Wiki143:WikiProject Circus
Template:WikiProject status Welcome to WikiProject Circus!
A group of Wikipedians have formed this collaborative group that is dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage and organization of circuses and circus related topics. This page along with the corresponding subpages contain suggestions and various resources to improve and organize these articles. It is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of Wikipedians interested in this topic. If you would like to help, please add your name to the list of participants, inquire on the talk page where help may be needed or see the to-do list below.
Infobox
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Goals
- To help create better articles on the aspects of the circus.
Scope
- The scope of this project is all articles relating to circuses, circus performers, and related subjects. All of these articles should be included in the Category:Circuses or one of its subcategories.
Guidelines
Open tasks
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Participants
Please feel free to add yourself here, (using {{user|User name}}) and indicate areas of particular interest.
- Script error: No such module "user". - Aerialist/acrobat/contortionist adding and editing new articles
- Script error: No such module "user". - I feel this needed to be started!
- Script error: No such module "user". - I like circuses
- Script error: No such module "user". - I'm in and am already adding new articles
- Script error: No such module "user". - I have particular interests in the impalement arts (knife throwing etc.) and also magic or illusion acts. I dislike animal acts so I will probably refrain from involvement in articles on that subject.
- Script error: No such module "user". - I am a massive fan of circus and I make it my duty to see as many as I can in a year.
- Script error: No such module "user". - Am a specialist on Sideshow performers (Freakshow) from 1880's to around the 1950s.
- Script error: No such module "user".- general interest in circuses.
- Script error: No such module "user". - I'm a contemporary circus performer and run the facebook discussion group Clown Power. Interested in the contemporary circus movement.
- Script error: No such module "user". - professional circus composer/musician and former theater student with a special fascination for the contemporary circus movement.
- Script error: No such module "user". -Cirque du Soleil enthusiast.
- Script error: No such module "user". - Unicycle Hockey player, hobby juggler, aerialist, friend of NoFit State Circus
- Script error: No such module "user". - I would like to participate. Enjoyed creating Johnny J. Jones and Johnny J. Jones Exposition. There were many wonderful traveling carnivals and circuses in the U.S. and Europe. Each had many acts and shows.
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- Script error: No such module "user". - I'm a proficient object manipulator (toss juggling, poi, contact juggling, etc.), sometimes professional fire spinner, would be happy to help with prop related articles.
- Script error: No such module "user". - Im an elephant trainer, created the website http//www.elephant.se with most known individuals of captive elephants in the history, as well as their locations, including many historical circuses.
- Script error: No such module "user". - I'm a seasoned fan and flag dancer and decided to participate since these props fall under this category.
- Script error: No such module "user". - Arts writer with some expertise in circus arts
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Articles
Article alerts
Wiki143:WikiProject Circus/Article alerts
Featured content
- After months of research and writing, Cassianto helped promote Joseph Grimaldi to WP:FA on the 15 December 2012. It is the projects first featured article.
Candidates
New articles
Please feel free to list your new Circus-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them, are at least over 1,000 characters, don't have any dispute templates on them, and cite their sources, should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Wikipedia Main Page.
Collaboration and review
Version 1.0 assessments
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For more information about Version 1.0 assessments, see WP:1.0 and WP:WVWP.
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Featured content
GA-content
Did you Know (DYK)
The following articles appeared on the Main page in the Did you know section:
Templates
Project Banner
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Userboxes
A variety of userbox options have been created for members to display on their user page.
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Barnstar
- Template:Tlx—an award placed at another users talk page for improving Circus-related articles.
Categories
Articles
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Resources
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