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WikiProject Geography To-do list:

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Article requests : See Requested articles/Social sciences/Geography, cities, regions and named places and Missing articles about Locations
Assess : Tag related article talk pages with {{WikiProject Geography}}. To help assess the quality and importance of geography articles, please see: Unassessed geography articles and Unknown-importance geography articles.
Cleanup : See Geography articles needing attention
Deletion sorting : Listed at Geographic related deletion discussions
Geographical coordinates : See Articles missing geocoordinate data by country
Infobox : See Geography articles needing infoboxes
Map : See Wikipedia requested maps
Notability : See Geography articles with topics of unclear notability
Photo : See Wikipedia requested photographs of places
Stubs : See Geography stubs

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Women in Red: Geographers

As I'm sure some of you have seen, there is currently a few events around International Women's day, including "Women in red." One area on my radar that could be of interest to Wikiproject Geography is the American Association of Geographers list of current and past presidents. There are many red links in there, and many of them belong to women. As each link belongs to a current or former president of a national organization, they should all pass verification checks for notability. If anyone is interested in creating a page, these could be fun projects. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 18:49, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Feedback requested for innovation made

Hello. There is a discussion that might be of your interest and it would be great if you can provide your feedback at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Maps#Feedback requested for innovation made. Sincerely,--Thinker78 (talk) 01:17, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Catalonia nation discussion

There is a discussion at Talk:Catalonia#Lead whether the phrase

is a historical European nation, currently administered as an autonomous community of Spain

should be used as the first sentence at Catalonia. Thanks Dank Jae 11:12, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Preference of using OpenStreetMaps

Hi, I really think that OpenStreetMaps are preferred over topographic maps. By these reasons:

OpenStreetMaps presents the least but most important metadata at each level of zoom.
The ability of zooming is only provided by OpenStreetMaps
If any change occurs for the river, for example the path changes, this is rapidly applied for OpenStreetMaps
language of metadata changes automatically for each Wikipedia
font-size of text of metadata is automatically adjusted

Traditional map	New Maps

Thus we should show OpenStreetMaps and hide topographic maps. But in many rare cases that topography is preferred version, we can hide OpenStreetMap in the template:Hidden begin but render both of them.

Please read this discussion on idea lab and discuss and vote for my idea. Thanks, Hooman Mallahzadeh (talk) 16:49, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sourcing Assistance (Cross-post from WikiProject Caves)

Good afternoon! My work on the page Perry County, Tennessee led me down the path of doing more to expand articles on the geography and protected places of the county, including Alexander Cave. There's just enough information available to establish notability, but not enough to truly expand the article beyond stub status right now. One source that I've found that might have information on the cave is Caves of Tennessee, by Thomas Barr Jr.. Unfortunately, I cannot seem to find a copy of this available online or in any local libraries. Bit of a long shot, but does anyone here have access to a copy of this publication? If so, would you be willing to help expand information on the article, or make scans of any relevant entries in the book? Thanks! nf utvol (talk) 00:26, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There are a few library copies I see, I can't find a digital copy though. I DID find a review of the book though, all be it a short one, in The American Midland Naturalist here.

Maybe it can help you hunt down a physical copy. Maybe there is something in the review that can serve as a source for you. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 05:54, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement!

Hello,
Please note that Antarctic, which is within this project's scope, has been selected as one of the Articles for improvement. The article is scheduled to appear on Wikipedia's Community portal in the "Articles for improvement" section for one week, beginning today. Everyone is encouraged to collaborate to improve the article. Thanks, and happy editing!
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One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement!

Hello,
Please note that Exploration, which is within this project's scope, has been selected as one of the Articles for improvement. The article is scheduled to appear on Wikipedia's Community portal in the "Articles for improvement" section for one week, beginning today. Everyone is encouraged to collaborate to improve the article. Thanks, and happy editing!
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Requested move at Talk:İskenderun#Requested move 22 April 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:İskenderun#Requested move 22 April 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 05:50, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Possible hoax?

