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A block captain may be a community clean-up coordinator (as in Philadelphia), a Neighborhood Watch coordinator, or a political organizer - or all of the above. A block captain is generally considered to be the lowest-level political figure.

Block captains in Philadelphia, a program begun in 1965, are authorized and organized under the Philadelphia More Beautiful Committee (see Philadelphia More Beautiful Committee) of the Sanitation Division of the Streets Department.

To find and contact your block captain in Philadelphia, go to PhillyBlocks. This is a service of PhillyBlocks which is hosted by the Philadelphia city government.

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-This is the start of an article on '''Block captains''' in Philadelphia.
+A '''block captain''' may be a community clean-up coordinator (as in Philadelphia), a Neighborhood Watch coordinator, or a political organizer - or all of the above.  A block captain is generally considered to be the lowest-level political figure.
-''(For right now I just want to get some content in because I also want to start a page on [[Wikidelphia:Requested articles]].)''
+Block captains in Philadelphia, a program begun in 1965, are authorized and organized under the [[Philadelphia More Beautiful Committee]] (see [http://www.phila.gov/streets/pmbc.html Philadelphia More Beautiful Committee]) of the Sanitation Division of the Streets Department.
-Block captains should be explained in [[Wikipedia:Block captain]], but there is no such article yet (I've requested one).  So we may be the first!
+To find and contact your block captain in Philadelphia, go to [http://phillyneighborhoods.org/PhillyBlocks/PhillyBlocks_Registration/Block_Captains/block_captains.html PhillyBlocks].  This is a service of [http://www.phillyneighborhoods.org/PhillyBlocks/phillyblocks.html PhillyBlocks] which is hosted by the Philadelphia city government.
-To find and contact your block captain in Philadelphia, go to [http://phillyneighborhoods.org/PhillyBlocks/PhillyBlocks_Registration/Block_Captains/block_captains.html PhillyBlocks].
+==See also==
+*No wikilinks here yet.
-Some more information about block captains are in these links:
+==External links (Philadelphia-related)==
+Some more information about block captains in Philadelphia is in these links:
+*[http://www.southofsouth.org/ South of South Neighnorhood Association]
 *[http://citypaper.net/blogs/clog/2010/10/22/ask-a-man-about-town-answers-from-a-sw-philly-block-captain-final-edition/ Answers from a SW Philly block captain]
 *[http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/our-money/Help_Desk_No_block_captain_No_trash_can.html Help Desk: No block captain? No trash can].
+*[http://articles.philly.com/2011-01-14/news/27028287_1_rowhouse-three-children-warehouse-fire Woman and three children die in Feltonville rowhouse fire]
+==External links (elsewhere)==
+*[http://www.nationaltownwatch.org/natw/handbook.html National Association of Town Watch BLOCK CAPTAIN'S HANDBOOK]
 *[http://www.cabq.gov/police/prevention/blockcaptain.html Block Captain Duties (Albuerque)]
 *[http://www.nacok.org/Assoc/BlockCaptains.jsp What Are Block Captains? (Oklahoma)]
 *[http://www.ci.sanmateo.ca.us/index.aspx?NID=678 Block Captain Resources (California)]
-==External links==
-*[http://www.phila.gov/streets/pmbc.html Philadelphia More Beautiful Committee]
-*[http://www.southofsouth.org/ South of South Neighnorhood Association]