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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:

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.

[edit] Sub projects

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.

[edit] Related projects

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

[edit] Participants

Erebus555 (talk · contribs) (Founder. Will edit mainly Birmingham related articles however will maintain articles in the wider scope.)
Fingerpuppet (talk · contribs)
Pontificake (talk · contribs)
G-Man (talk · contribs)
DWaterson (talk · contribs)
Matt.smart (talk · contribs)
Pyrotec (talk · contribs) Mainly Canals, Railways and Chemical Industry
Martarius (talk · contribs)
TicketMan (talk · contribs) Mainly interested in transport
JimmyGuano (talk · contribs) Mainly arts and cultural history
Barbara Shack (talk)
Dudleybus (talk · contribs) Mainly Public Transport is association with THE UK TRANSPORT WIKIA.
Booglamay (talk)
Tresiden (talk · contribs) Mainly Telford and Wolverhampton area

[edit] To do

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject West Midlands:

edit · history · watch · refresh

Here are some tasks you can do:

Requests: See Wikipedia:WikiProject West Midlands/Article requests
Wikify: Solihull Water Polo Club
Verify: Chelmsley Wood, Transport in Birmingham
Cleanup: Walsall, History of West Midlands County, Four Oaks, Birmingham, Perry Barr, Boldmere, Birmingham Superprix, Brummagem
Expand: West Midlands (county), List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the West Midlands, Timeline of Birmingham history, Listed buildings in Birmingham
Stubs: Expand West Midlands stubs
Update: V Building
Other:
Add talk page banner template to the top of all article talk pages that fall within the project scope.
Add images to all articles within scope that require them.
Add geographical coordinates to all articles of places; buildings, geographical features, settlements etc.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Show case

[edit] Featured content

[edit] 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)

[edit] Lists

[edit] 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.

Birmingham
Birmingham City F.C.
History of Aston Villa F.C. (1874–1961)
Villa Park
West Bromwich Albion F.C.

[edit] 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 (February 24, 2007)
Gilbertstone (April 25, 2007)
Plants Brook (May 19, 2007)

[edit] Main categories

Category:West Midlands

[edit] Meta categories

[edit] Templates

[edit] User templates

Place this template on your user page:

{{User WP West Midlands}}

It will appear like this:

This user is a member of
WikiProject West Midlands.

[edit] Article talk page templates

Add this to all talk pages of articles and categories that fall within the scope of the WikiProject:

{{WikiProject West Midlands}} or {{WPWM}}

It will appear like this until the page has been assessed for class and importance:

	This article is within the scope of the West Midlands WikiProject, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of the West Midlands. In so doing it works and collaborates with the two related projects UK Geography WikiProject and UK Subdivisions WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. Please also feel free to join in the discussions on the project's talk page.
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[edit] Stubs

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  - {{WestMidlands-railstation-stub}}

[edit] Local

West Midlands County

Template tag {{West Midlands County}} creates:

v • d • e Ceremonial county of West Midlands

Metropolitan districts	City of Birmingham • City of Coventry • City of Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough of Dudley • Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell • Metropolitan Borough of Solihull • Metropolitan Borough of Walsall

Cities and towns	Aldridge • Amblecote • Bilston • Birmingham • Blackheath • Bloxwich • Brierley Hill • Brownhills • Coseley • Coventry • Darlaston • Dudley • Halesowen • Hampton-in-Arden • Oldbury • Rowley Regis • Sedgley • Smethwick • Solihull • Stourbridge • Sutton Coldfield • Tipton • Walsall • Wednesbury • Wednesfield • West Bromwich • Willenhall • Wolverhampton See also: West Midlands

Rivers	River Blythe • River Cole • River Penk • River Rea • River Sherbourne • River Sowe • River Stour • River Tame

Topics	Birmingham Canal Navigations • Black Country • Centro • History of West Midlands County • Conservation areas

West Midlands conurbation • Coventry/Bedworth Urban Area • Category:West Midlands

West Midlands railway stations

Template tag {{West Midlands railway station}} creates:

v • d • e Railway stations in the West Midlands county

Main line:	Birmingham International • Birmingham New Street • Birmingham Moor Street • Birmingham Snow Hill • Coventry • Wolverhampton

Open stations:	Acocks Green • Adderley Park • Aston • Berkswell • Bescot Stadium • Blake Street • Bloxwich • Bloxwich North • Bordesley • Bournville • Butlers Lane • Canley • Chester Road • Coseley • Cradley Heath • Dorridge • Duddeston • Dudley Port • Earlswood • Erdington • Five Ways • Four Oaks • Gravelly Hill • Hall Green • Hampton-in-Arden • Hamstead • Jewellery Quarter • Kings Norton • Langley Green • Lea Hall • Longbridge • Lye • Marston Green • Northfield • Old Hill • Olton • Perry Barr • Rowley Regis • Sandwell and Dudley • Selly Oak • Shirley • Small Heath • Smethwick Galton Bridge • Smethwick Rolfe Street • Solihull • Spring Road • Stechford • Stourbridge Junction • Stourbridge Town • Sutton Coldfield • Tame Bridge Parkway • The Hawthorns • Tile Hill • Tipton • Tyseley • University • Walsall • Whitlocks End • Widney Manor • Witton • Wylde Green • Wythall • Yardley Wood

