Welcome to the Yorkshire WikiProject.

We are a group of editors dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of articles related to Yorkshire, England, including the counties of North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire and the cities of Kingston upon Hull, York, Sheffield, Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Doncaster, and Ripon.

Goal

The goal of this WikiProject is to provide coverage of subjects pertaining to Yorkshire by creating, assessing, improving upon and monitoring articles and lists about Yorkshire.

Scope

This project supports any pages related to the county of Yorkshire. We acknowledge the efforts and work of other projects, and will focus our attention on those articles which do not fall within the scope of any other active regional project.

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Aims[edit]

Please discuss this section on the talk page.

Specific aims for the project are:-

To complete tagging and assessment of all Yorkshire related articles
To recruit more active editors
To bring our top level article Yorkshire up to Featured article status
To bring all other top priority articles (currently 15 with 2 at FA) to at least Good article status
To set up a weekly or monthly selected article improvement drive
To produce a regular news letter for circulation to members

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User	Interests	Newsletter
Rocky miller 97 (talk · contribs)	I live in Rotherham, so I can help expand information in the article about that. Also a fan of Rotherham United so I create and edit pages relating to that subject. I will also edit other regional based pages that I am considerably knowledgeable about.	N
10redmoe (talk · contribs)	York	N
Daleb1995 (talk · contribs)	Leeds, West Yorkshire - a keen interest in Geography and Meteorology.	N
A1personage (talk · contribs)		N
Acabashi (talk · contribs)	East Riding, particularly Sutton-on-Hull, Driffield, and other places between with own historical family association.	Y
Agdturner (talk · contribs)	Resident in Leeds born in Doncaster. I've lived in Yorkshire most of my life and work at the University of Leeds where I am based in the School of Geography and am deputy director of the Centre for Computational Geography.	N
Almost-instinct (talk · contribs)	Philip Larkin	N
Anthony Winward (talk · contribs)	Born and live in Middlesbrough and interested in the area.	N
Bduke (talk · contribs)	While living now in Australia, I was born and brought up in Sheffield. I have a particular interest in the Yorkshire Dales, particularly Wharfedale, which I have visited frequently, and South Yorkshire.	Y
Bnwkr (talk · contribs)	Born and raised in Leeds, Batley and Birstall.	N
Chappy84 (talk · contribs)	Sport In The County, The County, Leeds, York.	N
Chemical Engineer (talk · contribs)	Mainly to add photographs which are of good quality and provide appropriate illustration.	N
Chilkoot (talk · contribs)	Moor Grange and West Park.	N
Chronotopian (talk · contribs)	Articles local to York, as well as arts, literature and culture particular to the area.	Y
ColinFine (talk · contribs)	Lived in Bradford for 25 years; now near Ripon. Interested in those places, especially historic buildings.	Y
Dakinijones (talk · contribs)	Mainly interested in Leeds, Bridlington and the Yorkshire Dales	Y
Derek R Bullamore (talk · contribs)		Y
DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk · contribs)	Mostly interested in Guisborough and the area but will flirt with further afield.	Y
Dr Greg (talk · contribs)	Near the Lancashire border, especially railway history.	N
Euchiasmus (talk · contribs)	Dales, villages, etc.	N
fiddlersmouth (talk · contribs)	Archaeology and history	Y
Flarpster (talk · contribs)	Scarborough / Filey / Wolds area with special interest in ancient / medieval history	N
Francish7 (talk · contribs)	Mostly the Tees Valley area.	N
futurefjp (talk · contribs)	Wetherby, West Yorshire and environs.	N
Gaia Octavia Agrippa (talk · contribs)	Anything to do with N Yorks.	Y
Gavbadger (talk · contribs)	Military	Y
Gilderien (talk · contribs)	Resident of Ryedale	Y
GrahamSmith (talk · contribs)	Principally interested in Skipton area for genealogical reasons.	N
GuillaumeTell (talk · contribs)	Interested mainly in York and Leeds.	N
