Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Geography/Archive 8

The category for the Four traditions of geography has been deleted, which has caused some issues that need to be discussed to reorganize the categories for geography. The initial consensus to delete had relatively little discussion, and after I preposed for deletion review, the deletion was endorse with the encouragement to discuss organization structure in this group. This is a complex discussion on the ontology of geography, and the book "The Philosophy of Geo-Ontologies" by Timothy Tambassi is one of the best sources to understand this. The four traditions are not the only method, for dividing geography; various methods have various levels of support in the literature, and the reorganization largely involves three former categories now that the four traditions are deleted.

tl;dr at the bottom.

1. Before deletions, the category for the four traditions of geography was a container that held Category:Spatial analysis, Category:Human-Environment interaction, Category:Regional geography, and Category:Earth science. The Four traditions of geography are likely the most consistent and strongest supported method of dividing the discipline proposed in the past century, originating in the 1960s, a search on Google Scholar shows the original peer-reviewed publication has over 600 citations, with other well-cited papers on the topic existing. This topic is taught to geography undergrads, and the paper is required reading for many geography graduate programs in my anecdotal experience with two of them. Outside the practical usefulness, being one of the four traditions is a defining characteristic of each subcategory that reliable sources commonly and consistently refer to in describing the topic (The Human-Environment interaction category now is just in the general Category:Geography as it's only parent category was the four traditions.)

2. Category:Branches of geography was parallel to the "four traditions of geography" within the category Category:Subfields of geography. It is a container with holds Category:Human geography, Category:Physical geography, Category:Technical geography. Branches of geography are less consistent within the literature then the four traditions, with different sources having different organizations for what they call a "branch" (this is important to note, as specific term choice for the branches is less well supported then the four traditions). The three branches here are based on a few sources, but mostly the UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems. This is also in line with Tambassi's spatial geo-ontologies (SGO), physical (or natural) geo-ontologies (PGO), human geo-ontologies (HGO) model, which adapted Patterson's "Spatial tradition." Branches are a term that exist in the literature to organize the discipline (you can read about them on the main geography page), so we can't just dump all fields into them or it's original research on ontology.

3. The category "Subfields of geography" was created to maintain consistency with other disciplines on Wikipedia within the category Category:Subfields by academic discipline. This category does not have strong supporting outside literature, so the idea was to have the various approaches to organizing the discipline serve as categories within it.

Now that the four traditions has been deleted, "Subfields of geography" and the "Branches" seem redundant, but just dumping everything into either one is not ideal, and choosing one over the other would need to be carefully considered. Furthermore, there are many approaches such as the Five themes of geography, and it may be good to leave room for non-western models as well. The simplest compromise I can prepose for discussion here is to create Category:Traditions of geography to replace the deleted four traditions category. Within the literature, there are preposed "fifth traditions," Exploration and Discovery", or Environmental studies. Eliminating the "four" from the title increases flexibility and offers room to include these and other proposed amended traditions. One of the arguments for deleting the four traditions category was the lack of growth potential, which this addresses.

tl;dr: The preposed organization would be "Subfields by academic discipline">"Subfields of geography" to maintain internal consistency with other disciplines on Wikipedia, and then within "Subfields of geography" would be the two container categories "Branches of geography" and "Traditions of geography." This should satisfy the two largest historic models for organizing geography and keep the geography subdivisions in one category within the "Subfields by academic discipline" category.

Please discuss my preposed solution, or offer alternatives, with consideration to outside literature and Wikipedia policy/recommendations. Tagging several users from the previous discussions: @Hobit, @S Marshall, @Qwerfjkl, @Robert McClenon, @ gidonb, @fgnievinski. Pardon my verbose explanations, I just want to make sure everything is addressed, and feel free to ignore this if you aren't interested in continuing discussion here. Hopefully we can get interaction on this discussion.

- GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 22:00, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

There is an ongoing merge discussion going on to merge "Geomatics engineering" into the page for "geomatics." Currently there is very weak consensus, and the action is proving slightly controversial, so I'd like to get additional knowledgeable people to comment on it.

