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Welcome to the European history WikiProject.
Goals
[edit]- Improve Wikipedia's coverage of European history.
- Improve European history-related articles, making them more informative and better written.
- Create guidelines for articles about items related to European history.
- Get a better main picture.
Open tasks
[edit]- Improve collaboration of the month article: Peloponnesian War.
- Work on articles needing work.
- Assess the unassessed European history articles as Stub, Start, B-Class, etc. More on assessment here. [CURRENTLY NO ARTICLES ARE UNASSESSED]
- Tag all European history-relevant articles with {{WikiProject European history|class=|importance=}} and an assessment.
- Invite more users to join.
- Create all yet-uncreated templates.
Scope
[edit]- The project covers all articles about people, places, things, and events associated with the history of Europe. These articles should all be included in the Category:History of Europe or one of its subcategories.
Task Forces
[edit]Parentage and Related projects
[edit]Parents
[edit]- This project shares parentage between Wikipedia:WikiProject Europe and Wikipedia:WikiProject History
Children
[edit]Related Projects
[edit]Members
[edit]- Emiellaiendiay 02:40, 20 February 2007 (UTC). Founder
- Bchalfin 11:06, 10 July 2007 (EST) I can help with editing content and writing new articles, as well as extending stubs.
- Doug.(talk • contribs) 21:28, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
- Revolving Bugbear (previously Che Nuevara) 22:11, 4 November 2007 (UTC). I specialize in WWI and inter-war Western Europe, but I'm happy to help with anything.
- John Carter 21:03, 9 November 2007 (UTC) - Will help as time and circumstances permit. John Carter 21:03, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
- Merovingian (T, C, E) 12:39, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
- Alex Close 18:09, 5 January 2008 (UTC) Am interested and would like to think I can contribute in some way.
- Martintg (talk) 04:59, 14 January 2008 (UTC) Interested in Baltic states and Northern Europe
- Darwinek (talk) 22:00, 15 January 2008 (UTC) Mostly Poland and Czechoslovakia but generally whole Europe in modern history.
- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 00:35, 16 January 2008 (UTC) Mostly Poland
- Beggarsbanquet (talk) 23:07, 15 October 2008 (UTC) History of modern France, Germany, Russia, and some on Eastern Europe and UK.
- flaminglawyerc 04:50, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
- Gr8opinionater (talk) 11:04AM, Tuesday 20 January 2009 (GMT)
- User:Daniel32708 Medieval to Present History
- CanonLawJunkie (talk) 14:45, 23 August 2010 (UTC) Catholic Church in European History. Modern/Medieval France and Papal States/Vatican City State
- Codrinb (talk · contribs)
11 December 2010 (UTC) - Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, Ancient Celts, Transylvania, Romania. - Bermicourt 22 May 2012 - I translate articles on Germany from German to English Wikipedia, many of a historical nature.
- User:FelisRead:FelisRead
- —Brigade Piron (talk) - I work mostly on Belgian topics of the modern period (post-1789) with the odd excursion into French (and colonial) history. Particular focus on social and cultural history of WWI and WWII.
- Qxukhgiels (talk) 00:01, 11 January 2015 (UTC) - an interest
- User:Aardwolf A380 (talk) August 2015
- Csikos Lo Byzantine Empire, Early Hungary, Early Germany - 28 June 2016
- Wikirictor (talk) I have the impression the project could use a few more contributors. Wikirictor (talk) 00:30, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
- I create and translate articles on traditional and historical songs of European countries (in part., Russian, English, German language songs), and sometimes translate the songs themselves (lit.). --Tamtam90 (talk) 19:41, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
- Omnipaedista (talk) 23:59, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
- JeBonSer (talk | sign) 18:07, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
- Berke330 Byzantine & Late Antiquity History and Architecture, Medieval Constantinople - 16 July 2020
- Mel3131
- Luxtaythe2nd (talk) 19:19, 27 August 2021 (UTC) — Mostly Poland.
- I am Lead Coordinator at WikiProject History, would be glad to help with ideas for this wikiproject, in any way desired. --Sm8900 (talk) 17:44, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
- User:Ltwin I've been spending a lot of time lately on British history articles.
