Wikipedia:WikiProject Scouting/Todo
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[edit] Current issues
- work toward more Featured articles and Good Articles
- the portal tag can have the scouting image we use be displayed by typing "|Scout logo2.svg" after the 'g' in Scouting. See sample on George Thomas Coker see also section. Help in updating these as you come across them would be appreciated.
[edit] Things todo
[edit] Project-related
- There is a {{Infobox WorldScouting}}, which is rather nice, i reckon we should try to get it on all Scout Association pages (Currently only the UK and South African ones have it - That I've found anyway).
I think {{Infobox Scouting}} should be a more generic one which can be used on all other scouting pages Jediwannabe 06:17, 7 August 2006 (UTC)- The {{Infobox WorldScouting}} has now many optional fields, and can thus be applied to all Scouting articles in need of an infobox: Organizations, Campsites, Jamborees, etc. The ToDo has now changed to get it on all those articles. Wim van Dorst (Talk) 00:17, 4 October 2006 (UTC).
- Anyway of showing Top priority stubs on the main project page? Horus Kol 14:10, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
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- Not dynamically that I know of, then you'd have a huge list if people wanted more stuff. You can go here Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Scouting_articles_by_quality/2, which is a list of all article with our project tag (other than NAs), sorted by class then importance.Rlevse 14:16, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] New Year resolutions
The New Year is traditionally the time to make resolutions of better behaviour or action in the year to come. Here is mine for the Project. We now have hundreds of articles and more are being added by the day. Very many of them have no real cited sources. There may be a national Scout web site in "External links" but individual statements are not sourced. More inportantly there are mostly no references whatsoever from non-Scouting sources. The articles on "Scouting in XXX", where XXX is a country, province, county, area or state are particularly bad in this respect. Policy on WP is shifting. These articles with no independant sources are coming under attack. We should spend at least as much time this year making sure articles are properly sourced as we do writing new articles. --Bduke 23:33, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] International
- non-aligned Scouting movements. A lead, parent article with sections or subarticles on non-aligned (non WOSM) organizations that are also non-insular (not administered by the WOSM organization of another country. While most of these are boy organizations, there are some girl organizations in this category: at least one is American and Germany has about 10.
- Polish rank articles are all separate. A (preferably) knowledgeable person should unify them and tag the images (which all seem to have PD-released tags)
all WAGGGS-associations listed in List of World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts members- World Deaf Scout Jamboree (see Jamboree (Scouting))
- Age Groups in Scouting and Guiding only has a handful of organisations so far - please feel free to add more... there are currently 10 countries in the list, but not all of them include WAGGGS information Horus Kol 14:11, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
- Scout Motto can we make this a table like the WOSM members?
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- I'm thinking some of these tables could be consolidated, couldn't they? Like the sections article, highest awards, and the motto... Horus Kol 08:58, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
- Should there be an article on the Scout logo - the symolism of the fleur-de-lys badge? It might help with a small problem on Talk:The Singapore Scout Association. --Bduke 02:01, 17 December 2006 (UTC)...Sure, why not. Rlevse 03:16, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
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- I was not offering to write it - not my scene. Also it would need a source more independent than the WOSM article on the world badge. --Bduke 03:46, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
- Well, if Jergen is game, how about an expansion of Gallery of Scout and Guide national emblems into such an article, so there's no overlap? Chris 07:09, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
- World Crest is a usefull article, but it does not do what I was asking for in discussing the symbolism of the fleur-de-lys badge. See Talk:The Singapore Scout Association#The Singapore Scout Logo for a copyvio I took off the Singapore Scout Association. We need something to link to in a replacement for that long-winded copyvio. --Bduke 07:48, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
- I was not offering to write it - not my scene. Also it would need a source more independent than the WOSM article on the world badge. --Bduke 03:46, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
al-Mahdi Scouts-Fox News on January 1, 2007 had a report on the al-Mahdi Scouts, a youth wing of the Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. The really interesting thing is, outwardly, they look very much like traditional Scouts, with the normal uniforms (light and medium blue, white, yellow and purple for different groups) and badges and all. The flags being flown from cars and along the roadside showed the emblem, again a traditional fleur-de-lis, whose petals are left-to-right green/white/red, and in the top center of which is a hand with an out-turned palm, possibly the Hand of Fatima, and supported on left and right by single scimitars. Can anyone support/document this? In itself it would be a most interesting article. Chris 07:25, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Australia
- Information about the Cuboree needs to be added.