Harbin91 (talk · contribs)	Doncaster area, Doncaster Rovers, Hexthorpe area of Doncaster, and anything else that my interest me.	Y
Harkey Lodger (talk · contribs)	Mainly articles on "Natural Areas" of the old County of Yorkshire but some specific work on villages, towns and rivers.	N
HarryAdney (talk · contribs)	Live and work in Wensleydale. I've a keen interest in the ancient and modern aspects of the Dales, particularly Wensleydale history, notable people and events, etc.	N
Jcuk (talk · contribs)	Mainly Knaresborough, Harrogate, Nidderdale areas, also anything to do with James Herriot, being a somewhat obssessive fan and working at the World Of James Herriot museum!	N
JeremyA (talk · contribs)	Note however that Wikipedia:WikiProject Sheffield has been established for about a year, is fairly active, and its members have to a certain extent been looking after articles covering subjects within the whole of South Yorkshire. So communication with that project on issues that affect South Yorkshire articles would be appreciated by its members (of which I am one).	N
Kaly99 (talk · contribs)		N
Keith D (talk · contribs)	Mainly articles covering East Riding of Yorkshire.	Y
Kildwyke (talk · contribs)	Interested in the Topography of the Pennines of the West Riding of Yorkshire; and the history of its working people. I created both the Craven and Keighley and Kendal Turnpike pages.	N
Langcliffe (talk · contribs)	Yorkshire Dales, Caves, Hills, Geology, Upper Wharfedale.	N
Leeds United FC fan (talk · contribs)	Association football, Rugby league, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Leeds, North York Moors and Yorkshire in general	N
Leo1802 (talk · contribs)	Interested in West Yorkshire mainly Calderdale and sports.	N
Lewisskinner (talk · contribs)	most Sheffield and West Riding-related articles.	Y
LNWWatcher (talk · contribs)	Leeds, particularly areas I know and local politics.	N
Malcolmxl5 (talk · contribs)	York. Fond of taking photographs of York.	Y
MarmadukePercy (talk · contribs)	South Yorkshire, Levett and related families, general Yorkshire history.	N
Mattythewhite (talk · contribs)	Football in the county, especially in North Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire.	N
MRacer (talk · contribs)	Basically, all of North Yorkshire, including the areas of the Teesside conurbation historically a part of it, plus some very specific areas with which I have some personal familiarity and/or pride, such as Hambleton District etc.	Y
Mtaylor848 (talk · contribs)	Leeds, Wetherby, Chapel Allerton, Headingley, Kirkstall, Holt Park, Headingley, Killingbeck, Moor Grange, West Park Hunslet and Holbeck.	Y
Nate1481 (talk · contribs)	Live in York, Used to live in Bradford & attend Bradford Uni	N
Nick Watts (talk · contribs)	Resident in Bradford. Interested in the Bradford area and its history, and classical music activities in the area.	N
Nigelcoates (talk · contribs)	Scarborough / Pickering / Filey area	N
Northumbrian (talk · contribs)	Articles concerned with Kingston upon Hull primarily, but also other Yorkshire-related articles to a lesser degree.	Y
Notjamesbond (talk · contribs)	Based in West Yorkshire, enjoy walking in the Dales, am happy to help with Yorkshire based articles.	N
Nthep (talk · contribs)	West & North Yorkshire	L
PamD (talk · contribs)	Leeds and general tidying.	N
Pamela Gardiner (talk · contribs)	Mostly art related.	N
PatHadley (talk · contribs)	Mostly interested in Yorkshire archaeology. York resident.	N
Rfsmit (talk · contribs)	Hambleton area to Teesside.	Y (S)
Rimmer1993 (talk · contribs)	Exile. Sports and geographic items.	Y
Scillystuff (talk · contribs)	The West Riding, mostly railways.	N
Storye book (talk · contribs)	I've created a number of local history and biographical articles related to Yorkshire. I'm happy to photograph buildings, landscape and objects in the North and West Yorks areas, especially around Harrogate and Leeds.	Y
Stuffed cat (talk · contribs)	West & North Yorkshire and Greater Teesside.	Y
synaptic peach (talk · contribs)	Dales, York	Y
Thebolshoibrothers (talk · contribs)	Born in Leeds, raised in Outwood, Lofthouse, Alwoodley and Horsforth.	Y
Tomd2712 (talk · contribs)		N
TomDWilliams (talk · contribs)		Y
Wilbur2012 (talk · contribs)	Doncaster + South Yorkshire as well as Aviation and Media.	N
