Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Wikiproject Oddities


 * 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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There are some things, like Execution by elephant, List of unusual deaths, the stuff here, International Birdman, Red Bull Flugtag, the stuff listed here, etcetra etcetra...you get my point. Res Mar 22:39, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) Res Mar 22:39, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Discussion

 * No I don't get your point. Please expand! Rd232 talk 00:26, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
 * This project seems to be pointless, but if you can describe it better, then please help me to understand.   On   Holiday     14:30, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The point is to provide a framework for people intrested in odd things. Shereth's list contains about a dozen editors who have created several unusual articles. That list and Unusual articles provides a base of a few hundred articles, and that's not even all! There are people that just want to write about wierd things. In addition, the area is poorly orginized and untouched by any single Wikiproject (which is the point of the proposal). Res Mar 23:23, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The point of a Wikiproject is normally to organise something. It's not clear what you're organising, apart from enabling editors interested in oddities to find each other and collaborate on articles. I suppose that might be justification enough, if that's what you're saying. Rd232 talk 00:58, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, though I would take a stab at saying that there is some organization in there. Res Mar 18:46, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * You do know Unusual articles is intended to be humorous, and not actually used in editing, right? Besides, how is an 'odd' article distinguished from a 'normal' article?  What is odd in one culture is perfectly acceptable in another.  mynameinc 15:26, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, but at the very least I kind of want to get a snapshot of what the field looks like. In addition there is no efficent way of organizing it (right now). Of course there's always going to be the borderline material. Res Mar 19:59, 4 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Totally opposed to this; this is just "WikiProject My particular cultural bias". As has already been said above, what looks odd to you is likely perfectly normal to another culture. (To take your very first example, Execution by elephant has been a traditional execution method in South Asian culture for centuries and is no more an "oddity" than Electric chair seems to non-Americans.) –  iride scent  16:53, 16 May 2009 (UTC)


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