User:Jgillett/Town Checklist

This page is continuously being updated and revised.

Checklist Table

A printable checklist for use of checking an article

Meath Town and Village Checklist

Town:
Infobox
Name
Gaeilege
Crest Image
Motto
Map Image		Ireland map County Meath Magnified.png
Pin Coords
North Coord		Falling Rain
West Coord		Falling Rain
Irish Grid		Clickable Web Map
Elevation		Falling Rain
Province		[[Leinster]]
County		[[County Meath|Meath]] or [[County Meath]] not [[Meath]]
Town Pop		Census by Area 2006
Rural Pop		Census by Area 2006
Census Year
Web
Discussion Page
Class		Request Asessment
Importance		Request Asessment
Attention
Peer Review
Old Peer Review
Image Needed
Needs Infobox
Introduction
Name in bold		Town Name is...
Irish name & translation		{{Irish place name|Name in Irish|Translation}}
County Meath link		links to [[County Meath|Meath]] or [[County Meath]] and not [[Meath]]
Republic of Ireland link		links to [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] or [[Republic of Ireland]] and not [[Ireland]]

General

• Place a WP Ireland Project Banner on the discussion page.

{{WikiProject Ireland |small= |nested= |class= |importance= |attention= |peer-review= |old-peer-review= |image-needed= |needs-infobox= |listas= }}

• Ensure location links to Republic of Ireland and not Ireland.

[[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]

• Ensure location links to County Meath and not the Meath disambiguation.

[[County Meath|Meath]]

• Put Towns and Villages in County Meath box at base of article.

{{Towns and villages in County Meath}}

• Put Irish town name (and translation) after first mention.

({{Irish place name|++In Irish++|++Translation++[++no_translate=yes++ if there is no translation]}})

• Do a word count to size up the article

Content

• What ammenities are in the town?
• Does the town have a GAA team, racecourse, etc.?
• History
• Transport (rail?)
• Features
• Famous People

A good place to look for content is to go to the special What links here page.

Navigation

• Appropriate Section Headers?
• Appropriate external links?
• Appropriate Categories?