Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/WikiProject desk/Old requests

Archived 03:36, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

Sidebar news requests

This is the place to leave short announcements regarding upcoming events, collaborations, elections, task forces, new or revived projects, and other information for the "WikiProject News" subsection.

• Stop the insanity! WP:WikiProject Marketing & Advertising has cleared its unassessed article backlog! But wait...there's more! Through this exclusive TV offer, we've added a stunning array of fresh articles to the project! An offer like this can't last—see →here← for details! Order now! -- DanielPenfield (talk) 08:31, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
• WP:PJTF is undergoing a name change to become the "Rick Riordan Task Force" (exact phrasing TBD). Check out the discussions here! Your help and advice, past and future, is greatly appreciated! -- 2ReinreB2 (talk) 05:55, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
  • @2ReinreB2 and DanielPenfield: The Wikiproject Report isn't running at the moment, so unfortunately your messages can't be aired. You could try asking the author of a different report. Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (tell) 13:09, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
• WP:WikiProject Charismatic Christianity has been revived from being inactive. There's a lot to do so check out our talk page for our to do list and to get involved! Callsignpink (talk) 16:54, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
• WP:WikiProject Leads has been brought up from the dead! We need more help, more members, and more participants! Visit our page to read more about us and make it your job to be a member! ^∞😃 Target360YT 😃^∞ (talk · contribs) 07:24, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

Interview requests

If you'd like your 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.

* Not previously covered

• WikiProject History of Science (Not previously covered) Note: I'm not a member of this WP – thought it would be an interesting topic.  JoeHebda (talk)  14:51, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

This would work well, since this year is Wikipedia's Year of Science.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 22:52, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

• WikiProject Theatre (Not previously covered) WP Assessment of 15,000 articles. Theatre article has about 15,000 hits per month.  JoeHebda (talk)  18:53, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

• WikiProject Libraries (Not previously covered) WP has 143 watchers, and over 6,500 articles.  JoeHebda (talk)  19:58, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

• WikiProject Geography (Not previously covered) WP Assessment of over 80,000 articles. JoeHebda (talk)  21:05, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

• WikiProject Science - this is the Year of Science on Wikipedia, so it would be nice to feature this WikiProject. I'll conduct the interview and submit the request for interviewees myself, if that helps. I'm pinging Ed Erhart (WMF) since they said to let them know if I had any other interview ideas.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 21:26, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Happy to work under the same arrangement as above! The blog and Signpost have mostly different audiences, so I don't think it'll hurt one or the other if we both publish. Thanks, 3family6. Ed Erhart (WMF) (talk) 21:37, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

* WikiProjects previously covered

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Computing (previously covered in 2013) On Database report of Watchers, Computing WP is number 18 with 340 watchers.  JoeHebda (talk)  13:15, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

• WikiProject Chess (previously covered in 2013) The Chess article is a FA, has 1,022 watchers, and 67,000 views in a month.  JoeHebda (talk)  21:30, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
• WikiProject Star Trek (previously covered in 2010) The 50th anniversary is coming up on September 8th. Project has 14 FAs, 6 FLs, 1 FM, a FPor, 133 GAs. Miyagawa (talk) 21:45, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

Archived June 2021

• WikiProject Rocketry is looking for people who are interested in rocketry, including launch vehicle and missiles. This project has gone inactive and has no parent projects. --Soumya-8974 ^talk _contribs ^subpages 09:37, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
  • Editor has been blocked and project appears mostly inactive.Tom (LT) (talk) 02:21, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
• WP:WikiProject David Frei- A group has been working on creating a biography for David Frei. Frei has done work with the National Dog Show and National Dog Show Symposium, as well as many other impactful interactions. They have run into problems with getting the page created due to credibility issues. They have the information, and would like help finally getting this page published.
  • No such wikiproject. Tom (LT) (talk) 02:21, 5 June 2021 (UTC)