Welcome to the Wikiproject Geography a project to better organize information in articles related to Geography. This page and all subpages of this page contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please make suggestions and proposals on the talk page, and see the to-do list below:
[edit] General reference
For the scope of country (political division) coverage, see User:Buaidh/List of countries.
[edit] Notice Board
Improve geography related articles (including those related to geographic information systems) and develop/maintain the navigation aides dedicated to geography: Overview of geography and places, List of basic geography topics, List of geography topics, Glossary of geography terms, Geography-related portals and Geography-related categories.
- Develop and implement a common structure to geography and its sub-fields
- Clarify and improve topic structure
- Ensure accessibility to the lay reader - with a simplified version and/or appropriate main article/daughter article structuring of scientific detail
- Add more scientific detail (and sources) in appropriate articles
- Develop some neglected aspects of the topic
- Ensure NPOV
- Get all geography articles up to A Class standard
[edit] Related projects
[edit] Parent
No parent of this WikiProject has been defined.
[edit] Offshoots
Other WikiProjects that fall within the scope of Geography include:
[edit] Descendants
[edit] Human geography
[edit] Historical human geography
[edit] Physical geography
[edit] Portals
[edit] Task forces
[edit] Project volunteers
See Category:WikiProject Geography members.
If you'd like to help out and receive task assignments and project-related updates on your talk page, please add your name here:
[edit] Discussions and Structure
[edit] Articles
[edit] Featured content
Ann Arbor, Michigan · Antarctica · 
Australia · Bangalore · Bangladesh · Bath, Somerset · Belgium · Bhutan · Boston, Massachusetts · Buckingham Palace · Bryce Canyon National Park · Cambodia · Canberra · Cape Horn · Carlsbad Caverns National Park · The Catlins · Cathedral of Magdeburg · Chennai · Chetwynd, British Columbia · Chew Valley Lake · City status in the United Kingdom · Cleveland, Ohio · Colditz Castle · Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve · Dawson Creek, British Columbia · Death Valley National Park · Dogpatch USA · Dorset · Eldfell · Gangtok · Geography of India · Geography of Ireland · Goa · Great Mosque of Djenné · Gyeongju · Hong Kong · India · Isan · Johannesburg · Kalimpong · Kerala · Lake Burley Griffin · Louisville, Kentucky · Malwa · Marshall, Texas · Moorgate · Mount Pinatubo · Mount Rushmore · Mount St. Helens · Mumbai · National parks of England and Wales · Nepal · Niagara Falls · Oakland Cemetery · Pakistan · Palace of Westminster · Palazzo Pitti · Rondane National Park · San Jose, California · Sarajevo · Sealand · Seattle, Washington · Sheffield · Shoshone National Forest · Shrine of Remembrance · Sikkim · St Kilda · South Africa · Suburbs of Johannesburg · Surtsey · Waterfall Gully, South Australia · Yellowstone National Park · Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory · Yosemite National Park · Zambezi · Zion National Park
Canadian provinces and territories by area · Canadian provinces and territories by population · Counties of Lithuania · Indian districts · Indian state and union territory capitals · Islands of Scotland · Municipalities of Lithuania · Orkney islands · Provinces of the Philippines · Shetland islands · Provinces of Thailand · U.S. states by date of statehood · U.S. states by elevation · Municipalities of Portugal · Ohio county name etymologies · List of areas in the National Park System of the United States
[edit] New articles
Please feel free to list your new Geography-related articles here. Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Wikipedia:Main Page.
[edit] Review and assessment
[edit] Traveling around the World on Wikipedia: the lists of basic country topics
Along with the main article on each country, the lists of basic country topics should be considered top priority for development and maintenance, because they are the corresponding general reference resource on Wikipedia for each country. Based on a standard design each list presents its information in the same logical order, so that when completed, these lists will be the easiest way on Wikipedia to study countries or find general information about them.
Each list doubles as a general outline of knowledge about a country and as a table of contents (or fundamental site map) of the material about that country on Wikipedia. These lists are intended to be the next stage of evolution of navigation aid for browsing country-related information on Wikipedia, improving upon (and complementing) the presentation of country-related subjects in Wikipedia's category system.
One of these pages has been created for every country of the world and development is already well underway, but so far only a few have been transferred to the encyclopedia itself...
Are your favorite countries covered in the encyclopedia yet, or are they still in the draft section?
