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Welcome to WikiProject Freedom of speech. Several Wikipedians have formed this collaboration resource and group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Freedom of speech and the organization of information and articles on this topic. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in the topic. If you would like to help, please join the project, inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list below.

1. Work collaboratively to improve the quality of articles within the topic, ideally to WP:GA or WP:FA quality status.
2. Serve as a central location for discussion of improvement of articles within the topic.
3. Contain statistical data for analysis of quality changes and importance of all articles in the topic.
4. List helpful resources for referencing and research work within the topic.
5. Provide links to locations/techniques to get additional help from other related areas of Wikipedia.

1. All articles within Portal:Freedom of speech, specifically Portal:Freedom of speech/Topics.
2. All articles relating to Freedom of speech, and technique and history of Freedom of speech, broadly defined.
   • This includes:
     • Books
     • Case law
     • People
     • Popular culture

• No sub-specific guidelines independently exist for the project itself.
• General Wikipedia-wide project guidelines apply, including:
  • WP:V
  • WP:RS
  • WP:NPOV

• From Portal:Freedom of speech/Things you can do:

Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Check article requests in Law topics Assess : Tag article talk pages using {{ WikiProject Freedom of speech}} Cleanup : Check the Special:RecentChangesLinked/Category:Freedom of speech page for improvements, other changes, and vandalism to these articles Collaborate : Expert help may be needed at Category:Freedom of speech articles needing expert attention. Copyedit : Check Freedom of speech "Article Alerts" for developments in quality to Freedom of speech-related articles for interesting articles to copyedit Expand : Expand articles in categories including: Freedom of speech and Category:Free speech activists Featured article candidates : Review Freedom of speech-related articles submitted at Featured Article candidates, especially those at FAC urgents Good article nominations : Check out articles under review for Good Article candidacy, in the Social sciences and society section Stubs : Take on project for improvement of one of the Freedom of speech stubs Update : Update links between sister projects, at Commons:Category:Freedom of speech Verify : Articles with notability concerns, listed at WikiProject Notability, more specific Freedom of speech related articles, at Articles with topics of unclear notability listing. Wikify : Wikify links between primary-source-documents and articles from Wikisource:Category:Freedom of speech Other : Check article deletion discussions listed at Deletion sorting – Law

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.

List of participants

• Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.
• You may also feel free to add the userbox - {{ User Freedom of speech}} - to your userpage, to indicate your participation in the WikiProject.

