User:Buchanan-Hermit/WikiProject-Sandbox

This WikiProject is an attempt to organize articles about British Columbia into a coherent format. Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to British Columbia. 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 help, please inquire on the talk page.

This WikiProject does not include the Greater Vancouver Regional District, which is managed by WikiProject Vancouver.

If you would like to help, leave a message on the talk page or add your name to the contributors list below.



Title
WikiProject on British Columbia

Scope
This WikiProject aims primarily to establish a Community-driven Wikipedia standard British Columbia-related article. As members of the British Columbia community we understand how important British Columbia articles are to new users.

Goals

 * 1) Review and improve the quality of British Columbia-related articles.
 * 2) Increase the number of articles related to British Columbia in Wikipedia
 * 3) Organize articles and define categories relating to British Columbia and develop standard formats for same

Parentage
None identified yet.

Descendant WikiProjects

 * WikiProject Vancouver

Similar WikiProjects
The WikiProject Vancouver is setting the template for the British Columbia project. However, from the inception of this WikiProject, we will go in our own direction.


 * Canada: Alberta | Newfoundland and Labrador | Nova Scotia | Ontario
 * United States: Alaska | Arizona | California | Colorado | Florida | Hawaii | Illinois | Indiana | Kentucky | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Missouri | New Hampshire | New Jersey | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | South Carolina | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Wisconsin

Participants
Please add your name to the bottom of the list using THREE tildes .

Supporters and Fans
Supporters and Fans back the creation of the WikiProject, but are unable to spend a lot of time on it. Please add your name to the bottom of the list using THREE tildes .

Hierarchy definition
No classification of this project has been defined.

Motivation

 * 1) British Columbia is the most populous province in Western Canada.
 * 2) British Columbia is Canada's only province with access to the Pacific Ocean.
 * 3) British Columbia has a diverse ecosystem, ranging from coastal areas to forests and deserts.
 * 4) British Columbia is home to Whistler-Blackcomb, often ranked the top ski resort in North America and co-host of the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Naming conventions

 * Places: as Barkerville with a redirect from Barkerville, British Columbia, or a disambiguation page if there is more than one place or thing with this name.
 * Neighbourhoods: Urban neighbourhoods are not disambiguated (example: Chinatown ) unless another place exists in the world with the same name (example: Chinatown, Victoria ).
 * Schools: as Kelowna Senior Secondary School, or a disambiguation page if there is more than one school with this name. This does not apply to Colleges or Universities.

Collaboration of the Month
For the British Columbia Collaboration of the Month, please see WikiProject British Columbia/COTM.

Detailed task list
''These lists are a more in-depth version of the to-do list at the top of this page. Please see tables below for a proposed way to organize/coordinate articles underway/to be worked on/written.

People

 * 1) None yet

History

 * 1) None yet

Traditional and historic regions

 * 1) None yet

Geographic and bioregional regions

 * 1) None yet

Land, regional and ministerial districts

 * 1) None yet

Events, arts and culture

 * 1) None yet

City Services

 * 1) None yet

Lists

 * 1) None yet

Educational instutitions

 * 1) None yet


 * For additional reference, see WikiProject Education in Canada.

Buildings and structures

 * 1) None yet

Stubs

 * 1) None yet

Misc.

 * 1) None yet

Articles Needing Creation/Review

 * 1) See tables on WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America e.g. Carnarvon Terms

Photos needed

 * Please help improve the British Columbia gallery at the Commons:
 * Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in British Columbia

Photos needing articles
Photos of potentially article worthy British Columbia subjects that the photographer is unable, or uninterested, in making articles on.

For articles

 * BritishColumbia-airport-stub - Stub articles relating to British Columbia's airports. See WikiProject Airports for more information.
 * BritishColumbia-geo-stub - Stub articles relating to British Columbia's geographical features.
 * BritishColumbia-politician-stub - Stub articles about British Columbia politicians. See WikiProject Political parties and politicians in Canada for more information. Interim location of template
 * BritishColumbia-sports-stub - Stub articles relating to British Columbia sports, teams and sports figures (other than broadcasters, who are journalists).
 * BritishColumbia-bio-stub - stub biographical articles not concerning politicians or sports figures.
 * BritishColumbia-hist-stub - stub historical articles on British Columbia or predecessor territories.
 * BritishColumbia-school-stub - Stub articles relating to British Columbia's schools and school districts. See WikiProject Education in Canada for more information.
 * BritishColumbia-muni-stub - Stub articles relating to British Columbia's communities and municipalities.
 * BritishColumbia-stub - Miscellaneous stub articles about British Columbia. Interim location of template
 * BritishColumbia-park-stub - Stub articles of British Columbia parks

