Wikipedia:WikiProject Devon
Welcome to WikiProject Devon
This is a collaboration area and group of editors dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of the English county of Devon.
Located in the south west of the United Kingdom, Devon's county town is Exeter and its largest city is Plymouth.
- Scope
- Articles about all subjects related to Devon, with special emphasis on geography (settlements, landmarks, etc.)
- People are included, but not those whose only connection with the county is that they were born or died here.
- Goals
- On a day-to-day basis, keep articles on Devon free from vandalism and ensure that they are not degraded by sub-standard edits. The list of recent changes below shows the edits that have been made recently to articles under this project.
- Improve existing articles by editing them. This includes the addition of new referenced content, copyediting (improvements to style, grammar, layout, spelling, etc.), and dealing with problem tags – see the list here (warning: there are a lot!).
- Identify omissions in the coverage of Devon. Suggestions for new articles can be made on this project's Talk page, but the bold way is to write a new article yourself.
- Identify existing or newly-created articles that should be included in this project and assess them, as described below.
- The ultimate aim is to improve all Devon-related articles towards Featured Article status. This will take a long time, but we work towards it by a gradual process of improvement through these stages: Stub > Start > Class C > Class B > Good Article > Featured Article. Only 5 steps from the most basic entry!
Devon articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
FA | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||
FL | 4 | 4 | |||||
GA | 1 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 37 | ||
B | 4 | 12 | 21 | 102 | 26 | 165 | |
C | 6 | 18 | 89 | 442 | 22 | 577 | |
Start | 3 | 7 | 148 | 1,763 | 32 | 1,953 | |
Stub | 1 | 7 | 1,645 | 26 | 1,679 | ||
List | 4 | 25 | 66 | 95 | |||
Category | 1 | 9 | 234 | 423 | 667 | ||
Disambig | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | |||
File | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | |||
Portal | 1 | 1 | |||||
Project | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Template | 26 | 24 | 50 | ||||
NA | 2 | 77 | 108 | 187 | |||
Other | 4 | 4 | |||||
Assessed | 14 | 48 | 321 | 4,395 | 580 | 106 | 5,464 |
Unassessed | 18 | 18 | |||||
Total | 14 | 48 | 321 | 4,395 | 580 | 124 | 5,482 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 22,711 | Ω = 5.14 |
New to Wikipedia?
[edit]If you're new to Wikipedia and thinking of becoming an editor – welcome! Here are a few resources that will help get you up to speed on how things work around here.
- "Editing Wikipedia" is a downloadable PDF brochure that gives you a basic introduction to how to edit Wikipedia. You will learn what Wikipedia is and how it works, how to navigate Wikipedia, how and why you should contribute to Wikipedia, important rules that keep Wikipedia reliable, how to edit with VisualEditor and using wiki markup, how to add content, and etiquette for interacting with other contributors.
- Wikipedia:Tutorial is a web-based introduction.
- Help:Getting started provides links to several other resources that are useful to new editors.
- When it all seems too complex, The Teahouse is a friendly place to help new editors become accustomed to Wikipedia culture, ask questions, and develop community relationships.
- The Talk page of this project is the place to ask any questions about editing Devon articles.
- When you've created a user account (see WP:REGISTER for why this is a good idea), feel free to sign our informal list of participants.
Assessment
[edit]- In common with many other WikiProjects, we use a quality assessment of Stub to FA and an importance scale of Low to Top.
- See the table to the right and WikiProject Devon/Assessment for more information.
Guidelines
[edit]This project broadly follows the guidelines of its parent, the UK Geography WikiProject, on how to write about settlements.
Article alerts
[edit]Did you know
- 12 Sep 2024 – Passmore Edwards Centre (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Dumelow (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 19 Sep 2024 – List of Fawlty Towers cast members (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Woodensuperman (t · c) was closed as redirect by Star Mississippi (t · c) on 26 Sep 2024; see discussion (5 participants)
Articles to be merged
- 02 Feb 2024 – Deanery of Christianity (Exeter) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Archdeaconry of Exeter by Moriwen (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Feb 2024 – Deanery of Cadbury (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Archdeaconry of Exeter by Moriwen (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 28 Jun 2024 – Murders of Kate Bushell and Lyn Bryant (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Icaldonta (t · c); see discussion
To do
[edit]A long list of articles with clean-up tags that need fixing is available on Toolforge at clean-up listing for Devon.
