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WikiProject Backpacking
Kit for carrying home and hearth
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Improving the encyclopedia when we are not walking in the wild and sleeping under the sky

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[edit]

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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Recognized content[edit]

Main page featured articles[edit]

Main page featured lists[edit]

Featured lists[edit]

Good articles[edit]

Did you know? articles[edit]

Former featured articles[edit]

Former good articles[edit]

Level 4 vital articles[edit]

Level 5 vital articles[edit]


Source page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking/Recognized content

Top articles by recent edit count[edit]

14 edits Northern Crossing (Tararua Range)
5 edits Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
3 edits Wild (2014 film)
2 edits Bureau of Land Management
2 edits Leeds Country Way
2 edits Alfred Wainwright
2 edits List of mountaineering equipment brands
2 edits Peace Pilgrim
2 edits Sierra Club
2 edits Recreational Equipment, Inc.

These are the articles that have been edited the most within the last seven days. Last updated 17 August 2021 by HotArticlesBot.

Source page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking/Hot articles

Popular content[edit]

This is a list of bot-generated pages in the scope of Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking along with pageviews.

To report bugs, please write on the Community tech bot talk page on Meta.

List[edit]

Period: 2024-04-01 to 2024-04-30

Total views: 1,489,288

Updated: 21:12, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Rank Page title Views Daily average Assessment Importance
1 Camino de Santiago 150,875 5,029 C Unknown
2 Bear Grylls 116,286 3,876 B Unknown
3 Chris McCandless 64,328 2,144 B Unknown
4 Appalachian Trail 35,146 1,171 GA Unknown
5 First aid 29,420 980 B Unknown
6 The North Face 28,133 937 Start Unknown
7 Pacific Crest Trail 26,807 893 B Unknown
8 Wild (2014 film) 25,460 848 C Unknown
9 Bill Bryson 23,437 781 B Unknown
10 Hiking 22,247 741 B Unknown
11 National Park Service 21,441 714 B Unknown
12 Arc'teryx 21,434 714 C Unknown
13 The Way (2010 film) 21,263 708 C Unknown
14 Topographic map 20,488 682 C Unknown
15 Grand Canyon National Park 19,458 648 C Unknown
16 Columbia Sportswear 19,268 642 C Unknown
17 Mountaineering 18,801 626 B Unknown
18 REI 18,777 625 C Unknown
19 Patagonia, Inc. 18,480 616 C Unknown
20 Kokoda Track 18,161 605 C Unknown
21 Bivouac shelter 16,824 560 Start Unknown
22 Great Smoky Mountains National Park 16,447 548 B Unknown
23 Bothy 16,143 538 C Unknown
24 Tarpaulin 13,977 465 Start Unknown
25 Camping 13,743 458 C Unknown
26 A Walk in the Woods (film) 13,660 455 C Unknown
27 Freedom to roam 11,422 380 C Unknown
28 Outdoor recreation 11,244 374 C Unknown
29 Mount Katahdin 11,124 370 C Unknown
30 Via Francigena 10,912 363 C Unknown
31 United States Forest Service 10,892 363 B Unknown
32 Desire path 10,287 342 C Unknown
33 Continental Divide Trail 9,993 333 B Unknown
34 Death of Vance Rodriguez 9,993 333 Start Unknown
35 Sierra Club 8,968 298 B Unknown
36 Bureau of Land Management 8,834 294 B Unknown
37 Tour du Mont Blanc 8,614 287 C Unknown
38 Backpack 8,478 282 C Unknown
39 Gaiters 8,048 268 C Unknown
40 John Muir Trail 8,021 267 C Unknown
41 Ice axe 7,948 264 C Unknown
42 Grandma Gatewood 7,293 243 C Unknown
43 Hammock 7,189 239 C Unknown
44 The Nature Conservancy 7,188 239 B Unknown
45 Fjällräven 7,052 235 B Unknown
46 Pocketknife 6,664 222 B Unknown
47 Wild (memoir) 6,645 221 B Unknown
48 Lycian Way 6,485 216 B Unknown
49 Climbing 6,413 213 List Unknown
50 Lean-to 6,346 211 Start Unknown
51 Canoeing 5,831 194 Start Unknown
52 Wilderness 5,723 190 B Unknown
53 Nordic walking 5,604 186 C Unknown
54 Trail 5,582 186 B Unknown
55 Tent 5,380 179 C Unknown
56 West Highland Way 5,350 178 C Unknown
57 The Ridgeway 5,224 174 C Unknown
58 A Walk in the Woods (book) 5,123 170 C Unknown
59 Canada Goose (clothing) 5,080 169 C Unknown
60 Scrambling 5,058 168 C Unknown
61 Insect repellent 4,943 164 B Unknown
62 Gander Mountain 4,938 164 C Unknown
63 Survival skills 4,845 161 C Unknown
64 Thru-hiking 4,745 158 C Unknown
65 List of long-distance trails in the United States 4,648 154 List Unknown
66 Coleman (brand) 4,577 152 Start Unknown
67 English calamity 4,553 151 C Unknown
68 Pennine Way 4,466 148 C Unknown
69 Triple Crown of Hiking 4,419 147 C Unknown
70 Backpacking (hiking) 4,345 144 C Unknown
71 Quechua (brand) 4,099 136 Stub Unknown
72 Dyneema Composite Fabric 4,050 135 Start Unknown
73 Coast to Coast Walk 3,972 132 C Unknown
74 European long-distance paths 3,878 129 List Unknown
75 National Trails System 3,809 126 FL Unknown
76 Hadrian's Wall Path 3,715 123 C Unknown
77 JanSport 3,695 123 Start Unknown
78 Fire making 3,636 121 C Unknown
79 Green Mountains 3,602 120 C Unknown
80 Alfred Wainwright 3,436 114 C Unknown
81 Guide book 3,401 113 C Unknown
82 South West Coast Path 3,290 109 B Unknown
83 Snowshoe 3,229 107 C Unknown
84 Rail trail 3,228 107 B Unknown
85 Appalachian Trail by state 3,228 107 C Unknown
86 Pilgrims' Way 3,136 104 B Unknown
87 Jack Wolfskin 3,099 103 Start Unknown
88 GR footpath 3,074 102 C Unknown
89 Mountain Equipment Co-op 3,069 102 B Unknown
90 Portable stove 2,913 97 B Unknown
91 Campsite 2,901 96 C Unknown
92 Leave No Trace 2,898 96 Start Unknown
93 American Discovery Trail 2,879 95 C Unknown
94 Hexamine fuel tablet 2,853 95 Start Unknown
95 Marmot (company) 2,776 92 Stub Unknown
96 Ten Essentials 2,757 91 C Unknown
97 Karrimor 2,704 90 B Unknown
98 North Country Trail 2,695 89 C Unknown
99 List of wilderness areas of the United States 2,676 89 List Unknown
100 International Appalachian Trail 2,667 88 C Unknown

