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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. Closing proposal after 12 quiet months due to insufficient editor interest. Feel free to re-propose (or create a project) if you find sufficient editors to do so. Thanks! Ajpolino (talk) 18:54, 10 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Description[edit]

WikiProject Georgetown University would seek to improve coverage and quality of articles covering Georgetown University and related topics. The university is already covered fairly well on Wikipedia, so much of the work would be to improve the quality of existing articles. The project would principally serve to identify the areas requiring the most work, identifying all the related topics, and centralizing a list of editors who contribute to these articles. Ergo Sum 22:18, 15 October 2018 (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?
All of the related wikiprojects cover broad topics. This wikiproject would be specifically tailored to Georgetown University, much like similar university-specific wikiprojects.

Support[edit]

Also, specify whether or not you would join the project.

  1. Ergo Sum 22:18, 15 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  2. I would join the project. ceranthor 18:10, 16 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  3. I would also join the project.-- Patrick, oѺ∞ 18:51, 19 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Seems viable enough in theory; we have many other wikiprojects on major universities.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  04:54, 10 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion[edit]

I think it would make sense to go ahead and create a project if we had at least five editors interested in it. @Ceranthor, Patrickneil, and SMcCandlish: Do you know anyone else whose contributor to Georgetown-related articles in the past and might be interested in getting involved with this? Ergo Sum 02:37, 12 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Not something I keep track of. I did not attend GU, and no longer live in DC, and don't spend any editorial time on either. I would suggest looking at the histories of relevant articles and their talk pages for non-trivial edits, and invite active editors to participate in the project. Maybe do that looking first. If you only see a half-dozen people in the last couple of years and they're not even all active any more then that's probably not enough to sustain a wikiproject, and it might be better as a taskforce/workgroup of the one on DC. Ask on its talk page, too, about who might be involved, whether they'd rather have a project or a taskforce. Basically, you gotta play some round-up and herding.  ;-)  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  03:03, 12 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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 at the WikiProject Council). No further edits should be made to this page.
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