Wikipedia:WikiProject Worcestershire

Welcome! Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Worcestershire. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions, resources, and things to do. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page or check out the WP:WORCS/ToDo page. You do not need to be a member of this project to work on any Worcestershire related articles, but if you join by adding  your name below it will help coordination, avoid duplication of effort, and also help improve any  other articles of which you are one of the major contributors. Any content on this page is open for discussion, but with the exception  of adding to or commenting  on the To do and Members list, or making a minor edit, please first discuss any proposed major changes on the talk page.

Before making any  major edits to  articles or stubs, please be sure to read WP:WORCS/HowTo, and if you wish to refer anyone to  that  page, you  can use the shortcut WP:WORCS/HowTo.

Urgent tasks are now listed here: WP:WORCS/ToDo. It should be referred to  often, and participants are recommended to  keep  the page on their watchlists. If you wish to refer anyone to  that  page, you  can use the shorcut WP:WORCS/ToDo.

Brief news
Evolution of Worcestershire county boundaries since 1844 was promoted to Good article on 3 September 2014. Largely the work of, a Worcestershire Project member, the article was reviewed by.

Hanley Castle High School was was promoted to Good article on 30 August 2012. There are 78 good articles for educational institution of all kinds of which there are 4 GA for secondary schools in the UK. Hanley High School is the first state school in the UK to become GA.

Evesham was nominated on 2 December 2010 as a Good Article Candidate. The nomination unfortunately failed due to unforeseen unavailability  of the editors working  on  the article. It only  requires minor attention  to  be renominated.

Malvern, Worcestershire: A peer review has been requested here prior to eventual  nomination  for FA. The peer review was successfully concluded. This article is now a potential candidate for Featured Article nomination.
 * Update: That PR was quite a while back and the article has evolved much  more since. There are some fresh  comments on  the talk  page and any help would be welcome.
 * Update: now listed (26 Nov 2016) as a Featured article candidate and waiting for the review process to begin.
 * Update: The FAC was declined. At 1 April 2018, the article is near ready and only needs some minor tweaks to the referencing system and some further CE.

List of Old Malvernians: The Peer Review prior to  eventual  nomination  for Featured List, is completed. Issues were raised that may  make  promotion  of this list  article to  FL very difficult, if not impossible.

Worcester Castle was awarded Good Article status on 27 October 2011. Largely the work of User:Hchc2009, the article was reviewed and promoted by User:Malleus Fatuorum.

The photo by David Iliff of the medieval cloisters in Worcester Cathedral appeared as picture of the day on 5 October 2016.

Urse d'Abetot was awarded Featured Article status on 13 October 2009. Promoted by, the article was 96.4% the work of. It was featured on the main page on 14 April 2018.

The Battle of Powick Bridge achieved Feature Article status and appeared on the Main Page on 12 February 2023.

Newsletter
The WikiProject newsletter is published once every two months and is currently written by, though more contributors are welcome. All active participants receive the newsletter, if you wish not to, then feel free to remove yourself from the Mailing list.

Aims
The purpose of this project is to provide guidelines for any Wikipedia articles regarding or mentioning Worcestershire and anything in the county. This can cover everything from visual style and formatting to content and organization. All articles need not be identical, and there is obviously a wide variety of information which may be appropriate to some articles and not to others. The ultimate goal is to make it easier for Wikipedians to create high quality articles related to this subject matter, and also to make it easier for readers of these articles to find relevant information in consistent format and location.

On the project

 * New project members add themselves as a new project members, plus details of what they can/can't or would like to do.
 * Founder members: complete this project (in progress) front page with needed banners, templates, and categories.
 * Check items as 'done' on the 'to do' list using the ✅ template with your signature in four tildes.
 * stimulate comments and discussion about the project, the articles, and the work, on the project's talk page.

For the project

 * Place the WPWorcs-Scope banner template ('This article is part of the Worcs project') on article talk pages.
 * Actively invite other editors to join the project by placing a banner on their talk pages, or by inviting  them to  come and help  out on  a particular article. Find a list  of former article contributors by  clicking  the contributors link on  the top  of the article's history  page.

On articles

 * complete the infoboxes
 * add coordinates
 * extend the article content
 * add reliable references
 * add the relevant categories
 * find or make, and add suitable images
 * find or make, and add suitable maps
 * find or make, and add suitable tables (population growth, climate, etc.)
 * create complete articles from existing stubs
 * split sections from existing articles and create new, expanded articles from them.
 * create new articles
 * clean up and copy edit existing articles
 * achieve GA for the major towns and administrative districts, and other major articles on notable items/people in the county.
 * help monitor vandalism and inappropriate editing by unregistered authors.

