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Welcome to the WikiProject Lists, an effort to collaboratively develop Wikipedia's list articles and embedded lists.

Goals [edit]

• Make all lists conform to the standards of Featured list criteria
• Check through Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Lists
• Disperse Category:Lists into their proper subcategories
• Create Wikipedia:Most wanted articles#Lists
• Reduce the number of inappropriate laundry lists
• Maintain Wikipedia:Contents and its subpages
• Make more lists to better organize Wikipedia articles
• Maintain and develop the list guidelines and help pages.

Scope [edit]

• The project covers all articles that are (or contain) lists. That includes those that are intended to aid in navigation through Wikipedia, and all articles whose intent is to gather disparate articles and info into useful groups.

Guidelines [edit]

Assessment [edit]

The assessment department gives details of our Quality and Importance statistics. This project will use only FL, List, and Stub for articles. Quality Classes such as Image, Template, Portal, Disambiguation, Category and Project will only be included in order to conform with the predefined Wikipedia:Namespace.

Currently, this project uses the Version 1.0 Editorial Team bot for article statistics. Therefore it has become necessary for the project create a Custom mask for Quality class. The Custom mask for WikiProject Lists limits class to FL, List, and Stub for articles, and automatically changes incorrect class codes.

List articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA				1			1
FL	2	7	46	519		8	582
List	6	35	315	4,249	4	2,655	7,264
Category					437		437
Disambig					3		3
File					1		1
Portal					2		2
Project					24		24
Redirect				1	56		57
Template					1,506		1,506
NA		1					1
Assessed	8	43	361	4,770	2,033	2,663	9,878
Unassessed				18		1,368	1,386
Total	8	43	361	4,788	2,033	4,031	11,264
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 50000000000000000000			Ω = 0.00

After adding our Project template to a talk page, you may run our Assessment bot by clicking Run the bot right away on the bot's User page. Type the word List, then click Submit.

Lists of Wikipedia lists [edit]

Search google for intitle:list or intitle:comparison, to pull up thousands of examples of Wikipedia lists and comparison tables.

See also Wikipedia:Contents.

Articles [edit]

New articles [edit]

A list of recently-created list articles can be found at User:AlexNewArtBot/ListsSearchResult. This list is updated daily.

When reviewing new articles, be sure to perform the following tasks, where appropriate:

• Tag the talk page with {{WikiProject Lists}}
• Add the article to the appropriate list category
• Tag incomplete lists with {{expand list}} or {{dynamic list}}
• Nominate interesting articles at Did you know?

Article alerts [edit]

Articles for deletion

• 11 May 2013 – List of Walmart brands (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by TenPoundHammer (t · c) was closed as keep by Mediran (t · c) on 18 May 2013; see discussion (10 participants)
• 11 May 2013 – List of countries by nominal GDP growth rate (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Zanhe (t · c) was deleted; see discussion (6 participants)
• 09 May 2013 – List of item numbers in Indian cinema (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Vamsisv (t · c) was closed as keep by Ged UK (t · c) on 16 May 2013; see discussion (5 participants)
• 08 May 2013 – List of Cluedo characters (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by AldezD (t · c) was closed as keep by JohnCD (t · c) on 15 May 2013; see discussion (7 participants)
• 03 May 2013 – List of Star Wars superweapons (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Ansh666 (t · c) was deleted; see discussion (12 participants)
• 01 May 2013 – List of commemorative months (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Sjö (t · c) was closed as keep by Czar (t · c) on 08 May 2013; see discussion (6 participants)
• 16 Apr 2013 – List of minor recurring characters in Star Trek: The Next Generation (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by TenPoundHammer (t · c) was closed as keep by Postdlf (t · c) on 18 Apr 2013; see discussion (12 participants)
• 14 Apr 2013 – List of people on the cover of GQ (India) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Scope creep (t · c) was deleted; see discussion (4 participants)
• 02 Apr 2013 – List of National Express West Midlands bus routes (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Wilbysuffolk (t · c) was deleted; see discussion (7 participants)
• 31 Mar 2013 – List of international pornographic actresses (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (t · c) was deleted; see discussion (8 participants)

Proposed deletions

• 21 Mar 2013 – List of politicians who have met with Pope Francis (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by AndrewWTaylor (t · c) was deleted

Categories for discussion

• 17 May 2013 – Category:Cultural lists of Lithuania (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Fayenatic london (t · c); see discussion
• 12 Apr 2013 – Category:Cartoon Network-related lists (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Paper Luigi (t · c); see discussion

Featured list candidates

• 17 May 2013 – List of international cricket centuries by Mark Waugh (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Vensatry (t · c); see discussion
• 17 May 2013 – List of international cricket centuries by Greg Chappell (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Vibhijain (t · c); see discussion
• 16 May 2013 – List of awards and nominations received by Romeo Santos (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Magiciandude (t · c); see discussion
• 15 May 2013 – Latin Grammy Award for Best Rock Solo Vocal Album (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Hahc21 (t · c); see discussion
• 11 May 2013 – List of songs recorded by Jason Newsted (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Grapple X (t · c); see discussion
• 06 May 2013 – Mickey Mouse (film series) (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Mickey798 (t · c); see discussion
• 30 Apr 2013 – 84th Academy Awards (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Birdienest81 (t · c); see discussion
• 27 Apr 2013 – List of Academy Awards for Walt Disney (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Surge elec (t · c); see discussion
• 25 Apr 2013 – List of international cricket centuries by Hashim Amla (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Sahara4u (t · c); see discussion
• 24 Apr 2013 – 30 Seconds to Mars discography (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Earthh (t · c); see discussion

(9 more...)

