Wikipedia:WikiProject Islands

WikiProject Islands

Shortcut	WP:ISLANDS
Category	WikiProject Islands
Portal	Islands
Wikimedia Commons	Islands
Parent project(s)	Geography
Project banner template	{{WikiProject Islands}}
Userboxes	{{User WP Islands}} {{User WP Islands1}} {{User interest islands}}
Assessment	Wikipedia:WikiProject Islands/Assessment
Popular pages	Wikipedia:WikiProject Islands/Popular pages

Welcome to WikiProject Islands. Some Wikipedians have formed this collaboration resource and group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Islands and the organization of information and articles on this topic. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in the topic. If you would like to help, please join the project, inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list below.

Goals

• To improve or create articles for the betterment of Wikipedia's coverage of Islands.

Guidelines

This project is dedicated to improving the quality of writing and the amount of information for all island and island-related articles on Wikipedia. This includes:

1. Article coordination, organization and collaborations
2. Article creation, expansion and maintenance
3. Article categorization
4. Maintaining objectivity and neutral point-of-view in island-related articles

Article Alerts

Article alerts

Did you know

• 28 Oct 2024 – History of Key West (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Bronson Fotiadis1 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 03 Nov 2024 – Ben Cay (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Kingsmasher678 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants; relisted)
• 03 Nov 2024 – Base Line Cay (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Kingsmasher678 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants; relisted)
• 03 Nov 2024 – Big Cave Cay (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Kingsmasher678 (t · c); see discussion (1 participant; relisted)

Categories for discussion

• 10 Nov 2024 – Category:Alcohol-related deaths in the Kingdom of Tahiti (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion

Redirects for discussion

• 15 Nov 2024 – Fishers Island, New York (old edit history) (talk · edit · hist) →Fishers Island, New York was RfDed by Sonic678 (t · c); see discussion
• 06 Nov 2024 – Karhusaari (island) (talk · edit · hist) →Angelniemi was RfDed by JIP (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 26 Oct 2024 – History of Key West (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Bronson Fotiadis1 (t · c); start discussion

Articles to be merged

• 19 Sep 2024 – Little Diomede Island (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Diomede, Alaska by RadioKAOS (t · c); see discussion
• 19 Sep 2024 – Murray Island, Queensland (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Mer Island, Queensland by Kerry Raymond (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 02 Mar 2024 – Cebu (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Diannaa (t · c); see discussion
• 26 Dec 2023 – Trindade and Martim Vaz (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Akaibu1 (t · c); see discussion
• 15 Jun 2023 – Hoopers Island (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by AviationFreak (t · c); see discussion
• 01 Jan 2023 – List of islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 119.236.29.65 (t · c); see discussion
• 23 Jun 2022 – Wanshan Archipelago (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 219.76.62.114 (t · c); see discussion
• 05 Dec 2021 – Tang Lung Chau (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 220.246.55.231 (t · c); see discussion
• 22 Nov 2021 – Green Island, Hong Kong (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Msgj (t · c); see discussion

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Participants

See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Directory/Description/WikiProject Islands

Please feel free to add yourself here.

1. ERK ^talk
2. Ratzer ^{talk • contribs}
3. Av9^{talk •contribs}
4. Rosiestep ^{talk • contribs}
5. User:Nvvchar
6. User:MChew - Pacific islands
7. User:Xhavnak
8. Danimations User talk:Danimations - Australian islands (mostly South Australian)
9. User:Jacsam2 - Indonesian Islands
10. User:Jowaninpensans – Isles of Scilly
11. User:Billertl - United States Islands
12. User:SatuSuro - category work
13. User:Unscintillating - Pacific islands
14. User:Ljgua124 - Polynesian & Antarctic islands
15. Victão Lopes ^{I hear you...} - mostly Brazilian islands
16. User:EileenSanda - Faroe Islands
17. User:thechristiancontender - Islands in Canada, Isles of the UK, and BVI territories.
18. user:John Vandenberg
19. — иz нίpнόp ^ʜᴇʟᴘ! – Mostly Malaysia island in the state of Sabah
20. User:Srolanh - Islands of Riga and Latvia
21. User:Theworldgymnast1
22. User:Balon Greyjoy - Galapagos Islands
23. --DThomsen8 (talk)
24. User:Reedman72
25. User:PaintedCarpet
26. Wikirictor ^{talk • contribs} Islands of Cambodia
27. MusikAnimal ^talk
28. Chuq (talk)
29. Vitreology (talk) (Mostly islands of Tasmania, Australia)
30. Jacobdaun
31. Marek.69 ^talk
32. Cowdy001 (talk) - islands in South Australia and adjoining coastlines
33. Fenix down - mainly islands of arctic Russia.
34. User:Ds2320
35. User:Mauritiusboy
36. User:Đông Minh
37. User:Oeoi
38. Koridas (Speak) 16:28, 3 April 2020 (UTC) - Interested in Vanuatu islands
39. Fondycardinals - Islands of the Great Lakes and North America
40. History DMZ ^{(talk)+(ping)}
41. jp×g 18:27, 20 September 2020 (UTC) Islands are my friends, and I love them.
42. Sunmarsh (talk) 23:24, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
43. User:Kieran207
44. DestinationFearFan (talk) 19:52, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
45. User:Pladica (talk) 02:34, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
46. JesterSocks (talk) 10:27, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
47. User:Jonadrews 12:49, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
48. User:Yukōshe
49. Wolfgang8741 says: If not you, then who? (talk) project tagging and infobox use consistency
50. User:G. Moore Italian and Caribbean islands -- Talk to G Moore 14:55, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
51. User:C933103 - Northeast Asia, South China Sea, and Micronesia
52. User:CareAhLine
53. User:ShaveKongo Papua New Guinea
54. User:Arkab
55. User:Ostrov Linii Kiribati and French Polynesia
56. User:Petersmeter Northland New Zealand

