Wikipedia:WikiProject Caribbean

WikiProject Caribbean
	Map of the Caribbean
Shortcut	WP:CARIBBEAN
Category	Caribbean
Portal	Caribbean portal
Wikimedia Commons	Caribbean
Project banner template	{{WikiProject Caribbean}}
Userbox	{{User WikiProject Caribbean}}
Has goals?	Yes
Assessment	Assessment
CSB	Relevant for Countering systemic bias

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WikiProject Caribbean

Project page

Work Groups

Work Groups

Anguilla	talk
Aruba	talk
British Virgin Islands	talk
Cayman Islands	talk
Guadeloupe	talk
Martinique	talk
Montserrat	talk
Netherlands Antilles	talk
St Barthelemy	talk
St Martin	talk
St Pierre & Miquelon	talk
Turks & Caicos	talk
US Virgin Islands	talk

Sub-Projects

Sub-Projects

Antigua and Barbuda	talk
Bahamas	talk
Barbados	talk
Bermuda	talk
Cuba	talk
Dominica	talk
Dominican Republic	talk
Grenada	talk
Haiti	talk
Jamaica	talk
Puerto Rico	talk
St Kitts & Nevis	talk
St Lucia	talk
St Vincent & Grenadines	talk
Trinidad & Tobago	talk

WikiProject Caribbean is a WikiProject formed to foster better articles on the countries of the Caribbean with a spirit of cooperation. If you would like to join the project, simply add your name to the list of participants and begin editing (see the list of open tasks for ideas).

Goals[edit]

Project goals include:

Create, improve, and maintain articles relating to the countries of the Caribbean and the Caribbean Sea, their history, people, geography, and culture. Included are the independent nations of Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the dependencies of Anguilla, Aruba, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Turks and Caicos Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Caribbean Sea. We shall also deal with the countries of Belize, Guyana, and Suriname, given their close cultural and political connections to the Caribbean.
Assist with the Portal:Caribbean.

Scope[edit]

The scope of this project is all articles which fall within the following categories:

We acknowledge up front that there may be other WikiProjects, both now and in the future, which deal directly with individual nations or areas within the above. We are grateful for their efforts, and will concentrate our own on those areas which are not covered by a currently existing project.

Note that the Bahamas, Bermuda, Guyana, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Suriname, and the Turks and Caicos Islands, while not Caribbean countries, have also been included within the scope of this project. The Bahamas, Bermuda, Guyana, Suriname, and the Turks and Caicos Islands are members of CARICOM. Saint Pierre and Miquelon is a North Atlantic island which is an overseas territory of France and has common interests with Martinique, Guadeloupe, and Saint Barthélemy.

The Netherlands Antilles dissolved on October 10, 2010.

Related WikiProjects[edit]

WikiProject Caribbean is one of the Latin American WikiProjects:

Continental	Latin America
Regional	Caribbean \| Central America \| South America
Caribbean countries	Cuba \| Dominican Republic \| Haiti
Territories	Guadeloupe \| Martinique \| Puerto Rico \| Saint Barthelemy \| Saint Martin \| Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Central American countries	Belize \| Costa Rica \| El Salvador \| Guatemala \| Honduras \| Nicaragua \| Panama
North American countries	Mexico
South American countries	Argentina \| Bolivia \| Brazil \| Chile \| Colombia \| Ecuador \| Guyana \| Paraguay \| Peru \| Suriname \| Uruguay \| Venezuela
Territories	Falkland Islands \| French Guiana \| Galápagos Islands \| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Culture	Argentine cinema \| Argentine football \| Arts in Brazil \| Education and Science in Brazil \| Geography of Brazil \| Government and Laws of Brazil \| Sports in Brazil \| Brazilian Football \| Transportation in Brazil
History	Mesoamerica \| Latin American/Commonwealth Caribbean military history \| History of Brazil
Society	Indigenous peoples of the Americas

Userboxes for WP Caribbean

	This user participates in WikiProject Caribbean

	This user is a member of the Anguilla work group

	This user is a member of WikiProject Antigua and Barbuda

	This user is a member of WikiProject Bahamas

	This user is a member of WikiProject Barbados

	This user is a member of WikiProject Bermuda

	This user is a member of the British Virgin Islands work group

	This user is a member of the Cayman Islands work group

	This user is a member of WikiProject Cuba

	This user is a member of WikiProject Dominica

	This user is a member of WikiProject Dominican Republic

	This user is a member of WikiProject Grenada

	This user is a member of WikiProject Haiti

	This user is a member of WikiProject Jamaica

	This user is a member of the Montserrat work group

	This user is a member of WikiProject Saint Kitts and Nevis

	This user is a member of WikiProject Saint Lucia

	This user is a member of WikiProject Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

