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	; Proposing a project : To propose a project, write a brief description (including links to the related Misplaced Pages articles), and add it along with your name to the list below (in ~~alphabetical~~ order ~~by topic~~). Some boilerplate you can use:		; Proposing a project : To propose a project, write a brief description (including links to the related Misplaced Pages articles), and add it along with your name to the list below (in chronological order). Some boilerplate you can use:

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			==Medieval Mystics==
	== Anti-Trivia ==
			This project would cover the lives of medieval mystics such as ] or ]. However, it would not be a Task Force with the Christianity project group, as the generic title "Medieval Mystics" means that members would look at articles on medieval Jewish mystics or on ] who lived the medieval world. One of the prime items on this group's to-do list would be to start a new article: "Hugh of Balma". I have wondered, however, whether this should be a Task Force sub-project group within the "Spirituality" project group (I believe there is one).
	; Description : This Wikiproject will be in Charge of <s>deleting</s> Moving Trivia Sections to the talk page in Wikipages since the are discourgaed by ] and ].

	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)		Interested Wikipedians (please add your name):
	# ]]] 23:13, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

			] (]) 20:00, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
	; Comments

			Comments:
	* '''Oppose''' - POV fork, won't be allowed. See ]. Also, ] specifically advises against deleting trivia sections outright. <small style="font:bold 10px Arial;display:inline;border:#009 1px dashed;padding:1px 6px 2px 7px;white-space:nowrap">] ]/] ''23:12, 28 Mar 2008 (UTC)''</small>
	:*Whel then insteed of deleting we will move them to the talk. --]]] 23:21, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
	:: That's also advised against in ]. I'd suggest you get a bit more acquainted with this topic before you propose a project that deals with it. <small style="font:bold 10px Arial;display:inline;border:#009 1px dashed;padding:1px 6px 2px 7px;white-space:nowrap">] ]/] ''23:22, 28 Mar 2008 (UTC)''</small>
	::*Whel ] states "may fall outside Misplaced Pages's scope and should be removed altogether."--]]] 23:28, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
	:::*Some entries. Not entire sections. Read the whole sentence. Trivia sections are not to be removed just because they're trivia sections. Each item needs to be judged on its own merits -- which goes for ''any'' section. <small style="font:bold 10px Arial;display:inline;border:#009 1px dashed;padding:1px 6px 2px 7px;white-space:nowrap">] ]/] ''23:35, 28 Mar 2008 (UTC)''</small>

			I have now found on the website:
	*'''Oppose'''. Removing trivia sections (generally by integrating their worthwhile content into the article text) is a good thing which I've commonly done. However, since removing trivia sections does not require any particular form of collaboration, and is not a topic on which an editor can have specialized knowledge, it is a goal unsuited for a wikiproject. --] <small>]</small> 23:39, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

			http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spirituality
	:* Whel shouldnt there be a standerd Procedure.--]]] 23:55, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

			there is indeed a WikiProject_Spirituality. This group would probably best function as sub-group, either in this project group or in
	::*No, not really. It's not like we're fixing typos here, evaluating whether information is irrelevant or just needs reformatted is a process requiring actual thought and often discussion between editors. So there's nothing you can really do to create a standardized procedure. (Also, the word well doesn't have an 'h' in it, just so you know.) --] <small>]</small> 00:05, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose'''. ] already exists. The only purpose for an ''Anti-Trivia'' Wikiproject would be to edit war with the ]. / ]<small> ] ]</small> 21:55, 29 March 2008 (UTC)


			http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Religion
	* '''Oppose''' - I like trivia sections and feel they should be improved and relevantly sourced, not integrated into prose.
	] (]) 18:31, 1 April 2008 (UTC) KIFulgore, 4/1/2008

			] (]) 23:21, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
	== Aquatic Inverts ==
	]
	I thought I might be able to make this project and lift it off the ground. It is to organize info on aquatic inverts, fix up articles, stubs, etc. Anyone agree?] (]) 00:45, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
	Further: By aquatic inverts, I mean invertebrates.

			== English Law ==
	; Comments:
			Description : ] (]) 13:28, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
	It might help if you defined "aquatic" in this sense. Some animals might live in the water but not necessarily belong to a group of animals generally thought of as "aquatic". Would such animals be included or not? Or, alternately, if you could specificy which groups of animals you are particularly thinking of, that might help immensely as well. ] (]) 22:31, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

	:It might also be helpful to outline how this project would differ from ] or why it should not be a Task Force in ]. ] (]) 13:12, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

	== Wikiproject Ag-Ed==
	; Description : Created form the proposed ]. It is basicaly the same proposal but has been adapted to include other organizations like 4-H, National Junior Horticultural Association, ect.

	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)		; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
			# ] (])
	# --''']''' 22:34, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

	; Comments		; Comments
	I agree with and with what I stated at the FFA discussion. This should exist as a taskforce within the Agriculture Wikiproject but not a wholly separate project. ] (]) 22:53, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
	*'''See ]'''

	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 14:13, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

			==Palaeontology/Paleontology==
	== Australian rock music ==
			To covour the academic field as their is many articles on this Wiki. To improve articles about Palaeontologists and their works, extinct species articles, and thoses that correlate with Geology, Life science Botany etc. Their is already Projects on Dinosaurs, Pterosaurs, Mammals, Geology, Extinction but not a united one on this topic. If no interests, then I will scrap it.
	; Description : A WikiProject dedicated to improving the coverage of Australian rock music, encompassing Australian alternative, metal, punk and mainstream rock music. Also intent upon expanding Australian rock music artists who're not able to sustain a WikiProject themselves, such as ], ], ], ], ] and many others. Also within this would be the Australian sub-genres, rock-performance venues, rock tv-shows, festivals, the pages of the artists' works (albums, EPs, songs etc) and other major rock events in Australia. There's easily 10,000 existing and potential articles covered by the project and over time this number will expand also as artists further emerge. --]] 01:11, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)		; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
			] (]) 04:55, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
	# ]]
	# ]
	# Would fit somewhere between ] and ], ], etc. — ]] —  08:33, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
	# ]

	; Comments		Comments:
	* This seems to be too narrow a topic to be a full WikiProject. I think it would be better to have it as a task force division of ]. ] (]) 22:43, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
	* What if you were to include radio, and television influences on the rock scene, such as tripple j, rage, and video hits, maybe that would broaden the parameters of the wikiproject. ] (]) 23:30, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ], ] or ] -- ] (]) 14:06, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''' It appears to fit within the scope of ] which only has 3,236 articles. A quick look at that project's FAs and GAs shows the great majority of them are rock music. ] 23:06, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''' Per comments other opposers - there is already an Australian music project - I'd say exhaust the capacity of that project first - and if and when it gets too big - then think about it ]] 07:39, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

			== Christianity in China ==
	*'''Comment''' - interested list comment 'would fit' is in the wrong place, and Kaylin has not signed - please cleanup to correct format - cheers ]] 10:56, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
			This group, which is anticipated to me a subproject of WikiProject Christianity and, with their approval, WikiProject China, would work on articles specifically related to Christianity in China. Given the fact of current active government involvement in certain religious matters in that country, as well as other things, it seems reasonable that a group to work specifically on such content could exist. There is also the extant ] which could use support.

			; Interested Wikipedians (Add Your Name If Interested)
	== Australian theatre ==
			*] (]) 12:58, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
	; Description : A sub-project of WikiProject Theater, dedicated to adding information to Misplaced Pages about ], a topic which is currently very poorly represented. This would include everything from theatre companies, venues, awards and other bodies to significant playwrights, actors and directors and expansion of the few articles that currently exist. This would also include significant information on independent theatre in Australia, a major part of the Australian theatre scene.
			*I can help in maintainance along with ] - ] (]) 08:54, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
			*] (]) 19:39, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
	# ]
			*] (]) 18:15, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

	; Comments		; Comments
	* I believe this is a big enough task, given the paucity of current information, to warrant a full WikiProject, not just a taskforce. -- ] (]) 09:37, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] or ] -- ] (]) 14:07, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
	* Disagree with both above - perhaps Australian Literature project could have a task force for this subject area - unlikely to grow considering the low level of editors working on Australian literature or theatre - it may be a big task - and agree with the paucity point - but doubt the capacity of the Australia project to have sufficient editors to contribute or help with the project ]] 07:44, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

	== ~~Aviculture~~ ==		== Dracula Project ==
			; Description : ] (]) 16:43, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
	; Description : A project to coordinate pages on the aviculture.

	; Interested Wikipedians (~~please~~ ~~add~~ ~~your~~ ~~name~~)		; Interested Wikipedians (Tnu1138 and noone else yet that I know of)
			# ] (])

			# ] (]) 17:08, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
	# ]
	# ]
	# ]
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	; Comments		; Comments
	*'''Oppose''': ~~Should~~ be a ~~Task~~ ~~Force~~ in ] -- ] (]) 14:09, 14 ~~March~~ 2008 (UTC)		:There are several topics relating to the subject, not all of which are necessarily "horror"-related. I'm thinking of some of the Fred Saberhagen novels here, for instance. I think maybe this group would best function as a joint subproject of ] and ]. ] (]) 17:08, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
	:*I have suggested that on the WP:Birds talk page some weeks ago, but no one in the WP:Birds project was interested. The two topics have a lot of differences. The best option is to start a completely separate WP:Aviculture project. ] (]) 10:04, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
	:*I concur with Snowman--there is enough difference between the realm of aviculture (which includes the cultivation and maintenance of hookbills, pigeons, poultry and even some ratites) and the subject of wild birds that it seems that aviculture might more properly be classed as a parallel project rather than a subproject.--] (]) 11:16, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
	*I'm torn with this proposal. It seems to me that aviculture is an aspect of ]'s scope, along with the many other aspects of bird related stuff. But we've been a bad parent to our aviculture articles. They are almost universally packed with how-to's and OR and other unencyclopaedic cruft. A separate wikiproject to cover aviculture could rectify this if enough interest can be generated, and a clearly defined structure for aviculture subjects could benefit many articles. At this point anything that improves the articles is welcome. I have a few reservations and would be interested to hear how these might be addressed.
	:*Naming conventions - Birds have generally well established common names, but these names differ in some instances from their avicultural names. Ornithologists and birders have a strong preference for their common names and aviculturists presumably as equally a strong preference for their names. At the moment we have one set of naming conventions for birds (with exceptions decided on a case by case basis), who gets to decide now if there are two sets of naming conventions?
	:*]. For bird species articles, avicultural matters are just one aspect of the species. But would the other aspects of the species would be neglected by this wikiproject? Conservation, breeding (in the wild) diet (in the wild), taxonomy and evolution, range, cultural aspects, migration, whatever? Some parrot articles I have seen you wouldn't even think they ever occur at all in the wild. The fact is that apart from the actual avicultural articles like ], ] and the like, the scope of this potential wikiproject covers only sections the of articles.
	:So I will phrase my opinion about this potential wikiproject as this. I welcome any attempt to improve the avicultural coverage, but I am dubious about the benefits of doing so separately from WP:BIRD. I would dispute the assertion that no one in WP:BIRD is interested. I would be interested to know more about the scope of the proposed project and how it views its relationship with WP:BIRD and the articles which its coverage would share. ] ] 04:28, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

	==Battlefield (videogame)==
	; Description : This Wikiproject will be able to better give information on the various ] games. These include: ], ], ], ect. Hopefully some will be able to contribute to this. Battlefield games are unique in that which they incorporate infantry, vehicular, aeiral, and naval warfare all together. Those with questions please stop by my talk page. Thanks! ] (]) February 27, 2008

			Oh yes i plan to read Saberhagens works soon prehaps when i'm finished with the Book of Renfield i was thinking of adding info from the Book of Renfeild to Renfeilds page as a sort of "Charecter history in other works" because the book goes deeply in to a possible history for the charecter such things may be good to add as a sort of "In oth er Media" but ya know? and i do agree that Media Franchises would be a perfect place to put it] (]) 18:54, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
	# ] February 27, 2008
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			== WikiProject Egyptology ==
	; Comments
			Hi. I would like to make a project titled WikiProject Egyptology. I will create the project, and do all the coding, etc.. But, I just came to see (1) Who would be interested, and (2) Is there already a WikiProject about Ancient Egypt? Thanks.
	'''If the scope of your project idea is very narrow (such as a TV show, music band, video game, etc), or your idea is a variation on a common theme, consider starting a task force of an existing project instead of a whole new WikiProject.''' ] (]) 06:58, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 14:08, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
	*Far far too narrow. +] <sup>(])</sup> 06:59, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

	== Brazilian Carnival ==
	; Description : The purpose of this project will be to expand, create, or improve articles related to ]. It will include ], famous ''sambistas'' (such as ]), and all other articles related to Brazilian Carnival. One useful place to check articles related to Brazilian Carnival will be the following category: ].
	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
	# --<span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva">] </span> <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva">] </span><span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva">]</span>

	; Comments
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] or ] -- ] (]) 14:12, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

	== Bus transport in the UK ==
	; Description : To complete the picture, there are roads, railways trams but hardly anything on Buses.

	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
	# {{User\|Simply south}} Not likely huge contributor but interested in trhis

	; Comments

	You could consider injecting some life into ] as well. ] (]) 18:55, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] or ] -- ] (]) 14:13, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

	== Calvin and Hobbes ==
	; Description : Very large fanbase on comic, and quite a lot to do on it. My first goal would be to expand the character lists so that the individual characters are article-worthy. ] (]) 21:38, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

	; Interested Wikipedians		; Interested Wikipedians
	# ] (]) 21:38, 16 ~~February~~ 2008 (UTC)		# --] (]) 19:16, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
	# ] <small>—Preceding ] was added at 01:32, 28 February 2008 (UTC)</small><!--Template:Undated--> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
	#] (]) 00:19, 12 March 2008 (UTC).

	; Comments		; Comments
			*Please see ]. ] (]) 19:16, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
	'''If the scope of your project idea is very narrow (such as a TV show, music band, video game, etc), or your idea is a variation on a common theme, consider starting a task force of an existing project instead of a whole new WikiProject.''' ] (]) 07:04, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

	:Yeah, a comic strip, a legancy, a huge fanbase, many fansites, fangames, characters, and adoring fans, when all put together are verrrrrrrrrrry narrow! ] (]) 23:38, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

			== Genetics ==
	:Also, there are no suitable real categories too put it in. You see, it's more than a comic, it's a way of life. ] (]) 23:41, 27 February 2008 (UTC) <small>(obsessed)</small>
			; Description : This project would span topics appropriate to the science of genetics: genes, gene regulation, inheritance, mutation, and related technologies (would need to be discussed). Although there is some overlap with MCB and Evolution, there has been some interest expressed in having a project which would give more focused attention to genetics subjects. ] and ] are existing wikiprojects that could probably be considered subsets of this. ] ] ] 19:47, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 14:15, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

	== The Chaser ==
	; Description :
	This WikiProject would focus on the popular Australin comedian team ], all of it's members, productions etc... It would want to improve the low standard of Chaser articles.

	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)		; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
			# ] ] ]
	# <span style="background-color: maroon; color: white;font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><small>''' ]''' ''']''' </small></span> 23:31, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
			#] (]) 21:50, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
			#{{User\|Liveste}} 01:19, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
			#] (]) 22:49, 9 April 2008 (UTC) - Interested, though I won't be able to contribute anything significant for at least a couple of months.

	; Comments		; Comments
			* I'm placing the proposal here because two people expressed an interest in this wikiproject during the FA process for ]. ] ] ] 19:47, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
	* If this dosen't create enough interest, then it could become a task force of parent WikiProjects either ] or ]. <span style="background-color: maroon; color: white;font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><small>''' ]''' ''']''' </small></span> 23:31, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
			* Perhaps we should consider creating it as a workgroup of ], rather than as a separate entity? – ]] 20:47, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
	* I will create the WikiProject page myself when interest is gathered. <span style="background-color: maroon; color: white;font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><small>''' ]''' ''']''' </small></span> 23:31, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
			:Is it possible to have a workgroup that works in more than one wikiproject? The idea is to present a consistent approach, since many genetics articles themselves are multi-disciplinary and their various styles show this at the moment. ] (]) 21:50, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] or ] -- ] (]) 14:16, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
			::Very easily. There are several such joint subprojects. What you would want to do is contact the various "parent" projects and see if they would accept you as a subproject, if and when you get enough members to feel confident of starting it. When it comes to the project banner, let me know and I'll see what I can rig up. ] (]) 01:29, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
	*What do you plan to do with it? What are some of the articles you plan to start? +] <sup>(])</sup> 23:31, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
			:I'd like to note that ] has never been listed as an MCB article.] ] ] 22:07, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
	:I can pull out, it isn't gathering support and as Absolon S. Kent suggested should be a task force/work group, is at all. I don't know how to archive this, without deleting, so. Thanks anyway. <span style="background-color: maroon; color: white;font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><small>''' ]''' ''']''' </small></span> 09:53, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
			::True, because ] isn't entirely a molecular discipline, though a large part of it certainly is. This raises the question of the focus of the project: would it have molecular genetics articles like ], ] and ] in its domain? – ]] 14:17, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
			:::And yet ], ], and ] are tagged as MCB articles. In my opinion these are no more related to MCB than the ] article and might be more appropriately handled by a Genetics wikiproject. But you're entirely correct, there's a huge overlap due to the field of molecular genetics; MCB's scope is vast and arguably could contain everything—because DNA is a molecule, everything genetic is molecular and therefore within MCB. I don't know what the best solution is, but Genetics is a large and popular field and two obvious subprojects / taskforces for it already exist. ] ] ] 19:46, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
			* Large enough scope and importance to warrant it's own WikiProject IMO, with ] and ] as workgroups or descendant projects. Cheers. <span style="font-family:Verdana">– ] <small>(] • ])</small></span> 01:19, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
			*I think any talk of making genetics a work group of others is silly. We could just as easily make MCB a subproject of genetics, as well as a few other projects. If it was a workgroup of anything, it would be the biology project, though the area of genetics is as worthy of a separate project as most existing ones. ] (]) 22:49, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

			== Netball ==
	== ] disambiguation pages ==
			; Description : To coordinate development of pages relating to the sport ]. Netball is primarily played in British Commonwealth countries, and it is the top (in terms of both particiaption and media coverage) Women's sport in several of them. It has had an international organisation and world championships since the 1960s. Leagues have been semi-professional for the past couple of decades, and as of 2008 there is a fully professional league spanning Australia and New Zealand. Although Netball originated from basketball, there is a significant enough difference for the topic to be completely independent (e.g. a peer rather than a child of Wikiproject Basketball). ] (]) 00:23, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
	; Description : This project will work within the frameworks of ] to handle disambiguation involving ]—]s used across 4 East Asian languages (and the criteria whether or not to disambiguate). Cooperation between the 4 relevant language projects ], ], ], and ] will be essential. It must be noted that ] discourages Chinese characters in article titles, so ''CJKV disambiguation'' should be done as a last resort, whenever a simple redirect will not work. Example cases where ''CJKV disambiguation'' may (or may not) be necessary are listed at: ]. ] and ] are good examples where disambiguation are necessary.

	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)		; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
	# ] (]~~) 16:45, 19 November 2007 (UTC~~)		# dramatic ] (])
	# ] (]) 23:08, 19 ~~November~~ ~~2007~~ (UTC)		# Lanma726 ] (]) 00:09, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
	# ] ~~(])~~ 16~~:35~~, 20 ~~November~~ ~~2007~~ (UTC)		# {{User\|Liveste}} 00:16, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
			# Really needs its own. It's a seperate sport; putting under basketball makes no sense whatsoever. ] (]) 04:46, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
	# ···]<sup>] · <small>]</sup></small> 01:45, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
	# ] (]) 03:36, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
	# ] (]) 14:50, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
	# ] (]) 20:59, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
	# ] <small>(] - ])</small> 07:24, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

	; Comments		; Comments
	* May be better as a dab ]. -- ] (]) 23:08, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
	** I agree that this should be a ''task force'' under ] as well. Having one specific parent project will make it the most manageable.--] (]) 14:40, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
	***I think it would be fine as a joint taskforce of all five related projects. This may be a first for a taskforce if it is set up as a joint of all five. ···]<sup>] · <small>]</sup></small> 01:46, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
	****Sure, I'll support that. I think it will be exciting to have a joint ] taskforce, with ] as the main parent, as this will be a first ever ] collaboration in Misplaced Pages! In the spirit of ], it will be essential to have ] as the main parent for this project (this reduces bureaucratic work for us). I appreciate your support, Nihonjoe, and your position as a leader in ] will help expedite our collaborative effort.--] (]) 17:33, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
	*****Is it something more than normalization and Variation Selector (U+FE00-FE0F, U+E0100 - U+E01EF) in Unicode? --] (]) 15:13, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
	*****:I'm not sure I understand the question, but the proposal is nothing more than coverage of disambiguation pages like ] where the same non-Latin-alphabet CKJV word corresponds multiple articles with unrelated Latin-alphabet titles. -- ] (]) 16:38, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
	*****:We didn't intend to cover the technical aspects of ], unless we have good reason to. For our purposes, there are 3 sets of ]s we will cover (that I know of): ] (the universal roots, and includes ], ], and ]), ] (used in the ]), and ] (], used in ]). And these can be easily mapped to each other by looking up ] .--] (]) 17:01, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
	*****::I see. Just like KATAKANA disambiguation of Japanese articles for Cambria and Cumbria (or any common l and r; it may be necessary when you have articles undr KANA titles). A guy refered to this project in relevance to a character-glyph issue at Japanese Misplaced Pages (not ]), so I misunderstood. Thanks for clarification.--] (]) 17:19, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
	*Please email me if this project develops, as my involvement is very intermittent currently but I would like to participate in this. I favor the 5-way task force idea, but am not particular. -- ] (]) 03:36, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
	*If this is going to be implemented, I feel it should be discussed/added to the guideline at ] as soon as possible to see whether or not there is a consensus that such pages should exist, and if there is, to have a guideline to refer to when people object to them. ]<font color="darkgreen"><small>]</small></font> 14:47, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
	*I was thinking, is a WikiProject really appropriate for this? Maybe proposing a guideline for CJKV disambiguation would be better. Firstly, the scope of this WikiProject would be very limited. Secondly, editors are really under no obligation to adhere to the decisions of any one WikiProject - an official guideline, on the other hand, will actually have a degree of enforceability. ] <small>(] - ])</small> 06:43, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
	*I just proposed '''new guidelines''' at ]. Please discuss there. (A task force may also eventually be created; but I believe we need more support from the primarily Chinese-article editors first.) Thank you all for your support.--] (]) 20:56, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

			== Deadlink cleaner==
	The ] has been created to assist in disambiguation of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese when using ], ], ], ], and ] (]). If you wish to participate, please come and help out. ···]<sup>] · <small>]</sup></small> 18:56, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
			; Description : Though I am not sure about the name, but this WikiProject will check, tag and repair dead external links. The main tool in this task would be . It would be used for maintenance of old articles with outdated dead external links. ] ] 09:10, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

	== CCE : Commission for Collaborative Editing ==

	; Description :

	As editors, it is our obligation to safeguard the integrity of this encyclopedia at all times. This is a difficult task, especially when an article needs a complete overhaul, or if it is so obscure that consensus cannot be obtained expediently. Every contribution has to conform to ], ], ], ], ]. The CCE intends to eventually provide a network of On-Call editors to review major edits, and ensure they conform to these policies.

