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Welcome to the History WikiProject on the English Wikipedia!
We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to history. If you would like to join us, please feel free to add your name to the list of project members.
Articles
Popular pages

A monthly popular pages report for this project is available, updated by Community Tech bot.
You can view a list of our popular pages, at: Wikipedia:WikiProject_History/Popular_pages
Lists and outlines
The list of basic history topics is intended to provide an overview of the coverage of history on Wikipedia. It is rapidly becoming one of the best history browsing tools on Wikipedia. The List of history topics page provides a history link for every subject for which there is a list on that page, still has some redlinks. Some of those redlinks can be edited to point to existing article sections (in the main article for the corresponding subject), while the rest need articles or sections created so that they can be pointed to them.
- See also: Wikipedia:Timeline standards
Source for the sub-sections below: Wikipedia:WikiProject History/Collaboration
Article alerts
As per the notice at the top of this page, this project is not fully active. however, below are some automated features that you may find useful for working on articles on history-related topics.
- "Article Alerts" is an automated feature that provides constant updates on various articles that relate to history.
- You can view a list of all sub-pages of this WikiProject, at the page: Wikipedia: WikiProject History/Index
- You can view a list of all task forces of this WikiProject, at the page: Wikipedia: WikiProject History/Task forces
Wikiproject structure and scope
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Founding and developmentSignificant milestones for this WikiProject:
WikiProject structureWikiProject History has developed several structural features to help manage our work:
GoalsThe goals of this wikiproject are: a) to improve Wikipedia's coverage of history by creating, expanding, and maintaining history-related articles. b) to provide guidelines and recommendations for articles that describe all aspects of history. c) to serve as the central point of discussion for issues related to history in Wikipedia, d) to maintain the history portal and its sub-portals, e) to answer queries about history on the reference desk, especially the humanities reference desk. Outline of history articlesThe entire subject and Wikipedia's coverage of it is intended to be summarized in the Outline of history and its branch outlines. These are in turn is part of Wikipedia's outline system which is one of Wikipedia's main contents systems. Please see the article Outline of history. Please look this over and fill-in missing topics.If Wikipedia has an article or article section about those topics, please add links to them. While analyzing the outline, please answer the following questions (and fix the outline as needed):
The overall purpose of the outline is to help readers comprehend the subject by showing what belongs to it, and within the subject what belongs to what.The outline is a taxonomy of the subject, and also serves as a table of contents and navigation aid to browse Wikipedia's articles (and article sections) about the subject. It is also a useful tool for the WikiProject to analyze, plan, develop, and revise history-related material. It is a hub from which to organize historical topics. It was built as a "reverse outline", a structural model of an existing work, which in addition to being a summary of the work, can reveal the gaps and other weaknesses for revision purposes.Please help improve it. It's our bird's eye view.Thank you. ScopeMost articles within Category:History and its sub-categories are within our scope. There are already several other history projects with more specific scopes so the majority of our work is on articles that do not seem to fall into other projects' scopes. For further clarification:
As of 13 April 2026, there are 57,272 articles within the scope of WikiProject History, of which 391 are featured and 1,125 are good articles. This makes up 0.8% of the articles on Wikipedia, 3.35% of all featured articles and lists, and 2.57% of all good articles. Including non-article pages, such as talk pages, redirects, categories, etc., there are 218,458 pages in the project. The list of history topics lists of basic history topics are some articles that are in this project's scope. The latter list is not intended to be a comprehensive treatment of the subject, but rather an overview. The Lists of topics are intended to be comprehensive and to include links to every article related to the subject on Wikipedia. See List of mathematics topics and List of psychology topics as examples. A number of lists and meta-lists are maintained in Wikipedia:
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Peer review requests
This is from the page: User:AnomieBOT/C/History peer reviews
- hui_pan-nationalism requesting review and feedback Linnea2853 (talk) 07:08, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
Article alerts
Generated by bot as per Wikipedia:Article alerts.
