Wikipedia:WikiProject Nevada
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Welcome to the Nevada WikiProject. We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of articles related to Nevada.
- Goals
- The goal of this WikiProject is to provide complete coverage on subjects related to Nevada, by expanding articles on people, places, and things resident or native to Nevada.
- Scope
- This project proposes to work with all pages related to the state of Nevada, its history, geography, and people.
All these articles should be included in the Category:Nevada or one of its subcategories.
Guidelines
editRelated WikiProjects
editOpen tasks
edit- Current collaborations:
- Improve to GA - Lake Tahoe;
- Improve to B - Black Rock Desert, Nellis Air Force Base
- New articles needed -
- Help with the Nevada articles needing attention.
- Tag the talk pages of Nevada-related articles with the {{WikiProject Nevada}} banner.
- Find images for Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Nevada
Cleanup automated list
editA list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.
Did you know
- 01 Aug 2024 – Fantasy (Las Vegas show) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Cunard (t · c); see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 31 Aug 2024 – Vegas shooting (talk · edit · hist) →Las Vegas shooting (disambiguation) was RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 25 Jun 2024 – Bruno Mars at Park MGM (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by MarioSoulTruthFan (t · c); start discussion
Articles to be merged
- 10 Aug 2024 – Highland Mountains (Nevada) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Highland Range (Clark County) by Peter James (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Aug 2024 – Highland Range (Clark County) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Highland Mountains (Nevada) by Peter James (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 22 May 2024 – Draft:Come On Over - All The Hits (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by JSFarman (t · c)
- 26 Nov 2023 – Draft:International Car Forest of the Last Church (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Stacyd9999 (t · c)
- 10 Aug 2024 – Draft:Disapearance of Kenny Veach (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by V.B.Speranza (t · c) was declined by PARAKANYAA (t · c) on 01 Sep 2024
Participants
editActive participants
editTo join WikiProject Nevada, edit this section and add the Wikitext #{{subst:me}}
with your areas of interest to the bottom of the following list of participants. Participants should also place participant identification on their user page.
- John Carter 23:24, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
- Flatterworld 21:54, 29 September 2007 (UTC) I've created articles for each of the current Nevada State Senators - see Nevada State Senate
- Rik 09:59 2 June 2008 (UTC) I've done a lot creating and expanding articles for sports in Nevada - see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- Leave Message or Yellow Evan home or User:Yellow Evan/Sandbox 03:51, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
- BoldSolitude 7:02, 23 November 2008 (UTC) I'm currently working on creating pages for all casino's in Nevada, defunct and current. I have also created articles on Nevada landmarks associated with casinos.
- SchnitzelMannGreek-interested in Native-Americans and Las Vegas hotel related topics. Feel free to assign me stuff on my talk page but I'll start working at it by my self soon 03:50, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- WM-86 WM-86 Love the states (and this one) in the Mountain Time Zone. Looking to revert vandalism and fix grammar mistakes.
- User:DocOfSoc One of my fav states. Lived in "Obscure" Yerington, Reno and Las Vegas.08:22, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
- Marlinite (talk) Contribute to all states. I'll contribute to towns and counties, and create articles for ghost towns.
- Nevadaresident Long-time resident of southern Nevada, 11 June 2011
- INeverCry 20:33, 21 July 2012 (UTC) Northern NV
- Shieldwolf, 60+ year resident of Las Vegas, specialty Newspaper & Politics of mid century Nevada (1940-1970)
- Jjfloyd Interest in the history, anthropology and archaeology of Nevada. Helping to run a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on Nevada topics October 2015
- FloyFavorite, interested in Nevada history, Northern Nevada culture, accuracy, correct grammar and good citations.
- DJ Cane, mostly geographical features in northern Nevada.
- Cxbrx (talk · contribs) 23:15:14, 12 January 2020 (UTC) , geographical features and history
- CactusJack (talk · contribs)
- Koridas (talk · contribs) 04:04:58, 11 June 2020 (UTC) I've lived in so many places in Nevada, including Fallon, South Lake Tahoe, and Sparks.
- WaddlesJP13 (talk · contribs) 20:48:54, 21 August 2021 (UTC) Former Las Vegas resident in Virginia, interested in creating articles for communities, roads, and parks in Nevada.
Former participants
editThank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.
- Aaron Araujo 03:26, 30 March 2013 (UTC) I'm a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada.
- ThinkBlue 01:52, 09 June 2007 (UTC)
Participant identification
editWikiProject Nevada participants should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Nevada participants.
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For other Nevada user templates see Category:Nevada user templates.
Articles
editWikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Nevada articles by quality statistics
Featured articles and lists
editArticles on Nevada-related subjects, not necessarily improved to Featured Status by this WikiProject.
- Hoover Dam
- List of counties in Nevada
- List of cities in Nevada
- List of tallest buildings in Las Vegas
- U.S. Route 50 in Nevada
Good articles (GA)
editThe following articles have either been recognized as good articles or are currently under review for good article status:
- Beatty, Nevada
- Interstate 80 in Nevada
- Lunar Crater volcanic field
- Nevada State Route 375
- Vengeance (2005)
- Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository
Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team release version selections
editNew articles
editPlease feel free to list your new Nevada-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box the Main Page. Please also make sure that each new article created is put into one of the categories for Nevada, so that the articles will appear there. The following articles are listed by the bot: This list was generated from these rules. Questions and feedback are always welcome! The search is being run daily with the most recent ~14 days of results. Note: Some articles may not be relevant to this project.
Rules | Match log | Results page (for watching) | Last updated: 2024-09-01 21:50 (UTC)
Note: The list display can now be customized by each user. See List display personalization for details.
- André Rochat (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Expandinglight5 (talk · contribs · new pages (12)) started on 2024-09-01, score: 24
- List of Nevada hurricanes (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by OhHaiMark (talk · contribs · new pages (42)) started on 2024-09-01, score: 21
- Canelo Álvarez vs. Jermell Charlo (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Sam11333 (talk · contribs · new pages (16)) started on 2024-09-01, score: 20
- Ulysses Sherman Alderman (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Vycl1994 (talk · contribs · new pages (20)) started on 2024-09-01, score: 36
- Template:Sarkes Tarzian (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Chaswmsday (talk · contribs · new pages (9)) started on 2024-08-31, score: 20
- Draft:GRABO (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by S0091 (talk · contribs · new pages (22)) started on 2024-08-30, score: 34
- Draft:Sarah Hester Ross (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Tamariskie (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2024-08-28, score: 34
- Sonny Liston vs. Floyd Patterson II (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Sam11333 (talk · contribs · new pages (16)) started on 2024-08-27, score: 34
- Water Babies (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by RadicalUranium (talk · contribs · new pages (11)) started on 2024-08-25, score: 24
- Sphaeralcea parvifolia (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by MtBotany (talk · contribs · new pages (12)) started on 2024-08-16, score: 24
- Category:Nevada politics-related lists (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by DB1729 (talk · contribs · new pages (15)) started on 2024-08-27, score: 60
- Bernard Hopkins vs. Winky Wright (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Beast from da East (talk · contribs · new pages (9)) started on 2024-08-26, score: 20
- Blockchain LLC (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Uhtregorn (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2024-08-26, score: 20
- David Larson (professional poker player) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by PsychoticIncall (talk · contribs · new pages (26)) started on 2024-08-25, score: 34
- List of kidnappings: 2020–present (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Tollens (talk · contribs · new pages (9)) started on 2024-08-22, score: 22
- Draft:Hammy and Olivia (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Zanbarg (talk · contribs · new pages (3)) started on 2024-08-24, score: 34
- Category:Social history of Nevada (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by M2545 (talk · contribs · new pages (81)) started on 2024-08-23, score: 60
- Category:History of Nevada by location (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by M2545 (talk · contribs · new pages (81)) started on 2024-08-23, score: 60
- Jermain Taylor vs. Bernard Hopkins II (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Beast from da East (talk · contribs · new pages (9)) started on 2024-08-22, score: 20
