Wikipedia:WikiProject Nova Scotia

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Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Nova Scotia. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there.

The current focus item of the moment is {{NS Towns}} template being put on all incorporated town pages.

[edit] Goals

This WikiProject main goal is to ensure that Wikipedia has concise and detailed articles about every subject relating to Nova Scotia, including but not limited to the implimentation standardised side bars and adding depth and utility to the NS catagories. It is also to provide a consistent level of high quality information for all counties, towns, and incorporated municipalities in Nova Scotia, as well as related sub or specialty pages. Ultimately, this will result in Nova Scotia articles being put forward for Featured Article status.

[edit] Tips

To get an article to featured article status, make sure to follow these steps to ensure all articles we submit to Featured article candidates meet the FA criteria. All of these apply to almost any good article, so keep them in mind when editing even outside of Nova Scotia articles. The suggestions are:

I.	Write a good lead. Be sure to write a lead that concisely summarizes the entire article into one or two paragraphs which make sense to someone who may know nothing about the subject.
II.	Use good spelling and grammar. This is a very important aspect of an article. Many browsers support spell checking.
III.	Use footnotes. Take advantage of the footnote ability Wikipedia has, instead of including html links inside the context include them as footnotes. See Wikipedia:Footnotes on how to use them.
IV.	Use images if possible. Images enhance articles greatly, but only use them when they are necessary, and ensure that their copyright status has been specified and we are allowed to use it on Wikipedia. See Wikipedia:Images for more information.
V.	Use references. This is an encyclopedia, so remember to include a ==References== section listing websites, newspapers, articles, books and other sources you used to write the article. An article will not get accepted as a featured article candidate if it is missing references. See Wikipedia:Verifiability, Wikipedia:Cite_sources and Wikipedia:References.
VI.	Stay on topic. Many articles are criticized for length; sticking to the subject matter helps eliminate this.
VI.	Keep it simple. Remember that the average reader should be able to comprehend the erudition. Although you should use a broad vocabulary of regular, non-technical terms, do not provide such a quantity of locutions as to impel those who aspire to derive serviceable information from the article to consult a dictionary.
VII.	Use common sense. You should know what perfect articles look like. They cover everything they should without going on forever. Common sense could have told you almost all of the items mentioned above. Ultimately, assume good faith, be bold, and go out there and write some good articles.

[edit] Participants

More to come, please join if interested!

[edit] Structure

[edit] Article title

Following Wikipedia standard, article titles should relate to the best-known name in most cases. It has become standard that communities and place names in Canada be followed by the name of the Province, thus Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia.

[edit] General

Redirects should be created for commonly-used nicknames, and for place names without the province following the name, where possible.

[edit] County Pages

Articles for NS Counties need to have the following:

inclusion or upgrade to NS Counties sidebar template.
removal of county direction finder at bottom of page, in lieu of adjacent county section of template.
inclusion of data from Statistics Canada
Check the Stats Canada Webpage for correct household income (most data currently on page is actually average individual income).

[edit] Town/Municipality Pages

Articles for NS Towns/Municipalities need to have the following:

inclusion or upgrade to NS Towns sidebar template.
inclusion of data from Statistics Canada where available.

[edit] Article format

Here is one suggestion on how to begin:

Sherose Island (43º32'00"N, 65º35'57"W) is a small Canadian island located off the South Shore of Nova Scotia.

The island is located in the Barrington Passage, a small strait in Shelburne County and measures approximately 2 km long and 0.5 km wide. It is connected to mainland Nova Scotia by a short causeway.

If you are only able to get a few details for a particular article, please add the appropriate stub at the bottom of the page.

Ensure that appropriate county and hrm community catagories are added, as detailed below.

[edit] Categories

NS and HRM cats soon.

[edit] Hierarchy definition

No classification of this project has been defined.

[edit] Images without articles

Images of places and things in Nova Scotia wich don't yet have articles, but potentially could.

All Saints Anglican Church in Springhill, Nova Scotia	The Alliance Atlantis Academy building in Halifax	The tallest building in Dartmouth	The Dominion Public Building in Halifax
The Halifax Alehouse	The Halifax Boardwalk	Halifax City Hall	The Halifax library
The Oxford Theatre in Halifax	The old customs house in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia	Parrsboro United Baptist Church	A historic building in downtown Halifax currently home to Prenor Trust
St. Agnes Catholic Church in Halifax	St. George's Anglican Church in Parrsboro	St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Springhill, Nova Scotia	Trinity United Church in Parrsboro
West End United Baptist Church in Halifax

[edit] General strategy and discussion forums

/talk

[edit] Series about Communities in Nova Scotia Templates

[edit] NS Town

{{NS Towns}}

Part of a series about Communities in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia Municipalities, Towns & Villages
WikiProject Nova Scotia
[[{{{Logoorcrest}}} \|center\|110px]]
Motto: {{{Motto}}}
[[{{{Map}}} \|thumbnail\|center\|250px\|Location of {{{Reference Name}}} in Nova Scotia.]]
Community Statistics
Area	{{{Area}}} km²
Population	{{{Population}}} *
Population_Density	{{{Population Density}}}/km²*
Earnings	{{{Median Earnings}}} +
Latitude	{{{Latitude}}}
Longitude	{{{Longitude}}}
Elevation	{{{Elevation}}}
Government
Warden/Mayor	{{{Warden/Mayor}}}
Governing Body	{{{Governing Body}}}
Other Information
Website	{{{Website}}}
Time Zone	{{{Time zone}}}
Postal Code	{{{Postal Code}}}
Footnotes
* According to StatCan Census Year {{{Census Year}}}
+ Median household income, 2000 ($) - All households

[edit] Templates

[edit] NS Template

{{NovaScotia}}

	Nova Scotia
Counties	Annapolis - Antigonish - Cape Breton - Colchester - Cumberland - Digby - Guysborough - Halifax - Hants - Inverness - Kings - Lunenburg - Pictou - Queens - Richmond - Shelburne - Victoria - Yarmouth
Regional Municipalities	Cape Breton - Halifax - Queens
Incorporated Towns	Amherst - Annapolis Royal - Antigonish - Berwick - Bridgetown - Bridgewater - Canso - Clark's Harbour - Digby - Hantsport - Kentville - Lockeport - Lunenburg - Mahone Bay - Middleton - Mulgrave - New Glasgow - Oxford - Parrsboro - Pictou - Port Hawkesbury - Shelburne - Springhill - Stellarton - Stewiacke - Trenton - Truro - Westville - Windsor - Wolfville - Yarmouth
Other Communities	Bedford - Bible Hill - Cole Harbour - Dartmouth - Dominion - Eastern Passage - Fall River - Glace Bay - Greenwood - Halifax (former city) - Liverpool - Louisbourg - Lower Sackville - New Minas - New Waterford - North Sydney - Sydney - Sydney Mines - Weymouth

[edit] Stub templates

Basic stub - {{NovaScotia-stub}}

This Nova Scotia-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Geography stub - {{NovaScotia-geo-stub}}

This Nova Scotia geographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[edit] Focus template

{{nsfocus}}

This article is the current improvement focus of WikiProject Nova Scotia!

Please help improve it to featured article standard.

[edit] Talk page template

The tag {{NovaScotiaProject}} should be added to the top of the talk page of all articles maintained by this WikiProject.

This article is part of WikiProject Nova Scotia, an attempt to better organize information in articles related to Nova Scotia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.

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