Wikipedia:WikiProject Japan/Shinto task force

Some Wikipedians have formed a project to try and raise the caliber of the information on Shinto in Wikipedia. Only a few articles exist for increasing Wikipedia's knowledge content on Shinto, and this needs to be fixed.

Members
(UTC) Probably wont be able to help much, but I'll do the most I can. You can add the following userbox to your user page if you wish. To do so, add User Shinto to your user page, which will add the following userbox:
 * 1549bcp
 * Ashibaka tock
 * Badbilltucker
 * Brain
 * Bukubku
 * Colincbn
 * Chinatsu-JPN
 * Feyandstrange
 * Fg2
 * 巌流
 * iriseyes
 * Jerrypp772000
 * Kokuran
 * Maxima_m
 * MChew
 * Mekugi - Student of Shinto and practices inside Japanese culture.
 * Merlin Storm
 * MightyAtom
 * MikeDockery
 * --み使い Mitsukai
 * Nat'to
 * 日本穣 Nihonjoe
 * nnh
 * Oxford88
 * Rabbit36 - Undergraduate in Eastern Religions focusing on Buddhism and Japanese religious traditions. I'm not an expert but I'll help as much as I can.
 * Rhtakeuchi
 * Tim Rhymeless
 * Satanael
 * Sean ODuibher
 * Sean-Jin - Contributing photography of Shinto iconography
 * Tadakuni - I can contribute data on Shinto as it fit into/related to the Tokugawa Shogunate.
 * Takashi Ueki - Photography, Yasukuni Jinja, Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America, US-Japan Shinto relations, Religious interpretation (Shinto). Updating Shinto as a topic generally - more accuracy and depth for a great world religion. Documenting shrines for Wikipedia.
 * Takedashingen620
 * Torsodog
 * VanillaX - Even though I myself am Christian, I feel like Shinto is important to have more information on. It is the basis for a lot of Japan's culture and needs to be recognized as a more mainstream religion.
 * VsevolodKrolikov - I'm no expert, but I'm here to help, and through helping I hope to learn more about Shinto. I'm based in Nagoya if photos are needed.
 * Moerou toukon - glad to be here; will try and expand sections of the mythological figures.
 * John Carter 13:35, 11 July 2007 (UTC) - Will probably help primarily in directly project-related activities, assessment and the like.
 * Whogue I live in Hyogo. I can contribute photos.
 * FrogofTime - I'm currently a member of Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America and I'll add as much as I can.
 * Yamatograd

Goal
This WikiProject aims to improve the quality and quantity of information about Shinto, its Kami, and its notable figures on Wikipedia.

Ways to complete our Goal

 * 1) Create more quality articles on Shinto, its Kami, and its notable figures.
 * 2) Create more sub-categories to the category of Shinto so that all aspects of Shinto are easily accessible.
 * 3) Add quality information to Shinto related stubs.
 * 4) Attract attention from editors interested in Shinto and Shinto-related topics.
 * 5) Assess our articles with the Assessment department.
 * 6) One way to attract more attention is to add the "shinto=yes" parameter to the WikiProject Japan template on the Talk page of appropriate articles:   .
 * 7) Add all articles that fall within the scope of this project to the WikiProject Shinto/Articles list.
 * 8) Check recent changes for recent improvements, other changes, or vandalism to these articles.
 * 9) Check Category:Shinto articles needing attention for articles requiring immediate attention.
 * 10) Consult WikiProject Japan/Shinto task force/Encyclopedic articles, or other reference works, to see what articles relevant to this topic they contain, the relative amount of space and thus importance they consider those articles to have, and use that information to help us develop any articles we may still be missing, as well as to perhaps help decide where content might best be placed.

Conventions
Follow the guidelines for naming shrines and temples, part of the Manual of Style for Japan-related articles.

Featured articles

 * Kitsune

Good articles

 * East Asian religions
 * Inari (mythology)
 * KiKi KaiKai
 * Sailor Mars
 * State Shinto
 * Tengu

Did you knows (DYKs)

 * Suwa Shrine (Nagasaki) - 26 June 2007.
 * Tamaya - 8 August 2007.

Former good articles

 * [[Image:Symbol unsupport vote.svg|16px]] Miyamoto Musashi

Version 1.0 Editorial Team release version selections

 * Shinto

Categories

 * Category:Shinto
 * Category:Shinto kami

Parent WikiProjects

 * WikiProject Japan
 * WikiProject Religion

Descendant WikiProjects

 * WikiProject Japanese mythology