For article talkpages

 * BCproject - for identifying articles under the coordination of the WikiProject. Interim location of template

For users

 * BCMember - Large box for user pages of members of the WikiProject. Interim location of template
 * User WikiProject BC - Userboxes for members of the WikiProject. Interim location of template
 * User WikiProject BC alt - Alternative userbox by Selmo Interim location of template

NavBoxes

 * BritishColumbia - Major British Columbia communities
 * VancouverIslandCommunities
 * CapitalRegionalDistrictBC
 * BC Francophone Education Authority Schools - British Columbia French language first schools
 * BC Uni - British Columbia universities
 * BC-FedRep - Current British Columbia MPs and Senators
 * BCPremiers - British Columbia premiers
 * Timeline of British Columbia Premiers
 * BCHL - British Columbia Hockey League

InfoBoxes

 * British Columbia municipality infobox - municipality infobox.

Sample Tables for project strategy/coordination
The following sample tables are copied from WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America and are recommended for transferring the list on the obverse page into, to provide systematic coordination of various articles needing writing or review. I don't have time or I'd transfer some of the things listed in "Tasks" into tables like this, with each of the sections overleaf forming one table maybe (or by any theme, actually; e.g. parks and protected areas, industry and commerce, population and ethnography, geography and so on. Just above the tables on the Indigenous project page there are also a visual cataloguing of all the stubs related to the project.Skookum1 16:36, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

These are all going to get very large; as they do, I suggest we move them to sandbox pages off this one....Skookum1 17:29, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

General Geographic Articles
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Mountain Ranges, Plateaus and Icefields
this section should probably be one for mountains and another for mountain ranges (including plateaux and big icefields); with as suggested Talk:List of British Columbia mountains and Talk:List of British Columbia mountain ranges as locations for what these tables will be (very large).Skookum1 08:31, 16 June 2006 (UTC) {|
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Regions
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Land Districts
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Land Title Office Districts
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Rivers & Streams
This table is now located on Talk:List of British Columbia rivers

Lakes & Reservoirs
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Towns & Communities
NB First Nations reserve/community articles may already be reviewed on Wikiproject Indigenous peoples of North America. This grouping might be better broken up into Municipalities & Towns, Villages & Localities etc {|
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History
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Politics
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Biographies
Necessarily including Politics, History, Sports, Arts & Culture (partly because of cross-over in some cases, but maybe could be broken up to respective pages/talkpages if we ever get that far).

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Government, Crown Corps and NGOs
This section should include subsections for provincial government ministries and offices, municipal government organizations (UBCM) other than town articles per se, First Nations governments etc. Also Crown Corporations and other government-owned businesses/operations and NGOs not already present in the Politics and Political Organizations section. {|
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Education, Science and Academia
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Current
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Historical
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Biographies
Could maybe have subsections for Literature & Journalism, Politics, Entertainment, Crime etc {|
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Culture & Heritage
including archaeological sites, ancient village names etc; some ghost towns may be listed in "communities"; this section might also include religious sect-articles not already in community listings (which would be Cape Scott, Hagensborg, Sointula etc; non-community articles would be, say, Emissaries of the Divine Light or Brother Twelve)

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Provincial, National and Regional Parks
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Economics, Industry, Environment
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Codes and meanings
(See "Status" column just above)

