Wikipedia talk:WikiProject FBI/Archive 2

Archive 1

Archive 2

Project reboot

On January 8, 2010 I changed the Project status from inactive to semi-acitive. I've been tagging articles and working on the Project main page. I just need some members to keep going. Shinerunner (talk) 22:29, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

I'll help out, I'll be putting my name on the Project main page in a few minutes. I am not the most savvy with Wiki formatting but I can help with tasks if you let me know. I have mostly been doing New Page patrolling and Anti-vandalism work, but I'd like to start learning and get more serious in Wikipedia.Marine79 (talk) 14:11, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

• I'll keep an eye on this and see what happens. It has been almost a year since I asked on the talk page if the project was active and didn't get a response. Niteshift36 (talk) 15:03, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Right now I would think that tagging article talk pages with the Projects tag with assessments would be a good place to start. I was using currently tagged pages like mafia members/biker gangs/etc. as a starting point and using links in those articles to find articles related to the Project. Also, current and former members of the FBI ten most wanted need to be tagged and infoboxes added. By all means, if you find an article that you would like to improve or an article that needs to be created, working on those tasks would help as well. I've tried to improve the Project page layout and added a userbox for Project members. The picture in the userbox can be changed for a different look if that's desired. Shinerunner (talk) 22:11, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

article assessment

I saw that we had 3 un-assessed articles, I put Interrogation of Saddam Hussein as B class and I put Nick George Montos and FBI Honorary Medals as start class. I think with the size of Interrogation of Saddam Hussein we might be able to work with the WikiProject Iraq to get it reviewed and possibly up to GA or A class. Marine79 (talk) 11:07, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Another Question? I noticed Osama Bin Ladin was removed from the project scope. He is still on the top ten most wanted, why was the article un-tagged?Marine79 (talk) 11:07, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

It could be that while the Project was tagged inactive, the FBI Project tag for the talk pages was basically shut off as well. The Project tag can be placed back on the Osama Bin Ladin article with an assessment. Shinerunner (talk) 12:50, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Top Ten Most Wanted infobox

Just a point that I thought of. Some articles of individual that are or were on the Top Ten Most Wanted list already have other infoboxes (infobox criminal for example). I've been leaving the original infobox in place and adding the Top Ten infobox below it without a picture. In all the articles I've added the Top Ten infobox I've had one objection which was a 1970s radical who became a professor/lecturer. In that case I didn't fight the removal of the infobox, no other infobox present, as the person is still alive and the other editor was worried about Wikipedia:Undue weight.Shinerunner (talk) 13:07, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

FBI articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release

Version 0.8 is a collection of Wikipedia articles selected by the Wikipedia 1.0 team for offline release on USB key, DVD and mobile phone. Articles were selected based on their assessed importance and quality, then article versions (revisionIDs) were chosen for trustworthiness (freedom from vandalism) using an adaptation of the WikiTrust algorithm.

We would like to ask you to review the FBI articles and revisionIDs we have chosen. Selected articles are marked with a diamond symbol (♦) to the right of each article, and this symbol links to the selected version of each article. If you believe we have included or excluded articles inappropriately, please contact us at Wikipedia talk:Version 0.8 with the details. You may wish to look at your WikiProject's articles with cleanup tags and try to improve any that need work; if you do, please give us the new revisionID at Wikipedia talk:Version 0.8. We would like to complete this consultation period by midnight UTC on Monday, October 11th.

We have greatly streamlined the process since the Version 0.7 release, so we aim to have the collection ready for distribution by the end of October, 2010. As a result, we are planning to distribute the collection much more widely, while continuing to work with groups such as One Laptop per Child and Wikipedia for Schools to extend the reach of Wikipedia worldwide. Please help us, with your WikiProject's feedback!

For the Wikipedia 1.0 editorial team, SelectionBot 23:00, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Categories for discussion nomination of Category:Current FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives

Category:Current FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, which is under the purview of this WikiProject, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. __meco (talk) 09:42, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Suggested policy change to the tagging of non article items

I have submitted a proposal at the Village pump regarding tagging non article items in Wikipedia. Please take a moment and let me know what you think. --Kumioko (talk) 02:10, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

US Collaboration reactivated & Portal:United States starting next

Casliber recently posted a suggestion on the talk page for WikiProject United States about getting the US Wikipedians Collaboration page going again in an effort to build up articles for GA through FA class. See Wikipedia:U.S. Wikipedians' notice board/USCOTM. After several days of work from him the page is up and ready for action. A few candidates have already been added for you to vote on or you can submit one using the directions provided. If you are looking for inspiration here is a link to the most commonly viewed articles currently under the scope of Wikiproject United States. There are tons of good articles in the various US related projects as well so feel free to submit any article relating to US topics (not just those under the scope of WPUS). This noticeboard is intended for ‘’’All’’’ editors working on US subjects, not just those under WPUS.

