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History and society

General topics

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Ageing and culture	yes				Society
Agriculture	yes				Agriculture and Agronomy
→	Ag-Ed task force
→	Beekeeping task force
→	Livestock task force
Animal rights	yes	yes	yes	yes	Animal rights	Looking for more members
Anthropology	yes
Autism	yes	yes	yes	yes	Pervasive Developmental Disorders	Looking for more members
Business	(main listing here)
Disability	yes	yes	yes	yes	Disability	Looking for more members
Disaster management	(main listing here)
Elections and Referenda	(main listing here)
Environment	yes	yes			Environment
→	Climate change task force				Global warming
→	Environmental Record task force
→	Green vehicle task force
→	Sustainability task force				Sustainable development
Ethnic groups	(main listing here)
Fisheries and Fishing	yes	yes			Fishing
Food and drink	(main listing here)
Forestry	yes	yes			Forestry
Former countries	yes	yes
Globalization	yes	yes			Globalization
Heraldry and vexillology	yes	yes			Heraldry and vexillology
Historical information	yes					Adding needed historical information to articles that are not specifically historical. See Template:Histinfo
History of science	(main listing here)
Holidays	(main listing here)
Home Living	yes				Home
Human rights	yes				Human rights
Human Rights in Sri Lanka	yes
Intelligence Agency	(main listing here)
Leaders by year	yes
Monarchs	(main listing here)
Nonviolence	yes
Political figures	(main listing here)
Biography - Politics and government work group	(main listing here)
Biography - Royalty work group	(main listing here)
Sociology	(main listing here)
→	Social movements task force				Social movements
Psychology	yes
Travel and Tourism	yes	yes
Watches	(main listing here)

Ethnic groups

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Ethnic groups	yes	yes
African diaspora‎	yes
Asian Americans	yes	yes
Assyria	yes	yes
Azeri	(main listing here)
Basque	(main listing here)
Berbers	yes	yes			Berbers
Clans of Scotland	(main listing here)
Dravidian civilizations	yes	yes
Dravidian people	no	yes	yes
Igbo	yes				Igbo
Indian Caste System	yes	yes	yes	yes	India
Indigenous peoples of North America	(main listing here)
Franco-Americans	yes				Franco-Americans
Latinos	yes				Latino and Hispanic American
Mexican-Americans	yes	yes
Pashtun	yes
Taiwanese aborigines	yes	yes	yes		Taiwan
Tamil civilization	yes	yes
Uyghurs of Western China	(main listing here)

Ethnic conflict resolution projects

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Sri Lanka Reconciliation	(main listing here)
Israel Palestine Collaboration	yes
Assyrian-Syriac wikipedia cooperation board	no
Greek and Turkish wikipedians cooperation board	no

History

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
History	yes	yes	yes	yes	History	Recent overhaul
American Old West	yes	yes
Ancient Germanic studies	yes	yes	yes	yes	History	Recent overhaul
→	Ancient Germanic studies - Runes task force
Ancient Near East	yes
Australian history	yes	yes
Aztec	no	yes		yes		Although the project-space for this has been inactive for some time, this project is operating as a de facto taskforce under WP Mesoamerica, where Aztec-related articles are being actively updated, along with others under WP:MESO
Chinese history	yes	yes
Classical Greece and Rome	yes	yes		yes
Project Rome	yes	yes		yes
Cold War	yes	yes
Colonialism	yes				Colonialism
Dacia	yes	yes		yes
Dates	yes
European history	yes	yes		yes
Modern Western Europe (History)	no
Former countries	yes	yes
History of Bangladesh	(main listing here)
History of Canada	yes	yes			History of Canada
Indian history	yes	yes
History of photography	(main listing here)
History of Poland	(main listing here)
History of Science	yes	yes			History of science
Medieval England	no
Mesoamerica	yes	yes		yes	Mesoamerica
Middle Ages	yes	yes
Military history	(main listing here)
Norse history and culture	(main listing here)
Pakistani history	no
Russian history	no
Soviet Union	no	yes	yes	yes	Soviet Union	(Portal was deleted)
Three Kingdoms	yes	yes
Timeline Tracer	yes					Categorized in History by its goals and in Multidisciplinary by its scope
US History	yes			yes		Needs members
Women's History	yes	yes	yes	yes	History	Active outreach program to recruit new editors to WP; needs experienced editors.

