WikiProject Years is a project dedicated to improving all year-related articles on Wikipedia. We cover all year, decade, century, and millennia articles and their subarticles. Our scope is incredibly large, so we rely a lot on automated bots to do more tedious tasks.
Scope
This WikiProject's first aim was primarily to formalize the unofficial standard used for creating year pages. A standard was created and then transferred to Wikipedia:Timeline standards. The project still conceivably has responsibility for maintaining/improving that standard. The project currently oversees all year articles, (e.g. 1345, 2008), decade articles, century articles, and millennia articles, as well as their sub-articles (e.g. 2008 in sports).
Similar projects
The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Time.
- WikiProject Current events
- WikiProject Years in science (inactive)
- WikiProject Days of the Year
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Timelines (inactive)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject History
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Leaders by year (inactive)
(Also, since year articles cover science, philosophy, arts, literature, and other subjects, this project has connections to several other projects not listed.)
To do
Open tasks for Wikipedia:WikiProject Years. or discuss these tasks. Shortcuts: Recent changes | Categories | History |
- Urgent:
- To Nominate at WP:FAC:
- To Improve to Featured standard: 1340s, 1346
- To Improve to GA standard: 1345
- Collaboration: 1929
- POV issues 1980s
- Worldwide view issues 1980s, 1950s, articles of individual years from 509 BCE through 543 CE
- To Expand/Destub: see Stub-Class Year articles
- To Clean up: 1970s
- To Review/Rate: see Unassessed Year articles
- To Merge/Split:
- Citation problems: 1950s
The collaboration of the week is 1929
Article alerts
Pages can still be rescued even when the project becomes inactive
Articles for deletion
- 15 Jun 2022 – List of years in Pakistani television (talk · · hist) was AfDed by TenPoundHammer (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 15 Jun 2022 – 2017 in Pakistani television (talk · · hist) was AfDed by TenPoundHammer (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 23 May 2022 – List of years in Liechtenstein (talk · · hist) AfDed by Fram (t · c) was closed as keep by Ritchie333 (t · c) on 14 Jun 2022; see discussion (7 participants; relisted)
Categories for discussion
- 08 Jun 2022 – Category:Crime in New Zealand by century (talk · · hist) was CfDed by Fayenatic london (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Jun 2022 – Category:Crime in Australia by time (talk · · hist) was CfDed by Hugo999 (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Jun 2022 – Category:English Jews of the Early Modern period (talk · · hist) was CfDed by Rathfelder (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Jun 2022 – Category:2020s war drama films (talk · · hist) was CfDed by Qwerfjkl (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Jun 2022 – Category:2010s war drama films (talk · · hist) was CfDed by Qwerfjkl (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Jun 2022 – Category:2000s war drama films (talk · · hist) was CfDed by Qwerfjkl (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Jun 2022 – Category:1990s war drama films (talk · · hist) was CfDed by Qwerfjkl (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Jun 2022 – Category:1980s war drama films (talk · · hist) was CfDed by Qwerfjkl (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Jun 2022 – Category:1960s war drama films (talk · · hist) was CfDed by Qwerfjkl (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Jun 2022 – Category:1970s war drama films (talk · · hist) was CfDed by Qwerfjkl (t · c); see discussion
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Featured list candidates
- 12 Apr 2022 – List of Music Bank Chart winners (2021) (talk · · hist) was FL nominated by EN-Jungwon (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 29 May 2022 – 2018 in non-avian dinosaur paleontology (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to 2018 in archosaur paleontology by HFoxii (t · c); see discussion
- 29 May 2022 – 2018 in archosaur paleontology (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to 2018 in non-avian dinosaur paleontology by HFoxii (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 01 Nov 2016 – 2016 in sports (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Donnie Park (t · c); see discussion
Assessment and review
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Science and technology |
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Miscellaneous |
The WP:YEARS department that assesses articles for quality and importance can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Years/Assessment. If you are interested in assessment and review, please add your name to the list of reviewers on the assessment page.
Current status
- There is a bot-generated daily log which lists articles Reassessed, Assessed and Removed.
