Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-11-12/WikiProject report

WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles is a WikiProject that was formed to better organize the creation of articles that exist in other notable encyclopedias, including print encyclopedias and other language Wikipedias, that should exist in the English Wikipedia. After the project was started by on 11 June 2005, it grew quickly, and currently has 186 active and committed members. It, to date, has compiled several lists of articles to be created from around 70 encyclopedic sources and journals. The project's most significant milestone to date was achieved on 27 February, 2006, when the last of the 14,707 missing Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition articles was finally added to Wikipedia.

Article lists
The Missing encyclopedic articles project has a number of lists with articles that are in other encyclopedias. They include, but are not limited to:
 * WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/Skysmith's list of missing articles - A list compiled by
 * WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/Hot - The project's "hotlist" of missing and important articles
 * WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/1911 verification - A list of articles from Encyclopædia Britannica's 1911 edition in need of verification
 * List of encyclopedia topics - A general list of topics
 * Other language Wikipedias - Lists of missing articles from other Wikipedias
 * WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/de - German Wikipedia
 * WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/es - Spanish Wikipedia
 * Missing science topics - Missing articles related to science
 * Catholic Encyclopedia topics - Missing articles related to Catholicism
 * Easton's Dictionary topics - Articles from Easton's Bible Dictionary
 * WikiProject_Missing_encyclopedic_articles/Literary_Encyclopedia - Missing articles from The Literary Encyclopedia, added by brian0918
 * WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/biographies - Missing biographies
 * Find-A-Grave famous people - Missing articles on notable deceased people, added by brian0918 from Find-A-Grave
 * WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/Misc - Miscellaneous missing articles

Related projects and pages

 * The Distributed indexing task force
 * One featured article per quarter
 * WikiProject Red Link Recovery
 * Requested articles
 * List of blank pages
 * Most wanted articles
 * Vital articles/Expanded
 * Templates with red links

How to help
The project is currently about 57.7% complete with article creation, and could always use more help. If you are interested, you can add your name to its members list, or add the project's userbox, User WikiProject Missing, to your userpage.