> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:43:00 +0530
> From: ashwin.baindur@gmail.com
> To: wikimedia-in-en@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: [Wikimedia-in-en] Discovery - So Many WikiProjects!
>
> 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_force)
> * 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_languages)
>
> ==History (2) ==
> * History (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Indian_history)
> * Military history
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_history/Indian_military_history_task_force)
>
> ==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_issues)
>
> ==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_Islands)
> * 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_Indian_Schools)
> * 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
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