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This WikiProject is an attempt to organize articles about Ottawa into a coherent format. Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Ottawa. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page.

Contents 1 Title 2 Scope 3 Goals 4 Parentage 5 Descendant WikiProjects 6 Similar WikiProjects 7 Participants 8 Hierarchy definition 9 Structure 9.1 Motivation 9.2 Naming conventions 10 Tasks 10.1 People 10.2 Companies 10.3 History 10.4 Events 10.5 City Services 10.6 Lists 10.7 Schools 10.8 Buildings and structures 10.9 Community Organizations and Clubs 10.10 Embassies and High Commissions 10.11 Stubs 10.12 Photos needed 10.13 Photos needing articles 10.14 Articles to improve 11 General strategy and discussion forums 12 Templates 12.1 Volunteer recognition 13 Meetup 14 Meetup planned 15 Help!! 15.1 Articles for Deletion

[edit] Title

WikiProject on Ottawa

[edit] Scope

This WikiProject aims primarily to establish a Community-driven Wikipedia standard Ottawa-related article. As members of the Ottawa community we understand how important Ottawa Articles are to new users.

[edit] Goals

1. Improve the quality of Ottawa-related articles.
2. Expand the amount of articles related to Ottawa in Wikipedia

[edit] Parentage

The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Cities.

[edit] Descendant WikiProjects

No descendant WikiProjects have been defined.

[edit] Similar WikiProjects

The WikiProject Toronto is setting the template for the Ottawa project. However, from the conception of this WikiProject, we will go in our own direction.

Asian cities and city-states

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Australian cities

Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Geelong, Lake Macquarie, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Townsville, Gold Coast

Canadian cities

Ottawa, Prescott-Russell, Toronto, Vancouver

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Belfast, Belgrade, Brighton, Bristol, Frankfurt, London, Munich, Porto, Sheffield, Vienna

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See also: List of U.S. WikiProjects

[edit] Participants

Please add your name to the bottom of the list.

• -- Earl Andrew - talk
• --Spinboy
• --Peregrine981
• --Joshuapaquin
• --Padraic
• --RealGrouchy
• --Radagast (not a resident, but willing to help)
• --Henry Troup
• --SimonP
• --an MP
• --Mia Goff 30+ year resident, would like to work on translating this topic for Czech Wikipedia
• --Dhodges
• --Bensun
• --Dan Carkner
• --Pburka
• --Someones life
• --Waterspyder (5 year resident, highly familiar with University communities in the area)
• --D'Iberville
• --Skeezix1000
• --getcrunk juice
• --GordonBonnar
• --sikander
• --Ardenn 21:47, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
• --Paat(10 year resident of Orléans, still go to french high school, and willing to expand articles on Orléans, and able to translate to french)
• --Brihard Resident of Orleans, student at Carleton University, Canadian Forces reservist working in Ottawa.
• --Bacl-presbyHave spent considerable time in Ottawa over the years--sports, church history, music.
• --drumbent 14-year resident, mostly in Centretown. Interested in creating an Ottawa history page.
• -- kevbailey - Live in Toronto, I like Ottawa more.
• -- nathanrdotcom - 8yr resident of Ottawa.
• -- User:Jak Blax
• -- Kush Gidda - Centrepointe Community Association.
• -- Eric B ( T • C • W )
• -- Darylm
• -- Dl2000
• -- ottawaowl -president, Bells Corners (Lynwood Village) Community Association
• -- Vlimar -Living in Gatineau, willing to translate and expend the Québec side of the thread.
• -- Paul Shannon ( C • W ) - Librarian - 1 year resident
• --Eiffelle
• --JForget - Gatineau resident, student at the Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO)
• --AceGT09 born and raised in Ottawa, i know alot of centretown/downtown, and the south/central areas, and culture.
• -- Deenoe lived five years at Gatineau (Hull) and five years in Ottawa. I am currently a student at École secondaire publique De La Salle in 10th grade. I will also start taking nice beautiful pictures for Wikiproject when summer comes ;)
• --Ai896 Born and raised in Ottawa. Have lived in Orleans (east end of the city) for over 20 years.
• -- Editor at Large Ottawan, born & raised. I currently reside in Orleans, and am involved in the arts around the city.
• -- The Euphemism of Life 01:18, 13 September 2006 (UTC) Ottawan, able to translate in french and I am involved in drama programs around the city.
• -- Binary Rhyme Local area photographer specializing in people, events, theatre, festivals, etc.
• -- Thirdfield
• -- Git Born and raised, Manotick & Ottawa.
• -- Bdsmith Native Ottawan currently in Kingston. Contributed mostly to road articles so far.
• -- Rossgk Long time downtown and central-west resident. Contributed to a variety of Ottawa area articles in the past, and will endeavour to contribute sporadically.
• --SunStar Net - road-related articles, can do any of them.
• -- v1i2n3c4e5 Know of lots of the small, rural towns.
• --GreenJoe 20:35, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
• --cocgle
• --User:AirCombat I live on Echo Drive, and I attend Glebe Collegiate Institute, I will be taking some better pictures for wikipedia when spring comes around.
• --Patricknoddy (talk • contribs)
• -- Donnelly Rules
• -- CdnStar Born in Ottawa, Current Resident, Willing to help!
• -- user:mqmpk Will try to help whenever possible
• --Josh Hooch
• -- Ens