The next item I intend to start updating is Portal:United States if anyone is interested in helping. Again this is not specific to WPUS and any help would be greatly appreciated to maximize visibility of US topics. The foundation has already been established its just a matter of updating the content with some new images, biographies and articles. Please let leave a comment on the Portals talk page or let me know if you have any questions or ideas. --Kumioko (talk) 19:08, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

FBI SWAT Needs new sources, badly

I'm not part of the Project, but I happen to fix a lot of references list, but FBI Special Weapons and Tactics Teams only had One working source. I hope this helps to bring it to your attention. Feel free to leave me a message if you need my help. Halofanatic333 (talk) 12:50, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your help. I'll see if I can get some time to improve the references.Shinerunner (talk) 00:50, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Suggestion to pull this project under WikiProject United States

It was recently suggested that this project might be inactive or semiactive and it might be beneficial to include it in the list of projects supported by WikiProject United States. After reviewing the project it appears that there is some active discussions on the talk page and some content updates to the project page but being supported by a larger project might be beneficial. This discussion is intended to start the process of determining if the project members are interested in the project being added to the projects supported by WikiProject United States. --Kumioko (talk) 17:10, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Since there doesn't appear to be any objections this project was been added to the list of projects support by WikiProject United States. Over the next couple weeks I will transition the articles to use the WPUS banner with WikiProject FBI. --Kumioko (talk) 21:05, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

The project has been added to the list of the projects supported by WPUS and the WikiProject FBI banner has been replaced by WikiProject United States/FBI. Additional classes and parameters have been added so that all United States supported projects use the same standard fields. An additional 300 articles have been added to the project relating to the FBI and there are approximately 250 left to add. --Kumioko (talk) 18:51, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Bot run to auto assess some of the Unassessed articles

There is a discussion here for a Bot to do an assessment run through the 2000+ Unassessed articles that currently fall under WikiProject United States and the projects supported by it. Please post any comments or concerns you might have there. --Kumioko (talk) 18:51, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

September 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States

The September 2011 issue of the WikiProject United States newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.

 
--Kumioko (talk) 03:15, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

Nomination as a United States Wikipedians' Collaboration of the Month candidate

One or more articles relating to this project have been nominated to be a future United States Wikipedians' Collaboration of the Month. All editors interested in improving these articles or voting for next months collaboration are encouraged to participate here. --Kumioko (talk) 19:38, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

December 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States

The December 2011 issue of the WikiProject United States newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.

 
--Kumioko (talk) 01:36, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

January 2012 Newsletter for WikiProject United States and supported projects

The January 2012 issue of the WikiProject United States newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.

 
--Kumi-Taskbot (talk) 18:11, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

J. Edgar Hoover

Hello all. Not a Wikipedia related message, but I was hoping someone could help. I'm interested in getting to know more about this chap, and I was wondering if anyone who perhaps worked on the topic could recommend a good biography of him? I've got a grounding in the relevant areas of history so wouldn't need a "dunces text" would like something quite in depth, and something that perhaps deals with the complexities of the man as well as his actions with the FBI. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance, S.G.^(GH) _ping! 19:58, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Question regarding Clarence Kelley

Hi; I hope someone can help me out with this. I'm not involved in this WikiProject but, for reasons long lost in the mists of time, the page Clarence M. Kelley somehow ended up on my watchlist. Recently, I've noticed edits (from multiple IPs and users) that attempt to make the case that he was the second director of the FBI, whereas all lists of directors that I can find clearly indicate that he was the ninth. I originally thought it was some odd vandalism, but as it's been coming from so many different IP addresses and users, I'm beginning to wonder if there isn't some arcane fashion of ordering FBI directors that I'm not aware of that may apply here. If someone can help me out in this regard, I'd appreciate it. Until it's cleared up, I'll be continuing to revert these odd edits. Thanks! Evanh2008 (talk) (contribs) 02:55, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Question about Infobox FBI Ten Most Wanted

I have a question about the template listed in the heading above. Please comment at Template talk:Infobox FBI Ten Most Wanted D O N D E groovily Talk to me 03:13, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

FBI related deletion discussion

Ongoing at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adam Christopher Mayes D O N D E groovily Talk to me 12:27, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Proposal for United States A-Class review process

There is a proposal at WikiProject United States to start an A-Class review process for United States related articles. Please stop by and join the discussion. Kumioko (talk) 02:03, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Assessments

Just wondering why Federal Bureau of Investigation is marked only as High-importance by this wikiproject while FBI Academy is marked as Top-importance. XOttawahitech (talk) 00:32, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

I agree and good question. I'll change that to top importance right away. Kumioko (talk) 00:46, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

Discussion to remove the Automatically assessed logic from the WikiProject United States template

