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<div style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><span class="plainlinks">[https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/{{urlencode:Orienteering|PATH}}/articles Index]</span>  [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Orienteering articles by quality log|Log]]<br/></div>

WikiProject Orienteering is a collaboration to improve articles related to [[orienteering]]. This includes both orienteering from a sport and recreation point of view.

== Article monitoring ==
Articles are monitored from different aspects to gain information where work is needed:
* A cleanup listing [http://tools.wmflabs.org/bambots/cwb/bycat/Orienteering.html per category] or [https://tools.wmflabs.org/bambots/cwb/alpha/Orienteering.html as a table] generated weekly by [[User:CleanupWorklistBot|CleanupWorklistBot]].
* [[Special:RecentChangesLinked/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Orienteering/WatchList|Recent changes (50 entries, 7 days)]] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChangesLinked&limit=500&days=30&target=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Orienteering/WatchList (500 entries, 30 days)], [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Orienteering/WatchList|Open watchlist]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Orienteering/New_articles|A list of new articles]] is generated by [[User:AlexNewArtBot]] bot with predefined [[User:AlexNewArtBot/Orienteering|rules]] ([[User:AlexNewArtBot/OrienteeringLog|log page]]).

==Article assessment==
{{main|Wikipedia:WikiProject Orienteering/Assessment}}

To add an article to this project for assemssment, and to have it counted in the assessment table (above), use [[:Template:WikiProject Orienteering]].  To use it, place it at the top of the article's talk page: 
<blockquote>
<nowiki>{{WikiProject Orienteering|class=|importance=}}</nowiki>.
</blockquote>

The classifications, importance and further information can be found on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Orienteering/Assessment|assessment page]].

===Trophies===
The highest possible classification [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Orienteering/Assessment#Quality_scale|FA class]] was assigned on January 2006 to article [[Amateur radio direction finding]]. The article was downgraded on April 2010 to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Orienteering/Assessment#Quality_scale|C class]] due to lack of references.

=== Improvement of articles ===
{{main|Wikipedia:WikiProject Orienteering/Assessment to-do list}}
Based on the classification and importance, a list of articles that needs to be '''improved most of all''' exist. The goal is to improve the articles to match good Wikipedia standards. The list is based on the WikiProject classifications. Please, help expand these articles if you have something to contribute.

=== Assessment guidelines ===
{{main|Wikipedia:WikiProject Orienteering/Assessment Guidelines}}
Orienteering articles has [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Orienteering/Assessment Guidelines|assessment guidelines]] that helps with assessing [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Orienteering/Assessment#Importance|importance for articles]]. The guidelines doesn't give indications in all cases but gives help in finding what important in [[Wikipedia]] from orienteering point of view.

