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projects</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Related_projects-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Related projects subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Related_projects-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Parent_projects" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Parent_projects"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Parent projects</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Parent_projects-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sister_projects" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sister_projects"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Sister projects</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sister_projects-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Regional_noticeboards" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Regional_noticeboards"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Regional noticeboards</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Regional_noticeboards-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Templates" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Templates"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Templates</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Templates-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Templates subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Templates-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-General" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>General</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Awards" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Awards"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Awards</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Awards-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-namespace">Wikipedia</span><span class="mw-page-title-separator">:</span><span class="mw-page-title-main">WikiProject Mining</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 4 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-4" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">4 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProjekt_Bergbau" title="Wikipedia:WikiProjekt Bergbau – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wikipedia:WikiProjekt Bergbau" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiproyecto:Miner%C3%ADa" title="Wikiproyecto:Minería – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Wikiproyecto:Minería" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projet:Mine" title="Projet:Mine – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Projet:Mine" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikiproje:Madencilik" title="Vikiproje:Madencilik – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Vikiproje:Madencilik" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet 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accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" 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class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining&oldid=1271799696" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FWikipedia%3AWikiProject_Mining"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FWikipedia%3AWikiProject_Mining"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div 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title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div 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width:200px""> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="padding:0 5px; background:#e0e0b0;;color: var(--color-base)"><b>General</b></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Main page</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Mining" title="Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mining">talk</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining/Members" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Mining/Members">Participants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:WikiProject_Mining" title="Category:WikiProject Mining">Project category</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining/Article_alerts" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Mining/Article alerts">Article alerts</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style=""font-size: 90%; width:200px""> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="padding:0 5px; background:#e0e0b0;;color: var(--color-base)"><b>Departments and Task list</b></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining/to_do" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Mining/to do">To-do list</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining/Cleanup_listing" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Mining/Cleanup listing">Clean-up list</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining/Requested_articles" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Mining/Requested articles">Requested articles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining/Assessment" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Mining/Assessment">Assessment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining/Peer_Review" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Mining/Peer Review">Peer reviews</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style=""font-size: 90%; 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This project aims to provide factual, unbiased information on <a href="/wiki/Resource#Natural_resources" title="Resource">mineral resource</a> <a href="/wiki/Mining" title="Mining">mines</a>, mining and mining related topics, from prehistory to the present. </p><p>It is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in the topic, be they mining professionals, fans of history, technology, or the geosciences, or anyone else. If you would like to help, please <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining/Members" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Mining/Members">join</a> the project, inquire on the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Mining" title="Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mining">talk page</a> and see the <a href="#Open_tasks">to-do list</a> below. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <p><br clear="all" /> </p> <table style="background:#CC6600; color:white; width:100%; height:20px;" align="Left"> <tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br clear="all" /> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Scope" data-mw-thread-id="h-Scope"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Scope"></span>Scope<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Scope"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Scope"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WikiProject Mining aims to increase the knowledge base of Wikipedia via focusing effort on improving articles related to </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mining" title="Mining">Mining</a>, be it placer, hard rock, coal, base metals, solution mining, or <a href="/wiki/Quarry" title="Quarry">quarrying</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geology" title="Geology">Geology</a> articles related to <a href="/wiki/Mine" class="mw-disambig" title="Mine">mines</a>, mineral deposits, <a href="/wiki/Ore_genesis" title="Ore genesis">ore genesis</a> and theoretical metallogenic subjects</li> <li>Technology of mining - digging, crushing, blasting, excavators, etc.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mineral_processing" title="Mineral processing">Mineral processing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Extractive_metallurgy" title="Extractive metallurgy">extractive metallurgy</a> - ore dressing, smelting, roasting, leaching, etc.</li> <li>Mineral resources - in a financial, geological, technical and practical sense</li> <li>Mining communities, regions and companies</li> <li>Mining/miners' biographies</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Categories" data-mw-thread-id="h-Categories-Scope"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Categories-Scope"></span>Categories<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Categories-Scope"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Categories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The main category for the project is <a href="/wiki/Category:Mining" title="Category:Mining">Category:Mining</a>. </p><p><br clear="all" /> </p> <table style="background:#CC6600; color:white; width:100%; height:20px;" align="Left"> <tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br clear="all" /> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="How_to_help" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_to_help-2008-01-28T22:56:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_to_help-2008-01-28T22:56:00.000Z"></span>How to help<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_to_help-2008-01-28T22:56:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: How to help"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Style_guidelines" data-mw-thread-id="h-Style_guidelines-How_to_help"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Style_guidelines-How_to_help"></span>Style guidelines<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Style_guidelines-How_to_help"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Style guidelines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining/Style_guide" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Mining/Style guide">Wikipedia:WikiProject Mining/Style guide</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Open_tasks" data-mw-thread-id="h-Open_tasks-How_to_help-2008-01-28T22:56:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Open_tasks-How_to_help-2008-01-28T22:56:00.000Z"></span>Open tasks<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Open_tasks-How_to_help-2008-01-28T22:56:00.000Z"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Open tasks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Tillman-2008-01-28T22:56:00.000Z-Open_tasks"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238436933" /><table class="box-To_do plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-empty-cell"></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mw-notalk"> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Stock_post_message.svg/25px-Stock_post_message.