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'''WikiProject&nbsp;Colorado''' is a collaboration to improve, create, and update Wikipedia articles about the [[United States|U.S.]] [[Colorado|State of Colorado]]. '''We invite you to participate'''. To join, add [[Special:MyPage|your user&nbsp;name]] to our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/Members|member&nbsp;list]] and place one of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/Members#Member identification|our member&nbsp;userboxes]] on [[Special:MyPage|your user&nbsp;page]].

Please put your questions about, and suggestion for, [[:Category:Colorado|Colorado articles]] on our [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Colorado|WikiProject&nbsp;Colorado&nbsp;talk&nbsp;page]].  We really appreciate your help.
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==[[File:Nuvola apps kuser.svg|20px|Participants|link=]] Members==
See our '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/Members|WikiProject&nbsp;Colorado member&nbsp;list]]'''.

To join WikiProject&nbsp;Colorado, add [[Special:MyPage|your user&nbsp;name]] to our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/Members|member&nbsp;list]] and place one of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/Members#Member identification|our member&nbsp;userboxes]] on [[Special:MyPage|your user&nbsp;page]].

Add your user&nbsp;name to our [https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikimedia-us-co.lists.wikimedia.org/ e-mail invitation list] to receive information about Colorado events and to our [[Wikipedia:Meetup/US Mountain West/Invitation list|U.S. Mountain West invitation list]] to receive invitations to online meetings of the [[Wikimedia movement|Wikimedians]] in [[United States|U.S.]] [[Mountain States|Mountain West]].

You may also be interested in the [[meta:Wikimedians of Colorado User Group|Wikimedians of Colorado User Group]].

==Colorado collaboration==
We invite you to participate in our current collaboration to document the following seven historic [[List of county seats in Colorado#Territory and State of Colorado|Colorado county seats]]:
*[[California Ranch, Colorado]] now [[Franktown, Colorado|Franktown]] – [[Douglas County, Colorado|Douglas County]] seat 1864 to 1874
*[[Dayton, Colorado]] near [[Twin Lakes, Colorado|Twin Lakes]] – [[Lake County, Colorado|Lake County]] seat 1866 to 1868
*[[Hahns Peak, Colorado]] – [[Routt County, Colorado|Routt County]] seat 1878 to 1912
*[[Lourette, Colorado]] – [[Lake County, Colorado|Lake County]] seat 1863 to 1866
*[[San Juan City, Colorado]] – [[Hinsdale County, Colorado|Hinsdale County]] seat February 10, 1874 to 1875
*[[Ula, Colorado]] at {{coord|38.1500|-105.5019}} – [[Custer County, Colorado|Custer County]] seat March 9, 1877 to 1878
*[[Wason, Colorado]] near {{coord|37.8244|-106.8949}} – [[Mineral County, Colorado|Mineral County]] seat March 27 to November 7, 1893
See our [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Colorado#Colorado_collaboration|Colorado collaboration]] talk page.

==[[File:Crystal Clear app korganizer.png|20px|Events|link=]] Events==
{{Wikipedia:Meetup/US_Mountain West/Calendar}}

==[[File:Crystal128-klipper.svg|20px|To do|link=]] <!-- WikiProject Colorado things to do -->To do==
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/to do}}
:''See '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/2020 Census]]''' for [[2020 United States Census]] results.''

==[[File:Flag of Colorado.svg|24px|link=]] Colorado articles==
*[[User:AlexNewArtBot/ColoradoSearchResult|List of new Colorado articles]]
*[[Special:Recentchangeslinked/Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/Colorado recent changes|Recent changes to WikiProject Colorado articles]]
*[[Special:Nearby#/coord/|Articles on topics located near you]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/Popular pages|Most popular WikiProject Colorado articles]]
*[[:Category:WikiProject Colorado articles|All WikiProject Colorado articles]]
*Please place your request for a new Colorado article in our {{nobreak|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/Requests|Colorado article requests]].}}

===Colorado data===
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/Counties]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/Municipalities]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/CDPs]]

===Article alerts===
{{article alerts columns|Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/Article alerts}}

