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    Welcome to the History WikiProject on the English Wikipedia!


    We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to history. If you would like to join us, please feel free to add your name to the list of project members.

    Articles

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    A monthly popular pages report for this project is available, updated by Community Tech bot.

    You can view a list of our popular pages, at: Wikipedia:WikiProject_History/Popular_pages

    Lists and outlines

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    The list of basic history topics is intended to provide an overview of the coverage of history on Wikipedia. It is rapidly becoming one of the best history browsing tools on Wikipedia. The List of history topics page provides a history link for every subject for which there is a list on that page, still has some redlinks. Some of those redlinks can be edited to point to existing article sections (in the main article for the corresponding subject), while the rest need articles or sections created so that they can be pointed to them.

    See also: Wikipedia:Timeline standards

    Source for the sub-sections below: Wikipedia:WikiProject History/Collaboration

    Article alerts

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    As per the notice at the top of this page, this project is not fully active. however, below are some automated features that you may find useful for working on articles on history-related topics.

    Wikiproject structure and scope

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    WikiProject structure and scope



    Founding and development

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    Significant milestones for this WikiProject:

    WikiProject structure

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    WikiProject History has developed several structural features to help manage our work:

    • Coordinators are responsible for maintaining the administrative aspects of the project
    • Working groups host work on several specialized tasks, including article quality assessment, detailed article and content review, and offline publication.
    • Task forces are more informal groups for collaboration on specific topics within history.
    • WikiProject history recently expanded into Wikibooks.
    • See below for more information, including various additional roles and group information, in the section project staff and working groups.

    Goals

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    The goals of this wikiproject are: a) to improve Wikipedia's coverage of history by creating, expanding, and maintaining history-related articles. b) to provide guidelines and recommendations for articles that describe all aspects of history. c) to serve as the central point of discussion for issues related to history in Wikipedia, d) to maintain the history portal and its sub-portals, e) to answer queries about history on the reference desk, especially the humanities reference desk.

    Outline of history articles

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    The entire subject and Wikipedia's coverage of it is intended to be summarized in the Outline of history and its branch outlines. These are in turn is part of Wikipedia's outline system which is one of Wikipedia's main contents systems. Please see the article Outline of history. Please look this over and fill-in missing topics.If Wikipedia has an article or article section about those topics, please add links to them.

    While analyzing the outline, please answer the following questions (and fix the outline as needed):

    • What's missing? Is the structure of the outline (sections and indents) representative of the subject? Does the outline help understand the relationships between the topics presented in the best way possible?

    The overall purpose of the outline is to help readers comprehend the subject by showing what belongs to it, and within the subject what belongs to what.The outline is a taxonomy of the subject, and also serves as a table of contents and navigation aid to browse Wikipedia's articles (and article sections) about the subject.

    It is also a useful tool for the WikiProject to analyze, plan, develop, and revise history-related material. It is a hub from which to organize historical topics.

    It was built as a "reverse outline", a structural model of an existing work, which in addition to being a summary of the work, can reveal the gaps and other weaknesses for revision purposes.Please help improve it. It's our bird's eye view.Thank you.

    Scope

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    Most articles within Category:History and its sub-categories are within our scope. There are already several other history projects with more specific scopes so the majority of our work is on articles that do not seem to fall into other projects' scopes. For further clarification:

    • Articles with a "History" section, however long, are not in our scope
    • "History of..." articles are within our scope

    As of 18 November 2024, there are 52,478 articles within the scope of WikiProject History, of which 368 are featured and 1,074 are good articles. This makes up 0.76% of the articles on Wikipedia, 3.31% of all featured articles and lists, and 2.65% of all good articles. Including non-article pages, such as talk pages, redirects, categories, etc., there are 196,492 pages in the project.

    The list of history topics lists of basic history topics are some articles that are in this project's scope. The latter list is not intended to be a comprehensive treatment of the subject, but rather an overview. The Lists of topics are intended to be comprehensive and to include links to every article related to the subject on Wikipedia. See List of mathematics topics and List of psychology topics as examples.

    A number of lists and meta-lists are maintained in Wikipedia:

    Peer review requests

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    To watch the page for Article alerts, please add this page to your watchlist: Wikipedia:WikiProject History/Article alerts

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    • 17 Nov 2024 – Orduniq (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Bearian (t · c): Unreferenced and unimproved almost 15 years. Tagged for notability for over 9 years. Zero reliable sources found online.
    • 10 Nov 2024 – Globalgeschichte/Global History (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Randykitty (t · c) was deproded by Historian1208 (t · c) (author) on 11 Nov 2024

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    Project staff and working groups

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    The goal of this project is to serve as an active resource, where other editors can seek help or get questions answered, or get help with any topical efforts they may be working on. and also, at some point, we will try to resume various basic wikiproject tasks such as article assessment, working on group projects. to that end, we may create some sort of list here of active volunteers, or editors, or just anyone who can occasionally take a little time to answer questions, help with various tasks and efforts.

    Project Coordinators

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    WikiProject personnel

    For purposes of helping coordinate project activities, the users listed below have indicated a willingness to perform such functions.

    • Former project leaders, with thanks:


    Please feel free to contact them directly if you have questions regarding this project which either haven't been responded to here or regarding any other matters you believe are relevant to this project.

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    Coordinators. The coordinators are generally responsible for maintaining all of the procedural and administrative aspects of the project, and serve as the designated points-of-contact for procedural issues. They are not, however, endowed with any special executive powers.


