Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Popular culture/Archive 3

Main Page appearance: Fuck (film)
This is a note to let the main editors of Fuck (film) know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on March 1, 2014. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask. You can view the TFA blurb at Today's featured article/March 1, 2014. If it needs tweaking, or if it needs rewording to match improvements to the article between now and its main page appearance, please edit it, following the instructions at Today's featured article/requests/instructions. The blurb as it stands now is below:

Fuck is a 2005 American documentary film by director Steve Anderson, which argues that the word is key to discussions about freedom of speech and censorship. The film provides perspectives from art, linguistics, society and comedy. Linguist Reinhold Albert Aman, journalism analyst David Shaw, language professor Geoffrey Nunberg and Oxford English Dictionary editor Jesse Sheidlower explain the term's history and evolution. The film features the last interview of author Hunter S. Thompson before his suicide. It was first shown at the AFI Film Festival at ArcLight Hollywood; it has subsequently been released on DVD in America and in the UK and used as a resource on several university courses. The New York Times critic A. O. Scott called the film a battle between advocates of morality and supporters of freedom of expression, while other reviews criticized its length and repetitiveness. Law professor Christopher M. Fairman commented on the film's importance in his 2009 book on the same subject. The American Film Institute said, "Ultimately, [it] is a movie about free speech ... Freedom of expression must extend to words that offend." UcuchaBot (talk) 23:01, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

Above was posted to my user talk page, posting here as well. Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 23:20, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties for Featured Article
I've nominated Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties for Featured Article candidacy.

Comments would be appreciated, at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties/archive1.

Thank you for your time,

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 05:33, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties promoted to Featured Article
Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties was promoted to Featured Article quality.

Thank you very much to all who helped with this successful quality improvement project related to freedom of speech and censorship,

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 00:39, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Chad Future
Hello, Pop fans! There is plenty of information about this person on the Internet, but I find myself unable to figure out which sources are reliable in this genre. Is this a notable entertainer, and should the page be kept and improved instead of being deleted as a stale draft? If so, I am willing to edit in for NPOV. &mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 13:52, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride 2014
You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride 2014, a campaign to create and improve LGBT-related content at Wikipedia and its sister projects. The campaign will take place throughout the month of June, culminating with a multinational edit-a-thon on June 21. Meetups are being held in some cities, or you can participate remotely. All constructive edits are welcome in order to contribute to Wikipedia's mission of providing quality, accurate information. Articles related to LGBT popular culture may be of particular interest. You can also upload LGBT-related images by participating in Wikimedia Commons' LGBT-related photo challenge. You are encouraged to share the results of your work here. Happy editing! -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 19:01, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Leaflet for Wikiproject Popular Culture at Wikimania 2014
Hi all,

My name is Adi Khajuria and I am helping out with Wikimania 2014 in London.

One of our initiatives is to create leaflets to increase the discoverability of various wikimedia projects, and showcase the breadth of activity within wikimedia. Any kind of project can have a physical paper leaflet designed - for free - as a tool to help recruit new contributors. These leaflets will be printed at Wikimania 2014, and the designs can be re-used in the future at other events and locations.

This is particularly aimed at highlighting less discoverable but successful projects, e.g:

• Active Wikiprojects: Wikiproject Medicine, WikiProject Video Games, Wikiproject Film

• Tech projects/Tools, which may be looking for either users or developers.

• Less known major projects: Wikinews, Wikidata, Wikivoyage, etc.

• Wiki Loves Parliaments, Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves ____

• Wikimedia thematic organisations, Wikiwomen’s Collaborative, The Signpost The deadline for submissions is 1st July 2014 For more information or to sign up for one for your project, go to: Project leaflets Adikhajuria (talk) 09:36, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

"Madonna"
The usage of Madonna is up for discussion at Talk:Madonna_(entertainer) where it is requested that the singer's article be moved to "Madonna". -- 65.94.171.126 (talk) 05:27, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

Kleargear deletion discussion notification notice

 * 1) Kleargear
 * 2) Articles for deletion/Kleargear (2nd nomination)