Talk
The talk page is the place to talk about this project, and to centralise discussions that involve two or more articles. It also  contains news about  new policies and things to look  out for.

Participants
Anyone can join - you don't have to be from, or live in Worcestershire. please familiarise yourself with the contents of this page (all Wikipedia Projects are different), and then just add your name here by signing with four tildes ( ~ ). If you wish, do add some brief info about how you can best contribute, and also what you don't really like doing. If you wish to expand your info, use the project Participants' Details page.

Active participants
Members of this WikiProject who have made at least one edit in the past year: (list updated by )


 * 1) Kudpung (talk) 22:34, 29 May 2009 (UTC) (founder)
 * 2) Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; (inactive)Andy's edits - Especially nature reserves & related
 * 3) Peterkingiron (talk) 16:36, 23 July 2009 (UTC) -- I live in north Worcestershire and have long studied local history in the area.
 * 4) Jez t e C 08:51, 10 August 2009 (UTC) -- Worcestershire Resident. Help with formating, and repetitive work as required. Anychance of a Newsletter?
 * 5) Hkandy (talk) 14:55, 7 March 2010 (UTC) I am interested in the history of Kempsey village and parish, and will contribute text and photos gradually.
 * 6) Jim Killock (talk) 20:05, 26 January 2011 (UTC); as of 2023, I have expanded Worcester, England, History of Worcester and History of Worcestershire; also Bromsgrove and Forest of Feckenham
 * 7) Karthik Nadar Karthikndr (talk) 11:12, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
 * 8) Ianmurray5 (talk) 01:02, 24 February 2019 (UTC) Industrial history and Railway History are my thing, trying to write a Wiki entry for every main Worcester City company that has nothing.
 * 9) Ollieisanerd (talk) 12:57, 28 December 2022 (UTC) Interested in expanding the small civil parish articles.
 * 10) T. E. A. Mackie (talk) 11:28, 16 April 2023 (UTC) Have plenty of old books on the History of Worcestershire.
 * 11) Cloptonson (talk) 20:23, 13 December 2023 (UTC) In response to invitation, happy to join. Am interested from point of view of my being native Shropshire-based and having visited Worcestershire.
 * 12) Next participant sign here please:

You can add the WikiProject Worcestershire userbox to your userpage, to signify your membership. Just use the template by copying  and pasting  this:

Non-active participants
Users part of this WikiProject who have made no edits in the past year. Feel free to add your name back if you decide to rejoin.
 * 1) iccaldwell - No edits since December 2017
 * 2) GyroMagician (talk) 09:14, 29 May 2009 (UTC) I do a bit of all sorts - copy editing, untangling references, templates. I grew up in Malvern, but don't live locally, so I'm not much help with photography. - No edits since February 2017
 * 3) Jenuk1985  |  Talk  (Pretty good at reviewing and copyediting, specialised in roads & busses, but  not rail or canals - See Members' Details page - No edits since March 2020
 * 4) DonBarton (talk) 17:53, 29 May 2009 (UTC) - No edits since May 2018
 * 5) Loganberry (Talk) 13:48, 16 June 2009 (UTC) - bits and pieces: copyediting, finding references, statistics etc. - No edits since July 2019
 * 6) Nev1 (talk) – no Worcestershire specific knowledge, but I am familiar with building articles, especially about settlements - No edits since December 2020
 * 7) Leonig Mig (talk) 16:33, 7 September 2009 (UTC) - No edits since October 2019
 * 8) Petepetepetepete (talk) 21:51, 9 October 2009 (UTC) I genuinely love Worcestershire! - No edits since May 2015
 * 9) Wotnow (talk) 17:29, 7 February 2010 (UTC) My participation may be sporadic, as my circumstances change. But I'll do what I can, and provide food for thought where possible. I myself have first-hand experience in the consumption of Worcestershire sauce. Lea & Perrins, of course. - No edits since March 2022
 * 10) Dave Robinson (talk) 22:00, 10 May 2010 (UTC) Malvern resident for 20 years. Keen photographer, and good copy editor. - No edits since May 2012
 * 11) Michael P. Barnett (talk) 15:00, 2 December 2010 (UTC) At RRE 1953-5. Assume I put info about Malvern on its page, and watch here for more general requests I might help with. I live in U.S. with access to excellent literature searching resources. - No edits since June 2011
 * 12) Mhygelle (talk) 11:54, 9 January 2011 (UTC) - No edits since January 2013
 * 13) Alan Hughes User:AlanRenatus - No edits since September 2011
 * 14) Bellow558 (talk) 15:19, 18 August 2014 (UTC) - No edits since July 2022
 * 15) Malpensilo (talk) --Malpensilo (talk) 18:49, 19 March 2015 (UTC) I have added a couple of stubs, will try to more generally involved with the project, as well as adding photos of features which are local to me. - No edits since September 2021
 * 16) I&#39;mJamesMcGill (talk) 22:04, 20 January 2016 (UTC) I can help clean up and do a bit of research, especially into schools. - No edits since March 2016
 * 17) Malevan (talk) 23:04, 27 May 2016 (UTC) Interested in improving information on villages and suburbs of towns. - No edits since August 2020
 * 18) • BalchMike      ⋠talk⋡  22:22, 31 July 2016 (UTC) Interested in added references where I can find reliable sources and updating articles. I've already added into Worcester, Worcester Cathedral, and significantly to Worcester News and Berrow's Worcester Journal. - No edits since November 2017
 * 19) Abacchus1974 (talk) 22:00, 29 April 2010 (UTC) will be glad to help with presentation etc; currently occupied mainly with Malvern College pages and Im enjoying looking for notable alumni! - No edits since May 2022
 * 20) PBS (talk) I work mainly civil war articles, with a few dabbles at places that are notable to the history of the county. - No edits since November 2022

