WikiProject

plural WikiProjects · alternative Wikiproject

1. A group of editors who work together on improving the coverage of a particular topic on a wiki, especially on Wikipedia.

   This is the WikiProject page for SPORTS

   2001 September 26, Wikipedia contributors, “Wikipedia:WikiProject Sports”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, revision 296318

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   Through Wikiproject Medicine, some medical professionals (and other health-savvy Wikipedia editors) have taken it upon themselves to improve the quality of medical information available on the site.

   2013 October 1, Julie Beck, “Should I Be Getting Health Information From Wikipedia?”, in James Bennet, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 May 2023

   Wikipedia is made up of thousands of WikiProjects—groups of editors who work together to tackle articles on similar topics—but not all of them offer the same level of training that [Susan] Gerbic does.

   2018 July 25, “The ’Guerrilla’ Wikipedia Editors Who Combat Conspiracy Theories”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2023

   A WikiProject, among other things, includes a page of reliable sources for editors to pull from.

   2020 August 7, Travis M. Andrews, “Covid-19 is one of Wikipedia’s biggest challenges ever. Here’s how the site is handling it.”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2023

   Some pages can be "locked" and cannot be changed until one of more than 200 volunteer editors on WikiProject Covid-19, many of whom are doctors or academics, review it.

   2020 October 22, Donald G[erard] McNeil Jr., “Wikipedia and W.H.O. Join to Combat Covid-19 Misinformation”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Oct 2023

plural Wikiprojects

1. uncommonAlternative letter-case form of WikiProject.