Wikipedia:WikiProject Gibraltar

WikiProject Gibraltar
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This is a WikiProject, an area for focused collaboration among Wikipedians. New participants are welcome; please feel free to participate!

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Some Wikipedians have formed a project to expand and organise information better in articles related to Gibraltar. This page contains their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help but don't know what to do, inquire on our talk page.

Scope

This WikiProject aims to:

Put the {{WikiProject Gibraltar}} tag on the Talk page of all Gibraltar-related articles
- The intention is to add the {{WikiProject Gibraltar}} tag to the talk pages of appropriate articles in all Gibraltar-related categories on this page.

Expand the number of Gibraltar-related articles

Improve the quality of Gibraltar-related articles (see discussion)

Work towards the promotion of Gibraltar-related articles as "Good articles"

Work towards the promotion of Gibraltar-related articles as "Featured articles"

Create a Gibraltar-related "Collaboration of the Week"

Add Gibraltar-related articles to WikiProject Gibraltar's public watchlist

Recent developments log

151 articles have been identified as Gibraltar-related and tagged with {{WikiProject Gibraltar}}. See Category:WikiProject Gibraltar for the full list.
Gibraltar-related categories have been identified and listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Gibraltar/Gibraltar-related categories.
Next step: creation of a shared watchlist to facilitate monitoring of recent changes to Gibraltar-related articles.

-- ChrisO 17:24, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Initial version of public watchlist has been created - see Wikipedia:WikiProject Gibraltar/publicwatchlist. The list of image assets still needs to be populated.

-- ChrisO 18:01, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The list of image assets and templates has now been populated on the public watchlist. Next step - improving articles!

-- ChrisO 00:00, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Article alerts

Article alerts

Articles for deletion

18 Nov 2024 – Upper All's Well Cave (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Kingsmasher678 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
18 Nov 2024 – Wilson's Cave (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Kingsmasher678 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants; relisted)
21 Nov 2024 – Bellman's Cave (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Kingsmasher678 (t · c) was closed as delete by Asilvering (t · c) on 28 Nov 2024; see discussion (4 participants)
21 Nov 2024 – Catalan Bay Cave (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Kingsmasher678 (t · c) was closed as redirect by Asilvering (t · c) on 28 Nov 2024; see discussion (5 participants)
21 Nov 2024 – George's Bottom Cave (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Kingsmasher678 (t · c) was closed as merge by Asilvering (t · c) on 28 Nov 2024; see discussion (4 participants)
19 Nov 2024 – Levant Cave (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Kingsmasher678 (t · c) was closed as redirect by Just Step Sideways (t · c) on 26 Nov 2024; see discussion (3 participants)
19 Nov 2024 – Mediterranean Cave (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Kingsmasher678 (t · c) was closed as keep by Rjjiii (t · c) on 26 Nov 2024; see discussion (6 participants)
18 Nov 2024 – Spider Cave (Gibraltar) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Kingsmasher678 (t · c) was closed as merge by Vanderwaalforces (t · c) on 25 Nov 2024; see discussion (4 participants)
18 Nov 2024 – Tina's Fissure (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Kingsmasher678 (t · c) was closed as redirect by Asilvering (t · c) on 25 Nov 2024; see discussion (3 participants)

Proposed deletions

25 Nov 2024 – Sir Herbert Miles Road (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by AusLondonder (t · c): Fails WP:NROAD.
18 Nov 2024 – Glacis Road (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by AusLondonder (t · c) was deleted

Categories for discussion

18 Nov 2024 – Category:Charities based in Gibraltar (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by AusLondonder (t · c) was closed; see discussion
18 Nov 2024 – Category:Maps of Gibraltar (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by AusLondonder (t · c) was closed; see discussion
18 Nov 2024 – Category:Dunes of Gibraltar (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by AusLondonder (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Articles to be split

05 Oct 2024 – Francoist Spain (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Salmoonlight (t · c); see discussion

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Open tasks

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Region code

When adding coordinates to articles about features in Gibraltar, using {{Coord}}, the |region= parameter should be set to "GI".

