Editing Incubator escapee wiki:WikiProject (section)

==Function==
{{main|Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide#What is a WikiProject?{{!}}What is a WikiProject?}}
{{see also|Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2013-04-01/WikiProject report{{!}}FAQs about WikiProjects}}
The pages of a WikiProject are the central place for editor collaboration on a particular topic area. Editors there develop criteria, maintain various collaborative processes and keep track of work that needs to be done. It also provides a venue where issues of interest to the editors of a subject may be discussed. WikiProjects often write [[Wikipedia:Advice pages|advice]] for editors, use bots to track what is happening at articles of interest to the group, and create lists of tools and templates the project's participants commonly use.

The discussion pages attached to a project page are a convenient venue for those involved in that project to talk about what they are doing, to ask questions, and to receive advice from other people interested in the group's work. Participants in WikiProjects also assist in performing [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment|quality assessments]] of articles pertaining to their specific topic area.

They typically are areas of interest or expertise and can be used for collaboration, coordination, competitions, outreach, decision-making, integration and mutual assistance.

WikiProjects are not rule-making organizations, nor can they assert [[WP:OWN|ownership of articles]] within a specific topic area. WikiProjects have no special rights or privileges compared to other editors and [[Wikipedia:Advice pages|may not impose their preferences on articles]]. A WikiProject is fundamentally a social construct: its success depends on its ability to function as a cohesive group of editors working towards a common goal.

Wikipedia has a very large number of WikiProjects. A number of them are fully active and have a number of active participants and even elected coordinators who help the WikiProject to run actively. Some WikiProjects are somewhat less active, but still exist as a collaboration and work-tracking venue where interested editors can exchange ideas and information. Some WikiProjects are completely inactive.