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For anyone interested, there is a discussion regarding merging History of Punic-era Tunisia: chronology and History of Punic-era Tunisia: culture into History of Carthage being held at Talk:History of Carthage#Merge. SilkTork ✔Tea time 19:21, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
Something of an impasse in this discussion Template talk:British colonial campaigns between me and Cliftonian about whether or not the Troubles should be listed on a template of British colonial campaigns. A few more opinions on the matter would be most welcome! Gerrynobody ( talk) 14:51, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Date of birth of Jesus of Nazareth. Jc3s5h ( talk) 14:11, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
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I've been working on the History of South America article. Any help copy editing/translating will be much appreciated. -- Marek. 69 talk 09:13, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
Hello there! There's an ongoing RfC concerning Paul Singer and WP:NPOV in a broader sense, that you might care to comment on. Thank you, FoCuS contribs; talk to me! 01:44, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Icons#Use of flag icons on genocide-related articles. — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 21:30, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
Hi Please join the discussion on whether or not moving the title of Syro-Hittite states to Late Hittite states. Thanks Nedim Ardoğa ( talk) 15:22, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
Please comment at Talk:1971 Bangladesh genocide#RfC: Addition of content about Biharis and different figures regarding people killed and women raped. Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 16:27, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
I've proposed to add history of Pakistan, history of Bangladesh and history of Syria. However, they have been gained no votes for more than two months, and they may be closed in the near future. I don't want them to be closed tagging NO CONSENSUS, so members of this WikiProject please participate in the voting of them. Thanks!-- RekishiEJ ( talk) 14:51, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
Please see Talk:Archive#Split_this_article_into_two:_one_about_the_institution.2C_the_other_about_document_collections and Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2016_May_1#Category:Historic_document_collections. The Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2016_May_1#Category:Historical_documents may also be of interest to the members of this project. Cheers, -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:29, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
s:Index:Cassell's Illustrated History of England vol 9.djvu finishes up around 1872.
Are there any historians here that would be willing to formulate a synopsis for what collaboratively written Volumes, X, XI and XII covering the period up-to the so called End of History in the Mid 1930's could contain? ShakespeareFan00 ( talk) 23:43, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
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Can some folks look at this and tell me if these sources are adequate and if any more can be found? I can't find any more on the internet really, there are plenty more however, being in newspapers and other books that are not available online from what I can see.
/info/en/?search=Draft:Michael_Antoine_Garoutte — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:30A:C048:B2D0:71A7:B117:15E6:41CB ( talk) 21:18, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
"He is a Notable Revolutionary War Veteran and American Patriot Ancestor because of his Military Service and he is a Notable Ancestor in Genealogy because of his Noble French Lineage and because all Garoutte's in America descend from this one man."is destructive to your cause.
There's a big difference between real notability and "wikipedia notability". Editors on wikipedia do not follow the rules that are set by wikipedia policy for "wikipedia notability" over half the time. Any real professor of a university will tell you that wikipedia is not a reliable source anyway. Go take a good look at almost any wikipedia article, they are incorrectly cited, incorrectly sourced, the sources used are unreliable and have incorrect facts in them and or are biased and or are outright false and do not meet the wikipedia definition of "notability". Wikipedia is obviously a joke and it is NOT a real encyclopedia, sorry to break it to you but it never will be. Wikipedia is a huge % fraud just like the rest of the crap on the internet.
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/08/wikipedia-editors-for-pay/393926/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:30A:C048:B2D0:EDEE:BC87:97D:DCF8 ( talk) 02:23, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
Dear person of interest of this topic, Can anyone find reliable sources about the Indian civilation in Merv, Turkmenistan at Kyz Qala and Uzbekistan, Samarkand who have buddist, hindu statues, can you find it? I find it important for the West Indian civilisation, the utter west north Indian civilisation must be sourced by someone and created by very intelligent Indian or foreigner wikipedia user what excisted there. It would like be a dream come true for all north Indians if the Indian hindu buddistic statues that are there would be contributed to the Indian civilisation and ancient Indian north west empire dynasties. Can someone had Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan history wikipedia ancient past to an Indian civilisation also on the wikipedia— Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.56.86.118 ( talk) 17:27, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion on the talk page of this article which may be of interest to members of this project. - Ad Orientem ( talk) 17:50, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
Hi, it has been suggested to me by editor Coretheapple in the Discussion area of a current GA reassessment that the review be brought to the attention of a wider audience. The reassessment raises the questions of sourcing; neutrality; and level of detail present in the article. The article in question is Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz and falls within the scope of the project.
I hope editors of this project would be interested in reviewing the article to see if it still meets Wikipedia:Good article criteria and whether it should be retained or delisted as a Good article. Thank you and happy editing. K.e.coffman ( talk) 19:25, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
Discussion commenced there. [1] Figureofnine ( talk • contribs) 19:37, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
Should we use McCune-Reischauer or Revised for topics relating to pre-1945 Korea? Those inclined, please contribute here. Hijiri 88 ( 聖 やや) 06:22, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
Please comment on a requested move to change numerous article titles which contain Dr. King's name. Randy Kryn 11:40, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
Hello, I am currently working on a small (I am the only active member as of now) task force within the military history WP, I would like to invite anyone interested in either Roman or Byzantine Military History, to work on the project with me. Here is the Link Incase you are interested, thank you. Iazyges ( talk) 00:07, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
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See Talk:Italian_Wars#Maps. Nobody answered the call from more specific projects (Italy, HRE).-- Nickanc ( talk) 14:58, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
I have been working on and off on the list of state leaders by year articles. The one I have worked on the most is probably List of state leaders in 1759. However even it is no where near complete. I begin to do this in 2010 and thought that the lists were moving away from being so Euro-centric. However I seem to be about the only person who has made any actual expansion of the lists in those six years. List of state leaders in 1723 lacks a listing of even the Mughal Emperor, but lists 137 sub-units of the Holy Roman Empire. List of state leaders in 1734 only lists China, Japan, Korea, the Ryukyu Kingdom and Hyderabad State for Asia, and I only added Hyderabad State today. I can't make these lists good on my own, I need help in building them, so can people please help building them. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 04:59, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
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A proposal has been made that Template:Infobox ancient site be moved to Template:Infobox archaeological site. Please see the discussion on the template's talk page. • Astynax talk 17:21, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
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The list of historians on Poland is very short (although there are masses of them) yet faulted. It contrary-to-facts suggests Norman Davies is a historian on exclusively contemporary Polish history; in reality, he writes also on old Polish history (e.g. "God's Playground. A History of Poland"). It also alleges Pawel Jasienica is an "amateur historian." What is meant by "amateur" here? Unreliable? Also, of all the names of historians on various countries, only by these two's names bios are provided. Why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.50.175.234 ( talk) 18:40, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
Hello. I have opened a request for comments in the article Diesel engine regarding the contribution of George Brayton to the development of this type of engines. I am posting this to invite editors who are knowledgeable on the history of internal combustion engines to contribute to the discussion. Mario Castelán Castro ( talk) 19:36, 29 August 2016 (UTC).
I have tagged Demolition of al-Baqi, which is in the interest of this WikiProject, for merger into Al-Baqi'. The discussion takes place at Talk:Al-Baqi'#Merger of Demolition. -- HyperGaruda ( talk) 07:30, 17 September 2016 (UTC)
Input for the above community reassessment would be welcome. K.e.coffman ( talk) 06:31, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
Some additional opinions and input would be appreciated in this discussion. Basically, the original page focused on the subject of "Irish slavery" in the Americas (which most historians consider a misnomer at best). The page was deleted and made a redirect to Indentured Servitude after this AFD, but has since been recreated, with the new article focusing on the history of slavery in Ireland. There appears to be a consensus that the new page should be moved to Slavery in Ireland, but no agreement on what the soon-to-be-vacant "Irish slave trade" article should redirect to. Would much appreciate it if a few more people could weigh in on what's appropriate - thanks in advance! Fyddlestix ( talk) 18:26, 7 October 2016 (UTC)
See merge suggestion at Talk:Social_progress. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 02:54, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
FYI, Template:Knight's Cross recipients in the Bundeswehr and Bundesgrenzschutz has been nominated for deletion. The related discussion is here: Entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. K.e.coffman ( talk) 03:36, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
I have taken the liberty of adding a link from this project's collaboration section ( diff), to a redlist of * women historians for whom we have no biography article. Right now, there are five times as many biographies of men as there are of women on wikipedia. I hope this project will lend its support to addressing this imbalance by creating biographies for women within your project's scope. More generally, WikiProject Women in Red has very many redlists covering perhaps 100,000 notable women for whom we have no biography. thanks -- Tagishsimon (talk) 18:05, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
Please see the not-quite-RfC at Module talk:Infobox military conflict/Archive 3#Change "result" parameter to "outcome", on a proposition intended to help avoid misinterpretation of a "just the facts" infobox parameter as being a place for extensive, freeform, subjective cause–effect assertions that may be better handled in well-cited, contextual article prose. — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 09:32, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
There is a discussion at Template talk:infobox former country of the general appropriateness of this parameter for empires. Please comment there. Kanguole 18:47, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
Hi, posting re Wikipedia:Good_article_reassessment/Joachim_Helbig/1.
The discussion has been extensive, but with few !votes. The dialog has most recently centered on what sources should or should not be acceptable. It can be found in section "1.6 Wrapping Up", or a via a direct link to Wikipedia:Good_article_reassessment/Joachim_Helbig/1#Wrapping_up.
Interested editors are invited to share an opinion, or to cast an !vote. Thank you. K.e.coffman ( talk) 18:00, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
Hi, all. Input is needed at Talk:Female hysteria#It turns out that one of the central premises of this article is probably false. Flyer22 Reborn ( talk) 07:34, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
Many participants here create a lot of content, may have to evaluate whether or not a subject is notable, decide if content complies with BLP policy, and much more. Well, these are just some of the skills considered at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship.
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I started discussion on the following redirects targeting Politics of the Republic of China: politics of Taiwan, Politics of taiwan, and Politics in Taiwan. I invite you to the RFD discussion. -- George Ho ( talk) 00:51, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
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The redirect, Communist era, is currently under discussion, recently relisted. I invite you to the RFD talk. -- George Ho ( talk) 20:00, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
There is an ongoing RM at Talk:Civil Service of the People's Republic of China. I invite you to comment. -- George Ho ( talk) 04:19, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
Is there a naming convention for history articles somewhere? I realize that there are naming conventions for specific aspects of history, such as sovereign names and military history, but I'm wondering if there is a general one like the one for geography here Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names). I'm asking because there is a dispute about using foreign names for an empire at Talk:Kara-Khanid Khanate, where someone argued that only one foreign name should be used per WP:LEDE#Foreign language and WP:LEDE#Clutter (although the article for the naming convention for geography does not appear to agree with this suggestion). This is not a request for comment (although you can join in if you are interested), but I'm wondering if there is a MOS for names in history articles, and if not, perhaps there should be one just to avoid unnecessary disputes? Hzh ( talk) 03:25, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I want to promote Farrukhsiyar to GA. Please participate in the peer review at Wikipedia:Peer review/Farrukhsiyar/archive1. Thanks RRD13 দেবজ্যোতি ( talk) 05:50, 25 March 2017 (UTC)
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Hi, all. Opinions are needed on the following: Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style#RfC: Should the WP:ANDOR guideline be softened to begin with "Avoid unless" wording or similar?. A WP:Permalink for it is here. Flyer22 Reborn ( talk) 22:50, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
Opinions are requested at Talk:Democrat Party (epithet) as to whether a specific source ( § Lyman) is reliable for the claim that the phrase Democrat Party was used in a non-derogatory fashion by Democratic Party members in Maryland, U.S.A. during the early 20th century. — Sangdeboeuf ( talk) 18:08, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
Anybody interested to collaborate in editing History of India for GA? -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo ( talk · contribs · count) 11:45, 30 April 2017 (UTC)
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The RfD for civil service of China was recently relisted. I invite you to comment there. -- George Ho ( talk) 19:10, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
Opinions are needed on the following: Wikipedia talk:Citation overkill#Citations. A permalink for it is here. Flyer22 Reborn ( talk) 06:40, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
Opinions are needed on the following matter: Talk:Emmett Till#RfC: Should we include the "accused of showing an interest in a white woman" aspect in the lead or specifically the lead sentence?. A WP:Permalink for it is here. Flyer22 Reborn ( talk) 03:55, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
Are there any guidelines about notability with regard to historical buildings, structures, places and items that have local, city, state or federal historical designations or plaques? For example, would McLaughlin Motor Car Showroom qualify as notable based on the WP:RS found there, particularly [1] and: [2]
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I have never heard of a picture of a plaque establishing notability on wikipedia, but it does seem like an independent secondary reliable and verifiable source for notability. What do you all think?
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WP:AfD on the high rise (
Burano (building)) in built on both the parking lot of the showroom and into the showroom itself, where only the facade of the showroom has been preserved (
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-- David Tornheim ( talk) 04:30, 13 May 2017 (UTC) (revised -- David Tornheim ( talk) 13:30, 13 May 2017 (UTC) per comment immediately below.)
After stating that maps and census tables only confirm existence, not notability, the guideline says: "On the other hand, sources that describe the subject instead of simply mentioning it do establish notability." In Toronto the process for formally designating a structure is convoluted, scholarly. Genuine, serious historical research backs up every designation. Every plaque is backed up by this copious research. These official plaques, like the one that triggered your concern, to use the wording of the guideline, "describe the subject instead of simply mentioning it." Geo Swan ( talk) 11:08, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
@ Geo Swan: Regarding this diff, I was not asking if that section of the article was notable. I asking if the showroom itself is notable. As I have said repeatedly, I don't think the skyrise is, but the showroom that destroyed all but its facade might be. -- David Tornheim ( talk) 01:18, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
@ Anne Delong:, @ Dex2177:, @ Trekphiler:, @ Typ932:, @ Mrceleb2007:, @ Infrogmation: You are the top editors of the article McLaughlin (automobile) that are still active on Wikipedia. I thought you might have an interest in this subject that is about the historic showroom, and the discussion about whether the showroom (or the building that demolished all but the showroom's facade) are notable. We really could use some new voices from experienced editors, especially about what constitutes WP:RS for WP:GNG. -- David Tornheim ( talk) 02:14, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
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Would somebody mind having a look at this issue?-- Erdic ( talk) 18:38, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
Greetings, historians; does anyone know where to find the Wikipedia article about 'historiography of the ancient world', i.e. the story of how studies of " ancient history" has changed over time? My impression is that "ancient history" and "biblical studies" were confluent and focused on Egypt, Babylon, and Israel—until the 19th century, when, with new information from modern archaeology, the former evolved and expanded to include Sumer, India, and beyond. And from there to today's conception which includes more ideas about the early history of civilization and does more to include East Asia. I haven't yet seen a page overviewing this transformation in historiography but I suspect that people here might know of one. Thanks, groupuscule ( talk) 15:20, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
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Hello. I invite you to comment at Talk:List of political parties in the Republic of China#Requested move 24 May 2017. -- George Ho ( talk) 05:06, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
Opinions are needed on the following matter: Wikipedia talk:Citation overkill#Should this essay be changed to encourage more citations?. A WP:Permalink for it is here. Flyer22 Reborn ( talk) 01:33, 9 June 2017 (UTC)
Hello. I opened the discussion at Talk:Joint Communiqué about the current title and primacy role of Joint Communiqué, an agreement between South Vietnam and Buddhist sect. -- George Ho ( talk) 00:50, 17 June 2017 (UTC)
History of Money article has multiple issues, see the talkpage. Alæxis ¿question? 06:25, 18 June 2017 (UTC)
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This is just to advise that the article entitled History of marketing (currently rated start class, top importance) has recently been completely overhauled and rewritten. It is now much expanded, has a coherent structure and draws on the seminal literature in the field. Prior to making these changes, a suggested structure was posted on the talk page, but after more than 6 months, there were no comments or suggestions, so I simply went ahead and reworked the entire article in accordance with my previous suggestions. It was necessary to remove several copyvios, many factual errors and errors of interpretation as per previous advice - but apart from those removals, I tried as best as I could to work with the pre-existing content by improving the references or tweaking the conceptualisation so that aligned with current theory. I have also tried to ensure that the article is consistent with other key articles in the marketing area. I still think that there are some sections, a legacy from the original article, that do not add value to the article and could be deleted for the sake of brevity and clarity, but I am reluctant to delete any contribution from other editors (except when it is plainly incorrect, repetitive or a copyvio). BronHiggs ( talk) 03:05, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
Opinions are needed on the following matter: Talk:Jean Alfonse#Recent edits. A permalink for it is here. The matter primarily concerns whether or not Jean Alfonse was Portugese and what the title of the article should be. Flyer22 Reborn ( talk) 00:02, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
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The Balfour Declaration article is currently a receiving a Featured Article Candidate review. The declaration is considered to be the birth certificate of the Israeli Palestinian conflict, and its 100th anniversary is in less than two months' time. It is a level 4 vital article in History, and a Top-Importance article at both Wikiproject Israel and WikiProject Palestine. Any input would be appreciated. Onceinawhile ( talk) 10:57, 9 September 2017 (UTC)
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I am trying to improve Highland Clearances but just recently find myself the target of 2 editors who seem to disagree with Wikipedia editing guidelines and wish to ignore the academic publications which I believe qualify under WP:SOURCE and WP:HSC. The article has a number of defects, which I am slowly trying to work my way through. (Notable are the usage of sources that may not match the requirements of WP:SOURCE and WP:HSC, and the section headed Second Phase of the Clearances, which tackles, inter alia, the Sutherland Clearances, which were clearances that were in the first phase.)
May I ask interested editors to take a look at the latest two discussions on the talk page and let me know whether or not they feel I am being reasonable. The penultimate one deals with reversion of "Economic Change" back to "Economic Improvement" and the last is an accusation that I have deleted text based on my personal opinions (which I resent, as I have gone to a lot of trouble to get access to, read and incorporate the ideas of the leading historians in this field into the article - the deletion was based on WP:DUE).
I acknowledge that I probably made an unwise choice in working on this article if I wanted a quiet life, since there is always going to be some editor who has read some blog on the Clearances and thinks he is an expert. However, I seem to be somewhat alone in trying to fix this article and really could do with some support from those who think history articles on Wikipedia should be of a high standard.
Any other advice would be welcome. ThoughtIdRetired ( talk) 22:49, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
Category:American historians is marked for diffusion and until earlier today, several subcategories by topic (altho not all), such as Category:American art historians were marked as non-diffusing. Obviously, this is a contradiction. I started out by taking the non-diffusing categories and putting them in the parent category and received some feedback questioning it. I have since removed the parent category and the non-diffusing tags (adding them back would be trivial, of course). I suggested that an alternate scheme for diffusing the parent Category:American historians may be by state and made a couple of these categories as a start: Category:Historians from California and Category:Historians from Pennsylvania. I am offering two questions to this WikiProject:
@ Johnbod:, @ Philafrenzy:, @ Mduvekot: who posted to my talk. Please {{ Ping}} me if you need me directly for this conversation. Note that I will happily edit the categories however the community decides but that at the moment, Category:American historians is diffused by topic as it was 24 hours ago and there are only the two categories by state which I am not populating until I get more feedback. I will continue diffusing Category:American historians by century, which is a pre-existing scheme. ― Justin (koavf)❤ T☮ C☺ M☯ 17:26, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
Hello everyone,
The Kiwix people are working on an offline version of several Wikipedia subsets (based on this Foundation report). It basically would be like the Wikimed App (see here for the Android light version; iOS is in beta, DM me if interested), and the readership would likely be in the Global South (if Wikimed is any indication): people with little to no access to a decent internet connexion but who still would greatly benefit from our content.
What we do is take a snapshot at day D of all articles tagged by the project and package it into a compressed zim file that people can access anytime locally (ie once downloaded, no refresh needed). We also do a specific landing page that is more mobile-friendly, and that's when I need your quick input:
Thanks for your feedback! Stephane (Kiwix) ( talk) 12:23, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
An RFC has been opened about categorization of events by past or current country, see the link here. Feel free to join the discussion. Marcocapelle ( talk) 13:55, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
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There is a contentious discussion going on at Talk:Nazism and some extra eyes would be appreciated. I am acting as an uninvolved admin here so I will not be joining the discussion. Thanks for any help... - Ad Orientem ( talk) 01:11, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
Wikipedia has many thousands of wikilinks which point to disambiguation pages. It would be useful to readers if these links directed them to the specific pages of interest, rather than making them search through a list. Members of WikiProject Disambiguation have been working on this and the total number is now below 20,000 for the first time. Some of these links require specialist knowledge of the topics concerned and therefore it would be great if you could help in your area of expertise.
A list of the relevant links on pages which fall within the remit of this wikiproject can be found at http://69.142.160.183/~dispenser/cgi-bin/topic_points.py?banner=WikiProject_History
Please take a few minutes to help make these more useful to our readers.— Rod talk 15:55, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
I have instigated a discussion about this highly biased and OR driven article at Talk:British_war_crimes#Article_problems. Mabuska (talk) 23:21, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
Greetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
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I added the WikiProject's template to the talk page of Positions on Jerusalem but it was removed. I think that it's on the scope of the project because it's full of historical events, specially the section "Background". Do you think that it should be re-added? Rupert Loup ( talk) 00:18, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
There is a requested move at Talk:Shudao#Requested move 6 December 2017 in which an editor has proposed renaming Shudao to Road to Shu. Please come and add your !vote and rationale to the discussion. Thank you and Happy Holidays to All! Paine Ellsworth put'r there 02:52, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
I noticed that there was no overarching History article for the whole Category:Cannabis tree, so I created one by compiling bits of cited info from a dozen different articles, and looking up facts and citations to clarify and fill in some of the gaps. I've been staring at it too long to see it objectively, but I think it could definitely use some smoothing-out to make it look less cobbled-together. If anyone is interested, I'd love to hear your opinions on the Talk page (or feel free to fix anything you like) so that this page can be ironed-out. Thanks for any input, Goonsquad LCpl Mulvaney ( talk) 12:06, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
Use of "inflation adjusted" figures (& the template) is under discusson here. Comment is invited. TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura 05:10, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
It has been proposed that the first portion of List of Russian explorers be split out into its own article "History of Russian Exploration". Your feedback would be welcome at Talk:List of Russian explorers#Split proposal. Thanks, Mathglot ( talk) 01:12, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
Hello. Could somebody have a look at my request on the relevant talk page? Feel free to comment there. Thank you in advance!-- Siebi ( talk) 21:06, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
Hey there, I come from the German version where I usually edit and have not found a better fitting place to put my request: Does anyone of you know anything about the exact birth date of Catherine of Aragon? I have written about it on the talk page, as well. Best regards, -- Andropov ( talk) 20:32, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
Hello everyone,
I'd like to draw your attention and ask for your comments on changes I've proposed for Collaboration with the Axis Powers during World War II#Poland. An account of my proposed changes and the reasons for them is given here (in two parts); the revisions from before I made any change [3], before I made the recent changes [4] and after I've finished everything [5] are also available. You can also read a summary of the issues in an ANI opened by one of the editors and subsequently dismissed [6]. Thanks for your attention. François Robere ( talk) 15:13, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
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You are welcome to discuss the newly created {{ Infobox folk song}} and its future here. -- Tamtam90 ( talk) 06:01, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
It is just a matter of disambiguation. The page Mushroom cloud links to Operation Hardtack, anyone has any idea of which of the two operations is referenced?-- MaoGo ( talk) 13:41, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
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New-user Alikat101 introduced an uncited paragraph to the top of the Kashmir section of the Self-determination article, in the process introducing some typos into the document. I fixed the typos, but I suspect there may be some NPOV issues with the added paragraph. I left it in and tagged it as it seemed to have some awareness of the history, and I'm not qualified to judge. Could someone more knowledgeable please take a look? This is the text he added:
Ever since Pakistan and India’s inception in 1947 the legal state of Jammu and Kashmir, the land between India and Pakistan, has been contested as Britain was resigning from their rule over this land. Maharaja Hari Singh, the ruler residing over Kashmir at the time accession, signed the Instrument of Accession Act on October 26th 1947 as his territory was being attacked by Pakistani tribesmen. The passing of this Act allowed Jammu and Kashmir to accede to India on legal terms. When this Act was taken to Lord Mountbatten, the last viceroy of British India, he agreed to it and stated that a referendum needed to be held by the citizens in India, Pakistan, and Kashmir so that they could vote as to where Kashmir should accede to. This referendum that Mountbatten called for never took place and framed one of the legal disputes for Kashmir. In 1948 the Untied Nation intervened and ordered a plebiscite to be taken in order to hear the voices of the Kashmiris if they would like to accede to Pakistan or India. This plebiscite left out the right for Kashmiris to have the right of self determination and become an autonomous state. To this date the Kashmiris have been faced with numerous human rights violations committed by both India and Pakistan and have yet to gain complete autonomy which they have been seeking through self-determination.
GretLomborg ( talk) 18:23, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
I would like to seek the view of this project members on whether you consider the Century and Decade related articles, e.g. 18th Century, 1990s etc as proper articles or lists? I recommended to add about 30 such articles as Level-4 Vital Articles under the Topic Adding History by Timeline here. But seems the prevailing view is that these are lists rather than articles and hence should not be considered vital. In my opinion listing these articles as vital articles would draw attention and enthusiam to this topics and help improve their content and importance wise they definitely qualify to be considered among the top 10,000 vital articles at Wikipedia. Any thoughts? Feel free to share your views here or in that page. Arman ( Talk) 14:20, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
is at AfD. It needs attention form someone with access to archives hidden in some university somewhere.-- Dlohcierekim ( talk) 18:04, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
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Trying to widen a discussion of the title of the Gjon Kastrioti article. The issue is under discussion here if you care to participate. — AjaxSmack 17:33, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
Why does this redirect target this relative obscurity and not to Wikipedia:WikiProject History? Can I change the redirect target? PseudoSkull ( talk) 17:13, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
For a number of years we have been experiencing a steady decline in the number of administrators as a result of attrition and a declining number of editors willing to consider adminship. Things have reached a point where we are starting to experience chronic backlogs in important areas of the project including noticeboards, requests for closure, SPI, CSD & etc. If you are an experienced editor with around two years (or more) of tenure, 10k edits give or take and no record of seriously disruptive behavior, please consider if you might be willing to help out the community by becoming an administrator. The community can only function as well as we all are willing to participate. If you are interested start by reading WP:MOP and WP:RFAADVICE. Then go to WP:ORCP and open a discussion. Over the next few days experienced editors will take a look at your record and let you know what they think your chances are of passing RfA (the three most terrifying letters on Wikipedia) as well as provide you with feedback on areas that might be of concern and how to prepare yourself. Lastly you can find a list of experienced editors who may be willing to nominate you here. Thank you and happy editing... [Note:This page may not be on my watchlist so if you want to reply to me, please either ping me or drop me a line on my talk page.] - Ad Orientem ( talk) 01:42, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
Hi. There is an editor, Lepchav, who is removing information regarding Guru Nanak from the Gurudongmar Lake article that they consider false. Issue is they also are claiming that there is no trace of Guru Nanak in history, without presenting reliable sources that back up the claim, so I think there is a WP:NPOV situation going on with the removal. Could you guys please take a look at the situation as impartial editors? Thanks in advance. Thinker78 ( talk) 06:13, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
Hi. The article Chinese social structure needs editing and assessing. Thanks! Thinker78 ( talk) 04:26, 22 July 2018 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Modern history#Image use is excessive. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 05:58, 27 July 2018 (UTC) -- Marchjuly ( talk) 05:58, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
Hi. Please comment on the talk page section of the article Noah's Ark titled "Existence of the ark" as to whether the given source verifies the text. Thanks! Thinker78 ( talk) 20:55, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
There is relisted discussion about renaming Category:Christianity of the Middle Ages. If you wish, please join this discussion. Based on the arguments in that discussion, we might also rename article History of Christianity during the Middle Ages. Marcocapelle ( talk) 06:34, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi, there is a major task that needs to be done. I noticed that some years need referencing. Probably the whole series of more than two thousand years need to be checked for sourcing. For a small sample, take a look at years 4 BC, 400 BC, and 400, which are virtually unsourced. Some editors need to step forward! Thinker78 ( talk) 03:21, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
Where should we target these: Colonial era, Colonial Era, Colonial age, Colonial Age, Age of colonialism, etc., etc.?
Writing a new article on the topic is beyond the time and focus I can commit in the foreseeable future. Maybe Age of Discovery can be rejiggered to cover the topic properly so that Colonial Age, etc., make perfect sense when redirected there. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 23:04, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
I have two requests here:
1. Improve the article History of Christianity
2. Make an article on History of Shamanism (Shamanism was the official religion of the Mongol empire).
-- Genghis khan2846 ( talk) 17:42, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
Sorry I am not so good in English. What I want to tell you is that: 1.Christianity: Please include some maps in the article, give descriptions of the political events ( virtually nothing has been mentioned ) and complete some of the important sections for example - Carolingian Renaissance, Conversion of the Scandinavians, Puritans in North America, Revivalism, Restorationism etc. ( Please raise the article to the quality of the History of Islam). 2.Shamanism: Shamanism was one of the biggest religions of the world. It was the state religion of the Mongol empire. It was the largest religion on earth before the rise of Islam and Christianity. But where is the article for Shamanism ! We have articles for Islam and Christianity but don't have article for Shamanism !! That is really unbelievable !!! That is quite unacceptable. So these are the problems. Administrators, please try to solve these problems. Complete and improve the religion based articles. And bring equilibrium to all the religions - Islam, Christianity and Shamanism.-- Genghis khan2846 ( talk) 21:00, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
No I want you to make an article with the title "History of Shamanism". I don’t understand whether you understand my language or not. I am explaining in short: From the political perspective: the Muslims have a great article: Turkic peoples, the Christians have British empire, and the Mongols have Mongol Empire. From the religious perspective: the Muslims have History of Islam, the Christians have History of Christianity, but the Mongols have no article!!! This is the problem. We feel that our religion has been ignored. I just want you to make an article on History of Shamanism. Shamanism is the third most important religion of the world !! Please try to understand this !!! Please make an article on Shamanism. And bring equilibrium to all the religions- Islam, Christianity and Shamanism.-- Genghis khan2846 ( talk) 17:01, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
I have found some online books here: Shamanic Worlds: Rituals and Lore of Siberia and Central Asia........ Shamans: Siberian Spirituality and the Western Imagination........ Animal and Shaman: Ancient Religions of Central Asia........ Shamanism, History, and the State. You can use them as the references.-- Genghis khan2846 ( talk) 16:20, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
Thank you very much administrators !!! So this is the policy of Wikipedia !!! For one last time I am explaining my reasons:
Political articles: Muslims have Turkic peoples, Christians have British Empire, Mongols have Mongol Empire
Religious articles: Muslims have History of Islam, Christians have History of Christianity, Mongols have nothing !!!
We don't have a article for our religion !!! this is such unbelievable !!! So please try to solve this problem.-- Genghis khan2846 ( talk) 13:52, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
But I want a article named "History of Shamanism". If you don't make an article called "History of Shamanism" our religion will be ignored in Wikipedia !! Why don't you understand this thing!!!
Well if you don't want to make an article on "Shamanism" you can make an article on "Tengrism". Tengrism was the Asian version of Shamanism. In the ancient age when North America was connected with Asia by the Beringia Land, Shamanism was the official religion of both the Asian and American Mongols. But then the Beringia Bridge collapsed. Over the ages the Shamanism in Asia has taken a new form. That is now known as Tengrism. Tengrism has become the official religion of the Mongol race. Tengrism was also the official religion of the Huns, the Khazars and the Turkic Khaganate. You can check out the respective articles. So if you want to make an artile on the Mongols you have to make an article on "Tengrism". Because obviously you know Tengrism is the official religion of the Mongol empire. I don't know why you don't want to make an article on Shamanism. May be because the article will be too much big. But don't worry, the article "Tengrism" will be very small. It will be very easy for you to make the article. And there will be lots of sources in internet on "Tengrism".-- Genghis khan2846 ( talk) 15:49, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
Those are the name of some gods. They are not the History of Tengrism. Why are you objecting the "History of Tengrism". We are Mongols. Don't we have the right to have an article like History of Islam and History of Christianity-- Genghis khan2846 ( talk) 18:24, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
If I translate the article from some other versions of Wikipedia using the "Wikipedia translating tool" will that be acceptable?-- Genghis khan2846 ( talk) 20:00, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
If my English is wrong will it be acceptable?-- Genghis khan2846 ( talk) 03:37, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
Thank you very much.-- Genghis khan2846 ( talk) 09:47, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
May I ask for comment on the proposed edits at Talk:Sugar#RfC on sugar industry influence on health information and guidelines? The relevant history only really goes back to the 1950s, but I think it's still in-scope here. HLHJ ( talk) 01:47, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
Articles pertaining to Horn African history are currently undergoing historical revisionism through misrepresentation of sources. I would appreciate if some more people could focus in that direction. Thylacoop5 ( talk) 18:39, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing— Comparative research—has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Waddie96 ( talk) 12:05, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
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Please join this category discussion to remove the continent layer for years and decades categories in the High and Late Middle Ages: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Categories#Years_and_decades_in_continent_categories:_High_and_Late_Middle_Ages. Marcocapelle ( talk) 20:11, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
G'day all, a RfC has been started on the Milhist talk page regarding mentions in the Wehrmachtbericht, a daily broadcast about the activities of the Wehrmacht during WWII. Your input would be welcomed. Cheers, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 04:22, 21 October 2018 (UTC)
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Is anyone planing to visit the British Museum to make some photos anytime soon? There are some rare historical objects there which I would need to have photographed and uploaded on Wikimedia. Let me know if anyone is interested and I will give further details. LeGabrie ( talk) 17:14, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
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Thinking about influence as a topic within history, starting with the United States, and thinking about how this might express itself in various articles: American influence on history (of the World). - Inowen ( nlfte) 02:47, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
Paradisus Judaeorum, renamed following Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Heaven for the nobles, Purgatory for the townspeople, Hell for the peasants, and Paradise for the Jews is currently in discussion at Wikipedia:Move review/Log/2018 December, and may interest this community. Icewhiz ( talk) 07:10, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
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An RfC has been opened for the inclusion of Template:Infobox mathematical statement at Fermat's Last Theorem:
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Your feedback would be appreciated at this request for comment on Talk:Alexander the Great in the Quran. Mathglot ( talk) 19:37, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
From my understanding making advertisement banner is best. I am not a well experienced and is wondering if any more experienced editors can help. The advertisement banner will bring more people to this project. If banner is completed or you want to help, talk to me at my talk page.-- PrimaLInnstinct ( talk) 01:53, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
Over the last few years, the WikiJournal User Group has been building and testing a set of peer reviewed academic journals on a mediawiki platform. The main types of articles are:
Proposal: WikiJournals as a new sister project
From a Wikipedian point of view, this is a complementary system to Featured article review, but bridging the gap with external experts, implementing established scholarly practices, and generating citable, doi-linked publications.
Please take a look and support/oppose/comment! T.Shafee(Evo&Evo) talk 11:08, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Civilizations is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The page will be discussed at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Civilizations until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the page during the discussion, including to improve the page to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the deletion notice from the top of the page. North America 1000 06:20, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
Your feedback is requested at a disputed title discussion about the article currently known as " World History". Please participate at Talk:World History#Disputed title. Thanks, Mathglot ( talk) 06:32, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
If anyone here is interested, we are looking for volunteers at WikiProject Genealogy. Thanks! Tea and crumpets ( talk) 01:19, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
Category:History of Gymnastics is being discussed again, for possible renaming, merger or deletion. Please see Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2019_July_5#Category:History_of_Gymnastics. – Fayenatic London 21:09, 9 July 2019 (UTC)
The following RfC may be of interest to members of this group: [7]. Beyond My Ken ( talk) 05:16, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
An article of interest to this project— Expulsion of Jews from Spain—has been proposed for merging from Alhambra decree. Your feedback would be welcome at the merge discussion. Thank you. Mathglot ( talk) 01:00, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
Greetings to all,
Putting out this message out there to seek collaboration and/or any assistance any of you could offer with regards to two pages: Nawabs of Bengal and Murshidabad and the Bengal Sultanate. Aiming to better the quality of the former to satisfy the criteria of possible future FA nomination and the later to the quality required for a possible GA nomination. I had worked on the former and helped promote it to a GA in 2012, but given schedule with regards to school and personal life I do not see being able to work on these two alone.
