Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities

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Welcome to WikiProject Cities

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This WikiProject aims primarily to provide information and a consistent format for cities of the world. "Cities" include municipalities and other civil divisions, including cities, towns, villages, hamlets, townships, unincorporated communities, sections of municipalities, and neighborhoods. For specific details on U.S. municipalities, see U.S. municipality notes.

Goals

Define departments.
Visit the Capital City article of every Nation to rate it for priority and class with {{WPCities}}. (Note: This has largely been done for capital cities in North/South America, Europe, Africa, and part of the Mid-East. Still needs to be done for Asia & Oceania, and possibly the Caribbean. Dr. Cash 06:20, 27 August 2007 (UTC))[reply]
Then proceed toward most popular cities and regional centers, as well as capitals and important cities of sub-national administrative area.

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Article alerts

Today's featured articles

15 Jul 2025 – Manitoba (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb

Did you know

13 Jul 2025 – List of Olympic Villages (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

14 Jul 2025 – Bayfield, Indiana (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mangoe (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
13 Jul 2025 – Central Athens (regional unit) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Floating Orb (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
11 Jul 2025 – Hilltown, Indiana (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mangoe (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
08 Jul 2025 – Julga Bahador (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by C.Fred (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
08 Jul 2025 – Hillcrest, Indiana (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mangoe (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
06 Jul 2025 – Coburg, Indiana (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mangoe (t · c); see discussion (7 participants; relisted)
15 Jun 2025 – Kotwali Model Thana, Barisal (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Onel5969 (t · c); see discussion (11 participants; relisted)
15 Jun 2025 – Kawnia Thana, Barisal (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Onel5969 (t · c); see discussion (11 participants; relisted)
15 Jun 2025 – Shah Poran Thana (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Onel5969 (t · c); see discussion (11 participants; relisted)
15 Jun 2025 – South Surma Thana (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Onel5969 (t · c); see discussion (11 participants; relisted)

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Proposed deletions

12 Jul 2025 – Erickson Landing, Michigan (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by The ed17 (t · c): concern
09 Jul 2025 – North Beach, Oregon (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by WeirdNAnnoyed (t · c): concern and endorsed by Valfontis (t · c) on 11 Jul 2025
09 Jul 2025 – Riverview, Lane County, Oregon (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by WeirdNAnnoyed (t · c): concern and endorsed by Valfontis (t · c) on 11 Jul 2025
09 Jul 2025 – Riverside, Linn County, Oregon (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by WeirdNAnnoyed (t · c): concern and endorsed by Valfontis (t · c) on 11 Jul 2025
07 Jul 2025 – San Rafael (Asunción) (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by JesusisGreat7 (t · c): concern
05 Jul 2025 – Sefid Savar (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by FOARP (t · c) was deleted
01 Jul 2025 – Spang (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Cyberdog958 (t · c) was deleted
30 Jun 2025 – Tanga, Sidéradougou (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by EducatedRedneck (t · c) was deleted
30 Jun 2025 – Kruševo (Novi Pazar) (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by EducatedRedneck (t · c) was deleted

Categories for discussion

12 Jul 2025 – Category:Sabaneta, Barinas (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
09 Jul 2025 – Category:2023 in Urumqi (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by OpalYosutebito (t · c); see discussion
09 Jul 2025 – Category:2014 in Urumqi (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by OpalYosutebito (t · c); see discussion
09 Jul 2025 – Category:1997 in Urumqi (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by OpalYosutebito (t · c); see discussion
09 Jul 2025 – Category:1996 in Urumqi (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by OpalYosutebito (t · c); see discussion
09 Jul 2025 – Category:1980 in Urumqi (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by OpalYosutebito (t · c); see discussion
09 Jul 2025 – Category:1992 in Urumqi (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by OpalYosutebito (t · c); see discussion
09 Jul 2025 – Category:1973 in Urumqi (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by OpalYosutebito (t · c); see discussion
09 Jul 2025 – Category:1955 in Urumqi (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by OpalYosutebito (t · c); see discussion
09 Jul 2025 – Category:1951 in Urumqi (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by OpalYosutebito (t · c); see discussion

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Templates for discussion

09 Jul 2025 – Template:Leaders of the largest cities in the world by GDP (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Smurrayinchester (t · c); see discussion

