Wikipedia:WikiProject Libraries
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WikiProject Libraries
This is a WikiProject, an open group of Wikipedia editors. New participants are welcome; feel free to talk to us!
Table of contents
Goals and scope
Goals
- Coordinate maintenance of library-related content
- Develop and discuss proposals for improvements to Wikimedia (especially literature-related sites) based on library experience
- Assist at the Wikipedia Reference Desk
- Assist with categorization
Scope
In scope
- Library and information science
- Libraries , librarians , and librarianship in all its aspects (historical, fictional, ancient to contemporary and beyond!).
- Information science in all its aspects, including information organization, retrieval, search, access, and manipulation (sometimes overlapping with WikiProject Computer Science).
- Archives , archivists , and archival science .
- Preservation and conservation of recorded information (sometimes overlapping with WikiProject Arts, WikiProject Digital Preservation, and WikiProject Museums).
To do
icon To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Libraries: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2022年05月29日
Here are some tasks awaiting attention:
- Article requests :
- Assess :
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- Tagging: Tag library-related articles with the project banner {{WikiProject Libraries }}
- Assess: Provide assessment for unassessed articles for both quality and importance and articles of unknown importance
- New articles: Automatically generated list of new articles with Library keywords
- Cleanup :
- Clean-up: see the the cleanup listing generated by CleanupWorklistBot
- Experts needed: Category:Libraries articles needing expert attention (2)
- Infobox :
- Infoboxes needed: Category:Libraries articles needing infoboxes (130)
- Maintain :
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- Outline of library science
- Automatic alerts: Libraries - Museums
- Manually listed AfD candidates: Museums and libraries
- Photo :
- Images needed: Category:Wikipedia requested images of libraries (10)
Article alerts
Library alerts
Did you know
- 15 Oct 2025 – Documentary editing (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by BillHPike (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Oct 2025 – Agnes Inglis (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Grnrchst (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 11 Oct 2025 – HighBeam Research (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by SanneMonte (t · c); see discussion (10 participants; relisted)
- 10 Oct 2025 – American Libraries (collection) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion (2 participants; relisted)
Categories for discussion
- 03 Oct 2025 – Category:Libraries in Marche (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Kaffet i halsen (t · c); see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 07 Oct 2025 – Tertiary reference works (talk · edit · hist) →Tertiary source was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 09 Oct 2025 – Agnes Inglis (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by Grnrchst (t · c) was promoted by Dumelow (t · c), see discussion
Requested moves
- 25 Sep 2025 – Analysis & Policy Observatory (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Australian Policy Online by 122.199.31.61 (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 17 Sep 2025 – Boulder Creek High School (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Deer Valley Unified School District by Issac I Navarro (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 15 Apr 2025 – Libraries in Honduras (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Easternsahara (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Apr 2025 – Libraries in Croatia (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Easternsahara (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Apr 2025 – Libraries in China (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Easternsahara (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Dec 2020 – Public libraries in North America (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by M2545 (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 20 Oct 2025 – Draft:Berta Mexidor (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Perpetual Spinach (t · c)
- 15 Oct 2025 – Draft:Marian Frost (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Erschenck (t · c)
- 09 Oct 2025 – Draft:Sarah K. Vann (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Ashraer (t · c)
- 09 Oct 2025 – Draft:Kate Rotan (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Unckt2009 (t · c)
- 30 Sep 2025 – Draft:La Grange Public Library (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Augendandaddend (t · c)
- undated – Draft:Thomas Crane (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC
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Museum alerts
Did you know
- 30 Sep 2025 – Kaman-Kalehöyük Archaeological Museum (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by CeeGee (t · c); see discussion
