Wikipedia:WikiProject History
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Welcome to the History WikiProject on the English Wikipedia! We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to history. If you would like to join us, please feel free to add your name to the list of project members
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[edit] Goals
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The goals of this wikiproject is to improve Wikipedia's coverage of history by creating, expanding, and maintaining such articles. It is to provide guidelines and recommendations for articles that describe all aspects of history. It is to serve as the central point of discussion for issues related to history in Wikipedia. It is to maintain the history portal and its sub-portals It is to answer queries about history on the reference desk, especially the humanities reference desk. |
[edit] Structure
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[edit] Scope
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Most articles within Category:History and its sub-categories are within our scope. There are already several other history projects with more specific scopes so the majority of our work is on articles that do not seem to fall into other projects' scopes. For further clarification:
The list of history topics lists of basic history topics are some articles that are in this projects scope. The latter list is not intended to be a comprehensive treatment of the subject, but rather an overview. The Lists of topics are intended to be comprehensive and to include links to every article related to the subject on Wikipedia. See List of mathematics topics and List of psychology topics as examples. A number of lists and meta-lists are maintained in Wikipedia:
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[edit] Work
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The list of basic history topics is intended to provide an overview of the coverage of history on Wikipedia. It is rapidly becoming one of the best history browsing tools on Wikipedia. The List of history topics page provides a history link for every subject for which there is a list on that page, still has some redlinks. Some of those redlinks can be edited to point to existing article sections (in the main article for the corresponding subject), while the rest need articles or sections created so that they can be pointed to them.
[edit] Vital articlesThese articles need to gain featured status as soon as possible:
[edit] OpentasksFeel free to add any articles needing improvement you come across here:
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[edit] Organization
[edit] Coordination
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The project coordinators are generally responsible for maintaining all of the procedural and administrative aspects of the project, and serve as the designated points-of-contact for procedural issues. They are not, however, endowed with any special executive powers.
[edit] ResponsibilitiesThe primary responsibility of the project coordinators are the maintenance and housekeeping work involved in keeping the project and its internal processes running smoothly; this includes a variety of tasks, such as keeping the announcement and open task lists updated, overseeing the assessment and review processes, managing the proposal and creation of task forces, and so forth. There is fairly little involved that couldn't theoretically be done by any other editor, of course, in only a few places have the coordinators been explicitly written into a process, but since experience suggests that people tend to assume that someone else is doing whatever needs to be done, it has proven beneficial to formally delegate responsibility for this administrative work to a specified group. The coordinators also have several additional roles. They serve as the project's designated points of contact, and are explicitly listed as people to whom questions can be directed in a variety of places around the project. In addition, they have (highly informal) roles in leading the drafting of project guidelines, overseeing the implementation of project decisions on issues like category schemes and template use, and helping to resolve disputes and keep discussions from becoming heated and unproductive. |
[edit] Departments
Assessment · Collaboration · Review · Outreach · Task forces
[edit] Assessment
The Assessment department finds historical articles for the first time and rate them on quality and importance scales.
[edit] Collaboration
The Collaboration department serves to improve articles that have been assessed by the assessment department by assigning large groups of editors to improve those articles. Help can be requested for an article you are working on or youhave found abandoned. A list of opentasts can also be found here
[edit] Review
The Review department carries out peer reviews on historical articles and nominates articles for good and featured status. It also carries out A-Class reviews on articles within our scope.
[edit] Outreach
The Outreach department acts as a central location for various member outreach work, including project newsletters, recruitment and welcoming banners, and other related initiatives.
[edit] Task forces
Task forces are used to focus attention on specific areas with a project's scope. WikiProject History has no task forces yet. Some may be introduced to work on specific areas if needed.
[edit] Participant information
WikiProject History Participants
[edit] Userbox
The Outreach department acts as a central location for various member outreach work, including project newsletters, recruitment and welcoming banners, and other related initiatives.