Alternatively copying and pasting this on other relevant WikiProject discussions. Looking forward to your response. Thank you! -- Tamravidhir ( talk!) 07:12, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
Greetings, For "Assessment page" and Sidebar, I added a section for "Popular pages", a bot-generated list of pageviews, useful for focused cleanup of frequently viewed articles. Regards, JoeHebda ( talk) 18:21, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
Here. Beyond My Ken ( talk) 00:38, 17 August 2019 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:2000s is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The page will be discussed at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:2000s until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the page during the discussion, including to improve the page to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the deletion notice from the top of the page. North America 1000 01:25, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
In May, Harold Cottam, an article which comes under the purview of this WikiProject, was nominated to be recognised as a Good Article. Unfortunately, the nominator now seems to be retired. If anyone interested in the topic wants to adopt the article and shepherd it through the review process, please make a note on the review page. If there is no interest by the afternoon (British Summer Time) of Saturday 31 August, I will procedurally close the review. Caeciliusinhorto-public ( talk) 14:10, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
It is proposed that Turkish Croatia ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs) be merged with Bosanska Krajina ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
I wish to invite editors to give their input on proposal in merger discussion at Talk page Bosanska Krajina. It would be helpful if editors are willing to express their neutral POV, especially since discussion is already afflicted with involved editor(s) WP:CANVASING, resulting in inputs from WP:Single-purpose accounts.-- ౪ Santa ౪ 99° 14:59, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
I am trying to figure out if William Huse Dunham, Jr., a Yale historian, is/was notable. He authored a few books, but I cannot find his obituaries on Newspapers.com. Anyone able to find them please? Zigzig20s ( talk) 07:22, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I'm helping out on an article on Abū_al-Faraj_al-Iṣfahānī with quite complex references and footnotes. I think that separate 'references' and 'works cited' (e.g. in the style of this article) would work better for it but I'm not familiar with how to implement it (I usually stick to science articles where just referencing with cite_journal is pretty simple). Would anyone be able to drop by and lend a hand? Thanks in advance for any assistance! T.Shafee(Evo&Evo) talk 01:15, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
Hello I have worked on the scientific side of fad diets, but I came across a lot of resources about their history, and I have made a succinct summary of the most salient historical features, but I think a historian could enjoy extending this further, as there are lots of high quality resources on the topic and a quite rich history For a starting point, I have selected several good references, some are already used in fad diets#History but could be expanded, others are in the related dumping ground. Thank you for helping!
Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.
We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma ( talk) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)
Maybe someone here can help with this. Francisco Villa Museum is actually about the Historical Museum of the Mexican Revolution (which is not called the Francisco Villa Museum), which already has an article, but there is a separate Francisco Villa Museum in Durango. Merge protocol prohibits merge-and-delete for attribution reasons; does anyone know anything about the museum in Durango that could live at that title? – Roscelese ( talk ⋅ contribs) 14:56, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
There is a discussion about Template:Inter Cold War Tensions and Second Cold War which may interest participants at this Wikiproject. Please give your opinion at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2019 November 14#Template:Inter Cold War Tensions and Second Cold War. — Granger ( talk · contribs) 00:06, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
Please see: Talk:Mousterian#Clean up era "succession" mess.
This started as a one-article issue report, but looking around I see that the problem is pretty common (in short: conflicting "preceding/following era" links in infoboxes, navboxes, leads, and article bodies).
It needs a site-wide solution (perhaps a cross-wikiproject guideline or at least a
WP:PROJPAGE with some advice in it).
—
SMcCandlish
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You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Vital articles/Level/2#What to do about Modern history merge. Essentially, Modern history has been merged into other articles after some very light discussion, and it's throwing those of us over at WP:VA for a bit of a loop, with some objecting to the change. It'd be helpful to have some historians weighing in, and to have more discussion overall about such a significant change. Sdkb ( talk) 23:35, 22 November 2019 (UTC)
Hi everyone. For now, I am volunteering to be a coordinator page admin here for
Wikipedia:WikiProject History. this is simply a volunteer role, to help with various basic tasks. I welcome comments, suggestions, feedback and input from anyone. Please feel free to be in touch any time. Thanks! --
Sm8900 (
talk) 01:59, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
I just created these two articles:
I am happy for feedback and improvement of the articles. I do have some questions:
Any other relevant projects I should post this. Maybe for architecture or for entertainment? -- David Tornheim ( talk) 06:49, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
the editor who is currently listed as coordinator in the section Wikipedia:WikiProject_History#Organization_and_Coordination is no longer active on Wikipedia in any way. On that basis, I am removing their name from the listing. feel free to comment. -- Sm8900 ( talk) 14:30, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
for the time being, I am listing myself as a project coordinator for WikiProject History. this may be for an indefinite time period, or a limited one. anyone else who wants to volunteer for this role, or in any role, or to to participate here in any way, is welcome to do so. Please feel free to provide any comments or feedback. I appreciate your help and input. thanks!! -- Sm8900 ( talk) 14:39, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
I would like to start a Task Force at WikiProject History; it would be for Contemporary history. How would I do so?
Also, I would like to become a volunteer coordinator at WikiProject History. Is that okay? thanks. -- Sm8900 ( talk) 14:24, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
Please see Talk:Epoch (date reference)#RFC:Undiscussed page move. -- Sm8900 ( talk) 14:54, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:History of California is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The page will be discussed at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:History of California until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the page during the discussion, including to improve the page to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the deletion notice from the top of the page. -- Sm8900 ( talk) 14:54, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
we are changing all "departments" here to general task forces "working groups." this is because "department" implies an official group that is continuously in function, and made up of a core of people who are continually assigned to that role. a "working group" can change based on the nature of the task, and based on the availability of the people within it. so therefore, we will change the term used. I think perhaps anyone wishing to participate in any of these functions could add their name in the space for that group. thanks. --
Sm8900 (
talk) 15:29, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi everyone. I am the new coordinator page coordinator for
WikiProject History. we need people there!! right now the project seems to be semi-inactive. I am going to various WikiProjects whose topics overlap with ours, to request volunteers.
we welcome your input. thanks!!
(the note above has been posted at a number of WikiProjects and other resource pages today.) -- Sm8900 ( talk) 01:59, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi all. Okay, I have added a new task force. it includes myself and Michael E Nolan. thanks. -- Sm8900 ( talk) 03:55, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
When is Genealogy Day? 14th March ?, March 9? or other?-- Kaiyr ( talk) 08:04, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
Please consider contributing to this Request for Comment. – Roscelese ( talk ⋅ contribs) 19:58, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I have recently found a conflict between sources on one matter regarding Old Serbia. I have made a deal with one admin that I shall not edit the article without prior community consensus/feedback. Other editors tagged have not been active on the page and are passive about it, therefore I would like to invite you to help out with this issue. I personally have little experience when we have some conflicting info. on the same subject. I believe that a fresh perspective would improve the article. [8] ty, Sadkσ (talk is cheap) 16:07, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
I created Eugene C. Barker about a week ago and it is still a work in progress. Does WP History have guidelines for the structure of articles about historians? I think I have enough material for a brief discussion of critique's of Barker's work and of his influences. Is this appropriate and where should it go in the article? Oldsanfelipe2 ( talk) 21:19, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
I would like you to review this article to know its importance. att 2804:14C:5BB5:8076:319D:445:6440:DA32 ( talk) 17:41, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi there! I just decided, I am a Wikipedia:WikiPrairie Dog. If you want, come over and join us! just add the user box below to your page! see ya!!
User:Sm8900/Drafts/userbox wikiprarie
-- Sm8900 ( talk) 20:30, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
There is an RfC on the wording of "ceased to exist" regarding the lead of 1976 Tangshan earthquake. All editors are encouraged to participate. Thanks. — MarkH21 talk 07:31, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
Hi everyone. I plan to add a tab to the header for Wikipedia:WikiProject History, to add a link to the Wikipedia:Community bulletin board. I have posted a new section there, which provides a set of notices for various community editing events, including contests, edit-a-thons, group efforts at various WikiProjects, as well as elsewhere, and other such items.
the purpose of this tab is to promote the Community bulletin board as a common resource and outlet, for use by WikiProjects as a group, and the Wikipedia community as a whole. By doing so, we will provide more substance to help build up Wikipedia as a collaborative resource, a community, and a group editing process that is truly open to all.
As Wikipedia develops into the next century, as our fragile planet grows more and more vulnerable, as new technologies offer us new ways to work together, it is up to us to continue to develop Wikipedia as a community resource and intellectual repository, to serve the needs of our society and our world.
By building up resources that can open up our project to a wider community base, we can provide valuable new ways to build for the future. in my opinion, this is one important area that we can look at, to find new ways to expand and to develop. by doing so, we can build Wikipedia into a greater resource, for the next century and beyond. I hope that sounds good to everyone here. Please feel free to comment. thanks!! -- Sm8900 ( talk) 14:41, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
In 1812 there seems to have been a significant plague outbreak in the Ottoman Empire, which seems to have begun in Constantinople and traveled to other parts of the empire including Egypt, and later also spread outside of the empire's borders.
It seems to have had a massive impact, but it is barely covered on Wikipedia. There's an article about Caragea's plague which hit Wallachia (then an Ottoman vassal) in 1813–14, and I am currently in the process of writing an article on the 1813–14 Malta plague epidemic. Both seem to have derived from the 1812 Constantinople outbreak (it arrived in Malta via Egypt).
I think it would be useful if there would be an article covering the entire outbreak - would any members of this WikiProject be willing to help out? A source about the outbreak in Odessa can be found here.
I am also making this request on other WikiProjects including WP Medicine, WP Turkey and WP Egypt.
Xwejnusgozo ( talk) 15:24, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
I have started a Peer Review of Electrical telegraphy in the United Kingdom with a view to getting this to Featured Article status. The review page is here. I would be very grateful if editors would leave comments there. I would be even more grateful if you come along and support the article when it gets put up for FA. Thanks, Spinning Spark 12:35, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
Hey there. I nominated " European Imperialism" and " European imperialism" for discussion. Then the pages got relisted twice, so the nomination is currently at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 March 18, where I'm inviting you to improve consensus. George Ho ( talk) 07:41, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
Can someone roll back vandalism on 10 April for 80.3.196.35 and JonnyBrum. Thanks Newm30 ( talk) 20:08, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
Hi there,
Contributions would be appreciated to a discussion on the talk page of the list of largest empires as to exactly what should count as an empire for the purposes of that article - specifically, whether the US and the Soviet Union should be included. I'd be grateful for input from anyone who has an opinion on the matter, as given that edits back and forth are going on on the article currently on a near daily basis, and the article has been controversial for years, I feel it to be important that consensus is established as soon as possible on the matter.
Thanks very much! | Naypta ✉ opened his mouth at 11:11, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
Hi, Someone ought to look at the legend of the map "Diachronic distribution of Celtic peoples" at the top of the article Pre-Celtic. One colour is missing, and another may be mislabelled, but since I know nothing about the subject, it would be better to leave it to someone who does. 2A00:23C8:7B08:6A00:D906:4C2F:A42:F402 ( talk) 22:05, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi! There are two RfCs open about wording in the article Battle of Huế, located at its talk page here and here. Any participation is welcome! — MarkH21 talk 08:22, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
Publicizing a Request for Comment on Basilica. GPinkerton ( talk) 18:45, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
I have nominated Manzanar for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 22:12, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
I most commonly post at WP:WikiProject Medicine. If anyone ever see issues related to those fields then I would join here.
One part of history that I want to develop, and which needs 1000+ new articles, is history of infectious disease eradication. In our modern world too many people have forgotten the many health campaigns to eradicate disease. To eliminate smallpox in a famous case, half the countries in the world had to collaborate on a national scale to do everything required to eliminate all infection. Even for diseases which are not globally eradicated, there are many diseases on track to be eradicated and many national stories of how particular countries accomplished eradication for themselves. Right now the COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing and I regret hearing stories of people doubting that infectious disease is bad, or that eradication is possible, or that society has no answer for infectious disease. WikiProject Medicine mostly addresses accuracy in health care, whereas disease eradication is a mix of current public health for countries in progress and inspirational stories from countries which accomplished this. If anyone shows up asking about history and wanting to do anything COVID-19 related, then they can pick any of the major infectious diseases and a country and look up the well-documented eradication stories to document how these things play out. Thanks Blue Rasberry (talk) 00:51, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello my name is Andrewhistory(allthough my nickname is historian). I love History(and know alot too) and would like to help, however as a new wikapedia user I need some help myself. I would like to know if other people can help me with my sandbox page where I give an over view up history. I am Happy to help and participate in this wikiproject.Also if you can edit it here is the link
Many thanks, HISTORIAN ( talk) 15:17, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi, there is a proposal here to split part of the article on the river Charding Nullah into a new article called Demchok dispute. Any input is appreciated! — MarkH21 talk 16:56, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
The term clearances has redirected to Highland Clearances for many years. Someone is proposing to change this to a disambiguation redirect, but doesn't seem to have notified any of the projects concerned, so I am posting this to each of the projects. If you wish to comment, please do so here:
-- 188.30.171.198 ( talk) 14:22, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
Your feedback would be appreciated at a requested move at Talk:German rearmament. Thanks, Mathglot ( talk) 02:00, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
Correct me if I'm knocking at the wrong door (this WP isn't listed there but it seems mightily relevant). See this. I copied an interesting bibliography which could be used to expand the given article, but I don't have access to these sources and given that they're mostly whole books WP:RX is of little use. In case one of you can investigate this before it gets buried in the talk page archives that would be nice. Cheers, RandomCanadian ( talk / contribs) 03:53, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Mapframe maps in infoboxes could result in major changes in how historical locations are shown in infobox maps. b uidh e 06:26, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Over at Lydney Park/ Talk:Lydney Park there is discussion of whether the source of funds to build a country estate is appropriate material for inclusion in the article about the country estate. The twist here is that the source of funds was the slave trade and the country estate is still in the hands of the establishing family. Your input would be appreciated. Stuartyeates ( talk) 10:37, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
I have seen some concern expressed about attributing the "discovery of a new land" to a particular explorer, for example claiming, Hernán Cortés and his men "discovered Baja California Peninsula". From a European perspective it does seem fair to say he discovered the peninsula, but there were people already living there before his arrival. Is there a more worldview approach to describing such accomplishments that the History WikiProject has determined is more appropriate? Is there a previous discussion on the matter? Thank you. OvertAnalyzer ( talk) 01:52, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
I have mindfully and cautiously made some minor improvements to Portal:History, including the addition of some FA-class articles. See Portal talk:History for specific details, and feel free to comment there if desired. I have also proposed on the talk page for the portal's content selection criteria be expanded, specifically to allow the addition of GA-class articles to the portal. North America 1000 10:27, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
Pais de los Maynas is currently at AfD. I This made sense, given the version that was AfDed. I've reworked it substantially since then, but am no expert at all – so would appreciate any help you could give on the article. Thanks! AleatoryPonderings ( talk) 15:42, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi, there is a discussion at Historicity of the Book of Mormon regarding the best way to phrase the opening lines of articles that deal with Mormon figures that have no basis in history, but are part of the Mormon belief system. I'm looking to get more editors to comment; currently, it seems as though only Mormon-leaning editors have joined the discussion, so I would appreciate some outside opinions. Thank you. JimKaatFan ( talk) 17:42, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
Further to Sm8900's comments above, I would like to introduce myself. I have only been active for 30 months and am still finding my way around. My speciality areas are assessment and content improvement; especially getting articles promoted to GA or FA.
So if you would like an article assessing; or advice on whether an article is ready for GA or FA nomination; or what an article needs before it is ready - then feel free to post a request here pinging me and I may be able to proffer some helpful advice.
This will hopefully go some way towards meeting Sm8900's aspiration that the project be a place "where other editors can seek help or get questions answered". I look forward to doing some work here. Gog the Mild ( talk) 17:23, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
There is a long history section in the article. But, it is kind of messy and doesn't read too well. Seriously need some help. Aditya( talk • contribs) 10:37, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi folks, pleased to say I've nominated 1986 enlargement of the European Communities as a featured article candidate!
If there's anyone here interested in political history, especially that of Spain, Portugal or the European Union, it'd be great if you could take a look through and pop some comments or a support/oppose !vote over at the page for its candidacy.
Cheers! Naypta ☺ | ✉ talk page | 21:59, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
There is an RfC at Talk:Demchok sector#RfC on 1953-1962 control and administrative split of Demchok about whether to mention the pre- and post- 1962 Sino-Indian War status of the articles Demchok sector, Demchok, Ladakh, Dêmqog, Ngari Prefecture, and Demchok (historical village). Your input is appreciated. — MarkH21 talk 14:48, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
Have a look at the link here to comment on the proposal to split the article into two pages. Llewee ( talk) 22:41, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
There's an RfC regarding Anne Frank that this WikiProject might be interested in. Loki ( talk) 16:33, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
There's been a huge spike in pageviews (almost 100k) for Texas City disaster, a 1947 explosion also caused by ammonium nitrate. It has a citations maintenance template and could probably use some attention. {{u| Sdkb}} talk 20:15, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
The discussion can be found on the talk page of Antonio Rivero, the basic question is whether significant coverage exists for William Dickson in any reliable source. Any input welcome. Boynamedsue ( talk) 14:09, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I wish to make editors aware of a discussion that is occurring on Wikimedia commons. Here is the link [9]. A creator has uploaded a barnstar with Nazi imagery that is intended to be awarded to editors who work on articles related to Nazism. It's not for articles - it is specifically intended for use on a userpage which the author makes clear here [10]. I feel this "award" is offensive in the extreme and its potential to be used as a personal attack or harassment is obvious regardless of the creator's intentions. Please contribute to the discussion. Thank you. // Timothy :: talk 02:32, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I do not want to join the WikiProject, but I am looking for editors who are interested in colonization, historical or not. I am not saying that the Wikipedia:WikiProject Colonialism should be revived because it was focus on a typical branch of colonization. I shall also look for the editors who are interested in space colonization, which will be one of the scopes of the hypothetical WikiProject Colonization. Thank you. -- Soumya-8974 talk contribs subpages 08:57, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
I’ve been substantially revising the Sobibor extermination camp article, and I was wondering if I could get a sanity check about use of sources. I’m not a trained historian and it's kind of a tricky literature, so I'm trying to be very careful. My questions are about general principles, but I can give specific examples if necessary.
(1) Let’s say X and Y are both secondary sources, and that X cites Y for some fact. When reporting that fact on Wikipedia, is there ever a good reason to cite both X and Y, or would doing so inevitably create a toxic citation loop? Can X citing Y indicate that X did some original reasoning or retraced Y’s steps? Does it matter if one could question Y's reliability as a source?
(2) Similarly, how much should I worry about secondary sources that rely on partially or entirely overlapping primary sources?
(3) Should I worry if a seemingly reliable secondary source frequently makes factual claims sourced back to a single firsthand account? Botterweg14 ( talk) 19:07, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
I have a pretty big history section in the Cleavage (breasts) article, which needs to be shortened. It also probably needs some chronology fixing. Checking out the sources would also help, if possible. Can I request members of this project to take a look and advise? Aditya( talk • contribs) 12:43, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
You might be interested in participating in the request to move the article "History of the Czech lands" to "History of the Czech Republic", see the move discussion. Vpab15 ( talk) 22:54, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
Hello, |
Currently there is an edit-war in that article. Can anyone verify that the current version is right?-- 3knolls ( talk) 10:03, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
There's been some heavy editing on the article of late. I'm not sure it's entirely been NPOV. Interested editors are kindly asked to keep an eye on the article. - Ad Orientem ( talk) 19:35, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
As the title suggests, I'm rebooting the North American History taskforce. It would kind of help if I wasn't the only one who was in it. I was planning on making it into a portal when we get enough participants. Please help! I'm lonely... Ghinga7 ( talk) 17:17, 6 August 2020 (UTC) P.S. I'm leaving similar messages at a couple of wikiprojects and the talk page of the History of North America article. Hope you can join.
There’s a broad conversation about using different spellings of Kyiv in article titles in certain subjects, at talk:Kyiv#Related articles. This may affect some guidelines. — Michael Z. 20:19, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
This category discussion is growing into a fundamental discussion when we should modern country names versus when we should use contemporaneous country names in categories. The discussion started with Category:11th century in Egypt versus Category:11th century in the Fatimid Caliphate. Feel free to participate. Marcocapelle ( talk) 15:33, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
Looking up and down the page, we have a few notices here, but not much response. I myself do not have equal expertise in all fields and all eras of history, so that is why i don;'t try to answer every inquiry here. does anyone here want to suggest any general guidelines, ideas, strategies, etc,m for how we should go about addressing history topics, as they come up?
I don't have a specific topic or thought to address on this. my only thought is that since the notices above have not gotten a lot of response, perhaps we should try to start a general discussion here on history in general; i.e. any issues that any of us have noticed,m any ideas or techniques that anyone here might like to discuss, or anything else at all.
to spark some discussion, i will tag our assessment expert, @ Gog the Mild:. how have you been, what have you been up to, and what's new in the goings-on here at Wikipedia, in the field of history? feel free to wax forth as much or as little as you might wish. we are all agog at your work!! -- Sm8900 ( talk) 14:38, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
hi! I created some new items to help with documenting contemporary history. open to any feedback. thanks!
here they are:
-- Sm8900 ( talk) 11:37, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
I have created the article " Peter H. Reill". German Wikipedia has an article about him. Please expand our article as you see fit. Axl ¤ [Talk] 11:31, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
An Rfc concerning the lede of French Revolution is under discussion at Talk:French Revolution#rfc_CF45697. Your feedback would be appreciated. Mathglot ( talk) 18:42, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
hi all. i got some great ideas from a colleague here, WhatamIdoing. I am pasting it here, just to make a note for myself. thanks!! this is from a discussion at the talk page for WP:COUNCIL.
I think you are correct in identifying the lack of responses (to some requests) as a potential problem. You want people to think that WPHIST is a useful place. No one person can know everything, but getting some sort of response might help. You may be able to help find the "right" person by looking at the contributors to related articles or related WikiProjects. If you can ping someone with a personal request, that can help get responses.
Another useful thing, when the request is for help at an article's talk page, is to post a note on the WikiProject's page when someone did reply on the talk page. That makes people reading it feel like the group is being helpful, even if most people don't know anything about the subject.
You might not want to do that for every single request, but I encourage you to try it out on occasion.}}
-- Sm8900 ( talk) 14:02, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
G'day all, I currently have the article on the late Yugoslav and Serbian historian Milorad Ekmečić at Milhist A-Class review, and would appreciate it if someone from this project would be willing to have a look at it. It is the first article on a historian I have brought to A-Class, and while I'm happy I have done a pretty reasonable job on his life in general, I am unsure if I have sufficiently covered his contribution to history. The review page is at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Milorad Ekmečić and the Milhist A-Class criteria are at WP:MH/A. Thanks in advance! Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 02:46, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
Various things listed at Category:Armorials of presidents are up for nomination now, some have been deleted already. Those who study history, are these sorts of things mentioned in history books about these people? Dream Focus 17:22, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
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Hi, I need access to this 2007 T&F article by Keith Hamilton from the journal Diplomacy & Statecraft. [1] It's twenty pages. I can see the abstract and footnotes, but not the body. Can you help? Thanks.P.S. If you've helped, please make a note below, to avoid unnecessary duplicate effort. Thanks in advance! email me. Mathglot ( talk) 03:58, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
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American Revolutionary War, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has an RFC for value. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. TheVirginiaHistorian ( talk) 23:21, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
A. "American Revolutionary War” | B. "War of the American Revolution" |
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continuity - used at this WP article and sister articles for 19 years - scope - British-American insurrection in continental North America - participants British & US Congress with respective allies, auxiliaries & combatants - war aims -- Brit: maintain First British Empire with mercantile system -- US: independence, British evacuation, territory to Mississippi-navigation, Newfoundland-fish & cure - results - US independence & republic; Britain the biggest US trade partner & finances US expanding business & Treasury - reliable scholarly reference Britannica for the general reader - prominent adherents - all 15 history Pulitzer winner scholars on the topic |
modern update - uses 'vast majority of sources' found in a browser search - scope - British-American insurrection in continental North America, spread to Anglo-Bourbon (Fr.&Sp.) War-across worldwide empires, Fourth Anglo-Dutch War-North Atlantic, Second Mysore War-Indian subcontinent & Ocean - participants British & US Congress, France, Spain, Dutch Republic, Kingdom of Mysore - war aims -- Brit: maintain First British Empire with mercantile system -- US independence, British evacuation, territory to Mississippi-navigation, Newfoundland-fish & cure -- Bourbons: Gibraltar, Jamaica, Majorca, expand Gambia trade, expand India trade -- Dutch - free trade with North America & Caribbean -- Mysore wider east-Indian sub-continent sphere of influenced results - Second British Empire, Spanish Majorca, French Gambia, further decline of Dutch Republic - reliable scholarly reference [world military dictionary] for the military specialist - prominent adherents - Michael Clodfelter, more to follow |
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If anybody could spare ten or fifteen minutes please, would they give Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 a preliminary assessment? I plan to propose it for peer review with a view to achieving GA but rather that it didn't fall at the first fence that I hadn't even noticed was there. Someone coming to it cold can take the long view that escapes involved editors. (This is the Act by which the British Empire finally adopted the Gregorian Calendar). Thank you in anticipation. -- John Maynard Friedman ( talk) 12:41, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
Thank you both again. Since then, the article has been stone-washed, sand-blasted and air-dried, in the light of your very valuable advice. If you or others have a little time to spare, would you please give it another scan before I put it in for GAN review? -- John Maynard Friedman ( talk) 20:33, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
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After you have your project moving again, there should be some opportunities to collaborate on some of the "History of Foo" articles. Some of the articles about the history of cities are GA and FA, but some of them need overhauls. One example of the latter is History of Houston. I have improved the sourcing of the article: it had a B-rating from the Houston project, but it was obviously rated when the standards were not as high. Just something to keep in mind for the future if you have editors who are interested. Best, Oldsanfelipe2 ( talk) 22:36, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
Hello editors, MiraSherwin-Williams here to see if there are any interested editors willing to take a look at my most recent request on the Sherwin-Williams Talk page. Specifically, I have drafted content to add a History section to the current article and posted it, along with references, for the community's review. I included the edit request template with my original post but it remains unanswered so far. I am requesting reviewing editors to check my work and integrate some version of this new draft into the current article on my behalf. I will not do so myself because of the site's guidelines for conflict of editors like me. Thanks in advance for any assistance offered! You can view my full request HERE Thanks! MiraSherwin-Williams ( talk) 21:41, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
G'day all, Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Ba Congress/archive1 has image and source reviews, and one editor has expressed an interest in reviewing, but it could do with a couple more, otherwise it is in danger of being archived. Any assistance would be appreciated. NB: My nom. Thanks in anticipation, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 03:09, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
There is a discussion about the content of Template:Millennia. See Template talk:Millennia. Vpab15 ( talk) 18:48, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Please, can you search about the political ideas of those people during the reigns of Alexandre II, Alexandre III, and Nicholas II, and edit it? Thank you very much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.47.68.104 ( talk) 10:41, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
Uyghur genocide has an RFC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Mikehawk10 Mikehawk10 ( talk) 23:50, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
The article Liberation of France is out of Draft, and there's plenty of work that still needs to be done to complete it, as well as a lot of rough edges to be smoothed. Your contributions to the article or comments at the Talk page would be welcome. Mathglot ( talk) 09:10, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
Hello an editor is proposing to remove large amounts of information and sources about the Holodomor from Holodomor in modern politics. Interested editors can help by providing feedback on the talk page and additional references for the content. Thanks, // Timothy :: talk 12:51, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
Some of the articles on Vietnamese history have been recently re-organized by Laska666: each dynasty article was changed to be about the family, rather than as if it was a state (e.g. Lê dynasty before and after); the "country" article was then shifted to the name Đại Việt ( before and after).
This change deviates from how the articles for other East Asian dynastic countries are organized, such as China (e.g.
Tang dynasty,
Song dynasty,
Ming dynasty) and Korea (e.g.
Goguryeo,
Goryeo,
Joseon), where the ruling family and legal frameworks both change. On the other hand, it is more consistent with how European dynasties are organized (e.g.
Kingdom of England and
House of Tudor), where the ruling family changes but the legal framework does not.
Both systems make sense, but for different situations. Is there an more formal existing consensus for how the articles on Vietnam are organized? Any thoughts on how it should be organized moving forward?
The historical situation with Vietnam's monarchy seems more in line with the Chinese and Korean dynasties than those in Europe. The new state of the articles on Vietnamese dynasties, like that at Lê dynasty, also provides substantially less information. — MarkH21 talk 19:22, 14 January 2021 (UTC), changed example links & added last paragraph 19:37, 14 January 2021 (UTC); strike-through ambiguous "other" 04:35, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
othersince that was ambiguous.Nobody is disputing that the Nguyen dynasty or any other dynasty was a ruling dynasty. It's about your mass restructuring of the articles to focus on the families by removing historical details about the state during each dynastic period, leaving articles like this. Wikipedia is based on consensus, so you need to engage in discussion about the issues raised about your proposed changes. — MarkH21 talk 04:33, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
primary and unsourced contents. If you're drafting articles, then use the draft space (e.g. Draft:Lê dynasty) and not mainspace. — MarkH21 talk 04:55, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
@ Laska666: You are edit-warring your proposed changes in while they are contested here and while there is no consensus for the proposed changes. — MarkH21 talk 21:10, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
1 Blanking entire sections of articles without providing alternatives, or blanking sections while linking to alternative articles that do not even have the same info.
2 Creating faulty alternative articles when asked, where he couldn't even copy paste the content correctly.
3 Writing generally lackluster content with numerous grammatical errors, nearly incoherent at times, that require waves of editing to fix.
4 Listing sources in the bibliography in random order and not in alphabetical order.
5 Arguing with editors and engaging in edit warring over mundane petty points such as the name of a polity such as Dai Ngu/Dai Viet when there are multiple sources providing the info.
6 Sometimes copy pasting text from books verbatim without quotation marks.
Qiushufang (
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I've made a proposal to alter the world Map of participants in World War II to change the colors used for France and its colonies. Your feedback would be appreciated at this discussion. Thanks, Mathglot ( talk) 22:42, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:The Restoration#Requested move 8 February 2021 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vpab15 ( talk) 17:58, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Bourbon Restoration#Requested move 8 February 2021 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vpab15 ( talk) 18:00, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
Please, can you help me with a research about Tbilisi Spiritual Seminary? Some of Stalin's former class boys or professors were devoted zarist who became during the communist his arch-enemis? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.53.48.76 ( talk) 10:36, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
Talk:Nazi_Germany#RFC:_Poland_as_predecessor/successor_in_Nazi_Germany_infobox might be of interest to your project. This might also have further implications as to the general OR-ish presentation of predecessors and successors in infoboxes. Cheers, RandomCanadian ( talk / contribs) 22:27, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Republican Party (United States) § RfC: Southern strategy description in the lead. {{u| Sdkb}} talk 05:12, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place at Talk:Social issue#The question of societal guilt which could use your feedback. Thanks, Mathglot ( talk) 06:46, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
I have nominated Rhodes blood libel for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. ( t · c) buidhe 12:09, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
I would like to welcome editor @ Keepcalmandchill:, who has joined the Task Force for Contemporary History. I encourage and invite any other editors here to join any task forces that correspond with their interests. if you don't see a task force for some area of interest, feel free to go right ahead and set one up. thanks!! -- Sm8900 ( talk) 13:58, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
There is a general discussion ongoing about how to organise the aforementioned topic (which does not solely revolve about its military aspect). Being previously uninvolved, I closed two RfCs, at Talk:Crusades#Removing_"in_Europe" and at Talk:Crusading#RFC_-_what_should_this_article_be_called?, since they were pretty much about the same fundamental issue. A further discussion is ongoing at Talk:Crusades#A_proposal_and_a_possible_objection_against_it. Your participation is naturally welcome. RandomCanadian ( talk / contribs) 18:34, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi. Over the last few months the Human article has been transformed from this to its current state. This has involved a lot of citation hunting and reorganisation. This is in a push to get it to GA standard (see Talk:Human#Good article). It has been suggested that some input be sough from various wikiprojects as to further improvements. Please feel free to contribute or offer advice at this article. Regards Aircorn (talk) 00:52, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi everyone. this is your friendly neighborhood WikiProject Lead Coordinator. I have an idea. upon looking up and down this talk page, I see a number of inquiries, notices, requests for input, etc etc, with no replies. Okay, I have an idea.
Please note, I do not claim to have universal expertise or experience with all fields of history. for that reason, i have recruited two highly-experienced editors to help out here. one is User:Iazyges, who joined us some time ago. the other is User:Gog the Mild who has just come aboard. Welcome, User:Gog the Mild! both of them have extensive experience with many core processes, where my own experience is somewhat limited in scope. so their presence can help to enrich and expand the dialogue and reach of our wikiproject.
I appreciate all who visit here to lend their thoughts, notices, and questions. Together, we can build this into a resource which will be genuinely useful to our community. I look forward to hearing all of your ideas and input. thanks!! -- Sm8900 ( talk) 13:47, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
There is an RfC at Talk:Uyghur genocide#RfC on the first sentence of the lead that is relevant to this WikiProject. Your participation is welcome! — MarkH21 talk 23:33, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
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we have a new draft article set up for the 2020s which is available for anyone to edit.; it is Draft:2020s in United States political history. and also, one for Draft:2010s in United States political history. by the way, there are similar decade overviews for the UK, at 2020s in United Kingdom political history, which has been doing quite well, and also one for the 2010s in United Kingdom political history. so feel free to let me know if you'd like to edit those drafts. thanks!! -- Sm8900 ( talk) 14:34, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
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Below are the new task forces that have been set up here. In addition, I am also including some ideas we have for new task forces that have not been formally set up on the WikiProject page, but which anyone is free to set up any time. and if you don't see your favorite area of interest shown here, then feel free to add it as a new task force.
We hope that everyone finds this helpful. We welcome everyone's participation, input and activity here. Please feel free to any input, ideas, or information, that you may wish. Thanks!! -- Sm8900 ( talk) 05:18, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
Task forces currently listed on main page for WikiProject History:
IDEAS for Task Forces; not listed on main page, pending expressions of editor interest:
feel free to add any others. this is your canvas, and history is our art form. let's work together, to build up group's topics and ideas here. thanks!! -- Sm8900 ( talk) 05:18, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
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Hi everyone. The goal of this project is to serve as an active resource, where other editors can seek help or get questions answered, or get help with any topical efforts they may be working on. and also, at some point, we will try to resume various basic wikiproject tasks such as article assessment, working on group projects, etc etc
to that end, we may create some sort of list here of active volunteers, or editors, or just anyone who can occasionally take a little time to answer questions, help with various tasks and efforts, etc etc
we do have a list of members already, which includes several hundred names. however, right now we need to do more to identify who is actually still here and still able to occasionally be involved with various things that may come up.
you are welcome to add any comments, or to write any time for any reason. Please feel free to add any comments or replies. we appreciate your help. thanks!! -- Sm8900 ( talk) 05:19, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
Tom (LT), okay thanks for your ideas. However, I can recruit some anatomists to come here and to help out, if to comes to that. can you please give me a better idea of what you have in mind? what do you consider to be the topic of "history of anatomy" i.e. what historical topics and events do you picture focussing on? Please feel free to let me know. thanks!!-- Sm8900 ( talk) 15:53, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
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Hi everyone. I have updated this page to reflect that this WikiProject is not fully active. I have added data to highlight the automated features and resources on this page that are fully available to provide information; for example, "Article Alerts" remain here as an automated feature, and are highly useful to anyone visiting this page.
I will be glad to assist anyone here in any way. If I can be of assistance, please feel free to write any time. thanks!!! -- Sm8900 ( talk) 15:09, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
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For anyone interested, there is a discussion regarding merging History of Punic-era Tunisia: chronology and History of Punic-era Tunisia: culture into History of Carthage being held at Talk:History of Carthage#Merge. SilkTork ✔Tea time 19:21, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
Something of an impasse in this discussion Template talk:British colonial campaigns between me and Cliftonian about whether or not the Troubles should be listed on a template of British colonial campaigns. A few more opinions on the matter would be most welcome! Gerrynobody ( talk) 14:51, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Date of birth of Jesus of Nazareth. Jc3s5h ( talk) 14:11, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
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I've been working on the History of South America article. Any help copy editing/translating will be much appreciated. -- Marek. 69 talk 09:13, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
Hello there! There's an ongoing RfC concerning Paul Singer and WP:NPOV in a broader sense, that you might care to comment on. Thank you, FoCuS contribs; talk to me! 01:44, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Icons#Use of flag icons on genocide-related articles. — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 21:30, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
Hi Please join the discussion on whether or not moving the title of Syro-Hittite states to Late Hittite states. Thanks Nedim Ardoğa ( talk) 15:22, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
Please comment at Talk:1971 Bangladesh genocide#RfC: Addition of content about Biharis and different figures regarding people killed and women raped. Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 16:27, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
I've proposed to add history of Pakistan, history of Bangladesh and history of Syria. However, they have been gained no votes for more than two months, and they may be closed in the near future. I don't want them to be closed tagging NO CONSENSUS, so members of this WikiProject please participate in the voting of them. Thanks!-- RekishiEJ ( talk) 14:51, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
Please see Talk:Archive#Split_this_article_into_two:_one_about_the_institution.2C_the_other_about_document_collections and Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2016_May_1#Category:Historic_document_collections. The Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2016_May_1#Category:Historical_documents may also be of interest to the members of this project. Cheers, -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:29, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
s:Index:Cassell's Illustrated History of England vol 9.djvu finishes up around 1872.
Are there any historians here that would be willing to formulate a synopsis for what collaboratively written Volumes, X, XI and XII covering the period up-to the so called End of History in the Mid 1930's could contain? ShakespeareFan00 ( talk) 23:43, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
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Can some folks look at this and tell me if these sources are adequate and if any more can be found? I can't find any more on the internet really, there are plenty more however, being in newspapers and other books that are not available online from what I can see.
/info/en/?search=Draft:Michael_Antoine_Garoutte — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:30A:C048:B2D0:71A7:B117:15E6:41CB ( talk) 21:18, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
"He is a Notable Revolutionary War Veteran and American Patriot Ancestor because of his Military Service and he is a Notable Ancestor in Genealogy because of his Noble French Lineage and because all Garoutte's in America descend from this one man."is destructive to your cause.
