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Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Disaster Management (a.k.a. Emergency management). We have three main work areas:
- Theoretical and background information, including the phrases: Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery. This section also covers methods for managing disasters.
- Hazards and their impacts, which cause disasters. Examples of hazards include, earthquakes, drought and epidemics. When those hazards impact people, it creates a disaster, such as the Boxing Day tsunami and the World Trade center attack).
- Organisations and individuals involved in disaster management
Thank you for taking the time to be a part of educating Wikipedians about managing disasters. 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 to-do list there.
About the Project
Goals
- Create a categorisation of concepts and applied terminology
- Maintain one inventory page of disastrous events, see list of disasters
- Merge articles that describe similar concepts into one comprehensive article
Central articles
- Emergency management
- Emergency services
- Disasters, List of disasters
- Natural disasters
- ((Man made disasters))
- ((Mitigation ))
- ((Preparedness))
Participants
If you want to help out, just add your name and join in by adding your name on the participants page! If you want to you can use this code {{User WikiProject DM}} to add the below member template to your user page:
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Standards
Definition, scope & structure
No classification of this project has been agreed upon. The subject is being discussed by project members on a dedicated talk page.
The scope of this WikiProject is any article relating to policies as well as implementations of disaster management. This include emergency services operations (police, ambulance, and fire service) as well as the phenomenological description of natural and man-made hazards. It also include individual disastrous events, e.g. hurricane Katrina and the Ethiopian famine in the 1980s.
Naming convention
A naming convention for such articles is also definitely required. It has been decided that all articles concerning individual disasters should be <<year>> <<place>> <<event>>. To illustrate the point with an example, the article October 11, 2006 New York City plane crash was recently renamed to 2006 New York City plane crash
Articles
Article alerts
The article alerts list provides information on which disaster management-related Wikipedia articles are subject to various discussions, including peer review requests, or are in need of urgent assistance and/or review.
Categories for discussion
- 02 Jan 2021 – Category:2020 United States racial unrest (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Love of Corey (t · c); see discussion
Templates for discussion
- 16 Jan 2021 – Template:COVID-19 pandemic data/United States/Ohio/Franklin County medical cases chart (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by JayJay (t · c); see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 22 Jan 2021 – James MacQuarrie (talk · edit · hist) →Pan Am Flight 103 was RfDed by WilliamJE (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Jan 2021 – Existential threat (talk · edit��· hist) →Global catastrophic risk was RfDed by Buidhe (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Jan 2021 – 2021 Washington D.C protests (talk · edit · hist) →2021 storming of the United States Capitol was RfDed by Rosguill (t · c); see discussion
Files for discussion
- 01 Jan 2021 – File:Semnan Damghan train collision.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on Semnan–Damghan train collision) was FfDed by Wikiacc (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Jul 2020 – File:Micah Xavier Johnson - 2016 Dallas shooter.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers) was FfDed by Mysticair667537 (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Jul 2020 – File:Clarence Bertucci.png (talk · edit · hist) (on Utah prisoner of war massacre) was FfDed by Mysticair667537 (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Jul 2020 – File:Francisco Paula Gonzales.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on Pacific Air Lines Flight 773) was FfDed by Mysticair667537 (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Jul 2020 – File:James Oliver Huberty.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on San Ysidro McDonald's massacre) was FfDed by Mysticair667537 (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Jul 2020 – File:George Hennard.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on Luby's shooting) was FfDed by Mysticair667537 (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 22 Jan 2021 – Tropical Storm Rolf (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by LightandDark2000 (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Jan 2021 – 2020 California wildfires (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by LightningComplexFire (t · c); start discussion
- 04 Jan 2021 – 2012 Istanbul suicide bombing (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Nanahuatl (t · c); start discussion
- 22 Dec 2020 – Alaska Airlines Flight 261 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Tigerdude9 (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Nov 2020 – Kivu Ebola epidemic (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Ozzie10aaaa (t · c); start discussion
Requests for comments
- 08 Jan 2021 – 2021 storming of the United States Capitol (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Jdphenix (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Jan 2021 – Variant of Concern 202012/01 (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by JackFromReedsburg (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Dec 2020 – 2020 Ganja missile attacks (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Steverci (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Jan 2021 – COVID-19 drug repurposing research (talk · edit · hist) RfC by Vrtlsclpl (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Requested moves
