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WikiProject Anthroponymy is a WikiProject aimed at improving Wikipedia's coverage of anthroponymy, that is information related to the names of people. The scope of this project includes articles about anthroponymy itself and related topics.

Related guideline and policy pages

 * Manual of Style (disambiguation pages)
 * Deletion policy/names and surnames (discussion reached conclusions in May 2005)
 * Lists
 * Naming conventions (long lists)
 * Red link

Open tasks

 * We need to create an article that can be an example of the model page that all name article should reflect
 * Infobox names that includes useful information
 * Start assessing the quality of each name article and utilize the bot to index these pages. As of 2008-03-22, 75% are not assessed along either of the two assessment dimension.
 * For each WP:PROD and WP:AFD day - comprehensive identification of pending deletions
 * There are articles needing attention listed below
 * Create a new name article — see WikiProject Anthroponymy/Articles that could be created for some suggestions for name articles
 * Other ideas?
 * Please join the discussion Wikipedia_talk:Disambiguation about a policy of listing people with a given given name.

Task forces

 * 1) WikiProject Anthroponymy/Arabic names task force, converted from 'WikiProject Arabic names' 2008-04-03

Pending deletions

 * all deletion types: AfD, PROD, CfD, TfD, etc.

Throughput for this section is relatively low. If items are listed below, please review them and take appropriate action


 * Articles for deletion/Allahyarov (Dec 28, 2010)
 * Articles_for_deletion/Cliburn_(surname) (Dec 5, 2010)

Featured content [[Image:LinkFA-star.png]]
Currently there are no featured articles within the project. Former featured (and demoted) articles include:
 * Names of the Greeks
 * Yuan (surname)
 * Korean name

Example of high-quality name articles

 * William (name)

Articles needing attention

 * B-class
 * Family name
 * Smith (surname)
 * Start-class
 * Adrian — needs references and more meat
 * Ciarán
 * Name change - Please see start page for structure proposal
 * Sinclair (surname); Just added a whole bunch to it, its a list page mostly at the moment, I cleaned it up and added lots, will continue with this, just sticking it here for any extra help, thanks. ΤΕΡΡΑΣΙΔΙΩΣ (Ταλκ ) 20:25, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Stub-class
 * Fraser (surname), split from Clan Fraser
 * Grajek, orphaned and unreferenced since mid-2006
 * Gul (name), needs infobox, origin, meaning & categories
 * Loretta, currently redirects to an asteroid belt, needs a page
 * Merge suggestions
 * Family name and Surname
 * Martin (name) and Martyn (I have suggested a merger) (2008-01-27)

New articles
Please feel free to list newly created anthroponymy-related articles here (newest at the top); see also the non-redundant below. Interesting or unusual anthroponymy articles can be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Page; see Template talk:Did you know.


 * List of legally mononymous people
 * Bewick, not sure proper locale for this, expanded the Bewick article and would need it assessed and added to your project

2010

 * Julia (given name) ← Julia (re-split)
 * Haggard (surname) ← Haggard
 * Siân ← Sian
 * Beswick (surname) ← Beswick
 * Patti (name) ← Patti and Pattie
 * Kemal (name) ← Kemal (disambiguation)
 * Kim (surname) ← Kim
 * Björk (name) ← Björk (disambiguation)
 * Michelle (name) ← Michelle
 * Luna (name) ← Luna (re-split)


 * Trevor → Trevor (disambiguation)
 * Bramwell (name) ← Bramwell (disambiguation)
 * Cindy (given name) ← Cindy, Cyndi, Cyndy
 * Cynthia (disambiguation) ← Cynthia
 * Pigott (surname) ← Pigott, Piggott
 * Pigot (surname) ← Pigot
 * Alicia (given name) ← Alicia
 * Clare (surname) ← Clare
 * Cortes (surname) ← Cortes
 * Prudence (given name) ← Prudence, Prue
 * Prunella (given name) ← Prunella

Old new articles and new splits information
See WikiProject Anthroponymy/Articles activity archive for New Articles content from December 2007 forward.

