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Projects

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)
  1. ZAPMUT (talk)
Comments

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)
  1. 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.

Interested Wikipedians (Add Your Name If Interested)
Comments

Dracula Project

Description
Tnu1138 (talk) 16:43, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Interested Wikipedians (Tnu1138 and noone else yet that I know of)
  1. Tnu1138 (talk)
  2. John Carter (talk) 17:08, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
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
  1. --Listen to your Princess, dear Wikipedians. (talk) 19:16, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Comments


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)
  1. Madeleine ✉ ✍
  2. LeeVJ (talk) 21:50, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
  3. Liveste (talk · contribs) 01:19, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
  4. 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
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? – ClockworkSoul 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)
  1. dramatic dramatic (talk)
  2. Lanma726 Matt (talk) 00:09, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
  3. Liveste (talk · contribs) 00:16, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
  4. Really needs its own. It's a seperate sport; putting under basketball makes no sense whatsoever. Rebecca (talk) 04:46, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
Comments

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)
  1. Amartyabag
Comments

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)
  1. Killervogel5 (talk)
  2. EaglesFanInTampa (talk)
  3. PYLrulz (talk)
  4. Bjewiki (Talk)
  5.   jj137 (talk) 16:39, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
  6. 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)
Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
  1. --Iwilleditu 15:49, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
  2. Sushant gupta (talk) 07:22, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
Comments
  • 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)
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)
  1. +Hexagon1
  2. The Dominator (talk) 00:06, 30 March 2008 (UTC) This is an excellent idea Hexagon!
  3. Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 06:24, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
  4. ≈Tulkolahten≈ 11:03, 30 March 2008 (UTC) 11:03, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
  5. --Molobo (talk) 11:08, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
  6. Tymek (talk) 03:26, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
  7. 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)
  1. 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)
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)
  1. Iwilleditu 16:32, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Comments
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)

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.

Interested Wikipedians (please add your usernames)
  1. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 20:13, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
  2. John Carter (talk) 20:15, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Comments
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)
Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
  1. Uga Man
  2. AxelBoldt
  3. FridemarPache see Meatball:WeNameInitiative
  4. Wulf
  5. John Carter (talk) 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. 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)
  1. Creamy3 (talk) 15:31, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
Comments
  1. 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)

Maroon 5

' Description

Popular pop group. Dedicated to improving articles on songs, albums, members.
Interested Wikipedians
  1. ♥Shapiros10WuzHere♥ 00:14, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Comments

Aviculture

Description
A project to coordinate pages on the aviculture.
Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
  1. User:Snowmanradio
  2. User:Chet Womach
  3. User:OnorioCatenacci
Comments
  • 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)
  1. --Nadir D Steinmetz
Comments

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)
  1. --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)

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)
  1. –The Obento Musubi (Contributions)
  2. LukeTheSpook (talk)
  3. Drewcifer (talk) Sure why not.
Comments
  • 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)

Diseases and cures

Description
Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
  1. 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. Basketball110 21:50, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Emergency Medical System

Description
Maintain, improve, and expand articles relating to emergency medical systems and prehospital care.
Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
  1. JPINFV
  2. Brentoli
Comments

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

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)
  1. John Carter (talk) 14:06, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
  2. --Iwilleditu 01:34, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
  3. . --Marcinjeske (talk) 02:23, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
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)
  1. SunilSuri
  2. Fitz8794
  3. Zack Price
  4. ReignMan22
  5. Izzy007
  6. C_Rossman (FYI - great book on unreleased works called "Black Gold")
Comments

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

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)

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)
  1. GreenJoe 18:03, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
  2. DGG (talk) 18:09, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
  3. FullSmash26 (talk) 06:15, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
  4. TorstenGuise (talk) 19:16, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
  5. BpEps - t@lk 19:33, 21 March 2008 (UTC)


