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== Example year ==
== Example year ==
A year article will generally follow this format:


*'''Short description''': The short description should be the first item on a year article. Formatting templates, such as [[Template:Use dmy dates|dmy]]/[[Template:Use mdy dates|mdy]] dates or [[Template:Use American English|American]]/[[Template:Use British English|British]] English may also be placed here.
'''''Warning:''' The following example is a bare bones idea of how a year page ''should'' look. If you believe something is missing want to add it to "2004", please don't edit this page but go to [[2004]].''
*'''Lead''': For general year articles, the lead will describe basic information about the year, such as the day it starts on and the century in which it took place. For subpages on specific topics, the lead should describe major events and trends in this topic on that particular year. For example, [[2021 in the United States]] briefly describes the major political and social events of the United States in 2021 as well as other defining aspects.
*'''Table of contents''': In some cases, a [[Template:Horizontal TOC|horizontal table of contents]] or [[Template:NOTOC|no table of contents]] may be appropriate. Otherwise, the table of contents should be left in its default position.
*'''General information''': Sections that present general information that persist throughout the year should go above all other sections. This may include Ongoing Events or Incumbents.
*'''Events''': This should be the largest section of the article. A list of notable events should be displayed in chronological order with subheadings dividing each month. All events should be accompanied by a citation. The most significant events may be accompanied by an image when one is available.
*'''Births''': A list of all notable people born in that year, listed chronologically by date of birth. For subpages on specific topics, this should list births relevant to that topic. All births should be accompanied by a citation. If this section is long, it may benefit from a [[Template:Births and deaths TOC|births and deaths table of contents]]. The most notable individuals in this list may be accompanied by a portrait when one is available.
*'''Deaths''': A list of all notable people that died in that year, listed chronologically by date of death. For subpages on specific topics, this should list deaths relevant to that topic. All deaths should be accompanied by a citation. If this section is long, it may benefit from a [[Template:Births and deaths TOC|births and deaths table of contents]]. The most notable individuals in this list may be accompanied by a portrait when one is available.
*'''See also''': A list of related articles that are not otherwise linked to in the article.
*'''References''': A [[Template:Reflist|reflist]] containing all references used in the article.
*'''Categories''': Relevant categories. All articles should be placed in their appropriate year category (i.e. [[:Category:1900]] for [[1900]]). Subpages will have additional relevant categories.


For further examples, preview other articles for a given year or topic.
===Infobox===
Each year should have an infobox at the top right. The templates will be the template {{Tlx|Year box}} followed by the template {{tl|C21YearInTopic}} (or applicable centuries template, see above).

<pre><nowiki>{{Year box}}
{{C21YearInTopic}}
</nowiki></pre>

===Intro section===
The first sentence in the introduction explains that the page is for a year and not a number. This statement should only be included if the number is on the [[List of numbers]] page. The second introduction sentence will describe the year (a link to a calendar) and the type of calendar the year belongs to. The following sentence lists any official designation the year has. For articles containing year summaries, the intro summarizes the year as a whole in a manner consistent with [[WP:LEAD]].

<pre><nowiki>
{{about|the year|the number|2004 (number)}}

'''2004''' is a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. It was designated the:

*''International Year of [[Rice]]'' (by the [[United Nations]])
*''International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against [[Slavery]] and its Abolition'' (by [[UNESCO]])
*''Year of the Monkey'' (by the [[Chinese calendar]])

'''See [[The world in 2004]] for a description of the state of the world in this year.'''
</nowiki></pre>

===Sections===

===Events===
The events section is divided into months; each month has a calendar at the beginning and lists any ''important'' events that occurred. The month header once linked to the particular month in the year (e.g. January 2004), but no longer does. ''Each item'' links to the day.

