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A tree structure.
A tree structure.

Outlines are hierarchically structured topics lists.

If you like one or more of the following:

  • to organize subjects' topics into a tree structure
  • to make site maps
  • structured lists
  • tables of contents
  • classified indexes

Then, you've come to the right place! For, Wikipedia's outlines are all of the above.

We're mapmakers, metaphorically speaking

Wikipedia's goal is to provide knowledge. But knowledge is only useful if you can find it and make sense of it. The main limitation of a search box is that it can only look for what you already know exists: it is not a map. Like with a map, the function of an outline, and the mission of this WikiProject, is to show readers what exists and help them get to where it is — except that, in this case, the destinations are Wikipedia articles rather than physical locations. Outlines serve as site maps of Wikipedia, by subject. And while maps help navigate the landscape, outlines show the knowledgescape of a subject.

More metaphors

An outline is also like a table of contents or a menu, except that, instead of listing chapter titles in a book or food dishes in a restaurant, outlines present the topics in a subject.

Another useful metaphor is that each page in Wikipedia is a teleportation chamber. To use the search box for teleporting, you specify your destination subject. An outline is a teleportation chamber with its own destination registry. Each outline lists the available target topics, and clicking on one instantly takes you there. You don't need to know where you are going in advance — the list helps you choose.

Outlines present the topics belonging to a subject as a tree structure, using sections, subsections, and indented item entries to signify branching of the tree. As tree structures, outlines provide the following benefits:

  1. They can help the user see how a particular topic fits into the whole subject.
  2. They also show how topics are related to each other: what belongs to what, and what topics fall into the same sections.
  3. Having a subject laid out on one page saves time. Split up as categories, a 76-section subject would require visiting 76 different category pages to see all the subject's topics, which entails a lot of back-tracking. Scrolling down an outline page is much more convenient and faster.
  4. The bird's eye view provided by outlines allows users to see patterns in the information in a relatively painless way.
  5. Through how they are organized, outlines help users find individual pages, even when they don't know precisely what they are looking for, or exactly what it is called.
  6. Outlines reveal gaps in their subjects' coverage that need to be filled in with new articles.

Examples of well-developed outlines

Lists of outlines

Scope

Each outline article is a list of a subject's topics arranged hierarchically to show the relationships between them: those that are the most important, general entries and those that give more specialist detail. Outlines show the structure of articles about a subject, opening another way besides searching, for navigating it. They could be considered Wikipedia's equivalent to Brittanica's Propædia.

Each outline is intended to help the reader become familiar with the subject it presents, and also serves as a table of contents or site map to that subject's coverage on Wikipedia. Outlines are different from portals or indexes. While a portal focuses solely on well-developed featured content, an outline's main purpose is to direct readers through a subject's related articles. Indexes are intended to be comprehensive alphabetical lists of articles related to subject, but finding something in an alphabetical index can be difficult if one does not know the article title (and if one does, one hardly needs the index). Outlines might not list every article in a subject, and often their links lead to lists or other outlines to provide further detail. For an example, compare Portal:Japan, Index of Japan-related articles, and Outline of Japan.

Announcements

Latest additions

The outline drafts have been restored

Upon request at DRV, most of the outline drafts have been restored.

For the current list of outline drafts in the Drafts: namespace, see #Work on drafts, below.

Keep in mind that drafts that sit too long without edits eventually get deleted. Let's keep them improving, so that they eventually become real outlines.

There's now an outline that is a featured list

Congratulations, MeegsC! The list you nominated, Outline of lichens, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.
This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Giants2008 ( talk) via FACBot ( talk) 00:25, 30 October 2023 (UTC) reply

Outline of the week!

The outline of the week is:

Outline of fish

Please help improve it.

Article alerts

This project is served by Article alerts, which can be seen in this section directly below, or at Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines/Article alerts. This lets us to know about any AfDs or other such discussions without having to rely on manual notifications. To have the alerts show up on your user page or user talk page, include this code on that page: {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines/Article alerts}}

Articles for deletion


Advice

Tips
Related guidelines
Related projects

Create outline drafts in userspace

It's best to create outline drafts as sub-pages of your user page, such as in your sandbox, and not in the draft namespace. That's because drafts in the draft namespace disappear after a certain period of time with no edit activity.


Open tasks

Here are some things you can do to help (listed directly below, and in the subsections that follow):

  • Scour the outlines for the best ones, to present them in the example list in the lead section at the top of this page.
  • Maintain links to topic outlines: each article of the corresponding topic should have a link to its topic outline in its see also section. Periodically check each see also section, as the links sometimes get removed. Snap Links comes in handy for this.
  • Place outlines on your watchlist and check it every time you log on. This link or a FF addon can be used alternatively. This needs to be done in order to prevent against vandalism and possibly AfD's.
  • Place a WikiProject banner at the top of the talk pages of all lists of basic topics, leading here. Use {{subst: BLT|topic uncapitalized|topic capitalized}}.
  • Place a coverage banner at the top of the talk pages of all articles matching the subjects in the titles of topic outlines, leading to the corresponding list. Use {{[[Template:Outline of knowledge coverage|Outline of knowledge coverage|subject}}.
    • the coverage banner template needs to be designed

Add entries missing from Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines

Sometimes, when an outline is created, the author forgets to add its title, and a description, to the main list of outlines. You can help by placing them there, in the appropriate section.

Here are the titles missing from Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines:

  1. Outline of Glacier National Park (U.S.)
  2. Outline of Grand Teton National Park
  3. Outline of North Dakota territorial evolution
  4. Outline of Oregon territorial evolution
  5. Outline of Prem Rawat
  6. Outline of Slavic history and culture
  7. Outline of Solomon Islands
  8. Outline of Washington (state) infrastructure
  9. Outline of Wyoming territorial evolution
  10. Outline of Yellowstone National Park
  11. Outline of air pollution dispersion
  12. Outline of alchemy
  13. Outline of education in China
  14. Outline of educational aims
  15. Outline of parapsychology
  16. Outline of the British Armed Forces at the end of the Cold War
  17. Outline of the British Army at the end of the Cold War
  18. Outline of the British Royal Air Force at the end of the Cold War
  19. Outline of the British Royal Navy at the end of the Cold War
  20. Outline of the Bulgarian People's Army at the end of the Cold War
  21. Outline of the Canadian Armed Forces at the end of the Cold War
  22. Outline of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy
  23. Outline of the Comoros
  24. Outline of the Czechoslovak People's Army at the end of the Cold War
  25. Outline of the Danish Armed Forces at the end of the Cold War
  26. Outline of the French Army at the end of the Cold War
  27. Outline of the Greek genocide
  28. Outline of the Italian Army at the end of the Cold War
  29. Outline of the Korean language
  30. Outline of the U.S. Air Force in Europe at the end of the Cold War
  31. Outline of the Yemeni Crisis, revolution, and civil war (2011–present)
  32. Outline of the history of Los Angeles
  33. Outline of the history of the British Isles
  34. Outline of tourism
  35. Outline of transgender topics
  36. Outline of working time and conditions
  37. Outline of Åland
  38. Outline of genocide studies
  39. Outline of the COVID-19 pandemic
  40. Outline of the Collectivity of Saint Martin
  41. Outline of animation
  42. Outline of cannabis
  43. Outline of consulting
  44. Outline of counseling
  45. Outline of machine learning
  46. Outline of management
  47. Outline of metalworking
  48. Outline of organizational theory
  49. Outline of plate tectonics
  50. Outline of radio science
  51. Outline of smoking

Outlines needing reformatting and/or renaming

Outlines here need to be converted to the standard outline format. Only after a page has been converted to outline format should it be renamed to Outline of . Otherwise, others may assume the formatting is correct, and emulate it.

  1. List of slapstick comedy topics
  2. List of Occupy movement topics

Add pictures

Examples of outlines with good picture support include:

Start a new outline

To start a new outline...