List of participants

1. -- Kairbair ( talk) I am interested in internet culture free speech, such as the free speech on websites like reddit.
2. -- Cirt ( talk) 08:33, 16 October 2012 (UTC) reply
3. -- Gnan garra 00:47, 25 October 2012 (UTC) reply
4. -- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:20, 25 October 2012 (UTC) reply
5. The Rambling Man ( talk) 20:23, 25 October 2012 (UTC) reply
6. Homunculus ( duihua) 22:52, 25 October 2012 (UTC) reply
7. groupuscule ( talk) 02:58, 26 October 2012 (UTC) reply
8. -- Anthonyhcole ( talk) 04:42, 26 October 2012 (UTC) reply
9. Epipelagic ( talk) 06:34, 26 October 2012 (UTC) reply
10.  —  Crisco 1492 ( talk) 09:10, 26 October 2012 (UTC) reply
11. Smuconlaw ( talk · contribs) 18:48, 26 October 2012 (UTC) reply
12. Kiefer .Wolfowitz 09:48, 31 October 2012 (UTC) reply
13. Khazar2 ( talk) 18:23, 31 October 2012 (UTC) reply
14. Lquilter ( talk) 23:09, 31 October 2012 (UTC) reply
15. benzband ( talk · contribs) 20:04, 1 November 2012 (UTC) reply
16. Crtew ( talk · contribs) (I am interested in journalism-related issues.) 00:38, 2 November 2012 (UTC) reply
17. Lord Roem ( talk · contribs) 03:26, 5 November 2012 (UTC) reply
18. nhog ( talk · contribs)
19. JayJasper ( talk · contribs) 17:25, 6 November 2012‎ (UTC) reply
20. Robin Lionheart ( talk · contribs) Robin Lionheart ( talk) 22:11, 8 November 2012 (UTC) reply
21. Grollτech ( talk) 10:43, 11 November 2012 (UTC) reply
22. Noleander ( talk · contribs) 01:46, 16 November 2012 (UTC) reply
23. int21h ( talk · contribs) 03:46, 10 December 2012 (UTC) reply
24. -- User:Callisterp (I am interested in media or information environments and their influence on freedom of speech and the rule of law) 19:41, 6 January 2013 (UTC) reply
25. ComputerJA ( talk) 21:50, 29 May 2013 (UTC) I'm interested in journalists assassinated/disappeared in Mexico and press freedom in Latin America. ComputerJA ( talk) 21:50, 29 May 2013 (UTC) reply
26. Pharaoh of the Wizards ( talk) 03:37, 12 June 2013 (UTC) reply
27. Jeff Ogden (W163) ( talk) 02:32, 17 June 2013 (UTC) reply
28. Prototime ( talk · contribs)
29. Ald™ ¬_¬™ 14:33, 13 August 2013 (UTC) reply
30. petrarchan47 t c 06:01, 6 October 2013 (UTC) reply
31. Epicgenius ( talk) 18:57, 12 January 2014 (UTC) reply
32. -- 1ST7 ( talk) 00:26, 15 January 2014 (UTC) reply
33. missing some of the people above, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:20, 31 January 2014 (UTC) reply
34. -- HectorMoffet ( talk) 18:08, 1 February 2014 (UTC) reply
35. DES ^(talk) 14:39, 2 February 2014 (UTC) reply
36. -- buff bills 7701 14:49, 2 February 2014 (UTC) reply
37. Mohamed CJ ( talk · contribs) 20:02, 2 February 2014 (UTC) reply
38. The C of E ( talk · contribs) As the creator of Fucking Hell, why not?
39. 0x0077BE ( talk · contribs) (Critical, high priority area) 23:50, 3 February 2014 (UTC) reply
40. Neljack ( talk) 02:12, 4 February 2014 (UTC) reply
41. John ( talk) 21:01, 4 February 2014 (UTC) reply
42. Daniel Case ( talk) 16:39, 9 February 2014 (UTC) Since I've been doing articles about some of the U.S. Supreme Court's decisions in this area (such as the Pickering line on the free-speech rights of public employees and the search and seizure of allegedly obscene publications). reply
43. Anupmehra ( talk · contribs) Anupmehra - Let's talk! 18:23, 11 February 2014 (UTC) reply
44. →Davey2010→ →Talk to me!→ 14:24, 12 February 2014 (UTC) reply
45. User:Atsme 17:22, 7 March 2014‎
46. Balaenoptera musculus ( talk) 10:50, 9 May 2014 (UTC) reply
47. User:David Hedlund 22:43, 22 June 2014‎
48. TheBlueCanoe 12:14, 3 August 2014 (UTC) Interested in the political repression of free speech and the intersection with technology reply
49. CookieMonster755 Free speech is a important value in American History and I want to preserve it in Modern History.
50. Ford MF ( talk) 21:58, 14 December 2014 (UTC) reply
51. User: not exist This represent participate of user stay hidden / may face political punishment 183.178.222.138 ( talk) 08:46, 10 January 2015 (UTC) reply
52. BrxBrx 00:48, 26 February 2015 (UTC) reply
53. Hell in a Bucket ( talk) 16:12, 26 February 2015 (UTC) reply
54. Scalhotrod (Talk) ☮ღ☺ 17:44, 26 February 2015 (UTC) reply
55. Lexholland ( talk) 13:58, 25 March 2015 (UTC) reply
56. Ceosad ( talk · contribs) (I am interested in the East Asian freedom of speech.) 20:20, 29 September 2015 (UTC) reply
57.    —  C M B J   09:16, 30 September 2015 (UTC) reply
58. -- Davide Denti (OBC) ( talk) 16:37, 5 October 2015 (UTC) see also Wikipedia:GLAM/OBC reply
59. Ciridae ( talk) 09:30, 15 November 2015 (UTC) reply
60. SageRad ( talk · contribs) (I am interested in working on issues of political suppression of free speech for maintenance of control.) 23:04, 17 November 2015 (UTC) reply
61. Mr. Magoo ( talk) 20:59, 13 February 2016 (UTC) reply
62. Alexandru M. ( talk · contribs) – 1 March 2016, 05:39 (EET)
63. Marzia Bona - 23 March 2016, 14:10 (UTC)
64. ThePlatypusofDoom (Talk) 19:15, 18 May 2016 (UTC) reply
65. JackOfPanTrades ^{Converse intellectually} 14:44, 11 April 2017 (UTC) reply
66. Supermann Please check out Film censorship in China
67. FeralOink ( oink!) - area of interest is Canada, the USA, and Mexico, with an emphasis on print and online media.05:56, 23 January 2021 (UTC) reply
68. Chathu69⇒ area of interest is Sri Lanka and freedom of speech in academia Chathu69 ( talk) 16:55, 22 July 2021 (UTC) reply
69. Tow ( talk) 06:57, 8 April 2022 (UTC) reply
70. Sh.foo (I'm interested in working on freedom of speech especially wrt India but also overall)