Yorkshiresoul (talk · contribs)	Ilkley, cricket, the Dales.	N
HarryAdney (talk · contribs)	Wensleydale resident.	N
1916Walker987 (talk · contribs)	North Yorkshire	N
WinslowBoy (talk · contribs)	Interests in Yorkshire's great and good, and English literature. Back on Wikipedia after a break (aka losing password - this time, I know to set an email address too!) Proud to call God's Own County home.	N
Scottjbroughton (talk · contribs)	Scarborough resident, and active member of the music and digital media scene.	N
Tomdaone (talk · contribs)	Born and bred in Leeds, interested in updating local pages from around Leeds and the music and entertainment scene.	N
SvenShaw (talk · contribs)	Born in Bradford, interested in local architecture, history and Yorkshire customs	N
Zakhx150 (talk · contribs)	Professional Archaeologist; Roman & Prehistoric Archaeology, Roman Britain, Roman Religion	N
Oldontarian (talk · contribs)	amateur genealogist and geographer with interests in Yorkshire and other parts of the UK as well	N
Benhunter09 (talk · contribs)	Hull	N
BNC85 (talk · contribs)	Resident of Wakefield and works in Leeds. Originally from Newcastle upon Tyne and with an interest in local history and UK law enforcement (and history thereof)	N
Darrenmarshall (talk · contribs)	I live in Harrogate in North Yorkshire, I have a keen interest in my home town and the surrounding area, and am a railway enthusiast. Currently employed as a Hotel Manager..	N
Asterixtintin (talk · contribs)	Mostly anything to do with Doncaster - for example the sports teams and schools, and anything interesting to add to the full page from local history. Also, willing to venture further out in regards to football.	Y
Breadcrumbs on Wikipedia (talk · contribs)	Anything really	N
The joy of all things (talk · contribs)	Railways, roads, lakes, streams, towns almost anything on Yorkshire....	Y
Hullian111 (talk · contribs)	Username is pretty obvious: anything in Hull with prior knowlege and interest I may add to.	N
antihistoriaster (talk · contribs)	Particularly in the York pogrom of 1190, but all areas of York history tbh	Y
Tommy animator (talk · contribs)	animations for better visual explanations	N
Will299 (talk · contribs)	I Regularly update the Barnsley FC page.	N
EdwardUK (talk · contribs)	History, old buildings and pubs	L
Joe Roe (talk · contribs)	West Riding, particularly the Heavy Woollen District; local history and archaeology	Y
Brandt Nightingale (talk · contribs)	Interested in medieval architecture; I hope to add info on architectural history of East Riding churches	Y
Girth Summit (talk · contribs)	Teacher in York. Interested in history in general, historic buildings particularly. Currently working on listed buildings in Moray, but hoping to get around to doing some work on buildings in York and surroundings.	Y
Cavie78 (talk · contribs)	Librarian in Leeds. Music, history and historic buildings, cricket and football. Can help with photos from Leeds, York and surroundings.	Y
Stormy301 (talk · contribs)	Based in Leeds. Sports in the region, history and flags from various places in Yorkshire.	Y
GhostInTheMachine (talk · contribs)	Live in York	N
Mjgarratt (talk · contribs)	Mostly interested in North York Moors.	Y
YorkshireLad (talk · contribs)	Originally from Yorkshire (hence the name), though no longer living there	N
Blackwater-Bradfield1900 (talk · contribs)	Sheffield area, mainly outying villages.	Y
Chocolateediter (talk · contribs)	Finds photos	L
Tony Griff (talk · contribs)	I am mainly interested in Whiston but more generally in Rotherham and its history	Y
77skull (talk · contribs)	I am in the Doncaster area and love learning about our history	Y
Transandrosupport (talk · contribs)	Wales based but interested in Todmorden and the general Yorskhire/Lancashire border	N
Eborus13 (talk · contribs)	Born Middlesbrough, lived some time in York (thus username). Now out of Yorks, but maintain an interest, and particularly in history of the county	N
BenBrownBoy (talk · contribs)	Interested in Wakefield City and the Five Towns	Y
OAnick (talk · contribs)	Otley, interested in leveraging wikidata to identify gaps	Y
Jarckary (talk · contribs)	Interested in mostly West Yorkshire and cleaning up pages.	N
RobinJames68 (talk · contribs)	I lived in North Yorkshire for a few years	Y

