Wikipedia:WikiProject Ireland
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WikiProject Ireland is a WikiProject dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to the island of Ireland. This page and its subpages contain their ideas; 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 and see the to-do list there.
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This project has been created in an attempt to:
- Improve existing articles relating to Ireland,
- Create needed articles relating to Ireland, and
- Provide information in standardised format so that there is consistency for articles on places in, or related to Ireland.
Articles and categories relating to Ireland are extensive and work needs to be/is being done across a multitude of areas. In order to gain the benefits of collaboration, please update this page with any relevant "to do’s.
Major pending tasks[edit]
- Get the main Ireland article to featured article status.
- Improve at least several articles enough that they can become featured articles.
- Aid the maintenance and improvement of the Ireland Portal and the Northern Ireland Portal
Participants[edit]
Manual of Style (conventions)[edit]
Templates[edit]
The WPI template follows the hierarchy structure found in Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia.
Creation of articles[edit]
For a full list of articles created since the project began, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Ireland/Log.
- Examine the number of red-links in articles within the scope, and determine if they should be de-linked, or that articles should be created.
Categories[edit]
Category norms for Ireland can be found here: Ireland Category norms
Done[edit]
To do[edit]
- Clean out Category:Ancient Ireland. The articles in that category are in too many other categories. I have removed Category:Ancient history from many of the articles. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 22:15, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
- Category:Phoenix Park
Substance[edit]
Done[edit]
To do[edit]
- The main Dublin article needs to achieve featured status.
- Every locality needs at least a 500-character stub article, built on top of its framework article.
- All areas of historic importance need substantial articles.
- The article on the Mahon Tribunal needs to be tidied up, verified, and fact-checked.
- Irish (Gaelic) words and phrases should be marked up using {{lang}}, thus:
{{lang-ga|Páirc na hÉireann}}.
Articles that have been tagged with templates[edit]
To list individual Ireland related articles need images fill in the "image-needed" parameter in the project tag {{WikiProject Ireland}} on the article talk page and it will be listed here
Tagged with WPIE template[edit]
For a complete list of the progress in tagging Irish related articles with the project template, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Ireland/Assessment and their current statistics.
Since July 2007, when 1,044 articles were tagged and many were unassessed or unclassified, much work was been done and by 19 March, 2008, 12,705 articles were tagged with none being unassessed and around 1,000 being unclassified, most being stubs. By mid-2008, over 20,000 pages had been tagged. As of the end of November 2017 a total of almost 60,000 project banners exist of which less then 3,000 are for articles better than Start and Stub-class, which between them account for 34,000 pages, while category-class and template-class pages amount to almost 20,000. Much work can be done to improve the Start and Stub-class articles and increase the number of higher quality articles.
Request Photo[edit]
In order to create a gallery from which Wikipedians can source pictures of Ireland for use in articles, upload to Wikimedia Commons and please list GFDL-licensed or fair use pictures here.
If you require pictures, please add {{Image requested}} with the appropriate county parameter to the talk page of the article. This will add the article to the correct category under Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Ireland
If you would like to help with sourcing pictures please check out the sub-categories of Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Ireland
Assessment[edit]
Wikipedia:WikiProject Ireland/Assessment - the assessment department
Useful categories[edit]
Find articles of interest to edit or improve in the following categories:
Projects and tasks[edit]
To Do List:
- Invite new members, by contacting editors who have made substantial Ireland-related edits in the past
- Fix templates to talk pages
- Construct Article Classification by following the category 'tree'
- Assess articles at Article Classification
- Compile a list of missing articles and catalogue them by status - see Wikipedia:WikiProject Ireland/Missing articles
Adopt an article[edit]
Similar to the Collaboration of the week, but on a smaller scale, you might want to "adopt" an article. This would involve doing the research, writing, and picture-taking (if possible) for either a non-existent article or a stub. Of course, everyone else can still edit an adopted article, and you can work on other things too, but the idea is to find a focus for a while, to try and build up the number of quality articles the Project has produced.
