Wikipedia:WikiProject Deserts

WikiProject
DESERTS
founded on September 10, 2009
desert • commons • list • list by area
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WikiProject Deserts

Sahara Desert, Africa
Shortcut	WP:Desert
Categories	WikiProject Deserts, Deserts
Wikimedia Commons	Deserts
Parent project(s)	Geography
Project banner template	{{WP Deserts}}
Userbox	{{User WP Deserts}}

Welcome to WikiProject Deserts.
The aim of this WikiProject is to improve the content and material of articles of or relating to deserts on Wikipedia.
If you would like to help, please join the project.

Our goals

• Improve the geological aspect of the world's deserts
• Expand coverage on desert-specific features and habitats

Our scope

• The individual deserts and xeric ecoregions
• Geology, hydrology, climate and ecology of deserts
• Civilization and culture of people in deserts
• Tourism, conservation and development of deserts

Getting started

• Add your name to the participants to get started!
• Watchlist bulletin board for future news, straw polls and collaboration efforts.
• Get familiar with the basic definition of desert.
• Get familiar with ecoregions of deserts.

How can I help?
Look at the tasks to see what needs helping.

• Help by creating new articles.
• Help by expanding the content of articles.
• Help by cleaning up articles.
• Help by citing sources on articles.
• Help by placing infoboxes on articles.
• Help by putting maps and photos on articles.
• Help by assessing the articles.
• Help by organizing categories.

Help by outreach (see section below).

Outreach

Outreach (Articles) If you find desert-related articles that need attention, use the stub box to keep track of them. (see instructions) {{Desert-stub}} {{topography-stub}} Place {{Expand|date=???}} on the top of the article needing content expansion. For a specific section of the article, place {{Expand section}} on the top of that section. You can add {{cleanup|date=???}} banner on the top of articles that require cleaning up. If you find a desert-related article without the project banner on its talk page, add {{Template:WikiProject Deserts}} on top of the talk page. (see instructions) Avoid clustering of banners on a talk page by using {{WikiProjectBanners}}. If you find an article on a desert without an infobox, add {{Infobox desert}} at the top of that article. (see instructions) Add {{Reqinfobox}} to talk page of the article to requiring an infobox. To request images: Add {{Reqmap}} on the talk page of the article requiring a map. Add {{Image requested}} on the talk page of the article requiring a photograph. If you find a desert-related article without a navbox, add {{Deserts}} at the end of that article. (see instructions) Outreach (Participants) You can invite other Wikipedians by placing {{subst:WP Deserts Invite}} on their talk page. (see instructions first) You can welcome new members by placing {{subst:WP Deserts Welcome}} on their talk page. (see instructions first) You can award an editor by placing {{WP Deserts Barnstar|message ~~~~}} for his/her hardwork on desert-related articles. (see instructions first). See original template.

Articles

see Wikipedia:WikiProject Deserts/Articles

Featured content

• Antarctica

Lists

• World: List of deserts · List of deserts by area
• Asia: List of deserts of Pakistan
• North America: List of North American deserts
• Oceania: List of deserts of Australia

Images

Commons: see Commons:Category:Deserts

Featured content

• 
  Morocco Africa
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  Rub' al Khali
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  Tadrart Acacus

Gallery

click the 'show' button on the right

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  Eureka Dunes in Death Valley National Park
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  Dunes of Sahara
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  Oasis at Sahara
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  Rocks in Namib
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  House at Thal
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  Geysers at Black Rock
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  Road in Rub' al Khali
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  Dunes of Rub' al Khali
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  (Featured) Rub' al Khali
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  Wildlife of Sonora
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  Shrubland of Sonora
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  Dunes of Libyan
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  View at Nubian

Watchlist

see WikiProject Deserts - Watchlist

Resources

• www.teachers.ash.org.au - deserts
• www.mbgnet.net - deserts

Userboxes

Code	Result
{{Template:User interest deserts}}	This user is interested in Deserts	Usage
{{Template:User WP Deserts}}	This user participates in WikiProject Deserts.	Usage

Related projects

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Tools

Main tool page: toolserver.org

• Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
• Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
• Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
• Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.