Portal:Yorkshire[edit]

Portals are pages intended to serve as "Main Pages" for specific topics or areas. Portals may be associated with one or more WikiProjects; unlike WikiProjects, however, they are meant for both readers and editors of Wikipedia, and should promote content and encourage contribution.

Portal:Yorkshire

Creating articles[edit]

Guidelines[edit]

How to write about settlements

How to write about counties

How to write about rivers

How to write about people

New articles[edit]

Please feel free to list your new Yorkshire-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Please also make sure that each new article created is put into one of the categories for Yorkshire, so that the articles will appear there.

Did you know (DYK?)[edit]

Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Page.

... that the Leeds 13's attempt at staging a holiday at Leeds University Union's expense was taken literally by the British press? – Featured 23 July 2023
... that Carol Thomas began her football career at the age of 11, while the sport was still banned for women? – Featured 22 July 2023
... that Kyren Wilson won the first four frames in all of his matches at the 2023 Tour Championship? – Featured 15 May 2023
... that Nottingham Forest's victory in the 2022 EFL Championship play-off final gained them promotion to the Premier League for the first time in 23 years? – Featured 2 April 2023
... that the Highfield Cocoa and Coffee House in Sheffield, England, sold tea, coffee and cocoa at a penny a pint and also provided billiards and reading rooms? – Featured 25 February 2023
... that Ye Olde White Harte, reputed to be "one of Hull's most haunted pubs", has a skull of unknown provenance (pictured) in the bar? – Featured 8 January 2023
... that Gary Wilson threw his cue stick to the floor in anger at the 2022 UK Championship? – Featured 11 December 2022
... that Rockstar Leeds was once based at a decommissioned church? – Featured 23 October 2022
... that writer Malcolm Neesam was awarded the Freedom of the Borough of Harrogate, England, by the town council for services to local history? – Featured 20 October 2022
... that a miniature book written by a 13-year-old sold for over $1 million? – Featured 20 August 2022
... that botanist William West's elder son William West Jr assisted him with fieldwork, and his younger son George Stephen West collaborated with him on numerous scientific publications? – Featured 4 June 2022
... that when viewed from above, Scale Lane Footbridge looks like an apostrophe? – Featured 12 April 2022
... that copper thieves started a fire at Dalton Mills in 2011 while trying to burn off the insulation? – Featured 20 March 2022
... that the Sons of Neptune sailed a giant toilet down the River Thames? – Featured 15 March 2022
... that businessman and activist Matthew Glover's charity challenged Pope Francis to become a vegan for Lent? – Featured 29 January 2022
... that staff at the vegan food brand VFC interact with internet trolls on social media platforms to grow their online brand? – Featured 28 January 2022
... that while his brother carried on the family photography business, Thomas Holroyd went into painting and later created The Dyeworks (pictured)? – Featured 13 December 2021
... that the 4.5-ton marble statue of Queen Victoria (pictured) in Harrogate's Jubilee Memorial was carved by the British sculptor William John Seward Webber? – Featured 12 December 2021
... that when Margaret de Longvillers married into the House of Neville, her wealth consolidated its position in English society? – Featured 8 December 2021
... that James Milner once held the title of the Premier League's youngest goal scorer? – Featured 7 October 2021
... that both finalists at the 2008 World Snooker Championship made maximum breaks during the tournament? – Featured 2 September 2021
... that although Vlad the Impaler (pictured) and Elizabeth Báthory are popularly believed to have inspired Dracula, Bram Stoker's notes mention neither figure? – Featured 4 August 2021
... that when the Leeds Tiger (pictured) went on display in Leeds in 1863 it was described as a "work of art quite as much as an object for scientific observation"? – Featured 24 July 2021
... that Ripon Spa Baths is the only spa in the United Kingdom to have been ceremonially opened by a member of the royal family? – Featured 23 July 2021
... that The Hidden People by Alison Littlewood is based on the 1895 incident in Ireland where Bridget Cleary was burnt alive by her husband, who believed she was a fairy changeling? – Featured 19 July 2021
... that the 2021 Challenge Cup Final between Castleford and St Helens today will be played at a half-full Wembley Stadium? – Featured 17 July 2021
... that rugby league's Hull F.C. forced rugby union's Hull KR out of their home ground by paying triple the rent before the teams became part of rugby league's Hull Derby? – Featured 15 July 2021
