Wikipedia:WikiProject Philadelphia
This WikiProject aims primarily to coordinate, organize and develop all Wikipedia activities concerning the City of Brotherly Love and the Delaware Valley. The parent of this WikiProject is WikiProject Cities.
To help, please inquire on the discussion page or look at the to-do list below.
Announcements
Events
Standards
- Currently, none.
Alerts
Did you know
- 04 Nov 2024 – Michael O'Kane (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Ergo Sum (t · c); see discussion
- 29 Oct 2024 – Sheetz–Wawa rivalry (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Dan Leonard (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 31 Oct 2024 – Statue of Donald Trump (Philadelphia) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Fram (t · c); see discussion (7 participants)
Redirects for discussion
- 24 Sep 2024 – N3rd (talk · edit · hist) →N3RD Street was RfDed by Launchballer (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 03 Nov 2024 – Michael O'Kane (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Ergo Sum (t · c); start discussion
- 14 Jun 2024 – 4th and 26 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Gonzo fan2007 (t · c); start discussion
Articles to be split
- 06 Jun 2024 – Atlantic City, New Jersey (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Hurricanehink (t · c); see discussion
- 18 May 2024 – SEPTA Suburban Division bus routes (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Triphora (t · c); see discussion
- 18 May 2024 – SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Triphora (t · c); see discussion
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Philadelphia Meetups
Of interest to Wikipedians in travel distance of Philadelphia; We have periodic meetups in the Philadelphia area. Please watch our meetup page for details, and add yourself to the email list there.
Participants and primary areas of interest
Usernames Numeric and A-L | Usernames M-Z |
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Presumed Inactive
Usernames A-L | Usernames M-Z |
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Structure
General strategy, goals, projects and discussion forums
- General
- Rules & Standards – Our agreed-upon rules and standards
Goals
- Improve Philadelphia to featured status.
- Standardization - Wikipedia:WikiProject Philadelphia/RulesStandards
- Building and consensus nomenclature for neighborhood articles, including elimination of all redlinks on List of Philadelphia neighborhoods.
- Standardization of articles relating to SEPTA.
- Updating Portal:Current events with Philly related items
- Updating wikinews:Portal:United_States with Philly related items
WikiProject ToDo list
To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Philadelphia:
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Article requests list
Portal maintenance
Assessment
Philadelphia articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
FA | 5 | 12 | 12 | 29 | |||
FL | 1 | 12 | 13 | ||||
GA | 3 | 8 | 29 | 91 | 131 | ||
B | 13 | 87 | 148 | 278 | 7 | 533 | |
C | 3 | 106 | 232 | 914 | 21 | 1,276 | |
Start | 3 | 106 | 652 | 4,674 | 69 | 5,504 | |
Stub | 1 | 62 | 1,105 | 1 | 47 | 1,216 | |
List | 1 | 11 | 25 | 114 | 1 | 4 | 156 |
Category | 1 | 490 | 491 | ||||
Disambig | 12 | 12 | |||||
File | 130 | 130 | |||||
Portal | 419 | 419 | |||||
Project | 1 | 18 | 19 | ||||
Template | 138 | 138 | |||||
NA | 3 | 13 | 128 | 275 | 419 | ||
Other | 18 | 18 | |||||
Assessed | 23 | 328 | 1,173 | 7,330 | 1,502 | 148 | 10,504 |
Unassessed | 2 | 29 | 31 | ||||
Total | 23 | 328 | 1,173 | 7,332 | 1,502 | 177 | 10,535 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 41,781 | Ω = 4.81 |
- Recent changes to article assessments
- Assessment – Our rating system
- Project statistics – Statistics for our rating system
- V1.0 index logs, sortings, stats, etc.
