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Welcome to the Geography WikiProject.
This is where Wikipedians interested in geography come together to coordinate their efforts to maintain and improve geographical subject matter on Wikipedia.
Geography is one of Wikipedia's dozen core subjects, and therefore it is prominently placed in the encyclopedia's navigation system. Geography's portal is listed at the top of the Main page, and also appears in the navigation bar displayed at the top of all portals:
Geography is one of the subheadings of all of Wikipedia's subject-based tables of contents which in turn are listed on Wikipedia's main navigation bar:
Geography is coming along nicely on Wikipedia, but has fallen behind other major subjects in certain respects. For instance, there is no Geography index, and the link to it is just a redirect. See the indices for Mathematics and Psychology as exampes.
Geography also lacks a glossary: Glossary of geography terms. For comparisons, see Architectural glossary and Glossary of philosophical isms.
The key pages and subsections for navigating the subject of geography on Wikipedia are:
The above navigation system for geography needs to be maintained and developed as the subject itself progresses. Each time you create a new article, please check the above sections and pages to see if it should be placed on any of them. Watchdogs are also needed, to add the above pages to their watchlists, inorder to monitor them for vandalism and mistakes, and to asure that they remain consistent with the page sets they belong to. The above pages and sections are incomplete (or non-existent). Do you know geography well enough to complete them? Feel free to take a crack at them.
Good luck, and have fun.
The Transhumanist 04:34, 18 October 2007 (UTC) [reply]
I have started a page, to give guidance on adding coordinates to articles about linear features such as roads and rivers. I intend to use it to document current practise, and develop polices for future use. Please feel free to add to it, or to discuss the matter on its talk page. Thank you. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 21:20, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There is at AfD Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of geography topics (0-9) discussing a replacement of the current indiscriminate series of lists with "a page solely for the terms used in the science". Please render there your thoughts on the best way to organize the topic. 192.42.92.28 (talk) 17:23, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please consider commenting at Wikiproject ExtinctSettlements proposal. Thanks. -- Suntag ☼ 20:47, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Folks,
The template {{overlay}} might be of interest to this project. It allows images of geography to have features of interest marked, linked, and legended.
Peet Ern (talk) 13:54, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Since the names of geotagged articles are used on things like Google Maps & Google Earth (and others), should articles about planned (or planned, but aborted) features reflect their status? For example, Allandale railway station was recently moved to Allandale railway station (proposed), but that move was reverted. I don't think that this should be decided on a per-article basis, without an over-arching policy, so I've started a discussion at Naming conventions#Planned or aborted geographical features. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 12:58, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please give your input at Wikipedia talk:No original research#Regarding maps being "primary sources" according to this policy. --Rschen7754 (T C) 11:57, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Could someone with expertise in drafting Infobox templates create one for plains? We have them for bays, canals, islands, lakes, mountains, mountain passes, mountain ranges, rivers, etc. and Template:Geobox|Region seems so cumbersome. --Bejnar (talk) 21:29, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I noticed that your Wikiproject's banner Template:WikiProject Geography included an absurdly large 1.36 MB animated gif of a spinning globe. This was making any talk page containing the banner very slow to load, especially on non-broadband connections, and was a completely needless waste of bandwidth. There is no good reason to have such a large animated image in a Wikiproject banner which is transcluded on 1000s of talk pages.
By the way, it's not even the file size of the image which is the real problem, it is the animation. Still images with large file sizes are OK if used in Wikiproject banners, due to Wikipedia's excellent image caching mechanism which automatically stores and serves a much smaller reduced resolution version of the original image. For example, Template:Volcano links a huge 3.77 MB image (2,925 × 1,977 pixels, Image:MSH82 st helens plume from harrys ridge 05-19-82.jpg), but the actual image served by Wikipedia's caching mechanism is this one [1], 95 × 64 pixels and a miniscule 2037 bytes in size.
However, with an animated gif which contains several dozen frames, there is no way to cache a much smaller image, since each frame would still need to be stored, and so the full image must be served each time. Everytime a talk page containing Template:WikiProject Geography was loaded, the full 1.36 MB image was being sent, with no smaller cached version available.
I have taken the liberty of changing the image to a still image, the same as that used on Template:User wikigeogproject. Of course, feel free to change it to something else, but please choose a non-animated image file to avoid needlessly inconveniencing other editors and readers of the encyclopedia.
