Wikipedia:WikiProject Animals

Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to animals. 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 and see the Task list. To join the project, add your username here.

Scope and goals
This WikiProject aims primarily to describe, create and maintain articles on all animals, that is, all species belonging to the kingdom Animalia. This project's scope also includes zoologists and zoology-related articles.

Goals:
 * 1) Create and maintain articles about animals to an encyclopedic standard.
 * 2) Describe all families, genera and species of the kingdom Animalia.
 * 3) Maintain Category:Animals and its subcategories.
 * 4) Assess and rate articles under the scope of Wikiproject Animals.

WikiProject family tree

 * WikiProject Science
 * WikiProject Biology
 * WikiProject Tree of Life
 * WikiProject Animals
 * (By taxa)
 * WikiProject Arthropods
 * WikiProject Insects
 * Ant task force
 * WikiProject Beetles
 * WikiProject Diptera
 * WikiProject Lepidoptera
 * WikiProject Phasmatodea
 * WikiProject Spiders
 * Molluscs:
 * WikiProject Bivalves
 * WikiProject Cephalopods
 * WikiProject Gastropods
 * Vertebrates:
 * WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles
 * WikiProject Dinosaurs
 * WikiProject Turtles
 * WikiProject Birds
 * Domestic pigeon task force
 * WikiProject Poultry
 * WikiProject Fishes
 * WikiProject Aquarium Fishes
 * WikiProject Sharks
 * WikiProject Mammals
 * WikiProject Cats
 * WikiProject Cetaceans
 * WikiProject Dogs
 * Dog breeds task force
 * WikiProject Red Wolf
 * WikiProject Equine
 * Horse breeds task force
 * WikiProject Primates
 * WikiProject Rodents
 * WikiProject Bats
 * (Other)
 * WikiProject Animal anatomy
 * WikiProject Animal rights
 * WikiProject Cryptozoology
 * WikiProject Neuroscience
 * WikiProject Organismal Biomechanics
 * WikiProject Zoo

Similar WikiProjects

 * WikiProject Plants is the project concerning the kingdom Plantae, which WikiProject Animals was modeled after.
 * WikiProject Fungi is the project concerning the kingdom Fungi.
 * WikiProject Paleontology for extinct and fossil organisms
 * WikiProject Animals in media

AfDs
WikiProject Deletion sorting/Animal

Naming conventions
Common (vernacular) names are not capitalised (except where proper names appear).

Article content
For articles where a common name is used for the article title, the consensus way to write the combination of common name plus scientific name in the lead is (per this discussion):


 * The giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) is an even-toed ungulate mammal....

Namely, bold common name followed by bolded and italic scientific name in parentheses.

Barnstar
Usage To use this, simply add

to the talk page of the user you wish to reward. Make sure you include a message indicating why they are receiving the award.

Tools

 * Specific category example:
 * WikiProject Tree of Life/Cladogram requests - Cladogram requests page
 * SpeciesHelper - For species articles, automatically adds the short description, speciesbox, category, taxonbar, and stub template.

Direct links

 * Alphabetic results: Alphabetic cleanup listing
 * By category results: By category cleanup listing
 * Specific category: Orphaned articles cleanup listing Note: Spaces in the category name need to be replaced with %20

Obsolete

 * Main tool page: "tools:~dispenser/view/Tools|toolserver.org"


 * "tools:~dispenser/view/Reflinks|Reflinks" - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
 * "tools:~dispenser/view/Checklinks|Checklinks" - Edit and repair external links
 * "tools:~dispenser/view/Dab_solver|Dab solver" - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
 * "tools:~dispenser/view/Peer_reviewer|Peer reviewer" - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.