The open tasks page is divided into two sections. A shorthand version of all the open tasks, the to-do list, and a longer version of project task which includes more detailed descriptions. Please keep in mind to always edit things in both sections so people can get an up to date overview over what needs to be done. Please suggest improvements for a specific article on its own talk page. If you can't get any help there you can requests help with an article onthis project's talk page.

This is the shorthand version of everything you can do for Wikiproject Geology. If you need to display it somewhere you can insert "{{to do|target=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Geology/Tasks}}" into the Wikicode.

To-do list forWikipedia:WikiProject Geology/Tasks:edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2024-12-11 Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests :Preludhamian,Makran Subduction Zone Citing sources : No sources:Compression_(geology) No in-text citations:Petrology Needing additional references:Absolute dating,Age of the Earth,Fossil,Geological history of Earth,Hydrology,Ice age,Impact crater,Index fossil,Magma,Metamorphic rock,Paleogene,Precambrian,Subduction,Taphonomy Disputed statements:Ordovician Failed verification:Rock (geology) Unsourced statements:Age of the Earth,Calcium carbonate,Cambrian,Devonian,Earth science,Earthquake,Erosion,Evolutionary history of life,Geological history of Earth,Hydrology,Ice age,Lava,Magma,Mineral,Permian,Planetary geology,Precambrian,Quartz,Silurian,Subduction,Volcano Cleanup :Landslide mitigation Copyedit : Clarification needed:Basalt,Devonian,Earth,History of Earth,Lava,List of fossil sites,Plate tectonics Too technical:Subduction,Panasqueira#Geology Expand :geothermal activity,Geology of Iceland,Geology of Japan,Horizon (geology),Palaeogeography,Chu Pong Massif,Compression (geology). Stubs :Geologic province,Quaternary geology Update :Geochemistry,Weathering Verify :List of fossil sites Other : Collaboration of the year: Geology of countries of Africa,Rock (geology) andGeology. Limited geographical scope:Lava,Dune,Global warming,Structural basin Peer review:Request

This is a longer, but more detailed version of everything you can do for Wikiproject Geology.

• Tag the talk pages of relevant articles with the{{WikiProject Geology}} banner so they can be automatically added toCategory:WikiProject Geology articles. See thenew articles alert.
• Assess already tagged pages. Seethis page for a prioritized list of unassessed articles.
• Add|needs-infobox=yes and|attention=yes to the tag template as needed.
• Improve categorization of Geology articles (see thecategory tree).
• MonitorCategory:Geology articles needing infoboxes andCategory:Geology articles needing attention.
• Monitor thelist of recent changes to pages within Wikiproject Geology.
• Addgeographic coordinates to an article (Coordinates Template).

Help out with assessment of articles - seeWikiProject_Geology/Assessment.

Articles most in need of attention are listed atCategory:Geology articles needing attention.

Stubs are articles that need expansion. There are a number of stub lists which you can look though:

• Stub
• Start
• C

• All geology articles that need cleanup, from Bambot

Peer reviews can help an author in need of a second opinion. They are handled on a separate page: Peer reviews

TheVersion 1.0 Editorial Team has several lists of topics that try to identify the most important articles. Some extracts are listed below as an aid for setting priorities for this project.

Core topics is a list of the 150 most important articles in Wikipedia, in the opinion of the editorial team. The Geology articles are listed below:
Earth
Geology
Mineral

Wikipedia:Vital articles contains a list of about 1000 basic subjects for which Wikipedia should have a corresponding high-quality article, and ideally a featured article. Here are the Geology articles (not already listed above) with their current ratings:

The following articles are almost ready forFA-nomination:

• Hawaii hotspot

The following articles are almost ready forGA-nomination - if someone wants to put in a little work they could take them there!

• History of the Earth - citations need checking (seeto do list)
• Ice age - a comprehensive article, needs considerable honing
• Impact event - Good content but needs a lot of tidy-up.

There are a couple of lists that contain requested articles that could fall into the scope of this project:

• Skysmiths list
• Wikipedia: Requested articles: Environment and Geology
• Wikipedia: Requested articles: Natural sciences

If you would like to add a request here, you can do so in the following list:

• Geology of Cyprus
• Kirill Simakov (1935-2004), Russian stratigrapher and paleontologist
• Preludhamian, a UK glacial stage
• Remanié deposit, a residual geological deposit
• Geology of Nepal
• Draft:Gail_Tverberg (edit | [[Talk:Draft:Gail_Tverberg|talk]] |history |protect |delete |links |watch |logs |views) or seeUser_talk:Cryptic#Gail_Tverberg_--_uncontroversial_delete. For those interested proposed relationships betweenPeak oil and the financial system. Whether you agree with Tverberg or not, this is an attempt to rescue an important story from erasure. The article needs work.
• Potomac marble, Not really a marble, it is an aggregate found near Washington DC. It is a colorful stone that is used in many public buildings such as the US Capitol. Odd we do not have an article.--''Paul, in Saudi'' (talk)08:59, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Carbonate ramp - we havecarbonate platform where perhaps ramps could be added, but does it deserve its own article - and shelf too? Seehttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/249550189_Carbonate_ramps_An_introduction for exampleGeopersona (talk)08:08, 28 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You can help out by requesting images or taking them yourself.

• To request an image for an article add one of these templates to its talk page:
  • {{reqphoto|earth science subjects}}
  • {{reqphoto|geology}}

• If you would like to help out by taking pictures you can look at the corresponding requests
  • Requested photographs of earth sciences
  • Requested photographs of geology

Wikiproject has number of templates that need sporadic maintenance or improvements. Please add relevant templates to this list:

• {{WikiProject_Geology}} (Assessment template)
• {{Period_span}}
• {{Ma}}
• {{Period_start}} (Returns the start of a geologic period in million years)
• {{Period_end}}
• {{Period_color}} (Returns the color of a geologic period from the geological time scale in RGB)
• {{Geologic_time_scale}} (Wikitable of geologic time scale)
• {{Next_period}} (Returns the next period after the input period)