[edit] Hierarchy definition

No classification of this project has been defined.

[edit] Structure

[edit] Motivation

1. Ottawa is the national capital of Canada, a nation historically rated #1 by the UN Human Development Index.
2. Ottawa is home to a vibrant and colourful history and population that should be brought to life in this living encyclopedia.
3. Ottawa is home to such firsts as the Rideau Canal, the world's longest skating rink.
4. Ottawa has been named as one of "The Smart21 Communities" by the "The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF)" for both 2006 and 2007. [[1]]

[edit] Naming conventions

• Places: as [[Bank Street (Ottawa)]] with a redirect from [[Bank Street]], or a disambiguation page if there is more than one place or thing with this name.
• All OC Transpo stations: as [[Fallowfield Station (OC Transpo)]].
• Cities: as their former official full names but recognized as part of Ottawa (their current status), i.e. [[Osgoode Township, Ontario]], [[Gloucester, Ontario]].
  • Neighbourhoods: Urban neighbourhoods are not disambiguated (example: [[New Edinburgh]]) unless another place exists in the world with the same name (example: [[Riverview (Ottawa]]). In this case, the pre-2001 municipality is used as a disambiguation. For rural villages like [[Greely, Ontario]], use ",Ontario" afterwards.
• Embassies: as [[Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ottawa]] or [[Embassy of Iraq in Ottawa]] with a redirect from [[Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Canada]] or [[Embassy of Iraq in Canada]]. For an example see Category:Embassies and High Commissions in Ottawa.
  • High Commissions: as [[High Commission of the United Kingdom in Ottawa]] with a redirect from [[High Commission of the United Kingdom in Canada]]. For an example see Category:Embassies and High Commissions in Ottawa.
• Schools: as [[Brookfield High School (Ottawa)]] with a redirect from [[Brookfield High School]], or a disambiguation page if there is more than one school with this name. This does not apply to Colleges or Universities.

[edit] Tasks

[edit] People

• Vince Bevan
• Dwight Eastman
• Brian Ford
• Gerry Lalonde
• Julian Armour
• Patrick Murray (politician) (aka Patrick J. Murray)
• Merle Nicholds
• Anton Wytenburg former mayor of Goulbourn
• Paul Bradley (politician) former mayor of Goulbourn and related? to Matt Bradley
• Mary Pitt
• Wendy Stewart
• Jimmy Allen
• Wayne Rostad
• Larry O'Brien from Calian and the Mayor's race.
• Eva Avila, gradual expansion as Canadian Idol progress - never thought an article was already created.
• Hugo Girard, Former world's strngest man and former Gatineau policeman
• Jennifer Teague (or the murder case - currently put in the parent Barrhaven article).
• Brian Nolan Author and Journalist - d Sept 2006

*Steffi DiDomenicantonio - Canadian Idol participant from Ottawa and École secondaire publique De La Salle

Forgot her name is DiDo... not Dido...

• Kevin Nelson, Ottawa radio personality (Majic 100)and occasionnal weather presentator on CBC and A-Channel
• Ian Black, Meteorologist at CBC
• Ric Larabie, Ottawa Fire Department Chief
• Vernon White, new Ottawa Police Service Chief - extremely small stub in much need of expansion

High Tech People

• Denzil Doyle located Digital in Kanata

[edit] Companies

• Ahearn & Soper
• Calian
• Hydro Ottawa
• J.R. Booth Company
• Ottawa Electric Railway Company
• Ottawa Gas Company
• Market Fresh (now defunct on the Ottawa side) or Marché Frais in French if you want to wrote the article with the french title