[edit] Membership
To join this project simply add your name at Wikipedia:WikiProject History/Outreach/Members
[edit] Userboxes
WikiProject History maintains a number of userboxes
{{User WPH}}
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This user is a member of the History WikiProject. |
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This user is a member of the WikiProject History |
[edit] Welcoming
If you see a new member, it is a good idea to place our welcome message on their talk page
[edit] Newsletter
The newsletter hasn't really been organized yet. A concept issue is available
[edit] Current issue
If you would like to be a member of the project, sign your name below, after the last signee, with "# ~~~~" (four tildes). Members can also feel free to add {{User WikiProject History}} to their user pages.
[edit] Members
- Spool 26 (talk · contribs) -- History of Europe, the Near East, & Asia.
- Pecopteris (talk · contribs) -- Interested in Ancient times and Middle Ages.
- Alarob (talk · contribs) -- The "Atlantic world" of the early modern period, especially the American South and Caribbean. Also, everything else.
- AMK152 (talk · contribs)
- Andy 1One (talk · contribs)
- ArchiveMaker (talk · contribs) (The First Crusade and early 1100s)
- Balin42632003 (talk · contribs) -- Mostly Medieval, Colonial America, British History, and Military History.
- Behemothing (talk · contribs)Modern Europe with a focus on France; colonial/imperial history within Europe, Africa, the Caribbean, India, and formerly-French Indochina; decolonization and nationalism.
- Beit Or (talk · contribs)
- Benedict of Constantinople (talk · contribs) Classical History, especially Greece and Rome, to the Middle Ages, to the Napoleonic Era.
- BFDhD (talk · contribs) - Areas of contribution: Ohio, Brooklyn/New York City, post-Reconstruction, U.S. immigration histories.
- BradMajors (talk · contribs) (mostly colonial New York history)
- Cgingold (talk · contribs)
- Crisstti (talk · contribs) Slavery and abolition of slavery, Chilean history, XX century history.
- Ctifumdope (talk · contribs)
- Doug (talk · contribs) (Colonial America, history of Agriculture, history of Eastern Europe, history of the Middle East}
- Ealdgyth (talk · contribs) | Talk 02:46, 9 September 2007 (UTC) -Ancient and Medieval history, especially English Medieval history.
- Eley (talk · contribs)
- Esskater11 (talk · contribs) (Military history mostly)
- Faithlessthewonderboy (talk · contribs) - American history to 1840, Polish history, Medieval history, British history, history of European nobility.
- FitzColinGerald (talk · contribs) - Anything related to the French Third Republic and the German Third Reich interests me greatly.
- Franky210 (talk · contribs)
- - Freechild (talk · contribs) Hyper-local histories of urban areas, extremely rural areas, and urban neighborhoods.
- gabeAB (talk · contribs)
- georgequizbowl08 (talk · contribs)
- Ghostexorcist (talk · contribs) -- I am primarily interested in Asian and Persian history, but I love reading about the Crusades and the Civil War.
- Goldkingtut5 (talk · contribs)
- Gr8opinionater (talk · contribs)
- Hstrypcfr (talk · contribs) American History (esp. 20th cent.) , English/British, European History, Medieval history (esp. arms and armour). I also have a passion for ancient history, religious history, and politics.
- Iceberg2229 (talk · contribs) I'm particularly interested in North American history and economics.
- irasocol (talk · contribs) My best skills would lie in Irish history, French history since 1870, Central European History - the Holy Roman Empire and the successors to that state and its bordering nations - as well as the history of the New York City area.
- Jagged 85 (talk · contribs) - Asian and Mediterranean history, military history, and the history of science, mathematics, and technology
- Jim Hardie (talk · contribs) - mainly modern history with an emphasis on popular culture, especially sport; also ancient Greece
- John Carter (talk · contribs) (former warlordjohncarter)
- Justizin (talk · contribs) History of art, probably also technology, science, mathematics
- Kaly99 (talk · contribs)
- Kanogul (talk · contribs) (American history, recent world history, Ancient Rome and Greece)
- KEncyclopediaB (talk · contribs) (Western European History and U.S. History)
- Kevinbrowning (talk · contribs)
- Kyriakos (talk · contribs) (mainly Greek and Byzantine military history but have all round knowledge)
- Law soma (talk · contribs) – Asian especially Japanese, South American and Mediterranean history. However, my English is poor.
