Wikipedia:WikiProject Social Housing in the United Kingdom


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Scope

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This project's primary purpose is to improve articles related to social housing in the United Kingdom. There are a number of articles related to this area, such as Public housing in the United Kingdom and Category:Housing estates in London. The issue of housing standards in the UK has been a subject of public debate for decades, and recent events have brought the problems with government policy towards it into sharp focus. It would therefore be useful to increase the quality of Wikipedia articles related to the area in order to assist the quality of available information.

Social Housing is defined by the charity Shelter as housing ' let at low rents on a secure basis to those who are most in need or struggling with their housing costs '. This project will cover the history and current status of public housing built by the government or privately constructed social housing.

A secondary purpose will be to improve articles relating to legislation that affects the design and provision of housing within the United Kingdom.

Goals

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Primary (encyclopedic) Project Goals

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  1. To improve and increase the number of articles about social housing projects in the United Kingdom.

Resources

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Project Template

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 {{WikiProject Social Housing in the United Kingdom |class= |importance= |infobox= |map= |photo= }}  or
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to the top of the talkpage on all relevant articles.
Documentation on this template can be found at Template:WikiProject Social Housing in the United Kingdom/doc

Infoboxes

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Maps

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Map resources are not yet categorised.

Images

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Main category:

Articles

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Categories

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Lists

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Articles to be created

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London Estates

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Manchester Estates

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Rochdale

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  • Seven Sisters, Rochdale (College Bank and Lower Falinge) :Available reference Halliday, Josh (15 October 2017). "Rochdale charity's demolition plans spark 'social cleansing' claims". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 October 2017.

England

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Articles to improve

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London

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Manchester

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England

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Scotland

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See also

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Peabody Trust
List of existing model dwellings
{{Public housing in the United Kingdom}}

Resources

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Images

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Tower Blocks Database University of Edinburgh

Participants

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Review and assessment

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  • To add an article to this WikiProject please use:
{{WikiProject Social Housing in the United Kingdom|class=|importance=|b1=?|b2=?|b3=?|b4=?|b5=?|b6=?}}
on that article's talk page.
Peer review

Class scale

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Assessment

The project categorizes articles according to the WP 1.0 criteria:

  • Featured Articles: need little or no work.
  • 'A' class: need a very small amount of work, followed by FA nomination.
  • Good Articles: a little more work required.
  • 'B' class: a lot of work done, but a lot of work left to do.
  • 'C' class: a lot of work done, but is missing content.
  • Start class: short, lacks details, key facts, illustration, etc.
  • Stub class: very short, lacking important details.
  • List class: list of Social Housing in the United Kingdom.

Articles needing assessment are listed under Category:Unassessed Social Housing in the United Kingdom articles

B class criteria

1. The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations where necessary.

It has reliable sources, and any important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged is cited. The use of citation templates such as {{cite web}} is not required, but the use of <ref></ref> tags is encouraged.

2. The article reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies.

It contains a large proportion of the material necessary for an A-Class article, although some sections may need expansion, and some less important topics may be missing.

3. The article has a defined structure.

Content should be organized into groups of related material, including a lead section and all the sections that can reasonably be included in an article of its kind.

4. The article is reasonably well-written.

The prose contains no major grammatical errors and flows sensibly, but it certainly need not be "brilliant". The Manual of Style need not be followed rigorously.

5. The article contains supporting materials where appropriate.

Illustrations are encouraged, though not required. Diagrams and an infobox etc. should be included where they are relevant and useful to the content.

6. The article presents its content in an appropriately accessible way.

It is written with as broad an audience in mind as possible. Although Wikipedia is more than just a general encyclopedia, the article should not assume unnecessary technical background and technical terms should be explained or avoided where possible.
Guidance

The article need to meet all six criteria to be classed as B Class. If it fails one or more, but meets 3, 4, and 5 then it can be classed as C Class. If one or more of 3, 4 and 5 are not met, then it is Start class.

Importance scale

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Importance descriptors

The article's importance, regardless of its quality

Top Subject is a must-have for a print encyclopedia
High Subject contributes a depth of knowledge
Mid Subject fills in more minor details
Low Subject is peripheral knowledge, possibly trivial


Rate articles on overall importance. Use the basic descriptions, guided by the general examples when available. Always give the highest rating suggested by general examples at different levels.

Top Subject is a must-have. The article is a likely target for encyclopedic research. Politicians and experts in social housing will generally be well-versed on the topic, and many members of the public will likely have some familiarity with it.
High Subject contributes a depth of knowledge to the field of social housing. Most experts in housing will be familiar with the topic. The subject can be found in most academic studies of social housing, and a significant amount of published research exists for it.
Mid Subject fills in more minor details of housing policy but is still important. This will also include housing estates that have attracted national political comment. Published research from a variety of sources exists for the subject. Example: Lancaster West Estate
Low Subject is peripheral knowledge to the field of social housing and possibly trivial but still notable. It may have great local significance. There may be limited research on the topic. This will include most local authority housing estates but not the ones that have attracted national political comment.

Assessment progress

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To be done

Estate references

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