Wikipedia:WikiProject Rivers/Waterfalls task force

This WikiProject aims primarily to describe the Earth's waterfalls in a consistent and complete fashion.

To-do list
See also User:AlexNewArtBot/WaterbodiesSearchResult.

Participants

 * AndrewEnns (Wikipedia's Waterfalls Guy)
 * TFNorman
 * Eric Polk
 * User:Cacophony
 * User:Cgoodwin
 * Huwmanbeing
 * 5minutes
 * pinecar
 * kgrr (Washington State)
 * bigfathairymarmot (Washington State)
 * User:Shannon1 (Southern California)
 * ContrillionAU (talk) 10:14, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
 * jsfouche &#9789;&#9790;   talk
 * Nhl4hamilton | Chit-Chat
 * Mchew (Japan)
 * Daniel Case (Hudson Valley and Catskill regions)
 * 420Traveler (New York State)
 *  Smithers7  (Oregon)
 * The High Fin Sperm Whale
 * Roland Neave (talk)
 * Interesting009 (talk)
 * Chongkian (talk)
 * Varaxes (talk)
 * 🥒 BONTENGERS  🥒 (🔔) I like Waterfall Mountain with Anti-gravity. 1:36, June 2024 (UTC)

Naming
Articles may be named "X", "X Waterfall", or "X Falls", depending on location and most common usage. "X falls". "X (falls)", "X waterfall" and "X (waterfall)" are not recommended.

Multiple waterfalls with the same name
Due to the fact that there are countless waterfalls in the world with the same name, the following method of disambiguation is proposed:
 * The most important waterfall can stay at the undisambiguated title, lesser known ones add a qualifier.
 * In practice, most waterfalls needing disambiguation should be identified by the smallest appropriate political entity.
 * Always use parentheses for the disambiguator for U.S. waterfalls, not a comma. For example Bridal Veil Falls (Alaska) not Bridal Veil Falls, Alaska.
 * A waterfall can be identified uniquely as a fall on a river. It should be named with the name of the river following in parentheses. For example:  Nevada Falls (Merced) for Nevada Falls in Yosemite National Park.

Lead Paragraph
The first paragraph should be a self-contained description including the most important things to know; name(s) - both historic and current - in bold, location (continent/countries), and notable facts about the waterfall, such as tallest, second tallest, widest, etc.

Infobox
Please see Infobox Waterfall and follow the instructions. Unused fields will not be displayed.

Natural History
Mention distinctive natural features of the waterfall.

Geology
The evolution of some waterfalls has been well explored. Such information should be placed here, with a suitable discussion of all POVs when possible.

History
Describe what is known about the history/naming of the waterfall, along with a description of the scientific efforts.

References and External links
Preferably refer to history, ecology, public policy, books, websites, etc.

Images
There should be at least one picture, preferably a typical view. Important waterfalls should have additional pictures illustrating their notable features.

Indexing
Every waterfall article should be indexed in list of waterfalls, and indexed in list of rivers by continent.

Categories
Every article should have a category. At a minimum, list in Category:country waterfalls. Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (categories) dictates that the categories should be named Waterfalls in _____" rather than the commonly used Waterfalls of ___". If the country has smaller political divisions in the waterfalls category, use one of those instead. (e.g. Category:Waterfalls in Oregon instead of Category:Waterfalls in the United States).

Templates

 * WikiProject Waterfalls - Article Talk page Template


 * The Waterfall Award


 * Wikipedia ads


 * Userboxes

Featured articles

 * Niagara Falls
 * Waterfalls in Ricketts Glen State Park

Related projects and pages
The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Geography.
 * Parentage

No descendant WikiProjects have been defined.
 * Descendant Wikiprojects

for naming in geography: WikiProject_Rivers
 * Similar Wikiprojects

Resources and external links

 * List of waterfalls
 * User:AlexNewArtBot/WaterbodiesSearchResult
 * World Waterfall Database
 * Waterfalls of the Pacific Northwest
 * Waterfalls of the Northeastern United States
 * Panoramic images of North American waterfalls
 * North Carolina Waterfalls
 * List of the world's highest waterfalls
 * Waterfalls from Michigan and 14 other states
 * USGS GNIS Domestic Named Falls Import for WikiData - contains (Name, Elevation, Coordinates)

Tools

 * Main tool page: toolserver.org


 * Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
 * Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
 * Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
 * Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.