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The purpose of this WikiProject is to create, expand, improve and standardize articles about Mars. This WikiProject is in the process of transition from a Martian geography only project to a general Mars project. Information about the transition can be found on the talk page and at WikiProject Space.

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If CO2 makes Earth heat up why is Mars so cold with most of it’s atmosphere being made up of CO2?

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Userbox: {{User MarsGEO}}
WikiProject tag: {{WPMars}}

Usage, e.g. {{WPMars|class=NA|importance=Low}}

which is proposed to change to: {{WPSS|Mars=yes|class=|importance=}}
Portal: Portal:Mars


[edit] To do list

  • Complete transition - templates on talk pages need changing to WPMars
  • The Mars article needs proof-reading for typos and sentence structure - nearly there...
  • The Life on Mars page needs a lot of work, would be nice to have it promoted to a good article...
  • Geology of Mars needs a discussion of crater types, especially rampart craters and implications for surface composition
  • colonization of Mars deserves to be looked at
To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Mars: edit · history · watch · refresh

[edit] Article quality

A list of Mars articles by quality is available here.

Mars
articles		 Importance
Top High Mid Low None Total
Quality
Featured article FA 1 1
Good article GA 1 1 1 3
B 15 9 3 2 5 34
Start 18 20 26 13 7 84
Stub 11 16 22 66 44 159
List 2 1 3
Assessed 46 47 52 83 56 284
Unassessed 6 6
Total 46 47 52 83 62 290


[edit] ESA images

ESA images are not public domain so can't be used on wikipedia in general - but there are/were negotioations going on between the ESA and wikimedia - so i'm providing a link here for anyone interested in reading about it...Meta:ESA images

[edit] Wide images

This new feature may be useful on Mars rover pages...

Opportunity looks back
Opportunity looks back

[edit] Inherited from WikiProject Mars spacecraft

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[edit] Structure

In general,follow the model of the Mars Reconaissance Orbiter homepage.

An article should contain the following sections:

  1. History of the spacecraft-> This can include launch issues, end of life of the spacecraft, funding issues, major milestones (Launch, Orbit, landing, major discoveries), etc.
  2. What was learned from the mission. For newer and future missions, this may not be included.
  3. Description of scientific instruments
  4. Description of the spacecraft
  5. See Also section
  6. Footnote section
  7. Other external references

[edit] Inherited from WikiProject Martian Geography

[edit] Format

[edit] Stubs

Stub articles should consist of at least one paragraph about the feature, and be accompanied by the appropriate template. Both the {{Mars-stub}} and {{crater-stub}} tags should be used, as it falls into both categories. For more information, please refer to the Example.

[edit] Full Articles

Full Articles should be more substantial. They should follow the structure set out below:

{{Template}}

Brief Description of feature

==Location==

==Formation==

==Discovery==

==Observation==

(==Exploration== If Applicable)

==Simillar Features==

==See Also==


For more information, please refer to the Example, or an article that has already been converted such as Columbia Hills, or Olympus Mons.


[edit] Infoboxes

The appropriate template should be inserted into the article using the code provided:

[edit] Craters

Mars Crater
Region Nowhere
Coordinates ° , °
Diameter 0 Km
Depth 0 Km
Discoverer Nobody
Eponym N/A
This box: view • talk • edit

The template for a crater is {{MarsGeo-Crater}}. The full code is:

{{MarsGeo-Crater
|name=
|image = (optional)
|caption= (optional)
|region= (optional)
|latitude = 
|N_or_S = 
|longitude = 
|E_or_W = 
|diameter = 
|depth = (optional)
|discoverer= (optional)
|eponym = (optional)
}}

For more information, please refer to the documentation.

[edit] Mountains

Mars Mountain
Location Nowhere
Peak 0 Km
Discoverer Nobody
This box: view • talk • edit

The template for a mountain is {{MarsGeo-Mount}}. The full code is:

{{MarsGeo-Mount
|name=
|image=
|caption=
|location=
|latitude = 
|N_or_S = 
|longitude = 
|E_or_W = 
|peak=
|discoverer=
|naming=
}}

For more information, please refer to the Example.

[edit] Valleys/Canyons

Mars Valley
Location Nowhere
Depth 0km
Length 0km
Width 0km
Discoverer Nobody
Naming N/A
This box: view • talk • edit

The template for a valley or canyon is {{MarsGeo-Valley}}. The full code is:

{{MarsGeo-Valley
|name=
|image=
|caption=
|location=
|latitude = 
|N_or_S = 
|longitude = 
|E_or_W = 
|depth=
|length=
|width=
|discoverer=
|naming=
}}


For more information, please refer to the Example.

[edit] Hills

ToDo. For now, please use the Mountain template, and list the article below:

[edit] Hills using Mountain Template

[edit] Plains

Mars Plain
Location Nowhere
Surface area 0km
Discoverer Nobody
Naming N/A
This box: view • talk • edit

The template for an article about plains is {{MarsGeo-Plains}}. The full code is:

{{MarsGeo-Plains
|name=
|image=
|caption=
|location=
|latitude = 
|N_or_S = 
|longitude = 
|E_or_W = 
|area=
|discoverer=
|naming=
}}

For more information, please refer to the Example.

[edit] Phobos

Phobos Feature
Location Nowhere
Type of feature Nothing
Dimensions 0km X 0km X 0km
Discoverer Nobody
This box: view • talk • edit

The template for an article about a feature on Phobos is {{MarsGeo-Phobos}}. This is a general template, for use with all features. The full code is:

{{MarsGeo-Phobos

|name=

|type=

|picture=

|location=

|dimensions=

|discoverer=

|naming=


[edit] Deimos

Deimos Feature
Location Nowhere
Type of feature Nothing
Dimensions 0km X 0km X 0km
Discoverer Nobody
Naming N/A
This box: view • talk • edit

The template for an article about a feature on Deimos is {{MarsGeo-Deimos}}. This is a general template, for use with all features. The full code is:


{{MarsGeo-Deimos

|name=

|type=

|picture=

|location=

|dimensions=

|discoverer=

|naming=

}}

[edit] General Features

Mars Feature
Location Nowhere
Type of feature Nothing
Dimensions 0km X 0km X 0km
Discoverer Nobody
Naming N/A
This box: view • talk • edit

The template for an article about a surface feature that does not currently fall into any of the above categories is {{MarsGeo}}. This is a general template, for use with all types of feature. Please do not use this unless the article does not fit into any of the above categories. The full code is:


{{MarsGeo

|name=

|type=

|picture=

|location=

|dimensions=

|discoverer=

|naming=

}}

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