Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities

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This WikiProject aims primarily to provide information and a consistent format for cities of the world. "Cities" include municipalities and other civil divisions, including cities, towns, villages, hamlets, townships, unincorporated communities, sections of municipalities, and neighborhoods. For specific details on U.S. municipalities, see U.S. municipality notes.

Goals

Define departments.
Visit the Capital City article of every Nation to rate it for priority and class with {{WPCities}}. (Note: This has largely been done for capital cities in North/South America, Europe, Africa, and part of the Mid-East. Still needs to be done for Asia & Oceania, and possibly the Caribbean. Dr. Cash 06:20, 27 August 2007 (UTC))[reply]
Then proceed toward most popular cities and regional centers, as well as capitals and important cities of sub-national administrative area.

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Did you know

29 Oct 2024 – Al-Shaykh Badr (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Al Ameer son (t · c); see discussion
17 Oct 2024 – Port Mercer, New Jersey (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Lbal (t · c); see discussion
13 Oct 2024 – Mały Brzostek (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Filipny (t · c); see discussion
29 Sep 2024 – Old City of Gaza (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Onceinawhile (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

01 Nov 2024 – Norton, Indiana (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mangoe (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
31 Oct 2024 – Maltersville, Indiana (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mangoe (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
30 Oct 2024 – Walpole (CDP), Massachusetts (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Clarityfiend (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
28 Oct 2024 – Stockport, Indiana (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mangoe (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
27 Oct 2024 – Skępskie (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Kiwipete (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
27 Oct 2024 – Łukaszewo, Inowrocław County (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Kiwipete (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
27 Oct 2024 – Boże Pole (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Kiwipete (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
27 Oct 2024 – Różanna, Bydgoszcz County (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Kiwipete (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
27 Oct 2024 – Kępa, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Kiwipete (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
27 Oct 2024 – Sokołowo-Kolonia (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Kiwipete (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)

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Proposed deletions

30 Oct 2024 – Union Chapel, Massachusetts (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by PeterCooperJr (t · c): Union Chapel isn't actually a village, and the building itself isn't notable enough for Wikipedia. Long ago, it was added to the USGS names list because the building was labeled on a topo map, and someone mistakenly thought that it was labeli ...

Categories for discussion

01 Nov 2024 – Category:Education in Latvia by populated place (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
01 Nov 2024 – Category:Museums in Latvia by populated place (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
01 Nov 2024 – Category:Geography of Latvia by city (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
28 Oct 2024 – Category:Santiago, Chile (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Namiba (t · c); see discussion
27 Oct 2024 – Category:Actors from Beckley, West Virginia (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Lost in Quebec (t · c); see discussion
27 Oct 2024 – Category:Merlo, Buenos Aires (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by AusLondonder (t · c); see discussion
26 Oct 2024 – Category:Republican cities of Latvia (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
26 Oct 2024 – Category:Towns and villages in Latvia (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
25 Oct 2024 – Category:Populated places in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
21 Oct 2024 – Category:Nineveh (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Woodensuperman (t · c); see discussion

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Redirects for discussion

28 Oct 2024 – New York City Birth Index (talk · edit · hist) →New York City was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion
28 Oct 2024 – Fund for the City of New York (talk · edit · hist) →New York City was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion
27 Oct 2024 – Çornosturuf (talk · edit · hist) →Chornyi Ostriv, Khmelnytskyi Oblast was RfDed by Cremastra (t · c); see discussion
27 Oct 2024 – Kırıvçe (talk · edit · hist) →Kryvche was RfDed by Cremastra (t · c); see discussion
26 Oct 2024 – Crean Hill, Ontario (talk · edit · hist) →Walden, Ontario was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion
24 Sep 2024 – N3rd (talk · edit · hist) →N3RD Street was RfDed by Launchballer (t · c); see discussion
undated – Gxarha (talk · edit · hist) →Morgan Bay was RfDed

Featured list candidates

10 Aug 2024 – List of cities in Kherson Oblast (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Dantheanimator (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

