Wikipedia:WikiProject Newspapers

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Welcome to the Newspapers on Wikipedia (NOW) WikiProject Newspapers!

Scope: This project covers the creation and editing of articles about newspapers in all countries and administrative divisions within countries. As a starting point, there should be a list for each country and sometimes administrative divisions showing current as well as defunct newspapers headquartered in those regions. (See the at the bottom of this page that includes links to lists of newspapers in each country in continents and other topical lists.) The lists should be comprehensive and give important information about the name, headquarters location, frequency of publication, date established, date the newspaper ceased publication for defunct newspapers, owner of the publication, circulation numbers for a given year, and references for each newspaper. Lists of newspapers are often found in articles about newspaper publishing companies. The template   should be included and completed with a selection for class (stub or higher) and importance (low or higher) on the talk page of each article that is part of this project.

This project is closely related to the WikiProject Journalism, which covers more broadly history, persons, companies, and other aspects of the field of journalism.

Creating articles and lists about newspapers
The following steps should be used to create new articles and lists about newspapers:
 * 1) Research the newspapers to find the name and location of a newspaper
 * 2) Add the newspaper with link (if notable), to the "List of newspapers in State/Country", if it is not already on the list. If it is not a notable newspaper, the newspaper name and data in the list of newspapers without a link (e.g. without   . See /Notability for a description of what makes a newspaper notable.
 * 3) If the newspaper is historically notable or notable for other unique reasons, such as only foreign language newspaper in the state or covers a unique topic, add the link and create the article by clicking on the link on the state newspaper list. Use data from WikiData, the Library of Congress database, state newspaper association, or other reliable source to complete the article:
 * 4) Create in the article an infobox using "Infobox newspaper" template. Include name, type, location, OCLC, ISSN
 * 5) Create an introductory paragraph explaining why the newspaper is significant
 * 6) Create a history section for the newspaper using inline references
 * 7) Create a section on notable awards, events, controversies, or people connected with the newspaper with inline references
 * 8) Create a Reference section with the template
 * 9) Add Categories: It's worthwhile to add at least two categories to every article upon publication. This is a good general rule of thumb, and for newspaper articles there are two easy choices, which should be pretty easy to find: Newspapers published in (You can find the right one by browsing in: Category:Newspapers published in the United States by state) (You can find the right one by browsing in: Category:Counties of the United States by state)
 * 10) add coordinates for the newspaper headquarters at the bottom of the article. This can be done by adding "coord" to the Wikidata item, if it exists, and then using  . Or enter the coordinates locally, e.g.    This will put coordinates at the top of the article and enables mapping of Category pages. If the address is known, the coordinates are easily obtained from Google maps.
 * 11) Finally, add a template on the talk page of the newspaper article, e.g.   . Take a guess as to the class and importance of the article using the guidance on Review page. Generally, articles with just a short introduction and infobox are Stub class. Most local newspapers are low importance.

For difficult problems about new newspapers, go to Resolve Issues to either put difficult pages in that queue or attempt to resolve them. If editors hit thorny issues with a page (e.g. can't find anything on a page, can't sort through convoluted history, etc) they will put it here for people looking for a challenge.

WikiProject Newspaper Templates
To place this on your user page, paste this code: User WikiProject Newspapers

To place this on an article's talk page, paste this code: WikiProject Newspapers

Awards
The following general barnstars are commonly used within the project:
 * For writers:
 * For administrators and coordinators:
 * For copyeditors:
 * For graphic and design work:
 * For translation:
 * For original photography:
 * For original and rare audio files:
 * For providing sources:
 * For contributing to the project:
 * For outstanding team efforts:
 * For reviewing articles:

Related projects and lists

 * WikiProject Journalism, Portal:Journalism
 * WikiProject Magazines
 * News_On_Wiki
 * List of newspapers in the United States
 * List of college and university student newspapers in the United States