	'''CCE editor services may be engaged in any of the following situations:'''

	*When an editor intends to make an extensive good-faith contribution to an article, and wants their contribution peer-reviewed to point out mistakes, and editorial concerns.
	*As an alternative to reverting, when a single editor has concerns over a major edit that has already been made.
	*When a single editor is making multiple edits without discussion
	*When a significant issue has been raised in discussion.

	=== Main Governing Principle: ===

	'''WE ARE NOT THE OTHER PARENT'''

	CCE services only apply to cases of limited discussion (three or less editors involved in active discussion)

	'''''CCE will not interfere with existing consensus'''''

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			# ] ]

	# ]]

	; Comments:

	Great Idea, say can you look at ] discussion about unreliable sources? I think it might be a significant issue. ] (]) 20:20, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

	== CNC machines ==
	; Description : A project that will cover the pages related to small computer controlled industrial machines upto big ones, about the companies and other pages related to it.

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	# ] (])

	; Comments		; Comments
	:The main page where we should start from is the ] article, search for related articles and so on. ] (]) 12:27, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
	::Would you be willing to expand your coverage into CAD and CAM as well? If so, then this looks viable if you get the interest, otherwise it doesn't justify a full project on its own. Here's the relevant category. Including all subcategories there are several hundred pages it seems. http://en.wikipedia.org/Category:CNC%2C_CAD%2C_and_CAM I'm not interested in joining by the way, not something I'm into at all, but thought I'd offer advice all the same ;)] (]) 12:59, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
	:::Thank you for your response. CAD-CAM focuses on the software, while this project would focus on the machines and the companies making them. There is no full coverage because most projects seem to be split up into woodworking, metalworking, ect .. while it basically is the same machine or the same supplier, just a different application. I'm thinking about creating or expanding articles about, but not limited to for example SCM (scmgroup.com), Microstep (microstep.com), messer (messer-cs.de), esab (esab.com) but also general articles about plasma cutting, woodcutting, milling, ... articles about the suppliers (hypertherm, kjellberg, rea-jet, rexroth, ...), applications focused on a specific industry (shipbuilding, window making, construction, ...). There are bits and pieces all over the place, but at the moment there are very few people working on it and it ain't orgenised in any way, there is no real structure, no real strategy behind it. Also a lot of these articles should be expanded or are just missing ] (]) 07:52, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] or ] -- ] (]) 14:29, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

	== ~~Colonial~~ ~~Coast~~ ==		== Philadelphia Phillies ==
			; Description : The purpose of this WikiProject would be to standardize and improve articles about the ] baseball team. There are several other teams with their own WikiProjects that do not have as long of a history as the Phillies, and it definitely needs an experienced and dedicated group of editors to work on improving the many season pages that are simply blank templates right now. ] (]) 16:59, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
	; Description : A project that will cover all pages related to southeast ] and the ] region, which has a population of 559,597. Counties covered would stretch from ] to ], and westward to ]. The city of ''']''' would be the main focus, along with the cities of ], ], ], and ]. Its parent WikiProjects would be ], ], and ].

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	# ] (])		# ] (])
			# ] (])
	# ] (]) I live in the area and I've done some work on McIntosh and Glynn counties, and places and things within them.
			# ] (])
			# ] <small>(])</small>
			#   '''] ]''' 16:39, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
			# ] (]) <small>—Preceding ] was added at 19:09, 8 April 2008 (UTC)</small><!--Template:Undated--> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

	; Comments		; Comments
			I have created the main outline at ]. It still needs some work and expansion.   '''] ]''' 17:05, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
	*The Savannah area is in need of an organized WikiProject. With the expansion of project coverage throughout the entire Colonial Coast, other major cities, most notably the port city of Brunswick, and others including Darien, St. Simons, Waycross, and St. Marys, will benefit. ] (]) 00:31, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
	*Considering that the extant Georgia project would be able to provide assessments through its existing banner for this project, and that doing so would reduce the amount of banner clutter on many pages, I think that this group might be most effective as a subproject of the Georgia project. ] (]) 21:32, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Concur with ], this would definately be a great candidate for a regional workgroup or task force in ]. The Wikiproject's template could simply be motified to include a line identifying the topics articles. On a seperate note, you may want to review the proposed title. There was a heated debate a while back regarding the name of the area ("Coastal Empire", "Creative Coast", etc.) on the ] article. ] (]) 11:24, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

	== Commonwealth Games ==
	; Description: A project that will aim to cover, expand and improve Misplaced Pages's coverage on ''Commonwealth Games'', one of the largest multinational sporting events, outside of the Olympics, in the world. It will cover the games, countries participating, athletes and history.

	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
	# {{User\|Allied45}} 12:49, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
	# {{User\|Basketball110}}
	# {{User\|LB22}} ] (])
	; Comments
	:The ], so why not the Commonwealth? ''']]''' 21:47, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
	::I could get some publicity for you on the Portal:WikiProject that I recently created.] (]) 18:33, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 14:18, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

	== Croquet ==
	;Description : This project aims to improve and increase articles about croquet on Misplaced Pages. There is a shocking lack of articles on the subject, and there is not currently a Croquet Wikiproject. This would incorporate player biographies, competitions, and history.

	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
	# ]

	; Comments
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 14:18, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

	==Cumbria==
	; Description : A Wikiproject devoted to the ] of ] with task groups dealing with the historical regions of ], ] and ]. Home of the ], it's the 3rd-largest county in England and has a lot of history. It would be nice to see more work focussed on the subject. ] (]) 16:51, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

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	# ] (]) 16:51, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

	; Comments
	'''Oppose''' Should be a taskforce in ] --]]] 17:13, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

	'''Oppose''' Same as Iwilleditu. --] (]) 21:35, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

	== Darren Shan ==
	; Description : This project aims to improve articles about Darren Shan, his books and the characters and concepts in said books. I think there is great potential for this, and I for one would greatly appreciate a reliable base of Darren Shan info. It would include Darren Shan, the Saga of Darren Shan, The Demonata, the City Trilogy and the short stories he has written for various sources.

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	#

	; Comments

	This project suggested by <font color="blue"> ] </font> 21:04, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Strongly oppose:''' Individual author; recommend a Task Force in ] or one of it's many subprojects. -- ] (]) 00:20, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
	*Improperly proposed and ridiculously small in scope. +] <sup>(])</sup> 07:01, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

	== ] ==
	; Description : I was shocked to see that Misplaced Pages had no WikiProjects dedicated to discographies. I've never started a WikiProject myself, but this WikiProject's goal would be to start, expand, and clean up discographies. Also, in the WikiProject, people would be able to share reliable websites for placement charts. Anyone interested?

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	# –The ] ] <small>(])</small>
	# ] (])
	# ] (]) Sure why not.
	; Comments
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ]; may already exist there as guidelines have been presented. ] (]) 18:26, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
	:*One major flaw, though. Not all discographies are CDs and albums (which fall under the scope of WP:MUSIC, but some are also of films and DVDs, which fall under the scope of ]. It would be much simpler to create one WikiProject instead of two task forces, IMO. –The ] ] <small>(])</small> 04:17, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Agree''': i think it would be a good idea. ] (]) 20:13, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

	== Diseases and cures ==
	; Description :

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	# ]

	; Comments
	:I think this project would help with Diseases and cures because there is none in the dieseases and cures section.
	:: Isn't that quite similar to ]
	:::Agree with above. It is very similar to WikiProject Medicine. ''']]''' 21:50, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] ] (]) 18:29, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
	*:This would really be perfect for a taskforce. +] <sup>(])</sup> 07:02, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

	== Earth ==		== Earth ==
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	'''Oppose'''. There are already WikiProjects in Geology, Climate change, and Geography; I think these cover pretty much every page you have listed. '']'' '''<small>]</small>''' 20:04, 9 April 2008 (UTC)		'''Oppose'''. There are already WikiProjects in Geology, Climate change, and Geography; I think these cover pretty much every page you have listed. '']'' '''<small>]</small>''' 20:04, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

	== ~~English~~ ~~Law~~ ==		== West Slavic WikiProject ==
			; Description : The West Slavic community (that's: {{CZE}}, {{SVK}} and {{POL}} as well as the ] of {{GER}}) is somewhat fractured here mostly due to naming conflicts over areas of common interest but a common WikiProject could encourage multilateral participation, and provide a centralised area for discussion of shared topics and conflicts. Collaborations of the Week may also highlight under-represented topics or topics over-represented in regards to only one nation of group, and focus on improving multilateral communication in regards to contentious articles. +] <sup>(])</sup> 23:46, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
	Description : ] (]) 13:28, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
			:Here is an example page for this I am creating under my user - ]. +] <sup>(])</sup> 05:36, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

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	# ] (])		# +] <sup>(])</sup>
			# ] (]) 00:06, 30 March 2008 (UTC) This is an excellent idea Hexagon!
			# ] (]) 06:24, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
			# ''']<sup>]</sup>''' 11:03, 30 March 2008 (UTC) 11:03, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
			# --] (]) 11:08, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
			# ] (]) 03:26, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
			# ] (]) 07:06, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

	; Comments		; Comments
			*Personally I think this is a simple, wonderful idea. I think it should be implemented, but I would like for the separate projects to remain here, but be a part of the larger one. ] (]) 00:13, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
			*:Oh yeah, I didn't mean for the deletion of the other projects, just a joint larger one. The present WikiProjects could either remain as they are and just co-operate with this one or become ], we could have a vote or discussion on which would be preferred. +] <sup>(])</sup> 04:20, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
			#Small concern: About the talk page banners such as ], I think we should just keep the respective national ones rather than creating a big West Slavic one and having to spend days replacing. ] (]) 14:35, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
			#:I am not quite sure this will go down well with the existing wikiprojects, they may decide not to become taskforces and it would create unnecessary duplicity - this would be a major problem which is why we really need a wider consensus on this before it gets created. About the templates, we should be able to, with mild edits to the template (mostly on the order of "Czech WikiProject --> Czech taskforce of West Slavic WikiProject" keep the current ones with no problems. +] <sup>(])</sup> 05:06, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
			::Hehe, I am getting a bit ahead of myself, I think this is a good solution but it works OK the way it is now. ] (]) 13:42, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
			*'''Support''' - Since this project will augment the current projects in existence it has the potential for great collaboration. ] (]) 15:47, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
			*I would like to cooperate with Upper and Lower Sorbian contributors. ] (]) 08:10, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
			*:If there was enough interest it would be easy to start a Taskforce within this WikiProject, so if you wish - add your support, and add some Sorbian features to the WiP project page! It'd be great if you were able to contribute in this field, I was afraid we'd only get Czech, Slovak and Polish editors interested. +] <sup>(])</sup> 10:23, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
			*I'm Polish. I have checked and authors of Sorbian articles are generally non-Sorb.] (]) 12:21, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
			*:I meant editors interested in those articles, not just editors of those ethnicities. +] <sup>(])</sup> 05:21, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
			*:"Why not". It is just my experience that most of such projects don't attract enough editors to become really active. But sure, go ahead. Maybe this one will work? --<sub><span style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">]\|]</span></sub> 00:45, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
			**:I asked you to comment, because the Czech, Slovak and Polish WikiProjects would have to become taskforces to avoid duplication, and I know that some editors might have a problem with that, you think that it would be an issue? ] (]) 01:52, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
			*'''Support''', but this project should never override good-working national projects. -- ] (]) 07:06, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
			::So would you want the WikiProjects to coexist with this one or to become taskforces? ] (]) 00:18, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

			== Useless Random Facts :) ==

			; Description : Wikiproject Useless Random Facts will compile a list of competly useless, random, stupid but funny facts, and Send out a newletter with them on it. And isnt the most useless facts the best facts?
	== Emergency Medical System ==
	; Description : Maintain, improve, and expand articles relating to emergency medical systems and prehospital care.

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			#]]] 16:32, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
	# ]
	# ]

	;Comments:		; Comments
			* '''See my temp. page ] ''' --]]] 16:57, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
	Would be interested in an offer as a Wiki:Medicine task force as well.
			:Please note that WikiProjects are almost always created to develop content, not, as seemingly this one is, to create a newsletter. Also, it would very much help if it were made clearer whether it is being suggested that these factoids should be included in the relevant articles as well, or simply included in this proposed newsletter. Trivia sections are not encouraged in wikipedia articles. ] (]) 17:06, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 18:31, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
			:: The newspaper will just be addon. Trivia?? --]]] 17:10, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Neutral''': I could see this being a task force, but if done properly there is quite a bit of information out there specific to EMS. I think a task force first, and if it does become a large project, spinoff into its own? ] (]) 20:38, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
			:::Per your description, "useless, random, stupid but funny", which more or less equals "Trivia". If you were intending something different, than that should be made clearer. ] (]) 17:17, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
			::::Wel ok but its discouraged in Articles, its says nothin about wikiprojects. ]]] 17:41, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
			:::::Possibly true. However, there would be the question of where this information would be placed. Misplaced Pages space "Misplaced Pages:" has its own rules, and any pages in wikipedia space which violated those rules, which a page of trivia would do, would quickly be a candidate for deletion, if not speedy deletion. In short, there is nowhere in wikipedia where accumulation of trivia would be permitted, except, possibly, in user space. And any project like entity which exists to assemble material only in user space would similarly be a candidate for deletion. ] (]) 20:46, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
			*'''strongly oppose''' per all the things Misplaced Pages is not. ] (]) 06:23, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
			*'''Strongly oppose''' WP has been eliminating trivia recently. This proposal is to flood WP with trivia, just the very thing that wew do not need. ] (]) 23:31, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

			==Religious programmes==
	== Employment ==
			;Description
	; Description : A group to focus on the various articles relating to emplpoyment on wikipedia, including articles describing specific jobs and professions.
			Recently, I started a new category "Religious programmes". If you look at this category, you may notice that at the moment is heavily biassed towards Christian programmes,towards the U.K. and towards ] programmes, given that I am Christian Wikipedian who works in the ]. However, there must be religious programmes all over the world to do with just about all the world's major faiths, so would an international and multi-faith project group be prepared to expand this article? a I shall also be appreciative if any one could expand the contents of what is there already, such as the article on the ] ].

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	# ] (]) 14:06, 13 March 2008 (UTC)		#] (]) 20:13, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
	# --]]] 01:34, 30 March 2008 (UTC)		# ] (]) 20:15, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
	#. --] (]) 02:23, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

	; Comments		;Comments:
	~~This~~ ~~may~~ ~~seem~~ ~~rather~~ ~~redundant~~ to ~~some~~ ~~other~~ ~~extant~~ ~~projects, but there doesn't seem to be~~ a ~~great deal~~ of ~~attention~~ ~~being~~ ~~given~~ to ~~many~~ of ~~the~~ ~~articles~~ ~~on various "jobs" out there. Also, this group would be able~~ to ~~possibly~~ be ~~able to help determine what if any guidelines should exist for some things like, for instance, relative rate of pay, educational requirements, etc., etc., for the various kinds of employment out there~~. ] (]) 14:06, 13 March 2008 (UTC)		*I think that this group would probably best function as a subproject of ] and whichever media projects are also determined to be relevant. ] (]) 20:15, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
			::I take the point but I would not want this to be a sub-group of the Television Project group, as the group would cover radio as well as television programmes. Also, having an inter-faith group would mean that certain programmes, such as ] which has on occasion featured articles on Sikhism or Islam, could be included. An international focus would prevent this becoming too biassed towards the ]; perhaps it ought to be re-named "Religious Media". ] (]) 21:12, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
	:I have been doing a bit about this by trying to rearrange the concepts of ], ], and ] to make more sense. I think it would be useful to have a job infobox to describe the basic info about a job: education, training, industry, compensation, estimated numbers, etc. --] (]) 02:23, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

			*I have had a thought. As well as dealing with programmes that are either currently on air, this project group could deal with programmes such as BBC's "Everyman" or "Heart of the Matter" which were on some time ago. In fact, in the category of "Religious programmes", we already find reference to ], which was aired (for one series only) as long ago as 1984. We also find reference to ], which came to its end last year (]).] (]) 21:29, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
	== Essex==
	; Description : A project for the county of Essex, England

			I am delighted to see that this category has now been expanded, including references to programmes from the ] as well as the ], and many thanks to who ever did that. Can I also say that I have found out today (7 April 2008) that there is a category "Religious television series" - we could also concentrate on programmes listed there. ] (]) 20:40, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
	# ] 05:39, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
	# ] 10:40, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
	# <sup>†</sup> ''']]]''' 12:07, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
	# ] (]) 14:41, 6 January 2008 (UTC) Yeah why not. I live there after all
	# ] (]) 19:49, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
	# ] (]) 17:49, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
	# ] (]) 10:13, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
	# ]<sup>(]•]•])</sup> 17:32, 28 January 2008 (UTC) FOR THE HOMELAND!
	# ] 20:30, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
	; Comments
	Maybe you could try ] and also place notices e.g. at ]. ] (]) 19:41, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 18:34, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
	:Again, aside from spamming everyone's proposals with your inane ''oppose'' tags, what do you base your opposition on? You've shown up and given absolutely no justification for most of your plastering. I suggest that your unlabeled taggings are simply ]. ] (]) 09:43, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
	::Agreed. –The ] ] <small>(])</small> 04:19, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

	== ~~Featured~~ ~~lists~~ ==		== WikiProject WikiMoney ==
			; Description : ] has existed since the early stages of wikipedia itself. It has been dead for some time and now I want to revive it. Obviously the old experiment had many members and I think the system would work better as a WikiProject. It provides an incentive for editing and would significantly improve the project.--] (]) <font color = "red"><small> ] </small></font> 04:40, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
	; Description : As many of you might know, there is a new assessment grade for Featured lists. Unfortunately, a lot of people (me included) aren't entirely sure what criteria should be met for featured list status to be achievable. This group would exist to try to help some of the more important and workable lists up to FL status.

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			# ]
	# ] (]) 19:01, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
			# ]
			# ] see ]
			# ]
			# ] (]) 16:06, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

	; Comments		; Comments
			* Several people had problems with the title "WikiMoney" at the time; maybe "WikiProject Give and Take" or "WikiRewards" would be more agreeable. ] (]) 05:13, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
			*One very possibly objectionable idea, but here goes. Maybe WikiMoney could be tied to translate roughly into a real-world benefit? Say, as an example, $????.00 WikiMoney gets you a scholarship ot other assistance to the next ] or maybe other directly Misplaced Pages-related items. It might involve giving the project a bit more organization, and a rather clear "price guide", but it definitely might help the idea's prospects. Obviously, of course, it would help dramatically if someone were to provide underwriting of the idea as well. ] (]) 18:01, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
			*] has convertible L$ ] (]) 11:36, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

			== The Wire ==
	== ] ==
			; Description :This project would be used to help edit, update, and improve articles pertaining to the United States TV show ]. Making character pages, pages about actors, episodes, seasons, and storylines would be included. I've already created this WikiProject under the name ], so you can visit its page and add your name to the list of participants if you want to.
	; A WikiProject dedicated to increasing Misplaced Pages's collection of Featured Sounds. : Featured Sounds is barely recognized as Misplaced Pages users don't realize that it exists, and do know the fundamentals of what defines a Featured Sound. I propose a WikiProject be created to search, critique, and debate the best sound and musical recordings for use on Misplaced Pages. In doing so, it will greatly enhance sound and musical articles.

	; Interested Wikipedians
	# ]
	# ]<sup> (]) (])</sup> 03:26, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
	# ] (])
	# ] (]) 20:30, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
	# <small style="font:bold 10px Arial;display:inline;border:#009 1px dashed;padding:1px 6px 2px 7px;white-space:nowrap">]]/] ''18:54, 29 Mar 2008 (UTC)''</small>

	; Comments
	* I like the idea of developing something on sounds. In principle, I think sounds should be treated like images etc. -- so if "Featured X" projects are the way to go, then sounds should get one too. However, I really wonder if it wouldn't be helpful to simply have a "Featured Content" project that put all these together for greater standardization and interconnection of content. --] (]) 16:10, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
	* Someone needs to do it, but I do not know much about sound or Music. Well I will try to learn. ]<sup> (]) (])</sup> 03:26, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
	* This would be a good idea... ] (]) 20:28, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
	* This idea rocks. I think featured sounds will be more popular than featured articles and featured images combined, if there are indeed enough sounds uploaded to warrant it. Although I think once the project is up, we'll see more sound uploads. If you build it they will come. <small style="font:bold 10px Arial;display:inline;border:#009 1px dashed;padding:1px 6px 2px 7px;white-space:nowrap">]]/] ''19:00, 29 Mar 2008 (UTC)''</small>
	*Before creating a specific project, always ask if there are more general ones. Is there a featured pictures project? Not that I know of. What about an audio project? A featured content project? It seems too specific to me. A project on media in general, images (though I think expanding the narrower ] project may be a better idea for that; I haven't been able to establish what its scope actually is though) or audio would be interesting ideas, as well as featured content as suggested. A project on featured sounds is too specific. Audio is an area that needs more attention. I've recently created the first subcategory of ] for animals, and hope to see the new \|needs-audio parameter I created being used more often. We need more people recording and/or uploading audio as well as taking photos, making diagrams and scanning images, and a project would be useful for this. I suggest rethinking and modifying the proposal.

	*For the main page, perhaps we should have one or two days a week where we have an audio file or video on the main page instead of a picture? ] (]) 00:33, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

	== Feminism ==
	; Description : A WikiProject for creating, maintaining and improving articles related to feminism and biographies of important feminists. Although there are WikiProjects that vaguely encompass this subject such as ] and ], they don't specifically focus on the subject area. Misplaced Pages would benefit from sustained effort in this area. This listing is to find out how much interest there is to support such a WikiProject. '''Addendum:''' It ''should'' go without saying but this WikiProject is not to '''promote''' feminism or add feminist bias to articles but to provide ] additions and ]. It should go without saying but obviously it does need to be said or someone is bound to misinterpret this effort as a form of proselytizing.