- More information needs to go into the Australian Scout Jamboree page.
[edit] France
- Scoutmaster Raymond Schlemmer whom French Scouting sent to set up Indochinese Scouting
- André Lefèvre, (possibly Lefèbvre) 1930s chief of the Eclaireurs de France
[edit] Germany
These articles all have German Wikipedia articles with Scout tags
- Maximilian Bayer; de:Maximilian Bayer - one of the founders of German Scouting
- Franz Josef Börger; de:Franz Josef Börger - don't think that he meets notability criteria; it is a nice looking article on de: but it could be deleted as soon as anybody checks it out
- Elise von Hopffgarten; de:Elise von Hopffgarten - founder of German Guiding; little known about her life
- Alexander Lion; de:Alexander Lion - one of the founders of German Scouting
- Otto Lohmüller; de:Otto Lohmüller has an article, but no Scouting stuff from the German article - notable as artist not as Scout
- Erich Mönch; de:Erich Mönch - notable as artist not as Scout
- Rochus Spiecker; de:Rochus Spiecker - notable as author not as Scout
- Sturmtrupp-Pfadfinder; de:Sturmtrupp-Pfadfinder - one of many German associations
There are a lot more Scouting articles in de:Kategorie:Pfadfinder (Scouting), de:Kategorie:Pfadfinderverband (Scout/Guide Association) and de:Kategorie:Pfadfinderverband (Deutschland) (German Scout/Guide Association). Many of them are on smaller or defunct organizations: I propose to concentrate on the important existing associations:
- Deutscher Pfadfinderbund (1945); de:Deutscher Pfadfinderbund (1945)
- Christliche Pfadfinderschaft Deutschlands (1976); de:Christliche Pfadfinderschaft Deutschlands (1976)
- Bund der Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder; de:Bund der Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder
- Deutscher Pfadfinderbund Mosaik; de:Deutscher Pfadfinderbund Mosaik
- Deutscher Pfadfinderverband; de:Deutscher Pfadfinderverband
- Pfadfinderbund Weltenbummler; de:Pfadfinderbund Weltenbummler
- Pfadfinderinnenschaft Sankt Georg; de:Pfadfinderinnenschaft Sankt Georg
- Ring junger Bünde; de:Ring junger Bünde
[edit] New Zealand
- Get participants from NZ.
- Add details of structure (e.g. Areas), National Jamborees and much else to Scouting New Zealand.
- Create articles on Scout areas.
- Create Guides New Zealand.
[edit] United Kingdom
- James Milner Fraser - Founder of The Boys' Brigade in Singapore which should, incidently, probably be renamed to Boys' Brigade (Singapore) or The Boys' Briadge (Singapore) unless the current title is its offical title but I doubt it. -- (except note that BB is an older precursor to, but not equivalent to Scouting ... Ok, so what does that mean you want us to do with the article? We have other "Scout-like" organizations in the Scouting Category. --Naha
- John Sweet (Scouting), a sincere and gifted scouting leader and writer in Britain. Author of Scout Pioneering, and of cartoons that still illustrate many Scouting publications, especially outside of the United States.
- Add more articles for Scout Counties and improve those that exist. See template at bottom of the Scout Association. Northern Island, Scotland, Wales and the three non-UK islands are complete. England has 39 county articles started with 19 still to start. User:EnglishScout has recently added many.
- Air Scouts (UK) - there is a generic Air Scouts article
- Scoutlink (UK) - needs more details - when? where?
[edit] United States
- Air Scouts (Boy Scouts of America), there is a generic Air Scouts
- Boys' Life
tiny stub, needs to be expanded.Added some more on the content, but still needs to be expanded further. - Adult Leader Training (Boy Scouts of America) There needs to be a single page outlining the opportunities, goals, etc. of the Adult Leader Training program. Could also include historical info. NThurston
- categorize/structure Council articles by BSA's Regions, Western Region... et al? (we may need more talk on this, use the talk page).
- restructure Council, District, Troop articles (see Wikipedia:WikiProject Scouting/RulesStandards and its talk page)
- Defunct BSA High Adventure bases: National High Adventure bases such as Maine, Land Between the Lakes, Region 7 Canoe Base
Learning for Life, if it's not covered in an Exploring article (see Exploring (Learning for Life) too)- List of Council Shoulder Patches, Currently trying to create a database of Council Patches. Currently a stub KB1KOI 23:10, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
- Many Point Scout Camp, tiny stub, needs expansion.
- National Camp School
- Operation On-Target, short stub, needs expanding
- Scouting magazine tiny stub, needs expanded
- James L. Tarr BSA 1980s exec (from my handbook when I was a kid), Bronze Wolf
- Youth Leadership Training (Boy Scouts of America) Need an article to discuss the opportunities and goals of the new (and old) Jr. leader training programs. NThurston
- Peace Scouts of California, a pre-BSA Scouting association
- ScoutReach program
- Girl Scout levels (USA) needs a huge boost after having some of the new information put in.
[edit] Venturing
- Venturing recognitions (see rank article structure talk at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject Scouting/RulesStandards
- Bronze Award, Gold Award, and
Silver Awardneed to be expanded to include information about the Venturing versions of these award. NThurston
[edit] Article requests
- Organizations
- Girlguiding - an analog of the Scouting article...
- Peace Scouts of California, a pre-BSA Scouting association
- Western Region of the BSA, Northeast Region and so on...
- Religious bodies in the World Scout/Guide movement:
- International Union of Muslim Scouts (IUMS) [1]
- International Conference of Catholic Scouts (ICCS) [2]
- International Catholic Conference of Guiding (ICCG) [6]
- World Buddhist Scout Brotherhood (WBSB)
- International Forum of Jewish Scouts (IFJS) [7]
- International Link of Orthodox Christian Scouts (DESMOS) [8]
- Council of Protestants in Guiding and Scouting (CPGS); until 2006 Conference on Christianity in Guiding and Scouting
- Union Internationale des Associations Scoutes-Guides Pluralistes/Laïques (IUPS) [11]
- Language based cooperations in the World Scout/Guide movement:
- Coopération Francophone des Associations de Scoutisme Laïque (COFRASL) [12]
- Comunidade do Escutismo Lusófono (CEL) [13]
- Deutschsprachige Konferenz der Pfadfinderverbände (DSK) 34. DSK 35. DSK
[edit] Scouting personalities
- Elisa Colberg, founder of Girl Scouting in Puerto Rico. See Scouting in Puerto Rico.
- Rose Kerr, the writer on Girl Guiding, a friend of OBP.
- Sir Percy Everett, B-P writer-support and general deputy chief Scout
- E E Reynolds, the writer-biographer, editor of Scout magazines include The Scouter durign the war years
- P B Nevill, the originator behind Gilwell Park, Roland House and Kingsdown Scout Camp, from 1910 up until 1975, working closely with B-P on the movement
- Catherine Pollard - the first female Scoutmaster authorized by the Boy Scouts of America, in the mid-1980s. She led a troop in the 1970s but the BSA refused to recognize her as a Scoutmaster until a decade had passed. She died in December 2006.
Estefania Aldaba-Lim Ph.d. the first female Filipino Cabinet secretary serving as social services and development secretary from 1971 to 1977. She was also the first Filipino clinical psychologist. She played prominent roles as the former assistant secretary general of the United Nations Children's Fund's International Year of the Child. Was President of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines. She also founded the Museo Pambata in Manila. In 1948 she set up the Institute of Human Relations at Philippine Women's University. Ms. Aldaba-Lim became was the first woman to become special ambassador to the United Nations, with the rank of assistant secretary general during the International Year of the Child in 1979. She received the UN Peace Medal Award from then Secretary General Kurt Waldheim.
[edit] Others
- The Jungle Book and Scouting - would this be better off as a section in The Jungle Book?
