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WikiProject Capital District
Welcome to WikiProject Capital District. This is a collaboration of Wikipedians related to the Capital District (also known as the Capital Region) of upstate New York. The goal is to bring together resources dedicated to improving the coverage of the Capital District on Wikipedia and to organize information related to this topic. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in the topic. If you would like to help, please join the project, inquire on the talk page, and see the list of goals below.
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Project Scope
The Capital District of New York is a general geographical area in New York (similar to the upstate area) centered around the cities of Albany, Schenectady, Troy, and more recently, Saratoga Springs. It is rich with national and local history. It is the original home of General Electric, contains the eastern end of the Erie Canal, houses the oldest technical university in the English-speaking world, and is home to the capital of New York State. The region is made up of a number of counties, but most specifically, Albany County, Rensselaer County, Schenectady County, and Saratoga County. The area is also now known as Tech Valley due to emergence of technological advancements based in the area in recent times. The Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce introduced the term in 1998.
Any article on the English Wikipedia that deals with a subject located in the area (see map at right) fits within the scope of this project and it is requested that the templates shown below be used to designate that.
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Sources
Some excellent research sources of information and images:
- Capital District Regional Planning Commission (info)
- Capital District Transportation Committee (info)
- The Library of Congress' Prints and Photographs Division (old photos, most in public domain)
- See this example on how to credit the LOC; upload to Commons preferably
- Capital District Library Council Digital Collections materials digitized from libraries and archives throughout the NYCD
- Capital District photos at Commons
- 2010 Census for all NY counties, cities, towns, villages, and CDPs
Sources related to Albany:
- McEneney, Jack J. (2006). Albany: Capital City on the Hudson. Sun Valley, California: American Historical Press. ISBN 1892724537.
- Munsell, Joel (1869). The Annals of Albany (2nd ed.). Albany, New York: Joel Munsell.†
- Reynolds, Cuyler (1906). Albany Chronicles: A History of the City Arranged Chronologically, From the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Albany, New York: J. B. Lyon Company.†
- Albany, New York at Commons
Sources related to Troy:
- Rittner, Don (2002). Troy, NY: A Collar City History. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0738523682.
- Weise, Arthur James (1886). The city of Troy and its vicinity. Troy, New York: Edward Green.†
- Weise, Arthur James (1891). Troy's one hundred years, 1789-1889. Troy, New York: William H. Young.†
- City of Troy (1906). Charter of and laws relating to the city of Troy: as amended at the close of the legislative session of 1906. Troy Observer Co.†
- Troy, New York at Commons
Sources related to Schenectady:
- Schenectady, New York at Commons
Sources related to Dutch times:
- Van Laer, A. J. F. (translator and editor) (1908). Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts. Albany: University of the State of New York.
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has generic name (help)† - Venema, Janny (2003). Beverwijck: A Dutch Village on the American Frontier, 1652-1664. Hilversum: Verloren. ISBN 0791460797.
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New or Greatly Expanded Articles
Please feel free to list your new Capital District, New York-related articles here (newer articles at the top). Consider nominating the new article at "Did you know...?" to increase readership by being featured on the Main Page. For articles that need to be made or improved see the list of articles needing attention.
