Wikipedia:WikiProject Gibraltar

For the GibraltarpediA project, which includes this project within its scope, seeWikipedia:GLAM/GibraltarpediA.

WikiProjectGibraltar

This WikiProject is aboutGibraltar.
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SomeWikipedianshave formed aprojectto expand and organise information better in articles related toGibraltar.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 ourtalk 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 onthis page.

• Expand the number of Gibraltar-related articles

• Improve the quality of Gibraltar-related articles (seediscussion)

• 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 toWikiProject Gibraltar's public watchlist

Recent developments log

• 151 articles have been identified as Gibraltar-related and tagged with{{WikiProject Gibraltar}}.SeeCategory:WikiProject Gibraltarfor the full list.
• Gibraltar-related categories have been identified and listed atWikipedia:WikiProject Gibraltar/Gibraltar-related categories.
• Next step: creation of a shared watchlist to facilitate monitoring of recent changes to Gibraltar-related articles.

--ChrisO17:24, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

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

--ChrisO18:01, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

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

--ChrisO00:00, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

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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

1. History of Gibraltar

Featured lists

1. Gibraltar national football team results
2. List of sieges of Gibraltar

Good articles

1. Europa Point Lighthouse
2. Flat Bastion
3. Flat Bastion Road
4. Fortifications of Gibraltar
5. M/V New Flame
6. Military history of Gibraltar during World War II
7. Moorish Gibraltar
8. Ocean Village Marina, Gibraltar
9. Twelfth Siege of Gibraltar

Featured pictures

• Image:Gibraltar Barbary Macaque.jpg.27 September 2007.
• Image:Iberian Peninsula antique map.jpg.11 November 2007.
• Image:Gibraltar map-en-edit2.svg.10 September 2008.

Did you know (DYK)s

• ... thatProf.Clive Finlaysonhas theorised that thegeneticsimilarities betweenneanderthalsandhumansare not only due to interbreeding but could also originate from a commonAfricanancestor...?
• ... thatphilanthropistJohn Mackintoshleft awillallowing the provision of a public trust for the advancement ofeducation in Gibraltar?
• ... that naval officerJames Coutts Crawfordserved in three sieges in theAmerican War of Independence,once as part of the besieging forces (Charleston) and twice as a defender (SavannahandGibraltar)?
• ... thatDorothy Ellicottwas the first woman to be elected to two differentGibraltarCouncils and was posthumously awarded theGibraltar Medallion of HonouronGibraltar National Day2008?
• ... that in 1939, excavations beneathJohn Mackintosh SquareinGibraltarfor the construction of anair-raid shelterrevealed no signs of anyfoundations,suggesting it has always been an opensquare?
• ... thatJuan Mateoswas the founder ofGibraltar'sfirst hospitalwhich remained on the same site and served thepeople of Gibraltarfor almost four and a half centuries?
• ... thatGibtelecomis the largesttelecommunications operatorin theBritish Overseas TerritoryofGibraltarand the officialsponsorof the annualGibtelecom International Chess Festival?
• ... that all of early14th centuryEuropewas consecrated under the protection ofOur Lady of Europe(statue pictured)inGibraltarwhere devotion has continued for over 700 years?
• ... thatGiovanni Battista Calviwas anItalianmilitary engineerwho worked on many importantSpanishdefensive projects in the 1500s, to include those in the nowBritish Overseas TerritoryofGibraltar?
• ... thatGibraltar's National Dayis celebrated every 10 September by releasing 30,000red and whiteballoons(pictured)which represent thepeople of Gibraltar?
• ... that since 2006, aGibraltarianno longer needs be aMember of Parliamentto becomeMayor of Gibraltar?
• ... that in 1704Simón Susarte,aSpanish Gibraltariangoatherd,revealed a concealed path(pictured)to theSpanish Armywhich led to the top of theRock of Gibraltar,so they could surprise theAnglo-Dutchtroops based there?
• ... thatGibraltar'sSt. Michael's Cave(pictured),prepared as an emergency hospital duringWorld War II,at present contains an auditorium and receives almost a million visitors a year?
• ... thatGibraltarianpop rockbandTaxiis made up of three ofMelon Diesel's former members and write songs inSpanishonly despite their beingBritish?
• ... that theGibraltar Football Associationhad theirUEFAmembership application blocked by Spaindue to theirclaim on the territory?
• ... thatGibraltariandegree levelstudents studying in aUK universityreceive afull scholarship from the Government of Gibraltar?
• ... thatGibraltar passportsare fullBritish passportswhich are particularly issued toGibraltariansand only differ in some wording?
• ... that a statue originally created in 1815 for theThe Alameda Gibraltar Botanic Gardenswas carved from thebowspritof theSpanish ship San Juan Nepomuceno,taken at theBattle of Trafalgar?
• ... that thecuisine of GibraltarincludesMaltese,GenoeseandPortugueseculinary influences?
• ... thatOperation Tracerwas a top-secretWWIImission in which six men were to be buried alive inside theRock of Gibraltarso that they could monitor enemy movements after the Rock's capture?
• ... that news of the British victory in theBattle of Trafalgarwas reported in theGibraltar Chroniclea fortnight before it reachedEngland?
• ... that in 2006Gibraltarwas granteda new constitution,giving it a modern constitutional relationship with theUnited Kingdom?
• ... thatHorace WalpolecalledJohn Trumbull'soil-on-canvasThe 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 Mozartnever finishedhiscomposition for voice and pianoto celebrate theGreat Siege of Gibraltarduring theAmerican Revolutionary War?
• ... thatJohn Singleton Copley's oil-on-canvasThe Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar, September 1782is one of Britain’s largestoil paintings?
• ... that theGovernor's residence in Gibraltar(pictured) is supposedly haunted by theghostof anunwho was bricked up alive into a chamber wall?
• ... thatThomas William Bowlby(1818 - 1860), a Gibraltar-born correspondent forThe Timeswas captured and imprisoned by the Tartar GeneralSengge Rinchenwhilst on correspondence inTongzhou,Beijing?
• ... that theEnglish Law (Application) Act 1962ended legal recognition of seduction as a civil offence in Gibraltar?