==[[File:Gnome-fs-blockdev.svg|20px|Project divisions|link=]] Project divisions==
* List of {{subpages}}
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/Communities|Communities]] ([[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Colorado/Communities|talk]]) – Cities, towns, and neighborhoods
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/Culture|Culture]] ([[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Colorado/Culture|talk]]) – Music, art, icons, mass communication
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/Economy|Economy]] ([[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Colorado/Economy|Talk]]) – Commerce: Major Colorado industries, employers, trends, and history relating to the economy of Colorado
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/Education|Education]] ([[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Colorado/Education|Talk]]) – Colleges, Higher Learning Institutions and High Schools of Colorado
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/Physical geography|Geography]] ([[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Colorado/Physical geography|talk]]) – Regions, parks, climate, physical features
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/Government|Government]] ([[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Colorado/Government|talk]]) – Government: federal, state and local politics in relation to Colorado
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/History|History]] ([[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Colorado/History|talk]]) – History of Colorado during and prior to statehood
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/People|People]] ([[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Colorado/People|talk]]) – Includes Colorado natives and those residents who have shaped Colorado
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/Transportation|Transportation]] ([[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Colorado/Transportation|talk]]) – Roads & highways, trails, railroads, airlines & airports, general aviation, and trucking, ships, public transit/busses and pipeline.

==[[File:Gtk-add.svg|20px|Resources]] Resources==
{{portal|Geography|History|North America|United States|Colorado|Mountains}}
*[[Bibliography of Colorado]]
*[[Geography of Colorado]]
**[[Help:Elevation]]
*[[History of Colorado]]
*[[Index of Colorado-related articles]]
*[[List of Colorado-related lists]]
**[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/List of highest towns in Colorado]]
**[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/List of the highest U.S. town by date]]
*[[Outline of Colorado]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/Popular pages]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado/GNIS places needing verification]]
*[[Commons:Category:Colorado]]
*[http://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicResults?hp=25&la=&wc=on&gw=jtx&Query=Colorado&sbq=Colorado&acc=on JSTOR search for Colorado limited to accessible articles]
*[http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Stone%2C+Wilbur+Fiske%2C+1833-1920%2C+ed%22 History of Colorado] 4 volumes Stone, Wilbur Fiske, 1833-1920, ed

==[[File:Nuvola apps package editors.svg|20px|Templates]] Templates==
===WikiProject Colorado banner===
Place the WikiProject Colorado banner {{tlx|WikiProject United States|class{{=}}|importance{{=}}|CO{{=}}yes|CO-importance{{=}}}} at the '''top of the talk&nbsp;page''' of all Colorado articles and assess the article.

{{WikiProject United States|class=|importance=NA|CO=yes|CO-importance=|category=no}}
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===Request templates===
*If a Colorado article needs an infobox, please add <code>needs-infobox=yes</code> to the WikiProject Colorado banner on the talk page.<br/>
{{tlx|WikiProject United States|class{{=}}|importance{{=}}|CO{{=}}yes|CO-importance{{=}}|needs-infobox{{=}}yes}}
{{WikiProject United States|class=|importance=NA|CO=Yes|CO-importance=|needs-infobox=yes|category=no}}
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*If a article needs a Colorado map, please add {{tlx|map requested|Colorado}} below the Wikiproject Colorado banner on the talk page.
{{map requested|Colorado|nocat=Yes}}
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*If a article needs a Colorado photograph, please add {{nobreak|<code>[[Template:Photo requested|<nowiki>{{photo requested|in=Colorado}}</nowiki>]]</code>}} below the Wikiproject Colorado banner on the talk page.
{{photo requested|in=Colorado|nocat=Yes}}
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*If an article needs an image of a Colorado person, please add {{tlx|image requested|people of Colorado}} below the Wikiproject Colorado banner on the talk page.
{{image requested|people of Colorado|nocat=Yes}}
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===Short article description===
Place {{tlx|short description}} at the very top of all articles with a very brief description of the article.
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===Infobox templates===
Place {{tlx|infobox person}} at the top of all articles about a Colorado person.

