WikiProject British Overseas Territories
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Welcome to WikiProject British Overseas Territories. The aim of this project is to bring together editors working on articles related to the fourteen British Overseas Territories with an aim of of improving and expanding all aspects of the territories. Anybody with an interest or knowledge in the territories are welcome to contribute to or join this project. This project was founded on 5 November 2014. It has two sister projects, WikiProject French Overseas Departments and WikiProject United States Territories.

Please note that this WikiProject should only cover all of the present British Overseas Territories. With some exceptions, this project does also cover Hong Kong, Southern Rhodesia, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Brunei, all of which are considered 'contemporary' . Commonwealth nations, realms, crown dependencies, and former colonies, territories and protectorates are not included in this Wikiproject. Areas formerly under British rule before 1980 may be covered by Wikiproject British Empire.

Members[edit]

Active members

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  1. JAGUAR  19:04, 5 November 2014 (UTC) - I work on places and histories[reply]
  2. Legis (talk - contribs) 02:07, 6 November 2014 (UTC). Usually work on politics and law.[reply]
  3. Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 11:54, 12 February 2015 (UTC) - History and government[reply]
  4. A Guy into Books (talk) 20:49, 17 August 2017 (UTC) mostly law, some history.[reply]
  5. Greenleader(2) (talk) 11:01, 5 September 2018 (UTC) Politics and government.[reply]
  6. Flappy Pigeon (User talk:Flappy Pigeon) 13:26, 22 October 2020 (UTC) Geography, places, and lists.[reply]

Former members

Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.

  1. Buaidh (talk · contribs) 21:56:17, 18 March 2019 (UTC) [reply]

Member identification

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Notable articles[edit]

Note that the realms are not included on this list.

Places

Capitals/notable towns

Post-1980 territories

Note: These colonies are now independent, but since 1980+ is considered 'contemporary', they are included in this project's scope.

Other

Current status

Below is a bot generated table stats are generated automatically every 2–3 days, but they can be updated manually by entering British Overseas Territories into the box here.


British Overseas Territories articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 1 1 1 8 6 17
FL 4 2 6
FM 9 9
A 1 1
GA 2 2 2 24 20 50
B 9 6 9 36 80 140
C 10 16 22 141 261 450
Start 3 18 55 638 493 1,207
Stub 1 16 5,733 417 6,167
List 1 6 63 1 173 244
Category 5 6,031 6,036
Disambig 1 4 5
File 47 47
Portal 2 2
Project 20 20
Redirect 2 2 1,363 203 1,570
Template 3 181 184
Other 1 1
Assessed 29 46 113 8,017 6,499 1,452 16,156
Unassessed 22 22
Total 29 46 113 8,017 6,499 1,474 16,178
WikiWork factors (?) ω = 45,358 Ω = 5.65


This log shows new and changed assessments, and is updated by a bot every few days.

Importance criteria[edit]

Importance scale

Below is the importance criteria for Wikiproject British Overseas Territories. Articles tagged with ((WikiProject British Overseas Territories)) should be assessed for the project. The importance of an article varies on the importance of itself to be tagged with a High, Mid or Low importance.

Need: A measure of a subject's importance, regardless of its quality
Top Subject is a must-have for a print encyclopedia.
High Subject is exceptionally important.
Mid Subject contributes a depth of knowledge.
Low Subject fills in important details.
NA Subject importance is not applicable.

Thoughts/Proposal:

Top All territories should be listed as top importance, as well as the British Overseas Territories article itself Gibraltar, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands
High Larger settlements and places of interest in any territory, as well as notable battles or history-related articles Georgetown, Cayman Islands, Stanley, Falkland Islands, Falklands War, Falklands Crisis (1770)
Mid Smaller settlements and areas, including schools, military bases or dockyards. Little Cayman, Goose Green, RAF Akrotiri
Low Everything else, generally only important to a smaller number of people Fox Island, Falkland Islands, Pebble Island, Choiseul Sound

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