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The 10,000 Challenge


Improve/create any article related to Canada whenever you feel like it!

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Goals

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The basic aim will be 10,000 article improvements and creations for Canada, based on The Challenge series. The main focus is on improving existing article quality for Canada, fleshing out those stale old stubs or bloated/poorly sourced material and clean up, though all articles are welcome. Quality new content is welcome, but please try to avoid creating shorter stubs and unsourced material.

The Canadian 10,000 Challenge began 10 November 2016 (2016-11-10).
  • To improve the quality of existing articles related to Canada, and to encourage more editors to improve general article quality and sourcing. Destubbing/cleaning up/sourcing stale older articles, particularly on places and landmarks, is especially welcome.
  • To encourage the creation of quality missing content, and build a highly comprehensive coverage of Canada on English Wikipedia. In doing so, to develop a detailed missing article directory for Canada, by province/territory and topic, to promote long-term growth and overall scope.
  • To generate a momentum for WikiProject Canada and to stage contests/editathons which fuel growth and attract people to develop articles more evenly by area. Many provincial and territorial WikiProjects are currently barely active but might have a few dedicated editors who plow on and do most of the work anyway. If you feel like one of those people, this challenge could be a way to attract new editors to work on articles for your province or territory, to increase interest, and to get projects more active again.
  • In the long term, to continue to build bridges with more institutions within Canada and to get them to see the potential of Wikipedia. To continue to get libraries, universities, and cultural institutions involved in hosting editathons and in forming partnerships with Wikipedia in contests to promote growth and interest in each province and territory.

Scope

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Articles needing attention

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Main page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada/The 10,000 Challenge/Article search and creation

WikiProject Canada has 67,850 stub-class articles and 62,244 start-class articles that should be expanded upon and improved. The project has 376 article drafts awaiting review and perhaps movement to main article space. The project also has a slew of new articles that may need assessments and reviews for problems and perhaps expansion. A listing of articles that require cleanup can be found here.

Article achievements

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Main page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada/The 10,000 Challenge/List of achievements

Please list Canada-related articles you have improved/created since November 2016. Place newer entries at the bottom of the list. Be sure to note whether it's a new article or destubbing, an article cleanup/expansion/reference improvement, etc., and be sure to credit yourself.

Please try to ensure that all entries are sourced with formatted citations and that there are no unsourced claims. Try to avoid creating short stubs, though lengthy stubs are welcome. Embolden entries which have been promoted to GA/FA status following successful nominations.



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Listed below are the recent additions to this 10,000 Challenge.

See Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada/The 10,000 Challenge/List of achievements for a full list of contributions. If this list is too large to load, smaller lists are also available: 1–1000, 1001–2000, 2001–3000, 3001–4000, 4001–5000, 5001–6000, and 6001–7000.

Recent additions

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  2. Billings, Ontario - update and additions – P199 (talk) 13:51, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Burpee and Mills - update and additions – P199 (talk) 13:51, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Central Manitoulin - update and additions – P199 (talk) 13:51, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Gordon/Barrie Island - update and additions – P199 (talk) 13:51, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Unorganized West Manitoulin District - update and additions – P199 (talk) 13:51, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Little Current, Ontario - new article + DYK – P199 (talk) 13:51, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Casselman, Ontario - update and additions – P199 (talk) 13:51, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Clarence-Rockland - update and additions – P199 (talk) 13:51, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Gananoque - update and additions – P199 (talk) 13:51, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Athens, Ontario - reorder, update, and additions – P199 (talk) 13:51, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Augusta, Ontario - clean-up, reorder, update, and add census info – P199 (talk) 13:51, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Cardinal, Ontario - split-off article, clean-up, and additions – P199 (talk) 13:51, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  14. Edwardsburgh/Cardinal - clean-up, reorder, update, and add census info – P199 (talk) 13:51, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  15. Front of Yonge - update and additions – P199 (talk) 13:51, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  16. North Grenville - update and additions – P199 (talk) 13:51, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  17. Rideau Lakes - update and additions – P199 (talk) 13:51, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  18. Westport, Ontario - update and add census info – P199 (talk) 13:51, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Beckwith, Ontario - reorder and add census info – P199 (talk) 13:51, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  20. Carleton Place - clean-up, reorder, update, and add census info – P199 (talk) 13:51, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  21. Drummond/North Elmsley - update and additions – P199 (talk) 13:51, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  22. Montague, Ontario - update and add census info – P199 (talk) 13:51, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  23. Lanark, Ontario - update and additions – P199 (talk) 13:51, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  24. Eleanor Island (Canada) - new article + DYK – P199 (talk) 13:51, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  25. Desolation Lava Field – recreated article from redirect – Volcanoguy 18:28, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  26. Kane Tologanak – update and added references. – OhanaUnitedTalk page 03:43, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  27. List of members of the Order of Ontario – added the appointess from 2023 and 2024 – Kingstoken (talk) 21:24, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  28. Noeline Hofmann - New article – Yeehaw45 (talk) 04:36, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  29. 2026 in Canada – New article – Fixer88 (talk) 04:44, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  30. Wind at My Back – added the writers and directors (who were missing across the board) to the episode list – Bearcat (talk) 16:35, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  31. Angel Square – added referencing and content to a virtually unreferenced stub, as well as solving the conflict between sources that describe it as a 1990 film and sources that describe it as a 1991 film – Bearcat (talk) 16:35, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  32. Frank Forward — references improved and rewritten. – Roasted (talk) 10:39, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  33. Knox Mountain Hillclimb – new article for DYK – Reidgreg (talk) 05:22, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Participants

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Sign up below if you'd be interested in contributing Canadian articles or to a North American Destubathon:

