Wikipedia:WikiProject Anthroponymy

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WikiProject Anthroponymy is a WikiProject aimed at improving Wikipedia's coverage of anthroponymy, that is information related to the names of people. The scope of this project includes articles about anthroponymy itself and related topics.

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[edit] Members

addition of "A" indicates the member is an active admin
  1. Remember (talk · contribs)
  2. Nomenphile (talk · contribs)
  3. Visviva (talk · contribs)A
  4. hmwith (talk · contribs)A
  5. JHunterJ (talk · contribs)A
  6. Blast san (talk · contribs)
  7. Dina (talk · contribs)A
  8. User:Hailey C. Shannon
  9. Swannie (proposer of the People Name Origins WikiProject)
  10. Chris 11:31, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
  11. Daamien 22:15, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
  12. Fayenatic london (talk · contribs)
  13. The Fat Man Who Never Came Back (talk · contribs)
  14. Rosiestep (talk · contribs)
  15. Ceyockey (talk · contribs)A
  16. Celtus (talk · contribs)
  17. Quickmythril (talk · contribs)
  18. Emperor (talk · contribs)A
  19. Arcayne (talk · contribs)
  20. Bookworm857158367 (talk · contribs)

[edit] Inactive members

  1. NHRHS2010 (talk · contribs)
  2. Ypetrachenko (talk · contribs)

[edit] Open tasks

  • We need to create an article that can be an example of the model page that all name article should reflect
  • Infobox names that includes useful information
  • Start assessing the quality of each name article and utilize the bot to index these pages. As of 2008-03-22, 75% are not assessed along either of the two assessment dimension.
  • For each WP:PROD and WP:AFD day - comprehensive identification of pending deletions
  • There are articles needing attention listed below
  • Other ideas?

[edit] Task forces

  1. Wikipedia:WikiProject Anthroponymy/Arabic names task force, converted from 'WikiProject Arabic names' 2008-04-03

[edit] Pending deletions

all deletion types: AfD, PROD, CfD, TfD, etc.

Throughput for this section is relatively low. If items are listed below, please review them and take appropriate action

[edit] Resolved items

See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Anthroponymy/Pending deletions archive
  • Gayibovs (via WP:PROD on 18 May 2008) Deleted

[edit] Articles

[edit] Assessment

See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Anthroponymy/Assessment
Milestones
Anthroponymy
articles		 Importance
Top High Mid Low None Total
Quality
Featured article FA 1 1 2
A 1 1
B 6 22 3 1 32
Start 12 33 46 78 1 170
Stub 7 24 77 197 305
List 4 3 32 48 223 310
Assessed 30 83 159 324 224 820
Unassessed 2313 2313
Total 30 83 159 324 2537 3133

[edit] Featured content Image:LinkFA-star.png

[edit] Example of high-quality name articles

[edit] Articles needing attention

[edit] Articles that could be split

A new alternative -- list articles here: Category:Disambiguation pages in need of being split
If you split one, please remove from this list ... thanks

[edit] New articles

Please feel free to list newly created anthroponymy-related articles here (newest at the top); see also the non-redundant #Splits from disambiguation pages below. Interesting or unusual anthroponymy articles can be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Page; see Template talk:Did you know.

[edit] New: May 2008 Articles

[edit] New: May 2008 Redirects

[edit] April 2008 Articles

[edit] April 2008 Redirects

[edit] March 2008 Articles

[edit] March 2008 incl. Etymology, Infobox, etc.
[edit] March 2008 Simple lists
[edit] March 2008 Redirects

[edit] Splits from disambiguation pages

[edit] New splits: May 2008

[edit] March 2008

[edit] April 2008

[edit] Old new articles and new splits information

See Wikipedia:WikiProject Anthroponymy/Articles activity archive for New Articles content from December 2007 forward.

[edit] Templates

[edit] Surname template

Further information: Template:Surname
{{surname}}

or

{{surname|  |  }}
WP Anthroponymy notice This page or section lists people with the surname Howard. If an internal link for a specific person referred you to this page, you may wish to add the given name(s) to that link.

[edit] Given name template

Further information: Template:Given name
{{given name}}

or

{{given name|  |  }
WP Anthroponymy notice This page or section lists people with the given name Howard. If an internal link for a specific person referred you to this page, you may wish to add the surname to that link.

[edit] WikiProject banner template

Further information: Template:WikiProject Anthroponymy
{{WikiProject Anthroponymy}}

or

{{WikiProject Anthroponymy | class =  | importance =  }}
This article falls within the scope of the Anthroponymy WikiProject, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Anthroponymy, the study of people's names. This project is dedicated to creating uniform helpful encyclopedia quality articles on the surnames, family names and nicknames of people. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks.
??? This article has not yet received a rating on the quality scale.
??? This article has not yet received a rating on the importance scale.
If you have rated this article please consider adding assessment comments.


[edit] WikiProject participant template

Further information: Template:User WikiProject Anthroponymy
{{User WikiProject Anthroponymy}}
<br style="clear:both;"/>
This user participates in WikiProject Anthroponymy.


[edit] Deletion discussion template

Further information: Template:Delsort WPAnthropo
{{subst:Delsort WPAnthropo}}
(item below is transcluded)

[edit] Given name Infobox: Version 1

Further information: Template:Infobox Given Name
Antony
Gender: male
Region unknown
Antonius-derived names:
(insert reference) 
{{Infobox Given Name}}

or

{{Infobox Given Name
| name      = 
| gender    = 
| region    = 
| origin    = 
| footnotes = 
}}


[edit] Given name Infobox: Version 2

Further information: Template:Infobox Given Name Revised

William
Given Name


Bayeux Tapestry
Pronunciation wiljəm
Gender Male
Meaning will + helmet (protection)
Region of Origin Germanic
Origin German
Related names Will, Bill, Billy, Willy, Wilhelm
Wikipedia articles All pages beginning with William
[1]
Look up William in
Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
{{Infobox Given Name Revised}}

or (shown at right)

{{Infobox Given Name Revised
| name = William
|image=William1.jpg
|imagesize=200px
|caption=[[Bayeux Tapestry]]
| pronunciation = wiljəm
| gender = Male
| meaning = ''will + helmet (protection)''
| region = [[Germanic languages|Germanic]]
| origin = German
| related names = [[Will]], [[Bill]], [[Billy]], [[Willy]], [[Wilhelm]] 
| footnotes = (insert reference)
}}

or (empty syntax)

{{Infobox Given Name Revised| name = 
| image = | imagesize = | caption = 
| pronunciation = 
| gender = | meaning = 
| region = | origin = 
| related names =  
| footnotes = (insert reference)
}}



[edit] Family name infobox

Further information: Template:Family name
{{Family name
| name = Smith
|image= Blacksmith at work02.jpg
|image_size= 200 <!-- width in pixels -->
|caption= A close-up of a [[blacksmith]] at work.  Smith became a popular last name for those with this occupation. 
| pronunciation = Smith
| meaning = derived from smitan meaning ''to smite'' or ''strike''
| region = [[Anglo-Saxon language|Anglo-Saxon]]
| language = Anglo-Saxon
| related names = [[Smit]], [[Smithe]], [[Smither]], [[Smithers]], [[Smithies]], [[Smithy]], [[Smyth]], and [[Smythe]] 
| footnotes = <ref>[http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names_files.html 1990 Census Name Files<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
}}

or (empty syntax)

{{Family name |name = 
 |image = |image_size = <!-- width in pixels --> |caption = 
 |pronunciation = |meaning = 
 |region = |language = 
 |related names = 
 |footnotes = 
}}


Smith
Family Name

A close-up of a blacksmith at work. Smith became a popular last name for those with this occupation.
Meaning derived from smitan meaning to smite or strike
Region of origin Anglo-Saxon
Related names Smit, Smithe, Smither, Smithers, Smithies, Smithy, Smyth, and Smythe
Popularity Behind the Name 
Wikipedia articles All pages beginning with Smith


[edit] Redirect templates

Further information: Template:R from surname and Template:R from given name
{{R from surname}}

{{R from given name}}

[edit] Categories

[edit] Resources

[edit] Related WikiProjects

An explanation as to why each WikiProject is relevant and related to the Anthroponymy Project has been provided here. Listed WikiProjects each have a reciprocal back-linkage to WikiProject Anthroponymy unless otherwise noted.

  • Linguisticsumbrella (no back-linkage)
    Linguistics is relevant to name studies in at least three ways: by providing the limits on vocalization and spelling that apply to human names in addition to other words in a language; by providing a language context from which new human names may emerge (e.g. brown the color becoming Brown the surname; smith the occupation becoming Smith the surname); and by providing transformation rules that apply to human names as they traverse linguistic boundaries alongside the migration of peoples and the evolution of languages.
  • Etymologyinactive (no back-linkage)
    The etymology of a surname or given name is an essential part of a complete surname or given name article
  • Arabic Namesinactive (no back-linkage)
    As of Q1 2008 there is an ongoing discussion around merging this inactive WikiProject into WikiProject Anthroponymy
  • Clans of Scotland
    Scottish Clans are the origin of a significant number of surnames emerging from the British Isles. These surnames are often used as male forenames too. For instance, Ross, Cameron, or Campbell.
  • Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation (no back-linkage)
    As of Q1 2008 there is an ongoing discussion around what distinguishes a dab page from a name article and what things belong in each.

[edit] Background reading

Controversy

the items here are meant to be representative of discussions, not comprehensive; please consult before adding more

[edit] Name information links

Main article: Wikipedia:WikiProject Anthroponymy/External name resources
See also: Wikisource:Category:United States Census Bureau