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WikiProject Anthroponymy is a WikiProject aimed at improving Wikipedia's coverage of anthroponymy, that is information related to the names of people. The scope of this project includes articles about anthroponymy itself and related topics.

Members

addition of "^A" indicates the member is an active admin

1. Remember (talk · contribs)
2. Nomenphile (talk · contribs)
3. Visviva (talk · contribs)^A
4. hmwith (talk · contribs)^A
5. JHunterJ (talk · contribs)^A
6. Blast san (talk · contribs)
7. Dina (talk · contribs)^A
8. User:Hailey C. Shannon
9. Swannie (proposer of the People Name Origins WikiProject)
10. Chris 11:31, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
11. Daamien 22:15, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
12. Fayenatic london (talk · contribs)
13. The Fat Man Who Never Came Back (talk · contribs)
14. Rosiestep (talk · contribs)
15. Ceyockey (talk · contribs)^A
16. Celtus (talk · contribs)
17. Quickmythril (talk · contribs)
18. Emperor (talk · contribs)^A
19. Arcayne (talk · contribs)
20. Bookworm857158367 (talk · contribs)

Inactive members

1. NHRHS2010 (talk · contribs)
2. Ypetrachenko (talk · contribs)

Open tasks

• We need to create an article that can be an example of the model page that all name article should reflect
• Infobox names that includes useful information
• Start assessing the quality of each name article and utilize the bot to index these pages. As of 2008-03-22, 75% are not assessed along either of the two assessment dimension.
• For each WP:PROD and WP:AFD day - comprehensive identification of pending deletions
• There are articles needing attention listed below
• Create a new name article — see Wikipedia:WikiProject Anthroponymy/Articles that could be created for some suggestions for name articles
• Other ideas?

Task forces

1. Wikipedia:WikiProject Anthroponymy/Arabic names task force, converted from 'WikiProject Arabic names' 2008-04-03

Pending deletions

all deletion types: AfD, PROD, CfD, TfD, etc.

Throughput for this section is relatively low. If items are listed below, please review them and take appropriate action

• Category:Lists of ambiguous human names up for renaming at CFD, 24 August 2008

• Adin — this was nominated for deletion via WP:PROD, but has been de-PROD'd (may appear at AfD)
• Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 May 27#Category:Fictional characters by name - suggest adding the contents of the sub-categories to articles Rachel (given name) and Mary
• Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Pucovský
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kohring

Resolved items

See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Anthroponymy/Pending deletions archive

Articles

Assessment

See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Anthroponymy/Assessment

Milestones 2005 October: Names of the Greeks becomes first featured article 2005 December: Yuan (surname) becomes second featured article 2006 April: Surname template created 2006 June: Japanese name becomes Class-A article 2007 June: Korean name becomes third featured article Demoted March 2008 2007 June: Project and Project Banner created and monitoring starts 2007 July: Family name Infobox created 2007 November: Project reaches 1000 articles (link) 2008 February: Project reaches 2000 articles (link) 2008 May: Project reaches 3000 articles (link)

Anthroponymy articles Importance Top High Mid Low None Total Quality FA 1 1 2 A 1 1 B 6 24 3 1 34 Start 16 42 55 80 1 194 Stub 8 31 210 318 5 572 List 4 4 30 86 224 348 Assessed 35 102 299 485 230 1151 Unassessed 1 57 2762 2820 Total 35 102 300 542 2992 3971

Featured content

• Names of the Greeks (October 27–30, 2005)
• Yuan (surname) (December 12–14, 2005)

Example of high-quality name articles

• William (name)

Articles needing attention

FA-class

• Names of the Greeks: This reached FA status in 2005; there is discussion on the Talk page suggesting that it might not meet current FA standards and, therefore, might be placed in to FA-review at any time.
• Yuan (surname): This also reached FA status in 2005 and should be reviewed to see if there is a challenge potential to its FA-status.