Source page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking/Popular pages

Article alerts[edit]

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Source page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking/Article alerts

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

Article assessment[edit]

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

Priority/importance[edit]

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[edit]

Standard classes[edit]

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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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).
  4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.
  5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.
  6. 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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Length. It stays focused on the main topic without going into unnecessary detail and uses summary style.

Other classes[edit]

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[edit]

Backpacking articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
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[edit]

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:

Members[edit]

Watchers[edit]

Former Members[edit]

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[edit]

Categories[edit]

To display all subcategories click on the "►":
WikiProject Backpacking‎ (2 C, 1 P)
WikiProject Backpacking participants‎ (29 P)
WikiProject Backpacking templates‎ (12 P)
To display all subcategories click on the "►":
Hiking‎ (14 C, 62 P)
Hiking by country‎ (10 C, 2 P)
Backpacking‎ (1 C, 31 P)
Hiking books‎ (14 P)
Cairns (stone mounds)‎ (1 C, 18 P)
Hiking equipment‎ (2 C, 38 P)
Films about hiking‎ (7 P)
Freedom to roam‎ (1 C, 12 P)
Hikers‎ (3 C, 65 P)
Mountain huts‎ (16 C, 10 P)
Hiking organizations‎ (5 C, 23 P)
Orienteering‎ (13 C, 38 P)
Peak bagging‎ (4 C, 10 P)
Hiking trails‎ (6 C, 9 P)
Via ferrata‎ (8 P)
To display all subcategories click on the "►":
Camping‎ (11 C, 28 P)
Camping by country‎ (12 C)
Backpacking‎ (1 C, 31 P)
Camping equipment‎ (2 C, 81 P)
Campsites‎ (4 C, 6 P)
Caravans and travel trailers‎ (2 C, 10 P)
Fiction about camping‎ (2 C, 1 P)
Picnic‎ (2 C, 9 P)
Recreational vehicles‎ (2 C, 37 P)
Summer camps‎ (11 C, 20 P)
Works about camping‎ (2 C, 1 P)
Camping stubs‎ (58 P)

Templates[edit]

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WikiProject iconThis article is within the scope of WikiProject Backpacking, a project which is currently considered to be inactive.BackpackingWikipedia:WikiProject BackpackingTemplate:WikiProject BackpackingBackpacking articles
NAThis article has been rated as NA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.

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Stubs[edit]

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See also: Category:WikiProject_Backpacking_templates

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