    Responsibilities

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    • Coordinators. The primary responsibility of the regular coordinators for the WikiProject, as well as the page coordinators, are the maintenance and housekeeping work involved in keeping the project and its internal processes running smoothly; this includes a variety of tasks, such as keeping the announcement and open task lists updated, overseeing the assessment and review processes, managing the proposal and creation of task forces, and so forth.
    There is fairly little involved that couldn't theoretically be done by any other editor, of course, in only a few places have the coordinators been explicitly written into a process, but since experience suggests that people tend to assume that someone else is doing whatever needs to be done, it has proven beneficial to formally delegate responsibility for this administrative work to a specified group.
    The coordinators also have several additional roles. They serve as the project's designated points of contact, and are explicitly listed as people to whom questions can be directed in a variety of places around the project. In addition, they have (highly informal) roles in leading the drafting of project guidelines, overseeing the implementation of project decisions on issues like category schemes and template use, and helping to resolve disputes and keep discussions from becoming heated and unproductive.


    Working Groups

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    Working Groups at WikiProject History:

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    Assessment

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    The Assessment Working Group finds historical articles for the first time and rates them on quality and importance scales.
    Current active members:

    (Please feel free to add your name to join!!)

    Collaboration

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    The Collaboration working group serves to improve articles that have been assessed by the assessment department by assigning large groups of editors to improve those articles. Help can be requested for an article you are working on or you have found abandoned. A list of open tasks can also be found in a section above.

    Current active members:

    (Please feel free to add your name to join!!)

    Review

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    The Review working group carries out peer reviews on historical articles and nominates articles for good and featured status. It also carries out A-Class reviews on articles within our scope. Current active members:

    (Please feel free to add your name to join!!)

    Outreach

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    The Outreach working group acts as a central location for various member outreach work, including project newsletters, recruitment and welcoming banners, and other related initiatives. Current active members:

    (Please feel free to add your name to join!!)

    Informal subgroups

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    Informal subgroups are any individual subgroup that any editor wishes to set up, on an informal or formal basis, for the purpose of gathering any group of editors together. This will be to enable editors to form their own subgroups for working with and communicating with other editors, but without taking on the formal roles and responsibilities of an official task force.

    These subgroups could be formed based on any criteria at all. so any editor could form a subgroup for communicating with editors who are new to this topical area. or it could be an informal group for brainstorming ideas for a particular topic, or a particular editing drive, or group effort, or for a specific effort to delve into a particular topic, or to set up a single new article or set of articles, or for any other reason.

    Our reason for setting up this new type of subgrouping is simple; history is a very broad and varied field. We would like to encourage all editors to take an active role here, as much as they might wish. so if you wish to set up any such subgroup, please feel free to post a notice on the talk page. We will be glad to help to promote any such efforts here. thanks!!

    Task forces

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    We can have Task Forces for specific historical eras, or alternatively for specific topical areas. Please choose a Task Force below that matches the area that you most wish to work on. If you don't see an area listed that you want to work on, then please feel free to simply add it. thanks!!!!

    Sub-page for Task Force information:

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    Task Forces by era or topic

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    TF Contemporary History
    • Members:
    • Writes and updates articles on contemporary history, including the items below.
      • Timelines for current year,
      • articles on current time periods;
      • historical articles in need of updates for current events.
    TF Ancient History
    TF Political history
    • Members
    • Covers political history as an area and as an ongoing topical subject for ongoing development. Please note, "political history" is a broad phrase; it refers to the central flow of history itself, as it pertains to the changes in society in general, as well as politics, and government, which most affect society, countries, world politics, and world history as a whole.
    by delineating this as a subject area, we can enable editors to give this area specific attention, separate, apart, and unique from other established areas of history, all of which also receive broad and extensive coverage here at Wikipedia.
    Possible Task Forces
    See also: List of time periods
    TF Medieval History
    TF Renaissiance
    TF Early modern history
    TF Late modern history

    Task forces by subject area

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    Outreach, members, templates

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    If you want to post the photo from the logo for WikiProject History, you can do so using this text: [[File:MontreGousset001.jpg|x45px]]. this image will appear in line, as it does here.

    Membership

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    This section is transcluded from Wikipedia:WikiProject History/Outreach/Participants. (edit | history)

    If you would like to be a member of the project, then please add your name at the bottom of the list below, with this text: # {{user|your username}}.

    Members can also feel free to add {{User WikiProject History}} to their user pages.

    Members

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    Below is a list of members. Feel free to add yourself by adding your signature.

