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This WikiProject is about [[Cetacea|cetaceans]] - that's [[whale]]s, [[dolphin]]s and [[porpoise]]s to you and me. The aim of the project is to write a good description of every known cetacean species out there - all 90 of them<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.marinemammalscience.org/species-information/list-of-marine-mammal-species-subspecies|title=The Society for Marine Mammalogy's Taxonomy Committee List of Species and subspecies|publisher=Society for Marine Mammalogy|date=October 2014|accessdate=8 Jan 2014|archive-date=6 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106152733/https://www.marinemammalscience.org/species-information/list-of-marine-mammal-species-subspecies/|url-status=dead}}</ref>, one of which is [[Baiji|possibly extinct]].
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{{Portal|Cetaceans}}
* [[List of cetaceans]]
* [[:Category:Cetaceans]]
* Parent projects: [[WP:MAMMAL|WikiProject Mammals]] & [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Marine life|WikiProject Marine life]]

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==Announcements==
*(27/11/2006) The Cetaceans Portal is now featured!
*(07/11/2006) [[Portal:Cetaceans]] is a [[Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates|featured portal candidate]].
*(28/09/2006) [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cetaceans/Taxonomy|Taxonomy templates]] created to ease taxonomic listing on pages.
*(10/06/2006) Redesigned layout of Cetaceans Portal
*(26/06/2005) Added a list of species ([[List of dolphins and whales]])
*(26/02/2004) '''All species now have IUCN status and a range map in the taxobox'''
*(12/02/2004) '''All species now have an article or part of an article'''
*(05/02/2004) There is a vigourous debate going on at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life]] about whether and how taxoboxes should be extended to include there. General comments there and specific comments about how cetacean articles would be best served here are welcome.
*(30/12/2003) We now have an article on each of the species in the ''[[Cephalorhynchus]]'' genus.
*(28/11/2003) We now have an article on each of the species in the [[Ziphidae]] family.
*(26/11/2003) We now have an article on each of the porpoise species. Shame the [[Delphinidae]] are five times as numerous!
*(24/11/2003) We now have an article on everything in the ''[[Mysticeti]]'' suborder. Shame the toothies are five times as numerous!
*(20/11/2003) Rice's classification moved in full to ''[[Cetacea]]'' article. This is liable to more updates... every book/webpage claiming to reproduce his listing says something different
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==Things to be done==
* [[/Assessment/]]
* [[/Collaboration/]] &mdash; Collaborations were selected monthly from September 2006 until January 2007, with irregular activity thereafter until the last selection in April 2008, since which time it has been inactive. 
* Change capitalisation of common names to sentence case. See [[#Capitalisation of common names|Capitalisation of common names]] below. ([[{{TALKPAGENAME}}#Capitalization - fixing the articles|Discuss]])
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== Members ==
To join this WikiProject, edit this section and add <b><tt><nowiki>* ~~~~</nowiki></tt></b> and any comments to the following list of members in alphabetical order by username.<br/>
Place <b>{{tl|User WPCETA}}</b> on your user&nbsp;page to display the following userbox:
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This template will add your user&nbsp;page to:
*[[:Category:WikiProject Cetaceans participants]]
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* {{User|AshLin}}
* {{User|Clayoquot}}
* {{User|DesmognathusFuscus}}
* {{User|Douts}}
* {{User|Dunkleosteus77}} – Everything
* {{User|Element10101}} - [[Odontoceti]] and [[Mysticeti]]
* {{User|JakobT}}
* {{User|Jimfbleak}}
* {{User|Naufragiosus}}
* {{User|Neutrality}}
* {{User|Rlendog}} 
* {{User|SkSlick}} - Overhauling the [[Cetacea]] page and then get to work on the beaked whales
* {{User|The Morrison Man}} - Will be trying to add new articles and update existing ones, mostly on extinct cetaceans. Also active in [[WP:PALEO]].
* {{User|Clovermoss}}