Link to the merge discussion here. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 08:02, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

I noticed that there is not yet a page on the The Parallel Nile River Project is anyone planning to make one? Space772 (talk) 00:46, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Do it! GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 02:18, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

An RfC has been opened at Talk:Cornwall about ncluding the Cornish flag in the article infobox. Please contribute if you would like to do so. A.D.Hope (talk) 10:06, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute#Requested move 12 February 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. RodRabelo7 (talk) 18:40, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

As I'm sure some of you have seen, there is currently a few events around International Women's day, including "Women in red." One area on my radar that could be of interest to Wikiproject Geography is the American Association of Geographers list of current and past presidents. There are many red links in there, and many of them belong to women. As each link belongs to a current or former president of a national organization, they should all pass verification checks for notability. If anyone is interested in creating a page, these could be fun projects. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 18:49, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Hello. There is a discussion that might be of your interest and it would be great if you can provide your feedback at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Maps#Feedback requested for innovation made. Sincerely,--Thinker78 (talk) 01:17, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

There is a discussion at Talk:Catalonia#Lead whether the phrase

is a historical European nation, currently administered as an autonomous community of Spain

should be used as the first sentence at Catalonia. Thanks DankJae 11:12, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi, I really think that OpenStreetMaps are preferred over topographic maps. By these reasons:

1. OpenStreetMaps presents the least but most important metadata at each level of zoom.
2. The ability of zooming is only provided by OpenStreetMaps
3. If any change occurs for the river, for example the path changes, this is rapidly applied for OpenStreetMaps
4. language of metadata changes automatically for each Wikipedia
5. font-size of text of metadata is automatically adjusted

More information Traditional map, New Maps ...

Traditional map	New Maps

Close

Thus we should show OpenStreetMaps and hide topographic maps. But in many rare cases that topography is preferred version, we can hide OpenStreetMap in the template:Hidden begin but render both of them.

Please read this discussion on idea lab and discuss and vote for my idea. Thanks, Hooman Mallahzadeh (talk) 16:49, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Good afternoon! My work on the page Perry County, Tennessee led me down the path of doing more to expand articles on the geography and protected places of the county, including Alexander Cave. There's just enough information available to establish notability, but not enough to truly expand the article beyond stub status right now. One source that I've found that might have information on the cave is Caves of Tennessee, by Thomas Barr Jr.. Unfortunately, I cannot seem to find a copy of this available online or in any local libraries. Bit of a long shot, but does anyone here have access to a copy of this publication? If so, would you be willing to help expand information on the article, or make scans of any relevant entries in the book? Thanks! nf utvol (talk) 00:26, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

There are a few library copies I see, I can't find a digital copy though. I DID find a review of the book though, all be it a short one, in The American Midland Naturalist here.

Maybe it can help you hunt down a physical copy. Maybe there is something in the review that can serve as a source for you. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 05:54, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:İskenderun#Requested move 22 April 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 05:50, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Kalloor appears to be a WP:HOAX. Created August 31, 2005, not subatantially altered since. Only other inbound link is Shri Datta Venkata Sai Temple, itself made in 2009 and turning up no non-Wikipedia mirrors. It's possibly I'm missing something and these were just not translated properly from one of the many languages used in India. However, the lack of... anything on Kalloor, along with spurious claims of the apostle Thomas being killed there -- itself not supported by Thomas the Apostle. While Kalloor does appear to be a given name in India, the claims about the family name's origins are not backed up by any sources. As these also existed at the same time as the spurious claims of the city, it's very likely all of that is hoax too. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 23:09, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

There's a mention there of "Bishop Yoohanon Chrysostom Kalloor of the Catholic Church, from the Kalloor family in Pathanamthitta" and our Yoohanon Chrysostom is about a bishop whose full name is Yoohanon Chrysostom Kalloor and whose existence is confirmed by the three sources. That might of course be a little nugget lending veracity to inventions about Thomas - I don't know. I notice the long third source about the Pathanamthitta diocese begins by mentioning Thomas founding the Christian community in India without tying that to Pathanamthitta or any mention of his death. NebY (talk) 23:26, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

⚔ (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) has been nominated for discussion at WP:RFD. Do we have an article that covers the usage of this symbol on historical/tourist maps, as a marker of a battlesite?

