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WP:ARCTIC

—Welcome to WikiProject Arctic—

Assessment

All articles relevant to the project should be tagged on the article talk pages with {{WikiProject Arctic}}
See the assessment department of this project, at Wikipedia:WikiProject Arctic/Assessment

Quality articles

Articles

List the WP:FAs first, followed by WP:GAs.

Arctic articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	Other	???	Total
FA	1	3	13	2				19
FL				2				2
GA		4	11	17			1	33
B	15	25	33	52			20	145
C	14	25	63	94			50	246
Start	8	51	104	263			219	645
Stub	2	10	34	995			422	1,463
List		2	4	28	1		6	41
Category					241	7		248
Disambig					6			6
File					21			21
Portal					1			1
Project					12			12
Template					24			24
NA		2		6	34			42
Other					1			1
Assessed	40	122	262	1,459	341	7	718	2,949
Unassessed							1	1
Total	40	122	262	1,459	341	7	719	2,950
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 13,488			Ω = 5.29

WP:DYKs and hooks

Note next to the article its date of appearance at T:DYK, with either a Diff to that appearance or a link to the relevant archive at WP:Recent additions.

Ziegler Polar Expedition - July 15, 2008 - Wikipedia:Recent additions 222 - Portal DYK 30
Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy - September 28, 2008 - Wikipedia:Recent additions 231 -Portal DYK 29
Henry Parkyns Hoppner - October 9, 2008 - Wikipedia:Recent additions 232

Featured pictures

Reindeer, Archangelsk, Russia
Barren ground caribou
Polar bear nursing
Polar bears
Vinland map
Ziegler polar expedition
Andrees station at Spitzbergen, Norway
Iceberg
Iceberg
Eyjafjallajökull
Vatnajökull
Eclipse seen from space

Category tree

Click on "►" below to display subcategories:
Arctic

Click on "►" below to display subcategories:
WikiProject Arctic

Participants

Active members

To join WikiProject Arctic, edit this section and add the Wikitext #{{subst:me}} with your areas of interest to the bottom of the following list of members. Members should also place member identification on their user page.

Durova^Charge! 00:44, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Carcharoth (talk) 00:51, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 03:31, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
SriMesh | talk 04:46, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Clevelander96 (talk) 11:43, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ratzer | talk 21:02, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
BaShildy | talk 22:24, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Jack1956 09:59, 23 December 2008
Andrewjlockley (talk) 14:13, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Polargeo (talk) 16:35, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Av9 (talk) 20:15, 1 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Belugaboy535136 ^contribs 21:54, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Arsenikk ^(talk) 11:50, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Angelikfire (talk) 17:34, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
08OceanBeach^S.D. 01:44, 14 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Tezamen Tezamen (talk) 05:53, 19 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Avismother | talk 01:35, 1 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Astrophobe (talk · contribs) 04:25:14, 13 October 2019 (UTC) [reply]
PaulTheBoatman10 (talk · contribs) 21:37:05, 3 February 2021 (UTC) [reply]
Starkenborgher (talk · contribs) 01:44:10, 24 May 2021 (UTC) [reply]
ARose Wolf 16:35, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Liam2520 (talk) 08:39, 3 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Mycranthebigman (talk · contribs) 21:36:46, 10 June 2022 (UTC) Works on Alaskan articles[reply]
HalfwayAffable (talk · contribs) 2024

Former members

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

Buaidh (talk · contribs) 15:11:42, 30 July 2019 (UTC) – WikiProject templates and categories.[reply]

Member identification

Members of WikiProject Arctic should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Arctic participants.

Wikitext

userbox

where used

[[Category:WikiProject Arctic participants]] none linked pages

{{Template:User Arctic Project}}

This user is a member of
WikiProject Arctic.

linked pages

{{Template:User WP Arctic}}

This user participates in
WikiProject Arctic.

linked pages

{{Template:User WP Arctic|invite}}

This user invites you to join
WikiProject Arctic.

linked pages

For other Arctic user templates, see Category:Arctic user templates.