- Philadelphia articles by quality log
- Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Philadelphia articles by quality
Templates
What to type | What it makes | What it's for | |||||||||||||
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{{Portal|Philadelphia}} Talk |
Please put this in the See also article main pages (see the "How you can help" section on this page for more details) | ||||||||||||||
{{WikiProject Philadelphia}} Talk |
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Please put this on the discussion page of all Philadelphia related pages. | |||||||||||||
{{User WikiProject Philadelphia}} Talk |
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Please put this on the discussion page of all Philadelphia related pages. | |||||||||||||
{{user Philly}} Talk |
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to place the Philadelphia Userbox on your page | |||||||||||||
{{coord|39.8933|N|75.2089|W|region:US-PA_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} Talk |
39°53′36″N 75°12′32″W / 39.8933°N 75.2089°W | To be used on street-sized pages. | |||||||||||||
{{Current-PhiladelphiaSATM}} Talk |
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goes on the Selected Article of the Month | |||||||||||||
{{WP Philadelphia invite}} Talk |
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to invite new members |
Images
Free image sources for the United States | |||
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Source | License | Tag | |
Wikimedia Commons (Cat:United States) | Various | N/A | |
Historic American Buildings Survey ([1]) | P.D. | {{PD-USGov}} | |
Historic American Engineering Record ([2]) | P.D. | {{PD-USGov}} | |
Historic American Landscapes Survey | P.D | {{PD-USGov}} | |
National Park Service ([3] and [4]) | P.D. | {{PD-USGov-Interior-NPS}} | |
U.S. Coast Guard ([5]) | P.D. | {{PD-USGov-DHS-CG}} | |
Library of Congress - American Memory ([6]) | P.D. | {{LOC-image}} | |
Library of Congress - Prints and Photographs ([7]) | P.D. (not all) | {{LOC-image}} | |
NOAA ([8]) | P.D. | {{PD-USGov-DOC-NOAA}} | |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ([9]) | P.D. | {{PD-USGov}} | |
Creative Commons (by,sa) on Flickr ([10]) | C.C. | {{cc-by-2.0}}{{cc-by-sa-2.0}} | |
U.S. Department of Agriculture ([11]) | P.D. | {{PD-USGov}} | |
For Pennsylvania-related articles needing a photograph, use {{Image requested|in=Pennsylvania}}
in the talk page, which adds the article needing a photo to Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Pennsylvania. You can help Wikipedia by uploading freely licensed photographs for these articles to Wikimedia Commons.
The Free Image Search Tool may be able to locate suitable images on other web sites.
The Image Existence Checker shows articles in this list that have images.
Recognition
The Liberty Star is given by WikiProject Philadelphia for outstanding work on Philadelphia-related articles. Introduced by South Philly and designed by smurrayinchester |
{{Liberty Star|message ~~~~}}
Wikimedia Pennsylvania
Hello there!
We are now forming the first local Wikimedia Chapter in the United States: Wikimedia Pennsylvania. Our goals are to perform outreach and fundraising activities on behalf of the various Wikimedia projects. If you're interested in being a part of the chapter, or just want to know more, you can:
- Contact us on IRC at #wikimedia-pa
- Join our mailing list
- Visit our blog at http://wmfpa.blogspot.com
- you can add your username to m:Wikimedia Pennsylvania#Interested Participants
Thanks!
Related or descendant WikiProjects
- WikiProject Pennsylvania
- WikiProject Pittsburgh
- WikiProject New Jersey
- WikiProject Delaware
- WikiProject Maryland
Philadelphia task forces
New articles
Please list all new Philadelphia related articles here.
- Charles Y. Audenried High School April 2015
- MaST Community Charter School April 2015
- Roxborough High School April 2015
- William L. Sayre High School April 2015
- Nicknames of Philadelphia February 2015
- Philadelphia Managing Director's Office January 2015
- Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management January 2015
- Books Through Bars June 2014
- John C. Bowers April 2014
- Philadelphia Korean War Memorial November 2013
- Cheltenham Avenue March 2013
- J. Leon Altemose December 2011
- 99 Percent Declaration November 2011
- Israel Wilson Durham August 2011
- Wynnestay July 2011
- 26th District Police and Patrol Station July 2011
- Green Tree Tavern July 2011
- Howell House (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) July 2011
- Daniel Billmeyer House July 2011
- Michael Billmeyer House July 2011
- Awbury Historic District June 2011
- Greenbelt Knoll June 2011
- Tulpehocken Station Historic District June 2011
- Broad Street Historic District (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) June 2011
- North Broad Street Mansion District June 2011
- David Bustill Bowser May 2011
- Philadelphia Water Department Feb 2011
- E.W. Clark & Co. Sept 2010
- Clarence Howard Clark Sept 2010
- Art Club of Philadelphia Sept 2010
- Philadelphia Parking Authority August 2010, was a redirect
- Fairmount Park Art Association May 2010
- John Penn ("the American") October 2009
- Philadelphia Gas Works 11 April 2009
- Philadelphia general strike (1910) 10 July 2008
- Rohm and Haas Corporate Headquarters 22 May 2008
- Ora Washington 2 May 2008
- Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society 2 May 2008
- Pennsylvania Hall (Philadelphia) 1 May 2008
- Louis H. Carpenter 18 May 2009 - Brig. General who served 38 years from 1861 to 1899 and called Philadelphia home. Louis H. Carpenter is currently a good article (GA) nominee. This article met GA status on 4 August 2009! Done See discussion page for A/FA efforts! Article is now undergoing a A-Class review.
- Samuel Carpenter 18 May 2009 - The immigrant who came to Philadelphia in 1693. First Treasurer & Asst. Governor.
- James Edward Carpenter 19 Aug 2009
- Owen Biddle, Sr. (1737-1799), American Revolutionary War soldier, mathematician, astronomer - observed 1769 Transit of Venus at Cape Henlopen, member of the American Philosophical Society -20 August 2009
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