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WikiProject
Environment
WikiProject EnvironmentWikiProject Environment is a project focused upon organizing and improving articles related to the natural environment and biophysical environment. For more information about WikiProjects, please see Wikipedia:WikiProjects and Wikipedia:WikiProject best practices. Please feel free to join this project by adding your user name to the list of participants! |
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Scope[edit]
This WikiProject is a collaboration to better organize and improve articles about the natural environment and the positive and negative effects of humans upon the biophysical environment.
Goals[edit]
The goals of this project include the following:
- Improve articles within this project's scope
- Create user-friendly navigation and linkages
- Organize articles categorically
- Maintaining objectivity and neutral point-of-view in environment-related articles
- Promote an awareness of the natural environment and world
Ways to contribute – (updated July 2013)[edit]
Article tasks[edit]
- This list is transcluded from the tasks list page. To edit the list, click here
Project tasks[edit]
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Here are some tasks awaiting attention:
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Articles[edit]
Article alerts
Did you know
- 23 May 2019 – The California Field Atlas (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Brandt Luke Zorn (t · c); see discussion
- 21 May 2019 – Summer Rayne Oakes (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by GRuban (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 06 Jun 2019 – GO-ESSP (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by AmericanAir88 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 02 Jun 2019 – Nike-Deacon (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Tyw7 (t · c); see discussion (1 participant; relisted)
- 02 Jun 2019 – Nike T40 T55 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Tyw7 (t · c); see discussion (0 participants; relisted)
- 01 Jun 2019 – Palgeocheon (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Gamingforfun365 (t · c); see discussion (8 participants; relisted)
- 29 May 2019 – Nike-Recruit (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Tyw7 (t · c); see discussion (1 participant; relisted)
- 29 May 2019 – Nike-Nike (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Tyw7 (t · c); see discussion (1 participant; relisted)
- 29 May 2019 – Nike-Viper (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Tyw7 (t · c); see discussion (1 participant; relisted)
- 01 Jun 2019 – Nike-Orion (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Tyw7 (t · c) was closed as merge by Timotheus Canens (t · c) on 08 Jun 2019; see discussion (3 participants)
- 31 May 2019 – Green Psychotherapy, PC (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by StudiesWorld (t · c) was closed as delete by ST47 (t · c) on 07 Jun 2019; see discussion (10 participants)
- 27 May 2019 – KRAX radar (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by RoySmith (t · c) was closed as delete by Randykitty (t · c) on 03 Jun 2019; see discussion (4 participants)
Files for discussion
- 10 Sep 2018 – File:Nuclear power is not healthy poster.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on Anti-nuclear movement in the United States) was FfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
Featured list candidates
- 06 May 2019 – Surrey Wildlife Trust (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Dudley Miles (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 08 May 2019 – 2016–17 Formula E season (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by MWright96 (t · c); start discussion
- 24 Apr 2019 – Climate sensitivity (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Femkemilene (t · c); start discussion
- 20 Mar 2019 – Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Bneu2013 (t · c); start discussion
- 14 Jan 2019 – Greenhouse gas emissions by Turkey (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Chidgk1 (t · c); start discussion
Requests for comments
- 13 May 2019 – Appeal to nature (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Ronz (t · c); see discussion
Peer reviews
- 09 Nov 2018 – Marine Fish Conservation Network (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Maxmeares (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 24 May 2019 – Fossil fuel phase-out (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved by Amakuru (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Jun 2019 – Scientific opinion on climate change (talk · edit · hist) move request by Markworthen (t · c) was closed; see discussion
New articles
Please feel free to improve these new environment-related articles, listed here from AlexNewArtBot/EnvironmentSearchResult.