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Given name template
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WikiProject banner template
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WikiProject participant template




Deletion discussion template

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Given name Infobox
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Family name infobox
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Subpages

 * List of

Resources

 * Special:Prefixindex

Members

 * addition of "A" indicates the member is an active admin


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 * 1) User:Hailey C. Shannon
 * 2) Swannie (proposer of the People Name Origins WikiProject)
 * 3) Chris 11:31, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) Daamien 22:15, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
 * A
 * A
 * 1) Hutcher (talk) 05:19, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
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 * A
 * 1) Hutcher (talk) 05:19, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) Hutcher (talk) 05:19, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) Hutcher (talk) 05:19, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) Hutcher (talk) 05:19, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) Hutcher (talk) 05:19, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
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 * 1) Hutcher (talk) 05:19, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) Hutcher (talk) 05:19, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) Hutcher (talk) 05:19, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Related WikiProjects
An explanation as to why each WikiProject is relevant and related to the Anthroponymy Project has been provided here. Listed WikiProjects each have a reciprocal back-linkage to WikiProject Anthroponymy unless otherwise noted.
 * Linguisticsumbrella (no back-linkage)
 * Linguistics is relevant to name studies in at least three ways: by providing the limits on vocalization and spelling that apply to human names in addition to other words in a language; by providing a language context from which new human names may emerge (e.g. brown the color becoming Brown the surname; smith the occupation becoming Smith the surname); and by providing transformation rules that apply to human names as they traverse linguistic boundaries alongside the migration of peoples and the evolution of languages.
 * Etymologyinactive (no back-linkage)
 * The etymology of a surname or given name is an essential part of a complete surname or given name article
 * Clans of Scotland
 * Scottish Clans are the origin of a significant number of surnames emerging from the British Isles. These surnames are often used as male forenames too. For instance, Ross, Cameron, or Campbell.
 * WikiProject Disambiguation (no back-linkage)
 * As of Q1 2008 there is an ongoing discussion around what distinguishes a dab page from a name article and what things belong in each.

Background reading

 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anthroponymy/Lists of names
 * Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages)/Archive 25
 * Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages)/Archive 27

the items here are meant to be representative of discussions, not comprehensive; please consult before adding more
 * Controversy
 * Categories for deletion/Names (June 2005) (Conclusion: It is undesirable to categorize people by name.)
 * Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive135 (September 2006)
 * Categories for deletion/Log/2006 November 22 (Conclusion: Nine nominated categories deleted)
 * Categories for discussion/Log/2007 November 11 (Conclusion: No consensus)
 * Categories for deletion/Log/2006 November 22 (Conclusion: Nine nominated categories deleted)
 * Categories for discussion/Log/2007 November 11 (Conclusion: No consensus)
 * Categories for discussion/Log/2007 November 11 (Conclusion: No consensus)
 * Categories for discussion/Log/2007 November 11 (Conclusion: No consensus)
 * Categories for discussion/Log/2007 November 11 (Conclusion: No consensus)

Name information links

 * http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx?ln= This interface provides access to U.S. census data from 1920, 1880 and 1840 as well as England/Wales census data from 1891 in a geographical distribution context. Examples of use: Ballabon talk page (prep for article); Gius
 * http://www.tr62.de/names/default.html This is an interesting site that provides access to maps of surname distribution in Germany based on telephone directory analysis along with interpretation of the mapping data. Unfortunately, not all content is free and it is meant as something of a portfolio to generate interest in ordering 'custom' maps.
 * http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/arval/badpages.shtml: a site that looks at many different name-information web resources and provides a critique of their content, supporting information and overall utility and validity


 * Frequency sites
 * Names of Jews in Rome, 1550: http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/yehoshua/rome_stats.html
 * England, Wales, Isle of Man: http://surnames.behindthename.com/top/lists/500ens1991.php/
 * Northern Ireland: http://www.nisra.gov.uk/ (referring URL: http://www.dfpni.gov.uk/index/news/most-popular-baby-names.htm)