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Stock_post_message.svg/38px-Stock_post_message.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Stock_post_message.svg/50px-Stock_post_message.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="40" data-file-height="40" /></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:To-do_list" title="Wikipedia:To-do list">To-do list</a> for <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Wikipedia:WikiProject Mining</a>:</b> <span class="noprint plainlinks" style="float: right; text-align: right; font-size: 88%"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining/to_do&action=edit&preload=Template:Tasks/Preload">edit</a> <b>·</b> <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining/to_do&action=history">history</a> <b>·</b> <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining/to_do&action=watch">watch</a> <b>·</b> <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining&action=purge">refresh</a> <b>·</b> Updated 2014-10-26</span> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="todo-box" style="border:1px dotted gray; padding: 2px 4px;"> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table style="background:none;color:inherit;width:auto;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nuvola_apps_korganizer.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Nuvola_apps_korganizer.svg/50px-Nuvola_apps_korganizer.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Nuvola_apps_korganizer.svg/75px-Nuvola_apps_korganizer.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Nuvola_apps_korganizer.svg/100px-Nuvola_apps_korganizer.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></a></span><br /><div style="width: 55px; height: 0px;"></div> </td> <td> <div style="position: relative; left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; z-index: 15;">Here are some tasks awaiting attention: <ul style="font-size: 100%; margin: 0px; padding: 0.3em 0px 0.3em 25px;"> <li><b><i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_articles" title="Wikipedia:Requested articles">Article requests</a></i> :</b> please see <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining/Requested_articles" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Mining/Requested articles">Requested articles</a></b></li><li><b><i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_assessment" title="Wikipedia:Content assessment">Assess</a></i> :</b> work on assessing the large backlog (see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining/Assessment" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Mining/Assessment">WP:WikiProject Mining/Assessment</a> for details of how to do so)</li><li><b><i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">Citing sources</a></i> :</b> requested at <a href="/wiki/Smelting" title="Smelting">smelting</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pyrometallurgy" title="Pyrometallurgy">pyrometallurgy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Extractive_metallurgy" title="Extractive metallurgy">extractive metallurgy</a></li><li><b><i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup">Cleanup</a></i> :</b> need to make strong clarifications on distinctions between strip mining vs. open-pit mining (there seem to be many linguistic issues resulting from translation of languages where the distinction isn't so clear)</li><li><b><i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_better_articles" title="Wikipedia:Writing better articles">Expand</a></i> :</b> <a href="/wiki/Mining_in_the_United_States" title="Mining in the United States">Mining in the United States</a>. I created this horrible set of links back in '09. <a href="/wiki/Stoping_(mining)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stoping (mining)">Stoping (mining)</a>. <a href="/wiki/History_of_coal_mining_in_the_United_States" title="History of coal mining in the United States">History of coal mining in the United States</a> has recentism problems.</li><li><b><i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">NPOV</a></i> :</b> <a href="/wiki/Ranger_Uranium_Mine" title="Ranger Uranium Mine">Ranger Uranium Mine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uranium_mining_controversy_in_Kakadu_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Uranium mining controversy in Kakadu National Park">Uranium mining controversy in Kakadu National Park</a></li><li><b><i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Stub" title="Wikipedia:Stub">Stubs</a></i> :</b> <a href="/wiki/Miner" title="Miner">Miner</a> (very little if any information on the history of miners, mining culture, mining traditions, or miners in heraldry (such as seals and coats of arms). <a href="/wiki/New_Acland_Mine" title="New Acland Mine">New Acland Mine</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Oakleigh_Mine" title="New Oakleigh Mine">New Oakleigh Mine</a></li><li><b><i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">Verify</a></i> :</b> Please see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining/Articles_for_Verification" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Mining/Articles for Verification">WP:WikiProject Mining/Articles for Verification</a> for a list of mining articles to be verified as real.</li><li><b><i>Other</i> :</b> <s>look at priorities; broad subjects should be before single mines, iconic mines before small mines, mines before mining personalities, etc?</s><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/18px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/27px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/36px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><b> Done</b></span> (see proposed working assessment scale)</li> </ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235365061">.mw-parser-output .wikiproject-cleanup-listing{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-radius:7px;font-size:0.9em;line-height:1.5em;margin:0.5em 0;padding:4px 12px;background-color:#eee;max-width:90%}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .wikiproject-cleanup-listing{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em;width:26em}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .wikiproject-cleanup-listing{background-color:#111}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .wikiproject-cleanup-listing{background-color:#111}}</style><div class="wikiproject-cleanup-listing"><span class="anchor" id="Cleanup_Listings"></span><span class="anchor" id="Cleanup_listings"></span><span class="anchor" id="Cleanup_Listing"></span><span class="anchor" id="Cleanup_listing"></span><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/50px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/75px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/100px-Edit-clear.