- Gyalu22 Writes mainly in the history of Central Europe
- KTnow (talk · contribs) - Enlightenment philosophy, France since the French Revolution and the 19th-20th century United Kingdom.
- TheRealJT1743 - Post Industrial Revolution United Kingdom and Central Europe. Joined 22:42, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
- KINGHB190 (talk · contribs)
12 November 2023 (UTC) - CarlosFelix1 (talk)
- Gankbank789 (talk) - I am best at 1400-1800 Europe, mainly in Western Europe, Germany, and Scandinavia.
- LeonIm24 (talk · contribs) I write about Central European history, especially Austrian history, particularly the Middle Ages.
Members of Wikipedia:WikiProject History/European task force
[edit]Phoenix 15 (talk · contribs)[pruned by autmated bot from WikiProject, due to inactivity. --Sm8900 (talk) 17:46, 2 June 2022 (UTC)]- Warlordjohncarter (talk · contribs)
- Kenjoshii (talk · contribs)
- KEncyclopediaB (talk · contribs)
- AlinaGusewa (talk · contribs)
Userboxes
[edit]Members of this project may add the following userbox to their userpages.
| Userbox | Code | ||
|---|---|---|---|
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{{User European history}} |
European members
[edit]If you're from Europe, more userboxes are available.
Countries
[edit]- Albania
- Andorra
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Czechoslovakia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- France
- Finland
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Moldova
- Netherlands
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Prussia
- Romania
- Russia
- Serbia
- Spain
- Scotland
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- Vatican City
- Yugoslavia
Articles
[edit]| European history articles by quality and importance | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
| 16 | 25 | 46 | 87 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |||
| 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |||
| 13 | 35 | 60 | 75 | 3 | 186 | ||
| B | 80 | 205 | 226 | 370 | 136 | 1,017 | |
| C | 74 | 257 | 365 | 767 | 281 | 1,744 | |
| Start | 15 | 107 | 256 | 1,688 | 472 | 2,538 | |
| Stub | 11 | 407 | 151 | 569 | |||
| List | 2 | 24 | 40 | 169 | 2 | 147 | 384 |
| Category | 7,906 | 7,906 | |||||
| Disambig | 22 | 22 | |||||
| File | 26 | 26 | |||||
| Portal | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Project | 10 | 10 | |||||
| Redirect | 6 | 43 | 169 | 218 | |||
| Template | 75 | 75 | |||||
| Other | 23 | 23 | |||||
| Assessed | 186 | 647 | 994 | 3,570 | 8,235 | 1,191 | 14,823 |
| Unassessed | 15 | 15 | |||||
| Total | 186 | 647 | 994 | 3,570 | 8,235 | 1,206 | 14,838 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 26,317 | Ω = 4.32 | |||||
All tagged articles are found below, sorted into their respective classes.
Assessment
[edit]For an explanation of the ratings, see Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment; however, these ratings are somewhat subjective and especially the importance is highly project specific. See also: /Assessment.
Needing work
[edit]If you're working on an article and you'd like to bring it to the attention of other editors, list it here.
