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WikiProject Philadelphia is a project to better organize information in articles related to Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. This page and its subpages contain the suggestions and opinions of interested contributors; it is hoped that this project will help to focus and coordinate the efforts of all.

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.

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Philadelphia Meetups[edit]

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.

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Participants and primary areas of interest[edit]

Usernames Numeric and A-L Usernames M-Z
  • Marketstel - Transportation, esp. mass transit; Architecture and notable buildings; History; Politics; Geography; Food, food culture, and dining out; general fact-checking and editing for style and tone
  • Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 16:16, 12 June 2013 (UTC) I live in Philadelphia and am very interested in women writers. See: A Celebration of Women Writers[reply]
  • Maxim Stoyalov
  • Narsk (talk) - Philly politics, activism, public transit, history, power mapping and trying increase the quality of all Philly articles.
  • Newyorkadam General Philadelphia and Philadelphia sports articles
  • nfutvol Villanova University, Transit Systems
  • Nutiketaiel (talk) Northeast Philadelphia; Eagles; Government; Suburbs
  • O (talk • edits) I will help with the western suburbs, West Philly, and University City.
  • Ocaasi t | c 02:08, 26 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ouanor Public transit (SEPTA), politics, business
  • Passdoubt | Talk
  • RunnerupNJ - design / layout, railroads (especially PRR), trolleys
  • SB_Johnny - Plants, bugs, gardens, etc. I primarily contribute to Wikiversity, but am active here and on other projects as well.
  • Shoessss Northeast neighborhoods
  • Skiasaurus
  • Smallbones History, NRHP, Museums, photos
  • Sm8900 History of America, History of Philadelphia, philadelphia sites, cultural institutions, neighborhoods, communities.
  • Mr. Spencer Kinkelaar Geography, neighborhoods, SEPTA, University of Pennsylvania, Downingtown
  • Spikebrennan
  • thnidu language, linguistics, general proofreading & editing
  • TartarTorte
  • The Midnite Wolf history, music, photos
  • Triphora — SEPTA and affairs with your southerly neighbor, Delaware
  • Unbandito History, neighborhoods, rescuing archived public media and preserving the memory of daily life in different eras and communities.
  • Waarmstr Churches, history, neighborhoods, linking articles to Philly Portal.
  • Wildcat7176

Presumed Inactive[edit]

Usernames A-L Usernames M-Z
  • Magic (last contribution 2007)
  • Marphilly I'm from South Philly and attended Temple; I may be particularly helpful with those articles (last contribution 2008)
  • Maughangl (talk · contribs) I can be helpful with information on University City, Center City and the South Street area. (last contribution 2010)
  • MechBrowman (last contribution 2006)
  • Medvedenko (last contribution 2012)
  • meebly (last contribution 2005)
  • Pacdude (last contribution 2013)
  • Pastricide Neighborhoods, Philly stubs, organizing the Main Page | Talk (last contribution 2007)
  • Patricknoddy (last contribution 2007)
  • PYLrulz Ill help edit and fix up articles I run across. (last contribution 2012)
  • SearedIce Center City / University City / Penn's Landing / Suburbs of Philly (last contribution 2013)
  • Shawnthe1/ahwang Penn's landing, Center & University City! esp from May 2007 (last contribution 2006)
  • SteinbDJ Arts and culture (last contribution 2013)
  • Sylent Northern Philly burbs (last contribution 2011)
  • TheSab University City, general Philly photography (last contribution 2012)
  • Thoth Inner city neighborhoods, North Phil, Kenzo, etc. (last contribution 2008)
  • User:Thunderball15 Southwest Philly -- email me for my opinion (last contribution 2011)
  • Violarulez Free library, center city, Rittenhouse square, SEPTA, Chinatown, South Street. (last contribution 2013)

Structure[edit]

General strategy, goals, projects and discussion forums

Goals

  1. Improve Philadelphia to featured status.
  2. Standardization - Wikipedia:WikiProject Philadelphia/RulesStandards
  3. Building and consensus nomenclature for neighborhood articles, including elimination of all redlinks on List of Philadelphia neighborhoods.
  4. Standardization of articles relating to SEPTA.
  5. Updating Portal:Current events with Philly related items
  6. Updating wikinews:Portal:United_States with Philly related items

WikiProject ToDo list

Article requests list

Portal maintenance

Assessment[edit]

Philadelphia articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 5 10 11 26
FL 1 12 13
GA 3 8 30 90 131
B 13 86 145 266 4 514
C 3 106 236 880 12 1,237
Start 3 107 649 4,581 32 5,372
Stub 1 66 1,145 1 53 1,266
List 1 10 25 116 1 3 156
Category 1 477 478
Disambig 1 11 12
File 130 130
Portal 419 419
Project 1 18 19
Template 134 134
NA 4 15 117 262 398
Other 1 13 14
Assessed 23 328 1,176 7,222 1,466 104 10,319
Unassessed 2 21 23
Total 23 328 1,176 7,224 1,466 125 10,342
WikiWork factors (?) ω = 41,208 Ω = 4.82

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Images[edit]

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Recognition[edit]

The Liberty Star The Liberty Star is given by WikiProject Philadelphia for outstanding work on Philadelphia-related articles. Introduced by South Philly and designed by smurrayinchester

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Wikimedia Pennsylvania[edit]

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:

Thanks!

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