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bambots.brucemyers.com/cwb/bycat/Mining.html">A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project</a> is available. See also <a href="/wiki/User:CleanupWorklistBot" title="User:CleanupWorklistBot">the tool's wiki page</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bambots.brucemyers.com/cwb/index.html">the index of WikiProjects</a>. </p> </div> <div style="clear:both"></div> <p><br /> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gold_mining_in_Nevada" title="Gold mining in Nevada">Gold mining in Nevada</a>: I added a bit, & put it on my to-do list, but this page needs work! See <a href="/wiki/Talk:Gold_mining_in_Nevada" title="Talk:Gold mining in Nevada">Talk:Gold mining in Nevada</a>. Cheers, <a href="/wiki/User:Tillman" title="User:Tillman">Pete Tillman</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Tillman" title="User talk:Tillman">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining#c-Tillman-2008-01-28T22:56:00.000Z-Open_tasks" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">22:56, 28 January 2008 (UTC)</a>, Consulting Geologist, Arizona and New Mexico (USA)<span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Tillman-2008-01-28T22:56:00.000Z-Open_tasks"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Tillman-2008-01-28T22:56:00.000Z-Open_tasks"></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_drilling" class="mw-redirect" title="Diamond drilling"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Theseeker4-2008-10-20T17:04:00.000Z-Tillman-2008-01-28T22:56:00.000Z"></span>Diamond drilling</a> needs some work and some expansion. It may need an entire re-write. I cleaned it up a bit, eliminated sentence fragments and added some tags for citations and expert attention, but it still has a long way to go, and I have no good references myself. Thanks<a href="/wiki/User:Theseeker4" title="User:Theseeker4">Theseeker4</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Theseeker4" title="User talk:Theseeker4">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining#c-Theseeker4-2008-10-20T17:04:00.000Z-Tillman-2008-01-28T22:56:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">17:04, 20 October 2008 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Theseeker4-2008-10-20T17:04:00.000Z-Tillman-2008-01-28T22:56:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Theseeker4-2008-10-20T17:04:00.000Z-Tillman-2008-01-28T22:56:00.000Z"></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elliot_Lake#Mining" title="Elliot Lake"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Turgan-2009-02-01T14:55:00.000Z-Tillman-2008-01-28T22:56:00.000Z"></span>Elliot Lake</a> - I have started creating pages for the historical Uranium mines in the area. Anyone who wishes to is welcome to contribute. I will eventually try to do the same for the Beaverlodge District. -- <a href="/wiki/User:Turgan" title="User:Turgan">Turgan</a> <sup><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Turgan" title="User talk:Turgan">Talk</a></sup> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining#c-Turgan-2009-02-01T14:55:00.000Z-Tillman-2008-01-28T22:56:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">14:55, 1 February 2009 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Turgan-2009-02-01T14:55:00.000Z-Tillman-2008-01-28T22:56:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Turgan-2009-02-01T14:55:00.000Z-Tillman-2008-01-28T22:56:00.000Z"></span></li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Kelapstick-2009-02-23T22:10:00.000Z-Turgan-2009-02-01T14:55:00.000Z"></span>Note to use the new <a href="/wiki/Category:Mines_in_Elliot_Lake" title="Category:Mines in Elliot Lake">Category:Mines in Elliot Lake</a>, rather than <a href="/wiki/Category:Mines_in_Ontario" title="Category:Mines in Ontario">Category:Mines in Ontario</a>.--<a href="/wiki/User:Kelapstick" title="User:Kelapstick">kelapstick</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Kelapstick" title="User talk:Kelapstick">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining#c-Kelapstick-2009-02-23T22:10:00.000Z-Turgan-2009-02-01T14:55:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">22:10, 23 February 2009 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Kelapstick-2009-02-23T22:10:00.000Z-Turgan-2009-02-01T14:55:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Kelapstick-2009-02-23T22:10:00.000Z-Turgan-2009-02-01T14:55:00.000Z"></span></li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lengenbach_Quarry" title="Lengenbach Quarry"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-DuncanHill-2009-04-26T18:18:00.000Z-Tillman-2008-01-28T22:56:00.000Z"></span>Lengenbach Quarry</a> - not a new article, but I just discovered it and templated the talk page. An interesting quarry, type locality of 27 valid minerals. Needs work. <a href="/wiki/User:DuncanHill" title="User:DuncanHill">DuncanHill</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:DuncanHill" title="User talk:DuncanHill">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining#c-DuncanHill-2009-04-26T18:18:00.000Z-Tillman-2008-01-28T22:56:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">18:18, 26 April 2009 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-DuncanHill-2009-04-26T18:18:00.000Z-Tillman-2008-01-28T22:56:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-DuncanHill-2009-04-26T18:18:00.000Z-Tillman-2008-01-28T22:56:00.000Z"></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portal:Mining&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Portal:Mining (page does not exist)"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Turgan-2009-06-20T11:36:00.000Z-Tillman-2008-01-28T22:56:00.000Z"></span>Portal:Mining</a> - Looks like a good place to start. <a href="/wiki/User:Turgan" title="User:Turgan">Turgan</a> <sup><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Turgan" title="User talk:Turgan">Talk</a></sup> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining#c-Turgan-2009-06-20T11:36:00.000Z-Tillman-2008-01-28T22:56:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">11:36, 20 June 2009 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Turgan-2009-06-20T11:36:00.000Z-Tillman-2008-01-28T22:56:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Turgan-2009-06-20T11:36:00.000Z-Tillman-2008-01-28T22:56:00.000Z"></span></li></ul> <p><br clear="all" /> </p> <table style="background:#CC6600; color:white; width:100%; height:20px;" align="Left"> <tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br clear="all" /> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="New_content" data-mw-thread-id="h-New_content"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-New_content"></span>New content<span data-mw-comment-end="h-New_content"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: New content"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_articles" data-mw-thread-id="h-New_articles-New_content"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-New_articles-New_content"></span>New articles<span data-mw-comment-end="h-New_articles-New_content"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: New articles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Please feel free to list your new mining-related articles here. </p><p>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, <i>and cite their sources</i>, should be suggested for the <a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Did_you_know" title="Template talk:Did you know">Did you know?</a> box on the Wikipedia <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Main Page">Main Page</a>. </p><p>Articles older than <b>one year</b> may be removed from this list. For a full list, see <a href="/wiki/Category:WikiProject_Mining_articles" title="Category:WikiProject Mining articles">Category:WikiProject Mining articles</a>. </p> <ul><li><span title="Start-Class article"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_start_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Start-Class article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Symbol_start_class.svg/16px-Symbol_start_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Symbol_start_class.svg/24px-Symbol_start_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Symbol_start_class.svg/32px-Symbol_start_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lightband_Gully" title="Lightband Gully">Lightband Gully</a> – 8 January 2025</li> <li><span title="Start-Class article"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_start_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Start-Class article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Symbol_start_class.svg/16px-Symbol_start_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Symbol_start_class.svg/24px-Symbol_start_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Symbol_start_class.svg/32px-Symbol_start_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Greenstone_gold_mine" title="Greenstone gold mine">Greenstone gold mine</a> – 8 January 2025</li> <li><span title="Start-Class article"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_start_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Start-Class article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Symbol_start_class.svg/16px-Symbol_start_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Symbol_start_class.svg/24px-Symbol_start_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Symbol_start_class.svg/32px-Symbol_start_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Trans-Tasman_Resources" title="Trans-Tasman Resources">Trans-Tasman Resources</a> – 18 April 2024</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_maps" data-mw-thread-id="h-New_maps-New_content"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-New_maps-New_content"></span>New maps<span data-mw-comment-end="h-New_maps-New_content"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: New maps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Please feel free to list your new mining-related maps here. </p><p>Files older than <b>one year</b> may be removed from this list. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/File:Gold_mines_Kalgoorlie_2.svg" title="File:Gold mines Kalgoorlie 2.svg">File:Gold mines Kalgoorlie 2.svg</a> – 1 May 2022</li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Gold_mines_Kalgoorlie_Leonora_(2).svg" title="File:Gold mines Kalgoorlie Leonora (2).svg">File:Gold mines Kalgoorlie Leonora (2).svg</a> – 1 May 2022</li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Gold_mines_Leonora_2.svg" title="File:Gold mines Leonora 2.svg">File:Gold mines Leonora 2.svg</a> – 1 May 2022</li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Gold_mines_Meekathara_Leinster_2.svg" title="File:Gold mines Meekathara Leinster 2.svg">File:Gold mines Meekathara Leinster 2.svg</a> – 7 May 2022</li></ul> <p><br clear="all" /> </p> <table style="background:#CC6600; color:white; width:100%; height:20px;" align="Left"> <tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br clear="all" /> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Related_projects" data-mw-thread-id="h-Related_projects"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Related_projects"></span>Related projects<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Related_projects"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Related projects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parent_projects" data-mw-thread-id="h-Parent_projects-Related_projects"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Parent_projects-Related_projects"></span>Parent projects<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Parent_projects-Related_projects"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Parent projects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Geology" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Geology">Wikipedia: WikiProject Geology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Engineering" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Engineering">Wikipedia: WikiProject Engineering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Technology" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Technology">Wikipedia: WikiProject Technology</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sister_projects" data-mw-thread-id="h-Sister_projects-Related_projects"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Sister_projects-Related_projects"></span>Sister projects<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Sister_projects-Related_projects"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Sister projects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Rocks_and_Minerals" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Rocks and Minerals">Wikipedia: WikiProject Rocks and Minerals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Gemology_and_Jewelry" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Gemology and Jewelry">Wikipedia: WikiProject Gemology and Jewelry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Companies" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Companies">Wikipedia: WikiProject Companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Energy" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Energy">Wikipedia: WikiProject Energy</a>, sharing coal mining topics</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ghost_towns" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Ghost towns">Wikipedia: WikiProject Ghost towns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Metalworking" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Metalworking">Wikipedia: WikiProject Metalworking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Organized_Labor" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Organized Labor">Wikipedia: WikiProject Organized Labor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Archaeology" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Archaeology">Wikipedia: WikiProject Archaeology</a>, for <a href="/wiki/Stone_Age" title="Stone Age">Stone Age</a> topics and <a href="/wiki/Industrial_archaeology" title="Industrial archaeology">industrial archaeology</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regional_noticeboards" data-mw-thread-id="h-Regional_noticeboards-Related_projects"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Regional_noticeboards-Related_projects"></span>Regional noticeboards<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Regional_noticeboards-Related_projects"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Regional noticeboards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>If an article or topic has a specific regional focus (such as a specific mine or mining region), you might also consider asking those with local knowledge at one of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Regional_notice_boards" title="Wikipedia:Regional notice boards">regional notice boards</a>. </p><p><br clear="all" /> </p> <table style="background:#CC6600; color:white; width:100%; height:20px;" align="Left"> <tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br clear="all" /> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Templates" data-mw-thread-id="h-Templates"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Templates"></span>Templates<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Templates"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Templates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining/Templates" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Mining/Templates">Wikipedia:WikiProject Mining/Templates</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General" data-mw-thread-id="h-General-Templates"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-General-Templates"></span>General<span data-mw-comment-end="h-General-Templates"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: General"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="25%">Code</th> <th width="75%">Result </th></tr> <tr> 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.mw-parser-output .wpbs .wpb .wpb-main,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .wpbs .wpb-header{background-color:#302f2d}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .wpbs .banner-shell-inner{background-color:#2e2505}}</style><table class="tmbox tmbox-notice mw-collapsible innercollapse wpb wpb-table"><tbody><tr class="wpb-header"><td class="wpb-header-icon"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kilianstollen_Zug.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="WikiProject icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Kilianstollen_Zug.jpg/33px-Kilianstollen_Zug.jpg" decoding="async" width="33" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Kilianstollen_Zug.jpg/51px-Kilianstollen_Zug.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Kilianstollen_Zug.jpg/67px-Kilianstollen_Zug.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a></span></td><td class="wpb-header-combined"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Mining</a> <span class="wpb-header-bubbles class-unassessed">Unassessed</span></td></tr><tr><td class="mbox-text wpb-main" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image wpb-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kilianstollen_Zug.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="WikiProject icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Kilianstollen_Zug.jpg/80px-Kilianstollen_Zug.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Kilianstollen_Zug.jpg/120px-Kilianstollen_Zug.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Kilianstollen_Zug.jpg/160px-Kilianstollen_Zug.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text">This article is within the scope of <b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">WikiProject Mining</a></b>, a collaborative <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject">project</a> to organize and improve articles related to <a href="/wiki/Mining" title="Mining">mining</a> and mineral industries. If you would like to participate, you can edit the attached article, or visit the <a class="mw-selflink selflink">project page</a>, where you can see a list of open tasks, join in the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Mining" title="Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mining">discussion</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining/Members" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Mining/Members">join the project</a>.<span class="metadata wpb-metadata"><span class="wpb-project">Mining</span><span class="wpb-project_link">Wikipedia:WikiProject Mining</span><span class="wpb-banner_name">Template:WikiProject Mining</span><span class="wpb-assessment_cat">Mining</span></span></td><td class="mbox-empty-cell"></td></tr><tr><td class="assess class-unassessed"><a href="/wiki/Category:Unassessed_Mining_articles" title="Category:Unassessed Mining articles">???</a></td><td class="mbox-text" colspan="2">This article has not yet received a rating on Wikipedia's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_assessment" title="Wikipedia:Content assessment">content assessment</a> scale.</td></tr><tr><td class="assess import-unknown"><a href="/wiki/Category:Unknown-importance_Mining_articles" title="Category:Unknown-importance Mining articles">???