- Popular pages lists top Years articles with the most frequent views. It is updated monthly.
Participants
- AMK152 (talk · contribs)
- Aledownload (talk · contribs)
- Arius1998 (talk · contribs)
- Arthur Rubin (talk · contribs)
- Arthur Smart (talk · contribs)
- BlackJack (talk · contribs)
- Boca Jóvenes (talk · contribs)
- Bud0011 (talk · contribs)
- Chewings72 (talk · contribs)
- Codrinb (talk · contribs)
- ComputerGuy890100 (talk · contribs)
- DerbyCountyinNZ (talk · contribs)
- Duanedonecker (talk · contribs)
- DudeWithAFeud (talk · contribs)
- Fayenatic london (talk · contribs)
- FFMG (talk · contribs)
- Flaviusvulso (talk · contribs)
- Fractalchez (talk · contribs)
- Icelilly (talk · contribs)
- Jackninja5 (talk · contribs)
- Jc3s5h (talk · contribs)
- Jj137 (talk · contribs)
- Kendrick7 (talk · contribs)
- Kransky (talk · contribs)
- Maestroso simplo (talk · contribs)
- Matty.007 (talk · contribs)
- Meco (talk · contribs)
- MelbourneStar1 (talk · contribs)
- Michael E Nolan (talk · contribs)
- MrMeAndMrMe (talk · contribs)
- -noah- (talk · contribs) 13:22:11, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
- Numberguy6 (talk · contribs)
- Olivier (talk · contribs)
- PatTag2659 (talk · contribs)
- Perry Middlemiss (talk · contribs)
- Pro66 (talk · contribs)
- Sean (talk · contribs)
- Sj (talk · contribs)
- Sm8900 (talk · contribs)
- Smjg (talk · contribs)
- Tahc (talk · contribs)
- TheEditor867 (talk · contribs)
- Tigerghost (talk · contribs)
- Tocino (talk · contribs)
- Tony1 (talk · contribs)
- Totnesmartin (talk · contribs)
- Trevor MacInnis (talk · contribs)
- Typhoon2013 (talk · contribs)
- Zamorakphat (talk · contribs)
- Techno Tron15 (talk · contribs)
- Whsun808 (talk · contribs)
- TommyBoy (talk · contribs)
- Rickyurs (talk · contribs)
- Tillywilly17 (talk · contribs)
Inactive Participants
Editors who have not edited on Wikipedia for over six months
- LittleDan
- Spawn Man (Yay, It's all gonna be good.....But don't we need a splash of colour in here?)
- jredmond
- Lini*
- User:Dank55
- AprilBlood*
- Grimhelm (talk)*
- Tea and crumpets
- User:Yggur
- Orion11M87
- Foolestroupe
- Reliable♪ Forevertalk 23:29, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
- Davidzuccaro
- Orrelly Man
- WhatWasDone (talk) 08:42, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
- ShadeofTime09 (talk) 17:16, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
- Theologiae (talk) 12:31, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
- Phoenix B 1of3 (talk) 00:27, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
Accomplishments
- GAs
- DYKs
Templates
What to type | What it makes | What it's for | |||||||||||||
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{{Year box}} |
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The infobox for year pages. | |||||||||||||
{{Births and deaths ToC}} | Table of contents for births and deaths sections of year pages. | ||||||||||||||
{{C21 year in topic}} | See Template:C21 year in topic | The topic infobox for year pages. | |||||||||||||
{{WikiProject Years}} |
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The project notice, designed to be placed in the talk page of any article that has been edited as part of the Years WikiProjects. For instructions, see assessment page. | |||||||||||||
{{User WP Years}} |
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This userbox is for members of the project to put on their userpage and proclaim that they are a member of this project. |
Year in Topic boxes
Each century has a different year in topic box, depending on how much information is available in Wikipedia. The following have been created so far:
- {{C21YearInTopic}}
- {{C20YearInTopic}}
- {{C19YearInTopic}}
- {{C18YearInTopic}}
- {{C17YearInTopic}}
- {{C16YearInTopic}}
- {{C15YearInTopic}}
- {{C14YearInTopic}}
- {{C13YearInTopic}}
- {{C12YearInTopic}}
- {{C11YearInTopic}}
- {{M1YearInTopic}}
The last one is for the whole 1st millennium (1-1000 AD). However it has not yet been decided how many there should be. See talk page and survey for discussions.
