User:GregRobson/Schools

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

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
Encourage more schools articles
Encourage longer and better schools articles

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?

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.

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

Sources:

List of schools in the United Kingdom - All done as of 14:58, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
List of UK Independent Schools - All done as of 15:40, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference - Haven't got to this yet - may create a category for members.

I aim to add the following to categorise by school type

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!