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This project is officially inactive as a result of this Miscellany for Deletion discussion. Some of the former Esperanza projects are now functioning as independent projects:

Admin coaching
~~Reach out~~ (inactive)
~~Stress Alerts~~ (inactive)
~~Tutorial Drive~~ (inactive)
Calendar: now part of the Birthday Committee
Collaboration of the Month: superseded by Article Creation and Improvement Drive.

Esperanza was an association founded on 12 August 2005. Its goal was to indirectly support the encyclopedia by providing support and other assistance for Wikipedians in need, and by strengthening Wikipedia's sense of community. By doing this, it was hoped that editors would be encouraged to stay with Wikipedia. Esperanza was loosely governed by an Advisory Council, made up of two tranches and an Admin General, elected two times a year, who made binding decisions about Esperanza on IRC. This was felt by many as being counter to the open and transparent spirit of a wiki. Esperanza was nominated for deletion twice. A deletion request in November 2006 failed to reach consensus. A second deletion request in December 2006 resulted in a decentralisation of Esperanza, where those programs which were felt to be of merit were spun off as independent projects, and the main page was to be made into an essay about its fate. The deletion debate result was upheld in a deletion review in January 2007.

A list of Esperanza's programs can be seen on Wikipedia talk:Esperanza.

This essay serves as a warning to all editors that existing projects must be open and transparent to all editors at all times, not to be overly hierarchical lest they are to meet a fate similar to Esperanza's.

Esperanza's logo was a joint effort by multiple Wikipedians.

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-<big><big><center>'''''Esperanza's back, everybody!'''''</center></big></big>
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+||'''This project is officially inactive''' as a result of [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Esperanza|this Miscellany for Deletion discussion]]. Some of the former Esperanza projects are now functioning as independent projects:
+* [[Wikipedia:Admin coaching|Admin coaching]]
+* <s>[[Wikipedia:Reach out|Reach out]]</s> (inactive)
+* <s>[[Wikipedia:Stress Alerts|Stress Alerts]]</s> (inactive)
+* <s>[[Wikipedia:Tutorial Drive|Tutorial Drive]]</s> (inactive)
+* [[Wikipedia:Birthday Committee/Calendar|Calendar]]: now part of the [[Wikipedia:Birthday Committee|Birthday Committee]]
+* Collaboration of the Month: superseded by [[Wikipedia:Article Creation and Improvement Drive|Article Creation and Improvement Drive]].
+|}
+{| style="background:inherit;"
-==Welcome to the new and improved Esperanza!==
+| valign="top" style="text-align:justify;" |
-''Where the community is our foremost goal''
+Esperanza was an association founded on [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Esperanza&oldid=20848643 12 August 2005]. Its goal was to indirectly support the encyclopedia by providing support and other assistance for Wikipedians in need, and by strengthening Wikipedia's sense of community. By doing this, it was hoped that editors would be encouraged to stay with Wikipedia. Esperanza was loosely governed by an Advisory Council, made up of two tranches and an Admin General, elected two times a year, who made binding decisions about Esperanza on [[Internet Relay Chat|IRC]]. This was felt by many as being counter to the open and transparent spirit of a wiki. Esperanza was nominated for deletion twice. A [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Esperanza/Archive1|deletion request]] in November 2006 failed to reach consensus. A [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Esperanza|second deletion request]] in December 2006 resulted in a decentralisation of Esperanza, where those programs which were felt to be of merit were spun off as independent projects, and the main page was to be made into an essay about its fate. The deletion debate result was upheld in a [[Wikipedia:Deletion review/Wikipedia:Esperanza|deletion review]] in January 2007.
+A list of Esperanza's programs can be seen on [[Wikipedia talk:Esperanza]].
-Wikipedia is a dark and scary place, not the friendly neighborhood we all grew up in (assuming you became active on Wikipedia around 2005). We want everyone to get along again, to sit around the campfire and sing songs about [[exploding whale]]s and [[the weather in London]], and to have an ''utmost'' amount of fun contributing to the world's biggest encyclopedia thingy!
+This essay serves as a warning to all editors that existing projects must be open and transparent to all editors at all times, not to be overly hierarchical lest they are to meet a fate similar to Esperanza's.
-That is the goal of the new Esperanza.
+| valign="top" |
+[[Image:Esperanza.svg|thumb|250px|Esperanza's logo was a joint effort by multiple Wikipedians.]]
-But we have a lot of work to get there.
+{{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/sandbox|2005-09-19|Esperanza group|New group aims to promote Wiki-Love|2007-01-02|Experanza|Esperanza organization disbanded after deletion discussion}}
+|}
+[[Category:Wikipedia archives|Esperanza]]
-As the Interim Director of Esperanza, I would like to call for the election of an Esperanza Editor Council, consisting of seven members who have the most innovative approach towards Esperanza, a three-member Esperanza Dispute Council to resolve issues, a four-member Esperanza Editorial Board to evaluate Wikipedia articles on their compliance with Wikipedia editorial policy, and most importantly, a Director of Esperanza to replace me (assuming I do not get elected) to coordinate all the activities of Esperanza. You may nominate yourself today; elections will be soon.
+[[Category:Esperanza]]
+[[no:Wikipedia:Esperanza]]
-Together, let us improve Wikipedia through Esperanza, let us socialize through Esperanza, and let us combine as a community through Esperanza.
+</noinclude>
-&mdash;[[User:Harej|har<font color="green">e</font>j]], Interim Director of Esperanza.
-:Hello. I'd like to apply for the position of undersecretary for color schemes at the welcoming template design subcomittee. [[User:ZockPuppet|ZockPupp<font color="green">e</font>t]] ([[User talk:ZockPuppet|talk]]) 10:46, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
-::Whoa now. I applaud your enthusiasm, but let's not be reckless: we need to hold a pre-application meeting to plan this thing out. --[[User talk:Gwern |Gwern]] [[Special:Contributions/Gwern | (contribs)]] 15:48 [[1 April]] [[2009]] (GMT)
-:::Guys, keep in mind that Esperanzian "bureaucracy" was an in-joke. Don't take it seriously, as others have before... '''''[[User:Bibliomaniac15|<font color="black">bibliomaniac</font>]][[User talk:Bibliomaniac15|<font color="red">1</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Bibliomaniac15|<font color="blue">5</font>]]''''' 22:47, 1 April 2009 (UTC)