-- 65.92.244.237 (talk) 21:28, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Not a lot of pages on particular symbols used on maps that I've seen here. There isn't really a standard set of symbols for all maps anyway, so while it might appear on a few here and there, there isn't necessarily going to have literature on it. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 02:43, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

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The page "Philosophy of geography" is in desperate need of attention. Currently, the page only goes back to the 1930s, and only focuses on the Western tradition, mostly American. Obviously, there is a lot of room to expand. I started a discussion on its talk page, but think that it might get more attention here. If anyone is interested in flushing out some high level geographic theory, that could be a fun project to take on. Anyone with experience writing about critical geography could be particularly useful. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 20:15, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Macau#Requested move 24 June 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Remsense诉 14:27, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Western Desert (Egypt)#Requested move 17 June 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 19:43, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style#"Modern-day Israel" vs. "Palestine" when only for reader geographical reference, which is within the scope of this WikiProject. Kinsio (talk ★ contribs) 15:46, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

There is a discussion about the proposed content of the River article at the talk page that may be of interest to this project. ForksForks (talk) 13:14, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Nushki District#Requested move 11 July 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ASUKITE 14:27, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Maritime (Togolese region)#Requested move 21 August 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 14:03, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Some knowledgeable opinion requested at Wikipedia:Teahouse#Removing_Precise_Coordinates_from_Article_about_Private_Property/Sensitive_Ecological_Site. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:27, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Discussion on if climbing routes should be in italics on WP. If you have an opinion, please join. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:24, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

Discussion has moved on to Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Climbing#Suggesting_a_change_of_WP:WikiProject_Climbing/Article_recommendations. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:15, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

I'd like to let you know that Mattximus and I are working on improving lists of municipalities for provinces in Spain. We aim at getting all of them to featured list status, which has already been achieved for Albacete. Right now, we've got a couple more (Guadalajara and Toledo) as featured list candidates, where they would require suggestions for improvement. Comments are welcome there. I mention it here, should anyone be interested in having a look at them. Kind regards, Alavense (talk) 09:44, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

England has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 20:48, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

We hope that an uninvolved party can assist in resolving the issue at Talk:A. K. Fazlul Huq#Messing up the infobox and Talk:Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy#Linking. Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 17:29, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

I've encountered many articles that fall under the scope of WP:WikiProject Cities (such as town, village, and city articles) that have also been added to WikiProject Geography (see Talk:Ferdows and Talk:Taheriyeh, towns and villages in Iran, and Talk:Lesnoye Ukolovo, a rural locality in Russia). However, the inclusion of these types of articles in WP:Geography is rare, and most town and city articles haven't been added to WP:Geography. My question is: do these articles actually belong at WP:Geography, or do they not? If they do, what criteria should be met for, say, a village article to be included in WP:Geography? And if they don't, then they could be removed from the project. Nythar (💬-🍀) 07:56, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

​​​Pinging a few active editors from the volunteers list. Nythar (💬-🍀) 05:27, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Cities is a subset of human geography. Any article which deals with a populated place should be included in Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities. Any article which deals primarily with the physical geography of a populated place should also be included in Wikipedia:WikiProject Geography. My two bits. Yours aye,  Buaidh  talk e-mail 01:34, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

That makes sense. I had been wondering why numerous articles were added to both WikiProjects because it didn't make sense to me why we'd include regular WP:Cities articles in WP:Geography; it seemed a bit excessive. Nythar (💬-🍀) 05:59, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

guys I just added a lot of links to the Geography sidebar, Human geography and Geography topics templates, can some of you check to see if it is appropriate or should I continue adding links. I personally think that these templates should have all the branches of geography that there are articles of (my limit is just the articles with titles "Something geography") (not the human geography one for those outside it of course) and therefore should add their respective links to the templates Atakes Ris (talk) 12:18, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

side note: all my edits are based on pre-existing wikipedia articles (see Outline of geography and Category: Geography) and aims to remove the inconsistencies in the templates Atakes Ris (talk) 13:12, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