Place {{tlx|infobox settlement}} at the top of all articles about a populated Colorado place. For examples of how to use this template, see [[Denver]], [[Boulder, Colorado|Boulder]], or [[Fulford, Colorado|Fulford]].

Place {{tlx|infobox ancient site}} at the top of all articles about a Colorado ghost town.

Place {{tlx|infobox road}} at the top of all articles about a Colorado highway, road, or street.

Place {{tlx|infobox mountain}} at the top of all articles about a Colorado mountain.

Place {{tlx|infobox mountain pass}} at the top of all articles about a Colorado mountain pass.

Place {{tlx|infobox landform}} at the top of all articles about a Colorado mountain range or other landform.

Place {{tlx|infobox river}} at the top of all articles about a Colorado river or stream.

Place {{tlx|infobox body of water}} at the top of all articles about a Colorado lake or pond.

Place {{tlx|infobox valley}} at the top of all articles about a Colorado valley.

Place {{tlx|infobox hiking trail}} at the top of all articles about a Colorado trail.

Place {{tlx|infobox ski area}} at the top of all articles about a Colorado ski area.

For other infobox templates, see [[:Category:Infobox templates]]
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===Portal boxes===
Place one of following portal linkboxes at the top of the '''See also''' section of Colorado articles. Place {{tlx|clear}} at the bottom of the '''See also''' section to avoid run-on to the next section.
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{{Portal|Colorado}}
Use {{tlx|Portal|Colorado}} for a single portal linkbox.
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{{Pbox|Colorado}}
Use {{tlx|Pbox|Colorado}} for a compact single portal linkbox.
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{{Portal|Geography|North America|United States|Colorado}}
Use {{tlx|Portal|Geography|North America|United States|Colorado}} or similar for a multiple portal linkbox.
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{{Pbox|Geography|North America|United States|Colorado}}
Use {{tlx|Pbox|Geography|North America|United States|Colorado}} or similar for a compact multiple portal linkbox
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===Sister project links===
{{sister project links|Colorado|auto=yes}}
Place {{tl2|sister project links|<nowiki>auto=yes</nowiki>}} at the top of the '''External links''' section of relevant Colorado articles. You may use {{tl2|sister project links|Colorado|<nowiki>auto=yes</nowiki>}} for general Colorado articles.
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===External linkboxes===
Any of the following external linkboxes may be placed in the '''External links''' section of relevant Colorado articles between the individual external links and the <code><nowiki>{{Authority control}}</nowiki></code>. Select [show] to display the linkbox.

{{tlx|Colorado}}<br/>{{Colorado}}

{{tlx|ColoCol}}<br/>{{ColoCol}}

{{tlx|Colorado Counties}}<br/>{{Colorado Counties}}

{{tlx|Colorado county seats}}<br/>{{Colorado county seats}}

{{tlx|Forts in Colorado}}<br/>{{Forts in Colorado}}

{{tlx|Indigenous People of CO}}<br/>{{Indigenous People of CO}}

{{tlx|Mountains of Colorado}}<br/>{{Mountains of Colorado}}

{{tlx|Colorado Fourteeners}}<br/>{{Colorado Fourteeners}}

{{tlx|Colorado highest}}<br/>{{Colorado highest}}

{{tlx|Colorado Municipalities}}<br/>{{Colorado Municipalities}}

{{tlx|National Register of Historic Places in Colorado}}<br/>{{National Register of Historic Places in Colorado}}

{{tlx|People from Colorado}}<br/>{{People from Colorado}}

{{tlx|Colorado Places}}<br/>{{Colorado Places}}

{{tlx|Protected Areas of Colorado}}<br/>{{Protected Areas of Colorado}}

{{tlx|Colorado Rivers}}<br/>{{Colorado Rivers}}

{{tlx|School districts in Colorado}}<br/>{{School districts in Colorado}}

{{tlx|Colorado State Senators}}<br/>{{Colorado State Senators}}

{{tlx|Colorado House of Representatives}}<br/>{{Colorado House of Representatives}}

{{tlx|Colorado trauma centers}}<br/>{{Colorado trauma centers}}

{{tlx|CO-FedRep}}<br/>{{CO-FedRep}}

{{tlx|Zoos of Colorado}}<br/>{{Zoos of Colorado}}

See [[:Category:Colorado templates]] for regional and special purpose external linkboxes.
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===Stub templates===
Place the most relevant of the following stub templates at very bottom of a Colorado stub article.

