Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Iceland

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First powered Icelandic boat
Members may be interested in the discussion in WT:SHIPS about whether Stanley (boat) meets WP:GNG. The stub is now sourced and there is more content at is:Stanley (bátur), sourced to this article. Unfortunately, GoogleTranslate doesn't seem to cope with Icelandic very idiomatically. Can anyone here assist with this? Davidships (talk) 10:31, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

User script to detect unreliable sources
I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like and turns it into something like
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from cite web, cite journal and doi.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

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Should Earl and Jarl be split?
Please comment at Talk:Earl to give your opinion on whether text on the Scandinavian jarl should be moved to Jarl (title), which currently redirects to Earl. Thanks. Ltwin (talk) 01:55, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for 2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis
2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 18:09, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

Icelander's names.
Is this Wikiproject still active? In ictu oculi (talk) 15:24, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Somewhat, yes. Alvaldi (talk) 15:27, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Requested move
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:TF-RÁN (II). - ZLEA  T \ C 00:17, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
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"WikiProject Iceland" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WikiProject_Iceland&redirect=no WikiProject Iceland] has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached. –  City Urbanism  🗩   🖉  21:52, 8 April 2023 (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) 14:46, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

Women in Green's 5th Edit-a-thon
 Hello WikiProject Iceland:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a  month-long Good Article Edit-a-thon event in October 2023!

Running from October 1 to 31, 2023, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) edit-a-thon event with the theme Around the World in 31 Days! All experience levels welcome. Never worked on a GA project before? We'll teach you how to get started. Or maybe you're an old hand at GAs – we'd love to have you involved! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works (e.g., books, films) during the event period. We hope to collectively cover article subjects from at least 31 countries (or broader international articles) by month's end. GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to earn a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.

We hope to see you there! Grnrchst (talk) 13:09, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Education in Iceland
Education in Iceland has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 22:36, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Something you should be aware of. (regarding Bogi)
Check the talk page of Bogi Ágústsson and you will see what I mean. Blaze The Movie Fan (talk) 01:20, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Translating "Baðstofa"
In the article Agnes Magnúsdóttir this was translated as "bathroom". Having recently read the book Burial Rites based on her life, and struggled to understand this word, I'm fairly sure that's not the best translation for an early 19th-century house. I've edited the article to give an inter-wiki link and added "((the main living space of the house)", but someone more familiar with Iceland and Icelandic could certainly do better. Over to you. Pam  D  18:18, 21 March 2024 (UTC)


 * According to Árnastofnun, the english translation is communal living room. Baðstofa seems to have originally have been some kind of a sauna according to the Icelandic Web of Science (run by the University of Iceland). By the 16th century it had transformed into the main living space of a house. Alvaldi (talk) 18:38, 21 March 2024 (UTC)


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Althing: Outdated template, outdated articles
is outdated and hasn't been updated with the results of the 2021 election, nor with other changes to the composition of Iceland's parliament since, so it is not really useful in this state. As, by the way, are quite a lot of articles about members of the Althing, for example I just updated Þuríður Backman which still described her as a a current member of the Althing, though she served only until 2013. I'm already trying to keep articles on Iceland's politics and politicians current in German-language Wikipedia as best as I can and don't have the time and energy to do this here in English WP as well, so I'm just pointing this out hoping that members of the local community are willing to help. Maybe a template like should rather be deleted if it can't be kept current and can't serve its purpose? Gestumblindi (talk) 16:58, 26 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Template updated. As for the articles, I do not have the time either. Snævar (talk) 15:19, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for updating the template, Snævar! Although I think that "As of 25 September 2021" isn't quite correct if you use https://www.althingi.is/thingmenn/althingismenn/ as your source, because that is the list of the current alþingismenn, and there have been some changes since the 2021 elections. For example, "as of 25 September 2021", Helga Vala Helgadóttir would have been a member of Alþingi, but she resigned in 2023 and Dagbjört Hákonardóttir got her seat, so Helga Vala isn't in the current list. In German Wikipedia's list de:Liste der Mitglieder des Althing 2021, I noted the changes in the "Kommentar" column. Gestumblindi (talk) 21:42, 28 May 2024 (UTC)