Wikipedia:WikiProject Environment

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WikiProject Environment is a collaborative effort dedicated to:

Improving and organizing coverage of the natural environment, including the complex human impacts upon it.
Standardizing content within its scope to ensure it meets Wikipedia's Manual of Style.
Fostering awareness of environmental issues around the world.

Feel free to join us! You can get involved by joining the discussion or adding your name to our list of participants.

Ways to contribute (updated March 2026)

Project tasks

Recurring and ongoing tasks:

Assess : Tag new articles and assess environment articles
Copyedit : Popular articles so that the assessment matches popularity
Maintain : Environment portal and Renewable energy portal
Other : Advertise this page to recruit more participants

Following is the relation of recent changes for Category:Natural environment - check out possible vandalism or substandard edits:

List of abbreviations (help):

D: Edit made at Wikidata
r: Edit flagged by ORES
N: New page
m: Minor edit
b: Bot edit
(±123): Page byte size change

Article tasks

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Article requests : Please post them at Environment and geology requests page
Expand : Environment minister, Environmental emergency, Micro-sustainability, Built environment, Pohakuloa Training Area
Maintain : 2026 in the environment, Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (delisted as GA)
Photo : Upload images for articles at Category:Wikipedia requested images of environmental topics
Stubs : Improve and expand those stubs listed at Category:Environment stubs
Other : Add links for the Environment portal and sidebar in related articles: {{Portal|Environment}} and {{Environment sidebar}}

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.

Article alerts

Did you know

29 May 2026 – Ursula K. Heise (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Miraclepine (t · c); see discussion
25 May 2026 – Cynthia Houniuhi (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Jishara (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

14 Jun 2026 – Water Mafia in Iran (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Bridget (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
13 Jun 2026 – Mainghein (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Giuliotf (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
10 Jun 2026 – 1933 Texas tropical storm (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Jacksonvil (alt) (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
10 Jun 2026 – Summer Okibe (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mariamnei (t · c); see discussion (7 participants)
08 Jun 2026 – Hurricane Erika (1997) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Hurricanehink (t · c) was closed as merge by Star Mississippi (t · c) on 16 Jun 2026; see discussion (10 participants)

Categories for discussion

13 Jun 2026 – Category:Environmentalism in the Soviet Union (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Mclay1 (t · c); see discussion
06 Jun 2026 – Category:Environmental law schools (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by RevelationDirect (t · c); see discussion
04 Jun 2026 – Category:Non-renewable resource companies established in 1750 (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c); see discussion
12 May 2026 – Category:Nature-related lists (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
04 May 2026 – Category:Films about cancer in the United States (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Johnpacklambert (t · c); see discussion
31 Mar 2026 – Category:Environmental organizations based in the Falkland Islands (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LibStar (t · c); see discussion

Redirects for discussion

29 May 2026 – Forest (Maya) (talk · edit · hist) →Maya Forest was RfDed by Toadspike (t · c); see discussion

Files for discussion

09 Jun 2026 – File:2026 Zvërnec protests Flamingo Eagle symbol.png (talk · edit · hist) (on 2026 Zvërnec protests) was FfDed by Danski454 (t · c); see discussion
05 Jun 2026 – File:Teton Dam Sequence 03.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on Teton Dam) was FfDed by Traumnovelle (t · c); see discussion
05 Jun 2026 – File:Teton Dam Sequence 08.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on Teton Dam) was FfDed by Traumnovelle (t · c); see discussion
05 Jun 2026 – File:Teton Dam Sequence 13.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on Teton Dam) was FfDed by Traumnovelle (t · c); see discussion
05 May 2026 – File:Energy Transfer LP logo 2024 Update.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on Energy Transfer) was FfDed by Based5290 (t · c); see discussion
21 Mar 2026 – File:Appropedia webpage screenshot, March 2026.png (talk · edit · hist) (on Appropedia) was FfDed by Thejiujiangdragon (t · c); see discussion
05 Jun 2026 – File:Teton Dam Sequence 00.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on Teton Dam) FfDed by Traumnovelle (t · c) was closed; see discussion

A-Class review

undated – Savannah River Site (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review

Good article nominees

16 Oct 2025 – Kreni-Promeni (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Vacant0 (t · c); see discussion

Related groups

WikiProjects

The Environment covers a wide range of academic disciplines but the major parent WikiProjects could be Science, Politics, or Sociology. Other related WikiProjects are those listed at the Environment category within the WikiProject Directory.

Task Forces

Inside this WikiProject:

Other:

Toxicology task force works on articles related to toxic chemicals and effects on human health
WikiProject Wiki Makes Video - Parks
WikiProject Wiki Makes Video - Wildlife

Outside Wikipedia

Appropedia is a wiki for issues related to Development and Sustainability, which includes original research, personal experience, and ideas. Areas covered include sustainability, sustainable development, appropriate technologies, and sustainable technologies and practices.

Tools

Main tool page: toolhub.wikimedia.org

AutoEd: A user script that helps to automatically make clean-up changes in articles, and it also allows for easy design, use, and customization of user scripts related to automated article cleanup.
reFill: Edits bare url references: adds title, dates, publisher, etc.
Link manager: Edit and repair external links
Dab solver: Quickly resolve ambiguous links.

Tips

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?	Use common sense. Ultimately, assume good faith on the part of others, be bold in editing because perfection is not required. See Wikipedia:Editing policy for more information. Before starting a new article! - Notability is a concern that must be adhered to. See Wikipedia:Notability (music) for more information. Need help starting a new article? See Wikipedia:Article wizard it will help you through the process of submitting a new article to Wikipedia.
I.	Use references. This is an encyclopedia, so remember to include a ==References== section listing websites, newspapers, articles, books and other sources you used to write the article. New articles and statements added to existing articles may be deleted if unreferenced or referenced poorly. See Wikipedia:Verifiability, Wikipedia:Cite_sources and Wikipedia:References for more information.
II.	Use proper spelling and grammar. This is a very important aspect of an article. There is helpful guidelines in regards to styles. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (music) for more information.
III.	Use footnotes. Take advantage of the footnote ability Wikipedia has, instead of including html links inside the context include them as footnotes. See Wikipedia:Footnotes on how to use them.
IV.	Write a good lead. Be sure to write a lead that concisely summarizes the entire article into one or two paragraphs, which make sense to someone who may know nothing about the subjects in question. See Wikipedia:Lead section for more information.
V.	Stay on topic. Many articles are criticized for length; sticking to the subject matter helps eliminate this. See Wikipedia:The perfect article for more information.
VI.	Keep it simple. Remember that the average reader should be able to comprehend the erudition. Although you should use a broad vocabulary of regular, non-technical terms, do not provide such a quantity of locutions as to impel those who aspire to derive serviceable information from the article to consult a dictionary.
VII.	Use images if possible. Images enhance articles greatly, but only use them when they are necessary, and ensure that their copyright status has been specified and we are allowed to use it on Wikipedia. See Wikipedia:Images

Wikipedia:WikiProject Environment

Ways to contribute (updated March 2026)

Project tasks

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