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	# ]] 03:55, 25 ~~November~~ ~~2007~~ (UTC)		# ] (]) 15:31, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
	# ] <sup>]</sup> 19:16, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
	# ] (]) 23:31, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
	# ] ] (]) 05:18, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
	# ]
	# ] (]) 03:12, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
	# <sup>†</sup> ''']]]''' 12:08, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
	; Comments
	*'''Comment''' - Certainly there's a significant distinction b/w feminism & gender studies. However, this project is likely to face significant editor harassment and will need to be built out of NPOV steel. )-8 ] (]) 23:31, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
	:*Sigh. Yes, I know. I wonder if there is any way around it beyond your suggestion for "NPOV steel" (which I like). Like any corner of Misplaced Pages, if such a project sets up a strong set of principles from the outset, emphasizing NPOV, reliable sources, etc., I think it will help remind project members to set the right Wikipedian priorities. Still, I do feel somewhat daunted by the undoubted uphill slog for this project and members. ]] 06:20, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
	:* Explicit as possible, I guess. Address up-front that the project will attract people who have strong opinions (pro or con) on feminism, but that we assume personal views will be subordinated to NPOV (or something). List topics envisioned -- feminism and anti-feminism, because whenever there is an effort to write about a political issue, the anti's always want to be sure there is "balance" -- which is of course what we should strive toward, but all too often (in my experience) anti's want to insert original research, opinions, and overbalance articles with criticism. Building out templates for articles with good examples about how to incorporate criticism into the article, and citing policies, will be helpful. I wish I had brilliant ideas about how to get people who feel hostile towards an idea to work cooperatively on articles about that idea. --] (]) 19:53, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
	::*Would this project have anything to do with the creation of things like the feminist section of the '']'' article? ] (]) 20:04, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
	:::I'm actually unclear about what you're asking Wrad? I take it you know that ] is a very well established academic discipline and that the feminist interpretation of ''Hamlet'' is widely taught, just like the Psychoanalytic interpretation is?--] <sup>]</sup> 02:58, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

	* '''Comment''' - I'm up for it. ] (]) 05:18, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
	* '''Comment''' I have to make a fairly wide disclaimer here since I am probably one of the more active members of ] but I need to ask what would the proposed project cover that ], ], ] and the ] (even if it is a little inactive), doesn't already? Why not try and work within the current projects (all of which have significant memberships)? <br />If you do go ahead Lquilter is right it will attract trolling just like WP:GS and WP:LGBT do. All in all I think WP:GS and WP:LGBT already cover feminism - but I'm open to being convinced of the need of another project--] <sup>]</sup> 02:52, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
	* '''Comment''' - I support this project and I'm up for it, but I think a task force might be better. Perhaps it could be a subproject or task force of another WikiProject? If you want more information or if you think you would be interested in participating, Take a look here: ] or stop by my talk page and let me know. Thanks! --] (]) 02:50, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
	* '''Comment''' - You can now join: ]. Anybody interested in the WikiProject Feminism should join the force. --] (]) 20:10, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 18:35, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

	== Wikiproject FFA ==
	Changed to ]
	; Description : Wikiproject FFA would help with the creations of agricultural schools wikipages, Watch over the FFA wikipage, and basicly anything todo with FFA. I have created a subpage from my userpage for ]


	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
	# --] (]) 20:04, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

	; Comments		; Comments
			# I've never been involved in creating a wikiproject before but I think ] may have jumped the gun by setting up a page for the project and then requesting said page. Sincere apologies if that is not the case but I'd love comment from someone with more experience. I would love a task force of ] to work on ''The Wire'' related articles but I don't think the show can sustain enough coverage to warrant its own project having just completed its run at five series and 60 episodes.--] (]) 20:10, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
	*What exactly would be an example of an "agricultural school wikipage"? ] (]) 20:15, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
	**Most High Schools have wikipages but American Agricultural schools wikipages are in Short Supply. Infact i couldnt find any. --] (]) 20:27, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
	***What would an example of such a school be? ] (]) 20:45, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
	**** Essex Aggie
	**** Norfolk Aggie
	**** Bristol Aggie
	****They all tend to have Aggie in the name. --] (]) 20:55, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
	*I don't think that this Wikiproject is needed. FFA is one organization and that's it. I don't see the connection of why this project would create articles on agricultural schools. Agricultural schools don't necessarily need an FFA. Perhaps there can be a taskforce within the Agriculture Wikiproject which deals specifically with agricultural education (which FFA and these schools would fall under). ] (]) 21:21, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
	**What if the proposal would be change to for Wikiproject Agricultural eduaction? --] (]) 21:28, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
	*As a task force, sure. As a WikiProject, way too narrow. If it ever got to have five to ten ''active'' participants you could always talk about spinning it off into a stand alone project (there really isn't much difference in practice other than this would be ] or some such thing.--]<sup>(] <small>•</small> ])</sup> 22:31, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

			*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 14:57, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

			==Maroon 5==
	; Comments on if it should be changed to wikiproject Ag-Ed (Agricultural Education.)
			' Description
			:Popular pop group. Dedicated to improving articles on songs, albums, members.
			;Interested Wikipedians
			#]]] 00:14, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
			;Comments
			*'''Oppose''' - Should be a Task Force in ] or one if the many subprojects. ] (]) 13:25, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

	== ~~Friends~~ ==		== Aviculture ==
			; Description : A project to coordinate pages on the aviculture.
	; Description : This will be a wikiproject for the awesome show ]. Although the show is cancelled their is so much that wikipedia has yet to know about all the glories of Friends. If you liked the show and are interested please put your name.

	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)		; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

	# ]--] (]) 05:34, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
			# ]
	# ] (])
			# ]
			# ]
			#
			#

	; Comments		; Comments
			*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 14:09, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
			:*I have suggested that on the WP:Birds talk page some weeks ago, but no one in the WP:Birds project was interested. The two topics have a lot of differences. The best option is to start a completely separate WP:Aviculture project. ] (]) 10:04, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
			:*I concur with Snowman--there is enough difference between the realm of aviculture (which includes the cultivation and maintenance of hookbills, pigeons, poultry and even some ratites) and the subject of wild birds that it seems that aviculture might more properly be classed as a parallel project rather than a subproject.--] (]) 11:16, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
			*I'm torn with this proposal. It seems to me that aviculture is an aspect of ]'s scope, along with the many other aspects of bird related stuff. But we've been a bad parent to our aviculture articles. They are almost universally packed with how-to's and OR and other unencyclopaedic cruft. A separate wikiproject to cover aviculture could rectify this if enough interest can be generated, and a clearly defined structure for aviculture subjects could benefit many articles. At this point anything that improves the articles is welcome. I have a few reservations and would be interested to hear how these might be addressed.
			:*Naming conventions - Birds have generally well established common names, but these names differ in some instances from their avicultural names. Ornithologists and birders have a strong preference for their common names and aviculturists presumably as equally a strong preference for their names. At the moment we have one set of naming conventions for birds (with exceptions decided on a case by case basis), who gets to decide now if there are two sets of naming conventions?
			:*]. For bird species articles, avicultural matters are just one aspect of the species. But would the other aspects of the species would be neglected by this wikiproject? Conservation, breeding (in the wild) diet (in the wild), taxonomy and evolution, range, cultural aspects, migration, whatever? Some parrot articles I have seen you wouldn't even think they ever occur at all in the wild. The fact is that apart from the actual avicultural articles like ], ] and the like, the scope of this potential wikiproject covers only sections the of articles.
			:So I will phrase my opinion about this potential wikiproject as this. I welcome any attempt to improve the avicultural coverage, but I am dubious about the benefits of doing so separately from WP:BIRD. I would dispute the assertion that no one in WP:BIRD is interested. I would be interested to know more about the scope of the proposed project and how it views its relationship with WP:BIRD and the articles which its coverage would share. ] ] 04:28, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

			== Brazilian Carnival ==
	* I know this will be an awesome wikiproject.--] (]) 05:34, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
			; Description : The purpose of this project will be to expand, create, or improve articles related to ]. It will include ], famous ''sambistas'' (such as ]), and all other articles related to Brazilian Carnival. One useful place to check articles related to Brazilian Carnival will be the following category: ].
	*'''If the scope of your project idea is very narrow (such as a TV show, music band, video game, etc), or your idea is a variation on a common theme, consider starting a task force of an existing project instead of a whole new WikiProject.''' ] (]) 07:11, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 18:35, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

	== Genetics ==
	; Description : This project would span topics appropriate to the science of genetics: genes, gene regulation, inheritance, mutation, and related technologies (would need to be discussed). Although there is some overlap with MCB and Evolution, there has been some interest expressed in having a project which would give more focused attention to genetics subjects. ] and ] are existing wikiprojects that could probably be considered subsets of this. ] ] ] 19:47, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)		; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
			# --<span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva">] </span> <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva">] </span><span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva">]</span>
	# ] ] ]
	#] (]) 21:50, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
	#{{User\|Liveste}} 01:19, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
	#] (]) 22:49, 9 April 2008 (UTC) - Interested, though I won't be able to contribute anything significant for at least a couple of months.

	; Comments		; Comments
			*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] or ] -- ] (]) 14:12, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
	* I'm placing the proposal here because two people expressed an interest in this wikiproject during the FA process for ]. ] ] ] 19:47, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
	* Perhaps we should consider creating it as a workgroup of ], rather than as a separate entity? – ]] 20:47, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
	:Is it possible to have a workgroup that works in more than one wikiproject? The idea is to present a consistent approach, since many genetics articles themselves are multi-disciplinary and their various styles show this at the moment. ] (]) 21:50, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
	::Very easily. There are several such joint subprojects. What you would want to do is contact the various "parent" projects and see if they would accept you as a subproject, if and when you get enough members to feel confident of starting it. When it comes to the project banner, let me know and I'll see what I can rig up. ] (]) 01:29, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
	:I'd like to note that ] has never been listed as an MCB article.] ] ] 22:07, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
	::True, because ] isn't entirely a molecular discipline, though a large part of it certainly is. This raises the question of the focus of the project: would it have molecular genetics articles like ], ] and ] in its domain? – ]] 14:17, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
	:::And yet ], ], and ] are tagged as MCB articles. In my opinion these are no more related to MCB than the ] article and might be more appropriately handled by a Genetics wikiproject. But you're entirely correct, there's a huge overlap due to the field of molecular genetics; MCB's scope is vast and arguably could contain everything—because DNA is a molecule, everything genetic is molecular and therefore within MCB. I don't know what the best solution is, but Genetics is a large and popular field and two obvious subprojects / taskforces for it already exist. ] ] ] 19:46, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
	* Large enough scope and importance to warrant it's own WikiProject IMO, with ] and ] as workgroups or descendant projects. Cheers. <span style="font-family:Verdana">– ] <small>(] • ])</small></span> 01:19, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
	*I think any talk of making genetics a work group of others is silly. We could just as easily make MCB a subproject of genetics, as well as a few other projects. If it was a workgroup of anything, it would be the biology project, though the area of genetics is as worthy of a separate project as most existing ones. ] (]) 22:49, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

			== Wikiproject Ag-Ed==
	== Great Ancient European Empires ==
			; Description : Created form the proposed ]. It is basicaly the same proposal but has been adapted to include other organizations like 4-H, National Junior Horticultural Association, ect.
	; Description : This project would maintian and add to articles relating to empires like the Greeks and the Romans, the French and the English, etc. This project could also organize these articles into usable archives of information, by linking the major pages to the WikiProject page.

	; Interested Wikipedians(please add your name)
	# ]

	; Comments <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 17:58, 13 February 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
	*I believe the existing ] already deals with most of this content, although they might be willing to support a few more subprojects. ] (]) 19:08, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
	**So does ], for the usual sense of ''Ancient'', which does not cover the nineteenth-century empires, like the French or the English. ] <small>]</small> 19:10, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
	I would like to point out that this project would deal with all Ancient European countries, not just Rome and Greece] (]) 19:05, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 14:22, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

	== Great Christian Writers of the Twentieth Century ==
	; Description : This project would maintain and add to articles relating to Christian writers of the 1900s, including men like C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.

	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)		; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
			# --''']''' 22:34, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
	# ]

	*] (]) 20:46, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

	; Comments <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 17:51, 13 February 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
	*An extraordinarily narrow focus; and encourages POV edits of Tolkien. His writing was informed by his Catholicism, but also by his scholarship. ] <small>]</small> 18:58, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
	**Note that ] and ] already exist. You may wish to join, and discuss ]. ] <small>]</small> 19:20, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
	*The name would have to be changed, as "Great" is clearly POV, and the scope would have to be more explicitly defined for this to have any chance of being successful. Questions include whether non-fiction writers, like say ], ], and ] would also be included, the precise definition of writers of the 20th century for these purposes, and possibly other currently ambiguous matters as well. ] (]) 19:10, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
	*Word of advice, you might want to make this a task force instead of a wikiproject. '''''] <sup>]</sup>/<sub>]</sub>''''' 19:13, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

	An interesting idea - would it be more appropriate to call this "great Christian thinkers" to include theologians such as ], ], ], ], ] or ] and Bible scholars such as ] and ] though? ] (]) 21:45, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 18:38, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

	== WikiProject GULAG ==
	; Description : A project to inform more about the atrocities of the GULAG from its beginnings in the Red Terror right the way up to the end of all labour camps. Would include useful information on notable people within the Gulag, statistics,famous guards (e.g ]), international disputes over the camps, Stalin, Lenin and Dzierzinsky's interest in them, and anything else pertaining to the GULAG Archipegalo (N.B Although we sometimes use the word GULAG to descibe the regime of oppression the USSR fostered, this project would primarily be about the archipegalo itself.

	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
	#
	#] (]) 08:14, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
	; Comments		; Comments
			I agree with and with what I stated at the FFA discussion. This should exist as a taskforce within the Agriculture Wikiproject but not a wholly separate project. ] (]) 22:53, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 14:24, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
			*'''See ]'''
	*Maybe should, but isn't. BTW - GULAG isn't a part of ''Russian'' history only, at least 50% of the inmates were non-Russian.] (]) 08:14, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

			*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 14:13, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
	== Harvest Moon ==
	; Description : It would be to improve articles in the Harvest Moon Video game series, full list here: ]. I noticed there isn't a Wikiproject for it, and although if it is created I may or may not join, the series is big and most articles could use improvement, so I'm suggesting it.

			== ] ==
	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
			; Description : I was shocked to see that Misplaced Pages had no WikiProjects dedicated to discographies. I've never started a WikiProject myself, but this WikiProject's goal would be to start, expand, and clean up discographies. Also, in the WikiProject, people would be able to share reliable websites for placement charts. Anyone interested?

			; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name with three tildes)
			# –The ] ] <small>(])</small>
			# ] (])
			# ] (]) Sure why not.
	; Comments		; Comments
			*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ]; may already exist there as guidelines have been presented. ] (]) 18:26, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
	'''If the scope of your project idea is very narrow (such as a TV show, music band, video game, etc), or your idea is a variation on a common theme, consider starting a task force of an existing project instead of a whole new WikiProject.''' ] (]) 01:20, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
			:*One major flaw, though. Not all discographies are CDs and albums (which fall under the scope of WP:MUSIC, but some are also of films and DVDs, which fall under the scope of ]. It would be much simpler to create one WikiProject instead of two task forces, IMO. –The ] ] <small>(])</small> 04:17, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 14:24, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
			*'''Agree''': i think it would be a good idea. ] (]) 20:13, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

			== Diseases and cures ==
	== History and study of precolumbian and colonization era Americas ==
			; Description :
	; Description : This is a project to organize, expand and create articles refering to things like: Precolumbian history and tribes, colonization period, battles and wars that took place, treaties, events, language, etc.

	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)		; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
	# ]		# ]

	; Comments
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 14:25, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

	== Indian Highways ==
	; Description : ] has second largest network of roads in the world and there are a large number of random pages describing them on Misplaced Pages. So. it would be nice to start a project and put together the information about Indian Highways in a more organised way.

	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
	# ] (]) 21:11, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

	; Comments		; Comments
			:I think this project would help with Diseases and cures because there is none in the dieseases and cures section.
	* This should be a task force of ], shouldn't it? (Come to think of it, why on earth are all those individual areas individual WikiProjects?) --] (]) 16:13, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
			:: Isn't that quite similar to ]

	*'''Oppose''': ~~Should~~ be a ~~Task~~ ~~Force~~ in ~~] --~~ ] (]) 18:40, 13 ~~March~~ 2008 (UTC)		:::Agree with above. It is very similar to WikiProject Medicine. ''']]''' 21:50, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
			*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] ] (]) 18:29, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

			*:This would really be perfect for a taskforce. +] <sup>(])</sup> 07:02, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
	== Internet Relay Chat ==

	; Description : Currently, Misplaced Pages has very poor coverage of IRC-related topics - for an example of this, take a look at the article about ] - which, despite QN being the largest IRC network, is a stub. The project would aim at improving and expanding articles related to the IRC protocol, IRC clients, IRC networks/servers and IRC culture. --] (] – ]) 00:25, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
			== Emergency Medical System ==
			; Description : Maintain, improve, and expand articles relating to emergency medical systems and prehospital care.

	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)		; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
			# ]
	# --] (] – ]) 00:25, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
			# ]

	; Comments		;Comments:
			Would be interested in an offer as a Wiki:Medicine task force as well.
	* Agree that this is poorly covered, especially compared to other Internet culture & technology topics. What about a task force of ]? --] (]) 20:58, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 18:40, 13 March 2008 (UTC)		*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 18:31, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
			*'''Neutral''': I could see this being a task force, but if done properly there is quite a bit of information out there specific to EMS. I think a task force first, and if it does become a large project, spinoff into its own? ] (]) 20:38, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

	==~~Isle~~ of ~~Wight~~==		== Employment ==
			; Description : A group to focus on the various articles relating to emplpoyment on wikipedia, including articles describing specific jobs and professions.
	; Description : There is so much to talk about regarding the Isle of Wight. I believe that if the county of ] can have its own WikiProject, then the Isle of Wight deserves to have one too. If an editor believes that the Isle of Wight should not have its own WikiProject because the Isle of Wight should be managed under the direction of the UK WikiProject, then I refer you to the fact that many UK counties, like Berkshire, have their own WikiProjects. Relevant articles include, '''but are not limited to''', the ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and the ].

	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)		; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
	# ] (]) 19:59, 24 ~~January~~ 2008 (UTC)		# ] (]) 14:06, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
			# --]]] 01:34, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
			#. --] (]) 02:23, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

	; Comments		; Comments
			This may seem rather redundant to some other extant projects, but there doesn't seem to be a great deal of attention being given to many of the articles on various "jobs" out there. Also, this group would be able to possibly be able to help determine what if any guidelines should exist for some things like, for instance, relative rate of pay, educational requirements, etc., etc., for the various kinds of employment out there. ] (]) 14:06, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] or ] -- ] (]) 18:43, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
			:I have been doing a bit about this by trying to rearrange the concepts of ], ], and ] to make more sense. I think it would be useful to have a job infobox to describe the basic info about a job: education, training, industry, compensation, estimated numbers, etc. --] (]) 02:23, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

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	*Far too small in scope - we already have what you're proposing and it's ]. +] <sup>(])</sup>		*Far too small in scope - we already have what you're proposing and it's ]. +] <sup>(])</sup>

	== ~~Latrobe~~ ~~Valley~~ ==		== WikiProject Tuner Cars ==
			This WikiProject would focus on creating and editing tuner car pages. The main focus would be on the stats sections, as well as creating articles for the various aftermarket companies that provide parts for these magnificent cars.
	; Description : This project would aim to give the ] better coverage on wikipedia. It would cover articles about towns in the aread ], ] ] ] the latrobe valley article, and many others related to the latrobe valley. I feel that with a project related to the Latrobe Valley, wikipedians will be able to gain a greater understanding about the valley.

	; Interested ~~Wikipedians (please add your name)~~		'''Interested users'''
	# ]
	# ]

	; Comments		'''Comments'''
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 18:45, 13 March 2008 (UTC)		*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 19:14, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

	==~~Maroon~~ 5==		== Harvest Moon ==
			; Description : It would be to improve articles in the Harvest Moon Video game series, full list here: ]. I noticed there isn't a Wikiproject for it, and although if it is created I may or may not join, the series is big and most articles could use improvement, so I'm suggesting it.
	' Description
	:Popular pop group. Dedicated to improving articles on songs, albums, members.
	;Interested Wikipedians
	#]]] 00:14, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
	;Comments
	*'''Oppose''' - Should be a Task Force in ] or one if the many subprojects. ] (]) 13:25, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

	== Mathematical and Computational Biology ==
	; Description : A project to work on articles relating to the scientific fields of ], ], ] and a few others.

	Currently, no such WikiProject seems to exist, although I believe it's quite an important subject, and some of the relevant pages need to be better organised and consolidated. Many of the pages about Bioinformatics are currently filed under ].

	I've created a ] in my home area.

	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)		; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
	# ] 12:51, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
	# ] (]) 02:03, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
	# ] (]) 17:33, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
	# ] (]) 17:14, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
	# ] (]) 16:10, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

	; Comments		; Comments
			'''If the scope of your project idea is very narrow (such as a TV show, music band, video game, etc), or your idea is a variation on a common theme, consider starting a task force of an existing project instead of a whole new WikiProject.''' ] (]) 01:20, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
	* It would be particularly useful to have such a project to help clarify important and defining concepts for use as categories. --] (]) 15:57, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
			*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 14:24, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
	** Agree. I have added a section Categories to the preliminary ]. If you have any specific examples (e.g. of articles) where categorisation is needed, please let me know or add to the To Do list. In the long run, such a list would be useful for a portal page. ] (]) 14:50, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
	*** I'll definitely come in & play with categories. Don't know that I'll be able to do more. --] (]) 04:07, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
	* The Universe is expanding, Science is expanding, there will be more Projects, this surely will be one of them. I'm not a biologist but on account of the interplay with genetic algorithms, which gets attention from biologists, I'll read some of your stuff for lay comprehensibility. ] (]) 17:14, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

			== WikiProject:Students' unions ==
	== ] ==
			; Description : This project is to help expand the vast number of students' union articles. Students' unions themselves have done notable things, but as there are a large number of universities, so are there a large number of unions. The project is to create and expand upon articles for these unions.
	; description: a project, probably working with ] thats main objective is working to create, expand, and improve articles related to ].
	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

	# ]

	'''Comments'''
	*Please justify the amount of articles on Misplaced Pages currently related to Marshall County in order for this WikiProject to be worth establishing. Thanks. ] <sup>''<font face="Calibri" color="#660000">] ♦ ]''</font></sup> 10:06, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
	*Absolutely '''not''' worth a project, too narrow in scope. ] (]) 04:46, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
	* Task force of Alabama is plenty sufficient. --] (]) 04:08, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 18:47, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
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	==Medieval Mystics==
	This project would cover the lives of medieval mystics such as ] or ]. However, it would not be a Task Force with the Christianity project group, as the generic title "Medieval Mystics" means that members would look at articles on medieval Jewish mystics or on ] who lived the medieval world. One of the prime items on this group's to-do list would be to start a new article: "Hugh of Balma". I have wondered, however, whether this should be a Task Force sub-project group within the "Spirituality" project group (I believe there is one).

	Interested Wikipedians (please add your name):

	] (]) 20:00, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

	Comments:

	I have now found on the website:

	http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spirituality

	there is indeed a WikiProject_Spirituality. This group would probably best function as sub-group, either in this project group or in


	http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Religion

	] (]) 23:21, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

	== ] ==
	; Description :
	This project would act to standardize articles on micronutrients (i.e., vitamins, minerals, amino acids, phytochemicals, hormones, enzymes, etc.). This category contains material that is applicable to many existing projects. Reading through the existing articles on vitamins and minerals, it is obvious that they were all created in an uncoordinated manner. For example, the article on ] contains a subsection on ]. However, the article on ] does not contain a subsection on deficiency, though it does refer to a separate article on ], which, in turn refers the surfer to a separate article on ].