  1. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:16, 31 October 2016 (UTC) (Very busy but will try to contribute the occasional article)[reply]
  2. Definitely interested. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 05:30, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Whenever I have the chance, I'll add infoboxes and check sources! Info2Learn (talk) 02:40, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  4. I work mainly on horse racing articles right now, but always enjoy upgrading stubs. Point me in the right direction... Jlvsclrk (talk) 17:24, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Okay, I added a few I've worked on in November.—Anne Delong (talk) 22:30, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Interested for sure. Short on time now, but watching. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 02:01, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Interested, I will work on Nova Scotia articles, as we have a lot of NS stubs. JakeR (talk) 03:16, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Daylen (talk) I am quite busy at the moment, but will work on expanding some articles relating to British Columbia when I get a chance. 04:17, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Always interested in improving Canadian coverage and articles. - Alaney2k (talk) 05:48, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  10. I'm a proud Canadian who is happy to help make the Canadian content on Wikipedia even better. - SJJM4EVER (talk) 13:13, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Have been doing this for years :) -- Kndimov (talk) 13:29, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Interested. I specifically focus on Canadian articles, usually. - Iheartthestrals (talk) 18:39, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Not much of a change to my editing routine, to be honest. Verified Cactus (talk) 22:33, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  14. I'm in! Laatu (talk)
  15. I'm in. Llammakey (talk) 00:42, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  16. Sure. ---- Patar knight - chat/contributions 16:56, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  17. Meters (talk) 03:06, 5 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  18. Hwy43 (talk) 23:59, 9 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Count me in! Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 21:12, 16 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  20. KingArmery (talk)
  21. the artchivist (talk) 15:30, 25 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  22. Da Drewster (talk) 17:55, 14 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  23. I mostly do cleanup & ce; when I do write articles they tend to be about Canada. Reidgreg (talk) 19:27, 20 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  24. For myself I mostly contribute to Canadian amateur sports athletes, as well as Canadian geographical articles. Krazytea(talk) 21:05, 5 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  25. A little late to the game, very interested in history and railways. Oaktree b (talk) 02:29, 6 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  26. I'm interested, but I would only really want to participate with others in person. If you're in Toronto or you're interested in organizing something, comment on my talk page. I specialize in history, literature, poetry, philosophy, and the biographies of individuals who generate the aforementioned. Tradereddy (talk) 15:25, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  27. Big_iron (talk) 16:41, 20 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  28. A bit late, but I still look forward to participating. Toreightyone (talk) 12:13, 1 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  29. Already participating in the US one anyway. SounderBruce 07:26, 3 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  30. Knope7 (talk) 03:45, 5 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  31. Since I've already contributed a few biographies. TonyBallioni (talk) 00:17, 7 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  32. Braveheart (talk) 08:07, 12 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  33. UmpireRay (talk) 08:48, 25 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  34. Geo Swan (talk) 13:55, 17 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  35. Anything curling-related! Allthegoldmedals (talk) 13:21, 9 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  36. Aaghi (talk) 17:14, 1 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  37. Abishe (talk) 05:11, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  38. P 1 9 9 (talk) 16:33, 11 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  39. Verne Equinox (talk) 03:17, 23 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  40. I'm definitely interested in creating/improving Canadian topics. Clovermoss (talk) 02:14, 9 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  41. Georgialh (talk) 19:56, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  42. DoggieTimesTwo (talk) 04:26, 5 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  43. I'd love to help pick away at the queue, and improve on the quality of Canadian content on Wikipedia! CplKlinger (talk) 08:53, 19 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  44. Quebec and The Maritimes --Cornellier (talk) 21:44, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  45. Ontario (Toronto) and dance. Z1720 (talk) 21:33, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  46. I've improved many articles with photos (mainly) and text / layout changes but have neither created new article nor destubbed anything. With your instuctions to: "Be sure to note whether it's a new article or destubbing", I assume you're not interested in my work. Please lemme know if I'm wrong. BrettA343 (talk) 15:38, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  47. Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes (US & Canada). GreatLakesShips (talk) 09:43, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  48. I'll find articles that are in a subject I know about and will add infoboxes and check sources, maybe even some expansion of the article! --Aknell4 (talk)
  49. Riley1012 (talk) 18:31, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  50. Just discovered this challenge now after months of work on Canadian country music articles. Hopefully I can contribute to the challenge! Yeehaw45 (talk) 14:53, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  51. Mcbrarian (talk) 12:51, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  52. AlfredRennie (talk) 12:51, 12 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  53. Volcanoguy 10:47, 14 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  54. Royal Autumn Crest (talk) 01:17, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  55. MetaAlphaBeta (talk) 12:50, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  56. ReadEuler (talk) 11:40, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  57. DJ Cane (he/him) (Talk) 21:09, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  58. Cltjames (talk) 01:15, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  59. Yue🌙 14:54, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  60. Epluribusunumyall (talk) 01:34, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  61. Bluedot133 02:23, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  62. Easternsahara (talk) 20:03, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Templates

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Main page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada/The 10,000 Challenge/Templates

On the talk page of an article that you have created or substantially improved as part of this Challenge, please add |WPCan10k=yes as a parameter in the WikiProject Canada banner. That is, {{WikiProject Canada|WPCan10k=yes}} along with other parameters as appropriate.

You may also find it useful to place {{Use Canadian English}} at the top of the article and {{Canadian English}} at the top of the article's talk page. See WP:TALKLAYOUT for more information on the placement of talk page banners.

Adding {{User Canada10000}} to your user page will display a userbox with a link to this page.

Awards

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Main page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada/The 10,000 Challenge/Awards

Participants can earn The Maple Leaf Award which is given annually in November.

All subpages of The Canadian 10,000 Challenge
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