==Did you know?==
Orienteering has been featured on the English Wikipedia [[Main Page]] with these [[:Template:Did you know|Did you know]] "hooks":
* 2005 August 23 ([[Wikipedia:Recent_additions/2005/August|archive]]): ... that '''[[Simone Niggli-Luder]]''' from [[Switzerland]] won all four women's competitions at the [[orienteering]] world championships [[2005]] in [[Aichi]], [[Japan]], repeating her performance of [[2003]]?
[[Image:Example distinct vegetation boundary orienteering.png|100px|right]]
* 2008 June 21 ([[Wikipedia:Recent additions 220|archive]]):  ... that the '''[[orienteering map]]''' ''([[:Image:Example distinct vegetation boundary orienteering.png|example pictured]])'', along with the [[compass]], is the primary aid for an [[orienteering]] competitor to complete a course of control points? <br>Page view impact was 2.6K for [[Orienteering map]] ([http://stats.grok.se/en/200806/Orienteering_map graph]) and 1.4K for [[Orienteering]] ([http://stats.grok.se/en/200806/orienteering graph]).
* 2008 June 26 ([[Wikipedia:Recent additions 220|archive]]): ... that having won three of the first five races, '''[[Anne Margrethe Hausken]]''' is currently leading this year's [[Orienteering World Cup|World Cup]] in [[orienteering]]?  Page view impact was 1.1K for [[Anne Margrethe Hausken]] ([http://stats.grok.se/en/200806/Anne%20Margrethe%20Hausken graph]), 294 for [[Orienteering World Cup]] ([http://stats.grok.se/en/200806/Orienteering%20World%20Cup graph]), and 2.8K for [[Orienteering]] ([http://stats.grok.se/en/200806/Orienteering graph]).
[[Image:Bromma kyrka view06.jpg|100px|right]]
* 2008 October 6 ([[Wikipedia:Recent additions 232|archive]]): ... that the first public Swedish [[orienteering]] competition, held in 1901, had two churches, '''[[Spånga kyrka|Spånga]]''' and '''[[Bromma kyrka|Bromma kyrka]]''' (''[[:Image:Bromma kyrka view06.jpg|pictured]]'') as '''[[Control point (orienteering)|control points]]'''?  Page view impact was 2.6K for [[orienteering]] ([http://stats.grok.se/en/200810/orienteering graph]), 443 for [[Spånga kyrka]] ([http://stats.grok.se/en/200810/Sp%C3%A5nga%20kyrka graph]), 640 for [[Bromma kyrka]] ([http://stats.grok.se/en/200810/Bromma%20kyrka graph]), and 727 for [[Control point (orienteering)]] ([http://stats.grok.se/en/200810/Control_point_(orienteering) graph]).
[[Image:Pawtuckaway campsite.JPG|100px|right]]
* 2008 October 20 ([[Wikipedia:Recent additions 233|archive]]): ... that the volcanic [[ring dike]] at '''[[Pawtuckaway State Park]]''' (''[[:Image:Pawtuckaway campsite.JPG|pictured]]''), an important [[orienteering]] venue in [[New Hampshire]], resembles a [[meteor]] [[impact crater]]?  Page view impact was 4.9K for [[Pawtuckaway State Park]] ([http://stats.grok.se/en/200810/Pawtuckaway%20State%20Park graph]) and 1.4K for [[orienteering]] ([http://stats.grok.se/en/200810/orienteering graph]).
* 2009 January 20 ([[Wikipedia:Recent_additions_239|archive]]): ... that '''[[Jon Tvedt]]''' took up competitive [[fell running|mountain running]] in his late thirties, his career in [[orienteering]] having peaked several years earlier?
* 2009 April 7 ([[Wikipedia:Recent additions 243 |archive]]): ... that '''[[Sinikka Kukkonen]]''' was the first [[World Ski Orienteering Championships|World Champion in ski orienteering]]?
* 2009 May 14 ([[Wikipedia:Recent additions 244|archive]]): ... that [[cartographer]] '''[[Jan Martin Larsen]]''' was a pioneer in the development of the specialized [[orienteering map]]?
* 2009 June 28 ([[Wikipedia:Recent additions 245 |archive]]): ... that '''[[Mika Tervala]]''' won gold medals in all the first five World Championships in [[mountain bike orienteering]]?
* 2009 July 3 ([[Wikipedia:Recent additions 246 |archive]]): ... that Finnish [[mountain bike orienteering|mountain bike orienteer]] '''[[Päivi Tommola]]''' has won eight medals at the World Championships?
* 2009 July 31 ([[Wikipedia:Recent additions 247 |archive]]): ... that while '''[[Per Kristiansen]]''' chaired the training committee of the [[Norges Orienteringsforbund]], Norway's [[orienteering]] team, from 1967 to 1973, team members won gold medals at three [[World Orienteering Championships | world championships]]?
* 2009 August 9 ([[Wikipedia:Recent additions 247 |archive]]): ... that Canadian '''[[Sandy Hott]]'''´s result in 2005 was the highest placement ever at the [[World Orienteering Championships]] by a competitor from the North American continent?
* 2009 September 11: ... that while racing in the 2009 [[World Orienteering Championships]] gold medalist '''[[Thierry Gueorgiou]]''' rescued an injured competitor?
* 2009 September 15: ... that '''[[Anders Nordberg]]''' was elected ''[[Orienteer]] of the year 2007'' by [[Norway|Norwegian]] sports journalists?
* 2009 September 18: ... that Czech Republic [[orienteering]] world champion '''[[Michal Smola]]''' joined an orienteering club at age 12 and won his first national championship race at age 14?
* 2009 September 23: ... that while in the lead of the last relay leg of the 2009 [[World Orienteering Championships]], '''[[Martin Johansson (orienteer b. 1984)|Martin Johansson]]''' was injured by a wooden stick penetrating {{convert|12|cm|in|0}} into his leg?
* 2010 February 1 ([[Wikipedia:Recent additions 253 |archive]]): ... that '''[[Ruth Humbel]]''', member of the [[Federal Assembly of Switzerland]], has won three bronze medals at the [[World Orienteering Championships]]?
[[File:Christine Schaffner SUI194.jpg|100px|right|alt=Mountain bike orienteer]]
* 2010 May 14: ... that '''[[Åge Hadler]]''' won the first individual [[World Orienteering Championships|World Championship title]] in men's [[orienteering]], in 1966?
* 2010 July 24: ... that among the [[orienteering]] pioneers in '''[[IL Heming]]''' in the 1930s was [[Per Bergsland]], one of the three men who escaped to freedom in the [[Stalag Luft III#The "Great Escape"|"Great Escape" from Stalag Luft&nbsp;III]] in 1944?
* 2010 July 30: ... that Norwegian orienteer '''[[Finn Varde Jespersen]]''' was shot down as a pilot for the [[No. 97 Squadron RAF|RAF 97 Squadron]] during the [[Operation Overlord|invasion of Normandy]] in 1944?
* 2010 August 23: ... that Danish orienteer '''[[Ida Bobach]]''' won three gold medals at the 2010 [[Junior World Orienteering Championships]], winning the sprint, the long course and the relay? 
* 2010 September 3: ... that among [[Mountain bike orienteering|mountain bike orienteers]] with multiple [[World MTB Orienteering Championships|world championships]] gold medals are '''[[Michaela Gigon]]''', '''[[Christine Schaffner]]''' ''(pictured)'', '''[[Ksenia Chernykh]]''', '''[[Adrian Jackson (orienteering)|Adrian Jackson]]''' and '''[[Ruslan Gritsan]]'''?
* 2011 February 13: ... that '''[[Olga Novikova]]''' of [[Kazakhstan at the 2011 Asian Winter Games|Kazakhstan]] won four gold medals, winning every women's event in [[Ski orienteering at the 2011 Asian Winter Games|ski orienteering]], at the [[2011 Asian Winter Games]]?