===Inactive===
* {{User|Akhampton}}
* {{User|Akrasia25}} - Whale evolution
* {{User|AntarcticPenguin}}
* {{User|Asiaecica}} - Antarctic fur and Weddell seals
* {{user|AUburnTiger}} - Want to help anywhere I can.
* {{User|Belugaboy}}
* {{User|Belugaperson}} - Edited Beluga page, which is rather fitting
* {{User|Biriwilg}}
* {{User|burris.shelbyl}}
* {{User|Bynnej}}
* {{User|Captain Screebo}}
* {{User|Charlotte.l.dempster}}
* {{User|Chris_huh}}
* {{User|Cloudmiri}}
* {{User|Danlina}} <font face="arial, helvetica" color="#CC0000">'''''Death Eater Dan'''''</font> #(<small>Muahaha</small>) <small>Created the new article box on the portal main page</small>
* {{User|Dante Alighieri}} - (just the river dolphins, really)
* {{User|Deepdivewhales}}
* {{User|DiverDave}}
* {{User|Elapied}}
* {{User|Eliezg}}
* {{User|Emperor13}}
* {{User|FionaBlinco}}
* {{User|Frosted Orange}}
* {{User|GemmaLaura}} - Harbour porpoise and White-beaked dolphin 
* {{User|Guidewell}}
* {{User|HoffmanJ7}} - Hawaiian Spinner Dolphins & Hawaiian Monk Seals
* {{User|HopkinsLouise}}
* {{User|Istvan}} (István)
* {{User|John Troodon}} - Everything about prehistoric
* {{User|Jonas Poole}}
* {{User|Jyggalypuff}}
* {{User|Karmur93}} - Order:Sirenia
* {{User|KimNiels}}
* {{User|KJen74}}
* {{User|Knight of Gloucestershire}} 
* {{User|Leadel106}} - Pygmy Sperm Whale
* {{User|Lem6875}}
* {{User|Librarywild}} - (Cetaceans around Canada)
* {{User|Nataliabberchieri}} - Pontoporia blainvillei
* {{User|NPRW4ever}} - North Pacific Right Whale
* {{User|NuclearWinner}}
* {{User|Odob23}} - Humpback whale and Walrus
* {{User|OldBabyBlue}} - (mysticetes and ziphiids)
* {{User|Offshoreorca}} - Long-finned Pilot Whale
* {{User|Palmejo}} - Here to help
* {{User|Pcb21}} (Pete)
* {{User|Pengo}}
* {{User|Perytone}}
* {{User|Rav314}}
* {{User|SethHar}}
* {{User|SWF Trainer}}
* {{User|SammytheSeal}} - Here and there
* {{User|Sdown1}}
* {{User|ShaneGero}} - Sperm Whale
* {{User|Shirehorse}} - Adding photographs (example [[Harbour Porpoise]] vs [[Bottlenose Dolphin]])
* {{User|Tannin}}
* {{User|Tursi60s}}
* {{User|UberScienceNerd}}
* {{User|Vickihamilton}} - Melon-headed whale
* {{User|Waughd}}
* {{User|Xarzin}}

==Featured and Good Content==
===Featured Articles (9)===
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[[Image:Featured article star.svg|15px]] {{FA/BeenOnMainPage| ''[[Ambulocetus]]''}} 
[[Image:Featured article star.svg|15px]] [[Baleen whale]]
[[Image:Featured article star.svg|15px]] {{FA/BeenOnMainPage|[[Blue whale]]}}
[[Image:Featured article star.svg|15px]] [[Dusky dolphin]]
[[Image:Featured article star.svg|15px]] {{FA/BeenOnMainPage|[[Humpback whale]]}}
[[Image:Featured article star.svg|15px]]  {{FA/BeenOnMainPage|''[[Livyatan]]''}}
[[Image:Featured article star.svg|15px]]{{FA/BeenOnMainPage|[[Orca]]}}
[[Image:Featured article star.svg|15px]]{{FA/BeenOnMainPage|[[Right whale]]}} 
[[Image:Featured article star.svg|15px]] {{FA/BeenOnMainPage|[[South Asian river dolphin]]}}