</a></td><td class="mbox-text" colspan="2">This article has not yet received a rating on the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining/Assessment#Importance_scale" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Mining/Assessment">project's importance scale</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Image_requested" title="Template:Image requested">Image requested</a>|mining}}</code> <br /><br /><i>Place this on the talk page beneath the project tag when an image would clearly improve the coverage of a physical object (e.g. mine, equipment). It will automatically add to a category for requested mining images. See the template for documentation on how to make a geographic-specific request (i.e. for an appeal to users in the region where a mine is located).</i> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879475" /><table class="plainlinks tmbox tmbox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/80/Camera-photo.svg/40px-Camera-photo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/80/Camera-photo.svg/60px-Camera-photo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/80/Camera-photo.svg/80px-Camera-photo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></td><td class="mbox-text">It is requested that an <b>image</b> or <b>photograph</b> of <b>WikiProject Mining</b> be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Uploading_images" title="Wikipedia:Uploading images">included</a> in this article to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_development" title="Wikipedia:Article development">improve its quality</a>. Please replace this template with a more specific <a href="/wiki/Template:Media_request_templates" title="Template:Media request templates">media request template</a> where possible.<br /><small>The <a class="external text" href="https://fist.toolforge.org/fist.php?doit=1&language=en&project=wikipedia&data=WikiProject+Mining&datatype=articles&params%5Bcatdepth%5D=0&params%5Brandom%5D=50&params%5Bll_max%5D=5&params%5Bcommons_max%5D=5&params%5Bflickr_max%5D=5&params%5Binclude_flickr_id%5D=1&params%5Bwts_max%5D=5&params%5Bgimp_max%5D=5&params%5Besp_max%5D=5&params%5Besp_skip_flickr%5D=1&params%5Bgeograph_max%5D=5&params%5Bforarticles%5D=noimage&params%5Blessthan_images%5D=3&params%5Bdefault_thumbnail_size%5D=&params%5Bjpeg%5D=1&params%5Bpng%5D=1&params%5Bgif%5D=1&params%5Bsvg%5D=1&params%5Bogg%5D=1&params%5Bmin_width%5D=80&params%5Bmin_height%5D=80&sources%5Blanguagelinks%5D=1&sources%5Bcommons%5D=1&sources%5Bflickr%5D=1">Free Image Search Tool</a> or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://openverse.org/?q=WikiProject+Mining&license=cc0,pdm,by,by-sa">Openverse Creative Commons Search</a> may be able to locate suitable images on <a href="/wiki/Flickr" title="Flickr">Flickr</a> and other web sites.</small></td><td class="mbox-imageright"><span class="plainlinks clickbutton"><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/special:uploadWizard?&descriptionlang=en&description=%5B%5B%3Aen%3AWikiProject+Mining%7CWikiProject+Mining%5D%5D&categories=mining"><span class="mw-ui-button mw-ui-progressive">Upload</span></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Mining-stub" title="Template:Mining-stub">Mining-stub</a>}}</code><br /><br /> <i>Place on a stub article that is under the scope of WikiProject Mining</i> </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1271159938">.mw-parser-output .asbox{position:relative;overflow:hidden}.mw-parser-output .asbox table{background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .asbox p{margin:0}.mw-parser-output .asbox p+p{margin-top:0.25em}.mw-parser-output .asbox-body{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .asbox-note{font-size:smaller}.mw-parser-output .asbox .navbar{position:absolute;top:-0.75em;right:1em;display:none}.mw-parser-output :not(p):not(.asbox)+style+.asbox,.mw-parser-output :not(p):not(.asbox)+link+.asbox{margin-top:3em}</style><div role="note" class="metadata plainlinks asbox stub"><table role="presentation"><tbody><tr class="noresize"><td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mining_symbol.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Stub icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Mining_symbol.svg/30px-Mining_symbol.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="29" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Mining_symbol.svg/45px-Mining_symbol.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Mining_symbol.svg/60px-Mining_symbol.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="679" data-file-height="655" /></a></span></td><td><p class="asbox-body">This article about mining is a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Stub" title="Wikipedia:Stub">stub</a>. You can help Wikipedia by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining&action=edit">expanding it</a>.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Mining-stub" title="Template:Mining-stub"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Mining-stub" title="Template talk:Mining-stub"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Mining-stub" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Mining-stub"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Awards" data-mw-thread-id="h-Awards"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Awards"></span>Awards<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Awards"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th class="unsortable">Image</th> <th class="unsortable">What to type</th> <th>Title and description </th></tr> <tr> <td><center> <table style="border: 1px solid gray; 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don'ts">Links</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_dos_and_don%27ts" title="Wikipedia:List dos and don'ts">Lists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:References_dos_and_don%27ts" title="Wikipedia:References dos and don'ts">References</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Table_dos_and_don%27ts" title="Wikipedia:Table dos and don'ts">Tables</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_title_dos_and_don%27ts" title="Wikipedia:Article title dos and don'ts">Titles (of articles)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_how-to" title="Category:Wikipedia how-to">How-to pages</a> and<br /><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_information_pages" title="Category:Wikipedia information pages">information pages</a> <abbr title="Topic specific informative and instructional pages">(?)</abbr></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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href="/wiki/Help:Diff" title="Help:Diff">Diff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Editing" title="Help:Editing">Editing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Minor_edit" title="Help:Minor edit">Minor edit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Edit_toolbar" title="Help:Edit toolbar">toolbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Edit_conflict" title="Help:Edit conflict">edit conflict</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Find_sources" title="Help:Find sources">Find sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Files" title="Help:Files">Files</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Footnotes" title="Help:Footnotes">Footnotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Guide_to_image_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Guide to image deletion">Image deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Infobox" title="Help:Infobox">Infoboxes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Link" title="Help:Link">Linking</a> (<a href="/wiki/Help:Link_color" title="Help:Link color">link color</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Logging_in" title="Help:Logging in">Logging in</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Merging" title="Wikipedia:Merging">Merging</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Unreviewed_new_page" title="Help:Unreviewed new page">New page review</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Page_name" title="Help:Page name">Page name</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:How_to_move_a_page" title="Help:How to move a page">Renaming pages</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Redirect" title="Help:Redirect">Redirect</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Reset_password" title="Help:Reset password">Passwords</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Email_confirmation" title="Help:Email confirmation">Email confirmation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Reverting" title="Help:Reverting">Reverting</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Simple_guide_to_vandalism_cleanup" title="Help:Simple guide to vandalism cleanup">Simple vandalism cleanup</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Talk_pages" title="Help:Talk pages">Talk pages</a> (<a href="/wiki/Help:Archiving_a_talk_page" title="Help:Archiving a talk page">archiving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Archiving_(plain_and_simple)" title="Help:Archiving (plain and simple)">simple archiving</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:User_contributions" title="Help:User contributions">User contributions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:WP_search_protocol" title="Help:WP search protocol">WP search protocol</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wiki_markup" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiki markup">Coding</a> <abbr title="Wikitext information consists of the syntax used to format a page">(?)