See also: Helpful tips (read it!)
  • First, decide which topic you'd like to outline. It could be as broad as Outline of mathematics, or as narrow as Outline of chocolate and start the page. The title should be in the format of Outline of
  • Write a little introduction before outlining to get warmed up, this will also become the introductory paragraph of the outline.
  • Start listing articles on your topic. You can find them by using Special:PrefixIndex and a site allintitle Google search.
  • Organize links in a way that is accessible so that people can find the articles linked to. You might use an {{ Outline generator}} template, like this: {{subst:Outline generator|topic uncapitalized|topic capitalized}} or, if you're outlining a specific country, {{subst:Template:Outline country|country name}}.
  • After that, you can add a few pictures to make the outline look nicer. Try using different ones than the ones on the article by searching on Wikimedia Commons.
  • Once you've finished, take a look back and see if you were able to outline the subject successfully and then post your work here so that other editors are aware it exists and can review it.

Work on an existing outline

Most outlines are incomplete, because subjects change over time, and so does Wikipedia's coverage of them.

See Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines, and choose a subject that interests you, and start adding links.

Watch over the outlines

The most effective way to do this is with your watchlist. The easiest way to add all outlines on there is to click on "Watchlist", then click on "Edit your list of watchlist pages", then click on "Edit raw watchlist", and follow the directions. You can gather a list of all outlines that start with "Outline of" here:

In the desktop view of Wikipedia, one tool available to monitor activity on outlines is related changes.

To use it on outlines, go to Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines and click on "Related changes" in the tools menu. In order for this to work on all outlines, Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines must be kept up to date.

Related changes works on the various Category:Wikipedia outlines pages, too.

Create drafts

The outlines that have been deleted over the years need to be developed from the ground up in draftspace.

  1. Draft:Outline of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
  2. Draft:Outline of Big Science
  3. Draft:Outline of Florence
  4. Draft:Outline of cricket
  5. Draft:Outline of JavaScript
  6. Draft:Outline of formal science
  7. Draft:Outline of nutrition
  8. Draft:Outline of Roget's Thesaurus
  9. Draft:Outline of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  10. Draft:Outline of transhumanism

Work on drafts

Priority one outline drafts

  1. Draft:Outline of the arts (major branch of knowledge lacking an outline!)

Outline drafts very near completion

Please see if you can finish these up:

  1. Draft:Outline of Delhi
  2. Draft:Outline of George Washington
  3. Draft:Outline of Jerusalem

Outline drafts over half-way done

  1. Draft:Outline of advertising
  2. Draft:Outline of Chicago
  3. Draft:Outline of bodybuilding
  4. Draft:Outline of dogs
  5. Draft:Outline of God
  6. Draft:Outline of JavaScript

Outline drafts well underway

  1. Draft:Outline of agricultural science
  2. Draft:Outline of American football
  3. Draft:Outline of animal science
  4. Draft:Outline of applied mathematics
  5. Draft:Outline of armed forces
  6. Draft:Outline of art history
  7. Draft:Outline of astrobiology
  8. Draft:Outline of astrophysics
  9. Draft:Outline of biogeography
  10. Draft:Outline of bowling
  11. Draft:Outline of boxing
  12. Draft:Outline of business ethics
  13. Draft:Outline of climatology
  14. Draft:Outline of cognitive psychology
  15. Draft:Outline of constructed languages
  16. Draft:Outline of deep learning
  17. Draft:Outline of Donald Trump
  18. Draft:Outline of encyclopedias
  19. Draft:Outline of erotica and pornography
  20. Draft:Outline of existentialism
  21. Draft:Outline of families
  22. Draft:Outline of fire
  23. Draft:Outline of geothermal power
  24. Draft:Outline of gridiron football
  25. Draft:Outline of gymnastics
  26. Draft:Outline of hip hop music
  27. Draft:Outline of homelessness
  28. Draft:Outline of horror fiction
  29. Draft:Outline of housing
  30. Draft:Outline of human physiology
  31. Draft:Outline of human resource management
  32. Draft:Outline of information technology management
  33. Draft:Outline of Marvel Comics
  34. Draft:Outline of meat
  35. Draft:Outline of mechanical engineering
  36. Draft:Outline of meditation
  37. Draft:Outline of memory
  38. Draft:Outline of modern history
  39. Draft:Outline of museums
  40. Draft:Outline of mythology
  41. Draft:Outline of natural satellites
  42. Draft:Outline of numbers
  43. Draft:Outline of occupational safety and health
  44. Draft:Outline of ontologies
  45. Draft:Outline of planets
  46. Draft:Outline of prehistory
  47. Draft:Outline of recreation
  48. Draft:Outline of Recreational Drug Economy
  49. Draft:Outline of renewable energy
  50. Draft:Outline of rock music
  51. Draft:Outline of rugby
  52. Draft:Outline of rugby league
  53. Draft:Outline of San Diego
  54. Draft:Outline of San Jose, California (lots of red links)
  55. Draft:Outline of spy fiction
  56. Draft:Outline of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic
  57. Draft:Outline of the French Revolution
  58. Draft:Outline of the LGBT community
  59. Draft:Outline of the Olympic Games
  60. Draft:Outline of the Russian Revolution
  61. Draft:Outline of the World Wide Web
  62. Draft:Outline of time
  63. Draft:Outline of tinea
  64. Draft:Outline of Victoria, Australia
  65. Draft:Outline of volcanoes

Mostly bare-bones outline draft starts

  1. Draft:Outline of beans
  2. Draft:Outline of bread
  3. Draft:Outline of biomedical engineering
  4. Draft:Outline of Canadian football
  5. Draft:Outline of computer networking
  6. Draft:Outline of constitutional law
  7. Draft:Outline of crime
  8. Draft:Outline of crime fiction
  9. Draft:Outline of criminal law
  10. Draft:Outline of dairy farming
  11. Draft:Outline of dairy products
  12. Draft:Outline of DC Comics
  13. Draft:Outline of disease
  14. Draft:Outline of Doctor Who
  15. Draft:Outline of dyslexia
  16. Draft:Outline of earthquakes
  17. Draft:Outline of entrepreneurship
  18. Draft:Outline of extinction
  19. Draft:Outline of felines
  20. Draft:Outline of fire safety
  21. Draft:Outline of freight transport
  22. Draft:Outline of fruits
  23. Draft:Outline of geoengineering
  24. Draft:Outline of grains
  25. Draft:Outline of hills
  26. Draft:Outline of hockey
  27. Draft:Outline of humans
  28. Draft:Outline of hydropower
  29. Draft:Outline of ice hockey
  30. Draft:Outline of juggling
  31. Draft:Outline of Julius Caesar
  32. Draft:Outline of lacrosse
  33. Draft:Outline of legumes
  34. Draft:Outline of magic (illusion)
  35. Draft:Outline of Mahatma Ghandi
  36. Draft:Outline of maritime transport
  37. Draft:Outline of mass communication
  38. Draft:Outline of money
  39. Draft:Outline of morality
  40. Draft:Outline of mountains
  41. Draft:Outline of outer space
  42. Draft:Outline of prostitution
  43. Draft:Outline of reference works
  44. Draft:Outline of research
  45. Draft:Outline of road transport
  46. Draft:Outline of role-playing games
  47. Draft:Outline of romance fiction
  48. Draft:Outline of safety
  49. Draft:Outline of secondary education
  50. Draft:Outline of ships
  51. Draft:Outline of sleep
  52. Draft:Outline of stars
  53. Draft:Outline of street art
  54. Draft:Outline of supernovas
  55. Draft:Outline of the American Indian Wars
  56. Draft:Outline of the food industry
  57. Draft:Outline of the Universe
  58. Draft:Outline of typography
  59. Draft:Outline of wave power
  60. Draft:Outline of welfare
  61. Draft:Outline of Western fiction
  62. Draft:Outline of world history

Templates

For talkpages
For building outlines
Userboxes

Other project subpages

Participants

If you'd like to get involved, and help with outline-related tasks, please add your username below:

See also: Category:WikiProject Outlines participants

Userboxes

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{{ User WP Outlines}}
{{ User WikiProject Outlines}}
This user is a participant in WikiProject Outlines.
{{ Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines/Userboxes/User member}}
Outlines comprise bullets like these
Outlines comprise bullets like these
This user understands the importance of outlines, and is a member of
Wikiproject Outlines.

