Wikipedia:WikiProject Lakes

Lake Huron Lake Huron and the other Great LakesLocation North America Coordinates 45°0′N, 83°0′W Lake type glacial lake Primary outflows St. Clair River Basincountries Canada, United States Max. length 332 km Max. width 245 km Surface area 59,600 km²Average depth 59 m Max. depth 229 m Water volume 3,540 km³ Residence time(of lake water) 22 years Shore length1 6,157 km Surface elevation 176 m Islands Mackinac, ManitoulinSettlements see article1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

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WP:LAKES

This WikiProject aims to consolidate and unify pages relating to lakes around the world. This page includes guidelines and a number of resources we can use to achieve our goal. All editors are welcome to join this project; if you wish to participate, please add yourself to the list of participants below.

Please remember that these are guidelines only, and may not apply in every situation. However, the lake infobox should be included on every lake oriented article. In addition, please add the project message box to the talk page of any lake article you encounter (see project message box below) - this will allow other editors to find this project, and add the talk page to the WikiProject Lakes category.

1 Title
2 Scope
3 Parentage
4 Descendant WikiProjects
5 Similar Wikiprojects
6 Lakes needing attention
7 Popular articles
8 Participants
- 8.1 Userbox
9 Naming
- 9.1 Multiple lakes with the same name
- 9.2 Lakes with multiple names
10 Article structure
11 Other lake-related articles
- 11.1 List articles
12 Related categories
13 Project message box
14 Sources/References/External links

Title

WikiProject lakes

Lakes
articles Importance Top High Mid Low NoneTotal Quality FA3 3 A1 1 2 GA1 8 9 B4 5 2 1 27 39 Start3 10 22 15 587 637 Stub1 13 31 117 3302 3464 Assessed 8 29 55 134 3928 4154 Unassessed1 20 1 2 978 1002 Total 9 49 56 136 4906 5156

Scope

This WikiProject aims primarily to describe the Earth's lakes in a consistent and complete fashion, complete with {{Infobox lake}} template.

Parentage

The parent of this WikiProject is WikiProject Geography.

Descendant WikiProjects

Currently proposed & under consideration: Wikipedia Reservoir project.

Similar Wikiprojects

For naming in geography:

Wikipedia:WikiProject Subnational entities#Naming

Projects covering other geographical features:

Lakes needing attention

New articles with Infobox

New articles for "waterbodies":
AlexNewArtBot/WaterbodiesSearchResult

Lake Ladoga
Lake Onega
Reindeer Lake
Lake Nicaragua
Flathead Lake
Morskie Oko
Lake Agassiz
Loktak Lake
Sam Rayburn Reservoir (needs to be expanded)
Lake Waco (needs to be expaned))
Saimaa (only a stub, cf. w:fi:Saimaa)
Päijänne (only a stub, cf. w:fi:Päijänne)
Buenos Aires/General Carrera Lake (subdivide info)
Nahuel Huapi Lake (to be expanded)
Llanquihue Lake (to be expanded)
Mar Chiquita (Córdoba) (images)
Viedma Lake (expanded)
O'Higgins/San Martín Lake (images, more detail on recent bathymetric survey)
Panguipulli Lake (expand)
Villarrica Lake (images)
Riñihue Lake (expanded)

Please post more as you come across them, and remove them as they are brought up-to-spec.

Participants

Everyone is welcome to join this project, simply add your name to the list below if you wish to participate.

