Wikipedia:WikiProject Arctic

This is a WikiProject, an area for focused collaboration among Wikipedians.

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Topographical map of Arctic region

Ice ridges in the Beaufort Sea off the northern coast of Alaska

— Welcome to WikiProject Arctic —

[edit] Assessment

All articles relevant to the project should be tagged on the article talk pages with {{WikiProject Arctic}}
See the assessment department of this project, at Wikipedia:WikiProject Arctic/Assessment

[edit] Quality articles

[edit] Articles

List the WP:FAs first, followed by WP:GAs.

[edit] Featured articles

[edit] Featured lists

List of protected areas of Svalbard

[edit] Good articles

[edit] B-class articles

[edit] Biographies

List the WP:FAs first, followed by WP:GAs.

[edit] Featured articles

[edit] Good articles

[edit] B-class articles

[edit] WP:DYKs and hooks

Note next to the article its date of appearance at T:DYK, with either a Diff to that appearance or a link to the relevant archive at WP:Recent additions.

Ziegler Polar Expedition - July 15, 2008 - Wikipedia:Recent additions 222 - Portal DYK 30
Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy - September 28, 2008 - Wikipedia:Recent additions 231 -Portal DYK 29
Henry Parkyns Hoppner - October 9, 2008 - Wikipedia:Recent additions 232

[edit] Featured pictures

Reindeer, Archangelsk, Russia
Barren ground caribou
Polar bear nursing
Polar bears
Vinland map
Ziegler polar expedition
Andrees station at Spitzbergen, Norway
Iceberg
Iceberg
Eyjafjallajökull
Vatnajökull
Eclipse seen from space

[edit] Category tree

Click the "►" below to see all subcategories:
► Arctic

Click the "►" below to see all subcategories:
► WikiProject Arctic

[edit] Participants

[edit] Userbox

Users may wish to identify themselves with this WikiProject by adding this userbox to their userpage:

{{User Arctic Project}} - outputs to Category:WikiProject Arctic members

This yields:

	This user is a member of WikiProject Arctic.

[edit] List of participants

Durova^Charge! 00:44, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
Carcharoth (talk) 00:51, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 03:31, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
SriMesh | talk 04:46, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
Clevelander96 (talk) 11:43, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
Ratzer | talk 21:02, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
BaShildy | talk 22:24, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
Jack1956 09:59, 23 December 2008
Andrewjlockley (talk) 14:13, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
Polargeo (talk) 16:35, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
Av9 (talk) 20:15, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
Belugaboy535136 ^contribs 21:54, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
Arsenikk ^(talk) 11:50, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
Angelikfire (talk) 17:34, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
08OceanBeach^S.D. 01:44, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

[edit] To do

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To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Arctic:

Y Done Create {{WikiProject Arctic}} - use Template:WPBannerMeta to construct the template.
N Not done Start tagging the talkpages of relevant articles with {{WikiProject Arctic}} and assess quality. -

Ongoing. - Very important that this is addressed and articles get tagged/assessed.
Y Done Create WP:WikiProject Arctic/Assessment.
Y Done Create {{Arctic-stub}} and tag the article-space of related stubs. See Category:Arctic stubs.
N Not done Recruit users to the project, listing them at Wikipedia:WikiProject Arctic#Participants.

Ongoing. - Make sure this is posted at community locations such as Wikipedia:Community portal, Wikipedia:Village pump, etc.

Created Outreach page and Invitation template

Created Newest Article page
Y Done Create {{User Arctic Project}} - userbox which would output to Category:WikiProject Arctic members.
Y Done Create Portal:Arctic and consider design and content.