Wikipedia:WikiProject proposal

This proposal has become accepted and is superseded by and . This page is kept for historic purposes only. This proposal was originally written by Manning Bartlett. Original formatting viewable on Wayback Machine.

 

This is a proposal for all and sundry to read and consider. Because of its length, I chose not to include it in the general "suggestions" page, although I have placed a link there [n.b. which page is this?] (). If you feel this belongs somewhere else, please feel free to move it.

I have adapted a concept from this field and (tentatively) titled it a "". I am defining a "Project" as a comprehensive catalogue of "related information entities". Examples would include "Countries of the World", "Famous Scientists", "Games and Sports", whatever. (q.v. the Tree of life, already in existence.)

Formatting: (Discussion of how each musical instrument entry is to be formatted, sample given, including eg: Name, alternate names, description, evolution, relatives, see also, etc)

Hierarchy definition: Instruments can be placed into one or more of the following categories - Orchestral, Brass, wind, stringed, ethnic... (notice the categories are not mutually exclusive - a trumpet is both brass and orchestral and belongs in both)

Directory of Participants

General Strategy and Discussion forum

Notice that in the example the structural definitions are as fluid as everything else. The natural evolution of "proposal - consensual discussion - consolidation" will occur. As the discussions about structure die down, the suggestion becomes the "convention".

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