Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities

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Welcome to WikiProject Cities

Scope

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.

Article Assessment

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Did you know

24 Feb 2026 – Castelluccio di Norcia (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Underlying lk (t · c); see discussion
21 Feb 2026 – List of unincorporated communities in Wisconsin (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Awkwafaba (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

05 Mar 2026 – Hemenway, Indiana (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mangoe (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
04 Mar 2026 – Dayville, Indiana (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mangoe (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
04 Mar 2026 – St. Margaret, Belize (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by 4meter4 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
04 Mar 2026 – Baugh City, Indiana (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mangoe (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
02 Mar 2026 – Flora, West Virginia (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Netstars22 (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
02 Mar 2026 – Ash Iron Springs, Indiana (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mangoe (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
01 Mar 2026 – Meadows, North Carolina (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by SenshiSun (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
01 Mar 2026 – Vaughan, Indiana (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mangoe (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
01 Mar 2026 – Stacer, Indiana (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mangoe (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
28 Feb 2026 – Red Bank, Indiana (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mangoe (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)

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Proposed deletions

05 Mar 2026 – Blevins Store, North Carolina (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by TheCatalyst31 (t · c): concern
05 Mar 2026 – Hills Grove, North Carolina (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by TheCatalyst31 (t · c): concern
02 Mar 2026 – Edenta (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by JoeNMLC (t · c): concern
02 Mar 2026 – Ghuman Khurd (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by JoeNMLC (t · c): concern and endorsed by Bearian (t · c) on 03 Mar 2026
02 Mar 2026 – Balayya Sastri Layout (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Davidindia (t · c): concern
02 Mar 2026 – Khareha (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Bearian (t · c): concern
01 Mar 2026 – Phạm Ngũ Lão – Bùi Viện (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Kynguyenvuonminh (t · c): concern
27 Feb 2026 – Huffman, Virginia (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by AusLondonder (t · c): concern
26 Feb 2026 – Dövranlı (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by JoeNMLC (t · c): concern
26 Feb 2026 – Angola, Virginia (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by AusLondonder (t · c): concern and endorsed by Netstars22 (t · c) on 04 Mar 2026

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Categories for discussion

05 Mar 2026 – Category:American mountain climbers by populated place (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c); see discussion
05 Mar 2026 – Category:Turkish handball players by populated place (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c); see discussion
05 Mar 2026 – Category:Spanish swimmers by populated place (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c); see discussion
04 Mar 2026 – Category:2024 in Lhasa (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by OpalYosutebito (t · c); see discussion
04 Mar 2026 – Category:2020 in Lhasa (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by OpalYosutebito (t · c); see discussion
04 Mar 2026 – Category:2021 in Lhasa (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by OpalYosutebito (t · c); see discussion
04 Mar 2026 – Category:2023 in Lhasa (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by OpalYosutebito (t · c); see discussion
04 Mar 2026 – Category:2018 in Lhasa (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by OpalYosutebito (t · c); see discussion
04 Mar 2026 – Category:2019 in Lhasa (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by OpalYosutebito (t · c); see discussion
04 Mar 2026 – Category:2006 in Lhasa (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by OpalYosutebito (t · c); see discussion

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Redirects for discussion

03 Mar 2026 – Boston's (talk · edit · hist) →Boston was RfDed by Myceteae (t · c); see discussion
28 Feb 2026 – Yguazu (talk · edit · hist) →Yguazú District was RfDed by Abesca (t · c); see discussion
28 Feb 2026 – Yguasu (talk · edit · hist) →Colonia Yguazú was RfDed by Abesca (t · c); see discussion
28 Feb 2026 – Yguazú (talk · edit · hist) →Yguazú District was RfDed by Abesca (t · c); see discussion
27 Feb 2026 – Abercrombie, Alabama (talk · edit · hist) →Bibb County, Alabama#Unincorporated communities was RfDed by Mangoe (t · c); see discussion
17 Feb 2026 – Easter (Island) (talk · edit · hist) →Easter Island was RfDed by I am bad at usernames (t · c); see discussion
17 Feb 2026 – Easter (island) (talk · edit · hist) →Easter Island was RfDed by I am bad at usernames (t · c); see discussion
16 Feb 2026 – Picton Parish (Yancowinna County) (talk · edit · hist) →Broken Hill was RfDed by AusLondonder (t · c); see discussion
08 Feb 2026 – Colpopolis (talk · edit · hist) →Lahti was RfDed by Mathguy2718 (t · c); see discussion
08 Feb 2026 – Kohtla-Jarve County (talk · edit · hist) →Kohtla-Järve was RfDed by Mathguy2718 (t · c); see discussion

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Files for discussion

15 Jan 2026 – File:Facade of Panda Hotel.JPG (talk · edit · hist) (on Tsuen Wan District) was FfDed by Iruka13 (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

26 Feb 2026 – Diablo, Washington (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Feedmepaperr (t · c); start discussion
23 Feb 2026 – Ottawa (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Kwkintegrator (t · c); see discussion
03 Feb 2026 – Lick Creek, Indiana (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by DeishaJ (t · c); start discussion
15 Jan 2026 – City status in Ukraine (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Shwabb1 (t · c); start discussion
12 Jan 2026 – Fumba Town (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by CSGinger14 (t · c); start discussion
11 Oct 2025 – Culpeper, Virginia (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Waypoint47 (t · c); see discussion
24 Aug 2025 – Mayiladuthurai (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by E.Saravanan (t · c); see discussion
24 Aug 2025 – Mayiladuthurai district (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by E.Saravanan (t · c); start discussion

Good topic candidates

05 Nov 2025 – South India (talk · edit · hist) was GT nominated by Bunnypranav (t · c); see discussion
The topic includes: Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Bengaluru, Tamil Nadu, Lakshadweep, Andhra Pradesh

Articles that need...

attention (186)
infoboxes (508)

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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WikiProject Cities.

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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