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Future of this project

I have some thoughts about what to do with this project and its future.

This project is hanging on by a thread
I'm planning to attempt another FAC on The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
I want to hold a coordinator election at some point.
We need more members.
The newsletter has stalled, we need to revive it (again).
Looking at the cleanup listing might help active participation, i.e. a cleanup drive or something.

You are all free to add your own thoughts.--Tærkast (Discuss) 18:54, 17 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Anybody? --Tærkast (Discuss) 15:43, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think these are all great ideas, I just wish I could help. I don't have a lot of time right now to do much on here, let alone help revive this project. :( BIGNOLE (Contact me) 15:50, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I'll do what I can. Chain Saw is my top priority, although the FAC will no doubt be another onslaught of reviewers.--Tærkast (Discuss) 17:38, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How about an auto assessment? I've created a category subpage myself that will automatically assess by a bot. It is possible to do that? JJ98 (Talk / Contributions) 04:34, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That's not a bad idea at all. Should be possible.--Tærkast (Discuss) 11:07, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. The auto parameter still exists on the banner. I've made few changes on the WikiProject Horror project banner myself, including the peer review parameter. It looks like DodoBot (talk · contribs) can auto assess any horror fiction-related articles and that would save the project. I go request it myself. Please note that this may take while. Remember, this WikiProject is about the horror fiction genre, not the emotion. JJ98 (Talk / Contributions) 00:32, 21 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Concur with Bignole. I'm still watching and I still keep an eye on a lot of project related articles. I just haven't had a lot of time lately. But I think your ideas are great and I'd be happy to pitch in more than just watching articles if/when my schedule clears up. Millahnna (talk) 04:51, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's no easy task for sure, but I refuse to let this project fail. Kind of carrying on from the work of Hornoir (talk · contribs) who tried revitalising this project two years ago, but hasn't edited since. I'll see what I can do to bring life back into this project.--Tærkast (Discuss) 11:07, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps some could volunteer for the jobs at the Task Center. I'll also request another interview at the Signpost and get the Coordinator Election started--Tærkast (Discuss) 18:36, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ah bugger. I would like to work on the Newsletter again but I need some assistance with it. We could rework the format to be like Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Newsletter. GamerPro64 22:41, 1 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I like it. I'll help if I can. As for the overall project, I believe the Task Center should be a starting point for any sort of revival.--Tærkast (Discuss) 13:29, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the late reply! For the new members issue, we could create something similar to this as an invitation:

Thank you for your recent contributions to one of Wikipedia's film-related articles. Given the interest you've expressed by your edits, have you considered joining WikiProject Film? We are a group of editors dedicated to improving the overall quality of Wikipedia's film-related content. If you would like to join, simply add your name to the list of participants. We also have a number of regional and topical task forces that you may be interested in joining as well.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask at the project talk page. We look forward to working with you in the future!

Of course, the invitation above is only an example. It would be a good way of letting other editors know about the project. Kaguya-chan (talk) 05:01, 19 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That's an excellent idea.--Tærkast (Discuss) 11:25, 19 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, I think it's a great way to get more members to the project and revitalize it. BIGNOLE (Contact me) 12:51, 19 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I haven't had a look at your contributions, but have you been adding any comments to other FAC reviews? This might encourage other users to give their two cents on the Texas Chain Saw Massacre article. Good luck with the project. cya Coolug (talk) 16:15, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I like your suggestions and would be very happy to see a revival of this project. I have been making my way through the history of horror films, watching them with with my wife (god bless her), and attempting to provide importance and quality assessments to all of the horror films as we go - we're in 1968 right now. I try to put my assessments in larger context (i.e. not just my opinion of the film), supported by comprehensive texts such as Worland 2006 and Hardy 1995. Also, I've put a lot of effort into the List of horror films, which is, I feel, a foundation of my personal project, as well as that of this wikiproject.

