MyWiki:WikiProject Cities/Announcement Archive

This is an archive of previous announcements on the WP:CITIES main page.

• Manchester is featured on the Main Page as Today's Featured Article for Friday, March 20, 2009. Dr. Cash (talk) 00:42, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
• The A-class review for Spokane, Washington has concluded. The article was promoted. View the complete review here. Dr. Cash (talk) 23:46, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
• Radcliffe, Greater Manchester was promoted to featured status on Saturday, February 21, 2009. Dr. Cash (talk) 17:23, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
• Washington, D.C. was featured on the Main Page as Today's Featured Article on Tuesday, January 20, 2009. Dr. Cash (talk) 22:17, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
• The good article review for Chadderton has ended. It can be found here. It was promoted. Killiondude (talk) 22:10, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
• The peer reviews for Larbert, Petrevene, and Woodland, California have ended. Click on their names to see the results of the discussions. Killiondude (talk) 22:10, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
• The nominator for the good article review of Rome, Georgia has decided to withdraw the request. Details can be found here. Killiondude (talk) 22:57, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
• The featured article review for Radcliffe, Greater Manchester has ended. It can be found here. It was not promoted. Killiondude (talk) 22:57, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
• The good article review for Bellaire, Texas has ended. It can be found here. The article was promoted to GA status. Killiondude (talk) 22:57, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
• The featured article review for Omaha, Nebraska has ended. It can be found here. The article was not promoted. Killiondude (talk) 22:57, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
• The good article review for Lajjun has ended. It can be found here. The article was found to meet the requirements to be a Good Article. Killiondude (talk) 22:57, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
• Experienced members of the WikiProject are requested to help with an A-class Review for Spokane, Washington. Please leave review comments at Talk:Spokane, Washington#A-class review. Dr. Cash (talk) 20:30, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
• The good article review for Banagher has ended. It can be found here. The article was found to be a Good Article. Killiondude (talk) 01:08, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
• The good article review for Gorman, California has ended. The review can be found here. It was found that it did not meet GA requirements. Killiondude (talk) 01:08, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
• The featured article review for Gulfton, Houston has failed. Please click on the article name for the full review of reasons why it failed. Killiondude (talk) 01:08, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
• Plymouth was promoted to good article status on December 19, 2008.
• Radcliffe, Greater Manchester was promoted to good article status on December 7, 2008. It is now a featured article candidate. Dr. Cash (talk) 18:33, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
• The Peer Review for Gulfton, Houston recently ended. Click on the city name to see the review. Killiondude (talk) 08:01, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
• The featured article review for Sarajevo has failed. Please click on the article name for the full review of reasons why it was delisted. Dr. Cash (talk) 21:39, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
• Peer Reviews for Lincolnshire, Illinois, Streator, Illinois, and Arad, Israel have completed. Click on the city names to see the reviews. Dr. Cash (talk) 16:36, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
• The Featured Article Review for Waterfall Gully, South Australia is complete. The article has retained its [{WP:FA|FA]] status. Dr. Cash (talk) 16:36, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
• The Featured Article Candidacy for Chiprovtsi has failed. Please click here for the review. Dr. Cash (talk) 16:36, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
• Delhi was featured on the main page as Today's Featured Article on November 3, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 03:11, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
• Peer reviews have been completed for Poole, Los Angeles, California, Holywell, Eastbourne, Meads, and Davenport, Iowa. Click on the article links for suggestions on improving the articles. Dr. Cash (talk) 19:10, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
• Chiprovtsi, Gulfton, Houston, Texas, Tubas, and Kirkcaldy have been promoted to Good Article status. Dr. Cash (talk) 19:07, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
• The naming convention for US cities has been amended, after 1-2 week debate. US cities should now be named using the city, state naming convention, with the exception of cities on the AP Stylebook's official list of exceptions, which may be named city. These cities include: Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Honolulu, Houston, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York City, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington (exceptions have been granted for Cleveland, Ohio, St. Louis, Missouri, Phoenix, Arizona, and Washington, D.C., and these cities remain with the disambiguated city, state naming convention). Dr. Cash (talk) 18:59, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
• The good article review for Lincolnshire, Illinois has been closed. The review can be found here. Dr. Cash (talk) 16:30, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
• The peer review for London has been closed. To find suggested improvements, please click here. Dr. Cash (talk) 16:30, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
• The peer review for Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan has now concluded. Please click on the city name (previous link) to view the review for suggestions on improving the article. Dr. Cash (talk) 14:38, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
• Good article nominations for Omaha, Nebraska, Tameside, and Ashton-under-Lyne have concluded and the articles were promoted. The good article nominations for Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan and Sandhikharka have concluded; the articles were not promoted. Dr. Cash (talk) 15:43, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
• The peer reviews for Šalata, Royal Tunbridge Wells, and Smithfield, London have concluded. --Starstriker7(^{Say hi}_{or see my works}) 02:00, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
• Royal Tunbridge Wells was promoted to Good Article status. epicAdam^(talk) 21:33, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
• The good article nomination for Elkhart County, Indiana has closed. The article was not promoted. epicAdam^(talk) 15:34, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
• The featured article review for Omaha, Nebraska has closed. The article was not promoted. epicAdam^(talk) 20:24, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
• Alanya was featured on the main page as Today's Featured Article on September 6, 2008. Kensplanet (talk) 04:00, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
• Mangalore was promoted to featured article status on August 31, 2008. -epicAdam^(talk) 20:44, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
• The peer reviews for Montreal and Lincolnshire, Illinois have closed. -epicAdam^(talk) 20:44, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
