Goals
General aims include the general maintenance, expansion and improvement of all Wikipedia articles concerned with Bradford, including:
- Improving all Wikipedia articles that are concerned with Bradford, including its history, geography, people, constructions and buildings, etc.
- All relevant articles should be included in the Category:Bradford or one of its subcategories.
More specific goals are:
- To bring Bradford up to FA standard.
- Add a suitable infobox to all wards in Bradford.
Participants
You don't need to be from Bradford to help with this WikiProject. We welcome editors good with layout and prose, and non-Bradfordian editors who can point out when we've 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.
Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest or knowledge.
If you join the WikiProject please add {{User WP Bradford}} to your Userpage
Username |
Where user lives (optional) |
Interests, specialisms and areas of knowledge |
Any relevant print sources available |
Dev920 |
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Interested in improving all articles on Bradford, but particularly Bradford. |
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Stella |
Used to live in Bradford. Now living back in Australia, but I miss it. My son still supports the team. |
Like literature, biography, wiki-things (citation, recently disambiguation, random features, etc.) |
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Nate1481 |
In Bradford. |
Came here to go to Uni and stayed still involved with uni sports clubs. |
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Secretlondon |
Born there and lived there until age 19 |
History, politics, bureaucracy |
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ColinFine |
Shipley. Came to University of Bradford to do a Master's in Peace Studies, and stayed |
Interested in local history, especially railways and canals (but not trains or boats!) |
See my Bradford books on LibraryThing. |
Peanut4 |
Exiled Bradfordian. Now even further North. |
Mainly football, particularly Bradford City, and anything geography based |
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Kaly99 |
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At the moment history and geography |
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Storye_book |
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Recently created: Manor House Museum, Cliffe Castle Museum, Ilkley Toy Museum, Bracken Hall Countryside Centre and Museum. |
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Stuffed cat |
Denizon of Bradford. Have camera, will travel. |
Created: Template:City of Bradford. |
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Kaleeyed |
Exiled amongst the Loiners in yuppieland, got a love/hate relationship with the city of my forebears, but still proud of my Bradford roots. |
Rugby league, particularly Northern team of the 80s and history of the game, art, music, cinemas and esoteric matters. |
Peaky76 |
Back in Shipley after years away. Born and brought up in Wibsey |
Shipley, Wibsey, old Bradford buildings, Rugby League, arts and culture
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BlkZwrd |
Bradford |
Interested in Pop culture |
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YorkshireiteAcademic |
Would rather not say. Sorry! |
Interested in all things Bradford. Attended the University of Bradford for my undergraduate. Was also involved with Bradford City A.F.C. for a few years. |
Articles
Featured articles
These articles on Bradford-related subjects have featured list status, not necessarily achieved through the work of this WikiProject.
Featured lists
These articles on Bradford-related subjects have featured list status, not necessarily achieved through the work of this WikiProject.
Good articles
These articles on Bradford-related subjects have good article status, not necessarily achieved through the work of this WikiProject.
Needing attention
There are many articles relating to Bradford which require attention and work. Members of the project are encouraged to post articles in need of work in the table below. Any relevant article can be nominated, but articles with greater significance should be of the highest priority, and so please explain why you nominated this article and what needs doing.
Articles that you think are almost at WP:GA or WP:FA standard, are also very good articles to nominate!
Article name |
Date of nom. |
Who nominated it |
Why are you nominating it? |
What needs attention? |
Example |
25/2/07 |
User:Example |
Example is very important because it is used as a demonstration for what we need. |
Sources do not use inline citation, the overall appearance is dated, and in breach of WP:LEAD and WP:MOS. Better use of headings, images and wider range of sources would rapidly improve the article. |
J. B. Priestley |
25/2/07 |
User:Fl1942 |
One of Bradford's most respected writers. It deserves better than this. |
Huge way to get to even GA status. Citations, expansion, etc. |
Templates
{{WikiProject Bradford}} should be placed on the talk pages of relevant articles to put them under the project's radar.
{{WikiProject Bradford}} looks like this:
| This article is within the scope of WikiProject Bradford, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Bradford 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.BradfordWikipedia:WikiProject BradfordTemplate:WikiProject BradfordBradford articles | | NA | This article has been rated as NA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. |
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Grading scheme
Class | Criteria | Reader's experience | Editing suggestions | Example |
FA |
The article has attained featured article status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured article candidates. |
Professional, outstanding, and thorough; a definitive source for encyclopedic information. |
No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible.[under discussion] |
Cleopatra (as of June 2018) |
FL |
The article has attained featured list status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured list candidates.
More detailed criteria
The article meets the featured list criteria:
- Prose. It features professional standards of writing.
- Lead. It has an engaging lead that introduces the subject and defines the scope and inclusion criteria.
- Comprehensiveness.
- Structure. It is easy to navigate and includes, where helpful, section headings and table sort facilities.
- Style. It complies with the Manual of Style and its supplementary pages.
- Stability. It is not the subject of ongoing edit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured list process.
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Professional standard; it comprehensively covers the defined scope, usually providing a complete set of items, and has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about those items. |
No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available. |
List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events (as of May 2018) |
A |
The article is well organized and essentially complete, having been examined by impartial reviewers from a WikiProject or elsewhere. Good article status is not a requirement for A-Class.
