Wikipedia:WikiProject International relations/Bilateral relations task force

Welcome to the Bilateral relations task force of WikiProject International relations. We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Bilateral relations.

Our goal

To improve Wikipedia's coverage of bilateral relations articles, and centralize discussion on them. Participants will analyse extant bilateral relations articles and sort them into three preliminary categories:

• Prod - these articles are deemed by participants not to be notable, and they will prod them
• AfD - these articles are either be of unclear notability, or participants have not been able to reach a consensus on their notability, so they will be sent to articles for deletion
• Keep - these articles are deemed by participants to be notable, and in need of expansion and improvement rather than deletion

Members

Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.

• -Jura695 Interered in current events in overseas territories
• -Marcusmax(speak) 03:21, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
• - Biruitorul ^Talk 03:40, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
• - DubZog (talk) 18:13, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
• Hans Adler (talk) 23:33, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Interest: Reducing the number of "X–Y relations" articles dramatically
• - TonyBallioni (talk) 00:08, 20 April 2009 (UTC)- Interested in development of notability guideline.
• - DGG (talk) 00:18, 20 April 2009 (UTC) Interest: preventing the removal of article with any potential, as elsewhere in Wikipedia. No prejudgment about what the number will be.
• User:Drmies (talk). I'm interested in deflating the pressure cooker of AfD and article rescue. I'm extremely prejudiced: I think all articles on notable subjects should be kept. ;)
• User:LibStar. Interested in keeping the truly notable combinations. given that in recent months a number of random combination articles have been created with no consideration of reliable sources indicating notability. the obsessive creator actually missed out on a lot of notable ones whilst creating some truly laughable ones. LibStar (talk) 07:48, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
• Nick-D (talk) 08:48, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
• Martintg (talk) 04:11, 23 April 2009 (UTC). I'm interested in developing some reasonable guidelines on notability first before embarking on wholesale deletion of these "X-Y Relations" articles.
• User:Bearian - I have long been interested in bilatreal relations (since my Model United Nations days in college) and created my own standards here. Bearian (talk) 20:37, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
• Grsz11 (talk) 13:29, 30 April 2009 (UTC) – Interest in developing a page standard, guidelines; Topical interest: Latin America.
• Ikip, interested in all worthy articles, I am sure many members of the Wikipedia:Article Rescue Squadron would be willing to help too. Ikip (talk) 17:19, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
• MarshalN20 - I'm interested in helping check for the notability of Spanish language-related topics.
• HJMitchell You rang? 23:09, 3 May 2009 (UTC). It's good to see these articles being collected together so they can be sorted.
• Smile a While (talk) 22:24, 5 May 2009 (UTC) My position is that government sponsored trade links, political initiatives, diplomatic visits etc. are component parts of relations and assembling them should not count as synthesis. All such pages must be backed up by reliable sources though obviously reliable primary sources (e.g. government websites) should be acceptable.
• CaribDigita (talk) 09:32, 6 May 2009 (UTC) - Thinks a task force would be the best way to seek that all articles are going in the right direction.
• Deavenger (talk) 23:37, 12 May 2009 (UTC). I've worked on the Wikiprojects of International Relations, Politics, and Power in International Relations, and started several bilateral relations pages myself. I'm interested in helping better these articles and saving them from deletion.
• Tavix |  Talk  17:27, 17 May 2009 (UTC) Whatever I can help on...
• Pahari Sahib 10:34, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
• Johnuniq (talk) 02:30, 28 May 2009 (UTC) Interest: Encourage use of secondary sources, and discourage the practice of mass-producing stub articles without consensus.
• As a member of the Wikipedia:Article Rescue Squadron and due to higher education degrees in history and political science, I have a good idea as to which ones are worth putting time and energy into defending and improving and I already managed to get at least one to DYK level! Best, --A Nobody^{My talk} 00:18, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
• EuroPride (talk) 13:29, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
• Lihaas
• User:David A. Victor Interested in bilateral relations of Tuvalu, the FSM, Vanuatu and other nations of Oceania. I am also a professor of interational business.
• WhiteWriter^speaks Bilateral relations of Serbia.
• User: Rselby1 Expanding X-Y Relations articles.

Messages

Welcome message

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Hi, WikiProject International relations, and welcome to WikiProject Bilateral relations! We are a growing community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to identifying, categorizing, and improving articles relevant to the relations between two countries. If you have any questions, feel free to ask on the talk page, and we will be happy to help you. Again, welcome! We hope you enjoy working on this project. ~~~~

Currently at AfD

• See /Deletion.

Article List

• See: /Articles.