Wikipedia:WikiProject Ontario
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This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles on the Province of Ontario with a spirit of cooperation. This page and its subpages contain suggestions on formatting and layout of articles as well as to do lists for Ontarians.
Article alerts
[edit]Did you know
- 28 Apr 2025 – List of Toronto Marlies head coaches (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by TBJ10RH (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Apr 2025 – Joy Laking (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by MediaKyle (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Apr 2025 – Jim Aldred (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Flibirigit (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 28 Apr 2025 – Kinogama station (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Moritoriko (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 25 Apr 2025 – Western Journal of Legal Studies (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by PARAKANYAA (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 19 Apr 2025 – Four Corners, Brampton (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Zanimum (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 26 Apr 2025; see discussion (3 participants)
- 18 Apr 2025 – Katherine Mathewson (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by PEIsquirrel (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 25 Apr 2025; see discussion (6 participants)
- 11 Apr 2025 – April Hutchinson (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by RelmC (t · c) was closed as no consensus by Ritchie333 (t · c) on 28 Apr 2025; see discussion (10 participants; relisted)
- 29 Mar 2025 – Arts Council~Haliburton Highlands (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by ロドリゲス恭子 (t · c) was closed as no consensus by Eddie891 (t · c) on 28 Apr 2025; see discussion (7 participants; relisted)
Proposed deletions
- 20 Apr 2025 – PolyAnalytik (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Onel5969 (t · c) was deleted
- 19 Apr 2025 – Students Offering Support (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by WormEater13 (t · c) was deleted
Categories for discussion
- 20 Apr 2025 – Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidates in Ontario provincial elections (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by BlasterOfHouses (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Apr 2025 – Category:Ontario New Democratic Party candidates in Ontario provincial elections (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by BlasterOfHouses (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Apr 2025 – Category:Green Party of Ontario candidates in Ontario provincial elections (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by BlasterOfHouses (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Apr 2025 – Category:Freedom Party of Ontario candidates in Ontario provincial elections (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by BlasterOfHouses (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Mar 2025 – Category:Deer and moose in popular culture (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 30 Apr 2025 – UDON's Korean Manhwa (talk · edit · hist) →Udon Entertainment was RfDed by Isla (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Apr 2025 – Water (album, Annabelle Chvostek) (talk · edit · hist) →Annabelle Chvostek was RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 20 Apr 2025 – Joy Laking (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by MediaKyle (t · c) was promoted by Actuall7 (t · c), see discussion
Requested moves
- 25 Apr 2025 – Lyon station (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Lyon station (Ottawa) by OrdinaryScarlett (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Apr 2025 – St-Laurent station (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to St-Laurent station (Ottawa) by OrdinaryScarlett (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Mar 2025 – Whitby GO Station (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved by Cards84664 (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Mar 2025 – Rouge Hill GO Station (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved by Cards84664 (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Mar 2025 – Malton GO Station (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved by Cards84664 (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Mar 2025 – Agincourt GO Station (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Agincourt station by Cards84664 (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Mar 2025 – Thornton's Corners East GO Station (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved by Cards84664 (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Mar 2025 – Barrie South GO Station (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Barrie South station by Cards84664 (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Mar 2025 – Kennedy station (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved by Cards84664 (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Mar 2025 – Cooksville GO Station (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved by Cards84664 (t · c); see discussion
- (62 more...)
Articles to be merged
- 07 Nov 2024 – History of the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Student Federation of the University of Ottawa by Fulserish (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 16 Apr 2025 – Draft:Pathmaster (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 163.182.216.241 (t · c)
- 22 Mar 2025 – Draft:Serenity Cox (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 2607:F2C0:E006:78:78D0:54C2:54A7:8E33 (t · c)
- 14 Sep 2024 – Draft:York Region Athletic Association (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Compassionate727 (t · c)
Descendant WikiProjects
[edit]- WikiProject Ottawa
- WikiProject Ontario Roads
- Deletion sorting: Ontario
- WikiProject Ontario/Kawartha Lakes (now defunct, archived here)
Scope
[edit]Ontario articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
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5 | 20 | 21 | 46 | |||
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2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | |||
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3 | 1 | 4 | ||||
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5 | 36 | 246 | 287 | |||
B | 4 | 32 | 178 | 608 | 822 | ||
C | 1 | 29 | 286 | 2,452 | 2,768 | ||
Start | 1 | 23 | 985 | 15,785 | 10 | 4 | 16,808 |
Stub | 1 | 218 | 12,320 | 34 | 2 | 12,575 | |
List | 1 | 12 | 59 | 750 | 10 | 832 | |
Category | 4,454 | 4,454 | |||||
Disambig | 35 | 35 | |||||
File | 157 | 157 | |||||
Portal | 1 | 1 | |||||
Project | 18 | 18 | |||||
Redirect | 4 | 4,591 | 4,595 | ||||
Template | 951 | 951 | |||||
NA | 2 | 2 | |||||
Other | 4 | 8 | 12 | ||||
Assessed | 7 | 109 | 1,788 | 32,198 | 10,271 | 6 | 44,379 |
Unassessed | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |||
Total | 7 | 109 | 1,788 | 32,199 | 10,275 | 8 | 44,386 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 173,344 | Ω = 5.21 |
This project covers the creation and editing of articles related to Ontario, its cities, counties, geography, transportation, culture, history, and so on. It aims to expand Wikipedia's resources on Ontario in a fair and accurate manner.
