Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Ryūkyū

Description
Project to improve coverage of the Ryūkyū Islands, Ryūkyūan history, and Ryūkyūan culture. ミーラー強斗武 (talk) 23:24, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

List of important pages and categories for this proposed group
 * ryukyu islands (number of pages in the category: 37 )
 * ryukyu kingdom (number of pages in the category: 36 )
 * ryukyuan culture (number of pages in the category: 20 )
 * ryukyuan languages (number of pages in the category: 12 )
 * united states armed forces in okinawa prefecture (number of pages in the category: 33 )
 * okinawa geography stubs (number of pages in the category: 82 )
 * people from okinawa prefecture (number of pages in the category: 102 )
 * flora of the ryukyu islands (number of pages in the category: 28 )
 * birds of the ryukyu islands (number of pages in the category: 12 )
 * okinawa under united states occupation (number of pages in the category: 14 )
 * dissolved municipalities of okinawa prefecture (number of pages in the category: 15 )
 * kings of ryūkyū (number of pages in the category: 25 )
 * visitor attractions in okinawa prefecture (number of pages in the category: 14 )
 * operation iceberg (number of pages in the category: 13 )
 * buildings and structures in okinawa prefecture (number of pages in the category: 10 )
 * kings of chūzan (number of pages in the category: 8 )
 * okinawan karate (number of pages in the category: 13 )
 * governors of okinawa prefecture (number of pages in the category: 6 )
 * gōjū-ryū‎ (number of pages in the category: 12 )
 * shōrin-ryū‎ (number of pages in the category: 10 )
 * senkaku islands (number of pages in the category: 11 )
 * dams in okinawa prefecture (number of pages in the category: 6 )
 * yaeyama islands (number of pages in the category: 14 )
 * cities in okinawa prefecture (number of pages in the category: 12 )
 * towns in okinawa prefecture (number of pages in the category: 11 )
 * villages in okinawa prefecture (number of pages in the category: 19 )
 * naha, okinawa (number of pages in the category: 14 )
 * people from naha, okinawa (number of pages in the category: 39 )
 * geography of okinawa prefecture (number of pages in the category: 13 )
 * okinawa islands (number of pages in the category: 9 )
 * universities and colleges in okinawa prefecture (number of pages in the category: 11 )
 * mountains of okinawa prefecture (number of pages in the category: 8 )
 * airports in okinawa (number of pages in the category: 16 )
 * parks and gardens in okinawa prefecture (number of pages in the category: 9 )
 * films set in okinawa prefecture (number of pages in the category: 8 )
 * okinawa prefecture (number of pages in the category: 18 )
 * okinawa prefecture (number of pages in the category: 18 )
 * history of okinawa prefecture (number of pages in the category: 9 )
 * daitō islands (number of pages in the category: 9 )
 * festivals in okinawa prefecture (number of pages in the category: 7 )
 * people of ryukyu kingdom (number of pages in the category: 7 )
 * kerama islands (number of pages in the category: 6 )
 * ueekata (number of pages in the category: 8 )
 * castles in okinawa prefecture (number of pages in the category: 10 )
 * people of ryukyu kingdom (number of pages in the category: 7 )
 * kerama islands (number of pages in the category: 6 )
 * ueekata (number of pages in the category: 8 )
 * castles in okinawa prefecture (number of pages in the category: 10 )


 * List of WikiProjects currently on the talk pages of those articles
 * Please invite these and any other similar groups to join the discussion about this proposal. See WikiProject_Council/Directory to find similar WikiProjects.




 * Why do you want to start a new group, instead of joining one of these existing groups?
 * There are many articles pertaining to Ryūkyū that need to be created, many existing articles that need to be improved, and I believe that the Ryūkyū Islands, their history, and their culture encompasses enough information to merit their own group (approximately ~800 pages and ~60 categories).

Support
Also, specify whether or not you would join the project.
 * 1) I would join the project. I've already begun a To Do list for such a project. ミーラー強斗武 (talk) 23:24, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

Discussion
I thought Kwamikagami and I had suggested to you that it would be a better endeavor to just work on this as a task force within WP:JAPAN, because the categories you have picked mostly revolve around modern Okinawa Prefecture rather than the historical Ryukyu Kingdom.— Ryūlóng ( 琉竜 ) 19:10, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Again, it's supposed to cover more than just the Ryūkyū Kingdom. ミーラー強斗武 (talk) 19:23, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
 * It's distinct enough to be a seperate subject. ミーラー強斗武 (talk) 19:27, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Again, most of this falls under the topic of Japan, and it would be better as a task force than its own project. The Ryukyu Islands, English or Japanese definition, are part of Japan now and are not at all like other former nations that represent distinct parts of world history.— Ryūlóng ( 琉竜 ) 19:32, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Ok, well what do you mean "not at all like other former nations that represent distinct parts of world history"? Besides, if this was mostly about Okinawa Prefecture, there's already the WP:Japan/Districts and municipalities task force. ミーラー強斗武 (talk) 19:39, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Hokkaido has its own task force within WP:JAPAN as does the topic on the Ainu. There's nothing preventing a task force dedicated to the Ryukyus and Okinawa.— Ryūlóng ( 琉竜 ) 20:21, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Look, I created the WikiProject a week ago, and you deleted it. We discussed it for a few days on my talk page, your talk page, and Kwamikagami's talk page. I added a post here, at WP:Japan, and at WP:East Asia, and the only third opinion I've gotten was "that'd be a good idea. Start it under WP:East Asia if you want to." Sure, it's only been a few days, but I might as well still be where I was a week ago regarding "support." At least I've gotten a few things off my To Do list (athough doubling it at the same time). Does it really matter if it's listed as a "project" or "task force" if it's just me and maybe another editor? ミーラー強斗武 (talk) 20:44, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
 * What we've been saying is that you don't have to do this high a level of bureaucracy in forming a WikiProject and just make your own subpage of one of the other ones, preferrably WP:JAPAN due to its already high number of participants. It works better as a task force than as a standalone project because it seems you are the only one interested in having such a great level of prestige behind it when you are not even 100% sure on how things work on this website.— Ryūlóng ( 琉竜 ) 11:08, 24 January 2014 (UTC)