==Members==
You can add yourself to this list:
*[[User:Spiralwidget|Spiralwidget]] ([[User talk:Spiralwidget|talk]])
*[[User:Ahi-nama|Ahi-nama]] ([[User talk:Ahi-nama|talk]])
*[[User:Anonymous101|Anonymous101]] ([[User talk:Anonymous101|talk]]
*[[User:Radagast|Radagast]] ([[User talk:Radagast|talk]])
*[[User:Kjetil|Kjetil]] ([[User talk:Kjetil|talk]])
*[[User:Kslotte|Kslotte]] ([[User talk:Kslotte|talk]])
*[[User:HOUZI]]  ([[User talk:HOUZI|talk]])
*<small><span style="border:1px solid black;">[[User talk:Alistairjh|<span style="color:#fff;background:#B22222;">'''DeMoN'''</span><span style="color:#B22222;background:#fff;">'''2009'''</span>]]</span></small>
*[[User:Lisa Beck]]  ([[User talk:Lisa Beck|talk]])
*[[User:miklcct]]
*[[User:Rabbit Elizabeth]]
*[[User:Jaredroach]]
*[[User:Lauvaan]]

=== Wikiproject Orienteering userbox ===
You can add the userbox to your user page by filling in with wiki syntax:
<blockquote>
[[Template:User WikiProjectOrienteering|<nowiki>{{User WikiProjectOrienteering}}</nowiki>]]
</blockquote>
{{User_WikiProjectOrienteering}}<br /><br /><br />

