Wikipedia:WikiProject Glossaries

Welcome to the Glossary WikiProject. The goal here is to create glossaries on various subjects for inclusion in the encyclopedia (see WP:Manual of Style/Glossaries). Glossaries are a type of list, which in turn is a type of article (or article section) on Wikipedia.

Goals and scope
Goals:
 * Check and establish the proposed Manual of Style (glossaries)
 * Maintain and improve Contents/List of glossaries (and all its transcluded subpages:)
 * Contents/List of glossaries/Culture and the arts
 * Contents/List of glossaries/Geography and places
 * Contents/List of glossaries/Health and fitness
 * Contents/List of glossaries/History and events
 * Contents/List of glossaries/Intro
 * Contents/List of glossaries/Mathematics and logic
 * Contents/List of glossaries/Natural and physical sciences
 * Contents/List of glossaries/People and self
 * Contents/List of glossaries/Philosophy and thinking
 * Contents/List of glossaries/Reference
 * Contents/List of glossaries/Religion and belief systems
 * Contents/List of glossaries/Society and social sciences
 * Contents/List of glossaries/Technology and applied sciences
 * Coordinate the relevant policy/guideline pages (where relevant):
 * Manual of Style/Glossaries
 * Wikipedia is not a dictionary
 * What Wikipedia is not
 * Lists
 * Manual of Style/Stand-alone lists
 * Manual of Style/Embedded lists
 * Keep an eye on WikiProject Deletion sorting/Lists

Scope:
 * This project applies to glossaries, but not to word lists. (Needs expansion)

Participants
Please enter your name below, followed by the glossary or glossaries you are most interested in (existing yet or otherwise).


 * The Transhumanist -- Glossary of philosophy
 * SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  20:33, 20 November 2008 (UTC) – principal author of WP:Manual of Style/Glossaries, and Glossary and the rest of the template-structured glossary system. The actual glossary I've spent the most time on is Glossary of cue sports terms, the one used as the model for developing most of that.
 * Quiddity -- all
 * Jordantrew (talk) 21:55, 4 May 2010 (UTC) Glossary of cue sports terms
 * PKM (talk) 20:32, 14 June 2010 (UTC) Started Glossary of sewing terminology (working on references); expanding Glossary of textile manufacturing
 * Gustavo Sandoval Kingwergs -- Glossary of scientific terms related to sleep and dreams--correogsk (talk) 06:11, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Brad7777 -- Category:Glossaries on mathematics Brad7777 (talk) 16:42, 13 November 2011 (UTC) Currently: Glossary of areas of mathematics Brad7777 (talk) 16:12, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * User:Pbsouthwood -- Glossary of underwater diving terminology and any others that may fall under the scope of Portal:Underwater diving or ••• Peter (Southwood) (talk): 09:29, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Chursaner -- Glossary of probability and statistics
 * Jenniferz -- Glossary of cooking terms
 * Timothy -- Glossary of terms associated with historiography
 * Afkirby -- General maintenance and utilisation of glossaries.

Templates

 * Glossary pages


 * Meta
 * WikiProject Glossaries - talkpage banner
 * Glossaries - this project's navigation template (see top-right)

Collaboration of the month
This month's (May's) collaboration is: Glossary of communication disorders

Missing and incomplete major topic glossaries
Unfortunately, there are large gaps in the coverage of Wikipedia's glossaries. Below is a list of major topics that do not yet have complete glossaries. Those in blue have been started, but not yet completed. Those in red represent completely missing glossaries -- to create one, click on the redlink. There are many more major topics that lack glossaries, but the following list has so many gaps that it's a big enough list to keep us busy for quite a long time.  Th e Tr ans hu man ist   00:05, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Caveat: if a new glossary has only a few definitions, or it only lists terms without definitions, then it will likely be nominated for deletion. To prevent this from happening, build up the number of defined terms quickly, and either develop it initially as an embedded list in the topic's main article, or make it a subpage of your user page until, it has enough terms to be a stand-alone glossary that won't be a target of deletion. (The number is entirely subjective, but 30 or more terms is probably a good start for a stand-alone glossary).

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 * See also: Cultures of present-day nations and states

Culture • Classical studies • Cooking • Critical theory • Hobby • Literature


 * Art and Entertainment • Fiction • Poetry


 * Performing arts • Dance •Film/Motion pictures • Music • Opera • Theatre


 * Visual arts • Architecture • Crafts • Drawing • Film • Painting • Photography • Sculpture


 * Sports and games • Cue sports • Poker • Darts

Gnome-globe.svg Geography and places
Geography

Nuvola apps package favorite.svg Health and fitness
Health • Exercise • Health science • Nutrition • Medicine • Sports is under "Art & Culture", above

Nuvola apps kworldclock.png History and events
History • Classical antiquity • Medieval history (Middle Ages) • Renaissance

Nuvola apps edu mathematics-p.svg Mathematics and abstractions
Mathematics • Areas of mathematics • Arithmetic • Algebra • Calculus • Discrete mathematics • Geometry • Trigonometry • Logic • Statistics

Nuvola apps kalzium.svg Natural sciences and nature

 * Main list: Glossary of science topics

Biology • Animals • Biochemistry • Botany • Ecology • Health and fitness • Zoology

Physical sciences • Astronomy • Chemistry • Meteorology • Earth sciences • Physics

Nuvola apps kuser.svg People and self
People and Self • Biology • Psychology • Relationships

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Philosophy • Philosophical theories (with summary)• Philosophical theories • Humanism • Logic • Thinking • Transhumanism

ReligiousSymbols.svg Religion and spirituality
Religion

Nuvola filesystems folder home.svg Social sciences and society

 * Main list: Glossary of science topics

Social sciences • Archaeology • Critical theory • Economics • Geography • History • Linguistics • Law • Political science • Psychology • Sociology • Relationships

Society • Community • Criminal justice • Education • Firefighting • Law • Politics • Public affairs


 * Business • Economics • Finance • Management • Marketing

Nuvola apps display.svg Technology and applied sciences

 * Main lists: Glossary of science topics and Glossary of technology topics.

Aerospace engineering • Artificial intelligence • Agriculture • Architecture • Big Science • Biotechnology • Civil engineering • Communication • Computer science • (Information technology, Internet, Programming, Software engineering) • Electrical and electronics engineering • Energy development • Engineering • Firefighting • Health science • Industry • Library and information science • Machines • Management • Manufacturing • Mechanical engineering • Military • Nutrition • Robotics • Space exploration • Structural engineering • Telecommunication (Internet) • Transport • Underwater diving • Vehicles

Related projects

 * WP:WikiProject Bibliographies
 * WP:WikiProject Contents
 * WP:WikiProject Indexes