====Former Featured Articles (4)====
* [[File:Featured article star - cross.svg|15px]] [[Fin whale]]
* [[File:Featured article star - cross.svg|15px]] [[Sei whale]]
* [[File:Featured article star - cross.svg|15px]] [[Sperm whale]]
* [[File:Featured article star - cross.svg|15px]] [[Whale sound]]

===Good Articles (29)===
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* [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|15px]] 
* [[Acrophyseter]]
* [[Arktocara]]
* [[Bottlenose dolphin]]
* [[Brygmophyseter]]
* [[Dolphinarium]]
* [[Dolphin drive hunting]]
* [[Dwarf sperm whale]]
* [[Evolution of cetaceans]]
* [[False killer whale]]
* [[Fin whale]]
* [[Granny (orca)]]
* [[Janjucetus]]
* [[Kogia pusilla]]
* [[Narwhal]]
* [[Orca's Song]]
* [[Orcinus citoniensis]]
* [[Orcinus meyeri]]
* [[Pilot whale]]
* [[Porpoise]]
* [[Rice's whale]]
* [[River dolphin]]
* [[Sei whale]]
* [[Tay Whale]]
* [[Transitional fossil]] 
* [[Whale]]
* [[Whale barnacle]]
* [[Whale Whores]]
* [[Whaling in the Faroe Islands]]
* [[Zygophyseter]]

===Featured Lists (1)===
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* [[Image:Featured article star.svg|15px]] [[List of cetaceans]]

==Article alerts==
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Cetaceans/Article alerts}}

==State of articles==
{{AbQ|topic=cetacea}}
{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Cetacea articles by quality statistics}}

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Cetaceans/Popular_pages Popular pages of WikiProject Cetaceans]
* [http://tools.wmflabs.org/popularpages/ Akex's Tools]

==Scope of articles==
Articles on almost every species have been started. Most species have their own article with the exception of [[mesoplodont whale]]s (too little information known for separate articles) and [[humpback dolphin]]s (the lack of consensus from the taxonomists makes difficult to know what species to choose). Better to do at the genus level to avoid passing judgment.

== Manual of style ==
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| name = Bowhead whale<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Cetacea | id=14300005}}</ref>
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|0.2|0}}<small>Early [[Pleistocene]]</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=64683|website=Fossilworks|title=Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus 1758 (bowhead whale)|access-date=2019-12-17|archive-date=2020-06-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611094929/http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=64683|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| image = Bowheads42.jpg
| image2 = Bowhead whale size.svg
| image2_caption = Size compared to an average human
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn">Reilly, S.B., Bannister, J.L., Best, P.B., Brown, M., Brownell Jr., R.L., Butterworth, D.S., Clapham, P.J., Cooke, J., Donovan, G., Urbán, J. & Zerbini, A.N. (2012). ''Balaena mysticetus''. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species {{doi|10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T2467A17879018.en}}</ref>
| genus = Balaena
| species = mysticetus
| authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]
| range_map = Cypron-Range Balaena mysticetus.svg
| range_map_caption = Bowhead whale range
}}

=== Capitalisation of common names ===
Common names of cetaceans are written in sentence case. That is, the names are not capitalised except for the first word of a sentence and any proper names that are part of the common name. An example of the general use is [[bowhead whale]]. Examples of the inclusion of a proper name are [[North Pacific right whale]] (where "North Pacific" is a placename) and [[Bryde's whale]] (where Bryde was a person's name).

Prior to 15 February 2010 the common names were often written in title case, with every word capitalised. Most article titles have now been changed to sentence case per [[Talk:Bowhead whale#Requested move]], but the text of some articles may still need to be changed. Discussion leading to the February 2010 policy change is archived at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cetaceans/Archive 4#Capitalisation]].

