Wikipedia:WikiProject Philosophy

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Scope and Goals

(Please note that this document is a work in progress -- feel free to edit it as you see fit.)

The goals of this WikiProject are as follows:

  1. To build as a community of philosophically-inclined contributors.
  2. To identify those areas of philosophy which lack sufficient coverage on the 'pedia.
  3. To improve those articles which need help.
  4. To provide guidelines for writing on philosophical articles and subjects on the 'pedia.

This WikiProject is an effort to coordinate the work of Wikipedians who are knowledgeable about philosophy in an effort to improve the general quality and range of Wikipedia articles on philosophical topics.

How you can help

To build the community:

  • Join this project by adding your name to the list below
  • Add this page or the Open Tasks list to your watchlist, and keep up with what needs doing.

To identify and improve philosophy pages:

  • Locate pages that need attention, then add them to the Open Tasks list.
  • Add the Open Tasks box to your User: or User_talk: page. (Add {{PhilosophyTasks}} anywhere on the page.)
  • Have a go at editing a page from the open tasks; check them off the list if you like the result.

To provide guidelines for writing about philosophical topics

Thanks for helping out!

Participants

Please add your entry alphabetically by user name (rather than surname).

Standards and practices

In addition to the standards held for all Wikipedia articles, we would like to make more thorough and rigorous requirements for philosophy articles. One of the primary reasons for this is the high standards philosophy itself is expected to meet. This section will contain those expectations for philosophy articles that go above and beyond those of Wikipedia, and those existing Wikipedia standards that are especially pertinent to philosophy articles. Note that new standards should be voted on before being added here (votes can be taken on the discussion page).

Critique

See Requirements for criticisms in philosophy articles: the general rule for "Criticisms" sections in philosophy articles is, "if you can't (or don't want to) attribute a criticism of a philosophy to a specific person or group, or aren't able to reference it to a book, don't write it".

  • Avoid weasel terms.
  • Cite sources. This is so important in all articles (Wikipedia is often dramatically lacking in references), and especially in philosophy articles, where source texts are the only way to really understand and work through a philosopher's arguments.

Readability

Generally, introductory articles should target the general reader, whereas articles dealing with specific arguments or publications might assume greater familiarity with jargon and concepts.

Open Tasks

Just add any tasks you think worth doing to the the Philosophy Tasks box.

When adding a task, please follow the current format.

Some old open tasks have been archived here. It contains requests for fixups made in 2004, but have not been completed.

Custom Templates

Task Box

{{PhilosophyTasks}} will add the open tasks list to a page. To add the pretty boxed version seen above, use {{PhilosophyTasksBox}} instead. (Note: Both are case-sensitive.)

This list will be regularly updated by volunteers with pages that need attention. If you find such a page, feel free to edit Template:PhilosophyTasks to add it to the list. Please add items to the task list by placing them in the standby for the appropriate section


If you wish to place the box on your own User or User_talk page, it would be much appreciated. (Keep in mind that the box is currently auto-justified to the right.)

project pages

Putting {{philosophy}} at the top of a page will add this notice to it:

 Philosophy
 This page is within the scope of WikiProject Philosophy, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of content related to philosophy on Wikipedia. If you would like to support the project, please visit the project page, where you can get more details on how you can help, and where you can join the general discussion about philosophy content on Wikipedia.

This message should be placed on talk pages of relevant articles. Such articles might include:

  1. An article that members of the WikiProject are actively trying to improve.
  2. An article about a major philosophical topic.
  3. An article that needs special attention. (In this case, you should also add it to the open philosophy tasks box.

You can view a list of these stubs by clicking on What links here on the template page.


Collaboration of the week

{{PhilCOTW}} will add the Template:PhilCOTW template to the page. This is how it looks:

It is added to the top of the discussion page of the current collaboration of the week. To have your page listed, just add it to the list of standby articles in the task box under the heading Collaboration of the week:.

Stubs

{{Template:Philo-stub}} Will add the Template:Philo-stub template to the page. This is how it looks:

Add it to the bottom of the discussion page of a philosophy-related stub. You can view a list of these stubs by clicking on What links here on the template page.

Invitation to join this project

{{PhilInvit}} Will add the Template:PhilInvit template to the page. This is how it looks:

  I notice that you've edited a few philosophy articles. Have you considered joining the Wikipedia:WikiProject Philosophy? It is an effort to coordinate the work of Wikipedians who are knowledgeable about philosophy in an effort to improve the general quality and range of Wikipedia articles on philosophical topics.


This is to be placed on the user:talk of potential participants. if you spot someone who might be interested in this project, bung this template on their talk page. Don't forget to sign it - it looks more personal. Don't forget to check the member list first, just in case they are a member.

Metadata - Philosophy sub-projects

Parentage

This WikiProject is a top-level WikiProject.

Descendant Wikiprojects

No other descendant WikiProjects have yet been defined.
Some examples of possible descendants, divided by subfield:

Similar Wikiprojects

WikiProject Philosophy's sister WikiProject, WikiProject Critical Theory has substantial overlap with this WikiProject, and could use help from people on this project. Some of the articles which both projects find interesting are listed here.

Hierarchy Definition

Wikipedia:WikiProject Philosophy/Hierarchy Draft
Wikipedia:WikiProject Philosophy/Hierarchy Draft 2

Portal

Category:Philosophy