Wikipedia:WikiProject Years

"WP:YEARS" redirects here. For the Manual of Style guideline for years, see MOS:YEAR.

WikiProject Years is a project dedicated to improving all year-related articles on Wikipedia. We cover all year, decade, century, and millennia articles and their subarticles. Our scope is incredibly large, so we rely a lot on automated bots to do more tedious tasks.

Scope

This WikiProject's first aim was primarily to formalize the unofficial standard used for creating year pages. A standard was created and then transferred to Wikipedia:Timeline standards. The project still conceivably has responsibility for maintaining/improving that standard. The project currently oversees all year articles, (e.g. 1345, 2008), decade articles, century articles, and millennia articles, as well as their sub-articles (e.g. 2008 in sports).

• List of years
• List of years by topic
• List of decades, centuries, and millennia

Related projects

The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Time.

• WikiProject Current events
• WikiProject Days of the Year
• WikiProject History
• WikiProject Lists
• As year articles cover many subjects, most other WikiProjects are relevant to the work of WikiProject Years.

To do

Open tasks for Wikipedia:WikiProject Years. Edit or discuss these tasks. Shortcuts: Recent changes | Categories | History

• Current year: 2024
• Cleanup listings: Years cleanup
• Need expansion: Stub-Class Year articles
• Need quality assessment: Unassessed Year articles
• Need importance assessment: Unknown importance Year articles

The collaboration of the week is 1929

1. Resolve policy questions (such as WP:RY)
2. Fix templates
3. Improve 1929 and 1340s

Assessment and review

WikiProject Years primarily deals with List Class articles, and the quality assessment system is often not applicable to this WikiProject. Instead, year articles should be evaluated through the featured list process once they meet the featured list criteria. For exceptions, such as the article Year, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Years/Assessment. Importance assessments should be applied normally.

• There is a bot-generated daily log which lists articles Reassessed, Assessed and Removed.
• Popular pages lists top Years articles with the most frequent views. It is updated monthly.

Current status

Years articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FL				21			21
GA		3	2	12			17
B		1	6	114		17	138
C	4	2	20	334		83	443
Start		6	261	2,806		640	3,713
Stub			8	1,374		629	2,011
List	3	90	791	21,441	50	5,492	27,867
Category			2	38	540,707		540,747
Disambig					18		18
File					3		3
Portal		12	4	87	8,314		8,417
Project					6		6
Template			8	20	12,320		12,348
NA			9	2,479	6,036		8,524
Other				1	8		9
Assessed	7	114	1,111	28,727	567,462	6,861	604,282
Unassessed				45		91	136
Total	7	114	1,111	28,772	567,462	6,952	604,418
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 32,851			Ω = 5.20

Participants

1. AMK152 (talk · contribs)
2. Arius1998 (talk · contribs)
3. Arthur Rubin (talk · contribs)
4. Arthur Smart (talk · contribs)
5. Boca Jóvenes (talk · contribs)
6. Chewings72 (talk · contribs)
7. Codrinb (talk · contribs)
8. DerbyCountyinNZ (talk · contribs)
9. Fayenatic london (talk · contribs)
10. Flaviusvulso (talk · contribs)
11. Jc3s5h (talk · contribs)
12. Kransky (talk · contribs)
13. MrMeAndMrMe (talk · contribs)
14. -noah- (talk · contribs) 13:22:11, 30 March 2021 (UTC) 
15. Numberguy6 (talk · contribs)
16. Olivier (talk · contribs)
17. Sj (talk · contribs)
18. Sm8900 (talk · contribs)
19. Smjg (talk · contribs)
20. Tahc (talk · contribs)
21. Thebiguglyalien (talk · contribs)
22. TheEditor867 (talk · contribs)
23. Tony1 (talk · contribs)
24. Trevor MacInnis (talk · contribs)
25. Typhoon2013 (talk · contribs)
26. TommyBoy (talk · contribs)
27. Rickyurs (talk · contribs)
28. Tillywilly17 (talk · contribs)
29. RoundSquare (talk · contribs)
30. Ginkos520isthebest (talk · contribs)

