Wikipedia:WikiProject European history

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Welcome to the European history WikiProject.

• Improve Wikipedia's coverage of
  European history
  .
• Improve European history-related articles, making them more informative and better written.
• Create guidelines for articles about items related to European history.
• Get a better main picture.

• Improve collaboration of the month article: Peloponnesian War.
• Work on articles needing work.
• Assess the unassessed European history articles as Stub, Start, B-Class, etc. More on assessment here. [CURRENTLY NO ARTICLES ARE UNASSESSED]
• Tag all European history-relevant articles with {{WikiProject European history|class=|importance=}} and an assessment.
• Invite more users to join.
• Create all yet-uncreated templates.

Scope

• The project covers all articles about people, places, things, and events associated with the history of Europe. These articles should all be included in the Category:History of Europe or one of its subcategories.

• Norman history

• Polish History

Parents

• This project shares parentage between Wikipedia:WikiProject Europe and Wikipedia:WikiProject History

Children

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Russian History

Related Projects

• Wikipedia:WikiProject European Union
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Military History

1. Emiellaiendiay 02:40, 20 February 2007 (UTC). Founder[reply]
2. Bchalfin 11:06, 10 July 2007 (EST) I can help with editing content and writing new articles, as well as extending stubs.
3. talk • contribs) 21:28, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply
   ]
4. Revolving Bugbear (previously Che Nuevara) 22:11, 4 November 2007 (UTC). I specialize in WWI and inter-war Western Europe, but I'm happy to help with anything.[reply]
5. John Carter 21:03, 9 November 2007 (UTC) - Will help as time and circumstances permit. John Carter 21:03, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
6. Merovingian (T, C, E) 12:39, 14 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
7. Alex Close 18:09, 5 January 2008 (UTC) Am interested and would like to think I can contribute in some way.[reply]
8. talk) 04:59, 14 January 2008 (UTC) Interested in Baltic states and Northern Europe[reply
   ]
9. Darwinek (talk) 22:00, 15 January 2008 (UTC) Mostly Poland and Czechoslovakia but generally whole Europe in modern history.[reply]
10. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 00:35, 16 January 2008 (UTC) Mostly Poland[reply]
11. Beggarsbanquet (talk) 23:07, 15 October 2008 (UTC) History of modern France, Germany, Russia, and some on Eastern Europe and UK.[reply]
12. flaminglawyer^c 04:50, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
13. Gr8opinionater (talk) 11:04AM, Tuesday 20 January 2009 (GMT)
14. User:Daniel32708
    Medieval to Present History
15. Vatican City State[reply
    ]
16. Codrinb (talk · contribs) 11 December 2010 (UTC) - Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, Ancient Celts, Transylvania, Romania.
17. Bermicourt 22 May 2012 - I translate articles on Germany from German to English Wikipedia, many of a historical nature.
18. User:FelisRead:FelisRead
19. —Brigade Piron (talk) - I work mostly on Belgian topics of the modern period (post-1789) with the odd excursion into French (and colonial) history. Particular focus on social and cultural history of WWI and WWII.
20. Qxukhgiels (talk) 00:01, 11 January 2015 (UTC) - an interest[reply]
21. User:Aardwolf A380 (talk) August 2015
22. Csikos Lo Byzantine Empire, Early Hungary, Early Germany - 28 June 2016
23. Wikirictor (talk) I have the impression the project could use a few more contributors. Wikirictor (talk) 00:30, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
24. I create and translate articles on traditional and historical songs of European countries (in part., Russian, English, German language songs), and sometimes translate the songs themselves (lit.). --
    Tamtam90 (talk) 19:41, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply
    ]
25. Omnipaedista (talk) 23:59, 4 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
26. JeBonSer ^{(talk | sign)} 18:07, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
27. Berke330 Byzantine & Late Antiquity History and Architecture, Medieval Constantinople - 16 July 2020
28. Mel3131
29. Luxtaythe2nd (talk) 19:19, 27 August 2021 (UTC) — Mostly Poland.[reply]
30. I am Lead Coordinator at
    WikiProject History, would be glad to help with ideas for this wikiproject, in any way desired. --Sm8900 (talk) 17:44, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply
    ]
31. CarolingianCitizen - Initially anything that happened since 750 A.D., above all french history, revolutionary movements and the Carolingian Empire. Joined 10:42, 8 August 2022
32. User:Ltwin I've been spending a lot of time lately on British history articles.
33. Gyalu22 Writes mainly in the history of Central Europe
34. KTnow (talk · contribs) - Enlightenment philosophy, France since the French Revolution and the 19th-20th century United Kingdom.
35. TheRealJT1743 - Post Industrial Revolution United Kingdom and Central Europe. Joined 22:42, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
36. KINGHB190 (talk · contribs) 12 November 2023 (UTC)
37. CarlosFelix1 (talk)
38. Gankbank789 (talk) - I am best at 1400-1800 Europe, mainly in Western Europe, Germany, and Scandinavia.

