Wikipedia:WikiProject Caribbean

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This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles on the countries of the Caribbean with a spirit of cooperation. If you would like to join the project, simply add your name to the list of participants and begin editing (see the list of open tasks for ideas).

Contents 1 Goals 2 Scope 3 Related WikiProjects 4 Work groups 5 Open tasks 5.1 Requested articles 5.1.1 Antigua and Barbuda 5.1.2 Bahamas 5.1.3 Barbados 5.1.4 Jamaica 5.1.5 Saint Kitts 5.1.6 US Virgin Islands 5.2 Requested images 5.3 Articles needing adoption 6 Participants 7 Departments 8 Showcase 8.1 Featured Articles 8.2 Featured Lists 8.3 Featured Portals 8.4 Good Articles 8.5 Did you know... (DYK) 8.6 Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team release version selections 9 Assessment 10 Peer Review 11 Templates 11.1 Stub templates 12 Resources

[edit] Goals

The goals of this project are to:

• create, improve, and maintain articles relating to the countries of the Caribbean and the Caribbean Sea, their history, people, geography, and culture. Included are the independent nations of Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the dependencies of Anguilla, Aruba, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Turks and Caicos Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Caribbean Sea. We shall also deal with the countries of Belize, Guyana, and Surinam, given their close cultural and political connections to the Caribbean.
• assist with the Portal:Caribbean.

[edit] Scope

The scope of this project is all articles which fall in the

• Category:Anguilla,
• Category:Antigua and Barbuda,
• Category:Aruba,
• Category:Bahamas,
• Category:Barbados,
• Category:Belize,
• Category:British Virgin Islands,
• Category:Caribbean,
• Category:Cayman Islands,
• Category:Cuba,
• Category:Dominica,
• Category:Dominican Republic,
• Category:Grenada,
• Category:Guadeloupe,
• Category:Guyana,
• Category:Haiti,
• Category:Jamaica,
• Category:Martinique,
• Category:Montserrat,
• Category:Netherlands Antilles,
• Category:Puerto Rico,
• Category:Saint Barthélemy,
• Category:Saint Kitts and Nevis.
• Category:Saint Lucia,
• Category:Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
• Category:Suriname,
• Category:Trinidad and Tobago,
• Category:Turks and Caicos Islands, and
• Category:United States Virgin Islands.

We acknowledge up front that there may be other WikiProjects, both now and in the future, which deal directly with individual nations or areas within the above. We are grateful for their efforts, and will concentrate our own on those areas which are not covered by a currently existing project.

[edit] Related WikiProjects

WikiProject Latin America countries has considerable overlap with our project, but also covers Central and South American countries

WikiProjects for individual countries:

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Antigua and Barbuda
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Bahamas
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Barbados
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Bermuda
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Cuba
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Dominica
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Dominican Republic
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Grenada
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Haiti
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Jamaica
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Puerto Rico
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Saint Lucia
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Trinidad and Tobago

[edit] Work groups

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Caribbean/Anguilla work group
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Caribbean/Aruba work group
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Caribbean/British Virgin Islands work group
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Caribbean/Cayman Islands work group
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Caribbean/Guadeloupe work group
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Caribbean/Martinique work group
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Caribbean/Montserrat work group
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Caribbean/Netherlands Antilles work group
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Caribbean/Saint Barthelemy work group
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Caribbean/Saint Martin work group
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Caribbean/Saint Pierre and Miquelon work group
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Caribbean/Turks and Caicos Islands work group
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Caribbean/United States Virgin Islands work group

[edit] Open tasks

Caribbean articles needing attention

Articles to Clean Up: Janet Jagan, List of Puerto Rico state forests, Linstead, Dunn's River Falls, Che Guevara, Area code 939, Brian Williamson, Daniella Alonso, Eutimio Guerra, Animal Flower Cave Articles needing Expert Attention: Chito Martínez, Guy François, Héctor Valdez Albizu, S. M. Jaleel and Company, Foul Bay, Barbados, Gary White (football), Nine nights, Ali St. Louis, Angel Villalona, Reginald Victor-Louis Articles needing Wikification: Jones P. Madeira, Saint Kitts and Nevis-United States relations, Barbados-United States relations, Cayman Islands-United States relations, Guananico, Media of Haiti, Jamaica-United States relations, Grenada-United States relations Articles with NPOV Issues: Cuban exile, Patrick Manning, Human rights in Cuba, Jermaine Lawson, Dominica-United States relations, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Perry Christie, Bermuda-United States relations, National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haiti Articles needing Verification: Downtown Santo Domingo, Fort Christian, Islam in Cuba, Haitian American, Denise Belfon, Prophet Benjamin, Môle Saint-Nicolas, Lysius Salomon, Cyril Potter College of Education, Treasure Beach Articles needing Expanding: Cana Chapetón, Association of Caribbean States, Guyana at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Stevenson Magloire, Discovery of Puerto Rico, Ibero-American Summit, Duvergé, Papiamento, Congaline Articles needing Merge / Split issues: Kemps Bay, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Montserrat, Jumbie Articles possibly up for Deletion or with Redirect Errors: Jimmy London

