Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/University of Georgia


 * 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; only one interested editor

UnitedStatesian (talk) 04:29, 29 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Recent changes to University of Georgia articles


 * Recent changes to Georgia Bulldogs articles

Description of UGA WikiProject
Welcome to WikiProject University of Georgia, this is a WikiProject proposal that has been set up to better organize and present information in all articles related to University of Georgia and the Georgia Bulldogs. This project is never-ending, and all are welcome to contribute.

This project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians to improve all UGA-related articles in order to make Wikipedia an excellent resource for University of Georgia and Georgia Bulldogs information for all who visit.

Our Goals

 * 1) Standardize the style and format of articles on any article pertaining to the University of Georgia and Georgia Bulldogs subjects.
 * 2) Document alumni/athletes who attended or graduated from the University of Georgia who have not been added yet.
 * 3) The alumni who have been added: need their profiles expanded on the List of University of Georgia People page. In addition, please provide proper sources.
 * 4) Create a body of articles that accurately depicts the history and culture of the University of Georgia and the Georgia Bulldogs.
 * 5) Expand the number of articles regarding the University of Georgia, and subjects pertaining to this university.  In addition, improve the quality as well.
 * 6) Highlight the University of Georgia's relationship and contributions to the rest of the world.
 * 7) Properly source all UGA-related articles, preferably using the  &lt;ref&gt; element and the cite series of templates.
 * 8) Monitor the University of Georgia and Georgia Bulldogs pages to assure no one vandalizes them.
 * 9) Update the pictures and images for the University of Georgia.
 * 10) Document and categorize the faculty who are currently or have previously taught at the University of Georgia.
 * 11) Document all the athletic coaches who have ever been employed by the University of Georgia.
 * 12) Document all academic administrators who have ever been employed by the University of Georgia.

Members
Our subjects: University of Georgia University of Georgia press The Red and Black Georgia Bulldogs Sanford Stadium University System of Georgia

Show that you are aware of related projects: WikiProject Georgia (U.S. state) WikiProject Universities


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 * georgia (u.s. state) (number of pages in the category: )
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 * american_football (number of pages in the category: )
 * college_football (number of pages in the category: )
 * college football venues (number of pages in the category: )
 * college football stubs (number of pages in the category: )
 * category (number of pages in the category: )
 * american_football (number of pages in the category: )
 * college_football (number of pages in the category: )
 * college football venues (number of pages in the category: )
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 * 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?
 * The University of Georgia article and associated content is in much need of sprucing up. There is a need to create appropriate pages for UGA. For example, a history article following the format of Georgia Tech's History of Georgia Tech. There is a need to improve the athletics articles relating to the University of Georgia, for example an Olympics page - University of Florida's List of University of Florida Olympians. Historic monuments and traditions also need their own pages - The Georgia Arch and Chapel Bell following the format of Gator Growl. All Schools and Colleges pages are in much need of improvement and updating including the creation of two new articles.

Grammar and spelling checks are also recommended.

Support
Also, specify whether or not you would join the project.
 * 1) DMB112 (talk) 17:25, 10 February 2013 (UTC), founding member and lead editor.

Discussion

 * It seems like most of the University of Georgia improvement you cite as being necessary could be done without a separate Wikiproject, especially since WikiProject Universities and WikiProject Georgia (U.S. state) and WikiProject College football already exist as collaboration points. How will this project provide for something different that can't be achieved at those projects? --GrapedApe (talk) 18:49, 10 February 2013 (UTC)


 * There are numerous colleges and universities with their distinct WikiProjects. You can find a list here: WikiProjects: Universities. I think the University of Georgia needs its own WikiProject simply because there is so much to be done. The other projects won't be able to do enough. UGA is literally older than the United States, having been chartered in 1785, the constitution ratified in 1787. Not only does the athletics section need a serious revamping, but the University's articles also need new articles and more information. There needs to be an article dedicated to the campus. There needs to be an Olympian list on Wikipidea. UGA has been a host of the Atlanta Olympics, yet there is little to no mention of that anywhere. I am slowly improving the main article and subsequent articles, but there is a need to create a history of the University of Georgia article as well as articles about some of the individual landmarks at the university. Please consider helping with this endeavor. DMB112 (talk) 01:46, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
 * The effort of organizing the project can be better put toward doing those improvement.--GrapedApe (talk) 03:23, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Why would you rather not have a WikiProject dedicated to the University of Georgia? It seems like a successful thing for other universities. DMB112 (talk) 03:32, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Actually, it has not been a success for most universities. Take a look at the various university WikiProjects. They're semi-active at best, dead space at worst. Typically, one student or alum of a university feels it would be great to have a project for their alma mater and then gets discouraged when few people join the project and nobody responds to efforts at collaborating on the project's articles. A WikiProject is a group of people, not a status symbol. Echoing GrapedApe, you'll be more productive finding your fellow Georgia students and alum on Wikipedia first and collaborating with them to improve articles. The WikiProject won't do that work for you. –Mabeenot (talk) 20:43, 12 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Comment Rather than a separate, stand-alone WikiProject, I would suggest that perhaps this project could be repurposed as a subproject or taskforce of WikiProject Georgia (U.S. state). At this time, there is probably no need for a completely separate project with a fairly limited scope and relatively few members. Plus, everything that could conceivably be in the scope of this project would already be under the scope of WikiProject Georgia (U.S. state), so a subproject or taskforce would probably make more sense here. (See how WikiProject Columbia University, WikiProject Cornell University, and WikiProject State University of New York all work together under the WikiProject New York banner for an example of how this can work). Ejgreen77 (talk) 22:13, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Support Creation of the project, and the concept that projects should be discussed here is stupid. If editors want to organize a project, they should go ahead. Ryan Vesey 22:36, 26 March 2013 (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.