Wikipedia:WikiProject Montana

Welcome to the Montana WikiProject. We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of articles related to the U.S. State of Montana.

Goals: The goal of this WikiProject is to improve, create, and update articles on people, places, and things resident or native to Montana.
Scope: This project proposes to work with all pages related to the state of Montana, its history, geography, and people. All these articles should be included in the Category:Montana or one of its subcategories.

This is a WikiProject, an open group of Wikipedia editors. New participants are welcome; feel free to talk to us!

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WikiProject Montana
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Guidelines

Consider the notability guidelines, before creating an article.
Adhere to the Wikipedia:Manual of Style.

Open tasks

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Montana: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2026-04-03

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Article requests : create articles for redlinks in Template:Protected areas of Montana
Cleanup : St. John's Episcopal Church (Butte, Montana)
Expand : Emily M. Danforth
Stubs : Snowy Range Formation; Clerk of the Montana Supreme Court
Update : Wind power in Montana and Solar power in Montana
Wikify : First Security Bank – Montana
Other : create Willard E. Fraser, Billings mayor

Ongoing tasks

Feel free to patrol the project's recent changes list to note improvements, other changes, or vandalism of articles.
This bot produces a list of articles with clean-up tags each Tuesday. Go to Montana and fix what you are able.
Look at our stub articles. Try to expand to at least Start or C according to our quality scale. If they are no longer a stub remove the {{Montana-stub}} template at the bottom of the article page and change the assessment on the Talk Page.
Popular pages shows the most viewed pages of the previous month. Review the list and make improvements to articles that are of interest to you.
Check Ideas for draft articles open for assistance.

Members

Active members

To join WikiProject Montana, edit this section and add the Wikitext #{{subst:me}} with your areas of interest to the bottom of the following list of members. Members should also place member identification on their user page.

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MONGO Mainly working on land management articles, but will contribute to anything that is needed.
Wolfdog1 05:34, 18 November 2007 (UTC) Billings Metro Area, South Central Montana and mountains
Mike Cline (talk) Bozeman, MT resident. Interested in Montana Flora, Fauna, Geography, History and Fly Fishing. I am a Campus Ambassador and Wikipedia Visiting Scholar at Montana State University-Bozeman
Montanabw^(talk) 16:45, 8 September 2008 (UTC) Fourth Generation Montanan. Wiki Veteran Editor, feel free to call on me to resolve disputes and trounce popular myths. EVERYONE is entitled to my opinion! (grin)
Tim1965 (talk) 16:48, 14 June 2010 (UTC) - adding what I can, where I can; can help with research issues
Tbennert02 February 2011 - willing to help with most anything - family has been in eastern Montana since the homesteading days
Intothatdarkness (talk) 21:21, 21 July 2011 (UTC) Sixth generation Montanan - interested mostly in military/Frontier Montana history but can help in other areas.
Glacierman - Resident of Hungry Horse, history is my bag; can copy & content edit, willing to write new articles from time to time. Glacierman (talk) 19:18, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Ngs61 (talk) - Help with Montana Highways
Rjensen (talk) Live in Billings; interest in political, economic & social history; also training workshops; Wikipedia Education Foundation "Regional Ambassador" for Great Plains
Gary D Robson Resident of Red Lodge (Carbon County). Happy to help where I can.
otr500 (talk): All things historical. See talk page.
jwilsonjwilson (talk) 05:48, 7 March 2016 (UTC) An old time Deer Lodge boy. My interest is documenting history of Deer Lodge City and Valley, from Butte to Garrison.
Activist (User talk:Activist) Activist (talk) 22:07, 14 April 2018 (UTC) Occasional visitor, edits for many years, mostly regarding Politics
Dlthewave (talk)
Aflockw12 (talk)My interest is history of homesteading in Gallatin Canyon, particularly Crail Ranch in Big Sky
SWP13 (talk) 17:54, 12 August 2020 (UTC) Mostly Montana House of Representatives
ARose Wolf - Lived near Bozeman. Spent a lot time on the Crow Reservation when I wasn't in Glacier. Some of my favorite locations in Glacier are Gunsight Lake, Mt. Jackson, Reynolds Creek and Heavens Peak.
AlSmith28 (talk)
VanillaBean28 (talk) I'm interested in Montana history.
Montana1890 (talk) I'm a 4th generation Montanan whose family came to Butte in 1890.
Notyouryellowstone (talk) My interest is in helping set the record straight on Montana and all her glory. From the Gibson factory, to the music industry, and all the amazing breweries and other industries here. Lets make Montana, Montana again.
Boze1804 (talk · contribs) 23:10:27, 4 January 2024 (UTC) I am most interested in expanding articles about Montana's rich history.
Penguin314 (talk · contribs) 18:16:12, 19 March 2024 (UTC) I am interested in Montana's history and geography.
Pomemel (talk · contribs) 22:31:22, 26 September 2024 (UTC) (talk) Montana resident, interested in Montana history, particularly history in and around Gallatin Valley. Also interested in tourism and Yellowstone National Park. Former park guide, currently working in local archives.
MullinerHA (talk · contribs) 19:47:10, 2 October 2024 (UTC) I am a librarian and archivist who works in the state of Montana and specializes in local Montana history and history of the west.
Clark-jason (talk · contribs) 21:45:29, 4 March 2025 (UTC) Interested in explaining and promoting MT research for our MT citizens.
Ryker.3777 (talk · contribs) 1:12:30, 30 March 2025 (UTC) Montana Native, Looking to improve articles focused on Cascade County and surrounding area.

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Geologyguy 02:33, 2 March 2007 (UTC) - Geology, Butte History, National Historic Landmarks, Mining, Natural areas, mountains - No edits since May 2008
ElCharismo 16:24, 2 March 2007 (UTC) - Focus: General Montana History, Small Town Culture, Local Geography, and Incorporation of Photography and Other Media - No edits since May 2010
Drumguy8800 (talk · contribs · count) Love Montana.. I've been working on articles within the scope of the Bitterroot Range recently.. but I'm a pretty experienced editor and am willing to help wherever. - 1 edit since September 2009
Greyduk 21:31, 5 August 2007 (UTC) Eastern Montana - No edits since February 2008
MontanaHatchet 01:17, 10 October 2007 (UTC)-Former Montana resident, wanted to be a part of my state's Wikiproject. - No edits since June 2008
John Carter 16:27, 12 October 2007 (UTC) - work on the portal. - No edits since January 2008
Jade Robbins (talk) 23:29, 29 November 2007 (UTC) - Montana resident, will help whenever possible. - No edits since November 2007
P.primo (talk) 23:29, 23 February 2008 (UTC) - Focus: Colstrip, Montana, grew up in Colstrip - 3 edits since November 2009, none since July 2010
snachodog (talk) 14:09, 16 September 2008 (UTC) I love Montana. Going to school in Missoula, involved in local politics. I am a Wikipedia novice, but I will help with whatever I can. - 1 Edit since March 2010
tanankyo (talk) 18:14, 09 October 2008 (UTC)-Former Deer Lodge resident, interested in helping when and where I can. - 1 edit since November 2009
Narissara (talk) 8:19, 5 June 2010 (UTC) First generation Montanan from Stevensville/Missoula. I'm relatively new to Wikipedia editing, but I'd like to help. - No edits since June 2010
Jim (talk) 12:00, 11 September 2010 (UTC) Third generation Montanan from the southwestern region of the state. Relatively new, but willing to help out with research and editing. - No edits since September 2010
Ltvine 01:15, 2 March 2007 (UTC) - northeast Montana native - Foci: Transportation, Architecture, others still developing. - No edits since April 2017
Seattlehawk94 ((User talk:Seattlehawk94|talk)) 03:04, 29 January 2009 (UTC) Family is all from Butte, spent a lot of my life there and it's home. Mostly Western/SW Montana, Livingston/South Central Montana, Billings are topics I know about. - No edits since August 2019
Missoulian (talk) 18:16, 29 December 2010 (UTC)... I live in Missoula, Montana and love everything about Missoula, and Montana. Long-time user for Wikipedia, and would love to help in any way I could. - No edits since February 2017
Dsetay ((talk) Third generation Montanan and frequent Wikipedia contributor. Currently live in Seattle but focused on Montana articles related to Missoula, higher education, and history. - No edits since February 2015
Bobert902101 - I have a new found love for the state and people of Montana. I can check links, perform any tasks that are on a todo list, anything else let me know.Bobert902101 (talk) 22:06, 13 November 2011 (UTC) - No edits since November 2011
JohnDavidStutts - Long-time western Montana resident, have good information/photos on western Montana mountains and wildlands. JohnDavidStutts (talk) 20:57, 24 November 2011 (UTC)JohnDavidStutts - No edits since February 2015
STO12 - Loves Montana; can't think of where else to be :) - No edits since September 2015
TurfToe11 (talk) 06:44, 1 July 2013 (UTC) I live in part-time and know a lot about the town of West Yellowstone, MT - No edits since June 2015
Djembayz - Editathon in Missoula; Adding "On this day ..." in the Montana portal. Djembayz (talk) 13:35, 21 November 2013 (UTC) - No edits since November 2015
KingJeff1970 (talk) 23:10, 8 July 2014 (UTC) I live in Helena and work in the Montana Historical Society Research Center, so I can check sources in Montana history fairly easily. My interests are mostly in Montana history, political, social, and environmental, so I hope to improve existing articles in these areas and maybe create some new ones - No edits since July 2018
Shadybradyj (talk)12:28, 01 January 2015 (UTC) My family homesteaded in Northeast Montana in the early 1900s. I am interested in the history of Montana, especially Northeast Montana. - No edits since August 2016

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Articles

Outline of Montana - Topical outline of Montana related articles
Index of Montana-related articles - Alphabetical list of Montana related articles

Assessment

See our recognized content here.

Articles on Wikipedia receive content assessment. Ratings help determine the factual completeness of an article and can provide a guideline on ways to improve it. Featured Articles (FA) have passed in-depth examination and are considered to be the most professional and outstanding.

Generally speaking, all editors, including editors who have written or improved an article, are encouraged to boldly set any quality rating that they believe is appropriate, except for the GA, FA, and A-class ratings. If you feel an article merits a new class based on the above assessment scale, make the change on the article's Talk Page.

For assistance on improving an article you are working on consider peer review and you can also request help on our Talk Page.

Lists of Montana Articles by rating

New articles

New articles can be found at User:AlexNewArtBot/MontanaSearchResult.

Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them can be suggested for the "Did you know?" box on the Main Page.

Check that new articles have categories related to Montana and place {{WikiProject Montana |class= |importance= }} on the talk page.

If the article is a stub do your best to expand it to at least start class. If necessary place either {{Montana-stub}} or {{Montana-protected-area-stub}} at the bottom of the article page.

Article creation

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Ideas

Previous events often have ideas and resources for new articles
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Drafts for missing Montana Supreme Court justices

Talk Page

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{{WikiProject Montana}} looks like this:

Montana

	Montana portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Montana, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the U.S. state of Montana on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.MontanaWikipedia:WikiProject MontanaTemplate:WikiProject MontanaMontana
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Events

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Upcoming events

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US Mountain West - quarterly online meeting - 8:00 to 9:00 PM MDT, Tuesday evening, August 11, 2026

Previous events

Wikipedia:Meetup/MSU/HowMTwasMade, 2026
Wikipedia:Meetup/MSU/Women in Montana, 2025
Wikipedia:Meetup/MSU/Health Equity, 2024
Wikipedia:Meetup/Bozeman/ArtAndFeminism 2016
Wikipedia:GLAM/Montana History, 2015 and 2016
Wikipedia:Meetup/Missoula/Wiki Loves Libraries 2013

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