There's a big difference between real notability and "wikipedia notability". Editors on wikipedia do not follow the rules that are set by wikipedia policy for "wikipedia notability" over half the time. Any real professor of a university will tell you that wikipedia is not a reliable source anyway. Go take a good look at almost any wikipedia article, they are incorrectly cited, incorrectly sourced, the sources used are unreliable and have incorrect facts in them and or are biased and or are outright false and do not meet the wikipedia definition of "notability". Wikipedia is obviously a joke and it is NOT a real encyclopedia, sorry to break it to you but it never will be. Wikipedia is a huge % fraud just like the rest of the crap on the internet.
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/08/wikipedia-editors-for-pay/393926/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:30A:C048:B2D0:EDEE:BC87:97D:DCF8 ( talk) 02:23, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
Dear person of interest of this topic, Can anyone find reliable sources about the Indian civilation in Merv, Turkmenistan at Kyz Qala and Uzbekistan, Samarkand who have buddist, hindu statues, can you find it? I find it important for the West Indian civilisation, the utter west north Indian civilisation must be sourced by someone and created by very intelligent Indian or foreigner wikipedia user what excisted there. It would like be a dream come true for all north Indians if the Indian hindu buddistic statues that are there would be contributed to the Indian civilisation and ancient Indian north west empire dynasties. Can someone had Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan history wikipedia ancient past to an Indian civilisation also on the wikipedia— Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.56.86.118 ( talk) 17:27, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion on the talk page of this article which may be of interest to members of this project. - Ad Orientem ( talk) 17:50, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
Hi, it has been suggested to me by editor Coretheapple in the Discussion area of a current GA reassessment that the review be brought to the attention of a wider audience. The reassessment raises the questions of sourcing; neutrality; and level of detail present in the article. The article in question is Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz and falls within the scope of the project.
I hope editors of this project would be interested in reviewing the article to see if it still meets Wikipedia:Good article criteria and whether it should be retained or delisted as a Good article. Thank you and happy editing. K.e.coffman ( talk) 19:25, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
Discussion commenced there. [1] Figureofnine ( talk • contribs) 19:37, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
Should we use McCune-Reischauer or Revised for topics relating to pre-1945 Korea? Those inclined, please contribute here. Hijiri 88 ( 聖 やや) 06:22, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
Please comment on a requested move to change numerous article titles which contain Dr. King's name. Randy Kryn 11:40, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
Hello, I am currently working on a small (I am the only active member as of now) task force within the military history WP, I would like to invite anyone interested in either Roman or Byzantine Military History, to work on the project with me. Here is the Link Incase you are interested, thank you. Iazyges ( talk) 00:07, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
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See Talk:Italian_Wars#Maps. Nobody answered the call from more specific projects (Italy, HRE).-- Nickanc ( talk) 14:58, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
I have been working on and off on the list of state leaders by year articles. The one I have worked on the most is probably List of state leaders in 1759. However even it is no where near complete. I begin to do this in 2010 and thought that the lists were moving away from being so Euro-centric. However I seem to be about the only person who has made any actual expansion of the lists in those six years. List of state leaders in 1723 lacks a listing of even the Mughal Emperor, but lists 137 sub-units of the Holy Roman Empire. List of state leaders in 1734 only lists China, Japan, Korea, the Ryukyu Kingdom and Hyderabad State for Asia, and I only added Hyderabad State today. I can't make these lists good on my own, I need help in building them, so can people please help building them. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 04:59, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
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A proposal has been made that Template:Infobox ancient site be moved to Template:Infobox archaeological site. Please see the discussion on the template's talk page. • Astynax talk 17:21, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
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The list of historians on Poland is very short (although there are masses of them) yet faulted. It contrary-to-facts suggests Norman Davies is a historian on exclusively contemporary Polish history; in reality, he writes also on old Polish history (e.g. "God's Playground. A History of Poland"). It also alleges Pawel Jasienica is an "amateur historian." What is meant by "amateur" here? Unreliable? Also, of all the names of historians on various countries, only by these two's names bios are provided. Why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.50.175.234 ( talk) 18:40, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
Hello. I have opened a request for comments in the article Diesel engine regarding the contribution of George Brayton to the development of this type of engines. I am posting this to invite editors who are knowledgeable on the history of internal combustion engines to contribute to the discussion. Mario Castelán Castro ( talk) 19:36, 29 August 2016 (UTC).
I have tagged Demolition of al-Baqi, which is in the interest of this WikiProject, for merger into Al-Baqi'. The discussion takes place at Talk:Al-Baqi'#Merger of Demolition. -- HyperGaruda ( talk) 07:30, 17 September 2016 (UTC)
Input for the above community reassessment would be welcome. K.e.coffman ( talk) 06:31, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
Some additional opinions and input would be appreciated in this discussion. Basically, the original page focused on the subject of "Irish slavery" in the Americas (which most historians consider a misnomer at best). The page was deleted and made a redirect to Indentured Servitude after this AFD, but has since been recreated, with the new article focusing on the history of slavery in Ireland. There appears to be a consensus that the new page should be moved to Slavery in Ireland, but no agreement on what the soon-to-be-vacant "Irish slave trade" article should redirect to. Would much appreciate it if a few more people could weigh in on what's appropriate - thanks in advance! Fyddlestix ( talk) 18:26, 7 October 2016 (UTC)
See merge suggestion at Talk:Social_progress. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 02:54, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
FYI, Template:Knight's Cross recipients in the Bundeswehr and Bundesgrenzschutz has been nominated for deletion. The related discussion is here: Entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. K.e.coffman ( talk) 03:36, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
I have taken the liberty of adding a link from this project's collaboration section ( diff), to a redlist of * women historians for whom we have no biography article. Right now, there are five times as many biographies of men as there are of women on wikipedia. I hope this project will lend its support to addressing this imbalance by creating biographies for women within your project's scope. More generally, WikiProject Women in Red has very many redlists covering perhaps 100,000 notable women for whom we have no biography. thanks -- Tagishsimon (talk) 18:05, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
Please see the not-quite-RfC at Module talk:Infobox military conflict/Archive 3#Change "result" parameter to "outcome", on a proposition intended to help avoid misinterpretation of a "just the facts" infobox parameter as being a place for extensive, freeform, subjective cause–effect assertions that may be better handled in well-cited, contextual article prose. — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 09:32, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
There is a discussion at Template talk:infobox former country of the general appropriateness of this parameter for empires. Please comment there. Kanguole 18:47, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
Hi, posting re Wikipedia:Good_article_reassessment/Joachim_Helbig/1.
The discussion has been extensive, but with few !votes. The dialog has most recently centered on what sources should or should not be acceptable. It can be found in section "1.6 Wrapping Up", or a via a direct link to Wikipedia:Good_article_reassessment/Joachim_Helbig/1#Wrapping_up.
Interested editors are invited to share an opinion, or to cast an !vote. Thank you. K.e.coffman ( talk) 18:00, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
Hi, all. Input is needed at Talk:Female hysteria#It turns out that one of the central premises of this article is probably false. Flyer22 Reborn ( talk) 07:34, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
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I started discussion on the following redirects targeting Politics of the Republic of China: politics of Taiwan, Politics of taiwan, and Politics in Taiwan. I invite you to the RFD discussion. -- George Ho ( talk) 00:51, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
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The redirect, Communist era, is currently under discussion, recently relisted. I invite you to the RFD talk. -- George Ho ( talk) 20:00, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
There is an ongoing RM at Talk:Civil Service of the People's Republic of China. I invite you to comment. -- George Ho ( talk) 04:19, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
Is there a naming convention for history articles somewhere? I realize that there are naming conventions for specific aspects of history, such as sovereign names and military history, but I'm wondering if there is a general one like the one for geography here Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names). I'm asking because there is a dispute about using foreign names for an empire at Talk:Kara-Khanid Khanate, where someone argued that only one foreign name should be used per WP:LEDE#Foreign language and WP:LEDE#Clutter (although the article for the naming convention for geography does not appear to agree with this suggestion). This is not a request for comment (although you can join in if you are interested), but I'm wondering if there is a MOS for names in history articles, and if not, perhaps there should be one just to avoid unnecessary disputes? Hzh ( talk) 03:25, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
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Please comment on the requested move at Talk:UK miners' strike (1984–85)#Requested move 26 March 2017.-- Nevé – selbert 13:51, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
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Hi, all. Opinions are needed on the following: Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style#RfC: Should the WP:ANDOR guideline be softened to begin with "Avoid unless" wording or similar?. A WP:Permalink for it is here. Flyer22 Reborn ( talk) 22:50, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
Opinions are requested at Talk:Democrat Party (epithet) as to whether a specific source ( § Lyman) is reliable for the claim that the phrase Democrat Party was used in a non-derogatory fashion by Democratic Party members in Maryland, U.S.A. during the early 20th century. — Sangdeboeuf ( talk) 18:08, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
Anybody interested to collaborate in editing History of India for GA? -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo ( talk · contribs · count) 11:45, 30 April 2017 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Descendants of Adam and Eve is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Descendants of Adam and Eve (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
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The RfD for civil service of China was recently relisted. I invite you to comment there. -- George Ho ( talk) 19:10, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
Opinions are needed on the following: Wikipedia talk:Citation overkill#Citations. A permalink for it is here. Flyer22 Reborn ( talk) 06:40, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
Opinions are needed on the following matter: Talk:Emmett Till#RfC: Should we include the "accused of showing an interest in a white woman" aspect in the lead or specifically the lead sentence?. A WP:Permalink for it is here. Flyer22 Reborn ( talk) 03:55, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
Are there any guidelines about notability with regard to historical buildings, structures, places and items that have local, city, state or federal historical designations or plaques? For example, would McLaughlin Motor Car Showroom qualify as notable based on the WP:RS found there, particularly [1] and: [2]
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I have never heard of a picture of a plaque establishing notability on wikipedia, but it does seem like an independent secondary reliable and verifiable source for notability. What do you all think?
More eyes are welcome at the
WP:AfD on the high rise (
Burano (building)) in built on both the parking lot of the showroom and into the showroom itself, where only the facade of the showroom has been preserved (
Facadism,
[2]):
-- David Tornheim ( talk) 04:30, 13 May 2017 (UTC) (revised -- David Tornheim ( talk) 13:30, 13 May 2017 (UTC) per comment immediately below.)
After stating that maps and census tables only confirm existence, not notability, the guideline says: "On the other hand, sources that describe the subject instead of simply mentioning it do establish notability." In Toronto the process for formally designating a structure is convoluted, scholarly. Genuine, serious historical research backs up every designation. Every plaque is backed up by this copious research. These official plaques, like the one that triggered your concern, to use the wording of the guideline, "describe the subject instead of simply mentioning it." Geo Swan ( talk) 11:08, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
@ Geo Swan: Regarding this diff, I was not asking if that section of the article was notable. I asking if the showroom itself is notable. As I have said repeatedly, I don't think the skyrise is, but the showroom that destroyed all but its facade might be. -- David Tornheim ( talk) 01:18, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
@ Anne Delong:, @ Dex2177:, @ Trekphiler:, @ Typ932:, @ Mrceleb2007:, @ Infrogmation: You are the top editors of the article McLaughlin (automobile) that are still active on Wikipedia. I thought you might have an interest in this subject that is about the historic showroom, and the discussion about whether the showroom (or the building that demolished all but the showroom's facade) are notable. We really could use some new voices from experienced editors, especially about what constitutes WP:RS for WP:GNG. -- David Tornheim ( talk) 02:14, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
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Would somebody mind having a look at this issue?-- Erdic ( talk) 18:38, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
Greetings, historians; does anyone know where to find the Wikipedia article about 'historiography of the ancient world', i.e. the story of how studies of " ancient history" has changed over time? My impression is that "ancient history" and "biblical studies" were confluent and focused on Egypt, Babylon, and Israel—until the 19th century, when, with new information from modern archaeology, the former evolved and expanded to include Sumer, India, and beyond. And from there to today's conception which includes more ideas about the early history of civilization and does more to include East Asia. I haven't yet seen a page overviewing this transformation in historiography but I suspect that people here might know of one. Thanks, groupuscule ( talk) 15:20, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
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Hello. I invite you to comment at Talk:List of political parties in the Republic of China#Requested move 24 May 2017. -- George Ho ( talk) 05:06, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
Opinions are needed on the following matter: Wikipedia talk:Citation overkill#Should this essay be changed to encourage more citations?. A WP:Permalink for it is here. Flyer22 Reborn ( talk) 01:33, 9 June 2017 (UTC)
Hello. I opened the discussion at Talk:Joint Communiqué about the current title and primacy role of Joint Communiqué, an agreement between South Vietnam and Buddhist sect. -- George Ho ( talk) 00:50, 17 June 2017 (UTC)
History of Money article has multiple issues, see the talkpage. Alæxis ¿question? 06:25, 18 June 2017 (UTC)
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There is an RfC on Talk:Iran that might be of interest to members of this WikiProject.
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Opinions are needed on the following matter: Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Lead section#Request for comment on parenthetical information in first sentence. A WP:Permalink for it is here. Flyer22 Reborn ( talk) 04:55, 2 July 2017 (UTC)
An article that is of interest to this project has been nominated for community reassessment. The discussion can be found here:
Interested editors are invited to weigh in. K.e.coffman ( talk) 02:41, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
Opinions are needed on the following matter: Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Infoboxes#RfC: Red links in infoboxes. A WP:Permalink for it is here. Flyer22 Reborn ( talk) 13:23, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
Category:273 disestablishments in Africa and many similar categories have been nominated for possible upmerging. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Marcocapelle ( talk) 06:04, 29 July 2017 (UTC)
Opinions are needed on the following matter: Talk:Definitions of whiteness in the United States#Jewish material. A WP:Permalink for it is here. Flyer22 Reborn ( talk) 07:41, 19 August 2017 (UTC)
This is just to advise that the article entitled History of marketing (currently rated start class, top importance) has recently been completely overhauled and rewritten. It is now much expanded, has a coherent structure and draws on the seminal literature in the field. Prior to making these changes, a suggested structure was posted on the talk page, but after more than 6 months, there were no comments or suggestions, so I simply went ahead and reworked the entire article in accordance with my previous suggestions. It was necessary to remove several copyvios, many factual errors and errors of interpretation as per previous advice - but apart from those removals, I tried as best as I could to work with the pre-existing content by improving the references or tweaking the conceptualisation so that aligned with current theory. I have also tried to ensure that the article is consistent with other key articles in the marketing area. I still think that there are some sections, a legacy from the original article, that do not add value to the article and could be deleted for the sake of brevity and clarity, but I am reluctant to delete any contribution from other editors (except when it is plainly incorrect, repetitive or a copyvio). BronHiggs ( talk) 03:05, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
Opinions are needed on the following matter: Talk:Jean Alfonse#Recent edits. A permalink for it is here. The matter primarily concerns whether or not Jean Alfonse was Portugese and what the title of the article should be. Flyer22 Reborn ( talk) 00:02, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
Hi WikiProject History! Wiki Education is creating a guide to help students contribute content about history. It's a handout intended to supplement our other resources, such as the interactive training and basic editing brochures.
I'd love to get some community feedback on the draft here: User:Ryan (Wiki Ed)/History. In order to make our printing deadline, we'd appreciate feedback by the end of Sunday, September 3. Thanks! -- Ryan (Wiki Ed) ( talk) 16:37, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
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An article which may be of interest to members of this project— Founding of the German Empire—has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Mathglot ( talk) 00:54, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
Please see this talk page section Talk:Passengers_of_the_RMS_Titanic#Was_the_removal_of_info_on_Arab.2FLevantine_passengers_sourced_from_Al_Arabiya_justified.3F on whether the removal of content about Arab/Levantine passengers from the Titanic justified. In particular: is it necessary that information on the demographic makeup of the Levantine/Arab passengers come from a formal historian, or would an Al Arabiya news article be enough?
Thank you WhisperToMe ( talk) 05:20, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
The Balfour Declaration article is currently a receiving a Featured Article Candidate review. The declaration is considered to be the birth certificate of the Israeli Palestinian conflict, and its 100th anniversary is in less than two months' time. It is a level 4 vital article in History, and a Top-Importance article at both Wikiproject Israel and WikiProject Palestine. Any input would be appreciated. Onceinawhile ( talk) 10:57, 9 September 2017 (UTC)
Opinions are needed on the following matter: Wikipedia talk:Talk page guidelines#RfC: Should the guideline discourage interleaving? #2. A permalink for it is here. Flyer22 Reborn ( talk) 19:13, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
A graph of confederate monument construction was added to the article List of monuments and memorials of the Confederate States of America. An RFC is in progress to determine whether the graph should remain. Participation of editors familiar with Civil War history and Jim Crow is encouraged. D.Creish ( talk) 15:01, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
I am trying to improve Highland Clearances but just recently find myself the target of 2 editors who seem to disagree with Wikipedia editing guidelines and wish to ignore the academic publications which I believe qualify under WP:SOURCE and WP:HSC. The article has a number of defects, which I am slowly trying to work my way through. (Notable are the usage of sources that may not match the requirements of WP:SOURCE and WP:HSC, and the section headed Second Phase of the Clearances, which tackles, inter alia, the Sutherland Clearances, which were clearances that were in the first phase.)
May I ask interested editors to take a look at the latest two discussions on the talk page and let me know whether or not they feel I am being reasonable. The penultimate one deals with reversion of "Economic Change" back to "Economic Improvement" and the last is an accusation that I have deleted text based on my personal opinions (which I resent, as I have gone to a lot of trouble to get access to, read and incorporate the ideas of the leading historians in this field into the article - the deletion was based on WP:DUE).
I acknowledge that I probably made an unwise choice in working on this article if I wanted a quiet life, since there is always going to be some editor who has read some blog on the Clearances and thinks he is an expert. However, I seem to be somewhat alone in trying to fix this article and really could do with some support from those who think history articles on Wikipedia should be of a high standard.
Any other advice would be welcome. ThoughtIdRetired ( talk) 22:49, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
Category:American historians is marked for diffusion and until earlier today, several subcategories by topic (altho not all), such as Category:American art historians were marked as non-diffusing. Obviously, this is a contradiction. I started out by taking the non-diffusing categories and putting them in the parent category and received some feedback questioning it. I have since removed the parent category and the non-diffusing tags (adding them back would be trivial, of course). I suggested that an alternate scheme for diffusing the parent Category:American historians may be by state and made a couple of these categories as a start: Category:Historians from California and Category:Historians from Pennsylvania. I am offering two questions to this WikiProject:
@ Johnbod:, @ Philafrenzy:, @ Mduvekot: who posted to my talk. Please {{ Ping}} me if you need me directly for this conversation. Note that I will happily edit the categories however the community decides but that at the moment, Category:American historians is diffused by topic as it was 24 hours ago and there are only the two categories by state which I am not populating until I get more feedback. I will continue diffusing Category:American historians by century, which is a pre-existing scheme. ― Justin (koavf)❤ T☮ C☺ M☯ 17:26, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
Hello everyone,
The Kiwix people are working on an offline version of several Wikipedia subsets (based on this Foundation report). It basically would be like the Wikimed App (see here for the Android light version; iOS is in beta, DM me if interested), and the readership would likely be in the Global South (if Wikimed is any indication): people with little to no access to a decent internet connexion but who still would greatly benefit from our content.