	I suggest that multiple parent projects (identified below) support this project by reworking existing articles into single articles on each micronutrient, and by collaborating on new articles, as necessary. The proposed sections for each article are:
	*Lead In (template to be developed by the Chemistry Project, or assigned to Chemicals and Elements daughter projects) – to include chemical makeup of a micronutrient
	*Sources - where it is available or how it is produced in nature; subsections would be:
	**Plant sources (which can be further broken down into subsections that support the Horticulture and Gardening Project, the Plants Project, or a yet-to-be-established Agronomy Project)
	**Animal sources (which can be further broken down into subsections that support the Fishes Project, the Mammals Project, etc., or a yet-to-be-established Animal Husbandry Project)
	**Mineral sources (template to be developed by the Rocks and Minerals Project or assigned to a daughter project)
	**Natural supplements (template to be developed by the Alternative Medicine Project or assigned to a daughter project)
	**For substances that are not produced or available outside of the body, the Sources section would simply refer to the Biochemistry section of the article
	*Pharmaceuticals (template to be developed by the Pharmacology Project or assigned to a daughter project) – this would describe pharmaceuticals that provide the micronutrient
	*Biochemistry (template to be developed by the Molecular and Cellular Biology Project or assigned to a daughter project) – to include homeostasis and metabolism
	*Medicine (template to be developed by the Medicine Project or assigned to a daughter project) – to include a list of medical conditions associated with the micronutrient
	* Assuming I have not captured all of the available information, additional sections could be identified and added to the standard template.

	A major effort would need to be put forward to remove conflicts between these micronutrient articles and existing articles in the other projects. Many existing medical condition articles describe the micronutrient before getting into describing the medical condition (e.g., ]). I am suggesting that such medical condition articles be trimmed down to only describe the malfunction, diagnosis, treatment, and related conditions, with the applicable sections being moved to the micronutrient article.

	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)		; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
	# ] ~~(]) 21~~:31, 11 ~~December~~ ~~2007~~ (UTC)		# ] 18:03, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
			# ''']''' (]) 18:09, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
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	Any recommendations for a better name?
	] (]) 21:31, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 14:33, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Support''': I don't understand Absolon's reasoning here: micronutrients seems to encompass a sufficient amount of things - we're talking about all vitamins and minerals, and not just in humans but in all organisms, right? Although I wouldn't be joining this project, it seems like a fine idea to me, provided you can find enough people interested. ] ] ] 21:08, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

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	* '''Not sure''': This link might give a sense of the growing relevance of microscopy and microscopy education across disciplines. It's a technique-intensive area of great visual impact as well as practical relevance, and we can expect the content on Misplaced Pages to broaden and improve regardless. It sounds like task forces and projects differ primarily in the administrative overhead involved. Experts may have limited time to help with that, although the need in either case is likely to develop and be filled in the long run. ] (]) 15:49, 24 March 2008 (UTC)		* '''Not sure''': This link might give a sense of the growing relevance of microscopy and microscopy education across disciplines. It's a technique-intensive area of great visual impact as well as practical relevance, and we can expect the content on Misplaced Pages to broaden and improve regardless. It sounds like task forces and projects differ primarily in the administrative overhead involved. Experts may have limited time to help with that, although the need in either case is likely to develop and be filled in the long run. ] (]) 15:49, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
	* '''Comment''': I could go either way as per it being a whole WikiProject versus a WP Science Task Force. Still, I was hoping an important branch of applied science like this would have generated more interest. ] (]) 00:05, 28 March 2008 (UTC)		* '''Comment''': I could go either way as per it being a whole WikiProject versus a WP Science Task Force. Still, I was hoping an important branch of applied science like this would have generated more interest. ] (]) 00:05, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

	== Mills==
	; Description : A project to cover ], ], ]s and related topics. This would not include large industrial steel mills, saw mills etc.

	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
	# ] (]) 16:09, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
	# ] (]) 23:25, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
	; Comments
	What about ]s, ]s, ]s and ]s?... Any scope for them? Sorry, I am from ] (!) <span style="color:#696969;font-size:larger;font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-- '''] ·''' (])</span> 03:06, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

	:Cotton mills would be included, and articles ancilliary to cotton spinning would therefore fall under the project. ] (]) 16:00, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
	*I would suggest that the scope should not initially be expanded too far, at least not initially. By all means ensure that general articles on ancillary subjects are adequately dealt with, but I doubt we could have an article on every cotton mill, at least not yet. I would suggest that the scope should initially be limited to windmills and watermills, excluding works powered by animals or steam engines. It can alwats be expanded later. ] (]) 23:25, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

	== ] ==
	; Description : A project to unify & improve the many articles relating to the Nazi Party, Adolf Hitler, Nazi Germany, Wehrmacht, Schutzstaffel, Nazi ideology etc as well as allowing more efficient collaboration between editors.

	; Interested Wikipedians
	# ] (]) 15:46, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
	#] (]) 04:51, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

	; Comments
	:Probably best as a subproject of ], possibly as a "Politics of Germany" subproject, as the scope of the existing topic is rather limited in time and number of articles. ] (]) 15:55, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

	It appears that the proponent, ], has been banned from Misplaced Pages.--] (]) 01:19, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
	:That does not invalidate the suggestion. ] (]) 01:30, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 18:49, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
	**'''Comment''': If it is to be made into a Work Group or Task Force in a larger project, it really should be part of ]. ] (]) 16:56, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''' Agreed with Absolon. --''']''' 22:41, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

	==Palaeontology/Paleontology==
	To covour the academic field as their is many articles on this Wiki. To improve articles about Palaeontologists and their works, extinct species articles, and thoses that correlate with Geology, Life science Botany etc. Their is already Projects on Dinosaurs, Pterosaurs, Mammals, Geology, Extinction but not a united one on this topic. If no interests, then I will scrap it.

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	] (]) 04:55, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

	Comments:
	== Netball ==
	; Description : To coordinate development of pages relating to the sport ]. Netball is primarily played in British Commonwealth countries, and it is the top (in terms of both particiaption and media coverage) Women's sport in several of them. It has had an international organisation and world championships since the 1960s. Leagues have been semi-professional for the past couple of decades, and as of 2008 there is a fully professional league spanning Australia and New Zealand. Although Netball originated from basketball, there is a significant enough difference for the topic to be completely independent (e.g. a peer rather than a child of Wikiproject Basketball). ] (]) 00:23, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

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	# dramatic ] (])
	# Lanma726 ] (]) 00:09, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
	# {{User\|Liveste}} 00:16, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
	# Really needs its own. It's a seperate sport; putting under basketball makes no sense whatsoever. ] (]) 04:46, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

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	== Pirates CSG & PocketModels ==
	; Description : Work on Pirates of the Spanish Main and Pirates of the Cursed Seas. This includes the pages for "]", "]", and "]" . page could use some work too, but it is mostly good. Pictures, references, and information are definitely lacking.

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	# ]

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	'''If the scope of your project idea is very narrow (such as a TV show, music band, video game, etc), or your idea is a variation on a common theme, consider starting a task force of an existing project instead of a whole new WikiProject.''' ] (]) 07:25, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 18:54, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

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	I agree, there is a serious lack of acedemic attention to political science articles. Take ] as another example. However, it would have to be very focused on staying out of the realms of "political issues" and "political figures" (one would have to be a masochist to get involved in that on Misplaced Pages), as well as keeping POV-pushers out of the political science articles. I would also like to suggest that the project include articles on Political Scientists, both classical and modern (], ], etc).--] <sup>]</sup> \| <sup>]</sup> 22:30, 4 March 2008 (UTC)		I agree, there is a serious lack of acedemic attention to political science articles. Take ] as another example. However, it would have to be very focused on staying out of the realms of "political issues" and "political figures" (one would have to be a masochist to get involved in that on Misplaced Pages), as well as keeping POV-pushers out of the political science articles. I would also like to suggest that the project include articles on Political Scientists, both classical and modern (], ], etc).--] <sup>]</sup> \| <sup>]</sup> 22:30, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
	*Sounds interesting, I would love to participate but I do really feel that the Politics WikiProject already covers it, and if it doesn't you can always create a taskforce within it. +] <sup>(])</sup> 07:10, 30 March 2008 (UTC)		*Sounds interesting, I would love to participate but I do really feel that the Politics WikiProject already covers it, and if it doesn't you can always create a taskforce within it. +] <sup>(])</sup> 07:10, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

	== Pop music ==
	; Description: A WikiProject for focusing on all forms of ] (not to be confused with ]). Within its scope would be mainstream and indie pop music; regional scenes such as ], ], and ]; and ]. I think a WikiProject would be quite helpful since the state of our pop articles is currently not that great, and many of the articles are incredibly listy without real information on the songs (see ). ] 23:01, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

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	# ]
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	This sounds like a nice idea, but I'm worried that the genre- and artist-specific music WikiProjects may be taking away from the centralised efforts at ], ] and ] to improve Misplaced Pages's coverage of music. I do think that pop music articles tend to be poorer — often significantly so — than others, though. ] 13:53, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
	:], ], ], and ] are already great resources for music articles. For this project, I was thinking along the lines of ], which seems to be a pretty effective collaboration. Obviously there's no point in duplicating the information at ] and ]. But it'd be good to have a more focused noticeboard of sorts. ] isn't always very responsive to posts, so it would be good to have one tailored to some of the issues that pop music articles face. I've seen a lot of inflation of sales figures and chart positions; unsourced articles predicting next singles (at this point, nearly every song from ] has had an article); very, very listy articles with little information about the song itself; and POV, gushing prose that sounds like it comes from fansites. It seems like it'd be a good idea to have some users that could keep an eye on these things when they come up. ] 19:54, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 18:56, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

	== Project Management ==
	; Description : ] is too large to focus on articles related to project management. This project would cover general topics of project menagement as well as some specific applications in construction, engineering, defense, and IT.

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	# ] - Project organization.
	# GageParker - IT projects especially ERP
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	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 18:58, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

	== Radiohead ==
	; Description : There are already WikiProjects for My Chemical Romance, Green Day, Smashing Pumpkins, Chili Peppers, Flaming Lips, Powderfinger, and heaps more. WikiProject Radiohead would clean up existing articles involving the band, as well as create articles that don't yet exist.
	Yes, I know the 'if the scope of your project is very narrow' business, but WikiProject Alternative Music already has many different descendant WikiProjects.

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	# ]

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	*'''Strong Oppose''' - Should be a Task Force in ] or one if the many subprojects. -- ] (]) 14:43, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''' per Absolon. I've told the nominator we can just set up a task force at ], just like we've done for Nirvana and the Pixies. I'd prefer band taskforces over new band WikiProjects, since they are really unnecessary unless the band is of Beatles/like purportions, and activity can be low to nonexistant. ] (]) 06:08, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Comment''' - Agree with the above. Several projects of the type mentioned above are now listed at ] and are likely to merged into one of the other projects shortly. It would be easiest to start it as a task force as above, and then, if the project gets up enough interest, maybe to separate it out later. ] (]) 17:38, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

	== Record labels ==
	; Description : This WikiProject would help clean up, create, and organize articles about record labels. There are currently many articles that need to be cleaned up/created.

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	#]
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	#] <small>—Preceding ] was added at 21:59, 31 January 2008 (UTC)</small><!--Template:Undated--> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
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	*I think this would be useful for agreeing notability criteria for record labels, and suggested article content.--] (]) 11:53, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 19:01, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

	==Religious programmes==
	;Description
	Recently, I started a new category "Religious programmes". If you look at this category, you may notice that at the moment is heavily biassed towards Christian programmes,towards the U.K. and towards ] programmes, given that I am Christian Wikipedian who works in the ]. However, there must be religious programmes all over the world to do with just about all the world's major faiths, so would an international and multi-faith project group be prepared to expand this article? a I shall also be appreciative if any one could expand the contents of what is there already, such as the article on the ] ].

	;Interested Wikipedians (please add your usernames):
	#] (]) 20:13, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
	# ] (]) 20:15, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

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	*I think that this group would probably best function as a subproject of ] and whichever media projects are also determined to be relevant. ] (]) 20:15, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
	::I take the point but I would not want this to be a sub-group of the Television Project group, as the group would cover radio as well as television programmes. Also, having an inter-faith group would mean that certain programmes, such as ] which has on occasion featured articles on Sikhism or Islam, could be included. An international focus would prevent this becoming too biassed towards the ]; perhaps it ought to be re-named "Religious Media". ] (]) 21:12, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

	*I have had a thought. As well as dealing with programmes that are either currently on air, this project group could deal with programmes such as BBC's "Everyman" or "Heart of the Matter" which were on some time ago. In fact, in the category of "Religious programmes", we already find reference to ], which was aired (for one series only) as long ago as 1984. We also find reference to ], which came to its end last year (]).] (]) 21:29, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

	I am delighted to see that this category has now been expanded, including references to programmes from the ] as well as the ], and many thanks to who ever did that. Can I also say that I have found out today (7 April 2008) that there is a category "Religious television series" - we could also concentrate on programmes listed there. ] (]) 20:40, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

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	*Have you thought of creating a taskforce in WP History? I think this would really get what you're trying to do done and without the need for a fully fledged WikiProject. +] <sup>(])</sup> 07:12, 30 March 2008 (UTC)		*Have you thought of creating a taskforce in WP History? I think this would really get what you're trying to do done and without the need for a fully fledged WikiProject. +] <sup>(])</sup> 07:12, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

	== Risk ==

	; Description : This would be a sub-project of], however I feel its scope is sufficient to warrant a project of its own in the style of ] and ]. There are only 60 articles in the main risk category, but there are also 8 subcategories, most with other subcategories, totalling several hundred articles. This project would cover all of these. This includes things like areas of risk management such as auditing, business continuity, insurance and health and safety, legal standards and guidelines, statistical instruments with which risks are measured, concepts and theories of risk, etc. ] (]) 21:36, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

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	# ] (]) 21:36, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
	# ] (]) 20:14, 23 January 2008 (UTC) Good idea. (Note from Caissa's DeathAngel - interest registered on Business and Economics WikiProject Talk Page)

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	:There are many articles on these and related subjects, but only a minute number are of a high quality, and given the increasing importance in the business world of risk, I sincerely believe Misplaced Pages should have quality articles on these areas. Due to the increasing academia on the subject, coordination and effort should be all that is required to sort serious issues such as lack of sources. I have aleted ] to my proposing this project. I welcome all interest with open arms. And, of course, participants. ] (]) 21:36, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
	'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 19:02, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
	*Yes, but several similar projects exist within that project as actual projects, and I truly believe the scale of this goes beyond a task force and should be a project along the same lines as those which I have named (along with Investment, added after I put this up)] (]) 15:38, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

	== Scottish Football ==
	; Description : ''']''' aims to establish and organise standards for Scottish football-related articles, resulting in well-structured and written articles. Also, all articles related to Scottish football will be made easier to find. Additionally the project plans to improve Misplaced Pages's coverage of Scottish football, to form a co-operative effort of contributions amongst Scottish football editors and aid the collaboration of editors with an interest in Scottish football, as well as to provide an area where contributors interested in Scottish football can identify each other and discuss any issues relevant to their area of interest or where they want to direct their activities.

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	# <font face="Trebuchet MS">]]</font>] 19:30, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

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	I'd suggest this follows the country taskforce structure of ] rather than a separate WikiProject. (See ], ], ]...) ] (]) 21:38, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

	Agree with Paulbrock (well I would seeing as I'm just helping to polish off the ]), project intends to use much of the infrastructure of WikiProject Football so it's best to turn it in a taskforce ASAP before articles are tagged. ] (]) 23:52, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 19:03, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
	*Yes, should be a Task Force in ]. --] (]) 23:17, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

	== Semiotics ==
	;Description
	Although the organization of this family of pages has improved, and certainly filled out in the last year, it remains very difficult to understand the basic concepts (which are notoriously slippery), the history of the field (and therefore the historical context for the emergence of these concepts), and how these concepts are appropriated by and applied elsewhere in academia and by whom (and perhaps even some of the issues that arise in this transference).

	For example, a comprehensive explanation of different models of the sign, primarily Saussure's model of signifier and signified and Charles S. Peirce's triadic model, remains distributed across the following pages - ], ], and ] (linked to by searching or clicking on ] or on the ] page. note that ] and ] get you to ] page, yet these words are just the english versions of the other two.). The first two are categorized under semiotics, the third, since it is a page about Saussure's book, is not, but it does a better job of explaining his model of the sign, what it means, what its consequences are (but not who it's been used by/what fields it has influenced.) In none of these pages are semantics models in linguistic mentioned or linked to (with exception of the 'course in' page, at the bottom), yet these deal with the nature and context of meaning, and therefore necessarily with signs.

	It would also be useful to clarify the relationship between semiotics and linguistic, whether the former 'subsumes' the other (conceptually or in academic practice), how the latter's concepts and knowledge are used in the former .. since (according to semiotics) linguistics is the study of only one type of sign, the 'symbol' (semiotic term, not the colloquial usage or how its used by other parts of academia like in anthro. see: ])

	Similarly, it would be good to disambiguate signs, as used technically in Semiotics, from 'symbol' and 'sign' as used colloquially by people and technically by disciplines, and to do this coherent in all relevant/involved corners of wikipedia, including subject pages - ], ], ] maybe even ] - and disambiguation pages ], ], ].

	General problems related to (the field of) Semiotics, and its wikipedia presence:
	1. Its concepts are difficult and slippery (and various terms, in attempting to clarify these concepts, are often used loosely, leading to difficulty. this happens on wikipedia and off.), due in part to the nature of the material and in part due to ->
	2. Its language is often fairly obscure and technical
	3. It is distributed across and/or has been influenced by different disciplines and their respective discourses. This leads to the field having different sets of conceptual tools and different analytic/rhetorical styles - ranging from the biological orientation of sebeok to the more 'european' and literary theory spin of Barthes or Eco, to the technical, complicated, but rigorous approach of Silverstein, who works in linguistics and it shows. The result is a. internal dissonance, and b. it is very difficult to introduce the field to outsiders.
	4. It is defined and cut-up in different ways by its own practitioners and by outsiders.
	5. On wikipedia, the semiotics pages often link to 1. pages that don't have the right meaning for the term, or to 2. pages that are isolated and/or not part of the umbrella. For an example, go to ]. Click on ] (illustrates 1, since this a different concept), and then click on ] (illustrates 2, since this page is isolated, and its content doesn't articulate particularly well with 'syntagmatic analysis' or any other page in semiotics for that matter.)

	(A tour through the semiotics pages, and through pages on the web (linked to by wiki, or found on google) will confirm the above.)

	Moral: A Wikiproject would be great as a forum 1. to work out all the above issues and more, and to 2. coordinate the corrections and additions identified from this working out of issues process.
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	#Well written, if rather difficult to follow. I am curious as to how this would differ from the extant ] task force. ] (]) 17:46, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

	== Semi-pro football ==
	; Description : There are many pages on semi-pro football that have gone unattended. Semi-pro football gets very little to if any coverage and somewhere there needs to be a place in which info can be stored and recored for these teams and orginizations.

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	# ]
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	:One of the problems is that it may in some cases be hard to establish notability. But I certainly can see creating the group, maybe as a task force of one of the extant Football projects? ] (]) 18:29, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

	Not to be a nag, but the non-existant pages are not nessicarilly benificial. "] (]) 23:29, 20 January 2008 (UTC)"

	Understood, I just thought I would include every page that would fall under the category of semi-pro football. Also I hope that I am not the ONLY person editing and creating these pages. ] (]) 16:33, 21 January 2008 (UTC)rick_lay95

	All semi-pro related articals can be found here:

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	How long dose it usualy take to get a responce if you get a wiki project or not? Its almost been two months since this was posted. ] (]) 18:25, 20 February 2008 (UTC)rick_lay95
	:It helps to post links to this page on some relevant other pages and maybe, in this case, projects, like the other American football projects, to see if there is any support. ] (]) 17:55, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 19:09, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

	*'''Notability Dispute''' Why dose college football have its own project, but semi-pro can't? Semi-pro football is just as legit as college. ] (]) 21:14, 19 March 2008 (UTC)rick_lay95

	*'''Comment:''' I do not think there is a notability issue with semi-pro football, but I do think you will have problems getting enough editors to support a maintainable project. I think a Task Force would be the best route. -- ] (]) 14:48, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

	== Software ==
	'''Description''' Wikiproject which seeks to provide free and copyleft softwares for all to use. Any computer literate software authors can join and contribute. ] (]) 14:14, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

	'''Interested Wikipedians''': Please vote.

	'''Comments'''
	* I don't understand the scope of this project. The project is for wikipedians to develop software. Is the software related to wikipedia? --] (]) 15:32, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 19:10, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
	*Can IPs even start these things? And he unfortunately seems to have misunderstood what a WikiProject is, what he wants is more suited to an entire new Wikimedia Foundation site. +] <sup>(])</sup> 07:13, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

	== Soul Calibur ==
	'''Description='''This project would be about all of the Soul Calibur games

	''']
	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

	; Comments

	Obviously we would want to add linksto all the other games, and manufactorers, on each page, so instead of this being one page, it would an interlaced series of pages. Obviously, ensure that all references are cited and accurate (but you probably are quite knowledgable in the Soul Calibur games, based upon your interest). Otherwise, I personally approve if that project. "] (]) 23:28, 20 January 2008 (UTC)"
	:'''If the scope of your project idea is very narrow (such as a TV show, music band, video game, etc), or your idea is a variation on a common theme, consider starting a task force of an existing project instead of a whole new WikiProject.''' ] (]) 07:31, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 19:11, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

	== WikiProject:Students' unions ==
	; Description : This project is to help expand the vast number of students' union articles. Students' unions themselves have done notable things, but as there are a large number of universities, so are there a large number of unions. The project is to create and expand upon articles for these unions.

