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Intro section
editWelcome! This is the page for the Contemporary History Task Force, at WikiProject: History.
Members
edit- Members
- User:Sm8900, (Interested in timeline articles, country articles. Lead Coordinator, WikiProject History)
- User:Michael E Nolan, (Interested in timeline articles.)
- User:Elijahandskip, (Interested in current event articles / deciding notability. (Lead Coordinator for WikiProject Current Events.)
Scope of task force
edit- Items covered
- Timelines for current year
- Country articles for history up to present day
- Articles on conflicts, issues, debates, activism, etc, occuring in the present day
- Any historical articles needing updates due to events in the current time period
- Any other articles requiring current data, updates, etc.
- anything else suggested by members of this Task Force.
Topics and articles
editThe Contemporary History task force writes, updates, and maintains articles pertaining to contemporary history. This includes timelines for the current year; articles covering historical periods that include the present day; regular articles covering historical events, conflicts, or issues which are currently transpiring; and also, any regular topics or areas which have had recent developments, and which need to be updated on that basis.
Some articles covered
editArticles covered. Below are just some examples of articles which would fall under this task force.
- Timelines and articles for the current year
- 2024
- 2024 in politics
- 2024 in science
- 2024 in the United States
- List of presidential trips made by Joe Biden (2024–25)
- Timeline of the Joe Biden presidency (2024 Q3)
- Timeline of the Islamic State (2024)
- Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2024
- Timeline of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (1 August 2024 – present)
- Historical articles covering the present day
- Historical events, conflicts and issues that are still developing
- Articles covering specific societal and political events scheduled for the current year
- Regular articles that needed major edits recently, due to recent events and updates