Wikipedia:WikiProject Festivals

Note: as of September 2010, I am trying to revive this project. Please come to the member page and help!

To sign up as a member of the Festival Wikiproject click on the link below and add your name in Alpha order.

Remember Anyone can join this project and contribute!!

Please include in what fields you will be focusing on behind your name; whether it be on local festivals, state, or national, or any other type of festivals.

Participants

For questions or comments contact PL Maverick

• Add more to events to the List of festivals list.
• Create templates for designating articles within our scope.
• Establish an Award Template for exemplary edits and contributions to the project.
• Start a newsletter.

Place tasks that you think might benefit the project below.

• Were there centuries of annual exhibitions in Acapulco to celebrate thje arrival of the Manila galleons? The article on World's fair currently says so, but doesn't offer a citation or any further elaboration. See my note at Talk:World's fair#Questioning the centuries of Acapulco world.27s fairs. Frappyjohn (talk) 19:59, 1 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

{{WikiProject Festivals}} This template is for designating an article as part of the wikiproject. If a festival falls within the requirements for a notable festival then add this to the talk page of the article. Enter {{WikiProject Festivals}} on the article's talk page to add the banner.

{{User WikiProject Festivals}} This template will designate the user as a participant in the Wikiproject Festivals. Add to your user page to add yourself to the participant page.

{{User WikiProject Festivals2}} This template will designate the user as a participant in the Wikiproject Festivals. Add to your user page to add yourself to the participant page.

{{Love To Party Award}} name suggestions appreciated

• suggested names----

• Festival Award
• Party-Hardy Award
• Festival Star Award

{{Festival Newsletter}} This template will place the Festival Newsletter on the talk page of all users that wish to receive it. If the user wishes to receive the newsletter but does not want their page flooded; then input the following command into the users' talk page {{tl|Festival Newsletter}}. Introduce the link in the talk page so that the user knows what the link is for.

• National: Festivals held by a nation on a designated day, which is not considered a holiday, e.g., Mardi Gras, Super Bowl Festivals / tailgate parties.
• State: Festivals held by a state on a designated day that represents an important event.
• Local: Festivals, held and recognized by a community or city, that are not recognized by the state or nation in which it's held.

NOTE – Local festivals are common, yet are among the least known, which is why the minimum requirements (e.g., 5 years, 15,000 participants).

• Contraband Days in need of minor editing
• 'Obby 'Oss festival in need of moderate editing
• Red River Revel In need of moderate
• one page about missing festival articles (Updated List)
• Sunscreen Film Festival needs a page

Wikipedia:WikiProject Holidays (sister project)

• Wikiproject Watchlist - WikiProject Festivals