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Category | British Overseas Territories |
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Parent project(s) | United Kingdom |
Project banner template | {{WikiProject British Overseas Territories}} |
Welcome to WikiProject British Overseas Territories. The aim of this project is to bring together editors working on articles related to the fourteen British Overseas Territories with an aim of of improving and expanding all aspects of the territories. Anybody with an interest or knowledge in the territories are welcome to contribute to or join this project. This project was founded on 5 November 2014. It has two sister projects, WikiProject French Overseas Departments and WikiProject United States Territories.
Please note that this WikiProject should only cover all of the present British Overseas Territories. With some exceptions, this project does also cover Hong Kong, Southern Rhodesia, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Brunei, all of which are considered 'contemporary' . Commonwealth nations, realms, crown dependencies, and former colonies, territories and protectorates are not included in this Wikiproject. Areas formerly under British rule before 1980 may be covered by Wikiproject British Empire.
Members
[edit]Active members
[edit]To join WikiProject British Overseas Territories, edit this section and add the Wikitext #{{subst:me}}
with your areas of interest to the bottom of the following list of members. Members should also place member identification on their user page.
- JAGUAR 19:04, 5 November 2014 (UTC) - I work on places and histories
- Legis (talk - contribs) 02:07, 6 November 2014 (UTC). Usually work on politics and law.
- Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 11:54, 12 February 2015 (UTC) - History and government
- A Guy into Books (talk) 20:49, 17 August 2017 (UTC) mostly law, some history.
- Greenleader(2) (talk) 11:01, 5 September 2018 (UTC) Politics and government.
- Flappy Pigeon (User talk:Flappy Pigeon) 13:26, 22 October 2020 (UTC) Geography, places, and lists.
Former members
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Member identification
[edit]Members of WikiProject British Overseas Territories should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject British Overseas Territories participants.
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Notable articles
[edit]Note that the realms are not included on this list.
Places
[edit]- Ascension
- Akrotiri and Dhekelia
- Anguilla
- Bermuda
- British Antarctic Territory
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- British Virgin Islands
- Cayman Islands
- Falkland Islands
- Gibraltar
- Montserrat
- Pitcairn Islands
- Saint Helena
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Tristan da Cunha
- Turks and Caicos Islands
Capitals/notable towns
[edit]Post-1980 territories
[edit]Note: These colonies are now independent, but since 1980+ is considered 'contemporary', they are included in this project's scope.
- Southern Rhodesia (1980)
- Antigua and Barbuda (1981)
- Belize (1981)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis (1983)
- Brunei (1984)
- Hong Kong (1997)
Other
[edit]Current status
[edit]Below is a bot generated table stats are generated automatically every 2–3 days, but they can be updated manually by entering British Overseas Territories into the box here.
British Overseas Territories articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 17 | |
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1 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 20 | 49 | |
B | 10 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 80 | 142 | |
C | 11 | 16 | 22 | 143 | 262 | 454 | |
Start | 2 | 18 | 55 | 646 | 495 | 1,216 | |
Stub | 1 | 16 | 5,438 | 417 | 5,872 | ||
List | 1 | 6 | 65 | 1 | 174 | 247 | |
Category | 5 | 6,229 | 6,234 | ||||
Disambig | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||
File | 47 | 47 | |||||
Portal | 2 | 2 | |||||
Project | 20 | 20 | |||||
Redirect | 2 | 2 | 1,646 | 220 | 1,870 | ||
Template | 3 | 257 | 260 | ||||
NA | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||
Other | 3 | 3 | |||||
Assessed | 29 | 46 | 114 | 8,023 | 6,793 | 1,455 | 16,460 |
Unassessed | 1 | 16 | 17 | ||||
Total | 29 | 46 | 114 | 8,024 | 6,793 | 1,471 | 16,477 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 43,653 | Ω = 5.63 |
This log shows new and changed assessments, and is updated by a bot every few days.
Importance criteria
[edit]Importance scale
[edit]Below is the importance criteria for Wikiproject British Overseas Territories. Articles tagged with {{WikiProject British Overseas Territories}} should be assessed for the project. The importance of an article varies on the importance of itself to be tagged with a High, Mid or Low importance.
Top | Subject is a must-have for a print encyclopedia. |
High | Subject is exceptionally important. |
Mid | Subject contributes a depth of knowledge. |
Low | Subject fills in important details. |
NA | Subject importance is not applicable. |
Thoughts/Proposal:
Top | All territories should be listed as top importance, as well as the British Overseas Territories article itself | Gibraltar, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands |
High | Larger settlements and places of interest in any territory, as well as notable battles or history-related articles | Georgetown, Cayman Islands, Stanley, Falkland Islands, Falklands War, Falklands Crisis (1770) |
Mid | Smaller settlements and areas, including schools, military bases or dockyards. | Little Cayman, Goose Green, RAF Akrotiri |
Low | Everything else, generally only important to a smaller number of people | Fox Island, Falkland Islands, Pebble Island, Choiseul Sound |
To-do
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Articles for deletion
- 22 Aug 2024 – Laura Wills (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by CFA (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 29 Aug 2024; see discussion (8 participants)
Good article reassessments
- 27 Aug 2024 – British people (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 31 Aug 2024 – Marinid Sultanate (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Marinid dynasty by Dicklyon (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 21 Jun 2024 – Draft:Operation Blackleg (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Devargo007 (t · c)
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Categories
[edit]Main category: British Overseas Territories
- Category:British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies
- Category:Currencies of British Overseas Territories
- Category:Government in British Overseas Territories
- Category:People by British Overseas Territory
- Category:Buildings and structures in British Overseas Territories
- Category:Demographics of British Overseas Territories
- Category:Flags of British Overseas Territories
- Category:Society of British Overseas Territories