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Welcome to the WikiProject page for St. Louis, Missouri and the surrounding Metropolitan Area. These pages allow better collaboration for those interested in contributing to the St. Louis article series on Wikipedia. Please feel free to browse; we would be happy if you would contribute!

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Latest

• Our community is evolving! We are now doing monthly Wikipedia Meetup St. Louis the 2nd Thursday at Venture Cafe when there is not a special event for the month. Our plan is to create a Wikimedia User Group next and move this community to that umbrella. Activity is increasing. Please keep going. We edit together! Jon Phillips ( talk) 15:19, 19 December 2018 (UTC) reply
• We have a chat group on telegram for anyone looking for faster discussion about our projects: https://t.me/mowiki
  • NOTE: Our Talk pages for this project and our monthly meetups is still main way to have a discussion, but sometimes you just need faster way to talk and share links, even during meetings in real life.
• Please SIGN the Missouri Wikimedia User Group Proposal so we can start 2019 stronger as a larger Missouri-wide group.

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Articles for deletion

• 23 Apr 2024 – List of Webster University campus locations ( talk ·   ·  hist) was AfDed by AusLondonder ( t ·  c); see discussion (1 participant)

Proposed deletions

• 16 Apr 2024 – List of Webster University campus locations ( talk ·   ·  hist) PRODed by AusLondonder ( t ·  c) was deproded by Kvng ( t ·  c) on 22 Apr 2024

Good article nominees

• 10 Mar 2024 – Bob Gibson ( talk ·   ·  hist) was GA nominated by Omnis Scientia ( t ·  c); start discussion

Peer reviews

• 26 Oct 2023 – Pruitt–Igoe ( talk ·   ·  hist) has been put up for PR by Rublov ( t ·  c); see discussion

Related: WikiProject Missouri Alerts

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If you are reading this, then you probably know something about St. Louis. . . we welcome your contributions! If you're new to Wikipedia, have a look at the following:

• Introduction to Wikipedia
• How to edit a page
• Starting a new page
• Wikipedia syntax

If you're looking for something to do involving the St. Louis article series, there's a list of articles to the right. Also, look for tags such as {{ cleanup}} and {{ unreferenced}} to guide your contributions to the article series. Finally, if you're a good photographer, have a look at the image requests below.

And remember, always provide sources for your edits.

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This area is for contributions to managing the St. Louis article series. To contribute content to St. Louis articles, please see the "to-do" list to the right.

• The Template:WikiProject St. Louis needs to be placed on the talk pages of all St. Louis related articles. Grey Wanderer | Talk 21:22, 31 December 2007 (UTC) reply

• Neighborhoods of St. Louis is going to get an overhaul, all the individual neighborhood pages need infoboxes, pictures, maps, and all that other stuff. Please consider picking one and expanding it. DaronDierkes ( talk) 08:17, 16 April 2008 (UTC) reply

• Work on an Article to Work On. :) Jon Phillips ( talk) 19:56, 18 September 2018 (UTC) reply

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Current goal

Organize and collect all Wikipedia pages relating to St. Louis in order to:

1. encourage members interested in contributing/editing St. Louis articles to work through these pages, so we can combine our efforts
2. make all St. Louis pages accessible through this page using category listings, so the entire scope is visible to everyone
3. make all article to-do lists and tasks available from one place, so contributors can choose their area of specialty
4. centralize information/image/edit requests for all St. Louis series pages, so requests can be publicized and quickly fulfilled

Intermediate goal

Bring St. Louis article series to a respectable standard, where information about the city is reliable and of sufficient scope

Ultimate goal

Bring the St. Louis, Missouri article to featured article status.

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Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in St. Louis

• Downtown in General
• Neighborhoods in General
• St. Louis Metro Area Including the new counties of Washington County,MO Bond,Il Macoupin,IL Calhoun,IL
• MetroLink (St. Louis) Expansion Maps
• More pictures of St. Louis MetroLink and MetroBus (St. Louis)
• St Louis Infrastructure

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Click HERE to see/edit a gallery of images available for use in St. Louis articles

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Article assessment statistics

St. Louis articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA		1	4	4			9
FL			3	3			6
GA	1	1	9	26		39	76
B	6	17	34	52		2	111
C	4	21	71	168		28	292
Start	6	54	267	714		153	1,194
Stub			67	357		282	706
List	1	2	4	16	1		24
Category			1		193		194
Template				1	77		78
NA	1	39	42	21	95		198
Assessed	19	135	502	1,362	366	504	2,888
Unassessed				2		11	13
Total	19	135	502	1,364	366	515	2,901
WikiWork factors ( ?)		ω = 11,859			Ω = 4.97

Table of articles

Explanation of article grading system

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Anyone who can assist in developing the article series, please add your name:

• 101PuppyLover ( talk · contribs) - I lived in St Louis growing up.
• Kaiser Kitkat ( talk · contribs) - Chicago resident, I grew up on the border between Tower Grove East and Fox park, Interested in Saint Louis Architecture, Saint Louis demographics, and copyediting. Native English speaker.
• Grey_Wanderer ( talk · contribs) -Columbia resident, interested in St. Louis History and Education.
• Astuishin ( talk · contribs) -Student (Washington U), interested in St. Louis History, Architecture, and Geography
• Davidkevin ( talk · contribs), born in St. Louis City, raised in both St. Louis City and County, with children in St. Louis Public Schools. History; demographics; some aspects of south-side culture; plus a casual interest in other subjects.
• Gamer83 ( talk · contribs) -Downtown St. Louis Resident, interested in St. Louis History, Architecture, Culture, Rebirth, and Geography
• Joncnunn ( talk · contribs) - Duel Resident of Maryland Heights, MO & Jefferson City, MO, interested in History, Transportation, and census data.
• Jdcaust ( talk · contribs) - Transplant from Kansas City, now residing in St. Louis, tied there by both school and wife, interested in the universities and colleges of the area.
• Discordanian ( talk · contribs) - Transplant from elsewhere, now living in Webster Groves. I'm a big fan of urban renewal, and enjoy downtown and the loop a great deal.
• Bhockey10 ( talk · contribs) - Transplant from elsewhere, now living in St. Louis County for years. Hockey player, sports management major, college student.
• DaronDierkes ( talk · contribs) - St. Louis is my hometown. I now live abroad.
• Quartermaster ( talk · contribs) - Reference librarian at UMSL, I've lived here since 1991. Currently residing in Crystal Lake Park, MO a place that even most locals don't know exists.
• Avatarcourt ( talk · contribs) - Marketing Specialist at MU, interested in St. Louis History, Architecture, Culture, Rebirth, and Geography.
• Freemasonx ( talk · contribs) - Pharmaceutical Sales Rep, born and raised in St. Louis.
• Millbrooky ( talk · contribs)
• ThinkBlue ( talk · contribs) - Have visited St. Louis and have been interested in learning more about the city.
• Kleosaphthiton ( talk · contribs) - A born and bred St. Louisan and alumnus from Washington University, interested in downtown revitalization.
• backvoods ( talk · contribs) - Worked at America's Center and Edward Jones Dome for 8 years. I love "The Lou".
• IDisposable ( talk · contribs) - Software developer for since 1981, I love home.
• GratiotStreet ( talk · contribs) - South St. Louis City resident and aficionado.
• Alan.A.Mick ( talk · contribs) - Long time, but not current, resident of the metropolitan St. Louis area, with a long family history in the area. I am interested in local history that may have genealogical significance.
• For my class ( talk · contribs) - College student who grew up in St. Louis.
• Onegentlemanofverona ( talk · contribs) - St. Louis (County) native & resident
• alanasings ( talk · contribs) - St. Louis (County) resident. I love studying about St. Louis neighborhoods
• Chaser ( talk · contribs) - area resident. I've written several articles about people from St. Louis.
• kjohnson04 ( talk · contribs) - City of St. Louis, Missouri native & resident; multimedia journalist and student at Saint Louis University.
• Chouchin11 ( talk · contribs) - Former resident of Sainte Genevieve, MO and Springfield, MO areas now residing in California interested in History, Pre-history, Cartography and Architecture.
• MetroFan2009 ( talk · contribs) - Though I'm from Florissant, I really love Bi-State Development Agency, the townships, and its geography.
• Cadastral ( talk · contribs) - City resident and researcher specializing in public housing, transportation, public works, and suburbanization. My historical focus is mid-20th century. I have good working relationships with several local archives that can provide high quality images (many of which are public domain) from this time period. Feel free to ask me for an image for any STL-related article you'd like to work on; there's a good chance I can find one... esp. if the focus is between 1945-1970.
• Brps311 ( talk · contribs) - Resident of Southwest Gardens, almost on "the hill." I am interested in history and anything in the St. Louis Region. I have lived in various parts of St. Louis during my life.
• MTHarden ( talk · contribs) - Resident of St. Ann and instructor at St. Charles Community College. I'm a transplant from Indiana - an actual Hoosier.
• poroubalous ( talk · contribs) - Resident of Southampton, St. Louis. Interested in transportation, history, and general information.
• schiml ( talk · contribs) - St. Louis native & resident & am astonished that the article on the founding of StL has the wrong year.
• tentonbricks ( talk · contribs) - Resident of Lindenwood Park, St. Louis. Interested in population changes, census information, and general information.
• jenbeeps ( talk · contribs) - St. Louis resident, arts and culture worker.
• Marcus Qwertyus ( talk · contribs) - Lifelong Webster Groves resident.
• Gavreh ( talk · contribs) - UCity
• Taram ( talk · contribs) - With the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet for the past 30 years. Special interest in Carondelet, Cahokia, and special education between 1836-present
• stoslica ( talk · contribs) - Resident of North Hampton, St. Louis. Born and raised in St. Louis County, now a city dweller working for SLU.
• dnehrt-flores ( talk · contribs) - City of Saint Louis.
• Jon Phillips ( talk · contribs) - Resident of Downtown, St. Louis. Want to improve information and history about the city.
• Strictly Business ( talk · contribs) - Raised in St. Louis. Have lived in the city and in all counties except for St. Charles County.
• kittell ( talk · contribs) - Lived in ~STL for five years. Interested in technology and geography articles.
• Markivist ( talk · contribs) - Resident of St. Louis. Historian. Interested in neighborhood history, black history and community development.
• DiamondRemley39 ( talk · contribs) - City resident; recovering St. Charles County resident. Interested in history, arts, and true crime of the city.
• LandLubber56 ( talk · contribs) - Long-ago transplant; interested in the region's equity of all sorts.
• Clearance Wood ( talk · contribs) - Live in St. Louis. Interesting in city, politics and history.
• Doc2129 ( talk · contribs) - Transplant from elsewhere, now living in Clayton. Interested in higher education, politics, and medicine.
• LewisT34 ( talk · contribs) - St. Louis is my hometown. I now live abroad.
• Wixenstyx ( talk · contribs) - Resident of South City, native of the area.
• JohnHawkinsBois ( talk · contribs) - Graduate of Saint Louis University, just renovated the page. Still needs some tweaks but I think it's looking a lot better than it did.
• Stevi4080 ( talk · contribs) - Currently researching St. Louis for a college project.
• ItsThatLemon ( talk · contribs) - Lifelong South City resident. Interested in the city's history, geography, & general information.
• Riverbanditry ( talk · contribs) - Student, interested in local history, government, baseball, and law!
• LuxembourgBoy42 ( talk · contribs) - HS Student, living in west county and I'm interested in learning about the history and the human geography of St. Louis

