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WikiProject Libraries

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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

Article alerts

Library alerts

Article alerts

Today's featured article requests

• 06 Feb 2025 – John Silva Meehan (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 30 Nov 2024 – Library branch (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by JuxtaposedJacob (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
• 30 Nov 2024 – Library system (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by JuxtaposedJacob (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
• 25 Nov 2024 – National Law Library of the Maldives (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Unilandofma (t · c) was closed as delete by Malinaccier (t · c) on 02 Dec 2024; see discussion (4 participants)

Redirects for discussion

• 17 Nov 2024 – GGKEY (talk · edit · hist) →Google Books was RfDed by TeapotsOfDoom (t · c); see discussion

Files for discussion

• 25 Nov 2024 – File:Internet archive website, during DOS attack, 13th October 2024.png (talk · edit · hist) (on Internet Archive) was FfDed by Dan Leonard (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

• 24 Nov 2024 – Korean decimal classification (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Korean Decimal Classification by BarrelProof (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 21 Dec 2020 – Public libraries in North America (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by M2545 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 01 Dec 2024 – Draft:CloudLibrary (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Basalmnine (t · c)
• 05 Nov 2024 – Draft:Syed Ameer Haider Abidi (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Cn22760 (t · c)

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Museum alerts

Article alerts

Did you know

• 18 Nov 2024 – Tomato Industrial Museum D. Nomikos (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Lajmmoore (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 13 Nov 2024 – List of Western European paintings in Ukrainian museums (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Jaguarnik (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 27 Nov 2024; see discussion (6 participants; relisted)

Proposed deletions

• 03 Dec 2024 – Maloka Museum (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Mrfoogles (t · c): Unreferenced article on apparently unremarkable science museum; unable to find any sources or distinguishing characteristics of the museum; article consists entirely of original research (now removed) and images of the museum.

Featured article candidates

• 14 Nov 2024 – Merchant's House Museum (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Epicgenius (t · c); see discussion

A-Class review

• undated – USS Texas (BB-35) (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review

Good article nominees

• 07 Sep 2024 – New York Hall of Science (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Epicgenius (t · c); start discussion

Good article reassessments

• 03 Dec 2024 – Louvre (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion
• 25 Sep 2024 – USS Texas (BB-35) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Voorts (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 26 Sep 2024 – The Untitled Space (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Fashionista345 (t · c); see discussion
• 28 Mar 2022 – Georgia Music Hall of Fame (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by AjaxSmack (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 03 Dec 2024 – Draft:Novokuznetsk Museum of Local Lore (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c)
• 02 Dec 2024 – Draft:National Museum of Civil Defense (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Lizbeth626 (t · c)
• 27 Nov 2024 – Draft:Museum of Communication, Burntisland (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by MerchantOfLight (t · c)
• 24 Nov 2024 – Draft:Yoku Moku Museum (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 180.29.10.85 (t · c)
• 21 Nov 2024 – Draft:Massimo De Carlo Gallery (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Jackbot33 (t · c)
• 07 Nov 2024 – Draft:Jennifer Sakai (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Beauxgoris (t · c)
• 05 Nov 2024 – Draft:Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Crimsonandgrayhawk (t · c)
• 30 Oct 2024 – Draft:SAPAR Contemporary Gallery + Incubator (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Sapar Contemporary (t · c)

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Metrics

Articles assessed for quality: 99.9% complete

100% of articles Start-Class or better: 66.9% complete

(5932/8861)

• 4.8% List-Class
• 28.2% Stub-Class
• 49.8% Start-Class
• 13.2% C-Class
• 3.1% 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			1	8			9
FL		1	2	6			9
FM					14		14
GA	2	3	8	41			54
B	4	16	53	194		4	271
C	11	36	145	963		15	1,170
Start	7	58	388	3,916		50	4,419
Stub		11	75	2,377		37	2,500
List	4	4	56	361		4	429
Category					2,621		2,621
Disambig					17		17
File					44		44
Project					25		25
Redirect		4	62	125	304		495
Template					98		98
NA				2	4		6
Other					19		19
Assessed	28	133	790	7,993	3,146	110	12,200
Unassessed						13	13
Total	28	133	790	7,993	3,146	123	12,213
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 42,696			Ω = 5.07

See also

See also all subpages of WikiProject Libraries.

Related WikiProjects

• WikiProject Bibliographies
• WikiProject Biography/Science and academia
• WikiProject History of Science
• WikiProject Academic Journals
• WikiProject Digital Preservation
• WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles
• List of missing journals
• WikiProject Reference works

Additional resources

• Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check
• Category:Wikipedia resources for researchers
• Category:Wikipedian librarians
• German Wikipedia: Library Reference Service
• COinS in Wikipedia
• Wikipedia:ISBN
• GLAM
• The Wikipedia Library
• {{Authority control}}

Projects of the Wikimedia Foundation

• b:Introduction to Library and Information Science
• m:Wikicat
• v:Learning Project

External links

• Libweb - Library WWW Servers
• LISWiki