... that botanist and "great Yorkshire character" John Farrah reprimanded greedy plant collectors in such a way that they would "remember it to the end of their days"? – Featured 2 June 2021
... that the regular nature walks taken by historian and naturalist William Grainge averaged 24 miles (39 km)? – Featured 21 May 2021
... that Alan Little led York City to victory in the 1993 Football League Third Division play-off Final two days before his brother's side played in the First Division play-off Final? – Featured 14 May 2021
... that the former Adelaide Level lead mine (pictured) at Arn Gill in Swaledale, England, was named after Lady Adelaide Lamont, a descendant of Judge Jeffreys? – Featured 7 May 2021
... that the year after going into administration, Huddersfield Town gained promotion to the Second Division by winning the 2004 Football League Third Division play-off Final? – Featured 27 April 2021
... that Humphrey Jennings's 1939 film Spare Time showed an American audience how the British working classes spent their free time? – Featured 15 April 2021
... that Neil Warnock left Huddersfield Town shortly after they gained promotion by winning the 1995 Football League Second Division play-off Final because he said the club chairman had told him a "porky pie"? – Featured 21 March 2021
... that the first episode of the British television drama series Ackley Bridge was re-edited following the Manchester Arena bombing, as scenes showed a student at the centre of a bombing hoax? – Featured 18 March 2021
... that Swansea City made two appearances at the Millennium Stadium in 2006, winning the Football League Trophy but losing the Football League One play-off Final? – Featured 14 March 2021
... that the English classicist Neil Hopkinson hosted events at which only dessert was served? – Featured 9 March 2021
... that the 2010 Football League Two play-off Final at Wembley Stadium was won by a pub team from Essex? – Featured 25 February 2021
... that Roy Brown, credited with downing the Red Baron, suffered a serious accident not long after being posted to Marske Aerodrome? – Featured 25 February 2021
... that veterinarian Matt Brash treated some of the owls that appeared in the first Harry Potter film and concluded that they had leukocytozoonosis? – Featured 23 February 2021
... that Bradford City scored three goals in 13 minutes to secure promotion in the 2013 Football League Two play-off Final? – Featured 21 February 2021
... that some of the Sheffield Wednesday team participated in a conga on the M4 motorway after winning the 2005 Football League One play-off Final? – Featured 19 February 2021
... that the English clergyman Frank Thewlis was related to Prime Minister Harold Wilson and wore a red handkerchief in his jacket pocket when preaching to show his support for Wilson's Labour Party? – Featured 19 February 2021
... that after his side won the 2008 Football League One play-off Final, Doncaster Rovers manager Sean O'Driscoll said he could "murder a cup of tea"? – Featured 9 February 2021
... that stocks of mustard gas, thought to have been destroyed in the 1940s, were discovered at RAF Bowes Moor in 1997? – Featured 6 February 2021
... that due to Brian Crabtree's closeness with his brothers in professional wrestling, Kendo Nagasaki once refused to wrestle "Big Daddy" Shirley Crabtree with Brian refereeing? – Featured 24 January 2021
... that figurative artist Hilda Annetta Walker (work pictured) objected to Modernist works because she found it difficult to tell what they represented? – Featured 22 January 2021
... that Hector Munro Chadwick postulated the Heroic Age as a distinct stage in the development of human societies? – Featured 11 January 2021
... that Katie Levick gave up the chance to play cricket for England in order to pursue a full-time job? – Featured 14 December 2020
... that medieval ceramics expert Jean Le Patourel was also an expert in the archaeology of dog collars? – Featured 11 December 2020
... that after awarding a controversial goal in the 1902 FA Cup Final, referee Tom Kirkham took refuge in a broom cupboard to evade angry goalkeeper William "Fatty" Foulke (pictured)? – Featured 18 November 2020
... that it is impossible to draw water from Robin Hood's Well? – Featured 9 November 2020
... that in a speech after the 1901 FA Cup Final, General Sir Redvers Buller compared football to the Army by saying that the winning side is usually the one best practised at shooting? – Featured 8 November 2020
... that following the Treaty of Ripon, signed on this day in 1640, a Scottish army had their expenses paid by England, while occupying northern England? – Featured 28 October 2020
... that the first large bathhouse in York was built at the bottom of Marygate (pictured) in 1836? – Featured 24 October 2020
... that the former site of the Majestic Cinema, Leeds, which was gutted by fire in 2014, will become the national headquarters of Channel 4? – Featured 8 October 2020
