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Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Warhammer 40,000. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there.

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WikiProject on Warhammer 40,000

[edit] Scope

This project is intended to bring some order, consistency and restraint to the 'legion' of articles that are now on Wikipedia relating to Warhammer 40,000. Hopefully, it should reduce the numbers of articles to a managable level (through merging), and improve the overall quality of the articles. It should also allow a set of rules to be implemented for the articles that prevent their future decline into a non-encyclopedic state.

[edit] Parentage

Father of this WikiProject is WikiProject Role-playing games

Mother of this WikiProject is WikiProject Computer and video games

[edit] Similar WikiProjects

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WikiProject Board and table games
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[edit] Participants

  • User:Metal to the Max! Been collecting for over 2 years, My main armt is space marines and iv started a Deamonhunters army, i used to collect Chaos but i got board of them (regreting it now lol). I also spand out with what I buy when I get tired of painting the same thing.
  • The Immortal Lord 00 Been collecting for 3 years my major army is Tyranids but I like to expand into other armies so I have some good knowledge of it all.
  • WhiteHand - 8 years of 40k under my belt, I'd be happy to have a part in this.
  • Schoon - I have a fairly extensive fluff knowledge spanning almost 2 decades, can do vector graphics, and maintain the Schola Progenium webpage. I'm happy to help out.
  • Primarch- I'm happy to help. Though my 40k knowledge is mostly limited to Space Marines, especially first founding legions/chapters.
  • Localzuk (talk)
  • A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops)
  • SAMAS
  • Culverin For glorey of the Eldar will be once more!
  • DarthBinky
  • Saberwyn - Wikibreak from June to August inclusive
  • Cygnus360
  • the wub "?!"
  • Falcorian (talk) - I'll help with what I can.
  • Lowris
  • CB319 - Just tell me what to do, and I'll do it.
  • Robert Mercer - Although I don't play it at the moment, I was into WH40K in my teens and I've even still got my original battle-scarred copy of Rogue Trader, as well as a load of old back issues of White Dwarf mags from the 1980s. I hope I can help out with the nostalgic end of the project.
  • Ariedartin - Located in Singapore.
  • Usiel - Added info on Power Armour and Bolter Ammunition a while ago. Still keen to help out and add whatever relevant info I can find.
  • Colonel Marksman - You will find me just about everywhere. I'm making as much contribution for a better project here.
  • Xasf
  • Emperors Harbinger
  • Rsquire - just started doing wiki, current player but more intrested in the 'fluff'. Hope I can help.
  • PIngp0NG - I'm a big 40K fan, player, and reader of 40K fiction. I'd like to help. I also took the Tyranid picture being used in the template!
  • Grant McKenna 01:41, 11 July 2006 (UTC)] I've been playing since Laserburn, back in 1981- and now that I have seven months until I go back to university, I'm going to have fun.
  • Ancalagon06 I've played since I was 14, so 8 years of WFB and WH40K under my belt. Let's get it on!
  • Sojourner001 Yo.
  • necrowaiio0 ive played this game 4 ages.
  • Dangman4ever I'll help out when I can.
  • Rogue 9 Project copyeditor.
  • Irongargoyle
  • l0b0t and the Guild Expeditionary Force will be happy to join the fight.
  • Aun'va I can help, although I only really know about tau. But give me something to do and I will.
  • Scumbag, a newbie to non-Dawn of War WH40k, will edit articles so that people like him can get a clear, easilly-understandable article every time.
  • Sasuke Sarutobi - never played much, but I was deeply into fluff; I have about 80 issues of the UK White Dwarf, as well as almost every 3rd edition Imperial Codex, and numerous other books. Will also help with tone, clarification and restructuring.
  • lordevilvenom Big fan of warhammer in general, happy to help.
  • Cailil
  • Shrumster 21:12, 11 January 2007 (UTC) Been playing since the end of 2nd ed, I'd be glad to help. Trying to get the fiction-as-fact taken off many of the articles by rewriting stuff.
