Welcome to WikiProject Death , a WikiProject that aims to provide a framework for the improvement and organization of human death -related articles on Wikipedia.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask us on our discussion page .
Anyone is welcome to join by listing their username on the participants page and contributing to the project.
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
Terrorism: Terrorist attacks . These should be left to WikiProject Terrorism
Natural disasters: Tornadoes , earthquakes , floods , etc.
Biographies: People who have died, including murder victims. These should be left to WikiProject Biography
Killers: Serial killers and murderers . These should be left to WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography
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 article requests
15 Jun 2024 – Death of Kevin Gately (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by Sheila1988 (t · c) ; see discussion
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Articles for deletion
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Categories for discussion
23 Apr 2024 – Category:Burials in Quito (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c) ; see discussion
21 Apr 2024 – Category:Drawings depicting the Crucifixion of Jesus (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Ham II (t · c) ; see discussion
21 Apr 2024 – Category:Prints depicting the Crucifixion of Jesus (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Ham II (t · c) ; see discussion
21 Apr 2024 – Category:Sculptures depicting the Crucifixion of Jesus (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Ham II (t · c) ; see discussion
21 Apr 2024 – Category:Paintings depicting the Massacre of the Innocents (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Ham II (t · c) ; see discussion
21 Apr 2024 – Category:Paintings depicting the Crucifixion of Jesus (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Ham II (t · c) ; see discussion
16 Apr 2024 – Category:Deaths due to hippopotamus attacks (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Pppery (t · c) ; see discussion
10 Apr 2024 – Category:Anti-Jewish pogroms by Muslims (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Namiba (t · c) ; see discussion
07 Apr 2024 – Category:Indian massacres (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c) ; see discussion
Redirects for discussion
Files for discussion
Featured article candidates
09 Apr 2024 – Pan Am Flight 214 (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by RecycledPixels (t · c) ; see discussion
Good article nominees
24 Apr 2024 – Taj Mahal (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Magentic Manifestations (t · c) ; start discussion
17 Apr 2024 – Battle of Meligalas (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Ashmedai 119 (t · c) ; start discussion
20 Mar 2024 – Lynching of Norris Dendy (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PCN02WPS (t · c) ; start discussion
13 Dec 2023 – Johannes van Damme (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by WorldTravleerAndPhotoTaker (t · c) ; start discussion
Requests for comments
Peer reviews
01 Mar 2024 – Gaetano Bresci (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Grnrchst (t · c) ; see discussion
Requested moves
Articles to be merged
Articles to be split
25 Apr 2024 – 2014 Isla Vista killings (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Shoot for the Stars (t · c) ; see discussion
25 Apr 2024 – Jeffrey Epstein (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by DBrown SPS (t · c) ; see discussion
12 Apr 2024 – Al-Shifa Hospital siege (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Dylanvt (t · c) ; see discussion
12 Mar 2024 – Bioterrorism (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Geysirhead (t · c) ; see discussion
15 Oct 2023 – Death (personification) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by GrayEquinox951 (t · c) ; see discussion
01 Sep 2023 – Treblinka extermination camp (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Piotrus (t · c) ; see discussion
14 Dec 2022 – Rider deaths in motorcycle racing (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 86.11.147.79 (t · c) ; see discussion
Articles for creation
Requested articles
Articles needing attention