Wikipedia:WikiProject Texas/Houston task force
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WikiProject Houston
Welcome to WikiProject Houston. We are a group of editors dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of city of Houston and the Greater Houston area. The project was established on November 7, 2006. Editors who are interested in contributing, please sign up below and post any ideas and suggestions on the talk page. Also, feel free to edit this page and add any articles that need work or that you feel require attention below in the tasks section.
Scope
- Geographically related articles in the Greater Houston metropolitan area
- Articles about persons who have had a significant presence or relationship to the city
- Important events
- Important institutions
Parentage
The parent of this WikiProject is WikiProject Cities. At the U.S. state level, the parent of this project is WikiProject Texas.
Child projects
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Announcements
Quality log includes reports on:
- Articles for deletion
- Featured article candidates
- Good article candidates
- Peer review
- Assessments
- Requested moves
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How can I contribute to this project ?
If you are reading this, then you probably know something about the Houston metro area...we welcome your contributions! If you're new to Wikipedia, have a look at the following:
If you are looking for something to do involving the project, below you can find information about on-going collaborations and specific requests. Also, look for tags such as {{cleanup}} and {{unreferenced}} to guide your contributions to the project articles.
And remember, always provide sources for your edits.
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Current collaboration
Tasks/Collaboration
Peer Review
Cleanup
New articles
Articles to be expanded or cleaned up
- Houston stubs
- Articles of top importance: Houston (will require a coordinated group effort to clean it up), Culture of Houston, Demographics of Houston, Geography of Houston, History of Houston, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Ike
- Articles of high importance: Harris County Toll Road Authority (needs improved sourcing), Augustus Chapman Allen, Barbara Jordan, Port of Houston, Montrose, Houston
Article requests
- University Place, Houston - (Galloway, Melissa Bech. "University Place group targets areas of improvement." Houston Chronicle. Thursday October 11, 2001)
- Morningside Place, Harris County (NOT Morningside Place, Houston) - (Feser, Katherine. "Morningside inexpensive, next to parks." Houston Chronicle. Sunday April 15, 2001. Business 10.)
- Lowrider Culture and History in Houston
- Galveston City Company
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Assessment Dashboard
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Image Requests
Please remember to add Category:Images of Houston, Texas to your pictures of Houston if they are fair use images that are not eligible to be used on Wikimedia Commons. Thanks.
- Galena Park
- Galena Park Post Office - 1805 CLINTON DR GALENA PARK, TX 77547-9998 - For Galena Park, Texas
- Houston
- Almeda
- Almeda Elementary (new campus) - 14226 Almeda School Road Houston, TX 77047-5061
- Boulevard Oaks
- Vassar Spaceway Park, 1720 Vassar, 77006, Map - For Boulevard Oaks, Houston
- Broadacres
- Wortham House (color photo, see B&W photo), 1505 South Blvd, Houston, TX
- 1400 South Blvd. - The Rudolph C. Kuldell House
- 1506 South Blvd. - The Clarence L. Carter House
- 1515 South Blvd. - The Burdine Clayton Anderson House
- 1300 North Blvd. - The W. Scott Red House
- 1309 North Blvd. - The J.S. Pyeatt House
- 1317 North Blvd. - The Kemp S. Dargan House
- 1405 North Blvd. - The Palmer Hutcheson House
- Brentwood
- Any subdivision markers
- Hobby Elementary School - 4021 Woodmont Dr, Houston, TX 77045-3515
- Chinatown
- Ed White Elementary School, 9001 Triola, Houston, 77036-6147
- Audrey Judy Bush Elementary School, 9730 Stroud, Houston, TX 77036 - Half done (Photos taken) 0x0077BE (talk · contrib) 17:28, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
- Collins Elementary School, 9829 Town Park Drive, Houston, TX 77036 - Half done (Photos taken) 0x0077BE (talk · contrib) 17:28, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
