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Ports articles - standard layout

Hi

This is my first talk page, so if I am way off target pls feel free to say so.

I think some of what mexaquil has to say is fine, but I think we need to be clearer about our targets.

I certainly don't find it "alarming the biggest ports in the world do not have article yet."

But when he says "We also need to make port articles have a consistent feel." I think that should be the priority.

If we were trying to decide which articles were priorities then choosing one major port over another would be quite difficult.

I think the priorities should:

  1. Agree a consistent style
  2. Work through the categories especially on current articles
  3. Produce a priority list for new articles
Frelke 06:34, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Well many of the large ports of the world don't have articles, just look at the list! We should get started soonPeregrineAY 7 July 2005 09:45 (UTC)
    • Ok. Lets start.

I like the layout of the Port of Los Angeles article. It has a structure as follows (my equivalents in parentheses)

  1. Intro (to include geo-political location, lat/long, Locode, official and other names)
  2. History
  3. Governance (or corporate structure/ownership)
  4. Shipping (or Traffic and statistics and largest vessel handed)
  5. Cruise ships (could be specialist facilities)
  6. External links

What do you think of that as a standard layout? Frelke 7 July 2005 19:20 (UTC)



- I think the Intro should be long enough to give a good description of the port and how significant it is. I will have to go more for the layout of Port of Singapore, maybe:

  1. Intro (long and thorough)
  2. History
  3. Administration and Operators (eg Governance)--Mexaguil 8 July 2005 11:11 (UTC)
  4. Facilities
  5. Shipping Statistics (terminals, cargo handled, economic statistics,Cruise ships)

Similar to Frelke's. I think we need to borrow from the airport project and maybe ask for some help as they are to very similar projects, tell me what you think. --Mexaguil 8 July 2005 11:11 (UTC)

Improvement drive

The article on Transportation is currently nominated on Wikipedia:This week's improvement drive. Vote for Transportation there.--Fenice 09:11, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Port district

The port district article is in need of additional information. Cacophony 07:12, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Project directory

Hello. The WikiProject Council has recently updated the Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory. This new directory includes a variety of categories and subcategories which will, with luck, potentially draw new members to the projects who are interested in those specific subjects. Please review the directory and make any changes to the entries for your project that you see fit. There is also a directory of portals, at User:B2T2/Portal, listing all the existing portals. Feel free to add any of them to the portals or comments section of your entries in the directory. The three columns regarding assessment, peer review, and collaboration are included in the directory for both the use of the projects themselves and for that of others. Having such departments will allow a project to more quickly and easily identify its most important articles and its articles in greatest need of improvement. If you have not already done so, please consider whether your project would benefit from having departments which deal in these matters. It is my hope that all the changes to the directory can be finished by the first of next month. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. B2T2 22:29, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia Day Awards

Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 23:28, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

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