Wikipedia:WikiProject Freedom of speech

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WikiProject Freedom of speech

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Welcome to WikiProject Freedom of speech. Several Wikipedians have formed this collaboration resource and group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Freedom of speech and the organization of information and articles on this topic. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in the topic. If you would like to help, please join the project, inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list below.

1. Work collaboratively to improve the quality of articles within the topic, ideally to WP:GA or WP:FA quality status.
2. Serve as a central location for discussion of improvement of articles within the topic.
3. Contain statistical data for analysis of quality changes and importance of all articles in the topic.
4. List helpful resources for referencing and research work within the topic.
5. Provide links to locations/techniques to get additional help from other related areas of Wikipedia.

1. All articles within Portal:Freedom of speech, specifically Portal:Freedom of speech/Topics.
2. All articles relating to Freedom of speech, and technique and history of Freedom of speech, broadly defined.
   • This includes:
     • Books
     • Case law
     • People
     • Popular culture

• No sub-specific guidelines independently exist for the project itself.
• General Wikipedia-wide project guidelines apply, including:
  • WP:V
  • WP:RS
  • WP:NPOV

• From Portal:Freedom of speech/Things you can do:

Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Check article requests in Law topics Assess : Tag article talk pages using {{WikiProject Freedom of speech}} Cleanup : Check the Special:RecentChangesLinked/Category:Freedom of speech page for improvements, other changes, and vandalism to these articles Collaborate : Expert help may be needed at Category:Freedom of speech articles needing expert attention. Copyedit : Check Freedom of speech "Article Alerts" for developments in quality to Freedom of speech-related articles for interesting articles to copyedit Expand : Expand articles in categories including: Freedom of speech and Category:Free speech activists Featured article candidates : Review Freedom of speech-related articles submitted at Featured Article candidates, especially those at FAC urgents Good article nominations : Check out articles under review for Good Article candidacy, in the Social sciences and society section Stubs : Take on project for improvement of one of the Freedom of speech stubs Update : Update links between sister projects, at Commons:Category:Freedom of speech Verify : Articles with notability concerns, listed at WikiProject Notability, more specific Freedom of speech related articles, at Articles with topics of unclear notability listing. Wikify : Wikify links between primary-source-documents and articles from Wikisource:Category:Freedom of speech Other : Check article deletion discussions listed at Deletion sorting – Law

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.

List of participants

• Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.
• You may also feel free to add the userbox - {{User Freedom of speech}} - to your userpage, to indicate your participation in the WikiProject.

