Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Canyons and gorges

The following discussion is an archived proposal of the WikiProject below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or the WikiProject Council). No further edits should be made to this page.

The resulting WikiProject was created at User:Shannon1/WPCanyons

Description

A project encompassing all the canyon and gorge articles; quite self explanatory. There are a lot of articles, in the tens of thousands, possibly, and none of them have a common wikiproject. Please if you know, provide help on how to actually start the project if it succeeds. Shannon ^talk _contribs ^sign!_:) 00:56, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

User:Shannon1/WPCanyons will grow into a wikiproject page soon.

Support

Please specify whether or not you would join the project.

Shannon ^talk _contribs ^sign!_:) 00:56, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I.M.S. (talk) 01:48, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Seems a good idea, and Shannon1 seems a good person to spearhead the effort, as they have a clear interest in canyons (and some considerable talent for writing about them) Probably would not join, though. ++Lar: t/c 15:10, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Support - I'm in support of this project - this is a good idea, and there should be some form of group or project to help classify and organize this subject. I.M.S. (talk) 01:48, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Shannon1, does this look alright as a simple banner for the project?

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You've probably already got everything set up, but if you need any help with getting the WikiProject up and running, I'll be glad to do whatever I can! Good luck - I.M.S. (talk) 03:52, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's perfect, simple and suitable. The "task force" idea, however, I am a little doubtful of, because there are pretty much as much canyon articles as river articles. However, it can be something like how the Southern California wikiproject is related to the California wikiproject, kind of like halfway between a task force and a project, if you know what I mean.

Sure. I've rewired my first post above so it's more of a "support". I hadn't noticed all of those Canyon/Gorge articles in that category until now. I.M.S. (talk) 04:30, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, do you have any ideas of how to promote this project so more people will look at this page?

How does this look?

	Hi! I've seen you around on Canyon and Gorge articles... Would you consider becoming a member of WikiProject Canyon and Gorges, a WikiProject which aims to expand and improve coverage of all things related to Canyons and Gorges on Wikipedia? Please feel free to join us.
Wikipedia:WikiProject Canyons and Gorges/To do

This template takes the username of the inviter as an optional parameter. For example:

{{WikiProject The Canyons and Gorges Invite|--~~~~}}

Does it look alright? I.M.S. (talk) 15:09, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's good, just one more thing (sorry to have so much trouble with this): How would I find out if a user has been contributing to canyon articles? Shannon ^talk _contribs ^sign!_:) 21:24, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I would do a number of things. First, post on the talk page for canyons and state that you've recently set up a proposal for a WP:Canyons and Gorges. You'd be surprised at how much "traffic" this will bring - and it will probably garner the project a few more votes. Also, consider an announcement on WP:Geography. After that, there are some more obvious ones - check the "history" section on some canyon pages and see which editors seem to be interested in the subject. Be careful before asking them to join - make sure they would definitely be interested in a WikiProject. Some Wikipedians are opposed to WPs for one reason or another. Good luck! I.M.S. (talk) 00:51, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(replying to your comment on my talkpage) with only three votes, I think we should wait a little while before we start it, I think. I don't think I'd like to be caught in a debate on a wikiproject that has less than 5 members, so maybe extend the wait a while longer?

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or at the WikiProject Council). No further edits should be made to this page.