Discussion about whether or not to delete article for Kleargear, discussion at Articles for deletion/Kleargear (2nd nomination). &mdash; Cirt (talk) 23:46, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Notification of a TFA nomination
In the past, there have been requests that discussions about potentially controversial TFAs are brought to the attention of more than just those who have WP:TFAR on their watchlist. With that in mind: Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties has been nominated for an appearance as Today's Featured Article. If you have any views, please comment at Today's featured article/requests. Thank you. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:16, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

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The usage of is under discussion, see talk:epic poetry -- 70.51.46.146 (talk) 05:38, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal
Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej (talk) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Please review Hitachi Magic Wand
As part of a Quality improvement project, I've recently put the article Hitachi Magic Wand up for Peer Review.

Participation would be appreciated, at Peer review/Hitachi Magic Wand/archive1. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 06:20, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

No Lifeguard on Duty: The Accidental Life of the World's First Supermodel
I've started a new article on the book by Janice Dickinson &mdash; No Lifeguard on Duty: The Accidental Life of the World's First Supermodel.
 * No Lifeguard on Duty: The Accidental Life of the World's First Supermodel

Feel free to help out with additional secondary sources, and/or chip in with collaborative discussion at Talk:No Lifeguard on Duty: The Accidental Life of the World's First Supermodel.

Thank you, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 06:39, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

The Man from O.R.G.Y.
I've created a new article on the 1970 film The Man from O.R.G.Y.
 * The Man from O.R.G.Y.

Please help expand with additional secondary sources, or feel free to suggest them at the article's talk page.

Thank you, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:58, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

Galaxis new article
Started new article on 1995 film Galaxis, help with expansion from secondary sources would be appreciated, or feel free to suggest some on the article's talk page.

Thank you, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 23:50, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

Interesting deletion/BRD of a Popular culture section
There is an interesting discussion of popular culture going on on the Talk page of a spaceflight-technology article that some of you might be interested in. Has to do with the removal of a pop culture reference where few in the current generation of Wiki-editors and readers are familiar with the breadth and depth of this particular pop culture reference, which was very popular in the 1920s-1950s, and therefore has a very small constituency of wiki readers today: those over 70 years old, who are sufficiently computer literate to be reading Wikipedia. In other words, it won't likely have a group of wiki-editors who are advocating for it at all. If any of you find the topic of interest, feel free to review. N2e (talk) 12:30, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject X is live!


Hello everyone!

You may have received a message from me earlier asking you to comment on my WikiProject X proposal. The good news is that WikiProject X is now live! In our first phase, we are focusing on research. At this time, we are looking for people to share their experiences with WikiProjects: good, bad, or neutral. We are also looking for WikiProjects that may be interested in trying out new tools and layouts that will make participating easier and projects easier to maintain. If you or your WikiProject are interested, check us out! Note that this is an opt-in program; no WikiProject will be required to change anything against its wishes. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!

Note: To receive additional notifications about WikiProject X on this talk page, please add this page to WikiProject X/Newsletter. Otherwise, this will be the last notification sent about WikiProject X.

Harej (talk) 16:56, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride
 You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride!


 * What? Wiki Loves Pride, a campaign to document and photograph LGBT culture and history, including pride events
 * When? June 2015
 * How can you help?
 * 1.) Create or improve LGBT-related articles and showcase the results of your work here
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 * 3.) Contribute to an LGBT-related task force at another Wikimedia project (Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikivoyage, etc.)

Or, view or update the current list of Tasks. This campaign is supported by the Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group, an officially recognized affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation. Visit the group's page at Meta-Wiki for more information, or follow Wikimedia LGBT+ on Facebook. Remember, Wiki Loves Pride is about creating and improving LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects, and content should have a neutral point of view. One does not need to identify as LGBT or any other gender or sexual minority to participate. This campaign is about adding accurate, reliable information to Wikipedia, plain and simple, and all are welcome!

If you have any questions, please leave a message on the campaign's main talk page.

Thanks, and happy editing!

