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Welcome to WikiProject Mills. Several Wikipedians have formed this collaboration resource and group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Mills and the organization of information and articles on this topic. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in the topic. If you would like to help, please join the project, inquire on the talk page and see the to do list below.

• To improve the coverage on Wikipedia of Windmills, Watermills, animal powered engines, cotton mills, millwrights and other related subjects.

• The WikiProject will cover windmills (including modern wind turbines), watermills, and animal-powered machines. Traditional millwrights and millers also fall within the scope of the project. It also covers steam, internal combustion engine, and electrically-powered mills such as cotton mills as decided by consensus of the projects' members. Other articles may also fall under the scope of the WikiProject

• These areas specifically fall outside the WikiProject - modern factory millwrights, steel mills, modern large paper mills, hydroelectric power stations.

Importance ratings

• Top - Windmill, Watermill,
• High - Lists of windmills by country, some windmill, watermill and cotton mill articles, a very few millwrights and millers, horse mill, animal engine, Cotton mill, Wind turbine
• Mid - Lists of windmills by county (or equivalent sub-division), Lists of textile mills by county (or equivalent sub-division), the majority of windmill and watermill and cotton mill articles, some millwrights and millers
• Low - The majority of millwrights and millers, other related articles, images

Article structure

Windmill articles to have the following structure:-

• History
• Description
• Millers (if applicable)
• Public access (if applicable)
• Culture & media (if applicable)
• References
• External links

Textile mills (and other mills) provisionally should have the following structure:-

• Infobox
• Lead
• Location
• History
• Construction (Architecture)

• Power
• Equipment
• Later extensions

• Usage

• Owners (if applicable)
• Tenants (if applicable)

• Public access (if applicable)
• Notable events/culture & media (if applicable)
• See also
• References/Notes
• Bibliography
• External links

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Mills:  ·  history ·  watch ·  refresh · Updated 2009-06-24 Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Infobox : Ensure all windmill articles have an infobox Other : Tag all relevant WP Mills articles, assess same. Assess all articles in Category:Unassessed Mills articles.

Top priority

1. Tag all mill related articles with at least one of the four parent wikiprojects as appropriate.
2. Grade all articles for class and importance.
3. Ensure all windmill articles have an infobox.
4. Agree infobox for textile mill buildings.
5. Ensure all textile mill articles have an infobox.

In the shorter term

1. Complete the various lists of windmills for each county in England.  Done except for Westmorland (no known windmills).
2. Create the various lists of textile mills for each borough in Greater Manchester. Done These lists need to be populated, and checked.
3. Create the various lists of textile mills for each county in England.
4. Create list of windmills in Wales (separate list for Anglesey). Done
5. Create list of windmills in Ireland (covering all 32 counties). Done
6. Add all dyks to list on this page  Done as far as all tagged articles added to list.
7. create userbox Done

Medium term

1. Create articles on all surviving windmills in UK.
2. Create lists of windmills for USA, Denmark, Sweden, Poland.
3. Create lists of textile mills for USA, Belgium, Germany, France.
4. Expand List of windmills further
5. Expand UK river articles to cover mills, add diagrams to such articles.
6. Expand UK canal articles to cover mills, add diagrams to such articles.

Long term

1. Create lists of windmills for Spain, Portugal, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada.
2. Create lists of mills for US New England states with mill towns (especially early Mass. mills)
3. Create lists of power canals associated with mills per state
4. Expand all non-uk lists to include lost mills.
5. Create articles for all surviving windmills worldwide.
6. Expand coverage of individual millwrights and millwrighting firms, starting with those currently practicing, then historic millwrights.
7. Expand non-UK river articles to cover mills, add diagrams to such articles

Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.

To add a userbox to your user page use {{User WP Mills}}.