- Crain Park, 9051 Triola Lane, Houston, TX 77036
- Chinese Community Center, 9800 Town Park Drive Houston, TX 77036 - Half done (Photos taken) 0x0077BE (talk · contrib) 17:32, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
- Cottage Grove
- Stevenson Elementary (formerly located at 5410 Cornish Houston, Texas 77007 - demolished)
- Cottage Grove Park, 2100 Arabelle, 77007
- Done Photos are gathered together in a gallery here. 0x0077BE [talk/contrib] 22:36, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
- Fourth Ward
- Carnegie Vanguard High School - 1501 Taft Houston, TX 77019 - Also post in Fourth Ward, Houston
- Garden Oaks
- Garden Oaks Elementary 901 Sue Barnett Houston, TX 77018-5415
- Genoa
- Genoa Elementary - 12900 Almeda Genoa Road, Houston, TX 77034
- Genoa Post Office - 10935 ALMEDA GENOA RD HOUSTON, TX 77034-9998
- Glenbrook Valley
- Dow Park - 7942 Rockhill, 77061
- Glenshire
- Any subdivision markers
- Kate Bell Elementary School - 12323 Shaftsbury Houston, TX 77031-3123
- Hiram Clarke
- Dowling Middle School - 14000 Stancliff ~ Houston, Texas
- Screwed Up Records and Tapes, - 3538 West Fuqua, Houston, TX
- Inwood Forest
- Fire Station 2 Inwood - 6530 W. Little York, 77088
- Midtown
- Hugh Roy Cullen House, 1402 Alabama - [1] - Half done (Photos taken, though renovation was in progress) 0x0077BE (talk · contrib) 23:27, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
- Mai's - 3403 Milam Street - Done Photos can be found here. 0x0077BE (talk · contrib) 23:27, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
- Old Braeswood
- Braeswood Park - 2345 Maroneal, 77030
- Oak Forest
- Oak Forest Post Office - 2499 Judiway Street
- Rice Military
- Nellie Keyes Park - 801 Lester, 77007 - For Rice Military
- Done Photos are gathered in a gallery [[here. 0x0077BE [talk/contrib] 22:36, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
- Nellie Keyes Park - 801 Lester, 77007 - For Rice Military
- River Oaks
- Smith Anderson House, 3605 Del Monte [2]
- Half done Photos have been taken, but I still need to upload them. 0x0077BE [talk/contrib] 21:23, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
- Cleveland Sewell House, 3456 Inwood [3]
- DoneUnfortunately I had to take these from the street, so there are some trees obstructing the view, but I've got a gallery of the photos I took here. I talked to the guard at the gate and she was fairly unhelpful (refusing to confirm that this is actually the right house, for example), but she did say I could leave a card and ask permission to come on the property and take photos. I did not do this, since I am not usually in River Oaks, but if someone wants to take better photos, I've had good luck in just asking people if I can snap a few photos.0x0077BE [talk/contrib] 21:21, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
- William T. Campbell, Jr. Home, 3236 Inwood [4]
- Smith Anderson House, 3605 Del Monte [2]
- Shadyside
- Any interior shots!
- Southampton
- Fleming Park - 1901 Sunset, 77005 - For Southampton, Houston
- Stablewood
- Gate entrance
- Third Ward
- Texas Southern University campus pictures need updating since recent campus renovation. And to remove the TSU lab school pic.
- Westbury
- West Oaks
- Gate entrance to the section of West Oaks with Bush's house: 9 West Oak Lane South (there is a gate, so you won't be able to go up to the house itself)
- Willowbend
- Willow Park - 10400 Cliffwood
- Windsor Village
- Any subdivision markers
- Windsor Village Elementary School - 14440 Polo Houston, TX 77085-3352 - For Windsor Village, Houston
- Windsor Village United Methodist Church - 6011 West Orem, Houston, Texas 77085, United States
- Leader's Academy High School for Business and Academic Success - 6011 W Orem Houston, TX 77085
- Almeda
- Unincorporated Harris County
- Galena Park ISD headquarters - 14705 Woodforest Blvd. Houston, Texas 77015
- Liberty County
- Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center, north of Liberty, Texas - 650 FM 1011, Liberty, TX 77575
- Shenandoah
- Kroger Southwest Offices, 19245 David Memorial Drive, Shenandoah, Texas 77385
- Sugar Land
- Cornerstone Elementary, 1800 Chatham Avenue Sugar Land, TX 77479 - For Telfair, Sugar Land
Unsorted Houston:
- Kuumba House, 2500 South Loop
- The Pig Stand, 2412 Washington Ave (6th Ward)
- Texas Guandi Temple, 2089 Milby St.
