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WikiProject Desk

Make a request

If you'd like a WikiProject featured in an upcoming WikiProject report, feel free to add it to the list below. Note that these requests are entirely advisory, and may or may not be used in future reports. Please keep requests short and concise.

You can see if a WikiProject was previously interviewed by having a look at the list here: WikiProject report archives.

Old requests are archived here: Old requests.

New Requests

Not previously covered:

• WikiProject United States governors needs members.This WikiProject is dedicated to the leaders of the 50 U.S. states. If you agree, post a message on the WikiProject talk page or become a member.
• WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia is looking for people who are interested in helping out in our project to get our articles into an audio format that can be used for any number of uses including, but not limited to, visually impaired or people who just prefer to listen to the article instead of reading it for whatever reason they choose. We are also in need of people who speak other languages so that the proper pronunciation of words can be properly spoken into the audio file by the editors.
  • Assuming that Tom (LT) wasn't working on this WP, I'd like to take this task up.  Doing... 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk, FAQ, contribs | please use {{ping}} on reply)} 21:04, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
    • Paused Solicited interviewees at the talk page some time ago, but got no responses. Feel free to send me a message if anyone wants to participate in a potential interview. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 21:53, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Redirect
  •  Doing... here: User:Tom (LT)/sandbox/WikiProject redirects interview draft Tom (LT) (talk) 06:29, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
    • Scheduled for October edition. Tom (LT) (talk) 05:03, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers
  •  Doing... here: User:Tom (LT)/sandbox/WikiProject actors and filmmakers interview draft Tom (LT) (talk) 06:29, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
• Wikipedia:WikiProject COVID-19 Tom (LT) (talk) 06:29, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
  •  Doing... aiming for December edition. Tom (LT) (talk) 05:03, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
• WikiProject Idaho is looking for people interested in helping the articles of Idaho get cleaned up. Any interest is appreciated. Mjquinn_id (talk) 20:52, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
• WP:New page patrol I asked about this on their talk page, but there did not seem to be enough interest for an interview. (t · c) buidhe 19:15, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
• The good volunteers of WikiProject Unreferenced articles are heroically slogging through over 143,000 unreferenced articles with a backlog dating back to January 2007 (as of writing January 2007 has 284 unreferenced articles). The project is semi-active which is shocking given the importance of well-referenced information to Wikipedia's overall purpose. There has been a boost in activity since this proposal was posted and we are trying to keep the momentum going. I have personally finished the December 2007 and July 2007 categories (incredibly satisfying) and would like to raise as much awareness as possible so the project could come back to fully active status and we would start working through this backlog in a more systematic fashion. If there is any interest in helping, please reach out! There is also an edit summary that can be used that links to the project to spread the word to other editors. - Kazamzam (talk) 12:26, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

@ 83.97.73.91 (talk) 17:13, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

WikiProjects previously covered:

• Teahouse previous article was published in May of 2012 about the time of the Teahouse startup. I thought it would be interesting to evaluate & assess how TH has progressed since then. — JoeHebda • (talk) 20:10, 15 July 2017 (UTC)
  •  Doing... JoeHedba has retired, but I'd like to take this on this month, as it's the Teahouse's 10th anniversary this month! Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Next issue/WikiProject report 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 18:43, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
• WikiProject Zoo is looking for people interested in helping out in improving the zoo articles on Wikipedia. Any interest is greatly appreciated. -- PaleoMatt (talk) 17:12, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
• WikiProject Apple Inc. has been less active in recent years, and many articles are currently stuck at C-class or below. Several articles have seen minimal updated information beyond the 2000s or early 2010s. All help is appreciated! Theknine2 (talk) 20:53, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

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Call for interviews

Instructions

1. First, start a draft page. There are Workspace pages below if you wish. Please update the Workspace table so other editors know which pages are in use.
2. At your draft page, prepare questions for the WikiProject members to be interviewed. A standard set of questions is here: Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/WikiProject desk/Invitation#Standard interview template
3. Notify the WikiProject. If you need it, a standard template is below (Template page) that you can copy and past to the destination WikiProject's name (don't forget to that WikiProject xxxx on the template to the name of the WikiProject).
4. Add the destination WikiProject to your watchlist to check for responses.

Workspace for interviews

You can use the workspaces below as draft pages if you wish.

For each person taking part in the interview, post on their talk page a wikilink to their assigned workspace, and add their names to the User column below. There is a pre-formatted notification template for you to copy-and-paste to the interviewee's talk page. Remember to change the wikilink to the correct Workspace number for their WikiProject, and to add your signature with ~~~~ at the bottom.

#	Status	Project	User
1	Published	WikiProject Comics	User:Jamesjpk
2	Published	WikiProject YouTube	User:Megalibrarygirl
3	Open
4	Open
5	Open
6	Open
7	Open
8	Open

Template

Template located at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/WikiProject desk/Call for interviews

This template can be used at destination WikiProject's talk page. Use the following code (replacing WIKIPROJECT NAME with the actual name of the WikiProject):

{{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/WikiProject desk/Call for interviews|WIKIPROJECT NAME}}

The template looks like this:

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== From the WikiProject desk at The Signpost ==

1.  –
2.  –
3.  –
4.  –

Going forward, each participant receives a wikilink to the interview workspace questions about the project's work, problems and achievements.

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Publishing

When your interview is ready, you can submit it at the Signpost submissions page or simply include it in the newsroom. When it has received a copyedit and sign-off from the editor-in-chief, it will be published.

After publication

After your report is published:

1. Give yourself a pat on the back . Thanks for contributing to the Signpost!
2. Update the Wikiproject's talk page with this template (all parameters need to be filled for it to work): {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Signpost article link for WikiProjects|link=ARTICLE LINK|day=DAY|month=MONTH|year=YEAR}}
3. Update the archives so future editors can know when that project was reviewed
4. Consider thanking the participants.

Resources

See Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/Resources#WikiProject report

• List of previously published interviews (reverse chronological order)
• Directory of WikiProjects (by topic)
• Category for WikiProjects (by topic; subdivisions for collaborations, inactive projects, etc)
• Prefix Index for WikiProjects (alphabetical; every page starting with "WikiProject")
• Most active projects by watchers of project's page
• Sample message for inviting interview responses & interview template

Archive

Map of reports from geographic WikiProjects as of October 2014

See Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Series/WikiProject report

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