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

Portal

Cities portal

Article alerts

Did you know

10 Aug 2026 – Mount Hampden (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Ff2maa (t · c); see discussion
05 Jul 2026 – Nchalo (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Victuallers (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

08 Aug 2026 – List of populated places in Kosovo by Albanian name (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by HerrHeulsuse (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
07 Aug 2026 – Chibabo, Angola (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Local Internet User (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
05 Aug 2026 – El Mamghar (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Aviationwikiflight (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
02 Aug 2026 – Chak 21 SB (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by SVcode (t · c); see discussion (5 participants; relisted)
01 Aug 2026 – Edgewood, Boone County, Illinois (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mangoe (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
30 Jul 2026 – Lillestrom, Saskatchewan (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mangoe (t · c); see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
29 Jul 2026 – List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by HerrHeulsuse (t · c); see discussion (2 participants; relisted)
29 Jul 2026 – List of towns in India by population (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by HerrHeulsuse (t · c); see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
28 Jul 2026 – Calabouço, Mozambique (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by ScalarFactor (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
27 Jul 2026 – Metocheria (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by ScalarFactor (t · c); see discussion (2 participants; relisted)

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Proposed deletions

08 Aug 2026 – Hmarkhawlien (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by DraconicDark (t · c): concern
08 Aug 2026 – Saron, Mahur (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by DraconicDark (t · c): concern
08 Aug 2026 – Tourism in Dima Hasao (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by DraconicDark (t · c): concern
08 Aug 2026 – Saiphai (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by DraconicDark (t · c): concern
08 Aug 2026 – Saipum (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by DraconicDark (t · c): concern
08 Aug 2026 – Khawlian (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by DraconicDark (t · c): concern
08 Aug 2026 – Phuaibuang (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by DraconicDark (t · c): concern
08 Aug 2026 – Phainuam (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by DraconicDark (t · c): concern
08 Aug 2026 – Saihapui V (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by DraconicDark (t · c): concern
08 Aug 2026 – N. Chawnpui (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by DraconicDark (t · c): concern

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Categories for discussion

11 Aug 2026 – Category:Mass media in Cuba by city (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LibStar (t · c); see discussion
04 Aug 2026 – Category:1788 establishments in the Republic of Venice (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
04 Aug 2026 – Category:1722 establishments in the Republic of Venice (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
04 Aug 2026 – Category:1720 establishments in the Republic of Venice (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
04 Aug 2026 – Category:1717 in the Republic of Venice (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
04 Aug 2026 – Category:1714 establishments in the Republic of Venice (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
23 Jul 2026 – Category:Villages in Dimapur district (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c); see discussion
07 Jul 2026 – Category:Lost ancient cities and towns (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
07 Jul 2026 – Category:Lost cities and towns (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
07 Jul 2026 – Category:Lost towns of Rus' (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion

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Redirects for discussion

09 Aug 2026 – Moulson, New Zealand (talk · edit · hist) →Strathern, New Zealand was RfDed by Traumnovelle (t · c); see discussion
09 Aug 2026 – Parkhaven (talk · edit · hist) →Akina, New Zealand was RfDed by Traumnovelle (t · c); see discussion
04 Aug 2026 – Ciudad de La Paz (talk · edit · hist) →La Paz was RfDed by Mathguy2718 (t · c); see discussion
03 Aug 2026 – Wikipedia:VGS (talk · edit · hist) →Wikipedia:WikiProject Las Vegas was RfDed by 1brianm7 (t · c); see discussion
02 Aug 2026 – Mangalapuram.Tamilnadu (talk · edit · hist) →Mangaluru was RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c); see discussion
29 Jul 2026 – Tremaine, New Zealand (talk · edit · hist) →Roslyn, Palmerston North was RfDed by Traumnovelle (t · c); see discussion
29 Jul 2026 – Milverton, New Zealnd (talk · edit · hist) →Hokowhitu was RfDed by Traumnovelle (t · c); see discussion
29 Jul 2026 – Pioneer West (talk · edit · hist) →Awapuni, Palmerston North was RfDed by Traumnovelle (t · c); see discussion
29 Jul 2026 – London, CA (talk · edit · hist) →London, California was RfDed by LilianaUwU (t · c); see discussion
23 Jul 2026 – Tilkiköy (talk · edit · hist) →Alepochori, Evros was RfDed by ChloeDrowssap (t · c); see discussion

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Files for discussion

14 Jun 2026 – File:Wall Township Seal.png (talk · edit · hist) (on Wall Township, New Jersey) was FfDed by ForeverFlying (t · c); see discussion

Articles that need...

attention (185)
infoboxes (467)

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}}

This user participates in
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

Related WikiProject Cities pages:

Other related projects include:

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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