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France
articles		 Importance
Top High Mid Low None Total
Quality
Featured article FA 4 11 2 3 20
A 1 1 1 3
Good article GA 1 1 1 4 7
B 17 27 22 4 77 147
Start 1 23 54 56 190 324
Stub 2 12 33 108 7977 8132
Assessed 25 75 112 169 8252 8633
Unassessed 5 30 0 2 14952 14989
Total 30 105 112 171 23204 23622

This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles on the European countries France and Monaco with a spirit of cooperation. This page and its future subpages contain suggestions on formatting and layout of articles, which can be discussed at the project's talk page.

To participate, simply add your name to the members subpage.

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[edit] Scope

This project covers the creation and editing of articles related to the nation of France, its cities, counties, geography, transportation, culture, history and so on. It aims to expand Wikipedia's resources on France in a fair and accurate manner. We shall also work with articles related to the neighboring microstate of Monaco.

[edit] Project divisions

  • Categorization (talk) – Categorization of France-related articles
  • Cities (talk) – Cities, towns, villages and districts
  • Physical geography (talk) – Regions, parks, climate, physical features
  • Transportation (talk) – Roads, trails and rails in and around France.
  • Culture (talk) – Music, art, icons, mass communication
  • People (talk) – includes residents of the current nation of France, all its predecessors, and all those people who have resided in any of France's predecessor states who have shaped France
  • Government (talk) – Governance, as well as federal, state and local politics in relation to France and its predecessors
  • History (talk) – history of France and its predecessors
  • Photo requests (talk) – List of requested photos.

[edit] Related projects

[edit] Related portals

Every member should feel free to inform the managers of these portals if they have worked on an article which they believe would be of interest to the above portals.

[edit] Featured content

[edit] Featured articles

The following France-related articles have become Featured articles, which means that they been identified as among the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. They have not necessarily been improved to Featured Status by this WikiProject. These articles may be chosen as "Article of the month" or "Personality of the month" on the France portal.

Education
  • (none)
Geography
  • (none)
Landmarks
  • (none)
Transport
History
Society and Politics
War and military
Notable French


Culture and the Arts
Sports

[edit] Featured lists

The following lists have become Featured lists:

[edit] Featured images

For more information, see Wikipedia:Featured pictures. Pictures are chosen by the Wikipedia community because they are beautiful, shocking, impressive, and/or informative. France-related featured pictures can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject France/Gallery.

[edit] Featured topics

See Wikipedia:Featured topics for more info. A featured topic is a collection of inter-related articles that are of a good quality (though are not necessarily featured articles). A featured topic represents Wikipedia’s best work by thoroughly covering all parts of that topic through several high-quality articles that share a similar structure and are well-linked with each other.

  • none

[edit] Featured portals

See Wikipedia:Featured portals for more information. The criteria for becoming Freatured portals can be found at Wikipedia:Featured portal criteria. Portals can be put up for featured status at Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates.

  • none

[edit] Peer review/Featured article candidates (FAC)

Following is a list of France-related featured article candidates. Please contribute toward making them featured articles by voting and copyediting to remedy potential objections.

Recent featured article candidates:

Following is a list of France-related articles submitted for peer review (an important step toward becoming a featured article). Please contribute by copyediting to remedy potential objections.

[edit] Formerly recognized content

Former featured articles

[edit] Good articles (GA)

The following articles have either been recognized as good articles or are currently under review for good article status:

Art, architecture and archaeology
Economics and business
Culture and society
Engineering and technology
Food and drink
Geography
History
Language
Mathematics
Music
Politics and government
Recreation
Religion
War and military

[edit] Criteria for assessing articles

Consult Wikipedia:WikiProject France/Assessment for information on assessing articles and the criteria utilized.

[edit] Did you know?

Any articles that have been created or expanded in the last 5 days are eligible for Main Page inclusion at Template:Did you know, so if you find an interesting fact in any of these articles, please nominate it at Template talk:Did you know and, once posted on the main page, add it to the DYK list at Wikipedia:WikiProject France/New article announcements. Another place to list interesting facts from new articles is at Portal:France/Did you know (the archive of that page can be seen at Portal:France/Did you know archive).

[edit] Open Tasks

  • Place the {{WikiProject France}} on the talk pages of all articles that fall within the scope of this project.
  • Add the articles, by category, to the Wikipedia:WikiProject France/Articles, list, and
  • Monitor the recent changes for improvements which might raise the assessment level, damages to the articles, and vandalism.
  • Maintain and update the Template:France tasks.

[edit] Project Barnstar

French Barnstar of National Merit
French Barnstar of National Merit
French Guiana Barnstar of National Merit
French Guiana Barnstar of National Merit

There are at this time two barnstars, one for France and the other for French Guiana, which might be given out to editors who make substantial contributions to articles in their specific field.

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[edit] Directories

[edit] Tourism, history, gastronomy

[edit] Maps and travel guides

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[edit] Stubs

For information on which stubs to use on France-related articles, see the list of stubs at Wikipedia:WikiProject France/Stub templates

[edit] Templates

[edit] Translation and style guides

[edit] Websites

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