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Wikipedia:WikiProject Nova Scotia

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Nova Scotia articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA		2		2			4
FL		2					2
GA	1		7	16			24
B	2	12	28	55			97
C		16	59	233			308
Start		14	290	1,686		1	1,991
Stub		2	91	3,503			3,596
List	1	3	43	112	24		183
Category					1,296		1,296
Disambig					66		66
File					34		34
Project					4		4
Redirect					809		809
Template					131		131
Assessed	4	51	518	5,607	2,364	1	8,545
Unassessed						3	3
Total	4	51	518	5,607	2,364	4	8,548
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 33,102			Ω = 5.50

Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Nova Scotia. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there.

The current focus of development is the Cape Breton Regional Municipality.

This WikiProject's main goals are:

1. Concise and detailed articles about every notable subject relating to Nova Scotia.
2. Optimal topics navigation, including full coverage in Wikipedia's navigation subsystems (outlines, lists, categories, etc.), and relevant links between Nova Scotia articles, including pertinent side bars and navigation boxes.
3. High quality and comprehensive coverage for all counties, towns, and incorporated municipalities in Nova Scotia, as well as related sub or specialty pages.
4. Nova Scotia articles of Featured Article (FA) status.

To get an article to featured article status, make sure to follow these steps to ensure all articles we submit to Featured article candidates meet the FA criteria. All of these apply to almost any good article, so keep them in mind when editing even outside of Nova Scotia articles. The suggestions are:

