Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking

WikiProject Backpacking
	Kit for carrying home and hearth
Shortcuts	WP:BPCK, WP:PACK
Categories	Backpacking, WikiProject Backpacking articles
Wikimedia Commons	Category:Backpacking
Project banner template	{{WikiProject Backpacking}}
Userbox	{{User WikiProject Backpacking}}
Has goals?	Yes
Assessment	Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking/Assessment
Popular pages	Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking/Popular pages
	Improving the encyclopedia when we are not walking in the wild and sleeping under the sky

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Welcome to WikiProject Backpacking. Several Wikipedians have formed this collaboration resource and group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Hiking and the organization of information and articles on this topic. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in the topic. If you would like to help, inquire on the talk page, watch this page, and see the to-do list, below.

Scope

Hiking, hiking trails, hiking equipment, hiking techniques, organizations that support hikers and hiking trail, the hiking community, authors, and their books. To cover hiking and backpacking by its many names; e.g. trekking, hill walking, tramping, rambling, snowshoeing, and more.

Goals

To improve hiking, backpacking, and trail related articles to Good Article Status
To organize and categorize articles related to hiking, backpacking, and trail articles
To provide a consistent layout for hiking, backpacking, and trail articles where applicable
auditing articles (tagging, classifying, and setting importance level) in categories hiking, hiking trails, backpacking, and camping
identifying and categorizing articles about organizations that support hikers, trails, backpackers and related activities

Articles

Recognized content

Good articles

Did you know? articles

Former featured articles

Beverage-can stove

Former good articles

South West Coast Path

Level 4 vital articles

Level 5 vital articles

Source page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking/Recognized content

