Wikipedia:WikiProject Scotland

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The Scotland WikiProject is a

Scottish Wikipedians' notice board
, which had been functioning as a de facto WikiProject Scotland since October 2005.

(For more information on WikiProjects, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject and the Guide to WikiProjects).

Scope and Goals

Our goals
  • To provide guidelines and recommendations for articles that describe all aspects of Scotland.
  • To improve Wikipedia's coverage of Scotland by creating, expanding, and maintaining such articles.
  • To serve as the central point of discussion for issues related to Scotland in Wikipedia.
Our scope
The project generally considers any article related to Scotland to be a valid topic.
Our structure
Internally, the project may develop several structural features to help in managing its extensive work:
  • Coordinators, who are responsible for maintaining the administrative aspects of the project
  • Departments, which coordinate work on certain specialised tasks, such as peer review or project-wide collaboration
  • Specialised WikiProjects, which are groups for collaboration on specific areas of Scotland, such as geography, politics and sports.

Participants

We welcome new members for WikiProject Scotland. Please put your name on the list here.

Member identification

Members of WikiProject Scotland should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Scotland participants.

Wikitext userbox where used
[[Category:WikiProject Scotland participants]] none linked pages
{{
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linked pages
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linked pages
{{
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linked pages
{{Template:User WP Scotland}} linked pages
{{Template:User WP Scotland|invite}} linked pages

For other Scotland user templates see Category:Scotland user templates.

Departments

Assessment

The

WP:1.0
program, the article ratings are also used within the project itself to aid in recognising excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work.

The ratings are done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the {{

WP Scotland}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in a set of categories that serves as the basis for an automatically generated worklist
.

Peer Review

The Wikipedia:WikiProject Scotland/Peer review page is a place to nominate articles for peer review by others on the project.

This page should be used for articles in which an extensive analysis is wanted with all ideas and suggestions welcomed for the future development of the article.

Reviewers will be as critical as possible so that the article can become as polished as possible as all articles should have the eventual aim of becoming a featured article.

Other potential departments

Articles

Article alerts

Did you know

Articles for deletion

Proposed deletions

  • 06 Jun 2024 – Eilidh Begg (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by JTtheOG (t · c): WP:TOOSOON for an article for this young footballer. The Perthshire Advertiser piece already in the article is the closest to WP:SIGCOV I was able to find.