- British School of Houston, 4211 Watonga Blvd Houston, Texas United States, 77092 Half done - Photos taken but not uploaded. 0x0077BE (talk · contrib) 17:49, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
- New Consulate-General of India, Houston - 4300 Scotland, Houston, TX - Done Photos taken, uploaded and added to the article, though someone from inside came out and started harassing me, asking me for ID and such before I could get what I considered to be a perfect framing of it. I'm happy to encourage people to continue taking photos of this place, if only to upset the guy who was trying to stop me taking photos. 0x0077BE (talk · contrib) 23:27, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
- Former Saint Arnold Brewing Company offices, 2522 Fairway Park Drive
- Ascension Chinese Church - 4605 Jetty Ln, Houston, TX 77072
- Aeromexico USA offices, 3663 N. Sam Houston Parkway E. Ste. #500. Houston, Texas 77032 - Map
- Previous Screwed Up location at 7717 Cullen Boulevard Houston, TX 77051-1905 See map
- Imani School - 12401 South Post Oak Road, Houston TX 77045
- Nabors Industries Houston office - 515 W. Greens Road, Suite 1200 Houston, Texas 77067
- Villa de Matel Convent - 6510 Lawndale Street, Houston, TX 77023 - Post in Idylwood, Houston but not sure if it's considered "in" the neighborhood
- Entrance to the Houston Country Club - 1 Potomac Drive Houston, TX 77057
- NAACP Houston Branch - 2002 Wheeler Avenue 2002 Wheeler - Half done (Photos taken) 0x0077BE (talk · contrib) 23:27, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
- The Houstonian Hotel - 111 North Post Oak Lane, Houston, Texas 77024
- Rice Epicurean Markets Uptown at 5016 San Felipe @ So. Post Oak 77056
- Too late - this store has closed and has been redone as The Fresh Market. The only remaining store is at 2020 Fountain View Dr. —DoRD (talk) 19:28, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
General requests
- Any area Kool Smiles
- Antoine Drive (5341 Antoine Dr. Houston, TX 77091), Houston-Aldine (3840 Aldine Mail Rd Houston, TX 77039) and/or Texas City (1012 20th St. North Texas City, TX 77590)
- Any area All Smiles Dental Centers
- Airline/Parker General Dentistry (6729 Airline Dr, Houston, TX 77076), Edgebrook General Dentistry (1173 Edgebrook Drive Houston, TX 77034), and/or Fulton General Dentistry (2982 Fulton Rd. Houston, TX 77009)
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Houston categories
This section and its category listings serve to make all Greater Houston pages accessible through this page. Please add pages to the correct category when appropriate.
Article category tree
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See also. . .
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- WikiProject Texas, Portal:Texas, San Antonio Task Force
- WikiProject Austin
- WikiProject Dallas-Fort Worth
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Project goals
- To provide guidelines and recommendations for articles that describe all aspects of the city of Houston and the surrounding metropolitan area.
- To improve Wikipedia's coverage of Houston by creating, expanding, and maintaining such articles, images, and templates.
- To serve as the central point of discussion for issues related to Houston in Wikipedia.
- Establish Wikipedia as one of the premier online information resources on the Houston metropolitan area.
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Project participants
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- Backspacekey (talk · contribs) — (Native Houstonian) alumni of South Texas College of Law and the University of Houston Honors College, website marketing lead for Texas Children's Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine, homeowner-resident of Eastwood, Houston and historical architecture enthusiast, particularly in regards to the Houston inner-loop area.
- Fishnerd (talk · contribs) - (Native Houstonian - East Houston)
- WhisperToMe (talk · contribs) (Native Houstonian)
- Postoak (talk · contribs) (Native Houstonian)
- Mike Richardson (talk · contribs) Very interested in the Houston media and companies in Houston.
- BuffaloChip97 (talk · contribs) Seabrook, Clear Lake, Johnson Space Center, Houston Sports.
- SirChan (talk · contribs) Native of Alief, now in Cinco Ranch/Katy. Will edit any article for punctuation, spelling, etc.