=== Orienteerer userbox ===
You can add the orienteerer userbox to your user page by filling in with wiki syntax:
<blockquote>
[[User:UBX/Orienteer|<nowiki>{{User:UBX/Orienteer}}</nowiki>]]
</blockquote>
{{User:UBX/Orienteer|category=no}}<br /><br /><br />

=== User recruiting ===
To recruit another user to WikiProject Orienteering place the following wiki syntax on the user's talk page:

<blockquote>
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Orienteering/Join|<nowiki>{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Orienteering/Join}}~~~~</nowiki>]]
</blockquote> 

{| style="border: 1px solid {{{border|orange}}}; background-color: {{{color|white}}};"
|<blockquote>
[[Image:Orienteering symbol framed.png|right|50px]]
Hi Wikipedia User,

Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia articles related to [[orienteering]].  If you are interested in orienteering, you might like to add [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Orienteering|WikiProject Orienteering]] to your watchlist (see [[Help:Watching pages]]).

Thanks,
</blockquote>
|}

=== Orienteering barnstar ===
 {{see|Wikipedia:Barnstars}}

It is the custom to reward Wikipedia contributors for hard work and due diligence by awarding them a '''barnstar'''. To give the award to someone, just place the image on their talk page, and say why you have given it to them. If you are sure the barnstar is appropriate, ''don't be shy!''

Orienteering has its own [[Wikipedia:Barnstars|barnstar]] named [[Template:Orienteering_barnstar|'''Orienteering barnstar''']]. To give a user the [[Template:Orienteering_barnstar|orienteering barnstar]] place it on the user's talk page with following wiki syntax:

<blockquote>
[[Template:Orienteering barnstar|<nowiki>{{Orienteering barnstar}}</nowiki>]]
</blockquote>

{| style="border: 1px solid {{{border|orange}}}; background-color: {{{color|white}}};"
|rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle;" | [[Image:Original_Barnstar_revised_for_Orienteering.png|100px]]
|rowspan="2" |
|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | '''WikiProject Orienteering Barnstar'''

|-
|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | I award '''you''' the  '''WikiProject Orienteering Barnstar''' for 
Significant contributions to Orienteering articles.<includeonly>~~</includeonly><noinclude>~~</noinclude>~
|}
<noinclude>

== Navboxes ==
{{see also|Help:Navbox}}

A '''navigation template''', '''navbox''' or '''topicbox''' is a grouping of links used in multiple orienteering related articles to facilitate navigation between those articles. Editing of a navigation template is done in a central place, the template page.

=== Orienteering ===
<blockquote>
{{tl|Orienteering}} used for articles related to [[orienteering]]. It meant cover all essential information regarding orienteering and related subjects.
</blockquote>
{{Orienteering|type=collapsed}}

=== International Orienteering Federation Members ===
<blockquote>
{{tl|International Orienteering Federation Members}} about [[International Orienteering Federation|IOF]] members and associate organizations
</blockquote>
{{International Orienteering Federation Members|category=no}}

=== Orienteering  Competitions  ===
For orienteering competitions there exist the following templates:
* [[Template:Footer Orienteering World Cup Men|Orienteering World Cup Men]]
* [[Template:Footer Orienteering World Cup Women|Orienteering World Cup Women]]
* [[Template:Footer World Cup in Ski Orienteering Men|World Cup in Ski Orienteering Men]]
* [[Template:Footer World Cup in Ski Orienteering Women|World Cup in Ski Orienteering Women]]
* [[Template:Footer Orienteering World Champions Men|World Champions Men]]
* [[Template:Footer Orienteering World Champions Women|World Champions Women]]

