Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada
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WikiProject Canada
- Members
- Notice board (related pages)
- Discussion board
- Current events
- Featured and good content
- Portal
- All related pages
- For the Canadian wikipedians' notice board, see WP:CWNB.
WikiProject Canada was formed to foster better articles on the nation of Canada with a spirit of cooperation. This page and its 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 at the project member page.
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[edit] Scope
This project covers the creation and editing of articles related to the nation of Canada, its cities, counties, geography, transportation, culture, history and so on. It aims to expand Wikipedia's resources on Canada in a fair and accurate manner.
As of November 7, 2007, there are 3320 articles within the scope of WikiProject Canada, of which 54 are featured.
[edit] Project organisation
To join WikiProject Canada, simply list your name under the member page.
[edit] Other projects within Canada
This is a list of projects which focus on a specific subject within the scope of Canada.
- Arts and entertainment: Films, Music, Television
- Biography:
- Geography: British Columbia (Vancouver Region), Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec (Montreal Region), Ontario (Toronto Region, Ottawa Region), Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Territories
- History: Canadian Military History
- Government: Government of Canada, Education, Electoral districts, Politics, Law
- Trade & Economy:
- Transportation: Roads
- Languages:
- Science:
- Demographics: WikiProject Canadian communities
- Sports: Canadian sport, Canadian football
[edit] Project banner
To tag articles under the scope of WikiProject Canada, place {{WikiProject Canada|[sub-project]=yes|[province mnemonic]=yes|class=???|importance=???}} on the article talk page. For tagging other WikiProjects and portals that goes under the scope of WikiProject Canada, visit {{PartofWPCANADA}} and follow the instructions.
[edit] Userpage
Add this userbox {{User WikiProject Canada}} to your userboxes to direct editors to WikiProject Canada from your userpage.
Add this template {{Canadian quick links}} to your user page to give editors more information about Canada on Wikipedia.
[edit] Awards
Both of these awards can be given by any user to any other user who you think is worthy.
[edit] The Canadian Content Award
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The Canadian Content Award | |
| This is for outstanding contributions to Canadian related pages on Wikipedia. Evrik 13:31, 24 March 2006 (UTC) |
[edit] The Maple Leaf Award (red, silver, of gold)
{{subst:The Maple Leaf Award| type=... | Awarded for... }}
Use type=Red to give a user a small kudos for a useful series of edits that you saw them make or for one particularly clever edit that deserves mention. The type=Silver level is for completion of a major initiative, such as writing a featured article about Canada or standardising a series about one Canada-related topic. The type=Gold level is awarded for a user that you have seen put months or years of hard work into all aspects of Canada-related articles.
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The Maple Leaf Award | |
| Award for editors that contribute to Canada related projects and topics. --Qyd (talk) 21:05, 17 November 2007 (UTC) |
[edit] Tables of contents and indexes
The following pages serve as tables of contents or indexes to Canada-related content on Wikipedia. They need to be developed, and maintained:
- List of basic Canada topics - for its placement, see Lists of basic topics
- List of Canada-related topics - for the set of index pages it belongs to, see Lists of country-related topics
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[edit] Infoboxes
- {{Infobox Settlement}} - Provides a consistent look and function for all places in Canada such as:
- counties (e.g., Queens County),
- cities (e.g., Montreal or Calgary),
- towns (e.g., Westville),
- villages (e.g., Bawlf),
- Indian reserves (e.g., Tsuu T'ina Nation 145), and
- hamlets (e.g., Elkwater).
[edit] Geography
- {{Infobox Settlement}} - for Cities, towns, villages, hamlets, or any other location.
- {{Infobox Province or territory of Canada}} - for Provinces and territories of Canada
- {{Saskatchewan Communities}} - a substitution template for starting communities of Saskatchewan
[edit] Politics
- {{Infobox Prime Minister}} - for Prime Minister of Canada
- {{Infobox CanadianMP}} - for members of the Canadian House of Commons
- {{Infobox Canadian budget}} - for federal budgets
[edit] Stubs
For information on which stubs to use on Canada-related articles, see the list of stubs at Category:Canada stubs.
