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Welcome to the History WikiProject on the English Wikipedia!
We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to history. If you would like to join us, please feel free to add your name to the list of project members.
Articles
editPopular pages
editA monthly popular pages report for this project is available, updated by Community Tech bot.
You can view a list of our popular pages, at: Wikipedia:WikiProject_History/Popular_pages
Lists and outlines
editThe list of basic history topics is intended to provide an overview of the coverage of history on Wikipedia. It is rapidly becoming one of the best history browsing tools on Wikipedia. The List of history topics page provides a history link for every subject for which there is a list on that page, still has some redlinks. Some of those redlinks can be edited to point to existing article sections (in the main article for the corresponding subject), while the rest need articles or sections created so that they can be pointed to them.
- See also: Wikipedia:Timeline standards
Source for the sub-sections below: Wikipedia:WikiProject History/Collaboration
Article alerts
editAs per the notice at the top of this page, this project is not fully active. however, below are some automated features that you may find useful for working on articles on history-related topics.
- "Article Alerts" is an automated feature that provides constant updates on various articles that relate to history.
- You can view a list of all sub-pages of this WikiProject, at the page: Wikipedia: WikiProject History/Index
- You can view a list of all task forces of this WikiProject, at the page: Wikipedia: WikiProject History/Task forces
Wikiproject structure and scope
editWikiProject structure and scope
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Founding and developmenteditSignificant milestones for this WikiProject:
WikiProject structureeditWikiProject History has developed several structural features to help manage our work:
GoalseditThe goals of this wikiproject are: a) to improve Wikipedia's coverage of history by creating, expanding, and maintaining history-related articles. b) to provide guidelines and recommendations for articles that describe all aspects of history. c) to serve as the central point of discussion for issues related to history in Wikipedia, d) to maintain the history portal and its sub-portals, e) to answer queries about history on the reference desk, especially the humanities reference desk. Outline of history articleseditThe entire subject and Wikipedia's coverage of it is intended to be summarized in the Outline of history and its branch outlines. These are in turn is part of Wikipedia's outline system which is one of Wikipedia's main contents systems. Please see the article Outline of history. Please look this over and fill-in missing topics.If Wikipedia has an article or article section about those topics, please add links to them. While analyzing the outline, please answer the following questions (and fix the outline as needed):
The overall purpose of the outline is to help readers comprehend the subject by showing what belongs to it, and within the subject what belongs to what.The outline is a taxonomy of the subject, and also serves as a table of contents and navigation aid to browse Wikipedia's articles (and article sections) about the subject. It is also a useful tool for the WikiProject to analyze, plan, develop, and revise history-related material. It is a hub from which to organize historical topics. It was built as a "reverse outline", a structural model of an existing work, which in addition to being a summary of the work, can reveal the gaps and other weaknesses for revision purposes.Please help improve it. It's our bird's eye view.Thank you. ScopeeditMost articles within Category:History and its sub-categories are within our scope. There are already several other history projects with more specific scopes so the majority of our work is on articles that do not seem to fall into other projects' scopes. For further clarification:
As of 4 October 2024, there are 52,157 articles within the scope of WikiProject History, of which 367 are featured and 1,062 are good articles. This makes up 0.76% of the articles on Wikipedia, 3.32% of all featured articles and lists, and 2.64% of all good articles. Including non-article pages, such as talk pages, redirects, categories, etc., there are 199,854 pages in the project. The list of history topics lists of basic history topics are some articles that are in this project's scope. The latter list is not intended to be a comprehensive treatment of the subject, but rather an overview. The Lists of topics are intended to be comprehensive and to include links to every article related to the subject on Wikipedia. See List of mathematics topics and List of psychology topics as examples. A number of lists and meta-lists are maintained in Wikipedia:
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Peer review requests
editThis is from the page: User:AnomieBOT/C/History peer reviews
- hui_pan-nationalism requesting review and feedback Linnea2853 (talk) 07:08, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
Article alerts
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Did you know
- 22 Sep 2024 – Lac qui Parle County seat controversy (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Cedar Tree (t · c); see discussion
- 29 Aug 2024 – Great Salt Lake whale hoax (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Tavantius (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 03 Oct 2024 – 2004 in Turkish television (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Chidgk1 (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 03 Oct 2024 – Gafur Bahini (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by NXcrypto (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 02 Oct 2024 – Lisec ambush (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by StephenMacky1 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 02 Oct 2024 – Aviation accidents in Japan involving U.S. military and government aircraft post-World War II (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Launchballer (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
- 02 Oct 2024 – Battle of Khetasar (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Admantine123 (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 02 Oct 2024 – Battle of Mandan (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Admantine123 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 01 Oct 2024 – Illinois's 1st House of Representatives district (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mpen320 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 01 Oct 2024 – Battle of Dewair (1606) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Admantine123 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 01 Oct 2024 – Mughal–Rajput wars (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Admantine123 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 01 Oct 2024 – Battle of Khatu Shyamji (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Admantine123 (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
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Proposed deletions
- 30 Sep 2024 – 2004 in Turkish television (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Chidgk1 (t · c) was deproded by Mushy Yank (t · c) on 03 Oct 2024
Categories for discussion
- 29 Sep 2024 – Category:Historic Botswana constituencies in the Ngamiland District (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by HouseBlaster (t · c); see discussion
- 29 Sep 2024 – Category:Historic Botswana constituencies in the North-East District (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by HouseBlaster (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Sep 2024 – Category:Former National Forests of Virginia (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by BlasterOfHouses (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Sep 2024 – Category:Former National Forests of South Dakota (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by BlasterOfHouses (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Sep 2024 – Category:Former National Forests of Pennsylvania (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by BlasterOfHouses (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Sep 2024 – Category:Former National Forests of New York (state) (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by BlasterOfHouses (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Sep 2024 – Category:Former National Forests of Montana (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by BlasterOfHouses (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Sep 2024 – Category:Former National Forests of Oregon (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by BlasterOfHouses (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Sep 2024 – Category:Former National Forests of New Jersey (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by BlasterOfHouses (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Sep 2024 – Category:Former National Forests of Maryland (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by BlasterOfHouses (t · c); see discussion
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Templates for discussion
- 11 Aug 2024 – Template:Presidency of Joe Biden (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by WikiCleanerMan (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Aug 2024 – Template:Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by WikiCleanerMan (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Aug 2024 – Template:Presidency of George W. Bush (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by WikiCleanerMan (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Aug 2024 – Template:Presidency of George H. W. Bush (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by WikiCleanerMan (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Aug 2024 – Template:Presidency of Gerald Ford (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by WikiCleanerMan (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Aug 2024 – Template:Presidency of Bill Clinton (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by WikiCleanerMan (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Aug 2024 – Template:Presidency of Barack Obama (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by WikiCleanerMan (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Aug 2024 – Template:Presidency of Ronald Reagan (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by WikiCleanerMan (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Aug 2024 – Template:Presidency of Richard Nixon (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by WikiCleanerMan (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Sep 2024 – Template:Infobox event (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Steel1943 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 30 Sep 2024 – CCCP\ (talk · edit · hist) →Soviet Union was RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Sep 2024 – Наумович Городецкий Ефим (talk · edit · hist) →Yefim Gorodetsky was RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Sep 2024 – First settlers of the Americas (talk · edit · hist) →Peopling of the Americas was RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Sep 2024 – Hanyō (talk · edit · hist) →Yōkai was RfDed by 59.149.117.119 (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Sep 2024 – Hanyo (talk · edit · hist) →Yōkai was RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Sep 2024 – January 1, 2003 (talk · edit · hist) →Portal:Current events/2003 January 1 was RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Sep 2024 – January 2, 2003 (talk · edit · hist) →Portal:Current events/2003 January 2 was RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Sep 2024 – October 10, 2010 (talk · edit · hist) →Portal:Current events/2010 October 10 was RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Sep 2024 – May 5, 2020 (talk · edit · hist) →Portal:Current events/2020 May 5 was RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Sep 2024 – 24 February 2022 (talk · edit · hist) →Portal:Current events/2022 February 24 was RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c); see discussion
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Featured list candidates
- 15 Aug 2024 – Timeline of Partygate (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by A Thousand Doors (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Aug 2024 – Timeline of the Second Temple period (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by SnowFire (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 03 Oct 2024 – Columbian exchange (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Chiswick Chap (t · c); start discussion
- 01 Oct 2024 – History of the Regency of Algiers (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Nourerrahmane (t · c); start discussion
- 28 Sep 2024 – Henry C. Berghoff (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Henry Berghoff (t · c); start discussion
- 27 Sep 2024 – Spanish Christian–Muslim War of 1172–1212 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by RobertJohnson35 (t · c); start discussion
- 20 Sep 2024 – History of education in Wales (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Llewee (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Sep 2024 – La Querida (mansion) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by 12george1 (t · c); start discussion
- 09 Sep 2024 – Saybrook Colony (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Gazingo (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Sep 2024 – Castlereagh–Canning duel (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Michael G. Lind (t · c); start discussion
- 02 Sep 2024 – History of education in Wales (1939–present) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Llewee (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Sep 2024 – History of education in Wales (1870–1939) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Llewee (t · c); see discussion
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Featured article reviews
- 24 Jun 2024 – Middle Ages (talk · edit · hist) was put up for FA review by Borsoka (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Oct 2023 – Byzantine Empire (talk · edit · hist) was put up for FA review by SandyGeorgia (t · c); see discussion
Good article reassessments
- 30 Sep 2024 – History of poison (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Theleekycauldron (t · c); see discussion
Requests for comments
- 14 Sep 2024 – History of Transylvania (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Slatersteven (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Sep 2024 – 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Amayorov (t · c); see discussion
Peer reviews
- 18 Sep 2024 – François-Louis Auvity (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Mémoiredumaquis (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 26 Sep 2024 – Enhanced interrogation techniques (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved somewhere else by Anonymous-232 (t · c); see discussion
- 24 Sep 2024 – Maratha Confederacy (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Maratha Empire by Crashed greek (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 02 Oct 2024 – Outline of Kazakh military history (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to List of wars involving Kazakhstan by Nederlandse Leeuw (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Sep 2024 – Demographic history of Palestine (region) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Arab migrations to the Levant by Klbrain (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Sep 2024 – Arab migrations to the Levant (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Demographic history of Palestine (region) by Klbrain (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Jul 2024 – Peleset (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Philistines by FunkMonk (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Jul 2024 – 1458 mystery eruption (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to 1452/1453 mystery eruption by Jo-Jo Eumerus (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Jul 2024 – Abu'l-Qasem ʿAbdallah Kasani (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Abu al-Qasim Kashani by Nous (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Jul 2024 – Akhiya (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Akhi Brotherhoods by Cplakidas (t · c); see discussion
- 24 Jun 2024 – Pubs in the Ottoman Empire (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Meyhane by Macrakis (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Jun 2024 – Sinking of the Flensborg (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Frigate Flensborg by Mccapra (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Feb 2024 – Spanish East Indies (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Captaincy General of the Philippines by Mr. Information1409 (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 30 Aug 2024 – List of historians, classicists and writers associated with Balliol College, Oxford (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Fram (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Aug 2024 – Hatuqway (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Kepler-1229b (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Jul 2024 – List of common misconceptions (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by WhatamIdoing (t · c); see discussion
- 07 May 2024 – Contemporary history of Spain (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Malvoliox (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Jan 2024 – History of Samoa (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by JJUPLOADS22 (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Sep 2023 – Witchcraft (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Skyerise (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Dec 2022 – Common Romanian (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Super Dromaeosaurus (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Apr 2022 – History of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Knowledgekid87 (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 03 Oct 2024 – Draft:Qiaopi (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Yhhing (t · c)
- 02 Oct 2024 – Draft:Francesc I d'Avaugour (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ChemicalBear (t · c)
- 02 Oct 2024 – Draft:North Star of Herschel Island (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Johannesfast1 (t · c)
- 02 Oct 2024 – Draft:Cosimo Gheri (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Apoplectic Lethargy (t · c)
- 02 Oct 2024 – Draft:Mande Kaba (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Apoplectic Lethargy (t · c)
- 02 Oct 2024 – Draft:Warren Western Reserve High School (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Raider484483 (t · c)
- 02 Oct 2024 – Draft:Seneschalcy of Armagnac (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ChemicalBear (t · c)
- 01 Oct 2024 – Draft:Habib migration (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Kerdasan hero (t · c)
- 01 Oct 2024 – Draft:Marie d'Avaugour (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ChemicalBear (t · c)
- 30 Sep 2024 – Draft:Coastal Tourism in Singapore (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Jinbesan (t · c)
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Project staff and working groups
editThe 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. 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.
Project Coordinators
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Please feel free to contact them directly if you have questions regarding this project which either haven't been responded to here or regarding any other matters you believe are relevant to this project. |
Coordinators. The coordinators are generally responsible for maintaining all of the procedural and administrative aspects of the project, and serve as the designated points-of-contact for procedural issues. They are not, however, endowed with any special executive powers.
- Chairman, and Lead Coordinator:
- Coordinators::
- Key Editors:
- Former project leaders, with thanks:
- Vami_IV, joined June 22, 2022.
Responsibilities
edit- Coordinators. The primary responsibility of the regular coordinators for the WikiProject, as well as the page coordinators, are the maintenance and housekeeping work involved in keeping the project and its internal processes running smoothly; this includes a variety of tasks, such as keeping the announcement and open task lists updated, overseeing the assessment and review processes, managing the proposal and creation of task forces, and so forth.
- There is fairly little involved that couldn't theoretically be done by any other editor, of course, in only a few places have the coordinators been explicitly written into a process, but since experience suggests that people tend to assume that someone else is doing whatever needs to be done, it has proven beneficial to formally delegate responsibility for this administrative work to a specified group.
- The coordinators also have several additional roles. They serve as the project's designated points of contact, and are explicitly listed as people to whom questions can be directed in a variety of places around the project. In addition, they have (highly informal) roles in leading the drafting of project guidelines, overseeing the implementation of project decisions on issues like category schemes and template use, and helping to resolve disputes and keep discussions from becoming heated and unproductive.
Working Groups
editWorking Groups at WikiProject History:
Assessment · Collaboration · Review · Outreach · Task forces
working groups
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AssessmenteditThe Assessment Working Group finds historical articles for the first time and rates them on quality and importance scales. (Please feel free to add your name to join!!) CollaborationeditThe Collaboration working group serves to improve articles that have been assessed by the assessment department by assigning large groups of editors to improve those articles. Help can be requested for an article you are working on or you have found abandoned. A list of open tasks can also be found in a section above. Current active members: (Please feel free to add your name to join!!) RevieweditThe Review working group carries out peer reviews on historical articles and nominates articles for good and featured status. It also carries out A-Class reviews on articles within our scope. Current active members: (Please feel free to add your name to join!!) Outreachedit
The Outreach working group acts as a central location for various member outreach work, including project newsletters, recruitment and welcoming banners, and other related initiatives. Current active members: (Please feel free to add your name to join!!) Informal subgroupsedit
These subgroups could be formed based on any criteria at all. so any editor could form a subgroup for communicating with editors who are new to this topical area. or it could be an informal group for brainstorming ideas for a particular topic, or a particular editing drive, or group effort, or for a specific effort to delve into a particular topic, or to set up a single new article or set of articles, or for any other reason. Our reason for setting up this new type of subgrouping is simple; history is a very broad and varied field. We would like to encourage all editors to take an active role here, as much as they might wish. so if you wish to set up any such subgroup, please feel free to post a notice on the talk page. We will be glad to help to promote any such efforts here. thanks!! |
Task forces
editWe can have Task Forces for specific historical eras, or alternatively for specific topical areas. Please choose a Task Force below that matches the area that you most wish to work on. If you don't see an area listed that you want to work on, then please feel free to simply add it. thanks!!!!
Sub-page for Task Force information:
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Possible Task Forces
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Outreach, members, templates
editIf you want to post the photo from the logo for WikiProject History, you can do so using this text: [[File:MontreGousset001.jpg|x45px]]. this image will appear in line, as it does here.
Membership
editIf you would like to be a member of the project, then please add your name at the bottom of the list below, with this text: # {{user|your username}}.
Members can also feel free to add {{User WikiProject History}} to their user pages.
Members
editBelow is a list of members. Feel free to add yourself by adding your signature.
List of members of WikiProject History
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Userboxes
editWikiProject History maintains a number of userboxes:
- {{User WPH}}
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- {{User WP History}}
This user is a participant in WikiProject History. |
This user is a participant in WikiProject History. |
Project templates
editProject banner
The banner {{WikiProject History}} should be added to the talk pages of all relevant articles.
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Infobox Historical Event
The Infobox {{Infobox historical event}} should be added to the pages of notable events.
{{Infobox historical event}}
Country/Region history
A navbox from Category:History by region navigational boxes should be added to History of a 'x' country pages.
Other useful info boxes and templates can be found in the category: Category:History and events templates.
Articles Showcase
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Featured articles
editA-Class articles
editGood articles
edit- Former featured articles
- Former good article
Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team
edit- Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team release version selections
The following articles have been selected for inclusion in one or more release versions of Wikipedia. Please help ensure that these articles remain of the highest possible quality.
- American Revolutionary War
- Battle of Midway
- Christopher Columbus
- David Hume
- Herodotus
- Historiography
- History
- History of Alaska
- History of Arizona
- History of Baltimore City College
- History of Earth
- Human history
- Industrial Revolution
- List of European Union member states by accession
- Napoleonic Wars
- Renaissance
- The Holocaust
Work products
editDYKs
editThe following articles have all been featured in the Main page Did You Know section:
- Anti-tobacco movement in Nazi Germany – 6 June 2008.
- History of African Americans in Chicago – 2 May 2007.
