Re: [Wikimedia-in-en] Discovery - So Many WikiProjects!

- Assessmenthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/Assessment - Automationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/Automation - Cartographyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Indian_maps - Collaborationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/Collaborations_of_the_month - Outreachhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/Outreach - Peer reviewhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/Peer_review - Photographyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/Photography - Translationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/Translation - Vandalismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/Counter-vandalism_unit

+ 9 Departments too ..

Thanks, naveenpf

2012/2/18 Swaroop Rao raul.swaroop@gmail.com

WikiProject Education in India is quite alive. naveenpf, User:Muhandes (from Israel) and I (though not of late) are active in it. The Films project is alive as well; User:Bollyjeff, User:BOLLYWOOD DREAMZ, User:Secret of success, Karthik Nadar, and others are contributing much, probably not knowing that a WikiProject exists.

Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch)

On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 11:43, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.baindur@gmail.comwrote:

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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

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