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The Motorcycling WikiProject
General information
Main project page (WP:MOTO)  talk
Manual of style (WP:MC-MOS) talk
Outline talk
Project navigation bar talk
Project participants talk
Project banner (doc) {{Motorcycling}} talk
Project category (primary) talk
Project category (secondary) talk
User boxes
Welcome message {{Motorcycling invite}} talk
News and alerts
New articles talk
Article alerts talk
Departments
Assessments talk
Peer review
To do list talk
Special Interest Groups
British Motorcycles SIG
Italian Motorcycles SIG
Japanese Motorcycles SIG
Motorcycle Sport SIG (See also Wikipedia:WikiProject Motorcycle racing)
BMW Motorcycles SIG
Welcome to WikiProject Motorcycling

We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Motorcycling. This is a child project of WikiProject Transport

(For more information on WikiProjects, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject and the Guide to WikiProjects).

Scope of the WikiProject

The Motorcycling WikiProject concerns the creation, development, and organisation of all Wikipedia's articles about motorcycles and motorcycling (including biographies) of famous motorcyclists and motorcycling pioneers.

Goals
  1. Improve the accuracy and quality of all motorcycling articles
  2. Develop the collection of motorcycling images on Wikimedia Commons
  3. To develop and maintain the Outline of motorcycles and motorcycling
  4. To finally sort out the Motorcycle history, Motorcycle and Motorcycling articles


Promoting the project

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Hello WikiProject Motorcycling,

You are invited to join WikiProject Motorcycling. We work together to improve motorcycling related articles. We focus on things like the most popular motorcycling articles, recognizing and improving new articles, historically important motorcycles, and more. Please share your ideas, suggestions, and questions at WikiProject Motorcycling.

For even more ways you could contribute, click [show] to see the To do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Motorcycling:



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WikiProject Motorcycling

To show your membership, you may care to include one of the following templates on your user page
{{User WP Motorcycling}}
This user is a member of
WikiProject Motorcycling.
{{User WikiProject Motorcycling}}
This user is a participant in WikiProject Motorcycling.
Adding {{Article alerts columns|Wikipedia:WikiProject Motorcycling/Article alerts}} to your user page will display current motorcycling discussions and proposals. Or add Wikipedia:WikiProject Motorcycling/Article alerts to your watchlist.

