Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Bullying


 * 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.

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Description
Wikiproject bullying will improve the understanding of bullying in the world, improve 'bullying' related articles and, create useful pages which would improve the knowledge of the general public about 'bullying.' The term 'bullying' could be anything from charities supporting anti-bullying to real life issues about bullying at school or in the workplace. Not only would it improve knowledge about bullying, but inspire others to unite to stop bullying overall. I have noticed a few other related wikprojects: WikiProject Psychology,  WikiProject Sociology and  WikiProject Autism. I believe that these three wikiprojects may slightly relate to 'bullyig', but none completely including the large overall subject of 'bullying.' I also believe that bullying should be created as a separate wikiproject because there are so many articles that should go under the category of 'bullying', not psychology, sociology or autism. Thank you and I hope you consider approving this wikiproject.East Anglian Regional (talk) 08:56, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * Why do you want to start a new group, instead of joining one of these existing groups?
 * I believe that there is a gap in WikiProjects for bullying. Other related wikiprojects may focus only very slightly on bullying, but 'slightly' is not enough for me. I have observed bullying before, and prevented it, it should be a major wikiproject because bullying is a major subect, especially nowadays, where, unfortunately, bullying is increasing.

Support
I will be joining this project, because as I said, I have observed and prevented bullying before. I have a lot of experience on this subject and I would be more than happy to help out on any wikiproject.
 * 1) East Anglian Regional (talk) 08:56, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

Discussion
I must have worked in this area (abuse plus bullying) on Wikipedia more than anybody (about 11 years). It is a strangely neglected area while much more trivial obscure subjects on Wikipedia attract more editors. In principle I support anything that attracts more editing interest. However I have a concern - bullying is a social construct, there are various definitions of what bullying is. Whatever it is, bullying is a subset of abuse. Sometimes the words "abuse" and "bullying" are used interchangeably in some contexts. An "abuse" project would probably make more sense, although to make it clear that it incorporates bullying maybe call it "abuse and bullying" project.--Penbat (talk) 20:52, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

Some other thoughts - "bullying" is not something that arrived from outer space - it incorporates other recognised psychological and sociological phenomena eg psychological projection, abusive supervision, social undermining, mobbing, narcissism and psychopathy. So many bullying or abuse related articles would still have to have to be in psychology and/or sociology projects anyway. Creating a WikiProject for bullying may not attract more editors.--Penbat (talk) 21:03, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

The more I think about it, I am opposing unless you can come back with some very convincing arguments.--Penbat (talk) 21:59, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

Oppose. We don't need another specialized and soon-to-be-inactive WikiProject. Who else would discuss things there except the creator? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 13:12, 17 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Oppose: falls entirely within the scope of WikiProject Discrimination. Take part in that one instead. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 00:01, 31 July 2016 (UTC)


 * 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.