Wikipedia:WikiProject Waterfalls

This WikiProject aims primarily to describe the Earth's waterfalls in a consistent and complete fashion.

1 Parentage
2 Descendant Wikiprojects
3 Similar Wikiprojects
4 Participants
5 Naming
- 5.1 Multiple waterfalls with the same name
6 Article Structure
7 Templates
8 Featured Media
9 Resources and external links

Parentage

The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Geography.

Descendant Wikiprojects

No descendant WikiProjects have been defined.

Similar Wikiprojects

for naming in geography: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Rivers

Participants

TFNorman
Eric Polk
User:Cacophony
Huwmanbeing
5minutes
pinecar
kgrr (Washington State)
bigfathairymarmot (Washington State)
Shiftchange (talk)

Naming

Articles may be named "X", "X Waterfall", or "X Falls", depending on location and most common usage. "X falls". "X (falls)", "X waterfall" and "X (waterfall)" are not recommended.

Multiple waterfalls with the same name

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

The most important waterfall can stay at the undisambiguated title, lesser known ones add a qualifier.
In practice, most waterfalls needing disambiguation should be identified by the smallest appropriate political entity.
- - Always use parentheses for the disambiguator for U.S. waterfalls, not a comma. For example Bridal Veil Falls (Alaska) not Bridal Veil Falls, Alaska.
A waterfall can be identified uniquely as a fall on a river. It should be named with the name of the river following in parentheses. For example: Nevada Falls (Merced) for Nevada Falls in Yosemite National Park.

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), and notable facts about the waterfall, such as tallest, second tallest, widest, etc.

Infobox

Please see {{Infobox Waterfall}} and follow the instructions. Unused fields will not be displayed.

Natural History

Mention distinctive natural features of the waterfall.

Geology

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

History

Describe what is known about the history of the waterfall, along with a description of the scientific efforts.

References and External links

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

Images

There should be at least one picture, preferably a typical view. Important waterfalls should have additional pictures illustrating their notable features.

Indexing

Every waterfall article should be indexed in list of waterfalls, and indexed in list of rivers by continent.

Templates

{{Project Waterfalls}} - Article Template

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Waterfalls, an effort to create, expand, organize, and improve Waterfall-related articles to a feature-qualitystandard.