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Hello! WikiProject Freedom of speech, There is a WikiProject about Freedom of speech, called WikiProject Freedom of speech. If you're interested, here are some easy things you can do: List yourself as a participant in the WikiProject, by adding your username here: List of participants. Add userbox {{ User Freedom of speech}} to your userpage, which lists you as a member of the WikiProject. Tag relevant talk pages of articles and other relevant pages using {{ WikiProject Freedom of speech}}. Join in discussion at project talkpage. Notify other editors you think might be interested in Freedom of speech to join the WikiProject. Thank you for your interest in Freedom of speech,

This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot ( talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged (e.g. {{ WikiProject Freedom of speech}}) or categorized correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options.

Featured articles

Featured lists

Good articles

Featured pictures

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  Sample 09-F9 protest art, Free Speech Flag by John Marcotte
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  Streisand Estate

Please feel free to list your new Freedom of speech-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them, are at least over 1,000 characters, don't have any dispute templates on them, and cite their sources, should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Wikipedia Main Page.

• Imprisonment of Roger Shuler. Only imprisoned journalist in the Western Hemisphere (according to the Committee to Protect Journalists) is held not in Cuba or Boliva, but Alabama. Tough article because he's not very attractive, so dunno if I've threaded that needle correctly, would not mind another set of eyes.
• A. F. James MacArthur, Baltimore journalist who broadcast his arrest to 10,000 listeners via online radio.
• Urofsky v. Gilmore, case decided before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Draft:NetReputation censorship organisation

Assessment

Assessment

• /Assessment - dedicated assessment page for project.

Peer review

Peer review

Statistics

WP:Freedom of speech article rating and assessment scheme
(NB: Listing, Log & Stats are updated on a daily basis by a bot)

Current detailed listing of Freedom of speech articles by quality

Daily log of status changes

Current Statistics

Freedom of speech articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 8 8 16 FL 3 3 GA 3 45 18 7 73 B 1 23 62 46 12 144 C 2 24 106 121 52 305 Start 3 19 184 175 95 476 Stub 43 53 32 128 List 4 7 27 9 47 Category 8 227 235 Portal 1 1 Project 8 8 Redirect 3 3 24 30 Template 5 13 18 NA 19 4 23 Other 22 22 Assessed 6 73 461 483 299 207 1,529 Unassessed 1 22 23 Total 6 73 461 484 299 229 1,552 WikiWork factors ( ?) ω = 4,946 Ω = 4.33

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Freedom of speech/Article alerts

Articles for deletion

• 26 Apr 2024 – Ami Dror ( talk ·   ·  hist) was AfDed by Scope creep ( t ·  c); see discussion (9 participants)

Categories for discussion

• 26 Apr 2024 – Category:Internet censorship in the Arab world ( talk ·   ·  hist) was CfDed by Nederlandse Leeuw ( t ·  c); see discussion

Redirects for discussion

• 15 Apr 2024 – Technofascism ( talk ·   ·  hist) → Internet censorship was RfDed by MrPersonHumanGuy ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 07 Apr 2024 – F-Bomb (documentary) ( talk ·   ·  hist) → Fuck (2005 film) was RfDed by BilledMammal ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 07 Apr 2024 – F-Bomb (movie) ( talk ·   ·  hist) → Fuck (2005 film) was RfDed by BilledMammal ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 16 Apr 2024 – The F-Bomb (documentary) ( talk ·   ·  hist) → Fuck (2005 film) RfDed by Pppery ( t ·  c) was closed; see discussion

