Wikipedia:WikiProject Waterfalls

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This WikiProject aims primarily to describe the Earth's waterfalls in a consistent and complete fashion.

[edit] Parentage

The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Geography.

[edit] Descendant Wikiprojects

No descendant WikiProjects have been defined.

[edit] Similar Wikiprojects

for naming in geography: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Rivers

[edit] Participants

[edit] Naming

Articles may be named "X", "X Waterfall", or "X Falls", depending on location and most common usage. "X falls". "X (falls)", "X waterfall" and "X (waterfall)" are not recommended.

[edit] Multiple waterfalls with the same name

Due to the fact that there are countless waterfalls in the world with the same name, the following method of disambiguation is proposed:

The most important waterfall can stay at the undisambiguated title, lesser known ones add a qualifier.
In practice, most waterfalls needing disambiguation should be identified by the smallest appropriate political entity.
- - Always use parentheses for the disambiguator for U.S. waterfalls, not a comma. For example Bridal Veil Falls (Alaska) not Bridal Veil Falls, Alaska.
A waterfall can be identified uniquely as a fall on a river. It should be named with the name of the river following in parentheses. For example: Nevada Falls (Merced) for Nevada Falls in Yosemite National Park.

[edit] Article Structure

[edit] Lead Paragraph

The first paragraph should be a self-contained description including the most important things to know; name(s) - both historic and current - in bold, location (continent/countries), and notable facts about the waterfall, such as tallest, second tallest, widest, etc.

[edit] Infobox

Please see Template:Waterfall and follow the instructions. Unused fields will not be displayed.

[edit] Natural History

Mention distinctive natural features of the waterfall.

[edit] Geology

The evolution of some waterfalls has been well explored. Such information should be placed here, with a suitable discussion of all POVs when possible.

[edit] History

Describe what is known about the history of the waterfall, along with a description of the scientific efforts.

[edit] References and External links

Preferably refer to history, ecology, public policy, books, websites, etc.

[edit] Images

There should be at least one picture, preferably a typical view. Important waterfalls should have additional pictures illustrating their notable features.

[edit] Indexing

Every waterfall article should be indexed in list of waterfalls, and indexed in list of rivers by continent.

[edit] Categories

Every article should have a category. At a mininmum, list in Category:country waterfalls. Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (categories) dictates that the categories should be named Waterfalls in _____" rather than the commonly used Waterfalls of ___". If the country has smaller political divisions in the waterfalls category, use one of those instead. (e.g. Category:Waterfalls in Oregon instead of Category:Waterfalls in the United States).