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WikiProject
DESERTS
founded onSeptember 10, 2009
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WikiProject Deserts

Sahara Desert,Africa
Shortcut	WP:Desert
Categories	WikiProject Deserts,Deserts
Wikimedia Commons	Deserts
Parent project(s)	Geography
Project banner template	{{WP Deserts}}
Userbox	{{User WP Deserts}}

Welcome toWikiProject Deserts.
The aim of this WikiProject is to improve the content and material of articles of or relating to deserts on Wikipedia.
If you would like to help, pleasejoin the project.

Our goals

• Improve the geological aspect of the world's deserts
• Expand coverage on desert-specific features and habitats

Our scope

• The individual deserts and xeric ecoregions
• Geology, hydrology, climate and ecology of deserts
• Civilization and culture of people in deserts
• Tourism, conservation and development of deserts

Getting started

• Add your name to theparticipants to get started!
• Watchlistbulletin board for future news, straw polls and collaboration efforts.
• Get familiar with the basic definition ofdesert.
• Get familiar withecoregions of deserts.

How can I help?
Look at thetasks to see what needs helping.

• Help by creating new articles.
• Help by expanding the content of articles.
• Help by cleaning up articles.
• Help by citing sources on articles.
• Help by placing infoboxes on articles.
• Help by putting maps and photos on articles.
• Help by assessing the articles.
• Help by organizing categories.

Help by outreach (see section below).

Outreach (Articles) If you find desert-related articles that need attention, use thestub box to keep track of them. (seeinstructions) {{Desert-stub}} {{topography-stub}} Place {{Expand|date=???}} on the top of the article needing contentexpansion. For a specific section of the article, place {{Expand section}} on the top of that section. You can add {{cleanup|date=???}} banner on the top of articles that requirecleaning up. If you find a desert-related article without the projectbanner on its talk page, add {{Template:WikiProject Deserts}} on top of the talk page. (seeinstructions) Avoid clustering of banners on a talk page by using {{WikiProjectBanners}}. If you find an article on a desert without aninfobox, add{{Infobox desert}} at the top of that article. (seeinstructions) Add {{Reqinfobox}} to talk page of the article to requiring an infobox. To request images: Add {{Reqmap}} on the talk page of the article requiring amap. Add {{Image requested}} on the talk page of the article requiring aphotograph. If you find a desert-related article without anavbox, add {{Deserts}} at the end of that article. (seeinstructions) Outreach (Participants) You caninvite other Wikipedians by placing{{subst:WP Deserts Invite}} on their talk page. (seeinstructions first) You canwelcome new members by placing{{subst:WP Deserts Welcome}} on their talk page. (seeinstructions first) You canaward an editor by placing {{WP Deserts Barnstar|message ~~~~}} for his/her hardwork on desert-related articles. (seeinstructions first). Seeoriginal template.

seeWikipedia:WikiProject Deserts/Articles

Featured content

• Antarctica

Lists

• World:List of deserts ·List of deserts by area
• Asia:List of deserts of Pakistan
• North America:List of North American deserts
• Oceania:List of deserts of Australia

Commons:seeCommons:Category:Deserts

Featured content

• 
  Morocco Africa
• 
  Rub' al Khali
• 
  Tadrart Acacus

Gallery

seeWikiProject Deserts - Watchlist

• www.teachers.ash.org.au - deserts
• www.mbgnet.net - deserts

Userboxes

Code	Result
{{Template:User interest deserts}}	This user is interested in Deserts	Usage
{{Template:User WP Deserts}}	This userparticipates in WikiProject Deserts.	Usage

Main tool page:toolserver.org

• Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
• Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
• Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
• Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.

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