Get a lead/static image in every infobox of every town in the county.
Our aims in the mid-term, are to achieve the following:
Develop all of our "Top-importance" articles towards GA/FA.
Increase the number of members of the project to ensure we can cover a wide range of topics.
Assess and review all relevant articles for quality, importance and progress.
Our long term aims for the project are:
Improving all Wikipedia articles that are concerned with Greater Manchester, including its history, geography, people, constructions and buildings, etc. etc.
You don't need to be from Greater Manchester to help with this WikiProject. We welcome editors good with layout and prose, and non-Greater Mancunian editors who can point out when we have wrongly assumed we don't need to explain or define something for the reader, or failed to properly establish the context of an article. We ask that users be registered, and are familiar with Wikipedia's various policies.
For a list of members who have not edited Wikipedia since 1 January 2009, see list of inactive participants. Members are moved to the list if they have not made an edit to Wikipedia since 1 January 2009 as they are considered unlikely to return. If your name is on the list and you wish to return to the active participants list, please feel free to move your name. Members on the inactive list will no longer receive the WPGM newsletter.
Below is a bot generated table of the assessment process of WikiProject Greater Manchester supported articles. See also Wikipedia:WikiProject Greater Manchester/Assessment. The stats are generated automatically every 2–3 days, but they can be updated manually by entering Greater_Manchester into the Category box here.
As of 18 October 2011, the proportion of all articles with a project banner assessed is:
100% assessed (estimate: some more article talk pages may still need a banner)
There are many, many interesting facts about the Greater Manchester area as outlined below (note, each is verifiable with citation found within the article itself). You may wish to add your own trivia you find to this list:
A study by the University of Salford concluded that the high density of high-rise buildings in Salford has "a dramatic influence on the region's weather patterns", in particular by encouraging drizzle? Featured on the Did you know? section on 27 February, 2008.
Two of Manchester's oldest buildings in Shambles Square were physically moved twice – once in 1974 and again in 1999? Featured on the Did you know? section on 16 March, 2008.
...that the village of Denshaw in Greater Manchester(pictured) achieved international notoriety when spoof information added to its Wikipedia entry was reported in national and international media? Featured on the Did you know? section on 22 April2008.
... that a word square found in Mamucium(pictured), a Roman fort in Manchester, may be one of the earliest examples of Christianity in Britain? Featured on the Did you know? section on 24 July 2008.
... that the Port of Runcorn in Cheshire, England, was an independent customs port for two separate periods before becoming part of the Port of Manchester in 1894? Featured on the Did you know? section on 26 August 2008.
...that the Albert Medal was one of the awards given to Mark Addy for rescuing more than 50 people from the highly polluted River Irwell, Manchester, in the 19th Century? Featured on the Did you know? section on 29 August 2008
...that Peel Park in England was the first of three public parks to be opened for the people of Manchester and Salford in 1846? Featured on the Did you know? section on 9 September 2008.
... that British activist Emmeline Pankhurst once slapped a police officer so she would get arrested to raise awareness about the need for women's suffrage? Featured on the Did you know? section on 9 October 2008
... that in 1908, Maypole Colliery in Abram, Greater Manchester, England, was the site of an underground explosion that killed 75 miners? Featured on the Did you know? section on 23 December 2008.
... that the Seashell Trust is the oldest charity for deaf children in the north-west of England? Featured on the Did you know? section on 16 January 2009.
... that on 28 February 1828, dozens of people died when Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". was launched on the River Irwell in Manchester? Featured on the Did you know? section on 4 May 2009.
... that although Mellor hill fort is Iron Age in origin, artefacts possibly as old as 10,000 years have been discovered on the site, including a 4,000 year old amber necklace? Featured on the Did you know? section on 22 May 2009.
The following table shows useful, reliable sources that have been shared by our members to mutually improve the coverage of Greater Manchester. Websites listed here include primary, secondary and tertiary source material on everything from ancient history to contemporary economic statistics. Members may wish to refer to this section to gather material for developing pages.
This site exhibits information about the Salford Hundred, its townships, their history and related genealogical information. All of which is supported by a chronological list of events for the region.
*History *Geography
Suitable for most locality/settlement articles. Has some maps, etymologies and historical commentary.
A vision of Britain between 1801 and 2001. Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
*History *Governance *Geography *Demography
Suitable for most locality/settlement articles. High quality secondary source full of detailed facts and commentaries. Particularly useful for historic districts and their population.
Contains detailed historic topographical accounts of places, parishes and counties in England. Originally published in 1848 in four volumes, here given together digitally.
*History *Geography *Geology
Suitable for most locality/settlement articles. High quality, historic primary source.
The Geograph British Isles project is an open source collection of geographically representative photographs and information for every square kilometre of the British Isles. Contains images of Greater Manchester available for use on articles under the Creative Commons licence.
Resources concerning local geography such as fieldwork guides, physical geography, transport geography, historical geography, canals etc. Also sells early copies of "The North West Geographer" journal and has later copies available for free download
*Geography
Suitable as source for a wide range of geographical material such as physical geography, transport history, use of urban space, impact of urbanisation etc.
Authoritative biographies of important historical figures
*Notable residents
Used to be a subscription only site, but almost all of the GM boroughs now seem to have joined, so all you have to do is to enter your local library card number.
Contains a good range of very useful sources including the Oxford English Dictionary, 200 years of archives of The Times, Encyclopædia Britannica material, British Standards Online, Naxos Music Library, Newsbank, Oxford Art Online, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford Language Dictionaries, Oxford Music Online, Oxford Reference, and others.
*Culture
A prime source of information. Free registration is required, the link gives details. For those with Firefox, the 'Sxipper' add-on will store your login details.