- 16 Jan 2021 – 2021 storming of the United States Capitol (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Insurrection at the United States Capitol by Alalch Emis (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Jan 2021 – 2021 Sulawesi earthquake (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to 2021 West Sulawesi earthquake by 118.96.188.169 (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Dec 2020 – 2020 Nashville bombing (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Nashville bombing by Jim Michael (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Jan 2021 – Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand (talk · edit · hist) move request to Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand by 180.242.50.227 (t · c) was closed by Paine Ellsworth (t · c) on 22 Jan 2021; see discussion
- 14 Jan 2021 – PSA Flight 182 (talk · edit · hist) move request to Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182 by Scorpions13256 (t · c) was moved to Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182 (talk · edit · hist) by BegbertBiggs (t · c) on 22 Jan 2021; see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 28 Dec 2020 – Critical infrastructure protection (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Infrastructure security by Beland (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Sep 2020 – Hennessey Fire (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to LNU Lightning Complex fires by Buidhe (t · c); see discussion
- 31 May 2020 – Black Death migration (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Second plague pandemic by GPinkerton (t · c); see discussion
- 13 May 2020 – Konarak vessel incident (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to IRIS Konarak by 203.185.249.147 (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 22 Jan 2021 – 2020–2021 United States racial unrest (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 108.45.115.151 (t · c); see discussion
- 31 Dec 2020 – COVID-19 pandemic in India (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by AmandaNP (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Dec 2020 – Boeing 737 MAX certification (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Marc Lacoste (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Nov 2020 – Castle Bravo (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Rod57 (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Oct 2020 – Native American disease and epidemics (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Carwil (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Jul 2020 – Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by ApprenticeFan (t · c); see discussion
- 29 Sep 2019 – 2019 Southeast Asian haze (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Paul 012 (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Jan 2019 – List of structural failures and collapses (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by PlyrStar93 (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Jan 2021 – COVID-19 vaccine (talk · edit · hist) proposed for splitting by John P. Sadowski (NIOSH) (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Articles for creation
- undated – Draft:Outbreak response (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC
New articles
- 17 Oct 2018 French Civil Protection
Please feel free to improve these new disaster management-related articles, listed here from AlexNewArtBot/Disaster_managementSearchResult.
Assessment
| Disaster management articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
 FA
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3 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 41 | ||
 GA
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3 | 15 | 34 | 68 | 12 | 132 | |
| B | 17 | 61 | 116 | 235 | 105 | 534 | |
| C | 17 | 89 | 232 | 636 | 322 | 1,296 | |
| Start | 9 | 61 | 261 | 1,156 | 7 | 644 | 2,138 |
| Stub | 11 | 67 | 470 | 15 | 319 | 882 | |
| List | 16 | 42 | 86 | 8 | 74 | 226 | |
| Category | 6,170 | 6,170 | |||||
| Disambig | 66 | 66 | |||||
| File | 147 | 147 | |||||
| Portal | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Project | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Template | 1 | 1 | 649 | 651 | |||
| NA | 8 | 4 | 236 | 248 | |||
| Other | 9 | 9 | |||||
| Assessed | 50 | 255 | 773 | 2,679 | 7,315 | 1,476 | 12,548 |
| Unassessed | 2 | 2 | 735 | 739 | |||
| Total | 50 | 257 | 773 | 2,681 | 7,315 | 2,211 | 13,287 |
The Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team requests that more disaster articles be assessed as to their quality and importance. To help facilitate this, Template:Disaster management could be modified to accept optional quality and importance arguments (and by default add articles to an "unassessed" category). See Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Using the bot for how to do this and how to set things up so a bot will automatically keep track of statistics on assessed articles. After the setup is completed, volunteers will need to go through Category:Disasters and assess all the articles there and in appropriate subcategories. (See below for ideas.) Some articles have been assessed already:
See also:
- Wikipedia:Article assessment/Natural disasters (inactive results from experimental assessment)
- Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Work via Wikiprojects
- Checklist
This is a quick checklist of things to look for when systematically assessing articles, especially those for disaster events. If you find deficiencies you don't have time to fix yourself, create a to do list at the top of the article's talk page by adding {{To do}} there. Then you can edit the to do list and add items to it.