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Here are some tasks awaiting attention:
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(Edit the tasklist here)
- Check out wanted images, where your photographs may come in handy!
Also browse the following categories for a list of Devon articles with specific requirements. Please deactivate the relevent parameter in {{WPDevon}} banner on the article's talk page upon resolution:
- Category:Devon articles needing attention for articles in need of a general cleanup such as copy editing or finding sources.
- Category:Devon articles needing expert attention for articles that require specific knowledge for its improvement in which WikiProject Devon members will be more qualified to help.
- Category:Devon articles needing infoboxes: check out Wikipedia:List of infoboxes and use Ctrl+F to find a suitable infobox or copy one from a similar article.
- Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Devon: the category contains instructions on how to help. Please remove {{Image requested}} from the talk page once an image has been added to the article.
New articles
[edit]This list was generated from these rules. Questions and feedback are always welcome! The search is being run daily with the most recent ~14 days of results. Note: Some articles may not be relevant to this project.
Rules | Match log | Results page (for watching) | Last updated: 2024-10-03 20:04 (UTC)
Note: The list display can now be customized by each user. See List display personalization for details.
- Deptford Farm Pastures (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Aizoaceae2 (talk · contribs · new pages (7)) started on 2024-10-02, score: 60
- William John Veale (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Diegg24 (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2024-10-02, score: 40
- Diana Kuh (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Jesswade88 (talk · contribs · new pages (9)) started on 2024-09-29, score: 40
- Draft:Early life and career of Michael Heseltine (1933 - 1975) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Paulturtle (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2024-09-30, score: 50
- J. J. Sudborough (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Shyamal (talk · contribs · new pages (34)) started on 2024-09-29, score: 40
- Draft:Richard Phillips (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by RichardPhillips0001 (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2024-09-29, score: 30
- Jane L. Parpart (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by SusunW (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2024-09-28, score: 30
- HMS Regulus (1785) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2024-09-26, score: 30
- Newbuildings, Devon (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by GhostOfNoMan (talk · contribs · new pages (8)) started on 2024-09-23, score: 70
- Ettie Ellison-Macartney (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by AdaWoolf (talk · contribs · new pages (4)) started on 2024-09-22, score: 30
- Shambles, Shepton Mallet (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Gricharduk (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2024-09-21, score: 30
- Frances Griffith (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Richard Nevell (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2024-09-20, score: 40
Recent changes
[edit]List of abbreviations (help):
- D
- Edit made at Wikidata
- r
- Edit flagged by ORES
- N
- New page
- m
- Minor edit
- b
- Bot edit
- (±123)
- Page byte size change
4 October 2024
- diffhist m Mark Butchers 00:46 −1 BD2412 talk contribs (→top: Clean up spacing around commas and other punctuation fixes, replaced: ; → ;) Tag: AWB
- diffhist m John Woodcock (police officer) 00:42 −2 BD2412 talk contribs (Clean up spacing around commas and other punctuation fixes, replaced: ; → ;) Tag: AWB
3 October 2024
- diffhist Muse (band) 23:43 +495 Popcornfud talk contribs (→Musical style: lady gaga) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist m Agatha Christie 21:27 +2 Hilmorel talk contribs (→1926: disappearance)
- diffhist Tom Daley 21:27 +599 Starklinson talk contribs (→Honours and awards) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
