Wikipedia:WikiProject Occupations
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Welcome to Wikiproject Occupations! This is an open WikiProject where anyone can participate at any time. There is no need to ask for permission before working on specific tasks, and there is no obligation to continue in the project afterwards. If you need ideas, please see our to-do list below.
Examples of our workEdit
- Mathematician: Changing the article from its previous revision to its current incarnation by adding an infobox, a history section, and an activities section.
- Poet: Changing the article from its previous revision to its current incarnation by adding an infobox, a history section, and an activities section.
GuestbookEdit
Add your name if you are interested in this project, even if you don't have the time to regularly contribute.
- User:Brirush
- Dthomsen8 (talk) 01:59, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
- User:Adamsamuelwilson
GoalsEdit
ScopeEdit
- This Wikiproject covers articles on professions, vocations, and careers.
GuidelinesEdit
There are several unique aspects which go into producing a quality article about an occupation. Below is a list of the typical content and questions which should be answered when constructing the article.
- Infobox – {{infobox occupation}} (or a more specific template) is used to provide basic information to the reader.
- Navigation – if there is a article series template for the field of work, it can also be included (add the occupation page to the template).
- Lead section – The first sentence should be concise and unambiguous definition of the occupation, describing how it relates to its field of work. The rest of the lead should give a very brief summary of the rest of the article, including information about when the occupation began, major historical changes to the occupation, related/similar occupations, and modern activities of the occupation.
- To find a suggested list related/similar occupations, search the US Occupational Outlook Handbook [1] for the occupation in question.
- History section – What is the etymology of the occupation? When was it started? Who was the first? What where the major changes to the occupation? When were more specialized related occupations developed? Remember, this is a history of the occupation, not the field of work.
- Education section – What schooling or training is necessary? How is the education different around the world? What institutions are preeminent? What are the statistics for graduation vs. final placement in the occupation? This section should be of use to people who want to learn what it takes to become this occupation.
- The US Occupational Outlook Handbook [2] can be used to identify the typical US educational programs. It will also let you compare education requirements for related/similar occupations, e.g., if one occupation requires a training program and a similar one is usually taught via on-the-job training.
- Activities section – What tasks or responsibilities are part of the occupation, especially as relates to modern usage? What titles are used? How does this occupation interrelate with others? How is the occupation different around the world?
- Demography section – How many working in this occupation are there? Is there a difference between countries? If you include income information, be sure to identify the location (e.g., the US) and the date (e.g., 2019).
- Awards section – How are preeminent members of this occupation recognized by their peers? By outside bodies?
Things to avoid:
- "Notable persons" sections should not be used. This kind of who's-who list is often subjective, doesn't inform readers about the occupation itself, and distracts from the overall narrative. Notable members of the occupation should instead be mentioned in context within the History or other sections in a natural way. A link to a "List of <x>s" article can be included in the See also section.
Article assessmentEdit
As of 11/19/2014, very few articles have been added to the project or rated. Completing the ratings is an important first goal for the project.
Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Occupations articles by quality statistics
Article alertsEdit
Categories for discussion
- 25 Sep 2022 – Category:Medieval Arabs by occupation (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Fayenatic london (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Sep 2022 – Category:People of the Russian Empire by occupation (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 23 Sep 2022 – Aerial circus arts (talk · edit · hist) →Acrobatics was RfDed by Eviolite (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 19 Sep 2022 – Chairperson (talk · edit · hist) move request to Chair (officer) by TaerkastUA (t · c) was not moved; see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 10 Sep 2022 – Joiner (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Joinery by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion
- 29 Jul 2022 – Aircraft maintenance engineer (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Aircraft maintenance technician by No such user (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Jul 2022 – Theatre director (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Theatrical producer by Shi Annan (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Jun 2022 – Teamster (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Truck driver by Graham11 (t · c); see discussion
- 29 Apr 2022 – Chief information governance officer (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Information governance by Apocheir (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Apr 2022 – Software analyst (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Systems analyst by Duckmather (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Jan 2022 – Intercity bus driver (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Bus driver by 162 etc. (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 05 Jul 2022 – Housewife (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Netoholic (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Mar 2021 – Librarian (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Laterthanyouthink (t · c); see discussion
- 16 May 2020 – Disc jockey (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Saunderson Anreef (t · c); see discussion
Open tasksEdit
- Add project banner and assess articles. Picking a subcategory of Category:Occupations and working through it should get you started.
- Add Occupations infobox template (or similar template) to most articles (avoid when it detracts from the article).
- Improve top and high importance articles.
ArticlesEdit
Featured contentEdit
CandidatesEdit
New articlesEdit
Please feel free to list your new Occupations-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them, are at least over 1,500 characters, don't have any dispute templates on them, and cite their sources, should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Wikipedia Main Page.
Review and assessmentEdit
AssessmentEdit
Peer reviewEdit
StatisticsEdit
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