A discussion of lowercasing the titles of all tectonic plates on Wikipedia was relisted at Talk:Eurasian Plate#Requested move 6 October 2024 a few days ago. Editors here may have an interest in participating before it closes. fgnievinski (talk) 02:15, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

Adriatic Sea has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 22:15, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Geyser has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 22:33, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

I have proposed swapping vital article level 1 Human history with vital article level 2 Geography. This would make geography a level 1 vital article. Please join the discussion here if you are interested. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 20:47, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

An RM asking to lowercase Mediterranean Basin to Mediterranean basin may be of interest. Randy Kryn (talk) 12:11, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

See Talk:Mendocino Fracture Zone as input from those familiar with outcomes of historic debates on capitalisation of geographical names may be helpful. ChaseKiwi (talk) 23:16, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

Greetings and felicitations. Is there are guideline for the general layout of geography-related articles, especially settlements? I tend to see lede; name etymology, when present; history; geography (with climate as a subsection); and then things like economy and government/politics. Is this correct? —DocWatson42 (talk) 09:50, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

At Indian Ocean, editors sometimes want to rename the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Gulf, perhaps because of a long-standing dispute over those names. I have been reverting those edits, not because I'm on one side or the other of the dispute, but just because we have to pick one and Persian Gulf seems to be the quasi-official name on Wikipedia.

Are my reverts consistent with policy? Can anyone cite policy saying so? Any other advice? Thanks, Mgnbar (talk) 21:18, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

Possibly go through the subject article's talk page, including its archives, or the same for Persian Gulf naming dispute? I made a small attempt at the former, but gave up. —DocWatson42 (talk) 10:08, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

Mgnbar: You're welcome. ^_^ DocWatson42 (talk) 12:48, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

A discussion is open about a merger of two articles about the Magdalena Medio region of Colombia. Your feedback would be appreciated at WT:WikiProject Countries#Proposed merger of Magdalena Medio articles. Mathglot (talk) 20:06, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

Geography of Croatia has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 00:57, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

I prefer the lead to be shorter and without some of the errors introduced. A new editor however has been focused on adding to it. They have also removed sourced information from the body. Here are the links to the edit history and Talk:Amdo. Vacosea (talk) 22:58, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello, how are you? Thank you. But tell me to join the project by Sunday! Is it filling in geography articles? Or is there another condition? Thank you. (VVWiki8 (talk) 16:10, 21 January 2025 (UTC))

Hi VVWiki8, WikiProjects are just groups of volunteers. If you want to volunteer to help out, that's usually all the condition there is. CMD (talk) 16:17, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. Yes, I want to. How can I do that? (VVWiki8 (talk) 16:31, 21 January 2025 (UTC))

Working on Geography related articles is probably the core need. Other items can be found in Wikipedia:WikiProject Geography/to do. CMD (talk) 17:37, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Good. Thank you! Happy editing! (VVWiki8 (talk) 17:49, 21 January 2025 (UTC))

Geography of Newfoundland and Labrador has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 16:13, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

I have nominated Washington, D.C. for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Hog Farm _Talk 01:29, 10 February 2025 (UTC)

Hi. I want to suggest the climate table to be changed a little.

