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This WikiProject is an attempt to better organize articles about Ottawa and Canada's National Capital Region. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page.

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WikiProject Ottawa

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This WikiProject aims primarily to establish a Community-driven Wikipedia standard for articles related to Ottawa and the surrounding region. As members of the community, we understand how important Ottawa and National Capital Region articles are to new users.

**WikiProject Ottawa** *articles by quality Refresh*
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[edit] Goals

Portal:Eastern Ontario

Improve the quality of Ottawa-related articles.
Expand the amount of articles related to Ottawa and the National Capital Region in Wikipedia

[edit] Parentage

The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Cities.

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[edit] Participants

Please add your name to the bottom of the list.

-- Earl Andrew - talk
--Spinboy
--Peregrine981
--Joshuapaquin
--Padraic
--RealGrouchy
--Radagast (not a resident, but willing to help)
--Henry Troup
--SimonP
--an MP
--Mia Goff 30+ year resident, would like to work on translating this topic for Czech Wikipedia
--Dhodges
--Dan Carkner
--Pburka
--Someones life
--Waterspyder (5 year resident, highly familiar with University communities in the area)
--D'Iberville
--Skeezix1000
--getcrunk juice
--sikander
--Ardenn 21:47, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
--Paat(10 year resident of Orléans, still go to french high school, and willing to expand articles on Orléans, and able to translate to french)
--Bacl-presbyHave spent considerable time in Ottawa over the years--sports, church history, music.
-- User:Jak Blax
-- Eric B ( T • C • W )
-- Dl2000
-- Paul Shannon ( C • W ) - Librarian - 1 year resident
--Eiffelle
--JForget - Gatineau resident, political science and international development student and soon-to-be bachelor of the Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO)
-- Deenoe lived five years at Gatineau (Hull) and five years in Ottawa. I am currently a student at École secondaire publique De La Salle in 10th grade. I will also start taking nice beautiful pictures for Wikiproject when summer comes ;)
-- Editor at Large Ottawan, born & raised. I currently reside in Orleans, and am involved in the arts around the city.
-- Binary Rhyme Local area photographer specializing in people, events, theatre, festivals, etc.
-- Thirdfield
-- Bdsmith Native Ottawan currently in Kingston. Contributed mostly to road articles so far.
-- Rossgk Long time downtown and central-west resident. Contributed to a variety of Ottawa area articles in the past, and will endeavour to contribute sporadically.

-- v1i2n3c4e5 Know of lots of the small, rural towns.
--GreenJoe 20:35, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
--User:AirCombat I live on Echo Drive, and I attend Glebe Collegiate Institute, I will be taking some better pictures for wikipedia when spring comes around.
--Patricknoddy (talk · contribs)
-- user:mqmpk Will try to help whenever possible
--Josh Hooch
--Lemonflash Current resident (Barrhaven)
--Xnuala
-- Davis160 Will help as much as posible.
--HeadSnap 3rd generation born and raised in Ottawa.
--ZenzenChigau Born and raised in Ottawa.
--Josepy
--RFBailey
--Hockeyalltheway25
--Pwnage8 Torontonian, but a big fan of the city and its sports teams. Would like to live here someday. Look forward to making contributions!
--User:Ducio1234
--User:Demetri1968 Raised in Ottawa, current resident. Will take photos and contribute to locally-based articles.
--User:M.nelson
-- Dekker - Resident
--Michaelkourlas
--D. Gordon E. Robertson (Professor at uOttawa, 25+ year resident, mainly interested in taking photographs of Ottawa and vicinity)
-- Akhil - Resident
--Moxy (talk) - portal guy!
-- Joe - Resident, current high school math nerd and trivia player.
-- Rick Henderson GGGG-Grandson of Philemon Wright, founder of HULL/GATINEAU; GG-Grandson of Andrew Leamy. Hope I can be of help with some corporate memory.
-- :pep per
-- Amarite1
-- Kathleen5454 - Resident, writer and editor. Will write and improve articles where required, and add images
-- Dmitri Lytov (talk) - a newcomer to Ottawa. I prefer translating articles about Ottawa into other languages, including my native Russian.
-- djblackwood

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[edit] Motivation

Ottawa is the national capital of Canada, a nation historically rated #1 by the UN Human Development Index.
Ottawa-Gatineau is the fourth largest Census Metropolitan Area in Canada.
The National Capital Region is home to a vibrant and colourful history and population that should be brought to life in this living encyclopedia.
Ottawa is home to a wide range of notable institutions and structures, including the Rideau Canal, recently designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Ottawa has been named as one of "The Smart21 Communities" by the "The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF)" for both 2006 and 2007. [[1]]

