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Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Lighthouses. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help focus efforts. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list.
Goals
[edit]- To share ideas for attaining high quality on each type of article under the project.
- To create a consensus on what should be included.
Scope
[edit]The scope of this project is all articles related to lighthouses and pharology (study of lighthouses).
Lighthouses articles by quality and importance
[edit]Lighthouses articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
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1 | 1 | |||||
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5 | 7 | 9 | 21 | |||
B | 1 | 4 | 39 | 20 | 64 | ||
C | 1 | 14 | 129 | 62 | 3 | 209 | |
Start | 1 | 47 | 513 | 565 | 7 | 1,133 | |
Stub | 10 | 293 | 870 | 2 | 1,175 | ||
List | 1 | 18 | 69 | 169 | 257 | ||
Category | 718 | 718 | |||||
Disambig | 4 | 4 | |||||
File | 32 | 32 | |||||
Project | 7 | 7 | |||||
Redirect | 1 | 3 | 5 | 207 | 216 | ||
Template | 86 | 86 | |||||
NA | 4 | 4 | |||||
Assessed | 4 | 99 | 1,053 | 1,701 | 1,058 | 12 | 3,927 |
Unassessed | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Total | 4 | 99 | 1,053 | 1,702 | 1,058 | 17 | 3,933 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 13,785 | Ω = 5.30 |
Recognized content
[edit]A detailed list of recognized content is available at Lighthouses recognized content.
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Featured lists
[edit]Good articles
[edit]Avery Point Light
Black Rock Harbor Light
Bridgeport Harbor Light
Cape Moreton Light
Chester Rock Light
Dubh Artach
Essex Reef Light
Europa Point Lighthouse
Falkner Island Light
Five Mile Point Light
Augustin-Jean Fresnel
Great Captain Island Light
Green Bay Harbor Entrance Light
Greens Ledge Light
Kõpu Lighthouse
Lynde Point Light
Mystic Seaport Light
Norah Head Light
Point Stephens Light
Fannie Salter
Skerryvore
Former good articles
[edit]Did you know? articles
[edit]Archer Point Light
Ashtabula Harbor Light
James Balfour (engineer)
Bay Rock Light
Belle Tout Lighthouse
Bissau Cathedral
Black Rock Harbor Light
Blackwell Island Light
Bloody Point Range Lights
Bluff Point Light
Bois Blanc Island Lighthouse and Blockhouse
Booby Island Light
Bridgeport Harbor Light
Brockton Point
Burnham-on-Sea High Lighthouse
Burnham-on-Sea Low Lighthouse
Burnham-on-Sea Round Tower
Bustard Head Light
Cape Agulhas Lighthouse
Cape Bowling Green Light
Cape Capricorn Light
Cape Cleveland Light
Cape Don Light
Cape Kumukahi Light
Cape Moreton Light
Cape Rachado Lighthouse
Cape Wickham Lighthouse
Cat Island Light
Chester Rock Light
Christiana Light
Clarence River Light
Clarks Point Light
Clay Island Light
Cleveland Point Light
Creal Reef Light
Crown Point Light
Day beacon
Delaware Breakwater Range Rear Light
Dent Island Light
Dog Island Lighthouse
Double Island Point Light
Dueodde Lighthouse
Dunston Pillar
Maurice Durand (architect)
East End Light
Elbow of Cross Ledge Light
Emery Point Light
Erie Land Light
Essex Reef Light
Europa Point Lighthouse
Falkner Island Light
Fastnet Lighthouse
Fitzroy Island Light
Five Mile Point Light
Flat Top Island Light
Fort Sumter Range Lights
Fuller Rock Light
The Fullerton Hotel Singapore
Geitungen Lighthouse
Gibraltar Aerobeacon
Gibraltar North Mole Elbow Lighthouse
Gibraltar North Mole Lighthouse
Gibraltar South Mole Lighthouse
Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light
Grand Lake St. Marys Lighthouse
Grand Turk Lighthouse
Grassy Hill Light
Great Captain Island Light
Green Island Light (Ohio)
Green Island Light (Wisconsin)
Green Point Lighthouse, Cape Town
Greens Ledge Light
Haig Point Range Lights
George Halpin