  • Subwoofler - I haven't played very much, but I have many Army books and Codexes lying around along with some old White Dwarfs. I mainly play Warhammer Fantasy, but I have a pretty deep knowled of WH40K.
  • Pterodactal666
  • Fearless Son - I have been into Warhammer for over a decade now, and am particularly fond of getting to know all of the fluff. I think that I have gotten a fair amount of information to add, plus my abilities as an editor.
  • The "Morphy hunter" - Hey, happy to help, big fan and collector.
  • Alt-o - I'm reasonably new to the whole wiki thing, and my 40K knowledge is largely limited to the Imperium especially the Gaurd but I'll help out wherever / whenever needed.
  • --Chickenfeed9 19:45, 22 February 2007 (UTC) - Ive played for some time now, mostly with tau and space marines. I'll help out where I can.
  • Dasleah 00:27, 28 February 2007 (UTC) - I'll help where I can. Knowledge from RT to 4th Edition, mostly of the obscure.
  • Darkson - BANG! 20:40, 28 February 2007 (UTC) - I'll help out to the limt of my ability. Playing (or reading) 40k for to long now.
  • RCanine 21:43, 04 March 2007 (UTC) - Addict of Tau fluff and citations.
  • Guilliaman Fairly new to the 40k scene, but I tend to do a lot of research. Anything I can do to help, mostly just Tyranids and Space Marines, those being the only two codexes (spelling?) I have
  • Syrion 19:32, 5 April 2007 (UTC) - Another newbie. Hopefully I can contribute with own renderations of the various symbols used in the GW-games.
  • ≈ The Haunted Angel ≈ Big 40K fan, hope to help out as much as possible.
  • Craig-sama Knows a lot of fluff behind the Horus Heresy, the War in Heaven and Chaos.
  • Dfrg.msc. I'll help with articles on the Tau. For the T'au Va!
  • General Aion 22:37, 26 May 2007 (UTC) I play 40k and know alot about the background. I will help where I can.
  • User:Mathiastck I'll try to prevent these articles from being deleted. Mathiastck 14:55, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
  • User:XJDenton I'll help out where I can. XJDenton 01:05, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
  • User:Emperor Might as well sign up - although I'm focused on the spin-offs that spills over into other areas so (although I haven't actually played in 15+ years) it'd be silly not to lend more of a hand where I see it needed. (Emperor 02:33, 9 June 2007 (UTC))
  • User:Agharo
  • WeatheredPebble I'm interested in helping.
  • Locust Disciple 22:59, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Vilamus 2 August 2007. I'll have a help with the much maligned Chaos pages and keep it professional this time.
  • lew001510 August 2007. I'm a big fan of 40k and would love to help out. Im a bit of a Tau nut (though i play Space Marines, work that out) so i'll try and help out with that.
  • Cam Two years of 40k, collect Tyranids (Hive Fleet Destructus) and Imperial Guard (12th Cadian Regiment), along with plans for Eldar and Necrons (under Necron Overlord Anethron the Darkener)
  • Puretide Been playing for 9 years, had Tau for 4 - I have an encyclopedic knowledge of Tau warfare.
  • The Great Unwashed: Been playing for ten years and still going strong.
  • Sirkad I just started playing recently, I enjoy the game and hope I can make legitamate contributions.
  • Redilarus: My best friend is the manager of a GW store and I love the story of 40k. I'll do what I can to help. (Hail the Omnissiah)
  • User:Arthurcourt : Just started collecting a year ago, was inspired by the background i read on wikipedia
  • User:Psyker101 : Been playing for about 6 years and I love the game and all it's backstory. I hope to help keep the game's fluff alive and help other players to appreciate it as much as I do. I play Tau Empire and IG.
  • User:UrzaTRI : I've been collecting for approx: 20 years now (!). I have a good knowledge of WH40K from 1st Edition to present, and am an expert on the Relictors Space Marines.
  • ChonkE : Been collecting and reading fluff since Rogue Trader. Special knowledge includes variant games such as Space Hulk, Advanced Space Crusade and Epic 40k.
  • Jabbakahut (talk) 13:55, 22 March 2008 (UTC) : Collecting since first edition. Still have original reference materials. Just finishing the Horus Heresy series.

