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Vami_IV

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

@Vami IV:, this is your page. please feel free to use this, modify, etc., as you wish. thanks!! --Sm8900 (talk) 19:37, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Tasks

Vital articles

These articles need to gain featured status as soon as possible:

History (Comparison: Mathematics)
Outline of history (Comparison: Outline of biology, Outline of geography)
Glossary of history (Comparison: Glossary of philosophy)

Open tasks

You can add notes here on any tasks to be done, items to be addressed, articles needing improvement, etc. Please add your signature to any items that you add here.

Redlist - women historians - add new biographies for notable women historians
Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of history - Supply images, make requests for history articles.
Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/History - Comment on History-related articles up for deletion.
Answer requests for comments
History of Lacock Requires a rating and possible expansion/cleanup

Article alerts

Did you know

28 Oct 2026 – 7th millennium BC (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Generalissima (t · c); see discussion
24 Oct 2026 – Harold Eric Gough (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Storye book (t · c); see discussion
20 Oct 2026 – Hula Concession purchase (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Onceinawhile (t · c); see discussion
10 Oct 2026 – Tom Armstrong Bowes (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Storye book (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

28 Oct 2026 – Electric bath (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by FaviFake (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
28 Oct 2026 – Origins of global surveillance (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by PhotographyEdits (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
28 Oct 2026 – Fundamental rights (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Redvelvetvanilaaaaaaaaa (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
28 Oct 2026 – Women bead traders in precolonial Lagos (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Fram (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
27 Oct 2026 – Timeline of national independence (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by FaviFake (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
26 Oct 2026 – Battle of Srirangam (1262 CE) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by 1brianm7 (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
26 Oct 2026 – Minakshi (Manki) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Aneirinn (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
25 Oct 2026 – Battle of Petrinja (1995) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Tomobe03 (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
24 Oct 2026 – Reasonable Blackman (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Sirfurboy (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
24 Oct 2026 – Urdu Bazaar Revolt (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by SVcode (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)

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Proposed deletions

27 Oct 2026 – Ohen (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Kisseran (t · c): concern
27 Oct 2026 – A Short History of Benin (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Kisseran (t · c): concern
27 Oct 2026 – Udagbedo (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Kisseran (t · c): concern
27 Oct 2026 – Asoro (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by AirshipJungleman29 (t · c): concern
27 Oct 2026 – Waiting Laughters (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by AirshipJungleman29 (t · c): concern
27 Oct 2026 – Edo literature (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by AirshipJungleman29 (t · c): concern
27 Oct 2026 – Delaiso (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Kisseran (t · c): concern
27 Oct 2026 – Oguola (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Kisseran (t · c): concern
27 Oct 2026 – Battle of Ekiokpagha (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by AirshipJungleman29 (t · c): concern
27 Oct 2026 – Orhogbua (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Kisseran (t · c): concern

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Categories for discussion

26 Oct 2026 – Category:History of United States expansionism (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
23 Oct 2026 – Category:History of the Dominion of New England (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
14 Oct 2026 – Category:Defunct sports competitions in Zimbabwe (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Arctic Circle System (t · c); see discussion
14 Oct 2026 – Category:Zimbabwean historical fiction writers (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Arctic Circle System (t · c); see discussion
14 Oct 2026 – Category:Defunct tennis tournaments in Zimbabwe (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Arctic Circle System (t · c); see discussion
14 Oct 2026 – Category:Cultural history of Zimbabwe (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Arctic Circle System (t · c); see discussion
14 Oct 2026 – Category:Zimbabwean women historians (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Arctic Circle System (t · c); see discussion
17 Sep 2026 – Category:Ancient LGBTQ people (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by HappiestSisyphus (t · c); see discussion
23 Aug 2026 – Category:Mythology of Dionysus (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Brandmeister (t · c); see discussion
18 Aug 2026 – Category:1807 in the Danish colonial empire (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion

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Redirects for discussion

28 Oct 2026 – Transporting a Minor for Illicit Sex (talk · edit · hist) →Child prostitution was RfDed by PokemonPerson (t · c); see discussion
26 Oct 2026 – Underwear culture (talk · edit · hist) →History of bras was RfDed by IrisChronomia (t · c); see discussion
21 Sep 2026 – Trans Sahara slave trade (talk · edit · hist) →Trans-Saharan slave trade was RfDed by Loriendrew (t · c); see discussion
21 Sep 2026 – Trans sahara slave trade (talk · edit · hist) →Trans-Saharan slave trade was RfDed by Loriendrew (t · c); see discussion
21 Sep 2026 – Sahara slave trade (talk · edit · hist) →Trans-Saharan slave trade was RfDed by Loriendrew (t · c); see discussion
21 Sep 2026 – Sub-Sahara slave trade (talk · edit · hist) →Trans-Saharan slave trade was RfDed by Loriendrew (t · c); see discussion
21 Sep 2026 – SubSahara slave trade (talk · edit · hist) →Trans-Saharan slave trade was RfDed by Loriendrew (t · c); see discussion
21 Sep 2026 – Sub-sahara slave trade (talk · edit · hist) →Trans-Saharan slave trade was RfDed by Loriendrew (t · c); see discussion
21 Sep 2026 – Subsahara slave trade (talk · edit · hist) →Trans-Saharan slave trade was RfDed by Loriendrew (t · c); see discussion
21 Sep 2026 – Transsahara slave trade (talk · edit · hist) →Trans-Saharan slave trade was RfDed by Loriendrew (t · c); see discussion

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Files for discussion

23 Oct 2026 – File:Xinjiang Re-education Camp Lop County.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on 1, 2) was FfDed by Maayaaaaa (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be worked on

Feel free to add any articles needing improvement you come across here. Please add your signature to any items that you add here.

Articles to be created

Articles that Need Improvement

Known class and importance

History (C-class, Top-importance) - Needs expansion
Ancient history (C-class, Top-importance) - Cleanup, expansion needed
Early modern period (C-class, Top-importance) - Cleanup, expansion needed
Age of Revolution (Stub-class, Top-importance) - Expansion severely needed.
Civilization (C-class, Top-importance) - Needs major expansion and reorganizing
Postclassical Era (C-class, Top-importance) - More references and expansion needed, minor reorganizing.
Ancient Rome (B-class, Top-importance) - Needs reorganising, good though
History of construction (C-class, Top-importance) - Needs reorganization, cleanup
History of Shamanism (Start-class, Top-importance) - Needs expansion (inclusion of Turkic and Mongol history)
History of East Asia (Stub-class, High-importance) - Needs major cleanup, expansion, etc.
History of Asia (Start-class, High-importance) - Needs major expansion
Colonialism (C-class, High-importance) - See Talk:Colonialism#Cleanup of article
Early modern Europe (C-class, High-importance) - Cleanup, expansion, reorganizing
Nazi Party (C-class, High-importance) - Needs expansion, more references and citation cleanup. Help very much needed.
History of Belgium (B-class, Mid-importance) - Expansion badly needed.
History of Mauritius (Start-class, Mid-importance) - Expansion needed.
Shark Island Extermination Camp (C-class, Low-importance) - Needs references, clean-up, re-writing and expansion. Name change request to Shark Island Concentration Camp currently being discussed - see Talk:Shark Island Extermination Camp#Requested Move

List of golden treasures - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:List_of_oldest_golden_treasures - if some history nerd wants to help with information and creating the article i would greatly appreciate the gesture , maybe even buy you a beer :)

Unknown class and importance

Ancient Carthage - Needs some reorganizing
Ancient Greece - Cleanup
Archaeology - Cleanup
Constitutional Crisis - Needs expansion, cleanup
Emperor Gwanggaeto - needs more additions.
Empire - Needs assessment and serious cleanup/expansion.
Fall of the Berlin Wall - new article in the last few days, needs expansion and cleanup, preferably before the 30th anniversary
History of Sri Lanka - Needs expansion and Medieval history of Sri Lanka clean up
List of history topics - Needs expansion
Local history - Needs major improvement
Oral history - Cleanup
Secession - Needs some expansion
Timeline of prehistory - Expansion, sources
Union of Brittany and France - Needs reorganizing, cleanup
Witch-hunt - medieval section is somewhat fragmented, needs scholarly citations.
Xinhai Revolution - Needs Cleanup
History of money - multiple issues with structure and references, see the talk
Leprosy in Malta - would benefit from review by a historian, perhaps additional sources?

Outside of WikiProject History

Marshfield, Gloucestershire - English village, has very large and very disorganized/OR history sections; lots of good info, but needs organization and re-writing
Referendum - Needs Cleanup