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{{Project header|WP:POLYNESIA}} 
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This '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProject]]''' was formed to foster better articles on the countries of '''[[Polynesia]]''' with a spirit of cooperation.

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==Goals ==
The goal of this project is to create, improve, and maintain articles relating to the countries of [[Polynesia]] and the surrounding area, their history, people, geography, and culture. Included are the independent nations of [[Cook Islands]], [[Niue]], [[Samoa]], [[Tonga]], and [[Tuvalu]], and the territories of [[American Samoa]], [[French Polynesia]], [[Pitcairn Islands]],  [[Tokelau]], and [[Wallis and Futuna]]. The Polynesian area can be thought of as a giant triangle, with most of the area encompassed between the three points of [[New Zealand]], [[Hawaii]], and [[Easter Island]], each of which has an indigenous Polynesian population.

===Milestones===
* '''4000 articles:''' - 4 May 2015
* '''5000 articles:''' - 27 February 2018
* '''7500 articles:''' - 4 January 2022

==Scope==
The scope of this project is all articles that fall within [[:Category:Polynesia]].  We acknowledge that there may be other WikiProjects that deal directly with individual nations or areas within that. We are grateful for their efforts, and will concentrate our own on those areas that are not covered by other projects.

==[[Image:Nuvola apps kdmconfig.png|20px]]Participants==
===Active participants===
To join WikiProject Polynesia, edit this section and add the [[Help:Wikitext|Wikitext]] <b><code><nowiki>#{{subst:me}}</nowiki></code></b> with your areas of interest to the bottom of the following list of participants.  Participants should also place [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Polynesia#Participant identification|participant identification]] on their user&nbsp;page.
#[[User:Leonaitasi]]. Aloha. I am an amateur researcher whose journey began with Polynesian genealogy. Curiously, that has led to a deepening interest in archaeology, astronomy, dead languages, comparative linguistics, and comparative mythology and theology.
#[[User:Thdegy]]
#[[User:Vaafusuaga Samalaulu Fonoti]]. Talofa. Researcher in Samoan culture, oral traditions and history at the National University of Samoa. Matai (chief) from Malie, Manono, Leulumoega and Lufilufi.
#[[User:KHarber]]
#[[User:Badbilltucker]]
#[[User:Zora]]. Did graduate research in Tonga and Hawaiian archives. Speak Tongan and some Hawaiian. Unfortunately, I'm grotesquely over-committed to several other projects (Indian cinema, Islam, clothing).
#[[User:Kintetsubuffalo|Chris]] 05:08, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
#[[User:Avenue|Avenue]] 12:11, 14 March 2007 (UTC). Not sure how much I can help, as I have little expertise or (currently) spare time, but I am interested.
#[[User:Mattbray|Mattbray]] - glad to help..... i understand a fair bit about music and dance
#[[User:Danbrown99]] - i'm happy to help with the expansion of articles on Easter Island, and help with the upkeep on other articles.
#[[User:Targeman|Targeman]]: I have a particular interest in [[Palau]], I've just asked a local radio station for permission to use their pictures (sorely lacking on Commons). Waiting for their answer. Besides that, I'll add [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] tags where necessary, and translate, at least as stubs, English articles into other languages. I'll also try to create a stub for every populated island in Oceania. This'll take some time...
#{{User|Oisin Allen}}
#[[User:Shudde|<span style="color:Blue;">'''Shudde'''</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Shudde|'''<span style="color:Blue;">talk</span>''']]</sup> 00:21, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
#[[User:Sahmeditor|<span style="color:#00CCCC;">Sa</span>]][[User:Sahmeditor/Signatures|<span style="color:green;">hm</span>]][[User talk:Sahmeditor|<span style="color:red;">ed</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Sahmeditor|<span style="color:blue;">itor</span>]] 18:52, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
#[[User:Dysmorodrepanis|Dysmorodrepanis]] - [[Polynesian languages]] and [[bird|avian]] [[biogeography]] of the Pacific region, namely [[Hawaii|Hawaiʻi]]. Mainly lurking and giving the [[ʻOkina]] honor where honor is due. If anyone wants to discuss the extinct giant parrot of [[Easter Island]] though...
#[[User:Jonathan Cardy|Jonathan Cardy]] Mainly interested in [[Easter Island|Rapa Nui]] September 2007
#[[User:Maikeli|Maikeli]] - Mainly focused on Wiki project [[Fiji]] but am interested in Melanesia & Polynesia as I am part of it and would like to help where I can.