Categories for discussion

Redirects for discussion

Files for discussion

Good article nominees

Featured article reviews

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Recognized content

Featured articles

Former featured articles

Featured lists

Good articles

Former good articles

Featured pictures

  • 13-06-07 RaR Biffy Clyro Simon Neil 02
    13-06-07 RaR Biffy Clyro Simon Neil 02
  • Aerial View of Edinburgh, by Alfred Buckham, from about 1920
    Aerial View of Edinburgh, by Alfred Buckham, from about 1920
  • Arthur-James-Balfour-1st-Earl-of-Balfour
    Arthur-James-Balfour-1st-Earl-of-Balfour
  • CAMPBELL, George W-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait)
    CAMPBELL, George W-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait)
  • Charles Robert Leslie - Sir Walter Scott - Ravenswood and Lucy at the Mermaiden's Well - Bride of Lammermoor
    Charles Robert Leslie - Sir Walter Scott - Ravenswood and Lucy at the Mermaiden's Well - Bride of Lammermoor
  • Common seal (Phoca vitulina) 2
    Common seal (Phoca vitulina) 2
  • Dalziel Brothers - Sir Walter Scott - The Talisman - Sir Kenneth before the King
    Dalziel Brothers - Sir Walter Scott - The Talisman - Sir Kenneth before the King
  • Daniel Craig McCallum by The Brady National Photographic Art Gallery
    Daniel Craig McCallum by The Brady National Photographic Art Gallery
  • David Livingstone by Thomas Annan
    David Livingstone by Thomas Annan
  • Dunrobin Castle -Sutherland -Scotland-26May2008 (2)
    Dunrobin Castle -Sutherland -Scotland-26May2008 (2)
  • Edinburgh Castle from Grass Market
    Edinburgh Castle from Grass Market
  • Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland - Jan 2011
    Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland - Jan 2011
  • Falkirk Wheel Timelapse, Scotland - Diliff
  • FalkirkWheelSide 2004 SeanMcClean
    FalkirkWheelSide 2004 SeanMcClean
  • Gavin Hamilton - Coriolanus Act V, Scene III edit2
    Gavin Hamilton - Coriolanus Act V, Scene III edit2
  • Jaguar at Edinburgh Zoo
    Jaguar at Edinburgh Zoo
  • Jeremiah Gurney - Photograph of Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa
    Jeremiah Gurney - Photograph of Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa
  • Loch Torridon, Scotland
    Loch Torridon, Scotland
  • Mount Stuart House 2018-08-25
    Mount Stuart House 2018-08-25
  • N. M. Price - Sir Walter Scott - Guy Mannering - At the Kaim of Derncleugh
    N. M. Price - Sir Walter Scott - Guy Mannering - At the Kaim of Derncleugh
  • NEWScotland-2016-Aerial-Blackness Castle 01
    NEWScotland-2016-Aerial-Blackness Castle 01
  • Nils Olav inspects the Kings Guard of Norway after being bestowed with a knighthood at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland
    Nils Olav inspects the Kings Guard of Norway after being bestowed with a knighthood at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland
  • Paisley Abbey Interior East
    Paisley Abbey Interior East
  • Paisley Abbey from the south east
    Paisley Abbey from the south east
  • Prince James Francis Edward Stuart by Alexis Simon Belle
    Prince James Francis Edward Stuart by Alexis Simon Belle
  • Robert William Thomson - Illustrated London News March 29 1873
    Robert William Thomson - Illustrated London News March 29 1873
  • Scotland-2016-West Lothian-Hopetoun House 02
    Scotland-2016-West Lothian-Hopetoun House 02
  • Sgùrr nan Gillean from Sligachan, Isle of Skye, Scotland - Diliff
    Sgùrr nan Gillean from Sligachan, Isle of Skye, Scotland - Diliff
  • Sir Anthony Van Dyck - Charles I (1600-49) - Google Art Project
    Sir Anthony Van Dyck - Charles I (1600-49) - Google Art Project
  • St Matthew's Church - Paisley - Interior - 5
    St Matthew's Church - Paisley - Interior - 5
  • Synthetic Production of Penicillin TR1468
    Synthetic Production of Penicillin TR1468
  • The Air Ministry, 1939-1945. CH10270 – Edit 1
    The Air Ministry, 1939-1945. CH10270 – Edit 1
  • The Monarch of the Glen, Edwin Landseer, 1851
    The Monarch of the Glen, Edwin Landseer, 1851
  • The Skating Minister
    The Skating Minister
  • Thomas Keene in Macbeth 1884 Wikipedia crop
    Thomas Keene in Macbeth 1884 Wikipedia crop
  • View of loch lomond
    View of loch lomond
  • Wemyss Bay railway station concourse 2018-08-25 2
    Wemyss Bay railway station concourse 2018-08-25 2
  • William John Macquorn Rankine by Thomas Annan
    William John Macquorn Rankine by Thomas Annan