What's been done already?

 * Work has already started by heavily expanding and improving many of the Malvern related articles
 * Stubs created on the MHD civil parishes within the category Villages in Worcestershire.
 * Photos on all  settlement  articles (in  progress).
 * Project banners placed on  all  Worcs related articles except  people.
 * Schools now have infoboxes populated from available sources; logos/crests if available; details from  Ofsted or SIS reports (if available). A few schools still have problem areas.
 * Created article Malvern Museum.


 * Good Articles
 * Malvern, Worcestershire has been promoted to Good Article. This status is a Wikipedia reference for quality, and although not a first  in  the county,  it is the first  for a major article in our project and is a milestone for teamwork.


 * Malvern water has been promoted to Good Article. It is the second major  teamwork effort from  the Worcs project  members.


 * Malvern College has been promoted to Good Article. It is the third major  teamwork effort from  the Worcs project  members.

To Do
This Worcestershire project covers about 1,200 Wikipedia articles. The 'to do' items on the WP:WORCS/ToDo page are only the very urgent ones. You can search for all the other articles alphabetically or by type according to your field of interest in the list  of special  pages below. They also have regularly updated maintenance notes that you can add comments to, or the ✅  ✅ tag. There is also a complete list  of all  schools in  Worcestershire.
 * All Worcs related articles by ABC
 * Worcs related articles by type.
 * All Worcs related articles about people by ABC
 * List of all Schools in  Worcestershire
 * List by Class & Importance: Page 1 All categories except people (not yet  tagged with  WP banner)
 * List by Class & Importance: Page 2 All categories except people (not yet  tagged with  WP banner)
 * ADD listed buildings to Category:Listed buildings in England

ADD anything urgent you come across and are not able to fix immediately, to the lists on WP:WORCS/ToDo. (articles are listed by kind of  action  required and may need listing in several of the lists if they  have multiple issues). The recommended priority for creation/improvement of articles is:
 * 1) Sourcing unreferenced BLPs. See the bot created list  for our project  at Bot updated list.
 * 2) Places in the county (in order): Districts, Cities, Major towns, Minor towns, Town suburbs, Villages Hamlets, Parishes, town/city neighbourhoods, very large housing  estates.
 * 3) Schools in the county (Particularly susceptible to  vandalism - please keep  them  on  your watch lists if possible).
 * 4) Transport in the county: road, bus, rail, air, waterways.
 * 5) Notable buildings/objects/geo features/AONB/Heritage sites, etc. in the county
 * 6) History in the county
 * 7) Industry & Commerce in the county.
 * 8) People in the county
 * 9) County related articles about things not actually in the county, and/or other related projects.
 * All stub class articles and Category:Worcestershire articles needing attention are in permanent need of attention. See: Worcs articles.
 * All Worcestershire geography stubs are listed at Category:Worcestershire geography stubs, and they all need attention of some kind, see: Worcs articles, though maybe not as urgently as the ones in the lists on  the WP:WORCS/ToDo page.