	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
	# ] 18:03, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
	# ''']''' (]) 18:09, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
	# ] (]) 06:15, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
	# ] (]) 19:16, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
	# <font face="Sans Serif">] - ]</font> 19:33, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
	#

	; Comments
	::Create, expand upon, define appropriative content, and , in my opinion, try to establish them as a place to merge articles for many individual student activities at particular universities. ''']''' (]) 18:09, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Existing Task Force: ].''' I'd say the on-going (and unsettled) dispute on the issue of whether student unions are ] and satisfy ] are grounds on not granting immediate approval of receiving its own WikiProject. The amount of articles on student unions that actually fulfill current Misplaced Pages policies such as ], ], ] using ] (and keeping in mind ] and ]) are few and far between. I'm not sure if a WikiProject for such distinct selection of articles is necessary. I believe that the ] that ] provides is more than enough to handle these articles. Note side discussion on topic at ]. However, if consensus is reached that all student unions are notable (regardless of all of those policies), then I'd join it. ] <sup>''<font face="Calibri" color="#660000">] ♦ ]''</font></sup> 21:45, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Notability Dispute''' I have to agree with Jameson on the whole here. There is still an ongoing dispute as to whether SUs are notable or not. If this WikiProject were approved, they'd undoubtably state that all SUs are inheritently notable, which would completely ignore the current discussions and go contrary to all those who disagree with this. Resolve the dispute first - if it falls a certain way, after all, there will be no need for this group. ]] 12:07, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose'''. They want to be ceded "inherent notability" so that we can have thousands of pages with lists of ambitious polisci majors? In itself this is an admission that student unions are in general not notable at all. A little research shows that they have had very limited historical impact. Search for books on them; hardly anything. Search in regular newspapers, and all you get is the occasional scandal. ] (]) 17:48, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
	::nope. don't know about "they" but I want to make it clear that lists of student officers do not belong in articles, and that articles about student clubs in general should be merged if at all possible. The point is to cut ''down'' on the proliferation. ''']''' (]) 22:10, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
	:::OK, fair points DGG, but you haven't actually denied or confirmed anything regarding the notability of student ''unions'' (not clubs, unless you are using the terms interchangeably). What is your view on the notability of an SU? Does it follow ], or something else? ]] 22:20, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
	'''Strong Oppose''' Students Unions are hardly ever notable. In general, they are devoid of ] and most of the material is ] (usually lists of former members and minutiae about who sponsored what constitutional amendment. Any information that passes ], ], and ] fits well within the main university article.--] (]) 02:27, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Strong Oppose''', as others have mentioned Student unions/clubs/organizations are rarely, if every, notable. They are not exempt from the notability guidelines and do not inherit the notability of their school. As such, a project to actively create and/or maintain articles that go against ] that would be pure OR and barely sourced material is not a good idea at all. ] (]) 10:03, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Comment:''' Almost every University has a newspaper that fits ]. These newspapers will report on the goings on of the student union, which should ease the ], ] and ] concerns. ] (]) 17:22, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
	**I agree with you here. Oren0. I figure that every student union has done something to meet ] and ], but it just requires reading those campus papers, etc. That's why we need a wikiproject for this topic. ] 17:50, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
	***University paper is an RS, however it does NOT establish notability as it is not independant of the topic. The student unions must have significant, reliable coverage in third-party sources to be notable. The school newspaper talking about itself does not meet that requirement. ] (]) 19:12, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
	****That's just not true. Student newspapers are usually independent of the administrations of the Universities they report on and independent of the student unions. To use an analogy I used earlier, this argument is equivalent to saying that the New York Times couldn't be a reliable source about the city of New York. ] (]) 06:12, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
	:While I don't want to accuse anyone of suckpuppetry, it seems that ] and ] are joined at the hip regarding this issue. See ] and diffs including canvassing: and working as a pair: . I don't know why, but these guys are on a crusade against University Organization pages. Have a look at their contribs (] ]). In the case of Paddy Simcox, how many 3-week old editors do you know who have placed dozens of prods and started/voted in dozens of AfDs (almost all delete votes as far as I can tell) already? Conservatively 2/3 of his ~100 edits are related to deletion of articles related to student organizations. The opinions of these two should be taken with a large grain of salt in my opinion. ] (]) 17:43, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
	::I tried to address some of the above poster's concerns ]. Hope that clears any problems up.--] (]) 00:05, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
	:*I think the disagreements here point to exactly why this WikiProject should not be created quite yet - there is large disagreement as to whether or not students' unions are notable. Until this debate is settled, the WikiProject would have an ambiguous purpose and would not have a cohesive set of goals. If students' unions are deemed not notable then this WP would merely be a deletion task force that would go through and rake articles for notability (which doesn't seem useful for a WP to do). If students' unions ''are'' notable, on the other hand, it may be the case that only a select few are notable and that the scope of this WP is very narrow. Hence, I think until this debate is settled the creation of this WP should wait.—<b>] ]</b> 02:04, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''' - there are existing groups for this activity. -- ] (]) 02:33, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''' until a ] is reached whether or not ]s are ]. This process is preliminarily underway at the ] ].—<b>] ]</b> 19:54, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 19:12, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

	== ] ==
	; Description : this is a proyect that wants to ] of the series The X-Files, their characters, and all relate to their universe, such as the ] the Syndicate, etc.

	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
	# ]
	# ] <small>—Preceding ] was added at 21:53, 29 February 2008 (UTC)</small><!--Template:Undated--> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

	; Comments
	*'''Taskforce''' at ]. The taskforce should include ], ], and ] in all media. - ] @ 08:33, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 19:13, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

	== WikiProject Tuner Cars ==
	This WikiProject would focus on creating and editing tuner car pages. The main focus would be on the stats sections, as well as creating articles for the various aftermarket companies that provide parts for these magnificent cars.

	'''Interested users'''

	'''Comments'''
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 19:14, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

	== Useless Random Facts :) ==
	; Description : Wikiproject Useless Random Facts will compile a list of competly useless, random, stupid but funny facts, and Send out a newletter with them on it. And isnt the most useless facts the best facts?

	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
	#]]] 16:32, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

	; Comments
	* '''See my temp. page ] ''' --]]] 16:57, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
	:Please note that WikiProjects are almost always created to develop content, not, as seemingly this one is, to create a newsletter. Also, it would very much help if it were made clearer whether it is being suggested that these factoids should be included in the relevant articles as well, or simply included in this proposed newsletter. Trivia sections are not encouraged in wikipedia articles. ] (]) 17:06, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
	:: The newspaper will just be addon. Trivia?? --]]] 17:10, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
	:::Per your description, "useless, random, stupid but funny", which more or less equals "Trivia". If you were intending something different, than that should be made clearer. ] (]) 17:17, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
	::::Wel ok but its discouraged in Articles, its says nothin about wikiprojects. ]]] 17:41, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
	:::::Possibly true. However, there would be the question of where this information would be placed. Misplaced Pages space "Misplaced Pages:" has its own rules, and any pages in wikipedia space which violated those rules, which a page of trivia would do, would quickly be a candidate for deletion, if not speedy deletion. In short, there is nowhere in wikipedia where accumulation of trivia would be permitted, except, possibly, in user space. And any project like entity which exists to assemble material only in user space would similarly be a candidate for deletion. ] (]) 20:46, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
	*'''strongly oppose''' per all the things Misplaced Pages is not. ] (]) 06:23, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Strongly oppose''' WP has been eliminating trivia recently. This proposal is to flood WP with trivia, just the very thing that wew do not need. ] (]) 23:31, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

	==WikiProject Ugly Betty==

	To clean up and add information on ].

	; Interested Wikipedians (Please add your name)
	# {{user\|RandomGuy 9929}}

	; '''Comments'''
	*'''If the scope of your project idea is very narrow (such as a TV show, music band, video game, etc), or your idea is a variation on a common theme, consider starting a task force of an existing project instead of a whole new WikiProject.''' ] (]) 04:15, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''', already covered by the Television project and a single show does not need its own project. At best it should just have a handful of articles, the main, one for characters, and one for episodes, perhaps with sub-articles covering particularly notable aspects of the show if any. ] (]) 20:42, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
	*'''Support'''This would be awesome. Get it started now. I'll help. The show is bigger and only growing bigger. So is the number of pages on Ugly Betty. I say go for it. Also a lot of shows have there own WikiProject. What's the difference.--] (]) 19:30, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 19:15, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

	== United Kingdom Supermarkets and Retailers ==		== United Kingdom Supermarkets and Retailers ==
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	:::Proposal should still be discussed -- ] (]) 19:18, 13 March 2008 (UTC)		:::Proposal should still be discussed -- ] (]) 19:18, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] or ] -- ] (]) 19:18, 13 March 2008 (UTC)		*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] or ] -- ] (]) 19:18, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

	== Unionism ==
	; Description : A project to develop the coverage of ], particularly with reference to Unionist members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons, particularly Ministers and Prime Ministers. Biographies of actors are mostly missing pre 1985, and work needs to be done on the institutions and events that formed and sustained the movement.

	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
	* ] 11:54, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
	* --] 12:00, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
	* --]<sup>]</sup> 12:06, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
	* ] 11:54, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
	* ] 21:57, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
	* ] '']'' 13:34, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
	*] 20:06, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
	; Comments

	Why cut the scope down to biographies of UUP MPs 1922-72? Unionism in Ireland is much broader than that. --]<sup>]</sup> 12:06, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
	::Apologies, that is more a short term aim rather than the scope of the project.] 12:12, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

	Given the current dispute over Northern Irish politics, I wonder whether this is the best proposal, or whether a WikiProject on Northern Irish politics would be more productive? I'm aware that Unionism is broader than that, but Unionism in Northern Irish politics would presumably be a major focus of this project. Such a project might, potentially, help further discussion and a NPOV in this often controversial field. Please note that I'm not arguing against this proposal, just investigating an idea. ] '']'' 17:19, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
	:I disagree entirely. I think it would be very beneficial, remember the members don't need to be unionists! What's unhealthy is to raise these sort of issues before you've seen it in operation. Does the Irish Republicanism project cause trouble? Apparently not, so I hardly think this one would. --] 17:24, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
	::I'm specifically not saying that this project wouldn't be beneficial. I suspect that it probably would be. All I'm doing is offering a suggestion for an alternative or additional possibility. I think that this is the ideal time to raise the idea. If it gains no support, then fine, I'll happily support this proposal. ] '']'' 17:27, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
	:::I think a project on NI politics in general really would be too broad. --] 17:32, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
	::::I would support both proposals. They're not mutually exclusive and there's no reasons why we couldn't have both projects going simultaneously. ] 21:32, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
	:I would be interested in this especially the 1922-1973 period, as I have added alot of info to existing bio's on members of the former NIHOC.--] 21:57, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
	:::::Yes, an umbrella for the "two" camps, would be useful, I believe - exchange of information, people, energy, related drives, etc. - not to mention keeping the peace by ensuring that two opposing camps don't emerge. --]<sup>]</sup> 10:49, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
	:Great, it seems there is some interest in both proposals. I'll put my name to this one, and unless someone else does it first, I'll put in a proposal for a Northern Irish politics WikiProject. ] '']'' 13:34, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
	::Warofdreams, I would support a Northern Ireland politics Wikiproject, but not a Northern Irish one, that is devisive, I would also support an Unionist or Irish Unionist wikiproject which I think would be beneficial to Misplaced Pages.--] 20:17, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
	:::You object to the word Irish? That is objecting to proper grammar!] 20:22, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
	::::No I object to a Unionist campaign to protray the people of Northern Ireland as northern Irish as if they are a seperate nationality from the Irish population.--] 21:50, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
	:::::Well alas that's not for you to say - indeed there is a lot of evidence to say that the Northern Irish identity is increasing above British and Irish amongst both communities. Regardless, this has enough support now doesn't it?] 12:36, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
	::::::But Misplaced Pages is not a soapbox to promote a political campaign, and the name of the project should reflect that.--] 21:40, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
	:::::::Quite so. Which is why it makes more sense to use the grammatically correct Northern Irish.] 22:00, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
	::::::::The proposed Wikiproject would be for Northern Ireland Politics, why would you support a name that is devisive unless you intend to exclude editors that don't share a Unionist POV on Northern Ireland, wikiprojects are intended to help editors work together to further Misplaced Pages not cause division.--] 22:07, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
	:::::::::The divisiveness of such a name is tenuous in the extreme. And thus far, you are the only pedant to have aired a negative view.] 22:09, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
	:::::::::::One doesn't have to support unionism to help out with this project of course! --] 23:07, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
	:I have created a proposal at ]. Please have a look and comment; if you are interested in participating, please add your name! ] '']'' 19:37, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 19:20, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
	:*'''Comment'''; much more appropriate would be Task Force of ] -- ] (]) 04:21, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
	::'''Comment'''; I agree, this ought to be part of the Northern Ireland project.--] (]) 04:25, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

	== Waste Management ==
	; Description : I always wondered why articles like ] were badly neglected and articles like ] were never created. Its because a project based on Waste Management doesn't exist to take care of articles about sanitation, landfills, garbage disposal, nuclear waste, and sewage. I'd like to create WikiProject Waste Management.

	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
	# --] (]) <font color = "red"><small> ] </small></font> 04:54, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

	; Comments

	Sounds awesome ] (]) 01:00, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

	== West Slavic WikiProject ==
	; Description : The West Slavic community (that's: {{CZE}}, {{SVK}} and {{POL}} as well as the ] of {{GER}}) is somewhat fractured here mostly due to naming conflicts over areas of common interest but a common WikiProject could encourage multilateral participation, and provide a centralised area for discussion of shared topics and conflicts. Collaborations of the Week may also highlight under-represented topics or topics over-represented in regards to only one nation of group, and focus on improving multilateral communication in regards to contentious articles. +] <sup>(])</sup> 23:46, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
	:Here is an example page for this I am creating under my user - ]. +] <sup>(])</sup> 05:36, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
	# +] <sup>(])</sup>
	# ] (]) 00:06, 30 March 2008 (UTC) This is an excellent idea Hexagon!
	# ] (]) 06:24, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
	# ''']<sup>]</sup>''' 11:03, 30 March 2008 (UTC) 11:03, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
	# --] (]) 11:08, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
	# ] (]) 03:26, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
	# ] (]) 07:06, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

	; Comments
	*Personally I think this is a simple, wonderful idea. I think it should be implemented, but I would like for the separate projects to remain here, but be a part of the larger one. ] (]) 00:13, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
	*:Oh yeah, I didn't mean for the deletion of the other projects, just a joint larger one. The present WikiProjects could either remain as they are and just co-operate with this one or become ], we could have a vote or discussion on which would be preferred. +] <sup>(])</sup> 04:20, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
	#Small concern: About the talk page banners such as ], I think we should just keep the respective national ones rather than creating a big West Slavic one and having to spend days replacing. ] (]) 14:35, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
	#:I am not quite sure this will go down well with the existing wikiprojects, they may decide not to become taskforces and it would create unnecessary duplicity - this would be a major problem which is why we really need a wider consensus on this before it gets created. About the templates, we should be able to, with mild edits to the template (mostly on the order of "Czech WikiProject --> Czech taskforce of West Slavic WikiProject" keep the current ones with no problems. +] <sup>(])</sup> 05:06, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
	::Hehe, I am getting a bit ahead of myself, I think this is a good solution but it works OK the way it is now. ] (]) 13:42, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Support''' - Since this project will augment the current projects in existence it has the potential for great collaboration. ] (]) 15:47, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
	*I would like to cooperate with Upper and Lower Sorbian contributors. ] (]) 08:10, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
	*:If there was enough interest it would be easy to start a Taskforce within this WikiProject, so if you wish - add your support, and add some Sorbian features to the WiP project page! It'd be great if you were able to contribute in this field, I was afraid we'd only get Czech, Slovak and Polish editors interested. +] <sup>(])</sup> 10:23, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
	*I'm Polish. I have checked and authors of Sorbian articles are generally non-Sorb.] (]) 12:21, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
	*:I meant editors interested in those articles, not just editors of those ethnicities. +] <sup>(])</sup> 05:21, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
	*:"Why not". It is just my experience that most of such projects don't attract enough editors to become really active. But sure, go ahead. Maybe this one will work? --<sub><span style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">]\|]</span></sub> 00:45, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
	**:I asked you to comment, because the Czech, Slovak and Polish WikiProjects would have to become taskforces to avoid duplication, and I know that some editors might have a problem with that, you think that it would be an issue? ] (]) 01:52, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Support''', but this project should never override good-working national projects. -- ] (]) 07:06, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
	::So would you want the WikiProjects to coexist with this one or to become taskforces? ] (]) 00:18, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

	== WikiProject WikiMoney ==
	; Description : ] has existed since the early stages of wikipedia itself. It has been dead for some time and now I want to revive it. Obviously the old experiment had many members and I think the system would work better as a WikiProject. It provides an incentive for editing and would significantly improve the project.--] (]) <font color = "red"><small> ] </small></font> 04:40, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
	# ]
	# ]
	# ] see ]
	# ]
	# ] (]) 16:06, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

	; Comments
	* Several people had problems with the title "WikiMoney" at the time; maybe "WikiProject Give and Take" or "WikiRewards" would be more agreeable. ] (]) 05:13, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
	*One very possibly objectionable idea, but here goes. Maybe WikiMoney could be tied to translate roughly into a real-world benefit? Say, as an example, $????.00 WikiMoney gets you a scholarship ot other assistance to the next ] or maybe other directly Misplaced Pages-related items. It might involve giving the project a bit more organization, and a rather clear "price guide", but it definitely might help the idea's prospects. Obviously, of course, it would help dramatically if someone were to provide underwriting of the idea as well. ] (]) 18:01, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
	*] has convertible L$ ] (]) 11:36, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

	== WikiProject for the resolution of Japanese Culture Pages ==

	We would create or edit articles that would souly correct and make articles based around Japan easier to read. ] (]) 18:20, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
	:That exists already under WikiProject Japan. ] (]) 07:33, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a article improvement Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 19:28, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

	== Xenaverse ==
	This will be a wikiproject that will overview the Xenaverse as a whole. This includes characters, the two shows, the movie, and a lot more.

	; Interested Wikipedians (Add Your Name If Interested)
	--] (]) 06:20, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
	; Comments
	'''If the scope of your project idea is very narrow (such as a TV show, music band, video game, etc), or your idea is a variation on a common theme, consider starting a task force of an existing project instead of a whole new WikiProject.''' ] (]) 07:34, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
	::It's not just a tv show. It is a enire franchise, that needs some work. There is a lot more than just a tv show in the xenaverse.--] (]) 14:42, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Strong Oppose''', we have enough with Xenaphiles filling Misplaced Pages with Xena fancruft. At best, this should be a task force under the television project, regardless of to related media, and then only if the participants are willing to actually adhere to ], ], and ] and not just created ] articles. ] (]) 10:05, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
	*:You can't just oppose because you don't like it. I would oppose this too, but due to the limited scope of the subject matter, not because I don't like it and don't want it on Misplaced Pages. If I said I would block any adminship debates about you because your work is irrelevant how would you feel? (I could kill you on ] score alone! :) ) +] <sup>(])</sup> 06:54, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 14:56, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

	== World Map ==		== World Map ==
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	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 19:29, 13 March 2008 (UTC)		*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 19:29, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

	== The Wire ==
	; Description :This project would be used to help edit, update, and improve articles pertaining to the United States TV show ]. Making character pages, pages about actors, episodes, seasons, and storylines would be included. I've already created this WikiProject under the name ], so you can visit its page and add your name to the list of participants if you want to.

	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
	# ] (]) 15:31, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

	; Comments
	# I've never been involved in creating a wikiproject before but I think ] may have jumped the gun by setting up a page for the project and then requesting said page. Sincere apologies if that is not the case but I'd love comment from someone with more experience. I would love a task force of ] to work on ''The Wire'' related articles but I don't think the show can sustain enough coverage to warrant its own project having just completed its run at five series and 60 episodes.--] (]) 20:10, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

	*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 14:57, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

	== Shropshire ==
	; Description : A WikiProject for the county of ], in the ] of ]. Presumably would aim to cover all articles in ], but initially, whilst gathering momentum and members (hopefully), may focus on the main towns of ], ], ], ], ] and ] (I may have missed out some key ones!), and some other key features such as the ].

	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
	# ]
	# ]
	# ]

	; Comments
	*Yup, would be glad to help out - I have for some years now contributed to/begun loads of articles relating to the county, especially villages/parishes and the like. A ] article would be a good one to focus on when the project is up and running. As for towns to concentrate on - the only additions to your list would be, in my opinion, ] and ]. Interestingly, myself, a friend and another contributer have created quite an in-depth ] article. The existing ] article needs sorting out. Finally, more needs to be done in preparation for the creation of the new unitary authority "]" which will come into effect next April. ]
	:*Well you are probably the one who's contributed the most to Shropshire articles :)! The couple of examples you've pointed out are only a small portion of what needs doing, and I think this project should be started if only to help focus and organise the improvement of Shropshire-related articles. I've recently improved the ] article significantly, to the point where I've nominated it for GA status (I'm still awaiting the outcome!). I'm also interested in providing maps etc for any articles which are lacking visually. Anyway, Thanks for your input! I hope some others come forward aswell. ] (]) 23:46, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
	*'''Update:''' I have created a preliminary Project page ] on my userpage. ] (]) 22:43, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

	*Might be worth posting a notice about this proposal at ] and ]. I think this would bring more interested parties together. Failing that, it might be worth "uniting" with another county (even if just for a few months - a year), eg. a "Shropshire and Staffordshire" project?? Just an idea. <small>--<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;border:2px solid #A9A9A9;padding:1px;">] \| ] </span></small> 11:44, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

	==Korean Entertainment==
	We have a Japanese anime project that includes manga, videogames, etc.
	But they have stated that animated projects from Korea or other countries should not be put in their project.
	Korea has produced a lot of manwha and animes themselves.
	I think we should have a Project Korean Entertainment.
	(Sorry if my explanation is so plain horrible and confusing.)] (]) 21:09, 26 March 2008 (UTC)Cardinal Raven
	:They've also produced a significant number of video games. ]] 13:09, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

	== Deadlink cleaner==
	; Description : Though I am not sure about the name, but this WikiProject will check, tag and repair dead external links. The main tool in this task would be . It would be used for maintenance of old articles with outdated dead external links. ] ] 09:10, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

	; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
	# ] ]

	; Comments

	== Philadelphia Phillies ==
	; Description : The purpose of this WikiProject would be to standardize and improve articles about the ] baseball team. There are several other teams with their own WikiProjects that do not have as long of a history as the Phillies, and it definitely needs an experienced and dedicated group of editors to work on improving the many season pages that are simply blank templates right now. ] (]) 16:59, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

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	# ] (])
	# ] (])
	# ] (])
	# ] <small>(])</small>
	#   '''] ]''' 16:39, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
	# ] (]) <small>—Preceding ] was added at 19:09, 8 April 2008 (UTC)</small><!--Template:Undated--> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

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	I have created the main outline at ]. It still needs some work and expansion.   '''] ]''' 17:05, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

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	== Christianity in China ==
	This group, which is anticipated to me a subproject of WikiProject Christianity and, with their approval, WikiProject China, would work on articles specifically related to Christianity in China. Given the fact of current active government involvement in certain religious matters in that country, as well as other things, it seems reasonable that a group to work specifically on such content could exist. There is also the extant ] which could use support.