Participants

Active participants

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

1. Prof TPMS(talk)
2. Prioryman(talk)
3. Johntex
4. Robotforaday22:18, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
5. Asterion^talk12:48, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
6. Biofoundationsoflanguage14:18, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
7. Leitz
8. Ecemaml
9. Inter-man
10. GibCat
11. Subtropical-man
12. Callagar(Talk)

Former participants

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

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

Participant identification

WikiProject Gibraltar participants should place one of the following lines ofWikitexton theiruser pageto add it toCategory:WikiProject Gibraltar participants.

Wikitext	userbox	where used
[[Category:WikiProject Gibraltar participants]]	none	linked pages
{{Template:User WikiProject Gibraltar}}	This user participates in WikiProject Gibraltar.	linked pages
{{Template:User WP Gibraltar}}	This userparticipatesin WikiProjectGibraltar.	linked pages
{{Template:User WP Gibraltar|invite}}	This userinvites you to join WikiProjectGibraltar.	linked pages

For other Gibraltar user templates seeCategory:Gibraltar user templates.

Portal

{{Portal|Gibraltar}}

Portal:Gibraltar

Assessment

Gibraltar articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	1	1		1			3
FL		1	1				2
FM					3		3
GA		5	4	5			14
B	5	19	24	19		1	68
C	20	58	95	43		7	223
Start	5	56	97	147		50	355
Stub	2	20	90	237		60	409
List	1	6	9	15		6	37
Category			1	2	1,040		1,043
Disambig					1		1
File					78		78
Portal					1		1
Project					5		5
Redirect		1	10	49	26		86
Template					70		70
NA			1	1			2
Other					4		4
Assessed	34	167	332	519	1,228	124	2,404
Unassessed						24	24
Total	34	167	332	519	1,228	148	2,428
WikiWork factors(?)		ω =5,353			Ω =4.99

Categories

• List ofall subpages of this page

Stubs

Some stub categories to put Gibraltar-related articles are collectedhere.

Templates

What to type	What it makes	What it's for
{{User WikiProject Gibraltar}}	This user participates in WikiProject Gibraltar.	To be used on your user page, to show you joined this WikiProject.
{{WikiProject Gibraltar}}		Theproject notice,designed to be placed in the talk page of any article that has been edited, or is intended to be edited, as part of this WikiProject.
{{WikiProject Gibraltar Invite}}	You are invited to join theGibraltar WikiProject,an attempt to expand and better organise information onGibraltarrelated articles on Wikipedia. To join, simply add your name to the members section ofproject page.	To invite particular users who have shown an interest in Gibraltar related articles to participate in this WikiProject.

Sister Project links

• GibraltarpediA

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.