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Intro section
[edit]Welcome! This is the page for the Contemporary History Task Force, at WikiProject: History.
Members
[edit]- Members
- User:Sm8900, (Interested in timeline articles, country articles. Lead Coordinator, WikiProject History)
- User:Michael E Nolan, (Interested in timeline articles.)
- User:Elijahandskip, (Interested in current event articles / deciding notability. (Lead Coordinator for WikiProject Current Events.)
Scope of task force
[edit]- Items covered
- Timelines for current year
- Country articles for history up to present day
- Articles on conflicts, issues, debates, activism, etc, occuring in the present day
- Any historical articles needing updates due to events in the current time period
- Any other articles requiring current data, updates, etc.
- anything else suggested by members of this Task Force.
Topics and articles
[edit]The Contemporary History task force writes, updates, and maintains articles pertaining to contemporary history. This includes timelines for the current year; articles covering historical periods that include the present day; regular articles covering historical events, conflicts, or issues which are currently transpiring; and also, any regular topics or areas which have had recent developments, and which need to be updated on that basis.
Some articles covered
[edit]Articles covered. Below are just some examples of articles which would fall under this task force.
- Timelines and articles for the current year
- Historical articles covering the present day
- Historical events, conflicts and issues that are still developing
- Articles covering specific societal and political events scheduled for the current year
- Regular articles that needed major edits recently, due to recent events and updates