Wikipedia:WikiProject West Midlands

Welcome to the West Midlands WikiProject, a collaboration area and group of editors dedicated to improving the quality of Wikipedia's coverage of:
 * Articles within the West Midlands County
 * Articles within the West Midlands conurbation
 * Articles within the Coventry/Bedworth Urban Area
 * Articles within the three overspill New Towns of Telford, Redditch and Tamworth
 * Articles within an approximate 5 mile radius of any of the above

There are currently no WikiProjects for the Midlands or any individual cities which lie within the West Midlands and as the area 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 areas listed above as there are enough articles within the above categories 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.

Sub projects

 * WikiProject Birmingham is a sub-project to the WikiProject West Midlands, its parent project. The Birmingham project has shared aims of its parent project to improve and organise West Midlands pages, but with a focus on pages related to Birmingham.
 * WikiProject Coventry is a sub-project to the WikiProject West Midlands, its parent project. The Coventry project has shared aims of its parent project to improve and organise West Midlands pages, but with a focus on pages related to Coventry.

Related projects

 * WikiProject UK geography
 * WikiProject UK Railways
 * WikiProject UK Waterways
 * WikiProject England
 * WikiProject UK subdivisions
 * WikiProject Geographical coordinates (not UK specific)

Active participants

 * 1)  Mainly Public Transport
 * 2)  Mainly arts and cultural history
 * 3)  Mainly public transport and Birmingham, Solihull, & Worcestershire localities and people.
 * 4)  Mainly schools and places in  Worcestershire, Warwickshire, and Herefordshire projects
 * 5)  (Andy Mabbett) Mainly stuff related to Birmingham, railways, canals and nature. Also interested in and adding microformats and coordinates.
 * 6)  Mainly canals
 * 7)  Mainly public transport, local government
 * 8)  Industrial heritage and architecture (esp. bridges, war memorials, railway buildings), particularly in Coventry but I get around.
 * 1)  (Andy Mabbett) Mainly stuff related to Birmingham, railways, canals and nature. Also interested in and adding microformats and coordinates.
 * 2)  Mainly canals
 * 3)  Mainly public transport, local government
 * 4)  Industrial heritage and architecture (esp. bridges, war memorials, railway buildings), particularly in Coventry but I get around.

Inactive participants
(For editors who have not edited in over a year)


 * 1)  (Founder. Will edit mainly Birmingham related articles however will maintain articles in the wider scope.)
 * 2)  Mainly Wolverhampton area
 * 3)  Mainly Birmingham and transport related articles.
 * 4)  Mainly Coventry
 * 5)  Mainly Black Country related articles
 * 6)  Mainly Canals, Railways and Chemical Industry
 * 7)  Mainly interested in transport
 * 8)  Mainly Telford and Wolverhampton area
 * 9)  Mainly South Birmingham & Worcestershire and Transport & Politics related articles.
 * 1)  Mainly Coventry
 * 2)  Mainly Black Country related articles
 * 3)  Mainly Canals, Railways and Chemical Industry
 * 4)  Mainly interested in transport
 * 5)  Mainly Telford and Wolverhampton area
 * 6)  Mainly South Birmingham & Worcestershire and Transport & Politics related articles.
 * 1)  Mainly interested in transport
 * 2)  Mainly Telford and Wolverhampton area
 * 3)  Mainly South Birmingham & Worcestershire and Transport & Politics related articles.

Member userbox
You may place User WP West Midlands on your user page to display the following userbox:

For other United Kingdom user templates, please see:
 * Userboxes/Location/European Union/United Kingdom

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!


 * The monthly improvement drive is currently inactive.

Topics

 * [[Image:Cscr-featuredtopic.svg|25px]] Aston Villa F.C.

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.
 * Aston Villa F.C.
 * Brownhills
 * History of Aston Villa F.C. (1961–present)
 * Duncan Edwards
 * Priestley Riots

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
 * West Bromwich Albion F.C. seasons
 * List of West Midlands railway stations

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.
 * 1885–86 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season
 * Beacon Park
 * Birmingham
 * Birmingham City F.C.
 * Editors
 * Grand Hotel, Birmingham
 * History of Aston Villa F.C. (1874–1961)
 * Letocetum
 * Marty Hogan
 * Midland Football Alliance
 * St Andrew's (stadium)
 * Villa Park
 * West Bromwich Albion F.C.
 * One Direction

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 (24 February 2007)
 * Gilbertstone (25 April 2007)
 * Plants Brook (19 May 2007)
 * Bob Roberts (footballer, born 1859) (4 June 2008)
 * Joe Wilson (footballer born 1861) (24 October 2008)
 * 1885–86 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season (3 March 2010)
 * Birmingham Charity Cup (19 March 2010)
 * 1882–83 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season (24 March 2010)

Main categories

 * Category:West Midlands
 * Category:Areas of the West Midlands (county)
 * Category:Birmingham, West Midlands
 * Category:Geography of Birmingham, West Midlands
 * Category:Parks and open spaces in Birmingham, West Midlands
 * Category:Buildings and structures in the West Midlands (county)
 * Category:Churches in the West Midlands (county)
 * Category:Companies based in the West Midlands (county)
 * Category:Coventry
 * Category:Dudley
 * Category:Education in the West Midlands (county)
 * Category:Environment of the West Midlands (county)
 * Category:History of the West Midlands (county)
 * Category:Local government in the West Midlands
 * Category:Organisations based in the West Midlands (county)
 * Category:Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (county)
 * Category:People from the West Midlands (county)
 * Category:Religion in the West Midlands (county)
 * Category:Rivers of the West Midlands (county)
 * Category:Sandwell
 * Category:Solihull
 * Category:Sport in the West Midlands (county)
 * Category:Tourist attractions in the West Midlands (county)
 * Category:Transport in the West Midlands (county)
 * Category:Walsall
 * Category:Wards of the West Midlands (county)
 * Category:Wolverhampton

Meta categories

 * Category:WikiProject West Midlands
 * Category:WikiProject West Midlands improvement drive
 * Category:West Midlands articles missing geocoordinate data

ISO codes
Applicable ISO 3166-2:GB (region) codes:
 * GB-BIR = Birmingham
 * GB-COV = Coventry
 * GB-DUD = Dudley
 * GB-SAW = Sandwell
 * GB-SOL = Solihull
 * GB-WLL = Walsall
 * GB-WLV = Wolverhampton

Among other things, these codes are used in the  parameter, when adding coordinates to articles, using Coord.

User templates
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Article talk page templates
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Local
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 * West Midlands County:

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 * Transport in the West Midlands County

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 * West Midlands railway stations:


 * open can be replaced by main, disused or heritage to determine which section expands by default.

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 * Midland Metro

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 * City of Birmingham:

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 * Wards of Birmingham:

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 * Buildings in Birmingham:

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 * Wards of Wolverhampton:

General
Infobox building
 * Buildings

Links

 * Birmingham.gov.uk
 * Dudley.gov.uk
 * Coventry.gov.uk
 * Sandwell.gov.uk
 * Solihull.gov.uk
 * Walsall.gov.uk
 * Wolverhampton.gov.uk