July 2011
June 2011
- Bleecker Park
- Dana Park
- Tricentennial Park (Albany, New York)
- Tivoli Nature Preserve
- Lincoln Park (Albany)
May 2011
October 2010
September 2010
August 2010
- Mont Pleasant, Schenectady, New York
- Hamilton Hill, Schenectady, New York
- Woodlawn, Schenectady, New York
- Albany City Hall 10x expansion
- Woodlawn Preserve
- Fort Nassau (North River) expansion
- Coat of arms of Albany, New York
July 2010
- Patroon Creek
- Rensselaer Lake10x expansion from 1-sentence stub
- Albany Pine Bushcomplete rewrite and expansion
- Wellington Row
- W. Averell Harriman State Office Building Campus
June 2010
- Bleecker Stadium
- Niska Isle
- Albany, Rensselaerville, and Schoharie Plank Road
- Van Schaick Island
- Hurstville, New York
- Fort Frederick (Albany)created from redirect
- Lake Albany
- Washington Park Historic District (Albany, New York)complete rewrite and expansion
May 2010
- Dongan Charter
- SUNY System Administration Building complete rewrite and expansion
April 2010
- Hotel Ten Eyck Project
- Aumic House, Guilderland
- Apple Tavern, Guilderland
- Albany Glassworks Site, Guilderland
March 2010
- Alcove, New York Expanded from stub
- Clarksville, Albany County, New York
- Joseph H. Allen
- New Salem, New York
- Slingerlands, New York Cleaned up and expanded from stub
- Feura Bush, New York Cleaned up and expanded from stub
- South Bethlehem, New York
- Kenwood, Albany, New York
February 2010
- Normansville, New York
- Elsmere, New York Changed from redirect
- Delmar, New York Greatly expanded
- Fort Hunter, Albany County, New York
- Fullers, New York
- Guilderland Center, New York
- Guilderland (hamlet), New York
- McKownville, New York
- Mannsville, Albany County, New York
- Roessleville, New York
- Karner, New York
- Lisha Kill, New York
- West Albany, New York
- Boght Corners, New York Greatly expanded
- Dunsbach Ferry, New York Greatly expanded
January 2010
- List of tallest buildings in Albany, New York
- East Greenbush, New York Greatly expanded
- Oakwood Cemetery (Troy, New York)
- North Greenbush, New York Greatly expanded
- Rensselaer, New York Greatly expanded
- Valley Falls, New York Increased history section (ongoing)
December 2009
- Watervliet, New York Greatly expanded history section
- Beeren Island
- Menands, New York
November 2009
October 2009
- Hartford Baptist Church
- Delaney Hotel
- Hoosick Falls Armory
- St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Hoosick Falls, New York)
- Hoosick Falls Historic District
- U.S. Post Office (Hoosick Falls, New York)
- Cambridge Historic District
- Revolutionary War Cemetery
- Salem Historic District (New York)
- Colleges and universities in New York's Capital Districtvery preliminary
- U.S. Post Office (Granville, New York)
- South Granville Congregational Church
- Elisha Straight House
- U.S. Post Office (Lake George, New York)
- Old Warren County Courthouse Complex
- Hadley Parabolic Bridge
- Oakwood Cemetery (Troy, New York) 5x expansion
- Saratoga Gas, Electric Light and Power Company Complex
- U.S. Post Office (Saratoga Springs, New York)
- Gideon Putnam Burying Ground
- Hiram Charles Todd House
September 2009
- West Side Historic District (Saratoga Springs, New York)
- Tech Valley
- East Side Historic District (Saratoga Springs, New York)
- Union Mill Complex
- Brookside Museum
- National Bottle Museum
- U.S. Post Office (Ballston Spa, New York)
- Verbeck House
- Abraham Glen House
- U.S. Post Office (Scotia, New York)
- Schenectady Armory
- Elston Hall (former Hotel Van Curler)
- Union College 5x expansion
- Union Street Historic District (Schenectady, New York)
- General Electric Realty Plot
- Foster Building
- List of Union College alumni
- Kiliaen van Rensselaer (Dutch merchant) 5x expansion
August 2009
- Timeline of town creation in New York's Capital District
- Map of Rensselaerswyck
- Arbor Hill, Albany
- 48 Hudson Avenue
- Streets of Albany, New York
- Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions
July 2009
- Van Rensselaer Island
- Tulip Festival (Albany, New York)
- Maiden Lane Bridge
- Kenmore Hotel
- Albany Lumber District
- Mansion Historic District
- Pastures Historic District
- Buildings at 744–750 Broadway
June 2009
- Manor of Rensselaerswyck (expanded)
- Albany Pump Station
- Garfield School (Brunswick, New York)
- Little Red Schoolhouse (Brunswick, New York)
- St. Mary's Church (Albany, New York)
April/May 2009
- Schenectady City Hall
- New York State Department of Education Building
- Cohoes Commons
- Stuyvesant Plaza
- Saratoga Mall (Wilton, New York)
- St. Francis Chapel (Colonie, NY)
- Colvin Central Plaza
- Westgate Plaza (Albany, New York)
- Mohawk Commons (Niskayuna, New York)
- Mohawk Mall (Niskayuna, NY)
- Northway Mall (Colonie, NY)
- Crosstown Plaza (Schenectady, NY)
- List of incorporated places in New York's Capital District
- Lafayette Park Historic District
- Rapp Road Community Historic District
- Albany Union Station
- Downtown Albany Historic District
- Berlin Central School District
- Luther Forest Technology Campus
Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box of the Main Page.
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Statistics
Listed below is a compilation of all articles tagged with the project template, split by importance and quality. Get out there and tag more articles and assess the unassessed, but be sure to read and understand the assessment criteria first.
