WikiProject Lighthouses

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Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Lighthouses. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help focus efforts. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list.

1. To share ideas for attaining high quality on each type of article under the project.
2. To create a consensus on what should be included.

The scope of this project is all articles related to lighthouses and pharology (study of lighthouses).

Lighthouses articles by quality and importance[edit]

A detailed list of recognized content is available at Lighthouses recognized content.

Featured lists[edit]

Good articles[edit]

Former good articles[edit]

Did you know? articles[edit]

Departments[edit]

• WikiProject Lighthouses/Assessment

Parentage[edit]

• WikiProject Architecture

Related projects[edit]

• WikiProject Civil engineering
• WikiProject Maritime Trades
• WikiProject National Register of Historic Places
• WikiProject Piers (marked inactive)
• WikiProject Ports
• WikiProject Ships
• WikiProject Shipwrecks

Interested people are invited to add their names to the list – no invitation required – or, just start editing!

• Bowtiesarecool06 - Great Lakes Lighthouses
• Peter K Burian - Focus on lighthouses of Ontario, Canada, such as Chantry Island Lightstation Tower, mostly those that are in the Category:Lighthouses on the National Historic Sites of Canada register
• TheCrazedBeast - Focus on the Chesapeake Bay, especially Maryland.
• Williamwaterway  historian of Martha's Vineyard lighthouses, with emphasis on Gay Head Light
• 7&6=thirteen (☎) lighthouses of Great Lakes, especially Michigan
• Berean Hunter
• Bsharkey
• Chesipiero - Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels, Infobox, Lighthouses of Italy
• Cocoaguy ここがいい _contribs^talk
• De728631 – adding infoboxes
• dk69
• Draugen
• Gateman1997
• Ivanvector - lighthouses in Prince Edward Island and elsewhere in The Maritimes
• Jameslwoodward – New England
• John Carter (formerly User:Warlordjohncarter)
• Jokulhlaup
• Knowledgekid87 - I have worked on the List of lighthouses in the United States article and each state's list tables. I have also worked on the templates.
• Leifern
• Malathos – listing the New Zealand lights
• mangoe – retired
• MChew – lighthouses of Japan
• Roundtheworld - lighthouses in Portugal
• Ser Amantio di Nicolao (formerly User:AlbertHerring)
• Thefrood – Assessments
• Wpwatchdog
• Muhandes - List of lighthouses in Israel, general templates, lighthouse of Australia
• GlassyEye - Lighthouses manufactured by Chance Brothers, Smethwick, England
• CybergothiChé - lighthouses of Australia
• PRABHU puducherry -Lighthouses of puducherry in english and tamil wikipedia
• HatOfTheCat - Trinity House lighthouses designed & engineered by Messrs. Walker & Burges, Henry Norris and James Douglass
• Stephen kleckner (talk) 15:01, 27 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Chongkian - Lighthouses in Taiwan
• Patr2016 - Lighthouses of Michigan

The following articles represent examples of coverage and structure, for articles of their type.

• Sample apparatus article: Argand lamp
• Sample biography article: George Meade
• Sample lighthouse article: La Vieille (France); Norah Head Light (Aus.)
• Sample related article: Daymark; Lightvessel; Light characteristic

Please feel free to list your new Lighthouses-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an compelling or unusual fact in them can be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Wikipedia page. DYK has a 5 day time limit from the creation or fivefold-expansion of the article.

• Windmill Point Light (Michigan)
• Cabo Sardão Lighthouse
• Penedo da Saudade Lighthouse
• Outão Lighthouse
• Azeda Lighthouse
• Ponta da Piedade Lighthouse (Portugal)
• Grandique Point Lighthouse
• Esteiro Lighthouse (Portugal)
• Mama Lighthouse (Portugal)
• Bugio Lighthouse (Portugal)
• Gibalta Lighthouse (Portugal)
• Santa Marta Lighthouse (Cascais)
• Cabo Raso Lighthouse
• Guia Lighthouse (Cascais)
• Troubridge Hill Lighthouse
• Cape Spencer Lighthouse (South Australia)
• Cape St. Blaize Lighthouse
• Île-Verte Lighthouse
• Cap-des-Rosiers Lighthouse
• Plum Gut Lighthouse
• Danger Point Lighthouse
• Low Point Lighthouse
• Kugelbake
• Grand Island North Light
• Groote Kaap
• Vuurtoreneiland
• Cape Agulhas Lighthouse
• Ahırkapı Feneri
• Şile Feneri
• Yeşilköy Feneri
• Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light
• Burlington Breakwater Lights
• Dutch Gap Canal Lights
• Shinnecock Light
• Romer Shoal Light
• Huron Islands Lighthouse
• Hyannis Rear Range Light
• Lovells Island Range Lights
• Falmouth Inner Light
• Detroit River Light
• Wickford Harbor Light
• Ipswich Range Lights
• Spectacle Island Range Lights
• Nantucket Cliff Lights
• Nantucket Range Lights
• Nantucket Harbor Range Lights
• VRB-25
• Ile Parisienne