List

Period: 2024-06-01 to 2024-06-30

Total views: 1,366,753

Updated: 18:13, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

Rank	Page title	Views	Daily average	Assessment	Importance
1	Camino de Santiago	154,006	5,133	C	Unknown
2	Bear Grylls	73,890	2,463	B	Unknown
3	Chris McCandless	68,446	2,281	B	Unknown
4	Appalachian Trail	33,910	1,130	GA	Unknown
5	Pacific Crest Trail	27,789	926	B	Unknown
6	Wild (2014 film)	25,479	849	C	Unknown
7	Bill Bryson	24,159	805	B	Unknown
8	First aid	22,174	739	B	Unknown
9	The North Face	20,629	687	Start	Unknown
10	National Park Service	19,990	666	B	Unknown
11	Bivouac shelter	19,659	655	Start	Unknown
12	Columbia Sportswear	17,676	589	C	Unknown
13	Patagonia, Inc.	16,479	549	C	Unknown
14	Topographic map	16,265	542	C	Unknown
15	A Walk in the Woods (film)	15,791	526	C	Unknown
16	Hiking	15,191	506	B	Unknown
17	Mountaineering	15,135	504	B	Unknown
18	The Way (2010 film)	15,097	503	C	Unknown
19	Arc'teryx	14,747	491	C	Unknown
20	Bothy	14,728	490	C	Unknown
21	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	14,607	486	B	Unknown
22	Tour du Mont Blanc	13,108	436	C	Unknown
23	Pocketknife	13,067	435	B	Unknown
24	Grand Canyon National Park	12,358	411	C	Unknown
25	REI	11,594	386	C	Unknown
26	Tarpaulin	11,238	374	Start	Unknown
27	Continental Divide Trail	11,170	372	B	Unknown
28	United States Forest Service	10,957	365	B	Unknown
29	John Muir Trail	10,225	340	C	Unknown
30	Mount Katahdin	10,076	335	C	Unknown
31	Via Francigena	9,723	324	C	Unknown
32	Freedom to roam	9,440	314	C	Unknown
33	Camping	9,155	305	C	Unknown
34	Bureau of Land Management	9,036	301	B	Unknown
35	Lean-to	7,877	262	Start	Unknown
36	Backpack	7,859	261	C	Unknown
37	Ice axe	7,588	252	C	Unknown
38	Sierra Club	7,049	234	B	Unknown
39	Desire path	6,824	227	C	Unknown
40	Nordic walking	6,771	225	C	Unknown
41	Swedish torch	6,743	224	Start	Unknown
42	Wild (memoir)	6,723	224	B	Unknown
43	Outdoor recreation	6,629	220	C	Unknown
44	Fjällräven	6,426	214	B	Unknown
45	Death of Vance Rodriguez	6,377	212	Start	Unknown
46	Hammock	6,160	205	C	Unknown
47	Insect repellent	5,797	193	B	Unknown
48	A Walk in the Woods (book)	5,697	189	C	Unknown
49	Wilderness	5,512	183	B	Unknown
50	The Nature Conservancy	5,433	181	B	Unknown
51	Survival skills	5,271	175	C	Unknown
52	Gaiters	5,238	174	C	Unknown
53	Gander Mountain	5,173	172	C	Unknown
54	Scrambling	5,157	171	C	Unknown
55	West Highland Way	5,131	171	C	Unknown
56	Lycian Way	5,127	170	B	Unknown
57	Quechua (brand)	5,101	170	Stub	Unknown
58	Hadrian's Wall Path	4,997	166	C	Unknown
59	Thru-hiking	4,900	163	C	Unknown
60	Triple Crown of Hiking	4,808	160	C	Unknown
61	Tent	4,793	159	C	Unknown
62	Canoeing	4,638	154	Start	Unknown
63	Kokoda Track	4,624	154	C	Unknown
64	Coleman (brand)	4,575	152	Start	Unknown
65	List of long-distance trails in the United States	4,568	152	List	Unknown
66	Pennine Way	4,456	148	C	Unknown
67	Canada Goose (clothing)	4,260	142	C	Unknown
68	Coast to Coast Walk	4,007	133	C	Unknown
69	European long-distance paths	3,990	133	List	Unknown
70	Appalachian Trail by state	3,957	131	C	Unknown
71	Hexamine fuel tablet	3,906	130	Start	Unknown
72	Backpacking (hiking)	3,896	129	C	Unknown
73	Climbing	3,866	128	List	Unknown
74	Fire making	3,851	128	C	Unknown
75	Grandma Gatewood	3,844	128	C	Unknown
76	JanSport	3,839	127	Start	Unknown
77	The Places in Between	3,782	126	C	Unknown
78	South West Coast Path	3,761	125	B	Unknown
79	Trail	3,707	123	B	Unknown
80	Alfred Wainwright	3,688	122	C	Unknown
81	National Trails System	3,660	122	FL	Unknown
82	The Ridgeway	3,618	120	C	Unknown
83	Dyneema Composite Fabric	3,522	117	Start	Unknown
84	Rail trail	3,476	115	B	Unknown
85	Colchuck Lake	3,393	113	Start	Unknown
86	Green Mountains	3,379	112	C	Unknown
87	Guide book	3,369	112	C	Unknown
88	Mount Whitney Trail	3,133	104	C	Unknown
89	Trans Canada Trail	3,033	101	C	Unknown
90	Dispersed camping	2,993	99	Start	Unknown
91	GR footpath	2,973	99	C	Unknown
92	International Appalachian Trail	2,971	99	C	Unknown
93	Jack Wolfskin	2,945	98	Start	Unknown
94	North Country Trail	2,894	96	C	Unknown
95	List of wilderness areas of the United States	2,862	95	List	Unknown
96	Campsite	2,840	94	C	Unknown
97	American Discovery Trail	2,820	94	C	Unknown
98	Colorado Trail	2,793	93	C	Unknown
99	Mountain Equipment Co-op	2,770	92	B	Unknown
100	English calamity	2,770	92	C	Unknown

Source page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking/Popular pages

Article alerts

Articles for creation

01 May 2024 – Draft:HexaTrek (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by BitPoet (t · c)

Source page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking/Article alerts

Other

Note: the transcluded pages above are produced on our behalf by bots

Article assessment

The project is using standard and extended class/importance as described in content assessment. See also assessing articles.

Priority/importance

Articles that need prioritization

Top: Subject is extremely important, even crucial, to its specific field. Reserved for subjects that have achieved international notability within their field
High: Subject is extremely notable, but has not achieved international notability, or is only notable within a particular continent
Mid: Subject is only notable within its particular field or subject and has achieved notability in a particular place or area
Low: Subject is not particularly notable or significant even within its field of study. It may only be included to cover a specific part of a notable article

When reviewing the importance of an article to the project, consider this guidance. Your judgment as an editor will always trump this guidance.