What we do is take a snapshot at day D of all articles tagged by the project and package it into a compressed zim file that people can access anytime locally (ie once downloaded, no refresh needed). We also do a specific landing page that is more mobile-friendly, and that's when I need your quick input:
Thanks for your feedback! Stephane (Kiwix) ( talk) 12:23, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
An RFC has been opened about categorization of events by past or current country, see the link here. Feel free to join the discussion. Marcocapelle ( talk) 13:55, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
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There is a contentious discussion going on at Talk:Nazism and some extra eyes would be appreciated. I am acting as an uninvolved admin here so I will not be joining the discussion. Thanks for any help... - Ad Orientem ( talk) 01:11, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
Wikipedia has many thousands of wikilinks which point to disambiguation pages. It would be useful to readers if these links directed them to the specific pages of interest, rather than making them search through a list. Members of WikiProject Disambiguation have been working on this and the total number is now below 20,000 for the first time. Some of these links require specialist knowledge of the topics concerned and therefore it would be great if you could help in your area of expertise.
A list of the relevant links on pages which fall within the remit of this wikiproject can be found at http://69.142.160.183/~dispenser/cgi-bin/topic_points.py?banner=WikiProject_History
Please take a few minutes to help make these more useful to our readers.— Rod talk 15:55, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
I have instigated a discussion about this highly biased and OR driven article at Talk:British_war_crimes#Article_problems. Mabuska (talk) 23:21, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
Greetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
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I added the WikiProject's template to the talk page of Positions on Jerusalem but it was removed. I think that it's on the scope of the project because it's full of historical events, specially the section "Background". Do you think that it should be re-added? Rupert Loup ( talk) 00:18, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
There is a requested move at Talk:Shudao#Requested move 6 December 2017 in which an editor has proposed renaming Shudao to Road to Shu. Please come and add your !vote and rationale to the discussion. Thank you and Happy Holidays to All! Paine Ellsworth put'r there 02:52, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
I noticed that there was no overarching History article for the whole Category:Cannabis tree, so I created one by compiling bits of cited info from a dozen different articles, and looking up facts and citations to clarify and fill in some of the gaps. I've been staring at it too long to see it objectively, but I think it could definitely use some smoothing-out to make it look less cobbled-together. If anyone is interested, I'd love to hear your opinions on the Talk page (or feel free to fix anything you like) so that this page can be ironed-out. Thanks for any input, Goonsquad LCpl Mulvaney ( talk) 12:06, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
Use of "inflation adjusted" figures (& the template) is under discusson here. Comment is invited. TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura 05:10, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
It has been proposed that the first portion of List of Russian explorers be split out into its own article "History of Russian Exploration". Your feedback would be welcome at Talk:List of Russian explorers#Split proposal. Thanks, Mathglot ( talk) 01:12, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
Hello. Could somebody have a look at my request on the relevant talk page? Feel free to comment there. Thank you in advance!-- Siebi ( talk) 21:06, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
Hey there, I come from the German version where I usually edit and have not found a better fitting place to put my request: Does anyone of you know anything about the exact birth date of Catherine of Aragon? I have written about it on the talk page, as well. Best regards, -- Andropov ( talk) 20:32, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
Hello everyone,
I'd like to draw your attention and ask for your comments on changes I've proposed for Collaboration with the Axis Powers during World War II#Poland. An account of my proposed changes and the reasons for them is given here (in two parts); the revisions from before I made any change [3], before I made the recent changes [4] and after I've finished everything [5] are also available. You can also read a summary of the issues in an ANI opened by one of the editors and subsequently dismissed [6]. Thanks for your attention. François Robere ( talk) 15:13, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
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You are welcome to discuss the newly created {{ Infobox folk song}} and its future here. -- Tamtam90 ( talk) 06:01, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
It is just a matter of disambiguation. The page Mushroom cloud links to Operation Hardtack, anyone has any idea of which of the two operations is referenced?-- MaoGo ( talk) 13:41, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
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New-user Alikat101 introduced an uncited paragraph to the top of the Kashmir section of the Self-determination article, in the process introducing some typos into the document. I fixed the typos, but I suspect there may be some NPOV issues with the added paragraph. I left it in and tagged it as it seemed to have some awareness of the history, and I'm not qualified to judge. Could someone more knowledgeable please take a look? This is the text he added:
Ever since Pakistan and India’s inception in 1947 the legal state of Jammu and Kashmir, the land between India and Pakistan, has been contested as Britain was resigning from their rule over this land. Maharaja Hari Singh, the ruler residing over Kashmir at the time accession, signed the Instrument of Accession Act on October 26th 1947 as his territory was being attacked by Pakistani tribesmen. The passing of this Act allowed Jammu and Kashmir to accede to India on legal terms. When this Act was taken to Lord Mountbatten, the last viceroy of British India, he agreed to it and stated that a referendum needed to be held by the citizens in India, Pakistan, and Kashmir so that they could vote as to where Kashmir should accede to. This referendum that Mountbatten called for never took place and framed one of the legal disputes for Kashmir. In 1948 the Untied Nation intervened and ordered a plebiscite to be taken in order to hear the voices of the Kashmiris if they would like to accede to Pakistan or India. This plebiscite left out the right for Kashmiris to have the right of self determination and become an autonomous state. To this date the Kashmiris have been faced with numerous human rights violations committed by both India and Pakistan and have yet to gain complete autonomy which they have been seeking through self-determination.
GretLomborg ( talk) 18:23, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
I would like to seek the view of this project members on whether you consider the Century and Decade related articles, e.g. 18th Century, 1990s etc as proper articles or lists? I recommended to add about 30 such articles as Level-4 Vital Articles under the Topic Adding History by Timeline here. But seems the prevailing view is that these are lists rather than articles and hence should not be considered vital. In my opinion listing these articles as vital articles would draw attention and enthusiam to this topics and help improve their content and importance wise they definitely qualify to be considered among the top 10,000 vital articles at Wikipedia. Any thoughts? Feel free to share your views here or in that page. Arman ( Talk) 14:20, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
is at AfD. It needs attention form someone with access to archives hidden in some university somewhere.-- Dlohcierekim ( talk) 18:04, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
The reason I am contacting you is because there are one or more portals that fall under this subject, and the Portals WikiProject is currently undertaking a major drive to automate portals that may affect them.
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Trying to widen a discussion of the title of the Gjon Kastrioti article. The issue is under discussion here if you care to participate. — AjaxSmack 17:33, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
Why does this redirect target this relative obscurity and not to Wikipedia:WikiProject History? Can I change the redirect target? PseudoSkull ( talk) 17:13, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
For a number of years we have been experiencing a steady decline in the number of administrators as a result of attrition and a declining number of editors willing to consider adminship. Things have reached a point where we are starting to experience chronic backlogs in important areas of the project including noticeboards, requests for closure, SPI, CSD & etc. If you are an experienced editor with around two years (or more) of tenure, 10k edits give or take and no record of seriously disruptive behavior, please consider if you might be willing to help out the community by becoming an administrator. The community can only function as well as we all are willing to participate. If you are interested start by reading WP:MOP and WP:RFAADVICE. Then go to WP:ORCP and open a discussion. Over the next few days experienced editors will take a look at your record and let you know what they think your chances are of passing RfA (the three most terrifying letters on Wikipedia) as well as provide you with feedback on areas that might be of concern and how to prepare yourself. Lastly you can find a list of experienced editors who may be willing to nominate you here. Thank you and happy editing... [Note:This page may not be on my watchlist so if you want to reply to me, please either ping me or drop me a line on my talk page.] - Ad Orientem ( talk) 01:42, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
Hi. There is an editor, Lepchav, who is removing information regarding Guru Nanak from the Gurudongmar Lake article that they consider false. Issue is they also are claiming that there is no trace of Guru Nanak in history, without presenting reliable sources that back up the claim, so I think there is a WP:NPOV situation going on with the removal. Could you guys please take a look at the situation as impartial editors? Thanks in advance. Thinker78 ( talk) 06:13, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
Hi. The article Chinese social structure needs editing and assessing. Thanks! Thinker78 ( talk) 04:26, 22 July 2018 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Modern history#Image use is excessive. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 05:58, 27 July 2018 (UTC) -- Marchjuly ( talk) 05:58, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
Hi. Please comment on the talk page section of the article Noah's Ark titled "Existence of the ark" as to whether the given source verifies the text. Thanks! Thinker78 ( talk) 20:55, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
There is relisted discussion about renaming Category:Christianity of the Middle Ages. If you wish, please join this discussion. Based on the arguments in that discussion, we might also rename article History of Christianity during the Middle Ages. Marcocapelle ( talk) 06:34, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi, there is a major task that needs to be done. I noticed that some years need referencing. Probably the whole series of more than two thousand years need to be checked for sourcing. For a small sample, take a look at years 4 BC, 400 BC, and 400, which are virtually unsourced. Some editors need to step forward! Thinker78 ( talk) 03:21, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
Where should we target these: Colonial era, Colonial Era, Colonial age, Colonial Age, Age of colonialism, etc., etc.?
Writing a new article on the topic is beyond the time and focus I can commit in the foreseeable future. Maybe Age of Discovery can be rejiggered to cover the topic properly so that Colonial Age, etc., make perfect sense when redirected there. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 23:04, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
I have two requests here:
1. Improve the article History of Christianity
2. Make an article on History of Shamanism (Shamanism was the official religion of the Mongol empire).
-- Genghis khan2846 ( talk) 17:42, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
Sorry I am not so good in English. What I want to tell you is that: 1.Christianity: Please include some maps in the article, give descriptions of the political events ( virtually nothing has been mentioned ) and complete some of the important sections for example - Carolingian Renaissance, Conversion of the Scandinavians, Puritans in North America, Revivalism, Restorationism etc. ( Please raise the article to the quality of the History of Islam). 2.Shamanism: Shamanism was one of the biggest religions of the world. It was the state religion of the Mongol empire. It was the largest religion on earth before the rise of Islam and Christianity. But where is the article for Shamanism ! We have articles for Islam and Christianity but don't have article for Shamanism !! That is really unbelievable !!! That is quite unacceptable. So these are the problems. Administrators, please try to solve these problems. Complete and improve the religion based articles. And bring equilibrium to all the religions - Islam, Christianity and Shamanism.-- Genghis khan2846 ( talk) 21:00, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
No I want you to make an article with the title "History of Shamanism". I don’t understand whether you understand my language or not. I am explaining in short: From the political perspective: the Muslims have a great article: Turkic peoples, the Christians have British empire, and the Mongols have Mongol Empire. From the religious perspective: the Muslims have History of Islam, the Christians have History of Christianity, but the Mongols have no article!!! This is the problem. We feel that our religion has been ignored. I just want you to make an article on History of Shamanism. Shamanism is the third most important religion of the world !! Please try to understand this !!! Please make an article on Shamanism. And bring equilibrium to all the religions- Islam, Christianity and Shamanism.-- Genghis khan2846 ( talk) 17:01, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
I have found some online books here: Shamanic Worlds: Rituals and Lore of Siberia and Central Asia........ Shamans: Siberian Spirituality and the Western Imagination........ Animal and Shaman: Ancient Religions of Central Asia........ Shamanism, History, and the State. You can use them as the references.-- Genghis khan2846 ( talk) 16:20, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
Thank you very much administrators !!! So this is the policy of Wikipedia !!! For one last time I am explaining my reasons:
Political articles: Muslims have Turkic peoples, Christians have British Empire, Mongols have Mongol Empire
Religious articles: Muslims have History of Islam, Christians have History of Christianity, Mongols have nothing !!!
We don't have a article for our religion !!! this is such unbelievable !!! So please try to solve this problem.-- Genghis khan2846 ( talk) 13:52, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
But I want a article named "History of Shamanism". If you don't make an article called "History of Shamanism" our religion will be ignored in Wikipedia !! Why don't you understand this thing!!!
Well if you don't want to make an article on "Shamanism" you can make an article on "Tengrism". Tengrism was the Asian version of Shamanism. In the ancient age when North America was connected with Asia by the Beringia Land, Shamanism was the official religion of both the Asian and American Mongols. But then the Beringia Bridge collapsed. Over the ages the Shamanism in Asia has taken a new form. That is now known as Tengrism. Tengrism has become the official religion of the Mongol race. Tengrism was also the official religion of the Huns, the Khazars and the Turkic Khaganate. You can check out the respective articles. So if you want to make an artile on the Mongols you have to make an article on "Tengrism". Because obviously you know Tengrism is the official religion of the Mongol empire. I don't know why you don't want to make an article on Shamanism. May be because the article will be too much big. But don't worry, the article "Tengrism" will be very small. It will be very easy for you to make the article. And there will be lots of sources in internet on "Tengrism".-- Genghis khan2846 ( talk) 15:49, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
Those are the name of some gods. They are not the History of Tengrism. Why are you objecting the "History of Tengrism". We are Mongols. Don't we have the right to have an article like History of Islam and History of Christianity-- Genghis khan2846 ( talk) 18:24, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
If I translate the article from some other versions of Wikipedia using the "Wikipedia translating tool" will that be acceptable?-- Genghis khan2846 ( talk) 20:00, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
If my English is wrong will it be acceptable?-- Genghis khan2846 ( talk) 03:37, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
Thank you very much.-- Genghis khan2846 ( talk) 09:47, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
May I ask for comment on the proposed edits at Talk:Sugar#RfC on sugar industry influence on health information and guidelines? The relevant history only really goes back to the 1950s, but I think it's still in-scope here. HLHJ ( talk) 01:47, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
Articles pertaining to Horn African history are currently undergoing historical revisionism through misrepresentation of sources. I would appreciate if some more people could focus in that direction. Thylacoop5 ( talk) 18:39, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing— Comparative research—has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Waddie96 ( talk) 12:05, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
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Please join this category discussion to remove the continent layer for years and decades categories in the High and Late Middle Ages: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Categories#Years_and_decades_in_continent_categories:_High_and_Late_Middle_Ages. Marcocapelle ( talk) 20:11, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
G'day all, a RfC has been started on the Milhist talk page regarding mentions in the Wehrmachtbericht, a daily broadcast about the activities of the Wehrmacht during WWII. Your input would be welcomed. Cheers, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 04:22, 21 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi folks. I'd love to be included in this Wikiproject, and have my page considered for inclusion. What do I need to do to follow this up? I'm new to this whole Wikipedia thing! Thanks so much for your help.-- 113ADP68 ( talk) 23:26, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(people)#RfC:_Amendment_for_BIO_to_address_systemic_bias_in_the_base_of_sources Jytdog ( talk) 01:22, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
Is anyone planing to visit the British Museum to make some photos anytime soon? There are some rare historical objects there which I would need to have photographed and uploaded on Wikimedia. Let me know if anyone is interested and I will give further details. LeGabrie ( talk) 17:14, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
Editors in this WikiProject may be interested in the featured quality source review RFC that has been ongoing. It would change the featured article candidate process (FAC) so that source reviews would need to occur prior to any other reviews for FAC. Your comments are appreciated. -- Izno Repeat ( talk) 21:37, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
The WikiJournal of Humanities is a free, peer reviewed academic journal which aims to provide a new mechanism for ensuring the accuracy of Wikipedia's humanities, arts and social sciences content. We started it as a way of bridging the Wikipedia-academia gap. It is also part of a WikiJournal User Group along with Wiki.J.Med and Wiki.J.Sci. The journal is still starting out and not yet well known, so we are advertising ourselves to WikiProjects that might be interested. |
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As an illustrative example, Wiki.J.Hum published its first article this month!
T.Shafee(Evo&Evo)
talk 11:47, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
Thinking about influence as a topic within history, starting with the United States, and thinking about how this might express itself in various articles: American influence on history (of the World). - Inowen ( nlfte) 02:47, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
Paradisus Judaeorum, renamed following Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Heaven for the nobles, Purgatory for the townspeople, Hell for the peasants, and Paradise for the Jews is currently in discussion at Wikipedia:Move review/Log/2018 December, and may interest this community. Icewhiz ( talk) 07:10, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
Hello! Your WikiProject has been selected to participate in the WP 1.0 Bot rewrite beta. This means that, starting in the next few days or weeks, your assessment tables will be updated using code in the new bot, codenamed Lucky. You can read more about this change on the Wikipedia 1.0 Editorial team page. Thanks! audiodude ( talk) 05:33, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
Hello. Your input at User_talk:47.188.136.166 regarding these edits would be appreciated. SmartSE ( talk) 10:54, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
I have nominated Albert Speer for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. -- K.e.coffman ( talk) 03:44, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
An RfC has been opened for the inclusion of Template:Infobox mathematical statement at Fermat's Last Theorem:
It pertains to some of the historical content in the article in case editors here may be interested. Comments are most welcome. — MarkH21 ( talk) 07:48, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion regarding edits to List of Photographers. The discussion is addressing the following questions:
Your contributions are welcome. Thank you! Qono ( talk) 15:04, 23 March 2019 (UTC)
A new Newsletter directory has been created to replace the old, out-of-date one. If your WikiProject and its taskforces have newsletters (even inactive ones), or if you know of a missing newsletter (including from sister projects like WikiSpecies), please include it in the directory! The template can be a bit tricky, so if you need help, just post the newsletter on the template's talk page and someone will add it for you.
There's a discussion going on about whether or not there were pogroms following the Black Death. Please contribute your thoughts at Talk:Antisemitic canard#Contradiction about post-Black Death massacres. Mathglot ( talk) 08:48, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Three Kingdoms is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
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Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War II), an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. -- K.e.coffman ( talk) 02:34, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
I have nominated Albert Kesselring for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. -- K.e.coffman ( talk) 02:14, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
There is currently a RfC at Lavender Hill Mob (gay activist group) about whether details of the founder's death should be included in an article about the organization. You are invited to participate. -- Slugger O'Toole ( talk) 15:09, 14 May 2019 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Cold War is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
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Hans-Joachim Marseille, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. -- K.e.coffman ( talk) 23:24, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
Your feedback would be appreciated at this request for comment on Talk:Alexander the Great in the Quran. Mathglot ( talk) 19:37, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
From my understanding making advertisement banner is best. I am not a well experienced and is wondering if any more experienced editors can help. The advertisement banner will bring more people to this project. If banner is completed or you want to help, talk to me at my talk page.-- PrimaLInnstinct ( talk) 01:53, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
Over the last few years, the WikiJournal User Group has been building and testing a set of peer reviewed academic journals on a mediawiki platform. The main types of articles are:
Proposal: WikiJournals as a new sister project
From a Wikipedian point of view, this is a complementary system to Featured article review, but bridging the gap with external experts, implementing established scholarly practices, and generating citable, doi-linked publications.
