Wikipedia:WikiProject Disaster management (WP:DM)

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 managementThank 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.   === 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 Public safety Civil defence Disasters, List of disasters Natural disasters Severe weather ((Man made disasters)) ((Mitigation )) ((Preparedness)) If you want to help out at  , 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:  If you don't like userboxes, then just add [[Category:WikiProject Disaster management members]].   === 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   === 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.  Articles for deletion  28 Mar 2023 – 2022 Turkey bus crashes (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Aintabli (t · c); see discussion (3 participants) 11 Mar 2023 – Solitaire Meissmer (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Paul 012 (t · c); see discussion (5 participants; relisted) 15 Mar 2023 – 1947 Amritsar train massacre (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by UnpetitproleX (t · c) was closed as keep by 78.26 (t · c) on 23 Mar 2023; see discussion (17 participants)Proposed deletions  21 Mar 2023 – 2023 Bedford explosion (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by EurekaLott (t · c) was deproded by Dcooperdb9 (t · c) on 25 Mar 2023 20 Mar 2023 – 2022 Cibubur truck crash (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by TimothyBlue (t · c) was deletedCategories for discussion  26 Mar 2023 – Category:2020 floods in North America (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Aidan721 (t · c); see discussion 26 Mar 2023 – Category:2020 floods in the United States (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Aidan721 (t · c); see discussion 26 Mar 2023 – Category:2019 floods in North America (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Aidan721 (t · c); see discussion 26 Mar 2023 – Category:2019 floods in the United States (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Aidan721 (t · c); see discussion 26 Mar 2023 – Category:2018 floods in North America (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Aidan721 (t · c); see discussion 26 Mar 2023 – Category:2018 floods in the United States (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Aidan721 (t · c); see discussion 26 Mar 2023 – Category:2014 floods in North America (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Aidan721 (t · c); see discussion 26 Mar 2023 – Category:2004 floods in North America (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Aidan721 (t · c); see discussion 26 Mar 2023 – Category:2007 floods in North America (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Aidan721 (t · c); see discussion 26 Mar 2023 – Category:2007 floods in the United States (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Aidan721 (t · c); see discussion(88 more...)Featured article candidates  05 Mar 2023 – 1995 Aigio earthquake (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by SamBroGaming (t · c); see discussionGood article nominees  18 Mar 2023 – June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Dora the Axe-plorer (t · c); start discussion 09 Feb 2023 – Humanitarian protection (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by CT55555 (t · c); start discussion 17 Jan 2023 – Bastrop County Complex Fire (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by TheAustinMan (t · c); start discussion 06 Jan 2023 – 2020 Colonial Pipeline oil spill (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by JJonahJackalope (t · c); start discussionGood article reassessments  28 Mar 2023 – 2011 Super Outbreak (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Cyclonebiskit (t · c); see discussionRequests for comments  13 Mar 2023 – COVID-19 pandemic (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Jtbobwaysf (t · c); see discussionPeer reviews  11 Nov 2022 – Costa Concordia disaster (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Cessaune (t · c); see discussion 01 Nov 2022 – 1920 Xalapa earthquake (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Dora the Axe-plorer (t · c); see discussionRequested moves  29 Mar 2023 – Stoneman Douglas High School shooting (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Parkland shooting by Locke Cole (t · c); see discussion 21 Mar 2023 – 2023 Turkish floods (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to 2023 Turkey floods by RandomInfinity17 (t · c); see discussion 21 Mar 2023 – Houston, we have a problem (talk · edit · hist) move request to Houston, we've had a problem by Red Slash (t · c) was closed; see discussionArticles to be merged  14 Feb 2023 – Flood mitigation (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to flood control by EMsmile (t · c); see discussion 30 Dec 2022 – Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on crime in the Republic of Ireland (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on crime by DecafPotato (t · c); see discussion 30 Oct 2022 – 2022–2023 mpox outbreak in New York (state) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States by Wbm1058 (t · c); see discussion 10 Apr 2022 – List of massacres in Palestine (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to List of massacres in the Palestinian territories by Dunutubble (t · c); see discussionArticles to be split  27 Mar 2023 – 2015 European migrant crisis (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Chefs-kiss (t · c); see discussion 27 Mar 2022 – 2020–2022 Taal Volcano eruptions (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by HurricaneEdgar (t · c); see discussion 28 Jan 2021 – Boeing 737 MAX certification (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Rosbif73 (t · c); see discussion 08 Nov 2020 – Castle Bravo (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Rod57 (t · c); see discussionArticles for creation  16 Jan 2023 – Draft:2023 La Salle fire (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by BhamBoi (t · c)   === New articles === 17 Oct 2018 French Civil ProtectionPlease feel free to improve these new disaster management-related articles, listed here from AlexNewArtBot/Disaster_managementSearchResult.   === Assessment ===  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:  Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/WPHumanities#Wikipedia:WikiProject_Disaster_management.See also:  Wikipedia:Article assessment/Natural disasters (inactive results from experimental assessment) Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Work via WikiprojectsChecklistThis 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  Additional suggestionsThere 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.   === Templates === This template is to be placed on the talk page of any article relating to disaster management:  {{WikiProject Disaster management}}{{disaster-stub}} for stubs relating to disaster management or disasters   === Portals === Portal:Disasters Portal:Earthquakes Portal:Fire Portal:Tropical cyclones Portal:VolcanoesNatural 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 ===   === Wikibooks === Historical Disasters and Tragedies   === Wikiversity === Wikiversity's School of Fire and Emergency management 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.