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WikiProject Orienteering is a collaboration to improve articles related to orienteering. This includes both orienteering from a sport and recreation point of view.

Article monitoring[edit]

Articles are monitored from different aspects to gain information where work is needed:

Article assessment[edit]

To add an article to this project for assemssment, and to have it counted in the assessment table (above), use Template:WikiProject Orienteering. To use it, place it at the top of the article's talk page:

{{WikiProject Orienteering|class=|importance=}}.

The classifications, importance and further information can be found on the assessment page.

Trophies[edit]

The highest possible classification FA class was assigned on January 2006 to article Amateur radio direction finding. The article was downgraded on April 2010 to C class due to lack of references.

Improvement of articles[edit]

Based on the classification and importance, a list of articles that needs to be improved most of all exist. The goal is to improve the articles to match good Wikipedia standards. The list is based on the WikiProject classifications. Please, help expand these articles if you have something to contribute.

Assessment guidelines[edit]

Orienteering articles has assessment guidelines that helps with assessing importance for articles. The guidelines doesn't give indications in all cases but gives help in finding what important in Wikipedia from orienteering point of view.

Did you know?[edit]

Orienteering has been featured on the English Wikipedia Main Page with these Did you know "hooks":

Mountain bike orienteer

Members[edit]

You can add yourself to this list:

Wikiproject Orienteering userbox[edit]

You can add the userbox to your user page by filling in with wiki syntax:

{{User WikiProjectOrienteering}}

This user is a participant in WikiProject Orienteering




Orienteerer userbox[edit]

You can add the orienteerer userbox to your user page by filling in with wiki syntax:

{{User:UBX/Orienteer}}

This user is an orienteer,
and very seldom gets lost.




User recruiting[edit]

To recruit another user to WikiProject Orienteering place the following wiki syntax on the user's talk page:

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Orienteering/Join}}~~~~

Hi Wikipedia User,

Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia articles related to orienteering. If you are interested in orienteering, you might like to add WikiProject Orienteering to your watchlist (see Help:Watching pages).

Thanks,

Orienteering barnstar[edit]

It is the custom to reward Wikipedia contributors for hard work and due diligence by awarding them a barnstar. To give the award to someone, just place the image on their talk page, and say why you have given it to them. If you are sure the barnstar is appropriate, don't be shy!

Orienteering has its own barnstar named Orienteering barnstar. To give a user the orienteering barnstar place it on the user's talk page with following wiki syntax:

{{Orienteering barnstar}}

WikiProject Orienteering Barnstar
I award you the WikiProject Orienteering Barnstar for

Significant contributions to Orienteering articles.~~~


Navboxes[edit]

A navigation template, navbox or topicbox is a grouping of links used in multiple orienteering related articles to facilitate navigation between those articles. Editing of a navigation template is done in a central place, the template page.

Orienteering[edit]

{{Orienteering}} used for articles related to orienteering. It meant cover all essential information regarding orienteering and related subjects.

International Orienteering Federation Members[edit]

{{International Orienteering Federation Members}} about IOF members and associate organizations


Orienteering Competitions[edit]

For orienteering competitions there exist the following templates:

Source: Orienteering templates, 1 May 2010

Stubs and their categories[edit]

The complete current structure of stubs and their categories (as of 11th of August 2009):

Stub structure change history[edit]

Category and article structure[edit]

Category structure, can be browsed through this link or see a three structure below:

To-do[edit]

Other to-dos[edit]

Similar Wikiprojects[edit]

Navigation[edit]