Wikipedia:WikiProject Protected areas

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Image:Yosemite Valley from Tunnel View in Yosemite NP.JPG Image:San Felipe del Morro view across bay.jpg Image:Uluru.jpg Image:Gateway arch.jpg This WikiProject aims primarily to provide information on all protected areas (or PA 's) in the world.

A PA as defined by The World Conservation Union (IUCN) is An area of land and/or sea especially dedicated to the protection and maintenance of biological diversity, and of natural and associated cultural resources, and managed through legal or other effective means. National parks are probably the best-known PA's, but there are many other categories.

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Open tasks

Below are some suggested open tasks for Wikipedians looking to contribute.

See also Wikipedia:WikiProject Protected Areas/Status

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Structure

There shall be a List of Conservation topics which lists the various topics on conservation. (This probably does not belong here...)

There shall be four article levels in this WikiProject:

  • Level 1: An article called "Protected area" shall discuss PA's in general, as opposed to any particular PA. Since a PA is almost always associated with one country, it will provide an alphabetical list (with links) of countries that have PA's. An extra item "International Protected Areas" will be added to the list for PA's that are shared by two or more countries.
  • Level 2: These articles shall discuss a particular country's PA's in general. It shall have an alphabetical list of PA types (such as National Park, Wildlife Sanctuary, ... / no links) which exist in that country, followed by a description. For each type (or combination of types) the existing PA's will be listed alphabetically (with links). For a PA that lies in a dependent territory of that country a mention shall be made of that territory.
  • Level 3: In countries where all or part of the PA's are not managed on a country level the level 2 articles will contain an alphabetical list of the states/provinces/... (with links) that manage the PA's. The links to which they point shall be the level 3 articles. They shall have the same structure as the level 2 articles.
  • Level 4: These shall be the actual PA articles.
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Formatting

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Formatting of the level 1 article ("Protected area")

  • A general description;
  • A list of countries that have PA's (with links in the "Protected areas of X" format);
  • A link to the page "International protected areas".
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Formatting of level 2 articles

  • A general description;
  • A list of PA types with a short explanation;
  • A list of PA's per PA type;
  • A list of states/provinces/... for PA's which are managed on that level (with links in the "Protected areas of X" format).
  • A link to the level 1 article and (an) external link(s), if available.

For test articles see: Protected areas of Australia, Protected areas of the United States

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Formatting of level 3 articles

  • A general description;
  • A list of PA types with a short explanation (if that explanation differs from the explanation given on country level);
  • A list of PA's per PA type.
  • A link to the corresponding level 2 article and (an) external link(s), if available.

For a test article see: Protected areas of the Australian Capital Territory

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Wikiproject message

{{Messagebox protected areas}} can be added to talk pages. It gives this:

Template:Messagebox protected areas

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Formatting of level 4 articles

  • A description. This should contain the PA's location ([state/province/...] (where applicable), [country name], [distance and direction from (a) major or well known city/cities]) and its main features/points of interest. If available, one or more photos can be included;
  • A template containing:
    • The PA's name;
    • IUCN Category;
    • A map locator;
    • Its location ([state/province/...], country);
    • The nearest major or well known city;
    • The PA's area (km² if acres, provide km² in parenthesis);
    • Its latitude and longitude (major feature, main visitor center if within PA, or center);
    • The date of establishment;
    • The yearly visitation (and year the number is from) if available
    • The governing body/bodies;
  • A link to the corresponding level 3 article and (an) external link(s), if available.

Note: depending on the IUCN category a different colour background is used.

For a test articles see: Bob Marshall Wilderness
Yellowstone National Park

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Note

  • Disambiguation pages are probably the best solution if there are PA's of the same type and with the same name in different countries/states/provinces/etc. Example: Glacier National Park
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NPS Stub

There is a stub for National Park Service articles: Template:Tl.

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Subpages

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Participants

Please add yourself to the bottom of the list by typing ~~~~, and add a note if you wish.

