Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Abandoned Articles/Archives/2006/12

message: If anyone knows more about wiki code (or wahtever it's called) than me (which isn't much), could they maybe make this page look better?  Ninetywazup?
:What do you want fixed? Sr13 01:47, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Never mind.  It's fixed  :)  Ninetywazup? 19:21, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Help 

message: When an articles has effectively been "saved" by this project, then should it be removed from the project, or kept for some other reasons?  Ninetywazup? 22:13, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: it is likely an article adopted, such as i did with human voice would have all tags removed by that person as part of the labour of love. Good idea for a project by the way.--I'll bring the food 19:09, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Policy for Release of Articles 

message: I noticed that when I put the WikiProject Paranormal userbox on my page, it automatically categorized me as a member of that project.  How can we get that to happen with this project's userbox?  Ninetywazup? 22:50, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: On the page for the template, insert Category:WikiProject Abandoned Articles participants, or whatever category you want to call it, at the bottom of the page and create the category. –The Great Llamamoo? 23:44, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Categorizing 

message: The main page says that the length of time before an article can be considered "abandoned" is as yet undecided.  Should we just figure that out now, right here?  Ninetywazup? 23:23, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: * I say we look for articles that haven't been edited and/or visited in more than 3 months, and, once found, we vote here to decide if it should be accepted.  Ninetywazup? 23:34, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

text: *I believe that for an article to be considered "abandoned", it should have not been edited for over six months and must be in stub status. Voting may take a while, once this new project is "brought out in the field." I have provided a link below about reeeaaally old and unedited articles in the section "A message to all members". Sr13 05:47, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with Sr13's post above on this issue. Some articles without stub status may also need it as part of the process.--I'll bring the food 19:11, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: What process?  Ninetywazup? 15:13, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  How long? 

message: How about Brevard County School District?  Would it count as "abandoned?"  Ninetywazup? 20:09, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think we should consider picking abandoned articles until we...
*accurately define an "abandoned article" (done)
*find a process in which it is easier to pick out "abandoned articles" (may be done at Special:Ancientpages, per suggestion above)
*achieve enough members and concensus with the two goals above. (done)
Once these three goals are reached, the project has a rolling start. That's just what I think. Sr13 02:05, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Now that consensus has been reached, it seems like the newly elected rules make this article not count as "abandoned."  Ninetywazup? 18:02, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article Suggestion 

message: Besides the WikiProject Directory are there any other places to find lists of WikiProjects?  Also, are any of these lists automatically generated, or will we have to manually list this project on them all to advertise this and get more members.  Ninetywazup? 20:16, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If you're even THINKING about advertising this project by posting on the talk pages of other projects, you need to read WP:SPAM first.  John Broughton  |  Talk 01:53, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The best things to do are to consult the WikiProject Guide, place the project on the list of new projects on the Community Portal, and maybe contact a few other projects which seem to have the majority of articles which seem to be abandoned. You could also always place the banners of the appropriate project, if there is one, on the article to draw attention to it from that project. Personally, I think that might be the best way to go, possibly with an additional proposal to some of the larger projects, Military history, Biography, Australia, etc., to maybe create in them a task force or work group for abandoned articles. I think at least some of them might go for it. Also, if there are a number of articles which fall within the range of an existing field which does not yet have a separate WikiProject, proposing a project for that field would probably work as well. I know that that's why I've proposed so many regional projects on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals page myself. Certainly, if you find that there are significantly areas of wikipedia which have no project guiding them, that is probably the best way to go. Badbilltucker 23:30, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject Directory 

message: I think that you might be able to get someone to create a bot at :Wikipedia:Bot requests to indicate at least the last time a given article was modified, if not read. That might be of some use to the members of this project. By the way, you are now listed on the Project Directory and on the Community Portal for the next week. I'd try to help myself, but my hands are kinda full right now. Badbilltucker 20:03, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that's a great idea.  Maybe we could create a sort of "watchlist" specifically for this project, so that we can easily check the stats on the project's articles without having to check them all individually.  Ninetywazup? 15:26, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maybe request a bot? 

message: Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention.  Badbilltucker 18:30, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikipedia Day Awards 

message: What does all this claiming open sections of articles mean?  Is it like you are in charge of those articles and putting them back into widespread use?  Ninetywazup? 22:08, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No- I took it directly from the oldest articles page from the Dec. 29 cache. It's just a dry run. Sr13 (T|C) 23:48, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  I'm confused!