Wikipedia:WikiProject Houston

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Welcome to WikiProject Houston. We are a group of editors dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of city of Houston and the Greater Houston area. The project was established on November 7, 2006. Editors who are interested in contributing, please sign up below and post any ideas and suggestions on the talk page. Also, feel free to edit this page and add any articles that need work or that you feel require attention below in the tasks section.

Scope

• Geographically related articles in the Greater Houston metropolitan area.
• Articles about persons who have had a significant presence or relationship to the city.

Parentage

The parent of this WikiProject is WikiProject Cities / WikiProject U.S. cities. At the US state level, the parent of this project is WikiProject Texas.

Child projects

WikiProject University of Houston, Portal:University of Houston

Houston assessment procedures and worklists | Houston proposals and project guidelines | Houston templates and resources | Houston Portal development | Archive | Wikipedia Help | FAQ | Overview | Readers | Contributing | Editing | Administration | Technical | Problems | Miscellaneous | Copyright | VeryFAQ

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• List of tallest buildings in Houston is a featured list! Postoak

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If you are reading this, then you probably know something about the Houston metro area...we welcome your contributions! If you're new to Wikipedia, have a look at the following:

• Introduction to Wikipedia
• How to edit a page
• Starting a new page
• Wikipedia syntax

If you are looking for something to do involving the project, below you can find information about on-going collaborations and specific requests. Also, look for tags such as {{cleanup}}, {{wikify}}, {{expand}}, and {{unreferenced}} to guide your contributions to the project articles.

And remember, always provide sources for your edits.

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Tasks/Collaboration

• Select and improve several B-Class Houston articles for peer review and nominate for Wikipedia:Good articles. Postoak (talk) 06:38, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Peer Review

Cleanup

New articles

• Hyatt Regency Houston
• San Felipe Plaza
• One Houston Center
• 1400 Smith Street
• Four Leaf Towers
• Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Articles to be expanded

• Houston Stubs

Promoted articles

• Houston, Texas - Feature article candidate, nominated by Postoak on January 8, 2007. Status: Promoted, February 22, 2007.
• Ellington Field - Good article candidate, nominated by Postoak on March 10, 2007. Status: Promoted to Good article on March 30, 2007.
• Architecture of Houston - Good article candidate, nominated by Postoak on May 28, 2007. Status: Promoted to Good article on May 30, 2007.
• University of Houston - Promoted to Good article on November 29, 2007.
• USS Texas (BB-35) - Promoted to Good article on December 2, 2007, nominated by MBK004.
• Shamrock Hotel - Promoted to good article on December 20, 2007, nominated by Postoak.
• Nicknames of Houston - Promoted to feature list on January 29, 2008, nominated by Orlady
• Ima Hogg - Promoted to Featured article on March 30, 2008.
• List of tallest buildings in Houston - promoted to feature list on April 28, 2008

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Article assessment statistics

Houston articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	None	Total
Quality
	FA	2	1	1	1		5
	A				1		1
	GA	2	2	7	1		12
	B	9	32	83	59		183
	Start	1	26	249	581	19	876
	Stub		5	54	544	19	622
	Assessed	14	66	394	1187	38	1699
	Total	14	66	394	1187	38	1699

Table of articles

Explanation of article grading system

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Please remember to add Category:Images of Houston, Texas to your pictures of Houston. Thanks.

• Photo(s) of the Sidney Sherman Bridge. 172.147.135.71 21:19, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
• Images of the University of Houston campus or anything involving UH. Brianreading 08:39, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
• The Gulf Building, now called the JPMorgan Chase building. I can't find a free image anywhere, and haven't had the chance to get a good angle when I've had my camera. --Evb-wiki 14:15, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
• Miller Outdoor Theatre. Both the images I had found were non-commercial and have been removed. I haven't had the time to drop by Hermann Park. --Evb-wiki 14:15, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

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This section and its category listings serve to make all Houston pages accessible through this page. Please add pages to the correct category when appropriate.

Article category tree

User category tree

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• To provide guidelines and recommendations for articles that describe all aspects of the city of Houston and the surrounding metropolitan area.
• To improve Wikipedia's coverage of Houston by creating, expanding, and maintaining such articles and related portal.
• To serve as the central point of discussion for issues related to Houston in Wikipedia.
• Establish Wikipedia as one of the premier online information resources on the Houston metropolitan area.

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Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.