*Place {{tlx|Colorado-airport-stub}} at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado airport.
{{Colorado-airport-stub|nocat=yes}}

*Place {{tlx|Colorado-baseball-team-stub}} at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado baseball team.
{{Colorado-baseball-team-stub|nocat=yes}}

*Place {{tlx|Colorado-baseball-venue-stub}} at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado baseball stadium or field.
{{Colorado-baseball-venue-stub|nocat=yes}}

*Place {{tlx|Colorado-basketball-team-stub}} at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado basketball team.
{{Colorado-basketball-team-stub|nocat=yes}}

*Place {{tlx|Colorado-bridge-struct-stub}} at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado bridge or overpass.
{{Colorado-bridge-struct-stub|nocat=yes}}

*Place {{tlx|Colorado-church-stub}} at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado church or temple.
{{Colorado-church-stub|nocat=yes}}

*Place {{tlx|Colorado-election-stub}} at the bottom of a stub article about elections in Colorado.
{{Colorado-election-stub|nocat=yes}}

*Place {{tlx|Colorado-footyclub-stub}} at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado soccer team.
{{Colorado-footyclub-stub|nocat=yes}}

*Place {{tlx|Colorado-geo-stub}} at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado place or geographic feature.
{{Colorado-geo-stub|nocat=yes}}
and if the place is a Colorado ghost town —
*Place {{tlx|US-ghost-town-stub}} at the bottom of a Colorado ghost town stub article.
{{US-ghost-town-stub}}

*Place {{tlx|Colorado-geologic-formation-stub}} at the bottom of a stub article about a geologic formation in Colorado.
{{Colorado-geologic-formation-stub|nocat=yes}}

*Place {{tlx|Colorado-mayor-stub}} at the bottom of a stub article about a current or former Colorado mayor.
{{Colorado-mayor-stub|nocat=yes}}

*Place {{tlx|Colorado-newspaper-stub}} at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado newspaper or magazine.
{{Colorado-newspaper-stub|nocat=yes}}

*Place {{tlx|Colorado-politician-stub}} at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado politician.
{{Colorado-politician-stub|nocat=yes}}

*Place {{tlx|Colorado-radio-station-stub}} at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado radio station.
{{Colorado-radio-station-stub|nocat=yes}}

*Place {{tlx|Colorado-railstation-stub}} at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado railway station.
{{Colorado-railstation-stub|nocat=yes}}

*Place {{tlx|Colorado-river-stub}} at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado river or stream.
{{Colorado-river-stub|nocat=yes}}

*Place {{tlx|Colorado-road-stub}} at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado highway, road, or street.
{{Colorado-road-stub|nocat=yes}}

*Place {{tlx|Colorado-school-stub}} at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado school.
{{Colorado-school-stub|nocat=yes}}

*Place {{tlx|Colorado-sport-stub}} at the bottom of a stub article about sports in Colorado.
{{Colorado-sport-stub|nocat=yes}}

*Place {{tlx|Colorado-sport-team-stub}} at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado sports team other than baseball, basketball, or soccer.
{{Colorado-sport-team-stub|nocat=yes}}

*Place {{tlx|Colorado-sports-venue-stub}} at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado sports venue other than baseball.
{{Colorado-sports-venue-stub|nocat=yes}}

*Place {{tlx|Colorado-struct-stub}} at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado building or structure.
{{Colorado-struct-stub|nocat=yes}}

*Place {{tlx|Colorado-transport-stub}} at the bottom of a stub article about transportation in Colorado.
{{Colorado-transport-stub|nocat=yes}}

*Place {{tlx|Colorado-university-stub}} at the bottom of a stub article about a Colorado college or university.
{{Colorado-university-stub|nocat=yes}}