[edit] Articles - Creating an Article

[edit] Article Structure & Layout

As there are quite a few different types of article relating to Warhammer 40,000, this section will provide links to subpages defining each one in turn. The list is by no means complete. Please add any more groups that you think are commonplace.

[edit] Proposed Goals

  1. Provide a series of guidelines to allow conformity between the articles.
  2. Provide notability critera for characters
  3. Provide guidelines on inclusion critera for canon and non-canon information
  4. Ensure all articles have references.
  5. Merge some of the small articles into related articles of greater size.
  6. Transwiki articles to other 40k wikis to preserve them

[edit] References, Bibliography and Sources

This is a listing of the references (complete with templates) that should be used when creating articles.

It is also suggested that a separate Bibliography section and a References section be added at the end of an article. The Bibliography section would contain only the most general references that apply to an article, while the References would have specific references used point-by-point for the article content.

Is is suggested that the reflist style be used for the references section, while the appropriate citation templates be used for the bibliography section.

[edit] Categories

This is a listing of all Warhammer 40,000-related categories on Wikipedia. When creating an article, be sure to pick the appropriate category for the article.

[edit] Templates

See subpage Wikipedia:WikiProject Warhammer 40,000/Templates

This is a listing of the Warhammer 40,000-related templates available for article creation. When creating a Warhammer 40,000-related article, please use the appropriate template if applicable, and remember to add the {{Warhammer 40,000 Project}} template to the article's talk page.


[edit] Articles

[edit] Wikipedia articles on Warhammer 40,000

[edit] New Wikipedia articles related to Warhammer 40,000

Please feel free to list your new Warhammer 40,000-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Wikipedia page. DYN has a 72 hr. time limit from the creation of the article.

  • Someone's created a page dedicated to SM Librarians, The Librarians (Warhammer 40,000), though it's poorly written (at the moment), and to be perfectly honest, I'm not sure Librarians really need a page of there own, as any relevent (and missing) info can be added here. Darkson (Yabba Dabba Doo!) 17:26, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Obvious merge. I'll tag as such (noting here Librarians (Warhammer 40,000)). --Pak21 07:16, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Space Marrine BaneBlade (sic). I've prodded it. --Pak21 (talk) 13:38, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
    • Prod removed by creator; now at AfD --Pak21 (talk) 13:13, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New images

[edit] Wikipedia surveys

[edit] Ad hoc surveys

[edit] Ongoing Wikipedia surveys

The Librarians (Warhammer 40,000)

[edit] Votes for deletion

See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Warhammer 40,000

Chapters needs to be removed

For old deletion proposals, please go here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Machine_Spirit&redirect=no http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Machine_God&redirect=no

[edit] Requests

A listing of requests pertaining to articles, images and whatnot.

[edit] Articles

Listing of requests concerning articles.

[edit] Articles for Creation

This is a listing of requested articles for creation. Once the articles have been created, please move them to the relevant section (i.e. articles for expansion).

  • Can we get an article for some of the space marine special characters? I've noticed there aren't any!
  • Actually there are articles for nearly every space marine character which has been defined as notable, these pages can be found through the chapter pages of that marine eg. Mephiston in the Blood Angels or Ragnar Blackmane in the Space Wolves page. hope that helps :) Lowris 12:50, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
  • It seems to me to be more logical to have a 'Prominant Blood Angels' page or similar as opposed to indiviudal pages, because most articles I have seen appear to be stubs.XJDenton 23:48, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
  • What about the Tyrannic War Vetrans? Would they classify as a special character? They do have their own section in the Space Marine Codex, in the special characters pages, but they don't have an incredibly different setup.
  • Also, regarding the Warhammer 40,000 novels, such as Nightbringer, could those be used in the history sections as fluff? --Guilliaman 14:21, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
  • I propose to start an article on Chaplain Erebus of the Word Bearers, considering he staged the corruption of Horus. Syrion 19:24, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Propose an article on Last Chancers, both from the in-universe perspective (Penal Legions), and in-game (army of 10 or so models. Darkson - BANG! 11:48, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Propose an article covering the GW 'Eavy Metal team (I realise it's not just a W40K project, but...) Darkson - BANG! 19:25, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Articles for Expansion

A list of articles that need to be expanded/bulked up.

