Wikipedia:WikiProject Death

WP:DEATH

This WikiProject is believed to be semi-active.

Although activity is slower than it once was, anyone is welcome to participate in the project.

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(Tag placed 24 September 2024)

Main page

Assessment

Templates

Scope

Outstanding articles

The project — as a multi-disciplinary project covers all articles about human death and related topics such as:

Biological: Agony (death) (de), Brain death, clinical death, decomposition
Customs: Funerals, burials, green burials, cremations, pan-death movement, home funerals
Bioethical issues: Abortion, bioethics, euthanasia, suicide (See: /Suicide task force)
Medical: Terminal illness, End-of-life care, autopsy, forensic science
Large scale: Genocide, massacres, pandemics, global catastrophic risks
Man-made disasters: Transportation disasters (when at least one person died)
Statistics and government: Demographics, death statistics, mortality rate, epidemiology
Legal: Wills, murder, capital punishment
Business: Undertaking, Casket makers, life insurance, crime scene cleanup
People: Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Jack Kevorkian
Places: Morgues, cemeteries, mausoleums, extermination camp, execution locations
Religious: Afterlife, reincarnation, resurrection
Process: Types of death, approaches to death and dying, death midwifery, psychological and religious approaches to dying a "good death"
Cultural: Grief, responses to death, fascination with death, death and the Internet
Paranormal: Near-death experience, deathbed phenomena, after-death communication, reincarnation
Folklore: Vampires, zombies, ghosts, revenant (folklore)
Visiting graves: Ziyarat, tombstone tourist

Some topics outside of the scope of the Death project include:

Wars: Wars, battles and invasions. These should be left to WikiProject Military history
- Casualties of ... is within scope. For example, Casualties of the September 11 attacks
Natural disasters: Tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, etc.
- Casualties of ... is within scope. For example, Casualties of the 2010 Haiti earthquake
Biographies: People who have died, including murder victims. These should be left to WikiProject Biography
- Death of ... is within scope. For example, Death of Michael Jackson
- Assassination of .. is within scope. For example, Assassination of Julius Caesar
- Murder of ... is within scope. For example, Murder of Laci Peterson
- Killing of ... is within scope. For example, Killing of David Wilkie
- Shooting of ... is within scope. For example, Shooting of Hosie Miller
Killers: Serial killers and murderers. These should be left to WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography
- Lists of victims are within scope. For example, Victims of the Night of the Long Knives
- Acts of killers and murderers are within scope. For example, Virginia Tech shooting

Things to do

You can help:

by writing and improving articles
by project maintenance – helping adding project templates to article and category talk pages – see templates page
by assessing articles for quality and assessment standards – see the assessment page
by assessing and recommending resources (online and print) – see the resources page
by communicating with project members – at the project talk page

Article alerts

Today's featured articles

29 Nov 2024 – Suicidal Tour (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb

Today's featured article requests

27 Jan 2025 – The Holocaust in Bohemia and Moravia (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by Harizotoh9 (t · c); see discussion

Did you know

13 Nov 2024 – 2007 Greensburg tornado (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by EF5 (t · c); see discussion
06 Nov 2024 – 1983 Spanish floods (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Valenciano (t · c); see discussion
04 Nov 2024 – Peanut (squirrel) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Launchballer (t · c); see discussion
01 Nov 2024 – Tel al-Sultan attack (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Personisinsterest (t · c); see discussion
28 Oct 2024 – Castlereagh–Canning duel (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Michael G. Lind (t · c); see discussion
25 Oct 2024 – Murder of Wang Lianying (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Crisco 1492 (t · c); see discussion
24 Oct 2024 – Soviet atrocities committed against prisoners of war during World War II (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion
13 Oct 2024 – Nazi crimes against children (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

11 Nov 2024 – Oxford High School shooting (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by CyberTheTiger (t · c); see discussion (12 participants)
09 Nov 2024 – 2024 Ottawa stabbing (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Mister Banker (t · c) was closed as keep by Drmies (t · c) on 12 Nov 2024; see discussion (6 participants)
08 Nov 2024 – List of Australian Federal Police killed in the line of duty (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Absolutiva (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 15 Nov 2024; see discussion (5 participants)
06 Nov 2024 – List of deaths as a result of Cyclone Tracy (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Tavantius (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 15 Nov 2024; see discussion (18 participants; relisted)
31 Oct 2024 – 2024 Haiti boat fire (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by PARAKANYAA (t · c) was closed as redirect by Liz (t · c) on 11 Nov 2024; see discussion (5 participants; relisted)
29 Oct 2024 – Anti-Russian violence in Chechnya (1991–1994) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Fenikals (t · c) was closed as delete by Asilvering (t · c) on 13 Nov 2024; see discussion (15 participants; relisted)
10 Oct 2024 – 2009 Espinar bus crash (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Thebiguglyalien (t · c) was closed as no consensus by FOARP (t · c) on 10 Nov 2024; see discussion (8 participants; relisted)

Categories for discussion

15 Nov 2024 – Category:Executed Abkhazian people (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
15 Nov 2024 – Category:People sentenced to death (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
10 Nov 2024 – Category:Alcohol-related deaths in the Kingdom of Tahiti (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
10 Nov 2024 – Category:Animal deaths in Ohio (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c); see discussion
10 Nov 2024 – Category:Suicides in the United States by location (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c); see discussion

Redirects for discussion

14 Nov 2024 – North Korean tree (talk · edit · hist) →Korean axe murder incident was RfDed by Cremastra (t · c); see discussion
08 Oct 2024 – 2001 terrorist attacks (talk · edit · hist) →September 11 attacks was RfDed by SeaHaircutSoilReplace (t · c); see discussion
07 Oct 2024 – 2001 attacks (talk · edit · hist) →September 11 attacks was RfDed by SeaHaircutSoilReplace (t · c); see discussion

Requested articles

Ana Estrada (es:Ana Estrada)

Articles needing attention

List of countries by suicide rate – Uses data from 2008 or earlier. All data is from the World Health Organization, and is arguably inaccurate. Lots of complaints on the talk page.
List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll – Wars and disasters need separating
List of natural disasters by death toll – Types of disasters need separating
List of accidents and disasters by death toll – this needs about 8 or so sub lists – it is toooo loong
List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland by death toll – World disaster lists need standardising in titles and style
List of cemeteries in the United States – This article needs to be cleaned up and split into smaller lists by state.
Deathbed phenomena – rated as Mid-importance but currently only Start-Class for quality
Responses to death (currently a redirect)
Grim reaper – Currently a redirect – should perhaps have its own article
Death of Caylee Anthony – The case was huge and much of the article's narrative (e. g. the disappearance section, which I tried to fix) just takes what the family relayed as granted.