Award templates

To award editors who've made significant contributions to Outlines and/or the Outlines WikiProject, here are some award templates you could use. Other awards work well too. Feel free to use your imagination.

  • {{subst:The Outline Barnstar|1=message ~~~~}}
The Outline Barnstar
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  • {{subst:The Outline Barnstar|1=message ~~~~|2=alt}}
The Outline Barnstar
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Hall of Recognition

Below are awards and thanks received by editors for special contributions to the outlines and thereby to the encyclopedia as a whole. Without further ado, here they are...




The "I'm Really Impressed" Barnstar Barrage!
For graphic design, workin' hard, and diligent relentless non-stop editing week after week on the contents pages of Wikipedia, including but not limited to Contents, Overviews, Fields, Glossaries, Basic topics, Topics, Tables, Portals, and Categories...
Quiddity is hereby awarded this fireworks display of barnstars!
On behalf of the Wikipedia community, thank you.
 
The Transhumanist   09:34, 22 October 2006 (UTC) reply
Note: Outlines used to be called "Lists of basic topics" and "Lists of topics", and some are still called the latter.




The "I'm Really Impressed" Barnstar Barrage!

For graphic design, workin' hard, and diligent relentless non-stop editing week after week on the contents pages of Wikipedia, including but not limited to Contents, Overviews, Fields, Glossaries, Basic topics, Topics, Tables, Portals, and Categories...   RichardF is hereby awarded this fireworks display of barnstars! On behalf of the Wikipedia community, thank you.  
  The Transhumanist 09:38, 22 October 2006 (UTC) reply

Note: Outlines used to be called "Lists of basic topics" and "Lists of topics", and some are still called the latter.




(To The Transhumanist)

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
I, Diligent Terrier, award you this "Tireless Contributor Barnstar" for your work in starting the List of basic American Civil War topics article from scratch. Great Job! DiligentTerrier talk | sign here 22:17, 12 January 2008 (UTC) reply
Note: Later renamed to the Outline of the American Civil War.




(To The Transhumanist)

List of basic space exploration topics

Hi there TTH, Just wanted to thank you for your labors on this page, which is a great resource for us. Bill Wwheaton ( talk) 17:48, 29 February 2008 (UTC) reply

Note: It has since been renamed to Outline of space exploration.




(To The Transhumanist)

Nice work -- I will withdraw the AfD nom. –  ukexpat ( talk) 00:55, 15 March 2008 (UTC) reply

Done
The Barnstar of Recovery
For saving List of basic Canada topics from being deleted, I - Milk's Favorite Cookie hereby award you this Barnstar! Congrats! - Milk's Favorite Cookie 01:16, 15 March 2008 (UTC) reply
Note: Was later renamed to Outline of Canada.




The Bio-star
is hereby awarded to Earthdirt for doing an outstanding job producing the List of basic cell biology topics, and for going far beyond expectations by including a definition for each presented topic. Thank you for creating such a useful resource for newcomers to this subject. It's fantastic! The Transhumanist 03:50, 6 April 2008 (UTC) reply
Note: the current name for the "List of basic cell biology topics" is the Outline of cell biology.




List_of_basic_France_topics

Hi Transhumanist, I wanted to note that I saw all of your work on the List of Basic France topics, and I appreciate it! Lazulilasher ( talk) 02:12, 8 August 2008 (UTC) reply

Note: It was later renamed to Outline of France.




(To The Transhumanist)

I think......you need a barnstar for all of the hard work you have put into the WP:WPOOK!

The Barnstar Barnstar
You deserve two! at -210 discovered elementswhat am I? 20:21, 14 June 2009 (UTC) reply


Note: The WP:WPOOK was later renamed to WikiProject Outlines.




Transhumanist my friend,

It's about time you deserve a barnstar for all your contributions to outlines on Wikipedia, and also for being the promoter that you are for outlines. If it wasn't for you we might not have outlines as they are, so it is my honor to present to you the Special Barnstar because no other barnstar could merit what you do for outlines on Wikipedia.  :-) Burningview ( talk) 03:42, 8 August 2009 (UTC) reply

The Special Barnstar
This barnstar is presented to Transhumanist for all the hard work, contributions, coordination, and promotion he does in advancing the idea, coverage, content, and quality of Outlines on Wikipedia. For this he deserves a Special Barnstar Burningview ( talk) 03:42, 8 August 2009 (UTC) reply




The Teamwork Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Penubag for working so well with everyone on the OOK WikiProject, in the utilization of feedback on graphics creations, and jumping in to help wherever needed. Thank you! The Transhumanist 21:54, 16 June 2009 (UTC) reply
Note: the Outlines WikiProject used to be called the "OOK WikiProject" (for "Outline of Knowledge").




The Geography Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Tiamut for exemplary development work on the Outline of Palestine. The Transhumanist 23:18, 25 July 2009 (UTC) reply




The Wikipedian known as Buaidh is hereby recognized by his peers as a Wikipedia World Developer,
for his exemplary and extensive work on the outline articles of every country of the world and of every state of the United States (including the creation of a historical outline for every state), and for greatly improving Wikipedia's Outline of Knowledge.

Presented on this, the 4th day of August 2009, by    — The Transhumanist   ,  penubag , Willscrlt, NW, Gimme danger, Minnecologies, Stefan, Sswonk, – Juliancolton, MacMed, +sj +, Highfields, Tarheel95, Rich Farmbrough, The Earwig, Quiddity, and at -210





(To The Transhumanist)

The Special Barnstar
This award is in appreciation of the excellent work you have done supporting the development of Outlines on Wikipedia Thruxton ( talk) 18:59, 5 December 2010 (UTC) reply




(To The Transhumanist)

I just wanted to tell you (probably not the 1st ^^ ) that your are an incredible wikipedia member, your userpage is simply amazing and your contribution is...gigantic? huge? Incredible? not for the number edits (still high) but rather over the appropriateness of the things that you have created, especially the outline project. I wont give you another award, you already have billions, but simply a modest "Bravo!". -- Offiikart ( Talk) 05:23, 21 June 2011 (UTC) reply




The Geography Barnstar
By expanding the Outline of Quebec and creating lists of landforms, mountain ranges, and hospitals in Quebec,
Offiikart has improved Wikipedia's navigation system, helping its readers to virtually tour the world.
He is hereby awarded The Geography Barnstar. The Transhumanist 10:49, 29 June 2011 (UTC) reply




The WikiProject Barnstar
To The Transhumanist who created the outline project and tirelessly continues to improve it. A special thanks for your help and your recognition. Offiikart Talk 13:54, 29 June 2011 (UTC) reply




(To The Transhumanist)

The Chess Barnstar
Awarded for many contributions to chess articles, especially the Outline of chess. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 16:34, 18 October 2011 (UTC) reply




(To The Transhumanist)

The Original Barnstar
Thanks so much for your work on the Outline of domestic violence, it is so much better that it's astounding how far it's come along. Thanks for making my first outline "sing"! CaroleHenson ( talk) 11:11, 21 November 2011 (UTC) reply




What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Carole Henson for creating and developing the Outline of domestic violence, a hub of knowledge that many will no doubt find very relevant and helpful in times of personal crisis. I commend you, Carole, on making such a valuable resource available to the public worldwide. Kudos to you. Sincerely, The Transhumanist 23:00, 21 November 2011 (UTC) reply




(To The Transhumanist)

The Copyeditor's Barnstar
Thanks for the ndashes on the Apple outline article. Zach Vega ( talk) 00:58, 13 April 2012 (UTC) reply




You've done a fantastic job so far creating the outline of globalization.

Keep up the excellent work. It's a damn nice addition to the outline collection: you're filling in a gap that badly needs filling. I look forward to reading the outline as you develop it to completion.

For an example of the progression of development of an outline, view the edit history of Outline of cell biology, and look at every 10th version, starting with the first version.

