Wikipedia:WikiProject Bahamas
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Welcome to WikiProject Bahamas! This group was formed to better organize articles on the Bahamas in a spirit of cooperation.
 | This WikiProject is believed to be inactive. Consider looking for related groups or ask for help at the Teahouse.
If you wish to help, you may still join the group. This status should be changed if collaborative activity resumes. |
 Flag of the Bahamas | |
| Shortcut | WP:BAHAMAS |
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| Category | Bahamas |
| Wikimedia Commons |  Bahamas |
| Parent project(s) | Caribbean |
| Project banner template | {{WikiProject Caribbean|Bahamas=yes}} |
| Userbox | {{User WikiProject Bahamas}} |
| Assessment | /Assessment |
| CSB | Relevant for countering systemic bias |
Please note: The Bahamas are not located in the Caribbean Sea, but rather in the Atlantic Ocean. They are, however, a part of the West Indies and share many common attributes with the islands of the Caribbean.
Scope
This group includes within its scope all articles related to the Bahamas, its cities, geography, transportation, culture, history and so on. It aims to expand Wikipedia's resources on the Bahamas in a fair and accurate manner. All of these articles should be contained within the Category:Bahamas or one of its subcategories.
Article alerts
Articles for deletion
- 08 Mar 2026 – Darby Island Airport (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by PeriodicEditor (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 14 Feb 2026 – 2010 Bimini Piper Pa-32 crash (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Zaptain United (t · c) was closed as no consensus by OwenX (t · c) on 10 Mar 2026; see discussion (12 participants; relisted)
Proposed deletions
- 10 Mar 2026 – Deep Water Cay Airport (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by AusLondonder (t · c): Private airfield with zero evidence of notability. Sourced only to a defunct aviation directory and Google Maps. and endorsed by Bearian (t · c) on 11 Mar 2026
- 10 Mar 2026 – Cape Santa Maria Airport (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by AusLondonder (t · c): Defunct private airfield. No evidence of notability. Sourced only to a defunct aviation directory and Google Maps. and endorsed by Bearian (t · c) on 11 Mar 2026
- 10 Mar 2026 – Little Darby Island Airport (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by AusLondonder (t · c): Private airfield with zero evidence of notability. Sourced to defunct aviation directory and Google Maps. and endorsed by Bearian (t · c) on 11 Mar 2026
Categories for discussion
- 11 Mar 2026 – Category:Ambassadors of Austria to the Bahamas (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by AusLondonder (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Mar 2026 – Category:Bahamas–Dominican Republic sports relations (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by AusLondonder (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Mar 2026 – Category:High commissioners of Bangladesh to the Bahamas (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by AusLondonder (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Mar 2026 – Category:Ambassadors of the Bahamas to Italy (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by AusLondonder (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Mar 2026 – Category:Ambassadors of the Bahamas to Germany (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by AusLondonder (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Mar 2026 – Category:Ambassadors of the Bahamas to Uruguay (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by AusLondonder (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Mar 2026 – Category:Ambassadors of the Bahamas to Argentina (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by AusLondonder (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Mar 2026 – Category:Ambassadors of the Bahamas to Chile (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by AusLondonder (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Mar 2026 – Category:Liechtenstein people of Bahamian descent (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by AusLondonder (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Featured article candidates
- 11 Feb 2026 – Hurricane Joaquin (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by KN2731 (t · c); see discussion
Participants
Active members
To join WikiProject Bahamas, edit this section and add the Wikitext #{{subst:me}} with your areas of interest to the bottom of the following list of members. Members should also place member identification on their user page.
Former members
Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.
- Buaidh (talk · contribs) 00:42:49, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
- John Carter 22:23, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Member identification
Members of WikiProject Bahamas should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Bahamas participants.
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| [[Category:WikiProject Bahamas participants]] | none | linked pages | ||
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For other Bahamas user templates, see Category:Bahamas user templates.
