Wikipedia:WikiProject Horror
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WikiProject Horror aims to define a standard of consistency for articles about fictional horror-related articles, primarily those that fall within the parameters of horror fiction and horror film. Through implementation of standards such as these, content can become more easily and quickly located with common organization and structure for horror-genre articles.
The purpose of this project is to supplement — not replace — the scope of WikiProject Film, WikiProject Novels, WikiProject Biography, and WikiProject Video games.
Main Project Discussion takes place at /Notice Board
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WikiProject Horror Announcements and open tasks |
→ Please place the {{WikiProject Horror}} banner in appropriate article talk pages!
- Current Featured Article candidates (70 achieved):
- None
- Current Good Article candidates (439 achieved):
- None
- WikiProject Horror Peer Reviews:
- None
- Article alerts: Please check here for up-to-date information on horror-related article alerts.
- Cleanup listing: Please check here for a list of horror-related articles that may require some form of work done on them.
- The Collaboration of the Month is currently inactive.
- Nominations for Coordinator positions are currently ongoing. Feel free to add your name and comments.
Tasks
Short term
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Scope
WikiProject Horror's primary scope encompasses any article directly regarding fictional horror narratives in any print or visual medium, including but not limited to:
- cinema and video, e.g. Nosferatu, Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Halloween;
- literature (inc. novels, novellas, short stories, comic books, graphic novels), e.g. Frankenstein, "The Tell-Tale Heart", and Carrie;
- and video games, e.g. Castlevania, Resident Evil, and Silent Hill.
This scope extends to any articles concerning fictional aspects of fictional horror narratives, including but not limited to:
- characters/people, e.g. Randall Flagg and Jason Voorhees;
- items/things, e.g. Necronomicon
- and locations/places, e.g. Dunwich and Miskatonic University.
The project's primary scope additionally encompasses articles strictly concerning non-fiction material directly associated to fictional horror, including but not limited to:
- documentaries, e.g. Document of the Dead;
- horror film scores, soundtracks, or unique incidental music such as Hello Zepp;
- and literature (books, collections, journals, essays), e.g. Studies in Modern Horror.
The project's secondary scope encompasses biographical articles that are directly associated to fictional horror in general, including but not limited to:
- authors (inc. playwrights and screenwriters), e.g. Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, and Stephen King;
- directors, e.g. John Carpenter, Wes Craven, and Eli Roth;
- and publishers, e.g. Bloodletting Press and Synapse Films;
The secondary scope is limited to articles whose focus in their field was horror; thus John Carpenter would be included, since he is a horror director, but Alfred Hitchcock would not be, since he was a noir/thriller director. A good rule of thumb is if the term "horror" appear notably in the article's lead.
This project's scope does not include musicians or songs that could be constituted as horror-oriented; e.g. Misfits (band), Skinny Puppy, or White Zombie (band). The project's scope also does not include articles concerning acts of real-life horror; e.g. John Wayne Gacy, Spanish Inquisition, or Vlad the Impaler.
Project organization
Coordinators
Project coordinators are responsible for maintaining all of the procedural and administrative aspects of the WikiProject, in addition to serving as the designated points-of-contact for procedural issues and concerns. They are not, however, endowed with any special executive powers nor with any authority over article content or editor conduct.
The Project Coordinator bears overall responsibility concerning the project, with the Deputy and Assistant Coordinators aiding in general and focusing on specific areas that require special attention. The Deputy Coordinator acts in the place of the Coordinator when they are unavailable.
At current, WikiProject Horror has not held an election for these positions. The positions are currently filled by interim personnel.
| Interim Personnel | Position |
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| Vacant | Coordinator |
| Andrzejbanas (talk · contribs) | Deputy Coordinator |
| Bignole (talk · contribs) | Assistant Coordinator |
| GamerPro64 (talk · contribs) | Editor-in-Chief |
More detailed descriptions of the coordinators' responsibilities, the history of the positions, and the process by which coordinators are selected may also be of some interest.
Participants
If you wish to join this project, please feel free to add your name to our Participants page!
In addition, participants and other Wikipedians who wish to show support for this project should feel free to add {{User WikiProject Horror}} to their user pages.
Task forces
- Please discuss any proposals for new task forces with other members or with the project as a whole before creating them.
Task forces are informal groups of editors gathered for collaborative work on a particular topic within the fiction horror genre (as defined in the "scope" above); all project members are encouraged to participate in any task forces that may interest them.
- Film franchises
Useful tags
- If you find, create, or contribute to a horror article, please paste {{WikiProject Horror}} on the top of its discussion page with the appropriate parameters. In addition, some parameters that can be pasted within the {{WikiProject Horror}} template on the discussion page in order to request the addition of missing material are
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Showcase
The following is a listing of articles (and other types of content) within the scope of the project that have been noted for their outstanding quality. Project members are encouraged to peruse these at their leisure, as they serve as excellent examples of different writing and organizational styles that one may wish to emulate.
Please note that the project does not necessarily claim any authorship or credit for creating these. While many were written by members—sometimes with extensive input from the project as a whole—others were created by uninvolved editors, or predate the existence of the project itself, and are listed here merely because they fall within our scope.
Related WikiProjects
A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.
