Wikipedia:WikiProject Dams

Grand Coulee Dam
Grand Coulee Dam
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	Website; http://www.usbr.gov/pn/grandcoulee/

WikiProject Dams
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Categories	Dams, WikiProject Dams
Portals	; Water
Wikimedia Commons	Dams
Parent; project(s)	Civil engineering
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WikiProject Dams is a WikiProject formed to organize and improve articles related to dams.

Dam articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	1		1	1			3
FL				1			1
GA	1	3	10	2			16
B		11	18	29		2	60
C	6	32	95	150		5	288
Start	9	49	283	1,248		9	1,598
Stub	1	13	130	3,340	1	8	3,493
List	2	3	49	59		70	183
Category					1,078		1,078
Disambig				1	19		20
File					11		11
Project					2		2
Template					185		185
NA			6	55	35		96
Other					4		4
Assessed	20	111	592	4,886	1,335	94	7,038
Unassessed						9	9
Total	20	111	592	4,886	1,335	103	7,047
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 30,312			Ω = 5.55

Project

The project's aim is to create, expand, clean up, and organize existing or non-existing dam articles.

Parentage

The parent of this WikiProject is WikiProject Civil Engineering. No descendant WikiProjects have been defined.

Work areas

There are several main work areas, as well as some other topics that may be paid attention to:

Dam types. This probably is the one that will disappear first. Only several of these articles are left to create. However, many of these articles need expansion or improvement.
Particular dams. Creation/expansion/cleanup of articles describing particular dams, their history, structure and function.
Dam controversy. This is a smaller work area than the other two, particularly focusing on the negative environmental impacts of dams, mostly large dams like the Three Gorges and Glen Canyon Dams. Some dam articles also contain an undue amount of controversy coverage.
Reservoirs. This may fall under WikiProject Lakes but there is much room for improvement in reservoir-related articles.
Dam disasters. This may fall under WikiProject Disasters but again, there is much room for improvement in this topic.
Remaking dam redirects that lead to articles pertaining to reservoirs. Out there, in place of many dam articles, there are redirects to the article about their reservoir. One example is Flaming Gorge Dam, which sat unnoticed as a redirect for nearly three years.
List of reservoirs and dams ==> List of dams and reservoirs. Other alternative titles include List of dams and their reservoirs, List of dams and related reservoirs, ... Current discussion on project talk page.
A range of tasks for cleanup available at Cleanup listing.

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

Progression

3.2% List-Class
61.8% Stub-Class
28.3% Start-Class
5.1% C-Class
1.1% B-Class
0.3% GA-Class
0.1% FA-Class
0.2% remaining

All articles higher than Stub class: 38.1% complete

All articles higher than Start class: 4.7% complete

All articles higher than C class: 3.6% complete

All articles GA, FA or FL class: 0.4% complete

Articles

Most important pages

Dam
Environmental impacts of dams
Reservoir

Lists

List of dams and reservoirs
- List of largest dams
- List of world's tallest dams

Article changes

Participants

List of participants

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Bouchecl (talk)
Bjoertvedt (talk) - (no)
MChew (Dams in Japan)
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Bine Mai
Pepper (talk · contribs)
Bermicourt - dams in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Rsrikanth05 -dams in South India.
Samar (Talk . Contributions)
Delirium (talk)
Arius1998 (talk)
Rangasyd (talk) – dams, reservoirs, weirs, and lakes in Australia
Natural dams
Garry06
Chongkian (talk) - Dams in Taiwan
User:Tadfafty - Dams in Oregon, United States.
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Page layout

For articles with less content, leave out or merge the sections that are left empty or near empty.

This is a way to structure a "Dam type" article:

Requirements or Purpose

In this section describe why this type of dam is built, what type of site it requires, what water depth, other causes to warrant its construction. For example, for a

saddle dam

:"If the projected water level in the reservoir is too high for just one dam to hold back, other small dams, called saddle dams, are needed to fill gaps around the reservoir area to prevent water from spilling through."

Design

Describe the structure and physics, if possible, of this design in detail, best with diagrams. As an example, for a gravity dam: "A gravity dam can be either concrete or earthfill, and holds its position usually only by means of gravity, hence its name. Gravity dams can be combined with the arch design to form an arch-gravity dam, which increases strength."

Construction

Describe the specialized construction process used to build this type of dam.

