Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Sustainable development


 * 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.

The proposed WikiProject was not created. It overlapped with existing task force and lacks sufficient interest. OhanaUnitedTalk page 15:07, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

Description
Create, improve and organize articles related to sustainable development.

List of important pages and categories for this proposed group


 * sustainable development


 * 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 is really no wikiproject focused on sustainability on the English Wikipedia. The closest one is WikiProject Environment which has a sustainability task force (which has been notified of this proposal) but while "environment" and "sustainability" do have some common ground, sustainability involves not only environmental issues but also economic and social issues.

For disclosure, we're also proposing this project as part of this grant focused on sustainable fashion. We were about to propose a project about sustainable fashion only, but noticed there wasn't any on sustainable development, so we generalized the scope for a greater chance of success.

Support
Also, specify whether or not you would join the project.


 * 1) Irinarosarina (talk) 23:46, 11 March 2021 (UTC) Would join and help with sustainable fashion topics
 * 2) Sophivorus (talk) 13:00, 5 February 2022 (UTC) Would join and help with technical issues
 * @Sophivorus, so glad to see you here. this is sm8900, also known as sm-neutron at the other wiki. hope to see your efforts and input here as well!! Sm8900 (talk) 01:45, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Discussion
It's an interesting proposal. I am very interested in sustainability topics and am frustrated that so few other Wikipedians have time for them. For example, I would really like to find collaborators to improve the Wikipedia articles on sustainability and sustainable development further (see their talk pages). If this proposed WikiProject would achieve that, I am all for it! Pinging also. However, it is rather hard to keep Wiki projects energised and going. I started WikiProject Sanitation in 2015 and it was pretty active at first but now very quiet. The WikiProject Climate Change is going great but even there I feel we need more people (such an important topic!). For example there is less than a handful of us currently working on effects of climate change. - Have you thought about perhaps piggy-backing onto the dormant WikiProject International development? Maybe take it over and expand its scope to sustainable development? EMsmile (talk) 11:51, 22 February 2022 (UTC)