This is a proposed Wikiproject on a user page, feel free to contribute. If there is sufficient interest, it will become a real wikiproject: J JMesserly (talk) 21:39, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
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Welcome to WikiProject Obama administration. Some Wikipedians have formed this collaboration resource and group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of issues, personel and events related to the category:Obama Administration. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in the topic. If you would like to help, please join the project, inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list below.
Scope
In particular, this WikiProject aims to coordinate activities of improving articles of high priority to understanding the Obama administration. Especially information surrounding the policy issues enumerated at [Change.gov]. There is a precedent for issues related wikiprojects, eg: Category:Society WikiProjects. The parent project would be Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Presidents. The idea is as part of a living history process- The wikiproject is focused on currency- the issues of interest to the administration, and after its expiration, the focus shifts to the historical coverage of the administration. EG JFK administration, FDR administration.
Participants
Put # ~~~~ at the bottom of this subsection in order to become a part of the project:
- J JMesserly (talk) 21:39, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
- Flatterworld (talk) 00:10, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
- Mike Serfas (talk) 00:03, 1 December 2008 (UTC) (See User:Mike Serfas/Obama)
- Hemlock Martinis (talk) 21:45, 3 January 2009 (UTC) (I'll be happy to help with categorization structure. The immense amount of interest focused on this topic in a month could help us set standards for presidential administration categorization, which we could then migrate retroactively to the other presidential administrations.)
Special practices
Cats on talk pages, not article page
Our marker cats if any should not intrude on the body of the actual article. General practice seems to be to use the talk page for wikiproject marking.
Articles
Project related articles can be found at (( obama agenda category page? ))
Parent
(( Real wikiproject? Then you need a parent project. Are there projects on issues? Maybe that is the model to follow. We might generalize this as a US progressive issue wikiproject. hmmm- this would seem to politicize WP, maybe that is not such a good idea. J JMesserly (talk) 21:39, 20 November 2008 (UTC)))
Candidates giving pros and cons
- Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Presidents
- Pro- obvious location if named "Obama presidency or administration". Not if named current administration.
- Pro- Not continually changing focus as you'd have with "Current Administration" wikiproject, an Obama administration wikiproject would remain. EG history buffs of FDR, Kennedy might reactivate a WKP on FDR administration or JFK administration. This would be an ongoing thing- the current affairs focus shifts to a historical focus after the administration is replaced. Even trivial things like the history logs of the wikiproject- what editors felt were the important articles, and why, the controversies over coverage could become interesting primary research material for future historians.
- Cons- the wikiproject is biography oriented, not the whats and whys of policymaking.
Templates
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Naming conventions
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Template:OBMADM-Description
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Guidelines
Article title
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Article format
Categories
Maybe Obama agenda item, as subcat of Obama?
