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WikiProject France
Welcome to WikiProject France. We are a group of editors dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of France and Monaco related articles, through collaboration and cooperation. If you would like to join us, please add your username to the members list.
Scope
WikiProject France concerns coordination, creation, development, and organization of efforts on all articles related to France and Monaco.
Goals
- Get this project organized.
- To serve as a central point of discussion for collaboration related to France/Monaco. Foster increased cooperation between editors in order to meet the other goals.
- To create the foremost reliable and accurate free-content encyclopedia of France/Monaco in the English language.
- Build all Top Importance France Articles to Good Article status, at a minimum (FA is preferred). Current progress: 7 out of 93 articles meet this criteria.
Departments
Departments
- Contents
- The contents department develops and maintains the navigation pages that serve the subject "France", in collaboration with the various contents projects (OOK, Lists, Wikipedia:WikiProject Glossaries, and Index).
- Assessment
- The assessment department assesses and tracks all project related articles. If you have made significant contributions to an article, feel free to list at this page.
- Cleanup
- This department focuses on the clean up and copy editing of articles tagged in need of attention.
- Outreach
- Discussion and implementation of outreach strategies, including discussion of the next newsletter.
- Photo requests
- Please add any requested photos to this list. In addition to posting your image requests on the list, on the talk page(s) of the subject(s), and on the Wikimedia Commons (Commons:Commons:Picture requests), please also post them at fr:Wikipédia:Atelier photographique on the French Wikipedia. If you do not know French, you can ask someone at fr:Wikipédia:Bistro_des_non-francophones/en to help you.
- Review Department
- The Review department aims to create a centralized area for all project-related articles currently undergoing either formal review (Good Article, Featured Article) or informal review (Wikiproject France Peer Review). This is the place to get information about listing an article for review.
Task forces
- French cinema task force
- Task force of WikiProject Films.
- French military history task force
- Task force of WikiProject Military history.
- Paris
- Task force aims to develop, maintain, and improve articles relating to the capital.
WikiProjects
- WikiProject Balzac
- Related WikiProject.
- WikiProject French communes
- Child WikiProject.
- WikiProject Monaco
- Related WikiProject.
Work groups
- Adelie Land work group
- Work group of WikiProject Antarctica.
- French Africa work group
- Work group of WikiProject Africa.
- French Guiana work group
- Work group of WikiProject South America.
- French Polynesia work group
- Work group of WikiProject Polynesia.
- Guadeloupe work group
- Work group of WikiProject Caribbean.
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon work group
- Work group of WikiProject Caribbean.
ferchrissakes SP&M is off the coast of Newfoundland, not in the Caribbean Mathglot (talk) 08:14, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
Article Alerts
- Proposed deletions
- 24 Jun 2016 – James de Givenchy (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by SwisterTwister (t · c): Current coverage is still questionable for solid independent notability including as his works have not actually been permanently collected by major museums, my searches have also found only press releases, mere mentions and other trivial coverage in ...
- Categories for discussion
- 21 Jun 2016 – Category:Picardy geography stubs (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Od Mishehu (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Jun 2016 – Category:Nord-Pas-de-Calais geography stubs (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Od Mishehu (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Jun 2016 – Category:French explorers (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by PanchoS (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Jun 2016 – Category:1978 establishments in Mayotte (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by BU Rob13 (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Jun 2016 – Category:Beer and breweries in France (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by PanchoS (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Apr 2016 – Category:Historic house museums in Picardy (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by PanchoS (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Apr 2016 – Category:Historic house museums in Nord-Pas-de-Calais (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by PanchoS (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Apr 2016 – Category:French people convicted of murdering police officers (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Good Olfactory (t · c); see discussion
- Redirects for discussion
- 23 Jun 2016 – Peurancih (talk · edit · hist) →France was RfDed by Gorthian (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jun 2016 – Фрэндж (talk · edit · hist) →France was RfDed by Gorthian (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jun 2016 – Frànkrich (talk · edit · hist) →France was RfDed by Gorthian (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jun 2016 – Frankryk (talk · edit · hist) →France was RfDed by Gorthian (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jun 2016 – Frankrich (talk · edit · hist) →France was RfDed by Gorthian (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jun 2016 – ፈረንሣይ (talk · edit · hist) →France was RfDed by Gorthian (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jun 2016 – Francland (talk · edit · hist) →France was RfDed by Gorthian (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jun 2016 – Франциа (talk · edit · hist) →France was RfDed by Gorthian (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jun 2016 – Republik Peurancih (talk · edit · hist) →France was RfDed by Gorthian (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jun 2016 – فرنسا (talk · edit · hist) →France was RfDed by Gorthian (t · c); see discussion
- (52 more...)
