Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Victorian military campaigns


 * 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 resulting WikiProject was not created

Description
Numerous campaigns and wars were conducted by the British military during the reign of Queen Victoria (examples being the Indian Mutiny, Afghan Wars, Zulu War, Mahdist Wars, and many others), and, although the title I have proposed may not be the best, a WikiProject devoted to this topic could increase the quality and quantity of articles related to it. Perhaps, to increase coverage of biographical articles related to the topic, the name could be "Victorian colonial wars"? DCI 2026 18:03, 4 August 2011 (UTC)


 * 19th-century conflicts (number of pages in the category: 84)
 * 19th-century people by conflict (number of pages in the category: 83)
 * battles of the mahdist war (number of pages in the category: 19)
 * 19th-century military history of the united kingdom (number of pages in the category: 62)
 * crimean war (number of pages in the category: 34)
 * 19th-century conflicts (number of pages in the category: 84)
 * 19th-century people by conflict (number of pages in the category: 83)
 * battles of the mahdist war (number of pages in the category: 19)
 * 19th-century military history of the united kingdom (number of pages in the category: 62)
 * crimean war (number of pages in the category: 34)
 * 19th-century people by conflict (number of pages in the category: 83)
 * battles of the mahdist war (number of pages in the category: 19)
 * 19th-century military history of the united kingdom (number of pages in the category: 62)
 * crimean war (number of pages in the category: 34)


 * 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?
 * This topic has been one of particular interest to me, and I think that there are enough articles connected to it to merit a separate WikiProject. Several of these articles that I have looked at are in need of revision and change, and a WikiProject entirely devoted to the topic would cause their dramatic improvement.   DCI 2026 18:22, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Support
Please specify whether or not you would join the project.
 * 1)  DCI 2026 18:03, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) 76.65.128.90 (talk) 09:31, 1 October 2011 (UTC) &mdash; Oppose this should be a task force of WP:Military History.
 * 2) In addition to the point above, these campaigns are covered by WikiProject Military history/British military history task force.--Skittles the hog (talk) 19:56, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

Discussion

 * There is related discussion going on at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history. Kirill [talk] [prof] 00:34, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
 * There are two articles that would come under this proposal British Army during the Victorian Era and List of Victorian era British generals. An approach to the main contributors to both may be beneficial. Jim Sweeney (talk) 11:19, 5 August 2011 (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.