Village pump/Ideas Bank

=== Wanted pages ===
suggested format: page title, followed by notes'
*Cycling Resources from Cycling
*Open spaces NYC from New York City links
*Hydro power from search results, linking to Sustainable hydropower
*Growing and gardening UK news 2009 - 2010 from Growing and gardening UK news
*Towards Sustainable Economies UK news 2008 - 2009 from Towards Sustainable Economies UK news 
*Cycling UK news 2006 - 2007 from Cycling UK news 
*Rewarding work UK news 2005-2008 from Rewarding work UK news
*Urban focus UK news 2005 - 2008 from Urban focus UK news
*Regeneration UK news 2006 - 2007, Regeneration UK news 2008 - 2009 from Regeneration UK news
*Urban focus UK news 2006 - 2009 from Urban focus UK news
*Environment quality UK news 2008 - 2009 from Environment quality UK news
*Food San Francsico from San Francisco links (plus video)
*Water justice from Water
*Rural issues UK resources from Rural issues UK
*Urban & village design UK resources from Urban & village design UK
*Participatory budgeting UK news from Participatory budgeting UK, pl pb template
*Trees, woodland and forest UK news 2006 to 2009 from Trees, woodland and forest UK news
*Trees, woodland and forest global news 2007 to 2008, Trees, woodland and forest global news 2009, Trees, woodland and forest global news 2010, from Trees, woodland and forest global news
*Low carbon communities UK news 2006 to 2009 from Low carbon communities UK news
*UK coast news 2008 - 2009 from UK coast news
*Food UK news 2008 - 2009 from Food UK news
*Transition towns British Colombia from Transition towns Canada
*Community Powerdown from Community Powerdown press releases
*Green New Deal Group eg from press release, via Towards Sustainable Economies UK
*Transition towns Victoria Australia from Transition towns Australia
*Transition towns Ontario from Transition towns Canada
*Sustainable cities from :Category:City
*Diary Food UK from Food UK 
*Community involvement Birmingham from Birmingham links
* Rural UK news 2008, Rural UK news 2009 from Rural UK news
* Renewable energy UK, Renewable energy UK resources from Renewable energy, plus some content from Sustainable energy?
*Nuit Blanche and related local entries, link to Arts and culture
*Bike move from http://green.wikia.com/wiki/Bike_move and sources
*Integrated Approaches to Participatory Development (IAPAD) - Participatory Avenues based on Sustainability indicators#External links
*Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership report card 2007-08 from Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership, Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership
*Local and seasonal recipes - start or add some
* more wanted pages listed on specific topic pages listed within the Ideas Bank
=== Tasks ===
relatively simple, easy short, tasks
* sort uk links on Reduce, reuse, repair & recycle UK into a more useful listing
* sort Transition towns East Midlands links into places (eg counties)
* sort Transition towns North West England links into places (eg counties)
* sort Transition towns East of England links into places (eg counties)
* Community involvement UK news 2006 and 2005, Community involvement UK news 2007 same style as Community involvement UK news 2008 (incl. template)
* clear out unwanted links from Camp for Climate Action 2006
* set up :category:Low carbon communities as a subcategory of :Category:Low carbon future, with further subcategory :category:Low carbon communities UK
* check all Local and seasonal recipes pages have Template:End Menu2IB end menu
* improve Teleconferencing with issues and impacts content from wikipedia:Videoconferencing
* Visioning, improve using text from nearest WP article (link in article)
* Participatory budgeting UK pilots, etc info from Communities and Local Government, September 16
==== Comment box wanted ====
using Template:Commbox
==== Topic box wanted ====
When categories have 3 or more articles - examples at Climate change, Food (top rh box)
* Regeneration, include also in :Category:New Start editorials
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==== Review links ====
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=== Projects ===
may take more time
*set up template:Cycling USA from template:Cycling with extra US city links, etc
* use Template:Pwe and Template:twe throughout eg on Transition towns pages
* internal links to Housing
* more Farmers' market and Farmers' market USA links to w:c:green:Category:Farm Markets
* ideas bank by place articles redesigned as London links
* Local Sustainability Ideas Bank UK based on Local Sustainability Ideas Bank, perhaps with wanted pages included? which could then act as a model or template for future ideas bank by place articles?
* once a topic has a resources page consider moving external links to that page. Eg Food UK resources?
* consider if topic boxes should be included on all articles in a topic's category?
* use templates eg template:top1, (2 & 3) for all topic boxes
* consider setting up Personal options menu (for top of pages)
* pages that link to Sport, Arts & Culture: change links to Sport or Arts and culture, and once all changed delete forked article (History is in Arts and culture)
* redesign portal to be more like Places, projects and networks - topics on lh with images to the left, more concise 'how you can help' type box for the right. Then set up templates like template:Po which can use in all section portals, and use images in layout as on Places, projects and networks
* consider if Water should be in :Category:Environmental wellbeing
* Ecovillages from wikipedia:List of ecovillages to place articles, example Ecovillages Australia
* 'Why it matters' sections (or introductions) for articles - succinct summaries needed for many articles
=== Wish list ===
What you'd like to see, though not sure of the best way to get these as yet
* UK local links - more signposting to existing networks
* repeating ideas/links/references in all topics/articles if highly relevant
* Action Ideas - more links to other sources of ideas, including general sources on or via category page
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