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Welcome to the Glossary WikiProject. The goal here is to create glossaries on various subjects for inclusion in the encyclopedia (see WP:Manual of Style/Glossaries). Glossaries are a type of list, which in turn is a type of article (or article section) on Wikipedia.

Goals and scope[edit]

Goals:

Check and establish the proposed Wikipedia:Manual of Style (glossaries)
Maintain and improve Portal:Contents/List of glossaries (and all its transcluded subpages:)
Coordinate the relevant policy/guideline pages (where relevant):
Keep an eye on Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Lists

Scope:

This project applies to glossaries, but not to word lists. (Needs expansion)

Participants[edit]

Please enter your name below, followed by the glossary or glossaries you are most interested in (existing yet or otherwise).

The Transhumanist -- Glossary of philosophy
SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼ 20:33, 20 November 2008 (UTC) – principal author of WP:Manual of Style/Glossaries, and {{Glossary}} and the rest of the template-structured glossary system. The actual glossary I've spent the most time on is Glossary of cue sports terms, the one used as the model for developing most of that.
Quiddity -- all
Jordantrew (talk) 21:55, 4 May 2010 (UTC) Glossary of cue sports terms
PKM (talk) 20:32, 14 June 2010 (UTC) Started Glossary of sewing terminology (working on references); expanding Glossary of textile manufacturing
Gustavo Sandoval Kingwergs -- Glossary of scientific terms related to sleep and dreams--correogsk (talk) 06:11, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
Brad7777 -- Category:Glossaries on mathematics Brad7777 (talk) 16:42, 13 November 2011 (UTC) Currently: Glossary of areas of mathematics Brad7777 (talk) 16:12, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
User:Pbsouthwood -- Glossary of underwater diving terminology and any others that may fall under the scope of Portal:Underwater diving or ••• Peter (Southwood) ^(talk): 09:29, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Chursaner -- Glossary of probability and statistics

Templates[edit]

Glossary pages

{{glossary}} – Half of a template pair; uses <dl> with a class to open the structured glossary definition list that {{glossend}} closes.
{{glossary end}} – The other half of this template pair; uses </dl> to close the definition list that {{gloss}} opens.
{{term}} – The glossary term to which the {{defn}} definition applies; a customized <dt> with a class and an embedded <dfn>.
{{defn}} – The definition that applies to the {{term}}; uses <dd> with a class
{{ghat}} – a hatnote template properly formatted for the top of a {{defn}} definition
{{gbq}} or {{gquote}} – a block quotation template properly formatted for inclusion in a {{defn}} definition
{{glossary link}} – meta-template for creating shortcut templates for linking to definitions in specific glossaries
Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Glossaries

Meta

{{WikiProject Glossaries}} - talkpage banner
{{Glossaries}} - this project's navigation template (see top-right)

Collaboration of the month[edit]

This month's (May's) collaboration is: Glossary of communication disorders

Missing and incomplete major topic glossaries[edit]

Unfortunately, there are large gaps in the coverage of Wikipedia's glossaries. Below is a list of major topics that do not yet have complete glossaries. Those in blue have been started, but not yet completed. Those in red represent completely missing glossaries -- to create one, click on the redlink. There are many more major topics that lack glossaries, but the following list has so many gaps that it's a big enough list to keep us busy for quite a long time. The Transhumanist 00:05, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Caveat: if a new glossary has only a few definitions, or it only lists terms without definitions, then it will likely be nominated for deletion. To prevent this from happening, build up the number of defined terms quickly, and either develop it initially as an embedded list in the topic's main article, or make it a subpage of your user page until, it has enough terms to be a stand-alone glossary that won't be a target of deletion. (The number is entirely subjective, but 30 or more terms is probably a good start for a stand-alone glossary).