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Help map some random groups

There are nearly 30,000 yahoo groups containing the word 'residents' and over 15,000 with the word 'neighbourhood' in, but we've no idea what towns and cities they actually cover. That means loads of local knowledge locked away where no one can find it (boo). So we need your help to map them! (don't worry google, you're next).

How it works

We show you the description of a random group. If you think it looks like a local email group (a residents' association or a knitting club), you then have to guess what area you think it covers.

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Top mappers

So far 177 people have helped map 1629 groups. Here are the top Groups Near You mappers.

Anonymous 373
Kim Richards 332
John Angliss 66
patrick taylor 31
Matt Joyce 26
Fran s 26
Nicola Barker 24
steve clark 24
Richard Pope 24
Liz Batty 23
James Aylett 21
Duncan 20
Tim Morley 18
Lawrence 18
Becky F 17
Andrew Brown 17
Alyson Moore 16
John Bevan 14
Rob Dunfey 14
Katherine 14
Jason Reast-Jones 13
Josh Smith 12
Richard McKeever 12
Barry Myles 12
Russ Garrett 11
Sam Smith 11
Tom Steinberg 11
Catherine 11
Nina Carlin-Devlin 11
Martin Garibaldi 11
Jon N 10
Heather Cronk 10
mark hoy 9
Guy Rintoul 9
Calanish 9
william perrin 9
John Handelaar 9
Melissa Chapin 9
Shane McCracken 8
David Jones 8
Michele Ide-Smith 7
Tom Loosemore 7
Peter James 7
James Ryder 7
C anson 7
Robert (Jamie) Munro 7
Jonathan Hogg 7
Alex Keys 7
James Small 7
seb 7
Francis Irving 7
Danny O'Brien 6
Leda 6
Michael Grimes 6
Dean Sas 5
claire eddy 5
Chris Foster 4
Thomas K 4
Yorky 4
Ian Barker 4
andy 4
David Llewellyn-Jones 4
Isabel 4
Paul Gamester 4
andersja 4
Paul Johnston 4
Cat Norman 4
Kake 3
Barry de la Rosa 3
Peter 3
Louise Crow 3
Micah Sittig 3
Helen Milner 3
Marian Herod 3
F Wilson 3
scratch 3
ricardo 3
Cosmite 2
Jon Hoar 2
Will 2
AlexP 2
Paul Waring 2
Jouni K. Seppänen 2
Eliot Sykes 2
Adam Chapman 2
alanconnor 2
Adrian Brain 2
Cathy 2
John Cross 2
Matt 2
Ross Parker 2
Kristofer Keane 2
Mark Parker 2
Christopher Ritter 2
Simon Johnson 2
Paul Kane 2
Robert Doyle 2
Robert 2
Philip Curcher 2
Triston Wallace 2
Mark Ng 2
Stephen Lewis 2
Rhys Jones 2
Mark SImpkins 2
Will Chapman 2
Localmouth 2
Hugo Manassei 2
simon bates 2
Stephen Emlyn-Jones 2
Tim Diggins 1
Nicky Thompson 1
Ian M 1
James Smith 1
Rog 1
Dave Evans 1
Tobie Fysh 1
Stuart Bell 1
Michael Procter 1
Steve Barker 1
E-Democracy.org 1
richard Jordan 1
Ian Thomas 1
Mike 1
billy clark 1
Harry Wood 1
anthony heather 1
eddie currall 1
Francine Higham 1
graham 1
Ben Evans 1
Steven Clift 1
Peter Westwood 1
natalie 1
Jim 1
dimitri 1
Peter Ferne 1
Nathan Catt 1
simon oakley 1
James Darling 1
Ekene 1
Craig Loftus 1
ndm 1
paul robinson 1
Danny Staple 1
ivan tzompov 1
James Graham 1
Matthias Trénel 1
Darius Damalakas 1
Ian Eiloart 1
Andy Braben 1
Ian Booth 1
Steve Thompson 1
wrona 1
Eleanor 1
Tom Taylor 1
Tom L 1
White rasta 1
Lucy Sheppard 1
Ben Campbell 1
Jones james 1
annette 1
Webmaster BN3 5RA/B 1
DEVESH DUTTA 1
Fearghas McKay 1
Gerard 1
Don 1
Dave Taylor 1
Adam Thompson 1
Martin 1
John Wood 1
Simon Redding 1
John Howard 1
Note: this table shows mapped groups only, not ones marked as "not local"

Overall progress

7530 of 5400 potential groups have been sorted or mapped