Wikipedia:WikiProject Antarctica

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This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles on the continent of Antarctica with a spirit of cooperation. This page and its subpages contain suggestions on formatting and layout of articles about Antarctica. To participate, simply add your name at the participants section.

1 Scope
2 To do
3 Participants
4 Departments
5 Work groups
6 Recognized content
7 Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team release version selections
8 Formerly recognized content
- 8.1 Former featured articles
- 8.2 Former good articles
9 New articles
10 Resources
- 10.1 Stubs
- 10.2 Templates
11 Websites
12 Wikiprojects with overlap with this project

[edit] Scope

This project covers the creation and maintainence of articles related to the continent of Antarctica, its geology and geologic history, geography, climate, lifeforms, political and scientific history. It aims to expand Wikipedia's resources on Antarctica in a fair and accurate manner.

[edit] To do

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Antarctica:

edit · history · watch · refresh

Here are some tasks you can do:

Requests: Australian-Antarctic Basin, Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, Danco Coast, Davis Coast, East Base, Eklund Islands, Ellsworth Stationa, Fleming Glacier, Fowler Peninsula, George VI Ice Shelf, Harlot Glacier, Horseshoe Island, Hut Cove, Lallemand Fjord, Lord Melville, Mackellar Inlet, Martell Inlet, Mount Edgell, Relay Hills, Seller Glacier, Stefansson Strait
Split: Polar Exploration
Verify: Antarctic Circumpolar Current, Argentine Antarctica, Antarctic Bottom Water, Base General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme, Collins Harbour, Life in the Freezer, Merrick Mountains, Port Lockroy, Rothera Research Station
Expand: Antarctic Peninsula, San Martín Base
Stubs: Airy Glacier, Bach Ice Shelf, Brown Bluff, Cape Berteaux, Hag Pike, Prime Head, Prospect Glacier, Western Base Party and other Antarctica stubs.
Other: Add any new articles to Wikipedia:WikiProject Antarctica/Articles page in alphabetical order, where it can be checked for recent changes

[edit] Participants

robertjohnsonrj
Badbilltucker - Will help out where possible.
Dentren
Keesiewonder
Chris
Crested Penguin
Finavon
Fishdecoy - focus: McMurdo Sound geographic area. Stickler for using footnotes and citing sources.
John Carter 20:01, 14 May 2007 (UTC) - Can help with assessments and other such activity.
Daniel - Mountains, valleys and other specific georgraphical features.
Roland'91
Niel Malan
Polylerus - I'd love to help out
Zatoichi26 - Brought Tom Crean to GA status on 3/27/08 with reviewer Brianboulton!
Æe tlr Cre ejl
Satu Suro interested in project management (correct category tags etc) and tagging
gdenyer
BrianKliesen - Updating areas around McMurdo Sound and the US Antarctic Program.
Lazulilasher Interested in explorers.
Madison.Byfield.123 05:21, 4 November 2007 (UTC) id love to help, even tho im only 11!
Somritabanerjee (talk) 13:23, 27 December 2007 (UTC) I'm 12 but i'll try
Ictionary - I add to the English Portal:Antarctica when I can.
Shiftchange (talk)
Euge246 (talk)
canpop(talk)
Shamanchill (talk) 06:28, 15 May 2008 (UTC) owner of the largest private collection of first-hand Antarctic Exploration publications in Canada

[edit] Departments

Wikipedia:WikiProject Antarctica/Assessment - the assessment unit.

[edit] Work groups

[edit] Recognized content

Antarctica articles		Importance
Antarctica articles		Top	High	Mid	Low	None	Total
Quality
	FA	6	3			2	11
	GA		2	1	1		4
	B	9	12	5	2	6	34
	Start	16	40	14	4	196	270
	Stub	2	10	20	21	1295	1348
	List	3	1			3	7
	Assessed	36	68	40	28	1502	1674
	Unassessed					265	265
	Total	36	68	40	28	1767	1939

[edit] Featured articles

[edit] Good articles

[edit] Did You Know (DYK)s

Alexander Macklin - 22 December 2006
Alfred Cheetham - 21 January 2007.
Harry McNish - 16 November 2006
John Vincent (sailor) - 6 February 2007
Mount Kirkpatrick Formation - 30 November 2006
Mrs. Chippy - 30 October 2006
Thomas Orde-Lees - 12 December 2006
Trinity Church, Antarctica - 12 April 2006
Vivian Fuchs - 10 September 2006
Winter Quarters Bay - 25 April 2007.

[edit] Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team release version selections

Antarctica

[edit] Formerly recognized content

[edit] Former featured articles

[edit] Former good articles

[edit] New articles

Please list any newly created articles below, and the date of their creation. Also, if they qualify, consider nominating them for inclusion in the Did you know section of the Wikipedia:Main page;

Antarctic Artists and Writers Program

September 3, 2007

SY Morning

July 23, 2007

Erebus Ice Tongue

May 5, 2007

Winter Quarters Bay

April 21, 2007

McMurdo Sound

April 11, 2007 (from 3-sentence stub)

Ice pier

February 4, 2007

Marble Point

January 14, 2007

[edit] Resources

[edit] Stubs

If the priority articles in the top of this page don't interest you, you can always expand one of these stubs.

{{Antarctica-stub}} (Cat:Antarctica stubs) - stubs relating to Antarctica in general (e.g., expeditions, exploration, international law, wildlife)
{{Antarctica-geo-stub}} (Cat:Antarctica geography stubs) - stubs on Antarctica's geographical features
- {{Subantarctic-geo-stub}} ((Cat:Sub-Antarctic island geography stubs) - stubs on the geography of the Sub-Antarctic islands

[edit] Templates

[edit] Websites

Australian Antarctic Division.
The United States Antarctic Program (USAP).
Antarctic base camps and research facilities.
Geographic Names Information System and {{gnis|type=antarid|ID|name}}

[edit] Wikiprojects with overlap with this project

Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia - external terrtories of Australia fall within this ambit
Wikipedia:WikiProject Antarctica Highways - a project about highways and roads in Antarctica.

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