Old surveys
Example year
Warning: The following example is a bare bones idea of how a year page should look. If you believe something is missing want to add it to "2004", please don't edit this page but go to 2004.
Infobox
Each year should have an infobox at the top right. The templates will be the template {{Year box}}
followed by the template {{C21YearInTopic}} (or applicable centuries template, see above).
{{Year box}} {{C21YearInTopic}}
Intro section
The first sentence in the introduction explains that the page is for a year and not a number. This statement should only be included if the number is on the List of numbers page. The second introduction sentence will describe the year (a link to a calendar) and the type of calendar the year belongs to. The following sentence lists any official designation the year has. For articles containing year summaries, the intro summarizes the year as a whole in a manner consistent with WP:LEAD.
{{about|the year|the number|2004 (number)}} '''2004''' is a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. It was designated the: *''International Year of [[Rice]]'' (by the [[United Nations]]) *''International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against [[Slavery]] and its Abolition'' (by [[UNESCO]]) *''Year of the Monkey'' (by the [[Chinese calendar]]) '''See [[The world in 2004]] for a description of the state of the world in this year.'''
Sections
Events
The events section is divided into months, each month has a calendar at the beginning and lists any important events that occurred. The month header once linked to the particular month in the year (e.g. January 2004), but no longer does. Each item links to the day.
== Events == ===January=== * [[January 3]] – [[Flash Airlines Flight 604]] crashes into the [[Red Sea]] off the coast of [[Egypt]], killing all 148 aboard. * [[January 4]] ** [[Mikhail Saakashvili]] wins the presidential elections in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]. ** [[NASA]]'s [[MER-A]] (''Spirit'') lands on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. ===February=== * [[February 1]] – A [[hajj]] stampede in [[Mina, Saudi Arabia|Mina]], [[Saudi Arabia]], kills 251 pilgrims. ===March=== ===April=== ===May=== ===June=== ===July=== ===August=== ===September=== ===October=== ===November=== ===December===
Category
Add any such timeline articles to the timelines category for that year. eg Category:2019-related timelines. and also the timelines category for years for that topics. eg Category: Political timelines by year.
Summary of year
A summary of the year may follow the timeline, describing events of the year. Be sure to cite everything in this section.
Births section
The Births section lists notable births in that year, divided into month sections. Each entry links to the day page, has a very short description of the person, and links to the death year if known.
== Births == ===January=== * [[January 21]] ** [[Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway]] ** [[another name]], American author (d. [[2005]]) * [[January 31]] – [[another name]], Polonesian King (d. [[2003]]) ===February===
Deaths section
The deaths section begins with a see also statement, and follows the same format as the births section: Month section, day link, name, and birth year link if known.
== Deaths == '''For more deaths see: [[Deaths in 2004]]''' ===January=== * [[January 27]] – [[Jack Paar]], American television show host (b. [[1918]]) ===December=== * [[December 28]] ** [[Jerry Orbach]], American actor (b. [[1935]]) ** [[Susan Sontag]], American writer and activist (b. [[1933]])
More
It has not yet been decided what else will be included on the year pages. Many currently have sections for awards, fiction, see also, references, external links etc. These sections may be removed (or more likely moved to a separate page to be included on the infobox) later, but for now the following form can be followed to close out the page.
==External links== {{commonscat|2004}} [[Category:2004| ]]
Decades
Notable world leaders
A gallery of notable leaders states and organisations are included in decade articles. In general, only leaders in power for over two years within the decade and current leaders should be listed, with a maximum of three per state or organisation. Leaders are ordered alphabetically by their associated state or organisation. Within each state, list monarchs first, then other types. Within each type, list in chronological order.