Ideas for WikiProject Film

Outreach

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  • Toolbox to show recent changes to film articles and ongoing discussions on their talk pages
  • User talk templates to invite editors to register and/or join WikiProject Film
  • Scheduled follow-up with new members a month after they join the WikiProject

Collaboration

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Templates

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  • User talk template for pointing to MOS:FILM (ut-mosfilm)
  • User talk template for plot summaries and pointing to WP:FILMPLOT (ut-filmplot)
  • WikiProject Film version of {{Help me}} template?

Miscellaneous

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  • Find members who go to film festivals or events like Comic Con to see about taking Creative Commons-licensed photos
  • Find members who have resource access (e.g., newspaper databases) and can volunteer to help research topics
  • Annual review of featured articles and recent good articles
  • Set up IRC chat
  • Encourage "<subject matter> in film" articles for writing about places, things, and activities in film
  • Find film studies professors to suggest Wikipedia assignment to write articles about broad concepts like film theory