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WikiProject

WikiProject noun: a group of editors who work together on improving the coverage of a particular topic on a wiki, especially on Wikipedia.

Noun (1)

WikiProject (plural WikiProjects)

  1. A group of editors who work together on improving the coverage of a particular topic on a wiki, especially on Wikipedia.
    • This is the WikiProject page for SPORTS2001 September 26, Wikipedia contributors, “Wikipedia:WikiProject Sports”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, revision 296318
    • Through Wikiproject Medicine, some medical professionals (and other health-savvy Wikipedia editors) have taken it upon themselves to improve the quality of medical information available on the site.2013 October 1, Julie Beck, “Should I Be Getting Health Information From Wikipedia?”, in James Bennet, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from...

Noun (2) capitalized: Wikiproject

Wikiproject (plural Wikiprojects)

  1. (uncommon) Alternative letter-case form of WikiProject.

WikiProject meaning in Telugu and Indonesian

WikiProject in Telugu

collection of pages
వికీప్రాజెక్టు vikīprājekṭu

WikiProject in Indonesian

collection of pages
ProyekWiki

Examples of WikiProject in a sentence

  • A WikiProject, among other things, includes a page of reliable sources for editors to pull from.2020 August 7, Travis M. Andrews, “Covid-19 is one of Wikipedia’s biggest challenges ever. Here’s how the site is handling it.”, in The...
  • Some pages can be "locked" and cannot be changed until one of more than 200 volunteer editors on WikiProject Covid-19, many of whom are doctors or academics, review it.2020 October 22, Donald G[erard] McNeil Jr., “Wikipedia and W.H.O. Join to Combat Covid-19 Misinformation”, in The New York Times, New...

Forms of WikiProject

pluralWikiProjects
alternative formWikiproject
pluralWikiprojects

Origin of WikiProject

Compound of wiki + project. Coined before 26 September 2001 (see quotations) by Wikipedian Manning Bartlett, creator of the concept earlier that month.

Questions about WikiProject

What does WikiProject mean?
WikiProject means a group of editors who work together on improving the coverage of a particular topic on a wiki, especially on Wikipedia.
What is WikiProject in Telugu?
WikiProject in Telugu is వికీప్రాజెక్టు (vikīprājekṭu). See WikiProject meaning in Telugu.
How do you use WikiProject in a sentence?
A WikiProject, among other things, includes a page of reliable sources for editors to pull from.
What part of speech is WikiProject?
WikiProject is a noun.
What is the plural of WikiProject?
The plural of WikiProject is WikiProjects.

Words near WikiProject in the dictionary

  1. wikiphobe
  2. wikiphobes
  3. wikiphobia
  4. Wikiportal
  5. wikipress
  6. WikiProject
  7. WikiProjects
  8. wikiquette
  9. wikis
  10. wikisphere
  11. wikispheres

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Adapted from Wiktionary: WikiProject (page history and authors); Wikiproject (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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