[edit] Naming conventions

Places: as [[Bank Street (Ottawa)]] with a redirect from [[Bank Street]], or a disambiguation page if there is more than one place or thing with this name.
All OC Transpo stations: as [[Fallowfield Station (OC Transpo)]].
Cities: as their former official full names but recognized as part of Ottawa (their current status), i.e. [[Osgoode Township, Ontario]], [[Gloucester, Ontario]].
- Neighbourhoods: Urban neighbourhoods are not disambiguated (example: [[New Edinburgh]]) unless another place exists in the world with the same name (example: [[Riverview (Ottawa]]). In this case, the pre-2001 municipality is used as a disambiguation. For rural villages like [[Greely, Ontario]], use ",Ontario" afterwards.
Embassies: as [[Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ottawa]] or [[Embassy of Iraq in Ottawa]] with a redirect from [[Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Canada]] or [[Embassy of Iraq in Canada]]. For an example see Category:Embassies and High Commissions in Ottawa.
- High Commissions: as [[High Commission of the United Kingdom in Ottawa]] with a redirect from [[High Commission of the United Kingdom in Canada]]. For an example see Category:Embassies and High Commissions in Ottawa.
Schools: as [[Brookfield High School (Ottawa)]] with a redirect from [[Brookfield High School]], or a disambiguation page if there is more than one school with this name. This does not apply to Colleges or Universities.

[edit] Notability

WikiProject Ottawa consensus is that the following criteria are sufficient, but not necessary conditions for notable articles:

Politics: Ottawa and Gatineau's Mayor and Councillors; Mayors of surrounding municipalities; other local politicians as secondary sources (e.g. media coverage) warrants
Roads: Roadways formally classified by the City of Ottawa as city freeway, arterial or major collector (Ottawa 2020 Transportation Master Plan, see roads in Maps 6 through 9)
Embassies and High Commissions: All primary national diplomatic missions to Canada.
(other subjects to be determined)

[edit] Tasks

[edit] People

~~Vince Bevan~~
~~Dwight Eastman~~
~~Brian Ford~~
Gerry Lalonde
~~Julian Armour~~
Patrick Murray (politician) (aka Patrick J. Murray)
~~Merle Nicholds~~
Anton Wytenburg former mayor of Goulbourn
Paul Bradley (politician) former mayor of Goulbourn and related? to Matt Bradley
Mary Pitt
~~Wendy Stewart~~
Jimmy Allen (firefighter) [2]
~~Wayne Rostad~~
~~Larry O'Brien from Calian and the Mayor's race.~~
~~Eva Avila, gradual expansion as Canadian Idol progress - never thought an article was already created.~~
~~Hugo Girard Former world's strngest man and former Gatineau policeman~~
~~Jennifer Teague (or the murder case - currently put in the parent Barrhaven article).~~
Brian Nolan Author and Journalist - d Sept 2006

*Steffi DiDomenicantonio - Canadian Idol participant from Ottawa and École secondaire publique De La Salle

~~Kevin Nelson, Ottawa radio personality (Majic 100)and occasionnal weather presentator on CBC and A-Channel~~
~~Ian Black, Meteorologist at CBC~~
~~Vernon White (police)~~, new Ottawa Police Service Chief - stub in need of expansion
~~Dick Maloney, crooner - stub created December 15, 2008~~
~~Dean Brown (sportscaster)~~, play-by-play commentator for Ottawa Senators games on the Team 1200, A-Channel and Rogers Sportsnet, and occasionnaly for CBC
Denzil Doyle located Digital in Kanata

[edit] Companies

Ahearn & Soper
~~Calian~~
~~Hydro Ottawa~~
~~J.R. Booth Company~~
Ottawa Electric Railway Company
Ottawa Gas Company
~~Market Fresh~~ (now defunct on the Ottawa side) or Marché Frais in French if you want to wrote the article with the french title
Sam Bat or The Original Maple Bat Corporation, local baseball bat company, most known for providing the bats for home run king Barry Bonds. May be notable enough, but will wait until a new website is provided [3]

[edit] History

[edit] Events

~~Juno Awards of 2003~~
~~Ottawa municipal election, 2006~~ This will need watching

[edit] City Services

[edit] Lists

need articles for red links within each list:

list of Ottawa neighbourhoods (lots to be done here)
list of Ottawa mayors (former municipalities)
list of Ottawa parks
list of Ottawa roads
list of Ottawa festivals

[edit] Schools

need articles for red links within each list:

