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Goals
To share ideas for attaining high quality on each type of article under the project.
To create a consensus on what should be included.
Scope
The scope of this project is all articles related to lighthouses and pharology (study of lighthouses).
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Please feel free to list your new Lighthouses-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an compelling or unusual fact in them can be suggested for the
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diffhistGhazaouet 09:44−89
216.73.160.23talk (The Fliti family is not particularly notable or influential in this region. Unlike other prominent families who have made significant contributions to the town, the Fliti family does not stand out or warrant specific mention.)
United States Coast Guard Image Archive:
https://www.history.uscg.mil/Our-Collections/Photos/ According to a note at the top of the website, all images are public domain. Searchable historic archive of a huge number of lighthouses.
Templates
Global
{{cite ngall}} produces a citation in {{cite book}} form to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Lists of Lights which cover the world except the USA. See {{cite uscgll}} below.
{{cite rowlett}} provides a citation to Russ Rowlett's
The Lighthouse Directory. It uses the naming convention of that cite pages and covers every region on earth.
{{cite ccgll}} produces a citation in {{cite web}} form to the Canadian Coast Guard List of Lights, Buoys and Fog Signals (4 Volumes). It has the advantage of being easy to use and automatically includes the url of the appropriate web site. It is easy to change when the Coast Guard reorganizes its web site as has in the past, and undoubtedly will do again in the future. The Canadian Coast Guard's four volumes cover Canadian waters.
{{cite uscgll}} produces a citation in {{cite book}} form to the US Coast Guard Light List. It has the advantage of being easy to use, a standard format, and automatically including the url of the appropriate web site. It is easy to change when the Coast Guard reorganizes its web site as it did in July 2010 and will, undoubtedly, do again in the future. The Coast Guard's seven volumes cover United States waters.
{{cite uscghist}} provides a similar citation to the US Coast Guard's historical web site, which lists almost every significant light in the United States, including those no longer extant. Most of the articles are accompanied by historical photographs.
{{cite uscgnavbib}} provides a simple link to the US Coast Guard's extensive historical bibliography in case someone wants to cite it.
{{US-lighthouse-stub}} is used to mark stub articles related to US lighthouses.