Wikipedia:WikiProject South America/Falkland Islands work group

Welcome to the Falkland Islands work group of WikiProject South America! This group was formed to better organize articles on the Falkland Islands in a spirit of cooperation.

Scope
This group includes within its scope all articles related to the Falkland Islands, its settlements, geography, transportation, culture, history and so on. It aims to expand Wikipedia's resources on the Falkland Islands in a fair and accurate manner. All of these articles should be contained within the Category:Falkland Islands or one of its subcategories.

Active members
To join the Falkland Islands work group, edit this section and add the Wikitext   with your areas of interest to the bottom of the following list of members. Members should also place member identification on their user page.
 * 1) John Carter 21:09, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Wee Curry Monster talk 17:48, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
 * 3) Ryan 4314   (talk) 21:47, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 4) Kahastok talk 23:26, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 5) Chiton magnificus (talk) 16:28, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) MacRusgail (talk) 16:06, 6 July 2008 (UTC) - Interests: Providing a broader, more general coverage of the islands.
 * 7) Apcbg (talk) 19:33, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 8) DagosNavy (talk) 20:58, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 9) Narson (talk) 23:44, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 10) Michael Glass (talk) 13:06, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 11) Thetucu (talk)
 * 12)  pmt7ar (t&#124;c) 14:46, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 13) Basa lisk  inspect damage⁄berate 18:14, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
 * 14) Mcarling (talk) 17:28, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
 * 15) Philip Stevens (talk) 05:15, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
 * 16) Gaba p (talk) 17:36, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
 * 17) Delotrooladoo (talk) 10:29, 16 September 2014 (UTC)
 * 18) DPdH (talk) 14:57, 23 September 2014 (UTC) - Interests: history (especially Falklands War) and geography
 * 19) Ryanharmany (talk) 14:02, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
 * 20) The joy of all things (talk) 10:45, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
 * 13:39:08, 31 October 2019 (UTC) General interest. recent article Draft:South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute
 * 1) User:UnknownBrick22 (talk) 13:37, 11 May 2020 (GMT) - interest in ensuring Falklanders' sovereignty and international status is recognised.
 * 21:26:53, 29 August 2020 (UTC) geography

Former members
Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.
 * 1) Ice Explorer (talk) 05:44, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
 * 21:33:32, 25 July 2019 (UTC) – WikiProject templates and categories.
 * 1) BlueSalix (talk) 20:46, 22 January 2014 (UTC) (indefinately blocked)
 * 2) User:Martinvl Martinvl (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) Langus-TxT (talk) 05:04, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Member identification
Members of the Falkland Islands work group should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to .

For other Falkland Islands user templates see .

Importance scale
The criteria used for rating article importance are not meant to be an absolute or canonical view of how significant the topic is. Rather, they attempt to gauge the probability of the average reader of Wikipedia needing to look up the topic (and thus the immediate need to have a suitably well-written article on it). Thus, subjects with greater popular notability may be rated higher than topics which are arguably more "important" but which are of interest primarily to students of hagiography. Importance does not equate to quality; a featured article could rate 'mid' on importance.

''Note that general notability need not be from the perspective of editor demographics; generally notable topics should be rated similarly regardless of the country or region in which they hold said notability. Thus, topics which may seem obscure to a Western audience—but which are of high notability in other places—should still be highly rated. Rate international region/country-specific articles from the perspective of someone from that region.''

This grading scheme has only been recently established, if you wish to discuss it please comment here. The criteria is flexible and will be adapted to accommodate the rule of: the higher the class the fewer articles it should have.

Table of Hits
As an aid to assessing the relative importance of articles, the number of hits for selected articles is shown below. The number of hits in February 2010 show an anomaly caused by statements by the Argentine Government. The score for each article is the number of January 2010 hits multiplied by the weighting factor (which is subjective). The number of hits in July 2009 is included as a check that the number of hits in January 2010 is a fair estimate of the hits normally expected in any one month.

Featured articles

 * HMS Cardiff (D108)

Did You Know (DYK)s

 * Falklands Crisis (1770) - 22 August 2007.
 * Origins of Falkland Islanders - 24 October 2007.
 * Stone run - 24 November 2007.
 * 1982 British Army Gazelle friendly fire incident - August 29 2009.
 * Matthew Brisbane - 26 September 2012
 * Esteban Mestivier - 11 February 2014
 * Antonina Roxa - 15 March 2014
 * José María Pinedo - 30 May 2014

Version 1.0 Editorial Team release version selections

 * Falkland Islands
 * Stanley, Falkland Islands

Templates
Please see WikiProject South America for assessment information.

Style Preferences
Consensus was found here for the following statement:

"Units on Falklands-related articles shall be those recommended for non-scientific UK-related articles at WP:UNITS. Where any given unit is explicitly recommended or suggested by WP:UNITS for use in UK-related articles, Falklands-related articles will follow that recommendation or suggestion. No measure shall deviate from those measures without clear consensus, or where other parts of WP:UNITS take precedence."

Note that the shortcut WP:FALKLANDSUNITS formerly pointed at WikiProject South America/Falkland Islands work group/Units.

