Wikipedia:WikiProject Argentina/Importance

The following are a set of guidelines for the definition of an article's Importance for the classification of Argentine-related articles within the WikiProject Argentina. If you disagree with them, please share your thought at the talk page.

Criteria

 * Articles relating to Argentina on Vital articles and Core topics - 1,000 (3)
 * Country article
 * Core topics article as on topics navbox, plus any that are a defining characteristic of Argentina not covered within the others [currently applies to biodiversity and some iconic cultural elements, especially where they appear on other regional WikiProjects' Top Importance lists]
 * Principal subnational entities and any iconic, internationally important regions [i.e. Patagonia]
 * Major historical events of global significance and interest
 * Biographies to be kept to absolute minimum; only those of global significance and interest

Articles

 * Argentina (on Core topics - 1,000) [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|Good article|14px]]

Topics

 * Communications of Argentina
 * Culture of Argentina
 * Demographics of Argentina
 * Economy of Argentina
 * Education in Argentina
 * Foreign relations of Argentina
 * Geography of Argentina
 * Government of Argentina
 * History of Argentina
 * Military of Argentina
 * Politics of Argentina
 * Religion in Argentina
 * Tourism in Argentina
 * Transportation in Argentina


 * Rioplatense Spanish
 * Argentine literature
 * Fauna of Argentina
 * Sport in Argentina

Events
Global significance
 * Falklands War
 * Dirty War

Places
Provinces, plus regions of international significance
 * Buenos Aires
 * Buenos Aires Province
 * Córdoba Province
 * Chaco Province
 * Corrientes Province
 * Formosa Province
 * Misiones Province
 * Santa Fe Province
 * Entre Ríos Province
 * Salta Province
 * Jujuy Province
 * Santiago del Estero Province
 * Catamarca Province
 * Tucumán Province
 * La Rioja Province
 * Mendoza Province
 * San Juan Province
 * San Luis Province
 * La Pampa Province
 * Río Negro Province
 * Neuquén Province
 * Chubut Province
 * Santa Cruz Province
 * Tierra del Fuego Province
 * Patagonia
 * Argentine Antarctica
 * Falkland Islands

Biographies
Major impact on Argentina, and global context
 * José de San Martín
 * Juan Perón
 * Eva Perón
 * Néstor Kirchner
 * Diego Maradona (on Core topics - 1,000), (B-Class, Top WikiProject Biography)
 * Che Guevara (on Vital articles) [[Image:LinkFA-star.png]]

High Importance
Most important urban centres
 * Córdoba, Argentina
 * Rosario
 * Tucumán
 * Mar del Plata
 * Mendoza
 * Greater Buenos Aires
 * La Plata

Most important tourist cities, towns or neighbourhoods
 * San Carlos de Bariloche
 * Salta
 * La Boca
 * San Telmo
 * Recoleta
 * Palermo, Buenos Aires

Most important geographical topics
 * Regions of Argentina
 * Paraná River
 * Río de la Plata
 * Iguazú Falls
 * Perito Moreno Glacier
 * Andes
 * Gran Chaco
 * Aconcagua
 * Other important Mountains
 * Pampas
 * National Parks of Argentina
 * Tierra del Fuego
 * Valdes Peninsula
 * Agriculture in Argentina

Main political articles and biographies
 * President of Argentina
 * Argentine National Congress
 * Argentine Senate
 * Argentine Chamber of Deputies
 * Most important Political parties
 * Elections in Argentina
 * Electoral system of Argentina
 * Argentine Constitution of 1853
 * Law - main law enforcement (Constitution of Argentina, Código Civil, PFA, Bonaerence)
 * Supreme Court of Argentina

Most historically important articles
 * Hipólito Yrigoyen
 * Manuel Belgrano
 * Juan Manuel de Rosas
 * Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
 * May Revolution
 * Congress of Tucumán
 * Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
 * History timeline
 * British invasions of the Río de la Plata
 * Conquest of the Desert
 * Argentine War of Independence
 * Immigration in Argentina
 * Carlos Menem
 * Fernando de la Rúa

Most important sports articles
 * Football in Argentina
 * FIFA World Cup 1978
 * FIFA World Cup 1986
 * Boca Juniors
 * Club Atlético River Plate

Most important culture articles and biographies
 * Jorge Luis Borges [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|Good article|14px]]
 * Julio Cortázar
 * Carlos Gardel
 * Ástor Piazzolla
 * Argentine cuisine
 * Tango music
 * Tango (dance)
 * Cinema of Argentina
 * Music of Argentina
 * Architecture of Argentina

Main transport topics
 * Buenos Aires Metro
 * Colectivo
 * Aerolineas Argentinas

Most important economy articles
 * Internationally known companies (+media such as La Nación and Clarín)
 * Reserve Bank of Argentina
 * Stock Exchange

Mid Importance
Probably the biggest group - where interest of editors might meet strictness of criteria above
 * Secretaría de Inteligencia [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|Good article|14px]]
 * Most former Presidents Isabel Martínez de Perón, Raúl Alfonsín, Eduardo Duhalde
 * Most international team sport esp. football players, etc. (not club level or equivalent) and most successful individual sports-people Juan Manuel Fangio
 * Most sports clubs with record of success, ie top divisions
 * Musicians, writers of global interest or major national interest Charly García, Palito Ortega, Mercedes Sosa
 * Major music forms chamamé, chacarera, Argentine cumbia, Argentine rock, Zamba
 * Iconic facets of Argentine culture (Empanada, Locro, Asado, Dulce de leche, Lunfardo, Argentine wine, Pato, etc)
 * Major tourist attractions and national parks and monuments (Teatro Colón)
 * Current provincial governors
 * Current cabinet ministers
 * Individual historical events of note Proceso de Reorganización Nacional, Welsh settlement in Argentina, State-Church relations in Argentina, Corralito
 * Departments, partidos, barrios (except those internationally known) and cabeceras (Santa Fe, Bahía Blanca, etc)

Low Importance

 * Most biographies
 * Most settlements
 * Smaller sports clubs
 * Most films (except Academy winner La Historia Oficial)
 * Music groups, records