the Chinese character 道 dao
Welcome to the Taoism WikiProject. We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of articles related to Taoism. This page contains only the suggestions, things to give you focus and to get you going, and you should not feel obligated in the least to follow them. But if you don't know what to write or where to begin, following the below guidelines may be helpful. Mainly, we just want you to write articles!
- Goals
- The goal of this WikiProject is to provide complete coverage on subjects related to Taoism, by creating, improving, and maintaining articles on the history, ideas, principles, and people of Taoism.
- Scope
- The scope of this project will consist of all articles within the Category:Taoism.
[edit] Guidelines
We will try to follow the Manual of Style in the construction of our articles.
[edit] Open tasks
[edit] Members
Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.
- AQu01rius (talk · contribs)
- Badbilltucker (talk · contribs) - Will probably help (to the degree that I do) with templates, assessment, and other directly project-related matters.
- Zeus1234 (talk · contribs) - I just wrote an article on the Celestial Masters and have completely rewritten the Taoist sexual arts article. I am interested in creating and editing articles on Daoism from the Han to Tang period.
- Itsmejudith (talk · contribs) - Would like to help out with wikifying, grammar, spelling, boring bits really.
- Gatewaycat (talk · contribs)
- Arbitrarily0 (talk · contribs)
- Teardrop_onthefire (talk · contribs) would like to add Taoist views to other now mostly western interpreted religious concepts
- Vassyana (talk · contribs) Particularly interested in expanding and cleaning up articles about Taoist internal alchemy, qigong and related arts and individuals.
- TheRingess (talk · contribs) Mostly interested in copyediting, wikifying, peer reviewing, etc.
- Keahapana (talk · contribs) is interested in early philosophical Daoism.
- Maintainerzero (talk · contribs) Interested in the philosophical aspects of Taoism. Also, editing and checking of Taoism-related articles.
- William P. Coleman (talk · contribs) Interested in early philosophical Daoism.
- The Hippie (talk · contribs) - Will mostly just check out books on Taoism from my local library and help cite as many articles as I can, or just copyediting for grammar. And I take a liking to this kind of philosophy.
- Oisin Allen (talk · contribs) Grammar and some early history.
- Warlordjohncarter (talk · contribs) - Pretty much useless in general, but like collecting userboxes. Might be able to contribute with assessment and peer review, with any luck may be able to improve some articles as well.
- Saimdusan (talk · contribs)
- Shimawa zen (talk · contribs) Particular interests include early medieval Daoism, hermits and sages, immortality, etc.
- Simonm223 (talk · contribs)
- Emishi (talk · contribs) 14:20 26 March 2007 - I will help expand sections on taoist philosophy and taoist deites.
- Tyciol (talk · contribs) Relations to tai chi, taoist immortals in mythology
- AlexNebraska (talk · contribs)
- Bio-capsule (talk · contribs) Interested in philosophical Taoism
- YouLiOu (talk · contribs) historical Daoist figures, gods and immortals; Wudang daoism; Daoist developments in China and outside
- ACHKC (talk · contribs) On orgin and what Taoists believe on Xiuzhen; the part of Taoism without English sources
- Ludwigs2 (talk · contribs) I'm good with the philosophical aspects of taoism, and I (sometimes) have a knack for writing accessible statements and making clear analogies. feel free to call on me wherever you think I might be of use.
- Chuangzu (talk · contribs) Interested in the practical Taoist Arts such as Tai Chi Chuan, Tao Yin, Chi Kung, internal alchemy and Traditional Chinese Medicine, in particular the Taoist Arts of the Lee style as taught by Chee Soo.
- Swampfire (talk · contribs)
- Rigimoni (talk · contribs)
- Guru42 (talk · contribs)
- TheoloJ (talk · contribs)
All members should feel free to add {{User WikiProject Taoism}} to their userpages to identify themselves as members of the project.
[edit] Articles
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Featured articles
Articles on Taoism-related subjects, not necessarily improved to Featured Status by this WikiProject.
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Peer review/Featured article candidates (FAC)
The following articles are in review as Featured article candidates:
None at this time.
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Good articles (GA)
The following articles have either been recognized as good articles or are currently under review for good article status:
[edit] New articles
Please feel free to list your new Taoism-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 of the Main Page. Please also make sure that each new article created is put into one of the categories for Taoism, so that the articles will appear there. Also, if possible, add each new article to the page Wikipedia:WikiProject Taoism/Articles (still under construction) so that they can be viewed for recent changes.
[edit] Did you know (DYK?)
[edit] Formerly recognized content
Former featured articles
Delisted Good Articles
The following articles have been selected for one or more release versions of wikipedia. Please help ensure that these articles remain of the highest possible quality.
[edit] Departments
[edit] Collaboration and review
- Assessment - rates articles for both quality and importance to this project.
- Collaboration of the week
- Peer review
[edit] Templates
None at this time. NOTE: Stubs are managed by the Stub-sorting WikiProject. Before creating a new stub, you should propose it at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals. See Wikipedia:Stub for general guidelines on proposing stub templates and categories. DO NOT simply create new stub templates, as these will be deleted.
[edit] Other templates
{{WikiProject Taoism}} should be placed on the talk pages of relevant articles to put them within the scope of the project.
{{WikiProject Taoism}} looks like this:
 | This article is within the scope of WikiProject Taoism, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Taoism-related subjects on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. | |  ??? | This article has not yet received a rating on the project's quality scale. | | ??? | This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale. | | |
[edit] Awards
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[edit] Categories
[edit] Resources
- alt.philosophy.taoism FAQ, original Taoism Internet FAQ
- A Personal Tao, "modern Tao Te Ching book exploring Taoism, life and how to find oneself"
- Taoism Directory, directory of sites with content related to Taoism and Taoist issues.
- Center for Daoist Studies, web-based resource for the study and practice of Daoism
- Jade Purity, central documents of philosophical Daoism
- Shuhai Wenyuan, academically rigorous texts and tools in an innovative Worktable format to facilitate the reading, researching, and understanding of ancient Chinese philosophy, University of Hawaii
- Taoism, Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
- Taoism, Religion Facts
- Taoism, Religious Movements Homepage, University of Virginia
- Taoism, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Taoist Culture & Information Centre, Hong Kong Fung Ying Seen Koon Daoist Centre
- Taoist Texts, Internet Sacred Text Archive
- The Tao Bums, active discussion forum for Taoism as a living contemplative tradition
- Jave Religious Place, Taoism Beliefs, Practises and Culture
- Reform Taoism, Philosophical Taoist Congregation