... that the only statue of a public figure in Scarborough is a memorial to Queen Victoria outside its town hall (pictured)? – Featured 17 September 2020
... that in 1833, English magistrate John Peele Clapham edited a children's hymn book which had numerous editions and a wide circulation? – Featured 11 September 2020
... that finishers of the Sheffield Star Walk were rewarded with a hot mug of Oxo? – Featured 10 September 2020
... that all three of the pleasure gardens run by the entrepreneur Thomas Clapham in Leeds and London failed due to debt and were sold for housing? – Featured 7 September 2020
... that Mark Williams won the most successive frames at the 2003 World Snooker Championship, despite losing the first two? – Featured 3 September 2020
.. that two Northumbrian kings, Ælla and Osberht, were killed by Vikings in 867 at the Battle of York? – Featured 29 August 2020
... that because of its isolated, moorside location, Wells House, Ilkley, is the only building by Cuthbert Brodrick known to have been surrounded by a designed landscape? – Featured 15 August 2020
... that West Park United Reformed Church of Harrogate, England, has twelve heads of historical characters, including John Bunyan (pictured), carved on its wall? – Featured 12 August 2020
... that at the 2005 World Snooker Championship, a player turned up without his cue stick and with a hangover? – Featured 16 July 2020
... that Asa Binns was elected president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, but died before he could take office? – Featured 2 July 2020
... that the 1925 FA Cup Final was the first in the competition's history to feature a Welsh team? – Featured 16 June 2020
... that Chelsea F.C.'s loss in the 1988 Football League Second Division play-off Final triggered football hooliganism that injured 45 people? – Featured 16 June 2020
... that in qualifying for the 1987 World Snooker Championship, Jimmy van Rensberg had a suspected heart attack, but returned to win his match? – Featured 14 June 2020
... that Systime Computers, based in Leeds, was once Britain's second largest computer manufacturer? – Featured 14 June 2020
... that prior to the event, bookmakers' odds against Joe Johnson winning the 1986 World Snooker Championship were 150 to 1? – Featured 29 May 2020
... that after his side defeated Leeds United in the FA Cup, Cardiff City chairman Sam Hammam had two BBC reporters forcibly removed and had an altercation with the opposing manager? – Featured 25 May 2020
... that with her victory at the 2001 Women's World Snooker Championship, Lisa Quick became the first person to win world titles in both pool and snooker? – Featured 12 May 2020
... that racing driver Justin Wilson entered the 2003 Formula One World Championship through an investment programme listed on the London Stock Exchange? – Featured 3 May 2020
... that Colonel Tom Moore, who turns 100 today, has raised more than £31 million for NHS Charities Together by walking laps of his garden? – Featured 30 April 2020
... that England international footballer Colin Grainger was also a professional singer and shared a bill with the Beatles? – Featured 29 April 2020
... that although the Brimham Rocks (example pictured) were shaped naturally by erosion, Hayman Rooke conjectured that the extraordinary shapes of some stones could have been carved in part by druids? – Featured 23 March 2020
... that Ripon Parks is noted for its colonies of the parasitic common toothwort (pictured), as well as for the yellow star-of-Bethlehem? – Featured 16 March 2020
... that the Leeds-based software company Visionware represented a management buyout success story from the failure of a once much larger British company? – Featured 24 February 2020
... that Hack Fall Wood in North Yorkshire, England, hosts the rare lemon slug (example pictured)? – Featured 12 February 2020
... that Bishop Monkton Ings in North Yorkshire, England, provides a habitat to the semi-parasitic marsh lousewort? – Featured 9 February 2020
... that Mar Field Fen is "one of the best examples of fen habitat in the Vale of York"? – Featured 8 February 2020
... that the Siege of Hull took place in 1642 after the governor twice refused to admit King Charles I to the town? – Featured 2 February 2020
... that the locally scarce bird's eye primrose grows at Cow Myers in North Yorkshire? – Featured 30 January 2020
... that Hay-a-Park Gravel Pit is "one of the most northerly inland breeding populations of reed warbler in Britain"? – Featured 25 January 2020
... that the nationally rare tansy beetle (example pictured) survives at Acaster South Ings, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near York, England? – Featured 23 January 2020
... that Farnham Mires is one of the few sedge-and-rush marshes left in the Vale of York? – Featured 22 January 2020
... that Dehenna Davison is Bishop Auckland's first Conservative member of Parliament since the constituency's creation in 1885? – Featured 18 January 2020
... All entries