- Vox Univoaks (talk · contribs) A Houston native and a current inside-the-loop homeowner, willing to help out wherever I can
- Argos'Dad (talk · contribs) (Houston Native) history, politics and political figures
- Brianreading (talk · contribs) (Houstonian) University of Houston, and Houston in general
- Stantheman8609 (talk · contribs) (Native Houstonian) various Houston articles with an increased emphasis on Fort Bend County (Sugar Land and surrounding areas), politics in Greater Houston, area sports teams, local attractions and Houston television stations.
- EvanCarroll (talk · contribs) Self proclaimed god of Kingwood bears benediction in the form of wikipedia goodness. Redid the vast majority of the Kingwood article and will ensure it achieves {{FA}} status.
- Phloyd (talk · contribs) I haven't been in Houston too long, but I love the place, and I am happy to be here, and happy to contribute what I can!
- Arthur Smart (talk · contribs) Houstonian since June of 1977, a retired engineer specializing in the safety of the local chemical industry.
- nsaum75 (talk · contribs) Sixth-generation Galvestonian. Have lived also in Houston & Austin. Areas of concentration: Texas History, Texas Politics, Judaism & Texas, Galveston area information and history. Amateur photographer.
- kylelovesyou (talk · contribs) Houston politics and culture.
- lyncas (talk · contribs) Native Houstonian (Southwest & Rice University), affluent with local technology companies & research groups in Houston
- Nogburt (talk · contribs) Native of Houston. Politics and History
- Another Believer (talk · contribs)
- paulsuckow (talk · contribs) (Houstonian for 13 yrs in '11) Senior Planner for Harris County, Texas. History, environment, policy, urban planning, architecture, design and development community, Texas Southern University Urban Planning and Environmental Policy Program, public participation, maps, GIS. Interest: future development adapting equitably to accelerating sea level rise and deteriorating water quality/quantity, and including disaster mitigation.
- Broadmoor (talk · contribs) (Texas Southern University Alum)
- BassHero55 (Message me) (Native of Sugar Land) Sugar Land is right outside of Houston, so I have knowledge of Houston.
- Jaydiem (talk · contribs) — Lifelong Houston resident. Grew up in Westbury/Meyerland area. Alum of Bellaire H.S. and UH. Now a licensed Realtor. Would like to contribute on topics in those areas or anywhere inside Loop 610.
- TCMemoire (talk · contribs) Current resident of northern Houston, willing to expand articles and take pictures
- Ja0n8 (talk · contribs) Lifelong Houstonian focusing on adding/updating source references and improving relevant information regarding Houston's arts, culture, and economy.
- Oldsanfelipe2 (talk · contribs) – Formerly edited under User:Oldsanfelipe. I write mostly about Houston history, including many biographies.
- Stedil (talk · contribs) Resident of Montgomery County. I have done a considerable amount of cleanup of the city/unincorporated community articles for Montgomery County. Working on getting Conroe, Texas to GA quality, with a long-term goal of also getting The Woodlands, Texas to GA as well. Willing to help out in other areas, time permitting. Let me know if you have a photo request on the north side of the metro.
- R0bl0x944 (talk · contribs) Resident of Montgomery, Texas. I will help out in any way that I can.
- Unclespook (talk · contribs) Bellaire native, Montrose resident, Bellaire H.S. grad. Knowledge of arts and culture. Can help with spelling and grammar.
- Jovdn67 (talk · contribs) Focused on Pearland.
- Wayneashleymusic (talk · contribs) (Houstonian for nearly 2 decades) Howdy! I am an artist, UH alum and a big fan of the Houston area Music Scene. Also glad to help with other local projects.
Former participants
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- Some Person (talk · contribs) I live in Houston and really want to help out.
- JuWiki2 (talk · contribs) You may have seen some of my articles, I specialize in the west Houston area (Interstate 610 west to SH 6).
- Delfeye (talk · contribs) Katy Proper (escaped from Austin since 1998)
- Slhogan94 (talk · contribs) Katy Proper (2nd generation Katyite, 7th gen Texan). I can help with grammar and organization as well as new articles.
- Megafar (talk · contribs) Native of Houston. Big music fan. Any way I can help.
- Onthedeck (talk · contribs) (Native Houstonian)