Thanks, --Seattle Skier (talk) 22:38, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There is a disagreement over the proper name for a mountain and its article, currently residing at Sveta Gera (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). Outside input would be sincerely appreciated at Talk:Sveta_Gera#RfC: Article naming. Thank you! Vassyana (talk) 06:34, 12 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
FYI... Some time ago I created the List of mountain ranges of California based on USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) data. With the help of a Perl script (computer program) to generate stub text from GNIS data, I added 216 stub pages to fill in the list. It was still a manual cut & paste process as I tried to collect some additional info for each one when available. There are no more redlinks on the list - meaning there is at least a stub article for every mountain range in California. (Well, that's for the ones listed in GNIS.) Also, all the mountain range pages in California which already existed now have a geobox, locator map, coordinates and a reference from USGS GNIS if they didn't already have these. Enjoy! Ikluft (talk) 08:43, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Western Pacific Cordillera was renamed from a US only title, and Pacific Cordillera was prodded because the editor said the US based article was the same topic, instead of merging the articles. I've deprodded it, because the newly renamed article is US centric, so the Canadian centric article shouldn't be deleted until the US article is no longer a US article. I have problems with the title "Western Pacific Cordillera", since this Cordillera is on the edge of the Eastern Pacific, not the Western Pacific, which would be Japan. 76.66.198.171 (talk) 17:05, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I've initiated a move request for Western Pacific Cordillera, because this name does not appear to have ever been used to refer to what is usually called the Western CordilleraorPacific Cordillera, and the scope of the article is more than just the western part of the Pacific Cordillera. Please leave your opinions at Talk:Western Pacific Cordillera 76.66.198.171 (talk) 00:08, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, I have traveled from WikiProject Geographical coordinates, where we seek wider opinions on whether {{coord}} should offer a N/S/E/W labeled format for decimal coordinates (example: 43.12° N 79.34° W) either as an option or by default, or if the existing unlabeled format (example: 43°07′N 79°20′W / 43.12°N 79.34°W / 43.12; -79.34) is sufficient. Please comment there if you have an opinion on this. Thanks! --GregU (talk) 17:41, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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I thought this WikiProject might be interested. Ping me with any specific queries or leave them on the page linked to above. Thanks! - Jarry1250 (t, c) 21:52, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Strange question for the day: Does anyone know of any cartographic conventions which stipulate the descriptive order of an island archipelago? For example,how would one describe the Hawaiian Islands? From right to left (SE to NW) or left to right (NW to SE)? Are there any other factors that would determine the order of description? So for example, if I wanted to make a list from 1-8, which island would I start with? Viriditas (talk) 16:59, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I've been working on a number of articles where where the primary unit of area is acres (they're US features). On some occasions conversions have been for square meters (e.g. 7 acres (28,000 m2)). Should these be converted to hectares instead (e.g. 7 acres (2.8 ha))? Mangoe (talk) 13:52, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Macula (planetary geology) has been nominated for deletion at WP:AFD 76.66.196.229 (talk) 07:56, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
There is Shoal and Rip current (including rip tide), but I cannot find an article about the cuts that form between barrier islands. Does one exist? --Una Smith (talk) 06:37, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Regions of the Middle East has been sent for deletion at WP:PROD 76.66.193.90 (talk) 06:38, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Thanks. — Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 09:11, 15 March, 2009 (UTC)
See User:Buaidh/List of countries.
The Transhumanist 21:26, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! I am User:The Rolling Camel and i often create articles about small settlements in Switzerland. But i have some real problems to find sources for this. What can i do? The Rolling Camel (talk) 20:14, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
British Isles has been requested to be renamed to something else at WP:RM, see Talk:British Isles. 76.66.193.69 (talk) 04:39, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Are geographic terms like [uvala] part of your project. I am currently looking at this word in German and answers.com does suggest it is also used in English. Can anybody confirm this? I need this for the article Funtensee Agathoclea (talk) 18:50, 11 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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FYI, Ford Motor Company → Ford - a WP:RM rename request has been filed. The discussion is occuring at Talk:Ford Motor Company. As ford is a word that is related to your wikiproject, this is an informative notice.
