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'''Welcome to the London WikiProject.''' We are a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|user group]] dedicated to improving and expanding Wikipedia's coverage of articles related to the [[Greater London]] area. If you are wondering what you can do to help, visit <big>'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject London/Call for Editors|Call for Editors]]'''</big> for a list of articles that are in need of assistance.
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==Aims==
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:'''''Our aims in the short term are to achieve the following:'''''
#Obtain FA status for the [[Wikipedia:Vital articles|Vital]]-classified article, [[London]]
#Obtain GA status for [[City of London]], [[City of Westminster]] and [[Greater London]]
#Restore former featured articles to GA/FA: [[London Underground]], [[Moorgate]], [[Palace of Westminster]]
#Maintain [[Portal:London]]
#Obtain GA status for 22 districts (11 largest, 11 most viewed): [[Wikipedia:WikiProject London/London districts task force]]
#Obtain FL status for [[List of people from London]] daughter articles

:'''''Our aims in the mid-term are to achieve the following:'''''
#Obtain GA status for all other [[London borough]] articles
#Identify articles in all London-related categories for priority
#Obtain FA status for [[City of London]], [[City of Westminster]], [[Greater London]] and 22 districts
#Expand districts task force to a further tier of districts

:'''''Our long term aims for the project are:'''''
#Obtain FA status for all [[London borough]] articles
#Expand districts task force to all districts
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==Requested articles==
{{see|Wikipedia:WikiProject London/Call for Editors#Requested articles}}

==Resources==
===Project pages===
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! [[Wikipedia:WikiProject London/Article alerts|Article alerts]]
| Automated alerts for status changes to London-related articles.
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! [[Wikipedia:WikiProject London/Articles/Recognised content|Recognised Content]]
| {{classicon|FA}}/{{classicon|GA}}  An automated list of our featured and good articles.
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! [[Wikipedia:WikiProject London/Assessment|Assessment]]
| Automated statistics about London-related tagged articles. Also explains our article rating system.
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! [[Wikipedia:WikiProject London/Call for Editors|Call for Editors]]
| '''Articles in need of attention.'''
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! [[Wikipedia:WikiProject London/Categories|Categories]]
| Explanation of the categorisation of London-related articles.
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! [https://tools.wmflabs.org/bambots/cwb/alpha/London.html Cleanup listing]
| Automated listing of articles tagged for cleanup or other problems
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! [[Wikipedia:WikiProject London/Naming conventions|Naming conventions]]
| How we decide the names of articles.
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! [[Wikipedia:WikiProject London/Participants|Participants]]
| Who is involved in the project.
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! [[Wikipedia:WikiProject London/Popular pages|Popular pages list]]
| Automated list of popular pages
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! [[Wikipedia:WikiProject London/Templates|Templates]]
| Templates for use on articles relating to the project.
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===Article assessment===
{{see|Wikipedia:WikiProject London/Assessment}}
{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/London-related articles by quality statistics}}

===Associated projects===
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! [[File:Crystal Clear action 2uparrow.png|30px]] Parent || [[File:Crystal Clear action 2leftarrow.png|30px]] Neighbouring areas [[File:Crystal Clear action 2rightarrow.png|30px]] || [[File:Crystal Clear action db commit.png|30px]] Overlapping || [[File:Crystal Clear action db add.png|30px]] Similar || [[File:Crystal Clear action 2downarrow.png|30px]] Daughter
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![[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities|WikiProject Cities]]<br>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject UK geography|WikiProject UK geography]]<br>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject England|WikiProject England]]
![[Wikipedia:WikiProject Berkshire|WikiProject Berkshire]]<br>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Buckinghamshire|WikiProject Buckinghamshire]]<br>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Hertfordshire|WikiProject Hertfordshire]]<br>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Kent|WikiProject Kent]]<br>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Surrey|WikiProject Surrey]]
![[Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Railways|WikiProject UK Railways]]<br>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Roads|WikiProject UK Roads]]<br>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Waterways|WikiProject UK Waterways]]<br>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Trams|WikiProject UK Trams]]
![[Wikipedia:WikiProject New York City|WikiProject New York City]]<br>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Greater Manchester|WikiProject Greater Manchester]]
![[Wikipedia:WikiProject London Transport|WikiProject London Transport]]<br>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Olympics|WikiProject Olympics]]
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===Relevant policies and guidance===
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject UK geography/How to write about settlements]]

===External sources===
{{Article resources}}
* [http://www.familia.org.uk/places.html Familia: find information about places in the UK]
* [http://www.cityoflondonchurches.com/ City of London Churches site]
* [http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/ Clive's UndergrounD Line Guides]
* [http://dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/London/Transport/Underground/ DMOZ category for the Underground]
* [http://www.victorianlondon.org/publications/dictionary.htm ''Dickens's Dictionary of London''  (1879)] – public copy of ''[[Dickens's Dictionary of London]]'' by [[Charles Dickens, Jr]]
* [http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/NeighbourhoodProfileSearch.do?profileSearch=london London neighbourhood statistics] (unfortunately, these are [[m:Crown Copyright]], so we can't just copy them)
* [http://www.transtat.dft.gov.uk/tables/1999/tsl/tsl.htm Transport Statistics for London: 1999] (Crown Copyright, too – and apparently not online any longer at DfT or TfL).
* [http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/corporate/London-travel-report-2007-final.pdf London Travel Report 2007] (largely Crown Copyright)
* [http://www.lho.org.uk/meth/vs.htm London Health Observatory statistics for each area in London] (Crown Copyright again).
* [http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/london/mortality.html London Mortality Data: 1850 to 1900]
* [http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/london/population.html London Population Data: 1850 to 1900]
* [http://www.london.gov.uk/approot/gla/publications/without_prejudice/without_prejudice1.jsp London population statistics by ethnic group] from the GLA
*[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/catalogue.asp?gid=66 Victoria County History: Middlesex (British History online)] Collected primary sources on London History
*[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/ A collection of British Historical Population Reports] (1801–1937) Essex Uni
* ward profiles (demographic data etc. from the 2001 census) are available from the website of every London Borough.  You may have to search to find them but they will exist.
* [http://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/cat.asp?cat=2129 London Councils]provide London Facts including: [http://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/cat.asp?cat=2141 Key facts about London] and [http://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/cat.asp?cat=2142 London Statistics]

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