Wikipedia:WikiProject Discworld

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Discworld
articles		 Importance
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Quality
Good article GA 2 2
B 11 11
Start 72 72
Stub 25 25
Assessed 110 110
Unassessed 46 46
Total 156 156

This WikiProject aims to improve and organise Wikipedia's series of articles related to Terry Pratchett's Discworld. This page and its subpages contain discussions and pages useful for co-ordinating this effort; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please place your name in the participants list below and take a look (here and at the talk page) at what you can do.

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[edit] Activities

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Discworld: edit · history · watch · refresh

Here are some tasks you can do:


    • Assess! There are still loads of articles in Category:Unassessed Discworld articles. Grab a page, take a look at the article, and rate it on the assessment scale. Then edit the article and add |class=whatever to the{{WikiProject Discworld}} banner. A lot of the articles may also need reassessing: if you bring up a "B-Class" article, but it doesn't look very comprehensive to you, don't hesitate to reassess it.
    • Tag A lot of our articles need cleaning up in one form or another to comply with relevant wikipedia policies. Have a look at one of our articles and see if it needs cleaning up; then add the relevant parameter to the {{WikiProject Discworld}} banner on the talk page. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Discworld/Cleanup for more details of what to tag and how.
    • Recruit! A WikiProject can't possibly be useful without an active and growing membership. Pratchett's works are read and enjoyed by thousands of people across the world: there must be Wikipedians who are keen and knowledgeable about Discworld, but haven't joined the project yet. Find them!!
    • Cleanup Having tagged our articles for cleanup above, we then need to actually do the cleaning! Pick an article from Category:In-universe Discworld articles, Category:Discworld articles to be merged or Category:Discworld articles needing an infobox and fix the problem!
    • Discuss There are scores of things that need to be done, and a WikiProject must be a collaborative effort. Visit the project talk page and discuss what needs to be done next!

    There is a huge amount of work to do to get Wikipedia's coverage of Discworld up to scratch. Pick a task from the todo list above, and get to work! Or, if you're up for a larger challenge, pick one of the bigger tasks below.

    [edit] Development

    We have a number of articles that could easily be developed to GA or FA status with just a bit more work.

    Potential Featured articles

    Good article Terry Pratchett Good article The Colour of Magic (TV film)

    Potential Good articles

    B-class article Death (Discworld)

    [edit] Participants

    • Wouldnt miss it. Count me in. Jordan Timothy James Busson
    • Another excuse to read Terry Pratchett?? Like I need one... I'm in!! Mayalekhni
    • violet/riga (t)
    • Sign me up! hfool/Wazzup? 02:17, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
    • I'll be watching, too; the Diskworld coverage could use some cleanup. Wyvern 03:01, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
    • I'll do what I can. I'm going to college though, so don't expect too much. Auric The Rad 22:26, Dec 31, 2004 (UTC)* Litefantastic 19:45, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)
    • I can do some cleaning up at least. - Jeltz talk 19:11, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
    • You're asking if I'm in? Does a Morporkian Assasssin inhume people? Jack Sparra
    • Sorry it took me so long to respond. I'm happy to help - Daibhid C 21:37 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
    • Will help out. Terry Pratchett has always been one of my favourite writers. Inter\Echo 01:32, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
    • I'm in! --CAnderson 01:46, Mar 21, 2005 (UTC)
    • I only just found out this existed... like, wow -- Francs2000 | Talk 17:53, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    • I just went on a Discworld binge, so I've covered about 75% of the books . . . drop me a line (after July 2005) if anything needs doing.

    Escheffel 3 July 2005 05:59 (UTC)

