 (UTC) - California; Ghost towns[reply]
11. 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)[reply]
12. btphelps (talk · contribs) - Events and individuals related to Cochise County in the Old West
13. Coreyg3 (talk · contribs) (I am in a group project working on cleaning up, editing and contributing to general information on the American Old West!)
14. 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)
15. 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)
16. Rosalina523 (talk · contribs)
17. Richlevine00 (talk · contribs) (I am interested in the Plains Wars, Native American and Lakota history) 00:54, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
18. 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.[reply]
19. DENAMAX (talk · contribs)
20. Bruin2 (talk · contribs) Particularly interested in Oklahoma history, including Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory, which were forerunners of the present state of Oklahoma.
21. OSMOND PHILLIPS (talk · contribs) (I am interested in the good guys and the bad guys of the Old West)
22. Jack DeMattos (talk · contribs) Experienced professional writer of the Wild West, specifically interested in Gunfighters and Lawmen
23. Failosopher (talk · contribs) (History of Ghost towns and gunslingers!)
24. Mike Searson (talk · contribs) Professional author of the Old West, people and firearms
25. PJsg1011 (talk · contribs) Armchair historian and curious explorer of historical places; interested mostly in clean-up and style edits of any articles needing them.
26. Drown Soda (talk · contribs) Interested in Old West culture in general, outlaw biographies--specifically in Oregon and Montana
27. BrushyBill (talk · contribs) –Interested in all things history.
28. Kyerjay (talk · contribs) - Mostly Arizona
29. CJK09 (talk · contribs) - mountain men, Plains Indian wars, California and Nevada gold and silver rushes, California history in general
30. Paleface Jack (talk · contribs) - Mainly focusing on people (Mountain men, Outlaws, Lawmen, etc.)
31. It'sOnlyMakeBelieve (talk · contribs) - this, that, and the other!
32. Randoperson1 (talk · contribs) - A lot of Things!
33. 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.
34. Srich32977 (talk · contribs) – getting old, and leaning westwardly

1. OldWestHistorian (talk · contribs) 16:14, 20 July 2010 (UTC) Retired since May 2011[reply]
2. Lithistman (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 2014
3. dnforney (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[reply]

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• Grub Gulch (Ghost Town)

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.

• Madera Sugar Pine Company

See Category: American Old West articles needing attention here.

See: Requested articles

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• {{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"

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• {{OldWest-bio-stub}}
• {{US-ghost-town-stub}}
• {{California-ghost-town-stub}}
• {{Wild West}}
• {{Cochise County Conflict}}

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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.

An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Banner Shell}}. Articles that have the {{WikiProject United States}} project banner on their talk page will be added to the appropriate categories by quality.

The following values may be used for the class parameter to describe the quality of the article (see Wikipedia:Content assessment for assessment criteria):

FA (for featured articles only; adds articles to Category:FA-Class American Old West articles)		FA
A (adds articles to Category:A-Class American Old West articles)		A
GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class American Old West articles)		GA
B (adds articles to Category:B-Class American Old West articles)		B
C (adds articles to Category:C-Class American Old West articles)		C
Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class American Old West articles)		Start
Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class American Old West articles)		Stub
FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class American Old West articles)		FL
List (adds articles to Category:List-Class American Old West articles)		List

For non-standard grades and non-mainspace content, the following values may be used for the class parameter:

Category (for categories; adds pages to Category:Category-Class American Old West pages)		Category
Disambig (for disambiguation pages; adds pages to Category:Disambig-Class American Old West pages)		Disambig
Draft (for drafts; adds pages to Category:Draft-Class American Old West pages)		Draft
FM (for featured media only; adds pages to Category:FM-Class American Old West pages)		FM
File (for files and timed text; adds pages to Category:File-Class American Old West pages)		File
Portal (for portal pages; adds pages to Category:Portal-Class American Old West pages)		Portal
Project (for project pages; adds pages to Category:Project-Class American Old West pages)		Project
Redirect (for redirect pages; adds pages to Category:Redirect-Class American Old West pages)		Redirect
Template (for templates and modules; adds pages to Category:Template-Class American Old West pages)		Template
NA (for any other pages where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-Class American Old West pages)		NA
??? (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unassessed American Old West articles)		???

An article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the {{WikiProject United States}} project banner on its talk page:

The following values may be used for the importance parameter to describe the relative importance of the article within the project (see Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Priority of topic for assessment criteria):

• 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)