Source: [[:Category:Orienteering templates|Orienteering templates]], 1 May 2010

== Stubs and their categories ==
The complete current structure of stubs and their categories (as of 11th of August 2009):
*'''[[:Category:Orienteering stubs|Orienteering stubs (51)]]''', <small>[[:Category:Sports stubs by sport|Stub parent]]</small>  | {{tl|orienteering-stub}}
**<small>{{tl|Orienteering-org-stub}} (39) feeds into categories [[:Category:Orienteering stubs|Orienteering stubs]] and [[:Category:Sports organization stubs|Sports organization stubs]] </small>
**'''[[:Category:Orienteering biography stubs|Orienteering biography stubs (155)]]''', <small>[[:Category:Sportspeople stubs by sport|Secondary stub parent]]</small> | {{tl|orienteering-bio-stub}}
***<small>{{tl|Switzerland-orienteering-bio-stub}} (30) feeds into categories [[:Category:Orienteering biography stubs|Orienteering biography stubs]] and [[:Category:Swiss sportspeople stubs|Swiss sportspeople stubs]]</small>
***<small>{{tl|Russia-orienteering-bio-stub}} (31) feeds into categories [[:Category:Orienteering biography stubs|Orienteering biography stubs]] and [[:Category:Russian sportspeople stubs|Russian sportspeople stubs]]</small>
***<small>{{tl|CzechRepublic-orienteering-bio-stub}} (28) feeds into categories [[:Category:Orienteering biography stubs|Orienteering biography stubs]] and [[:Category:Czech sportspeople stubs|Czech sportspeople stubs]]</small>
***'''[[:Category:Finnish orienteering biography stubs|Finnish orienteering biography stubs (97)]]''', <small>[[:Category:Finnish sportspeople stubs|Secondary stub parent]]</small>  | {{tl|Finland-orienteering-bio-stub}}
***'''[[:Category:Norwegian orienteering biography stubs|Norwegian orienteering biography stubs (78)]]''', <small>[[:Category:Norwegian sportspeople stubs|Secondary stub parent]]</small>  | {{tl|Norway-orienteering-bio-stub}}
***'''[[:Category:Swedish orienteering biography stubs|Swedish orienteering biography stubs (117)]]''', <small>[[:Category:Swedish sportspeople stubs|Secondary stub parent]]</small>  | {{tl|Sweden-orienteering-bio-stub}}

=== Stub structure change history ===
* [[Wikipedia:Stub_types_for_deletion/Log/2009/January/5#.7B.7BOrienteering-org-stub.7D.7D_.2F_Cat:Orienteering_organization_stubs|January 2009]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Stub_sorting/Proposals/2009/June#Re-creation_of_.7B.7BOrienteering-org-stub.7D.7D.2FCategory:Orienteering_organization_stubs|June 2009]]

==Category and article structure==
Category structure, can be browsed through [[:Category:Orienteering|this link]] or see a three structure below:
{{hidden begin|title=Category structure|titlestyle=background:#e6e6fa;}}
{{#categorytree:Orienteering|mode=all|showcount}}.
{{hidden end}}
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Orienteering/Categories|List of categories]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Orienteering/WatchList|List of articles, templates, images and categories]]

==To-do==
<!-- to add requests for contributions, please edit the transcended to-do box or post the request on the project talk page -->
{{To do}}

=== Other to-dos ===
* Biography of trail orienteers
* Biography [[Helena Jansson]] needs some text and references
* Expand new article on [[Delaware Valley Orienteering Association]]
* Classify importance for [[:Category:Unknown-importance_Orienteering_articles|unknown-importance articles]] according to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Orienteering/Assessment_Guidelines|guidelines]]
* Assess quality for [[:Category:Automatically_assessed_Orienteering_articles|automatically assessed articles]] according to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Orienteering/Assessment#Quality_scale|guidelines]]
* Make [[Template:WikiProject_Orienteering|WikiProject template]] to be able to handle [[:Category:NA-Class_Orienteering_articles|Redirect-Class]] (advanced task)

== Similar Wikiprojects ==
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking|WikiProject Backpacking]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cycling|WikiProject Cycling]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Hiking Trails|WikiProject Hiking Trails]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps|WikiProject Maps]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Running|WikiProject Running]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Skiing and Snowboarding|WikiProject Skiing and Snowboarding]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Sports|WikiProject Sports]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Sports Results|WikiProject Sports Results]]

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