• Add the project banner template, {{WikiProject Caribbean}}, to the talk pages of all articles in the scope of this project.
• Go through the pages in Category:Unassessed Caribbean articles and assess each (see the assessment department for details).
• Add new articles to the Wikipedia:WikiProject Caribbean/Articles list, and check the recent changes function for improvements, other changes, and vandalism to articles.
• Participate in the discussions about Caribbean articles nominated for deletion.
• Pick a task from the to-do list of articles needing attention.

[edit] Requested articles

• Culture of the Caribbean
• Geography of the Caribbean
• Caribbean Scout Jamboree
• Caribbean Link
• Civil war of Martinique (in 1790-1794)
• Coat of arms of the Federation of the West Indies

[edit] Antigua and Barbuda

• Lady Carlisle

[edit] Bahamas

• Anguilla Cays - Bahamian islands

[edit] Barbados

• Government House, Barbados

[edit] Jamaica

• Leslie R. Mordecai
• Donald A. Fitz-Ritson
• Highway 2000

[edit] Saint Kitts

• Reverend W.A. Beckett

[edit] US Virgin Islands

• Estate Diamond, Saint Croix
• Milord Point Beach on Saint Croix
• Great Pond (Saint Croix)

[edit] Requested images

• A photo of a Shark N Bake sandwich from Maracas Beach in Trinidad and Tobago, to replace the non-free Image:Bakenshark.jpg

[edit] Articles needing adoption

• Article name: adopter's ~~~~
• Labor Day Carnival (New York City's West Indian-American Day Parade[1] held yearly in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighbourhood)
• National Movement for Change (Antigua and Barbuda political party):
• United National Democratic Party (Antigua and Barbuda political party):
• Latin American and Caribbean Congress in Solidarity with Puerto Rico’s Independence

[edit] Participants

This is a list of users involved in the Caribbean WikiProject. If you would like to join, simply add your name to the list. You may also add "{{User WikiProject Caribbean}}" to your user page and the Caribbean WikiProject userbox will appear there.

• Bequia Foundation (Anything Bequia)
• JoseTavares
• EdwinCasadoBaez(Anything Involved with D.R and it's Cities)
• Badbilltucker (probably primarily in the project's administrative functions, leaving most of the article-related work to better qualified people)
• Legis (talk - contributions)
• Targeman I'll be happy to add IPA tags wherever needed; can also create stubs in various languages for English articles related to the Carribean (maybe even translate whole articles if feeling ambitious)
• Vivenot
• Guettarda
• Slgr@ndson (page - messages - contribs)
• Jwillbur - anything Haiti
• TaranRampersad
• Roosevelt King
• Dave Smith
• Zleitzen - (I help organise Wikipedia:WikiProject Cuba and Portal:Cuba, and have written other articles including featured articles on Caribbean subjects.)
• Caribbean 1
• Mattisse
• Tony the Marine
• C.G.P.
• --Toussaint 16:46, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
• Afv2006
• haitianministries
• Fork Me Main interests in this project are reggae, ska and calypso music.
• Ishango Political, Social and Economic gadfly
• Emir Aly Crowne Mohammed
• jess
• spiceangell
• Harlowraman
• Jkeezy1990 Just about anything in the USVI(United States Virgin Islands)
• BillCJ - primarily Jamaica
• Invertzoo 16:35, 16 August 2007 (UTC) - mostly about the island of Nevis but also about Redonda and St. Kitts
• Jobonaparte
• Æetlr Creejl 22:25, 2 September 2007 (UTC) - Mostly TT
• MikeSearson - primarily Caribbean iguanas cyclura - Mike Searson 05:27, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
• Tony Martin October 2007. Haiti, Antigua, and Montseratte.*
• Vgmaster USVI and Jamaica
• -hh Feb 2008 - Cayman Brac
• Darwinek - geography.
• Todgar - linguistics and social/cultural anthropology
• Rasadam - Primarily Music / Soca and Carnival related articles

[edit] Departments

Points of interest related to Caribbean on Wikipedia
Portal - Category - WikiProject - Stubs - Deletions - Cleanup - Noticeboard

• Assessment - For determining the quality and importance of Caribbean articles.