    List of members of WikiProject History
    1. 1Matt20 (talk · contribs) Very interested and informed of the events of the 20th century, especially the World Wars & Cold War.
    2. Divex
    3. Alarob (talk · contribs) -- The "Atlantic world" of the early modern period, especially the American South and Caribbean. Also, everything else.
    4. ImperialAficionado (talk · contribs) - Indian History student and researcher.
    5. AMK152 (talk · contribs)
    6. AnupMehra ✈
    7. Balin42632003 (talk · contribs) -- Mostly Medieval, Colonial America, British History, and Military History.
    8. BrineStans (talk · contribs) — History of southeastern US, but familiar with methodology and world history
    9. Brigade Piron (talk · contribs) (Ancient, particularly eastern, and Modern European history)
    10. Bsimmons666 (talk) 14:24, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    11. Buaidh (talk · contribs) History of North America
    12. Calistemon (talk · contribs) General interest in history, but specifically in Bavarian and German history
    13. ch (talk) 16:50, 17 March 2016 (UTC) Especially Chinese history and US-China relations.[reply]
    14. DENAMAX (talk · contribs)
    15. Ealdgyth (talk · contribs) | Talk 02:46, 9 September 2007 (UTC) -Ancient and Medieval history, especially English Medieval history.[reply]
    16. Sfballina (talk) 00:27, 10 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    17. Freechild (talk · contribs) Hyper-local histories of urban areas, extremely rural areas, and urban neighborhoods.
    18. Graham11 (talk · contribs)
    19. Indylover2010 (talk · contribs) 03:47, 13 December 2015 (UTC) – I'm an amateur Historian and really interested in History, particularly in the 19th and 20th century on all levels.[reply]
    20. MRRaja001 (talk · contribs)
    21. Merbabu (talk · contribs) - probably mostly Indonesian "histories" (which is what I've been working on for 18months) and any related. Also, a sprinkling of architectural histories. Other histories from time to time, particularly my own Australian.
    22. Monsieurdl (talk · contribs) (Any history, interests include antiquity, 1500-1800 in North America, World War I & II)
    23. Νεοπτόλεμος (talk | email | contribs) - Greece, Russia, Mexico, World Wars, just about anything
    24. Nick-D (talk · contribs)
    25. Orangemike (talk · contribs) US history, especially Wisconsin and post-WW2
    26. Parkwells (talk · contribs) US 19th century history, esp. post-Reconstruction, and early 20th c.
    27. Peter K Burian (talk · contribs) -- Interested in UK and Canada politics since the 1800s
    28. SnowyCinema (talk · contribs) -- I mostly specialize in American local history.
    29. Ragesoss (talk · contribs) -- especially late-19th and 20th century American history and the history of science (history of science, technology and medicine; American history)
    30. Rselby1 (talk) 03:08, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    31. JarrahTree (talk · contribs) -- Australian Maritime History project, Tasmania, and Central Java.
    32. sm8900 (talk · contribs) Hope to help to track and record various historical events.
    33. SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  – domestication, horticulture, & human evolutionary ecology; polygamy & kinship systems; comparative mythology; linguistics; human and, more narrowly, Eurasian history, from antiquity to European Early Middle Ages (especially Celtic & Romano-Celtic). BA in cultural anthropology & linguistics.
    34. SteveMcCluskey (talk · contribs) -- History of science; Medieval history
    35. Tad Lincoln (talk) 05:25, 18 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    36. The Transhumanist (talk · contribs) -- Overviews and surveys of history, List of basic history topics, timelines, and history's representation on other reference pages.
    37. TomStar81 (talk · contribs) (Principly interested in military history. Will help where I can (school work permitting))
    38. User:TravisMunson1993 15:41, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    39. Volunteer Marek (talk · contribs) -- Economic History, Demographic History, History of Central and Eastern Europe, Mexican History.
    40. World historia (talk) 11:21, 17 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    41. zeng8r (talk · contribs) I'm mainly interested in local history, but I plan to polish those articles until they're at least certified good
    42. Leonard(Bloom) 22:39, 21 August 2008 (UTC) Labor history and civil rights movements, mostly, but political history is also a specialty.[reply]
    43. Peter Isotalo (talk · contribs) Mostly cultural history with a special interest in culinary history.
    44. Omnipaedista (talk · contribs) General fact-checking
    45. Kurtis (talk · contribs) - 100th member w00t! Primarily Europe, Africa, Russia, and The Middle East, depending on what I feel like editing.
    46. Presidentman (talk · contribs) General Interest, especially good at US history, particularly about presidents and states, etc.
    47. OlEnglish (talk) 01:52, 13 December 2008 (UTC) I love history, especially ancient, bronze age, iron age topics interest me the most.[reply]
    48. Wikiwatcher1 (talk) 08:33, 18 January 2009 (UTC) General[reply]
    49. Anatheron (talk) 02:34, 19 January 2009 (UTC) Generally civilizations between 1500b.C and 476a.C. Also contemporary numismatics.[reply]
    50. AUburnTiger (talk) 23:15, 21 January 2009 (UTC)Primarily interested in British history, but have some experience in multiple disciplines.[reply]
    51. MarquisCostello (talk) 01:02, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    52. user:nameless.org-- nameless.org Greek mythology, military history, Pre-Colombian history, history of the world, science history, civil war history and Europe history
    53. Funandtrvl (talk · contribs) --17:42, 18 April 2009 (UTC) General[reply]
    54. Auntieruth55 (talk) 22:56, 21 April 2009 (UTC)European history, German history. Immigration history. Pennsylvania[reply]
    55. Seth Moko (talk) 02:10, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    56. DAFMM All types of history especially ancient (Romans, Neolithic etc.) and Napoleonic Wars (in particular the Navy and Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald.
    57. Wabash Canoe (talk) History articles related to the United States Constitution
    58. User:Rhymson (talk) History of the Americas,United States History,History of Latin America,Intellectual History,History of religion in the United States
    59. Joe9320 of the Wikipedia Party | Contact the Embassy 04:01, 3 July 2009 (UTC) - Ancient History- be it Chinese, Japanese, Greek, Roman or Egyptian. Also, history of individual countries.[reply]
    60. WVRMad Interested in anything remotely linked to the word History!
    61. Jack1755 (talk) 17:47, 19 August 2009 (UTC) - Italy, France, Germany, United Kingdom[reply]
    62. VQuakr (talk · contribs)