If you need my help with anything concerning outlines, or if you have any questions, please feel free to ask.

Sincerely, The Transhumanist 06:33, 5 June 2013 (UTC) reply

The Outline Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Meclee, for the creation and development of Outline of globalization.    — The Transhumanist   15:23, 6 November 2023 (UTC) reply




(To The Transhumanist)

The Barnstar of Diligence
For your efforts on updating, improving and organising Outline of human anatomy LT910001 ( talk) 06:39, 2 January 2014 (UTC) reply




The Bio-star
is hereby awarded to TheProfessor for creating and developing the Outline of evolution. Thank you, and keep up the good work! The Transhumanist 07:00, 8 January 2015 (UTC) reply




(To The Transhumanist)

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For your work on " Outline of space science" Tetra quark ( don't be shy) 05:55, 18 January 2015 (UTC) reply




The Original Barnstar
Is hereby awarded to Mindfrieze for creating the Outline of sailing, which is now in article space. Keep up the good work! The Transhumanist 00:26, 12 July 2016 (UTC) reply




The Original Barnstar
Is hereby awarded to Marikafragen for creating the Outline of adoption, which is now in article space. Thank you for creating this outline! The Transhumanist 22:43, 12 July 2016 (UTC) reply




The Original Barnstar
is hereby awarded to CSJJ104 for creating the Outline of the Cold War, which is now in article space. Thank you for making such a good start in filling this gap in the navigation system! The Transhumanist 05:06, 15 July 2016 (UTC) reply




The Original Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Broter for creating and developing the Outline of Joseph Smith. A very fine job indeed. The Transhumanist 19:14, 10 August 2016 (UTC) reply




The Original Barnstar
is hereby awarded to PKT for creating and developing the Outline of New Brunswick. Well done. Thank you. The Transhumanist 04:33, 12 August 2016 (UTC) reply




The Original Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Lakun.patra for creating and developing the Outline of Assam. A very nice addition to the collection. Keep up the good work. Thank you. The Transhumanist 08:14, 21 August 2016 (UTC) reply




(To The Transhumanist)

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Great work with the Outlines :) Pratyush ( talk) 21:07, 26 September 2016 (UTC) reply




(To The Transhumanist)

Love the outlines

Hi there! I just wanted to let you know that I think your planet outlines are really cool. I have long thought it was a shame that only Wikipedians seem to know about Books or Portals, because they are really great tools for structuring knowledge (while everyone loves diving down the Wikipedia rabbit hole, we could really do with some better content organization). The outlines strike me as a great way to bring that sort content organization to mainspace, where it will actually reach a large number of readers. I notice that I am the first one to edit them besides yourself, and I hope you know that I do so with love.

What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
Great idea with the outline articles - a great solution to a need for better mainspace-based content structuring! I see from WP:Outlines that you actually came up with this concept some years ago, but this is the first I've noticed it. A2soup ( talk) 02:46, 8 February 2017 (UTC) reply




The Portal Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Certes for enhancements to the entire portal system in the form of the templates Transclude lead excerpt and Transclude random excerpt. With great anticipation, I look forward to your future contributions to portals. Sincerely,    — The Transhumanist   06:32, 2 May 2018 (UTC) reply
Note: Template:Transclude lead excerpt is also applicable to outlines.
Congratulations, Certes! A well-earned barnstar! RockMagnetist( talk) 14:33, 4 May 2018 (UTC) reply
Excellent job, Certes! Arman ( Talk) 04:30, 6 May 2018 (UTC) reply




The Cannabis Outline Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Bri for creating and developing the Outline of cannabis. A very interesting topic, indeed, with much coverage on Wikipedia that this outline makes easier to find and navigate. Keep up the good work. Thank you.    — The Transhumanist   22:15, 30 November 2018 (UTC) reply




(To The Transhumanist)

The Original Barnstar
message Ambuj Shukla 19:16, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

You have made immense contributions to outlines over the years, and have encouraged many more Wikipedians to follow your lead. The impact of your contributions are great. Keep doing the good work! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ambujshukla2004 ( talkcontribs) 19:16, 2 November 2019 (UTC) reply



(To CSJJ104)

The Original Barnstar
The article you created, Outline of the wars of the Three Kingdoms, is very useful. Thanks for contributing a great outline.   //  Timothy ::  talk  18:39, 5 August 2020 (UTC) reply




Congratulations, MeegsC! The list you nominated, Outline of lichens, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.
This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Giants2008 ( talk) via FACBot ( talk) 00:25, 30 October 2023 (UTC) reply




The Outline Barnstar
is hereby awarded to XTheBedrockX, for incredible attention to detail in the creation, development, and maintenance of Outline of the Iraq War. Keep up the great work!    — The Transhumanist   01:41, 6 November 2023 (UTC) reply




The Outline Barnstar
is hereby awarded to TimothyBlue, for the creation and monitoring of Outline of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war. Keep up the excellent work!    — The Transhumanist   01:47, 6 November 2023 (UTC) reply




The Outline Barnstar and Featured List Medal
are hereby awarded to MeegsC, for improving Outline of lichens to featured list status. The outline has earned a star, and now, so have you! Keep up the great work. Sincerely,    — The Transhumanist   01:53, 6 November 2023 (UTC) reply




The Outline Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Jerium, for the creation of The Outline Barnstar, which provides the Outlines WikiProject the increased capability of awarding editors who have contributed to the improvement of outlines and outline coverage on Wikipedia. Thank you. Sincerely,    — The Transhumanist   02:24, 6 November 2023 (UTC) reply




The Outline Barnstar
The Outline Barnstar The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
The Multi-Outline Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Pbsouthwood, for the creation, development, and maintenance of:

for work on:

and for extensive work on:

Outline of oceanography

Keep up the excellent work!    — The Transhumanist   08:35, 6 November 2023 (UTC) reply




The Tireless Contributor Barnstar The City Outline Barnstar Barrage The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Cote d'Azur, for the creation of the following multitude of city outlines:

And for extensive work on:


I look forward to seeing what you produce next! Thank you. Sincerely,    — The Transhumanist   10:50, 6 November 2023 (UTC) reply




The Outline Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Epipelagic, for the creation and development of the collosal Outline of fishing, parts of which were split off to become the Outline of the fishing industry and Outline of fisheries. Thank you.    — The Transhumanist   08:17, 8 November 2023 (UTC) reply




The Outline Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Marikafragen, for annotating the entirety of the Outline of fishing. Thank you.    — The Transhumanist   08:18, 8 November 2023 (UTC) reply




The Outline Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Minnecologoies, for extensive work on the Outline of forestry. Thank you.    — The Transhumanist   08:37, 8 November 2023 (UTC) reply




The Outline Barnstar
is hereby awarded to DASonnenfeld, for extensive work on the Outline of forestry. Thank you.    — The Transhumanist   08:39, 8 November 2023 (UTC) reply




The Outline Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Thruxton, for creation and development of the Outline of motorcycles and motorcycling. Thank you.    — The Transhumanist   08:52, 8 November 2023 (UTC) reply




The Article Rescue Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Guywan for saving the Outline of natural language processing from deletion, after it was already deleted, by taking the matter before Deletion Review.    — The Transhumanist   11:50, 10 November 2023 (UTC) reply




Cool template

...which is now in use on over 8,200 pages. Nicely done.

The Template Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Pbsouthwood, for the creation and development of the Annotated link template, which enables significant enhancement and ease of construction to embedded lists, including those in outlines. Kudos.    — The Transhumanist   13:02, 10 November 2023 (UTC) reply




The Outline Barnstar
Hello The Transhumanist, you are receiving this award for the creation and continued dedication to WikiProject Outlines. You deserve this barnstar more than anyone. Jerium ( talk) 19:18, 12 November 2023 (UTC) reply




For a job wonderfully done...

The Classical Music & Outline Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Gor1995, for the creation and development of the comprehensive Outline of classical music, providing a much needed navigation aid for this extensive subject and a valuable expansion to the outline system. Thank you.    — The Transhumanist   15:36, 19 January 2024 (UTC) reply




From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A tree structure.
A tree structure.

