Editing Encyclopedia:WikiProject (section)

===Inactive projects===
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Many WikiProjects fall inactive or semi-active  because they have a lack of interested editors, or they simply  have served their initial purpose. Many small scope projects fall inactive or semi-active after establishing an organizational structure, [[Wikipedia:ADVICEPAGE|advice pages]], [[Wikipedia:Content assessment|content assessment system]], layout and inclusion  standards, reliable sources, and navigational aids. These projects are retained for reference as they may be viable because they provide topic-specific considerations of the many site-wide policies and guidelines that still apply to a subset of articles.

The majority of WikiProjects – even inactive ones – still provide invaluable [[WP:Content assessment|Quality Assessment tables]] which, though they may appear bewildering at first, actually serve an important role in helping any user find articles to edit and improve. They are sorted by both an 'importance' rating and a 'quality' or completeness rating. They also help users identify newly created 'unassessed' articles in need of a quality or an 'importance' rating. Any editor can contribute to this process at any time. In addition, many WikiProjects contain '[[Wikipedia:Article alerts|Article Alerts]]' and/or '[[User:HotArticlesBot|Hot article]]' notification sections which continue to serve a useful purpose by displaying automated, up-to-date activity notifications, irrespective of the level of current editor engagement with the WikiProject pages.  

Some WikiProjects have been surpassed by other processes (e.g. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Policy and Guidelines]]), or are simply ''defunct''  (e.g. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject X]]); and are [[ Wikipedia:Project namespace#Historical pages| retained as a record of past Wikipedia processes]]. Any "inactive" WikiProject can be revived if the project has a "group" of new editors that would make the project an active place for discussions related to improvement of pages within the project's scope.