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On the 1 February 2005 I noticed a large whole in the category coverage for schools in the UK. So I set about fixing it ;)

Started: 1 February 2005

Ended: still in progress

Objectives

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  1. Provide a framework that allows for the inclusion of all schools in the UK to be added to the category system in a logical format
  2. Encourage more schools articles
  3. Encourage longer and better schools articles

Work so far

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After discussion over an issue over private/public on Categories for Deletion, the current proposal stands like this

I have no listings for Wales or Northern Ireland as yet? Anyone found any?

Want to help?

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Most of the structure is there - it just needs eagle eyed Wikipedians to sort out what they find while browsing.

In particular:

  • Remove any occurence of Category:Education in the United Kingdom for a school - it's far too general and clutters up an already messy top(ish) level category.
  • List any unlisted schools under the correct county/region - if one doesn't exist then please put the following into the new sub-category and ensure all the links to the parents exist.

"Schools in the area or region."

  • Let me know if you've done some good work on my main user page! I appreciate the help!

Resources

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Sources:

Future plans

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I aim to add the following to categorise by school type

  • Category:Education in the United Kingdom (pre-existing)
    • Category:Schools in the United Kingdom
      • Schools in the United Kingdom by type Note 'type' not location this time!
        • Public schools
          • Public schools in England
          • Public schools in Northern Ireland
          • Public schools in Scotland
          • Public schools in Wales
        • Private schools
          • Private schools in England
          • Private schools in Northern Ireland
          • Private schools in Scotland
          • Private schools in Wales
        • Grammar schools
          • you should get the idea by now!
        • Comprehensive schools
        • ...and so on

I don't believe going down to the level of county is advantageous for types of school. Not while there are so few at the moment.

Any feedback on this project is welcome!