	; Interested Wikipedians (Add Your Name If Interested)
	*] (]) 12:58, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
	*I can help in maintainance along with ] - ] (]) 08:54, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
	*] (]) 19:39, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
	*] (]) 18:15, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

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	:...and this message is not directed only at this proposal. There are others that are not in alphabetical order. –The ] ] <small>(])</small> 04:22, 30 March 2008 (UTC)		:...and this message is not directed only at this proposal. There are others that are not in alphabetical order. –The ] ] <small>(])</small> 04:22, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

	== Dracula Project ==
	; Description : ] (]) 16:43, 10 April 2008 (UTC)


	; Interested Wikipedians (Tnu1138 and noone else yet that I know of)
			== Anti-Trivia ==
	# ] (])
			; Description : This Wikiproject will be in Charge of <s>deleting</s> Moving Trivia Sections to the talk page in Wikipages since the are discourgaed by ] and ].
	# ] (]) 17:08, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

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			# ]]] 23:13, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

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	:There are several topics relating to the subject, not all of which are necessarily "horror"-related. I'm thinking of some of the Fred Saberhagen novels here, for instance. I think maybe this group would best function as a joint subproject of ] and ]. ] (]) 17:08, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

			* '''Oppose''' - POV fork, won't be allowed. See ]. Also, ] specifically advises against deleting trivia sections outright. <small style="font:bold 10px Arial;display:inline;border:#009 1px dashed;padding:1px 6px 2px 7px;white-space:nowrap">] ]/] ''23:12, 28 Mar 2008 (UTC)''</small>
			:*Whel then insteed of deleting we will move them to the talk. --]]] 23:21, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
			:: That's also advised against in ]. I'd suggest you get a bit more acquainted with this topic before you propose a project that deals with it. <small style="font:bold 10px Arial;display:inline;border:#009 1px dashed;padding:1px 6px 2px 7px;white-space:nowrap">] ]/] ''23:22, 28 Mar 2008 (UTC)''</small>
			::*Whel ] states "may fall outside Misplaced Pages's scope and should be removed altogether."--]]] 23:28, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
			:::*Some entries. Not entire sections. Read the whole sentence. Trivia sections are not to be removed just because they're trivia sections. Each item needs to be judged on its own merits -- which goes for ''any'' section. <small style="font:bold 10px Arial;display:inline;border:#009 1px dashed;padding:1px 6px 2px 7px;white-space:nowrap">] ]/] ''23:35, 28 Mar 2008 (UTC)''</small>

			*'''Oppose'''. Removing trivia sections (generally by integrating their worthwhile content into the article text) is a good thing which I've commonly done. However, since removing trivia sections does not require any particular form of collaboration, and is not a topic on which an editor can have specialized knowledge, it is a goal unsuited for a wikiproject. --] <small>]</small> 23:39, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
	Oh yes i plan to read Saberhagens works soon prehaps when i'm finished with the Book of Renfield i was thinking of adding info from the Book of Renfeild to Renfeilds page as a sort of "Charecter history in other works" because the book goes deeply in to a possible history for the charecter such things may be good to add as a sort of "In oth er Media" but ya know? and i do agree that Media Franchises would be a perfect place to put it] (]) 18:54, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

			:* Whel shouldnt there be a standerd Procedure.--]]] 23:55, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

			::*No, not really. It's not like we're fixing typos here, evaluating whether information is irrelevant or just needs reformatted is a process requiring actual thought and often discussion between editors. So there's nothing you can really do to create a standardized procedure. (Also, the word well doesn't have an 'h' in it, just so you know.) --] <small>]</small> 00:05, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
	== WikiProject Egyptology ==
			*'''Oppose'''. ] already exists. The only purpose for an ''Anti-Trivia'' Wikiproject would be to edit war with the ]. / ]<small> ] ]</small> 21:55, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
	Hi. I would like to make a project titled WikiProject Egyptology. I will create the project, and do all the coding, etc.. But, I just came to see (1) Who would be interested, and (2) Is there already a WikiProject about Ancient Egypt? Thanks.


	; Interested Wikipedians
			* '''Oppose''' - I like trivia sections and feel they should be improved and relevantly sourced, not integrated into prose.
	# --] (]) 19:16, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
			] (]) 18:31, 1 April 2008 (UTC) KIFulgore, 4/1/2008

			==Korean Entertainment==
			We have a Japanese anime project that includes manga, videogames, etc.
			But they have stated that animated projects from Korea or other countries should not be put in their project.
			Korea has produced a lot of manwha and animes themselves.
			I think we should have a Project Korean Entertainment.
			(Sorry if my explanation is so plain horrible and confusing.)] (]) 21:09, 26 March 2008 (UTC)Cardinal Raven
			:They've also produced a significant number of video games. ]] 13:09, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

			== Soul Calibur ==
			'''Description='''This project would be about all of the Soul Calibur games

			''']
			; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

	; Comments		; Comments

	*Please see ]. ] (]) 19:16, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
			Obviously we would want to add linksto all the other games, and manufactorers, on each page, so instead of this being one page, it would an interlaced series of pages. Obviously, ensure that all references are cited and accurate (but you probably are quite knowledgable in the Soul Calibur games, based upon your interest). Otherwise, I personally approve if that project. "] (]) 23:28, 20 January 2008 (UTC)"
			:'''If the scope of your project idea is very narrow (such as a TV show, music band, video game, etc), or your idea is a variation on a common theme, consider starting a task force of an existing project instead of a whole new WikiProject.''' ] (]) 07:31, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
			*'''Oppose''': Should be a Task Force in ] -- ] (]) 19:11, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

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Aftermath Entertainment

Description: We could start a project about Dr. Dre's record label Aftermath Entertainment. The pages within the project would include ofcourse Aftermath Entertainment, all its sub-labels like Shady Records, all artists signed to that label like Dr. Dre and 50 Cent, all albums relased under that label like 2001, and all singles relased under that label like In da Club ZAPMUT (talk) 10:30, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

ZAPMUT (talk)

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Medieval Mystics

This project would cover the lives of medieval mystics such as Julian of Norwich or Catherine of Sienna. However, it would not be a Task Force with the Christianity project group, as the generic title "Medieval Mystics" means that members would look at articles on medieval Jewish mystics or on Sufis who lived the medieval world. One of the prime items on this group's to-do list would be to start a new article: "Hugh of Balma". I have wondered, however, whether this should be a Task Force sub-project group within the "Spirituality" project group (I believe there is one).

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name):

ACEOREVIVED (talk) 20:00, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Comments:

I have now found on the website:

http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spirituality

there is indeed a WikiProject_Spirituality. This group would probably best function as sub-group, either in this project group or in

http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Religion

ACEOREVIVED (talk) 23:21, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

English Law

Description : Francium12 (talk) 13:28, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

Francium12 (talk)

Comments

Palaeontology/Paleontology

To covour the academic field as their is many articles on this Wiki. To improve articles about Palaeontologists and their works, extinct species articles, and thoses that correlate with Geology, Life science Botany etc. Their is already Projects on Dinosaurs, Pterosaurs, Mammals, Geology, Extinction but not a united one on this topic. If no interests, then I will scrap it.

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

Enlil Ninlil (talk) 04:55, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Comments:

Christianity in China

This group, which is anticipated to me a subproject of WikiProject Christianity and, with their approval, WikiProject China, would work on articles specifically related to Christianity in China. Given the fact of current active government involvement in certain religious matters in that country, as well as other things, it seems reasonable that a group to work specifically on such content could exist. There is also the extant Portal:Christianity in China which could use support.

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John Carter (talk) 12:58, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
I can help in maintainance along with Secisek - Tinucherian (talk) 08:54, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Secisek (talk) 19:39, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Brian0324 (talk) 18:15, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Comments

Dracula Project

Description: Tnu1138 (talk) 16:43, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Interested Wikipedians (Tnu1138 and noone else yet that I know of)

Comments: There are several topics relating to the subject, not all of which are necessarily "horror"-related. I'm thinking of some of the Fred Saberhagen novels here, for instance. I think maybe this group would best function as a joint subproject of Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Horror and Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Media franchises. John Carter (talk) 17:08, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh yes i plan to read Saberhagens works soon prehaps when i'm finished with the Book of Renfield i was thinking of adding info from the Book of Renfeild to Renfeilds page as a sort of "Charecter history in other works" because the book goes deeply in to a possible history for the charecter such things may be good to add as a sort of "In oth er Media" but ya know? and i do agree that Media Franchises would be a perfect place to put it74.244.187.222 (talk) 18:54, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Egyptology

Hi. I would like to make a project titled WikiProject Egyptology. I will create the project, and do all the coding, etc.. But, I just came to see (1) Who would be interested, and (2) Is there already a WikiProject about Ancient Egypt? Thanks.

Interested Wikipedians

--Listen to your Princess, dear Wikipedians. (talk) 19:16, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Comments

Please see Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Ancient Egypt. John Carter (talk) 19:16, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Genetics

Description: This project would span topics appropriate to the science of genetics: genes, gene regulation, inheritance, mutation, and related technologies (would need to be discussed). Although there is some overlap with MCB and Evolution, there has been some interest expressed in having a project which would give more focused attention to genetics subjects. Medical genetics and human genetics history are existing wikiprojects that could probably be considered subsets of this. Madeleine ✉ ✍ 19:47, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

Madeleine ✉ ✍
LeeVJ (talk) 21:50, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Liveste (talk · contribs) 01:19, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
Richard001 (talk) 22:49, 9 April 2008 (UTC) - Interested, though I won't be able to contribute anything significant for at least a couple of months.

Comments

I'm placing the proposal here because two people expressed an interest in this wikiproject during the FA process for Genetics. Madeleine ✉ ✍ 19:47, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Perhaps we should consider creating it as a workgroup of WP:MCB, rather than as a separate entity? – Clockwork Soul 20:47, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Is it possible to have a workgroup that works in more than one wikiproject? The idea is to present a consistent approach, since many genetics articles themselves are multi-disciplinary and their various styles show this at the moment. LeeVJ (talk) 21:50, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Very easily. There are several such joint subprojects. What you would want to do is contact the various "parent" projects and see if they would accept you as a subproject, if and when you get enough members to feel confident of starting it. When it comes to the project banner, let me know and I'll see what I can rig up. John Carter (talk) 01:29, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

I'd like to note that Genetics has never been listed as an MCB article.Madeleine ✉ ✍ 22:07, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

True, because genetics isn't entirely a molecular discipline, though a large part of it certainly is. This raises the question of the focus of the project: would it have molecular genetics articles like telomere, operon and DNA repair in its domain? – Clockwork Soul 14:17, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

And yet human genetics, genomics, and genome project are tagged as MCB articles. In my opinion these are no more related to MCB than the genetics article and might be more appropriately handled by a Genetics wikiproject. But you're entirely correct, there's a huge overlap due to the field of molecular genetics; MCB's scope is vast and arguably could contain everything—because DNA is a molecule, everything genetic is molecular and therefore within MCB. I don't know what the best solution is, but Genetics is a large and popular field and two obvious subprojects / taskforces for it already exist. Madeleine ✉ ✍ 19:46, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Large enough scope and importance to warrant it's own WikiProject IMO, with WP:MEDGEN and WP:HGH as workgroups or descendant projects. Cheers. – Liveste (talk • edits) 01:19, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
I think any talk of making genetics a work group of others is silly. We could just as easily make MCB a subproject of genetics, as well as a few other projects. If it was a workgroup of anything, it would be the biology project, though the area of genetics is as worthy of a separate project as most existing ones. Richard001 (talk) 22:49, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Netball

Description: To coordinate development of pages relating to the sport Netball. Netball is primarily played in British Commonwealth countries, and it is the top (in terms of both particiaption and media coverage) Women's sport in several of them. It has had an international organisation and world championships since the 1960s. Leagues have been semi-professional for the past couple of decades, and as of 2008 there is a fully professional league spanning Australia and New Zealand. Although Netball originated from basketball, there is a significant enough difference for the topic to be completely independent (e.g. a peer rather than a child of Wikiproject Basketball). dramatic (talk) 00:23, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

dramatic dramatic (talk)
Lanma726 Matt (talk) 00:09, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
Liveste (talk · contribs) 00:16, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
Really needs its own. It's a seperate sport; putting under basketball makes no sense whatsoever. Rebecca (talk) 04:46, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

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Deadlink cleaner

Description: Though I am not sure about the name, but this WikiProject will check, tag and repair dead external links. The main tool in this task would be Dispenser Link checker. It would be used for maintenance of old articles with outdated dead external links. Amartyabag 09:10, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

Amartyabag

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Philadelphia Phillies

Description: The purpose of this WikiProject would be to standardize and improve articles about the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team. There are several other teams with their own WikiProjects that do not have as long of a history as the Phillies, and it definitely needs an experienced and dedicated group of editors to work on improving the many season pages that are simply blank templates right now. Killervogel5 (talk) 16:59, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

Killervogel5 (talk)
EaglesFanInTampa (talk)
PYLrulz (talk)
Bjewiki (Talk)
jj137 (talk) 16:39, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Fantusta (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 19:09, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Comments

I have created the main outline at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Philadelphia Phillies. It still needs some work and expansion. jj137 (talk) 17:05, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Earth

Description: Wikiproject Earth will over look the following articles. Wikiproject Earth will look over the physical parts of earth becuase well if all the humans go "Poof" politics dont matter. Unless the politics effect the phisical earth. And roads well they dont matter ethier if we go pood. :) Iwilleditu 21:33, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

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Comments

Far too broad and the list of articles seems rather off-balance (strongly weighted toward climatology). Why not just Category:Climatology and Category:Meteorology along with the geology category? Or rename it Project climatology and narrow the focus to a more manageable size (and to reflect your apparent interest). But, there exists Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Environment - which seems to make this redundant as formulated. Vsmith (talk) 17:15, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
No point to this proposal as topics are already covered by Misplaced Pages:Wikiproject Environment which only started last year after merging from other related projects that weren't very busy. - Shiftchange (talk) 21:55, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
- Well this is more broad then wikiproject envirorment —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iwilleditu (talk • contribs) 23:25, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Why wouldnt economy, skyscrappers, health, national frontiers, roads and so on be part of a project called "Earth"? --Childhood's End (talk) 00:38, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Same reason Earth Day has nothing to do with those things. But agree with Shiftchange above -- there's already an environment project to handle these kinds of articles. Equazcion •✗/C • 00:41, 31 Mar 2008 (UTC)

So because some people decided to call their environmental thing "Earth Day", the Earth is now to be environment-related only? --Childhood's End (talk) 01:20, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

uh... sure, why not. Equazcion •✗/C • 02:20, 31 Mar 2008 (UTC)

Your project description is too brief and doesn't mention a goal or aim. What would be the point of you project? I can't see the purpose of grouping the topics suggested and starting a project page called Earth. I would be more useful if the tasks listed at Misplaced Pages:Pages needing attention/Mathematical and Natural Sciences/Environment or similar, were tended to rather than create another wikiproject. I feel we need to improve on existing categories and portals rather than create lots of wikiprojects. - Shiftchange (talk) 04:08, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

- - WIkiproject Earth will be about the pysical parts of earth and athsmoshere. Iwilleditu 00:49, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Why are these particular articles listed for inclusion in the proposed project? They appear "cherry picked" from various political, environment and science categories. --THE FOUNDERS INTENT 16:13, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
- All the articles tie into earth and earth subjects. Iwilleditu 00:45, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

How about volcanoes? They're part of the earth. How about oil seepage from the ocean floor? --THE FOUNDERS INTENT 16:34, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanyou i added it. Iwilleditu 17:07, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Oppose. There are already WikiProjects in Geology, Climate change, and Geography; I think these cover pretty much every page you have listed. Verisimilus T 20:04, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

West Slavic WikiProject

Description: The West Slavic community (that's: Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland as well as the Sorbs of Germany) is somewhat fractured here mostly due to naming conflicts over areas of common interest but a common WikiProject could encourage multilateral participation, and provide a centralised area for discussion of shared topics and conflicts. Collaborations of the Week may also highlight under-represented topics or topics over-represented in regards to only one nation of group, and focus on improving multilateral communication in regards to contentious articles. +Hexagon1 23:46, 29 March 2008 (UTC); Here is an example page for this I am creating under my user - User:Hexagon1/WSWP. +Hexagon1 05:36, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

+Hexagon1
The Dominator (talk) 00:06, 30 March 2008 (UTC) This is an excellent idea Hexagon!
Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 06:24, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
≈Tulkolahten≈ 11:03, 30 March 2008 (UTC) 11:03, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
--Molobo (talk) 11:08, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Tymek (talk) 03:26, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Darwinek (talk) 07:06, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Comments

Personally I think this is a simple, wonderful idea. I think it should be implemented, but I would like for the separate projects to remain here, but be a part of the larger one. The Dominator (talk) 00:13, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Oh yeah, I didn't mean for the deletion of the other projects, just a joint larger one. The present WikiProjects could either remain as they are and just co-operate with this one or become taskforces, we could have a vote or discussion on which would be preferred. +Hexagon1 04:20, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Small concern: About the talk page banners such as Template:WikiProject Czech Republic, I think we should just keep the respective national ones rather than creating a big West Slavic one and having to spend days replacing. The Dominator (talk) 14:35, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
I am not quite sure this will go down well with the existing wikiprojects, they may decide not to become taskforces and it would create unnecessary duplicity - this would be a major problem which is why we really need a wider consensus on this before it gets created. About the templates, we should be able to, with mild edits to the template (mostly on the order of "Czech WikiProject --> Czech taskforce of West Slavic WikiProject" keep the current ones with no problems. +Hexagon1 05:06, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Hehe, I am getting a bit ahead of myself, I think this is a good solution but it works OK the way it is now. The Dominator (talk) 13:42, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Support - Since this project will augment the current projects in existence it has the potential for great collaboration. Absolon S. Kent (talk) 15:47, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
I would like to cooperate with Upper and Lower Sorbian contributors. Xx236 (talk) 08:10, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
If there was enough interest it would be easy to start a Taskforce within this WikiProject, so if you wish - add your support, and add some Sorbian features to the WiP project page! It'd be great if you were able to contribute in this field, I was afraid we'd only get Czech, Slovak and Polish editors interested. +Hexagon1 10:23, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
I'm Polish. I have checked and authors of Sorbian articles are generally non-Sorb.Xx236 (talk) 12:21, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
I meant editors interested in those articles, not just editors of those ethnicities. +Hexagon1 05:21, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

"Why not". It is just my experience that most of such projects don't attract enough editors to become really active. But sure, go ahead. Maybe this one will work? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 00:45, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
- I asked you to comment, because the Czech, Slovak and Polish WikiProjects would have to become taskforces to avoid duplication, and I know that some editors might have a problem with that, you think that it would be an issue? The Dominator (talk) 01:52, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Support, but this project should never override good-working national projects. -- Darwinek (talk) 07:06, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

So would you want the WikiProjects to coexist with this one or to become taskforces? The Dominator (talk) 00:18, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Useless Random Facts :)

Description: Wikiproject Useless Random Facts will compile a list of competly useless, random, stupid but funny facts, and Send out a newletter with them on it. And isnt the most useless facts the best facts?

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

Iwilleditu 16:32, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Comments

See my temp. page User:Iwilleditu/Useless_Random_Fact --Iwilleditu 16:57, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Please note that WikiProjects are almost always created to develop content, not, as seemingly this one is, to create a newsletter. Also, it would very much help if it were made clearer whether it is being suggested that these factoids should be included in the relevant articles as well, or simply included in this proposed newsletter. Trivia sections are not encouraged in wikipedia articles. John Carter (talk) 17:06, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

The newspaper will just be addon. Trivia?? --Iwilleditu 17:10, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Per your description, "useless, random, stupid but funny", which more or less equals "Trivia". If you were intending something different, than that should be made clearer. John Carter (talk) 17:17, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Wel ok but its discouraged in Articles, its says nothin about wikiprojects. Iwilleditu 17:41, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Possibly true. However, there would be the question of where this information would be placed. Misplaced Pages space "Misplaced Pages:" has its own rules, and any pages in wikipedia space which violated those rules, which a page of trivia would do, would quickly be a candidate for deletion, if not speedy deletion. In short, there is nowhere in wikipedia where accumulation of trivia would be permitted, except, possibly, in user space. And any project like entity which exists to assemble material only in user space would similarly be a candidate for deletion. John Carter (talk) 20:46, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

strongly oppose per all the things Misplaced Pages is not. Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 06:23, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Strongly oppose WP has been eliminating trivia recently. This proposal is to flood WP with trivia, just the very thing that wew do not need. Peterkingiron (talk) 23:31, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Religious programmes

Description

Recently, I started a new category "Religious programmes". If you look at this category, you may notice that at the moment is heavily biassed towards Christian programmes,towards the U.K. and towards BBC programmes, given that I am Christian Wikipedian who works in the United Kingdom. However, there must be religious programmes all over the world to do with just about all the world's major faiths, so would an international and multi-faith project group be prepared to expand this article? a I shall also be appreciative if any one could expand the contents of what is there already, such as the article on the Radio 4 Lent Talks.

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Comments

I think that this group would probably best function as a subproject of Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Religion and whichever media projects are also determined to be relevant. John Carter (talk) 20:15, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

I take the point but I would not want this to be a sub-group of the Television Project group, as the group would cover radio as well as television programmes. Also, having an inter-faith group would mean that certain programmes, such as Desi DNA which has on occasion featured articles on Sikhism or Islam, could be included. An international focus would prevent this becoming too biassed towards the BBC; perhaps it ought to be re-named "Religious Media". ACEOREVIVED (talk) 21:12, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

I have had a thought. As well as dealing with programmes that are either currently on air, this project group could deal with programmes such as BBC's "Everyman" or "Heart of the Matter" which were on some time ago. In fact, in the category of "Religious programmes", we already find reference to Sea of Faith: Television series, which was aired (for one series only) as long ago as 1984. We also find reference to The Heaven and Earth Show, which came to its end last year (2007).ACEOREVIVED (talk) 21:29, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

I am delighted to see that this category has now been expanded, including references to programmes from the United States as well as the United Kingdom, and many thanks to who ever did that. Can I also say that I have found out today (7 April 2008) that there is a category "Religious television series" - we could also concentrate on programmes listed there. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 20:40, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject WikiMoney

Description: Misplaced Pages:WikiMoney has existed since the early stages of wikipedia itself. It has been dead for some time and now I want to revive it. Obviously the old experiment had many members and I think the system would work better as a WikiProject. It provides an incentive for editing and would significantly improve the project.--Uga Man (talk) UGA MAN FOR PRESIDENT 2008 04:40, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

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Comments

Several people had problems with the title "WikiMoney" at the time; maybe "WikiProject Give and Take" or "WikiRewards" would be more agreeable. AxelBoldt (talk) 05:13, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
One very possibly objectionable idea, but here goes. Maybe WikiMoney could be tied to translate roughly into a real-world benefit? Say, as an example, $????.00 WikiMoney gets you a scholarship ot other assistance to the next Wikimania or maybe other directly Misplaced Pages-related items. It might involve giving the project a bit more organization, and a rather clear "price guide", but it definitely might help the idea's prospects. Obviously, of course, it would help dramatically if someone were to provide underwriting of the idea as well. John Carter (talk) 18:01, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
SecondLife has convertible L$ Fridemar (talk) 11:36, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

The Wire

Description: This project would be used to help edit, update, and improve articles pertaining to the United States TV show The Wire. Making character pages, pages about actors, episodes, seasons, and storylines would be included. I've already created this WikiProject under the name WikiProject The Wire, so you can visit its page and add your name to the list of participants if you want to.