Greetings, there is a discussion regarding removal of the logic used to populate Automatically assessed article categories from Template:WikiProject United States. Most of the categories (over 220 Wikipedia wide) were deleted in February 2013 because they were empty. These categories were previously populated by a bot that hasn't run since 2011 and the categories aren't used. Removal of this uneeded/unused logic will greatly reduce the size and complexity of the WikiProject United States template. Any comments or questions are encouraged here. Kumioko (talk) 18:35, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

Lest there is any confusion for people who don't speak the same language, the words "logic used to populate Automatically assessed article categories" refer to the feature that was supposed to allow this WikiProject's template to "inherit" class and importance ratings from other WikiProjects. Kumioko says that there are no longer any bots performing the function that formerly copied those ratings. --Orlady (talk) 22:58, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

Leaflet for Wikiproject FBI at Wikimania 2014

Hi all,

My name is Adi Khajuria and I am helping out with Wikimania 2014 in London.

One of our initiatives is to create leaflets to increase the discoverability of various wikimedia projects, and showcase the breadth of activity within wikimedia. Any kind of project can have a physical paper leaflet designed - for free - as a tool to help recruit new contributors. These leaflets will be printed at Wikimania 2014, and the designs can be re-used in the future at other events and locations.

This is particularly aimed at highlighting less discoverable but successful projects, e.g:

• Active Wikiprojects: Wikiproject Medicine, WikiProject Video Games, Wikiproject Film

• Tech projects/Tools, which may be looking for either users or developers.

• Less known major projects: Wikinews, Wikidata, Wikivoyage, etc.

• Wiki Loves Parliaments, Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves ____

• Wikimedia thematic organisations, Wikiwomen’s Collaborative, The Signpost

The deadline for submissions is 1st July 2014

For more information or to sign up for one for your project, go to:

Project leaflets
Adikhajuria (talk) 16:15, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

Determining the Notability of a fallen FBI agent

This project seems to be inactive so I started a discussion on FBI agent Christopher Lorek at the Military History project page. If there are any experts on FBI biographies please add your insight to the discussion here: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history#Are FBI medals a "significant award or honor". Thanks, --Dkriegls (talk to me!) 00:07, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal

Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej (talk) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject X is live!

Hello everyone!

You may have received a message from me earlier asking you to comment on my WikiProject X proposal. The good news is that WikiProject X is now live! In our first phase, we are focusing on research. At this time, we are looking for people to share their experiences with WikiProjects: good, bad, or neutral. We are also looking for WikiProjects that may be interested in trying out new tools and layouts that will make participating easier and projects easier to maintain. If you or your WikiProject are interested, check us out! Note that this is an opt-in program; no WikiProject will be required to change anything against its wishes. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!

Note: To receive additional notifications about WikiProject X on this talk page, please add this page to Wikipedia:WikiProject X/Newsletter. Otherwise, this will be the last notification sent about WikiProject X.

Harej (talk) 16:57, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Please See - Submissions

https://wikiconference.org/wiki/Submissions
--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 00:28, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

WikiProject United States - 50,000 Challenge

You are invited to participate in the 50,000 Challenge, aiming for 50,000 article improvements and creations for articles relating to the United States. This effort began on November 1, 2016 and to reach our goal, we will need editors like you to participate, expand, and create. See more here!

---Another Believer _(Talk) 21:27, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

WikiProject collaboration notice from the Portals WikiProject

The reason I am contacting you is because there are one or more portals that fall under this subject, and the Portals WikiProject is currently undertaking a major drive to automate portals that may affect them.

Portals are being redesigned.

The new design features are being applied to existing portals.

At present, we are gearing up for a maintenance pass of portals in which the introduction section will be upgraded to no longer need a subpage. In place of static copied and pasted excerpts will be self-updating excerpts displayed through selective transclusion, using the template {{Transclude lead excerpt}}.

The discussion about this can be found here.

Maintainers of specific portals are encouraged to sign up as project members here, noting the portals they maintain, so that those portals are skipped by the maintenance pass. Currently, we are interested in upgrading neglected and abandoned portals. There will be opportunity for maintained portals to opt-in later, or the portal maintainers can handle upgrading (the portals they maintain) personally at any time.

Background

On April 8th, 2018, an RfC ("Request for comment") proposal was made to eliminate all portals and the portal namespace. On April 17th, the Portals WikiProject was rebooted to handle the revitalization of the portal system. On May 12th, the RfC was closed with the result to keep portals, by a margin of about 2 to 1 in favor of keeping portals.

There's an article in the current edition of the Signpost interviewing project members about the RfC and the Portals WikiProject.

Since the reboot, the Portals WikiProject has been busy building tools and components to upgrade portals.

So far, 84 editors have joined.

If you would like to keep abreast of what is happening with portals, see the newsletter archive.

If you have any questions about what is happening with portals or the Portals WikiProject, please post them on the WikiProject's talk page.

Thank you.    — The Transhumanist   10:56, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool

Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.

We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma (talk) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)