- History of Berne – 19 March 2006.
- History of Dhaka – 7 September 2006.
Categories
editEvery article on a historical topic should be assigned to as specific a sub-category under the Category:History as possible, as well as to any non-history categories to which it belongs. Since Wikipedia has tens of thousands of articles on historical subjects, they shouldn't all be placed directly in Category:History; there is an elaborate hierarchy of historical categories, described here, and only the lowest-level category need be assigned.
Category tree
- List of all subpages of this page
Organization of Category:History
Category:History contains only the most general articles, such as History and Human history. Other historical articles appear in one or more sub-categories
- Category:History by nation contains the histories of modern nations. It should contain one category for each modern nation, for example History of the United Kingdom.
- Category:History by region contains the histories of regions larger than a nation, for example Category:European history.
- Category:History by period contains histories organized by chronology, for example Category:Ancient history.
- Category:History by topic contains histories not organized by geography or chronology, for example Category:History of science.
- Category:Historiography contains articles about the study of history and historians.
- See also: Wikipedia:Auto-categorization
Category names
The category for the history of the modern nation X should be called "History of X" or "History of the X" and included.
Organization of national histories
editFew nations have neat histories: most have changed name, constitution and boundaries over their history. This section gives advice on creating sub-categories to reflect these changes.
Using the United Kingdom as an example:
- Have separate history categories for each major geographical part and historical predecessor of that nation: Category:History of Wales, Category:History of England, Category:History of Scotland, Category:History of Great Britain, Category:History of Northern Ireland, etc.
- Use the common names where possible even if this creates ambiguity. For example, England is both a historical nation and a geographical region: logically speaking we might prefer a category named like "History of England (1066–1707)", but unfortunately no-one is likely to use such a category name unless they are familiar with the categorization scheme. So Category:History of England must do for both.
- A geographical subdivision includes the categories for its parts; a historical subdivision includes the categories for its predecessors. This might create loops in the categories, for example Category:History of Ireland is in Category:History of the Republic of Ireland by the historical rule, and the latter is in the former by the geographical rule. This does no harm.
- The category "History of X" always belongs to the category for "X", if it exists. So Category:History of England belongs to Category:England.
- Put events in the most specific categor(ies) to which they apply. So the Wars of Scottish Independence go in both Category:History of England and Category:History of Scotland, but Category:Seven Years' War goes in Category:History of Great Britain.
Here's an incomplete diagram showing these historical categories and how they relate in the category system:
History | .---------+------------------. | | History by nation History by period | | .----------+-----------+ .--. | | | | | | United Kingdom Republic of Ireland | Ancient history | | | | | | | .----------+-------+ | | `------------+----+ | | | | | | | | | .----+-----. | Great Britain | | `-------. Ireland <-------' | | | | | `------. | | | | +----------+-------+---. | `----+--' | Ancient Rome | | | | | | | | England Scotland | Northern Ireland | | | | | | | `-+--------' `-----------+----------------+--. | | | | | Wales Ancient Britain Roman Britain
(This diagram is far from complete: there is a Category:British Empire, not shown. Category:History of the United Kingdom is in Category:United Kingdom and so on. And there are many sub-categories. But it illustrates the principles.)
Don't over-categorize Having added an article to, say, Category:Military history of the United Kingdom, there's no need to also add that article to Category:Military history, Category:History of the United Kingdom, Category:United Kingdom or Category:History. The category hierarchy expresses the fact that every article about the military history of the UK is an article about military history and an article about the UK.
Children
editRelated Child Projects: This project is parent to some other similar projects.
- WikiProject Years
- WikiProject Ancient Germanic studies
- WikiProject Iran
- WikiProject United States History
- WikiProject European history
- WikiProject Classical Greece and Rome
- WikiProject Dacia
- WikiProject Military history
- WikiProject History of Science
- Wikiproject Mesoamerica
- WikiProject Jewish history
- WikiProject Former countries
- WikiProject Australian maritime history
- WikiProject Chinese history
- WikiProject Three Kingdoms
- WikiProject Indian history
- WikiProject History of Pakistan
- WikiProject Ancient Near East
- WikiProject Ancient Egypt
- WikiProject History of Poland
- WikiProject Russian history
- WikiProject Norse history and culture
- WikiProject Medieval Scotland
- WikiProject Hanseatic League
- WikiProject Aztec
- WikiProject Leaders by year
- WikiProject Australian history
- WikiProject Cold War
- WikiProject History of photography
- WikiProject Middle Ages
- WikiProject Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms
- WikiProject Piracy
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