Bahaipedia:WikiProjects

A WikiProject is a coordinated effort to create and maintain quality articles on Bahaipedia and related projects. As long as there is a clear need to collaborate, anyone can start a WikiProject. These projects often focus on a specific topic area (for example, WikiProject Geography), or a specific kind of task (for example, translating articles).

Function

The pages of a WikiProject are the central place for editor collaboration on a particular topic area. Editors there develop criteria, maintain various collaborative processes and keep track of work that needs to be done. It also provides a venue where issues of interest to the editors of a subject may be discussed. WikiProjects often write advice for editors, use bots to track what is happening at articles of interest to the group, and create lists of tools and templates the project's participants commonly use.

The discussion pages attached to a project page are a convenient venue for those involved in that project to talk about what they are doing, to ask questions, and to receive advice from other people interested in the group's work. Participants in WikiProjects also assist in performing quality assessments of articles pertaining to their specific topic area.

They typically are areas of interest or expertise and can be used for collaboration, coordination, competitions, outreach, decision-making, integration and mutual assistance.

WikiProjects are not rule-making organizations, nor can they assert ownership of articles within a specific topic area. WikiProjects have no special rights or privileges compared to other editors and may not impose their preferences on articles. A WikiProject is fundamentally a social construct: its success depends on its ability to function as a cohesive group of editors working towards a common goal.

Existing WikiProjects

Bahaipedia currently hosts the following WikiProjects:

1. WikiProject Biography: People, whether in modern or historical eras, with a special focus on important people related to the Bahá'í Faith
2. WikiProject Chronology: Time — Days of the year, months, years, various calendars and their features (especially the Gregorian and Badi calendars), and important dates in the history of the Bahá'í Faith
3. WikiProject Geography: Places throughout the world, with a special focus on locations of importance to the Bahá'í Faith. This project's Spiritual Assemblies task force specifically deals with Local and National Spiritual Assemblies throughout the world.
4. WikiProject Mentions: Mentions of the Bábí and Bahá’í Faiths in media and literature.
5. WikiProject Translation: Translation of Bahaipedia articles across all Bahaipedia language versions
6. WikiProject Works: Publications, periodicals and creative works related to the Bahá'í Faith