Wikipedia:WikiProject British Columbia
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Introduction
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This WikiProject aims to organize, improve the quality, and provide accurate information in an established, community-driven, Wikipedia standard for the province of British Columbia, Canada, and its related articles. The importance of these articles for new users, research, education, and the pursuit of accumulated knowledge will be accomplished through our efforts in providing a consistent format and standard to our articles. 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 participate, please follow the instruction on the Member's Page.
Scope and motivation
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- British Columbia is Canada's third largest province.
- British Columbia's largest city is Vancouver (Canada's third largest metropolitan centre).
- British Columbia has the largest and oldest trees in Canada.
- British Columbia has the largest fishing industry in Canada.
- British Columbia is Canada's second-largest generator of hydroelectricity.
- British Columbia is Canada's second-largest natural gas producer.
- British Columbia is the third-largest film and television production centre in North America (after New York and Los Angeles).
- British Columbia is Canada's main trade gateway to the Pacific, through ports such as the Port of Vancouver and Deltaport.
Article alerts
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- 03 Feb 2026 – Chinatown Storytelling Centre (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Yue (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Jan 2026 – Acer wehri (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Kevmin (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Jan 2026 – Pteroheterochrosperma (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Kevmin (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 01 Feb 2026 – Canucks–Flames rivalry (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Servite et contribuere (t · c) was closed as keep by Explicit (t · c) on 08 Feb 2026; see discussion (6 participants)
Categories for discussion
- 15 Jan 2026 – Category:Deaths from pneumonia in British Columbia (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Johnpacklambert (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Jan 2026 – Category:Leaders of the opposition (British Columbia) (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by RedBlueGreen93 (t · c); see discussion
Templates for discussion
- 08 Feb 2026 – Template:British Columbia rail network (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Gonnym (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Feb 2026 – Template:1954 BC Lions (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by SportsGuy789 (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Jan 2026 – Template:COVID-19 pandemic data/Canada/British Columbia medical cases (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by WikiCleanerMan (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Jan 2026 – Template:COVID-19 pandemic data/Canada/British Columbia medical cases chart (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by WikiCleanerMan (t · c); see discussion
Featured article candidates
- 24 Jan 2026 – Amanda Asay (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion
- 29 Dec 2025 – Silverthrone Caldera (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Volcanoguy (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 01 Feb 2026 – The Barrier (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Volcanoguy (t · c); start discussion
- 21 Dec 2025 – Dennis Cholowski (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by XR228 (t · c); start discussion
- 24 Oct 2025 – Justin Schultz (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by HickoryOughtShirt?4 (t · c); start discussion
Articles for creation
- 08 Feb 2026 – Draft:2026 Richmond municipal election (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Deanbill22 (t · c)
- 29 Jan 2026 – Draft:MDT Sporting Goods (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Maarten.mdt (t · c)
- 30 Dec 2025 – Draft:Oaklands, Greater Victoria (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by VicKassie21 (t · c)
Featured Articles
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See also: Category:FA-Class British Columbia articles and Category:FL-Class British Columbia articles
Good Articles
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See also: Category:GA-Class British Columbia articles
Structure
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Templates
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Similar WikiProjects
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Parent project:
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The following is a list of other Wikiprojects which focus on a specific topic within the scope of Canada.
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- Provinces/territories
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- Canadian Topics
- Politics
- Entertainment
- Canada-related tasks in other projects
Related U.S. WikiProjects
[edit]- WikiProject Alaska
- WikiProject Oregon
- WikiProject Idaho
- WikiProject Montana
- WikiProject Washington
- WikiProject Seattle
- WikiProject California
Overlapping WikiProjects
[edit]- WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America
- WikiProject Political parties and politicians in Canada
- WikiProject Cascadia
To do
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- Maintain and further develop Outline of British Columbia which provides a bird's eye view of this subject. (You can also use it as a watchlist, by clicking on "Related changes" on the sidebar menu while viewing the outline).
- Can we make British Columbia a Featured Article(FA) ??
