Wikipedia:WikiProject Russia/Human geography of Russia task force

Human geography of Russia

Welcome to the Human geography of Russia task force!

Scope edit

The scope of this task force includes all articles related to the human geography of Russia, widely construed. Major subtopics include...

Goals edit

  • Improving the coverage of Russia's human geography on Wikipedia
  • The following line should be inserted onto the talk page of an article to place it within WP:RUSSIA scope, with appropriate assessment parameters:
{{WikiProject Russia|class=|importance=}}
For articles within the scope of this task force, also set the "humgeo" parameter to "yes":
{{WikiProject Russia|class=|importance=|humgeo=yes}}
  • When assessing a page with WP:RUSSIA template, consider also adding templates of other wikiprojects. This may attract more editors to the page.
  • Adding new tasks to the to-do list
  • Increasing participation

Participants edit

  1. Every-leaf-that-trembles (talk · contribs)
  2. Ezhiki (talk · contribs)
  3. Fenix down (talk · contribs)
  4. Slon02 (talk · contribs)
  5. YantarCoast (talk · contribs)

Guidelines edit

Articles of federal subjects edit

The article should start with a good introduction, giving the name of the federal subject in English, its name in Russian (Cyrillic), and its name in any other official language of the federal subject (in that language).

A fact sheet is to be included on the right side of the article.

The rest of the article consists of the following paragraphs (where possible, try to insert the chapters in this order for consistency). Each paragraph can include a link to a more detailed article on the subject:

  • Geography: Describe the geographical features within the federal subject (rivers, lakes, mountains, natural resources, climate).
    • Geography overview section should give information on the following items: area, borders information (border length, list of federal subjects with common border, list of bordered foreign countries, list of bordered seas/oceans/lakes), highest point, maximum N->S distance, maximum E->W distance, average elevation. Some of this information is repeated in the fact sheet (see Template).
    • Rivers section should list all of the major rivers located on the territory of the federal subject and provide a link to a more details article on federal subject's rivers (which would include descriptions of minor rivers).
    • Lakes section should list all of the major lakes located on the territory of the federal subject and provide a link to a more details article on federal subject's lakes (which would include descriptions of minor lakes).
    • Mountains section should list all of the major mountains located on the territory of the federal subject and provide a link to a more details article on federal subject's mountains (which would include descriptions of minor mountains and hills).
    • Natural resources section should list principal resources of the federal subject, each under a separate subsection.
    • Climate section should provide climate review information as well as information on the following items: average annual temperature, January temperature range/average, July temperature range/average, average annual precipitation.
  • Administrative divisions: provide an overview of the federal subject's administrative structure; further subsections should include a list of districts and a list of major settlements with their status (city, town, village, etc.)
  • Demographics: information on population (number of people, urban/rural population, male/female population, number of females per 1,000 males, average age, households statistical information, average life expectancy). Most of the information is available from 2002 Census data.
  • History: includes descriptions of historical events related to the federal subject, even if they occurred before the establishment of the federal subject.
  • Politics: describes recent and current political situation, gives appropriate facts.
  • Economy: includes information on major industries of the federal subject, economic indicators, transportation, and other relevant facts.
    • Transportation should be a subsection. It will include information on the railroads/automobile roads length, etc.
    • Please, add other subsection you feel are necessary.
  • Culture: any relevant cultural information.
  • Education: education information, list of higher institutions and universities.
  • Religion: any relevant information on religion.
  • Tourism: any relevant information on tourism; points of interest (may cross-reference sections on Culture and History).
  • Miscellaneous: anything not covered in the above sections. Do not add this section if there is no misc information in the article.
  • Related articles: a list of Wikipedia articles somehow related to the federal subject.
  • External links: a list of websites related to the federal subject(not only the official website). Each link should have a note on which language the website is in. Always give links to the English sites (or versions) first, then to Russian sites.

The following template should be placed at the end of each article: Template:Subdivisions of Russia

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