Wikipedia:WikiProject Boston
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About the Boston WikiProject
[edit ]This project seeks to better organize information in articles related to the "Hub of the Universe," Boston , and several of the cities surrounding it. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the discussion page, see the § Goals below or just start editing articles and link them to the project using the {{WikiProject United States|Boston=yes}} banner.
Scope
[edit ]This WikiProject aims to provide a centralized location for the discussion of standards for work on articles relating to the City of Boston and several surrounding cities in Wikipedia. This includes—but is not limited to—its history, culture, sports and other topics.
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Goals
[edit ]- Cleanup pages that are related to Boston
- Merge pages that should be merged
- Watch Boston pages for vandalism
- Expand and create pages for Boston personalities
Boston neighborhoods
[edit ]Looking for action items on the Neighborhoods and discussion as to if they should be separated into major neighborhoods and sub-neighborhoods. For instance Kenmore Square, Fens and Fenway-Kenmore could all be considered part of the Fenway of which there is no section. Also should clean up Boston neighborhoods adding a quick blurb about each section.
- Allston
- Back Bay
- Back Bay Fens
- Bay Village
- Beacon Hill
- Brighton - Needs many things
- Charlestown
- Chinatown
- Copley Square
- Dorchester
- Downtown Crossing
- East Boston - Getting this article up to par
- Fenway–Kenmore
- Financial District
- Government Center
- Hyde Park - Needs a lot of work
- Jamaica Plain
- Kenmore Square
- Longwood
- Mattapan - Needs a lot of work
- Mission Hill
- North End
- Orient Heights
- Roslindale
- Roxbury
- Savin Hill
- South Bay
- South Boston
- South End
- West End
- West Roxbury - Needs images
Others
[edit ]- Boston Stone - See tag
- Fort Point Channel - Expand to include Fort Point neighborhood
- Jamaicaway - User:Boston started this page, do you need help?
- Langone Park - Photos
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Boston - Needs descriptions
- NHRP listings in Suffolk Co. - Needs descriptions
- New England Historic Genealogical Society - Needs expansion
- Opera Company of Boston - Needs expansion
- Schrafft's - Stub
- Seaman's Bethel - Photos
- St. Leonard's Church - Photos
- Twelfth Baptist Church - Photos
People
[edit ]- John F. Collins - Needs to be expanded
- Mel King - See tag
- John Mayo - Needs to be expanded
- Shadrach Minkins - Needs to be expanded
- Thomas Sims - Needs to be expanded
- Thomas Temple - Needs to be cleaned up
Organizations
[edit ]- Boston Hasidic dynasty - See tag
- Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program - Needs to be expanded
Articles that should be created
[edit ]- Bradford Hotel (Boston)
- Charles Paxton [1] - Should be split off into its own page.
- Charlesbank Cooperative Corporation, Mission Hill - One of three notable historic high-rises to
- follow the demotion of Mission Hill historic district, and
- claim to collect displaced persons from West End demolitions for hospitals
- ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group - Medical research foundation, one of the four NCI/NIH Cooperative Oncology groups, created through merger of the American College of Radiology Imaging Network and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group in 2012, most employees work at operations on State Street in Boston.
- Home Club of East Boston [2] - the second women's club in Massachusetts
- Innovation District, Boston, for the expanded seaport - Would be time to reconsider a split off of South Boston again.
- John B. Hynes Memorial Auditorium - built in 1963-1964 during Mass Pike expansion to Central Artery; replaced by Hynes Convention Center in 1988.
- Oxenbridge Thacher
- Roxbury Tenants of Harvard - large Mission Hill public housing project resulting from Harvard hospitals' expansion.
- Statue of John Hancock in Quincy
Members
[edit ]You can join this project by adding your name on the members list and placing either of the {{User Boston}} or {{WikiProject Boston Userbox}} templates on your user page.
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[edit ]Did you know
- 17 Jul 2026 – Boston City Hall (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Epicgenius (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Jul 2026 – Old North Church (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Epicgenius (t · c); see discussion
- 24 Jun 2026 – Old State House (Boston) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Epicgenius (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 25 Jul 2026 – D.A. Fishman (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mccapra (t · c); see discussion (6 participants; relisted)
Good article nominees
- 02 Jun 2026 – Old South Meeting House (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Epicgenius (t · c); start discussion
- 23 Feb 2026 – Quincy Market (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Epicgenius (t · c); start discussion
- 29 Aug 2025 – Boston Bruins (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Conyo14 (t · c); start discussion
Articles to be split
- 31 May 2026 – AEW Spring BreakThru (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Hansen Sebastian (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 08 Jul 2026 – Draft:Haywire 617 (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Lolcow33 (t · c)
- 18 Jun 2026 – Draft:Charles Williams Jr. (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Tom.Reding (t · c)
- 12 Jul 2026 – Draft:Tasty Burger (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Qucumbr (t · c) was accepted to Tasty Burger (talk · edit · hist) by Pythoncoder (t · c) on 01 Aug 2026
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[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ Stark, James Henry (2007) [1910]. The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American Revolution. Boston: W.B. Clarke. pp. 318–319. ISBN 978-0-7222-7679-2. OCLC 697989250.
- ^ Croly, Jane Cunningham (1898). The History of the Woman's Club Movement in America. London: W. H. Allen & Co. p. 627.
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