Wikipedia:2021

The following discussion is an archived proposal of the WikiProject below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or the WikiProject Council). No further edits should be made to this page.

The proposed WikiProject was not created. Per nominator's requests. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 16:02, 8 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Description[edit]

Our scope and goal is improve articles about events in 2021, the Current event portal for 2021, articles of people who died in 2021, and anything else that relates to 2021. 2021 has a lot happening in it, from wars, to COVID-19, to weather, to politics around the world. Having a WikiProject dedicated to just improving those articles would be very beneficial to Wikipedia. Elijahandskip (talk) 18:47, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

List of important pages and categories for this proposed group

List of WikiProjects currently on the talk pages of those articles
Please invite these and any other similar groups to join the discussion about this proposal. See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory to find similar WikiProjects.
Why do you want to start a new group, instead of joining one of these existing groups?
Having a WikiProject dedicated to a specific year, especially the 2000 years, might help improve articles based in that year. WP Years cover mostly lists, WP Current events only cover a short period of time, and WP history covers way too much to improve specific year amounts. Elijahandskip (talk) 18:54, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support[edit]

  1. Elijahandskip (talk) 18:47, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  2. StopBoi (talk) 23:02, 19 May 2021 (UTC) (slightly)[reply]

Discussion[edit]

I do want to say that it was an idea, so we could change the proposal to 2020 if that would change your mind. Elijahandskip (talk) 21:23, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I think 2020 would be the best year to start with. An alternative would be to have a project for each decade rather than year; many people are particularly interested in one decade. Jim Michael (talk) 21:54, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I would go along with that. If a few people agree with what Jim Michael just said, I will change the proposal to the 2010-2019 decade. Elijahandskip (talk) 22:03, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
yes, I agree with that. A WikiProject for a decade sounds fine.---Sm8900 (talk) 🌍 15:36, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, even just for historicity - "the 60s" is an identity. 2021 is a grouping only by chronological coincidence for many events. Kingsif (talk) 21:53, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Kingsif: & @Sm8900:. I started a proposal for a decades WikiProject. See the bottom of this discussion for the link to it. Elijahandskip (talk) 14:15, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Everything relating to the year/decade in question. At any given time, current events only covers a small minority of the current year's events, and very little outside it. Many projects overlap with others - that's not a reason to not have them. Jim Michael (talk) 10:11, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • While not everything 2021 will permanently be a current event, every current event for next 6 and a half months will be 2021. It's like we already have a well-established WP Rectangles and you want to make WP Oblongs. A large chunk is covered, you'd be eradicating the function of something that's running well, and the difference isn't significant enough to get its own. And certainly not until it's over, I think is another point. RECENTISM is already a problem without glorifying the current year. Kingsif (talk) 15:04, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Every current event for the next 7 months will briefly be in CE, but projects of years/decades will continue after the events & years/decades cease to be current, so the rectangle/oblong comparison isn't valid. Also, having a large amount of overlap can be avoided by not starting a year project until that year has ended. Jim Michael (talk) 20:13, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I think a 2010s project would be the best place to start. If that's successful, start projects for the 2020s, 2000s, 1990s etc. Jim Michael (talk) 20:22, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Jim Michael:, @CodingCyclone:, @StopBoi:, @Kingsif:, @HurricaneCovid:, @Sm8900:, @JackFromWisconsin:, Would any of you have an opposition to me pinging an admin to SNOW close this and me to open up a new proposal discussion for a decades WikiProject? This is not if you are in opposition to that decades WikiProject, just if you are in opposition to a SNOW close on this (2021 WikiProject) discussion. Elijahandskip (talk) 21:47, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Elijahandskip: I think I would be fine with an admin closing this discussion. codingcyclone advisories/damages 22:19, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
You can just start a new discussion and let this one eventually get closed by an admin or otherwise. JackFromWisconsin (talk | contribs) 02:49, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Sounds like a good idea. I'd join it. TomCat4680 (talk) 18:47, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
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