Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Historical information/Archive 2

We've been tagged inactive
Well, folks? Are we active? It's been a couple of months since I've thrown a onto an article. I have been adding historical info to a number of articles, and critiquing others that lack it (Islam in the United States, for instance), but I haven't linked the work to this project in any way. -- Rob C. alias Alarob 04:43, 15 September 2007 (UTC)


 * I guess I can answer my own question. Yes. -- Rob C. alias Alarob 18:21, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

In related news, WP:HIST was redirected to WikiProject History. --Eliyak T · C 04:51, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
 * WP:HIST never did redirect here, unless I'm mistaken. The shortcut remains WP:HISTINFO. -- Rob C. alias Alarob 20:18, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

BTW the project is no longer inactive. -- Rob C. alias Alarob 20:29, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Flagging articles
Please remember to flag articles that lack historical info with  .

If this is not the only problem with the article, try the   template instead. For example:   will flag both promotional language and a lack of historical information.

Note that the  paramater does not accept a date. Most other parameters do. -- Rob C. alias Alarob 20:28, 28 November 2007 (UTC)


 * The  paramater in Template:Articleissues does accept a date now. For example:    will flag both promotional language and a lack of historical information.
 * The   template can be used alone to offer suggestions for improvements. See Template:Histinfo for details on this useful tool. -- ℜob C. alias ⒶⓁⒶⓇⓄⒷ 19:30, 21 August 2008 (UTC)


 * The project page says to place on the talk page, not on the article page. That is contrary to what is mentioned here. Also, when an editor clicks on the "add it" link that appears in the  box, an edit window appears for the page it is on. If this box appears on the talk page, that link isn't very helpful. --JBC3 (talk) 22:55, 1 April 2009 (UTC)