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Articles

Featured content

See the project's Recognized content page for Good articles, Featured lists and Featured portals

There are currently 12 featured articles and 4 featured lists:

• Amchitka
• Carabane
• Caroline Island
• Falkland Islands
• Ford Island
• Isle of Skye
• Madagascar
• Nauru
• New South Greenland
• Shapinsay
• Surtsey
• List of freshwater islands in Scotland
• List of inhabited islands of Croatia
• List of Inner Hebrides
• List of Shetland islands

Candidates

• -empty-

New articles

Please feel free to list your new Islands-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them, are at least over 1,500 characters, don't have any dispute templates on them, and cite their sources, should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Wikipedia Main Page.

2023

• Midai Island
• Native Island
• Serasan Island

2021

• Solnohu
• Cikobia-i-Lau

2020

• Middle Island (Lake Huron)
• Bellow Island
• Naubinway Island
• List of islands of Wisconsin
• Calayan Island

2019

• Cook Island (New South Wales)
• Smooth Island (Tasmania)
• Vernon Islands

2017

December

• Caquorobert

January

• Garden Island (South Australia)

2016

January

• Dangerous Reef

2015

August

• Royston Island
• South Island
• Unnamed island, Baird Bay
• List of islands within the Murray River in South Australia

July

• Template:Islands of South Australia

May

• Pearson Isles
• Pearson Island
• Dorothee Island
• Veteran Isles

April

• Isla Gibraleón
• Isla San Telmo
• Jones Island (South Australia)

January

• Boquerón Island
• Cabruna Island
• Ceycén Island
• Mangle Island
• Panda Island

2014

• List of breweries in the United States Virgin Islands – Created on 27 October 2014. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 13:30, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

2013

• List of companies based in the Canary Islands – Created on 15 December 2013. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 13:29, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

• I've been slowly working my way through the Philippine islands. Created Pan de Azucar and Tumaguin Island and improved Sicogon Island. PaintedCarpet (talk) 17:04, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

• I recently created Omfori Island. There wasn't loads of information about it but if you need to edit anything, please feel free. User:Theworldgymnast1 (talk) 16:10, 2nd December 2013 (UTC)

• I recently created an article named Lucavsala. Srolanh (talk) 19:17, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

2012

• Hi, I recently created Miangas, island in Indonesia that is famous in international law. I also propose DYK for that. Thanks.*Annas* (talk) 05:38, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

• I recently created: Populated islands of the Great Lakes. The article lists islands with a population of more than about 100. And I decided to include islands of the great lakes region, and not just ones that are strictly located in one of the Great Lakes. I provided brief descriptions for each island, along with references, and a link to each island's main article. Please let me know if I missed any populated islands on the list. Billertl (talk) 20:16, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Assessment scheme

See Wikipedia:WikiProject Islands/Assessment

Templates

Project banner

• {{WikiProject Islands|class=}}

Where class is the article's quality rating.

An article assessed as Start-class would look like this:

Article infobox templates

• {{infobox islands}}
• {{Infobox Scottish island}}

Userboxes

Code	Result
{{Template:User on island}}	This user lives on an island.	Usage
{{Template:User islander}}	This user is an Islander.	Usage
{{Template:User interest islands}}	This user is interested in Islands.	Usage
{{Template:User WP Islands}}	This user is a participant in WikiProject Islands.	Usage
{{Template:User WP Islands1}}	This user is a participant in WikiProject Islands.	Usage

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Categories

Project maintenance based

Cleanup listing

A range of tasks are available at Cleanup listing.

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.

Subpages

• List of all subpages of this page

Resources

Related projects

• WP:WikiProject Geography
• WP:WikiProject British Overseas Territories
• WP:WikiProject Channel Islands
• WP:WikiProject South America/Falkland Islands work group
• WP:WikiProject Scottish Islands
• WP:WikiProject Faroe Islands
• WP:WikiProject Greece
• WP:WikiProject Caribbean
• WP:WikiProject Indonesia
• WP:WikiProject Philippines
• WP:WikiProject Micronesia
• WP:WikiProject Polynesia
• WP:WikiProject Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Tools

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