    63. Sverez (talk) 21:41, 3 September 2009 (UTC) - French Revolution/Napoleonic era, as well as Ancient Rome[reply]
    64. Spencergreenwood (talk) 12:14, 28 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    65. Sgt.tibbs1977 (talk) 13:45, 31 August 2009 (UTC) - Interest in Social History - crime, credit/debt, and development as well as discourse analysis.[reply]
    66. Er-vet-en (talk) 16:02, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    67. EarthCom1000 (talk) 11:16, 15 November 2009 (UTC) - Anything really but british history and roman history are my strong points.[reply]
    68. User:Intro96 Intrested in all history and quite knowledgable about it.
    69. --Saukkomies talk 02:06, 18 December 2009 (UTC) I am dedicated to writing and reworking articles that could pass muster to be published in a peer-reviewed journal. My focus is on Neolithic peoples, but I am fascinated by all historical subjects.[reply]
    70. Sean (talk || contribs) 18:59, 26 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    71. User:Supertouch (talk) I am primarily interested in Medieval Islamic history, but sometimes edit outside of that realm.
    72. Pondle (talk) 23:12, 5 January 2010 (UTC) Modern / contemporary history of Wales, Britain and Europe.[reply]
    73. Roland Sparkes --Roland Sparkes (talk) 12:04, 9 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    74. Ggonaeee -> Chiy610 (talk) 19:00, 13 January 2010 (UTC) Contemporary history of Korea and modern history of South Korea.[reply]
    75. --Saukkomies talk 16:23, 23 January 2010 (UTC) I'm usually busy editing European Neolithic to Iron Age articles. I consider myself a professional historian (I have degrees, have published, and work in the field of history).[reply]
    76. Rudy4rachel (talk) 18:58, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    77. DianaIsabel (talk) 00:18, 21 February 2010 (UTC)DianaIsabel: I'm getting involved for a digital history course. Interested in Connecticut history, maritime history and Russian history.[reply]
    78. WhiteWriter speaks Interested in Serbian history, and also Ancient Rome and Greece.
    79. Octavian12 (talk) 02:25, 26 March 2010 (UTC) Interested in Roman history, also medieval, Irish, and 20th century history[reply]
    80. Revcasy (talk) Interested mainly in early to high medieval history in Europe, Byzantium, the political transformations of the 10th and 11th century, the political history of the Catholic church, and military history (especially small scale tactics of medieval warfare)
    81. roxy: JELLO says HELLO (talk) 03:06, 14 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    82. --VCW (LordSarnoc) (talk) 21:13, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    83. WCCasey (talk) 17:48, 24 August 2010 (UTC) I'm interested primarily in Western history and biography, and historical fiction from authors who do the research[reply]
    84. • GenQuest • TALK 28 Aug 2010; historically accurate place names and dating; geographical changes or events; the Revolutionary War; colonial, territorial and state border developments; grammar and English.
    85. otr500 (talk · contribs) This user has a broad range of historical interests to include biographies, historical events and places, and historical preservation which includes NRHP listings.
    86. * User:TravisMunson1993 15:44, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    87. Canon Law Junkie §§§ Talk 22:14, 11 October 2010 (UTC) mostly European & American (Ancient, Medieval and Modern history)[reply]
    88. Jadex99 (talk) 03:44, 14 October 2010 (UTC) Ancient History, and 19th and 20th century Eastern European History.[reply]
    89. ANE.Scholar (talk) 13:49, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    90. Lolinder (talk) 04:12, 6 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    91. Morisco:History of al-Andalus and Maghreb.--Morisco (talk) 17:41, 12 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    92. ForgottenHistory (talk) 04:31, 4 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    93. Yosy (talk) 16:40, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    94. Scampioen (talk) 16:12, 19 January 2011 (UTC) History Student in his first year. Intrested in helping out but not really an idea where to start.[reply]
    95. Sundostund (talk) 14:21, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    96. ch (talk) 06:25, 24 January 2011 (UTC) Chinese and Asian history[reply]
    97. Cilibinarii (talk) 17:44, 23 February 2011 (UTC) North European history in particular.[reply]
    98. John Hill (talk) 01:37, 27 February 2011 (UTC) The Silk Routes and early Central Asian, Chinese and Indian history[reply]
    99. Lau4de Lau4de (talk) 01:16, 2 March 2012 (UTC)Early Modern Europe/Economics/Historical pedagogy[reply]
    100. Harrison49 (talk) 13:52, 26 March 2011 (UTC) Besides military history my main other interest is in the history of my local area (Middlesex)[reply]
    101. - Dank (push to talk) 22:40, 5 April 2011 (UTC) Many interests.[reply]
    102. Around The Globeसत्यमेव जयते 06:29, 11 April 2011 (UTC) Interested in Indian History among other aspects.[reply]
    103. - SteveStrummer (talk) 07:15, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    104. - --Ereoceex (talk) 08:11, 31 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    105. - NickDupree (talk) 19:14, 31 May 2011 (UTC) - Improvement of Wikipedia's coverage of Ming and Qing China, looking for collaborators. Am also interested in US South, American history and more.[reply]
    106. Snickeringshadow (talk) 19:59, 22 June 2011 (UTC) Work mostly in Mesoamerica, particularly the Aztec and Tarascan empires.[reply]
    107. Bosstopher (talk) 21:25, 14 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    108. John Konrad (European History, especially 19th and 20th Centuries
    109. Willbat (talk) 00:21, 11 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    110. Theologiae (talk) 12:28, 14 August 2011 (UTC) Several periods, predominantly European Renaissance, 16th century history, French Revolution and 19th century history.[reply]
    111. Akjar13 (talk) 14:51, 26 September 2011 (UTC) Military History, European History, Early American History[reply]
    112. ch (talk) 04:15, 28 September 2011 (UTC) China, US-China Relations, East Asian film, East Asian food.[reply]
    113. DCItalk 21:37, 24 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    114. Araucana (talk) 23:18, 26 October 2011 (UTC) History of the Western U.S., local history[reply]
    115. ARG1900 (talk) 22:31, 12 December 2011 (UTC) History of Europe, particularly Germany, and of women, economics and art[reply]
    116. Placepromo (talk) 03:44, 27 December 2011 (UTC) 15th/16th Century England, Colonial America, Michigan, New York, Theodore Roosevelt and Long Island[reply]
    117. Sherlockian87 (talk) 20:52, 13 December 2011 (UTC) American history 1492 - 1800; ancient Roman history, esp. the Republican period.[reply]
    118. User:Ed!
    119. Tomticker5 (talk) 13:41, 9 January 2012 (UTC) History of US state of Connecticut[reply]
    120. Arunbandana (talk · contribs)
    121. L1A1 FAL (talk) 16:19, 2 April 2012 (UTC) U.S. history, European history from Rome to present, military history, current events. Mainly a grammar/spelling person and vandalism reverter but I like to contribute when I can[reply]
    122. Arius1998 (talk) 12:11, 18 April 2012 (UTC) Philippine and Asian history[reply]
    123. ~Akiatu~ (talk) 21:42, 27 May 2012 (UTC) Most any History! Loves Roman History and Imperial Age History :)[reply]
    124. Terraflorin (talk) 16:18, 1 June 2012 (UTC) Romanian and Roman History[reply]
    125. Jbhunley (talk) 22:51, 16 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    126. Rakuten06 (talk) 00:29, 4 July 2012 (UTC) I recently graduated from Gallaudet University with a B.A. in History, and I'm interested in world history but I like Eastern European history the most! I would be happy to help out![reply]
    127. Thomas_Simpson(talk)Modern European history
    128. मालोजीराव (talk) 07:21, 22 August 2012 (UTC) Maratha history[reply]
    129. JirisysKlatoon (talk) 23:59, 26 September 2012 (UTC) -- Pre-Hellenistic and Hellenistic history, from Europe to North Africa to Central Asia.[reply]
    130. Arius1998 (talk)
    131. JTBX (talk) 04:50, 19 October 2012 (UTC) British, Currently studying History at University. Know some journals and scholarly publications worth inclusion on a mulititude of articles.[reply]
    132. Michael K SmithTalk 01:29, 27 October 2012 (UTC) Retired history reference librarian & archivist -- special interest in early medieval, military history, "Age of Discovery," American colonial period, & U.S. Civil War.[reply]
    133. Sowlos (talk) 09:45, 15 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    134. Hfeatherina (talk) 08:21, 29 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    135. Carlstak (talk · contribs) Interested in all history, but especially in Spanish and Portuguese history.
    136. Iselilja (talk) 19:24, 1 January 2013 (UTC) Primarily Norwegian history.[reply]
    137. FOARP (talk) 15:04, 11 January 2013 (UTC) - Anything to do with taiwan/China is right up my street.[reply]
    138. Revolution1221 (talk) 21:20, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    139. Lggernon (talk) 05:36, 5 March 2013 (UTC) - Working on an article about slave women in colonial America for a wiki class project[reply]
    140. Ifly6 (talk) 03:37, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    141. Samuel Peoples (talk) 09:56, 6 June 2013 (UTC) - European history, U.S. history, Arkansas history[reply]
    142. Thucydides411 (talk) 15:44, 17 June 2013 (UTC) - Classical History, Modern European History, U.S. History[reply]
    143. ArmanJ, international politics and modern South Asian history (especially Bangladesh), as well as ancient, classical and medieval history in general
    144. JCRules, Cold War topics and modern-day United States, European Union, and Russian politics.
    145. Biggs Pliff (talk) 22:47, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    146. User:1916Walker987 Interested in most periods of history, but mostly anything in the 20th century.
    147. Duanedonecker (talk) 03:49, 28 October 2013 (UTC) U.S. history, European history from Rome to present, military history,history of history, history fanatic, current events. Grammar/spelling person and vandalism patrol. Retired United States Navy and now wikipedia is my passion.[reply]
    148. Ahalenia (talk) 20:34, 4 December 2013 (UTC) I'm interested in Greenlandic history but also history throughout the Americas, especially precolumbian.[reply]
    149. Schuy B. (talk) 04:45, 17 December 2013 (UTC) - Interested in the American colonial period as well as general German history[reply]
    150. Anonimski (talk) 18:24, 24 December 2013 (UTC) - Interested in European history, the first half of the 20th century.[reply]
    151. Byrappa
    152. PurpleMonarch (talk) 21:42, 17 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    153. Ad Orientem (talk) 03:32, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    154. Lake Greifen (Lake Greifen) 15:10, 7 May 2014 (UTC) - Interested in Swiss, Polish history and Ancient Rome[reply]
    155. Caballero/Historiador ⎌ 21:11, 20 January 2016 (UTC) (new name and signature) 02:12, 17 May 2014 (UTC)--The Atlantic World, Latin America, The Caribbean, African Diaspora, and the U.S.[reply]
    156. Tito souvik (talk) 18:33, 13 August 2014 (UTC)Hi, I am Tito Souvik. I am a new member of Wikipedia. I will try my best to contribute information after knowing the proper truth. If I make any mistake, feel free to contact me.[reply]
    157. Zarpboer Zarpboer (talk) 06:34, 13 September 2014 (UTC) --Africa, Americas[reply]
    158. Rupert1904 (talk) 23:38, 12 October 2014 (UTC) European history, maybe Medieval era, Renaissance and conquest/colonialism in the Ameircas.[reply]
    159. Kunalrks (talk), 10 November, 2014, Ancient, Medieval and Modern History of the world; History of India; History of Asia and the Indian subcontinent, History of the Americas, Evolution of Mankind, etc.
    160. Raifu (talk) 21:26, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    161. Biblioworm 00:01, 11 December 2014 (UTC) - A Wikipedia contributor very interested in history should naturally join the History WikiProject.[reply]
    162. SamWilson989 (talk) 14:48, 4 January 2015 (UTC) - Interested in the Angevin kings, and the medieval history of both Britain and France.[reply]
    163. Irondome (talk) 22:58, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    164. HeyItsHayden (talk) 01:43, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    165. SparrowHK (talk) 11:01, 26 January 2015 (UTC)SparrowHK[reply]
    166. Jackninja5 (talk) 13:56, 28 January 2015 (UTC) Interested in history during the 20th and 21st centuries.[reply]
    167. Saturn Star (talk})I am obsessed with history particularly late nineteenth century history
    168. Matt Currie (talk)14:10, 10 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    169. Carrite (talk) 00:46, 12 March 2015 (UTC) — Soviet Union 1930s, United States 1920s, history of labor movement and radical political history[reply]
    170. Mahusha (talk) 08:10, 14 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    171. Votrepetite (talk) 13:13, 30 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    172. MattW93 (talk) 10:21, 5 June 2015 (UTC) Mostly focus on 19th and 20th century Europe[reply]
    173. Lord of Mirkwood (talk) 01:00, 8 June 2015 (UTC) Focus on American history, more narrowly the Revolution (especially Thomas Jefferson), the Civil War, and the World Wars; also post-Reformation European history, especially Ireland, the UK, France, and Germany; also the French and British Empires.[reply]
    174. Penkovator Penkovator (talk) 19:40, 8 June 2015 (UTC) Focus on South-Slavic History[reply]
    175. TienShenLong @ 14:47, 26 September 2015 (UTC) For Americas' related projects.[reply]