Kalloor appears to be a WP:HOAX. Created August 31, 2005, not subatantially altered since. Only other inbound link is Shri Datta Venkata Sai Temple, itself made in 2009 and turning up no non-Wikipedia mirrors. It's possibly I'm missing something and these were just not translated properly from one of the many languages used in India. However, the lack of... anything on Kalloor, along with spurious claims of the apostle Thomas being killed there -- itself not supported by Thomas the Apostle. While Kalloor does appear to be a given name in India, the claims about the family name's origins are not backed up by any sources. As these also existed at the same time as the spurious claims of the city, it's very likely all of that is hoax too. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 23:09, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There's a mention there of "Bishop Yoohanon Chrysostom Kalloor of the Catholic Church, from the Kalloor family in Pathanamthitta" and our Yoohanon Chrysostom is about a bishop whose full name is Yoohanon Chrysostom Kalloor and whose existence is confirmed by the three sources. That might of course be a little nugget lending veracity to inventions about Thomas - I don't know. I notice the long third source about the Pathanamthitta diocese[1] begins by mentioning Thomas founding the Christian community in India without tying that to Pathanamthitta or any mention of his death. NebY (talk) 23:26, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Not a lot of pages on particular symbols used on maps that I've seen here. There isn't really a standard set of symbols for all maps anyway, so while it might appear on a few here and there, there isn't necessarily going to have literature on it. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 02:43, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Philosophy of geography page needs some attention

The page "Philosophy of geography" is in desperate need of attention. Currently, the page only goes back to the 1930s, and only focuses on the Western tradition, mostly American. Obviously, there is a lot of room to expand. I started a discussion on its talk page, but think that it might get more attention here. If anyone is interested in flushing out some high level geographic theory, that could be a fun project to take on. Anyone with experience writing about critical geography could be particularly useful. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 20:15, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Macau#Requested move 24 June 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Macau#Requested move 24 June 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Remsense诉 14:27, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Western Desert (Egypt)#Requested move 17 June 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Western Desert (Egypt)#Requested move 17 June 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 19:43, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion at Wikipedia:Manual of Style

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style#"Modern-day Israel" vs. "Palestine" when only for reader geographical reference, which is within the scope of this WikiProject. Kinsio (talk ★ contribs) 15:46, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement!

Hello,
Please note that Cape (geography), which is within this project's scope, has been selected as one of the Articles for improvement. The article is scheduled to appear on Wikipedia's Community portal in the "Articles for improvement" section for one week, beginning today. Everyone is encouraged to collaborate to improve the article. Thanks, and happy editing!
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Discussion at River

There is a discussion about the proposed content of the River article at the talk page that may be of interest to this project. ForksForks (talk) 13:14, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Nushki District#Requested move 11 July 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Nushki District#Requested move 11 July 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ASUKITE 14:27, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Cobra_Crack#MOS:ITAL

Discussion on if climbing routes should be in italics on WP. If you have an opinion, please join. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:24, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion has moved on to Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Climbing#Suggesting_a_change_of_WP:WikiProject_Climbing/Article_recommendations. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:15, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Maritime (Togolese region)#Requested move 21 August 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Maritime (Togolese region)#Requested move 21 August 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 14:03, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Teahouse question

Some knowledgeable opinion requested at Wikipedia:Teahouse#Removing_Precise_Coordinates_from_Article_about_Private_Property/Sensitive_Ecological_Site. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:27, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lists of municipalities

I'd like to let you know that Mattximus and I are working on improving lists of municipalities for provinces in Spain. We aim at getting all of them to featured list status, which has already been achieved for Albacete. Right now, we've got a couple more (Guadalajara and Toledo) as featured list candidates, where they would require suggestions for improvement. Comments are welcome there. I mention it here, should anyone be interested in having a look at them. Kind regards, Alavense (talk) 09:44, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for England

England has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 20:48, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion regarding linking historical geographical entities

We hope that an uninvolved party can assist in resolving the issue at Talk:A. K. Fazlul Huq#Messing up the infobox and Talk:Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy#Linking. Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 17:29, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]