Welcome to WikiProject Spain, a group of editors that aims to collaboratively improve Wikipedia's articles related to Spain. If you wish to participate, just add your name to the members page.
Some Wikipedians have formed a project to expand and organise information in articles related to Spain. This page contains their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help but don't know what to do, inquire on our talk page.
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Scope
This WikiProject aims to create and improve pages related to Spain and Spanish cities, provinces, geography, history, culture, and so on. The objectives of this WikiProject are as follows:
- Improve the quality of Spain-related articles (see the WikiProject talk page)
- Expand the number of Spain-related articles
- Work towards the promotion of Spain-related articles as "good" and "featured articles"
- Create a Spain-related Collaboration of the Week
- Tag all Spain-related articles with {{WikiProject Spain}}
Recent developments
The creation of a wikiproject dedicated to translating Spanish language Wikipedia articles into English. If you are interested, join Wikipedia:WikiProject Intertranswiki/Spanish.
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Did you know
- 15 Aug 2024 – 1988–89 Barcelona Atlétic femenino season (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by Kingsif (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Aug 2024 – Mariano R. Vázquez (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by Grnrchst (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Jul 2024 – Kitāb al-Ṭabikh fī al-Maghrib wa al-Andalus fī ʽAṣr al-Muwaḥḥidīn, li-muʽallif majhūl (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by PeleYoetz (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 19 Aug 2024 – Isidoro Gallo (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Tacyarg (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
- 16 Aug 2024 – Atlético de Madrid (Superleague Formula team) (talk · · hist) was AfDed by SpacedFarmer (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 16 Aug 2024 – Sevilla FC (Superleague Formula team) (talk · · hist) was AfDed by SpacedFarmer (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 16 Aug 2024 – Maria Antònia Mínguez (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Kingsif (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 14 Aug 2024 – Alfonso de Ceballos-Escalera y Gila (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Toweli (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 14 Aug 2024 – Acceleration Team Spain (talk · · hist) was AfDed by SpacedFarmer (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
- 14 Aug 2024 – Acceleration Team China (talk · · hist) was AfDed by SpacedFarmer (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
- 14 Aug 2024 – Festival de Guitarra de Barcelona (talk · · hist) was AfDed by LibStar (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
- 13 Aug 2024 – Guinea-Bissau–Spain relations (talk · · hist) was AfDed by LibStar (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 13 Aug 2024 – Noble Compañia de Ballesteros Hijosdalgo de San Felipe y Santiago (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Toweli (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
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Proposed deletions
- 16 Aug 2024 – Bordes d'Envalira (talk · · hist) was PRODed by SJD Willoughby (t · c): concern
- 16 Aug 2024 – Canòlic (talk · · hist) was PRODed by SJD Willoughby (t · c): concern
- 16 Aug 2024 – L'Armiana (talk · · hist) was PRODed by SJD Willoughby (t · c): concern
- 08 Aug 2024 – Guinea-Bissau–Spain relations (talk · · hist) PRODed by LibStar (t · c) was deproded by RadioactiveBoulevardier (t · c) on 13 Aug 2024
Categories for discussion
- 08 Aug 2024 – Category:Artillery batteries in Spain (talk · · hist) was CfDed by RevelationDirect (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Jul 2024 – Category:Collections of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (talk · · hist) was CfDed by Ham II (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Jul 2024 – Category:Collections of the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (talk · · hist) was CfDed by Ham II (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Jul 2024 – Category:Collections of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (talk · · hist) was CfDed by Ham II (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Jul 2024 – Category:Collections of the Museo del Prado (talk · · hist) was CfDed by Ham II (t · c); see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 16 Aug 2024 – Straw man (literal) (talk · · hist) →Scarecrow was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Aug 2024 – Strawman (literal) (talk · · hist) →Scarecrow was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion
Featured list candidates
- 19 Aug 2024 – List of municipalities in Guadalajara (talk · · hist) was FL nominated by Mattximus (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 20 Jul 2024 – Duncan MacDougall (British Army officer) (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Pickersgill-Cunliffe (t · c); start
- 16 Jun 2024 – Eleanor of Castile (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by JimKillock (t · c); start
- 26 May 2024 – Deep-water soloing (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Aszx5000 (t · c); start
- 25 May 2024 – Es Pontàs (climb) (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Aszx5000 (t · c); start
- 30 Apr 2024 – José María Gil Tamayo (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by The Blue Rider (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Apr 2024 – Anarchism without adjectives (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Grnrchst (t · c); start