[edit] Showcase

The following items have received recognition from the Wikipedia community:

[edit] Featured Articles

1928 Okeechobee Hurricane British African-Caribbean community Che Guevara Democratic Labour Party (Trinidad and Tobago) Edwin Taylor Pollock Elfin-woods Warbler Fauna of Puerto Rico Hector Lavoe History of Puerto Rico

Hurricane Erika (1997) Military history of Puerto Rico Mourning Dove Music of the Lesser Antilles Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico Puerto Ricans in World War II Ramon Emeterio Betances Salsa music West Indian cricket team in England in 1988

[edit] Featured Lists

List of birds of Belize List of Caribbean drums List of Cuban birds List of Puerto Rican birds

Puerto Ricans Missing in Action in the Korean War List of snakes of Trinidad and Tobago List of Vieques birds

[edit] Featured Portals

• Portal:Cuba
• Portal:Puerto Rico

[edit] Good Articles

Bob Marley Boricua Popular Army Brothers to the Rescue Buena Vista Social Club Cerro Maravilla Incident Great Hurricane of 1780 History of the West Indian cricket team Humbert Roque Versace Hurricane David Hurricane Dog (1950)

Hurricane Klaus (1984) Live and Let Die (novel) Music of Antigua and Barbuda Music of Barbados Pedro del Valle Puerto Rico Tropical Storm Fabian (1991) Tropical Storm Isabel (1985) Tropical Storm Mindy (2003)

[edit] Did you know... (DYK)

The following items all appeared in the Wikipedia:Main page Did You Know section:

• Attalea crassispatha - 27 February 2007
• Elfin-woods Warbler - 22 February 2006
• Fauna of Puerto Rico - 16 August 2006
• Francis Barber = 30 March 2007
• Humbert Roque Versace - 20 July 2006
• José Martí Memorial - 30 March 2007
• Puerto Ricans in World War II - 23 March 2007
• Railways of Jamaica - 18 September 2007

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

• Belmopan
• Puerto Rico

[edit] Assessment

Caribbean articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	None	Total
Quality
	FA		1	9	10	1	21
	A	1	2	1			4
	GA	1	2	3	5	12	23
	B	24	35	32	41	63	195
	Start	20	139	208	501	407	1275
	Stub		98	386	2071	1231	3786
	List	1		21	57	95	174
	Assessed	47	277	660	2685	1809	5478
	Total	47	277	660	2685	1809	5478

[edit] Peer Review

[edit] Templates

• {{User WikiProject Caribbean}} is a userbox which all members can add to their talk pages.
• {{WikiProject Caribbean}} is the project banner, to be added to the talk pages of all articles which fall within the scope of the project.

[edit] Stub templates

• {{Caribbean-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the Caribbean; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
  • {{Caribbean-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the geography of the Caribbean; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
  • {{Caribbean-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Caribbean people; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
    • {{Caribbean-boxing-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to people involved in Caribbean boxing; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
    • {{WestIndies-cricket-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to biographical cricket-related stubs about West Indians; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
    • {{Caribbean-politician-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Caribbean politicians; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
  • {{Caribbean-trade-union-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Caribbean trade unions; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
    • {{Bahamas-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to geography of the Bahamas; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
  • {{Barbados-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Barbados; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
    • {{Barbados-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to geography of Barbados; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
  • {{Caymans-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the Cayman Islands; to be put on the bottom of each article page. *NOTE: Geographical items about the Cayman Islands should have both the {{Caymans-stub}} and {{Caribbean-geo-stub}} placed on them.
  • {{Cuba-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Cuba; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
    • {{Cuba-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Cuban geography; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
    • {{Cuba-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Cuban people; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
      • {{Cuba-athletics-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to CUban people connected with the sport of track and field athletics; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
  • {{DominicanRepublic-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Dominican Republic; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
    • {{DominicanRepublic-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to geography of the Dominican Republic; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
  • {{Haiti-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Haiti; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
    • {{Haiti-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to geography of Haiti; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
    • {{Haiti-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Haitian people; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
      • {{Haiti-painter-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Haitian painters; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
      • {{Haiti-writer-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to writers from Haiti; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
  • {{Jamaica-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Jamaica; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
    • {{Jamaica-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to geography of Jamaica; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
    • {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Jamaican people connected with the sport of track and field athletics; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
    • {{PuertoRico-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to geography of Puerto Rico; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
    • {{PuertoRico-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to people from Puerto Rico; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
  • {{Trinidad-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Trinidad and Tobago; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
    • {{Trinidad-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to geography of Trinidad and Tobago; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
  • {{Belize-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Belize; to be put on the bottom of the article page.
    • {{Belize-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the geography of Belize; to be put on the bottom of the article page.
  • {{Guyana-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Guyana; to be put on the bottom of the article page.
    • {{Guyana-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the geography of Guyana; to be put on the bottom of the article page.
  • {{Suriname-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Suriname; to be put on the bottom of the article page.
    • {{Suriname-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the geography of Suriname; to be put on the bottom of the article page.

[edit] Resources

There are a huge number of resources available for this area. Please see the page of the specific country or area in which you are interested for the ones applicable for your specific interest.