<pre><nowiki>
== Events ==

===January===
* [[January 3]] &ndash; [[Flash Airlines Flight 604]] crashes into the [[Red Sea]] off the coast of [[Egypt]], killing all 148 aboard.
* [[January 4]]
** [[Mikhail Saakashvili]] wins the presidential elections in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]].
** [[NASA]]'s [[MER-A]] (''Spirit'') lands on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]].

===February===
* [[February 1]] &ndash; A [[hajj]] stampede in [[Mina, Saudi Arabia|Mina]], [[Saudi Arabia]], kills 251 pilgrims.

===March===

===April===

===May===

===June===

===July===

===August===

===September===

===October===

===November===

===December===

</nowiki></pre>

===Category===
Add any such timeline articles to the timelines category for that year. eg [[:Category:2019-related timelines]]. and also the timelines category for years for that topics. eg [[:Category: Political timelines by year]].

===Summary of year===
A summary of the year may follow the timeline, describing events of the year. Be sure to cite everything in this section.

===Births section===
The Births section lists [[WP:Notability (people)|notable]] births in that year, divided into month sections. Each entry links to the day page, has a very short description of the person, and links to the death year if known.

<pre><nowiki>
== Births ==
===January===
* [[January 21]]
** [[Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway]]
** [[another name]], American author (d. [[2005]])
* [[January 31]] &ndash; [[another name]], Polonesian King (d. [[2003]])

===February===
</nowiki></pre>

===Deaths section===
The deaths section begins with a see also statement, and follows the same format as the births section: Month section, day link, name, and birth year link if known.

<pre><nowiki>
== Deaths ==
'''For more deaths see: [[Deaths in 2004]]'''

===January===
* [[January 27]] &ndash; [[Jack Paar]], American television show host (b. [[1918]])

===December===
* [[December 28]]
** [[Jerry Orbach]], American actor (b. [[1935]])
** [[Susan Sontag]], American writer and activist (b. [[1933]])
</nowiki></pre>

===More===
It has not yet been decided what else will be included on the year pages. Many currently have sections for awards, fiction, see also, references, external links etc. These sections may be removed (or more likely moved to a separate page to be included on the infobox) later, but for now the following form can be followed to close out the page.

<pre><nowiki>
==External links==
{{commonscat|2004}}

[[Category:2004| ]]
</nowiki></pre>


==Decades==
==Decades==

Revision as of 16:44, 18 November 2022

"WP:YEARS" redirects here. For the Manual of Style guideline for years, see MOS:YEAR.

WikiProject Years is a project dedicated to improving all year-related articles on Wikipedia. We cover all year, decade, century, and millennia articles and their subarticles. Our scope is incredibly large, so we rely a lot on automated bots to do more tedious tasks.

Scope Scope

This WikiProject's first aim was primarily to formalize the unofficial standard used for creating year pages. A standard was created and then transferred to Wikipedia:Timeline standards. The project still conceivably has responsibility for maintaining/improving that standard. The project currently oversees all year articles, (e.g. 1345, 2008), decade articles, century articles, and millennia articles, as well as their sub-articles (e.g. 2008 in sports).

The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Time.

To do

Open tasks for Wikipedia:WikiProject Years.

Edit or discuss these tasks.

Shortcuts: Recent changes | Categories | History

The collaboration of the week is 1929

  1. Resolve policy questions (such as WP:RY)
  2. Fix templates
  3. Improve 1929 and 1340s

Article alerts

Pages can still be rescued even when the project becomes inactive

Categories for discussion

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Articles to be merged

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Assessment and review

Collaborations
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Miscellaneous

The WP:YEARS department that assesses articles for quality and importance can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Years/Assessment. If you are interested in assessment and review, please add your name to the list of reviewers on the assessment page.