Capital District articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
FA | 3 | 6 | 9 | ||||
FL | 1 | 1 | |||||
FM | 4 | 4 | |||||
GA | 1 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 38 | ||
B | 2 | 6 | 26 | 35 | 69 | ||
C | 3 | 26 | 72 | 67 | 2 | 170 | |
Start | 20 | 133 | 345 | 2 | 500 | ||
Stub | 2 | 128 | 234 | 2 | 366 | ||
List | 7 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 28 | ||
Category | 2 | 2 | |||||
Disambig | 2 | 2 | |||||
File | 8 | 8 | |||||
Redirect | 1 | 2 | 33 | 36 | |||
Template | 9 | 9 | |||||
NA | 1 | 1 | |||||
Assessed | 6 | 66 | 384 | 722 | 58 | 7 | 1,243 |
Total | 6 | 66 | 384 | 722 | 58 | 7 | 1,243 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 5,659 | Ω = 4.91 |
Ongoing activities
- Popular pages: A bot-generated list of pageviews, useful for focused cleanup of frequently viewed articles.
- Quality operations: A bot-generated detail log for "Capital District" articles.
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Templates
Project template:
{{WikiProject New York (state)|Capital=yes}}
- for use on article talk pages; make sure to first read the assessment guidelines!
Navbox:
- {{Capital District}} - for use on related articles
Userbox:
- {{User CapitalDistrict}} - for use on your userpage!
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Goals
There are lots of things to do! Consider helping out in one of the following areas:
- Recruit more members!
- Tag all articles relating to New York's Capital District with the project template.
- Assess all tagged articles to determine quality and importance relating to this project.
- Consider adding yourself to the Assessment Team!
- Offer unofficial peer review services as a step to help editors create the best articles possible. This will be available to articles rated C-Class or below. For higher class articles, please see Wikipedia's peer review department.
- All reviews are expected to be critical, but fair.
- Note the existence of Category:New York Capital District at Commons. Add to its category tree to offer users possible sources of media to use in articles.
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Featured Content
Featured topics:
Featured articles:
- Fort Ticonderoga
- New York's 20th congressional district special election, 2009
- New York State Route 22
- New York State Route 28
- New York State Route 28N
- New York State Route 32
- Oakwood Cemetery (Troy, New York)
Featured lists:
Good articles:
- 1989 Northeastern United States tornado outbreak
- Albany, New York
- Albany City Hall
- Albany Pine Bush
- Arbor Hill Historic District–Ten Broeck Triangle
- Battle of Bennington
- Battles of Saratoga
- Center Square/Hudson–Park Historic District
- Central Troy Historic District
- Coat of arms of Albany, New York
- Dongan Charter
- Joseph H. Allen
- Kiliaen van Rensselaer (merchant)
- Lafayette Park Historic District
- New York Court of Appeals Building
- New York State Route 8
- New York State Route 9L
- New York State Route 9N
- New York State Route 32B
- New York State Route 43
- New York State Route 149
- New York State Route 254
- New York State Route 418
- Port of Albany-Rensselaer
- Saratoga campaign
- St. Mary's Church (Albany, New York)
- South End–Groesbeckville Historic District
- U.S. Route 4 in New York
- Washington Park Historic District (Albany, New York)
Featured Pictures
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Valued Pictures:
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New Pictures
Please feel free to list your new Capital District-related pictures here (newer pics at the top). To request a picture of a place in the Capital District see the Image Request page.
