Wikipedia:WikiProject Animals
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WikiProject Animals |
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Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to animals. 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 help, please inquire on the talk page and see the Task list. To join the project, add your username here.
Scope and goals
[edit]This WikiProject aims primarily to describe, create and maintain articles on all animals, that is, all species belonging to the kingdom Animalia. This project's scope also includes zoologists and zoology-related articles.
Goals:
- Create and maintain articles about animals to an encyclopedic standard.
- Describe all families, genera and species of the kingdom Animalia.
- Maintain Category:Animals and its subcategories.
- Assess and rate articles under the scope of Wikiproject Animals.
WikiProject Animals Monthly Task List for August
This is the WikiProject Animals monthly task list. If you finish a task, feel free to remove it at Wikipedia:WikiProject Animals/Monthly.
- Create: Infanticide in primates.
- Maintain: Portal:Animals; nominate DYKs.
- Expand: wholphin.
- Recruit more members! (You may be able to find interested parties in the WikiProjects listed here).
WikiProject family tree
[edit]- WikiProject Science
- WikiProject Biology
- WikiProject Tree of Life
- WikiProject Animals
- (By taxa)
- WikiProject Arthropods
- Molluscs:
- Vertebrates:
- (Other)
- WikiProject Animals
- WikiProject Tree of Life
- WikiProject Biology
Similar WikiProjects
[edit]- WikiProject Plants is the project concerning the kingdom Plantae, which WikiProject Animals was modeled after.
- WikiProject Fungi is the project concerning the kingdom Fungi.
- WikiProject Paleontology for extinct and fossil organisms
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Animals in media
Article alerts
[edit]Did you know
- 05 Aug 2024 – Owha (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Panamitsu (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Jul 2024 – Babydog (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Thriley (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Jul 2024 – Poll (parrot) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Di (they-them) (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Jul 2024 – White bear of Henry III (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Dumelow (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 17 Aug 2024 – Man or bear (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Closed Limelike Curves (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 14 Aug 2024 – Canine Cushing's Syndrome (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Traumnovelle (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 13 Aug 2024 – Chinese long-haired wolfdog (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Fram (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 12 Aug 2024 – Cyber-Enhanced Working Dog (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mccapra (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 12 Aug 2024 – Dog Puller (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by TanRabbitry (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 12 Aug 2024 – Pet Sitters International (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Star Mississippi (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 11 Aug 2024 – Moscow Water Dog (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by CoconutOctopus (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
- 31 Jul 2024 – List of miscellaneous fictional animals (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Sgeureka (t · c) was closed as no consensus by Daniel (t · c) on 16 Aug 2024; see discussion (15 participants; relisted)
Proposed deletions
- 15 Aug 2024 – Pratylenchus dulscus (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by 122.56.85.105 (t · c): Cannot find any sources or evidence which don't link back to wikipedia. Does not seem to exist, not even in any database. WP:SPECIESOUTCOMES does not apply because of this. and endorsed by Plantdrew (t · c) on 16 Aug 2024
- 11 Aug 2024 – Dog Puller (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by TanRabbitry (t · c) was deproded by 2600:1002:B151:5308:0:2E:9A0A:D501 (t · c) on 11 Aug 2024
Featured article candidates
- 15 Jul 2024 – Heptamegacanthus (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Mattximus (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
Requests for comments
Articles to be split
- 03 Jan 2024 – Anisakis (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Artoria2e5 (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Dec 2023 – Marthasterias (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Plantdrew (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Oct 2021 – Animal furniture (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 94.232.189.253 (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 05 Aug 2024 – Draft:Wildlife Wonders Apollo Bay (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 101.185.99.63 (t · c)
- 25 Jul 2024 – Draft:Wildlife Conservation Initiative (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Coyote3395 (t · c)
- 17 Jul 2024 – Draft:Old Whitey (horse) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by JimmyCarterLover1 (t · c)
- undated – Draft:Bantu pig (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC
- 11 Apr 2024 – Draft:American Ringtail (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by WPGalaxyCat1 (t · c) was declined by Youknowwhoistheman (t · c) on 13 Aug 2024
AfDs
[edit]Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Animal
Naming conventions
[edit]Common (vernacular) names are not capitalised (except where proper names appear).
Article content
[edit]For articles where a common name is used for the article title, the consensus way to write the combination of common name plus scientific name in the lead is (per this discussion):
- The giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) is an even-toed ungulate mammal....
Namely, bold common name followed by bolded and italic scientific name in parentheses.
Barnstar
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The Fauna Barnstar | |
This award is given to those who have made significant contributions to articles that are part of WikiProject Animals |
Usage
To use this, simply add
{{The Fauna Barnstar|message ~~~~}}
to the talk page of the user you wish to reward. Make sure you include a message indicating why they are receiving the award.
Tools
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A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.
- Specific category example: Orphaned articles in Animals
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life/Cladogram requests - Cladogram requests page
- SpeciesHelper - For species articles, automatically adds the short description, speciesbox, category, taxonbar, and stub template.
Direct links
[edit]- Alphabetic results: Alphabetic cleanup listing
- By category results: By category cleanup listing
- Specific category: Orphaned articles cleanup listing Note: Spaces in the category name need to be replaced with %20
Obsolete
[edit]- Main tool page: "tools:~dispenser/view/Tools|toolserver.org"
- "tools:~dispenser/view/Reflinks|Reflinks" - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
- "tools:~dispenser/view/Checklinks|Checklinks" - Edit and repair external links
- "tools:~dispenser/view/Dab_solver|Dab solver" - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
- "tools:~dispenser/view/Peer_reviewer|Peer reviewer" - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.