Current status

Years articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FL 24 24
GA 3 2 12 17
B 2 6 117 19 144
C 4 2 23 336 88 453
Start 5 264 2,876 681 3,826
Stub 1 1,300 579 1,880
List 3 90 797 22,256 50 5,459 28,655
Category 1 33 546,140 546,174
Disambig 17 17
File 9 9
Portal 8,418 8,418
Project 6 6
Template 4 6 12,540 12,550
NA 9 2,495 8,263 10,767
Other 10 10
Assessed 7 102 1,107 29,455 575,453 6,826 612,950
Unassessed 1 58 59
Total 7 102 1,107 29,456 575,453 6,884 613,009
WikiWork factors (?) ω = 32,688 Ω = 5.17
  • Popular pages lists top Years articles with the most frequent views. It is updated monthly.

Participants

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Inactive Participants

Editors who have not edited on Wikipedia for over six months

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Accomplishments

FAs
GAs
DYKs

Templates

What to type What it makes What it's for
{{Year box}}
Years Years: 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Centuries: 20th century · 21st century · 22nd century
Decades: 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s 2050s
Years: 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
The infobox for year pages.
{{Births and deaths ToC}}
Content
January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December
Table of contents for births and deaths sections of year pages.
{{C21 year in topic}} See Template:C21 year in topic The topic infobox for year pages.
{{WikiProject Years}}
WikiProject iconYears Unassessed
WikiProject iconThis article is within the scope of WikiProject Years, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Years on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.YearsWikipedia:WikiProject YearsTemplate:WikiProject YearsYears articles
???This article has not yet received a rating on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
???This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.
 The project notice, designed to be placed in the talk page of any article that has been edited as part of the Years WikiProjects. For instructions, see assessment page.
{{User WP Years}}
This user is a member of
WikiProject Years.
 This userbox is for members of the project to put on their userpage and proclaim that they are a member of this project.

Year in Topic boxes

Each century has a different year in topic box, depending on how much information is available in Wikipedia. The following have been created so far:

The last one is for the whole 1st millennium (1-1000 AD). However it has not yet been decided how many there should be. See talk page and survey for discussions.

Old surveys

Example year

A year article will generally follow this format:

  • Short description: The short description should be the first item on a year article. Formatting templates, such as dmy/mdy dates or American/British English may also be placed here.
  • Lead: For general year articles, the lead will describe basic information about the year, such as the day it starts on and the century in which it took place. For subpages on specific topics, the lead should describe major events and trends in this topic on that particular year. For example, 2021 in the United States briefly describes the major political and social events of the United States in 2021 as well as other defining aspects.
  • Table of contents: In some cases, a horizontal table of contents or no table of contents may be appropriate. Otherwise, the table of contents should be left in its default position.
  • General information: Sections that present general information that persist throughout the year should go above all other sections. This may include Ongoing Events or Incumbents.
  • Events: This should be the largest section of the article. A list of notable events should be displayed in chronological order with subheadings dividing each month. All events should be accompanied by a citation. The most significant events may be accompanied by an image when one is available.
  • Births: A list of all notable people born in that year, listed chronologically by date of birth. For subpages on specific topics, this should list births relevant to that topic. All births should be accompanied by a citation. If this section is long, it may benefit from a births and deaths table of contents. The most notable individuals in this list may be accompanied by a portrait when one is available.
  • Deaths: A list of all notable people that died in that year, listed chronologically by date of death. For subpages on specific topics, this should list deaths relevant to that topic. All deaths should be accompanied by a citation. If this section is long, it may benefit from a births and deaths table of contents. The most notable individuals in this list may be accompanied by a portrait when one is available.
  • See also: A list of related articles that are not otherwise linked to in the article.
  • References: A reflist containing all references used in the article.
  • Categories: Relevant categories. All articles should be placed in their appropriate year category (i.e. Category:1900 for 1900). Subpages will have additional relevant categories.

For further examples, preview other articles for a given year or topic.

Decades

Notable world leaders

A gallery of notable leaders states and organisations are included in decade articles. In general, only leaders in power for over two years within the decade and current leaders should be listed, with a maximum of three per state or organisation. Leaders are ordered alphabetically by their associated state or organisation. Within each state, list monarchs first, then other types. Within each type, list in chronological order.


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