Wikipedia:WikiProject European history
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Welcome to the European history WikiProject.
We are in the middle of a major reorganisation. See Wikipedia:WikiProject European history/Strategy for more information.

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Goals[edit]
- Improve Wikipedia's coverage of European history.
- Improve European history-related articles, making them more informative and better written.
- Create guidelines for articles about items related to European history.
- Get a better main picture.
Open tasks[edit]
- Improve collaboration of the month article: Peloponnesian War.
- Work on articles needing work.
- Assess the unassessed European history articles as Stub, Start, B-Class, etc. More on assessment here. [CURRENTLY NO ARTICLES ARE UNASSESSED]
- Tag all European history-relevant articles with {{WikiProject European history|class=|importance=}} and an assessment.
- Invite more users to join.
- Create all yet-uncreated templates.
Scope[edit]
- The project covers all articles about people, places, things, and events associated with the history of Europe. These articles should all be included in the Category:History of Europe or one of its subcategories.
Task Forces[edit]
Parentage and Related projects[edit]
Parents[edit]
- This project shares parentage between Wikipedia:WikiProject Europe and Wikipedia:WikiProject History
Children[edit]
Related Projects[edit]
Members[edit]
- Emiellaiendiay 02:40, 20 February 2007 (UTC). Founder
- Bchalfin 11:06, 10 July 2007 (EST) I can help with editing content and writing new articles, as well as extending stubs.
- Doug.(talk • contribs) 21:28, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
- Revolving Bugbear (previously Che Nuevara) 22:11, 4 November 2007 (UTC). I specialize in WWI and inter-war Western Europe, but I'm happy to help with anything.
- John Carter 21:03, 9 November 2007 (UTC) - Will help as time and circumstances permit. John Carter 21:03, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
- Merovingian (T, C, E) 12:39, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
- Alex Close 18:09, 5 January 2008 (UTC) Am interested and would like to think I can contribute in some way.
- Martintg (talk) 04:59, 14 January 2008 (UTC) Interested in Baltic states and Northern Europe
- Darwinek (talk) 22:00, 15 January 2008 (UTC) Mostly Poland and Czechoslovakia but generally whole Europe in modern history.
- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 00:35, 16 January 2008 (UTC) Mostly Poland
- Ijanderson (talk) 11:32, 5 October 2008 (UTC) Modern European History mainly, 20th and 21st Century History and Images for European history related articles.
- Beggarsbanquet (talk) 23:07, 15 October 2008 (UTC) History of modern France, Germany, Russia, and some on Eastern Europe and UK.
- flaminglawyerc 04:50, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
- Gr8opinionater (talk) 11:04AM, Tuesday 20 January 2009 (GMT)
- User:Daniel32708 Medieval to Present History
- CanonLawJunkie (talk) 14:45, 23 August 2010 (UTC) Catholic Church in European History. Modern/Medieval France and Papal States/Vatican City State
- Codrinb (talk · contribs)
11 December 2010 (UTC) - Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, Ancient Celts, Transylvania, Romania.
- Bermicourt 22 May 2012 - I translate articles on Germany from German to English Wikipedia, many of a historical nature.
- User:FelisRead:FelisRead
- —Brigade Piron (talk) - I work mostly on Belgian topics of the modern period (post-1789) with the odd excursion into French (and colonial) history. Particular focus on social and cultural history of WWI and WWII.
- Qxukhgiels (talk) 00:01, 11 January 2015 (UTC) - an interest
- User:Aardwolf A380 (talk) August 2015
- Csikos Lo Byzantine Empire, Early Hungary, Early Germany - 28 June 2016
- Wikirictor (talk) I have the impression the project could use a few more contributors. Wikirictor (talk) 00:30, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
- I create and translate articles on traditional and historical songs of European countries (in part., Russian, English, German language songs), and sometimes translate the songs themselves (lit.). --Tamtam90 (talk) 19:41, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
- Omnipaedista (talk) 23:59, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
- JeBonSer (talk | sign) 18:07, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
- Berke330 Byzantine & Late Antiquity History and Architecture, Medieval Constantinople - 16 July 2020
- Mel3131
- Luxtaythe2nd (talk) 19:19, 27 August 2021 (UTC) — Mostly Poland.
- Sawyer-mcdonell
- I am Lead Coordinator at WikiProject History, would be glad to help with ideas for this wikiproject, in any way desired. --Sm8900 (talk) 17:44, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
- CarolingianCitizen - Initially anything that happened since 750 A.D., above all french history, revolutionary movements and the Carolingian Empire. Joined 10:42, 8 August 2022
- User:Ltwin I've been spending a lot of time lately on British history articles.
- Gyalu22 Writes mainly in the history of Central Europe
- KTnow (talk · contribs) - Enlightenment philosophy, France since the French Revolution and the 19th-20th century United Kingdom.
- TheRealJT1743 - Post Industrial Revolution United Kingdom and Central Europe. Joined 22:42, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
Members of Wikipedia:WikiProject History/European task force[edit]
Phoenix 15 (talk · contribs)[pruned by autmated bot from WikiProject, due to inactivity. --Sm8900 (talk) 17:46, 2 June 2022 (UTC)]- Warlordjohncarter (talk · contribs)
- Kenjoshii (talk · contribs)
- KEncyclopediaB (talk · contribs)
- AlinaGusewa (talk · contribs)
Userboxes[edit]
Members of this project may add the following userbox to their userpages.
