Wikipedia:WikiProject Connect the Dots

Some Wikipedians have formed a project to forge connections between users for the purposes of article improvement. WikiProject Connect the Dots is named the way it is both because of the connections to be forged, and the hope that those connections will create a better, more whole coverage of any given subject.

If you would like to help, please inquire on the Talk page and see the to-do list there.

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Title

WikiProject Connect the Dots

Scope

To better illustrate the purpose of this WikiProject here is an example (and the main inspiration for WikiProject Connect the Dots):

In the fan fiction article, the subject is first and foremost literary in nature - but it also has technological aspects, historical aspects, social/cultural aspects, and, perhaps most importantly, legal aspects which in order to give a whole and unbiased coverage of the subject in question, must all be well-covered.

So, what happens if a person with an interest in improving the article for fan fiction knows enough about the technological, cultural, and literary aspects to cover all of those - but not enough about the legal aspects, or the historical aspects? What if their understanding, for instance, of legal matters in general is poor? Why, they'd either be forced to let the article sit there with fewer improvements, perhaps never to be improved upon again... or to find people who could help them learn more about that aspect of the subject, or help them improve the article by directly editing the article themselves.

Naturally, the latter approach would be preferred, as it leads to quicker article improvement. WikiProject Connect the Dots is intended to make this process easier by allowing Wikipedians an easy way to find other Wikipedians who can connect them to people and WikiProjects that could be of potential help to them.

Members have several options for participation:

• They can merely respond to queries for help posted to the Project's main Talk page (by either responding personally, or directing the user to another WikiProject, user, or even outside expert that could help).

• They can seek out users who are having trouble finding help for articles they're working on, who do not yet know of this WikiProject's existance, and direct them to the WikiProject's main page.

• They can seek out articles which obviously require contributions coming from multiple knowledge bases (such as fan fiction) and post a help query on the Talk page.

• They can participate in the current Connect the Dots Article Improvement Drive, a feature of the WikiProject which will, unlike the usual Article Improvement Drives, be both unlimited in time (current Article Improvement Drives are one week in length) and more limited in the scope, with such articles only being articles whose subjects require multiple areas of knowledge and therefore require the kind of service this WikiProject already provides.

Parentage

No parent of this WikiProject has been defined.

Descendant WikiProjects

No descendant WikiProjects have been defined.

Similar WikiProjects

Similar WikiProjects are:

• WikiProject Expert Request Sorting

Related WikiProjects

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Related Wikiportals

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Related Collaborations

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Related Regional notice boards

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Related groups of Wikipedians

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Related pages in Sister projects

• Commons:Connect the Dots
• Wikibooks:Connect the Dots
• Wikinews:Connect the Dots
• Wikiquote:Connect the Dots
• Wikisource:Connect the Dots
• Wikispecies:Connect the Dots
• Wiktionary:Connect the Dots
• meta:Connect the Dots

Sister Project Searches

• the Dotsia&go=Go WikiBooks search
• the Dots Google WikiBooks search
• the Dots&go=Go WikiQuote search
• the Dots} Google WikiQuote search
• the Dots&go=Go WikiSource search
• the Dots Google WikiSource search

Participants

• Runa27 06:40, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
• Centurion 5 00:33, 15 September 2006 (UTC) ok.

Structure

See: "Scope", above.

Hierarchy definition

No classification of this project has been defined.

Goals

1. To enable Wikipedians to connect to other Wikipedians and WikiProjects in order to improve articles, usually those which require information/explanations culled from multiple knowledge bases.
2. To point out articles which need help of the kind this WikiProkect can provide.
3. To improve upon the current or past articles listed in the 'Connect the Dots Article Improvement Drive section.

Projects

See: "Adopt an Article", "Tasks".

Tasks

Current Help Queries In Need of Much Assistance

1. fan fiction, as requested by User:Runa27 (also the current CtD Article Improvement Drive)

Connect the Dots Article Improvement Drives

Current Article Improvement Drive

• fan fiction

Previous Article Improvement Drives

None yet.

General strategy and discussion forums

• /General
• /Strategy

Templates

Infoboxes

• {{subst:template}}
• e.g.{{Infobox Connect the Dots}}

{{Infobox Connect the Dots }}

Stub templates

• e.g. {{Connect the Dots-stub}}
• {{Connect the Dots-stub}}
  • and the associated stub category Category:Connect the Dots stubs

Other templates

• {{Connect the Dots }}

Categories

• Category:Connect the Dots

Wikipedia surveys

Ongoing Wikipedia surveys

• Requested moves:
• Requests for Comments:

Deletion links

• Articles for deletion (Article deletion):
• Deletion review (Article undeletion}:
• Templates for deletion:
• Categories for deletion:
• Images for deletion:
• Redirects for deletion:

WikiProject Deletion sorting

Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting is a new effort that attempts to classify various articles nominated for votes for deletion by major categories. The Connect the Dots-related articles at VFD are listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Connect the Dots.

Archives

• #1

See also

Wikipedia:WikiProject Templates