[edit] Developing and maintaining the "list of basic geography topics"
The list of basic geography topics is a general overview of geography. It is part of Lists of basic topics (the members of which share a common format), and is thus part of Wikipedia's table of contents system. It is incomplete and needs to be finished. The list also needs dedicated editors to watchlist it, to counter vandalism and to monitor its development. Finally, it needs to be maintained, to reflect changes on the presentation of the subject on Wikipedia (adding links to new relevant topics, updating links, etc.). Most importantly, since it outlines geography and is a key navigation aid for browsing geography topics on Wikipedia, the WikiProject Geography is the perfect caretaker for this page. Please adopt it, improve it and treat it with tender loving care.
[edit] Articles needing attention
This section is for short notifications of pages with problems, or where some attention is needed. If you list a page here, put a longer description on the pages talk page.
[edit] Requests for review of articles
This section is for notifications of pages which wish to be graded as a Good Article or would like support to be a Featured Article. If you list a page here, put a longer description on the pages talk page. Additionally, leave a copy of the longer description under the article name on the /General page.
- North Sea is undergoing GA review, any assistance in this endeavour appreciated.SriMesh | talk 00:02, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Adopt an article
Similar to the Collaboration of the week, but on a smaller scale, you might want to "adopt" an article. This would involve doing the research, writing, and picture-taking (if possible) for either a non-existent article or a stub. Of course, everyone else can still edit an adopted article, and you can work on other things too, but the idea is to find a focus for a while, to try and build up the number of quality articles the Project has produced.
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{{WikiProject Geography}}
Talk |  | This article is within the scope of WikiProject Geography, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of geography 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. | |  ??? | This article has not yet received a rating on the project's quality scale. | | ??? | This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale. | | WikiProject Geography To-do list: | | | | | | | The project notice designed to be placed in the talk page of any article that has been or should be edited as part of this Wikiproject. |
{{User WikiProject Geography}}
talk |  | This user is a member of
WikiProject Geography | | Place this userbox on your user page to identify yourself as a member of WikiProject Geography. |
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Geography Wikiproject. | | Place this userbox on your user page to identify yourself as a member of WikiProject Geography who is a professional geographer. |
{{User interest geography}}
talk | | Place this userbox on your user page to identify yourself as having an interest in geography. |
{{geo-stub}}
Talk | | The geography location stub has been designed to be placed at the bottom of small articles relating to geography of specific places that need to be expanded. Note that this stub is in practice virtually NEVER used. All geographical locations use continent-, country-, or subnational region-specific stubs, such as {{Oceania-geo-stub}}, {{Portugal-geo-stub}} or {{NovaScotia-geo-stub}}. A full list of these can be seen here. |
{{geographer-stub}}
Talk | | The geographer stub has been designed to be placed at the bottom of small articles relating to geographers that need to be expanded. |
{{geo-term-stub}}
Talk | | The geographic term stub has been designed to be placed at the bottom of small articles relating to geographical tertminology that need to be expanded. |
{{topography-stub}}
Talk | | The topography stub has been designed to be placed at the bottom of small articles relating to topography that need to be expanded. |
{{cartography-stub}}
Talk | | The cartography stub has been designed to be placed at the bottom of small articles relating to maps and atlases that need to be expanded. |
{{marine-geo-stub}}
Talk | | The marine geography stub has been designed to be placed at the bottom of small articles relating to specific marine locations and ocean currents that need to be expanded. |
{{ocean-stub}}
Talk | | The oceanography stub has been designed to be placed at the bottom of small articles relating to oceanography that need to be expanded. |
{{climate-stub}}
Talk | | The meteorology stub has been designed to be placed at the bottom of small articles relating to climatology and meteorology that need to be expanded. |
{{geography-stub}}
Talk | | The geography stub has been designed to be placed at the bottom of small articles relating to geography in general or geography as a scientific discipline, that need to be expanded. |
{{Geography topics}}
Talk | | The geography Navigation has been designed to be placed at the bottom of articles relating to geography to provide an easy link to important articles. |
{{Physical geography topics}}
Talk | | The physical geography sub-discipline tag has been designed to be placed at the bottom of articles relating to physical geography to provide an easy link to important articles. |
{{Human geography}}
Talk | | The human geography sub-discipline tag has been designed to be placed at the bottom of articles relating to human geography to provide an easy link to important articles. |
{{History of geography sidebar}}
Talk | | The history of geography tag has been designed to be placed at the bottom of articles relating to the history of geography to provide an easy link to important articles. |
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