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Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to animals. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the Task list. To join the project, add your username here.
Scope and goals
This WikiProject aims primarily to describe, create and maintain articles on all animals, that is, all species belonging to the kingdom Animalia. This project's scope also includes zoologists and zoology-related articles.
Goals:
- Create and maintain articles about animals to an encyclopedic standard.
- Describe all families, genera and species of the kingdom Animalia.
- Maintain Category:Animals and its subcategories.
- Assess and rate articles under the scope of Wikiproject Animals.
WikiProject Animals Monthly Task List for June
This is the WikiProject Animals monthly task list. If you finish a task, feel free to remove it at Wikipedia:WikiProject Animals/Monthly.
- Create: Infanticide in primates.
- Maintain: Portal:Animals; nominate DYKs.
- Expand: wholphin.
- Recruit more members! (You may be able to find interested parties in the WikiProjects listed here).
WikiProject family tree
- WikiProject Science
- WikiProject Biology
- WikiProject Tree of Life
- WikiProject Animals
- (By taxa)
- WikiProject Arthropods
- Molluscs:
- Vertebrates:
- (Other)
- WikiProject Animals
- WikiProject Tree of Life
- WikiProject Biology
Similar WikiProjects
- WikiProject Plants is the project concerning the kingdom Plantae, which WikiProject Animals was modeled after.
- WikiProject Fungi is the project concerning the kingdom Fungi.
- WikiProject Paleontology for extinct and fossil organisms
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Animals in media
Article alerts
Did you know
- 09 Jun 2026 – Pizza Cat (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by NotToshikills (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 29 Jun 2026 – Rat-chi (dog breed) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by TonyBallioni (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 27 Jun 2026 – Australian Cobberdog (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Traumnovelle (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 27 Jun 2026 – Gnathifera (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Hemiauchenia (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 25 Jun 2026 – IUCN Red List data deficient species (Annelida) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by UtherSRG (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 25 Jun 2026 – Internet hunting (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Hemmers (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 25 Jun 2026 – IUCN Red List data deficient species (Chordata) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by DuckWrangler97 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 09 Jun 2026 – Animal Exploration with Jarod Miller (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by OWaunTon (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
- 22 Jun 2026 – Notopalaeognathae (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Hemiauchenia (t · c) was closed as merge by BhikhariInformer (t · c) on 30 Jun 2026; see discussion (4 participants)
- 21 Jun 2026 – Stem tetrapoda (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Hemiauchenia (t · c) was closed as merge by BhikhariInformer (t · c) on 29 Jun 2026; see discussion (6 participants)
Proposed deletions
- undated – The Tusks of Extinction (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed
Categories for discussion
- 31 Mar 2026 – Category:Animal welfare organisations based in the Falkland Islands (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LibStar (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Feb 2026 – Category:Extinct animals of the United States (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by An anonymous username, not my real name (t · c); see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 23 Jun 2026 – Sea bottle (talk · edit · hist) →Clavelina australis was RfDed by Ethmostigmus (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jun 2026 – Sea tree (talk · edit · hist) →Dendronephthya klunzingeri was RfDed by Ethmostigmus (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jun 2026 – Sea sun (talk · edit · hist) →Pachycerianthus fimbriatus was RfDed by Ethmostigmus (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jun 2026 – Sea button (talk · edit · hist) →Pseudoboletia maculata was RfDed by Ethmostigmus (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jun 2026 – Sea sunflower (talk · edit · hist) →Stichodactyla helianthus was RfDed by Ethmostigmus (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jun 2026 – Sea mulberry (talk · edit · hist) →Alcyonium acaule was RfDed by Ethmostigmus (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jun 2026 – Sea beard (talk · edit · hist) →Amathia verticillata was RfDed by Ethmostigmus (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Jun 2026 – Avian proteins (talk · edit · hist) →Bird was RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Jun 2026 – Acanthocephaloides spinicaudatus (talk · edit · hist) →Acanthocephaloides was RfDed by Chess enjoyer (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Jun 2026 – Acanthocephaloides nicoli (talk · edit · hist) →Acanthocephaloides was RfDed by Chess enjoyer (t · c); see discussion
- (26 more...)
Good article nominees
- 22 Jan 2026 – Aquatic locomotion (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Chiswick Chap (t · c); start discussion
Peer reviews
- 13 Jun 2026 – Rosa (sea otter) (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Dragonhawk12 (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 25 Jun 2026 – IUCN Red List data deficient species (Cnidaria) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Wikiproject:Animals/IUCN Red List data deficient species (Cnidaria) by UtherSRG (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Jun 2026 – Pleocola limnoriae (talk · edit · hist) move request to Pleocola by Chess enjoyer (t · c) was moved to Pleocola (talk · edit · hist) by Jeffrey34555 (t · c) on 26 Jun 2026; see discussion
Articles to be split
- 29 Aug 2025 – Diapsid (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Hemiauchenia (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Jun 2025 – Alcyonacea (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Robby (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Jan 2024 – Anisakis (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Artoria2e5 (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Dec 2023 – Marthasterias (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Plantdrew (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Oct 2021 – Animal furniture (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 94.232.189.253 (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 26 Jun 2026 – Draft:Distribution and urban ecology of foxes in Alabama (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by The big Blanket of earth (t · c)
- 14 Jun 2026 – Draft:Bear Sanctuary Arbesbach (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Wimsianna (t · c)
- 08 Jun 2026 – Draft:Meandrina jacksoni (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Kerrirenee (t · c)
- 04 Jun 2026 – Draft:Zaptyx (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by II52tt52 (t · c)
- 29 May 2026 – Draft:Animal Welfare League (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Aduko Abasa (t · c)
- 28 May 2026 – Draft:Hendrix Genetics (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Athanelar (t · c)
- 27 Apr 2026 – Draft:Qi Zai (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ~2026-24138-39 (t · c)
- 16 Apr 2026 – Draft:Medieval Beekeeping (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Ohrhetto (t · c)
- 30 Mar 2026 – Draft:N2G mouse (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Lee.jhoon (t · c)
- undated – Draft:Haptosquilla trispinosa (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC
AfDs
Naming conventions
Common (vernacular) names are not capitalised (except where proper names appear).
Article content
For articles where a common name is used for the article title, the consensus way to write the combination of common name plus scientific name in the lead is (per this discussion):
- The giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) is an even-toed ungulate mammal....
Namely, bold common name followed by bolded and italic scientific name in parentheses.
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The Fauna Barnstar | |
| This award is given to those who have made significant contributions to articles that are part of WikiProject Animals |
Usage
To use this, simply add
{{The Fauna Barnstar|message ~~~~}}
to the talk page of the user you wish to reward. Make sure you include a message indicating why they are receiving the award.
Tools
A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.
- Specific category example: Orphaned articles in Animals
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life/Cladogram requests - Cladogram requests page
- SpeciesHelper - For species articles, automatically adds the short description, speciesbox, category, taxonbar, and stub template.
Direct links
- Alphabetic results: Alphabetic cleanup listing
- By category results: By category cleanup listing
- Specific category: Orphaned articles cleanup listing Note: Spaces in the category name need to be replaced with %20
Obsolete
- Main tool page: "tools:~dispenser/view/Tools|toolserver.org"
- "tools:~dispenser/view/Reflinks|Reflinks" - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
- "tools:~dispenser/view/Checklinks|Checklinks" - Edit and repair external links
- "tools:~dispenser/view/Dab_solver|Dab solver" - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
- "tools:~dispenser/view/Peer_reviewer|Peer reviewer" - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.