- There are chunks of this in Akela, Baloo, Bagheera, Kaa and Hathi. --Gadget850 ( Ed) 14:01, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
- BSA Historic Trails [14], [15], Freedom Trail is sponsored by the Boston Minuteman Council, Image:Valley Forge Trail Medal.png, Valley Forge Trail Medal
[edit] Missing Scout and Guide national emblems
- Scouts d'Andorra
- The Girl Guides Association of Antigua and Barbuda
- Het Arubaanse Padvindsters Gilde
- The Bahamas Girl Guides Association
- The Girl Guides Association of Bahrain
- Bangladesh Girl Guides Association
- The Girl Guide Association of Barbados
- The Girl Guides Association of Belize
- Guides du Bénin
- Asociación de Guías Scouts de Bolivia
- Botswana Girl Guides Association
- Persatuan Pandu Puteri Brunei Darussalam
- Association des Guides du Burkina Faso
- Association des Guides du Burundi
- Girl Guides Association of Cambodia
- Association des Guides du Cameroun
- Association Nationale des Guides de Centrafrique
- Association des Guides du Tchad
- Les Scouts de Djibouti
- The Girl Guides Association of Dominica
- Asociación de Guías Scouts Dominicanas
- Scouting in Equatorial Guinea
- Føroya KFUK Skótar
- Skótalið Frelsunarhersins
- Fiji Girl Guides Association
- The Gambia Girl Guides Association
- The Girl Guides Association of Grenada
- Asociación Nacional de Muchachas Guías de Guatemala
- Association Nationale des Guides de Guinée
- National Scout Association of Guinea
- Scouting in Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana Girl Guides Association
- The Girl Guides Association of Jamaica
- Kenya Girl Guides Association
- The Girl Guides Association of Kiribati
- Liberian Girl Guides Association
- Fanilon'i Madagasikara
- The Malawi Girl Guides Association
- The Scout Association of Malaŵi
- Maldives Girl Guide Association
- The Malta Girl Guides Association
- The Mauritius Girl Guides Association
- Girl Scout Association of Mongolia
- Deutscher Pfadfinderbund Südwestafrikas
- The Girl Guides Association of Namibia
- Federación Nacional de Muchachas Guías de Nicaragua
- The Nigerian Girl Guides Association
- Asociación de Muchachas Guías de Panamá
- Asociación Guías Scouts del Paraguay
- Ls-Drzewo Pokoju
- The Girl Guides Association of Saint Christopher and Nevis
- The Scout Association of Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Girl Guides Association of Saint Lucia
- Girl Guides Association of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa Girl Guides Association
- Scouting in São Tomé e Príncipe
- Association des Scouts et Guides du Sénégal
- The Girl Guides Association of the Solomon Islands
- Scouting in Somalia
- Scouting in Somalia - Somaliland
- The Sudan Girl Guides Association
- The Tanzania Girl Guides Association
- Association des Guides du Togo
- The Girl Guides Association of Trinidad and Tobago
- Scouting in Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu Scout Association
- The Uganda Girl Guides Association
- Spilka Pionerskykh Orhanizatzii Kyïva
- Asociación Guías Scout del Uruguay
- Vanuatu Girl Guides Association
- Scouting in Vatican City
- Yemen Republic Girl Guides Association
- Girl Guides Association of Zambia
[edit] Continual things to do
- Check Category:Scouting articles needing attention for articles that have a high need of being worked on. There should a section on the article's talk page about what needs to be done. When you've completed the task(s), you can remove the attention tag from the Scouting project template; if you don't know how, ask Rlevse.
- check article titles and text for references to the Mormon church, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Scouting/RulesStandards
- anyone listed on the List of notable Eagle Scouts that meets the criteria for an article per List of notable Eagle Scouts's talk page that does not have an article needs an article, articles not meeting this criteria should be deleted
- anyone listed in the Silver Buffalo Award article that is in red needs an article
- On World Scout Committee members and Bronze Wolf recipients, for those with no article and not mentioned elsewhere, if there is a disambig page, I add their listing to it, in hopes that some budding genealogist will recognize it and pick it up. If they are both World Scout Committee and Bronze Wolf, I say that counts as sufficient notability for their own Wiki article, so I am seeding them with stubs later this afternoon.
- expand articles in Scouting stubs
- keep an eye out for Scout, Scouter, Scouting, etc to have the 'S' in uppercase in the titles and articles
- change patch, logo, rank, merit badge, etc images to use the {{scoutlogo}} tag, including the BSA and BSAMB parameters where appropriate
- keep an eye out for correct usage of BSA; see Wikipedia:WikiProject Scouting/RulesStandards
- keep an eye out for redirects that need updating
- link national Scouting articles onto national pages, i.e. Scouting in Canada to an appropriate place on the Canada page. I did this on Korea and it generated some local additions/corrections.
- defend against and fight off unwarranted AfDs, CfDs, and renames
- merge sub-council level stubs into their appropriate state or nation
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