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Welcome to the Historical information WikiProject. We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of historical information (in articles not about history).
(For more information on WikiProjects, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject and the Guide to WikiProjects.)
For help adding historical information to an article, make a request here. Be sure to provide a link to the article you want help with.
You might also check the list of project participants to see whether someone has expressed an interest in your specific topic.
Wikipedia has a large number of articles that, for one reason or another, lack historical information. Not articles about history that lack information, but articles about all sorts of things that should also include a historical element but do not (or do scarcely).
Wikipedia is edited by a great bunch of people living in the twenty-first century. As such, there is a bias toward current information, and against historical information. Of course, a good encyclopedia article should have both.
The dual goals of this WikiProject are:
If you see an article that lacks historical information, the best thing to do is, of course, to be bold and fix it.
For example, U.S. community entries based on U.S. Census data generally lack any historical information. All one has to do is pick a town, do some research, and write a historical sketch. (Examples: Ballantine, Mont.; Cusseta, Ga.; Perry, Ga.)
Notable communities may include housing estates, housing projects, some subdivisions, and other unincorporated communities -- not to mention ghost towns. Historical background on all these are less likely to be online, so offline local research may be needed.
An article on a product (manufactured item) or invention should include information on when (and where and why and how) it was first made and how it has changed over the years. Pretty good example articles are Brick, which traces the development of bricks over many centuries, and Semaphore (communication), which does the same for semaphore. A pretty bad one is Lever, which says only that levers were used in ancient Egypt and written about by Archimedes.
An article on a geographical or topographical feature (river, mountain, or the like) should include information when it was discovered (by Westerners or altogether), how it has affected life (e.g., by erupting or overflowing), and how it has changed over the years (as by erosion). Pretty good example articles are Yellow River, which discusses how the river has changed course over the centuries, and how those changes affected people's lives; and Lake Champlain, which discusses how the lake was used in the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. A pretty bad article is Great Smoky Mountains, which has virtually no history at all.
National literary traditions need historical development. See e.g. Wikipedia:WikiProject Poetry.
Here list specific pages that need help, and what's wrong with them. Other articles that need help are at Category:Articles lacking historical information.
OF IMMEDIATE CONCERN are finishing the subject-matter list, above, and recruiting members.
Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest. Members can also feel free to add {{ User WikiProject Historical information}} to their user pages.
Add here any articles we worked on significantly which then made it to featured status.
And add here any articles we worked on significantly which are candidates for featured status.
This article needs historical information. See [[WP:HIST]].
Adding historical information. [[WP:HIST|You can help!]]
Show you're a member of this WikiProject! (This also helps attract more members.) Use {{ user histinfo}} on your user page; it displays
This user is a participant in WikiProject Historical information. |
on your page and adds you to Category:WikiProject Historical information participants.
{{ histinfo}} automatically categorizes the page into Category:Articles lacking historical information.
This is a
WikiProject, an area for focused collaboration among Wikipedians. New participants are welcome; please feel free to participate!
|
Welcome to the Historical information WikiProject. We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of historical information (in articles not about history).
(For more information on WikiProjects, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject and the Guide to WikiProjects.)
For help adding historical information to an article, make a request here. Be sure to provide a link to the article you want help with.
You might also check the list of project participants to see whether someone has expressed an interest in your specific topic.
Wikipedia has a large number of articles that, for one reason or another, lack historical information. Not articles about history that lack information, but articles about all sorts of things that should also include a historical element but do not (or do scarcely).
Wikipedia is edited by a great bunch of people living in the twenty-first century. As such, there is a bias toward current information, and against historical information. Of course, a good encyclopedia article should have both.
The dual goals of this WikiProject are:
If you see an article that lacks historical information, the best thing to do is, of course, to be bold and fix it.
For example, U.S. community entries based on U.S. Census data generally lack any historical information. All one has to do is pick a town, do some research, and write a historical sketch. (Examples: Ballantine, Mont.; Cusseta, Ga.; Perry, Ga.)
Notable communities may include housing estates, housing projects, some subdivisions, and other unincorporated communities -- not to mention ghost towns. Historical background on all these are less likely to be online, so offline local research may be needed.
An article on a product (manufactured item) or invention should include information on when (and where and why and how) it was first made and how it has changed over the years. Pretty good example articles are Brick, which traces the development of bricks over many centuries, and Semaphore (communication), which does the same for semaphore. A pretty bad one is Lever, which says only that levers were used in ancient Egypt and written about by Archimedes.
An article on a geographical or topographical feature (river, mountain, or the like) should include information when it was discovered (by Westerners or altogether), how it has affected life (e.g., by erupting or overflowing), and how it has changed over the years (as by erosion). Pretty good example articles are Yellow River, which discusses how the river has changed course over the centuries, and how those changes affected people's lives; and Lake Champlain, which discusses how the lake was used in the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. A pretty bad article is Great Smoky Mountains, which has virtually no history at all.
National literary traditions need historical development. See e.g. Wikipedia:WikiProject Poetry.
Here list specific pages that need help, and what's wrong with them. Other articles that need help are at Category:Articles lacking historical information.
OF IMMEDIATE CONCERN are finishing the subject-matter list, above, and recruiting members.
Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest. Members can also feel free to add {{ User WikiProject Historical information}} to their user pages.
Add here any articles we worked on significantly which then made it to featured status.
And add here any articles we worked on significantly which are candidates for featured status.
This article needs historical information. See [[WP:HIST]].
Adding historical information. [[WP:HIST|You can help!]]
Show you're a member of this WikiProject! (This also helps attract more members.) Use {{ user histinfo}} on your user page; it displays
This user is a participant in WikiProject Historical information. |
on your page and adds you to Category:WikiProject Historical information participants.
{{ histinfo}} automatically categorizes the page into Category:Articles lacking historical information.