Wikipedia talk:WikiProject/Archive 1

message: Hi WikiProject folks, I just wanted to inform/remind you that according to our policy, temp pages should go in the Talk namespace, not the article namespace. See for example Egypt/Temp. Cheers, Cyan 02:14, 18 Sep 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Temp pages

message: Do I just put my name down? Or do i have to have contributed to articles on the subject or..??
—Noldoaran (Talk) 02:58, Dec 14, 2003 (UTC)
:Adding your name to the list of participants should be sufficient; it would, however, be polite to leave a note on the project's talk page and/or contact some of the other members.  Regardless, you should at least familiarize yourself with the goals of the project and make sure your edits are consistent with them.  --Eequor 10:47, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: How do I join a wikiproject?

message: WikiProject: should be a namespace.
# η[ υωρ] 12:55, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Support 

message: Please move your name to the list of votes above if you still support this idea.
# 戴眩sv 18:07, 4 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Presumed support 

message: See: #Pseudo-namespaces.
# • Benc • 18:48, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  As a pseudo-namespace redirect 

message: Would anyone be interested helping with a Wikipedia:WikiProject Telescopes and/or Wikipedia:WikiProject Space Telescopes?  Should a telescopes template include space telescopes?  It/they could be modeled after the following articles:
* Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomical Objects
* Hubble Space Telescope
* Spitzer Space Telescope
* Arecibo Radio Telescope
--zandperl 15:21, 16 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: WikiProject Telescopes

message: I'm going to remove links WikiProject that don't exist, haven't existed for a long time, and are unlikely to ever exist (unless they have child projects).
Here's the ones I'm planning on deleting:
* Wikipedia:WikiProject Concepts -- added in Feb 2002 or earlier.
* Wikipedia:WikiProject Waterways of the World -- added in Oct 2002 or earlier.  Overlaps with Wikipedia:WikiProject Rivers, which is a real project.
* Wikipedia:WikiProject Creativity -- added in Oct 2002 or earlier.
* Wikipedia:WikiProject Encyclopedic Network -- added in Jan 2003 or earlier.
Please, somebody remove the abandoned Wikipedia:WikiProject WikiAwards--Joao Campos 17:45, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removing projects that don't exist 

message: TheWikiproject on Alternative Medicine aims primarily to facilitate the development of professional looking articles on all aspects of complementary, alternative and integrative medicine. One of its goals is to end the never ending edit wars that exists in many of the alternative medicine related articles. At this stage of development, I am seeking:
* Comments and suggestions from any Editor.
* Editors interested in becoming participants.
Please take a few minutes of your time to leave your comments on Wikipedia talk:Wikiproject:Alternative Medicine. -- John Gohde, aka Mr-Natural-Health 17:06, 18 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anyone interested in the Wikiproject on Alternative Medicine? 

message: I've created a hybrid WikiProject box and opentasksbox at Template:Album.  Any opinions on it? Tuf-Kat 07:29, May 1, 2004 (UTC)
:Why not simply hide all that open task information in a hyperlink? Also, it would be called a custom message or a talk namespace. -- John Gohde, aka Mr-Natural-Health 14:33, 1 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Revisiting project talk notices

message: Hi, I've just started a new project, Saints. --Kpalion 22:58, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject Saints 

message: Hello, I just did a little restructuring of the Wikiprojects list today, renaming some of the categories. I don't think any of them should be objectionable, but please let me know if they are. More importantly, I have renamed/ changed the content of two of the Wikiprojects - Authors (empty) and Novels, under the Literature section. They appear not to have been much of a success. There is already a Wikiproject for Books, and I feel this is far too vague, and I have split the Books section further into Classic & Canonical Fiction, Contemporary, Poetry, Mass Market and Genre Fiction (previously called Novels), and Miscellaneous Prose. To include really vague sections - "novels" and "authors" under an already very vague section, makes things far too confusing. We should list either Authors or Books, not both (I prefer Books, since one Author might fit in too many categories); I am keeping an Authors LIST to make navigation quick, but that's all (it needs editing and lengthening); the link to the "Novels" section has been removed, but the page is still available at Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels in case someone wishes to retrieve for some reason. If it's not needed, please delete it.
I would also like to bring together as many people as possible to contribute to the main Literature Wikiproject, under which I hope to incorporate the History of Literature and mention numerous writers from all the world who may or may not be well known in the West, but are not given enough space anyway; similarly for the (new) Painting and Sculpture, Opera, International Cinema and any related projects. All comments, contributions etc welcome. 
PS I haven't created the templates yet, just the Projects, as I am really really tired and will get back to them later. And I might post this on the Mailing List, so apologies if it gets repetitive.
Simonides 08:34, 20 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Restructuring, renaming, creating and removing Wikiprojects 

message: There's a lot of WikiProjects here, and a lot of them are not very active. There's also quite a lot of cases where, some months ago, someone has decided to create the thing, has never gone on with it, and so it has never really gotten off the ground. In amongst these, there's quite a few that are very active, and are doing a lot of good stuff.
I think it might be a good idea to divide this page into two, for active WikiProjects, and inactive ones. Thoughts?
:I think it would be better (and more polite) to make a note of an project's inactivity without disturbing its place in the hierarchy.  For one, rearranging the links would be tedious; for another, the project's members might not appreciate it if they were only taking a break.  Maybe  could be left on the project's main talk page to help renew interest.  --Eequor 10:30, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Good idea. That'd be a start, anyway. Ambi 11:32, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)

text: I'm going to do this now.  It'll be a list of WikiProjects which have been edited after October 1st 2004.  It'll be in the same form as the hierarchy, but the original hierarchy will still be there below.  Hope it meets with satisfaction...  JesseW 22:44, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Archiving?

message: Sorry, that was me. ^^; I'm using Mozilla Firefox, and had two tabs open to different Wikipedia pages, and confused one with the other.  Then I ended up moving this article by mistake, then I quickly realized what I did wrong, and moved it back.  The other article name should be quickly deleted. - Gilgamesh 08:13, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Accidental move and then move back

message: I don't know if there is a particular project out there with the aims of sorting stubs, but I would like to start one. -- AllyUnion (talk) 11:43, 28 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject:Stub Sorting 

message: The aims are simple:
- create a template for the articles on every football league
- organize the existent articles about the leagues
Anyone interested?--Joao Campos 17:56, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Anyone interested in a WikiProject on Football (Soccer) Leagues

message: I assume it will be OK if I remove the projects that don't even have any pages(i.e. are redlinks) in the hierarchy.  If someone creates a page for them, they can add it back, eh?  If this is wrong, feel free to revert. JesseW 22:03, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  I'm going to rm the redlined projects in the hierarchy 

message: I just created a section above the full list of WikiProjects, called Active Projects.  It's those projects whose linked page had been edited since 1 Oct 2004.  I think it will help people find the projects that are still being worked on easier.  Of course, if you are working on one of the projects that didn't make it into the list, and you edit your page, feel free to add it to the list! JesseW 00:13, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Active Projects section 

message: This instruction is wrong.  You can't use argments to a subst template(as Template:WikiProject is).
* Use {{subst:WikiProject}} to create a skeleton project page.
 
JesseW 07:27, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Er, the instructions are wrong. 

message: Just started a Wikipedia:WikiProject NASCAR to improve the articles about NASCAR. If you're interested, add your name to the participants and join the discussion. Recury 07:27, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: WikiProject NASCAR