10 Oct 2024 – Rodney, Mississippi (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Rjjiii (t · c); start discussion
05 Oct 2024 – South Downtown, Warsaw (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Artemis Andromeda (t · c); start discussion
14 Sep 2024 – Sinhanch'on (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Seefooddiet (t · c); start discussion
10 Sep 2024 – Le Touquet (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Szmenderowiecki (t · c); start discussion
05 Sep 2024 – Serekunda (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Vigilantcosmicpenguin (t · c); start discussion
12 Aug 2024 – Andhra Pradesh (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Arjunaraoc (t · c); start discussion

Articles that need...

attention (97)
infoboxes (524)

Templates

Templates are used within articles to provide a consistent look to the messages placed into them.

Project banner

{{WikiProject Cities}} – Talk page project banner

Infoboxes

Infoboxes are not required.

{{Infobox settlement}} – Standard infobox template for most types of settlements like cities, towns, villages, etc. To use it, copy the format located at Template:Infobox settlement and substitute the settlement's information in the parameters section as directed on the Infobox template page. See San Jose, California for an example.
- {{Infobox Australian place}} – Australian variation of the standard infobox.
- {{Infobox Russian inhabited locality}} – for cities in Russia.
{{Weather box}} – for presenting temperature and precipitation information in a standard format
{{Geographic location}} – Links to the surrounding areas

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{{User WPCities}}

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Participants

A list of members of WikiProject Cities, together with some of their interests, is at Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities/participants. To join the group simply add yourself to the list, in alphabetical order.

Progress

Article guidelines and conventions

Taskforces

Related WikiProjects

The parent of this project is WikiProject Countries.

Climate

For proposed infoboxes/city climate graphs, see: WikiProject Climate

Descendant projects

Descendant WikiProject Cities include:

African cities: Lagos
Asian cities and city-states (non-Indian): Dubai, Hong Kong, Macau, Shenzhen, Singapore
Australian cities: Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney
Canadian cities: Montreal, Ottawa, St. John's*, Toronto, Vancouver
European cities and regions: Bedfordshire, Belfast, Belgrade, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Cheshire, Cornwall, Devon, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Greater Manchester, Hertfordshire, Kent, London, Munich, North East England, Porto, Rome, Sheffield, Somerset, Surrey, Sussex, Vienna, West Midlands, Zagreb

Indian cities: Balasore, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cuttack, Delhi, Eluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mangalore, Mumbai, Patna, Visakhapatnam

Mexican cities: Tijuana

New Zealand cities: Auckland

US cities and regions

Appalachia, Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Cape Cod and the Islands, Capital District (Albany, NY and vicinity), Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbia (MO), Dallas-Fort Worth, Durham, NC, Eastern Mountain Coal Fields, Eastern Washington, Erie, Hampshire County, West Virginia, Houston, Hudson Valley, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Kansas City, KYOVA Region*, Las Vegas, Lehigh Valley (PA, NJ), Los Angeles, Louisville, Lowell, Miami, Myrtle Beach, New Hampshire Mountains, New Orleans, New York City, Omaha, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area, Santa Barbara County (CA), Seattle, Shreveport, Southern California, Syracuse, Tampa Bay Area, Washington, D.C., Western New York State, Yellowstone, Youngstown

Related WikiProject Cities pages:

Other related projects include:

Resources

The following list of links might be useful to editors when editing or maintaining city articles. Please feel free to share any useful links that you think others might find useful.

International census resources – An index of census sites for different world geographies
- Eurostat – Census & demographic data from the European commission
- U.S. Census Bureau – Census & demographic data (the FactFinder is also useful here).
- U.K. Office for National Statistics – Census & demographic data
The Green Papers: United States (of America) Federal, State, and Local Government – General information on US data; also includes more specific information on incorporated municipalities. You can get specific information on towns in a given state by going to http://www.thegreenpapers.com/slg/localities.phtml?state= (and putting the state's two-letter postal abbreviation at the end of the URL).
Sister Cities International, Inc. – Information on sister cities programs and relationships among cities.
Any postcard first published in the U.S. before 1978 without an explicit copyright notice is PD.

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