Scope
To present a coherent strategy for organizing non-fiction information relating to Space. Also to direct the development of Portal:Space, from an organizational and stylistic point of view. The project is also responsible for the Space Collaboration of the Week.
Mission Statement
Striving for accessible knowledge regarding anything Space related info
Overall Strategy
A single, coherent plan must be drawn up to encompass the categorization and style with which to present the related information. A single project page, representing a single Portal, must be decided upon to be the master planning home for the overall topic of Space. Sub-Portals will be developed to handle specific topics, and Sub-Portals as needed to make the navigation of all information available an easy and painless task for the least familiar peruser.
Goals
- Create a standard layout and organize infortmation in Space-related Portals
- Categorize each page with a Space connection
- Add WikiProject tag:
{{WPSpace}} -- mark appropriate related subject with "=yes"
- Develop concise outline of proposed additions to Portal:Space
Members
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- Aaaf-wiki (talk)
- Ageekgal (Talk) (Contribs) Ageekgal (talk) 08:40, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
- Ajackl (talk)
- Alastor Moody (Talk) + (Contribs) + (Userboxes) 07:43, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
- ArielGold (talk)
- Bender_razz (talk)
- BestGuyEver --BestGuyEver (talk) 00:10, 9 August 2008 (UTC)I will work on Space Launches and the History of Humans in Space
- Bsimmons666 (talk) 15:55, 18 August 2008 (UTC) Whatever needs to be done
- Bmader (talk)
- bstockuskuykkuykiuykuykuy (talk)
- Carbon Rodney(Talk but be nasty) 14:53, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
- Coolgyingman (talk) 15:27, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
- Chizero (talk) 17:28, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
- Cremepuff222 (talk)
- Dan Tromedlov (talk)-In the hope of expanding the known history and facts of Space
- DanielWent (talk) Masters degree in Astrophysics and member of the Cassini magnetometer science team.
- DJBarney24 (talk)
- DNJH (talk) 17 December 2008; Engineer. Commercial satellites
- Drew2794 (talk) I have an interest in the new Ares 1-X project.
- E_dog95 (talk) 23:45, 5 February 2008 (UTC) - At the moment I'll be working in Category:Exploration of the Moon
- EarthCom1000 (talk) Love space.
- Ecualegacy (talk) 02:48, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
- Eisenmond (talk) - 22 February 2007
- Exodio (talk) 00:59, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
- Extra999 (talk) + (contribs)
- Fact-of-the-matter (talk) Good at research
- General Eisenhower (talk) I will expand Wikipedia's knowledge of Space.
- Gr8opinionater (talk)
- GrampaScience (talk)
- greg (talk) 14:38, 8 October 2009 (UTC) Military uses of space
- GW_Simulations|GW_Simulations (talk)
- Hydrogen Iodide (talk) 07:07, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
- Indoles (talk)
- James xeno (talk) 05:49, 23 July 2007 (UTC)(UTC)
- Jet123 (talk) 10:41, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
- Jon Holly (Talk)
- Jonathansuh (Talk)
- JoshuaKuo (talk) 11:05, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
- Kasos_fr (Talk) - interested in satellites
- Ken Tholke (talk) My crib provided no flame-retardent material, just an Emergency Abort button
- ElectronKid (Talk)
- LanceBarber (Talk)18:48, 21 September 2007 (UTC) - US space wings, satellites, manned projects, launch and tech articles
- Leobold1 (Talk)
- Mattkenn3 (talk) 00:40, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
- Mike Peel (talk) 20:07, 7 March 2008 (UTC) - Mainly astronomy-related articles.
- Mlm42 (Talk) 14:20, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
- Mrld (talk 00:24, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- Needamedic (talk
- Nick Mks (talk
- Ninney - My great ways to contribute would be by making minor edits/corrections to articles (e.g., typos, fixing links, adding references to new secondary sources)
- Oyo321 (talk) Try to work on the Space Race
- Pax85 (talk) 21:59, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
- Petebutt (talk) 16:56, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
- Pico del Teide (talk) interested in space exploration
- Pious7TalkContribs 20:28, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
- pocketpencil (talk)
- PoizonMyst (talk)
- Pookeo9 (talk) 12:05, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
- Purz12 (talk) 22:49, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
- Qmwnebrvtcyxuz (talk) 01:29, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
- Ravedave (Adopt a State) 17:03, 24 February 2007 (UTC) - Spacecraft (specifically MRO and adding spacecraft infoboxes) (talk)
- Redstarsldr (talk) -go space race
- Rdwoodneo (talk) Has some understanding of astrochemistry to bring forward.