I would be willing to volunteer in the Assessment Department, with the caveat that I don't realistically expect to assess everything in the near term (>3/4 of the nearly 10,000 articles lack importance assessments). I would also like to see a revival of discussions on Top-importance articles. There seem to be a lot more of them listed in the assessment table than are listed in WP:WikiProject_Horror/Assessment/Top-importance. Have they all been discussed at some point? Sp4cetiger (talk) 21:15, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your reply. It's good to know there's still interest. As for the discussion of importance of articles, I doubt a lot, if any, has taken place so far, due to our numbers. I'm still interested in an election this year, but I'm not sure how we'd go about that right now, I did create that page in the hope of holding one this year.--Tærkast (Discuss) 13:56, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Considering how little involvement there is in the project at the moment, I'm not sure how meaningful it would be to elect multiple coordinators. Perhaps if we held a single election for coordinator, that person could designate the other positions as they saw fit. Then if involvement increased in the future, we could add more elected positions. Since the coordinators don't hold any real power and the project is in dire straits, I think we should emphasize efficiency over equity -- that is, minimize the number of formal steps involved in getting things done. Considering your experience and interest, I think you would be a natural candidate for the position. Sp4cetiger (talk) 17:15, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well, our organzation is basically, 1 Coordinator, 1 Deputy, and maybe assistants, but that may be phased out. 2 people basically. I suppose I could continue in the interim, although delegating positions may be difficult due to time restraints on the part of our editors.--Tærkast (Discuss) 11:37, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I guess I'll stand for the coordinator election, just to put the page to some use. Can somebody check over the page, I'm not sure I've set it up properly.--Tærkast (Discuss) 12:19, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

redlink American zombie

redlink American zombie – Ling.Nut 04:55, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Strawpoll. How many want to make being on the bestseller's list proof of notability for a book?

Please come participate in the discussion and poll. Thank you. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 17:58, 5 September 2011 (UTC) [reply]

Images

So, I'm looking for a freely licensed image to go in the infobox for horror writer M. Alice LeGrow (Bizenghast). Any help would be greatly appreciated. Kaguya-chan (talk) 21:51, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! You can try to look for images on Flickr and ask the copyright holder to change an image's license to Creative Commons Attribution or Attribution-ShareAlike. I did this with Alex Tse and Jane Hamsher. You could ask for the copyright holder of this image to change the license, and you can create a derivative work that can crop that image into more of a portrait. Erik (talk | contribs) 23:11, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Halloween

Halloween is coming up, and is of special significance to this project, so I think we should come up with something special to do this month. Any ideas? --Tærkast (Discuss) 12:30, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Last year I tried to make a little effort to get more Horror related articles related to the Halloween "Did You Know?" section of wikipedia. We could try to do that again! Andrzejbanas (talk) 16:16, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That's a good idea. 1 October would've been a good date for a DYK on The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.--Tærkast (Discuss) 16:25, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How about doing a Collaboration of the Month project?--Tærkast (Discuss) 18:30, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In case anyone's interested, there's a discussion about having The Human Centipede (First Sequence) on the main page. Some think this is a good idea, others do not. Thoughts always appreciated :) See Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests cya! Coolug (talk) 07:04, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Another good call. The other articles on bats aren't a bad idea either, but I'm supporting this one for the project. Great work again on that FA by the way! Andrzejbanas (talk) 18:16, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Speaking of the Collaboration of the Month project, can we start with Eraserhead, it has four supports. GamerPro64 20:15, 22 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Good idea, that can get it going again, and maybe as time goes on more people will join in. We'll need to start gathering sources for this collaboration, then a copyedit, who knows, it might end up one day at FA status. P.S. I did add my name to the election page which, while not much, serves a purpose at least. It's more like a formality, but I'd like to put that page to at least some use.--Tærkast (Discuss) 20:55, 22 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, in case you guys are interested, I've properly nominated the article now, you can support/oppose/comment on the nomination at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests. Thanks! Coolug (talk) 10:42, 26 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Supported it :) Good luck.--Tærkast (Discuss) 14:10, 26 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Any one else who would like to support/oppose/comment on the nomination, there's still plenty of time to have your say! All comments are very much appreciated! Coolug (talk) 10:50, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Book reports

BTW, if you haven't noticed, the book reports for Wikipedia books have been extensively tweaked to help editors assess and cleanup articles. See for example Book talk:Friday the 13th#Book report, which are automatically updated by User:NoomBot every few days. Features include breakdowns of article assessments, lists of cleanup tags found in the article, lists of non-free media, and a bunch of links to tools likes the external links inspector or the disambiguation fixer. Books and their talkpages can pretty much acts as mini-wikiprojects / mini-taskforces. One could easily make Book:Evil Dead and Book:Alfred Hitcock (or zillions of others), and work on Evil Dead / Hitchcock as a "topic/project/taskforce" or something.