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Nomination of The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 09:51, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

Nomination of The Land of Gorch for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article The Land of Gorch is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/The Land of Gorch until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 09:59, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Resources
I added a couple links to the main page in a new section called Resources. I figure if this project is serious about its goals and principles, why not help members find serious discussion on pop culture topics? Maybe that Family Guy reference does have relevance. Cheers, and feel free to add more sites, journals, etc. Just please no wikias :) --Animalparty-- (talk) 04:10, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

PC inclusion criteria for Arcology
Arcology is an article about a subject that appeals to science fiction writers, and predictably, it has developed a rather long list of IPC items that dominate the article's prose. I tried to trim this list by removing those items for which no apparent source (including the work itself) explicitly connected elements of the work to arcologies. reverted me several times, and reverted me when I tagged the items as OR instead of removing them. He accused me of "defacing" the article by tagging items as what I believe them to be. He further asserts that a PC item is sufficiently sourced if the item accurately describes elements of the PC work, and an editor concludes in his/her judgment that the element is an arcology. The effect, which you can see for yourself, is that almost any fictional inhabited megastructure can be thrown into the article as a presumed arcology. He invited me to debate individual items with him as to whether they are or aren't, but with seemingly no obligation on his part to produce sources establishing relevance. I declined to do this.

Is BMK right? Does the ban on original research have such a flexible "judgment" exception? Can items be included in PC lists based on an editor's judgment that an item is truly relevant, without any source that verifies that relevance? I would like an outside opinion. 50.185.134.48 (talk) 05:11, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I think WP:IINFO is pretty clear on this. Multiple entries in what's essentially a list have no sourcing establishing their significance. I've tagged the appropriate section of the article and noted my action on the Talk page. I'm willing to give it some time before making any deletions, but I think you're right that it needs to be pared down. DonIago (talk) 16:42, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

Created new article on book - Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand
I've created a new article on the book Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand.

Input and suggestions for additional secondary sources would be appreciated on the article's talk page, at Talk:Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand.

Thank you,

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 06:01, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Created article on satirical comedy film - Climate Change Denial Disorder
I've created a new article on the satirical comedy short film Climate Change Denial Disorder.

Help with additional research would be appreciated on the article's talk page, at Talk:Climate Change Denial Disorder.

Thank you,

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:02, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

Deletion to Quality Award
I've created the WP:Deletion to Quality Award.

This recognizes editors who've taken a page previously considered for deletion &mdash; to Featured Article or Good Article quality.

The award is inspired by the Million Award, the Article Rescue Squadron, and the WikiProject Quality Article Improvement.

Please see Deletion to Quality Award.

Thank you,

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 00:36, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Category:Lists of firsts
Category:Lists of firsts has been nominated for deletion -- 70.51.44.60 (talk) 04:46, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

"Misfortune"
The usage and topic and primary topic of Misfortune is under discussion, see talk:Misfortune (disambiguation) -- 70.51.46.39 (talk) 05:50, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise for peer review
I've listed The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise for peer review.

Comments would be appreciated, at Peer review/The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise/archive1.

Thank you for your time,

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 23:24, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

should this page be added to the project page?
A page I created, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_mythological_or_fantastic_beings_in_contemporary_fiction, got flagged/listed/whatever as belonging to this project. It... definitely needs improvement. Should it be listed on the project page as such?... Tamtrible (talk) 09:19, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

It's time we realign this project's priorities and reboot it
This WikiProject's lead and rationale/principles material have a somewhat passive-aggressively combative tone. It's not enough to "not compromise Wikipedia's core principles" and formal policies. Compliance-without-defiance with Wikipedia guidelines, values, and norms is also important. This page in several places directly advocates the inclusion of trivia and whole "Trivia" sections. But this idea has been totally rejected by the community, several years ago, and was always controversial. Since the founding (and mostly dormancy) of this project, "Trivia" sections have been expunged from the encyclopedia, and there's an ongoing effort to reduce the profusion of unencyclopedic trivia in "Cultural references" and "In popular culture" sections (cf. the cleanup template). While this page was mostly written when the fate of trivia on Wikipedia wasn't quite sealed, it has long since been sealed. As long as the project page still contains activistic "let's save the trivia!" wording, very few people are going to join this project, and it will remain inactive.