Class	Criteria	Reader's experience	Editing suggestions	Example
FA	The article has attained featured article status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured article candidates. More detailed criteria The article meets the featured article criteria: Afeatured article exemplifies Wikipedia's very best work and is distinguished by professional standards of writing, presentation, and sourcing. In addition to meeting the policies regarding content for all Wikipedia articles, it has the following attributes. It is: well-written: its prose is engaging and of a professional standard; comprehensive: it neglects no major facts or details and places the subject in context; well-researched: it is a thorough and representative survey of the relevant literature; claims are verifiable against high-quality reliable sources and are supported by inline citations where appropriate; neutral: it presents views fairly and without bias; stable: it is not subject to ongoing edit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured article process; and compliant with Wikipedia's copyright policy and free of plagiarismortoo-close paraphrasing. It follows the style guidelines, including the provision of: a lead: a concise lead section that summarizes the topic and prepares the reader for the detail in the subsequent sections; appropriate structure: a substantial but not overwhelming system of hierarchical section headings; and consistent citations: where required by criterion 1c, consistently formatted inline citations using footnotes—see citing sources for suggestions on formatting references. Citation templates are not required. Media. It has images and other media, where appropriate, with succinct captions and acceptable copyright status. Images follow the image use policy. Non-free images or media must satisfy the criteria for inclusion of non-free content and be labeled accordingly. Length. It stays focused on the main topic without going into unnecessary detail and uses summary style where appropriate.	Professional, outstanding, and thorough; a definitive source for encyclopedic information.	No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible.	Halifax Explosion
FL	The article has attained featured list status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured list candidates. More detailed criteria The article meets the featured list criteria: Prose. It features professional standards of writing. Lead. It has an engaging lead that introduces the subject and defines the scope and inclusion criteria. Comprehensiveness. (a) It comprehensively covers the defined scope, providing at least all of the major items and, where practical, a complete set of items; where appropriate, it has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about the items. (b) statements are sourced where they appear, and they provide inline citations if they contain any of the four kinds of material absolutely required to have citations. (c) In length and/or topic, it meets all of the requirements for stand-alone lists; does not violate the content-forking guideline, does not largely duplicate material from another article, and could not reasonably be included as part of a related article. Structure. It is easy to navigate and includes, where helpful, section headings and table sort facilities. Style. It complies with the Manual of Style and its supplementary pages. (a) Visual appeal. It makes suitable use of text layout, formatting, tables, and colour; and a minimal proportion of items are redlinked. (b) Media files. It has images and other media, if appropriate to the topic, that follow Wikipedia's usage policies, with succinct captions. Non-free images and other media satisfy the criteria for the inclusion of non-free content and are labeled accordingly. (c) Accessibility. It uses proper formating to be accessible to all readers. Bulleted and unbulleted lists and tables are structured correctly. Visual media, if included, utilize alternative (alt) text. Stability. It is not the subject of ongoing edit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured list process.	Professional standard; it comprehensively covers the defined scope, usually providing a complete set of items, and has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about those items.	No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible.	List of Premiers of Nova Scotia
A	The article is well organized and essentially complete, having been examined by impartial reviewers from a WikiProject or elsewhere. Good article status is not a requirement for A-Class. More detailed criteria The article meets the A-Class criteria: Provides a well-written, clear and complete description of the topic, as described in Wikipedia:Article development. It should be of a length suitable for the subject, appropriately structured, and be well referenced by a broad array of reliable sources. It should be well illustrated, with no copyright problems. Only minor style issues and other details need to be addressed before submission as a featured article candidate. See the A-Class assessment departments of some of the larger WikiProjects (e.g. WikiProject Military history).	Very useful to readers. A fairly complete treatment of the subject. A non-expert in the subject would typically find nothing wanting.	Expert knowledge may be needed to tweak the article, and style problems may need solving. WP:Peer review may help.	none at this time
GA	The article meets all of the good article criteria, and has been examined by one or more impartial reviewers from WP:Good article nominations. More detailed criteria Agood article is: Well-written: the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct; and it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation. Verifiable with no original research: it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline; reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose); it contains no original research; and it contains no copyright violationsorplagiarism. Broad in its coverage: it addresses the main aspects of the topic; and it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style). Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio: media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content; and media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.	Useful to nearly all readers, with no obvious problems; approaching (though not necessarily equalling) the quality of a professional publication.	Some editing by subject and style experts is helpful; comparison with an existing featured article on a similar topic may highlight areas where content is weak or missing.	Halifax Central Library
B	The article meets all of the B-Class criteria. It is mostly complete and does not have major problems, but requires some further work to reach good article standards. More detailed criteria The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations. It has reliable sources, and any important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged is cited. Any format of inline citation is acceptable: the use of <ref> tags and citation templates such as {{cite web}} is optional. The article reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies. It contains a large proportion of the material necessary for an A-Class article, although some sections may need expansion, and some less important topics may be missing. The article has a defined structure. Content should be organized into groups of related material, including a lead section and all the sections that can reasonably be included in an article of its kind. The article is reasonably well-written. The prose contains no major grammatical errors and flows sensibly, but does not need to be of the standard of featured articles. The Manual of Style does not need to be followed rigorously. The article contains supporting materials where appropriate. Illustrations are encouraged, though not required. Diagrams, an infobox etc. should be included where they are relevant and useful to the content. The article presents its content in an appropriately understandable way. It is written with as broad an audience in mind as possible. The article should not assume unnecessary technical background and technical terms should be explained or avoided where possible.	Readers are not left wanting, although the content may not be complete enough to satisfy a serious student or researcher.	A few aspects of content and style need to be addressed. Expert knowledge may be needed. The inclusion of supporting materials should be considered if practical, and the article checked for general compliance with the Manual of Style and related style guidelines.	Bay of Fundy
C	The article is substantial but is still missing important content or contains irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant problems or require substantial cleanup. More detailed criteria The article cites more than one reliable source and is better developed in style, structure, and quality than Start-Class, but it fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class. It may have some gaps or missing elements, or need editing for clarity, balance, or flow.	Useful to a casual reader, but would not provide a complete picture for even a moderately detailed study.	Considerable editing is needed to close gaps in content and solve cleanup problems.	Halifax, Nova Scotia
Start	An article that is developing but still quite incomplete. It may or may not cite adequate reliable sources. More detailed criteria The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas. The article has one or more of the following: A useful picture or graphic Multiple links that help explain or illustrate the topic A subheading that fully treats an element of the topic Multiple subheadings that indicate material that could be added to complete the article	Provides some meaningful content, but most readers will need more.	Providing references to reliable sources should come first; the article also needs substantial improvement in content and organisation. Also improve the grammar, spelling, writing style and improve the jargon use.	Africville
Stub	A very basic description of the topic. Meets none of the Start-Class criteria.	Provides very little meaningful content; may be little more than a dictionary definition. Readers probably see insufficiently developed features of the topic and may not see how the features of the topic are significant.	Any editing or additional material can be helpful. The provision of meaningful content should be a priority. The best solution for a Stub-class Article to step up to a Start-class Article is to add in referenced reasons of why the topic is significant.	Premier of Nova Scotia
List	Meets the criteria of a stand-alone listorset index article, which is an article that contains primarily a list, usually consisting of links to articles in a particular subject area.	There is no set format for a list, but its organization should be logical and useful to the reader.	Lists should be lists of live links to Wikipedia articles, appropriately named and organized.	List of lakes in Nova Scotia

This section is about the structure of Wikipedia's overall coverage of Nova Scotia throughout its pages and links.