Outlines are hierarchically structured topics lists.

If you like one or more of the following:

  • to organize subjects' topics into a tree structure
  • to make site maps
  • structured lists
  • tables of contents
  • classified indexes

Then, you've come to the right place! For, Wikipedia's outlines are all of the above.

We're mapmakers, metaphorically speaking

Wikipedia's goal is to provide knowledge. But knowledge is only useful if you can find it and make sense of it. The main limitation of a search box is that it can only look for what you already know exists: it is not a map. Like with a map, the function of an outline, and the mission of this WikiProject, is to show readers what exists and help them get to where it is — except that, in this case, the destinations are Wikipedia articles rather than physical locations. Outlines serve as site maps of Wikipedia, by subject. And while maps help navigate the landscape, outlines show the knowledgescape of a subject.

More metaphors

An outline is also like a table of contents or a menu, except that, instead of listing chapter titles in a book or food dishes in a restaurant, outlines present the topics in a subject.

Another useful metaphor is that each page in Wikipedia is a teleportation chamber. To use the search box for teleporting, you specify your destination subject. An outline is a teleportation chamber with its own destination registry. Each outline lists the available target topics, and clicking on one instantly takes you there. You don't need to know where you are going in advance — the list helps you choose.

Outlines present the topics belonging to a subject as a tree structure, using sections, subsections, and indented item entries to signify branching of the tree. As tree structures, outlines provide the following benefits:

  1. They can help the user see how a particular topic fits into the whole subject.
  2. They also show how topics are related to each other: what belongs to what, and what topics fall into the same sections.
  3. Having a subject laid out on one page saves time. Split up as categories, a 76-section subject would require visiting 76 different category pages to see all the subject's topics, which entails a lot of back-tracking. Scrolling down an outline page is much more convenient and faster.
  4. The bird's eye view provided by outlines allows users to see patterns in the information in a relatively painless way.
  5. Through how they are organized, outlines help users find individual pages, even when they don't know precisely what they are looking for, or exactly what it is called.
  6. Outlines reveal gaps in their subjects' coverage that need to be filled in with new articles.

Examples of well-developed outlines

Lists of outlines

Scope

Each outline article is a list of a subject's topics arranged hierarchically to show the relationships between them: those that are the most important, general entries and those that give more specialist detail. Outlines show the structure of articles about a subject, opening another way besides searching, for navigating it. They could be considered Wikipedia's equivalent to Brittanica's Propædia.

Each outline is intended to help the reader become familiar with the subject it presents, and also serves as a table of contents or site map to that subject's coverage on Wikipedia. Outlines are different from portals or indexes. While a portal focuses solely on well-developed featured content, an outline's main purpose is to direct readers through a subject's related articles. Indexes are intended to be comprehensive alphabetical lists of articles related to subject, but finding something in an alphabetical index can be difficult if one does not know the article title (and if one does, one hardly needs the index). Outlines might not list every article in a subject, and often their links lead to lists or other outlines to provide further detail. For an example, compare Portal:Japan, Index of Japan-related articles, and Outline of Japan.

Announcements

Latest additions

The outline drafts have been restored

Upon request at DRV, most of the outline drafts have been restored.

For the current list of outline drafts in the Drafts: namespace, see #Work on drafts, below.

Keep in mind that drafts that sit too long without edits eventually get deleted. Let's keep them improving, so that they eventually become real outlines.

There's now an outline that is a featured list

Congratulations, MeegsC! The list you nominated, Outline of lichens, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.
This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Giants2008 ( talk) via FACBot ( talk) 00:25, 30 October 2023 (UTC) reply

Outline of the week!

The outline of the week is:

Outline of fish

Please help improve it.

Article alerts

This project is served by Article alerts, which can be seen in this section directly below, or at Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines/Article alerts. This lets us to know about any AfDs or other such discussions without having to rely on manual notifications. To have the alerts show up on your user page or user talk page, include this code on that page: {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines/Article alerts}}

Articles for deletion


Advice

Tips
Related guidelines
Related projects

Create outline drafts in userspace

It's best to create outline drafts as sub-pages of your user page, such as in your sandbox, and not in the draft namespace. That's because drafts in the draft namespace disappear after a certain period of time with no edit activity.


Open tasks

Here are some things you can do to help (listed directly below, and in the subsections that follow):

  • Scour the outlines for the best ones, to present them in the example list in the lead section at the top of this page.
  • Maintain links to topic outlines: each article of the corresponding topic should have a link to its topic outline in its see also section. Periodically check each see also section, as the links sometimes get removed. Snap Links comes in handy for this.
  • Place outlines on your watchlist and check it every time you log on. This link or a FF addon can be used alternatively. This needs to be done in order to prevent against vandalism and possibly AfD's.
  • Place a WikiProject banner at the top of the talk pages of all lists of basic topics, leading here. Use {{subst: BLT|topic uncapitalized|topic capitalized}}.
  • Place a coverage banner at the top of the talk pages of all articles matching the subjects in the titles of topic outlines, leading to the corresponding list. Use {{[[Template:Outline of knowledge coverage|Outline of knowledge coverage|subject}}.
    • the coverage banner template needs to be designed

Add entries missing from Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines

Sometimes, when an outline is created, the author forgets to add its title, and a description, to the main list of outlines. You can help by placing them there, in the appropriate section.

Here are the titles missing from Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines:

  1. Outline of Glacier National Park (U.S.)
  2. Outline of Grand Teton National Park
  3. Outline of North Dakota territorial evolution
  4. Outline of Oregon territorial evolution
  5. Outline of Prem Rawat
  6. Outline of Slavic history and culture
  7. Outline of Solomon Islands
  8. Outline of Washington (state) infrastructure
  9. Outline of Wyoming territorial evolution
  10. Outline of Yellowstone National Park
  11. Outline of air pollution dispersion
  12. Outline of alchemy
  13. Outline of education in China
  14. Outline of educational aims
  15. Outline of parapsychology
  16. Outline of the British Armed Forces at the end of the Cold War
  17. Outline of the British Army at the end of the Cold War
  18. Outline of the British Royal Air Force at the end of the Cold War
  19. Outline of the British Royal Navy at the end of the Cold War
  20. Outline of the Bulgarian People's Army at the end of the Cold War
  21. Outline of the Canadian Armed Forces at the end of the Cold War
  22. Outline of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy
  23. Outline of the Comoros
  24. Outline of the Czechoslovak People's Army at the end of the Cold War
  25. Outline of the Danish Armed Forces at the end of the Cold War
  26. Outline of the French Army at the end of the Cold War
  27. Outline of the Greek genocide
  28. Outline of the Italian Army at the end of the Cold War
  29. Outline of the Korean language
  30. Outline of the U.S. Air Force in Europe at the end of the Cold War
  31. Outline of the Yemeni Crisis, revolution, and civil war (2011–present)
  32. Outline of the history of Los Angeles
  33. Outline of the history of the British Isles
  34. Outline of tourism
  35. Outline of transgender topics
  36. Outline of working time and conditions
  37. Outline of Åland
  38. Outline of genocide studies
  39. Outline of the COVID-19 pandemic
  40. Outline of the Collectivity of Saint Martin
  41. Outline of animation
  42. Outline of cannabis
  43. Outline of consulting
  44. Outline of counseling
  45. Outline of machine learning
  46. Outline of management
  47. Outline of metalworking
  48. Outline of organizational theory
  49. Outline of plate tectonics
  50. Outline of radio science
  51. Outline of smoking

Outlines needing reformatting and/or renaming

Outlines here need to be converted to the standard outline format. Only after a page has been converted to outline format should it be renamed to Outline of . Otherwise, others may assume the formatting is correct, and emulate it.

  1. List of slapstick comedy topics
  2. List of Occupy movement topics

Add pictures

Examples of outlines with good picture support include:

Start a new outline

To start a new outline...

