Wikipedia:WikiProject Bristol
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This WikiProject aims to organise and improve articles relating to the city of Bristol, England.
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[edit] Aims
Roughly in order of priority.
- Make Bristol a featured article.
- Create articles on all important sub-divisions and places of interest in Bristol.
- Maintain Portal:Bristol
- Add basic data such as population and maps to all sub-divisions of Bristol.
- Add at least one photograph to every sub-division and place of interest in Bristol.
- Possibly create an infobox for places of interest with maps, visitor numbers etc.
- Make History of Bristol, Culture of Bristol, Economy and industry of Bristol, Politics of Bristol and Transport in Bristol good, and ultimately featured articles.
- Possibly create our own local Wikipedia 1.0.
[edit] Parent projects
[edit] Resources
[edit] Maps
  Blaise Castle
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| Blaise Castle, shown within Bristol and the UK |
There is a template for adding maps to Bristol articles in a standard format:
- {{Bristol mapbox
- | latitude=Required, e.g 51.5041
- | longitude=Required, e.g. -2.6324
- | label= Optional - text placed next to the marker on the map
- | label_size = Optional - text size in %
- | position = Optional - text position relative to marker - top, bottom, left or right
- | marksize= Optional - diameter of the circle marking the place, in pixels. Default is 8.
- | caption= Optional - description. Default is "Shown within Bristol and the UK".
- }}
You can find out the latitude and longitude using multimap.com.
Other maps:
 Bristol area with county boundaries, rivers. |
 Bristol area with county boundaries, rivers, towns. |
 Bristol area with county boundaries, rivers, towns, roads and railways, no words. |
 Bristol area with most important/recognisable features. |
 Bristol area with county boundaries, rivers, towns, roads and railways. |
 Cropped version -- this is the one I usually use for places of interest, etc. |
 County boundary. |
 Ward boundaries -- this is the one I usually use for wards/suburbs. |
 Roads and rivers. |
[edit] Data sources
[edit] Members
You don't need to live in Bristol to help with this WikiProject. We welcome editors good with layout and prose, or an interest in anything related to Bristol. Please add your details below.
| Name | Areas of interest | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Alice Street (talk) | Bristol - Shopping centres, suburbs, politics etc. | Downend, Bristol |
| Evildarkone (talk) | Patchway, Bristol | |
| Fritzpoll | University-related stuff. Getting articles to GA/FA status | Clifton, Bristol |
| Gasheadsteve (talk) | Bradley Stoke | |
| Gasheaduk (talk) | Lawrence Weston, Bristol | |
| Helena (talk) | Long Ashton and Redland | |
| Joe D (t) | Photography, getting main article to FA | Bishopston, Bristol |
| LokiV | Bristol schools | Downend, Bristol |
| Mark (talk} | Transport,Created: Bus services in Bristol; Public Transport in Bristol and Education in Bristol, Unrated articles | Westbury, Bristol |
| Matt101 (talk) | Brislington, Bristol City, Kesington Park. | Brislington |
| Mojo29 (talk) | Politics, Transport | Henleaze, Bristol |
| Patricknoddy | Valdosta, Georgia | |
| Pyrotec (talk) | Transport and Industry | Sedgemoor, Somerset |
| Rex the first | Helped with St Pauls and St Werburghs so far | |
| Scibah | Bristol architecture | Oldland Common, South Gloucestershire |
| Sexycaterpiller167 | Helped with the Memorial Stadium | Winchester, Hampshire |
| Weirdoldhattie (talk) | Photographer, Coal mining, Railways. | Lockleaze, Bristol |
| William Avery (talk) | Downend, Bristol | |
| Robin | Mostly history/architecture interest plus Fishponds & Chester Park | Fishponds, Bristol |
| Kkarma | History of Bristol and it's buildings. | South Central United States |
| Smalbig | Anything | Henleaze, Bristol |
| Xytram (talk) | Photographs and general improvements (see Bristol General Hospital and Blaise Castle) | Bradley Stoke, Bristol |
[edit] Userbox
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This user is a member of the Bristol WikiProject - You can help! |
[edit] Current status
| Bristol articles |
Importance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | High | Mid | Low | None | Total | ||
| Quality | |||||||
 FA |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
 GA |
4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
| B | 4 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 49 | |
| Start | 1 | 5 | 60 | 54 | 118 | 238 | |
| Stub | 21 | 149 | 136 | 306 | |||
| Assessed | 5 | 19 | 96 | 214 | 268 | 602 | |
| Unassessed | 2 | 1 | 48 | 51 | |||
| Total | 5 | 19 | 98 | 215 | 316 | 653 | |
The above table shows the current state of this WikiProject. To view historical, monthly totals, see project progress.