- 29 Sep 2025 – Deir el-Balah sarcophagi (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Richard Nevell (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Aug 2025 – Prince Consort Gallery (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Cl3phact0 (t · c); see discussion
Proposed deletions
- 16 Oct 2025 – Medieval Torture Museum (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Tadhm (t · c) was deproded by Eva UX (t · c) on 17 Oct 2025
Categories for discussion
- 03 Oct 2025 – Category:Art museums and galleries in Marche (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Kaffet i halsen (t · c); see discussion
Files for discussion
- 20 Oct 2025 – File:National Portrait Gallery Logo.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on National Portrait Gallery (United States)) was FfDed by Howardcorn33 (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 02 Oct 2025 – Sannai-Maruyama Site (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by MisawaSakura (t · c); start discussion
- 08 Sep 2025 – Hollywood Walk of Fame (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Gb321 (t · c); start discussion
- 09 May 2025 – 1972 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts robbery (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Daniel Case (t · c); start discussion
Requested moves
- 20 Oct 2025 – 2025 Louvre robbery (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to 2025 Louvre heist by ArionStar (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Oct 2025 – Philadelphia Museum of Art (talk · edit · hist) move request to Philadelphia Art Museum by Red0ctober22 (t · c) was moved to Philadelphia Art Museum (talk · edit · hist) by CoconutOctopus (t · c) on 15 Oct 2025; see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 19 Oct 2025 – Norwegian Fjordhorse Center (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Fjord horse by Grorp (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Oct 2025 – Kfar Kedem (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Hoshaya by Bearian (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Jul 2025 – Shupra Castle (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Shubra Palace by Kelvin (t · c); see discussion
- 22 May 2025 – Dippy (London) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Dippy (statue) by The Morrison Man (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 28 Mar 2022 – Georgia Music Hall of Fame (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by AjaxSmack (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 21 Oct 2025 – Draft:Carver County Historical Society (Waconia, Minnesota) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 108.59.60.242 (t · c)
- 21 Oct 2025 – Draft:2018 Nizam's Museum heist (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Sawarijoshi (t · c)
- 07 Oct 2025 – Draft:Photo Museum Ireland (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 2A06:5900:456:F700:2433:D6BC:F9E1:EDBF (t · c)
- 01 Oct 2025 – Draft:Salcedo Auctions (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by M.reyes1987 (t · c)
- 28 Sep 2025 – Draft:Lafayette History Museum (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Mikepascoe (t · c)
- 24 Sep 2025 – Draft:Marubeni Gallery (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Sonp100 (t · c)
- 18 Sep 2025 – Draft:Phantom Peak (attraction) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Jont98fns (t · c)
- 16 Sep 2025 – Draft:Paharpur Archaeological Museum (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Kaim Amin (t · c)
- 07 Sep 2025 – Draft:Zimmerman Family Collection (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by TZ150 (t · c)
- 29 Aug 2025 – Draft:Serhii Polubotko (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c)
- (5 more...)
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Metrics
Articles assessed for quality: 99.9% complete
100% of articles Start-Class or better: 68.1% complete
(6193/9099)
- 4.6% List-Class
- 27.3% Stub-Class
- 49.5% Start-Class
- 14.4% C-Class
- 3.3% B-Class
- 0.6% GA-Class
- 0.2% FA-Class
- 0.1% remaining
| Libraries articles by quality and importance | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
| FA | 2 | 8 | 10 | ||||
| FL | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | |||
| FM | 17 | 17 | |||||
| GA | 1 | 3 | 10 | 41 | 55 | ||
| B | 6 | 16 | 60 | 218 | 2 | 302 | |
| C | 12 | 38 | 160 | 1,057 | 42 | 1,309 | |
| Start | 5 | 59 | 379 | 3,973 | 92 | 4,508 | |
| Stub | 12 | 72 | 2,352 | 48 | 2,484 | ||
| List | 4 | 6 | 40 | 372 | 422 | ||
| Category | 2,698 | 2,698 | |||||
| Disambig | 19 | 19 | |||||
| File | 41 | 41 | |||||
| Project | 25 | 25 | |||||
| Redirect | 4 | 8 | 143 | 335 | 490 | ||
| Template | 105 | 105 | |||||
| NA | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Other | 30 | 30 | |||||
| Assessed | 28 | 139 | 733 | 8,170 | 3,271 | 184 | 12,525 |
| Unassessed | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Total | 28 | 139 | 734 | 8,170 | 3,271 | 190 | 12,532 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 43,686 | Ω = 5.04 | |||||
See also
- See also all subpages of WikiProject Libraries.
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