Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Entrepreneurship policies in the Arab world

Anyone is welcome to edit the pages in this project! Please "be bold" and just start. If you are new to Wikipedia, there are some helpful links on the main project page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DaleMurphy (talk • contribs) 13:51, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Note on template

As a new page patroller, I have just come across my first article created using Template:E-country template. The template includes references to this project and to the template itself. This violates the manual of style which states that references to Wikipedia or its mechanisms should be avoided in articles. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 16:57, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi Dan, thanks for your help! Much appreciated. It looks like the references of concern are these: "as part of the WikiProject on entrepreneurship policies in the Arab world. The article uses the categories and format of the {e-country template} for that project." Is there another way to indicate that the articles are part of the broader project? I wasn't sure what the options are, to indicate this. E.g., part of a series, or part of a project, and/or a category, or other ways, etc. (I've seen these, sometimes in a 'box' on the top right, sometimes in a 'header', but I don't recall offhand where or how to do it.) I'll be working on this for several years, with more countries to be added, so I appreciate your help in getting the foundations right. I'll edit the Template once I know. Thanks again! DaleMurphy (talk) 17:59, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

If you'll check with other WikiProjects, you'll note that most of them have created a Project Banner which is placed on an article's talk page to indicate its inclusion in the interests of that project. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 18:01, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

P.S. As I review the edit I just made on this page, I see that your project already has a banner (Template:ArabEntrep banner). Placing this banner on the talk page of an article identifies it as within the project's scope. No other marking is needed or appropriate. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 18:04, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your prompt reply, and the comments on the template's Discussion page, which are helpful for our projects' newest editors. "Other marking" seems to be common in other well-edited templates and projects. For example, see the template {{History of Ireland}}, used in a dozen or so pages (Economic history of Ireland, History of Ireland (400–800), List of Irish battles, etc.). This creates a text box in the upper right, for all articles in that project. It's not clear to me on what WP basis you say: "No other marking is [...] appropriate". Even the Wikipedia:Project page includes such a box, in a template for {{WikiProject Council Navigation}}. (The highest level of aggregation are portals, of which there are only 588. They also use navigation boxes.) DaleMurphy (talk) 19:55, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

You'll notice that, if you look at the Template:WikiProject Council Navigation page and then click on the "What links here" link (in the toolbox, probably on the left margin of the page), none of the pages that link to that template are in the main article space. The other template you mentioned (Template:History of Ireland) is called a "navigation" template -- it allows users to easily navigate to other topics related to the history of Ireland. However, you'll also note that the navigation templates do not make any mention of the word "Wikipedia". They just direct readers to related articles. Further, the Template:History of Ireland template does not explicitly state that a given article is a member of any particular WikiProject; that information is reserved for the talk page. The general idea is that an article should not mention that it is part of Wikipedia, because any text posted in Wikipedia is available to be freely copied to any other location, in which case, its reference to being a part of Wikipedia would be meaningless. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 20:07, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Got it! Thanks, that's helpful. {{Navbox}}, that's the phrase I was looking for. Later, we'll work on a navigation template for our project that does not reference Wikipedia. This WP article will be useful for this: Wikipedia:Navigation templates. Thanks again! -- DaleMurphy (talk) 20:27, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal

Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej (talk) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject X is live!

Hello everyone!

You may have received a message from me earlier asking you to comment on my WikiProject X proposal. The good news is that WikiProject X is now live! In our first phase, we are focusing on research. At this time, we are looking for people to share their experiences with WikiProjects: good, bad, or neutral. We are also looking for WikiProjects that may be interested in trying out new tools and layouts that will make participating easier and projects easier to maintain. If you or your WikiProject are interested, check us out! Note that this is an opt-in program; no WikiProject will be required to change anything against its wishes. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!

Note: To receive additional notifications about WikiProject X on this talk page, please add this page to Wikipedia:WikiProject X/Newsletter. Otherwise, this will be the last notification sent about WikiProject X.

Harej (talk) 16:57, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

A new newsletter directory is out!

A new Newsletter directory has been created to replace the old, out-of-date one. If your WikiProject and its taskforces have newsletters (even inactive ones), or if you know of a missing newsletter (including from sister projects like WikiSpecies), please include it in the directory! The template can be a bit tricky, so if you need help, just post the newsletter on the template's talk page and someone will add it for you.

– Sent on behalf of Headbomb. 03:11, 11 April 2019 (UTC)