Em3rald
Sango123 (honorary member for assistance to Em3rald)
Revmachine21 - limnically active Lakes Kivu, Nyos, Monoun have been my babies.
Lethargy - Talk - Currently working on Utah's three large natural lakes: Great Salt Lake, Utah Lake, and Bear Lake.
Darwinek - created many articles in the past. This new project is a good idea.
feydey 10:21, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
Qyd (talk · contribs) - filled in some gaps in Lakes of Alberta
Rtrev (talk · contribs) - Working on Rainy Lake as well as other Boundary Waters lakes
Daniel Case (talk · contribs) - in support of the local geography articles I do.
Dentren - will try add so many lakes in the southern cone as possible.
Williamborg (talk · contribs)—Working on Nordic lakes, rivers & canals interstitially with other geographic interests.
Malathos (talk · contribs) - currently trying to rebuild a list of Lakes of New Zealand (1000+)
Meynardtengco (talk · contribs) 05:41, 13 January 2007 (UTC) - helping with Philippine Lakes
Thuringowacityrep (talk · contribs) - mostly work on the Thuringowa city the Ross River (Queensland), Ross River Dam and the Paluma Dam pages.
andrewwilson2 (talk · contribs) - I know a thing or two about lake chargog
Sushant gupta (talk · contribs)- I would love to edit anything related to lakes.
Shearluck (talk · contribs) - Biologist with an interest in lakes, fish and also lake folklore.
Sammy9990 (talk · contribs)
barcello (talk · contribs) - Will try to add/supplement info on some lakes around the NW
Sahmeditor (talk · contribs)
jaymzyates - Joe Pool lake
greyduk (talk · contribs) - Working on some of the Boundary Waters lakes
Southern Texas - I work on Lakes in Texas
Mrrightguy10 (talk · contribs)
Hydrogen Iodide (talk · contribs)
Huzzahmaster018 (talk · contribs) -I fish alot on local lakes
dbldnii (talk · contribs) - Interested in Vermont Lakes and ecosystems
Lotheric (talk · contribs) - Interested in Quebec lakes.
Jyril (talk · contribs)
RDavS (talk · contribs) - Interested in Great Lakes of U.S. and Canada
Wise King Otto (talk · contribs) - general knowledge
Euryalus (talk · contribs)
Warheit1975 (talk · contribs) - can help with basic data about lakes. General knowledge
Rosiestep (talk · contribs)
Little Mountain 5 - interested in Oregon lakes
gppande - interested in lakes of India
User:Marcia Wright - Writing / editing articles on lakes and reservoirs in California
User:Marqqq- I've written a short article on South Twin Lake, Maine
User:Swissphil - Working on lakes in Switzerland coverage.
AlexNebraska
moseljack
Kamal2099 - Web Admin for the Ganga Talao - Mauritius ( Www.gangatalao.org )
Lake Central - Lakes in the Canadian Shield
Magnetawan (talk · contribs) - Canoe Tripper in Algonquin Park and all across Northern Ontario.
Karen Fasimpaur - adding photos of lakes across the U.S.
Lakegeorge2008
Zebl3785 - I'm interested in the Lakes and Tarns of the English Lake District

Userbox

Placing {{User WikiProject Lakes}} on your user page will add this userbox to your page and add you to the list of users category.

This user is a member of WikiProject Lakes.

Naming

As of the first stages of development, no written-in-stone rules apply to lake articles, however this may change. Please discuss this in the project's talk page.

Multiple lakes with the same name

Due to the fact that there are countless lakes in the world with the same name, the following method of disambiguation is proposed:

The most important lake can stay at the un-disambiguated title, lesser known ones add a qualifier. Perhaps Fork Lake, Fork Lake (disambiguation), Fork Lake (Alberta).

Lakes with multiple names

Some lakes have names with multiple spellings which vary with the different countries the lake borders. Occasionally, a lake can have several genuinely distinct names. The following rules are suggested for choosing a primary name for such a lake:

If the lake is particularly famous under one name, then choose that name.
If the portion of the lake that uses a particular name is much more distinct than other sections, then use that as the article's name.
If everything else is equal, then choose the name for the largest portion of the lake.

Article structure

Lead paragraph

The first paragraph should be a self-contained description including the most important things to know; name(s) - both historic and current - in bold, location (continent/countries/seaboards), and notable facts about the lake, such as largest port (see Wikipedia:Lead section for guidelines).

Hydrology

The narrative description of the lake should proceed from the main inflows of the lake downstream to its outflows, noting direction, major tributaries, human settlements, and statistics. This should be at least a paragraph, may be several paragraphs for famous lakes.

This section can include numerical data on length, volume, drainage basin, etc.

Info on water basins can be found at World resources Institute (site is down; archive). Antarctic water basin information can be researched using USGS maps [1]

Geology

The evolution of some lakes has been well explored. Such information should be placed here, with a suitable discussion of all POVs when possible.

Natural history

Mention distinctive plants and animals associated with any part of the lake.

History

Describe what is known about the different inhabitants along the river, along with a description of the scientific exploration expeditions/efforts.

Economy

Countless lakes have been used as means of transportation, fishing, power generation, etc, and are still used so today. All such information should be described here. Stylistically, this can be a good segue from history, connecting past uses of the lake to present-day uses.

Lists

List the cities and towns around the lake, complete with identifiable info such as population.

List the major flora and fauna such as species of interest.

References and external links

Preferably refer to history, ecology, public policy, books, websites, etc.

Infobox

See

Template:Infobox lake
Template_talk:Infobox_lake#Description_of_variables
Articles without infoboxes: e.g. Catscan: Lakes of North America

Images

There should be at least one picture, preferably a typical view. Important lakes should have additional pictures illustrating their notable features. Maps of the lake's drainage basin would be an asset.

Articles where the infobox doesn't include an image yet are listed on:

Category:Wikipedia infobox lake articles without image (this category can be browsed by location through google maps)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Lakes/Galleries/Image missing

Indexing

The article List of lakes is only for major lakes, ordered by continent.

Related categories

Project message box

The message box {{lake project}} or {{lake project|class=|importance=}} is available to add to talk pages of lake articles and gives:

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