The U.S. National Scenic Trails, or another nations equivalent, and many subjects related to hiking upon them should probably be High priority.
The Ten essentials and individual articles about the use of the essential or skills need to use it effectively should be High priority.
Other equipment critical to a safe and comfortable backpacking trip should be Mid priority unless it is more—or less—notable for another reason.
Organizations that support long-distance hikers or the trails they use should be Mid priority.
Hiking trails shorter that ten miles (16 km) may not belong to this project at all unless they are of notable interest to backpackers.
Hiking trails longer than ten miles (16 km) should be Low priority unless they are of significant interest to backpackers.
Manufacturers or brands of equipment used by backpackers should be Low priority unless they are essential to backpackers for an important reason.

Content quality grading

Articles that need grading

Standard classes

We use these classes as defined further in Wikipedia:Content assessment. Here is the relative Part of that document.

Stub-Class: A very basic description of the topic. Can be well-written, but may also have significant content issues.

The article is either a very short article or a rough collection of information that will need much work to become a meaningful article. It is usually very short; but, if the material is irrelevant or incomprehensible, an article of any length falls into this category. Although Stub-class articles are the lowest class of the normal classes, they are adequate enough to be an accepted article, though they do have risks of being dropped from being an article altogether.

Start-Class: An article that is developing but still quite incomplete. It may or may not cite adequate reliable sources.

The article has a usable amount of good content but is weak in many areas. Quality of the prose may be distinctly unencyclopedic, and Wikipedia:Manual of Style compliance non-existent. The article should satisfy fundamental content policies, such as Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons. Frequently, the referencing is inadequate, although enough sources are usually provided to establish verifiability. No Start-Class article should be in any danger of being speedily deleted.

C-Class: The article is substantial but is still missing important content or contains much irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant problems or require substantial cleanup.

The article cites more than one reliable source and is better developed in style, structure, and quality than Start-Class, but it fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class. It may have some gaps or missing elements; need editing for clarity, balance, or flow; or contain policy violations, such as bias or original research. Articles on fictional topics are likely to be marked as C-Class if they are written from an in-universe perspective. It is most likely that C-Class articles have a reasonable encyclopedic style.

B-Class: The article is mostly complete and without major problems but requires some further work to reach good article standards.

The article meets the six B-Class criteria:

The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations. It has reliable sources, and any important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged is cited. Any format of inline citation is acceptable: the use of <ref> tags and citation templates such as {{cite web}} is optional.
The article reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies. It contains a large proportion of the material necessary for an A-Class article, although some sections may need expansion, and some less important topics may be missing.
The article has a defined structure.Content should be organized into groups of related material, including a lead section and all the sections that can reasonably be included in an article of its kind.
The article is reasonably well-written. The prose contains no major grammatical errors and flows sensibly, but it does not need to be "brilliant". The Manual of Style does not need to be followed rigorously.
The article contains supporting materials where appropriate.Illustrations are encouraged, though not required. Diagrams, an infoboxetc. should be included where they are relevant and useful to the content.
The article presents its content in an appropriately understandable way. It is written with as broad an audience in mind as possible. Although Wikipedia is more than just a general encyclopedia, the article should not assume unnecessary technical background and technical terms should be explained or avoided where possible.

GA-Class: The article has attained good article status, having been examined by one or more impartial reviewers from WP:Good article nominations.

The article meets the good article criteria:

A good article is:

Well written:
1. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct; and
2. it complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.
Verifiable with no original research:
1. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline;
2. all inline citations are from reliable sources, including those for direct quotations, statistics, published opinion, counter-intuitive or controversial statements that are challenged or likely to be challenged, and contentious material relating to living persons—science-based articles should follow the scientific citation guidelines;
3. it contains no original research; and
4. it contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism.
Broad in its coverage:
1. it addresses the main aspectsof the topic; and
2. it stays focused on the topicwithout going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).
Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.
Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.
Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
1. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content; and
2. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.

FA-Class: The article has attained featured articlestatus by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured article candidates.

The article meets the featured article criteria:

A featured article exemplifies our very best work and is distinguished by professional standards of writing, presentation, and sourcing. In addition to meeting the policies regarding content for all Wikipedia articles, it has the following attributes.

