Wikipedia:WikiProject River Thames

WikiProject River Thames

Welcome

Welcome to WikiProject River Thames

Hello, are you interested in the River Thames? Then we would like to invite you to join us on this project.

WikiProject River Thames is an open group of Wikipedia editors dedicated to improving and expanding Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to the River Thames. Our scope includes the Thames' locks, crossings, islands, tributaries, riverside settlements, ports, marinas, all river-based businesses, services, sport, events and leisure activities as well as the Thames in history, art and literature.

The aims of WikiProject Thames are to promote comprehensive coverage of all Thames topics within Wikipedia and to collaborate to promote Thames-related articles to good or featured status.

WikiProject Thames was founded on 23 August 2008 and is still in development – please do pitch in with your ideas and help shape its future.

Contents How to contribute How you can help depends on your time, resources and interest: Create new articles about Thames topics check out the list of missing Thames articles if you need inspiration Expand Thames stub articles into full articles. Improve the quality of existing articles, see how to structure the content. Communicate with others interested in these topics, see our WikiProject Task list. Expand articles Check and add references and cite sources for Thames articles. Expand Thames stub articles into full articles. Upload images to the WikiMedia:Commons and add images to Thames pages – check out the list of Thames articles needing photographs for articles currently without any image at all. Improve articles Improve Stub-class, Start-class, C-class, B-class, GA-class or A-class Thames articles by adding content, copyediting or finding references. Check for spelling and factual errors and correct wikilinks. Help organise and check categorisation of existing articles. Watchlist for and revert vandalism on articles. Communicate Discuss articles with members who have displayed interest in these subjects on the talk pages of the user or the article Submit quality articles for Wikipedia:Peer review or Wikipedia:Featured article candidates Create a request for a new article about Thames topics List any questions or requests on the WikiProject talk page Tasks Current tasks we are focusing on are: Creating project templates and userboxes Tagging talk pages of all Thames related articles with the {{WPThames}} template Assessing all Thames related articles for quality — check Category:Unknown-importance Thames articles (0) Adding images to articles Participants New participants, simply add your name at the bottom of this list using the *{{User|your username here}} template: Nancy (talk · contribs) Motmit (talk · contribs) David Biddulph (talk · contribs) Pterre (talk · contribs) Timtrent (talk · contribs) not hugely active, but I will do my best! I love the Thames. Dpaajones (talk · contribs) I plan to considerably improve the Port of London and associated articles over the coming few weeks. Hopefully. iridescent (talk · contribs) I suppose I really ought to be listed here… Technopat (talk · contribs) Having swallowed large amounts of the Thames...# Jpbowen (talk · contribs) I live in view of and love the River Thames. Adam37 (talk · contribs) Severndroog (talk · contribs)Missing islands of the Thames: Is there a reason why Thanet, Harty, Foulness, Bermondsey, etc are missing from the list of islands of the Thames (agreed not all are now islands, but other ex islands are listed) Because the Thames ends at the line between Chalkwell and Yantlet Creek meaning Thanet, Harty and Foulness are all in the North Sea not the Thames, and there's no evidence that Bermondsey was ever an island? ‑ Iridescent 15:16, 8 August 2017 (UTC) Resources Images Free images of the Thames can be found on Wikimedia Commons at commons:Category:Thames Talk page templates Template:WPThames for article talk pages Infoboxes Template:Infobox Bridge for articles about bridges Template:Infobox Waterlock for articles about locks Userboxes {{User WP Thames}} will generate: This user participates in WikiProject River Thames Alerts Articles to be split 24 Oct 2024 – Palace of Westminster (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by MrKeefeJohn (t · c); see discussion A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.