- Assign quality and importance according to the definitions at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment. See the top of the talk page of the article of interest to see if this has already been done.
- Is the article in the correct categories?
- Does the title comply with Wikipedia:Naming conventions (most common English name) and Wikipedia:Naming conventions (events)?
- Does the first paragraph give a concise explanation of the subject, including alternate names in bold, location, major causes, and major outcomes?
- Does the article use the correct infobox? Is everything in the infobox filled in?
- Is there a concise assessment of the loss to human life?
- Is there a concise assessment of the financial losses? Are figures clearly labeled as to whether they are in (for instance) 1900 dollars or 2007 dollars? Is a modern inflation-adjusted estimate available?
- Does the article cite its sources using footnotes, especially for statistics?
- Does the article have a map showing the area affected?
- Does the article have a photograph illustrating the event?
- Is the article in need of wikification, copy-editing, or other cleanup?
- Major articles should be linked from lists such as List of wars and disasters by death toll, and the statistics presented in lists need to be consistent with those found in articles (which hopefully have references)
To do list
WikiProject: Disaster management
- Improve: Random Hacks of Kindness, Ramstein airshow disaster, Emergency management, Canal Hotel bombing, Threat of the Dnieper reservoirs, I-35W Mississippi River bridge, Boys in Red Tragedy
- Expand: Disaster response, Stampede, Bambi bucket, Environmental hazard, Environmental disaster, 1948 Ashgabat earthquake, 1920 Gansu earthquake, 1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake, 2009 Hermosillo daycare center fire, Counter-IED efforts, Thomas Fire
- Create: Vulnerability (society) see Vulnerability, Hazard (society) see Natural hazard
- Additional suggestions
- There is a lot of duplication of efforts and confusion of terminology surrounding disaster management on Wikipedia now. Examples include Disasters and Natural disasters. The current categorisation is also far from great, lacking in structure and logic. The task to clean up in this domain is immense, but it has to be done.
Editors' tools
Templates
This template is to be placed on the talk page of any article relating to disaster management:
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- {{disaster-stub}} for stubs relating to disaster management or disasters
Related Wikis
Portals
Natural Disasters are defined as the naturally occurring physical phenomena caused either by events that have immediate impacts on human health and suffering.These disasters include geophysical (earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, volcanic activity); hydrological (avalanches and floods); climatological (extreme Temperatures, drought, wildfires); meteorological (cyclones and storms/wave surges) or biological (disease epidemics and insect/animal plagues).
Wikipedia WikiProjects
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Emergencies
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Hazards
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Transport
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Wikibooks
Wikiversity
Bibliography
- Alexander, David E., 2002, Natural Disaster, Dordrecht, NL: Kluwer ISBN 978-0412047510
- Alexander, David E., 2002, Principles of Emergency Planning and Management, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press ISBN 978-0195218381
- Haddow, George D. and Jane A. Bullock, 2003, Introduction to Emergency Management, Amsterdam: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Quarantelli, E.L., 1998, What Is a Disaster? Perspectives on the Question, New York: Routledge
- Wisner, B., P. Blaikie, T. Cannon, and I. Davis, 2004, At Risk: Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters, 2nd ed., London and New York: Routledge.
External links
- ^ International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies