Wikipedia:WikiProject Birmingham

Welcome to the WikiProject page for Birmingham, Britain's second city.

The Birmingham WikiProject is a project, created on 3rd May 2012, that helps to bring together editors who are interested in Birmingham and Birmingham-related topics. Its goal is to standardise and improve any articles associated with Birmingham, as well as to create missing articles. If you feel you can make a positive contribution to the project, become a member by joining the list of members.

Scope and motivation
This WikiProject aims primarily to provide information in consistent format for articles on places in, or related to Birmingham. On top of this, it aims to get the main Birmingham article to featured status.

Articles
All articles within Category:Birmingham, West Midlands and its subcategories are within the scope of this project.


 * Main articles
 * Birmingham
 * Economy of Birmingham
 * History of Birmingham
 * Architecture of Birmingham
 * Timeline of Birmingham history
 * Government of Birmingham
 * Parks and open spaces in Birmingham
 * Demographics of Birmingham
 * Culture of Birmingham
 * Art of Birmingham
 * Religion in Birmingham
 * Food and drink in Birmingham
 * Media in Birmingham
 * Science and invention in Birmingham
 * Transport in Birmingham
 * Sport in Birmingham


 * Areas
 * Birmingham City Centre
 * Constituent areas of Birmingham
 * St Paul's Square
 * Jewellery Quarter
 * Deritend
 * Buildings
 * Big City Plan
 * List of tallest buildings and structures in Birmingham
 * Listed buildings in Birmingham
 * Birmingham Town Hall
 * Birmingham Central Library, soon to be replaced by Library of Birmingham
 * St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham
 * City Hospital, Birmingham
 * The Rotunda
 * Bull Ring Shopping Centre
 * St Andrew's Stadium
 * Villa Park


 * Natural features


 * Education
 * Education in Birmingham
 * University of Birmingham
 * Aston University
 * Birmingham City University
 * Newman University College


 * Transport
 * Birmingham Airport
 * Birmingham New Street railway station
 * Birmingham International railway station
 * Birmingham Snow Hill railway station


 * Sports
 * Aston Villa F.C.
 * Birmingham City F.C.


 * Events

Requested articles

 * Politics of Birmingham
 * Birmingham Jazz Festival
 * Birmingham Rugby
 * The Firs Estate

New articles
New pages are occasionally added here.


 * Philip Smith (criminal), 12 May 2012

To do list

 * Add the WikiProject Birmingham template to all Birmingham related articles.
 * Expand the Birmingham watch list to include all related pages and talk pages.
 * Create any missing project pages, categories, etc.
 * Obtain FA status for the main Birmingham article.
 * Create Portal:Birmingham.

Improvement drive
If you are working on an article or think that an article needs improvement, and would appreciate collaboration, add your article to the top of the list to bring it to the attention of other editors:
 * West Midlands Serious Crime Squad

Featured articles

 * Aston Villa F.C.
 * History of Aston Villa F.C. (1961–present)
 * Neville Chamberlain
 * Rise of Neville Chamberlain
 * Priestley Riots
 * Villa Park

Featured Lists

 * List of Aston Villa F.C. managers
 * List of Aston Villa F.C. players
 * Aston Villa F.C. seasons
 * Aston Villa F.C. statistics and records
 * List of Birmingham City F.C. managers
 * List of Birmingham City F.C. players
 * Birmingham City F.C. seasons
 * List of Birmingham City F.C. statistics and records

Good articles

 * Birmingham
 * Birmingham City F.C.
 * Grand Hotel, Birmingham
 * History of Aston Villa F.C. (1874–1961)
 * St Andrew's (stadium)

Changes
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Participants
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And me.
 * Paul MacDermott (talk) 20:28, 3 May 2012 (UTC) (founder)
 * Pahazzard (talk) 12:21, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
 * dpchalmers (talk) 19:00, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
 * CarlDurose (talk) 11:12, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
 * JimKillock Jim Killock (talk) 12:27, 28 July 2018 (UTC)