Category Hierachy
Category:British Columbia


 * Category:Aboriginal peoples in British Columbia
 * Category:First Nations in British Columbia
 * Category:First Nations governments in British Columbia
 * Category:First Nations reserves in British Columbia
 * Category:Buildings and structures in British Columbia
 * Category:Airports in British Columbia
 * Category:Historical airports in British Columbia
 * Category:Bridges in British Columbia
 * Category:Bridges in Vancouver
 * Category:Museums in British Columbia
 * Category:Sports venues in British Columbia
 * Category:2010 Winter Olympics venues
 * Category:Buildings and structures in Vancouver
 * Category:Communities in British Columbia
 * Category:Cities in British Columbia
 * Category:Burnaby, British Columbia
 * Category:Burnabians
 * Category:Simon Fraser University
 * Category:Chilliwack, British Columbia
 * Category:Chilliwackians
 * Category:Coquitlam, British Columbia
 * Category:Coquitlamites
 * Category:Kelowna, British Columbia
 * Category:Kelownans
 * Category:Langley (city), British Columbia
 * Category:Kwantlen University College
 * Category:Langley (provincial electoral district)
 * Category:Langley, British Columbia (city)
 * Category:School District 35 Langley
 * Category:Nanaimo, British Columbia
 * Category:Nanaimoites
 * Category:New Westminster, British Columbia
 * Category:New Westminsterites
 * Category:North Vancouver (city), British Columbia
 * Category:North Vancouverites
 * Category:Port Alberni, British Columbia
 * Category:CJAV-FM
 * Category:Kim Campbell
 * Category:Paul Cyr
 * Category:Rick Hansen
 * Category:Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
 * Category:Port Coquitlamites
 * Category:Port Moody, British Columbia
 * Category:Richmond, British Columbia
 * Category:Richmonders (British Columbia)
 * Category:Surrey, British Columbia
 * Category:Surrey neighbourhoods
 * Category:Surreyites (British Columbia)
 * Category:Vancouver
 * Category:Buildings and structures in Vancouver
 * Category:Vancouver media
 * Category:Municipal political parties in Vancouver
 * Category:Vancouver neighbourhoods
 * Category:Sport in Vancouver
 * Category:2010 Winter Olympics
 * Category:British Columbia Lions
 * Category:Vancouver Canucks
 * Category:Vancouver Grizzlies
 * Category:Vancouver Whitecaps players
 * Category:Vancouver streets
 * Category:Transportation in Greater Vancouver
 * Category:TransLink (Vancouver)
 * Category:Vancouver streets
 * Category:Vancouverites
 * Category:Vancouver city councillors
 * Category:Burnabians
 * Category:Richmonders (British Columbia)
 * Category:Surreyites (British Columbia)
 * Category:Coquitlamites
 * Category:North Vancouverites
 * Category:Maple Ridgers
 * Category:New Westminsterites
 * Category:Port Coquitlamites
 * Category:2010 Winter Paralympics
 * Category:Wikiproject Vancouver Member
 * Category:Vancouver stubs
 * Category:Victoria, British Columbia
 * Category:Mayors of Victoria, British Columbia
 * Category:University of Victoria
 * Category:Victoria, British Columbia media
 * Category:Victorians (British Columbia)
 * Category:White Rock, British Columbia
 * Category:Communities within district municipalities in British Columbia


 * Category:Conurbations in British Columbia
 * Category:Greater Vancouver Regional District
 * Category:Anmore, British Columbia
 * Category:Barnston Island, British Columbia
 * Category:Belcarra, British Columbia
 * Category:Bowen Island, British Columbia
 * Category:Burnaby, British Columbia
 * Category:Coquitlam, British Columbia
 * Category:Delta, British Columbia
 * Category:Langley (city), British Columbia
 * Category:Langley (township), British Columbia
 * Category:Lions Bay, British Columbia
 * Category:Maple Ridge, British Columbia
 * Category:New Westminster, British Columbia
 * Category:North Vancouver (city), British Columbia
 * Category:North Vancouver (district), British Columbia
 * Category:Pitt Meadows, British Columbia
 * Category:Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
 * Category:Port Moody, British Columbia
 * Category:Richmond, British Columbia
 * Category:Shopping malls in Greater Vancouver
 * Category:Surrey, British Columbia
 * Category:University Endowment Lands, British Columbia
 * Category:Vancouver
 * Category:West Vancouver, British Columbia
 * Category:White Rock, British Columbia
 * Category:Greater Vancouver Regional District stubs
 * Category:WikiProject Vancouver articles
 * Category:Greater Victoria, British Columbia
 * Category:Greater Victoria neighbourhoods
 * Category:District municipalities in British Columbia
 * Category:Delta, British Columbia
 * Category:Langley (township), British Columbia
 * Category:Maple Ridge, British Columbia
 * Category:North Vancouver (district), British Columbia
 * Category:West Vancouver, British Columbia
 * Category:First Nations reserves in British Columbia
 * Category:Ghost towns in British Columbia
 * Category:Towns in British Columbia
 * Category:Townships in British Columbia
 * Category:Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia
 * Category:Villages in British Columbia


