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WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles is a WikiProject that was formed to better organize the creation of articles that exist in other notable encyclopedias, including print encyclopedias and other language Wikipedias, that should exist in the English Wikipedia. After the project was [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Missing_encyclopedic_articles&oldid=15017069 started] by {{user|Bluemoose}} on 11 June 2005, it grew quickly, and currently has [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:WikiProject_Missing_encyclopedic_articles_participants&oldid=169722134 186 active and committed members.] It, to date, has compiled several lists of articles to be created from around 70 encyclopedic sources and journals. The project's most significant milestone to date was achieved on 27 February, 2006, when the last of the 14,707 missing Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition articles was finally added to Wikipedia.

= Article lists =

The Missing encyclopedic articles project has a number of lists with articles that are in other encyclopedias. They include, but are not limited to:

Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/Skysmith's list of missing articles - A list compiled by {{user|Skysmith}}
Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/Hot - The project's "hotlist" of missing and important articles
Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/1911 verification - A list of articles from Encyclopædia Britannica's 1911 edition in need of verification
Wikipedia:List of encyclopedia topics - A general list of topics
Other language Wikipedias - Lists of missing articles from other Wikipedias
Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/de - German Wikipedia
Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/es - Spanish Wikipedia
Wikipedia:Missing science topics - Missing articles related to science
Wikipedia:Catholic Encyclopedia topics - Missing articles related to Catholicism
Wikipedia:Easton's Dictionary topics - Articles from Easton's Bible Dictionary
Wikipedia:WikiProject_Missing_encyclopedic_articles/Literary_Encyclopedia - Missing articles from [http://www.litencyc.com/ The Literary Encyclopedia], added by brian0918
Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/biographies - Missing biographies
Wikipedia:Find-A-Grave famous people - Missing articles on notable deceased people, added by brian0918 from [http://www.findagrave.com Find-A-Grave]
Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/Misc - Miscellaneous missing articles

= Related projects and pages =

= How to help =

The project is currently about 57.7% complete with article creation, and could always use more help. If you are interested, you can add your name to its members list, or add the project's userbox, {{tl|User WikiProject Missing}}, to your userpage.

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