Disused:	Albion • Aldridge • Baptist End • Bentley • Bilston Central • Bilston West • Blowers Green • Bradley • Brettell Lane • Brierley Hill • Brockmoor Halt • Bromley Halt • Brownhills • Brownhills Watling Street • Bushbury • Compton Halt • Coundon Road • Curzon Street • Daimler Halt • Daisy Bank • Darby End • Darlaston • Darlaston James Bridge • Dudley • Dunstall Park • Ettingshall Road • Gornal Halt • Great Bridge North • Great Bridge South • Hagley Road • Handsworth & Smethwick • Harborne • Harts Hill • Heath Town • Hockley • Icknield Port Road • Monmore Green • Monument Lane • Moseley • North Walsall • Old Hill High Street • Oldbury • Pelsall • Penns • Pensnett Halt • Pleck • Portobello • Priestfield • Princes End & Coseley • Rood End • Rotton Park Road • Round Oak • Rushall • Short Heath • Smethwick West • Soho • Soho & Winson Green • Somerset Road • Spon Lane • Streetly • Swan Village • Tettenhall • Tipton Five Ways • Walsall Wood • Wednesbury Central • Wednesbury Town • Wednesfield • Wednesfield Heath for Wolverhampton • West Bromwich • Willenhall Bilston Street • Willenhall Stafford Street • Windmill End • Winson Green • Wolverhampton Low Level • Wood Green

Heritage:	Tyseley, Warwick Road

Midland Metro (Line 1):	Bilston Central • Birmingham Snow Hill • Black Lake • Bradley Lane • Dartmouth Street • Dudley Street, Guns Village • Handsworth, Booth Street • Jewellery Quarter • Kenrick Park • Lodge Road, West Bromwich Town Hall • Loxdale • Priestfield • Soho, Benson Road • St. Paul's • The Crescent (Bilston) • The Hawthorns • The Royal • Trinity Way • Wednesbury, Great Western Street • Wednesbury Parkway • West Bromwich Central • Winson Green, Outer Circle • Wolverhampton, St. George's

List of West Midlands railway stations • Transport in the West Midlands • Midland Metro • Centro

City of Birmingham

Template tag {{City of Birmingham}} creates:

v • d • e The city of Birmingham, West Midlands

Topics: Architecture • Arts and culture • Constituent areas • Crime and policing • Demography • Economy • Economic history • Education • Food and drink • Government • History • Housing • Listed buildings • Military history • Redevelopment • Religion • People • Schools • Science and invention • Songs • Sport • Tall buildings • Timeline • Transport

Wards of Birmingham

Template tag {{Wards of Birmingham}} creates:

v • d • e Government of Birmingham

Birmingham council constituencies and wards

Edgbaston	Bartley Green · Edgbaston · Harborne · Quinton

Erdington	Erdington · Kingstanding · Stockland Green · Tyburn

Hall Green	Hall Green · Moseley and Kings Heath · Sparkbrook · Springfield

Hodge Hill	Bordesley Green · Hodge Hill · Shard End · Washwood Heath

Ladywood	Aston · Ladywood · Nechells · Soho

Northfield	Kings Norton · Longbridge · Northfield · Weoley

Perry Barr	Handsworth Wood · Lozells and East Handsworth · Oscott · Perry Barr

Selly Oak	Billesley · Bournville · Brandwood · Selly Oak

Sutton Coldfield	Sutton Four Oaks · Sutton New Hall · Sutton Trinity · Sutton Vesey

Yardley	Acocks Green · Sheldon · South Yardley · Stechford and Yardley North

Districts of Birmingham

Template tag {{Districts of Birmingham}} creates:

v • d • e Council constituencies in Birmingham:

Edgbaston · Erdington · Hall Green · Hodge Hill · Ladywood · Northfield · Perry Barr · Selly Oak · Sutton Coldfield · Yardley

Buildings in Birmingham

Template tag {{BirminghamBuildings}} creates:

v • d • e Buildings in Birmingham, England

Highrise (in height order):	BT Tower • 10 Holloway Circus • Chamberlain Clock Tower • Alpha Tower • Orion Building • The Rotunda • 103 Colmore Row • Five Ways Tower • Centre City Tower • 1 Snow Hill Plaza • Quayside Tower • Colmore Gate • The McLaren Building • Metropolitan House • Edgbaston House • Post & Mail Building • Jury's Inn Birmingham

Notable lowrise:	1-7 Constitution Hill • 17 & 19 Newhall Street • Birmingham Assay Office • Baskerville House • Central Library • Council House • Curzon Street railway station • Great Western Arcade • ICC • The Mailbox • Methodist Central Hall • Millennium Point • NIA • The Old Crown • Paradise Forum • Birmingham Proof House • Sarehole Mill • Symphony Hall • Town Hall • Victoria Law Courts

Major railway stations:	Moor Street station • New Street station • Snow Hill station

Major complexes:	Brindleyplace • Bull Ring, Birmingham • Pallasades Shopping Centre

Sports venues:	Alexander Stadium • Edgbaston Cricket Ground • St. Andrews • Villa Park

List of tallest buildings and structures in Birmingham • List of Birmingham board schools • Listed buildings in Birmingham

Wards of Wolverhampton

Template tag {{Wards of Wolverhampton}} creates:

v • d • e Wards of Wolverhampton City Council

Bilston East · Bilston North · Blakenhall · Bushbury North · Bushbury South and Low Hill · East Park · Ettingshall · Fallings Park · Graiseley · Heath Town · Merry Hill · Oxley · Park · Penn · St Peter's · Spring Vale · Tettenhall Regis · Tettenhall Wightwick · Wednesfield North · Wednesfield South

[edit] General

Buildings

[edit] Resources

[edit] Images

Map of the West Midlands

Numbered map of the metropolitan boroughs in county

[edit] Links

[edit] Book sources