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<span style="font-size:12pt;">A project dedicated to all the beverages that frame our lives</span>
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== [[File:Gtk-dialog-info.svg|20px|About]] About the Beverages Taskforce ==
=== History ===
Over the course of time, various [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedians]] established multiple [[Wikipedia:WikiProjects|WikiProjects]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide/Task forces|taskforces]] to cover the various fields of beverages here on Wikipedia. Unfortunately, the interest in these individual Projects has waxed and waned since their inception, and as a result these individual projects have been merged into the Beverages Task Force to better organize information in articles related to '''[[beverage]]s'''. This page and its sub-pages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. This project is dedicated to creating, improving, and maintaining articles related to beverages around the world, their history, and their cultural impact.

If you would like to help, please inquire on the [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Food and drink/Beverages Task Force|discussion page]], see the Task list below or just start editing articles and link them to the project using the {{tlx|WikiProject Food and drink |drink{{=}}yes}} banner.

=== [[File:Namespace Wikipedia.svg|20px]] Scope ===
This taskforce aims to provide a centralized location for the discussion of standards for work on beverage articles in Wikipedia. This should be categorized there but are not yet.

== Major classes ==
=== Soft drinks ===
Soft drinks is the largest class of beverages today, encompassing [[:Category:soft drinks|sodas]], [[:Category:juice|juices]], [[:Category:sports drinks|sports]] & [[:Category:energy drinks|energy drinks]], and [[:Category:Non-alcoholic mixed drinks|Non-alcoholic mixed drinks]].

=== Mixed drinks ===
One of the major areas of focus in the task force is the listing and categorization of notable [[Alcoholic beverage|alcoholic]] and [[non-alcoholic beverage|non-alcoholic]] [[Mixed drink|mixed drinks]] (most notably "[[cocktail]]s") and related [[drinkware]]). It is neither an attempt to create a bar manual (Wikibooks already has a nice [[b:Bartending|bartending manual]] under development) nor a list of every known mixed drink on the planet. Instead, it is an attempt to create a useful, in-depth topical reference on currently and historically popular mixed drinks.

=== Coffee and tea ===
Coffee and tea are not just simple hot beverages, they are the basis for multiple aspects of global culture. Through the ancient tea cultures of Asia, to the Turkish coffee bars with their roots going back to the Ottoman Empire and continuing through to the modern western coffeehouse chains, these two drinks have greatly shaped our common history and continue affect the everyday lives of almost every person on the planet.

== [[File:Nuvola apps kdmconfig.png|20px]] Participants ==
You can join our project by adding your name to the participant list and placing the user box {{tl|User BTF}} on your user page. Feel free to list any special interests after your name.

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== [[File:Nuvola apps kword.png|30px]] Ways to contribute ==
=== To do list ===
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=== Tasks ===
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=== Current projects ===
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== [[File:Dialog ballons icon.svg|30px]] Community forums ==
{{Food forums}}

== [[File:Gtk-dialog-question.svg|25px]] Article information ==
We shall try to follow the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] for all of our articles. We shall initially be addressing those articles contained in the [[:Category:beverages]]

=== Templates ===
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Food and drink/Beverages Task Force/templates|Userbox templates]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Food and drink/Beverages Task Force/Advertisement template|Beverages Taskforce advertisement banner]]

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=== [[WP:PM|Merge proposals]] ===
Please list any articles or categories listed for merger by fellow contributors.

=== [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Food and drink/Beverages Task Force/peer review|Peer review]] ===

=== Projects ===
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Some Project Participants may enjoy working on special projects. One such special project is taking good-quality photographs (original works that are freely licensed) of the various drinks listed. Another special project is temporarily adopting one stub and becoming a [[Detective|super sleuth]], tracking down as much information as possible about a drink, writing a good article, and documenting all sources used within the article. See [[#Special Projects|Special Projects]] below for more information.

==== Cleanup ====
'''Please visit the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Food and drink/Beverages Task Force/cleanup|Cleanup Project]] page for all the details and information on what you can do to help.'''

The primary project of the '''Beverages Task Force''' is a Wikipedia-wide search, identification, categorization, cleanup, merge, and purge of all [[drink]]-related articles (excluding articles under the purview of the [[WP:Beer|Beer]], [[WP:Wine|Wine]], and [[WP:Spirits|Spirits]] WikiProject). It is a very big job, but it would be so much easier for everyone if you could help a little.

==== Ongoing projects ====
* Cross-referencing cocktails, beer cocktails, and wine cocktails by liquor used as well as alphabetical by drink.
: Alphabetical lists are better handled by creating a category and tagging all related articles with the category tag. Manual lists have to be constantly maintained or the list becomes quickly outdated. Categories are self-generating. I see the same is already being done with some of the liquors. --[[User:Willscrlt|Willscrlt]] 04:05, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
* Expanding [[List of cocktails]].
: Rather than adding every beverage known to man, work on expanding the number of quality articles available from the various lists including [[list of cocktails]] and merge very tiny stubs (essentially recipe-only entries) back into the master lists.
* Creating a useful list of reference guides.

=== New Articles ===
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Below is a list of new articles created by '''Beverages Taskforce''' members, please take a look and give feedback. Article notices will be kept for one month.  Please feel free to list your new beverages-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the [[Template talk:Did you know|Did you know?]] box the [[Main Page]].

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=== Did you know (DYK) ===
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Below is a list of new articles created by '''Beverages Taskforce''' members, featured on the [[Template talk:Did you know|Did you know?]] on the [[Main Page]]. Article notices will be kept for one month.

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== Tools ==
:''Main tool page: [[tools:~dispenser/view/Tools|toolserver.org]]''	
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Reflinks|Reflinks]] - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references	
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*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Dab_solver|Dab solver]] - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
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