[edit] History

1. Bytown
2. Great Fire of 1900
3. Stony Monday Riot
4. Corktown
5. Shiners' War

[edit] Events

1. Juno Awards of 2003
2. Ottawa municipal election, 2006 This will need watching

[edit] City Services

1. Ottawa Police Service
2. Ottawa Fire Service
3. OC Transpo

[edit] Lists

need articles for red links within each list:

1. list of Ottawa neighbourhoods (lots to be done here)
2. list of Ottawa mayors (former municipalities)
3. list of Ottawa parks
4. list of Ottawa roads

[edit] Schools

need articles for red links within each list:

1. Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
2. Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board
3. Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario
4. Conseil des écoles catholiques de langue française du Centre-Est
5. List of schools in Ottawa

[edit] Buildings and structures

1. List of Ottawa Buildings (only red link is List of Ottawa Mosques, see below)
2. JetForm Park
3. Some sort of map-chart with links to Ottawa buildings.
4. List of Ottawa Mosques
5. List of bridges in Ottawa (need articles for red links in here)
6. Bayshore Shopping Centre (needs some clean-up)'
7. Minto Skating Club including famous skaters such as Jackson
8. Grace Hospital (Ottawa), now Grace Manor
9. St. Laurent Shopping Centre
10. Carlingwood Mall
11. Les Promenades de l'Outaouais (Gatineau)
12. Kanata Centrum (currently redirects to Terry Fox Drive article)
13. Riocan Marketplace (Barrhaven) (currently redirects to Greenbank Road article)
14. Nepean Sportsplex (if there is enough of historic and factual info)
15. Ray Friel Recreation Complex huge now, should be lots of info

[edit] Community Organizations and Clubs

1. Britannia Yacht Club
3. Camera Club of Ottawa
4. Nepean Sailing Club
5. Ottawa Amateur Radio Club
6. Ottawa Bicycle Club
7. Ottawa Curling Club
8. Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
9. Ottawa Flying Club Looks like it was created and then deleted as spam?
10. Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club
11. Ottawa Kennel Club
12. Ottawa Rowing Club
13. Ottawa Ski Club
14. Ottawa Vintage Radio Club
15. RA Centre
16. RA Photo Club
17. Rideau Canoe Club
18. Ottawa-Carleton Ultimate Association[2]

[edit] Embassies and High Commissions

1. Embassy of Albania in Ottawa
2. Embassy of Argentina in Ottawa

1. Embassy of the Federal Republic of Austria in Ottawa
2. Embassy of Azerbaijan in Ottawa
3. High Commission of The Bahamas in Ottawa
4. High Commission of Bangladesh in Ottawa
5. High Commission of Barbados in Ottawa
6. Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in Ottawa
7. Embassy of Belgium in Ottawa
8. Embassy of Benin in Ottawa
9. Embassy of Bolivia in Ottawa
10. Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Ottawa
11. Embassy of Brazil in Ottawa
12. Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Ottawa
13. Embassy of Burkina Faso in Ottawa
14. Embassy of Burundi in Ottawa
15. High Commission of the Republic of Cameroon in Ottawa
16. Embassy of Chile in Ottawa
17. Embassy of Colombia in Ottawa
18. Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo in Ottawa
19. Embassy of Costa Rica in Ottawa
20. Embassy of Côte d'Ivoire in Ottawa
21. Embassy of the Czech Republic in Ottawa
22. Embassy of Denmark in Ottawa
23. Embassy of the Dominican Republic in Ottawa
24. Embassy of Ecuador in Ottawa
25. Embassy of Egypt in Ottawa
26. Embassy of El Salvador in Ottawa
27. Embassy of Estonia in Ottawa
28. Embassy of Ethiopia in Ottawa
29. Embassy of Finland in Ottawa
30. Embassy of France in Ottawa
31. Embassy of Gabon in Ottawa
32. Embassy of Greece in Ottawa
33. Embassy of Guatemala in Ottawa
34. Embssy of the Republic of Haiti in Ottawa
35. Embassy of the Republic of Honduras in Ottawa
36. Embassy of Iceland in Ottawa
37. High Commission of the Republic of India in Ottawa
38. Embassy of Ireland in Ottawa
39. Embassy of Israel in Ottawa
40. Embassy of Italy in Ottawa
41. High Commission of Jamaica in Ottawa
42. Embassy of Jordan in Ottawa
43. High Commission of Kenya in Ottawa
44. Embssy of Kuwait in Ottawa
45. Embassy of Latvia in Ottawa
46. Embassy of Lebanon in Ottawa
47. Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Ottawa
48. Embssy of the Republic of Madagascar in Ottawa
49. High Commission of the Republic of Malawi in Ottawa
50. High Commission of Malaysia in Ottawa
51. Embassy of the Republic of Mali in Ottawa
52. Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania in Ottawa
53. Embassy of Mexico in Ottawa
54. Embassy of Mongolia in Ottawa
55. Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ottawa
56. Embassy of Switzerland in Ottawa
57. Embassy of the Russian Federation in Ottawa

See also List of embassies and high commissions in Ottawa for other embassies and high commissions that need working on.