Userbox | Code | ||
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{{User European history}} |
European members[edit]
If you're from Europe, more userboxes are available.
Countries[edit]
- Albania
- Andorra
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Czechoslovakia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- France
- Finland
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Moldova
- Netherlands
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Prussia
- Romania
- Russia
- Serbia
- Spain
- Scotland
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- Vatican City
- Yugoslavia
Articles[edit]
European history articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
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2 | 10 | 14 | 38 | 64 | ||
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3 | 3 | |||||
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2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
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6 | 27 | 40 | 54 | 127 | ||
B | 11 | 81 | 89 | 181 | 1 | 80 | 443 |
C | 29 | 104 | 134 | 433 | 1 | 177 | 878 |
Start | 3 | 42 | 138 | 1,312 | 2 | 390 | 1,887 |
Stub | 1 | 11 | 370 | 1 | 114 | 497 | |
List | 5 | 21 | 119 | 2 | 135 | 282 | |
Category | 1 | 2,224 | 2,225 | ||||
Disambig | 18 | 18 | |||||
File | 12 | 12 | |||||
Portal | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Project | 1 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Redirect | 6 | 70 | 76 | ||||
Template | 1 | 1 | 61 | 63 | |||
NA | 1 | 1 | |||||
Other | 18 | 18 | |||||
Assessed | 54 | 273 | 450 | 2,517 | 2,421 | 896 | 6,611 |
Unassessed | 31 | 31 | |||||
Total | 54 | 273 | 450 | 2,517 | 2,421 | 927 | 6,642 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 17,517 | Ω = 4.49 |
All tagged articles are found below, sorted into their respective classes.
Assessment[edit]
For an explanation of the ratings, see Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment; however, these ratings are somewhat subjective and especially the importance is highly project specific. See also: /Assessment.
Needing work[edit]
If you're working on an article and you'd like to bring it to the attention of other editors, list it here.
Format: # [[Article title]], class. Details on what should be done (optional). ~~~~
Article alerts[edit]
Did you know
- 09 Mar 2023 – Geneva Declaration (1918) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Onegreatjoke (t · c); see discussion
Categories for discussion
- 14 May 2023 – Category:Ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Apr 2023 – Category:Eastern Romance people (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Nederlandse Leeuw (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Apr 2023 – Category:Medieval Belgium (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Nederlandse Leeuw (t · c); see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 04 Apr 2023 – World War II/Infobox (talk · edit · hist) →World War II was RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Apr 2023 – World War II/Edited Text (talk · edit · hist) →World War II was RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c); see discussion
Featured article candidates
- 24 May 2023 – Nuremberg trials (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Buidhe (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 21 Feb 2023 – Crusading movement (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Norfolkbigfish (t · c); start discussion
Requests for comments
- 27 May 2023 – Scientific racism (talk · edit · hist) RfC by JBradleyChen (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Peer reviews
- 30 May 2023 – Victorian era (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Llewee (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 27 May 2023 – Belgium in "the long nineteenth century" (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Belgium in the long nineteenth century by Festucalex (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 12 May 2023 – Königsberg (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Kaliningrad by Chessrat (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Sep 2022 – Burgundian State (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Burgundian Netherlands by Revolution Yes (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Sep 2022 – Chronology of Western colonialism (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Timeline of European imperialism by Lights and freedom (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Aug 2022 – Ottoman decline thesis (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Decline and modernization of the Ottoman Empire by QueenofBithynia (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 25 Apr 2023 – Austria-Hungary (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by GoldRingChip (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Oct 2022 – North Atlantic Treaty (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Polmas (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Jan 2021 – Resistance during World War II (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Brigade Piron (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 28 May 2023 – Draft:Tove H. Malloy (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Rooftreesgrey (t · c)
- 06 Feb 2023 – Draft:Intergovernmental Conference for Constitutional Treaty (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Chefs-kiss (t · c)
- 06 Feb 2023 – Draft:Karl Albert von Bombelles (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Hopeghostlurker2435158128 (t · c)
Templates and categories[edit]
Please use these templates where applicable.
Note: The templates linked in red have not yet been created. If you know how, please help out by creating the appropriate templates.
General templates[edit]
Template | Use on | Description |
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{{Infobox former country}} | Article pages | European history series infobox — former countries |
{{Infobox military conflict}} and {{Campaign}} | Article pages | European history series infobox and campaignbox — military conflicts |
{{Infobox treaty}} | Article pages | European history series infobox — treaties |
{{WikiProject European history|class=|importance=}} | Article talk pages | European history WikiProject banner, to be placed on all European history article talk pages
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{{User European history}} | User pages | User box to show that you're a project member |
{{Eurohist invitation}} | User talk pages | Invitation to user to join project |
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject European history/navigation}} | WikiProject pages | European history WikiProject Navigation box |
{{Portal|Europe}} | Article pages | Europe portal |
Categories[edit]
- List of all subpages of this page
- Wikipedia:WikiProject European history/Categories - A list of all categories associated with this Project.
WikiProject categories[edit]
Template | Description |
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[[Category:WikiProject European history]] | Add to every European history project page. |