1. WhisperToMe (talk · contribs) (Native Houstonian)
2. Postoak (talk · contribs) (Native Houstonian)
3. Drumguy8800 (talk · contribs) Point me in the right (..specific) direction! (Not much knowledge on Houston, but I will help to the best of my ability in response to any request any time. IMHO I'm good with templates .. see examples)
4. Urban909 (talk · contribs) (Houstonian) particular interest: IAH/HOU or airport/s in general/transportation
5. Tennis Dynamite (talk · contribs) I'll do the best I can.
6. Ufwuct (talk · contribs) Roads, history, geography of Houston.
7. Cohesion (talk · contribs) In general I work on images, so I would be happy to help out there. I would also be interested in the Medical Center, and any associated articles.
8. Some Person (talk · contribs) I live in Houston and really want to help out.
9. Mike Richardson (talk · contribs) Very interested in the Houston media and companies in Houston.
10. Souperman (talk · contribs) Native Houstonian, interests mainly in history, politics, and transportation
11. RJN (talk · contribs)
12. JuWiki2 (talk · contribs) You may have seen some of my articles, I specialize in the west Houston area (Interstate 610 west to SH 6).
13. BuffaloChip97 (talk · contribs) Seabrook, Clear Lake, Johnson Space Center, Houston Sports.
14. Deatonjr (talk · contribs) (Native Houstonian) Kingwood, Humble, Texana, Beaumont, Huffman, Porter Heights, transportation, local businesses, local politics
15. Feedloadr (talk · contribs) Northern and eastern Outskirts of Houston, roads, lakes, and anything else I stunble into.
16. SirChan (talk · contribs) Native of Alief, now in Cinco Ranch/Katy. Will edit any article for punctuation, spelling, etc.
17. RedPoptarts (talk · contribs) Native to Dallas, with no knowledge of Houston, but very interested in improving Houston's articles
18. Vox Univoaks (talk · contribs) A Houston native and a current inside-the-loop homeowner, willing to help out wherever I can
19. Patricknoddy
20. ColemanJ (talk · contribs)
21. Heyjebbo (talk · contribs) New to Houston, inner loop, happy to take photos.
22. Delfeye (talk · contribs) Katy Proper (escaped from Austin since 1998)
23. Slhogan94 (talk · contribs) Katy Proper (2nd generation Katyite, 7th gen Texan). I can help with grammar and organization as well as new articles.
24. Evb-wiki (talk · contribs) (Native Houstonian)
25. TravisTX (talk · contribs) Native Houstonian — I'll try to take requested photos, especially on the west side of town. Let me know what you need and I'll do my best.
26. Thenderson1 (talk · contribs) (Native Houstonian) I'll try to help out as much as I can.
27. Korranus (talk · contribs) (Native Houstonian) Western Harris, Waller, and Washington Counties, improving wikification, happy to help where it's needed.
28. Hourick (talk · contribs) (Native Houstonian) Interested mostly in Transportation and infrastructure, I might need a bit of Slogans94's help from time to time, especially on the Metrorail pages.
29. Big texas lump (talk · contribs) Live in and love Houston, glad to help out where ever I can to expand Houston's presence on Wikipedia.
30. Diamond Joe Quimby (talk · contribs) Love Houston 2nd favorite city next to Dallas
31. XxTrillvillexX9 (talk · contribs) {Native Houstonian} Houston is my hometown, and most favorite Texas city. I would love to help out on its pages.
32. HoustonRocks (talk · contribs) (Houstonian) Houston politics, University of Houston, grammar, etc.
33. MBK004 (talk · contribs) (Houston Native) NW Houston in the Spring/Klein/Champions/1960/Tomball area.
34. Argos'Dad (talk · contribs) (Houston Native) history, politics and political figures
35. Brianreading (talk · contribs) (Houstonian) University of Houston, and Houston in general
36. Stantheman8609 (talk · contribs) (Native Houstonian) various Houston articles with an increased emphasis on Fort Bend County (Sugar Land and surrounding areas), politics in Greater Houston, area sports teams, local attractions and Houston television stations.
37. Augieduncan (talk · contribs) 23:12, 3 September 2007 (UTC)(Houstonian)Employee of Houston Public Library interested in the arts and theatre in Houston, the Montrose neighborhood, LGBT movement
38. Jay77tx (talk · contribs) {former Native Houstonian} Grew up at AstroWorld. Worked in Ride Operations at AstroWorld. Now I write about the place on Wiki.
39. EvanCarroll (talk · contribs) Self proclaimed god of Kingwood bears benediction in the form of wikipedia goodness. Redid the vast majority of the Kingwood article and will ensure it achieves {{FA}} status.
40. ApolloRPL (talk · contribs) American by birth, Texan by the grace of god!  :) Long-time resident of Houston eager to contribute any way I can.
41. Phloyd (talk · contribs) I haven't been in Houston too long, but I love the place, and I am happy to be here, and happy to contribute what I can!
42. Jacksinterweb (talk · contribs) Western Houston - Katy, "Neartown"
43. Ryoutou (talk · contribs) Southwest Houston, Downtown, Midtown
44. s-pac54 (talk · contribs) any way i can
45. Arthur Smart (talk · contribs) Houstonian since June of 1977, a retired engineer specializing in the safety of the local chemical industry.
46. nsaum75 (talk · contribs) Sixth-generation Galvestonian. Have lived also in Houston & Austin. Areas of concentration: Texas History, Texas Politics, Judaism & Texas, Galveston area information and history. Amateur photographer.
47. MedPop34 (talk · contribs) Houstonian. University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
48. Yung dre 59 (talk · contribs) (Native Houstonian) Interested in Northern Houston, Tomball and Humble
49. UnHinged (talk · contribs) Native Houstonian and Creative Director at the Houston Chronicle
50. KillTheToy (talk · contribs) Former resident of The Heights, current resident of Baytown. I'll do what I can for anything related to those areas.

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