Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals

Proposing a WikiProject

This is the place to propose a WikiProject. The point of this proposal process is to see if there are enough willing Wikipedians to participate in the project, if it should be a WikiProject or task force, and if the scope of the project should be changed in any way. You are encouraged to post proposals that would benefit Wikipedia, even if you would not join the proposed WikiProject yourself. Already existing WikiProjects can be found in the directory. Also, check the archives (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) to see if your idea has been previously proposed (all failed proposals older than 3 months are moved there).

If your project gains support from 5-10 active Wikipedians, it could probably benefit from the organisation boost of having a proper page. Strike its entry on the list and follow the instructions for creating new projects. If you want to start a page before you have 5-10 active Wikipedians, consider setting up the page on a subpage of your user page until it is active, while leaving the posting here with a link to the user page. You can also promote the newly created WikiProject at {{Announcements/Community bulletin board}}.

Proposing a task force

Any existing WikiProject can create a task force whenever it chooses, so the normal place to propose a task force is at the parent WikiProject's talk page. Copying the proposal here is not required, but you can use this page to advertise a newly created task force, or to see whether a focused task force might draw in enough editors to make its creation worthwhile.

Creating a proposal

Creating a proposal (please read the relevant guides below first) General guide · WikiProject guide · Task force guide · Technical notes

Type the name of the proposed project in the input box below (after "/Proposals/") and click "create page"
On the created page replace "ProjectName" and "ProjectDescription" appropriately.
Add [[/ProjectName|ProjectName]] under the "Current proposals" section here

Current proposals

See Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide/WikiProject for practical advice on starting a new project.

February 2010

Nirvana

January 2010

December 2009