Holidays and festivals

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Festivals	yes
Holidays	yes	yes			Holidays	most active during winter period
→	Halloween task force

Sociology

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Sociology	yes	yes			Sociology
→	Social movements task force				Social movements
Community	yes	yes			Community
Death	yes	yes			Death	Looking for more members
→	Suicide task force
Discrimination	yes					Just formed
Family and relationships	yes
Feminism	yes	yes	yes	yes	Feminism	Looking for more members
Gender Studies	yes	yes	yes	yes	Feminism	Looking for more members
Genealogy	no
LGBT studies	yes	yes	yes	yes	LGBT	Looking for more members
Men's Issues	yes
Organizations	yes
Pedophilia Article Watch	no				Sexuality
Pornography	yes	yes	yes		Pornography
Sexology and Sexuality	yes	yes			Sexuality
Social Work	yes

Social organizations

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Freemasonry	yes	yes		yes
Orders, Decorations and Medals	yes
Furry	(main listing here)
Organizations	yes
Scouting	yes	yes	yes	yes	Scouting	uses project announcement and WP:PR for PR, covers Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Girl Guiding, and related groups, Girl Guide/Scout task force and adsorbed the Philmont Scout Ranch project as a task force.
Secret Societies	no

Cloth and clothing

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Fashion	yes	yes			Fashion
Hats and headgear	no
Lace	no
Textile Arts	no	yes

Business and economics

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Advertising	no
Business	yes	yes			Business and economics
→	Business - Accountancy Taskforce				Business and economics
Companies	yes				Companies	Established July 20, 2007
→	Companies - Health Industry Task Force				Companies
→	Companies - Private Equity task force				Companies
→	Companies - Record Labels task force				Companies
Cooperatives	yes	yes			Cooperatives
Economics	yes	yes			Business and economics
Finance	yes	yes			Business and economics
→	Finance - Private Equity task force				Business and economics
Game theory	(main listing here)
Global Economics	no
Hanseatic League	(main listing here)
Investment	yes
Mining	yes
Occupations	yes
Organizations	(main listing here)
Organized Labour	yes	yes			Organized Labour
→	Bund Task Force					also associated with WikiProject Judaism
Retailing	yes
Taxation	(main listing here)
Trade	yes	yes

Education

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Alternative education	yes				Education	Will be merged into WikiProject Homeschooling
Education	yes	yes			Education
EduTech	yes				Education
Homeschooling	yes	yes	yes	yes	Education	The Alternative Education project will be merged into it.
Academics	(main listing here)
Education in Australia	yes
Education in Canada	yes
Education in New Jersey	yes
Education in India	yes
Education in Nepal	yes	yes			Education in Nepal	under Wikipedia:WikiProject Nepal
Organizations	(main listing here)
School Years	no
Schools	(main listing here)
Universities	(main listing here)

Education culture

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Classical League	no
Debating	no	yes
Fraternities and Sororities	yes	yes

Schools

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Schools	yes	yes		yes	Schools

Colleges and universities

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Universities	yes	yes		yes	University	If a new higher education WP is started, please list it here.
ACC	yes	yes			Atlantic Coast Conference
Bangladeshi Colleges	no
Big Ten	no
Big 12 Conference	yes
Columbia University	no
Cornell University	no
Dartmouth College	no	yes
East Carolina University	no	yes
Florida International University	no
Georgia Tech	yes	yes		yes
Middle Tennessee State University	no
Mizzou	yes	yes
UNC–Chapel Hill	no
North Carolina State University	no
Notre Dame	no	yes
Ohio Wesleyan University	no
University of Oxford	no	yes
Pennsylvania State University	no
Polytechnic University of the Philippines	no
Rutgers	no
Texas A&M	no	yes
SUNY	no	yes
University of North Texas	no
University of Pennsylvania	yes
University of Pittsburgh	yes	yes			University of Pittsburgh
University of Texas at Austin	no				University of Texas at Austin
University of Virginia	no	yes
Washington University in St. Louis	no	yes
West Virginia University	no
UC	no				California
University of Massachusetts	no	yes			Massachusetts