	This user is a member of WikiProject Trinidad and Tobago

	This user is a member of the Turks and Caicos Islands work group

	This user is a member of the United States Virgin Islands work group

WikiProject Latin America has considerable overlap with our project, but also covers Central and South American countries

WikiProjects for individual countries:

Work groups[edit]

Departments[edit]

Points of interest related to Caribbean on Wikipedia:
History – Portal – Category – WikiProject – Alerts – Deletions – Cleanup – Stubs – Noticeboard – Assessment

Article alerts[edit]

Articles for deletion

20 Oct 2015 – List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Americas (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Legacypac (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
16 Oct 2015 – Adorya Baly (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by The Banner (t · c); see discussion (7 participants)

Proposed deletions

20 Oct 2015 – Bahamas International Film Festival (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Brianhe (t · c): Unreferenced for near a decade; promotional tone. If notable WP:TNT.
18 Oct 2015 – Transport in Dominica (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Mahdy Saffar (t · c): Unreferenced 14 years.
12 Oct 2015 – Miss Barbados International (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Gene93k (t · c) was deleted

Categories for discussion

11 Oct 2015 – Category:Cardiovascular disease deaths in Jamaica (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Od Mishehu AWB (t · c) was closed; see discussion
11 Oct 2015 – Category:Cardiovascular disease deaths in the Dominican Republic (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Od Mishehu AWB (t · c) was closed; see discussion
11 Oct 2015 – Category:Cardiovascular disease deaths in the Bahamas (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Od Mishehu AWB (t · c) was closed; see discussion
11 Oct 2015 – Category:Cardiovascular disease deaths in Anguilla (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Od Mishehu AWB (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Featured article candidates

13 Oct 2015 – Murder of Dwayne Jones (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Midnightblueowl (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

17 Sep 2015 – HMS Fame (H78) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Sturmvogel 66 (t · c); start discussion
09 Sep 2015 – E and F-class destroyer (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Sturmvogel 66 (t · c); start discussion
25 Aug 2015 – Hungry Bay Nature Reserve (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by QatarStarsLeague (t · c); start discussion

Peer reviews

20 Oct 2015 – Soldado Rock (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by R45 (t · c); see discussion

Assessment[edit]

Assessment Department - For determining the quality and importance of Caribbean articles.

Statistics[edit]

Caribbean articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA			11	22		1	34
FL		1	5	2	2	2	12
A			1	2			3
GA		10	13	61		17	101
B	16	40	54	104		52	266
C	27	43	82	255		89	496
Start	22	213	407	1,855	12	906	3,415
Stub	4	80	435	4,380	60	2,261	7,220
List	11	13	78	254	33	245	634
Book					1		1
Category		1	1	1	9,670		9,673
Disambig					15		15
File				1	116		117
Portal					261		261
Project					32		32
Redirect			1	50	143		194
Template			1	25	730		756
NA		1			25		26
Assessed	80	402	1,089	7,012	11,100	3,573	23,256
Unassessed				10		1,599	1,609
Total	80	402	1,089	7,022	11,100	5,172	24,865
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 7004619130000000000♠61,913			Ω = 5.50

Peer Review[edit]

Open tasks[edit]

Add the project banner template, {{WikiProject Caribbean}}, to the talk pages of all articles in the scope of this project.
Go through the pages in Category:Unassessed Caribbean articles and assess each (see the assessment department for details).
Add new articles to the Wikipedia:WikiProject Caribbean/Articles list, and check the recent changes function for improvements, other changes, and vandalism to articles.
Participate in the discussions about Caribbean articles nominated for deletion.
Pick a task from the to-do list of articles needing attention.

Requested articles[edit]

Antigua and Barbuda[edit]

Lady Carlisle

Bahamas[edit]

Anguilla Cays - Bahamian islands

Trinidad and Tobago[edit]

List of postal codes in Trinidad and Tobago, As per Cabinet approves new postal code proposal (To line up with "Cat:Lists of postal codes")
Barrackpore, Trinidad and Tobago (the Sundar Popo page links to Barrackpore, India - there does not appear to be a page for Barrackpore, Trinidad and Tobago).

