WikiProject Invention
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Welcome to WikiProject Invention, a collaboration resource and group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Invention and the organization of information and articles on this topic. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in the topic. If you would like to help, please join the project, inquire on the talk page and view/contribute to the to-do list below. |
About WikiProject Invention
[edit]Goals
[edit]Goals of this project are to provide improved coverage on subjects related to invention, by creating, expanding, and maintaining articles on people, inventions, and ideas relevant to the principles of invention and inventive thinking.
- Article coordination, organization and collaborations
- Article creation, expansion and maintenance
- Article categorization
- Maintaining objectivity and neutral point-of-view in invention-related articles
Scope
[edit]This project focuses on all pages related to Invention, its history, branches, and people involved. These should all be included in the Category:Inventions or one of its subcategories. We hope to provide detailed and organized coverage of the subject.
Guidelines
[edit]Editing in accordance with Wikipedia's Manual of Style and coordinating the style of new articles.
Ways to contribute
[edit]To-do list
[edit]- To edit this list, click here. Please feel free to add to this list.
- –When a task is completed, please remove it from the list.
- Project tasks:
- Tag and assess articles
- Finish creating article statistics
- Create an Invention portal at Portal:Invention
- Maintain the articles in the navigation box below:
Members
[edit]To post the following user box on your user page,
copy {{WikiProject Invention user box}}
, which creates:
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Please feel free to add yourself here, posting new entries at the end of the list, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.
- Invalch (talk · contribs) (I am interested in working on any thing related to this project, I created it after all !)
- UseTheCommandLine patent policy
- Wiki.Gunjan
- Titodutta
- Hamham31
- SenatorSteve - observer and gentle participant
- Edison (talk) 01:51, 7 September 2013 (UTC) Electrical, acoustic and optical inventions, in the 18th, 19th, and the first half of the 20th century.
- Shirsakbc (talk) 01:35, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
- LaurentianShield
- JCO11163 (talk)
- User:CJS9001 (I am very interested in mechanics and electronics, and I have engineering experience.)
- Jummals (talk) 21:47, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
- Adityavagarwal (talk) 18:34, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
- econterms (talk) 03:03, 16 December 2017 (UTC) -- Historical aeronautics and aviation; history and economics of tech change; getting patent data standardized on Wikidata
- Emoritz2017 -- Interested in Ancient and Modern Inventions
- Invent1234
- RichDiamondPlayz (talk 13:33 4 April 2020 (UTC) -- I love inventions and all of the sort, so i HAVE to join :)
- EditJuice (talk) 15:22, 21 August 2021 (UTC) -- Making new articles soon
- Panthermail (talk) 17:05, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
- BorgQueen (talk) 10:57, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
Articles
[edit]Article statistics
For detailed assessment statistics, see: (Index · Statistics · Log).
Featured articles and content
[edit]- See Featured articles – Engineering and technology
- See Featured pictures for Engineering and technology: Electronics, Machinery, Weaponry and Others.
Featured article candidates
[edit]- Waveguide filter - nominated as a featured article candidate on 7 August 2013 (UTC)
- Nintendo DSi - nominated for FA on 18 July 2013 (UTC)
Potential GA and FA candidates
[edit]Please list developed articles with potential to reach Good article or Featured article status here.
- Blu-ray Disc
- Invention
- Lightning rod
- List of French inventions and discoveries
- Timeline of United States discoveries
New articles
[edit]Please list new invention-related articles here. Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them, are at least over 1,500 characters, don't have any dispute templates on them, and cite their sources, should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Wikipedia Main Page.
External watchlist
[edit]Review and assessment
[edit]Assessment
[edit]- The project Assessment page
Peer review
[edit]- The project Peer review page
Categories
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Templates
[edit]Project banner
[edit]Placing {{WikiProject Invention}} on article talk pages creates the following project banner:
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Invitation
[edit]To invite editors to join the project, add the following to a new section on user talk pages: {{subst:WikiProject Invention invitation}}, which automatically produces the following, (including the talk page section header, the recipient's name and your signature):
Invitation to WikiProject Invention
[edit]![]() You are invited to join WikiProject Invention, a WikiProject and resource dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of inventions and invention-related topics. |
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Barnstar
[edit]- {{subst:The Invention Barnstar|1=message ~~~~}}—awarded to editors who've made significant contributions to Invention-related articles.
Introduced on 13 November 2023.
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Infoboxes
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{{Infobox industrial process | name = | image = | caption = | type = | sector = | technologies = | feedstock = | product = | companies = | facility = | inventor = | year = | developer = }}
{{Infobox machine | name = | image = | caption = | classification = | industry = | application = | dimensions = | weight = | fuel_source = | powered = | self-propelled = | wheels = | tracks = | legs = | aerofoils = | axles = | components = | invented = | inventor = | examples = }}
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Navigation bars
[edit]Use {{Inventions}} to place this template in articles.
Resources
[edit]Related WikiProjects
[edit]Article alerts
[edit]Articles for deletion
- 05 Aug 2024 – Sam Houghton (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by MarchOfTheGreyhounds (t · c) was closed as delete by Vanamonde93 (t · c) on 12 Aug 2024; see discussion (3 participants)
Articles to be split
- 23 Jun 2021 – Intellectual property (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 05 Aug 2024 – Draft:Hatim Zaghloul (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Omar abotyra (t · c)
- 13 Jul 2024 – Draft:Zero G Coffee Cup (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Gspinty1 (t · c)
- 04 Jul 2024 – Draft:Harry Destecroix (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 87.224.75.37 (t · c)
- undated – Draft:Frederick Kirsten (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC was accepted to Frederick Kirsten (talk · edit · hist) by Xegma (t · c) on 16 Aug 2024
Tools
[edit]- Main tool page: toolserver.org
- reFill – Edits bare url references: adds title, dates, publisher, etc.
- Checklinks – Edit and repair external links
- Dab solver – Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
- Peer reviewer – Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.