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Did you know
- 10 Apr 2026 – Claudia Aster inscription (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Mariamnei (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Apr 2026 – Maurille de Sombreuil (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Chao Garden (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Mar 2026 – Timeline of the Liz Truss premiership (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by A Thousand Doors (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Mar 2026 – Council of Censors (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Sir Joseph (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 12 Apr 2026 – Alice Cleaver (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Klbrain (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 12 Apr 2026 – List of World Heritage Sites in Monaco (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by EasternShah (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 11 Apr 2026 – Christodoulos Gonemis (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by TheLongTone (t · c); see discussion (7 participants)
- 11 Apr 2026 – Dachung Gyang (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by VortexPhantom (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 11 Apr 2026 – Blackfriars, Norwich (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by DougieMcC (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 10 Apr 2026 – Gold Sunday Chukwuemeka (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by लॉस एंजिल्स लेखक (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
- 10 Apr 2026 – Capture of Moyale (1940) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Boynamedsue (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 10 Apr 2026 – 1989 Chinese protests by region (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Wsw1357 (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 08 Apr 2026 – Battle of Ponte Perati (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Boynamedsue (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
- 07 Apr 2026 – Ludwigsdorf railway disaster (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Lijil (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
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Proposed deletions
- 05 Apr 2026 – British Protectorate of Brunei (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Gurkubondinn (t · c) and endorsed by Cadddr (t · c) on 05 Apr 2026 was deleted
Categories for discussion
- 12 Apr 2026 – Category:History of the Basque Country (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Apr 2026 – Category:Historical treatment of octonions (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Apr 2026 – Category:History of Sylhet Division (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Apr 2026 – Category:History of Rangpur Division (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Apr 2026 – Category:History of Rajshahi Division (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Apr 2026 – Category:History of Mymensingh Division (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Mar 2026 – Category:Jews in the Republic of Venice (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Mar 2026 – Category:History of Haryana (1947–present) (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Mar 2026 – Category:History of Chhattisgarh (1947–present) (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Mar 2026 – Category:7th-century Arab slaves (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Johnpacklambert (t · c); see discussion
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Templates for discussion
- 21 Mar 2026 – Template:Authoritarian drift during the second Trump administration sidebar (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Chess enjoyer (t · c); see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 11 Apr 2026 – Japanese civilization (talk · edit · hist) →Nihonjinron was RfDed by Gotitbro (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Apr 2026 – American expansionism (talk · edit · hist) →Manifest destiny was RfDed by Skemous (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Apr 2026 – Greater United States (talk · edit · hist) →Manifest destiny was RfDed by Skemous (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Apr 2026 – United States Expansionism (talk · edit · hist) →Manifest destiny was RfDed by Skemous (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Apr 2026 – Protestant movement (talk · edit · hist) →Reformation was RfDed by Bis-Serjetà? (t · c); see discussion
Files for discussion
- 05 Feb 2026 – File:Zapluty karzel.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on 1, 2, 3) was FfDed by Sennecaster (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Jan 2026 – File:John Logie Baird, 1st Image.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on 1, 2, 3) was FfDed by Candidyeoman55 (t · c); see discussion
Featured article candidates
- 28 Mar 2026 – Operation Forager logistics (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Hawkeye7 (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Mar 2026 – History of education in Wales (1870–1939) (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Llewee (t · c); see discussion
Featured list candidates
- 01 Apr 2026 – List of Ming dynasty era names (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Min968 (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 06 Apr 2026 – Shishō (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Generalissima (t · c); start discussion
- 24 Mar 2026 – Senigallia massacre (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Plasticwonder (t · c); start discussion
- 12 Mar 2026 – Shinsenkyo (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Veyhola (t · c); start discussion
- 03 Mar 2026 – Marie Salmon (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Chao Garden (t · c); start discussion
- 13 Feb 2026 – Gopal Mukund Huddar (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by EarthDude (t · c); start discussion
- 19 Jan 2026 – Colonisation of Hokkaido (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Cdjp1 (t · c); start discussion
- 05 Dec 2025 – Canu Cadwallon (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Tipcake (t · c); start discussion
- 15 Nov 2025 – Nicolas Delamare (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Postbox 2 (t · c); start discussion
- 24 Oct 2025 – Third Militarism (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Avocadopiu (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Sep 2025 – 2012 Henryville tornado (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by EF5 (t · c); start discussion
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Good article reassessments
- 04 Apr 2026 – Problem of two emperors (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Mar 2026 – History of Christian thought on persecution and tolerance (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Mar 2026 – Maritime fur trade (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion
Peer reviews