Many books are created at WP:FTC, but you don't need to wait until then to gain their benefits (just click on "create a book" on the left sidebar and use the book creator tool, or create them "manually" by following Help:Books/for experts#Saving books). Just thought I'd let you know. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 07:05, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Request for input

Hi everybody! Hula Hup (talk · contribs) and I have been having a bit of a civil discussion here over whether or not character occupations should be considered trivia or not, and what to do with the Silent Hill character list, as I understand it. Input from project members would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Kaguya-chan (talk) 19:58, 1 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year! So, Hula Hup and I were wondering if anyone here could think of a better title for "List of Silent Hill, Silent Hill 2, and Silent Hill 3 characters". Any input is greatly welcome and always appreciated! Thank you, Kaguya-chan (talk) 17:30, 5 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What was wrong with "list of Silent Hill characters?". Alternatively, "List of Silent Hill video game characters" or "List of characters in the Silent Hill franchise". Actually, why is Homecoming (and the others) left out?--Tærkast (Discuss) 17:39, 5 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

They lacked information about them that wasn't plot summary (for example, design commentary). (There's actually a long, long discussion about that if you have the time.) If you found any, that's awesome! Kaguya-chan (talk) 17:45, 5 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Request for input on potential project

I have made a WikiProject proposal based off of The Walking Dead. I would like some input. Thanks in advanced. —DAP388 (talk) 15:43, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think it might work better as a task force here. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 04:35, 24 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Review on Night of the Living Dead

I have nominated Night of the Living Dead for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. --George Ho (talk) 02:31, 25 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

WikiWomen's History Month

Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Horror will have interest in putting on events related to women's horror history - from actors to writers, characters, etc. We've created an event page on English Wikipedia (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. These events can take place off wiki, like edit-a-thons, or on wiki, such as themes and translations. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch (talk) 19:10, 1 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

category question

Is the category:Vampires in written fiction supposed to have all articles that are already in the subcats?--Cattus ^talk 00:21, 3 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think so, looking at it, a lot of the articles within would not squarely fit into the current sub-categories. It doesn't you can't re-file the ones which could be in more specific sub-categories. Sorry for the slow response. Someone another 01:47, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

I lowered the rating to start, but this may be to low to some so, please feel free to adjust as the project sees fit. The article had a great deal of unsourced material, but some may still see this as a possible C class. Unsure, so I am making note on all the projects for input.--Amadscientist (talk) 07:32, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

New article on film director Oliver Blackburn

Oliver Blackburn

I've created this new article. If you've got additional input for secondary sources, please feel free to suggest them at the article's talk page, I'd really appreciate it. :) Cheers, — Cirt (talk) 07:43, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Portal:Arts for featured portal consideration

Portal:Arts

I've nominated Portal:Arts for featured portal candidacy, discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Arts. Thank you for your time, — Cirt (talk) 20:14, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

New article on music composer François-Eudes Chanfrault

François-Eudes Chanfrault

I've created this new article. If you've got additional input for secondary sources, please feel free to suggest them at the article's talk page, I'd really appreciate it. :) Cheers, — Cirt (talk) 06:50, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Resignation as Coordinator

It is with great reluctance thar I resign as Coordinator of the project. I feel I no longer have the time to be able to do what is expected of a Coordinator, and that as the Coordinator, I didn't really do a great job in anycase. It was good to serve though, and this does coincide with my semi-retirement, and possible eventual complete retirement from Wikipedia. I do have one last project to take to FA though, related to horror, and those that have seen or worked with me on the project know what it is :) So I hope my replacement (if there is one, I'd like to think there'd be) would be able to do a much better job than I have in revitalising the project. Thank you to all of you. --Tærkast (Discuss) 17:33, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for all your work as coordinator. Don't be so harsh on yourself, okay? Kaguya-chan (talk) 01:59, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I'll try not to be :) I'd like to think that Hornoir (talk · contribs) could be made Honorary Coordinator, for everything he did for the project during 2008/2009 in an attempt to revitalise it. He certainly deserves it. As for the future, I'd certainly like for their to be a new Coordinator and another attempt to jumpstart the Project again.--Tærkast (Discuss) 12:58, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for what you've done, all the best. Someone another 02:48, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

New article on British actress Sian Breckin

Sian Breckin

I've created this new article. If you've got additional input for secondary sources, please feel free to suggest them at the article's talk page, I'd really appreciate it. :) Cheers, — Cirt (talk) 23:07, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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