It is:
1. well-written: its prose is engaging and of a professional standard;
2. comprehensive: it neglects no major facts or details and places the subject in context;
3. well-researched: it is a thorough and representative survey of the relevant literature; claims are verifiableagainst high-quality reliable sources and are supported by inline citations where appropriate;
4. neutral: it presents views fairly and without bias; and
5. stable: it is not subject to ongoing edit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured article process.
It follows the style guidelines, including the provision of:
1. a lead: a concise lead sectionthat summarizes the topic and prepares the reader for the detail in the subsequent sections;
2. appropriate structure: a substantial but not overwhelming system of hierarchical section headings; and
3. consistent citations: where required by criterion 1c, consistently formatted inline citations using either footnotes (<ref>Smith 2007, p. 1</ref>) or Harvard referencing (Smith 2007, p. 1)—see citing sources for suggestions on formatting references. Citation templates are not required.
Media. It has images and other media, where appropriate, with succinct captions and acceptable copyright status. Images follow the image use policy. Non-free images or media must satisfy the criteria for inclusion of non-free content and be labeled accordingly.
Length. It stays focused on the main topic without going into unnecessary detail and uses summary style.

Other classes

These are used for project maintenance.

List-Class: Any list page falls under this class
Disambig-Class: Any disambiguation page falls under this class
Category-Class: Any category falls under this class
Draft-Class: Any draft falls under this class. These are typically found in the Draft namespace, but may also be in the User namespace
Project-Class: Any project page falls under this class; may also include help pages
Template-Class: Any template falls under this class; may also include modules or userboxes

Statistics

Backpacking articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
GA		2		5			7
B	3	10	9	48			70
C	2	21	20	152			195
Start		16	16	204		1	237
Stub		3	4	103			110
List		5	5	24			34
Category					78		78
Disambig					8		8
Project					4		4
Template					12		12
Other					1		1
Assessed	5	57	54	536	103	1	756
Total	5	57	54	536	103	1	756

Participants

Our member list can be found below and in the category: Category:WikiProject Backpacking participants

If you would like to declare yourself as a member of WikiProject Backpacking:

add yourself to the member list below, and optionally,
add any or all of the following to your user page:
- category indicator, {{ucat|WikiProject Backpacking participants}}
- userbox, {{User WikiProject Backpacking}}, in shortcut form {{WPBUBX}}
- topicon, {{Backpacking topicon}}

Members

Watchers

Project watchers

Former Members

This WikiProject was established on March 11, 2007 and was worked by these and other, unnamed, editors. We thank them and salute them for the path they started and upon which we follow.

Open tasks

Templates

wiki markup: {{WikiProject Backpacking}}, shortcut {{WPBBanner}}
Used to tag, grade, and prioritize the articles by applying to the talk pages of backpacking related articles
the banner looks like this:

Backpacking Unassessed (inactive)

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Backpacking, a project which is currently considered to be inactive.BackpackingWikipedia:WikiProject BackpackingTemplate:WikiProject BackpackingBackpacking articles
???	This article has not yet received a rating on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.

Invite

wiki markup: {{WikiProject Backpacking invitation}}, shortcut {{WPBInvite}}
used to invite editors to the backpacking project by using it in a message on the editor's talk page
the invitation looks like this:

You're invited to be a part of WikiProject Backpacking, an attempt to better organize information in articles related to backpacking. To accept this invitation, click here!

Userbox

wiki markup: {{User WikiProject Backpacking}}, shortcut {{WPBUBX}}
the userbox looks like this:

This user is a participant in
WikiProject Backpacking

There is also a user topicon, {{Backpacking topicon}}

Barnstar

wiki markup: {{The Backpacking Barnstar|put your message here ~~~~}}
the barnstar look like:

		The Backpacking Barnstar
		for all the edits when you could have been in the wilderness

{{subst:The Backpacking Barnstar|1=message ~~~~|2=alt}}

		The Backpacking Barnstar
		message ~~~~

Stubs

{{Backpacking-stub}}

This backpacking related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

{{Trail-stub}}

This trail or long-distance path-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Other project pages

In this wikipediaspace:

Wikipedia:

WikiProject Backpacking

Wikipedia talk: