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The European Union WikiProject is a group of Wikipedians dedicated to expanding and improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to the European Union. 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.

Our goals

  • Provide a consistent theme for the articles relating to the European Union.
  • Correctly categorize the articles relating to the European Union in a coherent manner.
  • Improve the quality of European Union articles.
    • This can be done with COTFs.
  • Manage the European Union WikiPortal so it doesn't fall out of usage.

Our scope

The project generally considers any article related to the European Union to be a valid topic; its primary work, however, is concentrated in a number of basic areas:
  • The EU itself.
  • The economy of the EU.
  • The expansion of the EU.
  • The history of the EU.
  • The treaties and policies of the EU.

Our structure

A structure for articles relating to the European Union has not yet been agreed.

Contents

[edit] Announcements

 The current European Union collaboration is Phare.
Please read the nomination discussion, and help improve it to featured-standard quality.

[edit] Guidelines

The guidelines presented in this section are intended to be guidelines only; while they are well-suited for the vast majority of EU articles, there exist a number of cases where alternate approaches have been taken. These exceptions are often the result of negotiation; if something seems unusual or out-of-place, it may be worthwhile to ask before attempting to change it, as there might reasons for it that are not immediately obvious.

[edit] Article names

[edit] Article structure

[edit] Templates

[edit] Life in the European Union

[edit] Categories

[edit] Project organisation

[edit] Active Members

If you want to help out, just add your name and join in!

Boris Johnson VC 12:26, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

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  • Marcus22 16:58, 26 October 2006 (UTC) European first, British second.
  • Pvosta 13:30, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Baristarim 05:51, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Michkalas 11:12, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Hectorian 12:35, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Inactive Members

  • LiniShu 03:24, 11 August 2005 (UTC) -- currently inactive -14 January 2006

[edit] Project banner

This article is part of WikiProject European Union, an attempt to co-ordinate articles relating to the European Union on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.
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The {{European Union}} project banner template should be added to the talk page of every article within the scope of the project. The full syntax is as follows:

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European Union to-do list
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Assess all the articles per Wikipedia:WikiProject European Union/Assessment!

[edit] House style for title of articles on directives

We don't have one. I've initiated a discussion/ballot at Talk:List of European Union directives --Red King 20:37, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Open Europe

The article Open Europe reads like a party political broadcast. Is there a suitable tag? {{NPOV}} doesn't seem to fit. --Red King 22:58, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Terminology

I think it is important to have correct terminology. Often articles will refer to "Europe", a geographical entity and collection of political entities, when really they mean "the EU", a political and economy construct. Primarily this is an issue because "the EU" does not consist of all the states of Europe, but secondly because it quietly attributes the ownership of Europe and its history to the EU, which is not at all the case, but which is why EUphiles often like to refer to the EU as "Europe". Clearly doing so in an encyclopedia would be as POV as referring to anti-abortionists as "pro-life" in articles, as that is an emotive label they choose to refer to themselves as, rather than a factual description. 88.105.249.165 15:49, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

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