Guidelines

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  • MOS — The overall guidelines are in the Wikipedia:Manual of Style. The best examples to imitate are the Wikipedia:Featured articles.
  • WikiProject AutomobilesWikiProject Automobiles/Conventions are generally followed.
  • Citations — Facts in articles are referenced using inline citations. Speed, acceleration, engine output and weight statistics are presumed to be controversial and should always have a reliable, independent source. Uncontroversial statistics may be sourced to the manufacturer alone. Uncited statistics may be deleted or tagged. Note: Weight is controversial because of different methods used to define dry weight and wet weight and that some manufacturers do not publish both wet and dry weight.
  • New articles — The policy section Notability requires verifiable evidence says "No subject is automatically or inherently notable merely because it exists," so don't assume every model or sub-model of motorcycle, nor every motorcycle manufacturer, should have its own article. Check the general notability guideline first, and consider that many models belong in the context of an article on the model series, or the manufacturer, or other umbrella article. Wikipedia:Summary style covers spinning off new articles from a main article.
  • Categories — Add categories as explained in Wikipedia:Categorization.
  • Images — All free images should be linked from the Commons. See also Wikipedia:Uploading images and Wikipedia:Moving files to the Commons. Do not claim fair use on publicity photos or copyrighted media photos; these will be deleted under {{db-f7}} since they are not irreplaceable.
  • Infoboxes and Statistics
  • Lists of media appearancesManual of Style (trivia sections) says article sections with miscellaneous collections of information, such as lists of movie appearances, should be reorganized. See also content policies for inclusion and exclusion of various types of information.
  • PricesWP:NOPRICES means that generally, MSRP or other prices are not mentioned. Note that if a source explicitly justifies inclusion of the price, such as because a particular price is notable for being very high, or very low, or of historical interest, then both the price along with the explanation of its significance may be included. Auction prices, or prevailing used motorcycle prices, are not mentioned without a source that asserts notability. Warranty coverage, marketing campaigns, and other purchase-related information is also avoided unless exceptional notability is cited.
  • Colors — Color schemes or trim options are generally not mentioned, as these vary by country. As with prices and trivia, the exception is if reliable sources are cited showing a color scheme was notable.
  • External links — Avoid excessive external links, as per WP:ELNO. Clubs, forums, and social media are rarely acceptable. Normally, only one official link belonging to the subject is used. If a motorcycle is sold in several markets, then please try to find an international/global link; do not link to the manufacturer's model page in every country in the English speaking world. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (linking)
  • Specialist terminology and jargon — Avoid ambiguous terms like "transverse engine", "longitudinal engine", "parallel twin", "inline twin" without explicitly saying whether the crankshaft or the cylinder bank is transverse or longitudinal. See discussion at V-twin engine#Orientations and Straight-two engine#Motorcycle use. See also the guideline Wikipedia:Make technical articles understandable.
  • Puffery and marketing buzzwords — See WP:PEACOCK for avoidance of puffery in favor of just the facts. Almost all motorcycle marketing copy uses "features" instead of "has". Articles should say that a bike has a given component or technology, and cite only expert opinions as to whether it is a feature or liability. Similarly, replace "utilize(s)" with "use(s)".
  • Bold title and wikilinks — In most, but not all, cases, repeat the full article name in the first sentence in bold, per MOS:BOLDTITLE, but do not wikilink parts of the bolded title, per WP:BTW. Following the example of Featured Articles, generally the make is repeated in order to wikilink it, even though it appears redundant. See examples such as Northrop YF-23, Holden VE Commodore, or Rolls-Royce Merlin. Most motorcycle model article titles follow the format <Make> <Model>, so the first sentence would say something like "<Make> <Model> was a motorcycle made by <Make>".

Open tasks

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To do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Motorcycling:
Please help with articles on this list or add the names of needed articles.
This list is quite large so please make visible or invisible by clicking Show or Hide, respectively.



Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

User boxes

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Add any of the following to your User page to show membership of the project, or your love of motorcycles:

Group Code Produces
WikiProject Motorcycling {{Motorcycle member}}
{{Motorcycle member|imageright=[[File:70x70.jpg|50px|]]}}
{{User WikiProject Motorcycling}}
This user is a participant in WikiProject Motorcycling.
{{User WP Motorcycling}}
This user is a member of
WikiProject Motorcycling.
Generic motorcycle {{User motorcyclist}}
This user owns a motorcycle.
{{User:Obankston/Userboxes/dual-sport}}
This user owns a dual-sport motorcycle.
BMW {{User:Jeff dean/Userboxes/BMWMotorcycles}}
I am obsessed with BMW motorcycles
{{User:Jeff dean/Userboxes/R1200RT}}
I ride the BMW R1200RT
{{User:Jeff dean/Userboxes/Boxer}}
I ride vintage BMW boxer twin motorcycles
Ducati {{User:Isthisthingworking/Userboxes/Ducati}}
This user owns a Ducati.


New articles

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Newer articles at the bottom, please.
Please feel free to list your new Motorcycling-related articles here.
Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Page within 7 days of creation.

Manufacturers

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Motorcycles

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DYK

Motorcyclists

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Miscellaneous

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Good Articles

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GA-Class Motorcycling articles

Bicycle and motorcycle dynamics

Honda Super Cub

Imme R100

Kenny Roberts

Roper steam velocipede

Good Article Nominees
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Collaboration and review

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Collaboration of the century?
Peer review


Assessment department
Popular pages

Templates

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Categories

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Please use one of the following categories when writing a motorcycle related article, but check if a deeper subcategory would be more appropriate.
There are more categories and subcategories here but those listed below are the main ones.

Resources

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Sister projects

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Project News & Alerts

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Motorcycling/New headers workpage/Article alerts

Misc

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Tools

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Main tool page: toolserver.org
  • Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
  • Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
  • Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
  • Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.