Wikipedia:WikiProject Dorset

 Welcome to WikiProject Dorset, a project dedicated to improving Wikipedia coverage of the English county, Dorset. Our goals are to improve existing articles and create needed articles regarding Dorset.


 * Goal
 * To improve existing articles and create needed articles regarding Dorset.


 * Assessment scope
 * Our assessment includes both quality and importance.

Current

 * 12 April 2022: St Catherine's Hill, Dorset promoted to Good Article.
 * 25 March 2021: Weymouth Featured Article Review closed as kept.
 * 6 March 2021: Reviewers needed at Featured article review/Weymouth, Dorset/archive1.

Old/Archive

 * 17 May 2017: Puddletown promoted to Good article.
 * 4 November 2016: Rempstone Stone Circle promoted to Good article.
 * 30 October 2016: Nine Stones, Winterbourne Abbas promoted to Good article.
 * 8 October 2016: Dorchester, Dorset promoted to Good article.
 * 28 August 2016: Kingston Lacy promoted to Good article.
 * 27 August 2016: Jurassic Coast promoted to Good article.
 * 11 June 2016: Dorset Ooser promoted to Featured article.
 * 12 June 2015: Dorset Ooser promoted to Good article.
 * 25 May 2015: Arts University Bournemouth needs attention. Rating hasn’t been reviewed since 2009 and requires more photographs. Visit here for an explanation.
 * 30 September 2013: Bournemouth was promoted to Good article.
 * 15 January 2013: Cerne Abbas Giant was promoted to Good article.
 * 18 August 2012: Dorset was promoted to Featured article.
 * 29 June 2012: Dorset has been nominated at Featured article candidates
 * 31 January 2012: Dorset peer review completed and available here.
 * 21 January 2012: Dorset nominated for peer review.
 * 20 August 2011: Dorset promoted to good article status, becoming the project's sixth good article.
 * 14 February 2011: Christchurch, Dorset promoted to good article status, becoming the project's fifth good article.
 * 6 February 2011: Dorset has been put up for peer review.
 * 8 January 2011: Christchurch, Dorset has been nominated for good article status.
 * October 2010: Dorset demoted from FA status following a featured article review.
 * August 10 2009: Dorset needs attention. Visit here for an explanation.
 * June 9 2009: Congratulations to the work of User:Nev1 and other editors, who have helped Maiden Castle, Dorset achieve GA status. Another great piece of writing to add to the growing numbers of WP: Dorset! I'm sure that over the coming months we will see many more join the ranks.
 * June 1 2009: The Dorset coat of arms, which previously appeared on Template:WPDorset (to the left of the Dorset Portal), has been removed and is pending renewal.
 * February 21 2009: WikiProject is created by User:MasterOfHisOwnDomain

Participants
To appear here and help WikiProject Dorset, visit WikiProject Dorset/Participants and add yourself to the list!

Featured articles

 * 1) Dorset
 * 2) Dorset Ooser
 * 3) Maiden Castle, Dorset
 * 4) Nine Stones, Winterbourne Abbas
 * 5) Mary Anning
 * 6) Weymouth, Dorset

Featured lists

 * 1) List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in Southwest England

Good articles

 * 1) Bournemouth
 * 2) Cerne Abbas Giant
 * 3) Christchurch, Dorset
 * 4) Dorchester, Dorset
 * 5) The French Lieutenant's Woman
 * 6) Hengistbury Head
 * 7) HMS Hood (1891)
 * 8) Jurassic Coast
 * 9) Kingston Lacy
 * 10) Kingston Russell Stone Circle
 * 11) Lulworth Skipper
 * 12) Monmouth Rebellion
 * 13) Murder of Celine Figard
 * 14) Polled Dorset
 * 15) Poole
 * 16) Puddletown
 * 17) South West Coast Path
 * 18) St Catherine's Hill, Dorset
 * 19) Tesco bomb campaign
 * 20) Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy

Former featured articles

 * 1) Brownsea Island Scout camp
 * 2) Isle of Portland

Content map
This map displays the distribution of Good and Featured articles that are geographically-specific. It can be added to and modified at: WikiProject Dorset/Map

FA/GA Candidates
If you feel any articles in the scope of WikiProject Dorset, meet the criteria for either GA Status or FA Status then leave a message here with a link to the talk page. As a project we will review the article and award a status as per our assessment criteria.

Priorities to-do
Put any articles here that are very important (usually High or Top) to Dorset and require some significant work. Leave a brief summary of why you have included it and the quality status (does not have to be an assessment by this Project).
 * 1) Update Dorset settlement articles with 2011 census data []. Please prioritise featured and good articles.

Templates
This section contains templates used by or applicable to the project. Note that new stub templates should be proposed before creation at WP:WSS/P

Talk page template
All entries of Dorset towns and villages should have the above template placed on their talk pages. A list of categories whose articles should be tagged is available at Category:Dorset. Sometimes, you will see a UK geography WikiProject template already there; in these cases, add our template after theirs. You can add the template using the following code:

See WikiProject Dorset for further examples and details of the suggestions parameter.

Project userbox
To add this userbox to your user page use User WPDorset

Barnstar
Usage

To use this, simply add message ~ to the talk page of the user you wish to reward. Make sure you include a message which indicates why they are receiving the award.

Navigation
is placed at the bottom of all the articles linked in the template to help readers "navigate" between the most important articles of Dorset.