Military and warfare

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Military history	yes	yes	yes		War	See {{military browsebar}} for a full listing of relevant portals
→	African military history task force				Military history of Africa	Portal:War
→	American Civil War task force				American Civil War	Portal:War
→	American Revolutionary War task force				War
→	Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific military history task force				Military of Australia	Portal:War
→	Balkan military history task force				War	Portal:Military of Greece
→	Baltic states military history task force				War
→	British military history task force				War
→	Canadian military history task force				War
→	Chinese military history task force				War
→	Classical warfare task force				War	Portal:Military of ancient Rome; Portal:Military of Greece
→	Crusades task force				War
→	Dutch military history task force				War
→	Early Modern warfare task force				War	Portal:Italian Wars
→	Early Muslim military history task force				War
→	Fortifications task force				War
→	French military history task force				Military history of France	Portal:War
→	German military history task force				War
→	Intelligence task force				War
→	Italian military history task force				War
→	Japanese military history task force				War
→	Korean military history task force				War
→	Maritime warfare task force				War	Portal:United States Coast Guard; Portal:United States Navy
→	Medieval warfare task force				War
→	Middle Eastern military history task force				War
→	Military aviation task force				War	Portal:United States Air Force
→	Military biography task force				War
→	Military historiography task force				War
→	Military land vehicles task force				Tank	Portal:War
→	Military memorials and cemeteries task force				War
→	Military science and technology task force				War
→	Napoleonic era task force				War
→	National militaries task force				War
→	Nordic military history task force				War
→	Ottoman military history task force				Military history of the Ottoman Empire	Portal:War
→	Polish military history task force				War
→	Russian and Soviet military history task force				War
→	South American military history task force				War
→	South Asian military history task force				War
→	Southeast Asian military history task force				War
→	Spanish military history task force				War
→	United States military history task force				Military of the United States	Portal:War; Portal:United States Air Force; Portal:United States Army; Portal:United States Coast Guard; Portal:United States Marine Corps; Portal:United States Navy
→	Weaponry task force				War	Portal:Weapons of mass destruction
→	World War I task force				World War I	Portal:War
→	World War II task force				World War II	Portal:War
→	Cold War task force				Cold War	Portal:War
Reenactment	(main listing here)

Politics and government

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Politics	yes	yes			Politics
Anti-war	no	yes		yes
Cannabis	yes	yes		yes	Cannabis
Capitalism	yes				Capitalism	also: Portal:Politics, Portal:Economics
Conservatism	yes	yes	yes	yes	Conservatism
Disaster management	yes	yes
Drug Policy	yes	yes
Elections and Referenda	yes
Fire Protection	yes
Fire Service	yes	yes
Libertarianism	yes	yes			Libertarianism	also: Portal:Politics, Portal:Economics
Nonviolence	(main listing here)
Organizations	(main listing here)
Socialism	yes	yes	yes		Socialism	also: Portal:Politics, Portal:Economics
Squatting	(main listing here)
Urban studies and planning	(main listing here)
Voting systems	yes

National

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Australian politics	yes
Chinese politics	no	yes	yes	yes	China	also: Portal:Politics
Government of Canada	(main listing here)
Indian politics	yes	yes
Pakistan politics	yes
Peerage and Baronetage	(main listing here)
Taiwanese politics	yes	yes	yes
UK politics	yes	yes
U.S. Congress	(main listing here)
United States Constitution	yes	yes

International

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
International relations	yes	yes
→	Bilateral relations task force
International development	yes
International law	(main listing here)
Power in international relations	no	yes
Sanitation	yes	yes
Taxation	(main listing here)
United Nations	yes				United Nations	Sub-project of WikiProject International relations
Water	(main listing here)

Law

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Law	yes	yes			Law
Animal rights	yes
Australian law	yes	yes
Canadian law	yes	yes		yes
Cyberlaw	no
Human rights	(main listing here)
International law	yes
Law Enforcement	(main listing here)
Parliamentary Procedure	(main listing here)
Taxation	yes	yes	yes	yes
U.S. Supreme Court cases	(main listing here)

Law enforcement

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Law Enforcement	yes	yes	yes
Correction and Detention Facilities	yes	yes
Australian crime	yes	yes
British Crime	(main listing here)
Criminal justice	yes				Criminal justice
FBI	no	yes
Intelligence agency	no
Piracy	yes	yes			Piracy
Terrorism	yes	yes	yes	yes