  • Guy
  • Ram-Man
  • D.D.
  • mav (working on U.S. national parks and monuments; so far have brought several to FA status)
  • Tiles
  • Tannin (more a well-wisher than a participant as my plate is too full, but perhaps one day)
  • Walt Pohl
  • Rmhermen 16:28, Oct 16, 2004 (UTC)
  • Claude Muncey
  • Viriditas
  • Eric Polk
  • Mr. Endo
  • Brz7
  • MONGO Commenced use of templates for Wilderness areas in United States
  • Diceman 18:10, 17 September 2005 (UTC) I've started adding tables to the Australian Parks, so that would make me a participant.
  • Eoghanacht, 2005 Sep 28. Am using the template on various sites in the U.S.
  • Ravedave 07:18, 2 October 2005 (UTC) - Heck yeah! Just stumbled on this. Working on Minnesota parks. I'll start adding the template.
  • hike395: I've been gradually working on U.S. wilderness areas
  • Nationalparks
  • Walter Siegmund: Editing and adding template to areas in Washington, Oregon and California, primarily.
  • Jcw69 - African input
  • Banes - More African input.
  • Benjamin – Texas state parks
  • Kmf164 - As a cartographer, I'm willing to help with maps, and work on U.S. National Historic Sites, as well as Canadian National Parks that woefully lack any standard.
  • Darwinek - I can help too. Currently adding infoboxes to some National Parks and adding WikiProject messagebox to talk pages.
  • Ghirlandajo - I added the project notice to articles on Nature reserves in Russia
  • Daniel Case – Will do the wilderness areas (and possibly wild forests) in New York State's Catskill Park and possibly some in the Adirondack Park, too.
  • CuBiXcRaYfIsH Willing to do anything related to US National Parks, currently planning an update to the National Park Service Article. I can do whatever just need some guidance
  • Reisio – will try to help out soon :)
  • Antandrus (talk) - Worked on some in California; also happy to contribute pictures to places I've been.
  • A Y Arktos 21:24, 6 January 2006 (UTC) Australian, in particular south-eastern New South Wales and the ACT
  • James Neill - Australian, SE NSW and the ACT.
  • ΜιĿ - could help with some maps and stuff
  • Mostlyharmless 01:33, 20 January 2006 (UTC) will try and work on New Zealand's protected areas (approx 25% land area, 1.5% of seas)
  • Dwmartin- working on PA's in Missouri, specifically USFS and USFWS areas
  • §HurricaneERIC§Damagesarchive 07:54, 5 February 2006 (UTC) Will work on US national parks; mainly expanding some of the shallow articles on wilderness parks.
  • youngamerican (talk) - I have been working on getting the various articles related to the Monongahela National Forest up to snuff.
  • Rmwarnick 05:08, 28 February 2006 (UTC) - I am working on Utah wilderness areas and related articles
  • --Tachikoma 21:52, 3 March 2006 (UTC) - I hope to contribute from time to time.
  • ClarkBHM 19:15, 16 March 2006 (UTC) - I had already started on several National Wildlife Refuges before discovering the project. I'm happy to contribute.
  • Mysid 11:01, 22 March 2006 (UTC) – Working mostly on the Finnish national park articles by translating from fi-wiki and browsing maps.
  • ScottyBoy900Q∞ 00:52, 15 April 2006 (UTC). I contribute a lot of pictures so I'll be working in that area mostly. I'm a historic preservation graduate student and am often monitoring these pages anyway.
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Userbox and user category

You may also list yourself in the Category:Participants in WikiProject Protected areas by adding the following to your userpage. 

[[Category:Participants in WikiProject Protected areas|{{subst:PAGENAME}}]]
Image:Devils Tower portrait.png This user is a member of WikiProject Protected areas.

Or you add the Template:Tl user box to your userpage. One method is to add "protectedareas" to your Template:Tl box. Inclusion of the userbox will automatically add you to the user category. An alternative user box can be added by placing Template:Tl on your user page.

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Parentage

The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Geography.

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Featured content

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Featured articles

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Related: Geology of the Bryce Canyon area · Geology of the Death Valley area · Geology of the Grand Canyon area · Geology of the Zion and Kolob canyons area · History of the Grand Canyon area · History of the Yosemite area · Geology of the Capitol Reef area

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