Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Council

Proposed new project on importing/exporting material

I have started a project proposal at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Universal Exports and Imports regarding the possibility of importing content from other websites or wikis here, and, possibly, exporting useful material unsuitable here to other websites, where it can be developed or, at least, kept available for use by later editors. I think this is, at least potentially, this might be a possible way, even if not necessarily the best way, to do something along the lines of a question @Liz: recently asked about keeping academics active here. Anyway, any input would be welcome. John Carter (talk) 18:10, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:WikiProject Citizendium Porting.—Wavelength (talk) 20:35, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

Have you looked into Wikidata? Depending upon the kind of content you're looking at, that might be a good fit. WhatamIdoing (talk) 23:14, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

joining a project

Hello. I am trying to set up Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikipack Africa and am having issues with the "join the project" button. When I click on it... nothing happens. What am I missing ? Can anyone help ? Anthere (talk)

Anthere, did you get this sorted? WhatamIdoing (talk) 23:15, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

Yes, thank you User:WhatamIdoing. Harej fixed it ! Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wikipack Africa

Disputes over a project's banner settings - covered under WP:PROJSCOPE?

Let's say a regular editor of an article but not a member of an associated project insists on a particular assessment grade or importance setting for that project, while a clear project member/participant disagrees. Does WP:PROJSCOPE come into play for that? Shouldn't the non-member have to let the member have their way (within reason of course)? And if that non-member disagrees, they can discuss it on the project's talk page to get a consensus that decides the matter. This guideline clearly applies to placement of banners, but what about the banner's settings? I just today ran into an example where someone who had never even touched the article or its talk page before disputed my changing of importance settings for projects I've belonged to for a very long time, but he didn't belong to. Thoughts? Should we revise the guideline to include banner settings? Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 19:07, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

Usually such issues can be fixed locally by pointing to the assessment subpage of the project and asking the user in question how his assessment meets the project guidelines established there. --Izno (talk) 20:10, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

Hmmm, the assessment guidelines may need to be firmed up for the projects in the example I ran into today. And that's useful. But my question is about how do we apply a guideline that isn't clear on who controls (for loss of a better word) project banner settings. Does the project-specific assessment guidelines work as the guideline? Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 20:17, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

For use in dispute, I would say so. I suppose I would generally agree that the project members should decide the assessment of the items in their project... but OTOH, the user in question can become a member quite quickly. Best to invite the WikiProject members to the talk page to settle the dispute, if the project assessment guidelines are unhelpful (and probably a separate action is needed to discuss the project assessment guidelines). :) --Izno (talk) 21:24, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

Were you able to resolve this dispute?

Generally, WikiProjects are expected to loosely conform to the usual "quality" rating unless they have written their own. "Priority" or "importance" ratings are 100% up to members. WhatamIdoing (talk) 23:17, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

I haven't taken any steps yet toward attempting such. It's not a terribly high priority. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 23:20, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

New WikiProject jargon?

I see the term Wikipedia WikiProjects‎ being used to mean (I think?) Wikipedia assistance and tasks(WikiProjects). The use of Wikipedia WikiProjects‎ is new to me. Just wondering how common this term is and whether it has been defined somewhere?. Ottawahitech (talk) 14:43, 10 June 2016 (UTC)small|please ping me}}

Ottawahitech, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject.—Wavelength (talk) 15:52, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

The category appears to have existed since 2006. I definitely agree it should be renamed; I was planning on doing so as part of a re-organization of WikiProjects not about specific content areas. Harej (talk) 16:08, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Help needed cleaning up after WikiProject renaming/moving

Hi, WikiProject Canoeing and Kayaking changed from Kayaking to Canoeing and Kayaking. Whilst the main page now works as expected, i.e. WikiProject Kayaking and WikiProject Canoeing etc redirect to WikiProject Canoeing and Kayaking the Categories and probably other stuff that I'm not even aware of hasn't been changed. Firstly I'm not sure that this is a problem, except for the confusion possibly caused, I would welcome thoughts. Secondly could someone fix/change/redirect anything that's been missed to bring the project all into line with the new name. Many thanks Jamesmcmahon0 (talk) 10:49, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

James, this list of pages that link to the old name will probably show you what's left to do. Fixing the "Wikipedia ads" template will clean up a lot of links automatically, so you might focus on that as a starting point. Someone at WP:VPT should be able to help, if you get stuck. WhatamIdoing (talk) 23:25, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 9

Newsletter • May / June 2016

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Harej (talk) 00:23, 25 June 2016 (UTC)