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Welcome to the '''Wikiproject Geography''', a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|project]] to better organize information in articles related to '''Geography'''.  This page and {{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 make suggestions and proposals on the talk page, and see the [[Wikipedia:to-do list|to-do list]] below:

{{to do}}

== General reference ==

For the scope of country (political division) coverage, see [[List of sovereign states]].

==Notice Board==
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! colspan=6 | Current ''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Geography|Geography Collaboration of the Fortnight]]''
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| colspan=2 | <center>''[[Geography]]''</center>
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! colspan=2 | Currently on ''[[Wikipedia:Peer review|Peer review]]''
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|[[History of Earth]]
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|[[Palm Island, Queensland]]
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|[[Rwanda]]
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! colspan=2 | Currently in ''[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates|Featured article candidates]]''
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! colspan=2 | Currently in ''[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates|Featured list candidates]]''
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|[[List of ISO 3166 country codes]]
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==Solicitations of comments on RfC's==
A Request for Comment ([[WP:RfC]]) was posted Sunday, 17 July 2011 at the Talk page of [[South Sudan]]. It concerns the use of the definite article ("the") citations in the InfoBox and elsewhere of what the long form is of the country's name. It is my hope to have responses from academically aware editors devoted to Africa, geography, coutries, and British English. [[User:Hurmata|Hurmata]] ([[User talk:Hurmata|talk]]) 23:32, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

A Request for Comment was posted Thursday, 19 July 2012 at [[Wikipedia talk:Notability (geographical features)|the Talk page of Wikipedia:Notability (geographical features)]]. It requests suggestions on how to include consensus on which [[geographical feature|geographical features]] are [[WP:NOT|non-notable]] in a draft [[Wikipedia:policy|policy]] proposal. [[User:G. C. Hood|G. C. Hood]] ([[User talk:G. C. Hood|talk]]) 16:48, 20 July 2012 (UTC)


A yet another FRC was posted in May 2014 in '''[[Wikipedia talk:Notability (geographic features)]]''' about promoting this essay to the guideline status. [[User:Staszek Lem|Staszek Lem]] ([[User talk:Staszek Lem|talk]]) 00:08, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

==Scope==
Improves geographical related articles (including those related to [[geographic information systems]]) and develop/maintain the navigation aides dedicated to geography: [[List of basic geography topics]], [[List of geography topics]], [[Glossary of geography terms]], [[Portal:Contents/Portals#Geography and places|Geography-related portals]] and [[Wikipedia:Categorical index#Geography and places|Geography-related categories]].

==Goals==
# Develop and implement a common structure to geography and its sub-fields
# Clarify and improve topic structure
# Ensure accessibility to the lay reader—with a simplified version and/or appropriate main article/daughter article structuring of scientific detail
# Add more scientific detail (and sources) in appropriate articles
# Develop some neglected aspects of the topic
# Ensure NPOV
# '''Get all geography articles up to A Class standard'''

===[[Outline of geography|Improve the bird's eye view]]===

The entire subject and Wikipedia's coverage of it is intended to be summarized in the '''[[Outline of geography]]''' and its '''[[Portal:Contents#Geography and places|branch outlines]]'''.  These are in turn is part of [[Portal:Contents/Outlines|Wikipedia's outline system]] which is one of [[Portal:Contents|Wikipedia's main contents systems]].

'''''[[Outline of geography|Please look it over and fill-in missing topics]].''''' If Wikipedia has an article or article section about those topics, please add links to them.

While analyzing the outline, please answer the following questions (and fix the outline as needed):

# What's missing?
# Is the structure of the outline (sections and indents) representative of the subject?
# Does the outline help understand the relationships between the topics presented in the best way possible?

The overall purpose of the outline is to help readers comprehend the subject by showing what belongs to it, and within the subject what belongs to what.

The outline is a taxonomy of the subject, and also serves as a table of contents and navigation aid to browse Wikipedia's articles (and article sections) about the subject.

It is also a useful tool for the WikiProject to analyze, plan, develop, and revise geography-related material.  It is a hub from which to organize geographical topics.

It was built as a "[http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/689/1/ reverse outline]", a [[tree structure|structural model]] of an existing work, which in addition to being a summary of the work, can reveal the gaps and other weaknesses for revision purposes.

Please help improve it.

It's our bird's eye view.

Thank you.

=== Article structure ===

A general template/model of how geography articles should be structured, and particularly what sections and in what order, doesn't seem to exist yet. The most common models are however summarised in some related WikiProjects; some examples follow and can be used as inspiration until a guideline is developed.

* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities/Settlements: Article structure]] (very brief)
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject UK geography/How to write about settlements]] (with a lot of detail on section content)

==Related projects==
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===Offshoots===
Other WikiProjects that fall within the scope of Geography include:
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Demographics]]—this one seriously needs your help.  The set of country demographics articles is in seriously sad shape.