For example, look at the climate table of fhe city of Gwangju: Climate table

Here, the record highs and lows for each month are stated. But we don't know when has this record extreme reported in history. We only know the timeline from the table (here 1991-2020)

So, I want to suggest the times the record highs and lows have been reported be present too in all climate tables. Whether by referencing them or adding notes below the table. Aminabzz (talk) 21:48, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

Sea of Japan naming dispute has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 01:24, 20 February 2025 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Hejaz#Requested move 24 February 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 11:59, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

I'm combing through articles with no sources, and came across 169th meridian east. It looks like @Bazonka went through the process of creating an article for each and every meridian years ago. I doubt that any of them are notable, but wanted to flag these for WP:Geography as I am unaware if there are any guidelines about this that might supercede notability. Delectopierre (talk) 07:17, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

This is being discussed at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Maps. No point having the same conversation in two places. Bazonka (talk) 21:13, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

And a link: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Maps#Article for each meridian? Delectopierre (talk) 23:04, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Burzenland#Requested move 5 February 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 13:50, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

We're starting a discussion here. Please feel free to join in the discussion. — hike395 (talk) 12:36, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Yenisey#Requested move 18 February 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Reading Beans, Duke of Rivia 23:14, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

There is currently discussion occurring at Talk:Geography#RfC: Should US Government Maps be used in the Geography and similar articles about the usage of maps. Editors are invited to participate. TarnishedPath^talk 10:44, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

Greetings and felicitations. I'm reposting this because I did not receive any comments to my original thread. Is there are guideline for the general layout of geography-related articles, especially settlements? I tend to see lede; name etymology, when present; history; geography (with climate as a subsection); and then things like economy and government/politics. Is this correct? —DocWatson42 (talk) 18:51, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

There is a guideline for countries, but it is loose and not consistently adhered to. Categories with even more members will have even more variation. Settlements may have been covered by Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities, but it is not very active. Like here. CMD (talk) 16:35, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

If it's any help, there are various guidelines for UK articles listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject UK geography#Guidelines, and various discussions about improving them on their talk pages and the project talk page. NebY (talk) 17:04, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

Thank you both. ^_^ —DocWatson42 (talk) 19:07, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Executive Order 14172#Requested move 7 April 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 06:38, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Sea of Japan naming dispute#Requested move 18 April 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Valorrr ^{(lets chat)} 16:28, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Gaza Strip#Requested move 29 April 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 11:18, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

There is currently an RfC over how to describe the source of the Besor stream (two different sources have been debated), and help from members of this WikiProject would be welcome. Samuelshraga (talk) 08:55, 12 May 2025 (UTC)

Recently, I have gotten Technical geography to GA status. I'd like to do the same for the main geography page, as well as the pages for the human and physical geography branches. I've done some cleanup for human and physical recently in line with feedback I've received on the technical and main geography page. I'd appreciate any help involving citations and cleanup. I should note that human geography has been the weekly article for improvement twice, but is still a disaster. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 18:02, 16 May 2025 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Observations and explorations of Venus#Requested move 14 May 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ASUKITE 21:28, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

Hello. Project members are invited to participate in The World Destubathon. We're aiming to destub a lot of articles and also improve longer stale articles. It will be held from Monday June 16 - Sunday July 13. There is $3338 going into it, with $500 the top prize. There is a $500 worth of prizes for most geographical and place articles destubbed or improved. If you are interested in winning some vouchers to help you buy books for future content, or just see it as a good editathon opportunity to see a lot of articles improved for your project, sign up if interested.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:53, 31 May 2025 (UTC)

High Desert (Oregon) has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 15:06, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

A discussion on multiple proposed mergers is ongoing at Outline of Belarus that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Necessary to add here because, in addition, the Article Alert doesn't update the discussion page target. Dege31 (talk) 03:13, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

Shanghai has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 18:36, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

An article which may be of interest to members of this project—Ogaden—has been proposed for merging with Somali Region. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 12:30, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Ogaden#Requested move 10 August 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 12:40, 18 August 2025 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Gulshan District#Requested move 5 August 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. CNC (talk) 14:39, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Mid-Atlantic (United States)#Requested move 17 August 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. CNC (talk) 10:03, 24 August 2025 (UTC)

The article Map extent has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Tagged as Unreferenced for 12 years. No other language has a reliably sourced article from which to translate. WP:DICDEF.

