Wikipedia:WikiProject Arctic

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

Shortcut: WP:ARCTIC

Topographical map of Arctic region

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

—Welcome to WikiProject Arctic—

Assessment [edit]

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

Quality articles [edit]

Articles [edit]

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

Featured articles [edit]

Featured lists [edit]

List of protected areas of Svalbard

Good articles [edit]

B-class articles [edit]

Biographies [edit]

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

Featured articles [edit]

Good articles [edit]

B-class articles [edit]

WP:DYKs and hooks [edit]

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

Featured pictures [edit]

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

Category tree [edit]

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

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

Participants [edit]

Userbox [edit]

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.

List of participants [edit]

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)

To do [edit]

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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.