Wikipedia:WikiProject Geology/Resources

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Project Templates

Project banner

Place {{WikiProject Geology|class=|importance=}} onto any new Geology article's talk page for it to be recognised and assessed under the project's scope. An article's assessment is generated from the class and importance parameters and helps organise relevant articles for improvement. When assessed, the class and importance parameters are filled in, like this:

{{WikiProject Geology|class=Start|importance=Mid}}

and the banner looks like this:

Geology Start‑class Mid‑importance

	Geology portal Wikipedia:WikiProject Geology/Resources is part of WikiProject Geology, an attempt at creating a standardized, informative, comprehensive and easy-to-use geology resource. If you would like to participate, you can choose to edit this article, or visit the project page for more information.GeologyWikipedia:WikiProject GeologyTemplate:WikiProject GeologyGeology articles
Start	This article has been rated as Start-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

Shortcuts: {{WikiProject Geology}}, {{WPGEOLOGY}}, {{WPGeology}}, {{WP Geology}}

For more information visit the assessment page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Geology/Assessment

Userbox

This user is a participant in
WikiProject Geology.

This will add you to WikiProject Geology members. You can also just put [[Category:WikiProject Geology members]] at the bottom of your userpage.

Barnstar

For recognition of contributions to the Geology Wikiproject, place {{subst:The Geology Barnstar|message|~~~~}} on the recipient's talk page. It should look like this:

	The Geology Barnstar
	message name (talk) date/time

Article templates

Infoboxes, navboxes and timelines

{{Infobox Rockunit}} - for geological formations
{{Geological period}} - for Geologic periods
{{Geological era}} - for Geological eras
{{Infobox mineral}} - for minerals
{{Geology}} - navbox for geology-related articles
{{Include timeline}} produces timelines like the ones you'll see at Late Devonian extinction.

Stubs

Template

Result

Usage

This geology article is a stub. You can help the Wikiproject, WikiProject Geology, by expanding it.

Generic geology stub template.

This biographical article about a geologist is a stub. You can help the Wikiproject, WikiProject Geology, by expanding it.

Stub articles relating to geologists.

This article about a specific mineral, mineraloid, or rock type is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub articles relating to minerals.

This article about an extraterrestrial geological feature is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub articles relating to extraterrestrial geological features.

This article about a paleontologist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub articles relating to paleontologists.

This paleontology article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub articles relating to paleontology.

This article related to petrology is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub articles relating to petrology.

Period properties

Because details of periods are continually being refined, it is simpler to maintain a central list of dates, called by each article, than to amend every article individually when things change. It also saves having to look dates etc up each time!

{{Period start}} and {{Period end}} return the date a period begins or ends in Ma.
{{Ma}} returns the same, with a wikilink to the geological time scale. e.g. {{Ma|Cambrian}}.
{{Period color}} returns the colour associated with a geological period (as determined by the IGU).

Tools

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.