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This page has tools for finding, assessing, and improving articles within the scope of WP:LGBT.

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==Working with new articles==
===Creating articles===
At [[WP:Requested articles]], people can suggest topics for new articles. Creating an article will require research to determine if there is significant coverage in [[WP:RS|reliable sources]]. See [[WP:Notability]], including the [[WP:GNG|general notability guideline]], for more information.
*[[Wikipedia:Requested articles/Social sciences#LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender)|Requested articles on LGBT topics]] 
*[[Wikipedia:Requested articles/Biography/By profession#LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) figures|Requested articles on LGBT people]]
*Another source for potential new articles is [[:Category:LGBT studies redlink lists|LGBT studies redlink lists]], which contains lists of topics from [[Wikidata]] that do not have articles on Wikipedia.

===Project-tagging===
Newly created articles that deal with LGBT topics should have the [[Template:WikiProject LGBT studies|WP:LGBT project banner]] added to the talk page.
*If you are unsure whether an article should added to the project, raise it for discussion at [[WT:LGBT]]. WikiProjects define their own scopes ([[WP:PROJSCOPE]]), so whether a project should be added or not is based on the consensus of active members rather than any detailed criteria.
*[[User:AlexNewArtBot/LGBTSearchResult|New articles containing LGBT keywords]] is an automatically generated report that displays recently created articles containing "LGBT", "lesbian", "gay", "bisexual", "transgender", or related terms. These articles may be within the project's scope.

===Improving navigation===
There are several ways to make it easier for readers to find new articles.
*New articles should be placed in appropriate [[:Category:LGBT|LGBT categories]], to group related topics together. See [[WP:CAT]] for more. [[WP:BLPCAT]] and [[WP:EGRS]] provide important guidance on categorizing articles about people.
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_LGBT_studies/Resources#Templates_and_suchlike|Navigational templates]] for LGBT topics can be added to articles, creating links between all articles with the template.
*New and expanded articles can be submitted to [[WP:Did you know]], and if selected will be featured on the [[Main Page]].

==Assessing articles==
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Assessing article quality helps WP:LGBT members to recognize excellent contributions and identify topics in need of further work. They also play a role in the [[WP:1.0]] program, which the WikiProject uses to help automate some of the assessing process.
*When the {{tl|LGBTProject}} banner is added to an article without an assessment parameter specified, the article will be placed in [[:Category:Unassessed LGBT articles]].
*Once an editor has assessed the article and completed the assessment parameter, the article will be added to the appropriate sub-category of [[:Category:LGBT articles by quality]]. These categories are used to generate reports like the quality table in this section.
*The [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/LGBT articles by quality log|LGBT articles by quality log]] lists articles that have been assessed, reassessed, moved, or removed from the project's scope in the past week.

==Improving articles==
There are several ways to find articles for improvement.

* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Popular pages|Popular pages]] lists the 500 highest traffic articles within WP:LGBT.
* [https://bambots.brucemyers.com/cwb/alpha/LGBT_studies.html Cleanup listing for WikiProject LGBT studies] reports on articles that have issues flagged, such as needing additional sources.

The LGBT WikiProject [[WP:PR|peer reviews]] articles on request.  This is to encourage better articles by having other contributors provide ideas for improvement. The process is highly flexible and can deal with articles of any quality. This process is not an academic peer review by a group of experts in a particular subject, and articles that undergo this process should not be assumed to have greater authority than any other.

==Watching articles==
The WikiProject maintains two watchlists: one for controversial LGBT articles, one for all articles tagged as within our scope. 

The main Watchlist is [[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Watchlist|here]]. Anyone who comes across contentious or highly vandalised article is welcome to add to it. The Watchall list may be found [[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Articles|here]]. It lists every article tagged by us, and may also be helpful if a normal alphabetical list is needed. It is updated automatically by bot, so manual changes are not required. 

The {{tl|User WikiProject LGBT studies}} member userbox (example below) contains links to both watchlists, as well as a link to all changes on article talk pages tagged by this project.
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* Work on our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Core topics|list of Core Topics]] - we are compiling core articles from which we can create some kind of publication.

*'''Review deletion nominations''' — Participate in deletion discussions for articles dealing with [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Sexuality and gender|Sexuality and gender]].



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