Wikipedia:WikiProject Polynesia
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This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles on the countries of Polynesia with a spirit of cooperation.
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[edit] Goals
The goals of this project are to:
- create, improve, and maintain articles relating to the countries of the Polynesia and the surrounding area, their history, people, geography, and culture. Included are the independent nations of Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, and Tuvalu, and the territories of American Samoa, French Polynesia, Pitcairn Islands, Tokelau, and Wallis and Futuna. Culturally, the area can be thought of as a giant triangle, with most of the area encompassed between the three points, New Zealand, Hawaii, and Easter Island, each of which has an indigenous Polynesian population.
[edit] Scope
The scope of this project is all articles which fall in the Category:Polynesia. We acknowledge up front that there may be other WikiProjects, both now and in the future, which deal directly with individual nations or areas within the above. We are grateful for their efforts, and will concentrate our own on those areas which are not covered by a currently existing project.
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Participants
- User:Badbilltucker
- User:gadfium. I'm the maintainer of Portal:Oceania, and have an interest in the area.
- User:Zora. Did graduate research in Tonga and Hawaiian archives. Speak Tongan and some Hawaiian. Unfortunately, I'm grotesquely over-committed to several other projects (Indian cinema, Islam, clothing).
- Chris 05:08, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
- Avenue 12:11, 14 March 2007 (UTC). Not sure how much I can help, as I have little expertise or (currently) spare time, but I am interested.
- John Carter 14:36, 17 April 2007 (UTC) - trying to continue the work of the project's proposer.
- Mattbray - glad to help..... i understand a fair bit about music and dance
- User:Danbrown99 - i'm happy to help with the expansion of articles on Easter Island, and help with the upkeep on other articles.
- Targeman: I have a particular interest in Palau, I've just asked a local radio station for permission to use their pictures (sorely lacking on Commons). Waiting for their answer. Besides that, I'll add IPA tags where necessary, and translate, at least as stubs, English articles into other languages. I'll also try to create a stub for every populated island in Oceania. This'll take some time...
- Oisin Allen (talk · contribs)
- Shudde talk 00:21, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
- Sahmeditor 18:52, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
- Dysmorodrepanis - Polynesian languages and avian biogeography of the Pacific region, namely Hawaiʻi. Mainly lurking and giving the ʻokina honor where honor is due. If anyone wants to discuss the extinct giant parrot of Easter Island though...
- Jonathan Cardy Mainly interested in Rapa Nui September 2007
- Maikeli - Mainly focused on Wiki project Fiji but am interested in Melanesia & Polynesia as I am part of it and would like to help where I can.
+Fishal: interested in Easter Island and Rapa Nui
[edit] Departments
- Assessment - the assessment department.
[edit] Work groups and related projects
WikiProject Cook Islands
WikiProject Niue
WikiProject Samoa
WikiProject Tonga
WikiProject Tuvalu
American Samoa work group
French Polynesia work group
Pitcairn Islands work group.svg/30px-Flag_of_Tokelau_(local).svg.png)
Tokelau work group
Wallis and Futuna work group
[edit] Related WikiProjects
[edit] Showcase
The following items have received recognition from the Wikipedia community:
[edit] Featured Articles
[edit] Features Lists
[edit] Good Articles
[edit] Did you know... (DYK)
The following items all appeared in the Wikipedia:Main page Did You Know section:
[edit] Peer review
[edit] Requested articles
[edit] Tuvalu
[edit] Templates
- {{User WikiProject Polynesia}} is a userbox which all members can add to their talk pages
- {{WikiProject Polynesia}} is the project banner, to be added to the talk pages of all articles which fall within the scope of the project
- {{Polynesia}} at the bottom of geography articles
[edit] Stub templates
[edit] Resources
There are a large number of resources available for this area. Please see the page of the specific country or area in which you are interested for the ones applicable for your specific interest.
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