Redirects for discussion

12 Jul 2025 – 2020–21 Punjab, Pakistan budget (talk · edit · hist) →Punjab, Pakistan was RfDed by Bobby Cohn (t · c); see discussion
11 Jul 2025 – Frankfort, Virginia (talk · edit · hist) →Fort Ashby, West Virginia was RfDed by Donald Albury (t · c); see discussion
09 Jul 2025 – Zoran Damjanović (talk · edit · hist) →Bojnik, Serbia was RfDed by Joy (t · c); see discussion
09 Jul 2025 – Goran Damjanović (talk · edit · hist) →Bojnik, Serbia was RfDed by Joy (t · c); see discussion
09 Jul 2025 – Goran and Zoran Damjanović (talk · edit · hist) →Bojnik, Serbia was RfDed by Joy (t · c); see discussion
08 Jul 2025 – Westlake, Washington (talk · edit · hist) →Moses Lake, Washington was RfDed by Extraordinary Writ (t · c); see discussion
07 Jul 2025 – Avant Prarie, Texas (talk · edit · hist) →Dew, Texas was RfDed by Guerreroast (t · c); see discussion
01 Jul 2025 – كييف (talk · edit · hist) →Kyiv was RfDed by A1Cafel (t · c); see discussion
29 Jun 2025 – Frontier Park (St. Charles, Missouri) (talk · edit · hist) →St. Charles, Missouri was RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c); see discussion
28 Jun 2025 – Ulfcytel's land (talk · edit · hist) →East Anglia was RfDed by Shhhnotsoloud (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

26 May 2025 – Lyon Village, Virginia (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Wikipedian1234 (t · c); start discussion
25 May 2025 – Niamey (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Vigilantcosmicpenguin (t · c); start discussion
24 May 2025 – Colokan, Kansas (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Roc0ast3r (t · c); start discussion
22 Feb 2025 – Battambang (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Arcahaeoindris (t · c); start discussion
22 Feb 2025 – Le Touquet (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Szmenderowiecki (t · c); start discussion
15 Feb 2025 – Ttaetgol Village (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Seefooddiet (t · c); start discussion
03 Jan 2025 – Hometown Village (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Seefooddiet (t · c); start discussion

Articles that need...

attention (142)
infoboxes (513)

Templates

Templates are used within articles to provide a consistent look to the messages placed into them.

Project banner

{{WikiProject Cities}} – Talk page project banner

Infoboxes

Infoboxes are not required.

{{Infobox settlement}} – Standard infobox template for most types of settlements like cities, towns, villages, etc. To use it, copy the format located at Template:Infobox settlement and substitute the settlement's information in the parameters section as directed on the Infobox template page. See San Jose, California for an example.
- {{Infobox Australian place}} – Australian variation of the standard infobox.
- {{Infobox Russian inhabited locality}} – for cities in Russia.
{{Weather box}} – for presenting temperature and precipitation information in a standard format
{{Geographic location}} – Links to the surrounding areas

Userbox

{{User WPCities}}

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Participants

A list of members of WikiProject Cities, together with some of their interests, is at Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities/participants. To join the group simply add yourself to the list, in alphabetical order.

Progress

Article guidelines and conventions

Taskforces

Related WikiProjects

The parent of this project is WikiProject Countries.

Climate

For proposed infoboxes/city climate graphs, see: WikiProject Climate

Descendant projects

Descendant WikiProject Cities include:

African cities

Lagos

Asian cities and city-states (non-Indian)

Australian cities

Canadian cities

European cities and regions

Indian cities

New Zealand cities

Auckland

U.S. cities and regions

^◇ = Inactive WikiProjects

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Resources

The following list of links might be useful to editors when editing or maintaining city articles. Please feel free to share any useful links that you think others might find useful.

International census resources – An index of census sites for different world geographies
- Eurostat – Census & demographic data from the European commission
- U.S. Census Bureau – Census & demographic data (the FactFinder is also useful here).
- U.K. Office for National Statistics – Census & demographic data
The Green Papers: United States (of America) Federal, State, and Local Government – General information on US data; also includes more specific information on incorporated municipalities. You can get specific information on towns in a given state by going to http://www.thegreenpapers.com/slg/localities.phtml?state= (and putting the state's two-letter postal abbreviation at the end of the URL).
Sister Cities International, Inc. – Information on sister cities programs and relationships among cities.
Any postcard first published in the U.S. before 1978 without an explicit copyright notice is PD.

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