- 21 Mar 2026 – History of Khulna (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by R1F4T (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 10 Apr 2026 – Jicheng (Beijing) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Ji (Beijing) by Esiymbro (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Apr 2026 – Attila (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Attila the Hun by Wbm1058 (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Apr 2026 – Syrian civil war (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Syrian Civil War by TheDeredzh (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Apr 2026 – Dhu al-Qarnayn (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Dhu'l-Qarnayn by ~2026-20772-84 (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Mar 2026 – Government attacks on journalists during the Trump presidencies (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved somewhere else by Bremps (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Apr 2026 – History of 18th century early modern domes (talk · edit · hist) move request to History of 18th-century domes by BDD (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 17 Feb 2026 – Holocaust survivors and descendants in pro-Palestinian activism (talk · edit · hist) move request to Holocaust memory in pro-Palestinian activism by Tashmetu (t · c) was moved to Holocaust memory in pro-Palestinian activism (talk · edit · hist) by Robertsky (t · c) on 06 Apr 2026; see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 01 Apr 2026 – History of China–India relations (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Relationship of the Cholas with the Chinese by Klbrain (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Mar 2026 – Sirvikalender (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Runic calendar by Estopedist1 (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Mar 2026 – Carcathiocerta (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Eğil by Srnec (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Feb 2026 – Great Seal of Lithuania (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Grand Chancellor of Lithuania by Marcelus (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Apr 2026 – Assyrian continuity (talk · edit · hist) proposed for merging to Assyrian nationalism by Ibansis (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Articles to be split
- 26 Mar 2026 – Economic history of the United States (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by A. Randomdude0000 (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Mar 2026 – Death (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Altenmann (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Mar 2026 – International relations with the Taliban (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Braganza (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Feb 2026 – Immigration detention in the second Trump administration (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by CommonKnowledgeCreator (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Feb 2026 – Industrial Revolution (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Ingminatacam (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Sep 2025 – Phoenicia (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by FunkMonk (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Aug 2025 – Historicism (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Rotideypoc41352 (t · c); see discussion
- 24 Jul 2025 – List of historical societies (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by M2545 (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Jun 2025 – Popular front (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Braganza (t · c); see discussion
- 07 May 2024 – Contemporary history of Spain (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Malvoliox (t · c); see discussion
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Articles for creation
- 13 Apr 2026 – Draft:September 1845 New York-Vermont tornado outbreak (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by HistoricalRonan (t · c)
- 12 Apr 2026 – Draft:José Manuel Azcona Pastor (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Diaz del Real~slwiki (t · c)
- 11 Apr 2026 – Draft:Burning of Chambersburg (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ~2026-22505-09 (t · c)
- 11 Apr 2026 – Draft:Ayyubid campaign in Jazira (1235) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Karakocanî23 (t · c)
- 10 Apr 2026 – Draft:Charles W. Mitchell (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Sydneyvanmorgan (t · c)
- 10 Apr 2026 – Draft:Egya Ahor (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Entsiey (t · c)
- 09 Apr 2026 – Draft:WebArchiver (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by MulderCW (t · c)
- 09 Apr 2026 – Draft:Folkways: A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Liz (t · c)
- 08 Apr 2026 – Draft:Pedro Calmon (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Laptss (t · c)
- 08 Apr 2026 – Draft:Budsu Thikana (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Udayrathore12 (t · c)
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Project staff and working groups
The goal of this project is to serve as an active resource, where other editors can seek help or get questions answered, or get help with any topical efforts they may be working on. and also, at some point, we will try to resume various basic wikiproject tasks such as article assessment, working on group projects. to that end, we may create some sort of list here of active volunteers, or editors, or just anyone who can occasionally take a little time to answer questions, help with various tasks and efforts.
Project Coordinators
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For purposes of helping coordinate project activities, the users listed below have indicated a willingness to perform such functions.
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Coordinators. The coordinators are generally responsible for maintaining all of the procedural and administrative aspects of the project, and serve as the designated points-of-contact for procedural issues. They are not, however, endowed with any special executive powers.
- Chairman, and Lead Coordinator:
- Coordinators::
- Key Editors:
- Former project leaders, with thanks:
- Vami_IV, joined June 22, 2022. (deceased)
Responsibilities
- Coordinators. The primary responsibility of the regular coordinators for the WikiProject, as well as the page coordinators, are the maintenance and housekeeping work involved in keeping the project and its internal processes running smoothly; this includes a variety of tasks, such as keeping the announcement and open task lists updated, overseeing the assessment and review processes, managing the proposal and creation of task forces, and so forth.
- There is fairly little involved that couldn't theoretically be done by any other editor, of course, in only a few places have the coordinators been explicitly written into a process, but since experience suggests that people tend to assume that someone else is doing whatever needs to be done, it has proven beneficial to formally delegate responsibility for this administrative work to a specified group.
- The coordinators also have several additional roles. They serve as the project's designated points of contact, and are explicitly listed as people to whom questions can be directed in a variety of places around the project. In addition, they have (highly informal) roles in leading the drafting of project guidelines, overseeing the implementation of project decisions on issues like category schemes and template use, and helping to resolve disputes and keep discussions from becoming heated and unproductive.