Requests for comments

• 06 Apr 2024 – Julian Assange ( talk ·   ·  hist) has an RfC by Wikinetman ( t ·  c); see discussion

Requested moves

• 26 Apr 2024 – April 2024 Israel–Hamas war protests on university campuses in the United States ( talk ·   ·  hist) is requested to be moved somewhere else by ElijahPepe ( t ·  c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 24 Apr 2024 – April 2024 Israel–Hamas war protests on university campuses in the United States ( talk ·   ·  hist) proposed for merging to Pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses in the United States by CommunityNotesContributor ( t ·  c) was closed; see discussion

Articles to be split

• 27 Apr 2024 – April 2024 Israel–Hamas war protests on university campuses in the United States ( talk ·   ·  hist) is proposed for splitting by ElijahPepe ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 30 Dec 2022 – Right to be forgotten ( talk ·   ·  hist) is proposed for splitting by Naluna ( t ·  c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 25 Apr 2024 – Draft:Mehran Raoof ( talk ·   ·  hist) has been submitted for AfC by Claggy ( t ·  c)
• 29 Mar 2024 – Draft:Article 318 (Turkish Penal Code) ( talk ·   ·  hist) has been submitted for AfC by Throat0390 ( t ·  c)
• 21 Feb 2024 – Draft:Investigate Europe ( talk ·   ·  hist) has been submitted for AfC by MysticFox3877 ( t ·  c)
• 06 Feb 2024 – Draft:Haji Jan Muhammad Chotani ( talk ·   ·  hist) has been submitted for AfC by Umairsy ( t ·  c)
• 24 Oct 2023 – Draft:Colette Colfer ( talk ·   ·  hist) has been submitted for AfC by Bbb23 ( t ·  c)
• 23 Apr 2024 – Draft:Vida Rabbani ( talk ·   ·  hist) submitted for AfC by Claggy ( t ·  c) was accepted to Vida Rabbani ( talk ·   ·  hist) by Qcne ( t ·  c) on 24 Apr 2024
• 22 Apr 2024 – Draft:Mohammad Ali Kamfirouzi ( talk ·   ·  hist) submitted for AfC by Claggy ( t ·  c) was accepted to Mohammad Ali Kamfirouzi ( talk ·   ·  hist) by Qcne ( t ·  c) on 24 Apr 2024
• 21 Apr 2024 – Draft:Mehdi Bahman ( talk ·   ·  hist) submitted for AfC by Claggy ( t ·  c) was accepted to Mehdi Bahman ( talk ·   ·  hist) by Qcne ( t ·  c) on 24 Apr 2024
• undated – Draft:Template:List of foreign nationals detained in Iran ( talk ·   ·  hist) submitted for AfC was accepted to Template:List of foreign nationals detained in Iran ( talk ·   ·  hist) by ToadetteEdit ( t ·  c) on 27 Apr 2024

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.

• Category:Freedom of speech

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• {{ WikiProject Freedom of speech}}

Userboxes

Userboxes related to Freedom of speech

1. {{ User Freedom of speech}}
2. {{ User free speech}}
3. User:Feureau/UserBox/freespeech

The Freedom of speech Barnstar

The Freedom of Speech Barnstar

• {{ The Freedom of speech Barnstar|put your message here ~~~~}}

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The Anti-censorship Barnstar

The Anti-censorship Barnstar

• {{ The Anti-censorship Barnstar}}

Example:

Sample code

{{subst:The Anti-censorship Barnstar|1=On behalf of [[WP:WikiProject Freedom of speech|WikiProject Freedom of speech]], The Anti-censorship Barnstar is awarded to {{subst:BASEPAGENAME}}, for contributions related to expanding and improving the quality of articles on Wikipedia relevant to [[censorship]] and [[freedom of speech]]. From the participants at [[WP:WikiProject Freedom of speech|WikiProject Freedom of speech]], thank you, ~~~~}}

Example output

		The Anti-censorship Barnstar
		On behalf of WikiProject Freedom of speech, The Anti-censorship Barnstar is awarded to EXAMPLE, for contributions related to expanding and improving the quality of articles on Wikipedia relevant to censorship and freedom of speech. From the participants at WikiProject Freedom of speech, thank you, — Cirt ( talk) 21:19, 16 November 2014 (UTC) reply

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