Wikipedia:WikiProject Nova Scotia

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Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Nova Scotia. 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 help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there.

The current focus item of the moment is the Nova Scotia article.

Contents 1 Goals 2 Tips 3 Participants 3.1 Userbox 4 Structure 4.1 Article title 4.1.1 General 4.1.2 County Pages 4.1.3 Town/Municipality Pages 4.2 Article format 5 Categories 6 Hierarchy definition 7 Images without articles 8 General strategy and discussion forums 9 Infobox 9.1 For use with the Counties of Nova Scotia 9.2 For use with the Towns in Nova Scotia 9.3 For use with the Villages of Nova Scotia 9.4 For use with the Communities - Areas of HRM 9.5 Politics of Nova Scotia 9.6 Subdivisions of Nova Scotia 9.7 Stub templates 9.8 Focus template 9.9 Talk page template 9.10 Adjacent Communities

[edit] Goals

This WikiProject main goal is to ensure that Wikipedia has concise and detailed articles about every subject relating to Nova Scotia, including but not limited to the implementation standardised side bars and adding depth and utility to the NS categories. It is also to provide a consistent level of high quality information for all counties, towns, and incorporated municipalities in Nova Scotia, as well as related sub or specialty pages. Ultimately, this will result in Nova Scotia articles being put forward for Featured Article status.

[edit] Tips

To get an article to featured article status, make sure to follow these steps to ensure all articles we submit to Featured article candidates meet the FA criteria. All of these apply to almost any good article, so keep them in mind when editing even outside of Nova Scotia articles. The suggestions are:

I.	Write a good lead. Be sure to write a lead that concisely summarizes the entire article into one or two paragraphs which make sense to someone who may know nothing about the subject.
II.	Use good spelling and grammar. This is a very important aspect of an article. Many browsers support spell checking.
III.	Use footnotes. Take advantage of the footnote ability Wikipedia has, instead of including html links inside the context include them as footnotes. See Wikipedia:Footnotes on how to use them.
IV.	Use images if possible. Images enhance articles greatly, but only use them when they are necessary, and ensure that their copyright status has been specified and we are allowed to use it on Wikipedia. See Wikipedia:Images for more information.
V.	Use references. This is an encyclopedia, so remember to include a ==References== section listing websites, newspapers, articles, books and other sources you used to write the article. An article will not get accepted as a featured article candidate if it is missing references. See Wikipedia:Verifiability, Wikipedia:Cite_sources and Wikipedia:References.
VI.	Stay on topic. Many articles are criticized for length; sticking to the subject matter helps eliminate this.
VI.	Keep it simple. Remember that the average reader should be able to comprehend the erudition. Although you should use a broad vocabulary of regular, non-technical terms, do not provide such a quantity of locutions as to impel those who aspire to derive serviceable information from the article to consult a dictionary.
VII.	Use common sense. You should know what perfect articles look like. They cover everything they should without going on forever. Common sense could have told you almost all of the items mentioned above. Ultimately, assume good faith, be bold, and go out there and write some good articles.

[edit] Participants

To join, just add your name to the list below!

• Plasma east
• Waye Mason
• Mayumashu
• Ouuplas
• Theyab 07
• The Chief
• Trevor MacInnis
• OldCommentator
• Kirjtc2
• Mikeee
• Ampersand2006
• FrankCostanza
• User:Cavenba(Best with Pictou County)
• CraigBurley
• RobHutten
• Thomasiscool
• Andrew647
• Iamthecockatoo
• RobNS
• Kirk O'Connell
• Vancyon
• Stephen E. Pye
• JJ The Jet Plane
• Windjade
• Qyd
• boshalladayNS
• Recycledpaper
• joverm
• Turgan (talk · contribs)

More to come, please join if interested!

[edit] Userbox

Please add to your userpage (if you are into that kind of thing)

• {{User Wiki Nova Scotia}}

[edit] Structure

[edit] Article title

Following Wikipedia standard, article titles should relate to the best-known name in most cases. It has become standard that communities and place names in Canada be followed by the name of the Province, thus Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia.

See also

• Naming conventions

[edit] General

Redirects should be created for commonly-used nicknames, and for place names without the province following the name, where possible.

[edit] County Pages

Articles for NS Counties need to have the following:

• inclusion or upgrade to NS Counties sidebar template.
• removal of county direction finder at bottom of page, in lieu of adjacent county section of template.
• inclusion of data from Statistics Canada
• Check the Stats Canada Webpage for correct household income (most data currently on page is actually average individual income).

[edit] Town/Municipality Pages

Articles for NS Towns/Municipalities need to have the following:

• inclusion or upgrade {{Infobox Settlement}} template.
• inclusion of data from Statistics Canada where available.

[edit] Article format

Here is one suggestion on how to begin:

Sherose Island (43º32'00"N, 65º35'57"W) is a small Canadian island located off the South Shore of Nova Scotia.

The island is located in the Barrington Passage, a small strait in Shelburne County and measures approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) long and 0.5 kilometres (0.3 mi) wide. It is connected to mainland Nova Scotia by a short causeway.

If you are only able to get a few details for a particular article, please add the appropriate stub at the bottom of the page.

Ensure that appropriate county and hrm community categories are added, as detailed below.

[edit] Categories

• Category:Nova_Scotia
• Category:Halifax Regional Municipality

[edit] Hierarchy definition

No classification of this project has been defined.

