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We've been tagged inactive
Well, folks? Are we active? It's been a couple of months since I've thrown a {{histinfo}} onto an article. I have been adding historical info to a number of articles, and critiquing others that lack it (Islam in the United States, for instance), but I haven't linked the work to this project in any way. -- Rob C. alias Alarob 04:43, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- I guess I can answer my own question. Yes. -- Rob C. alias Alarob 18:21, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
In related news, WP:HIST was redirected to WikiProject History. --Eliyak T·C 04:51, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
- WP:HIST never did redirect here, unless I'm mistaken. The shortcut remains WP:HISTINFO. -- Rob C. alias Alarob 20:18, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
BTW the project is no longer inactive. -- Rob C. alias Alarob 20:29, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
Flagging articles
Please remember to flag articles that lack historical info with {{histinfo}}.
If this is not the only problem with the article, try the {{Articleissues}} template instead. For example: {{Articleissues|advert=November 2007|histinfo=y}} will flag both promotional language and a lack of historical information.
Note that the histinfo paramater does not accept a date. Most other parameters do. -- Rob C. alias Alarob 20:28, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
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histinfoparamater in Template:Articleissues does accept a date now. For example: {{Articleissues|advert=August 2008|histinfo=August 2008}} will flag both promotional language and a lack of historical information. - The {{histinfo}} template can be used alone to offer suggestions for improvements. See Template:Histinfo for details on this useful tool. -- ℜob C. alias ⒶⓁⒶⓇⓄⒷ 19:30, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
- The project page says to place {{histinfo}} on the talk page, not on the article page. That is contrary to what is mentioned here. Also, when an editor clicks on the "add it" link that appears in the {{histinfo}} box, an edit window appears for the page it is on. If this box appears on the talk page, that link isn't very helpful. --JBC3 (talk) 22:55, 1 April 2009 (UTC)