Wikipedia:WikiProject Libraries

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WikiProject Libraries

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Goals and scope

Goals

Coordinate maintenance of library-related content
Develop and discuss proposals for improvements to Wikimedia (especially literature-related sites) based on library experience
Assist at the Wikipedia Reference Desk
Assist with categorization

Scope

In scope

Library and information science
- Libraries, librarians, and librarianship in all its aspects (historical, fictional, ancient to contemporary and beyond!).
- Information science in all its aspects, including information organization, retrieval, search, access, and manipulation (sometimes overlapping with WikiProject Computer Science).
Archives, archivists, and archival science.
Preservation and conservation of recorded information (sometimes overlapping with WikiProject Arts, WikiProject Digital Preservation, and WikiProject Museums).

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To do

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Libraries: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2022-05-29

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Article requests :
- Requested articles: Library science
Assess :

Note: for further information, please see the 'Assessment' tab for this WikiProject.
- Tagging: Tag library-related articles with the project banner {{WikiProject Libraries}}
- Assess: Provide assessment for unassessed articles for both quality and importance and articles of unknown importance
- New articles: Automatically generated list of new articles with Library keywords
Cleanup :
- Clean-up: see the the cleanup listing generated by CleanupWorklistBot
- Experts needed: Category:Libraries articles needing expert attention (2)
Infobox :
- Infoboxes needed: Category:Libraries articles needing infoboxes (111)
Maintain :

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- Outline of library science
- Automatic alerts: Libraries - Museums
- Manually listed AfD candidates: Museums and libraries
Photo :
- Images needed: Category:Wikipedia requested images of libraries (10)

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Article alerts

Library alerts

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Did you know

07 Sep 2026 – Charlton Public Library (Massachusetts) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by PeterCooperJr (t · c); see discussion
02 Sep 2026 – Burndy Library (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by ABehjat (t · c); see discussion
26 Aug 2026 – Casa da Saudade (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by BaduFerreira (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

25 Aug 2026 – Hemet Public Library (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Altenmann (t · c) was closed as merge by Dclemens1971 (t · c) on 08 Sep 2026; see discussion (5 participants; relisted)

Categories for discussion

12 Aug 2026 – Category:The Wikipedia Library user templates (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Andrybak (t · c); see discussion
25 Jul 2026 – Category:Encyclopedias in Swedish (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Οἶδα (t · c); see discussion
25 Jul 2026 – Category:Encyclopedias in Spanish (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Οἶδα (t · c); see discussion
25 Jul 2026 – Category:Encyclopedias in Ukrainian (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Οἶδα (t · c); see discussion
25 Jul 2026 – Category:Encyclopedias in Polish (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Οἶδα (t · c); see discussion
25 Jul 2026 – Category:Encyclopedias in French (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Οἶδα (t · c); see discussion
25 Jul 2026 – Category:Encyclopedias in Italian (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Οἶδα (t · c); see discussion
25 Jul 2026 – Category:Encyclopedias in Hungarian (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Οἶδα (t · c); see discussion
25 Jul 2026 – Category:Encyclopedias in Chinese (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Οἶδα (t · c); see discussion
25 Jul 2026 – Category:Encyclopedias in Dutch (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Οἶδα (t · c); see discussion

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Good article nominees

02 May 2026 – Keith Sonderling (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by ElijahPepe (t · c); start discussion

Articles to be split

19 Mar 2026 – Military library (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by M2545 (t · c); see discussion
08 Jan 2026 – Intellectual freedom (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by M2545 (t · c); see discussion
15 Apr 2025 – Libraries in Honduras (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by EasternShah (t · c); see discussion
15 Apr 2025 – Libraries in China (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by EasternShah (t · c); see discussion
21 Dec 2020 – Public libraries in North America (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by M2545 (t · c); see discussion

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Articles for deletion

28 Aug 2026 – Alpineum (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Sarangem (t · c) was closed as keep by BhikhariInformer (t · c) on 04 Sep 2026; see discussion (4 participants)
26 Aug 2026 – Explore! (children's museum) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Sarangem (t · c) was closed as delete by ComplexRational (t · c) on 02 Sep 2026; see discussion (4 participants)

Proposed deletions

05 Sep 2026 – Sunazawa Site (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Kowal2701 (t · c): Presumptive removal of LLM-generated content, see Wikipedia:AI noticeboard/Backlog bonanza (Archives 1–6)#MisawaSakura. Feel free to reinstate by following the procedures for disputing presumptive removal of LLM-generated content.
05 Sep 2026 – Kitakogane Shell Mound (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Kowal2701 (t · c): Presumptive removal of LLM-generated content, see Wikipedia:AI noticeboard/Backlog bonanza (Archives 1–6)#MisawaSakura. Feel free to reinstate by following the procedures for disputing presumptive removal of LLM-generated content.
29 Aug 2026 – Banned Books Museum (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Kowal2701 (t · c) was deleted

Categories for discussion

12 Aug 2026 – Category:Museum user templates (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Andrybak (t · c); see discussion
09 Jul 2026 – Category:Fictional antiquarians and curators (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion

Redirects for discussion

05 Sep 2026 – PDO Planetarium (talk · edit · hist) →Oman Oil and Gas Exhibition Centre was RfDed by Chess enjoyer (t · c); see discussion

Metrics

Articles assessed for quality: 99.9% complete

100% of articles Start-Class or better: 68.8% complete

(6441/9367)

4.9% List-Class
26.2% Stub-Class
49% Start-Class
15.1% C-Class
3.7% B-Class
0.7% GA-Class
0.2% FA-Class
0.1% remaining

Libraries articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA			2	8			10
FL		1	2	6			9
FM					20		20
GA	1	3	11	46		1	62
B	6	19	61	225		39	350
C	12	41	167	1,100		93	1,413
Start	5	56	380	4,028		127	4,596
Stub		12	72	2,304		74	2,462
List	4	6	41	372		41	464
Category					2,807		2,807
Disambig					23		23
File					250		250
Project					26		26
Redirect		1	6	151	362		520
Template					112		112
Other				2	25		27
Assessed	28	139	742	8,242	3,625	375	13,151
Unassessed				1		12	13
Total	28	139	742	8,243	3,625	387	13,164
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 44,578			Ω = 5.01

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