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Tuesday 10 June 2008

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WikiProject Media has a two-fold purpose: 1) To improve the organization and quality of existing articles, catagories, lists and resources of, or related to, those things commonly known as print, electronic (electromechanical) media, and to help generate ideas for new items and expansion to same. 2) To improve the organization and quality of existing articles, catagories, lists and resources of, or related to, those things commonly known as mass media and to help generate ideas for new items and expansion to same.

(See: Sister project Journalism for News media specific focus.)

Our aim is to have this WikiProject assist other Wikipedians in positive and constructive ways for the betterment of this universe of articles and resouces and to Wikipedia as a whole.

If you are new to WikiProjects, take some time to get familiar with what WikiProjects are all about. For new and experienced Project participants, your comments are invited at the Project's talk page.

For more information on WikiProjects, see:

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[edit] Scope

Log line -- A broadbased WikiProject covering 1) the technical and creative factors required for print and electronic media, and 2) the economic and social issues related to media.

  1. Technical and application:
    1. All articles relating to Media, mediums of all types and formats, covering -- aquisition, editorial, creative, authoring, delivery, transmission, storage, archiving, consumer and professional equipment and formats, networks, broadcast, cable, microwave, satellite transmission and low-power broadcasting.
  2. Theory, analysis, economics, ethics, criticism
    1. Articles dealing with specific issues in mass media, media regulatory issues, media culture, eletronic journalism, media bias, news propaganda, criticism, media ethics, standards and pratices, media economics, news industry, political media, media creative specialties and skill sets.

[edit] Related WikiProjects

[edit] Related groups of Wikipedians

[edit] Participants

Put # {{user2|YOURUSERNAME}} in this section in order to become a part of the project:

  1. Bine maya (talk • contribs • count)
  2. Calicocat (talk • contribs • count)
  3. ebmonkey2 (talk • contribs • count)
  4. Flatterworld (talk • contribs • count)
  5. Guidewell (talk · contribs) (medically retired concert and recording pianoforte technician - instrumental in the introduction of computer technology into the music industry during the 1980s with special emphasis on the adoption of various media types for music, music literature and music education presentation)
  6. Harlowraman (talk • contribs • count)
  7. Humbleradio (talk • contribs • count)
  8. Jorfer (talk • contribs • count)
  9. Lighthead (talk • contribs • count)
  10. Maurreen (talk • contribs • count)
  11. Parhamr (talk • contribs • count)
  12. Quinobi (talk • contribs • count)
  13. SeanMon411 (talk • contribs • count)
  14. Thomprod (talk • contribs • count)
  15. Tinminer (talk • contribs • count)
  16. Will Lakeman (talk • contribs • count)
  17. Donegal92 (talk • contribs • count)
  18. Marianian (talk • contribs • count) (mathematics A-level student)

[edit] Goals

This project was formed primarily to form an objective approach to develop a conceptual framework that might shed some light on systemic bias within the Mass media industries. The scope has been expanded to be inclusive of the circumstances of the technology involved as it applies to the cultures it effects.

[edit] Tasks

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

[edit] General strategy and discussion forums

  • /General
  • /Strategy

[edit] Templates

[edit] Infoboxes

[edit] Stub templates

[edit] Project templates

The following templates are in use in the project.

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[edit] Articles

[edit] Project relevant Wikipedia articles

Articles can be found at Category:WikiProject Media

The Media_(disambiguation) page.

[edit] New Wikipedia articles related to Media

Please feel free to list your new Media-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.

[edit] Did you know?

[edit] Article improvement drive

[edit] Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates

[edit] Collaboration of the week

[edit] Peer review

[edit] Good Articles

[edit] Featured article candidates

[edit] Featured articles

[edit] Wikipedia surveys

[edit] Ad hoc surveys

[edit] Ongoing Wikipedia surveys

[edit] Votes for deletion

[edit] Requests

[edit] Resources

[edit] Media Meetups

[edit] Archives

[edit] Background and project basics

A WikiProject is a collection of pages devoted to the management of a specific family of information within Wikipedia. It is not a place to write encyclopedia articles, but a resource to help coordinate and organize article writing. The attached talk pages are a convenient forum for those interested in a particular project. Projects can also have associated Wikiportals.

[edit] Suggestions for new projects

  1. Read Wikiproject Best practices for tips on leading a WikiProject.
  2. Create the main project page at Wikipedia:WikiProject projectname. (See Starting a new page)
  3. Create an outline on your project page:
  4. Identify pages within the scope of your project:
    • A good way to do this is to copy the listings of Special:Whatlinkshere for the most important articles related to your project.
    • You will probably want to save a copy of the list on a project status subpage.
  5. Create a project to-do list to focus and coordinate your collaborative efforts.
  6. If possible, link to a sample article to give other Wikipedians a feel for the project's goals.
  7. Advertise!
  8. Write an article for the scope and history of the word "media". Links to the media disambiguation page are being directed to articles that oversimplify the context.