Wikipedia:WikiProject Years
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- See August 2005 survey results for discussion on ideas of future standards.
[edit] Title
WikiProject Years
[edit] Scope
This WikiProject aims primarily to formalise the unofficial standard used for creating year pages. Results should be transferred to Wikipedia:Timeline standards.
[edit] Parentage
The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Time.
[edit] Descendant Wikiprojects
[edit] Similar Wikiprojects
[edit] /To do
Now that a set of (some) standards have been put forth, year articles need to be updated accordingly.
[edit] Participants
- LittleDan
- Olivier
- +sj +
- trevor MacInnis
- Spawn Man (Yay, It's all gonna be good.....But don't we need a splash of colour in here?)
- jredmond
- AMK152
- Fractalchez
- Art Smart
[edit] Template
| What to type | What it makes | What it's for | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{Yearbox}} |
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The Infobox for year pages. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| {{C21YearInTopic}}}} |
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The topic infobox for year pages. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| {{YearsProject}} |
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The project notice, designed to be placed in the talk page of any article that has been edited as part of the Years WikiProjects. |
[edit] Year in Topic boxes
Each century has a different year in topic box, depending on how much information is available in Wikipedia. The following have been created so far:
- {{C21YearInTopic}}
- {{C20YearInTopic}}
- {{C19YearInTopic}}
- {{C18YearInTopic}}
- {{C17YearInTopic}}
- {{C16YearInTopic}}
- {{C15YearInTopic}}
- {{C14YearInTopic}}
- {{C13YearInTopic}}
- {{C12YearInTopic}}
- {{C11YearInTopic}}
- {{M1YearInTopic}}
The last one is for the whole 1st millennium (1-1000 AD). However it has not yet been decided how many there should be. See talk page and survey for discussions.
[edit] Example Year
Warning: The following example is a bare bones idea of how a year page should look. If you believe something is missing want to add it to "2004", please don't edit this page but go to 2004.
[edit] Infobox
Each year should have an infobox at the top right. The templates will be the template {{yearbox}} followed by the template {{C21YearInTopic}} (or applicable centuries template, see above).
{{yearbox|
| in?=
| cp=20th Century
| c=21st century
| cf=22nd century
| yp1=2001
| yp2=2002
| yp3=2003
| year=2004
| ya1=2005
| ya2=2006
| ya3=2007
| dp3=1970s
| dp2=1980s
| dp1=1990s
| d=2000s
| dn1=2010s
| dn2=2020s
| dn3=2030s
}}
{{C21YearInTopic}}
[edit] Intro Section
The first sentence in the introduction explains that the page is for a year and not a number. This statement should only be include if the number is on the List of numbers page. The second introduction sentence will describe the year (a link to a calendar) and the type of calendar the year bellongs to. The following sentence lists any official designation the year has.
''This article is about the year 2004. For other uses of 2004, see [[2004 (number)]]:'' '''2004''' is a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. It was designated the: *''International Year of [[Rice]]'' (by the [[United Nations]]) *''International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against [[Slavery]] and its Abolition'' (by [[UNESCO]]) *''Year of the Monkey'' (by the [[Chinese calendar]]) '''See [[The world in 2004]] for a description of the state of the world in this year.'''
[edit] Sections
[edit] Events
The events section is divided into months, each month has a calendar at the beginning and lists any important events that occurred. The month header once linked to the particular month in the year (eg. January 2004), but no longer does. Each item links to the day.
==Events==
===January===
* [[January 3]] - [[Flash Airlines Flight 604]] crashes into the [[Red Sea]] off the coast of [[Egypt]], killing all 148 aboard.
* [[January 4]] - [[Mikhail Saakashvili]] wins the presidential elections in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]].
* [[January 4]] - [[NASA]]'s [[MER-A]] (''Spirit'') lands on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]].
===February===
* [[February 1]] - A [[hajj]] stampede in [[Mina, Saudi Arabia|Mina]], [[Saudi Arabia]], kills 251 pilgrims.
===March===
===April===
===May===
===June===
===July===
===August===
===September===
===October===
===November===
===December===
[edit] Births section
The Births section list all births in that year, divided into month section. Each entry links to the day page, has a very short description of the person, and links to the death year if known.
==Births== ===January=== *[[January 21]] - [[Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway]] *[[January 21]] - [[another name]] (d. [[2005]]) American author *[[January 31]] - [[another name]] (d. [[2003]]) Polonesian King ===February===
[edit] Deaths section
The deaths section begins with a see also statement, and follows the same format as the births section: Month section, day link, name, and birth year link if known.
==Deaths== '''For more deaths see: [[Deaths in 2004]]''' ===January=== *[[January 27]] - [[Jack Paar]], American television show host (b. [[1918]]) ===December=== *[[December 28]] - [[Jerry Orbach]], American actor (b. [[1935]]) *[[December 28]] - [[Susan Sontag]], American writer and activist (b. [[1933]])
[edit] More
It has not yet been decided what else will be included on the year pages. Many currently have sections for awards, fiction, external links etc. These sections may be removed (or more likely moved to a separate page to be included on the infobox) later, but for now the following form can be followed to close out the page.
== External link==
{{commonscat|2004}}
[[Category:2004|*]]
[[af:2004]]
[[ar:2004]]
