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WikiProject Conservatism documents conservatism through history, and the people, groups and events that have shaped the ideology. We accomplish this by:

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The Right Stuff

By Lionelt

WikiProject Conservatism was a topic of discussion at the Administrators' Noticeboard/Incident (AN/I). Objective3000 started a thread where he expressed concern regarding the number of RFC notices posted on the Discussion page suggesting that such notices "could result in swaying consensus by selective notification." Several editors participated in the relatively abbreviated six hour discussion. The assertion that the project is a "club for conservatives" was countered by editors listing examples of users who "profess no political persuasion." It was also noted that notification of WikiProjects regarding ongoing discussions is explicitly permitted by the WP:Canvassing guideline.

At one point the discussion segued to feedback about The Right Stuff. Member SPECIFICO wrote: "One thing I enjoy about the Conservatism Project is the handy newsletter that members receive on our talk pages." Atsme praised the newsletter as "first-class entertainment...BIGLY...first-class...nothing even comes close...it's amazing." Some good-natured sarcasm was offered with Objective3000 observing, "Well, they got the color right" and MrX's followup, "Wow. Yellow is the new red."

Admin Oshwah closed the thread with the result "definitely not an issue for ANI" and directing editors to the project Discussion page for any further discussion. Editor's note: originally the design and color of The Right Stuff was chosen to mimic an old, paper newspaper.

By Lionelt

By Lionelt

Reprinted in part from the April 26, 2018 issue of The Signpost; written by Zarasophos

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. Updates on reimplementing the Graph extension, which will be known as the Chart extension, can be found on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Out of over one hundred questioned editors, only twenty-seven (27%) are happy with the way reports of conflicts between editors are handled on the Administrators' Incident Noticeboard (AN/I), according to a recent survey . The survey also found that dissatisfaction has varied reasons including "defensive cliques" and biased administrators as well as fear of a "boomerang effect" due to a lacking rule for scope on AN/I reports. The survey also included an analysis of available quantitative data about AN/I. Some notable takeaways:

• 53% avoided making a report due to fearing it would not be handled appropriately
• "Otherwise 'popular' users often avoid heavy sanctions for issues that would get new editors banned."
• "Discussions need to be clerked to keep them from raising more problems than they solve."

In the wake of Zarasophos' article editors discussed the AN/I survey at The Signpost and also at AN/I. Ironically a portion of the AN/I thread was hatted due to "off-topic sniping." To follow-up the problems identified by the research project the Wikimedia Foundation Anti-Harassment Tools team and Support and Safety team initiated a discussion. You can express your thoughts and ideas here.