Assessment and review of articles[edit]

Assessment area of the project – this linked page rates articles for both quality and importance to this project.

Click on the coloured areas in the table below to show a list of articles in each category.

Yorkshire articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	Total
FA	2	1	15	58		76
FL			1	16		17
GA	3	9	36	169		217
B	9	62	128	332		531
C	3	140	284	1,392		1,819
Start	1	208	1,143	8,289		9,641
Stub		18	327	5,629		5,974
List		4	12	710	2	728
Category				1	3,687	3,688
Disambig			1	1	21	23
File					21	21
Portal					95	95
Project					217	217
Redirect			4	176	1,245	1,425
Template		1	8	428	115	552
Other				1	8	9
Assessed	18	443	1,959	17,202	5,411	25,033
Total	18	443	1,959	17,202	5,411	25,033
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 93,306			Ω = 5.11

These links provide further information about the status of articles: Index · Statistics · Log

For an explanation of the more formal review process see: Peer review

Improving articles[edit]

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Yorkshire: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2023-09-12

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Article requests : Take photographs. OneYorkshire Devolution, Snowden Schofield, Alwyn Crawshaw (artist), East Riding Theatre, Trinity Market, Kingston College, Hull, A164 road, Woodford Leisure Centre, Holderness Hunt, Victoria Hospital for Sick Children, Kingston upon Hull, Hull Maritime Project, Murdoch's Connection, National Picture Theatre, Kingston upon Hull, Earl de Grey, Kingston upon Hull, A6024 road, Humber Bridge Country Park, Whitgift Hall, Springhead Pumping Station, St Vincent's Church, Crookes, Brookhouse, South Yorkshire, Guilthwaite, Blacka Moor, Greno Woods, TLC Travel, Church of St Winifred, Stainton, Church of St James, Braithwell, Midhope Reservoir, Christ Church, Dore, Lauren Poultney, Radio Yorkshire, Rivelin, Vic Hallam, Trinity Academy Leeds.
Copyedit : Yorkshire Forward
Expand : Beverley, Huddersfield Choral Society, Opera North, Francis Jackson, Newburgh Priory, Pearson Park, The Spa, Scarborough, Harrogate International Centre, Dales & District, Hull City Hall, East Park, Kingston upon Hull, River Foulness, Sutton-on-Hull, West Yorkshire Derby, Barbican Centre, York, Airedale, Beverley Bar, Chalkland Way, Hudson Way.
Stubs : Borough of Scarborough, Wakefield Express, and more
Verify : Cotter Force, Sheaf House, Frickley Colliery, Norwood College, Beverley Grammar School, Aunt Bessie's
Wikify : St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy

A clean-up listing is available here which lists articles tagged with various clean-up tags that need attention.

Articles assessed (in the chart in the previous section) as B, C, Start, or Stub class also need to be improved, usually by expansion and fact-checking.

Monitoring articles[edit]

All members should always feel free to patrol the recent changes list to note improvements to, changes, or vandalism of articles within the scope of this project. Also available is the article alerts log which gives details of workflow activities for articles covered by the project.

Articles of note[edit]

Featured articles[edit]

These articles on Yorkshire-related subjects have featured article status, although not necessarily achieved through the work of this WikiProject. Currently there are 76 Yorkshire featured articles.

Featured topics[edit]

These groups are featured topics and can serve as an idea of what should go in a featured topics.

Members of the Gregorian mission

10 articles

Augustine of Canterbury

Laurence of Canterbury

Mellitus

Justus

Honorius of Canterbury

Featured topic candidates[edit]

The following topics are in review as Featured topic candidates:

None at this time.

Peer review[edit]

The following articles are on review at Peer review:

Portal:Yorkshire in review here

Good articles (GA)[edit]

The following articles have either been recognised as good articles or are currently under review for good article status:

Under review

GAR reassessment

Ed Miliband reassessment Talk:Ed Miliband/GA3

Lists of note[edit]

Featured lists[edit]

These 17 articles on Yorkshire-related subjects have featured list status, not necessarily achieved through the work of this WikiProject.

Featured list candidates (FLC)[edit]

The following lists are in review as Featured list candidates:

None at this time.

Formerly recognised content[edit]

Former featured articles

Delisted Good Articles

Robin Hood

Articles nominated for deletion[edit]

AFD's[edit]

Katharine Barker (actress) nominated here
Doncaster City F.C. nominated here
Joanne Lees nominated here

PROD's[edit]

None at this time.

Categories for discussion[edit]

None at this time.

Templates[edit]

Stubs[edit]

NOTE: Stubs are managed by the Stub-sorting WikiProject. Before creating a new stub template, you should propose it at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals. See Wikipedia:Stub for general guidelines on proposing stub templates and categories. DO NOT simply create new stub templates, as these will be deleted.

Other templates[edit]

((WikiProject Yorkshire)) should be placed on the talk pages of relevant articles to put them under the project's radar.