Transportation

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Transport	yes				Transport
Aircraft	(main listing here)
Alternative fuels	no
Automobiles	(main listing here)
Bridges	(main listing here)
Buses	yes				Buses
Cycling	yes	yes			Cycling
Greater Boston Public Transit	yes
Highways	(main listing here)
Human Spaceflight	(main listing here)
London Transport	yes	yes			London Transport
Maritime Trades	yes	yes	yes		Nautical
Motorcycles	(main listing here)
New England Public Transit	yes
New York City Public Transportation	yes
Ports	yes	yes			Nautical
Rapid transit	(main listing here)
Rocketry	(main listing here)
Running	yes
Sailing	(main listing here)
Ships	(main listing here)
Stations	yes				Trains
Trains	(main listing here)
Transport in Scotland	yes	yes
UK Waterways	(main listing here)

Automobiles

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Automobiles	yes	yes			Cars
Automobile construction	no

Aviation

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Aviation	yes	yes	yes	yes	Aviation
→	Aerospace biography task force
→	Air sports task force
→	Aviation accident task force
Aircraft	yes	yes			Aviation
→	Engines task force
→	Rotorcraft task force
Airlines	yes	yes
→	Defunct airlines task force
Airports	yes	yes
Gliding	no	yes
Military aviation	(main listing here)

Highways

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Highways	yes	yes	yes		Roads
→	Africa
→	Asia
→	Europe
→	Latin America
→	Oceania
Indian Roads	yes		yes		Roads
UK Roads	yes	yes	yes		Roads

Canada roads

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Canada Roads	yes	yes	yes		Canada Roads	Portal:Canada
→	Ontario					Portal:Ontario, full subproject
→	Quebec					Portal:Quebec
→	Saskatchewan					Portal:Saskatchewan

United States highways

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
U.S. Roads	yes	yes	yes		U.S. Roads
→	Alabama
→	Alaska
→	Arizona
→	Arkansas
→	California
→	Colorado
→	Connecticut
→	District of Columbia
→	Florida
→	Georgia
→	Hawaii
→	Idaho
→	Illinois
→	Indiana
→	Iowa
→	Kansas
→	Kentucky
→	Louisiana
→	Maine
→	Maryland
→	Massachusetts
→	Michigan				Michigan Highways
→	Minnesota
→	Mississippi
→	Missouri
→	Montana
→	Nebraska
→	Nevada
→	New Hampshire
→	New Jersey
→	New Mexico
→	New York				New York Roads
→	North Carolina
→	North Dakota
→	Ohio
→	Oklahoma
→	Oregon
→	Pennsylvania
→	Puerto Rico
→	Rhode Island
→	South Carolina
→	South Dakota
→	Tennessee
→	Territories					Covers American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Marianas and the U.S. Virgin Islands
→	Texas
→	Utah
→	Vermont
→	Virginia
→	Washington				Washington Roads
→	West Virginia
→	Wisconsin
→	Wyoming

Maritime

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Australian maritime history	yes	yes
Irish Maritime	yes
Maritime warfare	(main listing here)
Maritime Trades	yes	yes	yes		Nautical
Ports	yes	yes			Nautical
Sailing	(main listing here)
Ships	yes	yes	yes		Nautical

Motorcycles and motorcycling

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Motorcycling	yes	yes	yes	yes		Project founded 2006; 134 enrolled members; featured in Cycle World [1]
Motorcycle racing	(main listing here)

Rapid transit

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Rapid transit	yes	yes			Rapid transit	Needs more members.
London Transport	(main listing here)
Metros of the former Soviet Union	no	yes
Washington Metro	no

Streetcars and trams

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Streetcars	yes				Trams
UK Trams	yes	yes			UK Trams

Trains

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Trains	yes	yes	yes		Trains	Task forces are listed on the project navbox
ELCB	yes
Indian railways	yes				Railways in India
London Transport	(main listing here)
New York City Public Transportation	yes
NZR (New Zealand Railways)	no
Stations	yes				Trains
Trains in Japan	yes				Trains
UK Railways	yes	yes			British Rail
Washington Metro	(main listing here)