Wikipedia:WikiProject Geology/Periods

The Geological periods task force is a group of editors aiming to improve Wikipedia's articles about the geological periods, as part of WikiProject Geology, WikiProject Dinosaurs and WikiProject Palaeontology.

With articles on the periods receiving around a thousand hits a day, they are some of the most visited geology articles, but many are in need of attention and expansion!

Goals
To bring each of Wikipedia's articles on geological periods to a common standard, comprehensively covering all major aspects of the period.

Each article should begin to address the contemporary geography,	geology, 	climate, and geochemistry, as well as detailing life at the time - the marine (including reefs) and terrestrial fauna and flora. It should also provide an outline of any significant events (for example the PETM or Cambrian explosion) and document any historical significance attached to the period.

Collaboration of the month
This month's period for improvement is the Ediacaran. Please help expand this article in any way you can!

Worklist
Please find any cell that interests you and try to bring it up a grade. We're aiming for an "A" in every box! (For a good example of what's expected in most categories, see Paleocene).

You can help by assessing articles in each of the areas listed above. The grading scale is as follows:

We're also looking to create a uniform look and feel to all articles about geological time periods. To this end we're working on the infobox template listed below. If you can think of any way to improve this box, please speak up!

Infobox geologic timespan

Participation
Everybody is encouraged to help out with the tasks listed above, as they wish! You may also wish to add this page to your watchlist to keep an eye on developments.

Anyone wishing to formally indicate their membership of the project is encouraged to add their signature to the list below:


 * Enlil Ninlil (talk) 10:46, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Smith609  Talk  15:45, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Woudloper (talk) 11:55, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Hza a 9 (talk) 17:25, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Benniboi01 (talk) 21:41, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Jarred C Lloyd (talk) 02:18, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Hemiauchenia (talk) 00:14, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
 * JavaRogers (talk) 22:59, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Dudley Miles (talk) 10:27, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Anteosaurus magnificus (talk) 05:11, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Fanboyphilosopher (talk) 15:39, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Silica Cat (talk) 16:37, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Project banner
Place onto any new article's talk page for it to be recognised and assessed under the scope of this task force. An article's assessment is generated from the class and importance parameters and helps organise relevant articles for improvement. When assessed, the class and importance parameters are filled in, like this:

and the banner looks like this: Shortcuts: WikiProject Geology, WPGEOLOGY, WPGeology, WP Geology

The article is classified in the appropriate subcategories of Category:Geological periods articles. For more information visit the WikiProject Geology assessment page: WikiProject Geology/Assessment