</abbr></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Wikitext" title="Help:Wikitext">Wiki markup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Barchart" title="Help:Barchart">Barcharts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Calculation" title="Help:Calculation">Calculations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Special_characters" title="Help:Special characters">Characters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Columns" title="Help:Columns">Columns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Elevation" title="Help:Elevation">Elevation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Hidden_text" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Hidden text">Hidden text</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:HTML_in_wikitext" title="Help:HTML in wikitext">HTML</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:List" title="Help:List">Lists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Magic_words" title="Help:Magic words">Magic words</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Musical_symbols" title="Help:Musical symbols">Music symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Section" title="Help:Section">Sections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Sound_file_markup" title="Help:Sound file markup">Sounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Table" title="Help:Table">Tables</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Template" title="Help:Template">Templates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Transclusion">Transclusion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:URL" title="Help:URL">URL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Visual_file_markup" title="Help:Visual file markup">Visual files</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Directories_and_indexes" title="Wikipedia:Directories and indexes">Directories</a> <abbr title="Wikipedia's directories and indexes">(?)</abbr></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_abbreviations" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia abbreviations">Abbreviations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Wikipedia:Contents">Contents</a> <small>(Encyclopedia proper)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Department_directory" title="Wikipedia:Department directory">Departments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editor%27s_index_to_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Editor's index to Wikipedia">Editor's index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Essay_directory" title="Wikipedia:Essay directory">Essays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Index" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Index">FAQs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Glossary" title="Wikipedia:Glossary">Glossary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">Guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents">Manual of Style </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">Policies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Maintenance" title="Wikipedia:Maintenance">Tasks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tips" title="Wikipedia:Tips">Tips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools" title="Wikipedia:Tools">Tools</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><div><b> <a href="/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual">Missing Manual</a></b> <hr /> <span class="noprint plainlinks" title="Edit Special:MyTalk"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:MyTalk&action=edit&section=new&preload=Help:Contents/helpmepreload&preloadtitle=Help+me%21"><b>Ask for help on your talk page</b></a></span> <b><abbr title="If you need help, you can use this link to ask a question on your talk page; a volunteer will visit you there shortly!">(?)</abbr></b></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Wikipedia_key_policies_and_guidelines_(?)1890" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Template:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Template talk:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Wikipedia_key_policies_and_guidelines_(?)1890" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Wikipedia key <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">policies and guidelines</a> <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Wikipedia's policies and guidelines are developed by the community to describe best practices, clarify principles, resolve conflicts, and otherwise further our goal.">(?)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">Five pillars</a></b> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></b></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Content <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="defines the scope of the encyclopedia and the material that is suitable for it">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">Verifiability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">No original research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">Neutral point of view</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">What Wikipedia is not</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">Biographies of living persons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights" title="Wikipedia:Copyrights">Copyright</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_violations" title="Wikipedia:Copyright violations">Copyright violations</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy" title="Wikipedia:Image use policy">Image use</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_titles" title="Wikipedia:Article titles">Article titles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">Notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Autobiography" title="Wikipedia:Autobiography">Autobiography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">Citing sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">Reliable sources</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(medicine)" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)">Medicine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_include_the_full_text_of_lengthy_primary_sources" title="Wikipedia:Do not include the full text of lengthy primary sources">Do not include copies of lengthy primary sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Plagiarism" title="Wikipedia:Plagiarism">Plagiarism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_create_hoaxes" title="Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes">Don't create hoaxes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Fringe_theories" title="Wikipedia:Fringe theories">Fringe theories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Patent_nonsense" title="Wikipedia:Patent nonsense">Patent nonsense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links" title="Wikipedia:External links">External links</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Conduct <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="describes how editors can successfully collaborate and what behavior is acceptable">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">Civility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">Consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">Harassment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">Vandalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">No personal attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ownership_of_content" title="Wikipedia:Ownership of content">Ownership of content</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">Edit warring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">Dispute resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Sockpuppetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_legal_threats" title="Wikipedia:No legal threats">No legal threats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Child_protection" title="Wikipedia:Child protection">Child protection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid-contribution_disclosure" title="Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure">Paid-contribution disclosure</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">Assume good faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">Conflict of interest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing" title="Wikipedia:Disruptive editing">Disruptive editing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_disrupt_Wikipedia_to_illustrate_a_point" title="Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point">Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Etiquette" title="Wikipedia:Etiquette">Etiquette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Gaming_the_system" title="Wikipedia:Gaming the system">Gaming the system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_do_not_bite_the_newcomers" title="Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers">Please do not bite the newcomers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Courtesy_vanishing" title="Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing">Courtesy vanishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Responding_to_threats_of_harm" title="Wikipedia:Responding to threats of harm">Responding to threats of harm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines">Talk page guidelines</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">Signatures</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Deletion <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="explains the processes by which pages, revisions, and logs may be deleted">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="P529" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy" title="Wikipedia:Deletion policy">Deletion policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion">Proposed deletion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion_of_biographies_of_living_people" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion of biographies of living people">Biographies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Speedy deletion">Speedy deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Attack_page" title="Wikipedia:Attack page">Attack page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight">Oversight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Revision_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Revision deletion">Revision deletion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Enforcement <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="explains the various means by which standards may be enforced">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="P350" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">Administrators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Banning_policy" title="Wikipedia:Banning policy">Banning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">Blocking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy" title="Wikipedia:Protection policy">Page protection</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Editing <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="documents the various protocols about style and grouping">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_policy" title="Wikipedia:Editing policy">Editing policy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">Article size</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">Summary style</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold" title="Wikipedia:Be bold">Be bold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation">Disambiguation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Hatnote" title="Wikipedia:Hatnote">Hatnotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Broad-concept_article" title="Wikipedia:Broad-concept article">Broad-concept article</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Make_technical_articles_understandable" title="Wikipedia:Make technical articles understandable">Understandability</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;">Style</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents">Contents</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility">Accessibility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">Dates and numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Images" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images">Images</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">Layout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">Lead section</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Linking" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking">Linking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists">Lists</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;">Classification</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories,_lists,_and_navigation_templates" title="Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates">Categories, lists, and navigation templates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization" title="Wikipedia:Categorization">Categorization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Template namespace">Template namespace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Project content <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="protocols related to administration">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="G427" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Project_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Project namespace">Project namespace</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Guide" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide">WikiProjects</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">User pages</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Userboxes" title="Wikipedia:Userboxes">User boxes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Subpages" title="Wikipedia:Subpages">Subpages</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;;background: #dddddd;color:inherit;"><abbr title="Wikimedia Foundation">WMF</abbr> <abbr title="official policies and statements of the Wikimedia Foundation">(?)</abbr></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="P512" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal; background: #e6e6e6;color:inherit;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct" class="extiw" title="wmf:Policy:Universal Code of Conduct">Universal Code of Conduct</a></li> <li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="wmf:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a></li> <li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policies" class="extiw" title="wmf:Policies">List of policies</a></li> <li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Friendly_space_policy" class="extiw" title="wmf:Friendly space policy">Friendly space policy</a></li> <li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Licensing_policy" class="extiw" title="wmf:Resolution:Licensing policy">Licensing and copyright</a></li> <li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="wmf:Privacy policy">Privacy policy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;;font-weight: normal;"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines">List of all policies and guidelines</a></b> <ul><li><b><span style="color:#118811;"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></span></b>: <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">List of policies</a></b></li> <li><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></span></b>: <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">List of guidelines</a></b></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Principles" title="Wikipedia:Principles">Summaries of values and principles</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="20px_WikiProject_Council942" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:WikiProject_Footer" title="Template:WikiProject Footer"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:WikiProject_Footer" title="Template talk:WikiProject Footer"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:WikiProject_Footer" title="Special:EditPage/Template:WikiProject Footer"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="20px_WikiProject_Council942" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:WikiProject_Council_with_transparent_background.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/WikiProject_Council_with_transparent_background.svg/20px-WikiProject_Council_with_transparent_background.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/WikiProject_Council_with_transparent_background.svg/30px-WikiProject_Council_with_transparent_background.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/WikiProject_Council_with_transparent_background.svg/40px-WikiProject_Council_with_transparent_background.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="459" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council">WikiProject Council</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 darkgray, inset -1px -1px 0 darkgray;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Book_icoline.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Book_icoline.svg/20px-Book_icoline.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Book_icoline.svg/30px-Book_icoline.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Book_icoline.svg/40px-Book_icoline.