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1 Members  
7 comments  


1.1  Active members  





1.2  Former members  





1.3  Member identification  







2 Notable articles  



2.1  Places  



2.1.1  Capitals/notable towns  







2.2  Post-1980 territories  





2.3  Other  





2.4  Current status  







3 Importance criteria  



3.1  Importance scale  







4 To-do  





5 Categories  





6 Resources  



6.1  Related WikiProjects  
















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WikiProject British Overseas Territories
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CategoryBritish Overseas Territories
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Project banner template{{WikiProject British Overseas Territories}}

Welcome to WikiProject British Overseas Territories. The aim of this project is to bring together editors working on articles related to the fourteen British Overseas Territories with an aim of of improving and expanding all aspects of the territories. Anybody with an interest or knowledge in the territories are welcome to contribute to or join this project. This project was founded on 5 November 2014. It has two sister projects, WikiProject French Overseas Departments and WikiProject United States Territories.

Please note that this WikiProject should only cover all of the present British Overseas Territories. With some exceptions, this project does also cover Hong Kong, Southern Rhodesia, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Brunei, all of which are considered 'contemporary' . Commonwealth nations, realms, crown dependencies, and former colonies, territories and protectorates are not included in this Wikiproject. Areas formerly under British rule before 1980 may be covered by Wikiproject British Empire.

Members[edit]

Active members[edit]

To join WikiProject British Overseas Territories, edit this section and add the Wikitext #{{subst:me}} with your areas of interest to the bottom of the following list of members. Members should also place member identification on their user page.

  1. JAGUAR  19:04, 5 November 2014 (UTC) - I work on places and histories[reply]
  2. Legis (talk - contribs) 02:07, 6 November 2014 (UTC). Usually work on politics and law.[reply]
  3. Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 11:54, 12 February 2015 (UTC) - History and government[reply]
  4. A Guy into Books (talk) 20:49, 17 August 2017 (UTC) mostly law, some history.[reply]
  5. Greenleader(2) (talk) 11:01, 5 September 2018 (UTC) Politics and government.[reply]
  6. Flappy Pigeon (User talk:Flappy Pigeon) 13:26, 22 October 2020 (UTC) Geography, places, and lists.[reply]

Former members[edit]

Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.

  1. Buaidh (talk · contribs) 21:56:17, 18 March 2019 (UTC) [reply]

Member identification[edit]

Members of WikiProject British Overseas Territories should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject British Overseas Territories participants.

Wikitext userbox where used
[[Category:WikiProject British Overseas Territories participants]] none linked pages
{{Template:User WP British Overseas Territories}} linked pages
{{Template:User WP British Overseas Territories|invite}}
This user invites you to join
WikiProject British Overseas Territories.
linked pages

For other British Overseas Territories user templates see Category:British Overseas Territories user templates.

Notable articles[edit]

Note that the realms are not included on this list.

Places[edit]

  • Akrotiri and Dhekelia
  • Anguilla
  • Bermuda
  • British Antarctic Territory
  • British Indian Ocean Territory
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Cayman Islands
  • Falkland Islands
  • Gibraltar
  • Montserrat
  • Pitcairn Islands
  • Saint Helena
  • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  • Tristan da Cunha
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Capitals/notable towns[edit]

  • Stanley
  • Road Town
  • Gibraltar
  • Plymouth (abandoned, capital now Brades)
  • Adamstown
  • Cockburn Town
  • Diego Garcia
  • The Valley
  • Jamestown
  • King Edward Point
  • Hamilton
  • Rothera Research Station
  • Episkopi Cantonment
  • Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
  • Post-1980 territories[edit]

    Note: These colonies are now independent, but since 1980+ is considered 'contemporary', they are included in this project's scope.

    Other[edit]

    Current status[edit]

    Below is a bot generated table stats are generated automatically every 2–3 days, but they can be updated manually by entering British Overseas Territories into the box here.



    This log shows new and changed assessments, and is updated by a bot every few days.

    Importance criteria[edit]

    Importance scale[edit]

    Below is the importance criteria for Wikiproject British Overseas Territories. Articles tagged with {{WikiProject British Overseas Territories}} should be assessed for the project. The importance of an article varies on the importance of itself to be tagged with a High, Mid or Low importance.

    Need: A measure of a subject's importance, regardless of its quality
    Top Subject is a must-have for a print encyclopedia.
    High Subject is exceptionally important.
    Mid Subject contributes a depth of knowledge.
    Low Subject fills in important details.
    NA Subject importance is not applicable.

    Thoughts/Proposal:

    Top All territories should be listed as top importance, as well as the British Overseas Territories article itself Gibraltar, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands
    High Larger settlements and places of interest in any territory, as well as notable battles or history-related articles Georgetown, Cayman Islands, Stanley, Falkland Islands, Falklands War, Falklands Crisis (1770)
    Mid Smaller settlements and areas, including schools, military bases or dockyards. Little Cayman, Goose Green, RAF Akrotiri
    Low Everything else, generally only important to a smaller number of people Fox Island, Falkland Islands, Pebble Island, Choiseul Sound

    To-do[edit]

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    Categories[edit]

    Main category: British Overseas Territories

    Resources[edit]

    Related WikiProjects[edit]


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