Geography
[edit]This project should aim to provide an article about every locality in Ontario. Also, it should aim to provide feature-quality articles on the following cities:
- Toronto
- Ottawa
- Hamilton
- Mississauga
- Windsor
- London
- Kingston
- Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge
- Guelph
- Sudbury
- Thunder Bay
- Oshawa
- Peterborough
- Hastings
- Burlington
Moreover, in-depth coverage of Ontario physical and political geography is desirable. All national and provincial parks, important geophysical areas, and geopolitical regions of value should have high-quality articles. For example:
There should also be some emphasis on creating/expanding articles about Northern Ontario and Eastern Ontario topics as well as economics/socio-economics and all of the above for:
- Golden Horseshoe
- Southern Ontario and the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor (Ontario section where it is called the Windsor-Quebec City corridor)
- Greater Toronto Area
Culture
[edit]Describing the cultural history and development of Ontario, as well as uniquely Ontarian facets of culture, is important to providing comprehensive coverage of Ontario. To include are:
- Demographics and social information
- Music of Ontario
- Art of Ontario
- Media in Ontario
- Festivals, parades etc.
- Unique events and colleges
- Museums of Ontario
Members
[edit]Active members
[edit]To join WikiProject Ontario, 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.
- Alan.ca
- Arthurcurrie (talk · contribs)
- Basser g
- Bearcat
- Blacknail
- Bolonium
- CaptainActualist
- ConicProjection
- Deconstructhis
- Deenoe
- Dhastings
- Dreamafter
- Ducio1234
- Earl Andrew
- FellowWikipedian
- Freshacconci
- GreatLakesShips: I mainly write about shipwrecks on the Great Lakes.
- Justpossible
- KaleJade
- Kilgore89
- Ilikepie2221
- Laurel L. Russwurm
- Laverick Phoenix
- Loghead1
- Merenta
- Meszzy2
- Mindmatrix
- Mrjeremister
- Nat (talk · contribs · count · logs · email)
- Nerguy
- Nhl4hamilton
- north8000
- NorthOnt001
- ntb613
- P199 (talk · contribs)
- Particularlystatic (talk · contribs)
- Padraic (talk · contribs)
- Peter K Burian (talk · contribs)
- PKT
- Richard416282
- Ryan Williams
- S-Ranger
- Scutarus
- SFrank85
- Skittleys
- Skyllfully
- Smcafirst
- Staka
- SwagGangster (talk · contribs)
- Tyciol
- User:mrjeremister
- Handbook3
- Vaselineeeeeeee
- Verified Cactus
- User:Williamt.Estates
- User:Wiki-shield
- JamesNotJim (talk · contribs)
- Vamplex1999 (talk · contribs) 02:40:26, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
- Username6892 (talk · contribs) 00:09:41, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
- ClaudeDavid (talk) 18:21, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
- User:TheMadAgilist
- User:Eric0892
- User:Owen Delage
- Unbeatable101 (talk · contribs) 15:01:37, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
- Builder018
- Majidjalilian123 (talk · contribs) 07:50:10, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
- Gogobobo (talk · contribs)
- Clovermoss (talk · contribs)
- JFVoll (talk · contribs) 19:16:02, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
- OilyDoily (talk · contribs)
- IrateSpecialist (talk · contribs) 08:30:50, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
- ThethPunjabi (talk · contribs) 07:53:50, 2 March 2023 (UTC) Ontario Sikh & Punjabi diaspora related topics.
- ThatOneFilipinoExtremeist (talk · contribs) 18:15:08, 17 June 2024 (UTC) : A Dubai resident based in London, Ontario (helping out)
- March-ete (talk · contribs) Provincial parks and other protected areas
- MrTurkey1 (talk · contribs)
Former members
[edit]Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.
- Gogreen11 :: Inactive since Apr 2007
- Shackpepe :: Inactive since Mar 2008
- Spookane :: Inactive since Feb 2007
Member identification
[edit]Members of WikiProject Ontario should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Ontario participants.
Wikitext | userbox | where used | ||
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[[Category:WikiProject Ontario participants]] | none | linked pages | ||
{{Template:User WikiProject Ontario}}
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{{Template:User WP Ontario}}
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{{Template:User WP Ontario
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For other Ontario user templates see Category:Ontario user templates.
Accessibility
[edit]A secondary aspect of this project is to ensure that some accessibility issues are solved. For example, an effort should be made to deliver spoken-word versions for articles with high visibility, such as Toronto.
Featured articles
[edit]Templates
[edit]Project banner
[edit]{{WikiProject Canada|on=yes}}
– template to put on Ontario-related talk pages
Infoboxes
[edit]- All settlements in Ontario should use {{Infobox Settlement}}. This infobox provides a consistent look between the various types settlements in Ontario like Toronto and Windsor and to settlements in the other parts of Canada like Saskatoon, Montreal, St. John's, and Edmonton. The default "settlement_type" is city, but it can be changed to reflect any type of settlement, like counties, towns, villages, etc. {{Infobox Settlement}} also has a super imposable dot map feature that allows a map to be used with any settlement in Ontario.
Stubs
[edit]Ontario-related articles may have one or more of the following stubs applied to them, as needed, in addition to, or in lieu of, Canada-specific stubs:
- {{Ontario-stub}} - basic stub for articles other than geographical articles. For Ottawa or Toronto specific articles, please use:
- {{Ottawa-stub}} - all Ottawa-related stubs
- {{Toronto-stub}} - non-geographical Toronto-related stubs
- {{Ontario-geo-stub}} - geographical articles; please use the most specific stub possible
Resources
[edit]- The US cities project WP:CITY
- Naming conventions
Related WikiProjects and Collaborations
[edit]The following is a list of other Wikiprojects which focus on a specific topic within the scope of Canada.
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- Provinces/territories
- Canadian Topics
- Politics
- Entertainment
- Canada-related tasks in other projects