WikiProject Beer was started in March 2005, and is a loose association of Wikipedians with an interest in beer and beer-related matters who have come together to co-ordinate the development of beer and brewery articles on Wikipedia.

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Structure

The topic beer covers:

• the drink - its history, development, production, ingredients, styles and consumption. The main article is Beer, the main category is Category:Beer. The parent categories are Category:Fermented drinks - Category:Drinks - Category:Food and drink. The topic as a drink is related to Wikipedia:WikiProject Food and drink. Homebrewing comes under this aspect of the topic.
• breweries and their products (brands). The main article is Breweries, the main category is Category:Beer by region. The parent categories are Category:Drink companies - Category:Companies by industry - Category:Companies. The topic as company and product is related to Wikipedia:WikiProject Companies, and guidelines are Wikipedia:WikiProject Companies/Guidelines and WP:COMPANY.
• beer culture such as festivals, organisations, drinking games and drinking establishments. The main category is Category:Beer culture. The parent categories are Category:Drinking culture - Category:Recreation - Category:Human behavior.
• via pubs and brewery buildings, the topic is also related to Category:Buildings and structures and Category:Society.

Targets

• To provide guidelines and recommendations for articles that detail breweries and their products; pubs; beer and the process of brewing; and other matters related to beer.
• To improve Wikipedia's coverage of beer by creating, expanding, and maintaining such articles.
• To develop and maintain a featured quality portal, with an intuitive system of navigation templates, as well as various infoboxes and an integrated assessment process for articles.
• To serve as the central point of discussion for issues related to beer related matters in Wikipedia.

Tasks

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This is a list of ongoing tasks that need doing on a regular basis. Please check out the provided links to see what you can do for WikiProject Beer: Clean up or deal with the tagged articles listed here Assess beer articles following guidance here Assist in writing guidelines here Get rid of Trivia sections in articles you are working on. Add the ((Beer)) banner to beer related articles to help bring them to members attention. It could encourage new members to the project too Join in or start discussions here

To do

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This is a list of single time tasks that need action. Once you have completed them, please remove them from the list.

Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Stubs : Beer and brewery stub articles Other : Add ((Portal|Beer)) to the See also section of high-relevance articles

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