1. --Kairbair (talk) I am interested in internet culture free speech, such as the free speech on websites like reddit.
2. -- Cirt (talk) 08:33, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
3. -- Gnangarra 00:47, 25 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
4. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:20, 25 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
5. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:23, 25 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
6. Homunculus (duihua) 22:52, 25 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
7. groupuscule (talk) 02:58, 26 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
8. --Anthonyhcole (talk) 04:42, 26 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
9. Epipelagic (talk) 06:34, 26 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
10.  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:10, 26 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
11. Smuconlaw (talk · contribs) 18:48, 26 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
12. Kiefer.Wolfowitz 09:48, 31 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
13. Khazar2 (talk) 18:23, 31 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
14. Lquilter (talk) 23:09, 31 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
15. benzband (talk · contribs) 20:04, 1 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
16. Crtew (talk · contribs) (I am interested in journalism-related issues.) 00:38, 2 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
17. Lord Roem (talk · contribs) 03:26, 5 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
18. nhog (talk · contribs)
19. JayJasper (talk · contribs) 17:25, 6 November 2012‎ (UTC)[reply]
20. Robin Lionheart (talk · contribs) Robin Lionheart (talk) 22:11, 8 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
21. Grollτech (talk) 10:43, 11 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
22. Noleander (talk · contribs) 01:46, 16 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
23. int21h (talk · contribs) 03:46, 10 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
24. --User:Callisterp (I am interested in media or information environments and their influence on freedom of speech and the rule of law) 19:41, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
25. ComputerJA (talk) 21:50, 29 May 2013 (UTC) I'm interested in journalists assassinated/disappeared in Mexico and press freedom in Latin America. ComputerJA (talk) 21:50, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
26. Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 03:37, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
27. Jeff Ogden (W163) (talk) 02:32, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
28. Prototime (talk · contribs)
29. Ald™ ¬_¬™ 14:33, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
30. petrarchan47tc 06:01, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
31. Epicgenius (talk) 18:57, 12 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
32. --1ST7 (talk) 00:26, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
33. missing some of the people above, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:20, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
34. --HectorMoffet (talk) 18:08, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
35. DES ^(talk) 14:39, 2 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
36. --buffbills7701 14:49, 2 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
37. Mohamed CJ (talk · contribs) 20:02, 2 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
38. The C of E (talk · contribs) As the creator of Fucking Hell, why not?
39. 0x0077BE (talk · contribs) (Critical, high priority area) 23:50, 3 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
40. Neljack (talk) 02:12, 4 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
41. John (talk) 21:01, 4 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
42. Daniel Case (talk) 16:39, 9 February 2014 (UTC) Since I've been doing articles about some of the U.S. Supreme Court's decisions in this area (such as the Pickering line on the free-speech rights of public employees and the search and seizure of allegedly obscene publications).[reply]
43. Anupmehra (talk · contribs) Anupmehra -Let's talk! 18:23, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
44. →Davey2010→→Talk to me!→ 14:24, 12 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
45. User:Atsme 17:22, 7 March 2014‎
46. Balaenoptera musculus (talk) 10:50, 9 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
47. User:David Hedlund 22:43, 22 June 2014‎
48. TheBlueCanoe 12:14, 3 August 2014 (UTC) Interested in the political repression of free speech and the intersection with technology[reply]
49. CookieMonster755 Free speech is a important value in American History and I want to preserve it in Modern History.
50. Ford MF (talk) 21:58, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
51. User: not exist This represent participate of user stay hidden / may face political punishment 183.178.222.138 (talk) 08:46, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
52. BrxBrx 00:48, 26 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
53. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 16:12, 26 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
54. Scalhotrod (Talk) ☮ღ☺ 17:44, 26 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
55. Lexholland (talk) 13:58, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
56. Ceosad (talk · contribs) (I am interested in the East Asian freedom of speech.) 20:20, 29 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
57.   — C M B J   09:16, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
58. --Davide Denti (OBC) (talk) 16:37, 5 October 2015 (UTC) see also Wikipedia:GLAM/OBC[reply]
59. Ciridae (talk) 09:30, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
60. SageRad (talk · contribs) (I am interested in working on issues of political suppression of free speech for maintenance of control.) 23:04, 17 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
61. Mr. Magoo (talk) 20:59, 13 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
62. Alexandru M. (talk · contribs) – 1 March 2016, 05:39 (EET)
63. Marzia Bona - 23 March 2016, 14:10 (UTC)
64. ThePlatypusofDoom (Talk) 19:15, 18 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
65. JackOfPanTrades ^{Converse intellectually} 14:44, 11 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
66. Supermann Please check out Film censorship in China
67. FeralOink (oink!) - area of interest is Canada, the USA, and Mexico, with an emphasis on print and online media.05:56, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
68. Chathu69⇒ area of interest is Sri Lanka and freedom of speech in academia Chathu69 (talk) 16:55, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
69. Tow (talk) 06:57, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
70. Sh.foo (I'm interested in working on freedom of speech especially wrt India but also overall)
71. User:Throat0390 - Internet censorship
72. Biohistorian15 (talk) 19:47, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To be placed on User talk pages of users who you have noticed contribute regularly to Freedom of Speech related articles, if they decide to join they will list themselves on the list of participants.

{{subst:WikiProject Freedom of speech invitation|ts=~~~~}} or {{subst:FOSINV|ts=~~~~}}

{{subst:#if: Invitation to join WikiProject Freedom of Speech|== Invitation to join WikiProject Freedom of Speech ==}}

Hello! WikiProject Freedom of speech, There is a WikiProject about Freedom of speech, called WikiProject Freedom of speech. If you're interested, here are some easy things you can do: List yourself as a participant in the WikiProject, by adding your username here: List of participants. Add userbox {{User Freedom of speech}} to your userpage, which lists you as a member of the WikiProject. Tag relevant talk pages of articles and other relevant pages using {{WikiProject Freedom of speech}}. Join in discussion at project talkpage. Notify other editors you think might be interested in Freedom of speech to join the WikiProject. Thank you for your interest in Freedom of speech,

This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged (e.g. {{WikiProject Freedom of speech}}) or categorized correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options.