    176. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 18:59, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    177. BarsofGold very interested in both modern and ancient history
    178. Dr.robin (talk) 04:01, 3 December 2015 (UTC) – Obsessed with history, particularly 19th century, History of the Americas, United States History, History of Latin America, History of Brazil[reply]
    179. Zwerg Nase (talk · contribs)
    180. Skywalker Kush (talk) 16:58, 11 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    181. United Union (talk) 20:58, 30 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    182. ~Mohammad Hossain~ 01:41, 2 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    183. Smmurphy(Talk) 23:01, 3 May 2016 (UTC) Turn of the 21st century West Africa, pre-WWII US[reply]
    184. Zeromonk (talk) 12:53, 6 June 2016 (UTC) Interested in 20th century history, history of sciences (inc. & esp. human & medical sciences)[reply]
    185. Virophage (talk) 02:28, 7 July 2016 (UTC) need help with anything roman? talk to me.[reply]
    186. UN$¢_Łuke_1Ø21Repørts 15:30, 19 December 2016 (UTC) Mostly wars and military stuff from 1500-present, with a few exceptions. Expert on the Medieval Times (not the restaurant), and the Crusades as well as the concurrent Arab retaliation.[reply]
    187. 連綿 (talk) 08:10, 29 December 2016 (UTC) I edit it mainly on Japanese history and Chinese history, I also want to edit some European and American history. Thank you very much for your help.[reply]
    188. 47thPennVols American History with an emphasis on Pennsylvania's role in the U.S. Civil War.
    189. CaspianX (talk) 19:33, 16 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    190. Rajrsingh (talk) 16:28, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    191. Academic Challenger (talk) 08:29, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    192. Eloi Montes (talk) 14:20, 1 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    193. Thomasfulton (talk) 15:33, 24 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    194. 青い(Aoi) (talk) 09:56, 16 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    195. Mythosmann (talk) 08:34, 7 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    196. Huntress2202 the Suffragette Movement, women's history, Classical and Mythology, history of revolutions, interests vary
    197. Rupert Loup
    198. User:Smithjulian982 (talk) 14 January 2018 - I love,study and read every era and topic of HISTORY!
    199. Beckettnoti (talk) 16:29, 22 February 2018 (UTC) - I can help with translations from French, Italian and Spanish into English on key pages.[reply]
    200. I played lead guitar for the Hurricanes 1963-1966 see much info @ https://imoneofthe300.wordpress.com/ #Toledo turtle 47 (talk) 14:21, 8 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    201. Samee (talk · contribs)
    202. Gog the Mild (talk · contribs)
    203. CaptainEek (talk) 20:28, 7 July 2018 (UTC) All of history really fascinates me![reply]
    204. Turtlewong (talk) 16:57, 22 July 2018 (UTC) Expert in Ethiopian and Eritrean history.[reply]
    205. Jason Heppler (talk) 14:48, 20 August 2018 (UTC) Expert on American urban, environmental, and western history[reply]
    206. PohranicniStraze (talk) 16:32, 29 August 2018 (UTC) I like most fields of history, but primarily edit on Lord Mayors of London, plus colonial history of Louisiana.[reply]
    207. Dylansan (talk) 13:31, 14 September 2018 (UTC) Trying to gain a comprehensive, balanced understanding of world history. Interested particularly in fleshing out weak sections of broad articles.[reply]
    208. Alternate Side Parking (talk) 22:00, 14 October 2018 (UTC) I am interested in historical study and I am knowledgeable in Jewish history and culture. I have spent the last 5 years of my Lif studying Talmudic law.[reply]
    209. Tplaza64 (talk) 23:51, 14 October 2018 (UTC) Knowledgeable about and willing to contribute to most aspects of post-Roman history.[reply]
    210. JonHaaka (talk) 22:41, 15 October 2018 (UTC) Interested especially in intellectual history, modernity and historigraphical method.[reply]
    211. Aspireforintelligence (talk) 09:05, 27 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    212. Nathan43 (talk) 15:26, 5 November 2018 (UTC) Interested in all aspects of US history - particularly the Revolution and Civil War - as well as World War I and 20th century world history.[reply]
    213. Prhee0236 (talk) 13:34, 25 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    214. VikiaQ (talk) 02:07, 8 January 2019 (UTC) History fanatic, mainly self taught and always researching and learning.[reply]
    215. Masque (talk) 16:16, 12 February 2019 (UTC) Studied history in college, also extensive self-directed study in numerous areas, primarily European and US history, with a particular emphasis on High Medieval Germany, labor history, and the history of socialism/communism.[reply]
    216. Kleopatra Selene (talk) 05:53, 9 March 2019 (UTC) History student, interested in removing bias, passionate about historical scholarship over pop history, interested in many areas, favorite historical figures are Cleopatra VII, Cleopatra Selene II, Queen Victoria, OTMA Romanov, and Julia Caesaris.[reply]
    217. User:minh3010Minh3010 (talk) 06:37, 30 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    218. User:Kristian.HP (talk) 16:06, 02 April 2019 (UTC) Interested in Nordic history, mostly danish.[reply]
    219. user:JMA1984 ((talk))
    220. User:Tyguy9112 (talk) 15:55, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    221. Karneee907 Teach high school and college history classes, focus on world history
    222. MrThunderbolt1000T Autodidactic historian. Wide variety of historical knowledge, including military history, American history, political history, history of ancient Rome, etc. I read the backs of shampoo bottles to appease my hunger for knowledge.
    223. GeneralPoxter (talk) 15:53, 7 September 2019 (UTC) I mainly edit military history.[reply]
    224. Pirahamaster Interested in west African and Arab history.
    225. TPFNoob (talk) 22:41, 8 November 2019 (UTC) Interested in Military History[reply]
    226. Fachwerkhaus54
    227. Dantheanimator Most interest in Afro-Eurasia throughout history and the Pre-Columbian Americas. Australian and Antarctic history are also interesting. Geography enthusiast. Favorite country is Denmark (Greenland). Favorite country's flag is Seychelles flag. Also have particular interest in Slavic history and culture.
    228. Llewee (talk) 20:23, 5 January 2020 (UTC),[reply]
    229. Puddleglum 2.0 00:53, 11 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    230. Mccapra most interested in Middle Eastern history. Mccapra (talk) 06:45, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    231. CreatingCat All history. CreatingCat (talk) 17:19, 16 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    232. Myotus (talk · contribs) Interested in local history, Minnesota history, and the history museums that preserve and promote it.