[edit] Images without articles

Images of places and things in Nova Scotia which do not yet have articles, but potentially could.

The Alliance Atlantis Academy building in Halifax	The Dominion Public Building in Halifax	The Halifax Boardwalk Fortunately, a stub has been started	The Halifax library
Parrsboro United Baptist Church	St. Agnes Catholic Church in Halifax	St. George's Anglican Church in Parrsboro	Trinity United Church in Parrsboro

[edit] General strategy and discussion forums

• /talk

[edit] Infobox

Lockeport
Lockeport Location of Lockeport in Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 43°42′42″N 65°06′44″W / 43.711754, -65.11225
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
Municipality	Shelburne County
Founded	1762
Incorporated	February 26, 1907
Government
- Mayor	Darian Huskilson
- Governing Body	Town of Lockeport Council
Area
- Total	2.32 km² (0.9 sq mi)
Elevation	0-3 m (0-10 ft)
Population (2001)
- Total	701
- Density	302.1/km² (782.4/sq mi)
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
Postal code	B0T 1L0
Area code(s)	902
Telephone Exchange	656
Median Earnings*	$20,824
*Median household income, 2000 ($) (all households) Part of a series about Places in Nova Scotia

All settlements in Nova Scotia should use {{Infobox Settlement}}. This infobox provides a consistent look between the various types settlements in Nova Scotia and settlements in the other parts of Canada like Toronto, Montreal, St. John's, and Edmonton. The default "settlement_type" is city, but it can be changed to reflect any type of settlement, like counties, towns, villages, etc. {{Infobox Settlement}} also has a super imposable dot map feature that allows a map to be used with any settlement in Nova Scotia. Click on the examples below for different types of usage.

[edit] For use with the Counties of Nova Scotia

• Example: Lunenburg County

[edit] For use with the Towns in Nova Scotia

• Example: Lockeport (also see the example to the right)

[edit] For use with the Villages of Nova Scotia

• Example: Havre Boucher

[edit] For use with the Communities - Areas of HRM

• Example: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

[edit] Politics of Nova Scotia

• {{Nova_Scotia_politics}}

v • d • e Politics of Nova Scotia The Crown Sovereign • Queen Elizabeth II Lieutenant-Governor Mayann E. Francis • Former lieutenant-governors Premier Rodney MacDonald • Former premiers • Executive Council (Cabinet) Opposition Leader Darrell Dexter • Former Opposition Leaders Legislature Current members • Former legislatures Speaker of the Assembly Alfie MacLeod Political parties Progressive Conservatives • Liberals • New Democrats • Greens Elections 2006 general election • Past elections Current issues: Equalization payments Other provinces and territories BC • AB • SK • MB • ON • QC • NB • NS • PEI • NL • YU • NT • NU

[edit] Subdivisions of Nova Scotia

• {{Subdivisions of Nova Scotia}}

v • d • e Subdivisions of Nova Scotia Counties Annapolis · Antigonish · Cape Breton · Colchester · Cumberland · Digby · Guysborough · Halifax · Hants · Inverness · Kings · Lunenburg · Pictou · Queens · Richmond · Shelburne · Victoria · Yarmouth Regional Municipalities Cape Breton · Halifax · Queens Municipal Districts Argyle · Barrington · Chester · Clare · Digby · East Hants · Guysborough · Lunenburg · Shelburne · St. Mary's · West Hants · Yarmouth Towns Amherst · Annapolis Royal · Antigonish · Berwick · Bridgetown · Bridgewater · Canso · Clark's Harbour · Digby · Hantsport · Kentville · Lockeport · Lunenburg · Mahone Bay · Middleton · Mulgrave · New Glasgow · Oxford · Parrsboro · Pictou · Port Hawkesbury · Shelburne · Springhill · Stellarton · Stewiacke · Trenton · Truro · Westville · Windsor · Wolfville · Yarmouth Incorporated Villages Aylesford · Baddeck · Bible Hill · Canning · Chester · Cornwallis Square · Dover · Freeport · Greenwood · Havre Boucher · Hebbville · Kingston · Lawrencetown · New Minas · Port Williams · Pugwash · River Hebert · St. Peter's · Tatamagouche · Tiverton · Westport · Weymouth List of communities in Nova Scotia

[edit] Stub templates

• Basic stub - {{NovaScotia-stub}}

• Geography stub - {{NovaScotia-geo-stub}}

[edit] Focus template

• {{nsfocus}}

This article is the current improvement focus of WikiProject Nova Scotia! Please help improve it to featured article standard.

[edit] Talk page template

The tag {{WikiProject Canada|ns=yes|class=|importance=}} should be added to the top of the talk page of all articles maintained by this WikiProject.

	Canada Portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Canada and related WikiProjects, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to articles on Canada-related topics. If you would like to participate, visit the project member page, to join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.
NA	This page does not require an assessment on the quality scale.
	Nova Scotia Portal This article is part of the Nova Scotia WikiProject (Discuss/Join).

[edit] Adjacent Communities

The template {{Geographic Location (8-way)}} should be added to each community for easier navigation.

	Northwest Pagename on Northwest Boulevard	Northville on Route N	Northeastland on Route NE	v • d • e
	Westlands on West Road		Easttown on Trunk E
		{{PAGENAME}}
	Southwest Settlement on Rural Road	South Village on South Road	Southeasthill on Highway SE