Latest comment: 28 January 20254 comments4 people in discussion
Should any mention of Wyoming once being part of the Republic of Texas (and maybe mexico before that?) be made?
Intro says “ Along with Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Topeka, Kansas, Cheyenne is one of three state capitals with an indigenous name in a state with an indigenous name.”. Unless I’m missing something, I think Honolulu, Hawaii also meets these criteria. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:1180:FA40:2D4D:110C:1D82:82BF (talk) 04:06, 28 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
This article looks more like an advertisement than an educational resource. It has four sentences that end with an exclamatory mark, and I've never seen such a thing in any published encyclopedia. Furthermore, this article frequently uses bolded words, which I've never seen on a WP article before. It looks ridiculously out of place, as if it was copied and pasted from somewhere else. I may go through the article myself and change this, but I don't want to do anything that would make the regular WP people angry. Sentences with exclamatory marks (And further criticisms from myself) are as follows:
"They couldn't get home and back in that period of time. So, they just poured into Cheyenne for the winter, swelling its population to over 10,000, virtually over night!"
Using "So" at the beginning of a sentence must be against some English rule of some sort. I'm no English expert, but this just doesn't sound right to me. Just an example of the atrocity that is this article.
"Of that, 200 were children, 400 were women (mostly Ladies of the Night) and the rest...well, they were just plain rowdy!"
That probably violates every Encyclopedia-quality sentence standard known to mankind. Ladies of the Night? Give me a break. This is an encyclopedia, not an infomercial.
"Cheyenne was at the time THE richest city in the world per capita!"
I have a fairly hard time believing that, but, seeing as this article does not cite most of its sources, it should be easy to see why. Also, the all-caps "THE" just looks annoying. It has no place in an encyclopedia that is trying to maintain its factual accuracy above that of the Encyclopaeaeaedia Britannica.
"Participating in this annual event are nearly 700,000 rodeo fans!"
This, talking about Frontier Days, isn't true any more. At one point, there might have been 70 thousand fans present. Last year, there were hardly 70 thousand people (Residents and tourists) in town, let alone "Rodeo fans". Surely somebody makes a census of this stuff.
The first portion of this article simply isn't up to the high standard of quality that I am used to when perusing the Wiki. Furthermore, I'd be willing to edit it myself if I weren't so noobtastic when it came to Wiki formating and courtesy. Oh, and just so that I don't sound too cynical, the article from Geography onward (Minus Other Information, paragraphs 2, 3, and 7, and the phrase "somewhere in the briney deep" in paragraph 9) is just fine in my opinion. Just my two or three cents. -- An anonymous coward, former Cheyenne resident
Which is bigger?
The Wikipedia site for Casper claims that that is the biggest city in Wyoming.
That statement was true in the 1980s, but economic changes in the oil industry were a significant factor in Casper's diminishing population from the late 80s and into the 90s. The recent natural gas boom has helped to reverse the trend. Casper may become the larger city in the near future. Zenithian17:02, 23 February 2007 (UTC)Reply
Indians "hunting" white men
Latest comment: 12 March 20071 comment1 person in discussion
Is this article lifted from a cowboy novel? If Indians "hunted" white men, and "killed many" I think we need some citations. --mgaved10:02, 12 March 2007 (UTC)Reply
Improvements
Latest comment: 27 December 20142 comments2 people in discussion
I've taken the liberty of revising the section on winds--the facts were accurate enough but the phrasing was clumsy and amateurish. In the realm of the decidedly unencyclopedic, however, may I ask--what on earth is the purpose of that little squib about a low demand for nurses at the local hospital? Is someone trying to discourage job applicants? Hoping to drive out the competition? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.27.73.102 (talk) 05:13, 19 March 2007 (UTC).Reply
Table shows population did not exceed 4000 until after 1880. Earlier text suggest that population stood at 4000 only four months after founding in 1867 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.76.122.196 (talk) 13:23, 27 December 2014 (UTC)Reply
Cheyenne Club
Latest comment: 9 October 20232 comments2 people in discussion
Removed these two paragraphs specifically about the Cheyenne Club, since they really have nothing to do with the town history themselves:
The Cheyenne Club, originally called the "Cactus Club", was nothing like that found in the fictionalized motion picture from Hollywood, the "Cheyenne Social Club". That was portrayed as a House of
Ill-Repute located somewhere that looked like Arizona. The real Club was a luxurious quarter-block building where the Cattle Barons could get away from their women. Unless by special invitation,
ladies were not to enter the Club. Wealthy ranchers would go there to play cards, billiards, and drink quietly. Strong rules disallowed such things as swearing, spitting on the floor (spitoons were
supplied), and cheating at cards. One of the richest cattlemen, John Coble, apparently drank too much and shot a hole in the big picture over the back-bar. He was immediately expelled as a member!