- Example article: User:Example
Check Wikipedia:WikiProject Melbourne#Adopt an article to see how this section is used.
Stubs[edit]
Other subpages[edit]
- /Log
- /Missing articles (and article requests)
Red links[edit]
See /Red links for a full list.
Lists[edit]
See Category:Ireland-related lists
Articles[edit]
Page view stats for WikiProject articles[edit]
A list of WikiProject Ireland articles ranked by page views is updated on a monthly basis.
Wikipedia namespace and Meta-Wiki articles[edit]
- w:Ireland
- meta:Wikimedia Ireland (proposed Wikimedia chapter for Ireland)
- Wikimedia Ireland mailing list
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Please feel free to list your new Ireland articles-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Wikipedia page. DYN has a 5 day time limit from the creation of the article and must be 1500+ characters of prose.
Many newly created Irish related articles appear on the Ireland search results
- Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act, 1994
- Draft:National_Forum_for_the_Enhancement_of_Teaching_and_Learning_in_Higher_Education
- Draft:Jane_Suiter
Did you know?[edit]
Peer review[edit]
Featured articles[edit]
Recognized content[edit]
 | This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged (e.g. {{WikiProject Ireland}}) or categorized correctly. See WP:RECOG for configuration options. |
Featured articles[edit]
- Achtung Baby
- Aldfrith of Northumbria
- Battle of Tory Island
- Arnold Bax
- Book of Kells
- Burke and Hare murders
- Richard Cantillon
- Charles I of England
- City of Blinding Lights
- Constantine II of Scotland
- Tom Crean (explorer)
- Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope
- Drapier's Letters
- Edward VII
- European hare
- Five Go Down to the Sea?
- Operation Flavius
- Dave Gallaher
- Geography of Ireland
- George V
- Michael Gomez
- Augusta, Lady Gregory
- Anne Hathaway
- Head VI
- Brian Horrocks
- House of Plantagenet
- 1981 Irish hunger strike
- Irish phonology
- James II of England
- James Joyce
- John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan
- Bernard A. Maguire
- John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
- James Whiteside McCay
- George Moore (novelist)
- Cillian Murphy
- Nelson's Pillar
- James Nesbitt
- Ralph Neville
- No Line on the Horizon
- One Tree Hill (song)
- Order of St Patrick
- Postage stamps of Ireland
- Representative peer
- The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (film)
- James A. Ryder
- Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral
- George Bernard Shaw
- Shergar
- Charles Villiers Stanford
- John Millington Synge
- Murder of Julia Martha Thomas
- U2 3D
- U2
- William III of England
- W. B. Yeats
- Zoo TV Tour
- Red-billed chough
Good articles[edit]
- 1988–94 British broadcasting voice restrictions
- 1998 Tour de France
- 2002 Irish Masters
- 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
- 2011 Irish presidential election
- Acceptable level of violence
- Action of 24 October 1798
- Ailladie
- Amlaíb Conung
- Pádraig Amond
- Ascall mac Ragnaill
- Astral Weeks
- Baby, Please Don't Go
- Emilia Baeyertz
- Finn Bálor
- Banagher
- Battle of Glenmama
- Becoming Jane
- Paudge Behan
- Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont
- Ben Lugmore
- Billy Boys
- 1993 Bishopsgate bombing
- Bjaðmunjo Mýrjartaksdóttir
- Charles Blackader
- Ernest Radcliffe Bond
- Charles Boycott
- British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company
- Brodir and Ospak of Man
- Pierce Brosnan
- Simon Byrne
- Cailleach
- Peter Canavan
- Carrauntoohil
- Casino Royale (1967 film)
- Castles in Great Britain and Ireland
- Jack Charlton
- Marshal Clarke
- Adam Clayton
- Patrick Cleburne
- Barry Cogan (footballer)
- The Commitments (film)
- Sarah Conlon
- Terry Conroy
- Cornwallis in Ireland
- Andrea Corr
- Patrick Henry Cronin
- Adrian Crowley
- Cú Chulainn
- John Dacey
- Hugh Daily
- Dál Riata
- Cathy Davey
- Michael Davitt
- Daniel Day-Lewis
- DMC DeLorean
- Delorentos
- Domnall Gerrlámhach
- Domnall mac Murchada
- Domnall mac Taidc
- Donegal fiddle tradition
- Derek Dougan
- Colin Doyle (footballer)
- Duke of Marmalade
- Dundalk F.C.
