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Some [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedian]]s have formed a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|project]] to forge connections between users for the purposes of article improvement. WikiProject '''Connect the Dots''' is named the way it is  both because of the connections to be forged, and the hope that those connections will create a better, more whole coverage of any given subject.

If you would like to help, please inquire on the Talk page and see the [[Wikipedia:to-do list|to-do list]] there.

For more information on WikiProjects, please see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject/Best practices]].

==Title==
'''WikiProject Connect the Dots'''

==Scope==
To better illustrate the purpose of this WikiProject here is an example (and the main inspiration for WikiProject Connect the Dots):

In the [[fan fiction]] article, the subject is first and foremost literary in nature - but it also has technological aspects, historical aspects, social/cultural aspects, and, perhaps most importantly, ''legal'' aspects which in order to give a whole and unbiased coverage of the subject in question, must ''all'' be well-covered.

So, what happens if a person with an interest in improving the article for [[fan fiction]] knows enough about the technological,  cultural, and literary aspects to cover all of those - but not enough about the legal aspects, or the historical aspects? What if their understanding, for instance, of legal matters in general is poor? Why, they'd either be forced to let the article sit there with fewer improvements, perhaps never to be improved upon again... or to find people who could help them learn more about that aspect of the subject, or help them improve the article by directly editing the article themselves.

Naturally, the latter approach would be preferred, as it leads to quicker article improvement. '''WikiProject Connect the Dots''' is intended to make this process easier by allowing Wikipedians an easy way to find other Wikipedians who can connect them to people and WikiProjects that could be of potential help to them. 

Members have several options for participation: 

*They can merely respond to queries for help posted to the Project's main Talk page (by either responding personally, or directing the user to another WikiProject, user, or even outside expert that could help). 

*They can seek out users who are having trouble finding help for articles they're working on, who do not yet know of this WikiProject's existance, and direct them to the WikiProject's main page.

*They can seek out articles which obviously require contributions coming from multiple knowledge bases (such as [[fan fiction]]) and post a help query on the Talk page.

*They can participate in the current '''Connect the Dots Article Improvement Drive''', a feature of the WikiProject which will, unlike the usual Article Improvement Drives, be both unlimited in time (current Article Improvement Drives are one week in length) and more limited in the scope, with such articles ''only'' being articles whose subjects require multiple areas of knowledge and therefore require the kind of service this WikiProject already provides. 


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==Related groups of [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedians]]==

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==Related pages in [[Wikipedia:Sister projects|Sister projects]]==
*[[Commons:Connect the Dots]]
*[[Wikibooks:Connect the Dots]]
*[[Wikinews:Connect the Dots]]
*[[Wikiquote:Connect the Dots]]
*[[Wikisource:Connect the Dots]]
*[[Wikispecies:Connect the Dots]]
*[[Wiktionary:Connect the Dots]]
*[[meta:Connect the Dots]]

===Sister Project Searches===
*[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Connect the Dotsia&go=Go WikiBooks search]
*[http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&scoring=d&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=site:en.wikibooks.org+Connect the Dots Google WikiBooks search]
*[http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Connect the Dots&go=Go WikiQuote search]
*[http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&scoring=d&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=site:en.wikiquote.org+Connect the Dots} Google WikiQuote search]
*[http://wikisource.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Connect the Dots&go=Go WikiSource search]
*[http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&scoring=d&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=site:wikisource.org+Connect the Dots Google WikiSource search]

==Participants==
* [[User:Runa27|Runa27]] 06:40, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
* [[User:Centurion 5|Centurion 5]] 00:33, 15 September 2006 (UTC) ok.

==Structure==

See: "Scope", above. 

==Hierarchy definition==
No classification of this project has been defined.

==Goals==
# To enable Wikipedians to connect to other Wikipedians and WikiProjects in order to improve articles, usually those which require information/explanations culled from multiple knowledge bases.
# To point out articles which need help of the kind this WikiProkect can provide.
# To improve upon the current or past articles listed in the '''Connect the Dots Article Improvement Drive'' section.

==Projects==
See: "Adopt an Article", "Tasks".

==Tasks==
===Current Help Queries In Need of Much Assistance===
#[[fan fiction]], as requested by [[User:Runa27]] (also the current CtD Article Improvement Drive)

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==Connect the Dots Article Improvement Drives==
===Current Article Improvement Drive===
*[[fan fiction]] 

===Previous Article Improvement Drives===
None yet.



==General strategy and discussion forums==
*[[/General]]
*[[/Strategy]]

==Templates==

===Infoboxes===
* {{substemplate|template}}
* e.g.<nowiki>{{</nowiki>Infobox Connect the Dots<nowiki>}}</nowiki>
{{tl|Infobox Connect the Dots }}

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===Stub templates===
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===Other templates===

* {{tl|Connect the Dots }}

==Categories==
*[[:Category:Connect the Dots]]

==Other Good stuff==
===[[WP:AID|Article improvement drive]]===
===[[WP:COTW|Collaboration of the week]]===
===[[WP:PR|Peer review]]===
===[[WP:FA|Featured articles]]===
====[[WP:FAC|Featured article candidates]]====
===[[WP:FP|Featured pictures]]===
====[[WP:FPC|Featured picture candidates]]====
===[[Wikipedia:Featured lists|Featured lists]]===
====[[WP:FLC|Featured list candidates]]====

==Wikipedia surveys==
===Ad hoc surveys===

===Ongoing Wikipedia surveys===
*'''[[WP:RM|Requested moves]]''':
*'''[[WP:RFC|Requests for Comments]]''':

====Deletion links====
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*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for deletion]]''' (Article deletion):
*'''[[WP:DRV|Deletion review]]''' (Article undeletion}:
*'''[[WP:TFD|Templates for deletion]]''':
*'''[[WP:CFD|Categories for deletion]]''':
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for deletion]]''':
*'''[[WP:RFD|Redirects for deletion]]''':

=====WikiProject Deletion sorting=====

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting]] is a new effort that attempts to classify various articles nominated for votes for deletion by major categories. The Connect the Dots-related articles at VFD are listed at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Connect the Dots]].

==Requests==
==Resources==

==Connect the Dots [[Wikipedia:Meetups|Meetups]]==

==Archives==
*[[/Archive1|#1]]

==See also==
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Templates]]

==Sister Project links==
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{{commons|Connect the Dots }}
{{Commonscat|Connect the Dots }}
{{Wikiquote}}<!--{{Wikiquotepar|Connect the Dots }}-->
{{Wiktionary}}<!--{{Wiktionarypar|Connect the Dots }}-->
{{Wikinews|Connect the Dots }}
{{Wikinewscat|Connect the Dots }}

</td>
<td width=50% valign=top>
{{wikibooks}}<!--{{Wikibookspar||Connect the Dots }}-->
{{Wikisource}}<!--{{WikisourceparConnect the Dots }}, {{Wikisource author|Connect the Dots }}, {{Wikisource1911Enc|Connect the Dots }}-->
{{Wikispecies|Connect the Dots }}
{{Meta|Connect the Dots }}

</td></tr>
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