B-class

• Family name: this is a central article, and it is far too long: national content should be split into individual articles. I'll do this this coming weekend (2008-Jan-21); wanted to give a heads-up here (discuss).
• Smith (surname)

Start-class

• Adrian — needs references and more meat
• Ciarán
• Sinclair (surname); Just added a whole bunch to it, its a list page mostly at the moment, I cleaned it up and added lots, will continue with this, just sticking it here for any extra help, thanks. ΤΕΡΡΑΣΙΔΙΩΣ(^Ταλκ) 20:25, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Stub-class

• Fraser (surname), split from Clan Fraser
• Grajek, orphaned and unreferenced since mid-2006
• Gul (name), needs infobox, origin, meaning & categories
• Kovacs should be moved to Kovács (admin is needed)

Merge suggestions

• Family name and Surname
• Martin (name) and Martyn (I have suggested a merger) (2008-01-27)

New articles

Please feel free to list newly created anthroponymy-related articles here (newest at the top); see also the non-redundant #Splits from disambiguation pages below. Interesting or unusual anthroponymy articles can be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Page; see Template talk:Did you know.

Splits from disambiguation pages

Old new articles and new splits information

See Wikipedia:WikiProject Anthroponymy/Articles activity archive for New Articles content from December 2007 forward.

Templates

Surname template

Further information: Template:Surname

{{surname}} or {{surname| | }}

This page or section lists people with the surname Howard. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to their surname.

Given name template

Further information: Template:Given name

{{given name}} or {{given name| | }

This page or section lists people with the given name Howard. If an internal link for a specific person referred you to this page, you may wish to add the surname to that link.

WikiProject banner template

Further information: Template:WikiProject Anthroponymy

{{WikiProject Anthroponymy}}

or

{{WikiProject Anthroponymy | class =  | importance =  }}

	This article falls within the scope of the Anthroponymy WikiProject, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Anthroponymy, the study of people's names. This project is dedicated to creating uniform helpful encyclopedia quality articles on the surnames, family names and nicknames of people. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks.
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the quality scale.
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the importance scale.
	If you have rated this article please consider adding assessment comments.

WikiProject participant template

Further information: Template:User WikiProject Anthroponymy

{{User WikiProject Anthroponymy}} <br style="clear:both;"/>

This user participates in WikiProject Anthroponymy.

Deletion discussion template

Further information: Template:Delsort WPAnthropo

{{subst:Delsort WPAnthropo}}

Given name Infobox: Version 1

Further information: Template:Infobox Given Name

{{Infobox Given Name}}

or

{{Infobox Given Name
| name      = 
| gender    = 
| region    = 
| origin    = 
| footnotes = 
}}

Given name Infobox: Version 2

Further information: Template:Infobox Given Name Revised

Look up William in
Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

{{Infobox Given Name Revised}}

or (shown at right)

{{Infobox Given Name Revised
| name = William
|image=William1.jpg
|imagesize=200px
|caption=[[Bayeux Tapestry]]
| pronunciation = wiljəm
| gender = Male
| meaning = ''will + helmet (protection)''
| region = [[Germanic languages|Germanic]]
| origin = German
| related names = [[Will]], [[Bill]], [[Billy]], [[Willy]], [[Wilhelm]] 
| footnotes = (insert reference)
}}

or (empty syntax)

{{Infobox Given Name Revised| name = 
| image = | imagesize = | caption = 
| pronunciation = 
| gender = | meaning = 
| region = | origin = 
| related names =  
| footnotes = (insert reference)
}}

Family name infobox

Further information: Template:Family name

{{Family name
| name = Smith
|image= Blacksmith at work02.jpg
|image_size= 200 <!-- width in pixels -->
|caption= A close-up of a [[blacksmith]] at work.  Smith became a popular last name for those with this occupation. 
| pronunciation = Smith
| meaning = derived from smitan meaning ''to smite'' or ''strike''
| region = [[Anglo-Saxon language|Anglo-Saxon]]
| language = Anglo-Saxon
| related names = [[Smit]], [[Smithe]], [[Smither]], [[Smithers]], [[Smithies]], [[Smithy]], [[Smyth]], and [[Smythe]] 
| footnotes = <ref>[http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names_files.html 1990 Census Name Files<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
}}

or (empty syntax)

{{Family name |name = 
 |image = |image_size = <!-- width in pixels --> |caption = 
 |pronunciation = |meaning = 
 |region = |language = 
 |related names = 
 |footnotes = 
}}