It's said that picture still exists at Cheyenne's Old West Museum.
When the Cattle Barons left the Magic City, after their vast herds perished during the harsh winter of 1886-87, the Cheyenne Club was left empty. The deed was turned over to the city in 1888,
specifically to the organization later called the Chamber of Commerce. In 1936 the building was in need of serious repair, so, it was razed rather than saved.
It is absurd to remove the part about the Cheyenne Club. It is a specific point of Cheyenne's history. Prove to me it is NOT Cheyenne's history???
Provide the acceptable and proper citations and reinsert the info if you feel it is important and appropriate. That's the way it works here. Be bold! Also, register and sign your comments please.THX1136 (talk) 20:49, 9 October 2023 (UTC)Reply
Legnth of Article
Latest comment: 8 June 20071 comment1 person in discussion
This is an article about a state capitol, and it is one of the shortest ones on Wikipedia. Some smart ass decided that they were dictator and got to delete everything they didn't like- which was about half the article. There is plenty of deleted stuff that belonged in the article-PUT IT BACK!
Latest comment: 8 June 20072 comments1 person in discussion
This is actually a continuation of the section above, but I thought a dramatic section title might draw more eyes. According to the village pump link above (it gets archived frequently, so the thread, as I write this, looks like this (at the bottom of the page)), 130 edits between October 2006 and May 2007 were removed "due to copyright violations". My interpretation of this, which has not been confirmed or denied, is that someone probably added copyrighted material last fall, it didn't get taken off until late this May, and all intermediate edits, whether they related to the copyrighted material or not, just went down the memory hole. Anybody know if this is, indeed, what happened? Surely all 130 edits weren't copyvio's; any way to get access to those edits to separate the wheat from the chaff? --barneca (talk) 18:06, 8 June 2007 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 9 March 20084 comments3 people in discussion
The temperatures mean nothing to me and mean nothing to millions of people outside of the USA. Only the USA still uses fahrenheit as its main means of recording temperature. I know this article is about an American city but Wikipedia English is read by millions of people around the world - in English speaking countries like the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and South Africa - and millions from other countries. Don't exclude the vast majority of people - please use celcius on Wikipedia articles or at least display both forms of measurement. 213.230.130.56 (talk) 00:12, 8 March 2008 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 23 January 20111 comment1 person in discussion
Unfortunately, this article has been largely ignored by other editors from Cheyenne. I am going to work on improving it and adding information. For the time being though, I started with updating the nightshows for 2011 CFD, and adding references for a few spots I thought it was necessary. If there is something you would like to see on here, please let me know.Rocco81b (talk) 17:27, 23 January 2011 (UTC)Reply
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I am going to remove gateway tower from landmarks on January 1 unless someone can name sources of why it should remain. Gateway plaza tower was a failed venture over a decade ago, that never gained traction. There was never interest in the building, and the lot was turned into a hotel. There is no historical need for this tower to remain. Thousands of failed ventures come up across this nation monthly.
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After some research on the history of this article (why not, I live here!), And found a pretty Well done compilation of Cheyenne's structures. Sure, I think it shouldn't've been placed in landmarks, or have all those notes, but I feel bit was useful. What would happen if we brought it back? And did it all differently?
Hello I wanted to add two sources and relevant history regarding the Rainsford Historic district and the Capitol North Historic District with a commons contribution and writing pertaining to two documents that I have uploaded to wikicommons. They are two pdf files about said districts and their registry with the United States Department of the Interior [1][2] --Ro Dereemer (talk) 10:03, 12 December 2022 (UTC)Reply