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

Creamy3 (talk) 15:31, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Comments

I've never been involved in creating a wikiproject before but I think Creamy3 may have jumped the gun by setting up a page for the project and then requesting said page. Sincere apologies if that is not the case but I'd love comment from someone with more experience. I would love a task force of WP:TV to work on The Wire related articles but I don't think the show can sustain enough coverage to warrant its own project having just completed its run at five series and 60 episodes.--Opark 77 (talk) 20:10, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Oppose: Should be a Task Force in WikiProject Television -- Absolon S. Kent (talk) 14:57, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Maroon 5

' Description

Popular pop group. Dedicated to improving articles on songs, albums, members.
Interested Wikipedians

♥Shapiros10 Wuz Here♥ 00:14, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Comments

Oppose - Should be a Task Force in WikiProject Music or one if the many subprojects. Absolon S. Kent (talk) 13:25, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Aviculture

Description: A project to coordinate pages on the aviculture.

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

Comments

Oppose: Should be a Task Force in WikiProject Birds -- Absolon S. Kent (talk) 14:09, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

I have suggested that on the WP:Birds talk page some weeks ago, but no one in the WP:Birds project was interested. The two topics have a lot of differences. The best option is to start a completely separate WP:Aviculture project. Snowman (talk) 10:04, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
I concur with Snowman--there is enough difference between the realm of aviculture (which includes the cultivation and maintenance of hookbills, pigeons, poultry and even some ratites) and the subject of wild birds that it seems that aviculture might more properly be classed as a parallel project rather than a subproject.--OnorioCatenacci (talk) 11:16, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm torn with this proposal. It seems to me that aviculture is an aspect of WP:BIRD's scope, along with the many other aspects of bird related stuff. But we've been a bad parent to our aviculture articles. They are almost universally packed with how-to's and OR and other unencyclopaedic cruft. A separate wikiproject to cover aviculture could rectify this if enough interest can be generated, and a clearly defined structure for aviculture subjects could benefit many articles. At this point anything that improves the articles is welcome. I have a few reservations and would be interested to hear how these might be addressed.

Naming conventions - Birds have generally well established common names, but these names differ in some instances from their avicultural names. Ornithologists and birders have a strong preference for their common names and aviculturists presumably as equally a strong preference for their names. At the moment we have one set of naming conventions for birds (with exceptions decided on a case by case basis), who gets to decide now if there are two sets of naming conventions?
WP:WEIGHT. For bird species articles, avicultural matters are just one aspect of the species. But would the other aspects of the species would be neglected by this wikiproject? Conservation, breeding (in the wild) diet (in the wild), taxonomy and evolution, range, cultural aspects, migration, whatever? Some parrot articles I have seen you wouldn't even think they ever occur at all in the wild. The fact is that apart from the actual avicultural articles like softbill, bird-safe and the like, the scope of this potential wikiproject covers only sections the of articles.

So I will phrase my opinion about this potential wikiproject as this. I welcome any attempt to improve the avicultural coverage, but I am dubious about the benefits of doing so separately from WP:BIRD. I would dispute the assertion that no one in WP:BIRD is interested. I would be interested to know more about the scope of the proposed project and how it views its relationship with WP:BIRD and the articles which its coverage would share. Sabine's Sunbird talk 04:28, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Brazilian Carnival

Description: The purpose of this project will be to expand, create, or improve articles related to Brazilian Carnival. It will include samba schools, famous sambistas (such as Dudu Nobre), and all other articles related to Brazilian Carnival. One useful place to check articles related to Brazilian Carnival will be the following category: Category:Brazilian Carnival.
Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

--Nadir D Steinmetz

Comments

Oppose: Should be a Task Force in WikiProject Brazil or WikiProject Festivals -- Absolon S. Kent (talk) 14:12, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikiproject Ag-Ed

Description: Created form the proposed Wikiproject FFA. It is basicaly the same proposal but has been adapted to include other organizations like 4-H, National Junior Horticultural Association, ect.

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

--Iwilleditu 22:34, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Comments

I agree with Doug's thoughts and with what I stated at the FFA discussion. This should exist as a taskforce within the Agriculture Wikiproject but not a wholly separate project. Metros (talk) 22:53, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

See for The proposal of Ag-ed task Force

Oppose: Should be a Task Force in WikiProject Agriculture -- Absolon S. Kent (talk) 14:13, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Discographies

Description: I was shocked to see that Misplaced Pages had no WikiProjects dedicated to discographies. I've never started a WikiProject myself, but this WikiProject's goal would be to start, expand, and clean up discographies. Also, in the WikiProject, people would be able to share reliable websites for placement charts. Anyone interested?

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name with three tildes)

Comments

Oppose: Should be a Task Force in WikiProject Music; may already exist there as guidelines have been presented. Absolon S. Kent (talk) 18:26, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

One major flaw, though. Not all discographies are CDs and albums (which fall under the scope of WP:MUSIC, but some are also of films and DVDs, which fall under the scope of WP:FILMS. It would be much simpler to create one WikiProject instead of two task forces, IMO. –The Obento Musubi (Contributions) 04:17, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Agree: i think it would be a good idea. LukeTheSpook (talk) 20:13, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Diseases and cures

Description

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

Trulystand700

Comments

I think this project would help with Diseases and cures because there is none in the dieseases and cures section.

Isn't that quite similar to Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Medicine

Agree with above. It is very similar to WikiProject Medicine. Basketball 110 21:50, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Oppose: Should be a Task Force in WikiProject Medicine Absolon S. Kent (talk) 18:29, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
This would really be perfect for a taskforce. +Hexagon1 07:02, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Emergency Medical System

Description: Maintain, improve, and expand articles relating to emergency medical systems and prehospital care.

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Comments

Would be interested in an offer as a Wiki:Medicine task force as well.

Oppose: Should be a Task Force in WikiProject Medicine -- Absolon S. Kent (talk) 18:31, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
Neutral: I could see this being a task force, but if done properly there is quite a bit of information out there specific to EMS. I think a task force first, and if it does become a large project, spinoff into its own? Brentoli (talk) 20:38, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Employment

Description: A group to focus on the various articles relating to emplpoyment on wikipedia, including articles describing specific jobs and professions.

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

Comments

This may seem rather redundant to some other extant projects, but there doesn't seem to be a great deal of attention being given to many of the articles on various "jobs" out there. Also, this group would be able to possibly be able to help determine what if any guidelines should exist for some things like, for instance, relative rate of pay, educational requirements, etc., etc., for the various kinds of employment out there. John Carter (talk) 14:06, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

I have been doing a bit about this by trying to rearrange the concepts of job, occupation, and employment to make more sense. I think it would be useful to have a job infobox to describe the basic info about a job: education, training, industry, compensation, estimated numbers, etc. --Marcinjeske (talk) 02:23, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Jimi Hendrix

Description: This project seeks to improve upon the current Jimi Hendrix information available, in a few specific ways:

1. Get the page up to featured article status (has been rejected before) 2. Expand the information on the non-musical cultural impact of Hendrix 3. Incorporate more knowledge on the vast catalogue of Hendrix's unreleased works.

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

SunilSuri
Fitz8794
Zack Price
ReignMan22
Izzy007
C_Rossman (FYI - great book on unreleased works called "Black Gold")

Comments

Oppose: Should be a Task Force in WikiProject Music -- Absolon S. Kent (talk) 18:44, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
Far too small in scope - we already have what you're proposing and it's here. +Hexagon1

WikiProject Tuner Cars

This WikiProject would focus on creating and editing tuner car pages. The main focus would be on the stats sections, as well as creating articles for the various aftermarket companies that provide parts for these magnificent cars.

Interested users

Comments

Oppose: Should be a Task Force in WikiProject Automobiles -- Absolon S. Kent (talk) 19:14, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Harvest Moon

Description: It would be to improve articles in the Harvest Moon Video game series, full list here: template: Harvest Moon series. I noticed there isn't a Wikiproject for it, and although if it is created I may or may not join, the series is big and most articles could use improvement, so I'm suggesting it.

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

Comments

If the scope of your project idea is very narrow (such as a TV show, music band, video game, etc), or your idea is a variation on a common theme, consider starting a task force of an existing project instead of a whole new WikiProject. Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 01:20, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Oppose: Should be a Task Force in WikiProject Games -- Absolon S. Kent (talk) 14:24, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject:Students' unions

Description: This project is to help expand the vast number of students' union articles. Students' unions themselves have done notable things, but as there are a large number of universities, so are there a large number of unions. The project is to create and expand upon articles for these unions.

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Microscopy

Description: A project to expand and improve coverage of all content related to microscopes and microscopy, including optical, electron, and other forms of microscopy. Microtechnique, staining, fixation, and other aspects of sample preparation, as well as microscopy applications, are also within the scope of this project.

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

Peter G Werner (talk)

Comments

Coverage of microscopy topics on Misplaced Pages is now highly incomplete and existing articles tend to be underdeveloped, hence I think there is a need for this project. Microscopy topics have so far been treated under the scope of WikiProject Microbiology, however, the applications of microscopy go far beyond microbiology, and use of microscopes is central to many other biological and non-biological sciences. And, of course, the optics underlying microscopy are essentially a branch of applied physics. Peter G Werner (talk) 22:25, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Oppose: Should be a Task Force in WikiProject Science -- Absolon S. Kent (talk) 14:34, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Not sure: This Microscopy Society of America link might give a sense of the growing relevance of microscopy and microscopy education across disciplines. It's a technique-intensive area of great visual impact as well as practical relevance, and we can expect the content on Misplaced Pages to broaden and improve regardless. It sounds like task forces and projects differ primarily in the administrative overhead involved. Experts may have limited time to help with that, although the need in either case is likely to develop and be filled in the long run. Thermochap (talk) 15:49, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Comment: I could go either way as per it being a whole WikiProject versus a WP Science Task Force. Still, I was hoping an important branch of applied science like this would have generated more interest. Peter G Werner (talk) 00:05, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Political Science

Description: I have found Misplaced Pages to be rather lacking in issues concerning political science. This is distinct from politics - as a politicalscience student interested in International Relations, I'd love to see the development of some credible articles on issues like deterrence theory, the offense-defense theory, etc. In othe realms of political science, I think Misplaced Pages is underserved in a number of places - look at Consent of the governed if you need persuading. I'm not talking about political issues, but instead, broader structural issues and theory. There's some overlap with other realms, like Political philosophy, but there's a lot of content that really falls into a whole, unaddressed niche. Thanks!

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

Jordanp (talk) 21:07, 4 March 2008 (UTC) (original poster)
--William Thweatt | 22:30, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
C mon (talk) 12:52, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
Save The Humans Talk :) 15:25, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Comments

I agree, there is a serious lack of acedemic attention to political science articles. Take Fenno's Paradox as another example. However, it would have to be very focused on staying out of the realms of "political issues" and "political figures" (one would have to be a masochist to get involved in that on Misplaced Pages), as well as keeping POV-pushers out of the political science articles. I would also like to suggest that the project include articles on Political Scientists, both classical and modern (Richard Fenno, As'ad AbuKhalil, etc).--William Thweatt | 22:30, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Sounds interesting, I would love to participate but I do really feel that the Politics WikiProject already covers it, and if it doesn't you can always create a taskforce within it. +Hexagon1 07:10, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Revolutions of 1848

Description: In 1848, liberal, nationalist, idealistic and republican revolutions swept across Europe. All the revolutions eventually failed, but nevertheless, the years of 1848-49 were a monumental turning point in the history of Europe, and their repercussions are being felt to this very day. I am terribly dismayed that Misplaced Pages's coverage of these revolutions is so poor and I appeal to all Wikipedians interested in the history of Europe to join in this project. Next year marks the 160th anniversary, and I for one would like to see our set of 1848 articles vastly improved by that time.

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

Comments: Very good idea, but it is not completely correct that these events didn't accomplish anything; Denmark got its constitution (and a war) as a result of them. Valentinian 17:43, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Oppose: Should be a Task Force in WikiProject History -- Absolon S. Kent (talk) 19:02, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
Have you thought of creating a taskforce in WP History? I think this would really get what you're trying to do done and without the need for a fully fledged WikiProject. +Hexagon1 07:12, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

United Kingdom Supermarkets and Retailers

Description: A project to develop the coverage and history of Supermarkets and Retailers founded and operating in the United Kingdom, a subject where there is no group, but there is reason to have one. The group would also write and document the history of the founders of companies listed. Once developed, the group could spawn other wikiprojects based on the same subject, however about other countries, such as "United States Supermarkets and Retailers", "Australia Supermarkets and Retailers"

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

Comments

If this were to go ahead, i think there would need to be a greater project on this, perhaps one on supermarkets etc across the world. Convenience store, Minimarkets, Hypermarkets all fall in as well. Simply south (talk) 22:54, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

The user who came up with this project has been indef blocked. Joshuarooney2008 (talk) 16:19, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Proposal should still be discussed -- Absolon S. Kent (talk) 19:18, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Oppose: Should be a Task Force in WikiProject Kingdom or WikiProject England -- Absolon S. Kent (talk) 19:18, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

World Map

Description: I was hoping that someone will creat a moving world map that show the movement of the world shaping. From borders to earth movements, this map will be move year by year. Much like the map from Image:Mongol Empire map.gif. Please create this project because i am really interested to see how the world shaped.

Interested Wikipedians (Add Your Name If Interested)User:Kain1218/Wikiproject World Map —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kain1218 (talk • contribs) 14:43, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Comments

Oppose: Should be a Task Force in WikiProject Maps -- Absolon S. Kent (talk) 19:29, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Task forces/Work groups

There are advantages to proposing a new group as a task force of an existing project. Generally, task forces require fewer members to be effective and do not have the same degree of required project maintenance, as much of that is taken on by the parent project. If you would like to set up a new group specifically to function as a task force of another project, please list it below.

30 Rock

Description

This project would aim to work on articles relating to the television series 30 Rock. It would aim to expand the main 30 Rock page aswell as make the character pages a better quality and make episode pages to meet notability guidelines.

As of March 24, 2008 there are three good articles related to this topic ("Pilot (30 Rock)," "SeinfeldVision" and "Episode 210") aswell two featured lists (List of 30 Rock awards and nominations and List of 30 Rock episodes). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamie jca (talk • contribs)

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Comments

American Football Video Games

Description: This project would be devotedly dedicated to helping out, coordinating and fixing all content related to american football video games, such as Madden, NFL 2K, Arena Football, and etc. This task force would go under the Mother WikiProject WP:PROJDIR/GT
Founding Member

TheNextOneAcross (talk) 05:53, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

TheNextOneAcross (talk) 05:53, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Comments

Comment: This Task Force may be a better fit in WikiProject Video games -- Absolon S. Kent (talk) 19:31, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Ancient Germanic peoples

Description: A group, very likely a suprobject of Misplaced Pages:WikiProject European history, to work on content related to the Ancient Germanic peoples through to the early Middle Ages.

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

Comments

There is also a portal that relates to this topic-field: Portal:Ancient Germanic culture -Aryaman (Enlist!) 17:02, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Australian aviation taskforce

Description: Proposed as a taskforce to WP:AVIATION. All about Australian aviation!

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

Littleteddy (talk · contribs) March 10, 2008

Comments

Chuck (TV series)

This WikiProject Task Force would be to create character articles and episode articles for the US television show, Chuck. Additionally, it would be a division of WP:TV.

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Etruscans

Description: I propose a taskforce to work on the articles related to the Etruscan civilization. There are quite a lot of articles, but a large amount of them are stubs, so I think coverage could be improved greatly and quickly. The taskforce could be setup under Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Classical Greece and Rome, Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Archaeology or even Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Italy (or a combination). Pax:Vobiscum (talk) 13:44, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

Comments

I'd personally favor making it a task force of Misplaced Pages:WikiProject European history over Classical Greece and Rome, as it doesn't really deal with Classical Greece and Rome per se, but think that the subject certainly merits focused attention. John Carter (talk) 17:24, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

European history at the top, sure, but keep some parentage from Greece and Rome too - same time period, related issues (relations with Magna Grecia, descent of the Etruscan kings, Rome seeing its ancestry in Etruria - or not ....), etc Neddyseagoon - talk 21:54, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Fancruft sorting and cleanup

Description: This is a taskforce to deal with all the fancruft on Misplaced Pages. These articles are getting out of hand. We’ve had instances recently where notices were placed on fan website’s and dozens of people came in to fight the deletion of fan pages. What a mess! This taskforce will improve and categories articles that can be saved, and put up for deletion those that are pure cruft.
Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

Comments

Is there a Misplaced Pages article or policy on fancruft? I understand the concept, but we do we have a benchmark against which to measure it? I would like to remove as much of it as possible; there are much better places for it (Wikia springs to mind). -- Guybrush (talk) 09:22, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Methodism

Description: A group, possibly a work group of Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Christianity, to deal with those articles relating to the Methodist churches, their history, people, theology, etc.

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

John Carter (talk) 15:19, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
User:Robert of Ramsor (talk) 15:19, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
I'll be happy to design the project pages if there is demand for the group, but the subject is not one that I could contribute a great deal to. -- SECisek (talk) 18:43, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
Wsanders (talk) 21:23, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
–RHolton ≡– 21:13, 24 March 2008 (UTC) (though my time is somewhat limited, I'd be glad to help as I'm able)

Comments

Now active at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Christianity/Methodism work group.

National Express West Midlands and Coventry bus routes work group

Description: A group to focus on creating, improving, and maintaining articles on the National Express West Midlands and National Express Coventry bus routes. WP is West Midlands WikiProject that they come under.
Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

TOMBRANT407 (talk) 16:09, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Comments

Oakland Raiders

Description: Fixing Oakland Raiders related articles. Similar projects like Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Chicago Bears. --Louis Alberto Guel 00:29, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Interested Wikipedians

Louis Alberto Guel

Comments

Comment: Maybe this Task Force would be a fit under WikiProject American football -- Absolon S. Kent (talk) 19:37, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Percussion

Description: The percussion task force would aim to improve the content and categorization of percussion-related articles. The major trigger for the start of this task force was my concern at the lack of breadth within the actual percussion article, in coverage of various styles and regional percussion usage. More specific categorization of percussion articles would also be a major goal, as the top-level categories could be consolidated and organized more logically, instead of being in various standalone groups; and stub categories could use better specification. There are numerous holes in article content as well, including quite a few articles not cited (despite the wealth of percussion references available), general lack of templates and sound samples, and very few (if any) good or featured articles. WikiProject Music needs focused effort to improve the section of Misplaced Pages on perhaps the largest class of instruments, which is not an easy task.

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

Kakofonous (talk) 23:55, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

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Roman Catholicism in Great Britain

Description: This task force (connected to WikiProject Catholicism) would standardise the articles and templates pertaining to the religion of Roman Catholicism on the island of Great Britain (where England, Scotland and Wales are situated). This includes the modern day structure of the Church on the island, including the five provinces of England and Wales, as well as the two provinces of Scotland.

There are many articles which I feel would benefit from the attentions of such as taskforce and it would be useful to centralise them all (including the general history) as in the huge main project they could be harder to find and sort, the articles related to it are currently lacking.

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Sakura Wars

Description: A task force dedicated to creating and improving the Sakura Wars articles. There was a suggestion on Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject Anime and manga#WikiProject Sakura Wars? and it has been said that this project will be a task force rather than a Wikiproject. This series is very popular in Japan and that is the reason I want to create the articles relating to this series and make them featured or good article status. My subpage is at User:Sjones23/WikiProject Sakura Wars and I am working on some articles at my subpages (they are User:Sjones23/Sakura Wars (video game), User:Sjones23/Music of the Sakura Wars series, User:Sjones23/List of Sakura Wars titles, User:Sjones23/Sakura Wars: The Movie and User:Sjones23/Sakura Wars 2). The taskforce will be a division of WP:VG for the games, WP:ANIME for the anime-related series and WP:FILMS for the movie. I am a huge fan of the Sakura Wars series. Similar projects like WP:FF and WP:STARWARS, which I am also a part of. Greg Jones II 03:58, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

Greg Jones II 03:58, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Comments

You don't need to propose task forces here. If you want to create a task force, it should be discussed on the project talk page. ···日本穣 02:20, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh, right. I will make sure I will do that as well. Greg Jones II 02:43, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

September 11th

Description: This would be a task-force within WP:TERRORISM and would work on improving articles relating to the September 11th attacks; there are at least 175 articles relating to the attacks (most needing attention). I was actually surprised there wasn't already a task-force/wikiproject about 9/11. Here is a possible userbox idea:

User:Noahcs/Userboxes/Sep11

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

Noah¢s (Talk) 20:04, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
 Xiutwel ♫☺♥♪ (talk) 13:11, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Leobold1 (talk) 01:10, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Basketball 110 _{what famous people say} 19:26, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Comments

Star Wars video games

Description: A task force of WP:VG, though this task force would definitely have some links with WP:STARWARS. The category bearing the same name as this proposed task force shows that there are plenty of articles which it would cover: well over eighty.

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

Una Laguna 18:40, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
EEMeltonIV 18:58, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
Phoenix-wiki (talk · contribs) 14:43, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
Polarbear97 01:00, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
RC-0722 /_kills —Preceding comment was added at 19:58, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Blackngold29 (talk) 02:14, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Comments

It looks like you can go qahead and create this now, it has enough interest--Phoenix-wiki 17:15, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Sub-Roman Britain

Description: This taskforce encompasses the history of Britain just before the Romans left until the Anglo-Saxons, Scots, and Danes conquered the formerly British lands. It will cover the Brythons, Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Picts, and Scots. This will cover each of the kingdoms that emerged in this time period and the people who lived in this time. It will also cover the time of Arthur. This would be part of WikiProject European history.

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

-G.T.N. (talk) 01:08, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Comments

Venus

Description: A task force of WikiProject Astronomical objects, this task force would focus on improving articles related to the planet Venus, its exploration, the astronomers who studied it, and its geology.

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

Shrewpelt
Dust Rider —Preceding comment was added at 18:57, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Auawise —Preceding comment was added at 09:03, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Comments

This has quite a small scope. Too small to justify even a task force, I think--Phoenix-wiki (talk · contribs) 14:50, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

I counted 125 or so articles currently in the Category:Venus. If 80 is enough, 125 should be as well.
I agree, it has a very small scope. But if such a task force is established, I am interested in joining. Λua∫Wi se 09:01, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikidelete 2008

Description: [A Wikiproject solely devoted to nominating and providing support for AFDs.