Categories for discussion

• 12 Apr 2024 – Category:Lighthouses completed in 1594 (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 12 Apr 2024 – Category:Lighthouses completed in 1543 (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 12 Apr 2024 – Category:Lighthouses completed in 1531 (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 12 Apr 2024 – Category:Lighthouses completed in 1328 (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 12 Apr 2024 – Category:Lighthouses completed in 1323 (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 12 Apr 2024 – Category:Lighthouses completed in 1310 (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Articles to be split

• 05 Dec 2021 – Tang Lung Chau (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 220.246.55.231 (t · c); see discussion
• 22 Nov 2021 – Green Island, Hong Kong (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Msgj (t · c); see discussion
• 05 Jan 2021 – Guia Fortress (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 124.217.189.103 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 29 Apr 2024 – Draft:Barletta New Lighthouse (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Bianower (t · c)
• 29 Feb 2024 – Draft:Portonovo Lighthouse (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Ahamedpno (t · c) was declined by Voorts (t · c) on 28 Apr 2024

Project banner[edit]

• {{WikiProject Lighthouses}}

Infoboxes[edit]

• {{Infobox lighthouse}}

Userboxes[edit]

• {{ParticipantLighthouses}} and {{User WikiProject Lighthouses}} its smaller cousin.

Barnstar[edit]

	The Lighthouse Barnstar
	Message ~~~~

Stub templates[edit]

• {{Lighthouse-stub}}
• {{US-lighthouse-stub}}
• {{Canada-lighthouse-stub}}

• {{PrinceEdwardIsland-lighthouse-stub}}
• {{BritishColumbia-lighthouse-stub}}
• {{Manitoba-lighthouse-stub}}
• {{NewBrunswick-lighthouse-stub}}
• {{Newfoundland-lighthouse-stub}}
• {{NovaScotia-lighthouse-stub}}
• {{Ontario-lighthouse-stub}}
• {{Quebec-lighthouse-stub}}

Categories[edit]

Subpages[edit]

• List of all subpages of this page

• Lighthouse Directory

Images[edit]

• Images related to Lighthouses at Wikimedia Commons
• Archives of Michigan: Michigan Lighthouse Collection (alt link) – Lighthouses and Life-Saving Stations pictures.
  Usage: Requires attribution, by citing the Archives of Michigan.
• Klaus Hülse's collection: Historic postcard images – Lighthouses pictures from many countries.
• United States Coast Guard Image Archive: https://www.history.uscg.mil/Our-Collections/Photos/ According to a note at the top of the website, all images are public domain. Searchable historic archive of a huge number of lighthouses.

Templates[edit]

• Global
  • {{cite ngall}} produces a citation in {{cite book}} form to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Lists of Lights which cover the world except the USA. See {{cite uscgll}} below.
  • {{cite rowlett}} provides a citation to Russ Rowlett's The Lighthouse Directory. It uses the naming convention of that cite pages and covers every region on earth.
  • {{lighthouse-stub}} is used to mark stub articles.
• Australia
  • {{cite loa}} provides a citation to a specific page in Lighthouses of Australia Inc.
  • {{cite loaidx}} provides a citation to one of the index pages in Lighthouses of Australia Inc.
  • {{cite ssl}} provides a citation to a specific page in SeaSide Lights
  • {{cite sslidx}} provides a citation to one of the index pages in SeaSide Lights
• Canada
  • The following stub templates are available:
    • {{cite ccgll}} produces a citation in {{cite web}} form to the Canadian Coast Guard List of Lights, Buoys and Fog Signals (4 Volumes). It has the advantage of being easy to use and automatically includes the url of the appropriate web site. It is easy to change when the Coast Guard reorganizes its web site as has in the past, and undoubtedly will do again in the future. The Canadian Coast Guard's four volumes cover Canadian waters.
    • {{Canada-lighthouse-stub}}
    • {{BritishColumbia-lighthouse-stub}}
    • {{Manitoba-lighthouse-stub}}
    • {{NewBrunswick-lighthouse-stub}}
    • {{Newfoundland-lighthouse-stub}}
    • {{NovaScotia-lighthouse-stub}}
    • {{Ontario-lighthouse-stub}}
    • {{PrinceEdwardIsland-lighthouse-stub}}
    • {{Quebec-lighthouse-stub}}
• Netherlands
  • {{Netherlands-lighthouse-stub}} is used to mark stub articles related to Dutch lighthouses.
• United States
  • {{cite uscgll}} produces a citation in {{cite book}} form to the US Coast Guard Light List. It has the advantage of being easy to use, a standard format, and automatically including the url of the appropriate web site. It is easy to change when the Coast Guard reorganizes its web site as it did in July 2010 and will, undoubtedly, do again in the future. The Coast Guard's seven volumes cover United States waters.
  • {{cite uscghist}} provides a similar citation to the US Coast Guard's historical web site, which lists almost every significant light in the United States, including those no longer extant. Most of the articles are accompanied by historical photographs.
  • {{cite uscgnavbib}} provides a simple link to the US Coast Guard's extensive historical bibliography in case someone wants to cite it.
  • {{US-lighthouse-stub}} is used to mark stub articles related to US lighthouses.