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)
  1. 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)
  1. Jordanp (talk) 21:07, 4 March 2008 (UTC) (original poster)
  2. --William Thweatt | 22:30, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
  3. C mon (talk) 12:52, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
  4. Save The HumansTalk :) 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)
  1. K. Lásztocska 21:51, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
  2. Chris 09:03, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
  3. KissL 12:46, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
  4. Εξαίρετος (msg) 15:10, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
  5. István 20:02, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
  6. Harrypotter 08:46, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
  7. Lquilter (talk) 15:30, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
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)

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)
  1. Hencetalk
  2. Police,Mad,Jack
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)

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

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)

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
  1. Jamie jca (talk) 02:35, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
  2. Yankeesrj12 (talk) 21:21, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
  3. Polarbear97 (talk - contributions) 01:57, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
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
Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
  1. TheNextOneAcross (talk) 05:53, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
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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)
  1. John Carter (talk) 14:03, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
  2. Aryaman (☼) 14:35, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
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)
  1. 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.

Interested Wikipedians (Add Your Name If Interested)
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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)
  1. Pax:Vobiscum (talk) 13:44, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
  2. John Carter (talk) 17:24, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
  3. Neddyseagoon - talk 21:54, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
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)
  1. S.dedalus 05:24, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
  2. Guybrush (talk) 09:22, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
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)
  1. John Carter (talk) 15:19, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
  2. User:Robert of Ramsor (talk) 15:19, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
  3. 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)
  4. Wsanders (talk) 21:23, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
  5. –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)
  1. 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)
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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)
  1. Kakofonous (talk) 23:55, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
Comments

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.
Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
  1. Yorkshirian (talk) 00:44, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
  2. Robotforaday (talk) 20:02, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
  3. Neddyseagoon - talk 16:15, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Comments

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)
  1. 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



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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)
  1. Una Laguna 18:40, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
  2. EEMeltonIV 18:58, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
  3. Phoenix-wiki (talk · contribs) 14:43, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
  4. Polarbear97 01:00, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
  5. RC-0722 /kills —Preceding comment was added at 19:58, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
  6. 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)
  1. -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)
  1. Shrewpelt
  2. Dust Rider —Preceding comment was added at 18:57, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
  3. 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)

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)
  1. 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. Basketball110 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)
  • 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)

WikiWeapons

Description


A possible Userbox:

This User supports the WikiWeapons Project



Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
  1. 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. Basketball110 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
  1. Jcwf (talk) 19:56, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
  2. --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?
  3. 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
  1. Basketball110 (talk · contribs)
  2. John Carter (talk) 16:54, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
  3. Doug (talk · contribs) - assuming it's a task force and not an independent project
Comments
  • 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)

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)
  • 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. – ClockworkSoul 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)


BemaniThis user is part of the Bemani Taskforce.
Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
  1. fireblaster_lyz
  2. AeronPrometheus
  3. Phuzion
  4. Coredesat
  5. dj ralph
  6. 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. --Coredesat 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. --Coredesat 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)

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

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Medical schools located in the Caribbean islands which cater primarily to American students seeking medical education.
Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
  1. bstone Bstone (talk) 21:14, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
  2. PaddyM (talk) 04:15, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
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Yellowstone National Park

Description
Articles related to Yellowstone National Park, including guysers, basins, water bodies, animal species, etc.
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  1. Juliancolton (Talk) 19:27, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
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Former German Areas

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

Raymond E. Feist Series

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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)
  1. Fattyjwoods 06:37, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
  2. - LA @ 08:05, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
  3. Salavat (talk) 00:15, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
  4. 24.72.109.227 (talk) 03:54, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
  5. hmoul - I think I've read everything he's written multiple times. —Preceding comment was added at 19:31, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
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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

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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.

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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.

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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

  1. ♥Shapiros10WuzHere♥ 17:02, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
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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

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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)
  1. Iwilleditu 23:13, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
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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)
  • 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)
  • 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 - 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. NeonMerlin 13:09, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Soul Calibur

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

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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)"

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) 07:31, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
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