Head Harbour Lighthouse
George Poynter Heath
High and Low Lights of North Shields
Holland Island Bar Light
Horn Island Light
Hornby Lighthouse
Île Vierge
Île d'Yeu Lighthouse
Imperial Towers
Japanese Lighthouse (Garapan, Saipan)
Japanese Lighthouse (Poluwat, Chuuk)
Kingston by Sea
Kızılada Lighthouse
Kugelbake
Kullen Lighthouse
Kvitsøy Lighthouse
United States lightship LV-117
La Vieille
Lady Elliot Island Light
Lågskär Lighthouse
Land lighthouse
Leasowe Lighthouse
Ida Lewis
Light Vessel 72
Lighthouse and naval vessel urban legend
Lighthouse of Genoa
Lighthouse of Ponta das Contendas
List of lighthouses in Alaska
List of lighthouses in Gibraltar
List of lighthouses in Maine
Long Tail Point Light
Low Head Lighthouse
Low Isles Light
Mayo Beach Light
Mew Island Lighthouse
Minicoy Island Lighthouse
Minnesota Point Light
Mizunokojima Lighthouse
Moreton Bay Pile Light
Moreton Island lighthouses
Musselbed Shoals Light
United States lightship Nantucket (LV-58)
New Caloundra Light
North Reef Light
Old Caloundra Light
Old Harbor Light (Savannah, Georgia)
Old Plantation Flats Light
One Fathom Bank Lighthouse
United States lightship Overfalls (LV-118)
Pass A L'Outre Light
Pass Christian Light
Peshtigo Reef Light
Pine Islet Light
Point Abino Light Tower
Point Adams Light
Point Charles Light
Point Danger Light
Point Gammon Light
Point Lonsdale Lighthouse
Pointe du Grouin du Cou Lighthouse
Port Washington Light
Port of Bissau
Pungoteague Creek Light
Roanoke River Light
Rock Harbor Light
Round Island Light, Isles of Scilly
Rubicon Point Light
Rumeli Feneri
Sacred Heart Church, Levuka
St. Johns River Light
Fannie Salter
Sandy Cape Light
Sea Hill Light
Sharps Island Light
Ship John Shoal Light
Ship Shoal Light
Vladimir Shukhov
Skerryvore
Smith Point Light
South Bass Island Light
Southwold Lighthouse
Spectacle Reef Light
Spit Bank Lighthouse
Stannard Rock Light
Start Point Lighthouse
Stingray Point Light
Sugarloaf Point Light
Svinøy Lighthouse
Tarrytown Light
Texas Tower (lighthouse)
Toledo Harbor Light
Trinity Shoal Light
United States Lighthouse Society
Vermilion Light
Léonce Verny
Vischpoort
Vuurbaak van Katwijk aan Zee
Wadjemup Lighthouse
Warden Head Light
Warrior Rock Light
Wawatam Lighthouse
Wharton Reef Light
Wollongong Breakwater Lighthouse
George Worthylake
Wyborn Reef Light
Project organization
[edit]Departments
[edit]Parentage
[edit]Related projects
[edit]- WikiProject Civil engineering
- WikiProject Maritime Trades
- WikiProject National Register of Historic Places
- WikiProject Piers (marked inactive)
- WikiProject Ports
- WikiProject Ships
- WikiProject Shipwrecks
Participants
[edit]Interested people are invited to add their names to the list – no invitation required – or, just start editing!
- Bowtiesarecool06 - Great Lakes Lighthouses
- Peter K Burian - Focus on lighthouses of Ontario, Canada, such as Chantry Island Lightstation Tower, mostly those that are in the Category:Lighthouses on the National Historic Sites of Canada register
- TheCrazedBeast - Focus on the Chesapeake Bay, especially Maryland.
- Williamwaterway historian of Martha's Vineyard lighthouses, with emphasis on Gay Head Light
- 7&6=thirteen (☎) lighthouses of Great Lakes, especially Michigan
- Berean Hunter
- Bsharkey
- Chesipiero - Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels, Infobox, Lighthouses of Italy
- Cocoaguy ここがいい contribstalk
- De728631 – adding infoboxes
- dk69
- Draugen
- Gateman1997
- Ivanvector - lighthouses in Prince Edward Island and elsewhere in The Maritimes
- Jameslwoodward – New England
- John Carter (formerly User:Warlordjohncarter)
- Jokulhlaup
- Knowledgekid87 - I have worked on the List of lighthouses in the United States article and each state's list tables. I have also worked on the templates.
