Wikipedia:WikiProject Days of the year

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This is a WikiProject page relating to days of the year. It is meant to be a style guide for date pages (for example, January 1, January 2, January 3, etc.). It is the goal of this project to make all 366 historical anniversary pages consistent in style and content. Pages that are part of this wikiproject will display this on the talk page:

This article is part of WikiProject Days of the Year, a Wikiproject dedicated to improving and maintaining the style guide for date pages.


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[edit] Style

  • All entries in the Wikicalendar articles should adhere to the proposed guideline set forth at WP:DOY.
  • Any change to the page layout that would be a deviation from the template should be discussed on this project's talk page before such change is made. Standard date page layout includes the sections: Events, Births, Deaths, Holidays and observances, and External links.
  • The External links section is considered static and the addition of new links should be discussed on this project's talk page.
  • References are not needed in Wikicalendar articles. However, references to support listed entries must be found in linked Wikipedia articles and not external links.
  • At a minimum, all events, births, deaths, and holidays should be linked to existing Wikipedia articles and those articles should mention the specific events. This will aid greatly in maintaining the credibility and verifiability of the date articles.
  • Events should be written in the present tense, not the past or future tense.
  • Entries should be concise and informative and they should not contain long narratives. Linked articles will provide further information on the subject.
  • The date pages should be kept clean of trivia such as film history, fabricated holidays and observances, fictional events, etc.
  • Items, such as dates and years, should not be linked more than once within an article. Redundant links to other articles (linking the same thing more than once) should be limited to linking in order to support a particular event. See WP:OVERLINK for more on the general topic.
  • Red links should not be created in the Wikicalendar articles. Only links to existing articles that support the content should be added.
  • Whenever possible, new style dates should be used for entries. Duplicate entries on corresponding old style dates should be removed.
  • When ordering births and deaths that occur in the same year, listings should be ordered alphabetically by the last name of the subject.
  • Multiple deaths caused by the same event (e.g. December 7, 1941) may be listed, indented with a ":*", under the name of the event. See December_7#Deaths for an example.

[edit] Members

All members should feel free to add {{User WikiProject Days of the year}} to their userpages.

[edit] Task list

  1. Review and maintain article conformation to template
  2. Review and verify talk page template usage
  3. Review and verify appropriateness of content
  4. Assist in the dissemination of information about project goals and guidelines

[edit] Parentage

The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Time.

[edit] Resources

Proposed project guideline:

Style guide (template) to Days of the year articles:

Templates appearing on Days of the year talk pages:

  • {{talkheader}}
  • {{Wikiprojectdaysofyear}}
  • {{SelectedAnniversary|Month_Day}}