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Utah is a state in the western United States. Capital city: Salt Lake City

This project was formed to better organize information in articles related to the U.S. state of Utah. This page and its subpages contain various suggestions to help focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please introduce yourself on the talk page and add your signature to the "Participants" section below. You are also welcome to add our user template to your user page.

Scope

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This project shall coordinate the creation and editing of articles related to the US State Utah, its cities, sites, history, etc. It aims primarily to expand Wikipedia's resources on Utah and present Utah in a fair and accurate manner.

Goals

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  1. To improve the quality and quantity of Utah related articles as exemplified by the featured articles, Bryce Canyon National Park, Zion National Park, Geology of the Capitol Reef area, Geology of the Bryce Canyon area and Geology of the Zion and Kolob canyons area; the Good Articles, Salt Lake City, Utah and Great Salt Lake; and the former featured article Liberal Party (Utah).
  2. Present a well-rounded view of Utah as a whole.
  3. To make Wikipedia one of the premier online resources on Utah.

Portal

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Open tasks

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Open tasks for WikiProject: Utah.

Edit or discuss these tasks.


Utah Shortcuts: Categories | History


Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Article alerts

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Articles for deletion

  • 15 Dec 2024 – Jimmy Rex (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Praxidicae (t · c); see discussion (17 participants)
  • 10 Dec 2024The Battle of City of Rocks (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by KEmel49 (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 17 Dec 2024; see discussion (7 participants)
  • 06 Dec 2024Margaret D. Nadauld (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by SolxrgashiUnited (t · c) was closed as keep by Liz (t · c) on 21 Dec 2024; see discussion (11 participants; relisted)

Categories for discussion

Featured article candidates

Good article nominees

Articles to be split

Statistics

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See /Assessment.


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Members

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Active members

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To join WikiProject Utah, edit this section and insert the Wikitext #{{subst:me}} with your areas of interest into the following list of members in alphabetical order. Members should also place member identification on their user page.

  1. Admrboltz (talk · contribs) SLC
  2. BigBen212 (talk · contribs)
  3. Bob Palin (talk · contribs)
  4. Bob rulz (talk · contribs)
  5. Bryce Carmony (talk · contribs)
  6. aguynamedcarl (talk · contribs) - Mostly following Millard County related articles, reviewing changes. Occasional edits, but work and life keep my busy.
  7. Cool Hand Luke (talk · contribs)
  8. COGDEN (talk · contribs)
  9. Davejenk1ns (talk · contribs)
  10. Dbmcdonough (talk · contribs) - technology, Utah, business, social media and government.
  11. doncram (talk · contribs) - historic sites, including any NRHP-listed, see List of RHPs in Utah
  12. GreenGlass1972 (talk · contribs) Ogden. Working on missing State Park articles, and other things as they hook me.
  13. HalfwayAffable (talk · contribs): Northern Utah, mostly.
  14. Hypernick1980 (talk · contribs):Ogden, Utah
  15. Authalic (talk · contribs)
  16. Ntsimp (talk · contribs)—Nine Mile Canyon, Category:Ghost towns in Utah and other communities, and photos, especially on the sublists of National Register of Historic Places listings in Utah. I also seem to do most of the assessment around here.
  17. Nihonjoe (talk · contribs)
  18. Noidywg (talk · contribs)
  19. Qfl247 (talk · contribs) transplant, worked in the West Desert on the Snake Valley/water issue for the Utah Geological Survey, lots of stories and pics
  20. Robert Horning (talk · contribs): Logan, Utah
  21. Steven.Harris (talk · contribs): Librarian@USU, interested in improving the entries for Utah authors.
  22. Thelema12 (talk · contribs)
  23. Tavatar (talk · contribs)
  24. Texttramp (talk · contribs) 16:33:00, 24 January 2021 (UTC)  Focused on small towns, out-of-the-way places, byways[reply]
  25. The Utahraptor (talk · contribs)
  26. Todrobbins (talk · contribs) - MLIS/digital asset manager based in Salt Lake City - lots of interests and willing to help anywhere
  27. TurfToe11 (talk) 06:51, 1 July 2013 (UTC): Ogden, Utah[reply]
  28. Tripleahg (talk · contribs)
  29. Val42 (talk · contribs): Ogden, Utah
  30. Visorstuff (talk · contribs)
  31. WPPilot (talk · contribs) Fraud & Ponzi Schemes in UTAH
  32. Zaui (talk · contribs) - from Sandy, Utah (Adding photos to articles when I can - see my gallery - willing to work on the portal also)
  33. Theonlypat (talk · contribs)
  34. RES2773 (talk · contribs) - Mostly Utah Transit Authority and other transit/transportation related topics, but occasionally edit elsewhere.
  35. OddishAzul (talk · contribs) - I mostly edit entries for cities, towns, and CDPs but also edit other kinds of articles occasionally.
  36. Lomrjyo (talk · contribs) 15:38:56, 1 February 2021 (UTC)  Cache Valley and Northern UT[reply]
  37. LikeGrantTookRichmond (talk · contribs) from Ivins, Utah, mostly southern Utah, and USU related.
  38. Red Rocks and Sage Bush (talk · contribs) from Sandy, Utah, anything Utah, but religion and nature especially.
  39. Tlonedyr (talk · contribs)
  40. Maylingoed (talk · contribs) 20:43:28, 22 December 2023 (UTC)  Summit County-related articles.[reply]

Former members

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Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.

  1. 17adavis7 (talk · contribs)
  2. А (talk · contribs) Ogden, Utah - No edits since April 2008
  3. Adrian Comollo (talk · contribs) I'm working on an article about Utah National Groups under Utah Culture category. See details in my page. - No edits since October 2009
  4. Argyleist (talk · contribs) - No edits since October 2008
  5. Azander (talk · contribs) - No edits since August 2009
  6. Blahblah5555 (talk · contribs) - No edits since July 2009
  7. Bonzostar (talk · contribs) - No edits since June 2010
  8. CKStark (talk · contribs)
  9. Cortina2 (talk · contribs) - No edits since February 2011
  10. D&RGW 223 (talk · contribs)
  11. Edwardlalone (talk · contribs) - I'm working on a State Legislature Project so please feel free to help out. - No edits since June 2010
  12. floodbud (talk · contribs) - No edits since September 2007
  13. Gregmaxfield (talk · contribs) - No edits since March 2010
  14. hitoman72 (talk · contribs) Any photos or information on the Utah county area would be greatly appreciated - No edits since May 2008
  15. Hooky6 (talk · contribs) - No edits since October 2010
  16. Idono (talk · contribs) - No edits since March 2011
  17. Jaromhuff21 (talk · contribs) Utah Valley native -- Did I just say that out loud? - No edits since 2009
  18. Jaxad0127 (talk · contribs)
  19. Jbjazzfan (talk · contribs) - No edits sine January 2011
  20. John Hamer (talk · contribs) - No edits since March 2011
  21. Jon Holly (talk · contribs)~~West Valley City, Utah - No edits since March 2010
  22. JonMoore (talk · contribs) - No edits since March 2007
  23. Koberg427 (talk · contribs)
  24. Lee.Devine (talk · contribs) I am interested in Dixie Applied Technology College - No edits since October 2010
  25. Lethargy (talk · contribs) - No edits since October 2008
  26. Masterhomer (talk · contribs)
  27. Maveric149 (talk · contribs) (I'm working on getting every national park in Utah featured; Zion and Bryce already there) - No edits sine July 2007
  28. Mbatman72 (talk · contribs) - No edits since February 2008
  29. MissingHailstone (talk · contribs)
  30. Narnia2514 (talk · contribs) - No edits since July 2010
  31. Rmwarnick (talk · contribs) (I am adding geo-stubs for every Utah wilderness area) - No edits since May 2009
  32. Rocketmaniac (talk · contribs)
  33. RSkyhawk (talk · contribs): Want to create/improve history articles. Any help appreciated; see my User Page. - No edits since November 2008
  34. Sodaplayer (talk · contribs) - No edits since April 2009
  35. Sterling.morris (talk · contribs)
  36. Sthatting (talk · contribs): Syracuse, Layton, Hildale, & Midvale, Utah - No edits since January 2008
  37. Supertechguy (talk · contribs): Working on the Washington County School District (Utah) Page - No edits since February 2011
  38. Twinkler4 (talk · contribs) - No edits since May 2008
  39. UtahStizzle (talk · contribs)
  40. UteFan16 (talk · contribs)
  41. wadazi11 (talk · contribs) (I was in the middle of working on some mountain pages when I came across this. I'll make sure it ties in.) - No edits since October 2008
  42. WBardwin (talk · contribs) - No edits since October 2010
  43. Worlingham (talk · contribs) - I'm working on Catholicism in Utah. - No edits since December 2010
  44. Yintercept (talk · contribs) I am interested in adding photos to articles about the Mountain West. - No edits since April 2007
  45. yovinedelcielo (talk · contribs) Hey, former Utahn here that is still very interested in promoting Utah-especially since hardly anyone I know had ever heard of it before they met me! - No edits sine March 2011

Member identification

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Members of WikiProject Utah should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Utah participants.

Wikitext userbox where used
[[Category:WikiProject Utah participants]] none linked pages
{{Template:User WikiProject Utah}}
This user is a participant in
WikiProject Utah.
linked pages
{{Template:User WP Utah}} linked pages
{{Template:User WP Utah|invite}} linked pages

For other Utah user templates see Category:Utah user templates.

Templates

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Applying {{WikiProject United States|class=|importance=|UT=yes|UT-importance=}} to a talk page gives:

WikiProject iconUnited States: Utah Unassessed
WikiProject iconThis article is within the scope of WikiProject United States, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of topics relating to the United States of America on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the ongoing discussions.
???This article has not yet received a rating on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
???This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.
Taskforce icon
This article is supported by WikiProject Utah.

and adds the page to Category:WikiProject Utah.


Applying {{Utah-stub}} to an article page gives:

and adds the page to Category:Utah stubs.


Applying {{Utah-geo-stub}} to an article page gives:

and adds the page to Category:Utah geography stubs.


Applying {{Utah-bio-stub}} to an article page gives:

and adds the page to Category:Utah people stubs.


Applying {{Photo requested|in=Utah}} to a talk page adds the page to Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Utah.

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Tools

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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.