- Litany (talk · contribs)
- LordAmeth (talk · contribs) I'm a graduate student in Japanese history, though I hold a strong interest in Southeast Asia and Polynesia as well. (Pre-modern and early modern Japan)
- LuciusValens (talk · contribs)
- Malachirality (talk · contribs)
- Merbabu (talk · contribs) - probably mostly Indonesian "histories" (which is what I've been working on for 18months) and any related. Also, a sprinkling of architectural histories. Other histories from time to time, particularly my own Australian.
- Monsieurdl (talk · contribs) (Any history, interests include antiquity, 1500-1800 in North America, World War I & II)
- Nasica (talk · contribs)
- Nathraq (talk · contribs) - Roman late Republic/early Principate, Germanic and Gallic Tribes; writings from Livius, Tacitus, and G.J. Caesar
- Neddyseagoon (talk · contribs)
- New Rock Star (talk · contribs)
- Nick Dowling (talk · contribs)
- Parkwells (talk · contribs) US 19th century history, esp. post-Reconstruction, and early 20th c.
- Passawuth (talk · contribs) (South East Asian & European history)
- PaxEquilibrium (talk · contribs)
- philbuck222 (talk · contribs)
- Phoenix-wiki (talk · contribs)
- pinkbunhead (talk · contribs)
- Ragesoss (talk · contribs) -- especially late-19th and 20th century American history and the history of science (history of science, technology and medicine; American history)
- Ramirez72 (talk · contribs) - Mainly on Mexican, Amerindian history and others. My main objectives is to improved the article to the next level.
- Ray3055 (talk · contribs) British Victorian History. Inventions, companies, computing/communications technology.
- Rjc5000 (talk · contribs)(Massachusetts Constitution of 1780, Persian Oil 1901-1955, History of Racism in advertising 1910-1950)
- Reddi (talk · contribs) Most Western and Middle East; Weak on Asian
- Redmarkviolinist (talk · contribs)History, possibly of technology.
- Revolving Bugbear (talk · contribs) (formerly Che Nuevara) I specialize in WWI and inter-war Europe
- Rzafar (talk · contribs) - Primary focus is on the British East India Company in the area now part of Pakistan (1800 - 1849). Additional interest in the British in the region until 1947.
- SatuSuro (talk · contribs) -- Australian Maritime History project, Tasmania, and Central Java.
- Sassf (talk · contribs)
- Shudde (talk · contribs) (anything that catches my interest)
- sm8900 (talk · contribs) Hope to help to track and record various historical events.
- S.Skinner (talk · contribs) I'm a History Student from the UK. My main areas are European and Russian History from 1000 to present and Scottish History from 700-present.
- SteveMcCluskey (talk · contribs) -- History of science; Medieval history
- The Transhumanist (talk · contribs) -- Overviews and surveys of history, List of basic history topics, timelines, and history's representation on other reference pages.
- TomStar81 (talk · contribs) (Principly interested in military history. Will help where I can (school work permitting))
- UnDeadGoat (talk · contribs)
- LikeHolyWater (talk · contribs) -Anything about World War's I and II, The October Revolution, or Greek and Roman Mythology.
- Hexagon1 (talk · contribs) 09:35, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
- Νεοπτόλεμος ( talk | email | contribs ) - Greece, Russia, Mexico, World Wars, just about anything
- Nathraq (talk · contribs) Roman History(late republic-early principate), Ancient Europe, American Civil War, Ancient Balkans
- 8th_best_thing (talk · contribs)
- EA210269 (talk · contribs) General interest in history, but specifically in Bavarian and German history
- The Quill (talk · contribs) General interest in history, but specifically in European History, specializing in English History up to the Act of Union 1800.
- Erik the Red 2 (talk · contribs) Ancient Greece and Rome, Dark Ages
- Tharnton345 (talk · contribs) I am really interested in world History.
- Noah03 (talk · contribs)
- ActionMan12 (talk · contribs)
- Titirius (talk · contribs) History of the Roman Republic and early empire, the hellenes and the 'barbarians' of that time. History of Belgium.
