Wikipedia:WikiProject Community rehabilitation

This project is, broadly speaking, a group of editors devoted to supporting and further developing the community of the English Wikipedia and making contributors, both tenured and inexperienced, more comfortable. The tentative plan is that the project will thrive on user-created proposals, as explained below. If there is sufficient support for a particular proposal, we will collaborate to implement the idea. It should be noted that this project is not intended to be similar to Esperanza in any way.

Proposals
Please post your proposals for improving Wikipedia's community by creating a subpage:

List of subpages thus far:

Members

 * – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 00:02, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
 * — Ched : ?  05:02, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 *  Grsz 11  05:07, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * -Tznkai (talk) 05:10, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * — Ed   (talk  •  contribs)  05:11, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * -Frmatt (talk) 05:13, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * On board. Kingturtle (talk) 05:19, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 *  bibliomaniac 1  5  05:23, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * ≈ Chamal talk ¤ 05:24, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Sounds like a good idea to me. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe 05:25, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm pessimistically hopeful. Count me in. Un  sch  ool  05:34, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Hells yeah. --Coffee //  have a cup  //  ark  // 05:35, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * What Coffee said. -  F ASTILYsock   (T ALK ) 05:35, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I haz some ideas  Ϣere Spiel  Chequers  06:38, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, Duh! :)  Athe Weatherman   09:02, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * ... because "Come to Wikipedia - it's a boring, drama-filled place!" just isn't a good slogan to attract people. Regards  So Why  11:21, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * J04n(talk page) 11:44, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I can signz up?  Pmlineditor      ∞    11:25, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Definitely. Regards, --— Cyclonenim | Chat 12:00, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the invite....--Buster7 (talk) 12:10, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * To keep you guys from getting into trouble ... I mean, to have fun! - Dank (push to talk) 12:22, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * "WikiProject NO MOAR DRAMA PLOX!!!" Brilliant!--Unionhawk Talk E-mail Review 12:49, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Potentially, depending on the exact direction this grows in. Olaf Davis (talk) 13:00, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Attempting to re-create the "good ol' days" is a project doomed to near-certain failure. Sign me up!-- SPhilbrick  T  14:06, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Jamie  S93  15:08, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * GrooveDog • i'm groovy.
 * ME-- NotedGrant  Talk  19:20, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I know exactly what you mean, Lord Spongefrog,  (I am the Czar of all Russias!)  19:30, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Yep, I'm everywhere. Socko the sockpuppet (talk) 20:40, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * While I'm on my way out the door, if I decide to return I'm in. --Tothwolf (talk) 21:01, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Sure, why not?-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk  02:50, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
 * December21st2012Freak Lord of the Vulcans 22:11, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Julian knows what he's doing. Abce2 | If you would   like to make a call..  23:35, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. SMC (talk) 00:14, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Yea I'd say yea Jamesofur (talk) 04:20, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Looks fun, I'm in.-- Orange soda  kid  17:59, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
 * –blurpeace (talk) 03:56, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Sounds interesting to me. AFriedman (talk) 04:47, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Already doing it -- &oelig; &trade; 14:33, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Thought I already was a member... Hiding T 17:05, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Sounds promising :) Calmer   Waters  10:27, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
 * ragesoss (talk) 16:19, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
 *  Them From  Space  03:24, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Ks0stm (T•C•G) 11:36, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Non-member supporters

 * ChildofMidnight (talk) 07:36, 4 November 2009 (UTC) I don't think I can be a member in any group that would have me as a member.
 * r ʨ anaɢ talk/contribs 12:25, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I like the idea, but joining it will be questionable for me. Mitch 32(A fortune in fabulous articles can be yours!) 15:01, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Sounds interesting, but I don't want to commit at this stage to making useful contributions. Rd232 talk 17:54, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I support anyone who encourages people to enjoy making good contributions to Wikipedia. Spread the love. —Th e DJ (talk • contribs) 19:31, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Sounds like a good idea, but I think I'll wait and see how this turns out before I join.--Twilight Helryx (talk) 20:57, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Until I've better earned the trust of peers, I can't know how I'd best fit in here. Until then, I'll gladly sign. ♪ daTheisen(talk) 08:41, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Sounds like a great idea, and I might be interested in joining as it becomes more concrete... keep me posted! - Adolphus79 (talk) 04:22, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Adolphus79 just said it best. — Gavia immer (talk) 22:15, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I have a weakness for lost causes. Besides, this project desperately needs less authoritarianism and more fun. Good Night, and Good Luck.--R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) (talk) 13:46, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
 * 15lsoucy (talk) 00:52, 23 November 2009 (UTC), I can promote it. I would like to see how big it will get. Good luck with it.
 * Graeme Bartlett (talk)   Something I aim for, but when will the project go live?  There is more than enough mass to have this as a genuine project now. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 11:44, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
 * @Kate  (talk)  04:36, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
 * ( X! ·  talk )  · @086  · 01:04, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Rehman (talk): I do understand that Wikipedia is on the brink of total collapse. Hence i do support this project. But, i also do not want to be part of a ton of users who do little, which will just make things complicated. Its better i leave the job to the dedicated Wikipedians who really can do things. But yes, i would like to support in any way i can. Best regards. (10:30, 16 December 2009 (UTC))

Examples of goals
Some examples of what we hope to do is:


 * Explore other Wikimedia wikis and see what they do to support their local community.
 * Make it easier and less overwhelming for novice editors to become more involved.
 * Find ways to induce more productive behavior among contributors.

Some pages to offer help at

 * Help Desk - a page dedicated to asking and answering questions about Wikipedia, and how to find and use our features.
 * Reference Desk - a collection of pages dedicated to answering general questions. This is broken down into several areas.  Click on the link that is most closely related to your question. (i.e. Science, Mathematics, Language, etc.)
 * New contributors' help page A good place to go when you don't know why something works the way it does.
 * strategy:Talk:Emerging strategic priorities/ESP 4 key questions Community Health questions at Strategy
 * Drawing board a safe place for people to propose ideas

Getting Started

 * Introduction
 * Your first article
 * Starting an article