• The FAR for History of Limerick has closed. The article was demoted. -epicAdam^(talk) 20:36, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
• The city name debate comes up again. Please see the current proposal, which is to follow the AP Stylebook for all affected cities, rather than the status quo of selectively following the stylebook and debating/voting on it every few weeks or months. Dr. Cash (talk) 16:21, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
• Peer reviews for Saint Paul, Minnesota, Beijing, Kirkcaldy, Lucknow, Banagher, and Dysert, Fife have now been closed. Click on the city name to view the review. Dr. Cash (talk) 14:24, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
• The featured article candidacy for Sale, Greater Manchester has closed. It was not promoted. Click here to view the review. Dr. Cash (talk) 14:24, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
• The Peer Review for Mangalore has closed. Comments regarding the article's improvement can be found here. It is now a featured article candidate. Kensplanet (talk) 16:03, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
• The Featured Article Review for Ahmedabad has concluded. The article was kept. Dr. Cash (talk) 15:07, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
• The GAR for Los Angeles, California has closed. The article was demoted. epicAdam (talk) 19:14, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
• The FAC for Mangalore has failed. The review is available here for an explanation of the issues. Kensplanet (talk) 16:16, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
• The FAR for Jerusalem has closed. The article was demoted. Kensplanet (talk) 16:16, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
• Poole was promoted to GA status on August 7, 2008. epicAdam (talk) 21:36, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
• The FAC for Columbia, Missouri has failed. The review is available here for an explanation of the issues. Dr. Cash (talk) 22:06, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
• Ann Arbor, Michigan was featured on the main page as Topday's Featured Article on August 5, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 14:51, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
• Washington, D.C. was promoted to featured article status on July 30, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 01:41, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
• The peer review for Washington, D.C. has completed. The article is now a featured article candidate. Dr. Cash (talk) 19:25, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
• Minneapolis, Minnesota was featured on the main page as Today's Featured Article on July 20, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 19:05, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
• Greater Manchester was promoted to featured status on July 19, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 15:26, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
• The Peer Review for Mangalore has closed. Comments regarding the article's improvement can be found here. Kensplanet (talk) 16:15, 18 July 2008 (UTC) It is now a featured article candidate. Dr. Cash (talk) 15:28, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
• The Peer Review for Marysville, Washington has closed. Comments regarding the article's improvement can be found here. Dr. Cash (talk) 14:53, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
• The Featured article review for San Francisco, California has concluded, and the results are that it has retained its FA status. Dr. Cash (talk) 17:54, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
• Peer review comments for Arad, Israel, London Borough of Croydon, Meridian, Mississippi, and Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, have been closed. Click on the links to view the full reviews for information on how to improve these articles. Dr. Cash (talk) 17:54, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
• Milnrow was promoted to GA status on June 19, 2008; City of Salford was promoted to GA on June 24, 2008, and Washington, D.C. was promoted to GA on June 28, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 17:45, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
• City status in the United Kingdom was demoted from Featured article status on June 16, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 23:16, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
• Peer reviews for Walpole, Massachusetts and Mecca have concluded. Click on their names to view peer review comments to help improve the article. Dr. Cash (talk) 14:50, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
• Lakeshore East was passed as a Good Article on June 15, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 14:41, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
• River Oaks, Houston, Texas was passed as a Good Article on June 11, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 14:38, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
• Gangtok passed its Featured article review and was kept. Dr. Cash (talk) 15:25, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
• Canterbury was passed as a Good Article on May 30, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 15:25, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
• Several Peer reviews have recently concluded. Please see London, Plymouth, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, Cardiff, and Washington, D.C. for tips on how to improve those articles. Dr. Cash (talk) 15:25, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
• Bratislava was featured on the main page as Today's Featured Article on May 31, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 00:19, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
• Weymouth was featured on the main page as Today's Featured Article on May 20, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 18:08, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
• The FAC for Moncton was failed on May 19, 2008. Click here to view the archive and the reasons why it was not promoted. Dr. Cash (talk) 18:10, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
• Cluj-Napoca and Newport News, Virginia were promoted to Good Article status on May 15, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 21:41, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
• Nablus was promoted to Good Article status on May 10, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 21:41, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
• Navenby was promoted to featured article on April 19, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 20:24, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
• Shrewsbury, Jifna, and Virginia Beach, Virginia were promoted to good article on April 17, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 20:24, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
• Dawson Creek, British Columbia was featured on the main page as Today's Featured Article on April 17, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 03:33, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
• Arad, Israel was promoted to Good article status on April 10, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 21:39, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
• The featured article nomination for Crawley has failed. Please see the FAC review for information on what needs to be done to bring this up to FA standards. Dr. Cash (talk) 21:39, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
• Navenby was promoted to Good article status on April 8, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 21:39, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
• Lafayette Square, Buffalo was promoted to Good article status on April 1, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 21:39, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
• The Good article nomination for Geelong, Victoria has failed. The main issues cited were prose-related (criterion 1 and citation issues criterion 3). Dr. Cash (talk) 15:59, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
• Neilston has been named as Today's Featured Article on the main page for April 2, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 15:46, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
• Mangalore was promoted to Good article status on March 31, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 18:21, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
• Peer reviews for Greater Manchester and Osijek have closed. Please click on their links to view the peer review comments to help improve the articles. Dr. Cash (talk) 18:21, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
• The featured article nomination for Tel Aviv has failed. Please see the archived nomination for the reasons why it did not succeed and tips on how to improve the article. Dr. Cash (talk) 18:21, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
• Washington, D.C. has been delisted from Good Article status. Please see this page for reasons why it was delisted and tips on improving it. Dr. Cash (talk) 18:21, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
• Middlewich and Gifu, Gifu were promoted to Good article status on March 20, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 18:21, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
• Norfolk, Virginia was promoted to Good article status on March 11, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 15:13, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
• Peer reviews have completed for Nairobi and Brisbane; the latter article has been nominated for GA status. Dr. Cash (talk) 20:45, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
• Alanya was promoted to featured article on February 26, 2008, and Neilston was promoted to featured article on March 6, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 18:12, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
• Hamilton, Ontario was featured on the main page as Today's Featured Article on February 29, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 00:04, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
• Basin, Montana was promoted to good article status on February 22, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 17:20, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
• The featured article nomination for Moncton has failed. The archive can be found here, and contains useful suggestions for improvement. Dr. Cash (talk) 17:14, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
• Although it's not an active city, as it was destroyed, Quneitra was featured on the main page as Today's Featured Article on February 17, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 00:18, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
• Cape Town was demoted as a featured article on February 18, 2008. See it's FA Review archive for reasons why it was demoted and tips to help improve it. Dr. Cash (talk) 00:15, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
• Tel Aviv was not promoted to featured article status. See the archive here. Dr. Cash (talk) 00:15, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
• The peer review on Cranford, New Jersey has closed. Comments regarding how to improve the article can be found here. Dr. Cash (talk) 03:04, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
• Neilston and South Bend, Indiana were promoted to good article status on February 14, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 02:54, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
• Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia was promoted to featured article status on February 8, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 02:51, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
• Bethlehem was promoted to Good article status on January 22, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 18:30, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
• Stretford was promoted to Featured article status on January 21, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 18:30, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
• Mobile, Alabama was designated "good article" under WP:GA#Geography_and_places on 04-Dec-2007, revised by several editors. -Wikid77 (talk) 00:47, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
• Lethbridge was featured on the main page as today's featured article on December 13, 2007. Dr. Cash (talk) 16:49, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
• Banská Bystrica was promoted to Good Article status on January 18, 2008. Dr. Cash (talk) 15:57, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
• Mobile, Alabama was designated "good article" under WP:GA#Geography_and_places on 04-Dec-2007, revised by several editors. -Wikid77 (talk) 00:47, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
• Manchester was promoted to featured article status on November 26, 2007. _└^and-rew_┘^┌_talk^┐ 19:18, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
• Chetwynd, British Columbia was promoted to featured article status on November 4, 2007. Dr. Cash (talk) 07:35, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
• Summer Hill, New South Wales as promoted to good article status on October 29, 2007. Dr. Cash (talk) 07:35, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
• Didsbury was promoted to good article status on October 21, 2007. Dr. Cash (talk) 07:35, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
• Bratislava was promoted to featured article status on October 14, 2007.
• South side (Chicago) was promoted to good article status on September 27, 2007. --TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 17:11, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
• New York City was featured on the main page as today's featured article on October 6, 2007. Dr. Cash 00:20, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
• Peterborough was promoted to featured article status on September 29, 2007. Dr. Cash 20:49, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
• Dunham Massey was promoted to good article status on September 26, 2007. Dr. Cash 20:49, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
• Fustat was promoted to good article status on September 21, 2007.
• Hyde Park Township, Cook County, Illinois and Crawley were promoted to good article status on September 22, 2007. Dr. Cash 22:56, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
• Warburton, Greater Manchester has achieved good article status on September 13, 2007. Dr. Cash 22:23, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
• Urmston has achieved good article status on September 7, 2007. Dr. Cash 22:23, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
• Ikata, Ehime has achieved good article status. Dr. Cash 19:37, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
• London has failed it's FAC nomination. Useful comments were left here that could be used to improve the article. Dr. Cash 19:37, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
• Houston, Texas was featured on the main page as Today's featured article on August 30, 2007. Dr. Cash 17:29, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
• Project page enhanced to follow structure of other established projects.
• Sheerness was featured on the main page as Today's featured article on August 24, 2007.
• Downtown Omaha appeared on the main page in the Did you know? column on August 24, 2007.
• Be sure to check out the new article structure guideline for U.S. cities.