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	This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on April 20, 2007.
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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 11 January 2022 and 28 April 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Emnh133, ChrispinPerez (article contribs). Peer reviewers: User3530, 00BlueSky00, Menace55, RamboHambo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChrispinPerez (talk • contribs) 06:53, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There is significant unsourced content in the article, including no less than 27 {{citation needed}} tags. The article will need better referencing in order to remain a featured article. (t · c) buidhe 21:44, 2 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

MONGO, Mav is no longer editing, might you be interested in bringing this back to standard? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:00, 3 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I will have to put it in cue. Would like to see it updated but not sure I have time. I'll try.--MONGO (talk) 04:12, 3 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I like chasing down references. I'll take a crack at it. — hike395 (talk) 04:55, 3 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm willing to work on it too. Pistongrinder (talk) 19:30, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Hike395, @Pistongrinder, @MONGO: can I bring this to FAR, or do you still plan to work on this in the medium-term? FemkeMilene (talk) 18:05, 4 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reminding me. I'll get back to work on it. — hike395 (talk) 00:54, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Hike395, Pistongrinder, and MONGO: still interested in working on this? Z1720 (talk) 22:05, 8 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate the reminder, @Z1720. I'll have some time next week to work on researching and adding appropriate citations to the article. Pistongrinder (talk) 16:53, 11 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome. Feel free to ping me when improvements are complete and I will conduct a more thorough review. Z1720 (talk) 18:43, 11 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've added several citations to the article over the last few weeks as you can see in the history section, but I'm not finished yet. There are still a dozen or so more ^{[citation needed]} tags to tackle. This is just an update to say that I'm still working on them. Pistongrinder (talk) 15:44, 10 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This section is rather garbled and is fundamentally incorrect in saying that there were four major evictions. In fact by 1969 only a few houses in the "Indian village" remained, solely occupied by park employees and their families who were relocated to other employee housing. The fundamental relationship in the National Park era between employment by the National Park and the right to reside the "Indian villages" is completely ignored. Eldomtom2 (talk) 15:05, 17 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that much of this article's descriptions of the history of the region of Yosemite is focused on the history of the region with regards to European settlers. Where natives are mentioned it is often sparse and lacking sources. I plan to spend some time adjusting the language used in this article and expanding the history section to include more details about precolonial times.

I wanted to put this section here in the talk page in advance of those changes incase anyone whose interested in this page wanted to voice any concerns with this plan or wanted to help out throughout the process.

Cheers, Skoulikomirmigotripa (talk) 17:22, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's a great idea. No doubt, the article skews to a eurocentric context owing to the mainstream sourcing used (which is not a criticism of any previous editors). If you are able to find good sources covering the indigenous history of the area, I think it would be great to add. *But*, I would say that a more complete history of the area should be covered in History of the Yosemite area and even Yosemite Valley, while this article probably should be concerned, for the most part, on the park itself and the history since its formation. Cristiano Tomás (talk) 18:48, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's a great point! If I have the time/energy I may start the process of creating that page as well. For now though, I'll just plan on updating the history section of this page. Skoulikomirmigotripa (talk) 21:06, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Doug Weller talk 13:47, 15 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How is there no mention of Taft Point at all throughout the page? 102.89.84.36 (talk) 08:20, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Added — hike395 (talk) 12:39, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Instead of putting draft material directly into the article (and labeled it as such, which violated WP:SELFREF), I've restored the deleted material and put the draft material here. We can work on it and place it back into the article (if aligned with consensus). — hike395 (talk) 21:46, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I cleaned up the draft material to cite specific NPS web pages on climate change topics, then trimmed it down to only contain statements that were sourced. I think it's ready to paste back into the article: what do other editors think? Pinging @Diego Gutierrez2 — hike395 (talk) 12:43, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Went ahead and added the material back to the main article. — hike395 (talk) 19:27, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 27 August 2025 and 12 December 2025. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Diego Gutierrez2 (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Isaacaae (talk) 21:04, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

At Yosemite National Park, Staffing Cuts Mean Visitors Have Gone wild https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/us/politics/yosemite-national-park-california-staffing-cuts.html Falkmart (talk) 17:52, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]