- Leifern
- Malathos – listing the New Zealand lights
- mangoe – retired
- MChew – lighthouses of Japan
- Roundtheworld - lighthouses in Portugal
- Ser Amantio di Nicolao (formerly User:AlbertHerring)
- Thefrood – Assessments
- Wpwatchdog
- Muhandes - List of lighthouses in Israel, general templates, lighthouse of Australia
- GlassyEye - Lighthouses manufactured by Chance Brothers, Smethwick, England
- CybergothiChé - lighthouses of Australia
- PRABHU puducherry -Lighthouses of puducherry in english and tamil wikipedia
- HatOfTheCat - Trinity House lighthouses designed & engineered by Messrs. Walker & Burges, Henry Norris and James Douglass
- Stephen kleckner (talk) 15:01, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
- Chongkian - Lighthouses in Taiwan
- Patr2016 - Lighthouses of Michigan
To-do list
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Sample articles
[edit]The following articles represent examples of coverage and structure, for articles of their type.
- Sample apparatus article: Argand lamp
- Sample biography article: George Meade
- Sample lighthouse article: La Vieille (France); Norah Head Light (Aus.)
- Sample related article: Daymark; Lightvessel; Light characteristic
New articles
[edit]Please feel free to list your new Lighthouses-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an compelling or unusual fact in them can be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Wikipedia page. DYK has a 5 day time limit from the creation or fivefold-expansion of the article.
- Windmill Point Light (Michigan)
- Cabo Sardão Lighthouse
- Penedo da Saudade Lighthouse
- Outão Lighthouse
- Azeda Lighthouse
- Ponta da Piedade Lighthouse (Portugal)
- Grandique Point Lighthouse
- Esteiro Lighthouse (Portugal)
- Mama Lighthouse (Portugal)
- Bugio Lighthouse (Portugal)
- Gibalta Lighthouse (Portugal)
- Santa Marta Lighthouse (Cascais)
- Cabo Raso Lighthouse
- Guia Lighthouse (Cascais)
- Troubridge Hill Lighthouse
- Cape Spencer Lighthouse (South Australia)
- Cape St. Blaize Lighthouse
- Île-Verte Lighthouse
- Cap-des-Rosiers Lighthouse
- Plum Gut Lighthouse
- Danger Point Lighthouse
- Low Point Lighthouse
- Kugelbake
- Grand Island North Light
- Groote Kaap
- Vuurtoreneiland
- Cape Agulhas Lighthouse
- Ahırkapı Feneri
- Şile Feneri
- Yeşilköy Feneri
- Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light
- Burlington Breakwater Lights
- Dutch Gap Canal Lights
- Shinnecock Light
- Romer Shoal Light
- Huron Islands Lighthouse
- Hyannis Rear Range Light
- Lovells Island Range Lights
- Falmouth Inner Light
- Detroit River Light
- Wickford Harbor Light
- Ipswich Range Lights
- Spectacle Island Range Lights
- Nantucket Cliff Lights
- Nantucket Range Lights
- Nantucket Harbor Range Lights
- VRB-25
- Ile Parisienne
Article alerts
[edit]Articles to be split
- 05 Dec 2021 – Tang Lung Chau (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 220.246.55.231 (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Nov 2021 – Green Island, Hong Kong (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Msgj (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Jan 2021 – Guia Fortress (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 124.217.189.103 (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 29 Apr 2024 – Draft:Barletta New Lighthouse (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Bianower (t · c)
- 22 Jun 2024 – Draft:Rattan pendant lights (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Rowabiinteriors (t · c) was declined by Hammersoft (t · c) on 22 Jun 2024
Recent changes
[edit]List of abbreviations (help):
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- r
- Edit flagged by ORES
- N
- New page
- m
- Minor edit
- b
- Bot edit
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29 July 2024
- diffhist m Queen's Wharf Lighthouse 02:49 7 The Sharpest Lives talk contribs (fixed/removed deprecated parameters from Template:Infobox station (via WP:JWB))
28 July 2024
- diffhist m Tynemouth 19:43 24 Tassedethe talk contribs (v2.05 - Repaired 1 link to disambiguation page - (You can help) - Robert Beall) Tag: WPCleaner
- diffhist Eigg 16:53 407 Ben MacDui talk contribs (→Gaelic literature: Donald MacQuarrie - am Piobair Mór)
- diffhist Gould Island Light 13:59 0 Anoravsil talk contribs Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist m Queenscliff High Light 13:10 −1 BD2412 talk contribs (→External links: Clean up spacing around commas and other punctuation fixes, replaced: ,t → , t, , → , , inline, title → inline,title) Tag: AWB