2011
July 2010
March 2010
February 2010
January 2010
December 2009
- Entrance to Capital Holiday Lights
- Washington Park Bridge during Capital Holiday Lights
- Troy City Council in Chambers
- Troy City Council President Clem Campana
- Troy City Council Chamber
- SVG Map of the neighborhoods of Troy
November 2009
- Barberville Falls on the Poesten Kill, courtesy of Waterfall Guy at Flickr
October 2009
- Hartford Baptist Church and Cemetery, again courtesy of Dougtone
- Estabrook Octagon House, Hoosick Falls
- Hoosick Falls armory
- St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Hoosick Falls
- Downtown Hoosick Falls at dusk
- National Bottle Museum, Ballston Spa (not mine, but uploaded from Flickr user Dougtone)
- Hoosick Falls post office
- Hubbard Hall, Cambridge
- Hudson Valley Community College Campus Center
- Revolutionary War Cemetery, Salem
- Buildings on Main Street, Salem
- Granville post office
- South Granville Congregational Church
- Elisha Straight House, now Hartford Museum
- Lake George from village beach
- Downtown Lake George
- Judson Smith mural of Lake George area in post office lobby
- Lake George post office
- Old Warren County courthouse
- Hadley Parabolic Bridge (not mine, but uploaded from Flickr user Dougtone)
- Old electrical substation in Saratoga Springs
- Saratoga Springs post office
- Broadway, Saratoga Springs
- Christian Church Disciples of Christ in Brunswick
- Grave of Samuel Wilson in Oakwood Cemetery
- Gideon Putnam Burying Ground, Saratoga Springs
- Hiram Charles Todd House, Saratoga Springs
- 150+ photographic survey of Union College
- Former Senator Joseph Bruno
- Assembly Majority Leader Ron Canestrari
September 2009
- Houses on Washington Street, Saratoga Springs
- Houses at Regent and Caroline streets, Saratoga Springs
- Union Mill Complex, Ballston Spa
- Brookside Museum, Ballston Spa
- Ballston Spa post office
- Verbeck House, Ballston Spa
- Abraham Glen House, now Scotia branch of Schenectady County library
- Scotia post office
- Schenectady Armory
- I-90 highway sign
- General Electric Research Laboratory
- Niskayuna town hall
- Jermain Street Houses
- Elston Hall at SCCC, formerly the Hotel Van Curler
- Schenectady Amtrak station platform view
- Houses on South Ferry Street, Schenectady
- Lawrence the Indian statue, Schenectady
- Houses on Union Street, Schenectady
- Houses on Stratford Road, Schenectady
- Schenectady Post Office
- Schenectady City Hall
- State Street, Schenectady
- Foster Building, Schenectady
- Saratoga Race Course panorama
August 2009
- Dormitory Authority of NY HQ
- Lark Street in Albany
- Broadway in Albany
- Hollywood Drive In
- Hollywood Drive In in Averill Park
- Lark Street
- North Pearl Street
- Engraving of K. K. van Rensselaer (partially restored)
- Burden Wheel (restored)
- Albany Union Station
- Washington County Farm
- Downtown Saratoga Springs
- Washington Park Boathouse/Playhouse
- Times Union Center Atrium
- Times Union Center
- Albany Academy
- Albany College of Pharmacy
- Christian Brothers Academy
- Home Savings Bank Building
- Quackenbush House
- Quackenbush House
- Albany Pump Station
- I-787 in Albany
- I-787 in Menands
July 2009
- Siena College
- Congress Street Bridge
- Russell Sage Hall
- Campus of Russell Sage College
- Bush Center at Russell Sage
- Proctor's Theater in Troy
- RPI Playhouse
- Troy Antique District
- Cannon Building
- 48 Hudson Avenue (Albany)
- Skyline of Troy
- Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies at RPI
- Engraving of a farmhouse in Brunswick, New York (restored)
- Engraving of the original Rensselaer School (restored)
- Engraving of Troy Savings Bank Music Hall (restored)
- Engraving of Rensselaer School (later RPI, restored)
- Engraving of damage from Troy Fire, 1854 (restored)
- Engraving of damage from Troy Fire, 1820 (restored)
- View toward downtown from South Pearl Street
- Current St. Paul's Church engraving (restored)
- Old St. Paul's Church engraving (restored)
- Albany County Government Building
- Houses on Grand and Madison streets
- I-787 in Watervliet
- Downtown Troy, New York
- Saratoga Race Course entrance
- Saratoga Race Course
- Houses on Westerlo Street
- Little Red Schoolhouse c. 1913
- Garfield School c. 1881
- Philip Schuyler statue
- Kenmore Hotel
- North Pearl Street from Steuben Street
- Albany College of Pharmacy
- Albany Law School
- Palace Theater
- Panorama from Thacher Park
- Palace Theater
- Houses on Clinton Avenue
- Palace Theatre
June 2009
- Ten Broeck Mansion Garden
- Ten Broeck Mansion (rear)
- Ten Broeck Mansion (front)
- Capitol & Agency Bldg #4
- McGeary's Pub, Albany
- State Street, Albany
- St. Mary's Church, Albany
- St. Peter's Church, Albany
- Oakwood Cemetery Crematorium and Chapel