Inactive Participants

Editors who have not edited on Wikipedia for over six months

1. LittleDan
2. Spawn Man (Yay, It's all gonna be good.....But don't we need a splash of colour in here?)
3. jredmond
4. Lini*
5. User:Dank55
6. AprilBlood*
7. Grimhelm (talk)*
8. Tea and crumpets
9. User:Yggur
10. Orion11M87
11. Foolestroupe
12. Reliable♪ Forever^talk 23:29, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
13. Davidzuccaro
14. Orrelly Man
15. WhatWasDone (talk) 08:42, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
16. ShadeofTime09 (talk) 17:16, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
17. Theologiae (talk) 12:31, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
18. Phoenix B 1of3 (talk) 00:27, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
19. Aledownload (talk · contribs)
20. BlackJack (talk · contribs)
21. Bud0011 (talk · contribs)
22. ComputerGuy890100 (talk · contribs)
23. Duanedonecker (talk · contribs)
24. DudeWithAFeud (talk · contribs)
25. FFMG (talk · contribs)
26. Fractalchez (talk · contribs)
27. Icelilly (talk · contribs)
28. Jj137 (talk · contribs)
29. Kendrick7 (talk · contribs)
30. Maestroso simplo (talk · contribs)
31. Matty.007 (talk · contribs)
32. Meco (talk · contribs)
33. MelbourneStar1 (talk · contribs)
34. Michael E Nolan (talk · contribs)
35. Perry Middlemiss (talk · contribs)
36. Pro66 (talk · contribs)
37. Sean (talk · contribs)
38. Tigerghost (talk · contribs)
39. Tocino (talk · contribs)
40. Totnesmartin (talk · contribs)
41. Zamorakphat (talk · contribs)
42. Techno Tron15 (talk · contribs)
43. Whsun808 (talk · contribs)

Accomplishments

FAs

GAs

• 1346

DYKs

• 1345
• 2021 in China

Templates

• {{WikiProject Years}} – This template should be applied to every talk page in the scope of WikiProject Years. Rater can be used to more efficiently edit WikiProject banners such as this one.
• {{Births and deaths ToC}} – This template may be used in long birth or death sections on year articles.
• {{Year-stub}} – This template may be placed at the bottom of year articles that need expansion.

User templates

• {{User WP Years}} – Users may apply this template to their user page to acknowledge their participation in this project.
• {{WPYears-invite}} – This template may be left on the talk page of anyone that may be interested in WikiProject Years.

Navigation templates

The applicable navigation template should be applied to all WikiProject Years articles:

• Year articles: {{Year box}}
• Decade articles: {{Decadebox}}
• Century articles: {{Centurybox}}
• Millennium articles: {{Millenniumbox}}

The correct year in topic template should be used below the navigation template for year articles:

• 21st century: {{C21YearInTopic}}
• 20th century: {{C20YearInTopic}}
• 19th century: {{C19YearInTopic}}
• 18th century: {{C18YearInTopic}}
• 11th century through 17th century: {{C11–17 year in topic}}
• 1st century through 10th century: {{M1YearInTopic}}
• Before 1st century: {{BC year in topic}}

Subarticles may have additional navigation templates for their respective topics.

