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Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Lighthouses. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help focus efforts. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list.
Goals[edit]
- To share ideas for attaining high quality on each type of article under the project.
- To create a consensus on what should be included.
Scope[edit]
The scope of this project is all articles related to lighthouses and pharology (study of lighthouses).
Lighthouses articles by quality and importance[edit]
Lighthouses articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
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1 | 1 | |||||
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5 | 7 | 9 | 21 | |||
B | 1 | 4 | 39 | 20 | 64 | ||
C | 1 | 14 | 129 | 62 | 2 | 208 | |
Start | 1 | 47 | 513 | 565 | 6 | 1,132 | |
Stub | 10 | 293 | 870 | 2 | 1,175 | ||
List | 1 | 18 | 69 | 169 | 257 | ||
Category | 718 | 718 | |||||
Disambig | 4 | 4 | |||||
File | 32 | 32 | |||||
Project | 7 | 7 | |||||
Redirect | 1 | 3 | 5 | 207 | 216 | ||
Template | 86 | 86 | |||||
NA | 3 | 3 | |||||
Assessed | 4 | 99 | 1,053 | 1,701 | 1,057 | 10 | 3,924 |
Unassessed | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |||
Total | 4 | 99 | 1,053 | 1,702 | 1,058 | 15 | 3,931 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 13,776 | Ω = 5.30 |
Recognized content[edit]
A detailed list of recognized content is available at Lighthouses recognized content.
![]() | This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged (e.g. {{WikiProject Lighthouses}}) or categorized correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options. |
Featured lists[edit]
Good articles[edit]
Avery Point Light
Black Rock Harbor Light
Bridgeport Harbor Light
Cape Moreton Light
Chester Rock Light
Dubh Artach
Essex Reef Light
Europa Point Lighthouse
Falkner Island Light
Five Mile Point Light
Augustin-Jean Fresnel
Great Captain Island Light
Green Bay Harbor Entrance Light
Greens Ledge Light
Kõpu Lighthouse
Lynde Point Light
Mystic Seaport Light
Norah Head Light
Point Stephens Light
Fannie Salter
Skerryvore
Former good articles[edit]
Did you know? articles[edit]
Archer Point Light
Ashtabula Harbor Light
James Balfour (engineer)
Bay Rock Light
Belle Tout Lighthouse
Bissau Cathedral
Black Rock Harbor Light
Blackwell Island Light
Bloody Point Range Lights
Bluff Point Light
Bois Blanc Island Lighthouse and Blockhouse
Booby Island Light
Bridgeport Harbor Light
Brockton Point
Burnham-on-Sea High Lighthouse
Burnham-on-Sea Low Lighthouse
Burnham-on-Sea Round Tower
Bustard Head Light
Cape Agulhas Lighthouse
Cape Bowling Green Light
Cape Capricorn Light
Cape Cleveland Light
Cape Don Light
Cape Kumukahi Light
Cape Moreton Light
Cape Rachado Lighthouse
Cape Wickham Lighthouse
Cat Island Light
Chester Rock Light
Christiana Light
Clarence River Light
Clarks Point Light
Clay Island Light
Cleveland Point Light
Creal Reef Light
Crown Point Light
Day beacon
Delaware Breakwater Range Rear Light
Dent Island Light
Dog Island Lighthouse
Double Island Point Light
Dueodde Lighthouse
Dunston Pillar
Maurice Durand (architect)
East End Light
Elbow of Cross Ledge Light
Emery Point Light
Erie Land Light
Essex Reef Light
Europa Point Lighthouse
Falkner Island Light
Fastnet Lighthouse
Fitzroy Island Light
Five Mile Point Light
Flat Top Island Light
Fort Sumter Range Lights
Fuller Rock Light
The Fullerton Hotel Singapore
Geitungen Lighthouse
Gibraltar Aerobeacon
Gibraltar North Mole Elbow Lighthouse
Gibraltar North Mole Lighthouse
Gibraltar South Mole Lighthouse
Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light
Grand Lake St. Marys Lighthouse
Grand Turk Lighthouse
Grassy Hill Light
Great Captain Island Light
Green Island Light (Ohio)
Green Island Light (Wisconsin)
