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Improve/create any article related to Canada whenever you feel like it!
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The basic aim will be 10,000 article improvements and creations for Canada, based on The 10,000 Challenge. The main focus is on improving existing article quality for Canada, fleshing out those stale old stubs or bloated/poorly sourced material and clean up, though all articles are welcome. Quality new content is welcome, but please try to avoid creating shorter stubs and unsourced material.
Know somebody who might be interested in contributing? Alert them, and ask them to invite others!
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Goals
To improve the quality of existing articles related to Canada, and to encourage more editors to improve general article quality and sourcing. Destubbing/cleaning up/sourcing stale older articles, particularly on places and landmarks, is especially welcome.
To encourage the creation of quality missing content, and build a highly comprehensive coverage of Canada on English Wikipedia. In doing so, to develop a detailed missing article directory for Canada, by province and topic, to promote long-term growth and overall scope.
To generate a momentum for WikiProject Canada and to stage contests/editathons which fuel growth and attract people to develop articles more evenly by area. Many provincial WikiProjects are currently barely active but might have a few dedicated editors who plow on and do most of the work anyway. If you feel like one of those people, this challenge could be a way to attract new editors to work on articles for your province, to increase interest, and to get projects more active again.
In the long term, to continue to build bridges with more institutions within Canada and to get them to see the potential of Wikipedia. To continue to get libraries, universities, and cultural institutions involved in hosting editathons and in forming partnerships with Wikipedia in contests to promote growth and interest in each province.
If anybody would be interested in a smaller 1,000 Challenge for a province like British Columbia or Ontario or even one for a sport like ice hockey feeding into this, propose it on the talk page, but it'll need support to do it!
Contests
Contests can be a great way to get editors to work on stale older content, particularly stubs or important neglected core articles, and significantly boost the challenge. It can be a way to fuel the challenge and realistically reach the target in a shorter duration than normal.
On the talk page of an article that you have created or substantially improved as part of this Challenge, please add WPCan10k=yes as a parameter to the WikiProject Canada banner (that is, {{WikiProject Canada |WPCan10k=yes |class= |importance= }}).
You may also find it useful to place {{Use Canadian English}} at the top of the article and {{Canadian English}} at the top of the article's talk page. Articles created for this challenge should also typically have {{WikiProject Canada}} among the WikiProject banners on the talk page.
Please consider adding {{WPCan10k}} to the talk pages of articles you have created or substantially improved as part of this challenge. It will display a small banner promoting the challenge and add tracking categories to the article.
This is an "article history banner" and should be placed just below any WikiProject Banners (see WP:TALKLAYOUT for more information on the placement of talk page banners).
Participants
Sign up below if you'd be interested in contributing Canadian articles or to a North American Destubathon:
I'm interested, but I would only really want to participate with others in person. If you're in Toronto or you're interested in organizing something, comment on my talk page. I specialize in history, literature, poetry, philosophy, and the biographies of individuals who generate the aforementioned. Tradereddy (talk) 15:25, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I've improved many articles with photos (mainly) and text / layout changes but have neither created new article nor destubbed anything. With your instuctions to: "Be sure to note whether it's a new article or destubbing", I assume you're not interested in my work. Please lemme know if I'm wrong. BrettA343 (talk) 15:38, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I'll find articles that are in a subject I know about and will add infoboxes and check sources, maybe even some expansion of the article! --Aknell4 (talk)
Please list Canada-related articles you have improved/created since November 2016. Place newer entries at the bottom of the list. Be sure to note whether it's a new article or destubbing, an article cleanup/expansion/reference improvement, etc., and be sure to credit yourself.
Please try to ensure that all entries are sourced with formatted citations and that there are no unsourced claims. Try to avoid creating short stubs, though lengthy stubs are welcome. Embolden entries which have been promoted to GA/FA status following successful nominations.
If the button above doesn't work, try this link or go directly to the sub-page with recent additions, here.
Listed below are the recent additions to this 10,000 Challenge.
Rémy Girard – cleaned up referencing, writing and structure problems; added complete table of all his Genie/CSA and Jutra/Iris nominations; uncovered the "how did nobody ever notice this before?" fact that his father was a Member of Parliament who also has a Wikipedia article Bearcat (talk) 16:01, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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