- diffhist Lindisfarne 12:44 22 Nedrutland talk contribs (→In popular fiction)
- diffhist Hoylake 12:31 −58 2a00:23c4:db45:5301:8181:eefb:e117:ddec talk (→External links)
- diffhist Eigg 10:51 408 Ben MacDui talk contribs (Mac an Tàilleir settlement names)
- diffhist Eigg 10:35 514 Ben MacDui talk contribs (Geogrpaphy refs plus Miller quote)
- diffhist Lighthouse of Genoa 07:15 −12 Crowsus talk contribs (removed Category:People from Sampierdarena; added Category:Sampierdarena using HotCat)
- diffhist Pointe aux Barques Light 04:46 −1 CalligrapherNearby talk contribs (Cleaned up punctuation and capitalization.) Tag: Visual edit
27 July 2024
- diffhist Béjaïa 21:41 36 47.54.203.36 talk (→Notable people) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Millom 20:57 28 Eddpayne talk contribs (→Governance: 2024 election result)
- diffhist Hornby Lighthouse 12:12 −26 Dronebogus talk contribs (removed Category:Signal flags using HotCat)
- diffhist Ōmazaki Lighthouse 10:38 1 Killviconiborki talk contribs Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Plymouth Breakwater 01:39 10 109.159.53.128 talk (→Gallery: Added comma) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Point Arena Light 01:02 0 2600:100e:b0ce:3609:3504:14c0:a796:9002 talk (There was only 258 prisms not 666. See: https://www.pointarenalighthouse.com/about) Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Raspberry Island Light 00:06 68 RevelationDirect talk contribs (added Category:Historic district contributing properties in Wisconsin using HotCat)
- diffhist Raspberry Island Light 00:05 44 RevelationDirect talk contribs (Infobox updated)
26 July 2024
- diffhist Flannan Isles Lighthouse 22:00 56 2603:8080:500:50b0:39d3:1eb5:94f2:e8ac talk (Added a referency to another film based on this true story.) Tag: Disambiguation links added
- diffhist Tynemouth 20:12 −89 Keith D talk contribs (Use {{NHLE}} template)
- diffhist South Shields 20:01 −115 Keith D talk contribs (→History: Use {{NHLE}} template)
- diffhist Kolhufushi (Meemu Atoll) 11:24 −5 T. Cadwallader Phloog talk contribs (ce)
- diffhist Lindisfarne 08:52 197 2a02:c7c:64e7:a100:40f6:1fab:4803:2a4d talk (→top: Added item in "Popular Fiction") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit
- diffhist Cape St. Francis (Newfoundland and Labrador) 06:10 70 Denelson83 talk contribs (Add {{Canada NTS Map Sheet}})
- diffhist Cape Spear 05:42 74 Denelson83 talk contribs (Add {{Canada NTS Map Sheet}}) Tag: Disambiguation links added
- diffhist Bodie Island Lighthouse 01:45 −6 74.101.92.78 talk (→History)
25 July 2024
- diffhist Tinicum Island Rear Range Light 23:08 66 Tsarivan613 talk contribs (Added short description)
- diffhist m Ristna Lighthouse 21:25 354 Ivari6e talk contribs (added reference to Eiffel)
- diffhist Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light 17:38 4 Reywas92 talk contribs Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Blackwell Island Light 14:18 171 Epicgenius talk contribs (→Architecture: see also)
24 July 2024
- diffhist Holland Harbor Light 20:37 −474 24.236.242.62 talk (There is no public access to the Big Red Lighthouse) Tag: references removed
- diffhist Salt Island, British Virgin Islands 20:24 34 123.252.11.127 talk
- diffhist Ginger Island 19:32 36 123.252.11.127 talk
- diffhist Eigg 18:04 11 Ben MacDui talk contribs (→Religion: minor tweaks)
- diffhist Eigg 18:02 18 Ben MacDui talk contribs (Re-order existing text to create new section on religion)
- diffhist m Bell Rock Lighthouse 15:51 −42 Tcr25 talk contribs (Reverted edits by Tcr25 (talk) to last version by 207.134.39.4) Tag: Rollback
- diffhist Bell Rock Lighthouse 15:51 1 Tcr25 talk contribs (→See also: reorder) Tag: Reverted
- diffhist Bell Rock Lighthouse 15:50 41 Tcr25 talk contribs (→See also: add commons category link) Tag: Reverted
- diffhist Eigg 11:59 2 Ben MacDui talk contribs (→Church of Scotland: lower heading)
- diffhist Eigg 11:59 2,463 Ben MacDui talk contribs (→Church and reformation: The kirk - might be better as a separate section about religion) Tag: harv-error
- diffhist Anegada 11:37 30 123.252.11.127 talk
- diffhist Eigg 10:25 29 Ben MacDui talk contribs (→History: one MacPherson ref)
- diffhist m Eigg 09:57 16 Rodw talk contribs (Disambiguating links to Tobermory (link changed to Tobermory, Mull) using DisamAssist.)
