Wikipedia:WikiProject Paranormal

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Welcome to WikiProject Paranormal, a WikiProject that aims to provide a framework for the improvement and organization of articles related to the paranormal, anomalous phenomena and other similar areas. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask us on our discussion page.

Anyone is welcome to join by listing their username on the /Participants page and contributing to the project. Make sure to put our discussion page to your watchlist so you're notified of new discussions. Watchlisting Wikipedia:WikiProject Paranormal/Article alerts and Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Paranormal is also strongly recommended.

Goals[edit]

To provide a concise and accurate record of notable beliefs, organizations, experiments, individuals and events which are associated with the paranormal, including their history, background and their current status.
To provide a framework (including infoboxes, categories, and examples of Best Practice) from within which scholarly entries about the paranormal, and related topics, may be produced.
To provide a scholarly set of terminology to describe the paranormal which is technically, culturally, and contextually accurate.
To seek out and apply verifiable mainstream sources to pages within the projects scope with the aim of A) addressing any issues of verifiability and reliability that have been highlighted in existing entries, and B) ensuring that new entries are of sufficient quality that their verifiability and reliability do not become an issue.
To ensure that each entry approaches its topic from a balanced and neutral perspective.
To ensure that the notability of each topic can be gleaned from its entry, without the need for additional explanation.
To ensure that a clear dividing line is established between reporting the belief in/background of the topic in a scholarly manner, and advocating/denouncing the topic itself.
To expand project stubs to full entries and to progress full entries to the next level.
Patrol frequently vandalized pages within the project's scope.

Scope[edit]

Paranormal articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA			3	4		2	9
FL				1			1
GA			2	5		14	21
B	1	8	14	12	3	107	145
C		8	22	38	3	107	178
Start		6	38	125	36	590	795
Stub			6	57	38	246	347
List		2	4	10	1	24	41
Category		1	1	1	412		415
Disambig					5		5
File					8		8
Portal					1		1
Project					11		11
Template					11		11
NA		1		2	66		69
Other					1		1
Assessed	1	26	90	255	596	1,090	2,058
Unassessed				1		121	122
Total	1	26	90	256	596	1,211	2,180
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 7003725700000000000♠7,257			Ω = 4.85

(Assessment log)

Subjects covered by this project include (but are not necessarily limited to):

Anomalistics
Cryptozoology
Paranormal phenomena
Paranormal hoaxes and frauds
Parapsychology
Fringe science, protoscience, and pseudoscience
Ufology
Urban myths and legends
unexplained disappearances
Some conspiracy theories
megaliths and similar

The beginnings of a list of topics which are covered in reference books directly related to this topic can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Paranormal/Encyclopedic articles.

Categories[edit]

High-level article categories

Stub categories

Recognized content[edit]

The following articles fall within the scope of the project and have been noted for their outstanding quality. Project members are encouraged use them as examples of good practice and to note their different writing and organizational styles.

Full list: Wikipedia:WikiProject Paranormal/Recognized content

Featured articles[edit]

Featured lists[edit]

List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events

Good articles[edit]

Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team release version selections[edit]

Reincarnation

To-do[edit]

Figure out what to do with old to-do lists...
Work on Portal:Paranormal (currently redirects) (previous, incomplete version)

Article alerts[edit]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Paranormal/Article alerts:

Redirects for discussion

28 Nov 2018 – DJ Lucious (talk · edit · hist) →Thomas Lake Harris was RfDed by CycloneYoris (t · c); see discussion
26 Nov 2018 – Suspiria (upcoming film) (talk · edit · hist) →Suspiria (2018 film) was RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c); see discussion

Deletion sorting[edit]

Paranormal articles for deletion:

Click "[show]" to expand
Shortcut WP:AFD/WOO Paranormal deletion[edit]

Membership[edit]

Project Userboxes

This user is a member of WikiProject Paranormal, a project dedicated to improving articles on paranormal subjects.

This user is a member of WikiProject Paranormal, which is dedicated to improving articles on paranormal subjects.

This user is a member of WikiProject Paranormal, a project dedicated to improving articles on paranormal subjects.

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To join, sign your name at the /Participants page and add the main page to your watchlist.

Members can add {{User Paranormal1}}, {{User Paranormal2}}, {{User Paranormal3}}, {{User Paranormal4}}, or {{user paranormal}} to their user pages to identify themselves as members of the project. A list of members with these userboxes is available at Category:WikiProject Paranormal participants.

Templates[edit]

Paranormal navbar -
({{Paranormal}})

Stub templates[edit]

General stub -
{{Paranormal-stub}}
Cryptozooloogy stub -
{{Cryptozoology-stub}}, {{Cryptid-stub}}
Parapsychology stub -
{{Para-psych-stub}}
Mythology stub -
{{Myth-stub}}
{{UFO-stub}}
{{UFO-bio-stub}}
{{UFO-book-stub}}

Boilerplate templates[edit]

Feel free to use these templates where appropriate. Any major changes should be brought up on the template talk page.

WikiProject Paranormal

(Rated NA-class)

This page falls under the scope of WikiProject Paranormal, which aims to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to the paranormal and related topics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the attached article, help with current tasks, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and discussions.

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This page does not require a rating on the project's quality scale.

This user is a part of WikiProject Paranormal, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of the paranormal. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks.

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Because of the nature of such projects, the most authoritative sources (any involved governments and defense contractors) may not even acknowledge its existence. The most reliable sources may be highly speculative.

Please ensure that the article is well and reliably sourced and does not contain unverifiable information or vague predictions.
For more details, see the black project working group of the military history project.

Infoboxes templates[edit]

Paranormal terminology -
({{Infobox paranormal term}})
Cryptids and creatures/entities -
({{Infobox mythical creature}})
Abductees, contactees, writers, researchers, etc -
({{Infobox person}})
Paranormal events -
({{Infobox event}})

Barnstar[edit]

		The Paranormal Barnstar
		The Project Paranormal Barnstar, awarded to users who have made a notable contribution to the project

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Goals[edit]

Scope[edit]

Categories[edit]

Recognized content[edit]

Featured articles[edit]

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Good articles[edit]

Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team release version selections[edit]

To-do[edit]

Article alerts[edit]

Deletion sorting[edit]

Paranormal deletion[edit]

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