===Descendants===
====Human geography====
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian places]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Countries]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Country subdivisions]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Ethnic Groups]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Former countries]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Geography of Nepal]] 
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Geography of India]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Languages]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Protected areas]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Subdivisions of former countries]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Transport]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Urban studies and planning]]

====Physical geography====
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Caves]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deserts]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Ecoregions]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Environment]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Geology]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Glaciers]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Islands]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Lakes]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Meteorology]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Mountains]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Oceans]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Rivers]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Volcanoes]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Waterfalls]]

====Technical geography====
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps]]
** [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates]]

===Portals===
* [[Portal:Atlas]]
* [[Portal:Geography]]

==Task forces==
* '''[[WP:BISLES|British Isles Terminology task force (WP:BISLES)]]

{{/Project volunteers}}

==Discussions and structure==
* [[/Assessment]]{{Dash}}  table of ''Geography articles by quality and importance''
* List of {{subpages}}

==Articles==
* [[Cartography]]
* [[Geography]]
* [[Geographic information systems]]
* [[Geostatistics]]
* [[m:Geography]]

===Featured content===
====[[WP:FA|Featured articles]]====
[[Ann Arbor, Michigan]]
· [[Antarctica]]
· {{spoken}} [[Australia]]
· [[Bangalore]]
· [[Bangladesh]]
· [[Bath, Somerset]]
· [[Belgium]]
· [[Bhutan]]
· [[Boston, Massachusetts]]
· [[Buckingham Palace]]
· [[Bryce Canyon National Park]]
· [[Cambodia]]
· [[Canberra]]
· [[Cape Horn]]
· [[Carlsbad Caverns National Park]]
· [[The Catlins]]
· [[Cathedral of Magdeburg]]
· [[Chennai]]
· [[Chetwynd, British Columbia]]
· [[Chew Valley Lake]]
· [[City status in the United Kingdom]]
· [[Cleveland, Ohio]]
· [[Colditz Castle]]
· [[Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve]]
· [[Dawson Creek, British Columbia]]
· [[Death Valley National Park]]
· [[Dogpatch USA]]
· {{spoken}} [[Dorset]]
· [[Eldfell]]
· [[Gangtok]]
· [[Geography of India]]
· [[Geography of Ireland]]
· [[Goa]]
· [[Great Mosque of Djenné]]
· [[Gyeongju]]
· {{spoken}} [[India]]
· [[Isan]]
· [[Johannesburg]]
· [[Kalimpong]]
· [[Kerala]]
· [[Lake Burley Griffin]]
· [[Louisville, Kentucky]]
· [[Malwa]]
· [[Moorgate]]
· {{spoken}} [[Mount Pinatubo]]
· [[Mount Rushmore]]
· [[Mount St. Helens]]
· {{spoken}} [[Mumbai]]
· [[National parks of England and Wales]]
· [[Nepal]]
· [[Oakland Cemetery]]
· [[Palace of Westminster]]
· [[Palazzo Pitti]]
· [[Rondane National Park]]
· [[San Jose, California]]
· [[Sarajevo]]
· [[Sealand]]
· [[Seattle, Washington]]
· [[Sheffield]]
· [[Shoshone National Forest]]
· [[Shrine of Remembrance]]
· [[St Kilda, Scotland|St Kilda]]
· [[Suburbs of Johannesburg]]
· [[Surtsey]]
· {{spoken}} [[Waterfall Gully, South Australia]]
· [[Yellowstone National Park]]
· [[Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory]]
· {{spoken}} [[Yosemite National Park]]
· [[Zion National Park]]

====Former featured articles====
* [[Marshall, Texas]]: [[Wikipedia:Featured article review/Marshall, Texas/archive1|de-listed]] on 20 November 2007
* [[Niagara Falls]]: [[Wikipedia:Featured article review/Niagara Falls/archive1|de-listed]] on 14 July 2007
* [[Pakistan]]: [[Wikipedia:Featured article review/Pakistan|de-listed]] on 22 April 2009
* [[Sikkim]]: [[Wikipedia:Featured article review/Sikkim/archive1|de-listed]] on 6 July 2009
* [[South Africa]]: [[Wikipedia:Featured article review/South Africa/archive1|de-listed]] on 13 February 2008
* [[Zambezi]]: [[Wikipedia:Featured article review/Zambezi/archive1|de-listed]] on 18 February 2009

=====[[WP:FAC|Featured article candidates]]=====
* [[Ladakh]]
* [[Banff National Park]]

====[[WP:FP|Featured pictures]]====
=====[[WP:FPC|Featured picture candidates]]=====
====[[Wikipedia:Featured lists|Featured lists]]====
[[List of Canadian provinces and territories by area|Canadian provinces and territories by area]]
· [[List of Canadian provinces and territories by population|Canadian provinces and territories by population]]
· [[Counties of Lithuania]]
· [[List of Indian districts|Indian districts]]
· [[List of Indian state and union territory capitals|Indian state and union territory capitals]]
· [[List of islands of Scotland|Islands of Scotland]]
· [[List of municipalities of Lithuania|Municipalities of Lithuania]]
· [[List of Orkney islands|Orkney islands]]
· [[Provinces of the Philippines]]
· [[List of Shetland islands|Shetland islands]]
· [[Provinces of Thailand]]
· [[List of U.S. states by date of statehood|U.S. states by date of statehood]]
· [[List of U.S. states by elevation|U.S. states by elevation]]
· [[List of municipalities of Portugal|Municipalities of Portugal]]
· [[List of Ohio county name etymologies|Ohio county name etymologies]]
· [[List of areas in the National Park System of the United States]]

=====[[WP:FLC|Featured list candidates]]=====
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*[[List of ISO 3166 country codes]]

===[[Wikipedia:Good articles|Good articles]]===
· {{spoken}} [[Hong Kong]]
* [[Eldgjá]]
* [[Licancabur]]
* [[Nevado Tres Cruces]]
* [[Parinacota (volcano)]]
* [[Socompa]]

===New articles===
Please feel free to list your new Geography-related articles here. Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the [[Template talk:Did you know|Did you know?]] box on the [[Wikipedia:Main Page]].

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* [[Quantitative geography]]
* [[Frankland Range]]
* Watersheds and basins
** [[Great Lakes Basin]]
** [[Lake Erie Watershed (Pennsylvania)]]
** [[Goose Lake Valley]] (south-central Oregon and northeatern California) 
* [[Tripolis (Pontus)]]
* [[Pidurutalagala]]
* [[Zomia (geography)]]
* [[Caballo Mountains (New Mexico)]]
* [[Technical Geography]]
* [[Uncertain geographic context problem]]
* [[Tobler's second law of geography]]
* [[Arbia's law of geography]]
* [[Internet GIS]]
* [[Web GIS]]
* [[Modifiable temporal unit problem]]
* [[List of subranges of the Appalachian Mountains]]

===Review and assessment===
====Traveling virtually around the World on Wikipedia via country outlines====

Develop the geographical outlines at [[Portal:Contents/Outlines#Geography and places]].

These should be considered '''''top priority''''' for development and maintenance, because they are the general reference resource about Wikipedia's coverage of each geographical region.

====Developing and maintaining the "list of basic geography topics"====
The '''[[list of basic geography topics]]''' is a general overview of geography.  It is part of [[Lists of basic topics]] (the members of which share a common format), and is thus part of [[Wikipedia:Contents|Wikipedia's table of contents system]].  It is incomplete and needs to be finished.  The list also needs dedicated editors to watchlist it, to counter vandalism and to monitor its development.  Finally, it needs to be maintained, to reflect changes on the presentation of the subject on Wikipedia (adding links to new relevant topics, updating links, etc.).  Most importantly, since it outlines geography and is a key navigation aid for browsing geography topics on Wikipedia, the WikiProject Geography is the perfect caretaker for this page.  Please adopt it, improve it and treat it with tender loving care.

====Articles needing attention====
{{WikiProject cleanup listing}} <!-- Bot updates the list on Tuesdays -->
* [[Geography]]
* [[Environmental geography]]
* [[Geographical Information Systems]]
* [[Geography of Italy]]
* [[Geostatistics]]
* [[History of geography]]
* [[Human geography]]
* [[Philosophy of Geography]]
* [[Physical geography]]
* [[Technical Geography]]
* [[Urban geography]]
* [[Urbanism]]
* [[Geographical feature]]
* [[Exploration]] (1) Rating could be updated: "List"-->"Start" (2) Name could be updated: "Exploration"-->"Human Exploration"
* [[Geography of French Guiana]]
* [[Longitude]] Rating could clearly be updated. [[User:Anthere|Anthere]] ([[User talk:Anthere|talk]]) 22:52, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

====Requests for comments on pages====
This section is for short notifications of pages with problems, or where some attention is needed. If you list a page here, put a longer description on the pages talk page.

* [[List of countries and dependencies by population]] A difference of opinion on which countries/territories should be ranked (all, or UN member only). Would appreciate comments and thoughts—see "Ranking" on talk page.
* [[Prypiat]] Requested move to Pripyat. Comments would be very welcome at [[Talk:Prypiat#RFM to Pripyat (with better justification & references)]]
* [[Cordillera Oriental, Bolivia]] Concern about organizing geography on a purely political geography basis. See [[Talk:Cordillera Oriental]]
* [[Cordillera Oriental, Colombia]] Concern about organizing geography on a purely political geography basis. See [[Talk:Cordillera Oriental]]
* [[Cordillera Oriental, Peru]] Concern about organizing geography on a purely political geography basis. See [[Talk:Cordillera Oriental]]
* [[Liancourt_Rocks]] Concern over whether the proposed infobox is neutral. See [[Talk:Liancourt Rocks#Request for comments: Inclusion of the above infobox|Talk:Liancourt_Rocks]].
* [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of West Eurasia]] could use the analysis of some from the Geography community.
* [[Sněžka-Śnieżka]].  Concern about the awkwardness of a combined Czech-Polish name and the most appropriate route to a single English name, per [[WP:NCGN]].  Opinions of primarily geographic editors solicited at  [[Talk:Sněžka-Śnieżka#Requested move]].
* [[Geography of Somerset]]. Debate about what should be in the new Geography of Somerset article & what should be in [[Geology of Somerset]] which is currently GA. see [[Talk:Geology of Somerset#Geography]] & [[Talk:Geography of Somerset]].
* [[Sciberras Peninsula]]. Have completed a translation from French to English—however, I am a linguist and not a geographer so would welcome expert eyes to expand this. [[User:Beckettnoti|Beckettnoti]] ([[User talk:Beckettnoti|talk]]) 17:44, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
* [[Nova Scotia]]. Concern about [[Eurocentrism]] and the lack of proper inclusion of the local [[Wabanaki Confederacy|Wabanaki nation]]'s histories and contemporary realities (especially as a party to [[Peace and Friendship Treaties|foundational treaties]]). See [[Talk:Nova Scotia#Introduction & History sections]]

====Requests for review of articles====
This section is for notifications of pages which wish to be graded as a Good Article or would like support to be a Featured Article. If you list a page here, put a longer description on the pages talk page. Additionally, leave a copy of the longer description under the article name on the [[/General]] page.
* [[North Sea]] is undergoing GA review, any assistance in this endeavour appreciated.[[User:SriMesh|SriMesh]] | [[User talk:SriMesh|<small>talk</small>]] 00:02, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
* I've been working on [[Fantasy cartography]] lately and would love some assistance and feedback! --[[User:Twomatters|Twomatters]] ([[User talk:Twomatters|talk]]) 06:54, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
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====Adopt an article====
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* [[Example|Example article]]: [[User:Example]]
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====[[WP:PR|Peer review]]====
* [[Ladakh]] ([[Wikipedia:Peer review/Ladakh/archive1|PR]])
* [[Geography of North America]] ([[Wikipedia:Peer review/Geography of North America/archive1|PR]])

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===Infoboxes===
{{category see also|Geography infobox templates}}
* {{tl|Infobox country geography}} usable in "Geography of (Country)" articles, see [[:Category:Geography by country]].
* {{tl|Infobox body of water}} for lakes, ponds, oceans, etc.
* {{tl|Infobox crater}} for craters
* {{tl|Infobox islands}} for islands
* {{tl|Infobox mountain}} for mountains
* {{tl|Infobox river}} for rivers
* {{tl|Infobox settlement}} for settlement

==Categories and subpages==
{{category tree|Geography}}
{{category tree|WikiProject Geography}}
* List of {{subpages}}

==Resources==
{{sister project links|Geography}}
*[[Wikipedia:Geographic references]]

==Wikipedia surveys==
===Ongoing Wikipedia surveys===
*'''[[WP:RM|Requested moves]]''':
*'''[[WP:RFC|Requests for Comments]]''': 
::*There is an RFC discussion at the [[Talk:Liancourt Rocks#Request for comments: Inclusion of the above infobox|Liancourt Rocks talk page]] about the neutrality of the proposed infobox for the page. Please come and offer your opinion.  ···[[User:Nihonjoe|<span style="color:green;">日本穣</span>]]<sup>[[Help:Japanese|?]] · <small>[[User talk:Nihonjoe|Talk to Nihonjoe]]</small></sup> 23:19, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

====Votes for deletion====
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*'''[[WP:VFD|Votes for deletion]]''' (Article deletion): [[Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2007_March_9#North_America_.28Americas.29|review]] of [[Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/North_America_%28Americas%29|consensual deletion/AfD]] of 'North America (Americas)'  [[User:Corticopia|Corticopia]] 16:41, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
*'''[[WP:VFU|Votes for undelete]]''' (Article undeletion}: [[Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2007_March_9#North_America_.28Americas.29|Delete review of the article "North America (Americas)"]]. Administrator missread the votes. Please comment.
**''Comment'' Actually, the admin did not -- a consensus of 65% supported the action; see AfD review comments. [[User:Corticopia|Corticopia]] 17:25, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
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*'''[[WP:CFD|Categories for deletion]]''':
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for deletion]]''':
*'''[[WP:RFD|Redirects for deletion]]''':

==Deletion sorting==
Geography-related deletion discussions are listed at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Geography]].

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