Article statistics
For detailed assessment statistics, see: (Index · Statistics · Log).
| Environment articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
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2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 23 | ||
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 GA
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3 | 20 | 24 | 27 | 1 | 75 | |
| B | 18 | 124 | 112 | 58 | 4 | 201 | 517 |
| C | 23 | 210 | 314 | 265 | 5 | 423 | 1,240 |
| Start | 7 | 222 | 516 | 856 | 35 | 1,599 | 3,235 |
| Stub | 46 | 207 | 654 | 64 | 1,401 | 2,372 | |
| List | 5 | 25 | 30 | 106 | 2 | 65 | 233 |
| Category | 1 | 1,673 | 1,674 | ||||
| Disambig | 1 | 46 | 47 | ||||
| File | 12 | 12 | |||||
| Portal | 2 | 8 | 10 | ||||
| Project | 20 | 20 | |||||
| Template | 1 | 1 | 125 | 127 | |||
| NA | 1 | 5 | 215 | 221 | |||
| Other | 20 | 2 | 22 | ||||
| Assessed | 61 | 653 | 1,210 | 1,984 | 2,229 | 3,692 | 9,829 |
| Unassessed | 3 | 164 | 167 | ||||
| Total | 61 | 653 | 1,210 | 1,987 | 2,229 | 3,856 | 9,996 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 37,268 | Ω = 4.97 | |||||
A comprehensive listing of articles for cleanup that are tagged with this project's banner is available here.
Topic overview[edit]
Topics that are part of this project include (but are not limited to):
- Built environment – human-made environments
- Climate change and Global warming
- Conservation movement
- Environment (disambiguation)
- Environmentalism
- Environmental issues
- Environmental movement
- Environmental science
- Environmental social science
- Environment (biophysical)
- Natural environment
- Renewable energy
- Sustainability
- Waste & Waste management
Pages needing attention[edit]
Environment[edit]
- Categories covered
- Stubs
- Expert attention needed
- General environmental articles
- Category: Environmental design
- Index of environmental articles - A very broad list that includes natural events rather than just anthropogenic effects on the natural environment.
- List of environmental issues
- List of environmental periodicals
- List of environmental studies topics - clean-up underway
- Outline of environmentalism
- Timeline of environmental history – An extensive article
Articles updated by BOT (does not appear to be updated by a bot.)
- Cleanup needed (updated by bot)
- 49 - Actinides in the environment, Aerated static pile composting, Aerobic granular reactor, Biocentric individualism, Biofilter, Biosteel, Broad Spectrum Revolution, Bubble fusion, Building biology, Conservation development, Cremation, Ecocities, Ecological engineering, Ecological sanitation, Ecoregions of Madagascar, Ecotheology, Environment of Belgium, Environment of China, Future energy development, Gade v. National Solid Wastes Management Association, Garbology, George Seddon, Green Conventions, Green building, Greywater, Hubbert peak theory, Hydrogen economy, Hydropower, Indianapolis Prize, Joseph Capecci, Landfill in the UK, Lifeboat ethics, Litter, Marine conservation activism, Medical geology, Modding, Monsanto Canada Inc. v. Schmeiser, Mycofiltration, Natural capital, Oregon Bottle Bill, Permaculture, Plutonium in the environment, Safe trade, Sustainable agriculture,
Sustainable living, Uranium in the environment, Waste minimisation, Wind power, Zero waste
- 49 - Actinides in the environment, Aerated static pile composting, Aerobic granular reactor, Biocentric individualism, Biofilter, Biosteel, Broad Spectrum Revolution, Bubble fusion, Building biology, Conservation development, Cremation, Ecocities, Ecological engineering, Ecological sanitation, Ecoregions of Madagascar, Ecotheology, Environment of Belgium, Environment of China, Future energy development, Gade v. National Solid Wastes Management Association, Garbology, George Seddon, Green Conventions, Green building, Greywater, Hubbert peak theory, Hydrogen economy, Hydropower, Indianapolis Prize, Joseph Capecci, Landfill in the UK, Lifeboat ethics, Litter, Marine conservation activism, Medical geology, Modding, Monsanto Canada Inc. v. Schmeiser, Mycofiltration, Natural capital, Oregon Bottle Bill, Permaculture, Plutonium in the environment, Safe trade, Sustainable agriculture,
- Expansion needed (updated by bot)
- Expert attention needed (updated by bot)
- Wikification needed (updated by bot)
- Neutrality in question (updated by bot)
- To be merged or split (updated by bot)
- 26 - Aid, Biological fuel cell, Bioreactor landfilling, Ecosystem services, Environmentalism, Environmentalist, Evan Mecham Eco-Terrorist International Conspiracy, Food miles, Garbology, High level waste, Hubbert peak theory, Industrial waste, Keyline Design, Local food, Nonrenewable resource, Pharming (genetics), Portable water purification, Pyrolysis, Santa Susana Field Laboratory, Solar chimney, Sustainable design, Sustainable technology, Toxic waste, Transgenic plant production, United Nations Climate Change Conference, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Categories[edit]
- Further information: Wikipedia talk: WikiProject Environment/Archive 1 – Hierarchy definition
Topics in the Natural environment category are occasionally ambiguously-defined and multi-disciplinary, and it may be difficult to create a categorical hierarchy based upon consensus.