Members of Wikipedia:WikiProject History/European task force

• WikiProject, due to inactivity. --Sm8900 (talk) 17:46, 2 June 2022 (UTC)][reply
  ]
• Warlordjohncarter (talk · contribs)
• Kenjoshii (talk · contribs)
• KEncyclopediaB (talk · contribs)
• AlinaGusewa (talk · contribs)

Userboxes

Members of this project may add the following userbox to their userpages.

Userbox	Code
This user is a member of WikiProject European history.	{{User European history}}

European members

If you're from Europe, more userboxes are available.

See: Wikipedia:WikiProject European history/European userboxes

Countries

• Albania
• Andorra
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bulgaria
• Czechoslovakia
• Denmark
• Estonia
• France
• Finland
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Italy
• Latvia
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Moldova
• Netherlands
• North Macedonia
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Prussia
• Romania
• Russia
• Serbia
• Spain
• Scotland
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Turkey
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom
• Vatican City
• Yugoslavia

Articles

European history articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	2	12	17	39			70
FL			1	3			4
A	2	2	4	2			10
GA	7	25	43	58			133
B	28	94	108	214		85	529
C	37	136	175	509		185	1,042
Start	3	53	148	1,391	1	407	2,003
Stub		1	10	371		129	511
List	1	15	23	128	2	139	308
Category			1		4,185		4,186
Disambig					21		21
File				1	14		15
Portal	1				1		2
Project		1			9		10
Redirect			5	33	84		122
Template		1	2		62		65
Other					14		14
Assessed	81	340	537	2,749	4,393	945	9,045
Unassessed						24	24
Total	81	340	537	2,749	4,393	969	9,069
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 19,107			Ω = 4.45

All tagged articles are found below, sorted into their respective classes.

Assessment

For an explanation of the ratings, see

Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment; however, these ratings are somewhat subjective and especially the importance is highly project specific. See also: /Assessment

.

Needing work

If you're working on an article and you'd like to bring it to the attention of other editors, list it here.

Format: # [[Article title]], class. Details on what should be done (optional). ~~~~

Article alerts

Did you know

• 18 Mar 2024 – Descendants of Christian IX of Denmark (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by AndrewPeterT (t · c); see discussion

Redirects for discussion

• 17 Apr 2024 –
  Heil mein Führer! (talk · edit · hist) →Nazi salute was RfDed by Deauthorized (t · c); see discussion
• 06 Apr 2024 – Moldavia Province, Ottoman Empire (talk · edit · hist) →Moldavia was RfDed by Super Dromaeosaurus (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 23 Apr 2024 – Heraclitus (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by MisterCake (t · c); start discussion

Featured article reviews

• 06 Mar 2024 – Unification of Germany (talk · edit · hist) was put up for FA review by Buidhe (t · c); see discussion
• 30 Oct 2023 – Byzantine Empire (talk · edit · hist) was put up for FA review by SandyGeorgia (t · c); see discussion

Good article reassessments

• 19 Apr 2024 – Crusading movement (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by AirshipJungleman29 (t · c); see discussion

Requests for comments

• 29 Mar 2024 – Reconquista (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by إيان (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 10 Jan 2024 – June 1198 imperial election (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor by Kazamzam (t · c); see discussion
• 10 Jan 2024 – March 1198 imperial election (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Philip of Swabia by Kazamzam (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 08 Nov 2023 – History of Ukraine (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 17 Apr 2024 – Draft:European Parliament Info Hub (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Liam Jays (t · c)
• 08 Apr 2024 – Draft:Erich Dublon (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Brianda (Wiki Ed) (t · c)
• 22 Feb 2024 – Draft:Third Folkung Uprising (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by TheJarlXIV (t · c)
• 10 Apr 2024 – Draft:Capture of Fort Saint Elmo (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Berber.Enjoyer2 (t · c) was declined by Geardona (t · c) on 22 Apr 2024

Templates and categories

Please use these templates where applicable.

Note: The templates linked in red have not yet been created. If you know how, please help out by creating the appropriate templates.

General templates

Template	Use on	Description
{{ Infobox former country }}	Article pages	European history series infobox — former countries
{{ Campaign }}	Article pages	European history series infobox and campaignbox — military conflicts
{{Infobox treaty}}	Article pages	European history series infobox — treaties
{{WikiProject European history|class=|importance=}}	Article talk pages	European history WikiProject banner, to be placed on all European history article talk pages class and importance — see the Assessment page for more information on classifying. Be bold, and assess! If you don't want to assess, you can write {{WikiProject European history}} — someone else will do the assessment later.
{{User European history}}	User pages	User box to show that you're a project member
{{Eurohist invitation}}	User talk pages	Invitation to user to join project
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject European history/navigation}}	WikiProject pages	European history WikiProject Navigation box
{{Portal|Europe}}	Article pages	Europe portal

Categories

• List of all subpages of this page
• Wikipedia:WikiProject European history/Categories - A list of all categories associated with this Project.

WikiProject categories

Template	Description
[[Category:WikiProject European history]]	Add to every European history project page.