- Ricardo12458 (talk)
- Sai2020 (talk)
- Sdsds (talk) 20:36, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- Sean (talk) (contribs) 20:10, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
- Sennheiser (talk)
- Shojo (talk) - interested in space flights
- Simcen (talk) 18 May 2009, Aerospace Engineer
- Skeletor 0 (talk) 15:59, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
- Spiral5800 (talk) 12:52, 16 June 2010 (UTC) Johns Hopkins University Student/Researcher, JHU Applied Physics Laboratory (the East Coast equivalent of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory) alumnus, and science enthusiast (if it wasn't already apparent.) 09:27, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
- Staka (talk)
- Sushant gupta (talk)- Only portal (space portal) maintainance!
- Syntheticalconnections (talk)(my contribs) 00:33, 23 June 2010 (UTC) (I've been working on extrasolar planet articles)
- Tatiraju.rishabh (talk)
- Tennispro45 (talk) Future cosmologist and deeply intersted in improving the quality of our space articles to satisfy people looking to expand their knowledge.
- Terry0051 (talk) ...researching topics in history of astronomy
- tham153 retired professor of astronomy and planetarium director, worked on the Apollo Project and did other space related work
- Thor Dockweiler (talk) 02:00, 19 September 2008 (UTC); astronomer.
- Tommy (Talk/Contribs)
- The Bushranger (talk)
- Miguel Cervantes (talk)
- Torquemada082 (talk) visual representations of what you think you remember.LOTS of visual representations. Are you bored? :x
- tpheiska (talk)
- Tzeentch42 (talk)
- Uttexas (talk)
- siafu (talk)
- Vsst (talk)
- Vuerqex (talk)
- VX (talk)
- WingedSkiCap(talk)
- Wolfkeeper(talk)
- Wwheaton (talk)
- Zuzzerack (talk)
- Gniniv (talk)
- crkey (talk)
- Skitahoe12 (talk)
- « CA » What that?
- Yiosie2356 (Talk)
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Add WikiProject tag: {{WPSpace}} -- mark appropriate related subject with "=yes"
Userbox
I made a WikiProject Space userbox for anyone to use. Use the code {{User WikiProject Space}} to create:
Space portals
Here are some Space-related portals:
(Portals list)
Article assessment
Class | Criteria | Reader's experience | Editing suggestions | Example |
FA |
The article has attained featured article status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured article candidates. |
Professional, outstanding, and thorough; a definitive source for encyclopedic information. |
No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible.[under discussion] |
Cleopatra (as of June 2018) |
FL |
The article has attained featured list status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured list candidates.
More detailed criteria
The article meets the featured list criteria:
- Prose. It features professional standards of writing.
- Lead. It has an engaging lead that introduces the subject and defines the scope and inclusion criteria.
- Comprehensiveness.
- Structure. It is easy to navigate and includes, where helpful, section headings and table sort facilities.
- Style. It complies with the Manual of Style and its supplementary pages.
- Stability. It is not the subject of ongoing edit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured list process.
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Professional standard; it comprehensively covers the defined scope, usually providing a complete set of items, and has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about those items. |
No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available. |
List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events (as of May 2018) |
A |
The article is well organized and essentially complete, having been examined by impartial reviewers from a WikiProject or elsewhere. Good article status is not a requirement for A-Class.
More detailed criteria
The article meets the A-Class criteria:
Provides a well-written, clear and complete description of the topic, as described in Wikipedia:Article development. It should be of a length suitable for the subject, appropriately structured, and be well referenced by a broad array of reliable sources. It should be well illustrated, with no copyright problems. Only minor style issues and other details need to be addressed before submission as a featured article candidate. See the A-Class assessment departments of some of the larger WikiProjects (e.g. WikiProject Military history).
