Wikipedia:WikiProject History/Task forces/Contemporary history task force
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Intro section edit
Welcome! This is the page for the Contemporary History Task Force, at WikiProject: History.
Members edit
- Members
- User:Sm8900, (Interested in timeline articles, country articles. Lead Coordinator, WikiProject History)
- User:Michael E Nolan, (Interested in timeline articles.)
- User:Elijahandskip, (Interested in current event articles / deciding notability. (Lead Coordinator for WikiProject Current Events.)
Scope of task force edit
- Items covered
- Timelines for current year
- Country articles for history up to present day
- Articles on conflicts, issues, debates, activism, etc, occuring in the present day
- Any historical articles needing updates due to events in the current time period
- Any other articles requiring current data, updates, etc.
- anything else suggested by members of this Task Force.
Topics and articles edit
The Contemporary History task force writes, updates, and maintains articles pertaining to contemporary history. This includes timelines for the current year; articles covering historical periods that include the present day; regular articles covering historical events, conflicts, or issues which are currently transpiring; and also, any regular topics or areas which have had recent developments, and which need to be updated on that basis.
Some articles covered edit
Articles covered. Below are just some examples of articles which would fall under this task force.
- Timelines and articles for the current year
- Historical articles covering the present day
- Historical events, conflicts and issues that are still developing
- Articles covering specific societal and political events scheduled for the current year
- Regular articles that needed major edits recently, due to recent events and updates