- Expand articles listed in:
- Category:British Columbia stubs
- Category:British Columbia geography stubs
- Especially those found in the lists at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/British Columbia articles by quality that are High or Mid importance but are still only Stub or Start quality.
- Stubs in Category:Provincial Parks of British Columbia.
- Organize list structure and add to list of needed articles:
- Check for and do needed articles at:
- Establish collaborations and improvements for British Columbia related articles
- For Photo Requests, add
{{reqphoto|in=British Columbia}}to the talk page. (see {{reqphoto}}) - For Map Requests Use {{reqmapin|British Columbia}} on talk page of articles needing maps which will list maps needed at: Category:Wikipedia requested maps in British Columbia. As an alternative using {{coord|50|28|N|126|05|W|display=title|region:CA_type:waterbody}}, for example, as it appears on Johnstone Strait gives a link to map/sat images that is a reasonable alternative. See {{coord}} for more information. Also consider adding link to BC Government place name database using {{BCGNIS}} template.
- Assessments
- Review existing assessment of articles and reassess following WikiProject British Columbia/Assessment
- Clarify assessment criteria at WikiProject British Columbia/Assessment
- Add BC Project tag to remaining BC Highways. See note at Category talk:British Columbia provincial highways.
- Cleanup BC-STV.
- There are getting to be quite a few B Class articles in this project. The next step in the assessment process is to nominate these articles as Good Articles following the nomination process.
- Browse the BC New Articles page to see what the bot has found.
- Add BCProject template to articles within project scope. Use {{WikiProject Canada|bc=yes|class=Stub|importance=low}} following the assessment guidelines (importance = low, mid, high or top, class = stub, start, b, ga, a or fa). Here are some of the many BC categories (drill to sub and parent categories as well) where you can look for untagged articles and articles to expand:
BC | Provincial Parks | Prot Area Stubs | Parks | Settlements | Islands | SFU | UBC | UVic | UNB | Senators | People | Geography | Highways | Mayors of Vancouver | MLAs | Premiers | Islands | Victoria | Transport | Elections | History | Fjords | Education | Nanaimo | Museums | Sports | Culture | Restaurants | Bridges | Tourism | Media | Cities | Victoria History | Lakes | Politics | People from Victoria | Hotels | BC Lions Players | Airports | Politicians | Explorers | Volcanoes | Tourist Attractions | Railway Stations | Organizations | Transit Agencies | Mountain Ranges | Pre-Confederation people | Companies | Private Schools | Lieutenant Governors | Mayors | MPs | Curlers | Trees | Natural history | Highways | Plateaus
See also
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- Wikipedia:Canadian wikipedians' notice board/British Columbia
- Current Events Canada Portal
- User:Buchanan-Hermit/WikiProject-Sandbox - an abandoned WikiProject sandbox on the same topic.
- List of British Columbia-related topics
Resources
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to British Columbia.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Category:British Columbia.
External Websites:
- Province of British Columbia
- Legislative Assembly of BC
- BC Education
- BC Stats
- BC Archives
- Globe and Mail BC
- HealthLink BC
- Travel Guide BC
- Travel BC
- Tourism BC
- Vancouver Island History, UVic
- Canadiana.org Archival Sources Online
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography
- Encylopedia of British Columbia (Subscription required)
- City of Vancouver Archives
- BC GenWeb
- Canadian Genealogy and History Links
- John Robson's Homepage History of exploration of NW of N America
- Nos Racines/Our Roots website, similar to Canadiana.org and including major regional and provincial histories by Alexander Begg, E.O.S. Scholefield, Frederic W. Howay, Hubert Howe Bancroft, plus a variety of corporate and civic and personal documents, including notable legal cases.
- University of Washington Libraries: Digital Collections, includes much on British Columbia
- Classics in Washington History, includes much on British Columbia
- The Bancroft Collection of Western and Latin Americana, Bancroft Library, U.Cal.Berkeley
Tools
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- Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
- Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
- Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
- Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.
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