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{{whai
| type = discussion
| active-period = in early 2001
| description = Proposal of a WikiProject to address high level concepts
}}

<i>This proposal is not in its definitive form (it may never
be!). Discussion is more than welcome. The proposal is rather
abstract. If you prefer to take a look at what we're talking about
before you read this, take a look at the following example page:</i>

[[/Examples]] of concepts

'''Title: [[WikiProject]] Concepts'''

'''Scope:''' This [[WikiProject]] aims to organize all known concepts in a logical manner.

'''Parentage:''' None yet.

'''Descendant Wikiprojects:''' No descendent [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProjects]] defined yet.

'''Strategy:'''

There are three guiding ideas here. The first is that we wish to have
the simplest possible definitions for concepts, definitions that leave
as little ambiguity as possible concerning their meaning. Make
everything explicit when you can.

The second is that we want to be able to navigate logically from
concepts to closely related concepts. We wish to avoid links that lead
the reader towards concepts that are not clearly related to the
concept. To this end, we use a structure which reflects this concern
and is homogeneous across concepts to facilitate navigation.

The third idea is that we are first and foremost concerned with
''ideas'' and things that are ''true'' in the perfect world of
ideas. We are not immediately concerned with the real world. Obviously
the real world gives us inspiration to invent concepts, and we hope to
have success in applying ideas to the real world. But we have to keep
in mind that stuff in the real world seldom conforms exactly to the
perfect, unambiguous idea that we conceive.

It is thus risky (from the viewpoint of our peculiar concern for
truth) to classify such or such real-world entity as being an instance
of a particular concept, because we seldom have all possible
information concerning that entity. Thus we may for instance precisely
define the concept of a "greedy corporation"; but whether a particular
real-world corporation does in fact satisfy this definition is a
matter of debate.

'''Entry Naming:'''

Concepts must be given names. Some concepts don't have a generally
agreed-upon name yet. In such a case you have to invent one. Try to
avoid the confusion that may result from choosing [[loaded words]] (words
that have different meanings for different people).

In order to easily distinguish Wikipedia entries from entries in this
classification project, each concept should be identified with the
prefix '''wpc''', standing for "[[WikiProject]] Concepts". For instance,
the concept of an atom should be called [[wpc/Atom]].

'''Formatting''':

A concept entry includes:

* A list of alternative names for the concept;
* A precise [[definition]] for the concept, containing links to the concepts that are involved in it;
* A list of links to concepts that are [[generalization]]s of the concept;
* A list of links to concepts that are [[specialization]]s of the concept;
* A list of links to concepts whose definition directly involves this concept;
* A list of links to relevant Wikipedia articles:
** The Wikipedia article about the concept itself, if one exists;
** The Wikipedia articles about the field(s) to which this concept is central;
** Wikipedia articles about particular real-world entities which some people believe are examples of the concept.

A template for this structure can be found [[/Template|here]].

'''Hierarchy definition''': No hierarchy is predefined for this [[WikiProject]].

'''Directory of Participants'''

This [[WikiProject]] was proposed by [[User:Seb|Seb]].

'''General Strategy and Discussion forum'''

[[Wikipedia talk:Historical archive/WikiProject Concepts|/Discussion]]

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