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Anarchism and Occupy

Hello WikiProject OWS. I'm looking for another set of eyes to take a look at Anarchism and the Occupy movement, which is currently a pending DYK. I've raised some concerns on the talk page about the balance of the article and would appreciate another perspective, especially from an editor familiar with the origins of the movement and its connection with anarchism. Thanks, Gobōnobo 18:24, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Begin guideline debate

What should be included? We need to set out some project rules and guidelines. These need to adhere to all Misplaced Pages policies as well, but we should at least have a set way of aproaching certain aspects. Do we like the basic set up of the main article or do we want to use it as a guide as we build the project?--Amadscientist (talk) 22:40, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

I will begin researching through the guidelines and start writing up basic guidelines and perhap style as well. If other members see something that absolutely stands out as "What the heck" or they just want to make some copy edits to the section, feel free to change anything I write and if there is any dispute I will discussit it here before I attempt any changes id at all. This seemed to work well on another project recently so lets try that slowly.--Amadscientist (talk) 21:43, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

That works for me. Rangoon11 (talk) 23:13, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

99% redirect

Would it be better as "WP:The99%" or just not use it at all. I will look at guidelines for project redirects but don't see a problem with it's use so far. Are there objections for any other reason?--Amadscientist (talk) 21:50, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

It looks good without the "the". I don't think anyone who knows how to look for projects will have difficulty finding this one. Gobōnobo 01:04, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Project banner and infobox are enabled

I have created the needed pages and links for the new project banner and infobox. Coming up I will create an alternative banner for unrated articles.--Amadscientist (talk) 09:55, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

I've added the project banner to articles listed under Category:Occupy Wall Street. I've also done assessments. Feel free to reassess where needed. Several of the C-class articles are fairly close to B-class and I may have misjudged some. Gobōnobo 01:09, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you!--Amadscientist (talk) 07:52, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Name

This project should be consistent as to whether it is called WikiProject Occupy vs. WikiProject OWS (I prefer the former, since I see Occupy Wall Street as a single event within the greater Occupy movement). I think this is a great idea for a WikiProject. Members will certainly have much work to do as there is a lot of inconsistency between Occupy-related articles, numerous merge discussions, other debates, etc. I hope this project can generate a quality set of articles for the betterment of Misplaced Pages. I will be watching this group closely! --Another Believer _(Talk) 23:17, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

I would support using WikiProject Occupy as well. Virtually all of the individual groups use "Occupy" in their names, even though Occupy Wall Street was the original. Gobōnobo 01:00, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Hey...don't look at me. It was just the proposal page and then the page was moved before discussion. Moving the page at this point however...would entail work due to the amount of links now set up and a redirect may cause some confusion and errors but is not impossible. I have done it before....I could do it here. We should let this be fully discussed to gain full consensus before we act.--Amadscientist (talk) 07:50, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

My preference and the original idea was to name the actual project WikiProject Occupy Wall Street. The project is not movement associated and is geared towards the subject itself. OWS is the starting point and the basis for the scope. Naming OWS is a pretty good compromise if you think about it.--Amadscientist (talk) 23:58, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Template:WikiProject OWS

I don't think this template should place articles within the Occupy Wall Street category. This category should be reserved for Occupy-relatead Misplaced Pages articles, not project-related articles. --Another Believer _(Talk) 01:45, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

So, just use it on actual Misplaced Pages articles and not on project space talk pages? Gobōnobo 03:32, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Most projects add templates to talk pages of project pages. I am just not sure how to add project pages to Category:WikiProject OWS rather than Category:Occupy Wall Street. Again, Misplaced Pages articles belong in the latter category; project pages belong in the project category. --Another Believer _(Talk) 15:05, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Correction. The Template does not place the articles into the Occupy Wall Street Category. That is being done manually for top importance articles within the scope of OWS as a subject, not just because it is within the scope of the project. Occupy-relatead Misplaced Pages articles do not all have the word "Occupy" in them.--Amadscientist (talk) 07:45, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

What do you mean the template does not place pages into the Occupy Wall Street category? Just click on the Occupy Wall Street category at the bottom of this page, look under the "W" section and you will see many project pages there. Perhaps I am misunderstanding something. --Another Believer _(Talk) 15:07, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

No, I think I was misunderstanding what you were referring to. Let me look at the template and the guidelines and other project templates to double check, but i take it your major issue is the project banner itself placing the talk page itself into the category and you feel that is not appropriate. If this is correct we can deal with that.--Amadscientist (talk) 23:05, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Looking into this and will see if this is being done properly, but I can say the the category in question, has talk pages that have been added that do not have the project banner. From guidelines, I am unclear that using the topic "Occupy Wall Street" in the Banner Project "Category" was innappropriate. I am not sure if adding a project template to a talkpage and having that template categorize the talk page into that sorting, for assessment and other automated tasks etc., is wrong.--Amadscientist (talk) 23:26, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Nope...I think I see what needs to be done. Correcting now.--Amadscientist (talk) 23:33, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Got it. The "MAIN CATEGORY" is "WikiProject OWS" for the banner to categorize the "talk page" to our category. Done!  Done--Amadscientist (talk) 23:37, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. --Amadscientist (talk) 23:39, 12 April 2012 (UTC)