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Welcome to WikiProject United Kingdom! Some Wikipedians have formed a Project to improve and organise articles which relate to the United Kingdom. We are dedicated to improving these articles and if you would like to help, please add your name to the participants!

WikiProject United Kingdom was formed with the intent of improving articles and coverage related to the United Kingdom in a fair and accurate manner, with an emphasis on subjects with national significance. Editors are encouraged to also participate in the more regional and/or topic specific UK related projects listed below.

As of 25 January 2024, there are 38,906 articles within the scope of WikiProject United Kingdom, of which 197 are featured and 789 are good articles. This makes up 0.57% of the articles on Wikipedia, 1.84% of all featured articles and lists, and 2.03% of all good articles. Including non-article pages, such as talk pages, redirects, categories, etcetera, there are 130,090 pages in the project.

The following WikiProjects and task forces also deal with UK-related content:

It is expected that as this project grows we will be able to branch out into notice boards for the individual countries of the UK. It is intended that these will run alongside the main UK board.

• Wikipedia:UK Wikipedians' notice board
• Wikipedia:Northern Irish Wikipedians' notice board
• Wikipedia:Scottish Wikipedians' notice board
• Wikipedia:Welsh Wikipedians' notice board

Note that Wikipedians in Northern Ireland may also be found at Wikipedia:Irish Wikipedians' notice board.

Announcements

• ((Meetup-UK)) (see below) is now available for your use. It uses the same format as ((meetup)), so content can be copied from one to the other; and emits hCalendar microformats for your convenience. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 23:32, 22 March 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Meet-ups

The ((Meetup-UK)) template includes the category Wikipedia meetups in the United Kingdom and so an article using the template will be listed on the category page.

To join WikiProject United Kingdom, please see Category:WikiProject United Kingdom participants.

For general UK-related articles, use ((WikiProject United Kingdom)), which appears like so:

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This article is within the scope of WikiProject United Kingdom, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the United Kingdom on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.United KingdomWikipedia:WikiProject United KingdomTemplate:WikiProject United KingdomUnited Kingdom articles NA This article has been rated as NA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.

Material from the following sources are available on subscription databanks. The specific material may be in abstract, citation, or full text format. To obtain information, please send me an e-mail indicating the e-mail address to send to, as well as the specific subject of interest or the title and dates of sources requested, and I will forward what I can find. John Carter (talk) 19:05, 13 February 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• AB UK (2003–2006)
• Albion (2002–2004)

UK public library online resources at home

Most UK public libraries offer their members access to a wide range of online resources which can be accessed from any computer (e.g. at home or work, without having to physically visit the library). These can include The Times archive 1785-1985, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford English Dictionary, 19th-century newspapers, Newsbank (current national and regional newspapers), Encyclopedia Britannica and more. They also usually offer further databases which are for in-library use only. Find your local library's website and look for "Online resources" or "24 hour library". You will need to join the library, and have a membership number, to use the online resources: some libraries allow you to join online.