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Welcome to '''WikiProject Pokémon''', formerly known as the '''Pokémon Collaborative Project'''.  Wikipedians have formed this project to improve [[Wikipedia]]'s encyclopedic coverage of all ''[[Pokémon]]'' related articles. If you would like to help, [[WP:BOLD|be bold and jump right in!]] You may also add yourself to the [[#Participants|participants list]].

If you'd like to bring an article to this project's attention, mention it on the [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Pokémon|talk page]] as appropriate.

==History==
The oldest ancestor of this project was [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Pokédex|WikiProject Pokédex]] (and its child project [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Pokénav|WikiProject PokéNav]]), which created articles for many Pokémon and Pokémon characters. This project fell into inactivity due to a loss of interest, and the many [[Wikipedia:Stub|stubs]] they created became the subject of a great deal of criticism, especially given the creation of [[WP:FICT|the guidelines for the handling of fictional subjects]].

This criticism led to the creation of the [[Wikipedia:Poképrosal|Poképrosal]], a proposal to merge all of these stubs into lists. While this proposal met with a [[WP:CONS|consensus]] support, it stalled when it was proposed that it must be possible to expand these Pokémon stubs.

This effort to expand these stubs into articles led to the creation of the [[Special:Permalink/48966021|Pokémon Adoption Center]], a project that assigned stubs to individual users to expand.

When the PAC project ran out of stubs to assign, this project was founded (under the name "Pokémon Collaborative Project"), to maintain and improve the newly expanded articles.

Eventually, the interest for individual articles for every Pokémon died down, and Pokémon that were not considered to be [[WP:FICT|notable]] were merged into lists. These lists first took the form of mega-articles containing mini-articles for individual species, though they are now shorter descriptions on each Pokémon in a table. These lists were initially organized in groups of 20 by Pokédex number (e.g. [[List of Pokémon (1-20)]]), though they were later expanded to groups of 50 (e.g. [[List of Pokémon (1-51)]]), and are now divided into the generations each Pokémon was introduced in (e.g. [[List of generation I Pokémon]]).

As the amount of Pokémon-related articles diminished, WikiProject Pokémon slowly became more inactive, and the modern lists ended up consisting of sometimes just a singular Pokédex entry. Articles on individual Pokémon, even if they were technically notable, ended up being [[WP:DELETE|deleted]] due to their poor writing and lack of [[WP:RS|reliable sources]]. In mid-2023, however, a renewed push through the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Video game characters|Video game characters project]] to standardize and enhance articles and lists of all video game characters resulted in an increase in the number of high quality articles and lists of Pokémon. This WikiProject's new aim is to improve these lists and articles, including [[WP:VG/RS|appropriate, reliable sources]] and more information.

==Scope==
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'''Related WikiProjects'''
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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Games|WikiProject Games]] (''top level project'')
**[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games|WikiProject Video Games]] (''co-ordinator project'')
***[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Nintendo|Nintendo Task Force]]
****'''WikiProject Pokémon''' (''this project'')
***[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Square Enix|WikiProject Square Enix]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Japan|WikiProject Japan]] (''top level project'')
**[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Anime and manga|WikiProject Anime and manga]]
***[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Digimon|WikiProject Digimon]]
***[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Yu-Gi-Oh!|WikiProject Yu-Gi-Oh!]]
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Any article related to any of the [[Pokémon|various works of fiction]] ([[Pokémon (video game series)|games]], [[Pokémon anime|anime]], [[Pokémon (manga)|manga]], [[Pokémon Trading Card Game|trading cards]], etc.) in the [[Pokémon|Pokémon Universe]]. Here is the current list of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Pokémon/index|all Pokémon articles]].
*Improve the general standards of Pokémon articles, aiming for ''[[WP:GA|Good Article]]'' status in all of them.
*Get the list articles to featured list status.
*More work can be found at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Pokémon/index]]

===Article status===
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====Featured articles====
*{{icon|FA}} [[MissingNo.]]
*{{icon|FA}} ''[[Pokémon Channel]]''
*{{icon|FA}} "[[Don't Say You Love Me (M2M song)]]"
*{{icon|FA}} [[Raichu]]
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====Featured lists====
*{{icon|FL}} [[List of Mystery Dungeon video games|List of ''Mystery Dungeon'' video games]]
*{{icon|FL}} [[List of Pokémon]]
*{{icon|FL}} [[List of generation II Pokémon]]
*{{icon|FL}} [[List of generation IX Pokémon]]
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====Good articles====
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=====Games=====
*{{icon|GA}} ''[[Pocket Monsters Stadium]]''
*{{icon|GA}} [[Pokémon Black and White|''Pokémon Black'' and ''White'']]
*{{icon|GA}} ''[[Pokémon Colosseum]]''
*{{icon|GA}} ''[[Pokémon Crystal]]''
*{{icon|GA}} [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl|''Pokémon Diamond'' and ''Pearl'']]
*{{icon|GA}} ''[[Pokémon Duel]]'' 
*{{icon|GA}} [[Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen|''Pokémon FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen'']]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Pokémon Gold and Silver|''Pokémon Gold'' and ''Silver'']]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver|''Pokémon HeartGold'' and ''SoulSilver'']]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow|''Pokémon Red'', ''Blue'', and ''Yellow'']]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire|''Pokémon Ruby'' and ''Sapphire'']]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Pokémon Sun and Moon|''Pokémon Sun'' and ''Moon'']]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Pokémon Sword and Shield|''Pokémon Sword'' and ''Shield'']]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass|''Pokémon Sword'' and ''Shield Expansion Pass'']]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Pokémon Smile|''Pokémon Smile'']]
*{{icon|GA}} ''[[Pokémon Stadium 2]]'' 
*{{icon|GA}} [[Pokémon X and Y|''Pokémon X'' and ''Y'']]
*{{icon|GA}} [[PETA satirical browser games]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Pokémon fan games|''Pokémon'' fan games]]

