Wikipedia:WikiProject Rhodesia

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This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles on the former African country Rhodesia 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.

This Wikiproject works alongside WikiProject Zimbabwe and therefore several links within this WikiProject will go to the Zimbabwe WikiProject page.

Contents 1 Scope 2 Project divisions 2.1 Similar WikiProjects 2.2 Related Portals 3 Featured content 3.1 Featured articles 3.2 Featured lists 3.3 Featured images 3.4 Featured topics 3.5 Featured portals 3.6 Peer review/Featured article candidates (FAC) 3.7 Formerly recognized content 4 Good articles (GA) 5 Criteria for assessing articles 6 Did you know? 7 Project Barnstar 8 Resources 8.1 Infoboxes 8.2 Stubs 8.3 Templates

[edit] Scope

This WikiProject aims primarily to help coordinate pages on:

1. Rhodesia
2. The History of Rhodesia
3. Rhodesians.

[edit] Project divisions

• Categorization (talk) – Categorization of Rhodesia-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 Rhodesia.
• Culture (talk) – Music, art, icons, mass communication
• People (talk) – includes residents of the current nation of Rhodesia, all its predecessors, and all those people who have resided in any of Rhodesia's predecessor states who have shaped Zimbabwe
• Government (talk) – Governance, as well as federal, state and local politics in relation to Rhodesia and its predecessors
• History (talk) – history of Rhodesia and its predecessors
• Photo requests (talk) – List of requested photos.

[edit] Similar WikiProjects

• WikiProject Africa
• WikiProject Zimbabwe

[edit] Related Portals

• Portal:Zimbabwe
• Portal:Harare

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 Rhodesia-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 Zimbabwe portal.

Education

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Geography

• Zambezi

Landmarks

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Transport

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History

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Society and Politics

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War and military

• Frederick Russell Burnham

Notable Zimbabweans

• P. K. van der Byl
• Roy Welensky

Culture and the Arts

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Sports

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[edit] Featured lists

The following lists have become Featured lists:

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[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. Rhodesia-related featured pictures can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Rhodesia/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.

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[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.

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

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

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[edit] Formerly recognized content

Former featured articles

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[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

• Whites in Zimbabwe

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 Rhodesia/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 Zimbabwe/New article announcements. Another place to list interesting facts from new articles is at Portal:Zimbabwe/Did you know.

[edit] Project Barnstar

There is at this time one barnstar which might be given out to editors who make substantial contributions to articles in the scope of WikiProject Rhodesia.

A template is available for awarding a barnstar to users, more information about it is available at WikiProject Rhodesia/Barnstar.

[edit] Resources

[edit] Infoboxes

[edit] Stubs

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

• Category:Zimbabwe stubs

[edit] Templates

Code	Template
{{WikiProject Zimbabwe|Rhodesia=yes}}	Portal WikiProject Rhodesia is within the scope of WikiProject Zimbabwe, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe-related topics. If you would like to participate, visit the project page. NA This page is not an article and does not require a rating on the quality scale. NA This page is not an article and does not require a rating on the importance scale. Supported by WikiProject Rhodesia
{{User WikiProject Rhodesia}}	This user is a proud member of WikiProject Rhodesia.
{{WP Rhodesia Invitation}}	You have been invited to join the WikiProject Rhodesia, a collaborative effort focused on improving Wikipedia's coverage of Rhodesia. If you'd like to join, just add your name to the member list. Thanks for reading!

View the full list at Wikipedia:WikiProject Rhodesia/Templates.