Wikipedia:WikiProject Soil

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WP:SOIL

The WikiProject Soil is a project to organize and improve articles related to Soil.

Articles maintained by this WikiProject are grouped in Category:WikiProject Soil by using the {{Soil}} template.

Soil, as meaning:

  • The earthy material used in construction.
  • The "different forms of earth on the surface of the rocks, formed by the breaking down or weathering of rocks." [1]
  • A "natural body comprised of solids (minerals and organic matter), liquid, and gases that occurs on the land surface, occupies space, and is characterized by one or both of the following: horizons, or layers, that are distinguishable from the initial material as a result of additions, losses, transfers, and transformations of energy and matter or the ability to support rooted plants in a natural environment."[2].
  • The granular material on the surface of other celestial bodies. Lunar soil and Martian soil are terms in general use that fit within the context of this project.


Soil
articles		 Importance
Top High Mid Low None Total
Quality
B 2 12 11 2 27
Start 1 15 57 54 10 137
Stub 1 31 44 10 86
Assessed 3 28 99 100 20 250
Unassessed 22 22
Total 3 28 99 100 42 272


Contents

[edit] Goals

  1. Ensure all the articles under the scope of this project are written to a high standard of quality.
  2. Organise all the articles into useful and appropriate categories. Review here.

[edit] Tasks

  1. Improve soils-related content at Wikipedia. See Suggested Soil WikiProject Tasks.
  2. Assess soil-related articles for quality and importance. See Assessment Department. Use {{Soil}}.
  3. Monitor for vandalism and substandard edits. Use a watchlist or monitor a category or two
  4. Upload public domain soils images from USDA and USGS to Commons:Category:Soil. image source list • upload link
  5. Collaborate on soil article tasks identified at WikiProject Ecology and WikiProject Ecoregions.

[edit] Participants

Suggested Soil WikiProject Tasks
Stubs
Chernozem • Claypan • Hydrophobic soil • Humin • Mineralization (soil) • Parent material • Pedalfer • Pedocal • Pedosphere • Plaggen soil • Podsolisation • Port Silt Loam • Soil quality • Soil respiration • Soil series • Soil test • Solum • Stuttgart (soil)
Requested
Andosols • Argillic • Forest soils • Russian school of soil science
Merge
Septic tank • Degree of saturation
Expand
Capacitance probe • List of Universities with Soil Science Curriculum • National Cooperative Soil Survey • Mineralization (soil)
Context
Optimum water content for tillage • International Union of Soil Sciences
Perspective
Soil survey
Cleanup
Natural organic matter • Terra preta • Soil horizon • Soil morphology • Soil pH •
Link rot
Alfisols
Cite
Erosion • Frost line • Gley soil • Land improvement • Leaching • Linear aeration • Orthent • Pedodiversity • Petrichor • Rendzina • Salinity in Australia • Soil cement • Soil Organic Matter • Topsoil
Wikify
Characterisation of pore space in soil • Dryland salinity
Expert
Pedology (soil study)
Collaboration
Soil • Soil functions
Peer Review
San Joaquin (soil)

New participants, simply add your name to this list using the template:(add me)

[edit] News

[edit] Parentage

The parents of this WikiProject are Portal:Earth sciences and WikiProject Science.

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[edit] Templates

  • {{WikiProjectNotice|Soil}} Posted to talk page. Deprecated. Replace with {{soil}}.
  • {{soil}} Posted to talk page. Generates placement within an article assessment category structure.
  • {{soil-sci-stub}} Posted to article. Stub articles relating to soil science.
  • {{soil-stub}} Posted to article. Stub articles relating to soil materials and soil resources. Under development. Currently redirects to {{soil-sci-stub}}.
  • {{subst:SoilWelcome|yourusername}}. Posted to new Wikipedia user talk page.
  • {{subst:SoilWelcome-anon|yourusername}} Posted to new anon user talk page.
  • {{subst:SoilGreeting-new|yourusername}} Posted to user talk page.
  • {{subst:SoilGreeting-exp|yourusername}} Posted to experienced user's talk page.

See also Wikipedia:WikiProject_Soil/Templates

[edit] Related Wikis

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Soils. The New Student's Reference Work. F. E. Compton and Company (1914). Retrieved on 2007-12-17.
  2. ^ Soil Survey Staff (1999). Chapter 1: The Soils That We Classify (pdf). Soil Taxonomy, A Basic System of Soil Classification for Making and Interpreting Soil Surveys (2nd edition) Page 9. United States Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved on 2007-12-17. (Agricultural Handbook 486)