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The Ancient Germanic studies WikiProject works to improve Wikipedia's coverage of the history, language and culture of the Ancient Germanic peoples from ca. 500 BCE to ca. 1000 CE. Our chronological scope is derived mainly from the field of linguistics, with the First Sound Shift (ca. 500 BCE) marking the beginning of the Ancient or Old Germanic period and the change from the 'Old' to the 'Middle' dialects (High German ca. 1000, English 1066, Norse ca. 1100) marking its end. In historical terms, this period stretches from the last phase of the Nordic Bronze Age to the Early Middle Ages.

Open tasks

As this is a new WikiProject covering a broad topic, a good deal of freedom is granted to members in terms of where they begin working. For the time being, we are relying primarily upon personal initiatives to improve individual articles or select groups of articles. There are many articles which fall under this project's scope, and looking through some of the related categories (such as History of the Germanic peoples) is a good way to get an idea of where work needs to be done. Some initiatives may develop into task forces with their own work page. If you have a small project in mind which would encompass several interrelated articles (e.g. articles relating to one of the Ancient Germanic tribes, one of the Old Germanic languages, or to a series of related historical events), you may propose creating such a task force on our talk page. Alternatively, you could adopt a particular article with a view towards raising its assessment rating, or pick a task from one of the lists below:

WikiPortal Maintenance

Add quality pictures to the Selected picture module, replacing the current choices as appropriate and paying special attention to our scope.
Add FA, GA or B-class articles to the Selected article module, replacing the current choices as appropriate and paying special attention to our scope.
Add quality articles to the Selected runic artefact module (at least 2 more are currently required).
Update the 'Did you know..?' module with more interesting facts relevant to our scope.

Requests for collaboration

(If you would like to invite fellow project members to collaborate with you on a particular article, please list it here.)

Alu (runic)

Requests for peer review

(If you would like to have a fellow project member perform a peer review on an article you are working on, please list it here)

Members

(If you would like to contribute to this WikiProject, please add your name to the list below.)

Templates

Project banner template

Adding {{Template:WPAGS}} to the top of an article's talkpage will produce the following:

The WikiProject banner below should be moved to this page's talk page. If this is a demonstration of the template, please set the parameter |category=no to prevent this page being miscategorised.

Ancient Germanic studies NA‑class

	This page is within the scope of WikiProject Ancient Germanic studies, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Ancient Germanic studies articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Ancient Germanic studiesWikipedia:WikiProject Ancient Germanic studiesTemplate:WikiProject Ancient Germanic studiesAncient Germanic studies articles
NA	This page does not require a rating on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.

Project invitation template

Adding {{Template:WPAGS-Invite}} to an editors talkpage will produce the following:

Hello! Your editing history indicates that you might be interested in joining the Ancient Germanic studies WikiProject, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of the history, language and culture of the Ancient Germanic peoples. We also maintain the Ancient Germanic culture WikiPortal. If you are interested in contributing, you are welcome to sign up at the project page. Thanks!

Project userbox template

Adding {{User WPAGS-Member}} to your userpage will produce the following:

This user is a participant in WikiProject Ancient Germanic studies.

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