What I propose is that it be rewritten and re-scoped to focus on pop-culture material to better comply with content policies (see List of policies) and with guidelines and best practices in well-accepted essays (see the WP:WPPC section). I think a lot of editors would get behind this. As it stands right now, though, the project's principles imply an intent to do little but try to proliferate trivia through gaming the system by adhering only to the letter of the core content policies. It's no wonder this project has become moribund.

I think I could rewrite this intro and scope material to achieve this, in about an hour. If no one else wants to do it, ping me and I will. If no one does either, I'll probably WP:JUSTFIXIT. — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  08:36, 14 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm with you on this. Happy to look at any rewrites and offer my two cents. DonIago (talk) 15:05, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I"m in the thick of writing a new article (well, there was a tiny stub there already), but will add this to my to-do, barring any objections.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  15:34, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I strongly support the inclusion of trivia sections in Wikipedia articles. Humor or fun facts or interesting facts can often convey more "truth" than a "truthful" and "factual" encyclopedia article.  Humor is an underutilized mode of communication in Wikipedia.  In the past I assume many people used the trivia section as a quick and fun primer prior to reading the article.  Knowledge of the trivia section allows the reader a more thorough, in depth, and contemplative perusal of the article. Ozmaweezer (talk) 02:41, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
 * See WP:NOT, MOS:TRIVIA.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  04:40, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

Uhhh...
I like trivia and 'in popular culture' info, but that doesn't mean I affiliate myself with WikiProject Popular Culture. --Turkeybutt (talk) 22:30, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Page Protection for Tropical cyclones in popular culture
Over the last month three IP Users have come onto this page and deleted information relating to fictional hurricanes mentioned in The Simpsons without explanation. I would like to ask that page protection be added to discourage what seems to be a pattern of editing by the same person.Graham1973 (talk) 15:31, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I think you're looking for WP:RFPP? DonIago (talk) 04:49, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of Donald Trump's handshakes for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Donald Trump's handshakes is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Donald Trump's handshakes until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Sagecandor (talk) 04:44, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

Binary stars in fiction
I removed a large amount of fluff and now it may meet the criteria for C-class. The other associated WikiProjects have been notified. – Laundry Pizza 03  ( d c&#x0304; ) 01:40, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

Should multigenre conventions be added?
I see a handful of cons have your wiki project in their talk page. is it a good idea to add the others as well? Specifically ones who focus on multiple genres within pop culture. Gameinfirmary (talk) 14:08, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

A new newsletter directory is out!
A new Newsletter directory has been created to replace the old, out-of-date one. If your WikiProject and its taskforces have newsletters (even inactive ones), or if you know of a missing newsletter (including from sister projects like WikiSpecies), please include it in the directory! The template can be a bit tricky, so if you need help, just post the newsletter on the template's talk page and someone will add it for you.
 * – Sent on behalf of Headbomb. 03:11, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Removal of Game of Thrones' episodic Infobox images
Hi all. There is a discussion taking place on the Game of Thrones talk page regarding the removal of the Infobox images on every episode's article. Some much needed consensus is needed on this change. Please join in! Thanks!--Templeowls17 (talk) 12:02, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Portal:Harry Potter for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Harry Potter is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The page will be discussed at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Harry Potter (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the page during the discussion, including to improve the page to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the deletion notice from the top of the page. North America1000 08:46, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool
Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.