    • Will keep an eye out; open to assignments. --DNicholls 10:44, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
    • I read most thrice, count me in :) Jules LT 18:11, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
    • Hey, I've read (almost) all of them several times, and I appear to be editing a few of them recently, so here's me as well -- Palfrey 21:39, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
    • Count me in. I've created a couple of Discworld articles, and recently edited a large number of them. -=# Amos E Wolfe talk #=- 01:40, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
    • I'll help, too. :) Jitka 17:21, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
    • I'm in. I'll mostly be adding minor stuff to already created articles. - Haukur Hauksson talk
    • Count me in as well...major Pratchett fan here! Tigger89 20:01, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
    • Well, I've been adding to the Discworld coverage on and off for months now. Might as well make it official. Count me in. Cygnus360 12:00, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
    • I keep finding really crazy garbage in the Discworld pages, so I have no excuse but to do some tidying up. ::Didactylos 14:54, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
    • ImageObserver 02:28, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
    • Am I in? Does a dragon explode in the woods? Confusing Manifestation 17:00, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
    • Wootking I'll make an attempt with the userbox.
    • I am a diehard fan with an English Lit Degree and would love to help. Please assign or I will never start on anything.Slavlin
    • Created Hwel and incorporated template. --Mihail Krepchev 16:47, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
    • I've modified some of the Discworld info and like to be a part of this project. - Eldestone 13:28, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
    • I am a diehard fan. I have an Economics Degree and not an English Lit Degree, but would love to help anyway. Aastrup 07:29, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
    • Count me in - big fan of both Discworld and Wikipedia, and would love to contribute. Ajbuntine 03:45, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
    • I'd love to help! Time to dig out the old Discworld companion and add things !! Monkeymox 14:11, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
    • I'd love to help as well. Mrobfire 21:53, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
    • I was so excited I made a userbox.Aiden Fisher 10:02, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
    • Massive fan - any excuse for more Pratchett reading time! I'm new to Wikipedia, so may need some help, but would love to contribute. Sabrage 16:57, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
    • Bah. <signs and joins> Ronan Alifar (talk) 01:35, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
    • I'm not sure how much I can do but would like to help Conningcris
    • I'm only on Equal Rites though, and I don't want to spoil anything for myself by looking at articles for books I haven't read yet, but I will keep on eye on a few articles, and the list will grow as I finish the books. :) faithless (speak)

    [edit] Structure

    		 Please help improve this section by expanding it.
    Further information might be found on the talk page or at requests for expansion.

    [edit] Parentage

    This project is a daughter project of WikiProject Novels

    [edit] Goals

    1. To detail the novels and fictional world of Terry Pratchett's Discworld
    2. To ensure the detail is structured as well as possible

    [edit] Stylistic conventions

    There are a growing number of stylistic conventions that WikiProject Discworld seeks to enforce; some are derived from the Manual of Style, others are of our own making. If you see an error in a Discworld article, fix it now!!

    1. When talking about the books use italics: ''[[Discworld]]'' → Discworld
    2. When talking about the Discworld world itself, use regular font and link to the correct article: the [[Discworld (world)|Discworld]] → Discworld
    3. All articles should link to both of the above articles where sensible, but avoid overlinking!
    4. All book titles should be italicised and linked on their first appearance.


    [edit] Templates

    WikiProject Discworld maintains the following templates which should be added as appropriate to articles within our scope.

    [edit] Infoboxes

    These should be used at the top of the relevant articles, replacing any more generic infobox like {{Infobox Character}} or {{Infobox Book}}.

    {{Infobox Discworld}} to be placed on all novel articles

    Terry Pratchett
    The Discworld series
    {{{id}}}
    Outline
    Characters: {{{characters}}}
    Locations: {{{locations}}}
    Motifs: {{{motifs}}}
    Publication details
    Year of release: {{{year}}}
    Original publisher: {{{publisher}}}
    Hardback ISBN:
    Paperback ISBN:
    Other details
    Awards: {{{awards}}}
    Notes: {{{notes}}}


    {{Infobox Discworldshort}} to be placed on all short story articles

    Terry Pratchett
    The Discworld series
    {{{id}}}
    Outline
    Characters: {{{characters}}}
    Locations: {{{locations}}}
    Motifs: {{{motifs}}}


    {{Infobox Discworld character}} to be placed on all character articles

    Characters from
    Terry Pratchett's Discworld series
    {{{image}}}
    Character details
    Full name: {{{name}}}
    Description: {{{description}}}
    Associations: {{{associations}}}
    Location: {{{location}}}
    Story appearances
    First seen: {{{firstseen}}}
    Also in: {{{alsoin}}}
    Other details
    Notes: {{{notes}}}


    [edit] Navbars

    These navbars should be placed at the bottom of the articles. All the articles listed on a template should have that template on them.

    {{Discworld books}} to be placed on all novel articles

    v • d • e
    Terry Pratchett's Discworld (Portal)
    Novels:
    Short stories:
    Other books:
    Games:
    Films and TV series:

    {{Discworld}} to be placed on all articles except novel and short story articles

    v • d • e
    Discworld (Portal)
    Characters
    Races and creatures
    Deities
    Locations
    Organisations
    Games
    Other

    [edit] Other

    [edit] Talk page banner

    Our talk-page WikiProject banner is {{WikiProject Discworld}}:

    Discworld Portal
    This article is within the scope of WikiProject Discworld, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Discworld articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please 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 banner should be added to the talk page of any article that could be within our scope. There are various parameters that can be defined to mark the article for cleanup in various ways: see the template documentation for details.

    [edit] Userbox

    To show the world that you are working on this WikiProject, you can add the following userbox to your profile using {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Discworld/userbox}}.

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