Requested moves
- 20 Aug 2024 – Eliseu Meifrèn (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Eliseo Meifrèn by JPxG (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Aug 2024 – Muhammad XII of Granada (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Muhammad XII by Aintabli (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Aug 2024 – Xavi (footballer, born 1980) (talk · · hist) move request to Xavi Hernández by Frost (t · c) was not moved; see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 07 Mar 2024 – Crusade of Alfonso I of Aragon in Andalusia (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Granada campaign (1125–1126) by Srnec (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Feb 2024 – Spanish East Indies (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Captaincy General of the Philippines by Mr. Information1409 (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 07 May 2024 – Contemporary history of Spain (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Malvoliox (t · c); see discussion
- 31 Dec 2023 – Fernando Alonso (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by F1fans (t · c); see discussion
- 07 May 2023 – High-speed rail in Spain (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Clicklander (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Aug 2022 – Alonso de Solís (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by The Grid (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Feb 2020 – Human rights in Spain (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Asqueladd (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 09 Aug 2024 – Draft:House of Maroto (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Cthomas110 (t · c)
- 06 Aug 2024 – Draft:José Pérez Ocaña (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c)
- 06 Aug 2024 – Draft:Plain of Barcelona (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by TheTastyWord (t · c)
- 05 Aug 2024 – Draft:Juan Ramón Rallo (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Memnuu (t · c)
- 01 Aug 2024 – Draft:Conference of Presidents (Spain) (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 79.152.100.212 (t · c)
- 31 Jul 2024 – Draft:Álvaro Martínez Bueno (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Jaykay9090 (t · c)
- 10 Jul 2024 – Draft:Luis Olaso (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Milanbodis (t · c)
- 10 Jul 2024 – Draft:Nancy Berthier (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Nonni56 (t · c)
- 16 Jun 2024 – Draft:Simon L. Dolan (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Adig-pt (t · c)
- 16 Jun 2024 – Draft:Top Goal Scorers of the National Futsal Series and National Futsal League (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by David.G.82.21 (t · c)
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Deletion sorting
DYK alerts
- 16 June 2010 - José Albi is a DYK frontpage item for the next 5.5 hours. ----moreno oso (talk) 12:33, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
- 07 January 2014 - Matthew Cook (rugby union) is a DYK frontpage item until 00:00 UTC. ---- The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 17:46, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
Recognized content
A detailed list of all recognized content is available at Spain recognized content.
Featured articles
- AMX-30E
- Battle of Bicocca
- Battle of Ceresole
- Battle of the Gebora
- El Greco
- The Garden of Earthly Delights
- FC Barcelona
- Italian War of 1521–1526
- Las Meninas
- Leopard 2E
- Lince (tank)
- Oran fatwa
- Panzer I
- Rokeby Venus
- Same-sex marriage in Spain
- T-26
- Tanks in the Spanish Army
- The Disasters of War
- Verdeja
- War of the League of Cambrai
Good articles
See Category:A-Class Spain articles and Category:GA-Class Spain articles.
Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team release version selections
- Spain
- Pablo Picasso
- Diego Velázquez
- Miguel de Cervantes
- Madrid
- Barcelona
- Philip II of Spain
- Hernán Cortés
- Habsburg Spain
- War of the Spanish Succession
Recognized content candidates and review
Please follow the instructions at Wikipedia:WikiProject Spain/Peer review.
Featured article candidates and review
Good article candidates and review
Peer review requested
- Spanish Civil War and Foreign Involvement
- Geography of Spain U5K0 09:18, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
- Francisco Franco
- Joan Pujol Garcia
- Battle of Alsasua --A. C. Santacruz (talk) 11:20, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
- Republicanism in Spain -- The maintenance tags and ratings are from article's creation (2014), but the page seems up to date. No in-depth review needed, only tags & ratings. SamuelRiv (talk) 17:52, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
Formerly recognized content
Former featured articles
- Battle of Aljubarrota (delisted 20 April 2006)
- Salvador Dali (on main page 11 May 2004; delisted 28 October 2009)
- Ferdinand Magellan (on main page 31 August 2004; delisted 15 March 2006)
- Habsburg Spain (delisted 1 July 2007)
- Diego Velázquez (delisted 19 January 2007)
- War of the Spanish Succession (delisted 30 June 2008)
Former good articles
- Barcelona (delisted 7 February 2007)
- Charlemagne (delisted 7 June 2008)
- Dutch Revolt (delisted 27 September 2007)
- Lope de Barrientos (delisted 18 August 2009)
- Madrid (delisted 27 September 2007)
- Music of Spain (delisted 12 March 2007)
- Spanish Armada (delisted 9 September 2008)
Criteria for assessing articles
Consult Wikipedia:WikiProject Spain/Assessment for information on assessing articles and the criteria utilized.