- John Early (educator)
- Echmarcach mac Ragnaill
- European debt crisis
- French expedition to Ireland (1796)
- Patsy Fagan
- Keith Fahey
- Tom Farquharson
- Colin Farrell
- The Favourite
- Fight Like Apes
- Finnegans Wake
- Paddy Finucane
- Mick Flannery
- Battle of Fontenoy
- Free Derry
- The Frontline (Irish TV programme)
- The Funcooker
- Galtymore
- Jim Gannon
- Shay Given
- Francis Gleeson (priest)
- James Graham (British Army soldier)
- Grangegorman killings
- Guinness Foreign Extra Stout
- Lisa Hannigan
- Ali Hewson
- Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles
- Hindu–German Conspiracy
- His Band and the Street Choir
- Ímar mac Arailt
- Ímar
- In the Name of the Grandfather
- Michael Ingham (footballer)
- Ireland cricket team
- Ireland King of Arms
- Ireland at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
- Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
- Irish Mercantile Marine during World War II
- SS Irish Oak (1919)
- Willie Irvine
- Kingdom of the Isles
- Jape (band)
- Jif (lemon juice)
- The Joshua Tree
- Kerry Bog Pony
- Kerry slug
- George Lee (journalist)
- Linfield F.C.
- Louis Lipsett
- Live and Dangerous
- Luggala
- Lurgan
- Becky Lynch
- Evanna Lynch
- Phil Lynott
- Matthew Lyon
- Mac Scelling
- MacGillycuddy's Reeks
- James Macnamara
- Mangerton Mountain
- Maze Prison escape
- Velvet McIntyre
- Helen McEntee
- Miami Showband killings
- Liam Miller
- Richard Montgomery
- Montpelier Hill
- Moondance
- Gary Moore
- Van Morrison
- Mount Brandon
- Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape
- Enda Muldoon
- Larry Mullen Jr.
- My Bloody Valentine (band)
- Lewis Nicola
- Eoghan O'Connell
- Ronan O'Gara
- Maureen O'Hara
- Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne
- Olaf Guthfrithson
- Oliver's Army
- One Direction
- John O'Reily
- The Oval (Belfast)
- Pakistani cricket team in Ireland in 2018
- Pan Celtic Festival
- Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000
- Ragnall ua Ímair
- Real Irish Republican Army
- Andy Reid (Irish footballer)
- Republic of Loose
- Charles Reynolds (cleric)
- William Robinson (gardener)
- Boyle Roche
- Ronin (film)
- Same-sex marriage in the Republic of Ireland
- 1971 Scottish soldiers' killings
- Sermons of Jonathan Swift
- Shamrock Rovers F.C.
- Sheamus
- Cillian Sheridan
- Shimna River
- Sigtrygg Silkbeard
- Sitric Cáech
- Slovak Three
- Erasmus Smith
- Joseph Smith
- Songs of Innocence (U2 album)
- Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
- Morleigh Steinberg
- Steorn
- Kenneth Strong
- Students Harness Aid for the Relief of the Elderly
- John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig
- Thin Lizzy
- E. A. Thompson
- Philip Treacy
- Tupelo Honey
- Twelve Bens
- U2 360° Tour
- U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky
- U2 concert in Sarajevo
- Van Morrison: No Surrender
- Van Morrison: Too Late to Stop Now
- Virgin Atlantic Little Red
- War Tour
- Whiddy Island disaster
- James White (author)
- Wicklow Way
- Wide Awake in Europe
- Oscar Wilde
- Zooropa
Featured pictures[edit]
File:A Wilde time 3.jpg
File:Bacon by Gray 257.jpg
File:Chapel Royal 360x180, Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland - Diliff.jpg
File:Dingle peninsula panorama crop.jpg
File:Dublin Stephen's Green-44 edit.jpg
File:Francisco Goya - Portrait of the Duke of Wellington.jpg
File:John's Lane Church Exterior, Dublin, Ireland - Diliff.jpg
File:John's Lane Church Interior 1, Dublin, Ireland - Diliff.jpg
File:Kilmainham Gaol Main Hall 2016-06-03.jpg
File:Long Room Interior, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland - Diliff.jpg
File:Maritana - Nov 22 1845 Illustrated London News.png
File:Mrs. Pauline Adams 147002v.jpg
File:Sir Anthony Van Dyck - Charles I (1600-49) - Google Art Project.jpg
File:Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.png
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Books[edit]
Wikipedia surveys[edit]
Deletion links[edit]
- Articles for deletion (Article deletion):
- Deletion review (Article undeletion):
- Templates for deletion:
- Categories for deletion:
- Images for deletion:
- Redirects for deletion:
Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting is a new effort that attempts to classify various articles nominated for votes for deletion by major categories. The Ireland-related articles at VFD are listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Ireland.
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Did you know
- 22 Jan 2021 – Aidan Walsh: Master of the Universe (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Guliolopez (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 23 Jan 2021 – Tom McDermott (footballer, born 1998) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Spiderone (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 22 Jan 2021 – Edward Costello (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Lettler (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 20 Jan 2021 – Glenn Carr (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Onel5969 (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
- 20 Jan 2021 – Lucan Community College (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by InterestGather (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 22 Dec 2020 – James "Gallda" Butler (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Hog Farm (t · c); see discussion (7 participants; relisted)
- 22 Jan 2021 – Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Heroeswithmetaphors (t · c) was closed as keep by Thryduulf (t · c) on 22 Jan 2021; see discussion (7 participants)
- 14 Jan 2021 – Thomas Delany (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Cupper52 (t · c) was closed as keep by Star Mississippi (t · c) on 20 Jan 2021; see discussion (9 participants)
- 13 Jan 2021 – List of international cricket centuries at Dubai International Cricket Stadium (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Störm (t · c) was closed as delete by Daniel (t · c) on 21 Jan 2021; see discussion (8 participants)
- 10 Jan 2021 – Graham Lawlor (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Spiderone (t · c) was closed as delete by Fenix down (t · c) on 18 Jan 2021; see discussion (3 participants)
- 31 Dec 2020 – Ian Melrose (guitarist) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Bbarmadillo (t · c) was closed as delete by Daniel (t · c) on 24 Jan 2021; see discussion (10 participants; relisted)
Proposed deletions
- 18 Jan 2021 – Edmond Smithwick (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Onel5969 (t · c): Not enough in-depth coverage to meet WP:GNG, and being the mayor of a 30k municipality doesn't meet WP:NPOL.
- 17 Jan 2021 – Jason Wright (ice hockey) (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Yosemiter (t · c): Appears to fail WP:GNG and WP:NHOCKEY. Only individual award was an All-conference rookie team, which is not equivalent to an All-American in NHOCKEY#4. Pro career had no notable accomplishments.