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1. Lionelt (talk) 01:28, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
2. Drrll 06:27, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
3. CWenger (talk) 21:35, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
4. Dezidor (talk) 21:46, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
5. ThinkEnemies (talk · contribs) I am interested in working on... not really sure how to answer this. 01:49, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
6. User:NYyankees51 03:11, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
7. RightCowLeftCoast (talk · contribs) 07:46, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
8. Eisfbnore (talk · contribs) – Conservatism in Norway 21:25, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
9. FitzColinGerald (talk · contribs) - Neoconservatism in the United States.
10. Geofferybard (talk · contribs) - Critique of Enlightenment rationalism from perspective rooted in spiritual traditions such as Christianity and Buddhism; Japanese anti-Communism; American Conservative critique of fascism; libertarian and conservative libertarian critiques of statism 21:39, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
11. Rapier (talk) 04:14, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
12. PokeHomsar (talk) 13:12, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
13. jjrj24 (talk): Enlightening conservative people & topics in a world darkening with liberalism.
14. Christian1985 (talk · contribs) 17:14, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
15. Redstate1995 (talk · contribs) 21:44, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
16. Carrite (talk) 01:08, 30 March 2011 (UTC) The McCarthy Period and Cold War era anti-communism.
17. Avazina (Avazina's Talk) 10:30, 2 April 2011
18. Binksternet (talk · contribs) Interested in the interplay between conservative, libertarian, centrist and liberal issues. 20:43, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
19. Mark Shaw (talk · contribs) Fiscal/defense conservative, social liberal/libertarian. 03:12, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
20. Jarrodaus11 Conservatism in Australia
21. Warfieldian (talk)
22. DGG ( talk ) 01:37, 19 April 2011 (UTC) not as a statement of my own politics, but as an advocate of NPOV, to keep all political articles unbiased. DGG ( talk ) 01:37, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
23. Willwal (talk · contribs) 15:21, 19 April 2011 (UTC). Member of the UK Conservative Party; eurosceptic, Thatcherite, economic libertarian, social conservative/liberal.
24. patsw (talk · contribs) 02:46, 22 April 2011 (UTC) The Misplaced Pages is full of Fabian gradualists and Alinskyite confrontationalists, so when they push left, it is good to be among editors who push right back. Remember - WP:NOTTRUTH.
25. JohnAlbertRigali (talk) 14:04, 22 April 2011 (UTC) Focused on revealing leftists in the American and international sociopolitical scenes.
26. jprw (talk) 14:04, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
27. KevinOKeeffe (Talk)
28. Boromir123 (Talk)
29. Ddiaz841 (talk)
30. Jessemckay (talk · contribs) I'm interested in a roster of prominent conservatives/liberals. 03:20, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
31. Elsterputzer (talk · contribs) Member of the UK Conservative Party and interested in updating online shared knowledge (Talk)
32. ΙΧΘΥΣ (talk · contribs)
33. Saruman-the-white (talk · contribs) Australian traditionalist and classical liberal conservative interested in improving Australian conservatism-related articles and clearing up policially correct and leftist-dominated claims and analyses. (Talk)
34. Cognate247 (talk · contribs) -- interested in helping any way I can! 14:17, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
35. Chris Chittleborough (talk · contribs) AKA CWC -- interested in New Media, especially conservative/libertarian. 07:51, 2 July 2011 (UTC)
36. Spalds (talk · contribs) 03:50, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
37. darkstar1st (talk · contribs) in fiscal conservative constitutionalism Darkstar1st (talk) 11:54, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
38. Toa Nidhiki05 (talk · contribs) Never joined one of these WikiProjects before, but I'll be glad to help out. Toa Nidhiki 18:16, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
39. PoliceChief (talk · contribs) - interested in pages related to the British Conservative Party especially former Prime Minister Lady Thatcher PoliceChief (talk) 00:11, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
40. Newfoundlander&Labradorian (talk · contribs)
41. Gamingexpert (talk · contribs) (I'm a libertarian. I am the primary editor of Political positions of Sarah Palin and frequently edit pages related to her.) 00:19, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
42. OpenInfoForAll (talk · contribs) (I am interested in working on all things conservative) 21:25, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
43. NapoleonX (talk · contribs) (I am a conservative interested in conservative heroes such as Ronald Reagan and Andrew Breitbart a conservative pioneer in citizen journalism on the Internet) 14:43, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
44. mzk1 (talk · contribs) While I did it for other reasons, I've managed (I think) to get the Reliable Sources page to differentiate more between fact and opinion in newspapers.Mzk1 (talk) 20:19, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
45. Phoenician Patriot (talk · contribs) I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Maricopa County, AZ and webmaster for the Maricopa County Republican Committee (MCRC).Phoenician Patriot (talk) 13:57, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
46. rjensen (talk · contribs) I'm a professional historian working on political topics00:41, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
47. soonersfan168 (talk · contribs) I'm a young conservative who desires to improve Misplaced Pages!
48. Conservative Philosopher (talk · contribs) I am a conservative, and want to improve coverage of conservative topics on Misplaced Pages. 00:36, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
49. Screwball23 (talk · contribs) thank you for the invite! --Screwball23 talk 18:31, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
50. Regushee (talk · contribs) I am most certainly Conservative, and I'm willing to help with whatever I can do
51. TFD (talk) 02:27, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
52. Mwhite148 (talk) 15:04, 12 October 2011 (UTC) - Member of the UK Conservative Party; Scottish; One-nation Conservative
53. PhGustaf (talk) 23:52, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
54. Kleinzach (talk · contribs) (Not a conservative, but a lifetime interest in British, European and international politics.) 00:12, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
55. Anupam 07:12, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
56. Haymaker (talk) 07:53, 20 October 2011 (UTC) Interested in American politics and expanding international coverage
57. Saris718 (talk · contribs) (Interested in politics, working to improve conservative topics on Misplaced Pages and helping out where I can) 20:46, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
58. REDX36 (talk · contribs) (Same as above, really. Just like to edit articles and make sure there is no exploitable mis-information in controversial articles) 18:54, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
59. Goldblooded (talk · contribs) (Volunteer at the UK Conservative party, interested in the history of politics and the contrast between left and right and their alternative views on certain policies) 23:21, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
60. CharlieEchoTango (talk · contribs) 06:58, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
61. PoliticalJunkie2012 (talk · contribs) (Looking to edit articles on conservatism, libertarians, Tea Party, etc. Will sometimes edit articles in other spheres, such as rock music)
62. Graham11 (talk · contribs) 20:13, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
63. Malke 2010 (talk · contribs) Malke 2010 (talk) 18:16, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

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