Wikipedia:WikiProject Magic/old project page archived

'''This is an archived version of the old project page for the Magic WikiProject. The current project page can be found here.'''

Aim
The WikiMagic Project was set up with the aim to significantly improve the magic pages on Wikipedia as they tend to lack actual knowledge of magic and miss a lot of vital information and add to the limited set of magician biographies present. This way we hope to improve these pages to featured status and maybe make a WikiReader some day. These are only suggestions, things to give you focus and to get you going, and you shouldn't feel obligated in the least to follow them. But if you don't know what to write or where to begin, following the below guidelines may be helpful. Mainly, we just want you to write articles!

News
The Magic Collaboration of the Week has been re-started.

Proposal

 * WikiMagicians will keep the articles on magic up-to-date.
 * Magic articles include but might not be limited to:
 * Magic and its branches
 * Magicians
 * Magic effects
 * Popular culture that directly involves magic (like Harry Potter) will be included in the project
 * Copyright of magic effects will be taken into account when publishing effects on Wikipedia. Therefore, exposure will be treated carefully.

WikiProject Magic Collaboration of the Week
Go to Magic Collaboration of the Week to find out more about this weeks collaboration

Parentage
The part of the project that relates to magicians is a child of WikiProject Biography

Descendant WikiProjects
Currently there are no descendant projects.

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Participants

 * 1) [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm|(talk)]](coordinator)
 * 2) &mdash; Asbestos | Talk (can contribute a little on Coin magic)
 * 3) ~ Lewis1350 (talk) | ([mailto:lewis1350@gmail.com @]) -- I'll try to contribute however I can. I'm interested in magic, so I should be able to get some information.
 * 4) filx | talk
 * 5) LegendsEnd (talk) | ([mailto:lazyguy68@hotmail.com @]) -- Contributing to card flourish. Currently created list of flourishes and explained Card Spring.
 * 6) MagicValentina (talk) | ([mailto:netmystress@gmail.com @]) -- Contributing to List of magic effects. Have currently created entries on The Pass, Cups and Balls, The Thumb Tip, and The Square Circle. I've started the Wiki list of conjuring terms. I'm an experienced magician and I passionately believe in the Wiki ideals of open knowledge. I'm not a member of SAM, IBM or any restrictive organisation, so I'm free to contribute to the knowledge pool as required by Project Magic needs.
 * 7) Tiksustoo 01:01, 21 November 2005 (UTC) I have been assiduously editing just about every item on list of magicians. I am a 'highly knowledgeable' amateur but want to contribute my skills as a wordsmith and editor. Please go check out my edits (and Afds i have put up!). I am however getting magic fatigue or withdrawal fever on account of the truly awful pages I have tried to wikify. I was on the point of calling it a day but thought I should log in for solidarity.
 * 8) Krash (talk) Might as well list myself here after all this time. History of tricks, magicians. Blatant exposition of effects. Sorting/categorizing/formatting. Obsessed with notability, cruft and deletionism.
 * 9) Kingofspades ([mailto:pca05kjc@shef.ac.uk @]) -- I'm an experienced Magician who has a great knowledge of Card Magic. I intend to contribute anyway I can really, in the hope of improving all the magic related pages on Wikipedia, especially those concerning card magic and sleight of hand.
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 * 11) Deadferrets
 * 12) Wootking
 * 13) Elonka - magic conventions, living magician bios, and deleting non-notable bios
 * 14) Nsmith 84 (talk) Want to see card magic in its own article again, separate from Card manipulation. Also think Flourish should be merged into Card manipulation. Theres a lot I think needs cleaning up on the magic pages, I'll help out as much as I can.
 * 15) Circusandmagicfan - I'm a collector of books and materials rather than a magician. I'm intersted in design and methods for large illusions. Also history of magic and swindles, scams and cons. In addition I have an interest in aspects of circus (for example impalement arts)so maybe I can help if ever topics overlap into that area. I'll try to contribute where and when I can.Circusandmagicfan 20:33, 15 February 2007 (UTC)Circusandmagicfan
 * 16) DTGardner
 * 17) User:GTrendall I might be able to help on card magic

Wanted Pages

 * Magic - Main page, needs history of magic added with mention of several key figures.
 * Sleight of hand - Stubby page, needs rephrasing and merging with main magic page.
 * Flourish - needs to explain/teach actual flourishes
 * Mathematical magic
 * Self-working magic
 * Parlor magic
 * Stage magic & Close-up magic - both redirect to Magic (illusion); worthy of their own articles? See discussion at Talk:Magic (illusion)/Archives/2013
 * List of magicians - needs completed bios for people listed including their greatest achievements.
 * Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin - needs some copyediting + expansion
 * Paul Kieve
 * Chung Ling Soo
 * Robert Houdin
 * Masked magician - although rather infamous, there should be an article about him and the show (Magic secrets revealed, iirc)
 * Marco the Magi's Production of Le Grand David and His Own Spectacular Magic Company - World Class, played Easter at the White House on 8 occasions and has been entered into The Guiness Book of Records for the Longest Running Resident Stage Magic Production/Show (30yrs at present).
 * List of magic tricks - is too small. Tricks pages are stubby, merge into one big article?
 * Ambitious card
 * Bullet catch
 * Cups and balls
 * Three-card Monte
 * Other magic related articles
 * Davenports
 * Indian rope trick

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