70.29.208.129 (talk) 06:04, 7 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Currently a number of different styles of maps are used for continents (and for the poles), for example:
I'd like to try and standardise maps across the following articles: Americas, North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania (and also, ideally, Arctic and Antarctica. My preference is for the orthographic projection currently used at Europe because:
Assuming there's consensus for this, I'll post a request at Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Image workshop (unless, of course, anyone volunteers beforehand!) However, before doing that I do want to check that there is consensus for this at each article affected. Additionally, I'm posting this at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Geography to increase the exposure - I'd rather find out if this is a stupid idea before I start requesting new images ;-)
Personally I think it would be good if the Arctic and Antarctic maps were consistent with the continent maps. I realise that the poles may have different requirements, however.
This proposal is quite a radical proposal, affecting many articles, and deals with areas I don't normally edit in. I'm therefore prepared to be slapped down if I'm stepping on toes!
Cheers, This flag once was redpropagandadeeds 19:14, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I've noticed that creators of map files start them out with the region name, which makes sets very hard to find. It would be easy to find all maps, and eachset of maps if the names started with "map" followed by the set qualifier. Such as File:Map (orthographic projection) of Canada.svg. Then you could use Special:All pages to list them all.
Just a thought.
By the way, can you rename image files?
The Transhumanist 20:44, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I would appreciate if those who know what they're doing with map modification behaviors and patterns, please look into this disconcerting matter. Thanks. -- Thekohser 16:21, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Is it appropriate to replace a WikiProject Geography tag on a topic's discussion page with a subproject tag (For example, WikiProject Caves)? It would appear to be less cluttered that way, than including both tags. Ian mckenzie (talk) 17:39, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 | A poll has been set up at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ireland_Collaboration/Poll on Ireland article names. This is a formal vote regarding the naming of the Ireland and Republic of Ireland and possibly the Ireland (disambiguation) pages. The result of this poll will be binding on the affected article names for a period of two years. This poll arose from the Ireland article names case at the Arbitration Committee and the Ireland Collaboration Project. The order that the choices appear in the list has been generated randomly. Voting will end at 21:00 (UTC) of the evening of 13 September 2009 (that is 22:00 IST and BST). |
I noticed that there is no template for the 200-something Geography of XXXX articles. See: Geography of Tajikistan, Geography of Canada, Geography of Cape Verde, etc. As this labelled by this WP as your top priority (rightfully so), I feel a template is long-overdue. I would create one but I feel this project is the place to start it. I don't know what the best parameters for such an infobox would be either - I assume basic stuff like area, border length, lowest/highest elevation, etc. I look forward to seeing this template on articles in the future. Thanks! Andyo2000 (talk) 02:19, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Astroblemes has been nominated for merger at WP:CFD
76.66.192.144 (talk) 05:11, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Outline of geography#Landforms lists deserts as an example of landforms. The article Landform, however, notes: "Landforms do not include ... geographic features, such as deserts, forests, grasslands, and impact craters." Which is correct? –BLACKFALCON (TALK) 16:52, 29 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Following recent changes by some editors to the Wikipedia:Naming conventions policy page, a Request For Comment, (RFC) is now being held to debate the removal of the passage specifying that individual WikiProject and other naming conventions are able to make exceptions to the standard policy of using Common Names as the titles of Wikipedia articles.
This WikiProject is being notified since it operates such a specific naming convention. Editors are invited to comment on the proposed change at this location. Xandar 01:44, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Two category renaming proposals were made which I think are completely unnecessary. One proposes to rename Category:Impact craters by geologic time scaletoCategory:Impact craters on Earth by geologic time scale. (See the CFR.) The other proposes to rename Category:Impact craters by regiontoCategory:Impact craters on Earth by region. (See the CFR.) Both topics already imply that they're on Earth. There is no potential for subcategories about alternatives off Earth in either case. Please comment on the CFRs to prevent unnecessary lengthening of the category names. Ikluft (talk) 20:29, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Impact craters on Earth by region was emptied out by someone, recently. This appears to be out of process since there's a message at WP:CFD saying that categories should not be emptied, but should be nominated for deletion before being emptied. The contents appear to have been dumped into the parent category, Category:Impact craters on Earth.
Does this category matter to you, or is it not a useful categorization? I will note that at a recent CfD discussion on the matter, no one voted to delete the category in question.
76.66.197.30 (talk) 09:34, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi I have an idea to create a new wiki project "Weather and Eco systems" which would combine smaller projects like WikiProject Deserts it would give us more expertise and able to improve articles like List of extreme weather events, tell me your views, Mark999 14:23, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
Jason Rees (talk) 19:55, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Basically The main purpose
1) Weather and Climate
2) What Weather and Climate effect
3) What effects Weather and Climate
Mark999 12:54, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
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