[edit] New articles
Any newly-created Bristol-related articles can be added here, so that other project members can improve them or add them to their watchlist.
[edit] June 2008
[edit] May 2008
[edit] November 2007
- - moved stadium to its own article and very briefly created one from the redirect on the actual suburb
[edit] December 2007
[edit] To do list
 To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Bristol: |
edit · history · watch · refresh |
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Requested articles:
Article names:
Expand:
Assess:
Improve: Add photos to these articles Other:
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[edit] Project achievements
[edit] Featured Content
| Article | Status | Peer Review | FAC/FLC |
|---|---|---|---|
 Buildings and architecture of Bristol |
Featured article | PR | FAC |
| Grade I listed buildings in Bristol |
Featured list | FLC | |
| List of Bristol Rovers F.C. managers |
Featured list | PR | FLC |
| Avon Gorge |
Good article | ||
| Bristol Harbour |
Good article | ||
| Bristol Rovers F.C. |
Good article | ||
| Bristol Rovers F.C. season 2006-07 |
Good article | ||
| The Exchange |
Good article | ||
 Bristol |
Failed GA | PR 1, PR 2, GAR |
[edit] Front page DYK articles
The following Bristol articles have appeared on Wikipedia's front page in the Did You Know? section:
| Article | Date appeared | Photo | Hook line. Did you know... |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe Bend, Shirehampton | 19 July 2006 | ...that Horseshoe Bend, Shirehampton, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Bristol, contains the largest population of True Service-trees in England? | |
| Council House, Bristol | 22 August 2006 | ...that the Council House, Bristol features a blue and gold wall clock, encircled by the signs of the zodiac and equipped with its own wind indicator? | |
| The Exchange, Bristol | 24 August 2006 |
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... that the expression ’pay on the nail’ comes from the practice of closing deals by payment on brass tables called nails, which can still be seen at The Exchange, Bristol? |
| Royal West of England Academy | 29 August 2006 | ...that the Royal West of England Academy housed the Bristol Aeroplane Company and the U.S. Army during World War II? | |
| History of Bristol Rovers F.C. | 12 November 2006 | ... that English lower-league football team Bristol Rovers once beat the Netherlands national football team 3-2? | |
| Red Lodge Museum, Bristol | 13 March 2007 |
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...that Britain's first girls' reform school was set up in 1854 by Mary Carpenter, with the financial help of the poet Lord Byron's widow, at Bristol's Red Lodge? |
| Grotto at Goldney House | 22 March 2007 |  |
..that the Grotto at Goldney House (pictured), Bristol, which dates from 1739, is encrusted with over 200 species of shell brought back from the Caribbean and African waters? |
| Arno's Court Triumphal Arch | 24 March 2007 |  |
...that when Arno's Court Triumphal Arch was built in 1760, it incorporated statues from the Bristol city gates which were being demolished at the time? |
| Royal Fort | 31 March 2007 |  |
...that the Royal Fort (pictured) in Bristol was built with façades in Baroque, Palladian and Rococo styles because it was a compromise between the designs of three different architects? |
| Observatory | 8 May 2007 |  |
...that the the site of the Observatory (pictured) on Clifton Down in Bristol is likely to have been used as a lookout post since at least the Iron Age? |
| Bristol Byzantine | 23 May 2007 |
...that Bristol Byzantine was an architectural style used for industrial buildings in Bristol between 1850 and 1880? |
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| Underfall Yard | 13 Sept 2007 |
...that the Underfall Yard takes its name from a unique system of sluices designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel to remove silt from Bristol Harbour? |
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| Bristol Packers | 27 Nov 2007 |
...that the Bristol Packers American football team won every game in its debut season, but failed to win any in its final year? |
[edit] Photo challenge
During 2006, a photo challenge was run to find photos to include in articles. The photo challenge is currently inactive and is archived at /Photo challenge.