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St. Louis Working Groups:

Architecture  • Culture • Economy • Education • Geography • History • Landmarks • Media • Medicine • Music • Neighborhoods • Parks • Politics • Sports • Streets • Transportation • Utilities

Please feel free to sign up as a participant on the group page. You can assign an article to a working group by placing |wg=group name in the wikiproject banner on the article's talk page. See category WikiProject St. Louis working groups

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This section attempts to focus members on one article in order to give it a concentrated effort at improvement.

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Articles to work on Information

About this section . . .

The goal is to bring articles from the bottom of the list to the top of the list. Once an article reaches Stage 4, we can focus on bringing it to Stage 5: featured article quality. Click on the "to do" link beside each article to see its list of tasks. There is also a link to each article's talk page.

Stage 5: Featured articles

None yet . . .

Stage 4: Articles of adequate length needing expansion and/or improvement

• St. Louis, Missouri ( talk, to do)
• Paint Louis ( talk)
• Cortex Innovation Community ( talk)
• Venture Cafe ( talk)

Stage 3: Articles needing expansion, cleanup, and references

• Greater St. Louis ( talk)
• Bi-State Development Agency ( talk)
• Board of Aldermen of the City of St. Louis ( talk)
• Neighborhoods of St. Louis ( talk, to do)
• New Town St. Charles ( talk)
• East-West Gateway Council of Governments ( talk)

Stage 2.5: Articles that are painful to read and need improvement

Stage 2: Stubs and very short articles

• Parks in St. Louis, Missouri ( talk)
• St. Charles Area Transit ( talk)
• Delmar Loop Trolley ( talk)
• St. Clair County Transit District ( talk)
• St. Charles City Streetcar ( talk, AFD1)
• Streetcars in St. Louis ( talk)
• Numbered Streets of St. Louis, Missouri ( talk)
• MetroBus (BSDA) ( talk)
• Grand Boulevard (St. Louis) ( talk)

Stage 1: Requests and ideas for future articles

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This section and its category listings serve to make all St. Louis pages accessible through this page, so the entire scope of the St. Louis series is visible to everyone. Please add pages to the correct category when appropriate.

Article series categories

User categories

WikiProject categories

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Projects we admire:

• WikiProject Dallas-Fort Worth

Things you should know about WikiProjects:

• WikiProject Best Practices
• Article Quality Scale

We share some articles with these projects:

• WikiProject St. Louis Cardinals
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Washington University in St. Louis
• WikiProject Missouri

Parent project:

• WikiProject Missouri
• WikiProject Cities

Child project:

• WikiProject St. Louis Cardinals