=== Taxobox ===
Each species article should use a {{tl|Taxobox}} ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life/taxobox usage|usage instructions]]) to list standard information about that species.

===Images===
A good image of an individual of the species in question should go in the {{tl|Taxobox}}, but other descriptive images in-lined at relevant parts of the article are great. A size-comparison diagram should accompany it (as the <code>image2</code> argument).

The [[JPEG]] format is preferable for photographs and [[Portable Network Graphics|PNG]] or [[SVG]] for diagrams. For public domain resources try the American [https://www.noaa.gov/ National Oceanic and Atomospheric Administration], particularly the [https://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ National Marine Fisheries Historic Image Collection].

===Range maps===
The [[:Image:BlankMap-World-noborders.png|basic template]] map is the world map without country borders. Others can be found at [[Wikipedia:Blank maps]].

The blue colour shows where the species may be found and white is where it is absent.
* The <span style="color:#cdc3cc">grey colour</span> has R:205 G:195 B:204 (#cdc3cc).
* The <span style="color:#0000ff">blue colour</span> has R:0 G:0 B:255 (#0000ff)
Some maps give the range of multiple species and separate the two with different colours. There is no standard for this yet.

When editing a map, save it at full-quality so that no blurring occurs at the edge of the countries. Blurring makes further editing of the map more difficult because the "fill" function of many image editing programs doesn't work with the blurred edges.

===What to include===

Cetacean species articles can contain:
*a short introduction on the species, such as whether it is baleen or toothed
*physical characteristics such as their birth and adult sizes and weights for both sexes, colour, callosities, fin placement, size and shape, and how one may distinguish between that and other species
*biological elements such as life expectancy, gestation period, lactation period, speed, what they eat and interaction with other species
*population and distribution, changes thereof over time and conservation status
*human relationship with the species such as whaling, display in aquariums and whale-watching
*the discoverer/describer of the species, scientific names, taxonomy debates and English meaning of the scientific name

This list is neither exhaustive nor its items appropriate for every article. Some information is probably best described in an article outside a particular species e.g. [[baleen]].
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== Resources ==
There are a huge number of books on the subject.
The websites listed at [[cetacea]] may be useful for quick fact-verifying
* http://www.acsonline.org/ [[American Cetacean Society]]
* [http://www.crru.org.uk/ British Cetacean Site] especially interesting is [http://www.crru.org.uk/education/factfiles/taxonomy.htm taxonomy]
* [https://marinemammalscience.org/science-and-publications/list-marine-mammal-species-subspecies/ Society for Marine Mammalogy's List of marine mammal species and subspecies should be consulted for recognized species and species names]
* [http://www.cetacea.org/ Cetacea.org homepage]
*[http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walkers_mammals_of_the_world/cetacea/cetacea.html#genera Walker's Mammals of the World Online - Cetaceans] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041011223526/http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walkers_mammals_of_the_world/cetacea/cetacea.html#genera |date=2004-10-11 }} (Unfortunately, the online edition of Walker's Mammals of the World is no longer available. The print edition may still be purchased through the Johns Hopkins University Press.)
* [http://csiwhalesalive.org/csiupdat.html Cetacean Society International]

=== Free pictures ===

The [[NOAA]] has some great cetacean photos on the web. It is a U.S. Federal Government department, so its photos are public domain. They're on many websites and can be tricky to find through searches. Here are some examples:

*http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/read/protspp/RightWhale/page3.html
*http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/mammals/cetaceans/

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==Tools==
:''Main tool page: [[tools:~dispenser/view/Tools|toolserver.org]]''
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Reflinks|Reflinks]] -  Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Checklinks|Checklinks]] - Edit and repair external links
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Dab_solver|Dab solver]] - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Peer_reviewer|Peer reviewer]] - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.

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==References==
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