- Draft:List of kidnappings: 2020–present (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Fram (talk · contribs · new pages (21)) started on 2024-08-22, score: 22
- Draft:South Vegas Industrial Center (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Tiberious2024 (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2024-08-22, score: 26
- Janet Jackson: Las Vegas (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Tour23 (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2024-08-21, score: 34
- Draft:Michaell Jackson Wright (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by International basketballfan (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2024-08-21, score: 20
- Megan K. Jones (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Lalupanju (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2024-08-19, score: 34
- Template:1976–77 West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball standings (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Mdnavman (talk · contribs · new pages (42)) started on 2024-08-20, score: 20
- Template:1975–76 West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball standings (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Mdnavman (talk · contribs · new pages (42)) started on 2024-08-20, score: 20
- Template:1974–75 West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball standings (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Mdnavman (talk · contribs · new pages (42)) started on 2024-08-20, score: 20
- Template:1973–74 West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball standings (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Mdnavman (talk · contribs · new pages (42)) started on 2024-08-19, score: 20
- Category:Sister Act (franchise) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Dimadick (talk · contribs · new pages (57)) started on 2024-08-18, score: 20
- Template:1972–73 West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball standings (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Mdnavman (talk · contribs · new pages (42)) started on 2024-08-18, score: 20
Did you know (DYK?)
edit- ... that although elk had disappeared from the Table Mountain Wilderness, they were reintroduced in 1979 and are now one of the largest herds in Nevada? 21 July 2011
- ... that Nevada Governor John Henry Kinkead (pictured) was the first United States official to hold office in Alaska? 30 July 2010
Formerly recognized content
editDepartments
editCollaboration and review
edit- Assessment - rates articles for both quality and importance to this project.
Templates
editStubs
edit- {{Nevada-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Nevada. To be placed on the bottom of the article page.
- {{Nevada-struct-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to buildings and structures in Nevada. To be placed on the bottom of the article page.
- {{Nevada-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Nevada geography. To be placed on the bottom of the article page.
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.
County Templates
editThey should be placed in the matching county articles and cities located in the county.
{{Churchill County, Nevada}}
{{Clark County, Nevada}}
{{Douglas County, Nevada}}
{{Elko County, Nevada}}
{{Esmeralda County, Nevada}}
{{Eureka County, Nevada}}
{{Humboldt County, Nevada}}
{{Lander County, Nevada}}
{{Lincoln County, Nevada}}
{{Lyon County, Nevada}}
{{Mineral County, Nevada}}
{{Nye County, Nevada}}
{{Pershing County, Nevada}}
{{Storey County, Nevada}}
{{Washoe County, Nevada}}
{{White Pine County, Nevada}}
Other templates
edit{{WikiProject Nevada}} should be placed on the talk pages of relevant articles to put them under the project's radar.
{{WikiProject Nevada}} looks like this:
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Userboxes
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{{User interest Nevada}}
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Award Templates
editThe Wikiproject Nevada Barnstar | ||
message SchnitzelMannGreek. 00:35, 5 August 2009 (UTC) |
Categories
editResources
edit- Official state website
- Nevada state symbols
- Secretary of State of Nevada
- Nevada State Library and Archives
- Why Did Nevada Become a State? from the NSLA
- USGS real-time, geographic, and other scientific resources of Nevada
- US Census Bureau
- County Maps of Nevada Full color maps. List of cities, towns and county seats
- Nevada State Facts
- Nevada Commission on Tourism
- Nevada's Summits
- Climate of Nevada
- History
- "The history of Nevada" (Davis, 1913) part 1, part 2
- "A History of the State of Nevada: its Resources and People" (Wren)
- "History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming (1540-1888)" (Bancroft)
- "Mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada" (1923)
- "Nevada Place Names" (Carlson)
- Federal Writers' Project (1941). "Origin of Place Names: Nevada" part 1, part 2
- "Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps" (Paher)
Tools
edit- Main tool page: toolserver.org
- Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
- Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
- Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
- Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.