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A Mermaid by John William Waterhouse, 1905
A Mermaid by John William Waterhouse, 1905

Welcome to the Cryptozoology WikiProject. We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of articles related to cryptozoology and cryptids.

Goals
  • The goal of this WikiProject is to provide complete coverage on subjects related to cryptids, by expanding articles on cryptids, and stories about them.
Scope
  • This project proposes to work with all pages related to animals identified as cryptids, their history, geographical diffusion, and related places and people. We will specifically deal with all articles contained in the Category:Cryptozoology and its subcategories.

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[edit] Guidelines

This project shall follow the most applicable page of the Wikipedia:Manual of Style for its articles.

[edit] Related projects

[edit] Departments

[edit] Open tasks

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Cryptozoology: edit · history · watch · refresh

Here are some tasks you can do:

    All members should always feel free to patrol the recent changes list to note improvements, other changes, or vandalism of articles within the scope of this project.

    [edit] Other tasks

    To create an infobox template which can be used for all the creatures, real and imaginary, within the scope of this project. This would include:

    • The best and clearest (but not necessarily most famous) picture of the creature. If no picture is available, simply don't include anything in this space.
    • Alternate names for the creature.
    • The areas where the creature has been sighted, as specifically as possible.
    • Whether or not the creature is believed to be hostile towards humans or domestic animals.
    • The approximate height (or length for quadrupeds and sea creatures) and weight of the creature.
    • The creature's diet, if known.
    • The type of creature (use the types such as primate, etc. already present on the cryptids page. Perhaps these terms could be revised?)

    The article would also contain information on the specific myths and stories, if any, relating to the subject cryptid.

    [edit] Members

    Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.

    1. lightningfingas
    2. Badbilltucker
    3. PunkRock911
    4. Joelmills
    5. Zagalejo
    6. Mgiganteus1, cephalopod cryptids
    7. Zenthul
    8. Mothrastrikes, pre-history cryptids
    9. Kungfu159
    10. Chewygum
    11. EditingManiac
    12. Java7837
    13. X1ph4ct1nu5
    14. Zantaggerung 15:00, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
    15. Callum J. Stewart
    16. Corvus coronoides, mythical creatures
    17. Ryan shell
    18. John Carter 23:01, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
    19. User:Sonicobbsessed, Mainly Chupacabra and more popular cryptids.
    20. Totnesmartin
    21. Io Wiki2007
    22. Abluescarab I enjoy reading books about any type of mythological or otherwise interesting creatures of the paranormal.
    23. Superraptor
    24. Bubblesmiles Mythical animals, or mermaids, leprechauns etc.
    25. AstroHurricane001 - I've made many cryptid-related edits so far, main interest in primate and lake/marine cryptids.
    26. User:HooperBandP

    All members may feel free to add {{User WikiProject Cryptids}} to their userpages to identify themselves as members of the project.

    [edit] Articles

    [edit] FA Featured articles

    Articles on cryptid-related subjects, not necessarily improved to Featured Status by this WikiProject.

    [edit] GA Good articles (GA)

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

    [edit] New articles

    Please feel free to list your new cryptid-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box the Main Page. Please also make sure that each new article created is put into one of the categories for cryptids, so that the articles will appear there. Also, if possible, add each new article to the page Wikipedia:WikiProject Cryptozoology/Articles (still under construction) so that they can be viewed for recent changes.

    [edit] Did you know (DYK?)

    [edit] Formerly recognized content

    Former featured articles Former featured articles
    Delisted Good Articles Delisted Good Articles

    [edit] Departments

    • Assessment - rates articles within the scope of this project for quality and importance.

    [edit] Collaboration and review

    Collaboration of the week
    Peer review

    [edit] Templates

    [edit] Stubs

    NOTE: Stubs are managed by the Stub-sorting WikiProject. Before creating a new stub, you should propose it at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals. See Wikipedia:Stub for general guidelines on proposing stub templates and categories. DO NOT simply create new stub templates, as these will be deleted.

    [edit] Other templates

    {{WikiProject Cryptozoology}} should be placed on the talk pages of relevant articles to put them under the project's radar.

    {{WikiProject Cryptozoology}} looks like this:

    		 This page is within the scope of WikiProject Cryptozoology, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to articles on cryptozoology and cryptids on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.
    NA This page is not an article and does not require a rating on the quality scale.

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