See also: Helpful tips (read it!)
  • First, decide which topic you'd like to outline. It could be as broad as Outline of mathematics, or as narrow as Outline of chocolate and start the page. The title should be in the format of Outline of
  • Write a little introduction before outlining to get warmed up, this will also become the introductory paragraph of the outline.
  • Start listing articles on your topic. You can find them by using Special:PrefixIndex and a site allintitle Google search.
  • Organize links in a way that is accessible so that people can find the articles linked to. You might use an {{ Outline generator}} template, like this: {{subst:Outline generator|topic uncapitalized|topic capitalized}} or, if you're outlining a specific country, {{subst:Template:Outline country|country name}}.
  • After that, you can add a few pictures to make the outline look nicer. Try using different ones than the ones on the article by searching on Wikimedia Commons.
  • Once you've finished, take a look back and see if you were able to outline the subject successfully and then post your work here so that other editors are aware it exists and can review it.

Work on an existing outline

Most outlines are incomplete, because subjects change over time, and so does Wikipedia's coverage of them.

See Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines, and choose a subject that interests you, and start adding links.

Watch over the outlines

The most effective way to do this is with your watchlist. The easiest way to add all outlines on there is to click on "Watchlist", then click on "Edit your list of watchlist pages", then click on "Edit raw watchlist", and follow the directions. You can gather a list of all outlines that start with "Outline of" here:

In the desktop view of Wikipedia, one tool available to monitor activity on outlines is related changes.

To use it on outlines, go to Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines and click on "Related changes" in the tools menu. In order for this to work on all outlines, Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines must be kept up to date.

Related changes works on the various Category:Wikipedia outlines pages, too.

Create drafts

The outlines that have been deleted over the years need to be developed from the ground up in draftspace.

  1. Draft:Outline of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
  2. Draft:Outline of Big Science
  3. Draft:Outline of Florence
  4. Draft:Outline of cricket
  5. Draft:Outline of JavaScript
  6. Draft:Outline of formal science
  7. Draft:Outline of nutrition
  8. Draft:Outline of Roget's Thesaurus
  9. Draft:Outline of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  10. Draft:Outline of transhumanism

Work on drafts

Priority one outline drafts

  1. Draft:Outline of the arts (major branch of knowledge lacking an outline!)

Outline drafts very near completion

Please see if you can finish these up:

  1. Draft:Outline of Delhi
  2. Draft:Outline of George Washington
  3. Draft:Outline of Jerusalem

Outline drafts over half-way done

  1. Draft:Outline of advertising
  2. Draft:Outline of Chicago
  3. Draft:Outline of bodybuilding
  4. Draft:Outline of dogs
  5. Draft:Outline of God
  6. Draft:Outline of JavaScript

Outline drafts well underway

  1. Draft:Outline of agricultural science
  2. Draft:Outline of American football
  3. Draft:Outline of animal science
  4. Draft:Outline of applied mathematics
  5. Draft:Outline of armed forces
  6. Draft:Outline of art history
  7. Draft:Outline of astrobiology
  8. Draft:Outline of astrophysics
  9. Draft:Outline of biogeography
  10. Draft:Outline of bowling
  11. Draft:Outline of boxing
  12. Draft:Outline of business ethics
  13. Draft:Outline of climatology
  14. Draft:Outline of cognitive psychology
  15. Draft:Outline of constructed languages
  16. Draft:Outline of deep learning
  17. Draft:Outline of Donald Trump
  18. Draft:Outline of encyclopedias
  19. Draft:Outline of erotica and pornography
  20. Draft:Outline of existentialism
  21. Draft:Outline of families
  22. Draft:Outline of fire
  23. Draft:Outline of geothermal power
  24. Draft:Outline of gridiron football
  25. Draft:Outline of gymnastics
  26. Draft:Outline of hip hop music
  27. Draft:Outline of homelessness
  28. Draft:Outline of horror fiction
  29. Draft:Outline of housing
  30. Draft:Outline of human physiology
  31. Draft:Outline of human resource management
  32. Draft:Outline of information technology management
  33. Draft:Outline of Marvel Comics
  34. Draft:Outline of meat
  35. Draft:Outline of mechanical engineering
  36. Draft:Outline of meditation
  37. Draft:Outline of memory
  38. Draft:Outline of modern history
  39. Draft:Outline of museums
  40. Draft:Outline of mythology
  41. Draft:Outline of natural satellites
  42. Draft:Outline of numbers
  43. Draft:Outline of occupational safety and health
  44. Draft:Outline of ontologies
  45. Draft:Outline of planets
  46. Draft:Outline of prehistory
  47. Draft:Outline of recreation
  48. Draft:Outline of Recreational Drug Economy
  49. Draft:Outline of renewable energy
  50. Draft:Outline of rock music
  51. Draft:Outline of rugby
  52. Draft:Outline of rugby league
  53. Draft:Outline of San Diego
  54. Draft:Outline of San Jose, California (lots of red links)
  55. Draft:Outline of spy fiction
  56. Draft:Outline of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic
  57. Draft:Outline of the French Revolution
  58. Draft:Outline of the LGBT community
  59. Draft:Outline of the Olympic Games
  60. Draft:Outline of the Russian Revolution
  61. Draft:Outline of the World Wide Web
  62. Draft:Outline of time
  63. Draft:Outline of tinea
  64. Draft:Outline of Victoria, Australia
  65. Draft:Outline of volcanoes

Mostly bare-bones outline draft starts

  1. Draft:Outline of beans
  2. Draft:Outline of bread
  3. Draft:Outline of biomedical engineering
  4. Draft:Outline of Canadian football
  5. Draft:Outline of computer networking
  6. Draft:Outline of constitutional law
  7. Draft:Outline of crime
  8. Draft:Outline of crime fiction
  9. Draft:Outline of criminal law
  10. Draft:Outline of dairy farming
  11. Draft:Outline of dairy products
  12. Draft:Outline of DC Comics
  13. Draft:Outline of disease
  14. Draft:Outline of Doctor Who
  15. Draft:Outline of dyslexia
  16. Draft:Outline of earthquakes
  17. Draft:Outline of entrepreneurship
  18. Draft:Outline of extinction
  19. Draft:Outline of felines
  20. Draft:Outline of fire safety
  21. Draft:Outline of freight transport
  22. Draft:Outline of fruits
  23. Draft:Outline of geoengineering
  24. Draft:Outline of grains
  25. Draft:Outline of hills
  26. Draft:Outline of hockey
  27. Draft:Outline of humans
  28. Draft:Outline of hydropower
  29. Draft:Outline of ice hockey
  30. Draft:Outline of juggling
  31. Draft:Outline of Julius Caesar
  32. Draft:Outline of lacrosse
  33. Draft:Outline of legumes
  34. Draft:Outline of magic (illusion)
  35. Draft:Outline of Mahatma Ghandi
  36. Draft:Outline of maritime transport
  37. Draft:Outline of mass communication
  38. Draft:Outline of money
  39. Draft:Outline of morality
  40. Draft:Outline of mountains
  41. Draft:Outline of outer space
  42. Draft:Outline of prostitution
  43. Draft:Outline of reference works
  44. Draft:Outline of research
  45. Draft:Outline of road transport
  46. Draft:Outline of role-playing games
  47. Draft:Outline of romance fiction
  48. Draft:Outline of safety
  49. Draft:Outline of secondary education
  50. Draft:Outline of ships
  51. Draft:Outline of sleep
  52. Draft:Outline of stars
  53. Draft:Outline of street art
  54. Draft:Outline of supernovas
  55. Draft:Outline of the American Indian Wars
  56. Draft:Outline of the food industry
  57. Draft:Outline of the Universe
  58. Draft:Outline of typography
  59. Draft:Outline of wave power
  60. Draft:Outline of welfare
  61. Draft:Outline of Western fiction
  62. Draft:Outline of world history

Templates

For talkpages
For building outlines
Userboxes

Other project subpages

Participants

If you'd like to get involved, and help with outline-related tasks, please add your username below:

See also: Category:WikiProject Outlines participants

Userboxes

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{{ User WP Outlines}}
{{ User WikiProject Outlines}}
This user is a participant in WikiProject Outlines.
{{ Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines/Userboxes/User member}}
Outlines comprise bullets like these
Outlines comprise bullets like these
This user understands the importance of outlines, and is a member of
Wikiproject Outlines.

