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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.

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.

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)
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.
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.
Domorito (talk · contribs)	Usually working on categorizing, infobox adding, and otherwise sprucing up articles on artists and events from New York.
Z. Patterson (talk) · contribs)
Stadt64 (talk · contribs)	I'm from Long Island and am a student at New York Institute of Technology and I formerly attended Nassau Community College. Fan of any Long Island sports team.
Joeal532 (talk · contribs)	Based in Downstate region

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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.

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject New York (state): edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2023-10-23 Main page Talk Popular Pages Assessment Portal Article Alerts To do Project Banner Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Other : Someone please go to Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site and get a photograph of the portrait of Rutherford B. Hayes painted by Thomas Eakins. See List of works by Thomas Eakins, #473. Raul654 (talk) 21:36, 30 May 2009 (UTC) Photographs of the Strong National Museum of Play should be updated following a major renovation of both the interior and exterior. Rocfan275 (talk) 18:20, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

New York (state) articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	Other	???	Total
FA	2	4	15	63		1		85
FL		3	2	14				19
FM					128			128
A				4				4
GA	4	8	42	290		1	127	472
B	14	65	137	673		5	343	1,237
C	9	167	309	2,276	1	12	930	3,704
Start	10	555	2,108	8,006	12	56	4,420	15,167
Stub		27	3,184	6,798	5	32	4,686	14,732
List		15	113	332	4	4	196	664
Category					8,660			8,660
Disambig					58			58
File					487			487
Portal					256			256
Project					156			156
Redirect		1	24	150	2,502	47		2,724
Template					857			857
NA					5			5
Other					48			48
Assessed	39	845	5,934	18,606	13,179	158	10,702	49,463
Unassessed				1		1		2
Total	39	845	5,934	18,607	13,179	159	10,702	49,465
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 183,678			Ω = 5.19

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.

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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:

• {{Infobox road}};: for long-distance roads, freeways, etc.
• {{Infobox settlement}}: for all types of settlements in the state of New York such as (click for examples) hamlets, villages, towns, and cities
• {{Infobox street}}: for city streets

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{{Template:User from New York}}	This user is a native of the U.S. State of New York.	Usage
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{{Template:User interest New York}}	This user is interested in the U.S. State of New York.	Usage
{{Template:User New York}}	This user lives in the U.S. State of New York.	Usage
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