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==Wikipedia Lifecycle==

WikiProjects, and for that matter, "topical" articles in wikipedia, share one thing in common with your average [[tribble]]: they're seemingly born pregnant. As soon as a project for any individual major subject, be it a nation, an academic field of study, or even a form of recreation, shortly thereafter at least one subproject is proposed. Similarly, as soon as any major significant article is made, be it [[Kosovo]], [[joyhappiness]], or [[satanicSatanic childritual abuse]], shortly thereafter the first subarticle will be created as well. And then the second. And so on, and so on, and so on, .... And, like tribbles, they will comparatively quickly consume all the energy of their editors, multiplying exponentially, eating up anything in sight that doesn't try to eat them back, and comparatively soon dying of overexertion and inactivity. And, by wikipedia policies and guidelines, there's not a bloody thing any of us can do about it. Probably. That's where the proposal below may become useful. It, like the characters in ''Star Trek'', faces square in the face the unlovely appearance of those dear little entities that look like something the cat coughed up, and is willing to, at least potentially, watch some of them die without trying to prevent it.

==Grades of projects==