Wikipedia:WikiProject British Columbia

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Introduction

This WikiProject aims to organize, improve the quality, and provide accurate information in an established, community-driven, Wikipedia standard for the province of British Columbia, Canada, and its related articles. The importance of these articles for new users, research, education, and the pursuit of accumulated knowledge will be accomplished through our efforts in providing a consistent format and standard to our articles. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to participate, please follow the instruction on the Member's Page.

Scope and Motivation

1. British Columbia is Canada's third largest province.
2. British Columbia's largest city is Vancouver (Canada's third largest metropolitan centre).
3. British Columbia has the largest and oldest trees in Canada.
4. British Columbia has the largest fishing industry in Canada.
5. British Columbia is Canada's second-largest generator of hydroelectricity.
6. British Columbia is Canada's second-largest natural gas producer.
7. British Columbia is the third-largest film and television production centre in North America (after New York and Los Angeles).
8. British Columbia is Canada's main trade gateway to the Pacific, through ports such as the Port of Vancouver and Deltaport.

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Did you know

• 16 Oct 2024 – Liliget Feast House (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Ornithoptera (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 10 Nov 2024 – Krsy Fox (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Bearcat (t · c) was closed as keep by Vanderwaalforces (t · c) on 17 Nov 2024; see discussion (5 participants)
• 08 Nov 2024 – Self Taught (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Clovermoss (t · c) was closed as delete by Star Mississippi (t · c) on 15 Nov 2024; see discussion (5 participants)

Proposed deletions

• 21 Nov 2024 – Beresford, British Columbia (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by WeirdNAnnoyed (t · c): Non-notable location. The only information I could find is this: [1], which appears to be WP:UGC. Nothing else found. Coordinates geolocate to a remote lake, but on the map "Beresford&q ...

Featured article candidates

• 20 Nov 2024 – Mount Edziza (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Volcanoguy (t · c); see discussion

Featured list candidates

• 22 Oct 2024 – List of towns in British Columbia (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by CosXZ (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 18 Oct 2024 – Mess Creek Escarpment (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Volcanoguy (t · c); start discussion
• 16 Oct 2024 – Sam Kee Building (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Yue (t · c); start discussion
• 20 Sep 2024 – Kitsu Plateau (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Volcanoguy (t · c); start discussion
• 18 Aug 2024 – Big Raven Plateau (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Volcanoguy (t · c); start discussion
• 25 Jul 2024 – Spectrum Range (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Volcanoguy (t · c); start discussion
• 09 Jul 2024 – Tennena Cone (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Volcanoguy (t · c); start discussion

Requested moves

• 20 Nov 2024 – Sovanco Fracture Zone (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Sovanco fracture zone by Dicklyon (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 15 Nov 2024 – Clark Range (Rocky Mountains) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Livingston Range by Volcanoguy (t · c); see discussion
• 15 Nov 2024 – Livingston Range (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Clark Range (Rocky Mountains) by Volcanoguy (t · c); see discussion
• 01 Sep 2024 – Burnaby-class ferry (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to V-class ferry by Emma0mb (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 11 Nov 2024 – Draft:Freedom Party of British Columbia 2023 (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Amrit.Birring (t · c)

Featured Articles

2007–2008 Nazko earthquakes – February 11, 2010 Bobcat – July 7, 2007 Canoe River train crash – July 21, 2011 Chetwynd, British Columbia – November 4, 2007 Columbia River – September 29, 2009 Cougar – June 4, 2007 Cutthroat trout – April 30, 2014 David Suzuki: The Autobiography – April 18, 2008 Dawson Creek, British Columbia – August 29, 2006 Eric Brewer – July 22, 2008 Joe Sakic – December 3, 2007 Killer Whale – August 3, 2004 List of airports in the Okanagan – February 25, 2013 List of British Columbia general elections – December 11, 2006 List of municipalities in British Columbia – July 14, 2007 List of premiers of British Columbia – December 13, 2008 List of Vancouver Canucks head coaches – July 26, 2008 List of Vancouver Canucks players – May 25, 2008 List of Vancouver SkyTrain stations – October 25, 2008 Mount Cayley volcanic field – August 18, 2010 SkyTrain (Vancouver) – June 19, 2007 The Volcano (British Columbia) – July 6, 2010 Trevor Linden – May 22, 2008 Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia – February 7, 2008 Venues of the 2010 Winter Olympics – March 22, 2010

See also: Category:FA-Class British Columbia articles and Category:FL-Class British Columbia articles

