Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking

Welcome to WikiProject Backpacking. Several Wikipedians have formed this collaboration resource and group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Hiking and the organization of information and articles on this topic. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in the topic. If you would like to help, inquire on the talk page, watch this page, and see the to-do list, below.

Scope
Hiking, hiking trails, hiking equipment, hiking techniques, organizations that support hikers and hiking trail, the hiking community, authors, and their books. To cover hiking and backpacking by its many names; e.g. trekking, hill walking, tramping, rambling, snowshoeing, and more.

Goals

 * To improve hiking, backpacking, and trail related articles to Good Article Status
 * To organize and categorize articles related to hiking, backpacking, and trail articles
 * To provide a consistent layout for hiking, backpacking, and trail articles where applicable
 * auditing articles (tagging, classifying, and setting importance level) in categories hiking, hiking trails, backpacking, and camping
 * identifying and categorizing articles about organizations that support hikers, trails, backpackers and related activities

Sister projects

 * WikiProject Geography
 * WikiProject Protected areas
 * WikiProject Hiking trails
 * WikiProject Mountains
 * WikiProject Rivers
 * WikiProject Glaciers
 * WikiProject Lakes
 * WikiProject Deserts
 * Others
 * WikiProject Maps
 * WikiProject Knots
 * WikiProject Forestry
 * WikiProject Orienteering
 * WikiProject Climbing
 * WikiProject Scouting