WP:WikiProject Greater Manchester#Participants

:Our aims in the short term, are to achieve the following:

• Obtain GA status for Stockport.
• Obtain GA status for Rochdale.
• Obtain GA status for Bury.
• Obtain GA status for Manchester city centre.
• Get a lead/static image in every infobox of every town in the county.

:Our aims in the mid-term, are to achieve the following:

• Develop all of our "Top-importance" articles towards GA/FA.
• Increase the number of members of the project to ensure we can cover a wide range of topics.
• Assess and review all relevant articles for quality, importance and progress.

:Our long term aims for the project are:

• Improving all Wikipedia articles that are concerned with Greater Manchester, including its history, geography, people, constructions and buildings, etc. etc.
• All relevant articles should be included in the :Category:Greater Manchester or one of its subcategories.
• Become the leading WikiProject for the United Kingdom.

You don't need to be from Greater Manchester to help with this WikiProject. We welcome editors good with layout and prose, and non-Greater Mancunian editors who can point out when we have wrongly assumed we don't need to explain or define something for the reader, or failed to properly establish the context of an article. We ask that users be registered, and are familiar with Wikipedia's various policies.

For a list of members who have not edited Wikipedia since 1 January 2009, see list of inactive participants. Members are moved to the list if they have not made an edit to Wikipedia since 1 January 2009 as they are considered unlikely to return. If your name is on the list and you wish to return to the active participants list, please feel free to move your name. Members on the inactive list will no longer receive the WPGM newsletter.

:Add yourself to our list of participants here.

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Below is a bot generated table of the assessment process of WikiProject Greater Manchester supported articles. See also Wikipedia:WikiProject Greater Manchester/Assessment. The stats are generated automatically every 2–3 days, but they can be updated manually by entering Greater_Manchester into the Category box [http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/update.fcgi here].

As of 18 October 2011, the proportion of all articles with a project banner assessed is:

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• The project was featured in the Wikipedia Signpost on 10 December 2007.
• Towns in Trafford acquired featured topic status on 18 June 2009.

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We at Greater Manchester WikiProject think that Greater Manchester is an important area of the world, and worthy of encyclopedic recognition!

Users are encouraged to nominate eligible articles for the Did you know? section of the Main page.

There are many, many interesting facts about the Greater Manchester area as outlined below (note, each is verifiable with citation found within the article itself). You may wish to add your own trivia you find to this list:

Did you know?....

• St Mary's Church in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England, a Grade II listed building, was built in the 16th century and houses a stone cross dating to the 11th century? Featured on the Did you know? section on December 21, 2007.
• Many of Manchester's Grade I listed buildings are Victorian, because of Manchester's growth during the Industrial Revolution? Featured on the Did you know? section on December 27, 2007.
• There are two separate churches dedicated to St Werburgh in the village of Warburton, Greater Manchester? Featured on the Did you know? section on December 27, 2007.
• Wythenshawe Aerodrome was Manchester's first purpose-built municipal airfield, but was closed after one year due to the completion of Barton Aerodrome? Featured on the Did you know? section on January 2, 2008.
• The astronomer William Crabtree of Broughton, Greater Manchester, was one of only two people known to have observed the first recorded transit of Venus in 1639. The other observer was his friend and correspondent Jeremiah Horrocks who was the only astronomer to have correctly predicted the event.
• John Dalton was the first person to describe colour vision deficiency in a paper to the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, whilst working at the Manchester Academy, in 1794. Daltonism later became a common term for colour blindness.
• In 1841 Joseph Whitworth devised a standard for screw threads at his company in Openshaw that became the first nationally standardized system, British Standard Whitworth (BSW).
• Bury Castle in Bury was razed to the ground in 1485, 16 years after it was built, because its owner supported the losing side in the Wars of the Roses? Featured on the Did you know? section on 10 January, 2008.
• Manchester born, Mother Anne Lee (February 29, 1736 - September 8, 1784) was the leader of the band of Shakers; who emigrated from Manchester to Watervliet, New York due to persecution in 1774 and founded the Shaker movement in America.
• Greater Manchester has nine castles, of which five are Scheduled Ancient Monuments. Featured on the Did you know? section on 24 February, 2008.
• A study by the University of Salford concluded that the high density of high-rise buildings in Salford has "a dramatic influence on the region's weather patterns", in particular by encouraging drizzle? Featured on the Did you know? section on 27 February, 2008.
• Two of Manchester's oldest buildings in Shambles Square were physically moved twice – once in 1974 and again in 1999? Featured on the Did you know? section on 16 March, 2008.
• ...that the Upper Brook Street Chapel in Manchester, designed by Sir Charles Barry shortly before he designed the Palace of Westminster, is said to be the first neogothic Nonconformist chapel? Featured on the Did you know? section on 21 March, 2008.
• In 1806, Murrays' Mills in Ancoats, Manchester was the largest mill complex in the world? Featured on the Did you know? section on 29 March, 2008.

• ...that Hulme Arch Bridge in Manchester (pictured) follows the design of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, and rejoins two halves of a road that was sundered in 1969? Featured on the Did you know? section on 5 April 2008.
• ...that The Guardian newspaper was founded 189 years ago in Manchester, England as a direct response to the Peterloo Massacre? Featured on the Did you know? section on 10 April 2008.
• ...that Sans Pareil (pictured), one of five locomotives to compete in the 1829 Rainhill Trials, was later used on the Bolton and Leigh Railway? Featured on the Did you know? section on 19 April 2008.
• ...that broken remains of three medieval high crosses were found in 1874 during the construction of Barnes Hospital in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, but the location of only one is known today? Featured on the Did you know? section on 21 April 2008.