Recognized content
| Bahamas articles by quality and importance | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
 FA |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| FL |
1 | 1 | |||||
| FM |
5 | 5 | |||||
 GA |
3 | 12 | 15 | ||||
| B | 5 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 23 | ||
| C | 6 | 4 | 12 | 50 | 23 | 95 | |
| Start | 8 | 5 | 35 | 227 | 157 | 432 | |
| Stub | 3 | 3 | 7 | 461 | 215 | 689 | |
| List | 5 | 6 | 33 | 18 | 62 | ||
| Category | 1,345 | 1,345 | |||||
| Disambig | 1 | 1 | |||||
| File | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Portal | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Project | 9 | 9 | |||||
| Redirect | 2 | 8 | 96 | 106 | |||
| Template | 68 | 68 | |||||
| NA | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Other | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Assessed | 22 | 17 | 70 | 804 | 1,536 | 416 | 2,865 |
| Unassessed | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 22 | 17 | 70 | 805 | 1,536 | 417 | 2,867 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 6,773 | Ω = 5.39 | |||||
 | 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 or categorized (e.g. Category:WikiProject Bahamas articles) correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options. |
Featured articles
Featured lists
B-Class articles
2001 Marsh Harbour Cessna 402 crash- Andros, The Bahamas
- Anthem of the Seas
- Auspicious (1799 ship)
- Bahamian dollar
- Bahamian nationality law
- Bimini
- British Bahamas
- J. R. Cadot
- Raid on Charles Town
- Florida Commuter Airlines Flight 65
- Fyre Festival
- James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier
- Hannah (1795 ship)
- Gertrude Lythgoe
- Allyson Maynard Gibson
- Carl Oliver
- Sidney Poitier
- Republicanism in the Bahamas
- Kimbo Slice
- Taíno
- German submarine U-506
- Visa policy of the Bahamas
Good articles
2021 Bahamas Bowl- 2022 Bahamas Bowl
- 2024 World Athletics Relays – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay
- Bahamas at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Blue Origin NS-31
- Charles III
- Hurricane Joaquin
- Jaws: The Revenge
- Doris Sands Johnson
- Jump the Shark (The X-Files)
- Raid of Nassau
- The Other Woman (2014 film)
- Magnum Rolle
- William Shirley
- Speed 2: Cruise Control
Former good articles
Did you know? articles
2002 Bahamian general election- 2021 Bahamas Bowl
- 2022 Bahamas Bowl
- 2024 World Athletics Relays – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay
- Flag of the Bahamas
- Bahamas and the American Civil War
- Blue Origin NS-31
- British Colonial Hotel
- J. R. Cadot
- Disappearance of Taylor Casey
- Charles III
- Elizabeth II
- Anwar Ferguson
- Fox Hill Prison
- Doris Sands Johnson
- March On, Bahamaland
- Emily Morley
- Old Fort of Nassau
- The Other Woman (2014 film)
- Angela Palacious
- Pig Beach
- Magnum Rolle
- Waltiea Rolle
- Shamar Sands
In the News articles
Requested Articles
- 1958 General Strike, seminal event in the lead up to majority rule
- Anguilla Cays
- Alberta Isaacs suffragist
- Augustus Adderley, merchant, blockade runner, Member of the Executive Council/Legislative Assembly, and country represenative and delegate (eg. Commissioner for the Bahamas at the International Fisheries Exhibition 1883)
- The Contract (Bahamas/USA), a labour programme between the governments of the Bahamas and the United States that saw a generation of Bahamians work in US, having a lasting effect on the Bahamas and in the case of the US, particularly South Florida.
- Boys Central School, 20th century elite secondary school
- Clarence Bain, politician, member of parliament, cabinet minister, civil rights activist, namesake of the Clarence A. Bain building, appeared on postage stamp
- Department of Civil Aviation (Bahamas), government department
- Doctors Hospital, second-most prominent hospital in the Bahamas, number 1 private hospital
- Eastern Senior School, 21st century secondary school
- Ebenezer W. F. Stirrup Bahamian immigrant to Miami and large influential land owner.
- Great Guana Cay (Exumas), one of the Exuma islands. Also requires renaming of existing Great Guana Cay to Great Guana Cay (Abaco)
- Henry Ethelbert Sigismund Reeves Bahamian immigrant to Miami and founding editor of the Miami Times, brother of C. H. Reeves
- Nassau Grammar School, 20th century elite secondary school
- Treasure Island Resort Abandoned Disney resort project
- Walter Kingsbury Moore, merchant, Member of the Executive Council and the Legislative Assembly, Commission of the Currency
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Resources
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