We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma (talk) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Cultural depictions of dinosaurs
Category:Cultural depictions of dinosaurs has been nominated for merging with Category:Dinosaurs in popular culture. You are encouraged to join the discussion on the Categories for discussion page. Place Clichy (talk) 16:24, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of InnerSloth for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article InnerSloth is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/InnerSloth until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Right cite (talk) 13:30, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

The Big Butt Book
I created a new article, about the literary work which traces the cultural history of the buttocks -- The Big Butt Book. Let me know if you want to help out with further research! Thanks very much, Right cite (talk) 02:03, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

New improved article Aroused (film)
I researched and improved the page Aroused (film) - let me know if you want to help out with further research, thank you! Right cite (talk) 03:40, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Are we still active?
Hi everyone, looks like there's not much activity here anymore. Are we still active? Aditya (talk • contribs) 13:43, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Some people are telling me people come here every once and a while to check things out. That's what some people say. Right cite (talk) 13:30, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

Aroused peer review
I've put the good article on the documentary film Aroused (film) for peer review at Peer review/Aroused (film)/archive1. Feedback to help improve its quality further would be appreciated, thank you, Right cite (talk) 14:20, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Draft:New Rockstars
I need help getting this article ready to be published https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:New_Rockstars. TonyStank123456789 (talk) 04:21, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Nancy Drew Featured article review
I have nominated Nancy Drew for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Sandy Georgia (Talk)  16:37, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

2020 in science fiction
I found this draft DRAFT:2020 in science fiction; it was rejected as TOOSOON in 2019. As 2020 has already passed, someone might want to see if this is salvageable -- 65.93.183.33 (talk) 16:12, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

Help with draft article about YouTube Pride 2021
I have prepared a draft article about YouTube Pride 2021 celebrations User:Peony1432/sandbox. While on first look this appears to be a WP: Crystal Ball event, there are exceptions for well-publicized events that are newsworthy. I am hoping for input and advice from members of this project about how to improve this draft. I should disclose that I have a conflict of interest because I work for Google. Thanks Peony1432 (talk) 20:59, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

Merge proposal
It has been proposed that List of fictional librarians be merged into Libraries and librarians in fiction. Seeking your feedback at Talk:List of fictional librarians. Thanks. --Historyday01 (talk) 13:26, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

"Christmas parade car crash" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Christmas parade car crash. The discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 November 23 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. 65.92.246.43 (talk) 22:00, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

Santa Claus parade
The name of is under discussion, see talk:Santa Claus parade -- 65.92.246.43 (talk) 05:14, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

AfD
Hi. Please see Articles for deletion/List of references to the Matterhorn. Thanks. Zach (Talk) 12:19, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

User script to detect unreliable sources
I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like and turns it into something like
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from cite web, cite journal and doi.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- &#32; Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:02, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Daphne Guinness updates
Back in April, I proposed a few updates to improve the quality of the Daphne Guinness article here, and since the official Request Edits Queue seems to be stalled right now, I was wondering if an independent editor from here might be interested in reviewing my proposals. (I can’t implement them myself since I have a conflict of interest and am aware that would be a violation of Wikipedia policy.) Could someone in this WikiProject please take a look at these requests? Thanks for your time. YhSA99b3tTnCnLdr (talk) 19:06, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

Is this project inactive? I dispute this
Few months ago this project was tagged as inactive. I don't think this is correct (I still stop by here every now and often). Ping User:UnitedStatesian (re this, and this). I'd like to see Template:WikiProject Popular Culture reactivated and Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Popular_Culture_articles_by_quality_statistics undeleted (ping User:Liz). There are more deleted maintence categories at WikiProject Popular Culture/Assessment. Why delete such useful tools even if a project is semiactive or inactive? I was following a research link to https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Popular_Culture/articles?quality=FA-Class and due to the recent deletion, it's all dead. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 07:20, 27 October 2022 (UTC)


 * @Piotrus (and fyi, @Liz): I would turn your question around and ask: what evidence is there that this project is active? Not a single talkpage item before this one has gotten a response.  What article within scope of the project has recently been made a Good Article, or Featured Article, due to the efforts of this project? Is there any other way the project members are currently collaborating on this topic? One person, no matter how dedicated, does not a WikiProject make. UnitedStatesian (talk) 21:45, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
 * @UnitedStatesian Fair point, but inactivity is no justification for gutting useful infrastructure that wasn't hurting anyone and was useful to some folks (like me). I am less concerned with the status of this project than with the destruction of the assessment done by this project in the past. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 04:53, 30 October 2022 (UTC)