Navigation structure[edit]

Top-level Nova Scotia navigation pages include:

• Nova Scotia (includes infobox and navigation boxes)
• Outline of Nova Scotia
• Category:Nova Scotia

Other pieces of the navigation system include:

• Nova Scotia-related lists
• Nova Scotia templates
• Infoboxes on Nova Scotia-related articles
• See also sections of Nova Scotia-related articles
• Outlines of counties, cities, etc. (not yet created)
• Nova Scotia category pages

Articles[edit]

See also: Naming conventions

Following Wikipedia standard, article titles should relate to the best-known name in most cases. It has become standard that communities and place names in Canada be followed by the name of the Province, thus Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. Redirects should be created for commonly used nicknames, and for place names without the province following the name, where possible.

Structure

County Pages

Articles for Nova Scotia Counties need to have the following:

• Inclusion or upgrade to NS Counties sidebar template.
• Removal of county direction finder at bottom of page, in lieu of adjacent county section of template.
• Inclusion of data from Statistics Canada
• Check the Stats Canada Webpage for correct household income (most data currently on page is actually average individual income).

Town/Municipality Pages

Articles for Nova Scotia Towns/Municipalities need to have the following:

• Inclusion or upgrade {{Infobox Settlement}} template.
• Inclusion of data from Statistics Canada where available.

Format Here is one suggestion on how to begin:

Sherose Island (43º32'00"N, 65º35'57"W) is a small Canadian island located off the South ShoreofNova Scotia.

The island is located in the Barrington Passage, a small straitinShelburne County and measures approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) long and 0.5 kilometres (0.3 mi) wide. It is connected to mainland Nova Scotia by a short causeway.

If you are only able to get a few details for a particular article, please add the appropriate stub at the bottom of the page.

Ensure that appropriate county and HRM community categories are added, as detailed below.

{{Wikipedia:Nova_Scotia/topicon}}

None pending.

Past meetups

• Wikipedia:Meetup/Halifax/ArtAndFeminism/NSCAD (March 7, 2015)
• Wikipedia:Meetup/Halifax/Keshen Goodman editathon (March 19, 2016)
• Wikipedia:Meetup/Pier21 (April 2, 2016)

No classification of this project has been defined.

• (none at the moment)

Images of buildings in Nova Scotia which do not yet have articles, but potentially could.

• 
  Parrsboro United Baptist Church
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  St. Agnes Catholic Church in Halifax
• 
  St. George's Anglican Church in Parrsboro
• 
  Trinity United Church in Parrsboro

Online[edit]

• NovaStory - a partnership between NS libraries and communities
• The Atlas of Canada - Toporama
• NS Open Data Portal
• NS civic address locator
• NS Electoral District Information
• Members of the NS Legislative Assembly
• NS 2013 election results
• Nova Scotia archives
  • NS Historical Newspapers
• NS community museums digitized
• History NS county boundaries
• NS Interactive Maps & Apps
• Protected areas map
• 2016 census search
• Category:Lists of historic places in Nova Scotia
• List of designated places in Nova Scotia

Lockeport
Town
Lockeport Location within Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 43°42′42″N 65°06′44″W / 43.711754°N 65.11225°W / 43.711754; -65.11225
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
Municipality	Shelburne County
Founded	1762
Incorporated	February 26, 1907
Government
• Mayor	Darian Huskilson
• Governing Body	Town of Lockeport Council
Area
• Total	2.32 km2 (0.90 sq mi)
Highest elevation	3 m (10 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	701
• Density	300/km2 (780/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
Postal code	B0T 1L0
Area code	902
Telephone Exchange	656
Median Earnings*	$33,854
*Median household income, 2005 ($) (all households) Places in Nova Scotia

All settlements in Nova Scotia should use {{Infobox settlement}}. This infobox provides a consistent look between the various types settlements in Nova Scotia and settlements in the other parts of Canada like Toronto, Montreal, St. John's, and Edmonton. The default "settlement_type" is city, but it can be changed to reflect any type of settlement, like counties, towns, villages, etc. {{Infobox Settlement}} also has a super imposable dot map feature that allows a map to be used with any settlement in Nova Scotia. Click on the examples below for different types of usage.

