Wikipedia:GLAM/WM Police Museum

Sparkhill Police Station (the clock tower is part of the library, next door)

Enter via this door, in Court Road - bus route #2 stops right outside

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Wikipedians held an editathon at the West Midlands Police Museum ([1]), in Birmingham, on Saturday, 15 March 2014. Assistance was given to several new editors.

The museum

The museum, not normally open to the public, is located at the rear of Sparkhill Police Station, 639 Stratford Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham B11 4EA; coordinates: 52.45060°N 1.86488°W / 52.45060; -1.86488

It has a small but significant collection of material relating to the West Midlands Police (who are 40 years old this year) and their antecedent forces.

The museum has wheelchair access, but no adapted toilets.

The event

The event, hosted by the West Midlands Police, was on Saturday, 15 March.

There were opportunity to research and write/ improve articles; and to take photographs of objects outside their glass cases.

The event began with a short talk about the museum.

Attendees

1. RexxS
2. HJ Mitchell
3. Oosoom
4. Simon Boylan (via Twitter, @CameraSiBoylan)
5. Sasha Taylor +1
6. Thryduulf
7. Victuallers
8. Slingpool
9. Larrie Tiernan (via twitter @larrietiernan)
10. Matthew Ward (via twitter @HistoryNeedsYou)
11. Matchstickgeezer

Social media

Tweets, blog posts, pictures, etc were tagged with #WikiWMP

Contact

The event was organised by Andy Mabbett, User:Pigsonthewing.

Articles

Wanted

The following articles may be improved or created:

• West Midlands Police (improve references)
• Articles on individual notable stations (e.g. listed buildings)
• Warwickshire and Coventry Constabulary (currently a redirect)
• West Midlands Constabulary (note red links)
• Biographies of chief constables, honours recipients, etc.
  • PC Harold Etherigton-Wood, GM
• Individual Acts of Parliament, where relevant

Categories

• Category:West Midlands Police (needs subcategories for constituent forces)
  • Category:Antecedents of the West Midlands Police
    • Category:Birmingham City Police
• Commons:Category:West Midlands Police (needs subcategories for constituent forces)
• Commons:Category:West Midlands Police Museum
  • Commons:Category:Collection of West Midlands Police Museum (needs subcategories for uniforms in, weapons in, or whatever))
• Commons:Category:Sparkhill Police Station (for exterior shots)
• Commons:Category:Coat of arms of Birmingham (for items using it)
• Commons:Category:Police equipment in England

Sources

• Revealed: Birmingham's first police woman
• Birmingham's first woman police officer

Templates

• Tag talk pages of relevant new articles with: {{Law enforcement|class= |importance= }} {{WPWM|class= |importance= }} and/or others as applicable
• Infoboxes:
  • {{infobox law enforcement agency}}
  • {{infobox person}}
• Commons:Institution:West Midlands Police Museum

Results

Please list the articles you work on (at the event or as a result of it) here:

Created

Articles created at, or as a result of, the event (with Wikidata entities, where created):

• West Midlands Police Museum (Q15945108)
• Coventry Police (Q15945527)
• Dudley Borough Police (Q15977690)
• Walsall Borough Police (Q15945613)
• Wolverhampton Borough Police (Q15945752)
• Watch committee (Q15977647)
• List of police stations in the West Midlands
  • Steelhouse Lane police station (Q15977866)
• Hundreds of images
• ...

Improved

• Birmingham City Police
• Dorothy Peto
• Florence Mildred White (published from WP:AfC, copyedited; Q15945878)
• List of museums in the West Midlands
• ...

Useful resources

For new editors:

• Wikipedia:Introduction
• Wikipedia:Your first article
• Wikipedia:Cheatsheet (Cheatsheet also available as a PDF)
• Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual for your PC or e-reader