Wikipedia:WikiProject British Columbia
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This WikiProject aims to organize, improve the quality, and provide accurate information in an established, community-driven, Wikipedia standard for the province of British Columbia, Canada, and its related articles. The importance of these articles for new users, research, education, and the pursuit of accumulated knowledge will be accomplished through our efforts in providing a consistent format and standard to our articles. 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 participate, please follow the instruction on the Member's Page.
[edit] Scope and Motivation
- British Columbia is Canada's third largest province.
- British Columbia's largest city is Vancouver (Canada's third largest metropolitan centre).
- British Columbia has the largest and oldest trees in Canada.
- British Columbia has the largest fishing industry in Canada.
- British Columbia is Canada's third-largest generator of hydroelectricity.
- British Columbia is Canada's second-largest natural gas producer.
- British Columbia is the third-largest film and television production centre in North America (after New York and Los Angeles).
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[edit] Structure
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[edit] Related WikiProjects
- WikiProject British Columbia
- WikiProject Alberta
- WikiProject Quebec
- WikiProject Ontario
- WikiProject Nova Scotia
- WikiProject Newfoundland and Labrador
[edit] Related U.S. WikiProjects
- WikiProject Alaska
- WikiProject Oregon
- WikiProject Washington
- WikiProject Eastern Washington
- WikiProject Seattle
- WikiProject California
[edit] Overlapping WikiProjects
- WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America
- WikiProject Political parties and politicians in Canada
- Wikipedians for Local History
- WikiProject Mountains
- WikiProject Rivers
- WikiProject Lakes
- WikiProject Trains
- WikiProject Ships
- WikiProject Biography
[edit] To do
- Expand articles listed in:
- Category:British Columbia stubs
- Category:British Columbia geography stubs
- Especially those found in the lists at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/British Columbia articles by quality that are High or Mid importance but are still only Stub or Start quality.
- Stubs in Category:Provincial Parks of British Columbia.
- Organize list structure and add to list of needed articles:
- Check for and do needed articles at:
- Establish collaborations and improvements for British Columbia related articles
- Photo Requests For British Columbia-related articles needing a photograph, use {{reqphotoin|British Columbia}} in the talk page, which adds the article to Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in British Columbia. You can help Wikipedia by uploading freely licensed photographs for these articles to Wikimedia Commons..
- Map Requests Use {{reqmapin|British Columbia}} on talk page of articles needing maps which will list maps needed at: Category:Wikipedia requested maps in British Columbia. As an alternative to a map, using {{coor title dms|50|28|00|N|126|05|00|W|type:waterbody}}, for example, as it appears on Johnstone Strait gives a link to map/sat images that is a reasonable alternative.
- Assessments
- Review existing assessment of articles and reassess following WikiProject British Columbia/Assessment
- Clarify assessment criteria at WikiProject British Columbia/Assessment
- Add {{BCProject}} template to articles within project scope following these steps. Use {{BCproject|class=stub|importance=mid}} following the assessment guidelines (importance = low, mid, high or top, class = stub, start, b, ga, a or fa). Here are some of the many BC categories (drill to sub and parent categories as well) where you can look for untagged articles and articles to expand: | BC | Provincial Parks | Prot Area Stubs | Parks | Communities | Islands | SFU | UBC | UVic | UNB | Senators | People | Geography | Highways | Mayors of Vancouver | MLAs | Premiers | Islands | Victoria | Cornubations | Transportation | Elections | History | Fjords | Education | Nanaimo | Museums | Sports | Culture | Restaurants | Bridges | Tourism | Media | Cities | Victoria History | Lakes | Politics | People from Victoria | Hotels | BC Lions Players | Actors | Airports | Politicians | Explorers | Volcanoes | Visitor Attractions | Railway Stations | Organizations | Transit Agencies | Mountain Ranges | Pre-Confederation people | Companies | Private Schools | Lieutenant Governors | Law Enforcement | Mayors | MPs | Curlers | Trees | Natural history |Highways|
[edit] See also
- Wikipedia:Canadian wikipedians' notice board/British Columbia
- Portal:British Columbia
- Portal:Vancouver
- Current Events Canada Portal
- User:Buchanan-Hermit/WikiProject-Sandbox - an abandoned WikiProject sandbox on the same topic.
- List of British Columbia-related topics
- Category: British Columbia articles with comments
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External Websites:
- Province of British Columbia
- Legislative Assembly of BC
- BC Education
- BC Stats
- BC Archives
- Globe and Mail BC
- Travel Guide BC
- Travel BC
- Tourism BC
- Vancouver Island History, UVic
- Canadiana.org Archival Sources Online
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography
- Encylopedia of British Columbia (Subscription required)
- City of Vancouver Archives