Wikipedia:WikiProject United Kingdom

"WP:UK" redirects here. Not to be confused with WP:UK Wikipedians' notice board.

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!

Project scope

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 24 October 2024, there are 43,226 articles within the scope of WikiProject United Kingdom, of which 239 are featured and 849 are good articles. This makes up 0.63% of the articles on Wikipedia, 2.15% of all featured articles and lists, and 2.1% of all good articles. Including non-article pages, such as talk pages, redirects, categories, etc., there are 146,902 pages in the project.

Related projects

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

By region England Bedfordshire Berkshire Buckinghamshire Bristol Cambridge Cheshire Cornwall Derbyshire Devon Dorset Essex Greater Manchester Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Isle of Wight Kent Lancashire and Cumbria Lincolnshire Stamford London London Transport Merseyside North East England Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire Shropshire Somerset Surrey‎ Sussex Brighton Warwickshire West Midlands Coventry Wiltshire Worcestershire Yorkshire Bradford Sheffield Leeds Wales Cardiff MonmouthpediA Scotland Edinburgh Scottish Islands Medieval Scotland Clans of Scotland Scottish Castles Transport in Scotland Northern Ireland Belfast British Overseas Territories Gibraltar GibraltarpediA Crown Dependencies Guernsey Jersey Isle of Man

By topic Geography and transport UK geography British and Irish hills UK Roads UK Railways UK Trams UK Waterways Sports Cricket Football England task force Wales task force Scotland task force Culture and Entertainment Sherlock Holmes BBC British television British cinema task force UK theme parks task force Other topics Politics of the United Kingdom UK Parliament constituencies British military history task force British Empire Commonwealth Peerage and Baronetage British crime Education in the UK European Union

GLAM collaborations ARKive British Library British Museum National Maritime Museum The National Archives Derby Museums and Art Gallery Herbert Art Gallery and Museum (Coventry) National Railway Museum (York) MonmouthpediA GibraltarpediA Staffordshire Archives and Heritage Services

Future developments

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)

Meet-ups

Wikipedia Meetups +/-

Upcoming
Edinburgh 18	October 26, 2024 (2024-10-26)
London 210	November 10, 2024 (2024-11-10)
London 211	December 8, 2024 (2024-12-08)
Recent
Oxford 105	October 20, 2024 (2024-10-20)
London 209	October 13, 2024 (2024-10-13)
Brixton 3	September 24, 2024 (2024-09-24)
Edinburgh 17	August 31, 2024 (2024-08-31)
Exeter	June 8, 2024 (2024-06-08)
Leeds 6	May 4, 2024 (2024-05-04)
Brighton 2	February 3, 2024 (2024-02-03)
UK virtual 20	December 6, 2023 (2023-12-06)
Bristol 4	September 16, 2023 (2023-09-16)
Cambridge 46	June 18, 2023 (2023-06-18)
Outside the UK
Past meetups

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.

Members

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

Talk Page Template

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

Resources

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)

• 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.