Good Articles

Adams River (British Columbia) - April 27, 2011 Anahim hotspot - June 18, 2008 Bowie Seamount - November 7, 2008 BX (sternwheeler) - July 15, 2007 Columbia River - November 11, 2007 Coquitlam - February 22, 2009 Craigflower Manor and Schoolhouse - August 28, 2007 Henry Pering Pellew Crease - July 8, 2007 Itcha Range - January 5, 2014 Mount Edziza volcanic complex - September 15, 2008 Mount Garibaldi - June 26, 2008 Pauline Johnson - January 5, 2007 Silverthrone Caldera - August 13, 2008 Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field - August 20, 2008

See also: Category:GA-Class British Columbia articles

Structure

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To do

From Qyd

1. Maintain and further develop Outline of British Columbia which provides a bird's eye view of this subject. (You can also use it as a watchlist, by clicking on "Related changes" on the sidebar menu while viewing the outline).
2. Can we make British Columbia a Featured Article(FA) ??
3. Expand articles listed in:
   • Category:British Columbia stubs
   • Category:British Columbia geography stubs
   • Especially those found in the lists at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/British Columbia articles by quality that are High or Mid importance but are still only Stub or Start quality.
   • Stubs in Category:Provincial Parks of British Columbia.
4. Organize list structure and add to list of needed articles:
   • WikiProject British Columbia/Article requests
5. Check for and do needed articles at:
   • WikiProject British Columbia/Article requests
6. Establish collaborations and improvements for British Columbia related articles
7. For Photo Requests, add {{reqphoto|in=British Columbia}} to the talk page. (see {{reqphoto}})
8. For Map Requests Use {{reqmapin|British Columbia}} on talk page of articles needing maps which will list maps needed at: Category:Wikipedia requested maps in British Columbia. As an alternative using {{coord|50|28|N|126|05|W|display=title|region:CA_type:waterbody}}, for example, as it appears on Johnstone Strait gives a link to map/sat images that is a reasonable alternative. See {{coord}} for more information. Also consider adding link to BC Government place name database using {{BCGNIS}} template.
9. Assessments
   • Review existing assessment of articles and reassess following WikiProject British Columbia/Assessment
   • Clarify assessment criteria at WikiProject British Columbia/Assessment
10. Add BC Project tag to remaining BC Highways. See note at Category talk:British Columbia provincial highways.
11. Cleanup BC-STV.
12. There are getting to be quite a few B Class articles in this project. The next step in the assessment process is to nominate these articles as Good Articles following the nomination process.
13. Browse the BC New Articles page to see what the bot has found.
14. Add BCProject template to articles within project scope. Use {{WikiProject Canada|bc=yes|class=Stub|importance=low}} following the assessment guidelines (importance = low, mid, high or top, class = stub, start, b, ga, a or fa). Here are some of the many BC categories (drill to sub and parent categories as well) where you can look for untagged articles and articles to expand:

BC | Provincial Parks | Prot Area Stubs | Parks | Settlements | Islands | SFU | UBC | UVic | UNB | Senators | People | Geography | Highways | Mayors of Vancouver | MLAs | Premiers | Islands | Victoria | Transport | Elections | History | Fjords | Education | Nanaimo | Museums | Sports | Culture | Restaurants | Bridges | Tourism | Media | Cities | Victoria History | Lakes | Politics | People from Victoria | Hotels | BC Lions Players | Airports | Politicians | Explorers | Volcanoes | Tourist Attractions | Railway Stations | Organizations | Transit Agencies | Mountain Ranges | Pre-Confederation people | Companies | Private Schools | Lieutenant Governors | Mayors | MPs | Curlers | Trees | Natural history | Highways | Plateaus

See also

• Wikipedia:Canadian wikipedians' notice board/British Columbia
• Current Events Canada Portal
• User:Buchanan-Hermit/WikiProject-Sandbox - an abandoned WikiProject sandbox on the same topic.
• List of British Columbia-related topics

Resources

External Websites:

• Province of British Columbia
• Legislative Assembly of BC
• BC Education
• BC Stats
• BC Archives
• Globe and Mail BC
• HealthLink BC
• Travel Guide BC
• Travel BC
• Tourism BC
• Vancouver Island History, UVic
• Canadiana.org Archival Sources Online
  • Biographical dictionary of well-known British Columbians : with a historical sketch, John Blaine Kerr, 1890
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography
• Encylopedia of British Columbia (Subscription required)
• City of Vancouver Archives
• BC GenWeb
• Canadian Genealogy and History Links
• John Robson's Homepage History of exploration of NW of N America
• Nos Racines/Our Roots website, similar to Canadiana.org and including major regional and provincial histories by Alexander Begg, E.O.S. Scholefield, Frederic W. Howay, Hubert Howe Bancroft, plus a variety of corporate and civic and personal documents, including notable legal cases.
• University of Washington Libraries: Digital Collections, includes much on British Columbia
• Classics in Washington History, includes much on British Columbia
• The Bancroft Collection of Western and Latin Americana, Bancroft Library, U.Cal.Berkeley

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.

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