1. Mjroots ( talk · contribs) ( windmills, watermills, animal engines.) 11:53, 24 June 2009 (UTC) reply
2. Ning-ning ( talk · contribs) ( windmills) 14:53, 24 June 2009 (UTC) reply
3. ClemRutter ( talk · contribs) ( cotton mills) 20:34, 24 June 2009 (UTC) reply
4. Doncram ( talk · contribs) I am interested in ones that are listed on historic registers, anywhere 23:52, 24 June 2009 (UTC) reply
5. Smallbones ( talk · contribs) (Most interested in Watermills, their history and how they affect the surrounding area, as well as the stream itself)17:09, 25 June 2009 (UTC) reply
6. Yousaf465 ( talk · contribs) yousaf465'
7. EdJogg ( talk · contribs) ( steam engines !! and industrial archaeology in general :o) ) 15:17, 27 June 2009 (UTC) reply
8. Peterkingiron ( talk · contribs) Interested in British mills, especially non-corn mills, and particularly those for metal working.
9. Gun Powder Ma ( talk · contribs), interested in ancient and medieval milling, watermills and windmills alike Gun Powder Ma ( talk) 10:34, 29 June 2009 (UTC) reply
10. JeffreyTBest ( talk · contribs) (Mills, milling and industrial archaeology in general and High Salvington Windmill and Glynde Wind Pump in particular.) 21:20, 28 July 2009 (UTC) reply
11. Quistnix ( talk · contribs) ( talk) - Interested in wind and water mills, active in the nl.Wikipedia mills project 16:08, 21 August 2009 (UTC) reply
12. KVDP ( talk · contribs) Interested in all-round topics, particularly those with interest to contemporary use in irrigation, providing of mechanical power (for a multitude of tasks) and energy generation. Also interested in link to sustainable development
13. Leszek Jańczuk ( talk · contribs) - Dutch and Polish windmills. Leszek Jańczuk ( talk) 22:20, 6 November 2009 (UTC) reply
14. Janeyjo ( talk · contribs) 20:39, 12 February 2010 (UTC)) Where are all the textile Mills now? What's all this about Japan? reply
15. mvdleeuw ( talk · contribs) I'll keep an eye on the Dutch windmills. Mvdleeuw ( talk) 14:47, 24 March 2010 (UTC) reply
16. France3470 ( talk · contribs) - Hoping to contribute some articles on London mills and UK grain mills France3470 ( talk) 18:38, 12 August 2010 (UTC) reply
17. Reboelje ( talk · contribs) Interested in windmills worldwide, but volunteer miller in the Netherlands Reboelje ( talk) 18:09, 16 April 2011 (UTC) reply
18. Jane023 ( talk · contribs) Interested in the history of Dutch windmills, but also watermills and old New England mill towns. Jane ( talk) 08:22, 22 September 2012 (UTC) reply
19. RevelationDirect ( talk · contribs) Focused mostly on industrial history/company history. More experienced with categorization than with editing articles. RevelationDirect ( talk) 11:29, 24 September 2014 (UTC) reply
20. LaurentianShield ( talk · contribs) I wrote the article on the Eclipse windmill based on some history research interests, which is how I found out about this project. As it turns out I am an engineer, and have worked in two paper mills, a sawmill, a wire mill and an extrusion mill, so I might have something to contribute to the project over time. LaurentianShield ( talk) 21:03, 25 June 2015 (UTC) reply
21. DThomsen8 ( talk) 20:03, 1 August 2015 (UTC) I keep the assessments up to date. reply
22. Leeds United FC fan ( talk · contribs) ( Windmills in the Netherlands) 21:34, 5 January 2016 (UTC) reply
23. Malcolm Boura ( talk) 18:45, 5 March 2017 (UTC) Currently working on water wheel. Work in progress is at Draft:water wheel some of which has been transferred back to the article. reply

Admins

These members are Admins.

1. Mjroots ( talk · contribs)

Most articles of the project are indexed in:

• List of windmills
• List of watermills

and other list articles.

They are also categorized in:

• Category:Lists of windmills
• Category:Lists of textile mills in the United Kingdom

and other categories.

Featured content

• Scout Moor Wind Farm

Candidates

Currently there are no featured article candidates within this WikiProject.

