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Welcome to WikiProject Mesoamerica, a WikiProject which has been set up to improve the content, coverage and organization of articles related to Mesoamerica and its historical cultures and civilizations.
A number of things:
WikiProject Mesoamerica has three main pages: This is the Definition mainpage, which gives background, scope and supporting details for the Project. This introductory section can be "hidden" via the [hide/show] toggle which appears to the right of the "01. Project Definition" title, above. For more information on WikiProjects generally, please see Wikipedia:WikiProjects and WikiProject best practices. |
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Purpose: WikiProject Mesoamerica (or WP:MESO for short) is intended to provide a common forum for Wikipedia editors interested in improving and maintaining articles related to
Mesoamerica, with a primary (but not exclusive) focus upon the
pre-Columbian history and achievements of Mesoamerican societies.
Activities for discussion on this forum include: identifying in-scope articles and topics, discussing ways to improve article standards and topical coverage, coordinating and prioritising improvement efforts, developing standards and guidelines designed to achieve consistency between related articles, documenting article coverage by topical areas, rating articles by appropriate standards, organising the articles by meaningful categories and links, and sundry other activities to be further refined. Project structure: WP:MESO has three main pages:
Each is composed of a number of subpages. These main pages contain relevant navigational links and views their subpages' contents. Taken together, they are intended to function somewhat similarly to a Portal, in that the mainpages provide a common access points for associated documentation, activities and discussions. All of the actual detailed work and documentation takes place on the Project's separate subpages, however the main aspects of this work can be viewed directly and all at once from the main pages. Note that what appears in a particular window or box here may be a summary of more extensive material, which can be seen in full using the links and 'edit' tags provided.
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Why Mesoamerica?
Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures developed and established the cornerstones of complex societies, such as domestication and agriculture, monumental construction and large-scale urban environments, polities and states, trading networks, refined art and iconography, writing systems, astronomical, calendric and mathematical knowledge, and others. Although diverse, Mesoamerican peoples and their cultures share a number of common traits, which contribute to the region's definition as a specific field of study. With several thousand years' worth of intertwined history, shared cultural aspects and political interactions, articles on Mesoamerican-related topics will have a great deal of common reference and similarity in subject matter.
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A primary motivation in establishing this WikiProject stems from the large degree of interrelatedness of Mesoamerican topics and history. By providing interested editors with a central forum to discuss issues and ideas for improvement, the need to disperse discussion relating to common themes across multiple talk pages is avoided (note, however, that discussion on relevant talk pages is of course still encouraged, particularly where major changes are being considered; the Project's workspace is intended to complement, and not replace, editor best practices). The goals of this WikiProject are to:
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The scope of this WikiProject is proposed to include articles, lists, categories, templates, and the like, with some direct relevance to the Mesoamerican region (with a particular focus upon the pre-Columbian period, but also extending where relevant to other eras and subjects). Items within this scope will address (one or more) aspects grouped under the following high-level topics or themes (which may cross-reference or overlap with one another as well):
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New participants are welcome, use the 'edit' link above to add your name to this list.
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This page is intended as a repository of details and links to resources, references, tools and other materials commonly used when editing Mesoamerica-related articles. Internal (wikipedia/project) resource pages Mesoamerica reference works and citationsThe project subpage WP:MESO/CITE contains commonly used reference works on Mesoamerican topics, with pre-filled citation templates containing the full reference details. The pre-filled template may be copied and conveniently pasted direct into the "references" section of articles which use them, for consistency and completeness. Please add more as you find/need them. Mesoamerica journals and citationsThe project subpage WP:MESO/J contains a listing of journals and other periodicals in which papers may be published on Mesoamerican topics. Contains links to online resources for the journals, plus pre-filled citation templates for each journal, that may be used when citing in a particular article. Please add more as you find/need them.
Accessible (external) resources. Source documentslinks to primary source documents (reproductions of codices, indigenous and Spanish accounts from pre-Columbian, conquest and colonial eras, etc.), and secondary/historical documents. Primary sources
Secondary/Historical sources
Languages & dictionaries
Maps & diagrams
Mesoamerican studies websitesAmerican foundations, institutions, collections and universities
European foundations, institutions, collections and universities
Spanish foundations, institutions, collections and universities
Mexican foundations, institutions, collections and universities
Guatemalan foundations, institutions, collections and universities
Honduran foundations, institutions, collections and universities
Salvadoran foundations, institutions, collections and universities
Colombian foundations, institutions, collections and universities
Mesoamerican lectures and presentations
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Summary of guidelines/conventions for editing Project-related articles. See WP:MESO/G for full details:
Q'eqchi7 ( talk) 14:46, 10 July 2012 (UTC)*M03. "Maya vs. Mayan"— as a rule, only use the form Mayan when referring to languages; otherwise, Maya is used for everything else. In these senses, the two words are true adjectives, thus: "Maya architecture", "Mayan phonetics". The words may also be used as adjectival nouns, in which case "the Maya" can mean the people (as does "the French"), and "to study Mayan" can mean to study the Mayan language family. Both words can also be regular nouns, with regular -s plurals: "Three Mayas were taken to hospital" or "Three Mayans were hired as translators".
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WikiProject Mesoamerica
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Definition •
Activities •
Catalogue •
Discussion Board) |
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A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.
This geographical
WikiProject is believed to be
inactive. Consider looking for
related projects for help or ask at the
Teahouse.