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Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Bearian (talk) 21:33, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

Most articles for areas in Kuwait not only lack the needed sources but also are stubs. What's going on? Do they deserve to be deleted? If not, why? FSlolhehe (talk) 20:20, 23 July 2025 (UTC)

Is this article properly part of this project? Bearian (talk) 02:48, 22 August 2025 (UTC)

I made a map of the Americas and I am looking for suggestions on how to best put it to use. This in on Talk:Americas#A low-distortion topographic map. GrandEscogriffe (talk) 16:43, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Please see here to take part: Wikipedia talk:Notability (geographic features)#RFC on the "Populated, legally recognized places" standard. FOARP (talk) 09:22, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Prayagraj#Requested move 28 October 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. — EarthDude (Talk) 11:38, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

A climber and GPS hobbyist mechanical engineer professor published his own measurements on his blog and this source was used to overwrite the accepted published height of Mount Rainier on the article. This was an ongoing for a year or two. His finding is now published in a journal article and some people have already started to overwrite the height based on this source. I would appreciate comment on how we should proceed with it. Talk:Mount_Rainier#Article_published_in_the_journal_of_Arctic,_Antarctic,_and_Alpine_Research Graywalls (talk) 03:25, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

An editor has requested that Altaic (disambiguation) be moved to Altaic, which may be of interest to this WikiProject. You are invited to participate in the move discussion. PK2 (talk; contributions) 22:39, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Template talk:Countries and territories of Oceania#Requested move 8 November 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 01:12, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

There is currently a discussion about use of a journal article for mountain heights at Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Use_of_Eric_Gilbertson_Peer-Reviewed_Survey_Journal_Articles_As_Sources_For_Relevant_Mountain_Elevations Graywalls (talk) 03:44, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

Hello! There is a requested move discussion taking place at the above talk page about moving Brecon Beacons National Park to Bannau Brycheiniog National Park. It may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Thanks, A.D.Hope (talk) 20:01, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

Hello! There is a requested move discussion taking place at the above talk page about fully capitalizing the article titles for fracture zones. It may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Thanks, Volcanoguy 18:19, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

There is a discussion of potential interest to this WikiProject occurring at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ukraine#Infobox link formatting for populated places in Ukraine regarding a formatting question for infoboxes in Ukrainian locality articles. Opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments to the discussion and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). Thank you. Dan the Animator 22:33, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

I'm new to Wiki projects and Wikipedia as a whole, but I think it fits best here. I would like some feedback on what I need to fix before I get my article about South Kitsap Regional Park published. You can find it at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BluePixelLOLLL/sandbox2 Thanks! BluePixelLOLLL (talk) 16:53, 29 November 2025 (UTC)

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There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Atacora Department#Requested move 24 November 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 03:09, 8 December 2025 (UTC)

After recent discussions disputing the appropriateness of "by continent" categories and lists, I've opened Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 December 15#Category:Mythology by continent as a test case. Please feel free to participate there. -- Beland (talk) 22:15, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:King Buppan Peak#Requested move 30 November 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 10:24, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

{{User:The Equalizer/sandbox/Template:Capital Distance3}} - a new template to add geographic distances between locations into an article, could do with recommendations and suggestions for and against it, thanks. Regs, The Equalizer (talk) 13:03, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Ma'ayan Harod#Requested move 28 December 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 08:43, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

I've opened a discussion regarding also this wikiproject here. --Friniate ✉ 20:29, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

I've opened a discussion at the village pump (proposals) on the matter. --Friniate ✉ 14:27, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Population#Requested move 2 February 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 14:28, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

Geography without pictures is like a redhead without freckles!

Janet McIver, Penticton, BC

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There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Şanlıurfa Province#Requested move 23 February 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 12:34, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria#Requested move 12 March 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. — EarthDude (Talk) 22:10, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

London has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 00:55, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Hunter Region#Requested move 3 April 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Qwerty123M (talk) 12:27, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Hunter Region#Requested move 14 April 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Qwerty123M (talk) 23:19, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Piedmont (United States)#Requested move 20 April 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ~2026-24236-03 (talk) 12:25, 20 April 2026 (UTC)