Award templates

To award editors who've made significant contributions to Outlines and/or the Outlines WikiProject, here are some award templates you could use. Other awards work well too. Feel free to use your imagination.

  • {{subst:The Outline Barnstar|1=message ~~~~}}
The Outline Barnstar
message ~~~~
  • {{subst:The Outline Barnstar|1=message ~~~~|2=alt}}
The Outline Barnstar
message ~~~~

Hall of Recognition

Below are awards and thanks received by editors for special contributions to the outlines and thereby to the encyclopedia as a whole. Without further ado, here they are...




The "I'm Really Impressed" Barnstar Barrage!
For graphic design, workin' hard, and diligent relentless non-stop editing week after week on the contents pages of Wikipedia, including but not limited to Contents, Overviews, Fields, Glossaries, Basic topics, Topics, Tables, Portals, and Categories...
Quiddity is hereby awarded this fireworks display of barnstars!
On behalf of the Wikipedia community, thank you.
 
The Transhumanist   09:34, 22 October 2006 (UTC) reply
Note: Outlines used to be called "Lists of basic topics" and "Lists of topics", and some are still called the latter.




The "I'm Really Impressed" Barnstar Barrage!

For graphic design, workin' hard, and diligent relentless non-stop editing week after week on the contents pages of Wikipedia, including but not limited to Contents, Overviews, Fields, Glossaries, Basic topics, Topics, Tables, Portals, and Categories...   RichardF is hereby awarded this fireworks display of barnstars! On behalf of the Wikipedia community, thank you.  
  The Transhumanist 09:38, 22 October 2006 (UTC) reply

Note: Outlines used to be called "Lists of basic topics" and "Lists of topics", and some are still called the latter.




(To The Transhumanist)

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
I, Diligent Terrier, award you this "Tireless Contributor Barnstar" for your work in starting the List of basic American Civil War topics article from scratch. Great Job! DiligentTerrier talk | sign here 22:17, 12 January 2008 (UTC) reply
Note: Later renamed to the Outline of the American Civil War.




(To The Transhumanist)

List of basic space exploration topics

Hi there TTH, Just wanted to thank you for your labors on this page, which is a great resource for us. Bill Wwheaton ( talk) 17:48, 29 February 2008 (UTC) reply

Note: It has since been renamed to Outline of space exploration.




(To The Transhumanist)

Nice work -- I will withdraw the AfD nom. –  ukexpat ( talk) 00:55, 15 March 2008 (UTC) reply

Done
The Barnstar of Recovery
For saving List of basic Canada topics from being deleted, I - Milk's Favorite Cookie hereby award you this Barnstar! Congrats! - Milk's Favorite Cookie 01:16, 15 March 2008 (UTC) reply
Note: Was later renamed to Outline of Canada.




The Bio-star
is hereby awarded to Earthdirt for doing an outstanding job producing the List of basic cell biology topics, and for going far beyond expectations by including a definition for each presented topic. Thank you for creating such a useful resource for newcomers to this subject. It's fantastic! The Transhumanist 03:50, 6 April 2008 (UTC) reply
Note: the current name for the "List of basic cell biology topics" is the Outline of cell biology.




List_of_basic_France_topics

Hi Transhumanist, I wanted to note that I saw all of your work on the List of Basic France topics, and I appreciate it! Lazulilasher ( talk) 02:12, 8 August 2008 (UTC) reply

Note: It was later renamed to Outline of France.




(To The Transhumanist)

I think......you need a barnstar for all of the hard work you have put into the WP:WPOOK!

The Barnstar Barnstar
You deserve two! at -210 discovered elementswhat am I? 20:21, 14 June 2009 (UTC) reply


Note: The WP:WPOOK was later renamed to WikiProject Outlines.




Transhumanist my friend,

It's about time you deserve a barnstar for all your contributions to outlines on Wikipedia, and also for being the promoter that you are for outlines. If it wasn't for you we might not have outlines as they are, so it is my honor to present to you the Special Barnstar because no other barnstar could merit what you do for outlines on Wikipedia.  :-) Burningview ( talk) 03:42, 8 August 2009 (UTC) reply

The Special Barnstar
This barnstar is presented to Transhumanist for all the hard work, contributions, coordination, and promotion he does in advancing the idea, coverage, content, and quality of Outlines on Wikipedia. For this he deserves a Special Barnstar Burningview ( talk) 03:42, 8 August 2009 (UTC) reply




The Teamwork Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Penubag for working so well with everyone on the OOK WikiProject, in the utilization of feedback on graphics creations, and jumping in to help wherever needed. Thank you! The Transhumanist 21:54, 16 June 2009 (UTC) reply
Note: the Outlines WikiProject used to be called the "OOK WikiProject" (for "Outline of Knowledge").




The Geography Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Tiamut for exemplary development work on the Outline of Palestine. The Transhumanist 23:18, 25 July 2009 (UTC) reply




The Wikipedian known as Buaidh is hereby recognized by his peers as a Wikipedia World Developer,
for his exemplary and extensive work on the outline articles of every country of the world and of every state of the United States (including the creation of a historical outline for every state), and for greatly improving Wikipedia's Outline of Knowledge.

Presented on this, the 4th day of August 2009, by    — The Transhumanist   ,  penubag , Willscrlt, NW, Gimme danger, Minnecologies, Stefan, Sswonk, – Juliancolton, MacMed, +sj +, Highfields, Tarheel95, Rich Farmbrough, The Earwig, Quiddity, and at -210





(To The Transhumanist)

The Special Barnstar
This award is in appreciation of the excellent work you have done supporting the development of Outlines on Wikipedia Thruxton ( talk) 18:59, 5 December 2010 (UTC) reply




(To The Transhumanist)

I just wanted to tell you (probably not the 1st ^^ ) that your are an incredible wikipedia member, your userpage is simply amazing and your contribution is...gigantic? huge? Incredible? not for the number edits (still high) but rather over the appropriateness of the things that you have created, especially the outline project. I wont give you another award, you already have billions, but simply a modest "Bravo!". -- Offiikart ( Talk) 05:23, 21 June 2011 (UTC) reply




The Geography Barnstar
By expanding the Outline of Quebec and creating lists of landforms, mountain ranges, and hospitals in Quebec,
Offiikart has improved Wikipedia's navigation system, helping its readers to virtually tour the world.
He is hereby awarded The Geography Barnstar. The Transhumanist 10:49, 29 June 2011 (UTC) reply




The WikiProject Barnstar
To The Transhumanist who created the outline project and tirelessly continues to improve it. A special thanks for your help and your recognition. Offiikart Talk 13:54, 29 June 2011 (UTC) reply




(To The Transhumanist)

The Chess Barnstar
Awarded for many contributions to chess articles, especially the Outline of chess. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 16:34, 18 October 2011 (UTC) reply




(To The Transhumanist)

The Original Barnstar
Thanks so much for your work on the Outline of domestic violence, it is so much better that it's astounding how far it's come along. Thanks for making my first outline "sing"! CaroleHenson ( talk) 11:11, 21 November 2011 (UTC) reply




What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Carole Henson for creating and developing the Outline of domestic violence, a hub of knowledge that many will no doubt find very relevant and helpful in times of personal crisis. I commend you, Carole, on making such a valuable resource available to the public worldwide. Kudos to you. Sincerely, The Transhumanist 23:00, 21 November 2011 (UTC) reply




(To The Transhumanist)

The Copyeditor's Barnstar
Thanks for the ndashes on the Apple outline article. Zach Vega ( talk) 00:58, 13 April 2012 (UTC) reply




You've done a fantastic job so far creating the outline of globalization.

Keep up the excellent work. It's a damn nice addition to the outline collection: you're filling in a gap that badly needs filling. I look forward to reading the outline as you develop it to completion.

For an example of the progression of development of an outline, view the edit history of Outline of cell biology, and look at every 10th version, starting with the first version.