- Bsimmons666 (talk) 14:24, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
- Leonard(Bloom) 22:39, 21 August 2008 (UTC) Labor history and civil rights movements, mostly, but political history is also a specialty.
- Buaidh (talk · contribs) History of North America
- Cdmajava (talk · contribs) - Interested in Ancient History from Greece and Sparta to the Medieval Ages to the Renessance to the Colonization of the Americas and WW I and II. I like History...
- Peter Isotalo (talk · contribs) Mostly cultural history with a special interest in culinary history.
- The Scythian
- Goodmorningworld (talk · contribs)
- Major Bloodnok (talk · contribs)General Interest, especially European C19th onwards.
- Empireheart (talk · contribs) Like to get involve in sourcing and fact checking
[edit] Members inactive for more than 6 months
Please add your name to the active list if you return.
- Aldous Hooplah (talk · contribs)
- CrnaGora (talk · contribs)
- Great Legacy (talk · contribs)
- Londium (talk · contribs) - Mainly British, European and Middle Eastern history (Ancient, Medieval and Modern).
- Patricknoddy (talk · contribs)
- PerfectStorm (talk · contribs)
- Phnx2ashes (talk · contribs) --Classical, Medieval, Colonial-American History, and Mythology.
- Oggy (talk · contribs) -- British and a bit of German history
- Sideshow Bob (talk · contribs)
- Sir james paul (talk · contribs) I LOVE history.
- Warlordjohncarter (talk · contribs)
- Wootking (talk · contribs)
- Xylyx (talk · contribs)
- Zaparojdik (talk · contribs) I'm interested in Turkish and formely Ottoman countries histories. Also period of rising Islam.
[edit] Templates
WikiProject History Templates
[edit] Talk page banner
The banner {{WikiProject History}} should be added to the talk pages of all relevant articles.
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a WikiProject related to the the study of History. |
[edit] Infobox Historical Event
The Infobox {{Infobox Historical Event}} should be added to the pages of notable events.
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[edit] Country history
The Infobox {{Country history}} should be added to the history of a 'x' country pages.
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[edit] Showcase
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[edit] Featured articles
[edit] A-Class articles
[edit] Good articles
[edit] Former featured articles
[edit] Former good articles
[edit] Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team
- Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team release version selections
The following articles have been selected for inclusion in one or more release versions of Wikipedia. Please help ensure that these articles remain of the highest possible quality.
- American Revolutionary War
- Battle of Midway
- Christopher Columbus
- David Hume
- Herodotus
- Historiography
- History
- History of Alaska
- History of Arizona
- History of Baltimore City College
- History of Earth
- History of the world
- Industrial Revolution
- List of European Union member states by accession
- Napoleonic Wars
- Renaissance
- The Holocaust
[edit] DYKs
The following articles have all been featured in the Main page Did You Know section:
- Anti-tobacco movement in Nazi Germany - 6 June 2008.
- History of African Americans in Chicago - 2 May 2007.
- History of Berne - 19 March 2006.
- History of Dhaka - 7 September 2006.
[edit] Categories
WikiProject History Categories
Every article on a historical topic should be assigned to as specific a sub-category under the Category:History as possible, as well as to any non-history categories to which it belongs. Since Wikipedia has tens of thousands of articles on historical subjects, they shouldn't all be placed directly in Category:History; there is an elaborate hierarchy of historical categories, described here, and only the lowest-level category need be assigned.
[edit] Category tree
[edit] Organization of Category:History
Category:History contains only the most general articles, such as History and History of the world. Other historical articles appear in one or more sub-categories
[edit] Category names
The category for the history of the modern nation X should be called "History of X" or "History of the X" and included.
[edit] Organization of national histories
Few nations have neat histories: most have changed name, constitution and boundaries over their history. This section gives advice on creating sub-categories to reflect these changes.
[edit] Don't over-categorize
Having added an article to, say, Category:Military history of the United Kingdom, there's no need to also add that article to Category:Military history, Category:History of the United Kingdom, Category:United Kingdom or Category:History. The category hierarchy expresses the fact that every article about the military history of the UK is an article about military history and an article about the UK.
