Wikipedia talk:Community bulletin board

Instructions

A condensed version of these instructions is present on the page and its editnotice.

Purpose

The Community Bulletin Board is for various kind of announcements: new projects, portals, discussions, proposals, policy changes, initiatives, notice boards, fund drives, etc. It is designed to help Wikipedians spread the word. News items should be of general interest of an ordinary Wikipedian. Entries should generally ask for involvement, feedback, or suggestions.

How to add new entries

The Community Bulletin Board has 2 sections that can be used by Wikipedians for announcements: "Events and projects" and "WikiProject notices":

• Events and projects: in this section, only organized events, projects, and/or competitions should be listed. These are organized by how often they occur:
  • The Yearly section is for uncommon events, like events that only occur every year, once, or irregularly. The Monthly section is for events that occur each month, or are always ongoing.
  • Do not sign when adding entries on this page.
• WikiProject notices: in this section, any announcement, request for help or other notice from a WikiProject should be listed here.
  • Entries should be signed, and ordered from newest to oldest.
  • Entries are to be removed after a period of 6 months
    • You may re-add the notice after 6 months if it still applicable.
• General notices: this section is for noticies that don't quite fit in with the above 2 sections. For example, notices not originating from a specific group or WikiProject, or notices that should be displayed with extra emphasis and importance, for example, "Wikipedia now has six million articles!"

Also, keep the following tips in mind when adding entries:

1. Keep the items brief (usually under 2 lines), and provide a link to further discussions.
2. Please do not use templates on this page, so that archives present the actual historical content. Templates can be "subst"'d in.
3. Do not use fancy formatting.
4. Put new items on top.

What is this page NOT for?

• Discussions or proposals. Put a link to the discussion page. NO discussions here!
• Something that has not yet started or is not finished. Think about the CBB as the "Grand Opening" sign. You would not invite customers to a shop that has yet to be build. Same goes here. Announce projects that are complete and ready to be "used."
• Lengthy reports about anything. Keep brief!
• Your own personal use. Don't put personal messages up here.
• Questions, vandalism reports, or minor conflicts

Possible venues to check periodically

this will be a section to list some of the venues, projects, and various places on wikipedia to check for group activities and editing drives, etc, which are scheduled on a regular basis. feel free to add any pages or groups to this list, that would be useful for checking for editing projects and group activities; i.e. in order to add such events and activities to the list posted here at Community bulletin board.

List of venues

• WP:Women in Red. Highly active WikiProject for specific topical area; frequently hosts monthly editing drives, group activities, projects, etc. be sure to check their "ideas" page for various regular group events.
• WP:Military History Highly active WikiProject for specific topical area; frequently hosts monthly editing drives, group activities, projects, etc.
• WP:GOCE Highly active WikiProject for maintaining Wikipedia articles through copy-editing; hosts frequent editing blitzes periodically.
• Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism. Highly active online meetup focused on specific topical area; hosts frequent editing drives.
• Wikipedia:The 50,000 Destubbing Challenge. ongoing editing challenge; currently jhas new editing drive scheduled for May 2020.
• Wikipedia:The Great Britain and Ireland Destubathon. was scheduled for specific time period in the past; may recur from time to time.

thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 21:11, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

since the groups above include some group efforts that are not technically WikiProjects, I have added a "/" character to indicate this can be either/or. --Sm8900 (talk) 16:10, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

WikiProject notices: when do they expire?

The section "WikiProject notices" is meant to be used for one-time notices or requests for help from any WikiProject. But when should they be archived and removed? Obviously we don't want years-old invalid notices staying in, but there doesn't seem to be any precedent as to when they are moved.

If no one objects, how does 6 months sound? Seems like enough people will see them in that period. — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 17:57, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

No real objection to six months, but maybe four months instead? I would assume one-time notices or requests would lose their urgency after a few months. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 01:28, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

Unless you feel strongly about it, I think that leaving it at 6 months will be fine, unless the section starts receiving higher usage. — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 16:45, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 16:55, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

Meetups

Should the meetup calendar found at Template:meetup be included, as to inform editors of Meetups occurring, that maybe in their area? RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 07:01, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Think its a good idea, I tried to do it in a way that incorporates it into the page. Let me know what you think. — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 07:40, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for doing that. Hopefully that will lead more users to attend meetups.--RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 20:28, 4 March 2024 (UTC)