Recognised content

Featured articles

History of Gibraltar

Featured lists

Good articles

Featured pictures

Did you know (DYK)s

... that Prof. Clive Finlayson has theorised that the genetic similarities between neanderthals and humans are not only due to interbreeding but could also originate from a common African ancestor...?
... that philanthropist John Mackintosh left a will allowing the provision of a public trust for the advancement of education in Gibraltar?
... that naval officer James Coutts Crawford served in three sieges in the American War of Independence, once as part of the besieging forces (Charleston) and twice as a defender (Savannah and Gibraltar)?
... that Dorothy Ellicott was the first woman to be elected to two different Gibraltar Councils and was posthumously awarded the Gibraltar Medallion of Honour on Gibraltar National Day 2008?
... that in 1939, excavations beneath John Mackintosh Square in Gibraltar for the construction of an air-raid shelter revealed no signs of any foundations, suggesting it has always been an open square?
... that Juan Mateos was the founder of Gibraltar's first hospital which remained on the same site and served the people of Gibraltar for almost four and a half centuries?
... that Gibtelecom is the largest telecommunications operator in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar and the official sponsor of the annual Gibtelecom International Chess Festival?
... that all of early 14th century Europe was consecrated under the protection of Our Lady of Europe (statue pictured) in Gibraltar where devotion has continued for over 700 years?
... that Giovanni Battista Calvi was an Italian military engineer who worked on many important Spanish defensive projects in the 1500s, to include those in the now British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar?
... that Gibraltar's National Day is celebrated every 10 September by releasing 30,000 red and white balloons (pictured) which represent the people of Gibraltar?
... that since 2006, a Gibraltarian no longer needs be a Member of Parliament to become Mayor of Gibraltar?
... that in 1704 Simón Susarte, a Spanish Gibraltarian goatherd, revealed a concealed path (pictured) to the Spanish Army which led to the top of the Rock of Gibraltar, so they could surprise the Anglo-Dutch troops based there?
... that Gibraltar's St. Michael's Cave (pictured), prepared as an emergency hospital during World War II, at present contains an auditorium and receives almost a million visitors a year?
... that Gibraltarian pop rock band Taxi is made up of three of Melon Diesel's former members and write songs in Spanish only despite their being British?
... that the Gibraltar Football Association had their UEFA membership application blocked by Spain due to their claim on the territory?
... that Gibraltarian degree level students studying in a UK university receive a full scholarship from the Government of Gibraltar?
... that Gibraltar passports are full British passports which are particularly issued to Gibraltarians and only differ in some wording?
... that a statue originally created in 1815 for the The Alameda Gibraltar Botanic Gardens was carved from the bowsprit of the Spanish ship San Juan Nepomuceno, taken at the Battle of Trafalgar?
... that the cuisine of Gibraltar includes Maltese, Genoese and Portuguese culinary influences?
... that Operation Tracer was a top-secret WWII mission in which six men were to be buried alive inside the Rock of Gibraltar so that they could monitor enemy movements after the Rock's capture?
... that news of the British victory in the Battle of Trafalgar was reported in the Gibraltar Chronicle a fortnight before it reached England?
... that in 2006 Gibraltar was granted a new constitution, giving it a modern constitutional relationship with the United Kingdom?
... that Horace Walpole called John Trumbull's oil-on-canvas The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar, 1789 (pictured) "the finest picture [he] had ever seen painted on the northern side of the Alps"?
... that Mozart never finished his composition for voice and piano to celebrate the Great Siege of Gibraltar during the American Revolutionary War?
... that John Singleton Copley's oil-on-canvas The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar, September 1782 is one of Britain’s largest oil paintings?
... that the Governor's residence in Gibraltar (pictured) is supposedly haunted by the ghost of a nun who was bricked up alive into a chamber wall?
... that Thomas William Bowlby (1818 - 1860), a Gibraltar-born correspondent for The Times was captured and imprisoned by the Tartar General Sengge Rinchen whilst on correspondence in Tongzhou, Beijing?
... that the English Law (Application) Act 1962 ended legal recognition of seduction as a civil offence in Gibraltar?

Formerly recognized content

Former featured articles

Former good articles

Participants

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To join WikiProject Gibraltar, edit this section and add the Wikitext #{{subst:me}} with your areas of interest to the bottom of the following list of participants. Participants should also place participant identification on their user page.

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Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.

Buaidh (talk · contribs) 01:48:58, 19 March 2019 (UTC) – WikiProject templates and categories.[reply]

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Portal

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Assessment

Gibraltar articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	1	1		1			3
FL		1	1				2
FM					3		3
GA		4	4	5			13
B	6	19	24	20		2	71
C	19	59	96	44		7	225
Start	5	55	100	157		45	362
Stub	2	20	89	232		62	405
List	1	6	9	21		6	43
Category					1,043		1,043
Disambig					1		1
File					78		78
Portal					1		1
Project					5		5
Redirect		1	9	53	26		89
Template					71		71
NA					1		1
Other					5		5
Assessed	34	166	332	533	1,234	122	2,421
Unassessed						21	21
Total	34	166	332	533	1,234	143	2,442
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 5,379			Ω = 4.99

Stubs

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Templates

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Scope

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Buildings and structures

Public buildings and amenities

Historic buildings

Hotels

Moles

Religious

Schools

Unsorted

Culture of Gibraltar

Arts

Breweries

Events

Film

Food

Bars and restaurants

Philately

Television

Theatre

Geography

Beaches and bays

Caves

Parks

Streets, roads and squares (images available)

Pedestrianised

Roads

Squares

Tunnels

Wrecks and diving sites

Detatched Mole

South Mole

Rosia area

Camp Bay and Little Bay

Europa Point

East Side

History

Military

Events

Fortifications

Batteries

Counterguards

Ditches

Magazines

Towers

Unsorted

Organisations

People

Places

Ships

Weapons

Organisations

Companies

Overview articles

People

People from Gibraltar

People Associated with Gibraltar

Politics

Government

Law

Transport

Unsorted

Plants in the Gibraltar Botanic Gardens

Plaques

Region code

Recognised content

Featured articles

Featured lists

Good articles

Featured pictures

Did you know (DYK)s

Formerly recognized content

Former featured articles

Former good articles

Participants

Active participants

Former participants

Participant identification