• 
  Sample 09-F9 protest art, Free Speech Flag by John Marcotte
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  Streisand Estate

Please feel free to list your new Freedom of speech-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them, are at least over 1,000 characters, don't have any dispute templates on them, and cite their sources, should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Wikipedia Main Page.

• Imprisonment of Roger Shuler. Only imprisoned journalist in the Western Hemisphere (according to the Committee to Protect Journalists) is held not in Cuba or Boliva, but Alabama. Tough article because he's not very attractive, so dunno if I've threaded that needle correctly, would not mind another set of eyes.
• A. F. James MacArthur, Baltimore journalist who broadcast his arrest to 10,000 listeners via online radio.
• Urofsky v. Gilmore, case decided before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Draft:NetReputation censorship organisation

Assessment

• /Assessment - dedicated assessment page for project.

Peer review

WP:Freedom of speech article rating and assessment scheme
(NB: Listing, Log & Stats are updated on a daily basis by a bot)

Current detailed listing of Freedom of speech articles by quality

Daily log of status changes

Current Statistics

Freedom of speech articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 8 8 16 FL 3 3 GA 3 43 18 7 71 B 1 26 63 54 16 160 C 2 25 115 132 51 325 Start 3 18 182 176 99 478 Stub 1 41 48 32 122 List 7 7 34 8 56 Category 1 238 239 Portal 1 1 Project 8 8 Redirect 3 4 26 33 Template 1 18 19 NA 14 11 25 Other 20 20 Assessed 6 80 465 490 322 213 1,576 Unassessed 1 1 19 21 Total 6 80 466 491 322 232 1,597 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 5,044 Ω = 4.30

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Freedom of speech/Article alerts

Good article nominees

• 04 Nov 2024 – Amos Yee (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by OpalYosutebito (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 29 Aug 2024 – 2024 Cumberland book ban (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Cumberland City Council by Klbrain (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 13 Nov 2024 – Academic freedom (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Sdkb (t · c); see discussion
• 30 Dec 2022 – Right to be forgotten (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Naluna (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 19 Nov 2024 – Draft:Mary-Rose Papandrea (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 152.23.59.98 (t · c)

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.

• Category:Freedom of speech

Category tree display

WikiProject template to tag article talk pages

• {{WikiProject Freedom of speech}}

Userboxes related to Freedom of speech

1. {{User Freedom of speech}}
2. {{User free speech}}
3. User:Feureau/UserBox/freespeech

The Freedom of Speech Barnstar

• {{The Freedom of speech Barnstar|put your message here ~~~~}}

		The Freedom of speech Barnstar
		{{{1}}}

The Anti-censorship Barnstar

• {{The Anti-censorship Barnstar}}

Example:

Sample code

{{subst:The Anti-censorship Barnstar|1=On behalf of [[WP:WikiProject Freedom of speech|WikiProject Freedom of speech]], The Anti-censorship Barnstar is awarded to {{subst:BASEPAGENAME}}, for contributions related to expanding and improving the quality of articles on Wikipedia relevant to [[censorship]] and [[freedom of speech]]. From the participants at [[WP:WikiProject Freedom of speech|WikiProject Freedom of speech]], thank you, ~~~~}}

Example output

		The Anti-censorship Barnstar
		On behalf of WikiProject Freedom of speech, The Anti-censorship Barnstar is awarded to EXAMPLE, for contributions related to expanding and improving the quality of articles on Wikipedia relevant to censorship and freedom of speech. From the participants at WikiProject Freedom of speech, thank you, — Cirt (talk) 21:19, 16 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Wikipedians against censorship
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• WikiProject Watchlist - WikiProject Freedom of speech