    233. MattMauler: U.S. history, Latin American history, intellectual history.--MattMauler (talk) 19:42, 11 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    234. --HISTORIAN (talk) 14:21, 20 May 2020 (UTC)Uk, US, Rome and the world[reply]
    235. GeistHunt (talk · contribs) Cold War and East Germany.
    236. UnoDosTrey (talk) 20:37, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    237. Pithon314 (talk · contribs) working extensively on Timeline of historical geopolitical changes - 2 October 2020
    238. MarioJump83 (talk · contribs) I love history and I would like to give some help on Indonesian history in particular.
    239. Germsteel (talk · contribs) Ancient history Mesopotamia, Indian, Native American, Industrial revolution , Famines, American and British history
    240. 波斯波莉斯 (talk · contribs) Chinese history (especially three kingdom, two Jin dynasties and southern and northern dynasties), Japenese ancient history, modern military history
    241. Est. 2021 (talk · contribs)
    242. Amitchell125 (talk · contribs) English history (any time before the Tudors)
    243. Guettarda (talk · contribs) Since I mostly seem to be editing Caribbean history these days. Guettarda (talk) 14:29, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    244. Amitchell125 (talk · contribs) Medieval English history, GAN history articles that interest me, British art history Amitchell125 (talk) 14:45, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    245. Loqiical (talk · contribs) 20th century history Loqiical (talk) 10:38, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    246. Flalf (talk · contribs). I work all around history articles! FlalfTalk 15:41, 27 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    247. Ixtal (talk · contribs)
    248. Noorullah21 (talk · contribs) Interested in the history of Afghanistan, World war II, Islamic History, and more.
    249. Racer235 (talk · contribs) Interested in WWI, WWII, empires, history of Europe, and more.
    250. Ruthgrace (talk · contribs) Interested in US political history about homelessness and antitrust
    251. PtolemyXV Ancient history and international political topics.
    252. 296cherry (talk · contribs) 00:22, 3 December 2021 (UTC) History of Communism, Medieval History, History of Flags.[reply]
    253. Ficaia (talk · contribs) Europe and ancient Near East
    254. Robertus Pius (talk · contribs) European Royal history and American presidential history
    255. Sideshow Bob (talk · contribs)
    256. BillyJack193 (talk) 18:31, 9 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    257. Darwin Naz (talk) 01:10, 12 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    258. Adam Cuerden (talk · contribs) 02:00, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    259. FourPaws (talk) 20:03, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    260. PrecariousWorlds (talk · contribs) 10:13 27th June 2022 (BST) - Interested in Ancient Civilizations, especially Rome, and European/American history past the Renaissance
    261. Chucklehammer (talk · contribs) - Specializing in early America & medieval Europe
    262. Per exemplum (talk · contribs) - Modern European History, 19th and 20th-century Eastern European history, former Soviet Union
    263. Pdebee (talk · contribs) Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(become old-fashioned!) 16:19, 6 January 2023 (UTC). Interested in many aspects of European history, Age of exploration, European settlements in the Americas, including from a cultural and linguistic perspective (e.g. Canadian French).[reply]
    264. DMVHistorian (talk · contribs) 13:40, 9 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    265. Thilsebatti (talk) 16:24, 9 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    266. wil540 art (talk · contribs) 18 November 2024
    267. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 23:55, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    268. ✠ Emperor of Byzantium ✠ (talk) Ancient History, Eastern European history
    269. Jialxv (talk) 20:08, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    270. Harshalrach (talk · contribs) Mostly Ancient History
    271. RadioactiveBoulevardier (talk · contribs) 04:22, 24 May 2023 (UTC) Everything history!! (and also minor maintenance and CE)[reply]
    272. Godtres: particularly interested in the medieval period.
    273. Inlin: Modern World History (19th and 20 centuries)
    274. GloryRoad66: American History
    275. Historyday01 (talk) 15:30, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    276. Wehwalt
    277. Pyunbiwi (talk) British and modern era history
    278. W9793 US diplomatic history & East Asia
    279. 21:15, 17 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    280. Ktkvtsh (talk · contribs)
    281. ☘️ King ᚺᛒ ☘️ Talk, Guestbook
    282. CarlosFelix1 (talk)
    283. Gankbank789 (talk) - I’m into Europe from 1400-1800, specifically Germany, France, England, and Scandinavia.
    284. Lyn1644 (talk · contribs) Dynastic Chinese history
    285. Sam Walczak (talk) - Modern Chinese and Uyghur History, as well as the History of US-PRC Relations
    286. # Caxtonriri (talk · contribs) Most interested in English monarchy, Eurpoe and Armenian history
    287. EditorOnJob (talk · contribs) Interested in the history of India, Indian Subcontinent and South Asia
    288. garriefisher (talk · contribs) 00:05, June 4, 2024 (UTC) Archeaology & anthropology & history, with special interest in pre-history & North American history.
    289. John Carter
    290. Aryaman
    291. :bloodofox:
    292. Holt
    293. Berig
    294. Pecopteris
    295. Sigurd Dragon Slayer
    296. Srnec
    297. Deaþe gecweald
    298. shahbaze khurram
    299. nathraq
    300. Midnightblueowl
    301. Jabberwoch (talk · contribs)
    302. Iamthecheese44 (talk · contribs)
    303. Obenritter (talk · contribs)
    304. Csikos Lo
    305. Iazyges (talk · contribs)
    306. Ermenrich (talk · contribs)
    307. JeBonSer (talk · contribs)
    308. Andrew Lancaster (talk · contribs)
    309. Mårtensås (talk · contribs)
    310. Patr2016 (talk · contribs)
    311. Ingwina (talk · contribs)
    312. Carlstak (talk · contribs)
    313. Mailman9 (talk · contribs)
    314. WCmmns (talk · contribs)
    315. Cltr (talk · contribs)
    316. Behemothing (talk · contribs)
    317. Newystats (talk · contribs)
    318. Nsae Comp (talk · contribs) (focus Colonialism and outer space)
    319. Littledansonman (talk · contribs)
    320. Andrevan (talk · contribs)
    321. NotAFinn (talk · contribs)
    322. 1250metersdeep (talk · contribs)
    323. Zymologist (talk · contribs) Interested in ancient history & classical antiquity.
    324. Zzzs (talk · contribs) I used to hate history, but after the 2024 United States presidential election, I didn't hesitate to change my mind. I plan to edit general history articles, wars, notable events, and other stuff covered by history.

