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WikiProject Canada was formed to foster better articles on the country of Canada with a spirit of cooperation. This page and its 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 at the project member page.
WikiProject Canada was formed with the intent of improving articles and coverage related to Canada in a fair and accurate manner, with an emphasis on subjects with national significance. Editors are also encouraged to participate in the more regional and/or topic specific Canadian Wikiprojects.
As of 4 March 2012, there are &1000000000007460800000074,608 articles within the scope of WikiProject Canada, of which &10000000000000197000000197 are featured and &10000000000000328000000328 are good articles. This makes up 1.92% of the articles on Wikipedia, 3.47% of all featured articles and lists, and 2.34% of all good articles. Including non-article pages, such as talk pages, redirects, categories, etcetera, there are &10000000000178422000000178,422 pages in the project.
Project organization and collaborators
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- To join WikiProject Canada (anyone may join), simply list your name under the member page.
It is recommended that Project members add each of the following Project pages to their watchlists.
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- Requested articles - Editor generated listing of articles to be created.
- Articles to improve - Editor generated listing of articles that have problems.
- Popular pages - Bot generated listing of the most viewed pages that should be improved and watched over closely for vandalism
- References - Editor generated listing of Canadian databanks & online sources
- Featured content - Editor generated listing of some FA and GA level articles
- Projects & portals - Listing of Canadian related Wikiprojects
- Userboxes - Canadian related user page boxes
- Assessment - Article classification system
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- See also: The Outline of Canada and Index of Canada-related articles that are guides on Wikipedia to Canada as a subject.
Below are other Canadian related Wikimedia Foundation groups collaborating with this project.
The Canadian Manual of Style is a guide applicable to all Canadian Wikipedia articles. It presents Canadian styles, and is intended to help editors to produce articles with proper Canadian language, layout, and formatting that are consistent, clear, and precise.
WikiProjects and assessments
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WikiProject Canada assessment department
Main page: WikiProject Canada/Assessment department
| Canada-related articles by quality and importance |
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Mid |
Low |
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 FA |
3 |
16 |
49 |
35 |
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103 |
| FL |
2 |
15 |
32 |
44 |
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93 |
 GA |
4 |
24 |
111 |
190 |
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329 |
| B |
26 |
208 |
684 |
714 |
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67 |
1,699 |
| C |
9 |
82 |
438 |
1,073 |
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67 |
1,669 |
| Start |
3 |
275 |
4,294 |
14,282 |
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872 |
19,726 |
| Stub |
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70 |
4,692 |
38,536 |
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1,481 |
44,779 |
| List |
2 |
64 |
661 |
1,759 |
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15 |
2,501 |
| Future |
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2 |
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2 |
| Book |
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47 |
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47 |
| Category |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9,581 |
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9,585 |
| Disambig |
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303 |
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303 |
| File |
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169 |
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169 |
| Portal |
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188 |
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188 |
| Project |
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71 |
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71 |
| Redirect |
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2,107 |
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2,107 |
| Template |
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2,123 |
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2,123 |
| Assessed |
50 |
755 |
10,962 |
56,636 |
14,589 |
2,502 |
85,494 |
| Unassessed |
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3,672 |
3,672 |
| Total |
50 |
755 |
10,962 |
56,636 |
14,589 |
6,174 |
89,166 |
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The following is a list of Wikiprojects which focus on a specific topic within the scope of Canada.
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- WikiProject Canada
- Main page: List of Canadian WikiProjects
- Provinces/territories
- Communities
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- Canadian Topics
- Politics
- Entertainment
- Canada-related tasks in other projects
- Notice Boards
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- Today's featured article requests
- Articles for deletion
- Proposed deletions
- Categories for discussion
- Templates for discussion
- Featured article candidates
- Good article nominees
- Requests for comments
- Peer reviews
- Requested moves
- Project banner
To tag articles under the scope of WikiProject Canada, place {{WikiProject Canada}} on the article talk page.
For template parameters please see: Template:WikiProject Canada
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This article is within the scope of WikiProject Canada, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Canada on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. |
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This article has not yet received a rating on the project's quality scale. |
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This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale. |
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- Canadian English banner
Talk pages of Canadian topic based articles may be tagged with {{Canadian English}} to indicate the fact that Canadian English dialect and spelling is being used.
- Portals
Portals may be placed in the See also section of Canadian related articles, there are topic/regional specific portals available.See: List of Canadian portals
- Navigational templates
Navigational templates may be placed at the bottom of Canadian related articles, there are topic/regional specific navboxs available. See: Category:Canadian navigational boxes
- Books
Books may be placed in the see also section of related articles. See Category:Book-Class Canada-related articles for more Canadian related books.
- Stubs
Templates used to help identify small Canada-related articles, there are topic/regional specific stubs. See: Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada/Stub templates
- Infoboxes
- Userpage
Add the following template to your user page to give yourself quick links to main Canada projects and project pages.
Add one of the following templates to your user page to indicate your involvement in the project if you wish. See Wikipedia:Userboxes/Location/Canada for more userboxes.
- Awards
Both of these awards can be given by any user to any other user who you think is worthy. See also: Wikipedia:Awards
- The Canadian Content Award
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| {{award2|image=Barnstar-CanCon.jpg|size=100px|topic=The Canadian Content Award|text=Awarded for...}} |
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The Canadian Content Award |
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- The Maple Leaf Award (red, silver, or gold)
Use type=Red to give a user a small kudos for a useful series of edits that you saw them make or for one particularly clever edit that deserves mention. The type=Silver level is for completion of a major initiative, such as writing a featured article about Canada or standardising a series about one Canada-related topic. The type=Gold level is awarded for a user that you have seen put months or years of hard work into all aspects of Canada-related articles.
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Ribbon |
Small ribbon |
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The Golden Maple Leaf Award |
| Award for editors that contribute to Canada related projects and topics. ~~~~ |
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| {{subst:The Maple Leaf Award| type=silver | Awarded for... }} |
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The Silver Maple Leaf Award |
| Award for editors that contribute to Canada related projects and topics. ~~~~ |
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| {{subst:The Maple Leaf Award| type=red | Awarded for... }} |
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The Red Maple Leaf Award |
| Award for editors that contribute to Canada related projects and topics. ~~~~ |
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- Invitation
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| {{subst:WikiProject Canada invitation}} |
An Invite to join WikiProject Canada
| You are cordially invited to participate in WikiProject Canada
The goal of WikiProject Canada is to improve the quality and quantity of information about the country on Wikipedia.
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Category and Sister-links
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| Overview |
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| Project-wide principles |
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| Core content policies |
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| Other content policies |
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| Content guidelines |
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| Behavioural policies |
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| Behavioural guidelines |
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| Editing guidelines |
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| Style conventions |
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| Classification guidelines |
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