Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Institute of Wiki Accountants

The following discussion is an archived proposal of the WikiProject below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or the WikiProject Council). No further edits should be made to this page.

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Description

Good quality accountancy articles are hard to find in wikipedia. There is a Accountancy Task Force working under the Wikipedia:WikiProject_Business, but does not solve any purpose. I propose that in order to further the development of articles related to accountancy, an Institute of Wiki Accountants be established on similar lines like the Guild of Copy Editors (GOCE). It will be like a virtual professional accountancy body that exists only in Wikipedia. It can act as a autonomous association within the four walls of Wikipedia. We can make it democratic and call the members as Wiki Accountants. It may be a good step forward and may attract more resourceful persons. If that is not possible can we at least rename Accountancy Task Force as Institute of Wiki Accountants. Please post your replies. Please inform me of any administrative approvals we may have to get. R.Sivanesh ^{✆ ©} 21:05, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Support

Please specify whether or not you would join the project.

1. R.Sivanesh ^{✆ ©} 21:05, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
2. Yeah, I suppose that would be OK. I am unlikely to be taking any active role, though. Rcsprinter (talk) 19:03, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Discussion

The Guild of Copyeditors is not a professional body; it's just an alternative name for WikiProject Copyediting. Furthermore, they work on any subject, not just articles about copyediting.

Wikipedia does not permit WikiProjects to require professional credentials, and projects (or their task forces) do not WP:OWN articles. You will want to be careful not to sound like other people are not welcome to help.

I suggest that you recruit a few wiki-friends to help you WP:REVIVE the accountancy task force.

There are no rules against renaming task forces. So long as the people participating in the project prefer the new name, and it's not an obviously offensive name, then they may rename it. WhatamIdoing (talk) 21:40, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

I did not mean that the the Institute of Wiki Accountants should be a separate entity or should own the articles. Can we give the look and feel that it acts in a professional manner like a professional body. Further I did not say that there should be some professional qualifications to become a participant. I just meant that the participants can call themselves as Wiki Accountants. Is there a restriction for that? We can say that any person who contributes to Accountancy articles can call himself as a Wiki Accountant.

So you seem to say that if there is consensus among the Accountancy Task Force participants, there is scope for renaming. Every person related to accountancy is aware of a professional accountancy body. Normally the names of such bodies will resemble the name I proposed. For e.g. we have Institute of Chartered Accountants of India where the members are designated as Chartered Accountants. If we follow such naming conventions like the ones in real life, the project may attract more participants that is why I proposed this name. -- R.Sivanesh ^{✆ ©} 10:08, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes, that's right: If the actual participants want to rename it, that's okay. (For a task force, naturally you'd want to make sure the "parent" project—WP:WikiProject Business in this case—didn't object.) You can make WP:REDIRECTs for alternative names, just in case someone searches on a more standard name.

Also, if they want to make up a name for themselves, they can do that, too. You might like to make a WP:Userbox that participants could display with the name. WhatamIdoing (talk) 21:25, 24 March 2011 (UTC)