Smith Family Name
A close-up of a blacksmith at work. Smith became a popular last name for those with this occupation.
Meaning	derived from smitan meaning to smite or strike
Region of origin	Anglo-Saxon
Related names	Smit, Smithe, Smither, Smithers, Smithies, Smithy, Smyth, and Smythe
Popularity	Behind the Name
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Smith
Notes	[2]

Redirect templates

Further information: Template:R from surname and Template:R from given name

{{R from surname}}

{{R from given name}}

Categories

• Category:Name stubs
• Category:Given names
• Category:Surnames
• Category:Human name disambiguation pages (part of the disambiguation project, but still relevant)

Resources

• wikt:Category:Names, wikt:Category:Given names
• Special:Prefixindex

Related WikiProjects

An explanation as to why each WikiProject is relevant and related to the Anthroponymy Project has been provided here. Listed WikiProjects each have a reciprocal back-linkage to WikiProject Anthroponymy unless otherwise noted.

• Linguistics^umbrella (no back-linkage)

  Linguistics is relevant to name studies in at least three ways: by providing the limits on vocalization and spelling that apply to human names in addition to other words in a language; by providing a language context from which new human names may emerge (e.g. brown the color becoming Brown the surname; smith the occupation becoming Smith the surname); and by providing transformation rules that apply to human names as they traverse linguistic boundaries alongside the migration of peoples and the evolution of languages.

• Etymology^inactive (no back-linkage)

  The etymology of a surname or given name is an essential part of a complete surname or given name article

• Arabic Names^inactive (no back-linkage)

  As of Q1 2008 there is an ongoing discussion around merging this inactive WikiProject into WikiProject Anthroponymy

• Clans of Scotland

  Scottish Clans are the origin of a significant number of surnames emerging from the British Isles. These surnames are often used as male forenames too. For instance, Ross, Cameron, or Campbell.

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation (no back-linkage)

  As of Q1 2008 there is an ongoing discussion around what distinguishes a dab page from a name article and what things belong in each.

Background reading

• Wikipedia:Deletion policy/names and surnames (discussion reached conclusions in May 2005)
• Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anthroponymy/Lists of names
• Wikipedia:MOSDAB#Given names or surnames
  • Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages)/Archive 25#Hndis needs its own Manual
  • Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (disambiguation_pages)/Archive 27#See also

Controversy

the items here are meant to be representative of discussions, not comprehensive; please consult before adding more

• Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Names (June 2005) (Conclusion: It is undesirable to categorize people by name.)
• Allen (surname) at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Allen (surname) (2006-08-24 – 2006-08-30) Keep
• Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive135#Name pages and disambiguation (September 2006)
• Lǐ (李) (surname) at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lǐ (李) (surname) (2006-11-22 – 2006-12-01) No consensus
• Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 November 22#Family name categories (Conclusion: Nine nominated categories deleted)
• List of people with the first name Julie at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of people with the first name Julie (2007-04-06 – 2007-04-12) Delete
• List of people by name at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/List of people by name (2007-05-17 – 2007-05-19) No consensus (suspended discussion)
  • List of people by name at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 May 23#List of people by name Overturn and delete
• Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 November 11#Category:Jewish surnames (Conclusion: No consensus)

Name information links

Main article: Wikipedia:WikiProject Anthroponymy/External name resources

See also: Wikisource:Category:United States Census Bureau

• http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx?ln= This interface provides access to U.S. census data from 1920, 1880 and 1840 as well as England/Wales census data from 1891 in a geographical distribution context. Examples of use: Ballabon talk page (prep for article); Gius
• http://www.tr62.de/names/default.html This is an interesting site that provides access to maps of surname distribution in Germany based on telephone directory analysis along with interpretation of the mapping data. Unfortunately, not all content is free and it is meant as something of a portfolio to generate interest in ordering 'custom' maps.
• http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/arval/badpages.shtml: a site that looks at many different name-information web resources and provides a critique of their content, supporting information and overall utility and validity

• Frequency sites
  • Names of Jews in Rome, 1550: http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/yehoshua/rome_stats.html
  • England, Wales, Isle of Man: http://surnames.behindthename.com/top/lists/500ens1991.php/
  • Northern Ireland: http://www.nisra.gov.uk/ (referring URL: http://www.dfpni.gov.uk/index/news/most-popular-baby-names.htm)

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• This page was last modified on 10 October 2008, at 16:44.

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