Green Point Lighthouse, Cape Town
Greens Ledge Light
Haig Point Range Lights
George Halpin
Head Harbour Lighthouse
George Poynter Heath
High and Low Lights of North Shields
Holland Island Bar Light
Horn Island Light
Hornby Lighthouse
Île Vierge
Île d'Yeu Lighthouse
Imperial Towers
Japanese Lighthouse (Garapan, Saipan)
Japanese Lighthouse (Poluwat, Chuuk)
Kingston by Sea
Kızılada Lighthouse
Kugelbake
Kullen Lighthouse
Kvitsøy Lighthouse
United States lightship LV-117
La Vieille
Lady Elliot Island Light
Lågskär Lighthouse
Land lighthouse
Leasowe Lighthouse
Ida Lewis
Light Vessel 72
Lighthouse and naval vessel urban legend
Lighthouse of Genoa
Lighthouse of Ponta das Contendas
List of lighthouses in Alaska
List of lighthouses in Gibraltar
List of lighthouses in Maine
Long Tail Point Light
Low Head Lighthouse
Low Isles Light
Mayo Beach Light
Mew Island Lighthouse
Minicoy Island Lighthouse
Minnesota Point Light
Mizunokojima Lighthouse
Moreton Bay Pile Light
Moreton Island lighthouses
Musselbed Shoals Light
United States lightship Nantucket (LV-58)
New Caloundra Light
North Reef Light
Old Caloundra Light
Old Harbor Light (Savannah, Georgia)
Old Plantation Flats Light
One Fathom Bank Lighthouse
United States lightship Overfalls (LV-118)
Pass A L'Outre Light
Pass Christian Light
Peshtigo Reef Light
Pine Islet Light
Point Abino Light Tower
Point Adams Light
Point Charles Light
Point Danger Light
Point Gammon Light
Point Lonsdale Lighthouse
Pointe du Grouin du Cou Lighthouse
Port Washington Light
Port of Bissau
Pungoteague Creek Light
Roanoke River Light
Rock Harbor Light
Round Island Light, Isles of Scilly
Rubicon Point Light
Rumeli Feneri
Sacred Heart Church, Levuka
St. Johns River Light
Fannie Salter
Sandy Cape Light
Sea Hill Light
Sharps Island Light
Ship John Shoal Light
Ship Shoal Light
Vladimir Shukhov
Skerryvore
Smith Point Light
South Bass Island Light
Southwold Lighthouse
Spectacle Reef Light
Spit Bank Lighthouse
Stannard Rock Light
Start Point Lighthouse
Stingray Point Light
Sugarloaf Point Light
Svinøy Lighthouse
Tarrytown Light
Texas Tower (lighthouse)
Toledo Harbor Light
Trinity Shoal Light
United States Lighthouse Society
Vermilion Light
Léonce Verny
Vischpoort
Vuurbaak van Katwijk aan Zee
Wadjemup Lighthouse
Warden Head Light
Warrior Rock Light
Wawatam Lighthouse
Wharton Reef Light
Wollongong Breakwater Lighthouse
George Worthylake
Wyborn Reef Light
Project organization[edit]
Departments[edit]
Parentage[edit]
Related projects[edit]
- WikiProject Civil engineering
- WikiProject Maritime Trades
- WikiProject National Register of Historic Places
- WikiProject Piers (marked inactive)
- WikiProject Ports
- WikiProject Ships
- WikiProject Shipwrecks
Participants[edit]
Interested people are invited to add their names to the list – no invitation required – or, just start editing!
- Bowtiesarecool06 - Great Lakes Lighthouses
- Peter K Burian - Focus on lighthouses of Ontario, Canada, such as Chantry Island Lightstation Tower, mostly those that are in the Category:Lighthouses on the National Historic Sites of Canada register
- TheCrazedBeast - Focus on the Chesapeake Bay, especially Maryland.
- Williamwaterway historian of Martha's Vineyard lighthouses, with emphasis on Gay Head Light
- 7&6=thirteen (☎) lighthouses of Great Lakes, especially Michigan
- Berean Hunter
- Bsharkey
- Chesipiero - Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels, Infobox, Lighthouses of Italy
- Cocoaguy ここがいい contribstalk
- De728631 – adding infoboxes
- dk69
- Draugen
- Gateman1997
- Ivanvector - lighthouses in Prince Edward Island and elsewhere in The Maritimes
- Jameslwoodward – New England
- John Carter (formerly User:Warlordjohncarter)
- Jokulhlaup
- Knowledgekid87 - I have worked on the List of lighthouses in the United States article and each state's list tables. I have also worked on the templates.