Please take a look and support/oppose/comment! T.Shafee(Evo&Evo) talk 11:08, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Civilizations is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
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Your feedback is requested at a disputed title discussion about the article currently known as " World History". Please participate at Talk:World History#Disputed title. Thanks, Mathglot ( talk) 06:32, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
If anyone here is interested, we are looking for volunteers at WikiProject Genealogy. Thanks! Tea and crumpets ( talk) 01:19, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
Category:History of Gymnastics is being discussed again, for possible renaming, merger or deletion. Please see Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2019_July_5#Category:History_of_Gymnastics. – Fayenatic London 21:09, 9 July 2019 (UTC)
The following RfC may be of interest to members of this group: [7]. Beyond My Ken ( talk) 05:16, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
An article of interest to this project— Expulsion of Jews from Spain—has been proposed for merging from Alhambra decree. Your feedback would be welcome at the merge discussion. Thank you. Mathglot ( talk) 01:00, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
Greetings to all,
Putting out this message out there to seek collaboration and/or any assistance any of you could offer with regards to two pages: Nawabs of Bengal and Murshidabad and the Bengal Sultanate. Aiming to better the quality of the former to satisfy the criteria of possible future FA nomination and the later to the quality required for a possible GA nomination. I had worked on the former and helped promote it to a GA in 2012, but given schedule with regards to school and personal life I do not see being able to work on these two alone.
Alternatively copying and pasting this on other relevant WikiProject discussions. Looking forward to your response. Thank you! -- Tamravidhir ( talk!) 07:12, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
Greetings, For "Assessment page" and Sidebar, I added a section for "Popular pages", a bot-generated list of pageviews, useful for focused cleanup of frequently viewed articles. Regards, JoeHebda ( talk) 18:21, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
Here. Beyond My Ken ( talk) 00:38, 17 August 2019 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:2000s is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
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In May, Harold Cottam, an article which comes under the purview of this WikiProject, was nominated to be recognised as a Good Article. Unfortunately, the nominator now seems to be retired. If anyone interested in the topic wants to adopt the article and shepherd it through the review process, please make a note on the review page. If there is no interest by the afternoon (British Summer Time) of Saturday 31 August, I will procedurally close the review. Caeciliusinhorto-public ( talk) 14:10, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
It is proposed that Turkish Croatia ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs) be merged with Bosanska Krajina ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
I wish to invite editors to give their input on proposal in merger discussion at Talk page Bosanska Krajina. It would be helpful if editors are willing to express their neutral POV, especially since discussion is already afflicted with involved editor(s) WP:CANVASING, resulting in inputs from WP:Single-purpose accounts.-- ౪ Santa ౪ 99° 14:59, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
I am trying to figure out if William Huse Dunham, Jr., a Yale historian, is/was notable. He authored a few books, but I cannot find his obituaries on Newspapers.com. Anyone able to find them please? Zigzig20s ( talk) 07:22, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I'm helping out on an article on Abū_al-Faraj_al-Iṣfahānī with quite complex references and footnotes. I think that separate 'references' and 'works cited' (e.g. in the style of this article) would work better for it but I'm not familiar with how to implement it (I usually stick to science articles where just referencing with cite_journal is pretty simple). Would anyone be able to drop by and lend a hand? Thanks in advance for any assistance! T.Shafee(Evo&Evo) talk 01:15, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
Hello I have worked on the scientific side of fad diets, but I came across a lot of resources about their history, and I have made a succinct summary of the most salient historical features, but I think a historian could enjoy extending this further, as there are lots of high quality resources on the topic and a quite rich history For a starting point, I have selected several good references, some are already used in fad diets#History but could be expanded, others are in the related dumping ground. Thank you for helping!
Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.
We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma ( talk) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)
Maybe someone here can help with this. Francisco Villa Museum is actually about the Historical Museum of the Mexican Revolution (which is not called the Francisco Villa Museum), which already has an article, but there is a separate Francisco Villa Museum in Durango. Merge protocol prohibits merge-and-delete for attribution reasons; does anyone know anything about the museum in Durango that could live at that title? – Roscelese ( talk ⋅ contribs) 14:56, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
There is a discussion about Template:Inter Cold War Tensions and Second Cold War which may interest participants at this Wikiproject. Please give your opinion at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2019 November 14#Template:Inter Cold War Tensions and Second Cold War. — Granger ( talk · contribs) 00:06, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
Please see: Talk:Mousterian#Clean up era "succession" mess.
This started as a one-article issue report, but looking around I see that the problem is pretty common (in short: conflicting "preceding/following era" links in infoboxes, navboxes, leads, and article bodies).
It needs a site-wide solution (perhaps a cross-wikiproject guideline or at least a
WP:PROJPAGE with some advice in it).
—
SMcCandlish
☏
¢ 😼 10:36, 16 November 2019 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Vital articles/Level/2#What to do about Modern history merge. Essentially, Modern history has been merged into other articles after some very light discussion, and it's throwing those of us over at WP:VA for a bit of a loop, with some objecting to the change. It'd be helpful to have some historians weighing in, and to have more discussion overall about such a significant change. Sdkb ( talk) 23:35, 22 November 2019 (UTC)
Hi everyone. For now, I am volunteering to be a coordinator page admin here for
Wikipedia:WikiProject History. this is simply a volunteer role, to help with various basic tasks. I welcome comments, suggestions, feedback and input from anyone. Please feel free to be in touch any time. Thanks! --
Sm8900 (
talk) 01:59, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
I just created these two articles:
I am happy for feedback and improvement of the articles. I do have some questions:
Any other relevant projects I should post this. Maybe for architecture or for entertainment? -- David Tornheim ( talk) 06:49, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
the editor who is currently listed as coordinator in the section Wikipedia:WikiProject_History#Organization_and_Coordination is no longer active on Wikipedia in any way. On that basis, I am removing their name from the listing. feel free to comment. -- Sm8900 ( talk) 14:30, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
for the time being, I am listing myself as a project coordinator for WikiProject History. this may be for an indefinite time period, or a limited one. anyone else who wants to volunteer for this role, or in any role, or to to participate here in any way, is welcome to do so. Please feel free to provide any comments or feedback. I appreciate your help and input. thanks!! -- Sm8900 ( talk) 14:39, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
I would like to start a Task Force at WikiProject History; it would be for Contemporary history. How would I do so?
Also, I would like to become a volunteer coordinator at WikiProject History. Is that okay? thanks. -- Sm8900 ( talk) 14:24, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
Please see Talk:Epoch (date reference)#RFC:Undiscussed page move. -- Sm8900 ( talk) 14:54, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:History of California is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The page will be discussed at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:History of California until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
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we are changing all "departments" here to general task forces "working groups." this is because "department" implies an official group that is continuously in function, and made up of a core of people who are continually assigned to that role. a "working group" can change based on the nature of the task, and based on the availability of the people within it. so therefore, we will change the term used. I think perhaps anyone wishing to participate in any of these functions could add their name in the space for that group. thanks. --
Sm8900 (
talk) 15:29, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi everyone. I am the new coordinator page coordinator for
WikiProject History. we need people there!! right now the project seems to be semi-inactive. I am going to various WikiProjects whose topics overlap with ours, to request volunteers.
we welcome your input. thanks!!
(the note above has been posted at a number of WikiProjects and other resource pages today.) -- Sm8900 ( talk) 01:59, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi all. Okay, I have added a new task force. it includes myself and Michael E Nolan. thanks. -- Sm8900 ( talk) 03:55, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
When is Genealogy Day? 14th March ?, March 9? or other?-- Kaiyr ( talk) 08:04, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
Please consider contributing to this Request for Comment. – Roscelese ( talk ⋅ contribs) 19:58, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I have recently found a conflict between sources on one matter regarding Old Serbia. I have made a deal with one admin that I shall not edit the article without prior community consensus/feedback. Other editors tagged have not been active on the page and are passive about it, therefore I would like to invite you to help out with this issue. I personally have little experience when we have some conflicting info. on the same subject. I believe that a fresh perspective would improve the article. [8] ty, Sadkσ (talk is cheap) 16:07, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
I created Eugene C. Barker about a week ago and it is still a work in progress. Does WP History have guidelines for the structure of articles about historians? I think I have enough material for a brief discussion of critique's of Barker's work and of his influences. Is this appropriate and where should it go in the article? Oldsanfelipe2 ( talk) 21:19, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
I would like you to review this article to know its importance. att 2804:14C:5BB5:8076:319D:445:6440:DA32 ( talk) 17:41, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi there! I just decided, I am a Wikipedia:WikiPrairie Dog. If you want, come over and join us! just add the user box below to your page! see ya!!
User:Sm8900/Drafts/userbox wikiprarie
-- Sm8900 ( talk) 20:30, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
There is an RfC on the wording of "ceased to exist" regarding the lead of 1976 Tangshan earthquake. All editors are encouraged to participate. Thanks. — MarkH21 talk 07:31, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
Hi everyone. I plan to add a tab to the header for Wikipedia:WikiProject History, to add a link to the Wikipedia:Community bulletin board. I have posted a new section there, which provides a set of notices for various community editing events, including contests, edit-a-thons, group efforts at various WikiProjects, as well as elsewhere, and other such items.
the purpose of this tab is to promote the Community bulletin board as a common resource and outlet, for use by WikiProjects as a group, and the Wikipedia community as a whole. By doing so, we will provide more substance to help build up Wikipedia as a collaborative resource, a community, and a group editing process that is truly open to all.
As Wikipedia develops into the next century, as our fragile planet grows more and more vulnerable, as new technologies offer us new ways to work together, it is up to us to continue to develop Wikipedia as a community resource and intellectual repository, to serve the needs of our society and our world.
By building up resources that can open up our project to a wider community base, we can provide valuable new ways to build for the future. in my opinion, this is one important area that we can look at, to find new ways to expand and to develop. by doing so, we can build Wikipedia into a greater resource, for the next century and beyond. I hope that sounds good to everyone here. Please feel free to comment. thanks!! -- Sm8900 ( talk) 14:41, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
In 1812 there seems to have been a significant plague outbreak in the Ottoman Empire, which seems to have begun in Constantinople and traveled to other parts of the empire including Egypt, and later also spread outside of the empire's borders.
It seems to have had a massive impact, but it is barely covered on Wikipedia. There's an article about Caragea's plague which hit Wallachia (then an Ottoman vassal) in 1813–14, and I am currently in the process of writing an article on the 1813–14 Malta plague epidemic. Both seem to have derived from the 1812 Constantinople outbreak (it arrived in Malta via Egypt).
I think it would be useful if there would be an article covering the entire outbreak - would any members of this WikiProject be willing to help out? A source about the outbreak in Odessa can be found here.
I am also making this request on other WikiProjects including WP Medicine, WP Turkey and WP Egypt.
Xwejnusgozo ( talk) 15:24, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
I have started a Peer Review of Electrical telegraphy in the United Kingdom with a view to getting this to Featured Article status. The review page is here. I would be very grateful if editors would leave comments there. I would be even more grateful if you come along and support the article when it gets put up for FA. Thanks, Spinning Spark 12:35, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
Hey there. I nominated " European Imperialism" and " European imperialism" for discussion. Then the pages got relisted twice, so the nomination is currently at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 March 18, where I'm inviting you to improve consensus. George Ho ( talk) 07:41, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
Can someone roll back vandalism on 10 April for 80.3.196.35 and JonnyBrum. Thanks Newm30 ( talk) 20:08, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
Hi there,
Contributions would be appreciated to a discussion on the talk page of the list of largest empires as to exactly what should count as an empire for the purposes of that article - specifically, whether the US and the Soviet Union should be included. I'd be grateful for input from anyone who has an opinion on the matter, as given that edits back and forth are going on on the article currently on a near daily basis, and the article has been controversial for years, I feel it to be important that consensus is established as soon as possible on the matter.
Thanks very much! | Naypta ✉ opened his mouth at 11:11, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
Hi, Someone ought to look at the legend of the map "Diachronic distribution of Celtic peoples" at the top of the article Pre-Celtic. One colour is missing, and another may be mislabelled, but since I know nothing about the subject, it would be better to leave it to someone who does. 2A00:23C8:7B08:6A00:D906:4C2F:A42:F402 ( talk) 22:05, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi! There are two RfCs open about wording in the article Battle of Huế, located at its talk page here and here. Any participation is welcome! — MarkH21 talk 08:22, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
Publicizing a Request for Comment on Basilica. GPinkerton ( talk) 18:45, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
I have nominated Manzanar for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 22:12, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
I most commonly post at WP:WikiProject Medicine. If anyone ever see issues related to those fields then I would join here.
One part of history that I want to develop, and which needs 1000+ new articles, is history of infectious disease eradication. In our modern world too many people have forgotten the many health campaigns to eradicate disease. To eliminate smallpox in a famous case, half the countries in the world had to collaborate on a national scale to do everything required to eliminate all infection. Even for diseases which are not globally eradicated, there are many diseases on track to be eradicated and many national stories of how particular countries accomplished eradication for themselves. Right now the COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing and I regret hearing stories of people doubting that infectious disease is bad, or that eradication is possible, or that society has no answer for infectious disease. WikiProject Medicine mostly addresses accuracy in health care, whereas disease eradication is a mix of current public health for countries in progress and inspirational stories from countries which accomplished this. If anyone shows up asking about history and wanting to do anything COVID-19 related, then they can pick any of the major infectious diseases and a country and look up the well-documented eradication stories to document how these things play out. Thanks Blue Rasberry (talk) 00:51, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello my name is Andrewhistory(allthough my nickname is historian). I love History(and know alot too) and would like to help, however as a new wikapedia user I need some help myself. I would like to know if other people can help me with my sandbox page where I give an over view up history. I am Happy to help and participate in this wikiproject.Also if you can edit it here is the link
Many thanks, HISTORIAN ( talk) 15:17, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi, there is a proposal here to split part of the article on the river Charding Nullah into a new article called Demchok dispute. Any input is appreciated! — MarkH21 talk 16:56, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
The term clearances has redirected to Highland Clearances for many years. Someone is proposing to change this to a disambiguation redirect, but doesn't seem to have notified any of the projects concerned, so I am posting this to each of the projects. If you wish to comment, please do so here:
-- 188.30.171.198 ( talk) 14:22, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
Your feedback would be appreciated at a requested move at Talk:German rearmament. Thanks, Mathglot ( talk) 02:00, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
Correct me if I'm knocking at the wrong door (this WP isn't listed there but it seems mightily relevant). See this. I copied an interesting bibliography which could be used to expand the given article, but I don't have access to these sources and given that they're mostly whole books WP:RX is of little use. In case one of you can investigate this before it gets buried in the talk page archives that would be nice. Cheers, RandomCanadian ( talk / contribs) 03:53, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Mapframe maps in infoboxes could result in major changes in how historical locations are shown in infobox maps. b uidh e 06:26, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Over at Lydney Park/ Talk:Lydney Park there is discussion of whether the source of funds to build a country estate is appropriate material for inclusion in the article about the country estate. The twist here is that the source of funds was the slave trade and the country estate is still in the hands of the establishing family. Your input would be appreciated. Stuartyeates ( talk) 10:37, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
I have seen some concern expressed about attributing the "discovery of a new land" to a particular explorer, for example claiming, Hernán Cortés and his men "discovered Baja California Peninsula". From a European perspective it does seem fair to say he discovered the peninsula, but there were people already living there before his arrival. Is there a more worldview approach to describing such accomplishments that the History WikiProject has determined is more appropriate? Is there a previous discussion on the matter? Thank you. OvertAnalyzer ( talk) 01:52, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
I have mindfully and cautiously made some minor improvements to Portal:History, including the addition of some FA-class articles. See Portal talk:History for specific details, and feel free to comment there if desired. I have also proposed on the talk page for the portal's content selection criteria be expanded, specifically to allow the addition of GA-class articles to the portal. North America 1000 10:27, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
Pais de los Maynas is currently at AfD. I This made sense, given the version that was AfDed. I've reworked it substantially since then, but am no expert at all – so would appreciate any help you could give on the article. Thanks! AleatoryPonderings ( talk) 15:42, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi, there is a discussion at Historicity of the Book of Mormon regarding the best way to phrase the opening lines of articles that deal with Mormon figures that have no basis in history, but are part of the Mormon belief system. I'm looking to get more editors to comment; currently, it seems as though only Mormon-leaning editors have joined the discussion, so I would appreciate some outside opinions. Thank you. JimKaatFan ( talk) 17:42, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
Further to Sm8900's comments above, I would like to introduce myself. I have only been active for 30 months and am still finding my way around. My speciality areas are assessment and content improvement; especially getting articles promoted to GA or FA.
So if you would like an article assessing; or advice on whether an article is ready for GA or FA nomination; or what an article needs before it is ready - then feel free to post a request here pinging me and I may be able to proffer some helpful advice.
This will hopefully go some way towards meeting Sm8900's aspiration that the project be a place "where other editors can seek help or get questions answered". I look forward to doing some work here. Gog the Mild ( talk) 17:23, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
There is a long history section in the article. But, it is kind of messy and doesn't read too well. Seriously need some help. Aditya( talk • contribs) 10:37, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi folks, pleased to say I've nominated 1986 enlargement of the European Communities as a featured article candidate!
If there's anyone here interested in political history, especially that of Spain, Portugal or the European Union, it'd be great if you could take a look through and pop some comments or a support/oppose !vote over at the page for its candidacy.
Cheers! Naypta ☺ | ✉ talk page | 21:59, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
There is an RfC at Talk:Demchok sector#RfC on 1953-1962 control and administrative split of Demchok about whether to mention the pre- and post- 1962 Sino-Indian War status of the articles Demchok sector, Demchok, Ladakh, Dêmqog, Ngari Prefecture, and Demchok (historical village). Your input is appreciated. — MarkH21 talk 14:48, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
Have a look at the link here to comment on the proposal to split the article into two pages. Llewee ( talk) 22:41, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
There's an RfC regarding Anne Frank that this WikiProject might be interested in. Loki ( talk) 16:33, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
There's been a huge spike in pageviews (almost 100k) for Texas City disaster, a 1947 explosion also caused by ammonium nitrate. It has a citations maintenance template and could probably use some attention. {{u| Sdkb}} talk 20:15, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
The discussion can be found on the talk page of Antonio Rivero, the basic question is whether significant coverage exists for William Dickson in any reliable source. Any input welcome. Boynamedsue ( talk) 14:09, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I wish to make editors aware of a discussion that is occurring on Wikimedia commons. Here is the link [9]. A creator has uploaded a barnstar with Nazi imagery that is intended to be awarded to editors who work on articles related to Nazism. It's not for articles - it is specifically intended for use on a userpage which the author makes clear here [10]. I feel this "award" is offensive in the extreme and its potential to be used as a personal attack or harassment is obvious regardless of the creator's intentions. Please contribute to the discussion. Thank you. // Timothy :: talk 02:32, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I do not want to join the WikiProject, but I am looking for editors who are interested in colonization, historical or not. I am not saying that the Wikipedia:WikiProject Colonialism should be revived because it was focus on a typical branch of colonization. I shall also look for the editors who are interested in space colonization, which will be one of the scopes of the hypothetical WikiProject Colonization. Thank you. -- Soumya-8974 talk contribs subpages 08:57, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
I’ve been substantially revising the Sobibor extermination camp article, and I was wondering if I could get a sanity check about use of sources. I’m not a trained historian and it's kind of a tricky literature, so I'm trying to be very careful. My questions are about general principles, but I can give specific examples if necessary.
