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WikiProject Media
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Templates used in WikiProject Media
Banner for talk pages {{WikiProject Media}} For article placement in appropriate articles {{TemplateMedia}} Internal to project for project development {{MediaProjectTemplate}}

WikiProject Media has a two-fold purpose: 1) To improve the organization and quality of existing articles, categories, lists and resources, of or related to print or electronic media and to help generate ideas for new items and expansion to same. 2) To improve the organization and quality of existing articles, categories, lists and resources, of or related to mass media and to help generate ideas for new items and expansion to same.

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[edit] Goals

This project was formed primarily to develop an objective approach to a conceptual framework, that might shed some light on systemic bias within the Mass media industries. The scope has been expanded to be inclusive of the circumstances of the technology involved, as it applies to the cultures it effects.

[edit] Scope

Log line -- A broadbased WikiProject covering 1) the technical and creative factors required for print and electronic media, and 2) the economic and social issues related to media.

Technical and application:
1. All articles relating to Media, mediums of all types and formats, covering -- aquisition, editorial, creative, authoring, delivery, transmission, storage, archiving, consumer and professional equipment and formats, networks, broadcast, cable, microwave, satellite transmission and low-power broadcasting.
Theory, analysis, economics, ethics, criticism
1. Articles dealing with specific issues in mass media, media regulatory issues, media culture, eletronic journalism, media bias, news propaganda, criticism, media ethics, standards and pratices, media economics, news industry, political media, media creative specialties and skill sets.

[edit] Open tasks

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To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Media:

Here are some tasks you can do:

Requests: Myanmar News Agency, Lisa Sylvester (CNN reporter)
Verify: Multimedia, Alternative media, Alternative newspaper
Cleanup: Media influence, Video game culture
NPOV: Content (media and publishing)

[edit] Participants

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Bine maya (talk • contribs • count)
Calicocat (talk • contribs • count)
ebmonkey2 (talk • contribs • count)
Flatterworld (talk • contribs • count)
Guidewell (talk · contribs) (medically retired concert and recording pianoforte technician - instrumental in the introduction of computer technology into the music industry during the 1980s with special emphasis on the adoption of various media types for music, music literature and music education presentation)
Humbleradio (talk • contribs • count)
Jorfer (talk • contribs • count)
Lighthead (talk • contribs • count)
Maurreen (talk • contribs • count)
Parhamr (talk • contribs • count)
Quinobi (talk • contribs • count)
SeanMon411 (talk • contribs • count)
Thomprod (talk • contribs • count)
Tinminer (talk • contribs • count)
Will Lakeman (talk • contribs • count)
Donegal92 (talk • contribs • count)
Marianian (talk • contribs • count) (mathematics A-level ^{[disambiguation needed]} student)
Pro66 (talk • contribs • count) (study media for few years)
CTPlurker (talk • contribs • count)
TomCat4680 (talk • contribs • count) interested in improving news and sports TV channel articles, as well as local TV stations, radio stations and local sports TV and radio networks articles.

[edit] Templates

The following templates are in use in this project:

{{WikiProject Media}}
{{templateMedia}} - template for internal project use
{{MediaProjectTemplate}} - for possible use in articles related to the project

[edit] Articles

[edit] Project relevant Wikipedia articles

Articles can be found at: Category:WikiProject Media

The media (disambiguation) page.

[edit] New Wikipedia articles related to Media

Please feel free to list your new Media-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Wikipedia page. DYN has a 72 hr. time limit from the creation of the article.

[edit] Did you know?

[edit] Article improvement drive

Media (communication)

[edit] Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates

[edit] Collaboration of the week

Media Bias

[edit] Peer review

[edit] Categories and subpages

List of all subpages of this page
Category:Media

[edit] Wikipedia surveys

[edit] Ad hoc surveys

[edit] Ongoing Wikipedia surveys

Requested moves:
Requests for Comments:

[edit] Votes for deletion

Votes for deletion (Article deletion):
Votes for undelete (Article undeletion}:
Templates for deletion:

Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2008 December 27#Template:Video

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[edit] Requests

[edit] Requested articles

New Woman (magazine)

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