Working Groups
Working Groups at WikiProject History:
Assessment · Collaboration · Review · Outreach · Task forces
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AssessmentThe Assessment Working Group finds historical articles for the first time and rates them on quality and importance scales. (Please feel free to add your name to join!!) CollaborationThe Collaboration working group serves to improve articles that have been assessed by the assessment department by assigning large groups of editors to improve those articles. Help can be requested for an article you are working on or you have found abandoned. A list of open tasks can also be found in a section above. Current active members: (Please feel free to add your name to join!!) ReviewThe Review working group carries out peer reviews on historical articles and nominates articles for good and featured status. It also carries out A-Class reviews on articles within our scope. Current active members: (Please feel free to add your name to join!!) OutreachThe Outreach working group acts as a central location for various member outreach work, including project newsletters, recruitment and welcoming banners, and other related initiatives. Current active members: (Please feel free to add your name to join!!) Informal subgroups
These subgroups could be formed based on any criteria at all. so any editor could form a subgroup for communicating with editors who are new to this topical area. or it could be an informal group for brainstorming ideas for a particular topic, or a particular editing drive, or group effort, or for a specific effort to delve into a particular topic, or to set up a single new article or set of articles, or for any other reason. Our reason for setting up this new type of subgrouping is simple; history is a very broad and varied field. We would like to encourage all editors to take an active role here, as much as they might wish. so if you wish to set up any such subgroup, please feel free to post a notice on the talk page. We will be glad to help to promote any such efforts here. thanks!! |
Task forces
We can have Task Forces for specific historical eras, or alternatively for specific topical areas. Please choose a Task Force below that matches the area that you most wish to work on. If you don't see an area listed that you want to work on, then please feel free to simply add it. thanks!!!!
Sub-page for Task Force information:
TF Modern and Contemporary History
Official banner:
{{WikiProject History|importance=Mid|attention=|auto=|needs-infobox=|Contemporary History=yes|Contemporary history-importance=Top}}
- Task Force page
- Members:
- Writes and updates articles on contemporary history, including the items below.
- Timelines for current year,
- articles on current time periods;
- historical articles in need of updates for current events.
TF Ancient History
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- Covers Ancient history; usually defined as history from the earliest civilizations up to the fall of the Roman Empire.
- Goals (will be updated):
Possible task forces
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Task forces by subject area
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Outreach, members, templates
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Membership
If you would like to be a member of the project, then please add your name at the bottom of the list below, with this text: # {{user|your username}}.
Members can also feel free to add {{User WikiProject History}} to their user pages.
Members
Below is a list of members. Feel free to add yourself by adding your signature.
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Project templates
Project banner The banner {{WikiProject History}} should be added to the talk pages of all relevant articles.
Infobox Historical Event The Infobox {{Infobox historical event}} should be added to the pages of notable events. {{Infobox historical event}}Country/Region history A navbox from Category:History by region navigational boxes should be added to History of a 'x' country pages. Other useful info boxes and templates can be found in the category: Category:History and events templates. Articles Showcase
CategoriesEvery article on a historical topic should be assigned to as specific a sub-category under the Category:History as possible, as well as to any non-history categories to which it belongs. Since Wikipedia has tens of thousands of articles on historical subjects, they shouldn't all be placed directly in Category:History; there is an elaborate hierarchy of historical categories, described here, and only the lowest-level category need be assigned.
Category tree:
Don't over-categorize Having added an article to, say, Category:Military history of the United Kingdom, there's no need to also add that article to Category:Military history, Category:History of the United Kingdom, Category:United Kingdom or Category:History. The category hierarchy expresses the fact that every article about the military history of the UK is an article about military history and an article about the UK.
Organization of national histories. Few nations have neat histories: most have changed name, constitution and boundaries over their history. This section gives advice on creating sub-categories to reflect these changes. Using the United Kingdom as an example:
Here's an incomplete diagram showing these historical categories and how they relate in the category system: History |
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History by nation History by period |
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United Kingdom Republic of Ireland | Ancient history | | | | | |
.----------+-------+ | | `------------+----+ | | | | | | | | .----+-----. | Great Britain | | `-------. Ireland <-------' | | | | `------. | | | |
+----------+-------+---. | `----+--' | Ancient Rome | | | | | | | England Scotland | Northern Ireland | | | | | |
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Wales Ancient Britain Roman Britain (This diagram is far from complete: there is a Category:British Empire, not shown. Category:History of the United Kingdom is in Category:United Kingdom and so on. And there are many sub-categories. But it illustrates the principles.) Related WikiProjects
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