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    FA 5 14 25 39 263 2 348
    FL 3 5 5 4 2 19
    A 2 6 19 1 28
    GA 10 36 94 171 1 720 41 1,073
    B 65 232 308 807 1,944 421 3,777
    C 102 310 601 2,154 3,889 976 8,032
    Start 31 187 574 4,313 1 10,548 2,201 17,855
    Stub 1 32 152 3,052 1 6,043 2,080 11,361
    List 6 73 202 7,284 10 1,484 449 9,508
    Category 4 2 28,902 4,507 33,415
    Disambig 1 61 30 92
    File 48 39 87
    Portal 8,362 11 8,373
    Project 65 13 78
    Redirect 25 69 161 1,262 287 1,804
    Template 2 1 1,212 151 1,366
    NA 19 400 1 420
    Other 677 677
    Assessed 220 916 2,036 17,994 40,621 30,352 6,174 98,313
    Unassessed 1 11 15 434 461
    Total 220 916 2,037 18,005 40,621 30,367 6,608 98,774
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                   United Kingdom   Republic of Ireland |  Ancient history
                     |  |  |  |                 |       |        |
  .----------+-------+  |  |  `------------+----+       |        |
  |          |       |  |  |               |            |   .----+-----.
  |    Great Britain |  |  `-------.    Ireland <-------'   |          |
  |          |       |  `------.   |       |                |          |
  +----------+-------+---.     |   `----+--'                |    Ancient Rome
  |          |           |     |        |                   |          |
  |       England     Scotland |   Northern Ireland         |          |
  |          |                 |                            |          |
  `-+--------'                 `-----------+----------------+--.       |
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  Wales                              Ancient Britain         Roman Britain

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