Wanting to add a new Task Force for Women and Gender Issues, I checked out the link Task Forces in the WikiProject India Navigation Box. This link opens a drop-down box which is kept closed at other times. I was shocked to find that we had not 5, or 10 or even 15 Task Forces but 71!
Don't believe me?
Here's the list.
Seeing that WikiProject India is a humungous WikiProject with over 500 listed editors, it seems reasonable to have a few WikiProjects. But 71 seems unreasonably high all the same.
The biggest culprit is Geography - it provides TFs for each state & UT. But how many of these are active?
==Religion (7)== * Hinduism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Hinduism) * Buddhism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Buddhism) * Jainism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Jainism) * Sikhism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Sikhism) * Zoroastrianism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Zoroastrianism) * Islam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Islam) * Christianity in India (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Indian_Christianity)
==Arts (1) == * Music (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Indian_music)
==Media & communications (2) == * Cinema (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Films/Indian_cinema_task_...) * Television (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Indian_television)
==Images (1) == * Maps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Indian_maps)
==Language & literature (2) == * Translation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/Translation) * Classical Tamil (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Classical_Tamil) * Literature (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Indian_literature) * Hindustani and allied languages (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Hindustani_and_allied_lan...)
==History (2) == * History (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Indian_history) * Military history (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_history/Indian_m...)
==Demographics (2) == * Caste system (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/Caste_system) * Women and gender issues (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/Women_and_gender_is...)
==Geography== ===Generic (3)=== * Geography (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Geography_of_India) * Regions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Regions_of_India) * Protected areas of India (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Protected_areas_of_India)
===Cities & Districts (6)=== * Cities (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Indian_cities) * Districts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Indian_districts) * Chennai (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Chennai) * Hyderabad (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Hyderabad) * Mumbai (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mumbai) * Patna (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Patna)
===States (29)=== * States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Indian_states) * Andhra Pradesh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Andhra_Pradesh) * Arunachal Pradesh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Arunachal_Pradesh) * Assam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Assam) * Bihar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Bihar) * Chhattisgarh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Chhattisgarh) * Goa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Goa) * Gujarat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Gujarat) * Haryana (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Haryana) * Himachal Pradesh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Himachal_Pradesh) * Jammu and Kashmir (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Jammu_and_Kashmir) * Jharkhand (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Jharkhand) * Karnataka (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Karnataka) * Kerala (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Kerala) * Madhya Pradesh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Madhya_Pradesh) * Maharashtra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Maharashtra) * Manipur (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Manipur) * Meghalaya (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Meghalaya) * Mizoram (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mizoram) * Nagaland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Nagaland) * Orissa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Orissa) * Punjab (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Punjab_%28India%29) * Rajasthan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Rajasthan) * Sikkim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Sikkim) * Tamil Nadu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Tamil_Nadu) * Tripura (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Tripura) * Uttar Pradesh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Uttar_Pradesh) * Uttarakhand (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Uttarakhand) * West Bengal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_West_Bengal)
=== Union Territories (7) === * Andaman and Nicobar Islands (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islan...) * Chandigarh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Chandigarh) * Dadra and Nagar Haveli (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli) * Daman and Diu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Daman_and_Diu) * Delhi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Delhi) * Lakshadweep (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lakshadweep) * Puducherry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Puducherry)
==Economy (1) == * Economy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Indian_Economy)
==Government (1) == * Politics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Indian_politics)
==Transport (3) == * Transport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Transport_in_India) * Railways (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Railways_in_India) * Roads (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Indian_roads)
==Others (4) == * Indian portals (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Indian_portals) * Education (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Education_in_India) * Offline Wikipedia for Indian Schools (OWIS) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Offline_Wikipedia_for_Ind...) * Localisation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_India_localisation)
At this stage, I do not want to get into the undoing business, but I do request editors interested in a particular aspect to please be active in the appropriate task force, if necessary reviving it.
We have had a revival of WikiProject Gujarat to date and I do hope that many more such revivals take place!
Please forward it to your city group or Language Wikipedia group if you feel that they should know.
Warm regards,
AshLin ------------------------------------------------------