the eastern montana thing is going to be tricky there was a boom just like now in the s s and a subsequent crash the pattern is significant not necessarily a permanent thing will take proper research to do that bit justice and if anyone does a shoutout to sidney but not miles city glendive glasgow or maybe even baker and wibaux and of course ekalaka we will be in all sorts of trouble grin plus at the moment with that murder out in sidney the place is coming under a lot of scrutiny for the boomtown atmosphere and so i suggest we tread delicately talk article structure okay so there seems to be no basic consensus on how this article should be structured i can't find an outline in the wikiprojects sections so i am going to attempt to make one based on the the only three states at fa class minnesota oklahoma and virginia and the nearest ga class article south dakota yes we're being beaten by south dakota here is my suggestion etymology see ok's short description of where the name montana comes from geography see sd's general descriptions about size and location geology and terrain junk about east v west mountains rivers etc just not a bunch of lists flora and fauna kind of obvious may need to break state into regions climate protected lands state and national parks i guess history summarize and send off to the history of montana page american indian reservations brief overview and description of the indian reservations in montana could be linked here until a separate page can be made cities and towns see ok's briefly describe the make up of montana's cities and towns not a giant list there's already one here just send people there really only those with more than should be listed on this page but given that doesn't even include the capital we may as well go down to kalispell at around i e the largest seven no other town even has we're not exactly waiting up on election night for the havre votes to come in demographics basic census crap written in prose population ancestry religion economy culture see ok's and va's arts and theatre we have plenty of museums and theatres across the state you could list the most important ones first but eventually they need to be put into prose festivals and events ditto sports and recreation organized sports probably mostly college sports and minor league baseball could add state games and skiing competitions i guess outdoor recreation hiking fishing mountain biking skiing etc government and politics see ok's state government local government tribal government national politics education school districts administration universities colleges etc media see ok's and sd's links to lists should be okay but here only the largest and prominent should be mentioned as well as nielsen zones etc health see va's and ok's mt's healthcare system stats and perhaps main hospitals transportation see ok's basic info from the mdot on our roads train stations and airports and the basic health of our transportation system state symbols see va's see also any comments thanks for the list dsetay you forgot to sign it above no question the article is not of good quality and needs to be improved i don't have a lot of time to devote to this but i'd support and offer minor assistance to an improvement drive the oklahoma or minnesota articles would probably be the best guides as both have notable native american populations and are more or less in the west sd would be fine to fill in gaps but ga being a less fussy standard than fa i'd split any debates in favor of an fa structure user talk montanabw