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="341" data-file-height="187" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Guide" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide">WikiProject guides</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 0 darkgray;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council">WikiProject Council</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Council" title="Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Council">Talk</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Guide" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide">Guidelines/Intro</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Guide/WikiProject" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide/WikiProject">WikiProjects</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Guide/Task_forces" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide/Task forces">Task forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Guide/Technical_notes" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide/Technical notes">Technical notes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Assessment_FAQ" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Assessment FAQ">Assessment FAQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Work_via_WikiProjects" title="Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Work via WikiProjects">Work via WikiProjects</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 darkgray, inset -1px -1px 0 darkgray;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:People_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/People_icon.svg/20px-People_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/People_icon.svg/30px-People_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/People_icon.svg/40px-People_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory">Directories and summaries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 0 darkgray;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory">Directory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Proposals" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals">Proposals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/WikiProjects" title="Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/WikiProjects">Deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Series/WikiProject_report" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Series/WikiProject report">Signpost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut_directory/Project_shortcuts" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut directory/Project shortcuts">Shortcuts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Community_Tech_bot/Popular_pages" title="User:Community Tech bot/Popular pages">Popular pages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_reports" title="Wikipedia:Database reports">Database reports</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_reports/WikiProject_watchers" title="Wikipedia:Database reports/WikiProject watchers">Watchers</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 darkgray, inset -1px -1px 0 darkgray;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gnome-applications-graphics.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Gnome-applications-graphics.svg/20px-Gnome-applications-graphics.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Gnome-applications-graphics.svg/30px-Gnome-applications-graphics.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Gnome-applications-graphics.svg/40px-Gnome-applications-graphics.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Culture" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Culture">Culture and the arts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 0 darkgray;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Culture#Arts" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Culture">Arts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Culture/Music" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Culture/Music">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Culture#Performing_arts" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Culture">Performing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Culture#Plastic_arts" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Culture">Plastic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Culture#Visual_arts" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Culture">Visual</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Culture#Broadcasting" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Culture">Broadcasting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Culture#Crafts_and_hobbies" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Culture">Crafts and hobbies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Culture#Entertainment" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Culture">Entertainment</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Culture/Games" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Culture/Games">Games and toys</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Culture#Food_and_drink" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Culture">Food and drink</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Culture#Internet_culture" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Culture">Internet culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Culture/Language_and_literature" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Culture/Language and literature">Language and literature</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Culture/Language_and_literature#Biography" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Culture/Language and literature">Biography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Culture/Language_and_literature#Linguistics" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Culture/Language and literature">Linguistics</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Culture#Media" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Culture">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Culture/Philosophy_and_religion" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Culture/Philosophy and religion">Philosophy and religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Culture/Sports" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Culture/Sports">Sports</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 darkgray, inset -1px -1px 0 darkgray;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ambox_globe_Americas.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Ambox_globe_Americas.svg/20px-Ambox_globe_Americas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Ambox_globe_Americas.svg/30px-Ambox_globe_Americas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Ambox_globe_Americas.svg/40px-Ambox_globe_Americas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Geographical" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Geographical">Geographical</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 0 darkgray;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Geographical#Bodies_of_water" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Geographical">Bodies of water</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Geographical#Cities" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Geographical">Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Geographical#Countries" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Geographical">Countries</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Geographical/Africa" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Geographical/Africa">Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Geographical/Americas" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Geographical/Americas">Americas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Geographical/Asia" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Geographical/Asia">Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Geographical/Europe" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Geographical/Europe">Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Geographical/Oceania" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Geographical/Oceania">Oceania</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Geographical#Landforms" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Geographical">Landforms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Geographical#Maps" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Geographical">Maps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Geographical#Parks,_conservation_areas,_and_historical_sites" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Geographical">Parks, conservation areas and historical sites</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 darkgray, inset -1px -1px 0 darkgray;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:System-users.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/System-users.svg/20px-System-users.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/System-users.svg/30px-System-users.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/System-users.svg/40px-System-users.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/History_and_society" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/History and society">History and society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 0 darkgray;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/History_and_society#History_and_society" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/History and society">History and society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/History_and_society#Business_and_economics" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/History and society">Business and economics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/History_and_society#Education" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/History and society">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/History_and_society#Military_and_warfare" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/History and 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