Wikipedia has a large number of articles that, for one reason or another, lack verifiable sources in claims of cultural or historical heritage and lineage, or articles about a variety of subjects which should have sources verifying some basic history claims and the accuracy of their chronology but have not (or have only few).
Wikipedia editors are a nice helpful group of people living in the twenty-first century who try their best to edit an enormous amount of articles, but who may sometimes fall victim to "generally accepted" history references, common places, replicated inaccuracies or chronologies which may not always be correct. Of course, a good encyclopedia article should be as accurate and free from common mistakes as possible.
The goals of this WikiProject are:
- To identify articles that lack (or have errors in) sources for chronology, history or cultural lineage information. To be specially alert to sources and citations about dates or history periods and to identify interrupted chronologies.
- To suggest verification needs, and if possible correct that information. (See WP:BOLD)
- To follow Wikipedia policies regarding articles failing to comply with accuracy in these fields.
The spirit is to help contributors to meet criteria, never to make contributors feel unwelcome, and to encourage respect for Wikipedia policies and accuracy of chronologies and history sources, while acting with a good balance of kindness, fairness and neutrality.
- The scope of this WikiProject is multidisciplinary in nature, virtually any article can potentially fall under its scope.
- Dates, chronologies, history information and claims to lineage are used abundantly as proof of legitimacy. Most often are also the backbone of definitions, descriptions and presentations.
- Historical or cultural lineage accuracy as well as identification of illegitimate claims or inaccurate chronology, are critical, as errors may replicate and multiply in a myriad of related or linked subjects using the original article as reference.
- Lack of sources verifying dates, chronologies and history references leaves the way open to false claims and inaccurate information.
- You can join this project and help in the edition of articles within scope.
- You can report an article lacking sources or inaccurate in the history of the subject or its chronology.
- You can just adopt, as part of your daily editing and when {{fact}} is not enough for requesting clearly and specifically a citation or source for dates, timeline or chronology, the following inline tags:
- {{Histfact}} displays {history source needed} for requesting sources for historical claims and history context. Click here for more information
- {{Timefact}} displays {chronology source needed} for requesting timelines, dates and chronology sources. Click here for more information
- In this way, and with no need to formally join this project, you will be contributing by guiding editors to provide specific sourcing for dates, timelines and chronologies, enhancing the reliability of Wikipedia articles.
Because of the scope and purpose of this Project, it will be sharing editorial revisions and assistance of articles with diverse WikiProjects on a de facto basis. Please promote mutual understanding, support and cooperation with an open attitude. Participants of more than one Project may find useful to obtain a recognition of cooperation between projects shown by inclusion in the {{Cooperation Shell Banner}} at the project's page. The cooperation banner of WikiProject Timeline Tracer is {{WikiProject Timeline Tracer CoopBanner}}
If finding situations in which an article is supported by a WikiProject which seems to be acting with lack of neutrality or actively promoting specific interests, do not engage in confrontation and looping debate, but rather engage the opinion of other participants of WP:TIMETRACE. If it proves impossible to resolve differences you may always follow Wikipedia:Mediation policies.
The evaluation and assistance of articles under the scope of this project is simplified by following the Guidelines for Article Evaluation and Help
Because this WikiProject may arrive at all articles under its scope, which is so wide and multidisciplinary, a work strategy has been developed which allows the participants of WikiProject Timeline Tracer to have different options for finding articles in need of evaluation and help, please see WikiProject Timeline Tracer Strategy.
Reporting an article that may need Timeline Tracer's help
Please report articles that may be helped by WikiProject Timeline Tracer here
- If you are interested in the topic and want to join, add your name to the Participants List
- Even if you cannot or don't feel for joining just now, but you think that the purpose of WikiProject Timeline Tracer is important and you are willing to help now and then (i.e. helping with technical matters as templates, bots, layouts or reporting an article you come across that seems to need our evaluation and help, please add your name to the Participants List and just add at the side of your name "Oc." for occasionally.
WikiProject Timeline Tracer issues awards to:
- Editors who consistently work towards the goals of the Project enhancing its results day after day.
- Editors who have managed to re-edit on their own or with scarce help, an article that was initially totally devoid of sources for its subject chronology or history.
- Editors who have been able to identify profound or important inaccuracies which have risked or already started to replicate in other Wikipedia articles.
- Articles which, after receiving a tag for lacking sources for chronology/history verification, have arrived to present an excellent chronology and solid reliable history sources after effort and hard work.
The complete list of awards is here
A list of templates, banners, boxes and other resources for facilitating the work of all members is here
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WikiProject Council would like to inform all Wikipedians that it may be advantageous to:
- Join WikiProjects of your field of knowledge or interest. This will provide you with a forum in which exchange opinions and identify common goals with respect to articles under that topic, as well as coordinated opportunities to share your knowledge.
You may also join Maintenance WikiProjects where the focus is on the organization and functioning of Wikipedia in general.
- Beware of overloading yourself with WikiProject memberships. Keep involved in a handful of WikiProjects to which you can actively and assiduously contribute. But always be willing to help any WikiProject when you see an opportunity, regardless of membership.
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