Rationale:

Make WP look more "professional".
Clear up bandwidth
Provide more debate in AFDs

Goal For 2008 will be the deletion of 50,000 articles. ]

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

User:Librarianofages

Comments

I have very real reservations about the proposed goal. Any group setting up a goal of deleting 150 articles a day is running a very serious risk of putting that goal before wikipedia's own goals, of providing verifiable information. I cannot necessarily believe that with such a goal in place, all the articles being proposed for deletion will be reviewed as thoroughly as they should be. John Carter (talk) 01:44, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't see why, try pressing "random article" 100 times, count the number of articles that don't seem to belong on Misplaced Pages due to being advertising or not meeting notability guidelines, then multiply that number by 21,000 and you have a rough average of the number of articles that should be deleted. -- Ļıßζېấשּׂ~ۘ Ώƒ ﻚĢęخ (talk) 02:00, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

strongly oppose, this is a horrid idea and meanspirited at its core. Bad articles automatically find their way into AfDs, an WP dedicated to deleting them with a daily scorecard is an idea that should be fought. Deletionists are but one part of the Wikicommunity. Boo. Chris (クリス) (talk) 02:06, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Tough love, no? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Librarianofages (talk • contribs)

No. Self-serving pedantry and hugely divisive. Chris (クリス) (talk) 02:12, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Oppose - While I agree with Librarianofages’s goal of clearing some of the rubbish from Misplaced Pages, I disagree with this proposed solution. There are too many articles brought to AfD with little thought or research of the subject as it is. Combine that with too few users willing to make an informed decision about a nominated article and this proposal becomes a recipe for disaster. —Travis 14:38, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
This has to be a joke, so I will oblige: lol! --kingboyk (talk) 23:36, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Kingboyk, I think it is a joke. Ha, ha, ha... OPPOSE. Basketball 110 21:45, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

This makes a mockery of a Wikiproject, its foul.I'd have wanted to have seen animalistic Projects I would have gone to the Wikiproject Zoo.Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) 17:39, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Notability serves the purpose in a balanced way. Tyrenius (talk) 22:00, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

In response to the "clear up bandwidth" part, I would like to direct Librarianofages's attention to this link: Misplaced Pages:Don't_worry_about_performance. Bandwidth, server load, MySQL database size, etc, that's not your job. Leave that stuff to the developers. Phuzion (talk) 02:41, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Opposed and laughed at - This flies in the face of what Misplaced Pages IS, if there's something that needs to be cleaned/removed, clean/remove it using the tools you have now. You don't need a badge of justice, it'll just make the members that much more egotistical about their backwards idea of what the word improvement means. --AeronPrometheus (talk) 03:50, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Oppose - Is this a kind of joke? I mean, a WikiPrject is about improving and expanding articles. It is not about deleting articles. --Nadir D Steinmetz 23:35, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Not really consistent with Misplaced Pages's goals, is it? --Tony Sidaway 14:43, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

There is a case for original writers of articles to request deletion of early versions, especially where there is only one writer and other contributions have been minor edits, which can be very helpful. Example, mine on H B Kendall where I left a note that I intended to add some photos, and then picked up and deleted that note after finding the article listed on the Did you know list. Similarly for updates of images with better quality versions of the same. I am fairly new to Misplaced Pages, and perhaps there is such a facility which I have yet to discover. IS there some tag to request deletion of previous versions? Robert of Ramsor (talk) 22:25, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
Oppose strongly: see above comments.. LukeTheSpook (talk) 20:14, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Strong Oppose: Bandwidth on Misplaced Pages is not an issue and far to many disagreements occur with articles nominated for deletion. -- Absolon S. Kent (talk) 15:02, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

WikiWeapons

Description

A possible Userbox:

This User supports the WikiWeapons Project

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

User:BernhardFischbein

Comments (feel free to add some)

So sort of like, I don't know, WP:WEAPON? ;-) Kirill 19:16, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Actually, why not make it a project to manage pages covering the use of firearms? You know, sort of a list of firearm-related laws?? BernhardFischbein (talk) 17:49, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

WP:GUNS? Kirill 17:59, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Already have guns and fire arms. Basketball 110 21:44, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Recommend proposer kill this idea and join the task force and/or the project mentioned above by User:Kirill Lokshin--Doug. 18:57, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Portal for techniques in the physical sciences

see: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Council/Directory#list_of_materials_analysis_methods

Interested wikipedians

Jcwf (talk) 19:56, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
--Amaltheus (talk) 02:05, 17 January 2008 (UTC) But what is a portal? Can we call it Portal for characterization techniques in the physical sciences?
Srnec (talk) 19:33, 19 January 2008 (UTC) — willing to help organisationally and Jcwf's rationale makes sense

Comments

Oppose This place is for WikiProject, not portals. OhanaUnited 19:48, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Comment I don't know that this matters. There is no obligation to bring Projects and certainly not Task Forces here to begin with, if someone wants visibility for a proposed Portal here, that's fine and may help keep it from becoming just another unmaintained portal. Besides, to disallow it would be overly bureaucratic and Portals don't have a formal place for proposal. I take no position on the Portal itself being created, but the proposal is welcome here.--Doug. 18:27, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

You can do that at Village Pump OhanaUnited 20:13, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Transylvania

Description: A collaboration among Misplaced Pages editors that helps Transylvania related articles, some of which need major work. The ultimate goal, of course, having articles at a good enough state to the point of being featured.

Interested Wikipedians

Basketball110 (talk · contribs)
John Carter (talk) 16:54, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
Doug (talk · contribs) - assuming it's a task force and not an independent project

Comments

You've actually listed this under Taskforces, which would probably make more sense. I suggest a Task Force of WP:WikiProject Romania. By the way, there is a Portal:Transylvania at which I could really use your help - I'm currently the only editor there and don't really know the topic. And WP:WikiProject European history has made the article Transylvania its Collaboration of the Month, if your interests are primarily historical, consider joining that WikiProject, I'd love to discuss the potential for a Romanian History or Eastern European History Task Force at WT:WikiProject European history#Strategy.--Doug. 19:50, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Alternately, if you're thinking only about the historical state, it might work as a joint task force with Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Former countries. It would certainly help the portal if it could have separate assessments one way or another, though. John Carter (talk) 20:08, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Should be joint task force of WikiProject Romania and WikiProject European history (and Former Countries if desired), although there was a period when Transylvania was an independent principality, it is primarily an historical region or of Romania and a former dependent pricipality/county of Hungary.--Doug. 18:54, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Agreed above. Seems fine with me. Basketball one 10 23:38, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Romania is pretty inactive and may need to be wrapped up into a task force itself before we do this. Alternatively, this might give it the impetus it needs to get moving if it had an active task force.--Doug. 16:09, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Social Network and Forums on Misplaced Pages

I am proposing that we create a designated Social Forum on Misplaced Pages. I would like consent, comments, and suggestions, though, before I continue with this new idea. I completely realize that this is not the main purpose of Misplaced Pages, and am perfectly content if this idea is completely rejected.

However, if you have any feed back, please do not hesitate to comment on my talk page.

--**macph***-- —Preceding unsigned comment added by **macph*** (talk • contribs) 22:44, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Comments

I completely disagree with this concept. Misplaced Pages is for editing, and the social aspect of it... should be limited to user talk pages and that's all. If people want to socialize a lot more, they need to use an actual message board or a chat room. A social forum would just distract from the actual purpose of Misplaced Pages: building and editing an encyclopedia. Many people would be coming here to just chat, and not help with the encyclopedia, which isn't acceptable in my view. RobJ1981 (talk) 16:46, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Strongly oppose - Please see What Misplaced Pages is not for a clear explanation on why this is not a good idea. - Absolon S. Kent (talk) 15:06, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Strong oppose This is a Bad idea, it would give those an excuse to use Misplaced Pages as a Forum, we have a policy which strictly states that Misplaced Pages is not a Forum such discussions will be removed and the user warned, Misplaced Pages is an encyclopedia not a Forum site. Terra 18:24, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages: Police Department

Description: The Misplaced Pages: Police Department will monitor wikipedia for vandalism, simular to the counter-vandalism unit but will perform different tasks and follow strict rules which will hopefully lower the amount of vandalism. The police department will work closely with the counter-vandalism unit and share information to each member's either editors or Adminstrators. They will obey all rules of wikipedia even if the rules get's changed, if user's try and make their talkpages into a forum the Police department will intervene if it continues then the member's will report it as a violation of the Misplaced Pages Policy. Misplaced Pages is here to create an encyclopedia, as such the Police Department will make sure that the policy is respected, and that user's shouldn't make it into a forum website. →Dust Rider→ 21:26, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Possible userbox for the Department.

This user is a member of
Misplaced Pages: Police Department.

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

Comments

I'd need to have some idea what the strict rules this group is supposed to be following are, and exactly how they would be different from the counter-vandalism unit. Nothing against the idea, but I think most people would want to see exactly how it's proposed they get carried out. John Carter (talk) 21:55, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

The rules will be created by member's of the Department, mainly through the tasks simular the counter-vandalism unit, but it'll be based on the rules of Misplaced Pages and there five piller's, they'll patroll new creation logs of pages, and monitor different articles for vandalism. I'm still thinking of more idea's for the Department, but the Department i hope will be more active, also they'll watch articles talkpages and user's talkpages to see if they're not trying to make wikipedia into a forum website which some user's have been trying. →Dust Rider→ 22:13, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Just seems to be an duplication of existing functions - moreover, the name is problematically because a) many of our contributors come from regions where "police" has various negative connotations (and indeed, it seems that one of the proposed official functions of this group would be watch users...) and b) it suggests that they have some official function. --Fredrick day (talk) 22:20, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
I have to agree. My impression is that this proposed group is redundant with at least two others. Additionally, it seems to me that the name "Police Department" suggests that such a group has an official status that it doesn't. – Clockwork Soul 15:52, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Taskforce for Bemani

Description: To create, edit and improve articles on Konami's music games, such as Dance Dance Revolution, Drummania, and GuitarFreaks. The project also serves to improve existing articles on Bemani musicians such as Asaki and BeForU and any music related to Konami's music games. The project will be under Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Video games.

Fireblaster lyz (talk) 19:29, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Bemani

This user is part of the Bemani Taskforce.

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

fireblaster_lyz
AeronPrometheus
Phuzion
Coredesat
dj ralph
ViperSnake151

Comments

I deCAPitated the task force name. --AeronPrometheus (talk) 05:51, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

As a staff member of a few websites whose topics concern Bemani, I would very much like to see Misplaced Pages's coverage of Bemani topics improved, and will do what I can to help. As I am a sysop on Bemanistyle's wiki, I will put a notice on the front page linking to this taskforce to rally support for the cause. Phuzion (talk) 20:59, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks for the assistance rendered. Now, I will most likely wait and once enough attention has garnered, we will create a page and discuss on what we will do next. Do talk to me on the talk page. CAN SOMEONE CREATE A BETTER BANNER FOR ME? Thanks. Having a plain BEMANI isn't going to help, plus non-free images can't be used. xD Fireblaster lyz (talk) 20:59, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

I have a suggestion, make this the "Konami music video game Taskforce" instead. There are a lot of music-based games released by Konami that are not a part of Bemani (Karaoke Revolution, Dance! Dance! Dance!, Toy's March, Dance 86.4, etc...) and they would be good to include in our efforts.

g.m.d.

This user is part of the Konami music video game Taskforce.

g.m.d. stands for Konami's Game Music Department, what was later relabeled Bemani. In this case I use it to signify all Konami music games. Also I see no reason why either box MUST have an image, it looks tasteful this way. Thoughts? --AeronPrometheus (talk) 21:45, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

It seems great! However, my recommandations are to focus on the current Bemani's lineup of games before the older ones come in. We will most likely wait for another week before I am willing to take any action. Thanks. Fireblaster lyz (talk) 20:25, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Karaoke Revolution is a currently running series of games, the entire timeline of Konami games is dotted with music-based ones that don't fall under Bemani. I agree that Bemani should be our parent concern but there no reason why we'd have to wait to start on the others as well. I'm already doing major additions and overhauls to the DDR and Beatmania articles as we speak, so I guess I'll see you in a week. --AeronPrometheus (talk) 01:35, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

WP:CVG should be notified of this discussion, since this is being proposed as a task force of that project. I'll notify them. --Core desat 01:21, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

I actually brought the idea up a week or so ago to the video game project, before Fireblaster, didn't get much any response. --AeronPrometheus (talk) 01:35, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, perhaps now that there's a discussion on the topic, it might get a little more attention. --Core desat 02:31, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm an editor from WP:WikiProject Video games. Some questions for you guys are below. The purpose of these questions is to give this task force some direction, not to criticise it.

What will this task force do beyond what a talk page like Talk:List of Bemani series could do?
Are you going to have a common opinion on 'controversial' issues relating to these articles. For example, as a WP:VG/A assessor, I've noticed that the question whether track lists belong on articles themselves, separate lists, or nowhere at all, is subject to some controversy.
What are you going to do to make sure this task force isn't a 'one night stand'? WP:VG has many task forces, none of which are very active.

User:Krator (t c) 11:56, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

What will this task force do beyond what a talk page like Talk:List of Bemani series could do?

Like what I have stated, though the main objective is to commit members to push up the quality of BEMANI pages, the project also serves to improve existing articles on Bemani musicians such as Asaki and BeForU and any music related to Konami's music games. However, this information is very vague as no action has been done or taken place at this moment.

Are you going to have a common opinion on 'controversial' issues relating to these articles. For example, as a WP:VG/A assessor, I've noticed that the question whether track lists belong on articles themselves, separate lists, or nowhere at all, is subject to some controversy.

I require some feedback from members in the group on how this should be resolved. Once confirmed, articles must follow the guidelines set by the task force.

What are you going to do to make sure this task force isn't a 'one night stand'? WP:VG has many task forces, none of which are very active.

I have been to the Final Fantasy Wikiproject and I seen a nominal rollcall on a monthly basics. To ensure the task force is successful, at least one edit of any article related to Konami's gmd must be done in a week. Again, I prefer to hear on members' opinion on how can the task force remain active.

Fireblaster lyz (talk) 17:05, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm just going to continue to improve and add to the articles as I have been regardless of whether or not I have a button on my user page. The advantages to having an established task force would be to garner support and raise interest in aiding the cause. As we now have five signed members interested in helping perhaps later on there will be more that makes it less of a cliff scaling for those of us already in the trenches. --AeronPrometheus (talk) 18:38, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

FYI: "Once confirmed, articles must follow the guidelines set by the task force." and " at least one edit of any article related to Konami's gmd must be done in a week." are bad ideas. The reason for this is that WikiProjects and task forces are about collaboration and discussion, and are not some kind of elite club that sets the standards. There's no real 'power' or 'group' in a task force - even a member's list could be controversial. Projects have been deleted in the past for being too "closed". The same logic applies to the notion of "applications" as written on WT:VG. You can encourage and recommend, but the "must" that's in the statements quoted above is not something that's done on Misplaced Pages. User:Krator (t c) 16:56, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

I understand Krator, as a new user of Misplaced Pages, I am currently unfamiliar with things happening here or how things work here. As of date, I am currently busy with my personal work and am only be able to contribute from time to time. With already five members in the team, I hope we can quickly start off with some guidelines to follow on and IMPROVE PAGES!!! Fireblaster lyz (talk) 04:37, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

I personally think maybe just a general Music Gaming task force would be better, but still, Konami was the innovator here, so what's not to object? ViperSnake151 15:30, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

With much support from Wikipedians here, I would greatly apprrciate guidelines on how to start a Taskforce and get things running. (: PLEASE GO TO MY TALK PAGE!!! Thanks. Fireblaster lyz (talk) 15:18, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Caribbean Medical Schools

Description: Medical schools located in the Caribbean islands which cater primarily to American students seeking medical education.

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

bstone Bstone (talk) 21:14, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
PaddyM (talk) 04:15, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Comments

Yellowstone National Park

Description: Articles related to Yellowstone National Park, including guysers, basins, water bodies, animal species, etc.

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

Juliancolton (Talk) 19:27, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Comments

Former German Areas

Description: Articles related to Former German areas, ancerstrial and territorial. These include Prussia, Danzig, Volga River, Saarland, and other German areas that were taken from Germany any time after 1900. The purpose is to organize it so these areas can be found quickly for research and so awareness of the German Return to its land can be raised.

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

Comments —Preceding unsigned comment added by Theerasofwar (talk • contribs) 11:14, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Raymond E. Feist Series

Description: This would be a project specifically designated to books, places, items and characters that are connected to Raymond E. Feist’s novels such as: Midkemia, Kelewan Raymond E. Feist.. Feel free to ask any questions below or on my talk page – Thanks

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

Fattyjwoods 06:37, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
- LA @ 08:05, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
Salavat (talk) 00:15, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
24.72.109.227 (talk) 03:54, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
hmoul - I think I've read everything he's written multiple times. —Preceding comment was added at 19:31, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Comments

just wondering - whether the scope should be as a task force or a wiki-project because I don't know what parent project it should go under. Fattyjwoods 04:20, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

The page is up and ready - Im just making some refining on it. Check out WP:RAY thanks Fattyjwoods 23:56, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Connections to real-world objects and locations

There are a lot of ways people are making connections between Misplaced Pages and objects and locations in the real world. See WikiMapia and Placeopedia, for instance. One neat project is http://semapedia.org (scroll down to "latest tag sightings", and also see the wikiproject at WP:Semapedia), which loads software into cellphones that allows you to take a picture of a 2-D barcode, translate to a wikipedia url, and then read a mobile-appropriate version of the wikipedia page on your cellphone or PDA. But that's just one way to do it, and we don't need to stop at tagging historic or interesting locations. We might have a database of UPC codes, for instance, that matches consumer goods with relevant Misplaced Pages pages. RFID could play the same role, now that the technology is cheap and common...smart cards containing RFID chips are very common outside the U.S., and the chips are common for inventory tagging, electronic toll collection, and many other uses in the U.S.). An extensive bibliography of academic papers on projects connecting the real world to the web (not specifically Misplaced Pages) is http://www.purselipsquarejaw.org/2006/03/internet-of-things-working.php (not updated in the last two years). It seems to me this has potential as a meta-project...that is, it might give people a new way of looking at previous work they've done on Misplaced Pages, new ways to point others to the material they're proud of, and new reasons to want to polish it up. Any interest in this? - Dan Dank55 (talk) 04:39, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

The Dillinger Escape Plan

Description

This task force would be used to greatly improve their articles, and source the pages. They would be necessary to keep DEP related things interesting, factual, and informative. Their pages are dull, and the one I wrote is unsourced, and I feel people could help would make it a solid article. The reason I feel it is necessary for a better DEP page is because of their growing importance, and influence. Thanks.

Participants

All you DEP fans sign up!

Comments

Hi! Please look at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject_Council/Proposals#Taskforce for BEMANI. Konami has obtained a licence for the song "Pansonic Youth" from The Dillinger Escape Plan to be released and made playable on Drummania/GuitarFreaks arcade machines. You are gladly welcome to join this group, as we will be focusing on such band groups as well. As our task force is not formed yet, you might need to wait and allow time for guidelines which can be posted by you to allow members in the Taskforce for BEMANI to improve articles on DEP. Thanks. Fireblaster lyz (talk) 15:13, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Gangs

;Description

the task force would document street gangs and moniter gang articles that have been vandalized to promote gangs. I think several gang articles are in need of verification. some appear to be written by gang members or independent researchers. also I have a few new articles in the making, as well as some public domain photos and personal ones I own.

Participants

Sickero (talk) 10:57, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
] (] · ])☺ 18:55, 1 April 2008 (UTC), great idea! i'd be willing to help out in the law enforcement aspect of it.

Comments

What Wikiproject would theTaskforce Be under? --Iwilleditu 23:37, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Presumably one of the projects dealing with crime or criminal justice. John Carter (talk) 20:51, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Maritime Shipwrecks

Description

This task force would attempt to improve the articles about maritime shipwrecks like RMS Titanic, Lusitania, and many others! I hope you will join and it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Participants
Comments

So, something like WP:SHIPWRECK? Woody (talk) 12:03, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

University of Connecticut

Description A Task Force for improving articles related to the university, specifically the sports ones.

Participants

♥Shapiros10 Wuz Here♥ 17:02, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Comments

I think that these things should go in alphabetical order. –The Obento Musubi (Contributions) 04:21, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

...and this message is not directed only at this proposal. There are others that are not in alphabetical order. –The Obento Musubi (Contributions) 04:22, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Anti-Trivia

Description: This Wikiproject will be in Charge of ~~deleting~~ Moving Trivia Sections to the talk page in Wikipages since the are discourgaed by WP:POL and WP:Trivia.

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

Iwilleditu 23:13, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Comments

Oppose - POV fork, won't be allowed. See WP:Content forking. Also, WP:TRIVIA specifically advises against deleting trivia sections outright. Equazcion •✗/C • 23:12, 28 Mar 2008 (UTC)

Whel then insteed of deleting we will move them to the talk. --Iwilleditu 23:21, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

That's also advised against in WP:TRIVIA. I'd suggest you get a bit more acquainted with this topic before you propose a project that deals with it. Equazcion •✗/C • 23:22, 28 Mar 2008 (UTC)

Whel WP:Trivia states "may fall outside Misplaced Pages's scope and should be removed altogether."--Iwilleditu 23:28, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Some entries. Not entire sections. Read the whole sentence. Trivia sections are not to be removed just because they're trivia sections. Each item needs to be judged on its own merits -- which goes for any section. Equazcion •✗/C • 23:35, 28 Mar 2008 (UTC)

Oppose. Removing trivia sections (generally by integrating their worthwhile content into the article text) is a good thing which I've commonly done. However, since removing trivia sections does not require any particular form of collaboration, and is not a topic on which an editor can have specialized knowledge, it is a goal unsuited for a wikiproject. --erachima formerly tjstrf 23:39, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Whel shouldnt there be a standerd Procedure.--Iwilleditu 23:55, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

No, not really. It's not like we're fixing typos here, evaluating whether information is irrelevant or just needs reformatted is a process requiring actual thought and often discussion between editors. So there's nothing you can really do to create a standardized procedure. (Also, the word well doesn't have an 'h' in it, just so you know.) --erachima formerly tjstrf 00:05, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Oppose. Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Trivia Cleanup already exists. The only purpose for an Anti-Trivia Wikiproject would be to edit war with the pro-trivia WikiProject. / edg ☺ ☭ 21:55, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Oppose - I like trivia sections and feel they should be improved and relevantly sourced, not integrated into prose.

98.220.169.225 (talk) 18:31, 1 April 2008 (UTC) KIFulgore, 4/1/2008

Korean Entertainment

We have a Japanese anime project that includes manga, videogames, etc. But they have stated that animated projects from Korea or other countries should not be put in their project. Korea has produced a lot of manwha and animes themselves. I think we should have a Project Korean Entertainment. (Sorry if my explanation is so plain horrible and confusing.)Cardinal Raven (talk) 21:09, 26 March 2008 (UTC)Cardinal Raven

They've also produced a significant number of video games. Neon Merlin 13:09, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Soul Calibur

Description=This project would be about all of the Soul Calibur games

PAH Page

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

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Obviously we would want to add linksto all the other games, and manufactorers, on each page, so instead of this being one page, it would an interlaced series of pages. Obviously, ensure that all references are cited and accurate (but you probably are quite knowledgable in the Soul Calibur games, based upon your interest). Otherwise, I personally approve if that project. "--**macph***-- {{subst:dated adoptme}} (talk) 23:28, 20 January 2008 (UTC)"

Oppose: Should be a Task Force in WikiProject Games -- Absolon S. Kent (talk) 19:11, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

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