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Very useful to readers. A fairly complete treatment of the subject. A non-expert in the subject would typically find nothing wanting. |
Expert knowledge may be needed to tweak the article, and style problems may need solving. WP:Peer review may help. |
Battle of Nam River (as of June 2014) |
GA |
The article meets all of the good article criteria, and has been examined by one or more impartial reviewers from WP:Good article nominations.
More detailed criteria
A good article is:
- Well-written:
- the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct; and
- it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.
- Verifiable with no original research:
- it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline;
- reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose);
- it contains no original research; and
- it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism.
- Broad in its coverage:
- it addresses the main aspects of the topic; and
- it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).
- Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.
- Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.
- Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
- media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content; and
- media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.
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Useful to nearly all readers, with no obvious problems; approaching (though not necessarily equalling) the quality of a professional publication. |
Some editing by subject and style experts is helpful; comparison with an existing featured article on a similar topic may highlight areas where content is weak or missing. |
Discovery of the neutron (as of April 2019) |
B |
The article meets all of the B-Class criteria. It is mostly complete and does not have major problems, but requires some further work to reach good article standards.
More detailed criteria
- The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations. It has reliable sources, and any important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged is cited. Any format of inline citation is acceptable: the use of <ref> tags and citation templates such as
{{cite web}} is optional.
- The article reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies. It contains a large proportion of the material necessary for an A-Class article, although some sections may need expansion, and some less important topics may be missing.
- The article has a defined structure. Content should be organized into groups of related material, including a lead section and all the sections that can reasonably be included in an article of its kind.
- The article is reasonably well-written. The prose contains no major grammatical errors and flows sensibly, but it does not need to be "brilliant". The Manual of Style does not need to be followed rigorously.
- The article contains supporting materials where appropriate. Illustrations are encouraged, though not required. Diagrams, an infobox etc. should be included where they are relevant and useful to the content.
- The article presents its content in an appropriately understandable way. It is written with as broad an audience in mind as possible. The article should not assume unnecessary technical background and technical terms should be explained or avoided where possible.
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Readers are not left wanting, although the content may not be complete enough to satisfy a serious student or researcher. |
A few aspects of content and style need to be addressed. Expert knowledge may be needed. The inclusion of supporting materials should be considered if practical, and the article checked for general compliance with the Manual of Style and related style guidelines. |
Psychology (as of January 2024) |
C |
The article is substantial but is still missing important content or contains irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant problems or require substantial cleanup.
More detailed criteria
The article cites more than one reliable source and is better developed in style, structure, and quality than Start-Class, but it fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class. It may have some gaps or missing elements, or need editing for clarity, balance, or flow.
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Useful to a casual reader, but would not provide a complete picture for even a moderately detailed study. |
Considerable editing is needed to close gaps in content and solve cleanup problems. |
Wing (as of June 2018) |
Start |
An article that is developing but still quite incomplete. It may or may not cite adequate reliable sources.
More detailed criteria
The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas. The article has one or more of the following:
- A useful picture or graphic
- Multiple links that help explain or illustrate the topic
- A subheading that fully treats an element of the topic
- Multiple subheadings that indicate material that could be added to complete the article
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Provides some meaningful content, but most readers will need more. |
Providing references to reliable sources should come first; the article also needs substantial improvement in content and organisation. Also improve the grammar, spelling, writing style and improve the jargon use. |
Ball (as of September 2014) |
Stub |
A very basic description of the topic. Meets none of the Start-Class criteria. |
Provides very little meaningful content; may be little more than a dictionary definition. Readers probably see insufficiently developed features of the topic and may not see how the features of the topic are significant. |
Any editing or additional material can be helpful. The provision of meaningful content should be a priority. The best solution for a Stub-class Article to step up to a Start-class Article is to add in referenced reasons of why the topic is significant. |
Lineage (anthropology) (as of December 2014) |
List |
Meets the criteria of a stand-alone list or set index article, which is an article that contains primarily a list, usually consisting of links to articles in a particular subject area. |
There is no set format for a list, but its organization should be logical and useful to the reader. |
Lists should be lists of live links to Wikipedia articles, appropriately named and organized. |
List of literary movements |
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