 * Category:Education in British Columbia
 * Category:Museums in British Columbia
 * Category:School districts in British Columbia
 * Category:Schools in British Columbia
 * Category:Universities and colleges in British Columbia
 * Category:Geography of British Columbia
 * Category:Geographic regions of British Columbia
 * Category:Islands of British Columbia
 * Category:Lakes of British Columbia
 * Category:Mountains of British Columbia
 * Category:Mountain ranges of British Columbia
 * Category:Parks in British Columbia
 * Category:Provincial Parks of British Columbia
 * Category:Rivers of British Columbia
 * Category:Columbia River
 * Category:Fraser River
 * Category:Volcanoes of British Columbia
 * Category:British Columbia geography stubs
 * Category:History of British Columbia
 * Category:British Columbia MLAs
 * Category:British Columbia premiers
 * Category:Explorers of British Columbia
 * Category:Ghost towns in British Columbia
 * Category:Pre-Confederation British Columbia people


 * Category:British Columbia law
 * Category:Law enforcement agencies in British Columbia
 * Category:Mass media in British Columbia
 * Category:Newspapers published in British Columbia
 * Category:Radio stations in British Columbia
 * Category:Television stations in British Columbia
 * Category:Vancouver media
 * Category:Victoria, British Columbia media
 * Category:Natural history of British Columbia
 * Category:Avifauna of British Columbia
 * Category:Fauna of British Columbia
 * Category:Flora of British Columbia
 * Category:Trees of British Columbia
 * Category:People from British Columbia
 * Category:Pre-Confederation British Columbia people
 * Category:British Columbia actors
 * Category:British Columbia musicians
 * Category:British Columbia politicians
 * Category:British Columbia senators
 * Category:British Columbia sportspeople
 * Category:British Columbia writers
 * Category:Burnabians
 * Category:Chilliwackians
 * Category:Coquitlamites
 * Category:Kelownans
 * Category:Lieutenant Governors of British Columbia
 * Category:Maple Ridgers
 * Category:Members of the Order of British Columbia
 * Category:Nanaimoites
 * Category:New Westminsterites
 * Category:North Vancouverites
 * Category:Port Coquitlamites
 * Category:Richmonders (British Columbia)
 * Category:Rosslanders
 * Category:Scandinavian British Columbians
 * Category:Surreyites (British Columbia)
 * Category:Vancouverites
 * Category:Victorians (British Columbia)
 * Category:Politics of British Columbia
 * Category:Elections in British Columbia
 * Category:British Columbia electoral districts
 * Category:Provincial political parties in British Columbia
 * Category:British Columbia politicians
 * Category:Municipal political parties in Vancouver
 * Category:Regional districts of British Columbia\
 * Category:Greater Vancouver Regional District
 * Category:Regional district electoral areas in British Columbia
 * Category:Sport in British Columbia
 * Category:British Columbia sportspeople
 * Category:British Columbia Hockey League
 * Category:Prince George Cougars players
 * Category:Sport in Vancouver
 * Category:Sport in Victoria, British Columbia
 * Category:Sports venues in British Columbia
 * Category:Victoria Aristocrats players
 * Category:Tourism in British Columbia
 * Category:Airports in British Columbia
 * Category:Visitor attractions in British Columbia
 * Category:Transportation in British Columbia
 * Category:Airports in British Columbiav
 * Category:BC Ferries
 * Category:Bridges in British Columbia
 * Category:British Columbia railways
 * Category:Amtrak
 * Category:BNSF Railway
 * Category:Grand Trunk Railway
 * Category:Roads in British Columbia
 * Category:BC traffic sign images
 * Category:British Columbia provincial highways
 * Category:Vancouver streets
 * Category:Transportation in Greater Vancouver
 * Category:TransLink (Vancouver)
 * Category:Vancouver streets
 * Category:British Columbia stubs
 * Category:British Columbia airport stubs
 * Category:British Columbia geography stubs
 * Category:British Columbia school stubs
 * Category:Greater Vancouver Regional District stubs
 * Category:Vancouver stubs