Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Deserts

weirdness
Can someone look at Great Basin Desert? There have been some changes that I am not able to understand and maybe an expert in that area could get this article moving in a good direction. There seems to be issues with several of the Nevada related desert articles. Vegaswikian (talk) 05:13, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of Desert-stub
Hi all - sorry to inform you that Desert-stub has been deleted. It was of a specific type which has been deleted several times before, and which is generally not used (stub templates for natural geographic features are without exception divided by location rather than type of feature). It served no useful purpose either to your project or to the stub-sorting project. Before you say "oh yes it did", consider this - is there anything which the template did which is not done far more effectively by a talk-page banner template? This is the method used by specific wikiprojects to mark not just stubs but all articles connected with the specific project - as explained at WP:STUB (and as would have been explained to you had you proposed the stub template at WP:WSS/P, as is recommended). A talk-page banner allows articles to be assessed not just at stub level, but across the range right up to Featured Article - and also allows you to note specific features of an article which need work. This is the reason why they are generally used by projects. Stub templates are much more specific and are not directly connected to wikiprojects (they are designed to coordinate articles across the whole of wikipedia). Grutness...wha?  12:53, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, I don't mind that you deleted it on right grounds. But having a category which included stub-class desert-related articles only would had made it much easier for this WikiProject to improve them. Farjad 0322 (talk&#124;sign&#124;contribs) 13:09, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
 * That's exactly what a banner assessment template would do. You'd have separate categories for Stub-Class, Start-Class, C-Class, B-Class, GA-Class, A-Class, and FA-Class. You'd also be able to group them by whether they needed photos, were high or low priority, were lists, categories, or templates, related to a subtopic of your project, and many other things. See Template:WPNZ for an example of such a template. Grutness...wha?  23:44, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh. Except for the fact that our group is not as large so we don't focus on assessment right now. Our banner doesn't do any assessment. But I think the awesomely slow speed at which we are going, it would take a few more years until this project becomes a little more active. Then we would change our banner. Farjad 0322 (talk&#124;sign&#124;contribs) 01:31, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, if you're only likely to be dealing with a small number of articles you can do a rough "manual version" simply by having a subpage of your project to list links to the articles with any details for each (whether they're stubs, whether they need infoboxes, whether they're good enough not to need much work, etc). But even a small wikiproject can have and use assessment banners relatively easily, especially since your dealing with a few hundred articles rather than several thousand - and it's possible to get some of the assessment done for it automatically (any articles with an assessment template on the talk page and stub templates on the article itself can be automatically assessed as stub class for the project). That would basically get akll your stubs in one place, and you'd have a ready-made tool for if you didd want to do more thorough assessment later. Just a thought, anyway. Grutness...wha?  10:08, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the advice. We already have a manual version of the stub-articles. I work on more than 8 WikiProjects. Being a medical student, it is becoming very difficult for me to clean, manage and maintain so many articles. Thanks again though. Farjad 0322 (talk&#124;sign&#124;contribs) 11:00, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Just thought I'd say hello, dropping by as I happend upon the Bayuda Desert article that clearly needs a bit of love, I was going to add the assessment to the banner, and then see what 'importance' rating the desert got. So to help a casual passer to help you edit things, I'd recommend the assessment scheme for the banners even if you can't go round and assess them all yourself, someone else might. :) EdwardLane (talk) 17:43, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

proposal to form joint taskforce with WP:WikiProject Plants regarding desert and dry climate plants
There is a proposal to form joint taskforce with WP:WikiProject Plants regarding desert and dry climate plants on that project's talk page. PPdd (talk) 01:09, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Xerophyte is being reconstructed.
Xerophyte is being reconstructed. Help would be appreciated. PPdd (talk) 16:31, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:HighBeam
HighBeam describes a limited opportunity for Wikipedia editors to have access to HighBeam Research. —Wavelength (talk) 17:38, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