Task forces
The following are Task forces currently recognized as associated with this WikiProject:
- Spanish cinema task force
- WikiProject Military history/Spanish military history task force
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/Spanish Africa work group
Requests for article improvement
- Álava
- Almedíjar
- Brasero (heater)
- Carpanta
- Caudiel
- Province of Ávila
- Province of Badajoz
- Province of Barcelona
- Segovia
- Timeline of Valencia
- Selectividad
Article requests
History
- Germanic invasions of the Iberian Peninsula (es) Briefly covered in Hispania#Germanic Hispania.
- Abacus Library-Cooperative (References: [1])
Buildings
- Church of Santa María (Aranda de Duero) es
- Roman theatre of Málaga es
- Dehesa del Saler es
- Basílica de la Virgen de los Desamparados es
- Iglesia de San Juan del Hospital es
- Palace of Justice (Valencia) (Palacio de Justicia) es
- Pretorio = Palacio de Augusto = Castillo de Pilatos, building from Antiquity in Tarragona, Spain
Military
- Jefes de Estado Mayor del Ejército de Tierra de España es
- F-111 Bonifaz (es:Bonifaz (F-111))
- F-112 Roger de Lauria (es:Roger de Lauria (F-112))
- F-113 Menéndez de Avilés (es:Menéndez de Avilés (F-113))
- F-114 Luis de Córdova (es:Luis de Córdova (F-114))
- F-115 Barceló (es:Barceló (F-115))
- S-81 Isaac Peral
- S-82 Narciso Monturiol
- S-83 Cosme García
- S-84 Mateo García de los Reyes
- Poseidón (A-21)
Villages
- Dehesillaes
- Doney de la Requejadaes
- Mahuella, Tauladella, Rafalell y Vistabella es
- Sabucedo d:Q3396827
Regions
Rivers
- River Camba es
- River Riánsares es
- River Saa es
- River Selmo es
- River Valdejudíos es
- Guadiana Viejo es
Mountains
Caves
Locations
- Arenas de Huelva Formation - site of Pliocene Megalodon fossils
Public Sector Agencies
- Fundación Séneca - The Séneca Foundation, Science and Technology Agency of the Region of Murcia.
Businesses
Restaurants
Retail
Streets
Barcelona
Madrid
Sevilla
Málaga
Granada
Marbella
Puerto Banús
Valencia
Vigo
Jerez de la Frontera
TV series
Actors and actresses
Image requests
In addition to posting your image requests here, on the talk page(s) of the subject(s), and on the Wikimedia Commons, please also post them at es:Wikipedia:Imágenes solicitadas on the Spanish Wikipedia. If you do not know Spanish, you can ask someone at es:Wikipedia:Embajadas to help you.
Related projects
- Spanish Translation of the Week
- (in Spanish) Wikiproyecto España
- WikiProject Galicia
- WikiProject Basque
- WikiProject Catalan-speaking Countries
- WikiProject Catalonia
Categories
Spain-related categories are collected here.
Stubs
Some stub categories to put Spain-related articles are collected here.
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Vocabulary
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Spain/Glossary Under construction as of January 2010. An attempt to identify terms—especially official terms—that come up a lot in articles about Spain, and to come up with suggested translations into English.
Sister Project links
- Kept. But there is an ongoing discussion about purging the sources here. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 18:45, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
Ratonero Murciano de Huerta up for deletion
- Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
- Ratonero Murciano de Huerta (|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion
Spanish Rat terrier. I've added sources, but they are all foreign language. Spanish speakers might help. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 14:12, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
- Kept. But there is an ongoing discussion about purging the sources here. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 18:45, 26 July 2020 (UTC)