- Troy Panorama from Oakwood Cemetery
- Fire Alarm, Telegraph and Police Signaling Building
- Police Station in Troy
- Troy Public Library
- Library interior
- White Church in Brunswick
- Emma Willard School
- Garfield School in Brunswick
- Little Red Schoolhouse in Brunswick
- Capital District Montage
- Quad at RPI
- RPI Union
- Cathedral of All Saints
- New York State Cultural Education Center
- New York State Executive Mansion
- New York State Department of Education Building
- NYSED Building
- Port of Albany-Rensselaer
May 2009
- Albany, New York
- Albany Institute of History and Art
- Skyline of Albany from the Corning Tower
- Engineering Center (Union College)
- Memorial Chapel (Union College)
- Admissions Building (Union College)
- Troy Skyline
- Schenectady Post Office
- Schenectady County Office Building
- Schenectady City Hall (Rear)
- Schenectady City Hall
- Schaffer College (Union College)
- Proctor's Theatre, Schenectady
- Nott Memorial (Angled)
- Nott Memorial (Head on)
- Interior of the Nott Memorial
- I-787 in Troy
- West Hall at RPI
- Watervliet from Congress St Bridge
- Troy Sign (Prospect Park)
- Troy Record Building
- Troy Post Office
- Troy Monument Square
- Troy Antique District
- Rensselaer County Historical Society
- McCarthy Building (Troy)
- Hendrick Hudson Hotel (Troy)
- Washington Park (Troy)
- Brownstones on Washington Park (Troy)
- Green Island Bridge
- Brunswick Town Hall
- Collar City Bridge
- Brunswick Community Center
- Ned Pattison Office Building (Rensselaer County HQ)
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Troy
- River Street restaurants in Troy
- Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
- Troy City Hall
- State Quad at SUNY Albany
- Siena College
- SUNY Albany
- Fountain at SUNY Albany
- Nano Center at SUNY Albany
- Meteorology Center at SUNY Albany
- Albany skyline
- Greater Albany skyline
- New York State Court of Appeals
- Empire State Plaza
- King Fountain at Washington Park
- SUNY System Administration Building
- New York State Capitol (west face)
- New York State Capitol (east face)
- Rensselaer Rail Station (updated)
- Albany City Hall (updated)
- Alfred E. Smith Building (updated)
April 2009
Consider nominating any particularly striking ones at featured pictures or encyclopedically notable ones at valued pictures, either here or on Commons.
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Participants
Active participants
- UpstateNYer (talk · contribs) (co-founder) - specializing in public schools, photography, and local history (especially Dutch)
- Camelbinky (talk · contribs) (co-founder) specializes on geography and history
- Bearian (talk · contribs) - I've already created a lot of biographies and hamlet articles. I hope to improve those and add more.
- Daniel Case (talk · contribs) I have a lot of photos of NRHP listings all the way up to Saratoga Springs that I can add. And I travel to the CD often enough.
- Juliancolton (talk · contribs)
- Albany NY (talk · contribs) - Main contributions include photography, articles on architecture, and general copy editing.
- Mitchazenia (talk · contribs) - Roads, towns and whatever I feel.
- Jasebasketball (talk · contribs) - Add content to several Capital District-related articles including media, sports, and local buildings
- JB82 (talk · contribs) - Saratoga Springs native; will contribute as much about the city as possible
- Yx7791 (talk · contribs) - shopping areas, history; will contribute as time permits
- Austin512 (talk · contribs) - Politics, geography, maybe some other stuff
- Abc518 (talk · contribs)
- Doncram (talk · contribs) - historic sites listed on the NRHP in Albany County and area-wide
- Eternalschala (talk · contribs) - mainly radio and television stations, etc.
- Gyrobo (talk · contribs) - Mostly copyediting, dead link fixing, article promotion, and various improvements where I can make them.
- Listroiderbob (talk · contribs) - mostly Saratoga County articles, esp. Improving stubs and copyediting
Inactive participants
- None
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Nominees and Candidates
Articles for deletion
- 01 Dec 2024 – List of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute fraternities and sororities (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Let'srun (t · c) was closed as keep by Liz (t · c) on 22 Dec 2024; see discussion (5 participants; relisted)
Redirects for discussion
- 02 Nov 2024 – Lu Tianna (talk · edit · hist) →Kirsten Gillibrand was RfDed by Shhhnotsoloud (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 22 Dec 2024 – University at Albany, SUNY (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to SUNY Albany by Theparties (t · c); see discussion
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