[edit] Stubs

1. Ottawa stubs

[edit] Photos needed

For Ottawa-related articles needing a photograph, use {{reqphotoin|Ottawa}} in the talk page, which adds the article to Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Ottawa. You can help Wikipedia by uploading freely licensed photographs for these articles to Wikimedia Commons.

• Photo of Featherston Drive Public School as I've had to list the previous one as {{imagevio}} (see WP:EiC#Pictures needed)
• Chief Vince Bevan
• Carlingwood Mall
• Bayshore Shopping Centre
• St. Laurent Shopping Centre
• OC Transpo Routes 95, 96 & 97

• Is it sufficient to put the map found on Ottawa Rapid Transit on these pages? What else would be needed? --Someones life 04:03, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

• Books of Remembrance - Parliament Hill, new article
• Kent Street (Ottawa)

I will upload a new photo of Kent St. soon, this is just temporary. --Deenoe 21:53, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

• Canadian Police Memorium
• Champlain Bridge (Ottawa)
• Embassy Row (Ottawa)
• Pretoria Bridge in the Up position. It has been removed from the Vertical lift bridge article as someone did not belive it was a lift bridge.
• Rideau Canal pedestrian bridge

[edit] Photos needing articles

Photos of potentially article worthy Ottawa subjects that the photographer is unable, or uninterested, in making articles on.

Fleet Street Pumping Station	The Église Unie St-Marc on Elgin Street	Fourth Avenue Baptist Church on Bank Street in the Glebe	Ottawa Hydro Electric Substation No. 4 on King Edward just north of Rideau Street
The Place Vanier complex of office buildings on the Rideau River in Vanier	St. Brigid's Catholic Church in Lowertown	St. George's Anglican Church on Metcalfe Street in downtown Ottawa	St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Edinburgh
St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Sandy Hill	St. Margaret's Anglican Church in Vanier	St. Teresa's Catholic Church downtown	St-Charles-Borromée Catholic Church in northern Vanier near Beechwood
The device the NCC uses to clear weeds from the Canal	St. Francis of Assisi Church	St. Matthias Anglican Church	St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church
Parkdale United Church	St. Luke's Anglican Church

[edit] Articles to improve

• Bridlewood (see message on Talk:Bridlewood)

[edit] General strategy and discussion forums

• /General
• /Strategy

[edit] Templates

• {{ottawa-stub}}
  

• {{canada-bio-stub}}
  

• {{ottawaproject}}
  

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[edit] Volunteer recognition

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  The Canadian Content Award
  This is for outstanding contributions to Canadian related pages on Wikipedia.

[edit] Meetup

Check out the Ottawa Wikipedia Meetup.

We haven't had much interest in any meetups. If anyone is interested in attending a meetup, please let me know either here, on my talk page or through the email group. I would really like to have one, and I think it would be great for everyone to be able to meet Simon Pulsifer who I hope will be able to attend. -- Earl Andrew - talk 06:49, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Earl, you know I'd be down for a meetup with you, SimonP and other contributors to the Ottawa Project. Perhaps at the Elgin Street Diner or Colonnade Café, a nice little causy place like that. --Deenoe 17:22, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Cool. I'd like to have at least one more person, though :) And then we can advertize it. -- Earl Andrew - talk 19:37, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Count me in --Mqmpk 19:15, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Meetup planned

Image:Wikimeetup.PNG

[edit] Help!!

[edit] Articles for Deletion

OC Transpo (Routes 95.96.99) Please comment at the AFD forum, ASAP!! Bacl-presby 22:51, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

97 ;) Direct link to the AFD. --Deenoe 01:08, 1 November 2006 (UTC)%y

• The decision was to Keep the articles....let's keep our eyes posted on related AfDs.

Bacl-presby 18:31, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

• Category:CJOH people : Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 February 7#Category:CJOH people

This was no consensus so they are trying again! now Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 March 6#Category:CJOH people