  • Note: Please remove from this section once the article is sufficiently expanded.
  • Expansion of Tanith (Warhammer 40,000) with info from Guns of Tanith onwards, as I don't own any of those books. Background info on Tanith, as well as 'history' of the Ghosts. -- saberwyn 13:12, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
I don't quite know what all I can do, but I just got done reading His Last Command with Gaunt's Ghosts and the attack and then bombardment of the Mons. If that's ok, then I can help--Guilliaman 09:21, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Articles for Evaluation

A listing of articles for general evaluation. Whether you think the article needs to be rewritten, cleaned-up, wikified, sourced or grilled and roasted, this is the list for it.

  • Note: Please remove from this section once the article is sufficiently fixed.
  • Would members mind checking out my latest edits to the Night Lords page? I have attempted to bring it more in line with the WP:WAF by removing in-universe tone, fan speculation, original research and purple prose (I found that the majority of the article was either paraphrased or plagiarised straight from the Night Lords IA article. It needed removal anyway). Subsequently, there have been concerns raised that the edits are too drastic. I've stated some of my reasoning on the discussion page for that article and am happy to discuss further. Ultimately, I'd like to rewrite the entire article to a similar degree, and follow on with the rest of the legion articles.Primarch 14:13, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
  • The Chaos pages seem to have taken on a lot more gaming information than previously- especially in the combat doctrine. Should there be an effort to separate 40k game terminology from 40k fiction/fluff?Primarch 00:39, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Could someone please look at the Dark Angels page - I think that the fluff is plagiarised word for word from Codex: Angels of Death mattbuck 10:33, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Articles for Cleanup

This is a listing for articles that you think may need cleanup. To posters, please indicate (in bold text) what specifically needs cleaning-up about the article, whether it is written in-universe, context, tone or anything else.

  • Note: Please remove from this section once the article is sufficiently cleaned-up.
  • Timeline of the Warhammer 40,000 universe: this has survived AfD, but is frankly a complete mess. I really have no idea what to do with it, and personally am intending to let it bitrot. --Pak21 09:17, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
    • When I have some time I plan to look through it. --Falcorian (talk) 21:51, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
    • I had an attempt at cleanup, still needs alot of work though. -- XJDenton 02:38, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Images

Listing of requests concerning images.

  • More and better images of the Tau. Dfrg.msc 07:32, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image Upload

This is a listing of image upload requests. Please provide details for images that you want uploaded, and what page(s) they will be used for. Some helpful details would be the miniature itself, what version of the miniature, any specific army/color-scheme and the camera angle (if applicable) and distance.

Any particular paint scheme? XJDenton 05:28, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Umm, assuming anyone still cares, I can take any screenshots from Dawn of War. Erik212 (talk) 15:48, 15 April 2008 (UTC)


      • Request/Suggestion***

The Emperor page, Primarches subsection, perhaps a contravaling view to that or erebus would be appropriate? Perhaps mentioning that in the majority of fluff the Chaos Gods tried to destroy the primarches as fetuses(foeti?), but only succeeded in scattering them. It just seems odd that the only reference is from a black library publication, which is completely contrary to, well, everything else.

[edit] Miscellany

[edit] Miscellany for Evaluation

  • Proposed Guidelines
    • I've put together a first draft of some general style guidelines at /Style (largely based on saberwyn's 40k Glossary). Please look, comment and improve. Cheers --Pak21 11:31, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
  • In the references list, Xenology had somehow (almost certainly a copy-and-paste error by me, but I haven't actually checked the history) acquired the ISBN of Fire Warrior; this error may well have propogated into articles, but I can't find an easy way to check for this. If you see any references to Xenology, please check the ISBN: it should be 1-84416-282-6, not 1-84416-010-6. Cheers --Pak21 13:10, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
    • Yeah, it did get put in a few articles. I'm fixing it when I run into it. --Falcorian (talk) 19:35, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Portal?

How about a portal? I've made one for Graffiti (Portal: Graffiti), why not 40K? Dfrg.msc 07:32, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Warhammer Portal

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