If you need my help with anything concerning outlines, or if you have any questions, please feel free to ask.

Sincerely, The Transhumanist 06:33, 5 June 2013 (UTC) reply

The Outline Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Meclee, for the creation and development of Outline of globalization.    — The Transhumanist   15:23, 6 November 2023 (UTC) reply




(To The Transhumanist)

The Barnstar of Diligence
For your efforts on updating, improving and organising Outline of human anatomy LT910001 ( talk) 06:39, 2 January 2014 (UTC) reply




The Bio-star
is hereby awarded to TheProfessor for creating and developing the Outline of evolution. Thank you, and keep up the good work! The Transhumanist 07:00, 8 January 2015 (UTC) reply




(To The Transhumanist)

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For your work on " Outline of space science" Tetra quark ( don't be shy) 05:55, 18 January 2015 (UTC) reply




The Original Barnstar
Is hereby awarded to Mindfrieze for creating the Outline of sailing, which is now in article space. Keep up the good work! The Transhumanist 00:26, 12 July 2016 (UTC) reply




The Original Barnstar
Is hereby awarded to Marikafragen for creating the Outline of adoption, which is now in article space. Thank you for creating this outline! The Transhumanist 22:43, 12 July 2016 (UTC) reply




The Original Barnstar
is hereby awarded to CSJJ104 for creating the Outline of the Cold War, which is now in article space. Thank you for making such a good start in filling this gap in the navigation system! The Transhumanist 05:06, 15 July 2016 (UTC) reply




The Original Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Broter for creating and developing the Outline of Joseph Smith. A very fine job indeed. The Transhumanist 19:14, 10 August 2016 (UTC) reply




The Original Barnstar
is hereby awarded to PKT for creating and developing the Outline of New Brunswick. Well done. Thank you. The Transhumanist 04:33, 12 August 2016 (UTC) reply




The Original Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Lakun.patra for creating and developing the Outline of Assam. A very nice addition to the collection. Keep up the good work. Thank you. The Transhumanist 08:14, 21 August 2016 (UTC) reply




(To The Transhumanist)

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Great work with the Outlines :) Pratyush ( talk) 21:07, 26 September 2016 (UTC) reply




(To The Transhumanist)

Love the outlines

Hi there! I just wanted to let you know that I think your planet outlines are really cool. I have long thought it was a shame that only Wikipedians seem to know about Books or Portals, because they are really great tools for structuring knowledge (while everyone loves diving down the Wikipedia rabbit hole, we could really do with some better content organization). The outlines strike me as a great way to bring that sort content organization to mainspace, where it will actually reach a large number of readers. I notice that I am the first one to edit them besides yourself, and I hope you know that I do so with love.

What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
Great idea with the outline articles - a great solution to a need for better mainspace-based content structuring! I see from WP:Outlines that you actually came up with this concept some years ago, but this is the first I've noticed it. A2soup ( talk) 02:46, 8 February 2017 (UTC) reply




The Portal Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Certes for enhancements to the entire portal system in the form of the templates Transclude lead excerpt and Transclude random excerpt. With great anticipation, I look forward to your future contributions to portals. Sincerely,    — The Transhumanist   06:32, 2 May 2018 (UTC) reply
Note: Template:Transclude lead excerpt is also applicable to outlines.
Congratulations, Certes! A well-earned barnstar! RockMagnetist( talk) 14:33, 4 May 2018 (UTC) reply
Excellent job, Certes! Arman ( Talk) 04:30, 6 May 2018 (UTC) reply




The Cannabis Outline Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Bri for creating and developing the Outline of cannabis. A very interesting topic, indeed, with much coverage on Wikipedia that this outline makes easier to find and navigate. Keep up the good work. Thank you.    — The Transhumanist   22:15, 30 November 2018 (UTC) reply




(To The Transhumanist)

The Original Barnstar
message Ambuj Shukla 19:16, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

You have made immense contributions to outlines over the years, and have encouraged many more Wikipedians to follow your lead. The impact of your contributions are great. Keep doing the good work! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ambujshukla2004 ( talkcontribs) 19:16, 2 November 2019 (UTC) reply



(To CSJJ104)

The Original Barnstar
The article you created, Outline of the wars of the Three Kingdoms, is very useful. Thanks for contributing a great outline.   //  Timothy ::  talk  18:39, 5 August 2020 (UTC) reply




Congratulations, MeegsC! The list you nominated, Outline of lichens, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.
This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Giants2008 ( talk) via FACBot ( talk) 00:25, 30 October 2023 (UTC) reply




The Outline Barnstar
is hereby awarded to XTheBedrockX, for incredible attention to detail in the creation, development, and maintenance of Outline of the Iraq War. Keep up the great work!    — The Transhumanist   01:41, 6 November 2023 (UTC) reply




The Outline Barnstar
is hereby awarded to TimothyBlue, for the creation and monitoring of Outline of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war. Keep up the excellent work!    — The Transhumanist   01:47, 6 November 2023 (UTC) reply




The Outline Barnstar and Featured List Medal
are hereby awarded to MeegsC, for improving Outline of lichens to featured list status. The outline has earned a star, and now, so have you! Keep up the great work. Sincerely,    — The Transhumanist   01:53, 6 November 2023 (UTC) reply




The Outline Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Jerium, for the creation of The Outline Barnstar, which provides the Outlines WikiProject the increased capability of awarding editors who have contributed to the improvement of outlines and outline coverage on Wikipedia. Thank you. Sincerely,    — The Transhumanist   02:24, 6 November 2023 (UTC) reply




The Outline Barnstar
The Outline Barnstar The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
The Multi-Outline Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Pbsouthwood, for the creation, development, and maintenance of:

for work on:

and for extensive work on:

Outline of oceanography

Keep up the excellent work!    — The Transhumanist   08:35, 6 November 2023 (UTC) reply




The Tireless Contributor Barnstar The City Outline Barnstar Barrage The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Cote d'Azur, for the creation of the following multitude of city outlines:

And for extensive work on:


I look forward to seeing what you produce next! Thank you. Sincerely,    — The Transhumanist   10:50, 6 November 2023 (UTC) reply




The Outline Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Epipelagic, for the creation and development of the collosal Outline of fishing, parts of which were split off to become the Outline of the fishing industry and Outline of fisheries. Thank you.    — The Transhumanist   08:17, 8 November 2023 (UTC) reply




The Outline Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Marikafragen, for annotating the entirety of the Outline of fishing. Thank you.    — The Transhumanist   08:18, 8 November 2023 (UTC) reply




The Outline Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Minnecologoies, for extensive work on the Outline of forestry. Thank you.    — The Transhumanist   08:37, 8 November 2023 (UTC) reply




The Outline Barnstar
is hereby awarded to DASonnenfeld, for extensive work on the Outline of forestry. Thank you.    — The Transhumanist   08:39, 8 November 2023 (UTC) reply




The Outline Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Thruxton, for creation and development of the Outline of motorcycles and motorcycling. Thank you.    — The Transhumanist   08:52, 8 November 2023 (UTC) reply




The Article Rescue Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Guywan for saving the Outline of natural language processing from deletion, after it was already deleted, by taking the matter before Deletion Review.    — The Transhumanist   11:50, 10 November 2023 (UTC) reply




Cool template

...which is now in use on over 8,200 pages. Nicely done.

The Template Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Pbsouthwood, for the creation and development of the Annotated link template, which enables significant enhancement and ease of construction to embedded lists, including those in outlines. Kudos.    — The Transhumanist   13:02, 10 November 2023 (UTC) reply




The Outline Barnstar
Hello The Transhumanist, you are receiving this award for the creation and continued dedication to WikiProject Outlines. You deserve this barnstar more than anyone. Jerium ( talk) 19:18, 12 November 2023 (UTC) reply




For a job wonderfully done...

The Classical Music & Outline Barnstar
is hereby awarded to Gor1995, for the creation and development of the comprehensive Outline of classical music, providing a much needed navigation aid for this extensive subject and a valuable expansion to the outline system. Thank you.    — The Transhumanist   15:36, 19 January 2024 (UTC) reply





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