Requested articles
See also Topical outline of the Falkland Islands - mostly done from a template; List of basic South America topics


 * Mario Menéndez (Argentine governor on FK during the war)
 * Climate of the Falkland Islands
 * Port Harriet, Port Harriet House (-51.73528°N, -58.0175°W)
 * Argentine Military Cemetery

Culture and Society

 * Life under the Argentine occupation of the Falklands in 1982
 * Religion in the Falkland Islands (nb - not just Christian, includes Bahais)
 * Presbyterianism in the Falkland Islands
 * Tourism in the Falkland Islands
 * Renewable energy in the Falkland Islands (some windfarms exist...)
 * Oil industry in the Falkland Islands (some exploration)
 * Energy in the Falkland Islands
 * Political scandals in the Falkland Islands (off template)
 * Taxation in the Falkland Islands (off template)
 * Constitution of the Falkland Islands
 * Crime in the Falkland Islands (currently a redirection)
 * Human rights in the Falkland Islands
 * Health care in the Falkland Islands
 * Roads in the Falkland Islands

Flora and fauna, Conservation

 * Zebra trout, an indigenous freshwater fish species.
 * Felton's Flower/Felton plant, autochthonous plant
 * Fauna of the Falkland Islands
 * Flora of the Falkland Islands
 * Falkland Islands Conservation
 * Ecology of the Falkland Islands
 * Protected areas of the Falkland Islands

History

 * Samuel Lafone/Samuel Fisher Lafone Key figure in economics of early settlement
 * José María Pinedo (governor) Pinedo was never appointed governor, Commander of the Sarandi
 * Esteban Mestivier (governor, murdered in islands)
 * Antonina Roxa One of Vernet's settlers and a key member of the early settlement
 * Falklands Crisis (1850) Dispute with the USA whether the British regulated the Falklands
 * Falklands Islands Camber Railway (not a spoof)
 * Shackleton Report
 * RRS Shackleton BAS survey vessel
 * Colonial Development Company
 * Stone corral
 * Antonio Rivero
 * Lieutenant-Colonel Mohamed Ali Seineldin
 * Rattenbach report

Individual islands
Arch Islands (esp. of the arch), Barren, Broken Island, Centre Island, Dunbar Island, East Island, Eddystone Rock, George, Golding, Horse Block (sea stack), Jason Islands (any of these except Grand Jason), Keppel (esp. Yahgan mission), Kidney, Narrow Island, Passage Island, Passage Islands (NB - not the same as former, Rabbit, River Island, Ruggles Island, Sedge Island, Split Island, Staats (esp. of guanaco), Swan Islands, Tea, Tyssen Islands

With images, but needing photos - Beauchene Island, Hog Island, Long Island

Done - Beaver, Bleaker Island, Grand Jason, Lively, Pebble Island, Speedwell,West Point Island

Natural features

 * Mount Maria, Mount Usborne
 * Blackburn River, Chartres River, Malo River/Arroyo Malo, Mullet Creek, Murrell River, Warrah River
 * Lafonia (landscape)

Settlements & buildings
Cape Pembroke (lighthouse), Fox Bay, Hill Cove , New Haven (ferry terminal), North Arm, Pebble Island Settlement, Port Albemarle (sealing station), Port Howard (settlement - one historical picture included), Port Louis (old buildings), Port Patterson, Port Stephens, Salvador Settlement

Various historical buildings in Stanley.

Article Improvement
Articles up for improvement


 * Falkland Islands - currently undergoing rework following peer review pending nomination for GA status.

March 2014

 * Antonina Roxa Gaucho, midwife and landowner
 * José María Pinedo Captain of the ARA Sarandi

February 2014

 * Esteban Mestivier Argentine Military and Civil Commander murdered in 1832

October 2012

 * Patagonian Shelf Undersea shelf on which the Falkland Islands are situated.

September 2012

 * Matthew Brisbane Antarctice explorer and deputy for Luis Vernet.

May 2012

 * Arana-Southern Treaty Several scholars both Argentine and British suggest Argentine relinquished claims to the Falklands under this treaty.

September, 2009

 * Rugby union in the Falkland Islands, a paucity of information, please help expand this article.

August 2009

 * 1982 British Army Gazelle friendly fire incident

January, 2009

 * New Haven, Falkland Islands
 * Mario Menéndez (Argentine governor during the war)

September, 2008

 * Sinking of the Chian-der 3
 * Stanley Stadium - not new, but please have a look.

August, 2008

 * Lt. Col. Italo Piaggi
 * Christopher Clayton

July, 2008

 * List of islands of the Falkland Islands
 * Cape Carysfort. Hog Island, Broken Island
 * Sport in the Falkland Islands

Pages prone to POV pushing, vandalism, or that otherwise need watching
Users should feel free to use the recent changes function to examine changes to all articles relevant to this group by hitting this link. Specific articles which have a tendency to require watching include:
 * Falklands War - always subject to petty vandalism
 * Falkland Islands - always subject to petty vandalism
 * Operation Black Buck - disputes over success/failure
 * Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute - both sides attempt to edit in their favour
 * 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands - mainly attempts to insert POV terms such as recovery.
 * Re-establishment of British rule on the Falkland Islands - categorised in Argentina as an "invasion", by the British as "return"

Templates

 * Template:Falkland Islands topics
 * Template:Infobox islands
 * Template:Infobox settlement

Disambiguation pages

 * East Island, Falkland Islands
 * Hummock Island (common name)
 * Middle Island, Falkland Islands
 * Tussock Island (common name)