Articles in need of attention

 * In general, the lead sections on history for many of the major towns including Kidderminster, Droitwich Spa, seem thin or weak.

Articles improved and need of some checks
Here are some recommendations:
 * History of Worcestershire: largely completed
 * Worcester, history section. Completed and slimmed down, see also History of Worcester
 * Bromsgrove: the history section updated and should be in reasonable order

Resources (information sources)

 * WikiProject UK geography/How to write about settlements
 * WikiProject UK subdivisions - Guidelines for articles about counties, districts, unitary authorities, and boroughs.
 * List of civil parishes in England (by county)
 * List of civil parishes in Worcestershire (by district)
 * List of United Kingdom locations contains many coordinates for UK locations, in lat/long or OSGB format.
 * Geograph British Isles project contains many Creative Commons Share-alike v2.0 images which are usable by wikipedia.
 * Commons:Category:England Wikimedia Commons England category.
 * Images of England details of listed buildings from English Heritage
 * Worcs County Council demography reports by district, town, and neighbourhood
 * Office of National Stats demography reports by district, town, and neighbourhood
 * English Heritage listed buildings.
 * British History Online

Resources (page stat tools)

 * Article visits per month
 * How many people are watching a page

Resources (collaborative editing tools)
The Wikipedia ToDo List feature is a little used (little known?) tool which could be very useful for collaborative work, especially during  a drive by  several  editors to  improve an article, or to get  one up  to  GA or FA status. It's extremely easy  to  install  and implement - see: To-do list However, do  note however that  the functions to  be used to  add, delete, or edit  items on  the list are the edit · history · watch · refresh links, and not  the   Here are some tasks you can do text link. The category is automùatically  added so that  the page appears in   Category:Wikipedia pages with to-do lists. Anything done can be checked off with the ✅ (✅) template. have fun with  the tool.
 * ToDo List feature

Assessment
For information about how to assess a page, see WikiProject Worcestershire/Assessment.

Featured content
Featured Articles


 * Edward Elgar
 * Urse d'Abetot
 * Roger Norreis
 * Battle of Powick Bridge

Featured Lists


 * List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the English Midlands

Good Articles


 * Evolution of Worcestershire county boundaries since 1844
 * Hanley Castle High School
 * Malvern College
 * Malvern water
 * Julius Harrison
 * Malvern, Worcestershire
 * Murder of Céline Figard
 * Philip Smith (criminal)
 * Battle of Evesham
 * Strensham services
 * Walter de Beauchamp (nobleman)
 * Whittington Tump
 * Worcester Castle

Categories
The following categories are available for pages within the Worcestershire project. Adding categories to pages makes them much easier to search, or group together. If you're working on a page, check what's available here, and add whatever matches by adding to the bottom of the page.

Templates
Several project templates are available, details here.

Parent Projects

 * UK geography
 * England
 * Cities

Neighbouring counties

 * West Midlands
 * Warwickshire
 * Gloucestershire (inactive)
 * Herefordshire (low activity)
 * Shropshire (low activity)
 * Staffordshire (no project yet)

Other County Projects
These are some of the more active regional UK projects. They have lots of ideas and produce lots of good content - we should copy them! For a full list of town and city projects, and their recent activity, see WikiProject England/Projects.
 * Berkshire
 * Cambridge
 * Cheshire
 * Cornwall
 * Derbyshire
 * Devon
 * Dorset
 * Greater Manchester
 * Hampshire
 * Hertfordshire
 * Kent
 * Lancashire and Cumbria
 * Lincolnshire
 * London
 * Merseyside
 * North East England
 * Northamptonshire
 * Nottinghamshire
 * Somerset
 * Surrey‎
 * Sussex
 * Warwickshire
 * West Midlands
 * Wight
 * Worcestershire
 * Yorkshire

Other Wiki projects

 * WikiProject UK subdivisions (parent)
 * WikiProject UK geography (parent)
 * WikiProject England (parent)
 * WikiProject United Kingdom (parent)
 * WikiProject UK Parliament constituencies
 * WikiProject Council/Directory/Geographical/Europe (United Kingdom)

Useful links

 * WikiProject_Council/Guide
 * WikiProject_Council/Guide
 * Template:Schools in Worcestershire
 * Template:Transport in Worcestershire