If you are not currently a project participant and wish to help you may still participate in the project. This status should be changed if collaborative activity resumes. |
WikiProject Mesoamerica
→ (main pages:
Definition •
Activities •
Catalogue •
Discussion Board) |
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01.
DEFINITION Main 02.
ACTIVITY Main 03.
CATALOGUE Main Category links |
Welcome to WikiProject Mesoamerica, a WikiProject which has been set up to improve the content, coverage and organization of articles related to Mesoamerica and its historical cultures and civilizations.
A number of things:
WikiProject Mesoamerica has three main pages: This is the Definition mainpage, which gives background, scope and supporting details for the Project. This introductory section can be "hidden" via the [hide/show] toggle which appears to the right of the "01. Project Definition" title, above. For more information on WikiProjects generally, please see Wikipedia:WikiProjects and WikiProject best practices. |
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Purpose: WikiProject Mesoamerica (or WP:MESO for short) is intended to provide a common forum for Wikipedia editors interested in improving and maintaining articles related to
Mesoamerica, with a primary (but not exclusive) focus upon the
pre-Columbian history and achievements of Mesoamerican societies.
Activities for discussion on this forum include: identifying in-scope articles and topics, discussing ways to improve article standards and topical coverage, coordinating and prioritising improvement efforts, developing standards and guidelines designed to achieve consistency between related articles, documenting article coverage by topical areas, rating articles by appropriate standards, organising the articles by meaningful categories and links, and sundry other activities to be further refined. Project structure: WP:MESO has three main pages:
Each is composed of a number of subpages. These main pages contain relevant navigational links and views their subpages' contents. Taken together, they are intended to function somewhat similarly to a Portal, in that the mainpages provide a common access points for associated documentation, activities and discussions. All of the actual detailed work and documentation takes place on the Project's separate subpages, however the main aspects of this work can be viewed directly and all at once from the main pages. Note that what appears in a particular window or box here may be a summary of more extensive material, which can be seen in full using the links and 'edit' tags provided.
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Why Mesoamerica?
Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures developed and established the cornerstones of complex societies, such as domestication and agriculture, monumental construction and large-scale urban environments, polities and states, trading networks, refined art and iconography, writing systems, astronomical, calendric and mathematical knowledge, and others. Although diverse, Mesoamerican peoples and their cultures share a number of common traits, which contribute to the region's definition as a specific field of study. With several thousand years' worth of intertwined history, shared cultural aspects and political interactions, articles on Mesoamerican-related topics will have a great deal of common reference and similarity in subject matter.
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A primary motivation in establishing this WikiProject stems from the large degree of interrelatedness of Mesoamerican topics and history. By providing interested editors with a central forum to discuss issues and ideas for improvement, the need to disperse discussion relating to common themes across multiple talk pages is avoided (note, however, that discussion on relevant talk pages is of course still encouraged, particularly where major changes are being considered; the Project's workspace is intended to complement, and not replace, editor best practices). The goals of this WikiProject are to:
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The scope of this WikiProject is proposed to include articles, lists, categories, templates, and the like, with some direct relevance to the Mesoamerican region (with a particular focus upon the pre-Columbian period, but also extending where relevant to other eras and subjects). Items within this scope will address (one or more) aspects grouped under the following high-level topics or themes (which may cross-reference or overlap with one another as well):
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New participants are welcome, use the 'edit' link above to add your name to this list.
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This page is intended as a repository of details and links to resources, references, tools and other materials commonly used when editing Mesoamerica-related articles. Internal (wikipedia/project) resource pages Mesoamerica reference works and citationsThe project subpage WP:MESO/CITE contains commonly used reference works on Mesoamerican topics, with pre-filled citation templates containing the full reference details. The pre-filled template may be copied and conveniently pasted direct into the "references" section of articles which use them, for consistency and completeness. Please add more as you find/need them. Mesoamerica journals and citationsThe project subpage WP:MESO/J contains a listing of journals and other periodicals in which papers may be published on Mesoamerican topics. Contains links to online resources for the journals, plus pre-filled citation templates for each journal, that may be used when citing in a particular article. Please add more as you find/need them.
Accessible (external) resources. Source documentslinks to primary source documents (reproductions of codices, indigenous and Spanish accounts from pre-Columbian, conquest and colonial eras, etc.), and secondary/historical documents. Primary sources
Secondary/Historical sources
Languages & dictionaries
Maps & diagrams
Mesoamerican studies websitesAmerican foundations, institutions, collections and universities
European foundations, institutions, collections and universities
Spanish foundations, institutions, collections and universities
Mexican foundations, institutions, collections and universities
Guatemalan foundations, institutions, collections and universities
Honduran foundations, institutions, collections and universities
Salvadoran foundations, institutions, collections and universities
Colombian foundations, institutions, collections and universities
Mesoamerican lectures and presentations
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Summary of guidelines/conventions for editing Project-related articles. See WP:MESO/G for full details:
Q'eqchi7 ( talk) 14:46, 10 July 2012 (UTC)*M03. "Maya vs. Mayan"— as a rule, only use the form Mayan when referring to languages; otherwise, Maya is used for everything else. In these senses, the two words are true adjectives, thus: "Maya architecture", "Mayan phonetics". The words may also be used as adjectival nouns, in which case "the Maya" can mean the people (as does "the French"), and "to study Mayan" can mean to study the Mayan language family. Both words can also be regular nouns, with regular -s plurals: "Three Mayas were taken to hospital" or "Three Mayans were hired as translators".
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WikiProject Mesoamerica
→ (main pages:
Definition •
Activities •
Catalogue •
Discussion Board) |
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A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.