Format: # [[Article title]], class. Details on what should be done (optional). ~~~~
Article alerts
[edit]Today's featured article requests
- 10 Feb 2026 – St Scholastica Day riot (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by SchroCat (t · c); see discussion
Did you know
- 06 Dec 2025 – Trieste riots (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Agent VII (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Dec 2025 – Civic nobility in the Papal States' March of Ancona (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Sivigliano (t · c); see discussion
Categories for discussion
- 10 Dec 2025 – Category:History of Namur (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by OpalYosutebito (t · c); see discussion
Templates for discussion
- 11 Dec 2025 – Template:History of the Polish People's Republic (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by WikiCleanerMan (t · c); see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 11 Dec 2025 – Death factory (talk · edit · hist) →Extermination camp was RfDed by Iskandar323 (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Dec 2025 – Romance peoples (talk · edit · hist) →Romance languages was RfDed by Evaporation123 (t · c); see discussion
Files for discussion
- 14 Dec 2025 – File:Roy Lichtenstein Drowning Girl.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on 1, 2, 3) was FfDed by Iruka13 (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 14 Dec 2025 – Siege of Ariminum (538) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by A.Cython (t · c); start discussion
- 08 Dec 2025 – Nazi concentration camps (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Buidhe (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Dec 2025 – Canu Cadwallon (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Tipcake (t · c); start discussion
- 25 Nov 2025 – Heraclitus (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by MisterCake (t · c); start discussion
- 20 Oct 2025 – Charles Thau (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Milwaukee911 (t · c); start discussion
- 14 Oct 2025 – Odessa pogroms (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by AndreJustAndre (t · c); start discussion
- 29 Jul 2025 – Hyperpop (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Aradicus77 (t · c); start discussion
- 02 Jul 2025 – Great chain of being (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Chiswick Chap (t · c); start discussion
Featured article reviews
- 03 Dec 2025 – House of Plantagenet (talk · edit · hist) was put up for FA review by Borsoka (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Jun 2025 – Bæddel and bædling (talk · edit · hist) was put up for FA review by Generalissima (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Apr 2025 – Augustus (talk · edit · hist) was put up for FA review by AirshipJungleman29 (t · c); see discussion
Requests for comments
- 14 Dec 2025 – First Chechen War (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Iask1 (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Dec 2025 – Crusades (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by ~2025-39309-83 (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Nov 2025 – Fascist Italy (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by RatMan7108 (t · c); see discussion
Peer reviews
- 18 Oct 2025 – Cold War (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Protoeus (t · c); see discussion
- 24 Sep 2025 – Revolutions of 1848 (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Pave Paws (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 16 Dec 2025 – Irish Rebellion of 1641 (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to 1641 Irish rebellion by Iveagh Gardens (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Dec 2025 – Art of Europe (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to European art by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Nov 2025 – Muslim conquest of Armenia (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Arab invasion of Armenia by Iskandar323 (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Dec 2025 – Russian annexation of Crimea (talk · edit · hist) move request to 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea by Srnec (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 05 Dec 2025 – *Dʰéǵʰōm (talk · edit · hist) move request to Dheghom by Fram (t · c) was moved to Dheghom (talk · edit · hist) by Jeffrey34555 (t · c) on 16 Dec 2025; see discussion
- 04 Dec 2025 – Cnut's invasion of England (talk · edit · hist) move request to Danish conquest of England by Ælfgar (t · c) was not moved; see discussion
- 03 Dec 2025 – Thuringii (talk · edit · hist) move request to Thuringi by Auteuil-Passy (t · c) was moved to Thuringi (talk · edit · hist) by Jeffrey34555 (t · c) on 10 Dec 2025; see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 04 Dec 2025 – Late modern period (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Modern era by ~2025-38243-31 (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 05 Oct 2024 – Francoist Spain (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Salmoonlight (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Aug 2024 – History of Ukraine (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by SdkbBot (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Jun 2024 – Volga Finns (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Kepler-1229b (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Mar 2022 – Kolomyia (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by M2545 (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 22 Nov 2025 – Draft:Battle of the Zompos Bridge (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by FantasticWar (t · c)
- 03 Dec 2025 – Draft:Felix Schaffgotsche (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Michael C.M. Huey (t · c) was declined by Htanaungg (t · c) on 13 Dec 2025
Templates and categories
[edit]Please use these templates where applicable.
Note: The templates linked in red have not yet been created. If you know how, please help out by creating the appropriate templates.
General templates
[edit]| Template | Use on | Description |
|---|---|---|
| {{Infobox former country}} | Article pages | European history series infobox — former countries |
| {{Infobox military conflict}} and {{Campaign}} | Article pages | European history series infobox and campaignbox — military conflicts |
| {{Infobox treaty}} | Article pages | European history series infobox — treaties |
| {{WikiProject European history|class=|importance=}} | Article talk pages | European history WikiProject banner, to be placed on all European history article talk pages
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| {{User European history}} | User pages | User box to show that you're a project member |
| {{Eurohist invitation}} | User talk pages | Invitation to user to join project |
| {{Wikipedia:WikiProject European history/navigation}} | WikiProject pages | European history WikiProject Navigation box |
| {{Portal|Europe}} | Article pages | Europe portal |
Categories
[edit]- List of all subpages of this page
- Wikipedia:WikiProject European history/Categories - A list of all categories associated with this Project.
WikiProject categories
[edit]| Template | Description |
|---|---|
| [[Category:WikiProject European history]] | Add to every European history project page. |