Good Articles

• De Akkermolen
• Derwent Valley Mills
• Fabyan Windmill
• Murrays' Mills
• Thelnetham Windmill
• Watermill at Opwetten

DYK

"Did you know?" articles

The following WikiProject Mills articles were featured on Wikipedia's main page in the "Did you know?" section.

Category:Non–Main Page Did you know pages

Requested articles

Please list here articles which you think should be created and why the subject is notable to this wikiproject.

• Bronson Windmill, i think only windmill in Fairfield County, CT, US.
• Shudehill Mill, Manchester, the very first steam powered mill. Done
• Albion Mills, Southwark, the first steam powered corn mill.  Done
• Stephen Hooper (millwright), who invented the Roller Reefing Sail.
• De Schoolmeester, Westzaan, only wind powered paper mill in the world  Done

Articles listed for deletion

• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kings Mill, Stamford

• To add an article to this WikiProject please use {{WikiProject Mills|class=|importance=|b1=?|b2=?|b3=?|b4=?|b5=?|b6=?}} on that article's talk page.

Peer review

Assessment

Mills articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA				1			1
GA		4	6	3			13
B	2	12	50	19			83
C	1	34	166	103		3	307
Start		35	362	370		11	778
Stub		13	197	255		1	466
List	1	32	118	10		1	162
Category					590		590
Disambig					38		38
File					13		13
Project					4		4
Template				1	20		21
NA			2	7	12		21
Other					1		1
Assessed	4	130	901	769	678	16	2,498
Unassessed						9	9
Total	4	130	901	769	678	25	2,507
WikiWork factors ( ?)		ω = 8,183			Ω = 4.97

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 mills.

Articles needing assessment are listed under Category:Unassessed Mills 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.

Assessment progress

 Done

15 October 2014

• All articles in Category:Lists of windmills assessed.
• All articles in Category:Millwrights assessed

 Done

24 June 2009

• All articles in Category:Lists of windmills assessed.
• All articles in Category:Millwrights assessed
• All individual windmill articles linked from the various UK county lists tagged.

25 June

• All articles in Category:Watermills by country and sub cats thereof tagged.
• All article in Category:Lists of textile mills in the United Kingdom assessed

June 29

• Over 700 articles tagged, with only 6 unassessed.

Reassessment needed

To get an article reassessed, simply remove the class from the template on the talk page, which will add the article to the Unassessed Mills articles category.

Log

A log of assessment changes in the last 30 days is available here .

No Article alerts at this time.

• {{ Infobox windmill}}
• {{ Windmills in England}}
• {{ Windmills by country}}
• {{ Dutch Windmills}}
• {{ Kent Watermills}}
• {{ French Windmills}}
• {{ Belgian Windmills}}
• {{ German Windmills}}
• {{ Windmills in the United States}}
• {{ Irish Windmills}}
• {{ Windmill-stub}}
• {{ Danish Windmills}}

The head categories of this Wikiproject are

• Category:Windmills
• Category:Watermills
• Category:Textile mills

Related projects

WikiProject Mills is a child project of

• WikiProject Historic sites
• WikiProject Technology
• WikiProject Architecture
• WikiProject Energy

Templates for talk pages covering all parent project.

• {{WikiProject Mills|class=|importance=}}
• {{WikiProject Historic sites|class=|importance=}}
• {{WikiProject Technology|class=|importance=}}
• {{WikiProject Architecture|class=|importance=}}
• {{WikiProject Energy|class=|importance=}}

Although the project does not have its own barnstar, there is one that may be used, The Cast Iron Engineering Barnstar.
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The following sources have been debated by the Wikipedia community.

• Norfolk Mills - deemed reliable if the info being used is referenced.
• De Hollandsche Molen - deemed reliable.
• Molendatabase - Not resolved, but probably reliable. Probably better to use the De Hollandsche Molens website as the primary source of info, and the Molendatabase as a filler.

• The Dutch language Wikipedia has a Wikiproject which mainly covers Dutch windmills. See sidebar for link to it.