*Place {{tlx|Denver-stub}} at the bottom of a Denver-related stub article.
{{Denver-stub|nocat=yes}}

*Place {{tlx|Colorado-stub}} at the bottom of a Colorado-related stub article not covered by one of the other stub templates above.
{{Colorado-stub|nocat=yes}}

See the following categories for Colorado stub articles.
*[[:Category:Colorado stubs]] ({{PAGESINCATEGORY:Colorado stubs|pages}})
**[[:Category:Colorado building and structure stubs]] ({{PAGESINCATEGORY:Colorado building and structure stubs|pages}})
***[[:Category:Colorado church stubs]] ({{PAGESINCATEGORY:Colorado church stubs|pages}})
***[[:Category:Colorado school stubs]] ({{PAGESINCATEGORY:Colorado school stubs|pages}})
**[[:Category:Colorado geography stubs]] ({{PAGESINCATEGORY:Colorado geography stubs|pages}})
***[[:Category:Colorado protected area stubs]] ({{PAGESINCATEGORY:Colorado protected area stubs|pages}})
***[[:Category:Colorado Registered Historic Place stubs]] ({{PAGESINCATEGORY:Colorado Registered Historic Place stubs|pages}})
***[[:Category:Colorado river stubs]] ({{PAGESINCATEGORY:Colorado river stubs|pages}})
**[[:Category:Colorado politician stubs]] ({{PAGESINCATEGORY:Colorado politician stubs|pages}})
**[[:Category:Colorado radio station stubs]] ({{PAGESINCATEGORY:Colorado radio station stubs|pages}})
**[[:Category:Colorado sport stubs]] ({{PAGESINCATEGORY:Colorado sport stubs|pages}})
***[[:Category:Colorado sports team stubs]] ({{PAGESINCATEGORY:Colorado sports team stubs|pages}})
**[[:Category:Colorado transportation stubs]] ({{PAGESINCATEGORY:Colorado transportation stubs|pages}})
***[[:Category:Colorado railway station stubs]] ({{PAGESINCATEGORY:Colorado railway station stubs|pages}})
**[[:Category:Denver stubs]] ({{PAGESINCATEGORY:Denver stubs|pages}})
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===Userbox templates===
Members of {{nobreak|WikiProject Colorado}} should place one of the following lines of [[Help:Wikitext|Wikitext]] on their [[Special:MyPage|user&nbsp;page]] to add it to '''{{nobreak|[[:Category:WikiProject Colorado participants]]}}'''.
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{{yycat|WikiProject Colorado participants}}
{{yy|Template:User WikiProject Colorado}}
{{yy|Template:User WP Colorado}}
{{yy|Template:User WikiProject Colorado|invite}}
{{yy|Template:User WP Colorado|invite}}
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For other Colorado user templates see '''{{nobreak|[[:Category:Colorado user templates]]}}'''.

==[[File:Crystal Clear app clean.svg|20px|Assessment|link=]] Assessment==
{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Colorado articles by quality statistics}}

==Recognized content==
{{/Recognized content}}

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==[[File:Icon tools.svg|20px|Tools|link=]] Tools==
:''Main tool page: [[tools:~dispenser/view/Tools|toolserver.org]]''	
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Reflinks|Reflinks]] - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references	
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Checklinks|Checklinks]] - Edit and repair external links	
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Dab_solver|Dab solver]] - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Peer_reviewer|Peer reviewer]] - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.

==External links==		
{{sister project links|Colorado}}
*[https://www.colorado.gov/ Colorado State Government website]
*[https://dola.colorado.gov/lgis/ Active Colorado Local Governments]
*[https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:1 United States Geological Survey GNIS Query]
*[https://m.usps.com/m/ZipLookupAction United States Postal Service ZIP Code Lookup]
*[https://www.zipdatamaps.com/80202 ZIP Code Map & Profile]
*[https://www.melissa.com/v2/lookups/latlngzip4/ Latitude & Longitude to Address Lookup]
*[http://edwilliams.org/gccalc.htm Great Circle Calculator]

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