- Miscellany for deletion
- 25 Jun 2016 – Draft:Historical outline of France (talk · edit · hist) was MfDed by Ricky81682 (t · c); see discussion
- Featured article candidates
- 07 Jun 2016 – Canadian National Vimy Memorial (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Labattblueboy (t · c); see discussion
- 23 May 2016 – Mont Blanc massif (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Parkywiki (t · c); see discussion
- Good article nominees
- 28 Jun 2016 – Élizabeth Teissier (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Adam Cuerden (t · c); start discussion
- 14 Mar 2016 – Saviem (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Urbanoc (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Feb 2016 – Jacques Rivette (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Zanimum (t · c); see discussion
- Good article reassessments
- 18 Jun 2016 – Napoleon (talk · edit · hist) nominated for GA reassessment by Midnightblueowl (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- Requests for comments
- 22 Jun 2016 – Michel Foucault (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Maunus (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Jun 2016 – European migrant crisis (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by George Ho (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Jun 2016 – Rothschild family (talk · edit · hist) RfC by 31.208.7.22 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- Peer reviews
- 26 Jun 2016 – Arsène Wenger (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Lemonade51 (t · c); see discussion
- 26 May 2016 – Sept haï-kaïs (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Curly Turkey (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Apr 2016 – Palais Rohan, Strasbourg (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Edelseider (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Jul 2012 – École nationale de l'aviation civile (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by 80.13.85.217 (t · c); see discussion
- Requested moves
- 23 Jun 2016 – Louis Guglielmi (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved by Andy M. Wang (t · c); see discussion
Quick Help
If you can help with any of these topics, please add your name to the third column
| I need help with | Try | Project Member Volunteers |
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| Copy-editing | League of Copyeditors | User:Mcewan, User:Fraise |
| Content dispute | Requesting for comments |
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| General Feedback | WikiProject France talk page |
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| Getting around WikiProject France | WikiProject France talk page | |
| Images (uploading) | Wikimedia Commons | |
| Improving an article | Using the Reviewing Cheatsheet WikiProject France talk page |
Lazulilasher, User:Fraise |
| Vandalism | Administrator intervention against vandalism |
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Style Guides
Do you need help with the proper format of France/French terms or translations? See the Manual of Style links below:
- General Rules
- Orthography, covers accents, ligatures, and sorting.
- Naming Conventions, including noble titles, works of art, and place names.
- Administrative Conventions, covers political and geographic divisions within France.
- Transportation Conventions, Rail/Tram naming and terms (including SNCF related guidelines)
Announcements and News
News
Wikipedia Release Version 0.7 will soon be ported to DVD. Some articles relating to the project were selected to appear. A number of articles have various clean-up tags, listed here. Please help out by addressing the concerns.
We are in the process of creating a new review department, in order to provide a central location for all France related reviews at Peer Review, Good Articles, or Featured Articles. The initiation of an A-class review departement has also been proposed.
Saint-Inglevert Airfield became a Good Article.- Daft Punk became a Good Article.
- Louvre Abu Dhabi became a Good Article.
The Project banner template has been updated with a parameter allowing articles within the scope of the Paris task force to be tagged as such. To tag an article, add |tf=Paris to the banner.- Louis Braille became a Good Article.
Open Reviews and Assessments
See the Review Department for discussion and full-listing of articles under review, or for information about listing an article for review. Please check the article alerts page for any unincorporated updates.
- Peer Reviews:
- Featured Article Review: French law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools and Lazare Ponticelli were listed at Featured Article Review.
- Articles currently requesting assessment: Service France Domaine, please add this to the France Wikiproject and give an initial assessment.
- Articles for Deletion: Tanit (yacht) has been nominated for deletion or merger. Comments appreciated.
- Categories for Discussion: None listed
Open Tasks
- Place {{WikiProject France}} on the talk pages of all articles that fall within the scope of this project.
- Monitor the recent changes for improvements which might raise the assessment level, damages to the articles, and vandalism
- Respond and ameliorate articles listed for cleanup, copyediting, citations, references, original research, etc.
- Respond in your area of expertise to editor's requesting Reviews of the project's articles.
- The following articles are in need of expert attention, if you can provide this, please do:
- Maintain and update the Template:France tasks (after completing a task, please replace the old with a new one by editing this template):
 Wikipedia:France-related tasks
You can help! Vous pouvez aider!
Here are some France related tasks you can do:
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Article Status
Current Article Statistics
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| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
 FA |
3 | 14 | 24 | 28 | 1 | 70 | |
| FL |
1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | ||
 A |
1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | |||
 GA |
5 | 29 | 46 | 152 | 70 | 302 | |
| B | 28 | 128 | 240 | 418 | 300 | 1,114 | |
| C | 43 | 204 | 540 | 921 | 1 | 641 | 2,350 |
| Start | 11 | 274 | 1,893 | 7,197 | 245 | 6,049 | 15,669 |
| Stub | 5 | 44 | 594 | 45,723 | 224 | 18,043 | 64,633 |
| List | 2 | 20 | 101 | 608 | 542 | 621 | 1,894 |
| Category | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10,987 | 11,001 | ||
| Disambig | 1 | 2 | 180 | 183 | |||
| File | 1 | 1 | 131 | 133 | |||
| Portal | 63 | 63 | |||||
| Project | 1 | 23 | 24 | ||||
| Template | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1,968 | 1,976 | ||
| NA | 2 | 541 | 7 | 550 | |||
| Other | 10 | 10 | |||||
| Assessed | 98 | 723 | 3,449 | 55,074 | 14,915 | 25,732 | 99,991 |
| Unassessed | 1 | 2 | 200 | 6,939 | 7,142 | ||
| Total | 98 | 724 | 3,451 | 55,274 | 14,915 | 32,671 | 107,133 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 462,199 | Ω = 5.72 | |||||
Articles needing attention
See here for a complete list of France related articles that need attention. Please respond to these requests if you're able.
Featured Content
These Featured articles have been identified as among the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. They have not necessarily been improved to Featured Status by this WikiProject. These articles may be chosen as "Article of the month" or "Personality of the month" on the France portal.
The Featured images are chosen by the Wikipedia community because they are beautiful, shocking, impressive, and/or informative. France-related featured pictures can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject France/Gallery. Note: This list includes images from Commons.
A Featured topic is a collection of inter-related articles that are of a good quality (though are not necessarily featured articles). A featured topic represents Wikipedia’s best work by thoroughly covering all parts of that topic through several high-quality articles that share a similar structure and are well-linked with each other.
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Templates, Infoboxes, Userboxes, and Ads
Userboxes and medals
- Members can add one of the following userboxes to their userpage.
- There are at this time two barnstars, one for France and the other for French Guiana, which might be given out to editors who make substantial contributions to articles in their specific field. A template is available for awarding a barnstar to users, more information about it is available at WikiProject France/Barnstar.
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Resources
Resources
Categories
- List of all subpages of this page
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Projects
- Wikipedia:WikiProject European Union
- Wikipedia:WikiProject French départements (completed)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject French communes
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Paris Streets
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Films/French cinema task force
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/French military history task force
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Balzac
- Wikipedia:WikiProject French dialects
Portals
- Portal:European Union
- Portal:France
- Portal:French and Francophone literature
- Portal:Military history of France
- Portal:Paris
Every member should feel free to inform the managers of these portals if they have worked on an article which they believe would be of interest to the above portals.
External links
Directories
- Encyclopaedia Britannica - France's country page
- CIA - The World Factbook
- Official site of the French public service - Contains many links to various administrations and institutions
- Parks in France - National parks, nature parks, reserves and other protected areas in France
Tourism, history, gastronomy
- (French) The picturesque France
Maps and travel guides
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for France. |
Photos
- Photos of Paris
- Photos of France (Paris, Rennes, Savoie, Annecy)
- Other photos of France...
- 2000 photos of the most important cities in France
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