For use with the Counties of Nova Scotia

• Example: Lunenburg County

For use with the Towns in Nova Scotia

• Example: Lockeport (also see the example to the right)

For use with the Villages of Nova Scotia

• Example: Havre Boucher

For use with the Communities - Areas of HRM

• Example: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Navigation boxes[edit]

Politics of Nova Scotia

• {{Nova_Scotia_politics}}

Subdivisions of Nova Scotia

• {{Subdivisions of Nova Scotia}}

Stub templates[edit]

• Basic stub - {{NovaScotia-stub}}

This Nova Scotia–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• County/Municipality stub - {{HalifaxNS-geo-stub}}

This Halifax County, Nova Scotia location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• Geography stub - {{NovaScotia-geo-stub}}

This Nova Scotia location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Talk page template[edit]

The tag {{WikiProject Canada|ns=yes|class=|importance=}} should be added to the top of the talk page of all articles maintained by this WikiProject.

Canada: Nova Scotia Unassessed

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Canada, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Canada on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.CanadaWikipedia:WikiProject CanadaTemplate:WikiProject CanadaCanada-related articles ??? This article has not yet received a rating on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. This page is supported by WikiProject Nova Scotia.

Adjacent communities[edit]

The template {{Geographic Location (8-way)}} should be added to each community for easier navigation.

Active members[edit]

To join WikiProject Nova Scotia, 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. Abebenjoe History, technology, geography, copy-editing and images
2. Derek Andrews
3. DJSasso
4. ebe123
5. JakeR - Focus on geography
6. Mayumashu
7. OldCommentator
8. Plasma east
9. Sportyguy03 - Focus on Athletics and Greek Life
10. rockerroyal - Focus on municipalities
11. User:NovaBrunswick - I'm interested in the whole of Nova Scotia, but particularly Pictou County
12. Ale Games13 (talk · contribs) - I focus in the Eastern Shore and Musquodoboit Valley regions.
13. Pladica - No particular interests, but some things I will try to contribute to is flora, fauna, history, communities, locations, geographic features, historic sites and folklore
14. AtlanticCurler

Significant contributors[edit]

1. RobNS - wiki sites for religious buildings
2. Hantsheroes - Contributing military raids and battles in the Maritimes
3. Waye Mason - Contributing music sites
4. User:Cavenba - focus on Pictou County
5. RobHutten - music sites
6. SnowyBadger - biographical, historical, medical articles
7. The Transhumanist - outline and navigation

Former members[edit]

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

1. The Chief
2. Trevor MacInnis
3. Freshfighter9
4. FelisRead
5. A.Harpell
6. letterofmarque
7. Qyd
8. Theyab 07
9. Kirjtc2
10. Mikeee
11. Ampersand2006
12. FrankCostanza
13. CraigBurley
14. Thomasiscool
15. Andrew647
16. Iamthecockatoo
17. Kirk O'Connell
18. Vancyon
19. Stephen E. Pye
20. JJ The Jet Plane
21. Windjade
22. boshalladayNS
23. Recycledpaper
24. joverm
25. Turgan (talk · contribs)
26. Hrosv
27. HistoryBuff2
28. User:vicmf
29. ScarTissueBloodBlister
30. Spankr (talk · contribs)
31. Gordalmighty (talk · contribs)
32. bardencj (talk · contribs)
33. HalifaxnBlack
34. Gmpm (talk · contribs)

Member identification[edit]

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

Wikitext	userbox	where used
[[Category:WikiProject Nova Scotia participants]]	none	linked pages
{{Template:User WikiProject Nova Scotia}}	This user is a participantin WikiProject Nova Scotia.	linked pages
{{Template:User WP Nova Scotia}}	This user participatesin WikiProject Nova Scotia.	linked pages
{{Template:User WP Nova Scotia|invite}}	This user invites you to join WikiProject Nova Scotia.	linked pages

For other Nova Scotia user templates see Category:Nova Scotia user templates.

• Category:Nova Scotia
• Category:Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Category:History of Nova Scotia
• Category:Conflicts in Nova Scotia

Main tool page: toolserver.org

• Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
• Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
• Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
• Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.

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