More detailed criteria
The article meets the A-Class criteria:
Provides a well-written, clear and complete description of the topic, as described in Wikipedia:Article development. It should be of a length suitable for the subject, appropriately structured, and be well referenced by a broad array of reliable sources. It should be well illustrated, with no copyright problems. Only minor style issues and other details need to be addressed before submission as a featured article candidate. See the A-Class assessment departments of some of the larger WikiProjects (e.g. WikiProject Military history).
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Very useful to readers. A fairly complete treatment of the subject. A non-expert in the subject would typically find nothing wanting. |
Expert knowledge may be needed to tweak the article, and style problems may need solving. WP:Peer review may help. |
Battle of Nam River (as of June 2014) |
GA |
The article meets all of the good article criteria, and has been examined by one or more impartial reviewers from WP:Good article nominations.
More detailed criteria
A good article is:
- Well-written:
- the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct; and
- it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.
- Verifiable with no original research:
- it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline;
- reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose);
- it contains no original research; and
- it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism.
- Broad in its coverage:
- it addresses the main aspects of the topic; and
- it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).
- Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.
- Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.
- Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
- media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content; and
- media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.
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Useful to nearly all readers, with no obvious problems; approaching (though not necessarily equalling) the quality of a professional publication. |
Some editing by subject and style experts is helpful; comparison with an existing featured article on a similar topic may highlight areas where content is weak or missing. |
Discovery of the neutron (as of April 2019) |
B |
The article meets all of the B-Class criteria. It is mostly complete and does not have major problems, but requires some further work to reach good article standards.
More detailed criteria
- The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations. It has reliable sources, and any important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged is cited. Any format of inline citation is acceptable: the use of <ref> tags and citation templates such as
{{cite web}} is optional.
- The article reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies. It contains a large proportion of the material necessary for an A-Class article, although some sections may need expansion, and some less important topics may be missing.
- The article has a defined structure. Content should be organized into groups of related material, including a lead section and all the sections that can reasonably be included in an article of its kind.
- The article is reasonably well-written. The prose contains no major grammatical errors and flows sensibly, but it does not need to be "brilliant". The Manual of Style does not need to be followed rigorously.
- The article contains supporting materials where appropriate. Illustrations are encouraged, though not required. Diagrams, an infobox etc. should be included where they are relevant and useful to the content.
- The article presents its content in an appropriately understandable way. It is written with as broad an audience in mind as possible. The article should not assume unnecessary technical background and technical terms should be explained or avoided where possible.
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Readers are not left wanting, although the content may not be complete enough to satisfy a serious student or researcher. |
A few aspects of content and style need to be addressed. Expert knowledge may be needed. The inclusion of supporting materials should be considered if practical, and the article checked for general compliance with the Manual of Style and related style guidelines. |
Psychology (as of January 2024) |
C |
The article is substantial but is still missing important content or contains irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant problems or require substantial cleanup.
More detailed criteria
The article cites more than one reliable source and is better developed in style, structure, and quality than Start-Class, but it fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class. It may have some gaps or missing elements, or need editing for clarity, balance, or flow.
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Useful to a casual reader, but would not provide a complete picture for even a moderately detailed study. |
Considerable editing is needed to close gaps in content and solve cleanup problems. |
Wing (as of June 2018) |
Start |
An article that is developing but still quite incomplete. It may or may not cite adequate reliable sources.
More detailed criteria
The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas. The article has one or more of the following:
- A useful picture or graphic
- Multiple links that help explain or illustrate the topic
- A subheading that fully treats an element of the topic
- Multiple subheadings that indicate material that could be added to complete the article
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Provides some meaningful content, but most readers will need more. |
Providing references to reliable sources should come first; the article also needs substantial improvement in content and organisation. Also improve the grammar, spelling, writing style and improve the jargon use. |
Ball (as of September 2014) |
Stub |
A very basic description of the topic. Meets none of the Start-Class criteria. |
Provides very little meaningful content; may be little more than a dictionary definition. Readers probably see insufficiently developed features of the topic and may not see how the features of the topic are significant. |
Any editing or additional material can be helpful. The provision of meaningful content should be a priority. The best solution for a Stub-class Article to step up to a Start-class Article is to add in referenced reasons of why the topic is significant. |
Lineage (anthropology) (as of December 2014) |
List |
Meets the criteria of a stand-alone list or set index article, which is an article that contains primarily a list, usually consisting of links to articles in a particular subject area. |
There is no set format for a list, but its organization should be logical and useful to the reader. |
Lists should be lists of live links to Wikipedia articles, appropriately named and organized. |
List of literary movements |
Importance |
Criteria |
Example |
Top | Definitive articles on Bradford itself. Buildings, institutions, public figures and events of international notability. |
Bradford |
High | Buildings, institutions, public figures and events of national notability. Major districts of Bradford. |
National Media Museum |
Mid | Buildings, institutions, public figures and events of regional notability. Smaller districts of Bradford. |
Wool Exchange, Bradford |
Low | Buildings, institutions, public figures and events of local notability only. Includes individual streets. |
Greenfield Stadium, Bradford |
NA | Subject importance is not applicable. Generally applies to non-article pages such as redirects, categories, templates, etc. |
Category:Palms |
??? | Subject importance has not yet been assessed. |
Make Bradford British |
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