A-Class review

• 10 May 2013 – Gordon Bennett Cup (ballooning) (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review by Petebutt (t · c); see discussion
• 22 Feb 2010 – List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Iraq War (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review by Magioladitis (t · c); see discussion

Requests for comments

• 26 Apr 2013 – List of vegetarians (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by SlimVirgin II (t · c); see discussion
• 08 Apr 2013 – List of Israeli cities (talk · edit · hist) RfC by Emmette Hernandez Coleman (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Peer reviews

• 27 Apr 2013 – Dan Savage bibliography (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Cirt (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

• 07 May 2013 – List of black Golden Globe Award winners and nominees (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved by George Ho (t · c); see discussion
• 27 Apr 2013 – Timeline of the Turks (500–1300) (talk · edit · hist) move request by SlimVirgin (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 08 Apr 2013 – List of island countries (talk · edit · hist) move request by 212.113.145.253 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 02 Apr 2013 – List of English language idioms (talk · edit · hist) move request by Marcus Qwertyus (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 27 Mar 2013 – List of individuals with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (talk · edit · hist) move request by Marcus Qwertyus (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Incomplete lists [edit]

See also: Category:Incomplete lists.

Because of Wikipedia's role as an almanac as well as an encyclopedia, it contains a large number of lists. Some lists, such as the list of U.S. state birds, are typically complete and unlikely to change for a long time.

Some lists, however, are either not yet fully filled out or are difficult to keep current because the list is constantly changing. These are both referred to as incomplete lists. It's important that our readers understand that these lists should not be considered complete, or even representative of the class of items being listed. As such, we recommend inserting the {{Expand list}} tag either before or after any incomplete list. Provided, some lists may not be able to be fully complete, e.g. the list of numbers, but you may also add explanation where necessary such as that put at the top of the list of numbers.

It is our hope that other Wikipedians will pick up where we leave off, and add more items to the list, bringing it closer, if not to completion, then at least to a mature state in which only minor updates are required as times change. Of course, it's not clear for all lists what should or shouldn't be on it, and so completion may never be clear for these lists, but there should at least come a point where most representative and widely agreed upon entries are present.

Templates [edit]

See: Wikipedia:Template messages/Lists and Category:List notification templates

Project [edit]

Place the {{WikiProject Lists}} banner on all talk pages of list articles using the following code:

{{WikiProject Lists|class=list|importance=}}

which produces the following box:

WikiProject Lists		ListsWikipedia:WikiProject ListsTemplate:WikiProject ListsList articles
Lists portal v t e This article is within the scope of WikiProject Lists, an attempt to structure and organize all list pages on Wikipedia. If you wish to help, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.  ???  This article has not yet received a rating on the project's quality scale.  ???  This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

and includes the article in the project.

Requests for article improvement [edit]

Below are a couple examples of template code to paste at the top of a list section or list article. Paste the code with the curly brackets. The code is followed by what it displays.

• {{Expand list}} -

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

• {{Dynamic list}} -
  This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
• {{inc-lit}} -
  This literature-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
• {{inc-musong}} -

This list of songs or music-related items is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

• {{inc-video}} -
  This film, television or video-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.
  or one of its sub-cats:
• {{inc-film}} -

This film-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

• {{inc-tv}} -

This television-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

• {{inc-sport}} -
  This sports-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
• {{inc-transport}} -

This transport-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

• {{Delsort |Lists}} -
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.
  to add an AfD to Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Lists
• {{Notability|Lists}} -

The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for stand-alone lists. Please help to establish notability by adding reliable, secondary sources about the topic. If notability cannot be established, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted. Find sources: "WikiProject Lists" – news · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images

• {{List missing criteria}} -

This list has no precise inclusion criteria as described in the Manual of Style for standalone lists. Please help by adding inclusion criteria.

Navbox [edit]

{{List navbox}} <---Place this footer at the bottom of articles, just above categories.
(Discuss the List navbox Template)

Userbox [edit]

User WPLISTS This user is a participant of WikiProject Lists.

A list of participants can be found at Category:WikiProject Lists participants.

To add yourself to the project add the following to your userpage.

[[Category:WikiProject Lists participants|{{subst:PAGENAME}}]]

Or, if you wish to use the userbox, add {{User WPLISTS}} to your user page instead as it includes the above wikicode.

Talk header [edit]

Below is template code that can be pasted at the top of a list talk page, for stand-alone lists where inappropriate subjects are often added. Paste the code with the curly brackets. The code is followed by what it displays.

• {{stand-alone list}}

This is a stand-alone list that meets list notability criteria. Please only add items that meet the selection criteria established in the lead.

Related WikiProjects [edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Lists

• WikiProject Outlines
• WikiProject Bibliographies
• WikiProject Discographies
• WikiProject TV's Lists of episodes task force - see also Template talk:Episode list

External watchlist [edit]

• Wikiproject Watchlist - WikiProject Lists