#[[User:Fishal|Fishal]]: interested in Easter Island and Rapa Nui
#[[User:Jnoxon|PJ Noxon]] interested in promoting Polynesian's involvement in US NFL as a point of pride among students in Tonga in particular, my site has photos free for use with link and attribution --[[User:Jnoxon|Jnoxon]] ([[User talk:Jnoxon|talk]]) 03:59, 19 January 2009 (UTC) [http://www.techtonga.com teachtonga.com]http://www.teachtonga.com
#[[User:Jason Rees|Jason Rees]] Interested in Tropical cyclones within this region.
#[[User:Teinesavaii|Teinesavaii]] interested arts, culture, science, politics, history, focusing on Polynesia, Samoa, Savi'i island and village in particular - fluent Samoan, conversational NZ Maori et un peu de francais. September 2009
#[[User:GDuwen|GDuwen]]
#[[User:Ano-User|Ano-User]]
#[[User: Puakatau| Puakatau]] Interested in Tonga-Fiji History and Samoa to a lesser extend.
#[[User:Kahuroa|Kahuroa]] Interested in Māori and East Polynesia in particular, languages and culture. One of my first major projects involved untangling the categorisation of Polynesian articles, which used to be a mess back in the day [[User:Kahuroa|Kahuroa]] ([[User talk:Kahuroa|talk]]) 07:05, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
#[[User:David A. Victor]] Interested in Oceanic nations foreign relations
#[[User:HURIMOZ|HURI TRANSLATIONS]] Translation, Design & Branding company based in Mo'orea, French Polynesia.
#[[User:JJManioke| JJManioke]] A current Peace Corps Volunteer on an outer island in Tonga doing what he can to improve Tonga history and geography pages without primary sources and limited secondary sources
#[[User:MozzazzoM|MozzazzoM]] My great-grandmother was from [[Niutao]], [[Tuvalu]] - I am interested in improving the Tuvalu pages.([[User:MozzazzoM|MozzazzoM]] ([[User talk:MozzazzoM|talk]]) 04:57, 13 October 2011 (UTC))
#[[User:Meitaki|JohnR]]. Author of a non-commercial website guide to all of the Cook Islands  [http://www.cookislands.org.uk] www.Cook Islands.org.uk and have a lot of unpublished research about the Islands and its people.  Happy to help
#[[User:SioneF|SioneF]] ([[User talk:SioneF|talk]]) 03:50, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
#[[User:Arsenalfan24|Arsenalfan24]] [[User:Arsenalfan24|Arsenalfan24]] ([[User talk:Arsenalfan24|talk]]) 23:50, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
#[[User:Orthogonal1|Orthogonal1]] ([[User talk:Orthogonal1|talk]]) 06:27, 6 October 2014 (UTC) I am, at the moment, mostly working on Tokelau-related articles.
#[[User:Gap9551|Gap9551]] ([[User talk:Gap9551|talk]]) 20:47, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
#[[User:Arthurteb303|Arthurteb303]] ([[User talk:Arthurteb303|talk]]) 23:32, 3 February 2016 (UTC) I am interested mainly in Tuvalu and Tokelau.
#[[User:Marek69|<span style="color: DarkBlue">Marek</span>]].[[Special:Contributions/Marek69|<span style="color: Blue"><small>69</small></span>]]<small> [[User_talk:Marek69|<span style="color: Green"><sup>''talk''</sup></span>]]</small>
#[[User:DENAMAX|Maxim Stoyalov]]
#{{User|VerifiedCactus}} sign me up [[User:VerifiedCactus|The Verified Cactus]] ''[[User talk:VerifiedCactus|100%]]'' 20:03, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
#[[User:ClueRootEspresso|ClueRootEspresso]]
#[[User:Pakoire|Pakoire]] ([[User talk:Pakoire|talk]]) 20:32, 17 January 2022 (UTC), I am based in Aotearoa and am running a Pacific Arts project to increase content on Pacific artists in all genres who are also based in Aotearoa. We are just starting - I will link to the project page on the talk page soon.
#{{User|IdiotSavant}} 23:01:34, 30 January 2022 (UTC)&nbsp;, Aotearoa-based, focusing mostly on political biography.
# [[User:Chipmunkdavis|CMD]] ([[User talk:Chipmunkdavis|talk]]) 09:48, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
#{{User|N Panama 84534}}
#[[User:Hacerbics|Hacerbics]] ([[User talk:Hacerbics|talk]]) I am a full-time university student from Aotearoa most interested in contributing to and creating articles on notable Pacific peoples, specifically Samoan achievements, architecture and women. 

===Former participants===
Thank you for your help!  Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.
#{{User|Buaidh}} 15:57:01, 30 July 2019 (UTC)&nbsp;– WikiProject templates and categories.
#[[User:Warlordjohncarter|John Carter]] 14:36, 17 April 2007 (UTC) - trying to continue the work of the project's proposer.

===Participant identification===
WikiProject Polynesia participants should place one of the following lines of [[Help:Wikitext|Wikitext]] on their [[Special:MyPage|user&nbsp;page]] to add it to '''{{nobreak|[[:Category:WikiProject Polynesia participants]]}}'''.
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For other Polynesia user&nbsp;templates see '''{{nobreak|[[:Category:Polynesia user templates]]}}'''.

