The Signpost

WikiProject report

Able to make a stand

Our disabilities may impose limitations, but physical, economic, and political barriers impede us far more.

This week's report focuses on an aspect of life that never really affects 90% of the world's people, but for the remaining, it can have a profound effect on how their life plays out - but not always. It's disability, a wide ranging topic which encompasses everything from physical impairments to mental disorders. There are many debates that are always associated with the topic, such as sports opportunities and suitable accessibility for the impaired, and problems with discrimination, ableism and disability abuse.

As a "crowd-sourced" writing platform, Wikipedia is generally representative of society and certainly has its share of people associated with disability, whether that be a disability that they themselves have, or merely being involved with care or campaigns. For them to coordinate, we have WikiProject Disability, which has been interviewed to see how they are getting on. Here to share their wisdom are Dodger67, Penny Richards, LilyKitty and Mirokado.


What motivated you to join WikiProject Disability? Do you have a disability or know someone who does? Have you contributed to any of the project's Good or Featured Articles?

Can you explain your scope: what sort of articles qualify to be tagged under this project and what areas you don't cover?

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?

Does WikiProject Disability collaborate with any other projects? If so, how do you split the workload between these projects?

How can a new contributor help today?

Anything else you'd like to add to the interview?

Next week we hope to be delving into geopolitical history with WikiProject Former Countries. Please leave feedback on the talkpage of this article so we know how we can improve!

  1. ^ Social Security Administration. "Social Security Basic Facts". Social Security Administration. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

















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