Wikipedia:WikiProject Geography of Poland

'This project is inactive. For current work, see WP:WikiProject Poland. For article naming and style guidance, see WP:WikiProject Poland/Conventions.'

Title
WikiProject Geography of Poland

Scope
This WikiProject is an attempt to formulate a common template for the Polish administrative districts, as well as obtaining consensus for how the various types of districts should be referred to on the English Wikipedia. The WikiProject suggests a structure for the articles to give them a common look and feel. For other Poland-related discussions please go to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Poland.

Parentage
The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Countries, and part of the project was originally named WikiProject Voivodships. This project is also subordinate to WikiProject Poland.

Descendant WikiProjects
None so far, but could one day include WikiProject Polish Counties

Similar WikiProjects
Similar WikiProjects are:
 * WikiProject Cities/Names issues
 * WikiProject Cities/German names


 * WikiProject U.S. States,
 * WikiProject Chinese provinces
 * WikiProject Swedish counties

See also: WikiProject Subnational entities

Participants

 * Halibutt
 * Bwood
 * Slawojarek
 * D T G
 * Ausir
 * Elonka
 * Lysy
 * Czesc26
 * P.Pilecki
 * Ajh1492
 * H. Borawski

Coordination
This WikiProject, where possible, should be coordinated with the Polish Wikipedia and particularly with WikiProjekt Polskie miejscowości there.

Województwo / Voivodeship
Name to use: Voivodeship

An extensive debate about this issue (see the discussion page) determined that consensus is to use the term "Voivodeship" to describe these administrative divisions.

Powiat / County
Name to use: County

The Polish-language term powiat was discussed, and the community consensus was that the English term "county" should be used in this case.

City / Town
No clear division; use city for larger ones, town for smaller. (Optional rule of thumb: use city if it's a miasto na prawach powiatu, otherwise town.)

Gmina / Commune / Municipality
Name to use: Gmina


 * See: WikiProject Cities and Naming conventions (settlements) for more details.

Article titles

 * If there is a choice between an English or Latinized name, or a Polish name, use the English-translation from the Polish Foreign Ministry or the EU for article titles


 * Between the format "Voivodeship of Lower Silesia" or "Lower Silesian Voivodeship", use the latter form:.

Examples

 * Lower Silesian Voivodeship (not Province of Dolny Śląsk)
 * Greater Poland (not Wielkopolska)

Guidelines
The article should start with a good introduction, giving the name of the administrative division, its location in Poland, bordering provinces, important landmarks and such. Also give a few geographical and economical facts about the county.

Next, there is a table with quick facts about the area. A template is currently being discussed at the Polish wiki and will be posted here as soon as the work is finished.

After that there should be a Politics part with details on Sejmik Wojewódzki, Voivod and such.

Finally, the last part should be a brief history of both the current area and any predecessors, as appropriate.

Templates
When creating or updating an article about one of the Polish administrative units, it is recommended to use one of the following templates.

Cities and towns

 * See Template talk:Infobox Poland for details, examples and instructions.

Powiat / County

 * See Template talk:Infobox Powiat for details, examples and instructions.

To be decided
Things to be decided before we prepare a template:
 * Colours of the contour map - Done!
 * Info included in the table - Template talk:Infobox Poland
 * Powiat pages naming convention (see: Discussion)

Reference links:

 * Poland
 * Voivodship
 * powiat
 * Voivodships of Poland
 * Geography of Poland