Parentage and descendants[edit]
The "Environment" covers a wide range of academic disciplines but the major parent WikiProjects could be considered as:
The descendants of this WikiProject are:
Participants[edit]
All interested are welcome to join WikiProject environment. To join, please add your name to the list here.
Userboxes[edit]
Feel free to place these on your user page.
 | This user is a member of WikiProject Environment. |
 | This user supports renewable energy. |
Templates[edit]
The following templates help us organize our efforts to enhance environmental coverage on Wikipedia.
The Environmental Barnstar Template[edit]
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{{subst:The Environmental Barnstar|message ~~~~}} | The Environmental Barnstar may be awarded to Wikipedians who have made significant contributions towards environment-related articles, raising environmental awareness in Wikipedia, or assisting in Wikipedia:WikiProject Environment.
The award was introduced and designed by User:OhanaUnited. It was introduced on April 27, 2007. |
Alternatively:
{{subst:The Environmental Barnstar|Message|alt}} produces:
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The Environmental Barnstar | |
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WikiProject Talk Page Template[edit]
Use {{WikiProject Environment}} on the top of a talk page for an environment related article which will add the following box to the talk page:
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See: Template:WikiProject Environment, for complete documentation on using this template, including associating articles with the following WikiProject Environment Task Forces:
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{{Nature nav}}
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Stub templates[edit]
- See Category:Environment stubs for a list of current environmental stub articles.
- See Category:Waste stubs for a list of current waste management stub articles.
- See Category:Environmental disaster stubs for a list of current environmental disaster stub articles.
- Use the {{Environmental-agency-stub}} template to mark environmental agency-related articles.
- Use the {{Environmental-org-stub}} template to mark other environmental organization-related articles.
- Use the {{Environmental-disaster-stub}} template to mark environmental disaster-related articles.
- Use the {{waste-stub}} template to mark waste and waste management related stub articles.
- {{Renewable-energy-stub}}
- {{Sustainability-stub}}
- Use the {{Environment-stub}} template to mark other environmental stub articles.
Stubs are managed by the Stub-sorting WikiProject. *Before creating a new stub, propose it at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals. See Wikipedia:Stub for general guidelines on creating stub templates and categories
Related WikiProjects and Task Forces[edit]
Related WikiProjects:
- WikiProject Agriculture
- WikiProject Alternative fuels
- WikiProject Disaster management
- WikiProject Ecology
- WikiProject Energy
- WikiProject Engineering
- WikiProject Extinction
- WikiProject Fisheries and Fishing
- WikiProject Forestry
- WikiProject Hydrogen
- WikiProject International development
- WikiProject Pollution
- WikiProject Protected areas
- WikiProject Sanitation
- WikiProject Urban studies and planning
- WikiProject Water and sanitation
- WikiProject Wildfire
Related Task Forces:
- Environmental Record Task Force
- Toxicology task force – works on articles related to toxic chemicals and effects on human health
- UserProject Sustainable technologies – A proposed WikiProject in user space until support grows; pretty much a direct subset of this project.
- WikiProject Lights Camera Wiki – Parks
- WikiProject Lights Camera Wiki – Wildlife
Outside Wikipedia:
- Appropedia – a wiki for issues related to Development and Sustainability, for material which is not suitable for Wikipedia. This includes original research, personal experience, and ideas. Areas covered include sustainability, sustainable development, appropriate technologies, and sustainable technologies and practices.
- Other green wikis – such as Greenlivingpedia and Envirowiki are listed at Appropedia: Green wikis and development wikis, some on more specific areas (such as the Coastal wiki).
Tools[edit]
- Main tool page: toolserver.org
- AutoEd – A user script that helps to automatically make clean-up changes in articles, and it also allows for easy design, use, and customization of user scripts related to automated article cleanup.
- reFill – Edits bare url references: adds title, dates, publisher, etc.
- 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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