To do

Outreach

Invite new users to participate in WikiProject Arctic:

New articles

Newest articles

Article alerts

Robotic retrieval of article alerts

Redirects for discussion

27 Dec 2024 – 89th parallel north (talk · edit · hist) →Arctic Ocean was RfDed by Psycho CSL (t · c); see discussion
27 Dec 2024 – 88th parallel north (talk · edit · hist) →Arctic Ocean was RfDed by Psycho CSL (t · c); see discussion
27 Dec 2024 – 87th parallel north (talk · edit · hist) →Arctic Ocean was RfDed by Psycho CSL (t · c); see discussion
27 Dec 2024 – 86th parallel north (talk · edit · hist) →Arctic Ocean was RfDed by Psycho CSL (t · c); see discussion
27 Dec 2024 – Latitude 89 degrees N (talk · edit · hist) →Arctic Ocean was RfDed by Psycho CSL (t · c); see discussion
27 Dec 2024 – Latitude 88 degrees N (talk · edit · hist) →Arctic Ocean was RfDed by Psycho CSL (t · c); see discussion
27 Dec 2024 – Latitude 87 degrees N (talk · edit · hist) →Arctic Ocean was RfDed by Psycho CSL (t · c); see discussion
27 Dec 2024 – Latitude 86 degrees N (talk · edit · hist) →Arctic Ocean was RfDed by Psycho CSL (t · c); see discussion
27 Dec 2024 – Latitude 85 degrees N (talk · edit · hist) →Arctic Ocean was RfDed by Psycho CSL (t · c); see discussion

Peer reviews

22 Jun 2024 – Brown bear (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Wolverine XI (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

18 Dec 2024 – Sámi peoples (talk · edit · hist) move request to Sámi people by Jähmefyysikko (t · c) was moved to Sámi people (talk · edit · hist) by Frost (t · c) on 25 Dec 2024; see discussion

Articles to be merged

19 Sep 2024 – Little Diomede Island (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Diomede, Alaska by RadioKAOS (t · c); see discussion
19 Sep 2024 – Diomede, Alaska (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Little Diomede Island by RadioKAOS (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

07 Nov 2024 – Draft:Edward Little (Royal Navy officer) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by TomuKdoNasMaRad (t · c)

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.

v t e Arctic topics
History	Arctic exploration Arctic research History of whaling
Government	Arctic Council Arctic cooperation and politics Arctic Ocean Conference Chief Directorate of the Northern Sea Route Ilulissat Declaration Inuit Circumpolar Council Saami Council Territorial claims in the Arctic United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Geography	Arctic Archipelago Arctic Circle Arctic Cordillera Arctic ecology Arctic Ocean Arctic Cyclone Greenland ice sheet Impact craters of the Arctic Innuitian Region Nordicity North Pole Populated places in the Arctic Tundra
Geology	Canadian Arctic Rift System Eurekan orogeny Greenland Plate Innuitian orogeny Queen Elizabeth Islands Subplate Southeast Bathurst Fault Zone Ungava Fault Zone
Regions	Arctic Alaska British Arctic Territories Canadian Arctic Archipelago Finnmark Greenland Iceland Inuvialuit Karelia Komi Northern Canada Northwest Territories Nunavik Nunavut Nunatsiavut Russian Arctic North Sakha Sápmi Yukon North American Arctic
Climate	Arctic Climate Impact Assessment Arctic dipole anomaly Arctic haze Arctic oscillation Arctic sea ice decline ecology and history Arctic methane emissions Climate change in the Arctic Climate of Alaska Effects of global warming on marine mammals Polar climate Polar amplification Polar vortex
Fauna	Arctic fox Beluga whale Bowhead whale Lemming Muskox Narwhal Polar bear Reindeer Seal bearded harp hooded ribbon ringed Snowy owl Walrus
Flora	Arctic ecology Arctic vegetation Tundra
Culture	Arctic peoples Subarctic peoples Chukchi Chukotka Evenks Karelians Komi Icelandic Inuit Gwich'in Khanty Koryaks Nenets Northern indigenous Russian peoples Sami Selkup Yakuts Yukaghir Arctic Winter Games Quviasukvik (New Year's Day)
Economy	Natural resources Petroleum exploration Arctic Refuge drilling controversy Pollution in the Arctic Ocean Protected areas Transportation
Transport	Arctic Bridge Arctic shipping routes Northeast Passage Northwest Passage Northern Sea Route Polar air route Transpolar Sea Route Search and rescue
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