- Leifern
- Malathos – listing the New Zealand lights
- mangoe – retired
- MChew – lighthouses of Japan
- Roundtheworld - lighthouses in Portugal
- Ser Amantio di Nicolao (formerly User:AlbertHerring)
- Thefrood – Assessments
- Wpwatchdog
- Muhandes - List of lighthouses in Israel, general templates, lighthouse of Australia
- GlassyEye - Lighthouses manufactured by Chance Brothers, Smethwick, England
- CybergothiChé - lighthouses of Australia
- PRABHU puducherry -Lighthouses of puducherry in english and tamil wikipedia
- HatOfTheCat - Trinity House lighthouses designed & engineered by Messrs. Walker & Burges, Henry Norris and James Douglass
- Stephen kleckner (talk) 15:01, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
- Chongkian - Lighthouses in Taiwan
- Patr2016 - Lighthouses of Michigan
To-do list[edit]
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Sample articles[edit]
The following articles represent examples of coverage and structure, for articles of their type.
- Sample apparatus article: Argand lamp
- Sample biography article: George Meade
- Sample lighthouse article: La Vieille (France); Norah Head Light (Aus.)
- Sample related article: Daymark; Lightvessel; Light characteristic
New articles[edit]
Please feel free to list your new Lighthouses-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an compelling or unusual fact in them can be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Wikipedia page. DYK has a 5 day time limit from the creation or fivefold-expansion of the article.
- Windmill Point Light (Michigan)
- Cabo Sardão Lighthouse
- Penedo da Saudade Lighthouse
- Outão Lighthouse
- Azeda Lighthouse
- Ponta da Piedade Lighthouse (Portugal)
- Grandique Point Lighthouse
- Esteiro Lighthouse (Portugal)
- Mama Lighthouse (Portugal)
- Bugio Lighthouse (Portugal)
- Gibalta Lighthouse (Portugal)
- Santa Marta Lighthouse (Cascais)
- Cabo Raso Lighthouse
- Guia Lighthouse (Cascais)
- Troubridge Hill Lighthouse
- Cape Spencer Lighthouse (South Australia)
- Cape St. Blaize Lighthouse
- Île-Verte Lighthouse
- Cap-des-Rosiers Lighthouse
- Plum Gut Lighthouse
- Danger Point Lighthouse
- Low Point Lighthouse
- Kugelbake
- Grand Island North Light
- Groote Kaap
- Vuurtoreneiland
- Cape Agulhas Lighthouse
- Ahırkapı Feneri
- Şile Feneri
- Yeşilköy Feneri
- Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light
- Burlington Breakwater Lights
- Dutch Gap Canal Lights
- Shinnecock Light
- Romer Shoal Light
- Huron Islands Lighthouse
- Hyannis Rear Range Light
- Lovells Island Range Lights
- Falmouth Inner Light
- Detroit River Light
- Wickford Harbor Light
- Ipswich Range Lights
- Spectacle Island Range Lights
- Nantucket Cliff Lights
- Nantucket Range Lights
- Nantucket Harbor Range Lights
- VRB-25
- Ile Parisienne
Article alerts[edit]
Articles to be split
- 05 Dec 2021 – Tang Lung Chau (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 220.246.55.231 (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Nov 2021 – Green Island, Hong Kong (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Msgj (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Jan 2021 – Guia Fortress (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 124.217.189.103 (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 29 Apr 2024 – Draft:Barletta New Lighthouse (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Bianower (t · c)
- 22 Jun 2024 – Draft:Rattan pendant lights (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Rowabiinteriors (t · c) was declined by Hammersoft (t · c) on 22 Jun 2024
Recent changes[edit]
List of abbreviations (help):
- D
- Edit made at Wikidata
- r
- Edit flagged by ORES
- N
- New page
- m
- Minor edit
- b
- Bot edit
- (±123)
- Page byte size change
30 June 2024
- diffhist Sazan 23:47 +11 Randy Kryn talk contribs (uppercase link per direct link (Ionian Sea))
- diffhist Cape of Gjuhëz 23:38 0 Randy Kryn talk contribs (uppercase per direct link (Ionian Sea))
- diffhist Slyne Head Lighthouse 13:56 +28 Ridiculopathy talk contribs (The older of the two lighthouses, pictured in the 1970s)
- diffhist Slyne Head Lighthouse 13:54 +90 Ridiculopathy talk contribs (added pic. The lighthouse in the 1970s)
- diffhist m Enoshima Sea Candle 10:53 +6 Arjayay talk contribs (Thier > their + tag CN)
29 June 2024
- diffhist Foula 21:25 +360 Coldupnorth talk contribs (→Film: add references to replace citation needed tag)
- diffhist Foula 20:52 +103 Coldupnorth talk contribs (→20th century: add reference to replace citation needed tag)
- diffhist Foula 20:51 +105 Coldupnorth talk contribs (→20th century: add reference to replace citation needed tag)
- diffhist Enoshima Sea Candle 20:51 +22 85.185.235.96 talk (→In popular culture)
- diffhist Enoshima Sea Candle 20:50 +156 85.185.235.96 talk (→In popular culture)
- diffhist Ponce de Leon Inlet Light 19:50 +5 PA Uploader talk contribs (Updated picture of Ponce Inlet Lighthouse with more recent, higher-quality picture.)
- diffhist Ilfracombe 19:47 +1,279 Gazamp talk contribs (Removing citation needed tags; adding reference(s))
- diffhist Nilandhoo (Faafu Atoll) 19:32 +91 Doug4 talk contribs (I added that the atoll is an Administrative divisions of the Maldives.)
- diffhist Foula 14:05 −1 Nedrutland talk contribs (→Transport)
- diffhist Foula 14:03 +126 Nedrutland talk contribs (→Transport: ref.)
- diffhist Howland Island 03:42 −381 118.209.216.216 talk (→History: Deleted duplicate reference) Tags: references removed Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit
28 June 2024
- diffhist Chipiona Lighthouse 21:05 −51 Salmoonlight talk contribs (removed Category:Buildings and structures in Andalusia using HotCat)
- diffhist Kish Bank 21:02 +98 Ridiculopathy talk contribs (added pic. The lighthouse in 1987)
- diffhist Orcadas Base 20:21 +213 Nsae Comp talk contribs (→History: c/e from List of bases article) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
- diffhist Lindisfarne 16:07 −13 Nedrutland talk contribs (→Lindisfarne Abbey)
- diffhist Derbent Lighthouse 15:27 +53 Boxes12 talk contribs (Added Cultural heritage monuments in Dagestan)
- diffhist Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva 08:51 +27 Nsae Comp talk contribs Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
- diffhist Lindisfarne 08:07 +75 Alarichall talk contribs (→Etymology: Category:Northumberland places with etymologically Brittonic names) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
27 June 2024
- diffhist Hudson–Athens Lighthouse 15:32 +37 Tcr25 talk contribs (→Chronology: link America's Most Endangered Places)
- diffhist Hudson–Athens Lighthouse 15:29 +385 Tcr25 talk contribs (→Chronology: note added to National Trust for Historic Preservation's 11 Most Endangered Places list)
- diffhist Tortuga (Haiti) 10:49 0 FinnSoThin talk contribs (#article-select-source-editor) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app edit
- diffhist Foula 10:43 −4 Nedrutland talk contribs (→Film)
- diffhist Harmaja 09:03 +75 ExpressEditor talk contribs (Added new closeup image of the lighthouse itself.) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Beachy Head Lighthouse 07:18 −119 Murgatroyd49 talk contribs (Undid revision 1231188972 by 94.34.165.48 (talk) unsourced) Tag: Undo
- diffhist Foula 07:00 +422 2a01:117f:4501:7d00:a9d9:d80c:cdb8:a4df talk (→Film: Added a recent feature film shot on Foula.) Tag: Disambiguation links added
26 June 2024
- diffhist Beachy Head Lighthouse 23:47 +119 94.34.165.48 talk (i added the reference in close to me the cure video clip) Tags: Reverted Disambiguation links added
- diffhist Lindisfarne 19:37 0 Martin of Sheffield talk contribs (Reverted 1 edit by Ranjones (talk): See WP:ERA) Tags: Twinkle Undo
- diffhist m Lindisfarne 19:22 0 Ranjones talk contribs (Changed dates listed as AD to the same dates CE.) Tag: Reverted
- diffhist Godrevy Lighthouse 07:28 −7 KernowSkies talk contribs
- diffhist Round Island Light, Isles of Scilly 07:14 +151 KernowSkies talk contribs
- diffhist Capitancillo Island 04:41 −10 112.206.111.187 talk
- diffhist Japanese Lighthouse (Garapan, Saipan) 00:19 −7 199.67.138.47 talk (→Design)
25 June 2024
- diffhist Whitby 10:22 +4 Thegeordieman talk contribs (→Notable people)
- diffhist Pendeen Lighthouse 09:50 +115 KernowSkies talk contribs
- diffhist Pendeen Lighthouse 09:49 −20 KernowSkies talk contribs (Undid revision 1230900891 by KernowSkies (talk)) Tag: Undo
- diffhist Pendeen Lighthouse 09:48 +20 KernowSkies talk contribs Tag: Reverted
- diffhist Round Island Light, Isles of Scilly 09:34 +35 KernowSkies talk contribs
- diffhist Toronto Harbour Light 03:45 −5 Itsallfine talk contribs
24 June 2024
- diffhist m Hooper Strait Light 22:58 +1 CaptainAngus talk contribs (→History: Updates in accordance with MOS:GNL) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Cap d'Artrutx Lighthouse 22:49 −2 79.150.92.68 talk (→History: Fixed incorrect word) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Sandy Hook Light 21:33 −83 165.83.133.248 talk (I work at the park as a ranger. We don't offer tours seven days a week and times vary throughout the year. Right now we are operating Friday through Monday with tours every half hour starting at 1:00 pm and the last one at 3:30 pm. Any questions feel free to reach out to [email protected])
- diffhist Cape Ann Light Station 17:57 +65 164.159.59.2 talk
- diffhist Foula 07:42 −30 Nedrutland talk contribs
- diffhist Foula 07:10 −68 Nedrutland talk contribs (→20th century)
- diffhist Foula 07:05 −23 Nedrutland talk contribs
Templates and categories[edit]
Project banner[edit]
Infoboxes[edit]
Userboxes[edit]
- {{ParticipantLighthouses}} and {{User WikiProject Lighthouses}} its smaller cousin.
Barnstar[edit]
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The Lighthouse Barnstar |
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Stub templates[edit]
- {{Lighthouse-stub}}
- {{US-lighthouse-stub}}
- {{Canada-lighthouse-stub}}
Categories[edit]
Subpages[edit]
- List of all subpages of this page
Resources[edit]
Images[edit]
- Images related to Lighthouses at Wikimedia Commons
- Archives of Michigan: Michigan Lighthouse Collection (alt link) – Lighthouses and Life-Saving Stations pictures.
Usage: Requires attribution, by citing the Archives of Michigan. - Klaus Hülse's collection: Historic postcard images – Lighthouses pictures from many countries.
- United States Coast Guard Image Archive: https://www.history.uscg.mil/Our-Collections/Photos/ According to a note at the top of the website, all images are public domain. Searchable historic archive of a huge number of lighthouses.
Templates[edit]
- Global
- {{cite ngall}} produces a citation in {{cite book}} form to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Lists of Lights which cover the world except the USA. See {{cite uscgll}} below.
- {{cite rowlett}} provides a citation to Russ Rowlett's The Lighthouse Directory. It uses the naming convention of that cite pages and covers every region on earth.
- {{lighthouse-stub}} is used to mark stub articles.
- Australia
- {{cite loa}} provides a citation to a specific page in Lighthouses of Australia Inc.
- {{cite loaidx}} provides a citation to one of the index pages in Lighthouses of Australia Inc.
- {{cite ssl}} provides a citation to a specific page in SeaSide Lights
- {{cite sslidx}} provides a citation to one of the index pages in SeaSide Lights
- Canada
- The following stub templates are available:
- {{cite ccgll}} produces a citation in {{cite web}} form to the Canadian Coast Guard List of Lights, Buoys and Fog Signals (4 Volumes). It has the advantage of being easy to use and automatically includes the url of the appropriate web site. It is easy to change when the Coast Guard reorganizes its web site as has in the past, and undoubtedly will do again in the future. The Canadian Coast Guard's four volumes cover Canadian waters.
- {{Canada-lighthouse-stub}}
- {{BritishColumbia-lighthouse-stub}}
- {{Manitoba-lighthouse-stub}}
- {{NewBrunswick-lighthouse-stub}}
- {{Newfoundland-lighthouse-stub}}
- {{NovaScotia-lighthouse-stub}}
- {{Ontario-lighthouse-stub}}
- {{PrinceEdwardIsland-lighthouse-stub}}
- {{Quebec-lighthouse-stub}}
- The following stub templates are available:
- Netherlands
- {{Netherlands-lighthouse-stub}} is used to mark stub articles related to Dutch lighthouses.
- United States
- {{cite uscgll}} produces a citation in {{cite book}} form to the US Coast Guard Light List. It has the advantage of being easy to use, a standard format, and automatically including the url of the appropriate web site. It is easy to change when the Coast Guard reorganizes its web site as it did in July 2010 and will, undoubtedly, do again in the future. The Coast Guard's seven volumes cover United States waters.
- {{cite uscghist}} provides a similar citation to the US Coast Guard's historical web site, which lists almost every significant light in the United States, including those no longer extant. Most of the articles are accompanied by historical photographs.
- {{cite uscgnavbib}} provides a simple link to the US Coast Guard's extensive historical bibliography in case someone wants to cite it.
- {{US-lighthouse-stub}} is used to mark stub articles related to US lighthouses.