Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/Publication

message: I believe most of the task forces have to be considered as potential topics. Please comment. -- FayssalF - Wiki me up ® 16:06, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think some of them may be too broad or too vague to produce reasonably-sized collections, at least initially.  For example, we might prefer to compile a WikiReader about the British Army rather than all of British military history; about rifles rather than all weaponry; about the Sengoku period rather than all of Japanese military history; about the Punic Wars rather than all of Classical warfare; and so forth. Kirill Lokshin 16:10, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

text: I would agree, especially given that our top-level articles are often the ones with the most problems (i.e. bloat, POV warring, etc.). Also, given that we don't know how successful this will be, we probably want to start small... Carom 16:15, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've just added some few topics. Please check. -- FayssalF - Wiki me up ® 12:13, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks good. Kirill Lokshin 12:35, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: see it as a space to develop wikireaders and as I said in the discussion on the mainpage, a strong connection between portals and readers might help since portals are already intended to have collections of material they could turn into printable documents. Wandalstouring 18:09, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed, a number of portals could probably translate into at least basic frameworks for WikiReaders quite easily. Kirill Lokshin 18:25, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Potential topics

message: There is a French wikireader on Latin American history in creation. If it is finished, I suggest to translate it and add some of our material, so we can copublish with the history project. Wandalstouring 20:00, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  other Wikireaders 

message: My idea is to start another wikireader project on Athens, to be more precise about Athens from the Ionian Revolt until Alexander reestablishes the Macedonian reign over Greece. I suggest is to name it along the lines of "Athens, history of a major power in ancient Greece". There are quite a lot of FAs which do reasonably cover important topics and I consider the teams who created Alcibiades and Pericles among our most capable editors. The problem is whether or not these excellent editors are interested and naturally it would be up to them what exactly the scope of the reader is. If there is need for some guidedance and coordination, I'm willing to help as far as my wikitime (working on Punic Wars) permits. Wandalstouring 09:59, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems like a decent idea.  Would this focus primarily on the military aspects of it, though, or would it be a broader project?  Obviously the history of Athens is not exclusively a military topic. ;-) Kirill Lokshin 18:03, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure. We do have important biographies and battles. Other content can be added in the form of essays or or it can be provided in a cooperative effort with other projects(but we do have the organized manpower, others not). All in all it is only a title to work with and can be altered if necessary. The idea is to keep the project unambitious, but to present an interesting work. Wandalstouring 19:37, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, ok; that works for me. Kirill Lokshin 19:57, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Athens, history of a major power in ancient Greece