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WikiProject report

Be prepared... Scouts in the spotlight

In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead of being instructed.

This week's project is on a youth activity, one of the largest in the world; its project is commensurately large, containing around 136 active editors. It's WikiProject Scouting, a group of editors whose remit is everything relating to the Scouting movement, which has around 42 million members worldwide and celebrated the centenary of its founding only eight years ago. If you're not already aware, Scouting is an international organisation in which young people are taught skills to use for life, focusing on the outdoors and survival. Begun in 1907 with the publication of Scouting for Boys by Robert Baden-Powell, the movement's two largest arms are Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia and the Boy Scouts of America. Two of our interviewees are British and two are American. Welcome Bduke, DiverScout, Gadget850 and Purplebackpack89.

What motivated you to join WikiProject Scouting? Are you a Scout or a leader in your local area?

A typical Scout hut in the UK

Have you contributed to any of the project's eighteen Featured or twenty-four Good articles, and do you find them easier or harder to promote than articles regarding other subjects?

A group of Russian scouts

Do you think that Scouting receives a reasonable amount of editor attention on Wikipedia, or should there be more editors involved?

Argentinian Scouting flag in the wind

What is the collaboration like with the Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting and Philmont Scout Ranch task forces? As they are marked inactive, do you feel it is OK to leave them marked as subdivisions of the WikiProject?

What is your most popular topic or article, measured by reader page views? Should it be a project aim to improve your highest visibility articles?

How can a new member help today?


















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