Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Halls of Fame
- 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 edit
This proposal is being made because it strikes me as being a way in which we could draw a greater degree of attention to some of the more significant articles, biographical and otherwise, that we have. Its purpose would be to try to bring the article for every inductee in a significant, notable, hall of fame or similar entity up to B level, which would in general make it more easily acceptable for a release version of wikipedia. The exact structure of the group would of course be open to discussion; however, I think it might make sense to have separate units within it for music, fine arts, literature of all kinds, and biographies. It would do this by trying to gather lists of all the inductees in the relevant halls of fame and seeking to develop those articles based on the relative importance of the recognition given. So, for instance, being one of people included in the Westminster Abbey Burials and Memorials, although technically not a "hall of fame" per se, would probably be considered to be of greater importance than being inducted in the Canadian Cartoonist Hall of Fame. We would also seek to include any similar recognitions, like the Westminster Abbey one mentioned above, like the National Statuary Hall Collection, and possibly events and developments contained in books like the Timetables of History, Chronicle of the World, and other books which record developments of global significance. Basically, it would be a kind of "expanded" version of the existing 1.0 team, working to develop some of the most important content we have. John Carter (talk) 19:11, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit
Please specify whether or not you would join the project.
- John Carter (talk) 19:11, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I think some details still need to be optimised, and I'm not sure I like the name used here, but the basic idea is excellent. We need an incentive to get people to work on improving topics of significance. Walkerma (talk) 16:03, 16 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Discussion edit
I think this concept should be taken to WP:WPBIO for consideration as a task force. I don't think that it should be a stand-alone project. WhatamIdoing (talk) 22:30, 25 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]