Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Nottinghamshire

The following discussion is an archived proposal of the WikiProject below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or the WikiProject Council). No further edits should be made to this page.

The resulting WikiProject was created at Wikipedia:WikiProject Nottinghamshire

Wikipedia:WikiProject Nottinghamshire
Wikipedia:Nottinghamshire

Description

To improve the quality and quantity or notable information on articles in the city and county of Nottinghamshire. There are many stubs that require work and citations and references needed all over the place. KlickingKarl (talk) 18:36, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support

KlickingKarl (talk) 18:36, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
~EdGl ★ 18:54, 15 April 2009 (UTC) (see discussion)[reply]
Malpass93 (talk) 22:44, 15 April 2009 (UTC) But I'd say an East Midlands one may fare better.[reply]
MortimerCat (talk) 18:36, 15 April 2009 (UTC) I wish every county would hurry up and create their project.[reply]
Bevo74 (talk) 06:32, 16 April 2009 (UTC) has my support.[reply]
Bob the Wikipedian (talk · contribs) 17:52, 17 April 2009 (UTC) Apparently they're the equivalent of U.S. states, German states, or Canadian provinces. Has my support now. :) Sounds unanimous now...time for a project![reply]
OnHoliday 14:36, 19 April 2009 (UTC). Seems good. If there are any other English counties that don't have WikiProjects, contact people intrested and propose the project![reply]

Discussion

I personally wouldn't join, but it seems like it would fit in well with WikiProject England and related projects listed at {{WPEngland Sidebar}}. ~EdGl ★ 18:54, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'd support a taskforce, so if you make this a taskforce instead, count this as a support. Not having ever heard of Nottinghamshire, it's difficult for me to say it would be a large enough scope for a project. Bob the Wikipedian ^{(talk • contribs)} 02:36, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Since many other counties of England have WikiProjects (see the template link above), it seems like a WP would be more appropriate than a TF in my opinion. ~EdGl ★ 02:56, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As someone from Nottingham, I'm obviously quite clued up on the area, but I've never met anyone who hasn't heard of the area!! What about Robin Hood? Everyone has heard of him and the Sheriff of Nottingham surely?! I think an East Midlands WikiProject would have too wide a scope, since I imagine some of the people contributing will have specific knowledge of wither the city or the county rather than the whole region. I have started work on a sample project page in my sandbox, please feel free to look at and edit it. Thanks for the support so far.KlickingKarl (talk) 20:58, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well of course I've heard of Nottingham, but only knew it was somewhere in England. I'm not keen on county-based WikiProjects in general, but seeing as how the other English ones have it, I'll go neutral. Perhaps counties in England are more significant than what they are in America. If we had American county WikiProjects, that would call for 3,140 WikiProjects. So I'm sure knowing that bit of background, you can see why I turned it down. Null my vote, since it's somewhat biased and uninformed. Bob the Wikipedian ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:59, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah I'd imagine their counties are more significant than US ones because England doesn't have states. ~EdGl ★ 17:37, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There are only 46 counties in England, and based on the density and size of England compared to the USA they are more significant. Thanks for you comments Bob. KlickingKarl (talk) 17:44, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have now created the full active project page, Wikipedia:WikiProject Nottinghamshire. Please add your name to the members list. I'm now going to try creating more content, including a banner to tag articles with. KlickingKarl (talk) 00:35, 20 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or at the WikiProject Council). No further edits should be made to this page.