Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking

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WikiProject Backpacking

Kit for carrying home and hearth
Shortcuts	WP:BPCK, WP:PACK
Categories	Backpacking, WikiProject Backpacking articles
Wikimedia Commons	Category:Backpacking
Project banner template	{{WikiProject Backpacking}}
Userbox	{{User WikiProject Backpacking}}
Has goals?	Yes
Assessment	Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking/Assessment
Popular pages	Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking/Popular pages
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.

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.

• 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

Source page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking/Recognized content

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

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.

Period: 2026-03-01 to 2026-03-31

Total views: 1,058,806

Updated: 23:10, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

Source page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking/Popular pages

Did you know

• 24 Mar 2026 – Forest Service Road System (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Feedmepaperr (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 10 Apr 2026 – Grand Canyon backcountry camping (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Qwerty123M (t · c) was closed as redirect by OwenX (t · c) on 18 Apr 2026; see discussion (4 participants)

Articles for creation

• 12 Mar 2026 – Draft:Great Ural Trail (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c)

Source page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking/Article alerts

• Quality log (assessment changes)
• New pages to evaluate
• Cleanup lists

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

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

• Articles that need prioritization

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.

• Articles that need grading

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.

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

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

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:
  • category indicator, {{ucat|WikiProject Backpacking participants}}
  • userbox, {{User WikiProject Backpacking}}, in shortcut form {{WPBUBX}}
  • topicon, {{Backpacking topicon}}

• Project watchers

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.

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2020-04-18 Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : The Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals American Trails American Long Distance Hiking Association West Partnership for the National Trails System Assess : Category:Unassessed Backpacking articles (0) Category:Unknown-importance Backpacking articles (0) Categorization : tag backpacking related articles that are not trails with Category:Backpacking (32) Citing sources : Category:Unreferenced Backpacking articles (0) citation list by CleanupWorklistBot Cleanup : see full list by CleanupWorklistBot Collaborate : Learn how to leverage the category system including those from other WikiProjects and those with no project Copyedit : clarity list by CleanupWorklistBot content list by CleanupWorklistBot Deletion sorting : watch Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking/Article alerts Expand : Backpacking (hiking), perhaps the most important article for this project, is short and cursory (C-class) list by CleanupWorklistBot Geographical coordinates : identify articles to improve with a coordinates Infobox : Tag our articles needing infoboxes, perhaps via project banner Category:Backpacking articles needing infoboxes (0) Map : identify articles to improve with a map Merge : watch Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking/Article alerts NPOV : list by CleanupWorklistBot Orphans : list by CleanupWorklistBot Photo : identify articles to improve with a photo Split : watch Wikipedia:WikiProject Backpacking/Article alerts Stubs : Category:Backpacking stubs (17) Unreferenced : list by CleanupWorklistBot General : recruit editors to collaborate by sending invites to these users using the {{WPBInvite}} template completed through Skraelinger from top completed through Shadowquick from bottom Announce the revival of this project at Wikipedia:Community bulletin board Review recommendation from the Talk page

• wiki markup: {{WikiProject Backpacking}}, shortcut {{WPBBanner}}
• Used to tag, grade, and prioritize the articles by applying to the talk pages of backpacking related articles
• the banner looks like this:

	Backpacking (inactive)
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Backpacking, a project which is currently considered to be inactive.BackpackingWikipedia:WikiProject BackpackingTemplate:WikiProject BackpackingBackpacking

• wiki markup: {{WikiProject Backpacking invitation}}, shortcut {{WPBInvite}}
• used to invite editors to the backpacking project by using it in a message on the editor's talk page
• the invitation looks like this:

You're invited to be a part of WikiProject Backpacking, an attempt to better organize information in articles related to backpacking. To accept this invitation, click here!

• wiki markup: {{User WikiProject Backpacking}}, shortcut {{WPBUBX}}
• the userbox looks like this:

This user is a participant in WikiProject Backpacking

• There is also a user topicon, {{Backpacking topicon}}

• wiki markup: {{The Backpacking Barnstar|put your message here ~~~~}}
• the barnstar look like:

		The Backpacking Barnstar
		for all the edits when you could have been in the wilderness

• {{subst:The Backpacking Barnstar|1=message ~~~~|2=alt}}

		The Backpacking Barnstar
		message ~~~~

• {{Backpacking-stub}}

This backpacking related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

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• {{Trail-stub}}

This trail or long-distance path-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

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