Featured portals

In the News articles

Main page featured articles

Main page featured lists

Picture of the day pictures

  • 13-06-07 RaR Biffy Clyro Simon Neil 02
    13-06-07 RaR Biffy Clyro Simon Neil 02
  • Arthur-James-Balfour-1st-Earl-of-Balfour
    Arthur-James-Balfour-1st-Earl-of-Balfour
  • CAMPBELL, George W-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait)
    CAMPBELL, George W-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait)
  • Charles Robert Leslie - Sir Walter Scott - Ravenswood and Lucy at the Mermaiden's Well - Bride of Lammermoor
    Charles Robert Leslie - Sir Walter Scott - Ravenswood and Lucy at the Mermaiden's Well - Bride of Lammermoor
  • Common seal (Phoca vitulina) 2
    Common seal (Phoca vitulina) 2
  • Dalziel Brothers - Sir Walter Scott - The Talisman - Sir Kenneth before the King
    Dalziel Brothers - Sir Walter Scott - The Talisman - Sir Kenneth before the King
  • Daniel Craig McCallum by The Brady National Photographic Art Gallery
    Daniel Craig McCallum by The Brady National Photographic Art Gallery
  • Dunrobin Castle -Sutherland -Scotland-26May2008 (2)
    Dunrobin Castle -Sutherland -Scotland-26May2008 (2)
  • Edinburgh Castle from Grass Market
    Edinburgh Castle from Grass Market
  • Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland - Jan 2011
    Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland - Jan 2011
  • Falkirk Wheel Timelapse, Scotland - Diliff
  • FalkirkWheelSide 2004 SeanMcClean
    FalkirkWheelSide 2004 SeanMcClean
  • Gavin Hamilton - Coriolanus Act V, Scene III edit2
    Gavin Hamilton - Coriolanus Act V, Scene III edit2
  • Jaguar at Edinburgh Zoo
    Jaguar at Edinburgh Zoo
  • Loch Torridon, Scotland
    Loch Torridon, Scotland
  • Mount Stuart House 2018-08-25
    Mount Stuart House 2018-08-25
  • N. M. Price - Sir Walter Scott - Guy Mannering - At the Kaim of Derncleugh
    N. M. Price - Sir Walter Scott - Guy Mannering - At the Kaim of Derncleugh
  • NEWScotland-2016-Aerial-Blackness Castle 01
    NEWScotland-2016-Aerial-Blackness Castle 01
  • Nils Olav inspects the Kings Guard of Norway after being bestowed with a knighthood at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland
    Nils Olav inspects the Kings Guard of Norway after being bestowed with a knighthood at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland
  • Paisley Abbey Interior East
    Paisley Abbey Interior East
  • Paisley Abbey from the south east
    Paisley Abbey from the south east
  • Prince James Francis Edward Stuart by Alexis Simon Belle
    Prince James Francis Edward Stuart by Alexis Simon Belle
  • Robert William Thomson - Illustrated London News March 29 1873
    Robert William Thomson - Illustrated London News March 29 1873
  • Scotland-2016-West Lothian-Hopetoun House 02
    Scotland-2016-West Lothian-Hopetoun House 02
  • Sgùrr nan Gillean from Sligachan, Isle of Skye, Scotland - Diliff
    Sgùrr nan Gillean from Sligachan, Isle of Skye, Scotland - Diliff
  • Sir Anthony Van Dyck - Charles I (1600-49) - Google Art Project
    Sir Anthony Van Dyck - Charles I (1600-49) - Google Art Project
  • St Matthew's Church - Paisley - Interior - 5
    St Matthew's Church - Paisley - Interior - 5
  • Synthetic Production of Penicillin TR1468
    Synthetic Production of Penicillin TR1468
  • The Air Ministry, 1939-1945. CH10270 – Edit 1
    The Air Ministry, 1939-1945. CH10270 – Edit 1
  • The Monarch of the Glen, Edwin Landseer, 1851
    The Monarch of the Glen, Edwin Landseer, 1851
  • The Skating Minister
    The Skating Minister
  • Thomas Keene in Macbeth 1884 Wikipedia crop
    Thomas Keene in Macbeth 1884 Wikipedia crop
  • View of loch lomond
    View of loch lomond
  • Wemyss Bay railway station concourse 2018-08-25 2
    Wemyss Bay railway station concourse 2018-08-25 2

Good topics

DYKs - click "show" to reveal.

The text of the DYK entries can be found at the
Scotland Portal  •  Most recent DYKs  •  Older DYK's
Extended content

Did you know? articles

Other

  • Jordanhill (railway station)
    was the 1 millionth English Wikipedia article.

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Scotland  · Alexander Graham Bell  · Dál Riata  · Edinburgh  · Glasgow  · David Hume  · Denis Law  · Robert Lawson (architect)  ·

Macbeth of Scotland
 · James Clerk Maxwell  · Order of the Thistle  · Picts  · Scotland in the High Middle Ages  · Walter Scott  · Adam Smith  · Treasure Island  · James Watt

Former Featured Sounds

Specialised WikiProjects

Specifically Scotland-related

Directly Scotland-related

Scottish versus British

The following give guidance on using descriptions such as "Scottish", "British" etc :