((WikiProject Yorkshire)) looks like this:

Yorkshire NA‑class

	Yorkshire portal Wikipedia:WikiProject Yorkshire is within the scope of WikiProject Yorkshire, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to Yorkshire on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project, see a list of open tasks, and join in discussions on the project's talk page.YorkshireWikipedia:WikiProject YorkshireTemplate:WikiProject YorkshireYorkshire articles
NA	This article has been rated as NA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.

((Yorkshire Rose)) is the, barnstar like, award of WikiProject Yorkshire. The white rose emblem of the county of York is awarded to anyone who makes valued contributions to Yorkshire articles on Wikipedia.

The Yorkshire Rose award looks like this:

	The Yorkshire Rose
	WikiProject Yorkshire
	Award of Merit
	for valued contributions to Yorkshire articles on Wikipedia
	Message and signature go here

An optional message and signature are added as a parameter.

((Thanks WPYorks)) is a project thanks template that can be placed on user talk pages to advertise the project and thank them for their edits to project related articles. Place ((subst:Thanks WPYorks|~~~~)) on the appropriate user talk page. If you want to indicate a specific article then add the article= parameter to specify the article name like ((subst:Thanks WPYorks|article=Yorkshire|~~~~)), this looks like:

Thank you for your edit to Yorkshire, an article supported by WikiProject Yorkshire
If you ever run out of ideas here are some jobs to do:
Wikipedia:WikiProject Yorkshire/to do
To discuss any aspect of the Project please visit the Talk page.
To learn more visit the Main Project Page
Signature goes here

((Wikipedia:WikiProject Yorkshire/Sidebar)) gives a sidebar which can be added to your user page for shortcuts to sections of the project pages.
It looks like this:

WikiProject Yorkshire
General information
Front Page • (Talk) Aims Members Did you know? Successes and examples Popular pages
Things you can do
Here are some open tasks: Meta-task: Place the ((WikiProject Yorkshire)) template on the talk page of articles within the scope of this project. Articles about Yorkshire that currently have issues needing resolution: Stubs needing expansion Requested Images Article cleanup listing Article order listing Tag grouped listing Article alerts report Unreferenced BLP listing Article assessment Assessment log List of jobs to do
Resources
Categories Images and media Templates
Related WikiProjects
Wikipedia:WikiProject Bradford Wikipedia:WikiProject Sheffield
Other
Request an assessment Watchlist of recent edits Monthly Newsletters
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Categories[edit]

You can assign a category to a page simply by adding [[Category:Category name]] to the page's wikitext source. In order to reference a category within a page as a normal wiki link (without adding the page to the category) prefix the link name with a colon. For example: Category:Not in this category

Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Yorkshire

Category:Yorkshire

Resources[edit]

The South Yorkshire Historic Environment Characterisation Project by the South Yorkshire Archaeology Service.

OpenStreetMap OpenStreetMap is a free editable map of the whole world.

Neighbourhood Statistics Demographic information for settlements. City, town, village, civil parish, ward, etc.

Histpop — The Online Historical Population Reports Project A collection of British Historical Population Reports

Geograph. Photographs of places to upload. The Geograph British Isles project aims to collect geographically representative photographs and information for every square kilometre of Great Britain and Ireland. The licensing on Geograph allows these photos to be uploaded to Commons - uses ((geograph|nnnnn|forename surname)) in the "Permission" field when uploading image file, where nnnn is the geograph number of the image.

GENUKI Yorkshire Historical and genealogical information. You can use the template ((Genuki)) to provide an External Link to the relevant Genuki page.
York University Archaeology Data Service Database of archaeological sites. Searchable in various ways.
Flickr Commons images Hundreds of free-to-use images from Flickr Commons. This search for 'Yorkshire' is very fruitful but more specific searches are also likely to generate excellent results.
York Museums Trust GLAMwiki partnership One of Yorkshire's largest museum organisations has a relationship with the Wikipedia community mediated by Wikimedia UK. A residency ran from October 2013 - April 2014 but the trust are happy to make further contact with editors.
Yorkshire Network Project Yorkshire's 150 registered museums are being given the chance to engage with Wikipedia. There are fantastic opportunities for Wikipedians to work with experts and unique collections on a huge range of subjects. Use the project talk page or contact PatHadley to find out more.

Related projects[edit]

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.

Tools[edit]

Main tool page: toolserver.org

Refill - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references.
Checklinks - Edit and repair external links.
Dablinks - Show links requiring DAB.
Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.

Template Parameters tool

This is a WikiProject, an area for focused collaboration among Wikipedians. New participants are welcome; please feel free to participate!

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