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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:

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
  • 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.
  1. Dudleybus (talk · contribs) Mainly Public Transport
  2. Gavbadger (talk · contribs)
  3. ilakast (talk · contribs)
  4. JimmyGuano (talk · contribs) Mainly arts and cultural history
  5. Jpdfive (talk · contribs) Mainly public transport and Birmingham, Solihull, & Worcestershire localities and people.
  6. Kudpung (talk · contribs) Mainly schools and places in Worcestershire, Warwickshire, and Herefordshire projects
  7. Martarius (talk · contribs)
  8. MIDI (talk · contribs)
  9. Pigsonthewing (talk · contribs) (Andy Mabbett) Mainly stuff related to Birmingham, railways, canals and nature. Also interested in and adding microformats and coordinates.
  10. Shantavira (talk · contribs) Mainly canals
  11. Sammich28 (talk · contribs) Mainly public transport, local government
  12. Harry Mitchell Industrial heritage and architecture (esp. bridges, war memorials, railway buildings), particularly in Coventry but I get around.

Inactive participants

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  1. Erebus555 (talk · contribs) (Founder. Will edit mainly Birmingham related articles however will maintain articles in the wider scope.)
  2. Asdfasdf1231234 (talk · contribs)
  3. Abc30 (talk · contribs)
  4. Barbara Shack (talk · contribs)
  5. Æthelred (talk · contribs) Mainly Wolverhampton area
  6. DWaterson (talk · contribs)
  7. Fingerpuppet (talk · contribs)
  8. G-Man (talk · contribs)
  9. Jeni (talk · contribs) Mainly Birmingham and transport related articles.
  10. Kaleeyed (talk · contribs)
  11. KHVIIIArchivist (talk · contribs) Mainly Coventry
  12. Matt.smart (talk · contribs)
  13. Nai1maker (talk · contribs) Mainly Black Country related articles
  14. Pontificake (talk · contribs)
  15. Pyrotec (talk · contribs) Mainly Canals, Railways and Chemical Industry
  16. TicketMan (talk · contribs) Mainly interested in transport
  17. Tresiden (talk · contribs) Mainly Telford and Wolverhampton area
  18. umbongo91 (talk · contribs) Mainly South Birmingham & Worcestershire and Transport & Politics related articles.
  19. Willdow (talk · contribs)

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  To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject West Midlands: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2024-07-27

 

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

West Midlands articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
  FA 1 8 3 12
  FL 14 14
  GA 5 26 1 32
B 7 30 34 43 14 128
C 5 38 65 190 83 381
Start 4 77 218 975 389 1,663
Stub 12 124 598 313 1,047
List 9 3 35 34 81
Category 473 473
Project 16 16
Template 1 41 42
NA 1 9 27 87 124
Assessed 16 168 466 1,912 617 834 4,013
Unassessed 3 205 208
Total 16 168 466 1,915 617 1,039 4,221
WikiWork factors (?) ω = 16,548 Ω = 5.08

Files for discussion

Articles to be merged

Articles to be split

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.
  Aston Villa F.C.

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
  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

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

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)

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 region: parameter, when adding coordinates to articles, using {{Coord}}.

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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

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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

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Buildings

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  • Map of the West Midlands

  • Numbered map of the metropolitan boroughs in county