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Welcome to BhamWiki
BhamWiki, part of the "Project to Document the Birmingham District", is an encyclopedic resource for anyone curious about Birmingham, Alabama and the region around it. We aim for accuracy, objectivity, and accessibility as we work steadily to expand our coverage.
BhamWiki has more than 6,000 individual entries to explore. To get inside, just try clicking any of the blue links on this page and continuing on from there. You can also click on "random page" to the left, use the search box to look for something in particular, or start at the top.
If you're interested in contributing a tip, comment or correction, send an email to admin at bhamwiki dot com. Information on becoming a registered user with editing privileges is at Bhamwiki:User agreement. Note that contributions are reviewed for adherence to our content policy and are subject to editing and expansion by other users at any time.
In the news
- February 5: Former Shelby County Sheriff Buddy Glasgow died.
- January 25: Walter Energy announced that it would establish its headquarters at the Galleria Tower.
- January 19: William Bell defeated Patrick Cooper in a Birmingham Mayoral run-off.
- January 16: Four college students died in a fire at the Days Inn Birmingham South.
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Did you know?
- ...that Barry Beckett produced two Bob Dylan albums?
- ...that Birmingham has over 3000 parking meters?
- ...that the Country Club of Birmingham introduced the game of golf to Birmingham?
- ...that the Ritz Theatre was the largest cinema in Birmingham for 16 months?
Status
Today is Tuesday February 9, 2010. BhamWiki has been running since March 15, 2006. The project currently has 270 registered user accounts and contains approximately 6,496 articles. See Bhamwiki:Milestones for more information on the growth of the site. You can also follow along on twitter.
Major categories
| Art | Buildings | Business | Events | Religion | History |
| Industry | Music | People | Media | Culture | Neighborhoods |
BhamWiki is based on the Wikipedia model and runs on MediaWiki software.
All content is contributed by users. See BhamWiki:General disclaimer.
All content, unless noted otherwise, is published under a Creative Commons license, see Bhamwiki:Copyrights.