Example year

A year article will generally follow this format:

• Short description: The short description should be the first item on a year article. Formatting templates, such as dmy/mdy dates or American/British English may also be placed here.
• Lead: For general year articles, the lead will describe basic information about the year, such as the day it starts on and the century in which it took place. For subpages on specific topics, the lead should describe major events and trends in this topic on that particular year. For example, 2021 in the United States briefly describes the major political and social events of the United States in 2021 as well as other defining aspects.
• Table of contents: In some cases, a horizontal table of contents, a limited table of contents, or no table of contents may be appropriate. Otherwise, the table of contents should be left in its default position.
• General information: Sections that present general information that persist throughout the year should go above all other sections. This may include Ongoing Events or Incumbents.
• Events: This should be the largest section of the article. A list of notable events should be displayed in chronological order with subheadings dividing each month. All events should be accompanied by a citation. The most significant events may be accompanied by an image when one is available.
• Births: A list of all notable people born in that year, listed chronologically by date of birth. For subpages on specific topics, this should list births relevant to that topic. All births should be accompanied by a citation. If this section is long, it may benefit from a births and deaths table of contents. The most notable individuals in this list may be accompanied by a portrait when one is available.
• Deaths: A list of all notable people that died in that year, listed chronologically by date of death. For subpages on specific topics, this should list deaths relevant to that topic. All deaths should be accompanied by a citation. If this section is long, it may benefit from a births and deaths table of contents. The most notable individuals in this list may be accompanied by a portrait when one is available.
• See also: A list of related articles that are not otherwise linked to in the article.
• References: A reflist containing all references used in the article.
• Categories: Relevant categories. All articles should be placed in their appropriate year category (i.e. Category:1900 for 1900). Subpages will have additional relevant categories.

For further examples, preview other articles for a given year or topic.

Article alerts

Categories for discussion

• 26 Jun 2024 – Category:5th century in Africa (Roman province) (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
• 26 Jun 2024 – Category:4th century in Africa (Roman province) (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
• 26 Jun 2024 – Category:3rd century in Africa (Roman province) (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
• 25 Jun 2024 – Category:New Zealand men by century and occupation (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c); see discussion
• 23 Jun 2024 – Category:1909 suicides (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Omnis Scientia (t · c); see discussion
• 23 Jun 2024 – Category:1908 suicides (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Omnis Scientia (t · c); see discussion
• 23 Jun 2024 – Category:1907 suicides (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Omnis Scientia (t · c); see discussion
• 23 Jun 2024 – Category:1906 suicides (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Omnis Scientia (t · c); see discussion
• 23 Jun 2024 – Category:1905 suicides (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Omnis Scientia (t · c); see discussion
• 23 Jun 2024 – Category:1904 suicides (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Omnis Scientia (t · c); see discussion

(820 more...)

Templates for discussion

• 13 Jun 2024 – Template:1973 NCAA Division III independents football records (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Eagles247 (t · c); see discussion
• 13 Jun 2024 – Template:1974 NCAA Division III independents football records (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Eagles247 (t · c); see discussion
• 13 Jun 2024 – Template:1975 NCAA Division III independents football records (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Eagles247 (t · c); see discussion
• 13 Jun 2024 – Template:1976 NCAA Division III independents football records (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Eagles247 (t · c); see discussion
• 13 Jun 2024 – Template:1977 NCAA Division III independents football records (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Eagles247 (t · c); see discussion
• 13 Jun 2024 – Template:1978 NCAA Division III independents football records (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Eagles247 (t · c); see discussion
• 13 Jun 2024 – Template:1979 NCAA Division III independents football records (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Eagles247 (t · c); see discussion
• 13 Jun 2024 – Template:1980 NCAA Division III independents football records (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Eagles247 (t · c); see discussion
• 13 Jun 2024 – Template:1981 NCAA Division III independents football records (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Eagles247 (t · c); see discussion
• 13 Jun 2024 – Template:1982 NCAA Division III independents football records (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Eagles247 (t · c); see discussion

(38 more...)

Featured list candidates

• 28 May 2024 – List of Inkigayo Chart winners (2017) (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by EN-Jungwon (t · c); see discussion

Requests for comments

• 05 Jun 2024 – Wikipedia:WikiProject Years (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by LlywelynII (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 26 Sep 2022 – 2022 in sports (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Tymewalk (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 14 Apr 2024 – Draft:1917 in the United States Virgin Islands (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Cumbrian Username (t · c)