The WikiProject on current events is primarily intended to deal with matters related to Portal:Current events. If you would like to help, please add your name below.
The project encourages the selection of normal, civilized events for the current events page, since most events are not crimes or tragic events.
This project was established on 6 April2006 to improve and standardize articles pertaining to current events. This project specifically looks at the Portal:Current events page and works to increase content in the articles on the page. The project also looks at the portal's entries to determine if they deserve to be in Portal:Current events or placed elsewhere, such as 2023 in the United States, 2023 in the United Kingdom, etc. The project also teaches new editors how to edit (add) to the portal and how to improve articles listed on the portal.
The project works with articles on the Portal:Current events during the week (7 days) they are present in the portal. (Basically before they are archived.) The project doesn't class articles like normal WikiProjects, as we work with articles for a short amount of time.
Technical Note: Due to the fact the the WikiProject only works with articles for a short period of time, the WikiProject "supersedes" (Not really, but mainly in discussions) over WikiProjects during the time where the Current Event WikiProject is active in the article.
The WikiProject of Current Events has a "Current Event Protection" that can be placed on current event articles for a few hours. This is similar to how the Current Event template works for articles, but it protects the article from a deletion due to notability (e.g., lack of deaths, lack of RS, lack of information, etc.) until some more information is released to the public. The protection also allows the WikiProject to monitor information add to the article closely. Please note: This is not an official page protection. This is a WikiProject request to not PROD/speedy delete/Afd the article for 2-3 hours.
sm8900. Assisting with items related to specific current years, particularly year-based categories, year-based timelines, etc etc. Sm8900 (talk) 15:08, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
--Sm8900 (talk) 16:10, 12 May 2020 (UTC) I'm glad to see this WikiProject being renewed as active again. i signed up a few years ago, but I am formally signing up again now, since this is now active again. thanks!![reply]
User:Yokohama1989 (talk) 08:27, 5 May 2022 (UTC) I like writing military related articles (especially OSINT related), as well as articles relating to civil disturbances and political change.[reply]
Everyone is Welcome. If you would like to join, just add your name and time of joining to the Participants list above. Consider adding the Current events userbox to your user page with {{User WikiProject Current events}}.
As problems on the Portal:Current events can happen easily, this section is available to discuss topics instead of debates with edit summaries. This section is also available for discussions about articles the WikiProject is involved in.
The ruling revives the question of how much culpability technology firms have for defamation conveyed by users on their websites in Australia, one of few Western nations where online platforms have the same legal responsibility as publishers.
Any editor is welcome to create a task force for any current event. The task force can be a way to get more editors from the WikiProject invested in a specific event. To create a task force start a project page as “Wikipedia:WikiProject Current events/(Insert task force name)”. Since the WikiProject only covers current events, most task forces will be closed once the event is no longer a current event.
This is a list of WikiProject task forces that are either inactive or closed. Any editor is welcome to reopen/revive task forces on this list. Currently, the WikiProject of Current Events has two inactive or closed task forces.