- 13 Jan 2021 – Ardkillihien (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Guliolopez (t · c) was deleted
Categories for discussion
- 24 Jan 2021 – Category:Destroyed landmarks in the Republic of Ireland (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Jan 2021 – Category:Journalists killed in Ireland (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by William Allen Simpson (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Dec 2020 – Category:Kingdom of Ireland emigrants to the Thirteen Colonies (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Johnpacklambert (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Dec 2020 – Category:Imperial Russian people of Irish descent (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Johnpacklambert (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Jan 2021 – Category:People associated with W. B. Yeats (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Place Clichy (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 12 Jan 2021 – Category:Celtic Wave ports (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Place Clichy (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Good article nominees
- 20 Jan 2021 – Cherry Wine (Hozier song) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Bettydaisies (t · c); start discussion
- 21 Dec 2020 – Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Canadianhockeyfan79 (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Nov 2020 – Donough MacCarty, 1st Earl of Clancarty (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Johannes Schade (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Oct 2020 – Denise O'Sullivan (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Hmlarson (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Oct 2020 – O'Connell Street (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Ritchie333 (t · c); start discussion
- 28 Sep 2020 – Paramilitary punishment attacks in Northern Ireland (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Buidhe (t · c); start discussion
- 24 Sep 2020 – Provisional Irish Republican Army (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by FDW777 (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Sep 2020 – Dundalk (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Sexitoni (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Jun 2020 – Martin O'Hagan (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PotentPotables (t · c); start discussion
Articles to be merged
- 17 Jan 2021 – Carrowhubbock South (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Enniscrone by Guliolopez (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Dec 2020 – Johnny Doran (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Felix Doran by Rosguill (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Sep 2020 – Axa Ireland (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Axa by Davidwr (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Sep 2020 – Junior Cycle (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Junior Certificate by Klbrain (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Sep 2020 – Michael McCarthy professional credits (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Michael McCarthy (singer) by Sxologist (t · c); see discussion
- 31 Aug 2020 – Ulster University (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Ulster University at Coleraine by Toploftical (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Jul 2020 – Daoine maithe (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Aos Sí by Rorshacma (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Jul 2020 – Margaret Gallagher bibliography (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Margaret Gallagher by Sxologist (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 12 Mar 2019 – Real Irish Republican Army (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Mistyrama (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 19 Jan 2021 – Draft:Jane Suiter (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Bogger (t · c)
- 15 Jan 2021 – Draft:Mícheál Ó Scannáil (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Mediaobserverireland (t · c)
- undated – Draft:Seán Ó Murchú (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC
- undated – Draft:Clemens J. France (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC was accepted to Clemens J. France (talk · edit · hist) by DGG (t · c) on 19 Jan 2021
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Structure[edit]
Parentage[edit]
This project is categorized under the Category:Regional WikiProjects. The regional parent would be Wikipedia:WikiProject European Union.
Until the creation of specific daughter projects, the project covers a wide range of subjects (History, Society, Geography, Politics, Biography etc.) and, as a result has no single parent to it.
Descendant WikiProjects[edit]
The descendants of this WikiProject are:
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Northern Ireland
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Gaelic games
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Irish literature
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Irish music (inactive)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Irish Maritime (defunct)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration
- WikiProject Irish Republicanism
- WikiProject Unionism in Ireland (defunct)
Task forces of this WikiProject[edit]
Related Portals[edit]
Related Collaborations[edit]
Related Regional notice boards[edit]
Related groups of Wikipedians[edit]
- Category:Wikipedians in Ireland
- Category:Wikipedians in Northern Ireland
- Category:Irish Wikipedians
- Category:Wikipedians from Northern Ireland
- Category:Irish ancestry Wikipedians
- Category:Northern Ireland ancestry Wikipedians
- Category:Wikipedians interested in Ireland
- Category:Wikipedians interested in Northern Ireland
- Category:Irish-American Wikipedians
Related pages in Sister projects[edit]
- Commons:Ireland articles
- Wikibooks:Ireland articles
- Wikinews:Ireland articles
- Wikiquote:Ireland articles
- Wikisource:Ireland articles
- Wikispecies:Ireland articles
- Wiktionary:Ireland articles
- meta:Ireland articles
Image resources[edit]
- Flickr user infomatique has thousands of varied freely licensed Irish-related images
- Geograph freely licensed photos of many locations in Ireland with usable license
- Jon Sulliven has a few hundred freely licensed Irish geographical images
External resources[edit]
Archives[edit]
Sister Project links[edit]
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