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Hello and welcome to WikiProject Hiking trails! This Wikiproject's goal is to establish a standard infobox and create/edit articles on hiking trails and trail systems throughout the world. Eventually, this project will help inform others on hiking trails worldwide and the work done to maintain them.

Scope

This WikiProject covers all trails built at least for the purpose of hiking.

Mission

  • To provide a common layout for articles on specific named trails (e.g. Appalachian Trail), not for articles just related to trail hiking (e.g. hiking)

Parentage

The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Geography.

Descendant Wikiprojects

No descendant WikiProjects have been defined.

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Featured content and assessment

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Participants

New users are always welcome! Feel free to add your name below or simply sign using by typing four tildes (~~~~).

Standards

Infobox

{{Infobox hiking trail}} is used for all articles within WikiProject Hiking trails; information is provided below in the Template section.

Article layout

The body of the article should try to provide the following information:

  • Route description – Include a description of the length of the trail itself
  • Geology and biology – Major mountain ranges, flora and fauna
  • History of the trail – Describes historical significance of the trail, plus its construction
  • Future – Optional section; describes future plans and developments for the trail
  • See also – Place links to related articles here. Do not link to articles already linked elsewhere in prose.
  • References – Place all references here, using the <ref></ref> tags in the article and the {{reflist}} tag in this section.
  • External links – Place all external links which are not references here

After creating or editing an article, add it to the relevant section on List of long-distance footpaths. If there is an article containing a list of hiking trails for a particular area where the trail runs, add the new entry to that list.

Assessment

A general assessment of the importance of trails:

  • Top importance – articles on trail systems, or trails that are well-know internationally
  • High importance – articles on trails of national or international importance
  • Mid importance – articles on trails of subnational importance (crossing provinces, states, counties, or similar administrative regions)
  • Low importance – articles on trails of local importance

Categorization

If an article is added or edited to the project, please also add it to the relevant categories: (e.g. Category:Hiking trails, Category:Hiking trails in North America, Trails in Ithaca, New York).

If five articles on hiking trails in a particular country, continent, or specific area are available, please create a category to link them together (e.g. Category:Trails in France)

The current categorization framework is as follows:

Templates

Hiking Trail Infobox

Template:Infobox hiking trail/doc

Hiking Project template

The {{WikiProject Hiking Trails}} template is used on the talk pages of hiking trails. The page this is placed on will automatically be added to Category:WikiProject Hiking trails.

User Page Template

The {{User WikiProject Hiking trails}} Template is used on a member's user page.

Wikiproject:WikiProject_Hiking_trailsThis user is a participant in WikiProject Hiking trails.


U.S.A. National Trail System Template

The {{TrailSystem}} Template is an experimental template to be placed on trail pages at the bottom directing the user to various articles relevant to the U.S. Trail System and how it works.


Long-distance footpaths in the United Kingdom

The {{UK Trails}} template is place at bottom of pages for long distance trails in England, Wales and Scotland.

Stub templates

The to-do list

  • Create a Hiking Template to be placed in the Talk Pages of specific trails
  • Add Trail Template to at least one other hiking trail
  • Create a Template infobox to be placed at the bottom of pages that link to major hiking trail information and major trails
  • Have trail articles assessed
  • Create articles on named trails and have them identified as part of the project by adding {{WikiProject Hiking Trails}} to each talk page
  • Pictures of trail maps (e.g. File:Map of Appalachian Trail.png) and photos of trails
I just added photos for the Mountains-to-Sea Trail and the Long Trail. I was pretty surprised that there were no photos yet for the Long Trail. It's pretty easy to get photos from Flickr for something like that. If there are articles that need photos, it's hiking trails. --Omarcheeseboro (talk) 15:25, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Contributions

WikiProject Hiking Trails has worked on († – indicates also allows mountain biking):

Outdoor Recreation WikiProject Proposal

To all members of this WikiProject: please visit the proposal pagefor a new Outdoor Recreation WikiProject and give your feedback, especially in regards to how (and whether) it could build on and complement the work of this WikiProject and connect it to related WikiProjects.

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.

See also

External watchlist

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