[edit] Buildings and structures

~~List of Ottawa Buildings~~ (only red link is List of Ottawa Mosques, see below)
~~JetForm Park~~
Some sort of map-chart with links to Ottawa buildings.
List of Ottawa Mosques
List of bridges in Ottawa (need articles for red links in here)
~~Bayshore Shopping Centre~~ (needs some clean-up)'
Grace Hospital (Ottawa), now Grace Manor
~~St. Laurent Shopping Centre~~
~~Carlingwood Mall~~
~~Les Promenades de l'Outaouais (Gatineau)~~
~~Kanata Centrum~~
Riocan Marketplace (Barrhaven) (currently redirects to Greenbank Road article)
~~Nepean Sportsplex (if there is enough of historic and factual info)~~
Ray Friel Recreation Complex huge now, should be lots of info (currently redirect to Orleans, Ontario)
~~Constitution Square (Ottawa), with the tenants, construction projects and architecture probably there is enough to put down an article. - stub created Dec 14, 2008~~
Gatineau City Hall
Centre Hospitalier des Vallées-de-l'Outaouais more known as the CHVO or the Gatineau hospital
~~Confederation Square~~
~~Teron Station~~ in Kanata. Looks like OC has officially included this into a Transitway Station, based on the new fall timetables. I may start this new article in a few days.
~~Rideau Carleton Raceway. Very popular attraction in Ottawa.~~
~~Bronson Centre~~ - former school, now community centre and concert venue.
Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge
Canadian International Hockey Academy

[edit] Community Organizations and Clubs

Britannia Yacht Club
Camera Club of Ottawa
~~Minto Skating Club including famous skaters such as Jackson~~
~~Nepean Sailing Club~~
~~Nortel Retirees and former employees Protection Canada (NRPC)~~
Ottawa Amateur Radio Clubs http://www.ovmrc.on.ca/ http://www.oarc.net/ (there are more)
Ottawa Bicycle Club
~~Ottawa Curling Club~~
Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (redirects to Canadian Field-Naturalist)
~~Ottawa Flying Club~~
~~Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club~~
Ottawa Kennel Club
Ottawa Rowing Club
Ottawa Ski Club
Ottawa Vintage Radio Club
~~RA Centre stub created December 16, 2008~~
~~RA Photo Club~~
~~Rideau Canoe Club~~
~~Ottawa-Carleton Ultimate Association [4]~~

[edit] Embassies and High Commissions

See also List of embassies and high commissions in Ottawa for other embassies and high commissions that need working on.

[edit] Stubs

Ottawa stubs

[edit] Photos needed

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~~Photo of Featherston Drive Public School as I've had to list the previous one as {{imagevio}} (see WP:EiC#Pictures needed)~~
Chief Vince Bevan
Carlingwood Mall
Bayshore Shopping Centre
~~St. Laurent Shopping Centre~~
OC Transpo Routes 95, 96 & 97

Is it sufficient to put the map found on Ottawa Rapid Transit on these pages? What else would be needed? --Someones life 04:03, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

~~Books of Remembrance - Parliament Hill, new article~~
~~Kent Street (Ottawa)~~

I will upload a new photo of Kent St. soon, this is just temporary. --Deenoe 21:53, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

~~Canadian Police Memorium~~
~~Champlain Bridge (Ottawa)~~
~~Embassy Row (Ottawa)~~
Pretoria Bridge in the Up position. It has been removed from the Vertical lift bridge article as someone did not belive it was a lift bridge.
Collège Saint-Joseph de Hull - Private girls school - as requested by a user so it will become a B-class article
Island Park Drive - mostly due for the replacement of the 417 overpass in which the operation will last about 15 hours this weekend using lift equipment that will bring the new bridge to the Queensway.
Early December 2007 North American winter storm, winter storms images for the area
Outdoor shot of Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat, new building on Sussex [5]
~~Sir Leonard Tilley Building~~
Bob Chiarelli, former mayor of Ottawa
Alex Cullen, city councillor and mayoral candidate

[edit] Photos needing articles

Photos of Ottawa subjects that may be usable for articles.

Fourth Avenue Baptist Church on Bank Street in the Glebe
Ottawa Hydro Electric Substation No. 4 on King Edward just north of Rideau Street
St. George's Anglican Church on Metcalfe Street in downtown Ottawa
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Edinburgh
St. Margaret's Anglican Church in Vanier
St-Charles-Borromée Catholic Church in northern Vanier near Beechwood
St. Matthias Anglican Church
St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church
Parkdale United Church
St. Luke's Anglican Church
George McIlraith Bridge

[edit] Articles to improve

Bridlewood (see message on Talk:Bridlewood)

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