Wikipedia:WikiProject Dams

WikiProject Dams is a WikiProject formed to organize and improve articles related to dams.

[[Image:Nuvola apps kview.png|40px]]Project
The project's aim is to create, expand, clean up, and organize existing or non-existing dam articles.

[[Image:Nuvola apps personal.svg|30px]] Parentage
The parent of this WikiProject is WikiProject Civil Engineering. No descendant WikiProjects have been defined.

[[Image:Nuvola apps bookcase.svg|30px]] Work areas
There are several main work areas, as well as some other topics that may be paid attention to:
 * Dam types. This probably is the one that will disappear first. Only several of these articles are left to create. However, many of these articles need expansion or improvement.
 * Particular dams. Creation/expansion/cleanup of articles describing particular dams, their history, structure and function.
 * Dam controversy. This is a smaller work area than the other two, particularly focusing on the negative environmental impacts of dams, mostly large dams like the Three Gorges and Glen Canyon Dams. Some dam articles also contain an undue amount of controversy coverage.
 * Reservoirs. This may fall under WikiProject Lakes but there is much room for improvement in reservoir-related articles.
 * Dam disasters. This may fall under WikiProject Disasters but again, there is much room for improvement in this topic.
 * Remaking dam redirects that lead to articles pertaining to reservoirs. Out there, in place of many dam articles, there are redirects to the article about their reservoir. One example is Flaming Gorge Dam, which sat unnoticed as a redirect for nearly three years.
 * List of reservoirs and dams ==> List of dams and reservoirs. Other alternative titles include List of dams and their reservoirs, List of dams and related reservoirs, ... Current discussion on project talk page.
 * A range of tasks for cleanup available at Cleanup listing.

List of participants

 * Shann o  n
 * NortyNort (Holla)
 * Pfly
 * Nvvchar
 * Reh man
 * Bouchecl (talk)
 * Bjoertvedt (talk) - (no)
 * MChew (Dams in Japan)
 * Ng.j
 * Bine Mai
 * Bermicourt - dams in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
 * Rsrikanth05 -dams in South India.
 * Samar  ( Talk  .  Contributions )
 * Delirium (talk)
 * Arius1998 (talk)
 * Rangasyd (talk) dams, reservoirs, weirs, and lakes in Australia
 * Volcanoguy (talk) Natural dams
 * Garry06
 * Chongkian (talk) - Dams in Taiwan
 * User:Tadfafty - Dams in Oregon, United States.
 * Macquaria
 * Macquaria

Userboxes
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Page layout
For articles with less content, leave out or merge the sections that are left empty or near empty.

[[image:Package-x-generic.svg|30px]] Infobox dam
The template provides an organized space for images and the basic statistics of a particular dam. See the example at right for the basic look of a dam infobox. The infobox at right lacks info in several fields. Put all the information you can into the infobox of the dam you are writing about if possible. Note that the infobox will override the dam name you put in its field; i.e. it will place the name of the article (or talk page or user subpage or whatever) there instead. Title the article with caution.

The Dam Barnstar

 * {{subst:The Dam Barnstar}} — The Dam Barnstar may be awarded to an editor who makes significant contributions to Dam-related articles whether improving on or expanding coverage of them.

Assessment
An article can be rated by quality and importance; for example, using  . For detailed instructions on quality grading and to see recently tagged articles, see: WikiProject Dams/Assessment. To help assess articles, please see Category:Unassessed Dam articles for the complete list.

Resources

 * General information
 * World World Web Pages for Dam Design (Durham University) - Learn about dams
 * Hydropower Dams and Social Impacts: A Sociological Perspective - World Bank Report with detailed information on large human displacements from dams
 * The Record of Twelve European Dam Building Companies - Covers controversy on many dam projects
 * Roller-compacted concrete dam database
 * Geo-referenced dams database - UN FAO


 * International Journal on Hydropower & Dams' Map and Dam lists
 * Europe
 * South and East Asia
 * Latin America


 * Africa
 * African Dam Factsheet - UN FAO


 * Asia
 * Chinese National Committee on Large Dams - Information on large dam projects in China
 * All dams in China before 2003
 * National Register of Large Dams in India - 2009 PDF listing basic info on all large dams in India
 * Dam Association of Japan, Dam Mania - resources for dams in Japan (use Google Translate for basic info)
 * Turkish State Hydraulic Works (DSI) - Info on dams in Turkey


 * Europe
 * Swiss Committee on Dams - List of and information on dams in Switzerland
 * Austrian National Committee on Large Dams - List of and information on dams in Austria


 * North America
 * U.S Bureau of Reclamation Database Search - Search for publications on their dams.
 * U.S Bureau of Reclamation Photograph Database - Great for finding public domain images.
 * National Inventory of Dams - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers database.


 * Oceania
 * Australian National Committee on Large Dams Information on large dams in Australia