China's Ordos/Mu Us Desert
I'm a botanist and ecologist who became interested in China and Chinese about a decade ago. This turned me into a professional writer and editor. I live in the US and have never been to China. 我会中文说一点可是不好. I came across the Mu Us Desert in several research papers. In short, the Mu Us Desert appears to be the southern half of the Ordos Desert. Read those pages or their talk pages for details. I just noticed this page on the Ordos page and decided to introduce myself here. Sedgehead (talk) 04:56, 13 July 2013 (UTC)Sedgehead

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal
Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej (talk) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Expert attention
This is a notice about Category:Deserts articles needing expert attention, which might be of interest to your WikiProject. It will take a while before the category is populated. Iceblock (talk) 23:46, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject X is live!


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Harej (talk) 16:57, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Painted Desert (Arizona) listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Painted Desert (Arizona) to be moved to Painted Desert. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 09:14, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
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University of New Mexico looking to sponsor a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar
Of possible interest to WikiProject members:

The University of New Mexico (UNM) is looking to sponsor a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar.

The University of New Mexico Libraries would like to work with a Wikipedian to explore themes related to following interdisciplinary areas:
 * Intersections of science, design, art, and architecture in New Mexico
 * Energy, water, and environmental policy in the Southwest and Latin America
 * Healing and foodways in the high desert

The Visiting Scholars program connects Wikipedians with educational institutions based on shared interest in a topic. Any editor in good standing is welcome to apply. Professional experience is not a requirement. For more information, as well as the application, see the University of New Mexico’s Visiting Scholars page. If you have questions, feel free to reach out on my talk page. Will (Wiki Ed) (talk) 23:18, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

A new newsletter directory is out!
A new Newsletter directory has been created to replace the old, out-of-date one. If your WikiProject and its taskforces have newsletters (even inactive ones), or if you know of a missing newsletter (including from sister projects like WikiSpecies), please include it in the directory! The template can be a bit tricky, so if you need help, just post the newsletter on the template's talk page and someone will add it for you.
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Category:Deserts articles needing expert attention has been nominated for discussion
Category:Deserts articles needing expert attention has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Peaceray (talk) 17:52, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Judaean Desert listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Judaean Desert to be moved to Judean Desert. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 23:20, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
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re-activating -September2021
worth working on JarrahTree 09:14, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

Antarctica
I have nominated Antarctica for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chidgk1 (talk • contribs) 15:22, January 9, 2022 (UTC)

Featured Article Save Award for Antarctica
There is a Featured Article Save Award nomination at Wikipedia talk:Featured article review/Antarctica/archive1. Please join the discussion to recognize and celebrate editors who helped assure this article would retain its featured status. Sandy Georgia (Talk)  01:31, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

Project-independent quality assessments
Quality assessments by Wikipedia editors rate articles in terms of completeness, organization, prose quality, sourcing, etc. Most wikiprojects follow the general guidelines at Content assessment, but some have specialized assessment guidelines. A recent Village pump proposal was approved and has been implemented to add a class parameter to WikiProject banner shell, which can display a general quality assessment for an article, and to let project banner templates "inherit" this assessment.

No action is required if your wikiproject follows the standard assessment approach. Over time, quality assessments will be migrated up to WikiProject banner shell, and your project banner will automatically "inherit" any changes to the general assessments for the purpose of assigning categories.

However, if your project has decided to "opt out" and follow a non-standard quality assessment approach, all you have to do is modify your wikiproject banner template to pass WPBannerMeta a new custom parameter. If this is done, changes to the general quality assessment will be ignored, and your project-level assessment will be displayed and used to create categories, as at present. Aymatth2 (talk) 16:44, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

Baja California Desert listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Baja California Desert to be moved to Baja California desert. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 05:02, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
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Karakum Desert listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Karakum Desert to be moved to Karakum. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 03:46, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
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Western Desert (Egypt) listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Western Desert (Egypt) to be moved to Western Desert. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 10:50, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
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Requested move at Talk:Western Desert (Egypt)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Western Desert (Egypt) that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Safari Scribe Edits! Talk! 19:43, 24 June 2024 (UTC)