US Virgin Islands[edit]

Requested images[edit]

A photo of a Shark N Bake sandwich from Maracas Beach in Trinidad and Tobago, to replace the non-free Image:Bakenshark.jpg

Articles needing adoption[edit]

Article name: adopter's ~~~~
Labor Day Carnival (New York City's West Indian-American Day Parade[1] held yearly in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighbourhood)
National Movement for Change (Antigua and Barbuda political party):
United National Democratic Party (Antigua and Barbuda political party):
Latin American and Caribbean Congress in Solidarity with Puerto Rico’s Independence

Participants[edit]

This is a list of users involved in the Caribbean WikiProject. If you would like to join, simply add your name to the list.

Khürt L. Williams St. Vincent, Antigua, St. Lucia, Bequia, Grenadines
Nikkipedia Barbados
DarlingMesa Dominican Republic/Baseball
Zanoni Internationally notable footballers from the region
Alex Gil Caribbeanist/Academic Pirate
Bequia Foundation (Anything Bequia)
JoseTavares
Janvo (Anything Jamaican)
JamaicanMD Medical Doctor, Political activist, Jamaica
EdwinCasadoBaez(Anything Involved with D.R and it's Cities)
Badbilltucker (probably primarily in the project's administrative functions, leaving most of the article-related work to better qualified people)
Legis (talk - contributions)
Targeman I'll be happy to add IPA tags wherever needed; can also create stubs in various languages for English articles related to the Caribbean (maybe even translate whole articles if feeling ambitious)
Vivenot
Guettarda
Slgr@ndson (page - messages - contribs)
Jwillbur - anything Haiti
TaranRampersad
Roosevelt King
Dave Smith
Zleitzen - (I help organise Wikipedia:WikiProject Cuba and Portal:Cuba, and have written other articles including featured articles on Caribbean subjects.)
Caribbean 1
Tony the Marine
Courtney Patterson.
--Toussaint 16:46, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
Afv2006
haitianministries
Fork Me Main interests in this project are reggae, ska and calypso music.
Ishango Political, Social and Economic gadfly
Emir Aly Crowne Mohammed
jess
spiceangell
Harlowraman
Jkeezy1990 Just about anything in the USVI(United States Virgin Islands)
BillCJ - primarily Jamaica
Invertzoo 16:35, 16 August 2007 (UTC) - mostly about the island of Nevis but also about Redonda and St. Kitts
Jobonaparte
Æe tlr Cre ejl 22:25, 2 September 2007 (UTC) - Mostly TT
MikeSearson - primarily Caribbean iguanas cyclura - Mike Searson 05:27, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
Tony Martin October 2007. Haiti, Antigua, and Montseratte.*
Vgmaster USVI and Jamaica
-hh Feb 2008 - Cayman Brac
Darwinek - geography.
Todgar - linguistics and social/cultural anthropology
R45 - Primarily Music / Soca and Carnival related articles
Michig - music, mainly Jamaican
Ackees – History and culture
User:Ian M.S. RoyerJuly 31 2008 - music, fashion, Trinidad & Tobago/ Caribbean related articles
Spyder00Boi- mainly anything about Haiti but I'll occasionally brush up other Caribbean articles too.
13lackii- September 27- 2008 Anguilla, and United States Virgin Islands (Mostly ST.Thomas)
CaribDigita (talk) 04:55, 19 May 2009 (UTC) Am around whenever I have free-time from work+school.
Narok04 (talk)
Trinikeish
Petrine Archer November 2009. Caribbean, Visual Arts*
User:Jamaicancontributor
Zbase
User:Hash789 philosophy/history/Haiti particularly/gender and sexuality issues
User:Claritas.
User:El Mayimbe, 2010-7-28, Dominican Republic
User: David J. Rosen
Terry Finisterre
Bobby122 Contact Me (C)
Pineapplemango
Joy Lumsden December 2010. Jamaica 1865-1944
jahmusic
Hazard-SJ ± , primarily Jamaica. 01:34, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
Full Moon
kf5llg
danny
Turn
jerenept Mainly Trinidad.
Bellechic
Fg521 - Mainly Jamaica
Twoods158
Kdumelle13
Umfundisi
Redwellie14
Likelife (talk · contribs)
Dennishidalgo Historian (talk) 02:08, 17 May 2014 (UTC) -- History of the Caribbean and the Atlantic
Brookie302

Userboxes[edit]

Add one of the following Wikitext expressions to your user page:

Wikitext

Userbox

[[Category:WikiProject Caribbean participants]] no userbox

{{User WikiProject Caribbean}}

	This user is a proud member of WikiProject Caribbean.

