Wikipedia:WikiProject Holidays

Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Holidays. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there, and add your name to the participants list.

Scope
This WikiProject aims primarily to organize and standardize articles relating to holidays, and eventually improve their overall quality.

Task forces

 * Christmas task force
 * Halloween task force

Related WikiProjects

 * WikiProject Festivals
 * WikiProject Religion

To do
Edit this list from discussion page

Article structure
This is not yet decided, just a proposal: &mdash; Il&gamma;&alpha;&eta;&epsilon;&rho;  (T&alpha;l&kappa;) 's proposal:

It should be : Infobox, Introduction, Date, History, Celebration

Titles
i suggest we pin down the formula for titles of holidays for different countries. the name would be in the native language of that country and in the case of there being other country articles for the same holiday then the name would be followed by the country in parenthesis. i.e., Instead of Midsummer in Latvia it would be jani, and if another country also had a holiday named jani then you can specify the holiday as Jani (Latvia). maybe this is stating the obvious. Some thing 00:39, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

if there are very many countries with holidays by the same name then consider either merging them into one article (if they are basically the same) or creating a category for them.Some thing 03:54, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

also it might be a good idea to mention the English equivalent some where in the introduction to ensure easy wikisearches by those unfamiliar with that countries name for an international holiday. Some thing 21:10, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Infoboxes
NOTE: If you use this template: Infobox holiday, do and then change the stuff to your liking (and add stuff too if you need). A good idea given by Neutrality was to change the colors depending on holiday (blue/white for Jewish, green/red for Christmas, national colors for national holidays, etc.). Table by Neutrality. (By the way, the table looks better on the page than here).

Articles this table is currently being used in:
 * Australia Day
 * Beltane
 * Darwin Day
 * HumanLight
 * Independence Day (United States)
 * Rosh Hashanah
 * Vesak
 * Yom Kippur


 * I've changed the infobox template . It looks like what you see to the right. I'm in the process of adding them to holiday pages. Your help would be appreciated. For information on using the Infobox, go to its talk page. User:Tariqabjotu 14:26, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

it would be advantageous to have an infobox script in which the color can be manually set to suit the holiday.Some thing 21:51, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Introduction
Just a general overview of the article, like we have in most articles on Wikipedia. Just mention the most important stuff covered in all the other sections (see Lead section)

Date
First of all, describe when the date is (e.g. 4th of July), and the significance of that date (e.g. when the United States declaration of independence was signed). If the date changes (e.g. Jewish holidays), put the date on the calendar where it's stationary (e.g. Purim on the 14th of Adar) and the dates for the next couple of years (we might want a table similar to that which is on Rosh Hashanah). Also, the reason why the date changes if there is one (e.g. Lunar calendar or first Monday of month).

History
Put the history of this holiday. What this holiday means. We might also want to add pop culture references to this holiday if there are any. This can, of course, be multiple sections.

Celebration/Traditions/Customs/Rituals
What people used to do on this holiday? What do they do now?

Controversies and Criticism
Important news events related to the holiday. Criticism of current practices related to the holiday.

Remember to write in the proper style for an encyclopedic article. Basically, most articles should have been written in this format already, as it's just most logical.

Perhaps we should add some more sections

Category structure
This is a retailoring of Il&gamma;&alpha;&eta;&epsilon;&rho; 's  (T&alpha;l&kappa;) '' proposal and proposal 3a. i’ve tried to specify a detailed hierarchical model that will work with much of the existing categories. its still pretty rough but you get the idea. Some thing 13:18, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

General issues. articles can hopefully be dispersed in to as many appropriate subcategories as possible. for example there should never be an actual holiday with 'category:holidays' on it. to be more specific i think the secular holidays may need more dispersal. 'national holidays' should only contain common national holiday titles. specific country holidays could go within its subcategories.Some thing 21:20, 29 July 2007 (UTC)



Good articles

 * Independence Day (India)
 * Independence Day (Pakistan)
 * My Gift Is You
 * Nativity scene
 * Secret Santa (song)
 * Yom Kippur

Did you know (DYK)

 * 2008 Christmas massacres (Congo) - 12 January 2009.
 * Dísablót - 4 December 2006.
 * Nativity of Jesus in art - 16 December 2007.

Project banner

 * The  banner should be placed on the talk pages of all articles which fall within the scope of this project:

Categories

 * List of.

Resources

 * Portal:Holidays