- diffhist Buck Island National Wildlife Refuge 09:11 116 123.252.11.127 talk
23 July 2024
- diffhist Eigg 17:15 −97 Ben MacDui talk contribs (→History: find some citations. MacPherson died in 1854....)
- diffhist Eigg 16:32 −51 Ben MacDui talk contribs (→History: add a few refs)
- diffhist Eigg 16:13 −154 Ben MacDui talk contribs (Give Gaelic literature a more prominent section)
- diffhist m Punta Carena Lighthouse 15:48 −1 TheCatCollective talk contribs (Punctuation and spacing)
- diffhist m Cherchell 15:47 0 Alistair1978 talk contribs (typo)
Templates and categories
[edit]Project banner
[edit]Infoboxes
[edit]Userboxes
[edit]- {{ParticipantLighthouses}} and {{User WikiProject Lighthouses}} its smaller cousin.
Barnstar
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The Lighthouse Barnstar |
Message ~~~~ |
Stub templates
[edit]- {{Lighthouse-stub}}
- {{US-lighthouse-stub}}
- {{Canada-lighthouse-stub}}
Categories
[edit]Subpages
[edit]- List of all subpages of this page
Resources
[edit]Images
[edit]- Images related to Lighthouses at Wikimedia Commons
- Archives of Michigan: Michigan Lighthouse Collection (alt link) – Lighthouses and Life-Saving Stations pictures.
Usage: Requires attribution, by citing the Archives of Michigan. - Klaus Hülse's collection: Historic postcard images – Lighthouses pictures from many countries.
- United States Coast Guard Image Archive: https://www.history.uscg.mil/Our-Collections/Photos/ According to a note at the top of the website, all images are public domain. Searchable historic archive of a huge number of lighthouses.
Templates
[edit]- Global
- {{cite ngall}} produces a citation in {{cite book}} form to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Lists of Lights which cover the world except the USA. See {{cite uscgll}} below.
- {{cite rowlett}} provides a citation to Russ Rowlett's The Lighthouse Directory. It uses the naming convention of that cite pages and covers every region on earth.
- {{lighthouse-stub}} is used to mark stub articles.
- Australia
- {{cite loa}} provides a citation to a specific page in Lighthouses of Australia Inc.
- {{cite loaidx}} provides a citation to one of the index pages in Lighthouses of Australia Inc.
- {{cite ssl}} provides a citation to a specific page in SeaSide Lights
- {{cite sslidx}} provides a citation to one of the index pages in SeaSide Lights
- Canada
- The following stub templates are available:
- {{cite ccgll}} produces a citation in {{cite web}} form to the Canadian Coast Guard List of Lights, Buoys and Fog Signals (4 Volumes). It has the advantage of being easy to use and automatically includes the url of the appropriate web site. It is easy to change when the Coast Guard reorganizes its web site as has in the past, and undoubtedly will do again in the future. The Canadian Coast Guard's four volumes cover Canadian waters.
- {{Canada-lighthouse-stub}}
- {{BritishColumbia-lighthouse-stub}}
- {{Manitoba-lighthouse-stub}}
- {{NewBrunswick-lighthouse-stub}}
- {{Newfoundland-lighthouse-stub}}
- {{NovaScotia-lighthouse-stub}}
- {{Ontario-lighthouse-stub}}
- {{PrinceEdwardIsland-lighthouse-stub}}
- {{Quebec-lighthouse-stub}}
- The following stub templates are available:
- Netherlands
- {{Netherlands-lighthouse-stub}} is used to mark stub articles related to Dutch lighthouses.
- United States
- {{cite uscgll}} produces a citation in {{cite book}} form to the US Coast Guard Light List. It has the advantage of being easy to use, a standard format, and automatically including the url of the appropriate web site. It is easy to change when the Coast Guard reorganizes its web site as it did in July 2010 and will, undoubtedly, do again in the future. The Coast Guard's seven volumes cover United States waters.
- {{cite uscghist}} provides a similar citation to the US Coast Guard's historical web site, which lists almost every significant light in the United States, including those no longer extant. Most of the articles are accompanied by historical photographs.
- {{cite uscgnavbib}} provides a simple link to the US Coast Guard's extensive historical bibliography in case someone wants to cite it.
- {{US-lighthouse-stub}} is used to mark stub articles related to US lighthouses.