{{User WP Caribbean}}

	This user participates in WikiProject Caribbean

Showcase[edit]

The following items have received recognition from the Wikipedia community:

Featured Articles[edit]

Featured Lists[edit]

Featured Portals[edit]

Portal:Cuba
Portal:Puerto Rico

Good Articles[edit]

Did you know... (DYK)[edit]

The following items all appeared in the Wikipedia:Main page Did You Know section:

Arthur William Hodge - 19 January 2007
Attalea crassispatha - 27 February 2007
Counterpart Caribbean - 10 April 2009
Elfin-woods Warbler - 22 February 2006
Fauna of Puerto Rico - 16 August 2006
Francis Barber - 30 March 2007
Humbert Roque Versace - 20 July 2006
Joost van Dyk - 1 November 2006
José Martí Memorial - 30 March 2007
Puerto Ricans in World War II - 23 March 2007
Railways of Jamaica - 18 September 2007
Oryzomys hypenemus - 28 September 2009
Megalomys audreyae - 9 October 2009
Rodents of the Caribbean - 14 October 2009

Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team release version selections[edit]

Templates[edit]

Project banner[edit]

{{WikiProject Caribbean}} is the project banner, to be added to the talk pages of all articles which fall within the scope of the project.

WikiProject Caribbean

(Rated Project-class)

Caribbean portal

This page is within the scope of WikiProject Caribbean, an attempt to build a comprehensive guide to the countries of the Caribbean on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit this article, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion. If you are new to editing Wikipedia visit the welcome page to become familiar with the guidelines.

Project

This page does not require a rating on the project's quality scale.

Stubs[edit]

{{Caribbean-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the Caribbean; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Caribbean-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the geography of the Caribbean; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Caribbean-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Caribbean people; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
  - {{Caribbean-boxing-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to people involved in Caribbean boxing; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
  - {{WestIndies-cricket-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to biographical cricket-related stubs about West Indians; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
  - {{Caribbean-politician-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Caribbean politicians; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Caribbean-trade-union-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Caribbean trade unions; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
  - {{Bahamas-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to geography of the Bahamas; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Barbados-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Barbados; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
  - {{Barbados-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to geography of Barbados; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Caymans-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the Cayman Islands; to be put on the bottom of each article page. *NOTE: Geographical items about the Cayman Islands should have both the {{Caymans-stub}} and {{Caribbean-geo-stub}} placed on them.
- {{Cuba-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Cuba; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
  - {{Cuba-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Cuban geography; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
  - {{Cuba-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Cuban people; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
    - {{Cuba-athletics-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to CUban people connected with the sport of track and field athletics; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{DominicanRepublic-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Dominican Republic; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
  - {{DominicanRepublic-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to geography of the Dominican Republic; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Haiti-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Haiti; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
  - {{Haiti-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to geography of Haiti; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
  - {{Haiti-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Haitian people; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
    - {{Haiti-painter-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Haitian painters; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
    - {{Haiti-writer-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to writers from Haiti; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Jamaica-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Jamaica; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
  - {{Jamaica-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to geography of Jamaica; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
  - {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Jamaican people connected with the sport of track and field athletics; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
  - {{PuertoRico-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to geography of Puerto Rico; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
  - {{PuertoRico-bio-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to people from Puerto Rico; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Trinidad-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Trinidad and Tobago; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
  - {{Trinidad-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to geography of Trinidad and Tobago; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Belize-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Belize; to be put on the bottom of the article page.
  - {{Belize-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the geography of Belize; to be put on the bottom of the article page.
- {{Guyana-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Guyana; to be put on the bottom of the article page.
  - {{Guyana-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the geography of Guyana; to be put on the bottom of the article page.
- {{Suriname-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Suriname; to be put on the bottom of the article page.
  - {{Suriname-geo-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to the geography of Suriname; to be put on the bottom of the article page.

Categories[edit]

Caribbean portal

List of all subpages of this page

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

Resources[edit]

Periodicals[edit]

The following periodicals are available from subscription databanks for the time periods indicated. They are indexed, and available, depending on circumstances, in audio, video, citation, abstract, or full text format. To obtain information, send me an e-mail with a specific subject of interest and I will forward what I find. John Carter (talk) 18:44, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Americas: A Quarterly Review of Inter-American Culture and History (1977-on)

Tools[edit]

Main tool page: toolserver.org

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.

Sisterlinks[edit]

Find more about Caribbean at Wikipedia's sister projects
	Definitions from Wiktionary
	Media from Commons
	News stories from Wikinews
	Quotations from Wikiquote
	Source texts from Wikisource
	Textbooks from Wikibooks
	Learning resources from Wikiversity

There are a huge number of resources available for this area. Please see the page of the specific country or area in which you are interested for the ones applicable for your specific interest.