==Related WikiProjects==
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia|WikiProject Australia]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Hawaii|WikiProject Hawaii]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand|WikiProject New Zealand]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Oceania|WikiProject Oceania]]

===Child WikiProjects===
*[[Image:Flag of the Cook Islands.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cook Islands|WikiProject Cook Islands]] : {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Cook Islands articles}} articles / {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Unknown-importance Cook Islands articles}} unassessed
*[[Image:Flag of Niue.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Niue|WikiProject Niue]] : {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Niue articles}} articles / {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Unknown-importance Niue articles}} unassessed
*[[Image:Flag of Samoa.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Samoa|WikiProject Samoa]] : {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Samoa articles}} articles / {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Unknown-importance Samoa articles}} unassessed
*[[Image:Flag of Tonga.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Tonga|WikiProject Tonga]] : {{PAGESINCATEGORY:WikiProject Tonga articles}} articles / {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Unknown-importance Tonga articles}} unassessed
*[[Image:Flag of Tuvalu.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Tuvalu|WikiProject Tuvalu]] : {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Tuvalu articles}} articles / {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Unknown-importance Tuvalu articles}} unassessed

===Work groups===
*[[Image:Flag of American Samoa.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Polynesia/American Samoa work group|American Samoa work group]] : {{PAGESINCATEGORY:American Samoa articles}} articles / {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Unknown-importance American Samoa articles}} unassessed
*[[Image:Flag of French Polynesia.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Polynesia/French Polynesia work group|French Polynesia work group]] : {{PAGESINCATEGORY:French Polynesia articles}} articles / {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Unknown-importance French Polynesia articles}} unassessed
*[[Image:Flag of the Pitcairn Islands.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Polynesia/Pitcairn Islands work group|Pitcairn Islands work group]] : {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Pitcairn Islands articles}} articles / {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Unknown-importance Pitcairn Islands articles}} unassessed
*[[Image:Flag of Tokelau.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Polynesia/Tokelau work group|Tokelau work group]] : {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Tokelau articles}} articles / {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Unknown-importance Tokelau articles}} unassessed
*[[Image:Flag of Wallis and Futuna.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Polynesia/Wallis and Futuna work group|Wallis and Futuna work group]] : {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Wallis and Futuna articles}} articles / {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Unknown-importance Wallis and Futuna articles}} unassessed

==Article alerts==
Note that you can [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Polynesia/Article alerts|watchlist these alerts]]:

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==Departments==
* List of {{subpages}}

===Assessment===
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Polynesia/Assessment|Assessment Department]]

===Peer review===
* [[Rennell Island]]
* [[Parliament of the Cook Islands]]

===Articles for improvement===
{{User:WolterBot/Cleanup listing subscription}}
* [[Futuna (Wallis and Futuna)]]
* [[Upolu]]

===Cleanup===
* [[:Category:Pages using WikiProject Polynesia with unknown parameters]]

===Requested articles===
Please add to these lists:

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=====Polynesia as a whole=====
* [[South Pacific Creative Arts Society]] - founded at USP in 1972 or 1973, helped build South Pacific literature and arts
* ''[[Mana (journal)|Mana]]'' - journal of the SPCAS

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Cook Islands/Requested articles}}

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Niue/Requested articles}}

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Samoa/Requested articles}}

====Tonga====
See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Tonga/Requested articles]]

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Tuvalu/Requested articles}}

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Polynesia/French Polynesia work group/Requested articles}}

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Polynesia/Tokelau work group/Requested articles}}

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Polynesia/Wallis and Futuna work group/Requested articles}}
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==Showcase==
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Polynesia/Recognized content}}

==Templates==
===Project banner===
* {{tlx|WikiProject Polynesia}} - the project banner to be added to the '''talk''' pages of all articles which fall within the scope of the project.

===Navboxes===
* {{tlx|Polynesia}} - for the bottom of geography articles

===Stubs===
{{See also|Category:Oceania stubs}}

===Userbox===
* {{tlx|User WikiProject Polynesia}} - userbox which all members can add to their talk pages
{{User WikiProject Polynesia}}
{{Clear}}

==Resources==
{{Sisterlinks|Polynesia|commons=Category:Polynesia}}
===Periodicals===
The following periodicals are indexed on subscription databanks and regularly contain material relevant to this subject for the time periods indicated. The specific articles may be available in audio, video, citation, abstract, or full text format. To obtain information, please send me an e-mail with your e-mail address and the specific subject of interest, and I will forward to you what I can obtain from the databanks. [[User:John Carter|John Carter]] ([[User talk:John Carter|talk]]) 18:15, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
*Arrows for Change (2001-on)
*Asia Pacific Business (1988)
*Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (1997-on)
*Asia-Pacific Law Review (1992-on)
*Asia Pacific Rail (2000-2002)
*Asia Pacific Telecom (2000-on)
*Asia Pacific TV (2001-2006)
*Asia Pacific Wireless Analyst (2004)
*Asia Pacific Chemicals (2003)
*Asia-Pacific Journal of Human Rights and the Law (2002-on)
*Asia Pacific Mobile Communications Report (2000-2003)
*Asiacom (2002-2004)
*Asian Perspectives: The Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific (1996-on)

{{Polynesia}}

===Tools===
:''Main tool page: [[tools:~dispenser/view/Tools|toolserver.org]]''
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Reflinks|Reflinks]] -  Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Checklinks|Checklinks]] - Edit and repair external links
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Dab_solver|Dab solver]] - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Peer_reviewer|Peer reviewer]] - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Polynesia/Popular pages]]

===External watchlist===
*[[User:AlexNewArtBot/PolynesiaSearchResult]]

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