History

Describe who invented this type of dam, when, why it was invented, how the design improved over time (if it did) and who contributed to its improvements.

Examples

List some famous (or very good) examples of dams utilizing this type of design.

References

Include a

{{reflist}}

to list inline citations.

Also, include a list of related (and reliable) external links that are about the subject. If there is a large amount of inline citations and external links, you may want to consider placing three subcategories called Notes (for the inline citations), Works cited and External links.

If there are books that pertain to the article's subject, there should also be a Further reading section that lists some (or all, if there are not much) of these books.

This is a way to structure a general "Dam" article:

Lead section

Place the name and geographical location of the dam (and if it is not in an English-speaking country, its name in that country's language(s) in parentheses after the dam's English name). Also include a short description of the dam's dimensions, purpose, and a short history, as well as a summary of planned/future changes to the dam.

History

Describes the history of the dam (people involved, planning, construction, post-construction impacts, etc.) and its surrounding area. For dams with a lot of controversy, the Controversy section should be placed under this section, or be given a whole new article altogether. Also put a Future changes section here, if that is applicable.

Geography/Hydrography
A short geography section is recommended, for describing the river, the climate of the area, geology, elevation, nearby cities and towns, etcetera. There should be a main article or two for this section. For example:

{{main|article}}

at the top of the section. (Replace "article" with the intended main article.)

Structure and function

The dimensions, material and type of the dam, number of spillways, release capacity, power generating capacity (if applicable), reservoir volume and dimensions, etc. Like a fact list, except organized in one or more well-structured paragraphs. One sub-category under this (for hydroelectric dams only) would be Electricity generation and distribution, while if one of the dam's functions is water supply, a subcategory would be Water distribution. If the dam would fall into both categories, then include both. Sometimes, these also have their own articles, so in this case, there should be a

{{main|article}}

on the top as well. (Replace "article" with the intended main article.)

A sub-section, Architectural style, (if that information is known) whould be included, and describes the dam's architectural style, as well as its architect (if any).

Economy

Describe the dam's contribution to economy, namely transport. Separate sections (Navigation, for example, or Road transport) should be put under this section, if there is enough content to warrant their placement.

Associated projects

Sometimes, two or more dams work in tandem for one or more purposes (Example: the Gezhouba Dam, in China, allows water transport up to the Three Gorges Dam; while the Three Gorges Dam stores water to release to the Gezhouba Dam in the dry season so it can generate more hydroelectricity.) Such dams are usually forebays (upstream) or afterbays (downstream).^[1] Describe the contributions of each dam to the other's function in this section.

See also

Under this section, usually the assisting dam projects, as well as similar dams, the river and surrounding geography, and if the dam is of a particularly high status on a list, include that list. Also, (if applicable) if a major road crosses the dam, include that. Any other articles derived from the article (ex:

Environmental issues with the Three Gorges Dam is derived from Three Gorges Dam

) should be included as well. The builders/designers of the dam, again, should be included.

References

Include a

{{reflist}}

to list inline citations.

Also, include a list of related (and reliable) external links that are about the subject. If there is a large amount of inline citations and external links, you may want to consider placing three subcategories called Notes (for the inline citations), Works cited and External links.

If there are books that pertain to the article's subject, there should also be a Further reading section that lists some (or all, if there are not much) of these books.

Usually, the categories also go under this section. DO NOT PLACE THE GRANDPARENT CATEGORY! (The largest category, such as "Dams" or "Buildings" is referred to as a grandparent category.)

Templates

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Infobox dam

The template {{Infobox dam}} provides an organized space for images and the basic statistics of a particular dam. See the example at right for the basic look of a dam infobox. The infobox at right lacks info in several fields. Put all the information you can into the infobox of the dam you are writing about if possible. Note that the infobox will override the dam name you put in its field; i.e. it will place the name of the article (or talk page or user subpage or whatever) there instead. Title the article with caution.

The Dam Barnstar

{{subst:The Dam Barnstar}} — The Dam Barnstar may be awarded to an editor who makes significant contributions to Dam-related articles whether improving on or expanding coverage of them.

Assessment

An article can be rated by quality and importance; for example, using {{WikiProject Dams|class=Stub|importance=Low}}. For detailed instructions on quality grading and to see recently tagged articles, see: WikiProject Dams/Assessment. To help assess articles, please see Category:Unassessed Dam articles for the complete list.