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RE: Use of "the" on Lists of United States political families

Hello! I noticed recently that there is some inconsistency on the alphabetical lists of political families in the United States: some lists include the entries with "the" (e.g., The Cabots) and some do not (e.g., Landrieus). Beyond being an inconsistency, it has the tendency to break some redirect links, which is unhelpful for navigating. I'd like to work on standardizing the lists and fixing the broken redirects, but I wanted to initiate a discussion to identify the preferred formatting before starting those changes. I appreciate any thoughts here! PA Uploader (talk) 15:04, 16 August 2026 (UTC)

We can go by WP:DEFINITE on this, along with MOS:HEADINGS. The latter says to follow the guidance for article titles, which says to only use definite or indefinite article if it is part of the official name. (as in, keep with a article about a television show called "The Kennedy Family" but remove in an article section on the "Kennedy family".) So, your instinct is correct that these uses of "the" should be removed. Rublamb (talk) 04:56, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

Requested move at Template talk:Hlist#Requested move 3 August 2026

There is a requested move discussion at Template talk:Hlist#Requested move 3 August 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 10:48, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

Nomination of Timeline of United States inventions for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Timeline of United States inventions is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article is being discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Timeline of United States inventions until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may still edit the article, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the AfD notice from the article until the discussion is closed.

– MrPersonHumanGuy (talk) 10:59, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

Requesting help with a new draft

Greeting! I have created a draft page, named List of armed factions during the Myanmar Civil War. I have more info on what you can help me with on the draft's talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_talk:List_of_armed_factions_during_the_Myanmar_Civil_War

It is quite a long list, and involves a lot of search, mainly for sources, names, symbols and flags on third-party armed groups. Any help is going to be credited, thank you! 🧶Demeseriecroitor🧶 11:11, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

You may have better luck at WP:Military history, where editors may have more expersie in the subject matter. Rublamb (talk) 04:44, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

Hello, that is what I have done a long time ago, and I have not received a response. I might try again. 🧶Demeseriecroitor🧶 13:12, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

Scope of this project

The main page for this project describes its scope as follows: "The project covers most articles that are (or contain) lists. The lists that are intended as navigation aids are covered by WikiProject Outlines and WikiProject Indexes." I can't find much discussion about this statement of scope in the talk archives of this project. It certainly seems appropriate that articles which are themselves lists, often titled "List of..." fall within the scope of this project, e.g. List of United States cities by population. But what about articles that are fundamentally prose articles, but contain one or more lists, e.g. Battle of Gettysburg or 1901 Michigan Wolverines football team? Is the Battle of Gettysburg article within the scope of this project? Are tables considered lists? Tables and lists are clearly both data sets, but Table (format) and List don't refer to one another except in case of table of contents. Thanks, Jweiss11 (talk) 03:03, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for asking. The WikiProject covers both embedded and stand-alone lists. MOS:LIST includes tables as a type of list. Note that unlike most WikiProjects, this one is defined by data format, rather than the article's subject. WP monitoring can help with technical issues (for example, lists that do not work with accessibility readers) as well as the usual concerns of notability, MOS, and AfD.

As the scope summary suggests, not every list makes the cut. Stand-alone list articles are covered, except for indexes and other navigation pages. An article such as Battle of Gettysburg, which has only a nominal use of lists or has prose masquerading as a bullet list, would not be a good candidate. However, articles such as Richard Sharp Smith, Honor society, or even Michigan Wolverines football might be because of either a high number of lists or a high percentage of the article's key content being in list format.

Caldecott Medal and Registrar of the University of Oxford are examples of Feature List articles that have a lot of prose, but are still considered to be a list article because of the importance and/or size of their lists. I suggest taking a look at the articles listed through Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists#Assessment to get a better idea of the range. Rublamb (talk) 04:42, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:List of places with stolpersteine § Requested move 26 September 2026

An editor has requested that List of places with stolpersteine be moved to List of places with Stolpersteine, which may be of interest to this WikiProject. You are invited to participate in the move discussion. Helpful Cat🐈 04:06, 26 September 2026 (UTC)
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List of computer simulation software addition

Hello editors. I have a request for a proposed addition to Talk:List_of_computer_simulation_software#Add_Simulia_(company)_2. Would anyone here care to review? Thanks! Alyssa at 3DS (talk) 18:52, 29 September 2026 (UTC)

List of Singapore's football leagues winners

List of Singapore's football leagues winners seems ungrammatical to me, or at least unwieldy. Contrast this with List of English football champions.

I'm minded to rename the article as List of Singapore football champions, but I'm in no rush to do so. Rainjar (talk) 16:30, 6 October 2026 (UTC)

Featured List nomination

Notice that Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Palestine international footballers/archive1 is nominated is you are interested in reviewing it. It is not too long or difficult to review too. I would be evergrateful if you did. JaneFootball (talk) 10:20, 11 October 2026 (UTC)