=====Other=====
*{{icon|GA}} [[Ash Ketchum]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Larry (Pokémon)|Larry (''Pokémon'')]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Nessa (Pokémon)|Nessa (''Pokémon'')]]
*{{icon|GA}} "[[Pokémon, I Choose You!]]"
*{{icon|GA}} [[Pokémon episodes removed from rotation|''Pokémon'' episodes removed from rotation]] 
*{{icon|GA}} ''[[Pokémon Heroes]]''
*{{icon|GA}} ''[[Pokémon Concierge]]''
*{{icon|GA}} ''[[Pokémon Apokélypse]]''
*{{icon|GA}} [[Wizards of the Coast]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Lavender Town]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Nuzlocke]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Shiny Pokémon]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Pokémon Fossil Museum]] 
*{{icon|GA}} [[Burger King Pokémon container recall|Burger King ''Pokémon'' container recall]]
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=====Species=====
*{{icon|GA}} [[Bulbasaur]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Chandelure]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Charizard]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Delibird]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Ditto (Pokémon)|Ditto (''Pokémon'')]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Dracozolt, Arctozolt, Dracovish, and Arctovish]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Eevee]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Fuecoco]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Galarian Corsola]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Gardevoir]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Gengar]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Jigglypuff]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Kleavor]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Klefki]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Lucario]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Magikarp and Gyarados]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Mawile]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Meltan]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Mew (Pokémon)|Mew (''Pokémon'')]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Mewtwo]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Mimikyu]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Mr. Mime]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Pachirisu]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Pikachu]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Pinsir]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Popplio, Brionne, and Primarina]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Psyduck]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Regi (Pokémon)|Regi (''Pokémon'')]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Slowpoke (Pokémon)|Slowpoke (''Pokémon'')]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Snorlax]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Sobble]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Sprigatito, Floragato, and Meowscarada]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Tinkaton]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Typhlosion]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Unown]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Voltorb]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Wooloo]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Wooper]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[Zoroark]]

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== Our ultimate goal ==
Taken from [[User:Captain Galaxy/PokémonSpeciesGT]].
{{User:Captain Galaxy/PokémonSpeciesGT}}

== [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Pokémon/Article_alerts|Article Alerts]] and Recent changes ==
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== Participants ==
Here is a list of current participants of this project. If you wish to join, please [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Pok%C3%A9mon&action=edit&section=12 add your username] to the '''Active''' list in alphabetical order, using {{tl|user}} (or {{tl|admin}} if you're an [[WP:ADMIN|Administrator]]). If you were previously a part of this WikiProject and your name is on the '''Inactive''' list, please remove it when you have added your name to the '''Active''' list.


=== Active ===
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*{{user|Fahad Ahmed Alanzi}}
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*{{user|Pokelego999}}
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*{{user|Sjones23}}
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=== Inactive ===
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*{{user|Fireball27141}}
*{{user|Gnawdy6}}
*{{user|Machibito}}
*{{user|PineappleWizard123}}
*{{user|Pizzaplayer219}}
*{{user|Schminnte}}
*{{user|Starmeeeee}}
*{{user|Tophattedd}}
*{{user|Youtuber Alex00max}}
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=== Userbox ===
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Pokémon/Userbox|nocat=yes}}
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Members may add {{tlu|Wikipedia:WikiProject Pokémon/Userbox}} to any page in their userspace to transclude a userbox signifying their membership. Alternate colors are also available; see the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Pokémon/Userbox/doc|documentation page]] for details.

== Documentation and style ==
=== Templates and categories ===
{{Main|:Category:Pokémon templates}}

* '''Talk pages''': {{tl|WikiProject Pokémon}} - ''For generic Pokémon-related article talk pages.''

* '''Articles''': {{tl|Nintendo-stub}} - ''For tagging stub Pokémon articles.''

* '''Infoboxes''': [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Pokémon/Pokémon species]] - ''Infobox for articles about a certain Pokémon.''  '''''Depreciated''' template, preserved for historical reasons.''

* '''Images'''
** [[:Category:Pokémon game covers]] - ''For cover art of video game boxes.''
** [[:Category:Television-screenshots of Pokémon]] - ''For screenshots taken from the anime.''
** [[:Category:Pokémon Trading Card Game images]] - ''For scanned images of cards from the trading card game.''
** [[:Category:Pokémon lead images]] - ''For lead Pokémon images for Pokémon species articles''

* '''Templates'''
** {{tl|Pokedex}} - ''Used for citing the Pokédex''
** {{tl|Pokémon}} - ''A navigational point for the franchise''

* '''User talk'''
** {{tl|Hcp2}} - ''For inviting new editors to join the Project.''
** {{tl|Hcp}} - ''For welcoming editors who've just joined the Project.''
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* '''Barnstar'''
** {{tl|Barnstar Pokémon}}
{{Template:Barnstar Pokémon|I award this barnstar to [[Ash Ketchum]] for his great improvements of pages on Pokémon species. {{mdash}}[[Professor Oak]]}}

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