Wikipedia:WikiProject West Midlands
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Welcome to the West Midlands WikiProject, a collaboration area and group of editors dedicated to improving the quality of Wikipedia's coverage of the UK county and conurbation known as the West Midlands and all articles that fall within its category.
There are currently no WikiProjects for the Midlands or any individual cities which lie within the West Midlands and as the county is a major part in the geography and economy of the United Kingdom, a WikiProject would be the best way to manage all articles that fall under this category.
The West Midlands region is large and therefore, as to keep organisation within the WikiProject, the project will primarily focus upon the county within in it as there are enough articles within the county category to keep the WikiProject busy.
The aim is to give all articles in the project a standard structure for their topic. For example, all villages and towns should receive an Infobox on the right of the page.
- Goals
- To expand and improve articles relating to the West Midlands county and conurbation.
- To improve the coverage of information on the West Midlands.
- To improve as many articles in the West Midlands category to the highest standard - Featured Article Status.
- Scope
- The WikiProject is to assist with all the articles under Category:West Midlands.
[edit] Participants
- Erebus555 (talk • contribs) (Founder. Will edit mainly Birmingham related articles however will maintain articles in the wider scope.)
- Majabl (talk • contribs)
- Fingerpuppet (talk • contribs)
- Pontificake (talk • contribs)
- G-Man (talk • contribs)
- DWaterson (talk • contribs)
- Matt.smart (talk • contribs)
- Pyrotec (talk • contribs) Mainly Canals, Railways and Chemical Industry
- Andy Mabbett Mainly Birmingham, railway and nature- related
[edit] To do
- Add talk page banner template to the top of all article talk pages that fall within the project scope.
- To create new sub-categories for topics that contain numerous articles without a specific category.
- To add geographical coordinates to all articles of places; buildings, geographical features, settlements etc..
- To add images to all articles within scope that require them.
- Expand West Midlands stubs
[edit] West Midlands monthly improvement drive
This West Midlands WikiProject organises a monthly improvement drive which aims to focus the participants of the project to edit one particular article per month. This helps increase the quality of the article, the sense of community within the participants as well as keep the project active.
Nominations are taken each month and other participants are urged to vote on the article they believe should be chosen for the improvement drive. To nominate go to the Monthly improvement drive page and follow the instructions. All users are welcome!
This month's article selected for the improvement drive is West Bromwich.
[edit] Show case
[edit] Featured articles
This is a list of all articles that have achieved Featured article status since the creation of the project due to the work of the users.
[edit] Good articles
This is a list of all articles that have achieved Good article status since the creation of the project due to the work of the users.
[edit] Did you know
This is a list of all articles that have appeared on 'Did you know...' on the Wikipedia Main Page since the creation of the project due to the work of the users.
- Hillfields (February 24, 2007)
[edit] Requests for the WikiProject
Users can add requests for articles at this page by following the instructions at the start of the page. Image requests may be dealt with by placing the appropriate template on the talk page for the article you want an image for.
[edit] Categories
[edit] Templates
[edit] User templates
Place this template on your user page:
It will appear like this:
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This user is a member of WikiProject West Midlands. |
[edit] Article talk page templates
Add this to all talk pages of articles and categories that fall within the scope of the WikiProject:
- {{WikiProject West Midlands}} or {{WPWM}}
It will appear like this:
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This article is within the scope of the West Midlands WikiProject. This is a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of the West Midlands. In so doing it works and collaborates with the two related projects UK Geography WikiProject and UK Subdivisions WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. Please also feel free to join in the discussions on the project's talk page. |
[edit] Stubs
[edit] Other
- West Midlands railway stations
Template tag {{West Midlands railway station}} creates:
- Wards of Birmingham
Template tag {{Wards of Birmingham}} creates:
- Districts of Birmingham
Template tag {{Districts of Birmingham}} creates:
| Council constituencies in Birmingham: |
| Edgbaston | Erdington | Hall Green | Hodge Hill | Ladywood | Northfield | Perry Barr | Selly Oak | Sutton Coldfield | Yardley |
- Buildings in Birmingham
Template tag {{BirminghamBuildings}} creates:
| Buildings in Birmingham, England Highrise (In height order): BT Tower | Beetham Tower | Chamberlain Clock Tower | Alpha Tower | Orion Building | The Rotunda | NatWest Tower | Five Ways Tower | Centre City Tower | Hyatt Regency Hotel | 1 Snow Hill Plaza | Quayside Tower | Colmore Gate | The McLaren Building | Metropolitan House | Edgbaston House | Post & Mail Building | Jury's Inn Birmingham Notable lowrise: | | Birmingham Assay Office | | Central Library | Council House | Curzon Street railway station | Great Western Arcade | ICC | The Mailbox | | Millennium Point | The Old Crown | Paradise Forum | Birmingham Proof House | Sarehole Mill | Symphony Hall | Town Hall | |
