Wikipedia:WikiProject Mars

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[edit] Welcome

The purpose of this WikiProject is to create, expand, improve and standardize articles about Mars. This WikiProject is in the process of transition from a Martian geography only project to a general Mars project. Information about the transition can be found on the talk page and at WikiProject Space.

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[edit] Related pages

Userbox: {{User MarsGEO}}
WikiProject tag: {{WPMars}}

Usage, e.g. {{WPMars|class=NA|importance=Low}}

which is proposed to change to: {{WPSS|Mars=yes|class=|importance=}}
Portal: Portal:Mars

[edit] To do list

• Complete transition - templates on talk pages need changing to WPMars
• The Mars article needs proof-reading for typos and sentence structure - nearly there...
• The Life on Mars page needs a lot of work, would be nice to have it promoted to a good article...
• Geology of Mars needs a discussion of crater types, especially rampart craters and implications for surface composition

[edit] Article quality

A list of Mars articles by quality is available here.

Mars articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	None	Total
Quality
	FA	1					1
	A
	GA	1					1
	B	13	7	3	2	2	27
	Start	16	11	20	9		56
	Stub	12	15	14	68	3	112
	Assessed	43	33	37	79	5	197
	Unassessed	0	0	0	0	4	4
	Total	43	33	37	79	9	201

[edit] FA of the day entry template

The Mars article can be submitted - the text below needs work first though and a good date chosen - Lowell's birthday or the aniversary of somthing :) comments etc. and please edit my poor text :D

[edit] Mars

Knowledge of Mars, our enigmatic red neighbour in the solar system is undergoing a renaissance. Visited by the Viking landers in the mid '70's, Mars was largely ignored for 20 years until the present day fleet of space craft, led by the Mars Global Surveyor and Pathfinder. Now they and four other space missions are shedding new light on the red planet including the discovery of a frozen sea, changes in the polar climate, and the observation of dust devils. New phenomenon include such things as the swiss cheese features and Martian spiders, all pictured by HiRISE, the solar systems second most powerfull space telescope. Future missions include the search for life, bigger, better rovers, and of course the inevitable manned mission.. , (more...)

A recently promoted featured article, Mars has had a high media profile recently with suspected climate warming and new results from the rovers and orbiters - and will soon be in the news again the the launch of phoenix....

[edit] ESA images

ESA images are not public domain so can't be used on wikipedia in general - but there are/were negotioations going on between the ESA and wikimedia - so i'm providing a link here for anyone interested in reading about it...Meta:ESA images

[edit] Wide images

This new feature may be useful on Mars rover pages...

[edit] Inherited from WikiProject Mars spacecraft

Infoboxes

Stub Templates

• {{Mars-stub}}
• {{Mars spacecraft-stub}}
• {{spacecraft-stub}}

User Templates

• {{User WP Mars Spacecraft}}

Article Talk Page

• {{Mars Spacecraft- Project}}

Navigation Boxes

• {{Mars spacecraft}}

• {{Failed Mars Missions}}

[edit] Structure

In general,follow the model of the Mars Reconaissance Orbiter homepage.

An article should contain the following sections:

1. History of the spacecraft-> This can include launch issues, end of life of the spacecraft, funding issues, major milestones (Launch, Orbit, landing, major discoveries), etc.
2. What was learned from the mission. For newer and future missions, this may not be included.
3. Description of scientific instruments
4. Description of the spacecraft
5. See Also section
6. Footnote section
7. Other external references

[edit] Inherited from WikiProject Martian Geography

[edit] Format

[edit] Stubs

Stub articles should consist of at least one paragraph about the feature, and be accompanied by the appropriate template. Both the {{Mars-stub}} and {{crater-stub}} tags should be used, as it falls into both categories. For more information, please refer to the Example.

[edit] Full Articles

Full Articles should be more substantial. They should follow the structure set out below:

{{Template}}

Brief Description of feature

==Location==

==Formation==

==Discovery==

==Observation==

(==Exploration== If Applicable)

==Simillar Features==

==See Also==

For more information, please refer to the Example, or an article that has already been converted such as Columbia Hills, or Olympus Mons.

[edit] Infoboxes

The appropriate template should be inserted into the article using the code provided:

[edit] Craters

The template for a crater is {{MarsGeo-Crater}}. The full code is:

{{MarsGeo-Crater

|name=

|picture=

|location=

|diameter=

|depth=

|discoverer=

|naming=

}}

For more information, please refer to the Example.

[edit] Mountains

The template for a mountain is {{MarsGeo-Mount}}. The full code is:

{{MarsGeo-Mount

|name=

|picture=

|location=

|peak=

|discoverer=

|naming=

}}

For more information, please refer to the Example.

[edit] Valleys/Canyons

The template for a valley or canyon is {{MarsGeo-Valley}}. The full code is:

{{MarsGeo-Valley

|name=

|picture=

|location=

|depth=

|length=

|width=

|discoverer=

|naming=

}}

For more information, please refer to the Example.

[edit] Hills

ToDo. For now, please use the Mountain template, and list the article below:

[edit] Hills using Mountain Template

[edit] Plains

The template for an article about plains is {{MarsGeo-Plains}}. The full code is:

{{MarsGeo-Plains

|name=

|picture=

|location=

|area=

|discoverer=

|naming=

}}

For more information, please refer to the Example.

[edit] Phobos

The template for an article about a feature on Phobos is {{MarsGeo-Phobos}}. This is a general template, for use with all features. The full code is:

{{MarsGeo-Phobos

|name=

|type=

|picture=

|location=

|dimensions=

|discoverer=

|naming=

[edit] Deimos

The template for an article about a feature on Deimos is {{MarsGeo-Deimos}}. This is a general template, for use with all features. The full code is:

{{MarsGeo-Deimos

|name=

|type=

|picture=

|location=

|dimensions=

|discoverer=

|naming=

}}

[edit] General Features

The template for an article about a surface feature that does not currently fall into any of the above categories is {{MarsGeo}}. This is a general template, for use with all types of feature. Please do not use this unless the article does not fit into any of the above categories. The full code is:

{{MarsGeo

|name=

|type=

|picture=

|location=

|dimensions=

|discoverer=

|naming=

}}

[edit] Project Pages

These lists contain articles related to the project. Please use these lists rather than posting them here.

• Wikipedia 1.0 assessments
• Featured articles:
  • Mars
• Featured pictures:
  • Image:PIA08813.jpg of Victoria crater
  • Image:VallesMarinerisHuge.jpg (on Commons)
  • Image:Mars Valles Marineris.jpeg
  • Image:MarsSunset.jpg
• Good articles:
  • Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
• Did you know?
  • CRISM appeared on 17 June 2006
  • Planum Australe appeared on 27 October 2006
  • Planum Boreum appeared on 5 November 2006
  • Eberswalde (crater) appeared on 10 December 2006

• Bug not yet fixed: http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4241

[edit] See Also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Mars

Wikinews has news related to:

Mars

[edit] Useful Articles

• List of craters on Mars
• List of Chasmata on Mars
• List of mountains on Mars
• List of Terrae on Mars
• List of Valles on Mars
• List of Rocks on Mars
• List of plains on Mars
• List of features on Phobos and Deimos
• Classical albedo features on Mars
• Areas of chaos terrain on Mars
• Category:Mars stubs