Wikipedia:WikiProject
From the Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can change
- Note: WikiProjects are not part of Wikimedia.
A WikiProject is a collection of pages that focuses on a specific subject within Wikipedia. It is not a place to write articles, but a tool to help others in writing articles. The talk pages that come with the projects are a useful forum for those who want to join a certain project.
Currently, Simple English Wikipedia is not yet large enough to have a large number of active WikiProjects. Many projects that have been created here in the past have been abandoned after a short amount of time. Because of this, if you would like to create a WikiProject you should first create it in your userspace. If it gets many members and a lot of traffic, the project can then be moved to the Wikipedia mainspace.
[change] How to create a WikiProject
Anyone can create a WikiProject in their own namespace. Let's say you are user:Example and want to create a WikiProject about cars. You could create the page user:Example/WikiProject Cars for your project. You may then notify the community of your WikiProject on Wikipedia:Simple talk and list it on this page on the list of current WikiProjects below.
[change] Notifications on article talk pages
If you have used another language Wikipedia, especially English Wikipedia, you may have seen a notice on article talk pages saying something like "This article is part of WikiProject Television". Until a WikiProject has been accepted by the community here and moved to the Wikipedia mainspace, it should not have notices placed on article talk pages. Once it is in the Wikipedia mainspace, it is fine to add these notices.
[change] Current WikiProjects
- Adoption - to help new users get settled
- Alabama
- Categories
- Chemistry
- Christianity
- Computer Science
- Good articles
- History
- Kentucky
- Military history
- Music
- North Carolina
- Novels
- Switzerland
- Tropical cyclones
- Userboxes
- User warnings
