Wikipedia:WikiProject Libraries

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WikiProject Libraries

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Goals and scope

Goals

• Coordinate maintenance of library-related content
• Develop and discuss proposals for improvements to Wikimedia (especially literature-related sites) based on library experience
• Assist at the Wikipedia Reference Desk
• Assist with categorization

Scope

In scope

• Library and information science
  • Libraries, librarians, and librarianship in all its aspects (historical, fictional, ancient to contemporary and beyond!).
  • Information science in all its aspects, including information organization, retrieval, search, access, and manipulation (sometimes overlapping with WikiProject Computer Science).
• Archives, archivists, and archival science.
• Preservation and conservation of recorded information (sometimes overlapping with WikiProject Arts, WikiProject Digital Preservation, and WikiProject Museums).

To do

Article alerts

Library alerts

Article alerts

Did you know

• 26 Aug 2026 – Casa da Saudade (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by BaduFerreira (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 25 Aug 2026 – Hemet Public Library (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Altenmann (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)

Categories for discussion

• 12 Aug 2026 – Category:The Wikipedia Library user templates (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Andrybak (t · c); see discussion
• 25 Jul 2026 – Category:Encyclopedias in Swedish (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Οἶδα (t · c); see discussion
• 25 Jul 2026 – Category:Encyclopedias in Spanish (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Οἶδα (t · c); see discussion
• 25 Jul 2026 – Category:Encyclopedias in Ukrainian (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Οἶδα (t · c); see discussion
• 25 Jul 2026 – Category:Encyclopedias in Polish (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Οἶδα (t · c); see discussion
• 25 Jul 2026 – Category:Encyclopedias in French (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Οἶδα (t · c); see discussion
• 25 Jul 2026 – Category:Encyclopedias in Italian (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Οἶδα (t · c); see discussion
• 25 Jul 2026 – Category:Encyclopedias in Hungarian (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Οἶδα (t · c); see discussion
• 25 Jul 2026 – Category:Encyclopedias in Chinese (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Οἶδα (t · c); see discussion
• 25 Jul 2026 – Category:Encyclopedias in Dutch (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Οἶδα (t · c); see discussion

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Good article nominees

• 14 Jul 2026 – Burndy Library (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by ABehjat (t · c); start discussion
• 22 May 2026 – Astor Library Building (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Epicgenius (t · c); start discussion
• 02 May 2026 – Keith Sonderling (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by ElijahPepe (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 19 Mar 2026 – Military library (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by M2545 (t · c); see discussion
• 08 Jan 2026 – Intellectual freedom (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by M2545 (t · c); see discussion
• 15 Apr 2025 – Libraries in Honduras (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by EasternShah (t · c); see discussion
• 15 Apr 2025 – Libraries in China (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by EasternShah (t · c); see discussion
• 21 Dec 2020 – Public libraries in North America (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by M2545 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 14 Aug 2026 – Draft:LACLL (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Essielaw (t · c)

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Museum alerts

Article alerts

Did you know

• 04 Aug 2026 – Stourbridge Glass Museum (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Michael D. Turnbull (t · c); see discussion
• 01 Aug 2026 – Signs of a Nation exhibition panel of the Treaty of Waitangi English text altered by Te Waka Hourua (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Stuartyeates (t · c); see discussion
• 19 Jul 2026 – Cape Verdean Museum (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by BaduFerreira (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 26 Aug 2026 – Explore! (children's museum) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Sarangem (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)

Categories for discussion

• 12 Aug 2026 – Category:Museum user templates (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Andrybak (t · c); see discussion
• 09 Jul 2026 – Category:Fictional antiquarians and curators (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
• 17 Aug 2026 – Category:Botanical gardens in Morocco (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Gjs238 (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Redirects for discussion

• 26 Aug 2026 – PDO Planetarium (talk · edit · hist) →Oman Oil and Gas Exhibition Centre was RfDed by Shawnqual (t · c); see discussion

Featured article candidates

• 15 Aug 2026 – Saved Treasures of Gaza: 5000 Years of History (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Richard Nevell (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 16 Aug 2026 – Hollywood Walk of Fame (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Gb321 (t · c); see discussion
• 12 Aug 2026 – Benton Museum of Art (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Sdkb (t · c); start discussion
• 08 Jul 2026 – Darwin D. Martin House (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Epicgenius (t · c); start discussion
• 09 May 2025 – 1972 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts robbery (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Daniel Case (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

• 28 Aug 2026 – Huntsville Depot (Alabama) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Huntsville Depot by Mdewman6 (t · c); see discussion
• 25 Aug 2026 – American Wind Power Center (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to American Wndmill Museum by Bjdorsay (t · c); see discussion
• 17 Aug 2026 – Mohatta Palace (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Qasr-e-Fatima by Safeer Zaman (t · c); see discussion
• 04 Aug 2026 – Signs of a Nation exhibition panel of the Treaty of Waitangi English text altered by Te Waka Hourua (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Signs of a Nation by TheLoyalOrder (t · c); see discussion
• 15 Aug 2026 – Parramatta Powerhouse (talk · edit · hist) move request to Powerhouse Parramatta by Fork99 (t · c) was moved to Powerhouse Parramatta (talk · edit · hist); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 15 Aug 2026 – Powerhouse Museum (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by OdessaOdessa (t · c); see discussion
• 23 Dec 2025 – Art Gallery of Western Australia (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Laterthanyouthink (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 27 Aug 2026 – Draft:Casa do Rio Vermelho (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Timtrent (t · c)
• 07 Aug 2026 – Draft:Mar Dixon (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Cnickerson1776 (t · c)
• 27 Jul 2026 – Draft:Kulturalis (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Neubauer84 (t · c)

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Metrics

Articles assessed for quality: 99.8% complete

100% of articles Start-Class or better: 68.7% complete

(6429/9357)

• 4.9% List-Class
• 26.3% Stub-Class
• 49% Start-Class
• 15% C-Class
• 3.7% B-Class
• 0.6% GA-Class
• 0.2% FA-Class
• 0.2% remaining

Libraries articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA			2	8			10
FL		1	2	6			9
FM					20		20
GA	1	3	11	44		1	60
B	6	19	60	225		38	348
C	12	41	167	1,095		93	1,408
Start	5	56	379	4,029		125	4,594
Stub		12	72	2,308		74	2,466
List	4	6	41	371		40	462
Category					2,801		2,801
Disambig					22		22
File					250		250
Project					26		26
Redirect		1	6	149	362		518
Template					111		111
Other				1	25		26
Assessed	28	139	740	8,236	3,617	371	13,131
Unassessed			1	1		14	16
Total	28	139	741	8,237	3,617	385	13,147
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 44,562			Ω = 5.01

See also

See also all subpages of WikiProject Libraries.

Related WikiProjects

• WikiProject Bibliographies
• WikiProject Biography/Science and academia
• WikiProject History of Science
• WikiProject Academic Journals
• WikiProject Digital Preservation
• WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles
• List of missing journals
• WikiProject Reference works

Additional resources

• Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check
• Category:Wikipedia resources for researchers
• Category:Wikipedian librarians
• German Wikipedia: Library Reference Service
• COinS in Wikipedia
• Wikipedia:ISBN
• GLAM
• The Wikipedia Library
• {{Authority control}}

Projects of the Wikimedia Foundation

• b:Introduction to Library and Information Science
• m:Wikicat
• v:Learning Project

External links

• Libweb - Library WWW Servers
• LISWiki