(1) Let’s say X and Y are both secondary sources, and that X cites Y for some fact. When reporting that fact on Wikipedia, is there ever a good reason to cite both X and Y, or would doing so inevitably create a toxic citation loop? Can X citing Y indicate that X did some original reasoning or retraced Y’s steps? Does it matter if one could question Y's reliability as a source?
(2) Similarly, how much should I worry about secondary sources that rely on partially or entirely overlapping primary sources?
(3) Should I worry if a seemingly reliable secondary source frequently makes factual claims sourced back to a single firsthand account? Botterweg14 ( talk) 19:07, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
I have a pretty big history section in the Cleavage (breasts) article, which needs to be shortened. It also probably needs some chronology fixing. Checking out the sources would also help, if possible. Can I request members of this project to take a look and advise? Aditya( talk • contribs) 12:43, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
You might be interested in participating in the request to move the article "History of the Czech lands" to "History of the Czech Republic", see the move discussion. Vpab15 ( talk) 22:54, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
Hello, |
Currently there is an edit-war in that article. Can anyone verify that the current version is right?-- 3knolls ( talk) 10:03, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
There's been some heavy editing on the article of late. I'm not sure it's entirely been NPOV. Interested editors are kindly asked to keep an eye on the article. - Ad Orientem ( talk) 19:35, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
As the title suggests, I'm rebooting the North American History taskforce. It would kind of help if I wasn't the only one who was in it. I was planning on making it into a portal when we get enough participants. Please help! I'm lonely... Ghinga7 ( talk) 17:17, 6 August 2020 (UTC) P.S. I'm leaving similar messages at a couple of wikiprojects and the talk page of the History of North America article. Hope you can join.
There’s a broad conversation about using different spellings of Kyiv in article titles in certain subjects, at talk:Kyiv#Related articles. This may affect some guidelines. — Michael Z. 20:19, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
This category discussion is growing into a fundamental discussion when we should modern country names versus when we should use contemporaneous country names in categories. The discussion started with Category:11th century in Egypt versus Category:11th century in the Fatimid Caliphate. Feel free to participate. Marcocapelle ( talk) 15:33, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
Looking up and down the page, we have a few notices here, but not much response. I myself do not have equal expertise in all fields and all eras of history, so that is why i don;'t try to answer every inquiry here. does anyone here want to suggest any general guidelines, ideas, strategies, etc,m for how we should go about addressing history topics, as they come up?
I don't have a specific topic or thought to address on this. my only thought is that since the notices above have not gotten a lot of response, perhaps we should try to start a general discussion here on history in general; i.e. any issues that any of us have noticed,m any ideas or techniques that anyone here might like to discuss, or anything else at all.
to spark some discussion, i will tag our assessment expert, @ Gog the Mild:. how have you been, what have you been up to, and what's new in the goings-on here at Wikipedia, in the field of history? feel free to wax forth as much or as little as you might wish. we are all agog at your work!! -- Sm8900 ( talk) 14:38, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
hi! I created some new items to help with documenting contemporary history. open to any feedback. thanks!
here they are:
-- Sm8900 ( talk) 11:37, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
I have created the article " Peter H. Reill". German Wikipedia has an article about him. Please expand our article as you see fit. Axl ¤ [Talk] 11:31, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
An Rfc concerning the lede of French Revolution is under discussion at Talk:French Revolution#rfc_CF45697. Your feedback would be appreciated. Mathglot ( talk) 18:42, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
hi all. i got some great ideas from a colleague here, WhatamIdoing. I am pasting it here, just to make a note for myself. thanks!! this is from a discussion at the talk page for WP:COUNCIL.
I think you are correct in identifying the lack of responses (to some requests) as a potential problem. You want people to think that WPHIST is a useful place. No one person can know everything, but getting some sort of response might help. You may be able to help find the "right" person by looking at the contributors to related articles or related WikiProjects. If you can ping someone with a personal request, that can help get responses.
Another useful thing, when the request is for help at an article's talk page, is to post a note on the WikiProject's page when someone did reply on the talk page. That makes people reading it feel like the group is being helpful, even if most people don't know anything about the subject.
You might not want to do that for every single request, but I encourage you to try it out on occasion.}}
-- Sm8900 ( talk) 14:02, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
G'day all, I currently have the article on the late Yugoslav and Serbian historian Milorad Ekmečić at Milhist A-Class review, and would appreciate it if someone from this project would be willing to have a look at it. It is the first article on a historian I have brought to A-Class, and while I'm happy I have done a pretty reasonable job on his life in general, I am unsure if I have sufficiently covered his contribution to history. The review page is at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Milorad Ekmečić and the Milhist A-Class criteria are at WP:MH/A. Thanks in advance! Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 02:46, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
Various things listed at Category:Armorials of presidents are up for nomination now, some have been deleted already. Those who study history, are these sorts of things mentioned in history books about these people? Dream Focus 17:22, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
I have nominated Battle of Blenheim for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. ( t · c) buidhe 02:03, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I need access to this 2007 T&F article by Keith Hamilton from the journal Diplomacy & Statecraft. [1] It's twenty pages. I can see the abstract and footnotes, but not the body. Can you help? Thanks.P.S. If you've helped, please make a note below, to avoid unnecessary duplicate effort. Thanks in advance! email me. Mathglot ( talk) 03:58, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
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American Revolutionary War, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has an RFC for value. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. TheVirginiaHistorian ( talk) 23:21, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
A. "American Revolutionary War” | B. "War of the American Revolution" |
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continuity - used at this WP article and sister articles for 19 years - scope - British-American insurrection in continental North America - participants British & US Congress with respective allies, auxiliaries & combatants - war aims -- Brit: maintain First British Empire with mercantile system -- US: independence, British evacuation, territory to Mississippi-navigation, Newfoundland-fish & cure - results - US independence & republic; Britain the biggest US trade partner & finances US expanding business & Treasury - reliable scholarly reference Britannica for the general reader - prominent adherents - all 15 history Pulitzer winner scholars on the topic |
modern update - uses 'vast majority of sources' found in a browser search - scope - British-American insurrection in continental North America, spread to Anglo-Bourbon (Fr.&Sp.) War-across worldwide empires, Fourth Anglo-Dutch War-North Atlantic, Second Mysore War-Indian subcontinent & Ocean - participants British & US Congress, France, Spain, Dutch Republic, Kingdom of Mysore - war aims -- Brit: maintain First British Empire with mercantile system -- US independence, British evacuation, territory to Mississippi-navigation, Newfoundland-fish & cure -- Bourbons: Gibraltar, Jamaica, Majorca, expand Gambia trade, expand India trade -- Dutch - free trade with North America & Caribbean -- Mysore wider east-Indian sub-continent sphere of influenced results - Second British Empire, Spanish Majorca, French Gambia, further decline of Dutch Republic - reliable scholarly reference [world military dictionary] for the military specialist - prominent adherents - Michael Clodfelter, more to follow |
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If anybody could spare ten or fifteen minutes please, would they give Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 a preliminary assessment? I plan to propose it for peer review with a view to achieving GA but rather that it didn't fall at the first fence that I hadn't even noticed was there. Someone coming to it cold can take the long view that escapes involved editors. (This is the Act by which the British Empire finally adopted the Gregorian Calendar). Thank you in anticipation. -- John Maynard Friedman ( talk) 12:41, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
Thank you both again. Since then, the article has been stone-washed, sand-blasted and air-dried, in the light of your very valuable advice. If you or others have a little time to spare, would you please give it another scan before I put it in for GAN review? -- John Maynard Friedman ( talk) 20:33, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
This section is pinned and will not be automatically archived. |
After you have your project moving again, there should be some opportunities to collaborate on some of the "History of Foo" articles. Some of the articles about the history of cities are GA and FA, but some of them need overhauls. One example of the latter is History of Houston. I have improved the sourcing of the article: it had a B-rating from the Houston project, but it was obviously rated when the standards were not as high. Just something to keep in mind for the future if you have editors who are interested. Best, Oldsanfelipe2 ( talk) 22:36, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
Hello editors, MiraSherwin-Williams here to see if there are any interested editors willing to take a look at my most recent request on the Sherwin-Williams Talk page. Specifically, I have drafted content to add a History section to the current article and posted it, along with references, for the community's review. I included the edit request template with my original post but it remains unanswered so far. I am requesting reviewing editors to check my work and integrate some version of this new draft into the current article on my behalf. I will not do so myself because of the site's guidelines for conflict of editors like me. Thanks in advance for any assistance offered! You can view my full request HERE Thanks! MiraSherwin-Williams ( talk) 21:41, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
G'day all, Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Ba Congress/archive1 has image and source reviews, and one editor has expressed an interest in reviewing, but it could do with a couple more, otherwise it is in danger of being archived. Any assistance would be appreciated. NB: My nom. Thanks in anticipation, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 03:09, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
There is a discussion about the content of Template:Millennia. See Template talk:Millennia. Vpab15 ( talk) 18:48, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Please, can you search about the political ideas of those people during the reigns of Alexandre II, Alexandre III, and Nicholas II, and edit it? Thank you very much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.47.68.104 ( talk) 10:41, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
Uyghur genocide has an RFC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Mikehawk10 Mikehawk10 ( talk) 23:50, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
The article Liberation of France is out of Draft, and there's plenty of work that still needs to be done to complete it, as well as a lot of rough edges to be smoothed. Your contributions to the article or comments at the Talk page would be welcome. Mathglot ( talk) 09:10, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
Hello an editor is proposing to remove large amounts of information and sources about the Holodomor from Holodomor in modern politics. Interested editors can help by providing feedback on the talk page and additional references for the content. Thanks, // Timothy :: talk 12:51, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
Some of the articles on Vietnamese history have been recently re-organized by Laska666: each dynasty article was changed to be about the family, rather than as if it was a state (e.g. Lê dynasty before and after); the "country" article was then shifted to the name Đại Việt ( before and after).
This change deviates from how the articles for other East Asian dynastic countries are organized, such as China (e.g.
Tang dynasty,
Song dynasty,
Ming dynasty) and Korea (e.g.
Goguryeo,
Goryeo,
Joseon), where the ruling family and legal frameworks both change. On the other hand, it is more consistent with how European dynasties are organized (e.g.
Kingdom of England and
House of Tudor), where the ruling family changes but the legal framework does not.
Both systems make sense, but for different situations. Is there an more formal existing consensus for how the articles on Vietnam are organized? Any thoughts on how it should be organized moving forward?
The historical situation with Vietnam's monarchy seems more in line with the Chinese and Korean dynasties than those in Europe. The new state of the articles on Vietnamese dynasties, like that at Lê dynasty, also provides substantially less information. — MarkH21 talk 19:22, 14 January 2021 (UTC), changed example links & added last paragraph 19:37, 14 January 2021 (UTC); strike-through ambiguous "other" 04:35, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
othersince that was ambiguous.Nobody is disputing that the Nguyen dynasty or any other dynasty was a ruling dynasty. It's about your mass restructuring of the articles to focus on the families by removing historical details about the state during each dynastic period, leaving articles like this. Wikipedia is based on consensus, so you need to engage in discussion about the issues raised about your proposed changes. — MarkH21 talk 04:33, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
primary and unsourced contents. If you're drafting articles, then use the draft space (e.g. Draft:Lê dynasty) and not mainspace. — MarkH21 talk 04:55, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
@ Laska666: You are edit-warring your proposed changes in while they are contested here and while there is no consensus for the proposed changes. — MarkH21 talk 21:10, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
1 Blanking entire sections of articles without providing alternatives, or blanking sections while linking to alternative articles that do not even have the same info.
2 Creating faulty alternative articles when asked, where he couldn't even copy paste the content correctly.
3 Writing generally lackluster content with numerous grammatical errors, nearly incoherent at times, that require waves of editing to fix.
4 Listing sources in the bibliography in random order and not in alphabetical order.
5 Arguing with editors and engaging in edit warring over mundane petty points such as the name of a polity such as Dai Ngu/Dai Viet when there are multiple sources providing the info.
6 Sometimes copy pasting text from books verbatim without quotation marks.
Qiushufang (
talk) 08:18, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
I've made a proposal to alter the world Map of participants in World War II to change the colors used for France and its colonies. Your feedback would be appreciated at this discussion. Thanks, Mathglot ( talk) 22:42, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:The Restoration#Requested move 8 February 2021 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vpab15 ( talk) 17:58, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Bourbon Restoration#Requested move 8 February 2021 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vpab15 ( talk) 18:00, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
Please, can you help me with a research about Tbilisi Spiritual Seminary? Some of Stalin's former class boys or professors were devoted zarist who became during the communist his arch-enemis? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.53.48.76 ( talk) 10:36, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
Talk:Nazi_Germany#RFC:_Poland_as_predecessor/successor_in_Nazi_Germany_infobox might be of interest to your project. This might also have further implications as to the general OR-ish presentation of predecessors and successors in infoboxes. Cheers, RandomCanadian ( talk / contribs) 22:27, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Republican Party (United States) § RfC: Southern strategy description in the lead. {{u| Sdkb}} talk 05:12, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place at Talk:Social issue#The question of societal guilt which could use your feedback. Thanks, Mathglot ( talk) 06:46, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
I have nominated Rhodes blood libel for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. ( t · c) buidhe 12:09, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
I would like to welcome editor @ Keepcalmandchill:, who has joined the Task Force for Contemporary History. I encourage and invite any other editors here to join any task forces that correspond with their interests. if you don't see a task force for some area of interest, feel free to go right ahead and set one up. thanks!! -- Sm8900 ( talk) 13:58, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
There is a general discussion ongoing about how to organise the aforementioned topic (which does not solely revolve about its military aspect). Being previously uninvolved, I closed two RfCs, at Talk:Crusades#Removing_"in_Europe" and at Talk:Crusading#RFC_-_what_should_this_article_be_called?, since they were pretty much about the same fundamental issue. A further discussion is ongoing at Talk:Crusades#A_proposal_and_a_possible_objection_against_it. Your participation is naturally welcome. RandomCanadian ( talk / contribs) 18:34, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi. Over the last few months the Human article has been transformed from this to its current state. This has involved a lot of citation hunting and reorganisation. This is in a push to get it to GA standard (see Talk:Human#Good article). It has been suggested that some input be sough from various wikiprojects as to further improvements. Please feel free to contribute or offer advice at this article. Regards Aircorn (talk) 00:52, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi everyone. this is your friendly neighborhood WikiProject Lead Coordinator. I have an idea. upon looking up and down this talk page, I see a number of inquiries, notices, requests for input, etc etc, with no replies. Okay, I have an idea.
Please note, I do not claim to have universal expertise or experience with all fields of history. for that reason, i have recruited two highly-experienced editors to help out here. one is User:Iazyges, who joined us some time ago. the other is User:Gog the Mild who has just come aboard. Welcome, User:Gog the Mild! both of them have extensive experience with many core processes, where my own experience is somewhat limited in scope. so their presence can help to enrich and expand the dialogue and reach of our wikiproject.
I appreciate all who visit here to lend their thoughts, notices, and questions. Together, we can build this into a resource which will be genuinely useful to our community. I look forward to hearing all of your ideas and input. thanks!! -- Sm8900 ( talk) 13:47, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
There is an RfC at Talk:Uyghur genocide#RfC on the first sentence of the lead that is relevant to this WikiProject. Your participation is welcome! — MarkH21 talk 23:33, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
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we have a new draft article set up for the 2020s which is available for anyone to edit.; it is Draft:2020s in United States political history. and also, one for Draft:2010s in United States political history. by the way, there are similar decade overviews for the UK, at 2020s in United Kingdom political history, which has been doing quite well, and also one for the 2010s in United Kingdom political history. so feel free to let me know if you'd like to edit those drafts. thanks!! -- Sm8900 ( talk) 14:34, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
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Below are the new task forces that have been set up here. In addition, I am also including some ideas we have for new task forces that have not been formally set up on the WikiProject page, but which anyone is free to set up any time. and if you don't see your favorite area of interest shown here, then feel free to add it as a new task force.
We hope that everyone finds this helpful. We welcome everyone's participation, input and activity here. Please feel free to any input, ideas, or information, that you may wish. Thanks!! -- Sm8900 ( talk) 05:18, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
Task forces currently listed on main page for WikiProject History:
IDEAS for Task Forces; not listed on main page, pending expressions of editor interest:
feel free to add any others. this is your canvas, and history is our art form. let's work together, to build up group's topics and ideas here. thanks!! -- Sm8900 ( talk) 05:18, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
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Hi everyone. The goal of this project is to serve as an active resource, where other editors can seek help or get questions answered, or get help with any topical efforts they may be working on. and also, at some point, we will try to resume various basic wikiproject tasks such as article assessment, working on group projects, etc etc
to that end, we may create some sort of list here of active volunteers, or editors, or just anyone who can occasionally take a little time to answer questions, help with various tasks and efforts, etc etc
we do have a list of members already, which includes several hundred names. however, right now we need to do more to identify who is actually still here and still able to occasionally be involved with various things that may come up.
you are welcome to add any comments, or to write any time for any reason. Please feel free to add any comments or replies. we appreciate your help. thanks!! -- Sm8900 ( talk) 05:19, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
Tom (LT), okay thanks for your ideas. However, I can recruit some anatomists to come here and to help out, if to comes to that. can you please give me a better idea of what you have in mind? what do you consider to be the topic of "history of anatomy" i.e. what historical topics and events do you picture focussing on? Please feel free to let me know. thanks!!-- Sm8900 ( talk) 15:53, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
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Hi everyone. I have updated this page to reflect that this WikiProject is not fully active. I have added data to highlight the automated features and resources on this page that are fully available to provide information; for example, "Article Alerts" remain here as an automated feature, and are highly useful to anyone visiting this page.
I will be glad to assist anyone here in any way. If I can be of assistance, please feel free to write any time. thanks!!! -- Sm8900 ( talk) 15:09, 13 January 2020 (UTC)