• ...that the village of Denshaw in Greater Manchester (pictured) achieved international notoriety when spoof information added to its Wikipedia entry was reported in national and international media? Featured on the Did you know? section on 22 April 2008.
• ...that Platt Fields Park in Manchester, England, was used as a country park for over 400 years before being converted for public use in 1908–1910? Featured on the Did you know? section on 25 April 2008.
• ... that Castleshaw Roman fort in Greater Manchester was a Roman fort built in 79 AD replaced by a smaller fortlet before being abandoned in the 120s? Featured on the Did you know? section on 2 July 2008.
• ... that Cine City in Manchester, England, the third cinema to open in England in 1912 as "The Scala", has recently been demolished? Featured on the Did you know? section on 4 July 2008.
• ... that The Towers, a residence in Didsbury, Manchester originally built for the editor of the Manchester Guardian, is now a cotton research facility? Featured on the Did you know? section on 7 July 2008.

• ...that the Daily Express Building (pictured), an Art Deco former printing press, is one of Manchester's only listed buildings constructed in the 1930s? Featured on the Did you know? section on 8 July 2008.

• ...that Withington Community Hospital was, at its height, the largest teaching hospital in Europe? Featured on the Did you know? section on 22 July 2008.
• ... that a word square found in Mamucium (pictured), a Roman fort in Manchester, may be one of the earliest examples of Christianity in Britain? Featured on the Did you know? section on 24 July 2008.
• ... that the Port of Runcorn in Cheshire, England, was an independent customs port for two separate periods before becoming part of the Port of Manchester in 1894? Featured on the Did you know? section on 26 August 2008.

• ... that Winston Churchill (pictured) lost his first election, the Oldham by-election of 1899, after promising to vote first for, then against, the Clerical Tithes Bill? Featured on the Did you know? section on 27 August, 2008.
• ...that the Albert Medal was one of the awards given to Mark Addy for rescuing more than 50 people from the highly polluted River Irwell, Manchester, in the 19th Century? Featured on the Did you know? section on 29 August 2008

• ...that in 1908, swimmer Henry Taylor (pictured) became the only Briton to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Games until Chris Hoy equalled his mark in 2008? Featured on the Did you know? section on 2 September 2008.
• ...that Peel Park in England was the first of three public parks to be opened for the people of Manchester and Salford in 1846? Featured on the Did you know? section on 9 September 2008.
• ...that the Manchester and Bolton Railway was originally proposed as a replacement for the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal but was eventually built alongside it instead? Featured on the Did you know? section on 14 September 2008.
• ... that British activist Emmeline Pankhurst once slapped a police officer so she would get arrested to raise awareness about the need for women's suffrage? Featured on the Did you know? section on 9 October 2008

• ... that the controversial Scout Moor Wind Farm, which opened in September 2008, is presently the largest onshore wind farm in England? Featured on the Did you know? section on 7 November 2008.
• ... that in 1908, Maypole Colliery in Abram, Greater Manchester, England, was the site of an underground explosion that killed 75 miners? Featured on the Did you know? section on 23 December 2008.

• ... that the turnpike trusts in Greater Manchester (milestone pictured) had a huge impact upon the way business was conducted around Manchester, England? Featured on the Did you know? section on 9 January 2009.
• ... that the Seashell Trust is the oldest charity for deaf children in the north-west of England? Featured on the Did you know? section on 16 January 2009.
• ... that the village of Worsley is centred around the coal mines that helped kickstart the industrial revolution in nearby Manchester? Featured on the Did you know? section on 30 January 2009.
• ... that Dr Charles White, co-founder of the Manchester Royal Infirmary, kept the mummified body of one of his patients in a room of his house for 55 years? Featured on the Did you know? section on 15 February 2009.
• ... that a series of innovative computers, including the first transistor computer and the world's fastest computer, were produced by a small team working at Manchester University between 1947 and 1977? Featured on the Did you know? section on 1 March 2009.
• ... that on 28 February 1828, dozens of people died when {{ship||Emma|1828 ship|2}} was launched on the River Irwell in Manchester? Featured on the Did you know? section on 4 May 2009.
• ... that Carrington Moss was used to dispose of Manchester's night soil, and was a Starfish site in World War II? Featured on the Did you know? section on 14 May 2009.
• ... that Greater Manchester bus route 192 was the first in the UK to have solar powered on-street ticket machines? Featured on the Did you know? section on 17 May 2009.
• ... that although Mellor hill fort is Iron Age in origin, artefacts possibly as old as 10,000 years have been discovered on the site, including a 4,000 year old amber necklace? Featured on the Did you know? section on 22 May 2009.
• ... that after the collapse of the Broughton Suspension Bridge in 1831, the British military introduced the order to "break step" when soldiers were crossing a bridge? Featured on the Did you know? section on 6 June 2009.

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• ... that Harrytown Catholic High School originated as a convent school within the 250 year old Harrytown Hall?Featured on the Did you know? section on 16 January 2010.
• ... that it is thought that Rochdale Town Hall (pictured) was so admired by Adolf Hitler that he wanted to ship it, brick-by-brick, to Nazi Germany had the UK been defeated in World War II?Featured on the Did you know? section on 23 January 2010.
• ... that The Old Wellington Inn in Manchester has been in three different locations in its 458-year history? Featured on the Did you know? section on 5 April 2010.
• ... that during the 1910 London to Manchester air race, Claude Grahame-White's Farman III biplane was guarded by boy scouts, while he ate biscuits? Featured on the Did you know? section on 21 May 2010.
• ... that a dissenting minister from Atherton, James Wood, earned the title "the General" at the Battle of Preston in 1715? Featured on the Did you know? section on 8 June 2010.