- diffhist List of rolling stock preserved on the South Devon Railway 20:42 +85 Palmiped talk contribs (Filled in 1 bare reference(s) with reFill 2)
- diffhist List of rolling stock preserved on the South Devon Railway 20:41 +98 Palmiped talk contribs (→Steam locomotives: being overhauled)
- diffhist Drake (ward) 19:44 +32 Blethering Scot talk contribs (Added tags to the page using Page Curation (r from other disambiguation)) Tag: PageTriage
- Page curation log 19:44 Blethering Scot talk contribs tagged Drake (ward) with r from other disambiguation tag Tag: PageTriage
- diffhist Drake (ward) 19:44 +31 Blethering Scot talk contribs (Added tags to the page using Page Curation (r from less specific name)) Tag: PageTriage
- Page curation log 19:44 Blethering Scot talk contribs tagged Drake (ward) with r from less specific name tag Tag: PageTriage
- Page curation log 19:44 Blethering Scot talk contribs marked the redirect Drake (ward) as reviewed Tag: PageTriage
- diffhist m Plymouth 18:57 +358 Stiltskintheatre talk contribs (→Culture: Added The Soapbox Children's Theatre) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist The Great Devonian Controversy 18:55 0 GeoWriter talk contribs (changed from "Template:Unreferenced" to "Template:No footnotes")
- diffhist Dartmoor 18:16 +1,113 TheBritinator talk contribs (→In myths and popular culture: Hitman 3) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist List of rolling stock preserved on the South Devon Railway 16:07 −181 Geof Sheppard talk contribs (→Steam locomotives: remove uncited)
- diffhist List of rolling stock preserved on the South Devon Railway 16:06 +13 Geof Sheppard talk contribs (→Diesel locomotives: replace with image not obscured by a second locomotive)
- diffhist Avocet Line 15:57 +309 Geof Sheppard talk contribs (→Passenger volume: overview added using document cited in infobox)
- diffhist List of rolling stock preserved on the South Devon Railway 15:48 +35 Palmiped talk contribs (→Steam locomotives: being restored)
- diffhist m Talk:Nothophantes 14:59 −33 Tom.Reding talk contribs (image present: request removed) Tag: AWB
- diffhist Bovey Castle 14:51 +1,263 Owain.davies talk contribs (→Conversion to a hotel: privatisation) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- diffhist Lipson Co-operative Academy 14:42 −102 Canterbury Tail talk contribs (→External links: Hockey club is not the article subject, and has its own article anyway.)
- diffhist Bovey Castle 14:38 +70 Owain.davies talk contribs (→Conversion to a hotel: CE) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- diffhist Gervase Babington 14:37 +165 Smi953 talk contribs
- diffhist Gervase Babington 14:33 +1,031 Smi953 talk contribs
- diffhist Talk:John Rawlings (priest) 11:57 −10 MSGJ talk contribs (fix blp parameter conflict)
- diffhist List of rolling stock preserved on the South Devon Railway 11:46 −9 82.45.244.234 talk (→Diesel locomotives) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Devonwall 10:58 −175 GhostOfNoMan talk contribs (→History: unsourced) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
- diffhist Bovey Castle 09:30 +777 Owain.davies talk contribs (→Expansion and name change: details) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- diffhist Francis Drake 09:25 +114 Yann talk contribs ( thumb | 1583 portrait of Sir Francis Drake by Jodocus Hondius I)
- diffhist Bovey Castle 09:22 +373 Owain.davies talk contribs (death duty) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- diffhist Bovey Castle 09:16 +1,280 Owain.davies talk contribs (detail) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- diffhist Sands School 09:07 −268 Tacyarg talk contribs (→Philosophy: toning down text which read promotional)
- diffhist Sands School 09:00 −776 Tacyarg talk contribs (Private school in lead, wikilink, moved EL section, renamed section, cut statement tagged cn since 2019, toned down promotional language)
- diffhist Bovey Castle 08:54 +2,136 Owain.davies talk contribs (→History: expand) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- diffhist Sands School 08:26 +653 Bagelfoc talk contribs (→Philosophy: Add paragraph describing year group system in the school.)
- diffhist Dartmouth, Devon 08:25 +181 Evelynandrews talk contribs (→Notable residents)
- diffhist m War Horse (film) 05:33 +46 Ser Amantio di Nicolao talk contribs (→External links: add Category:English-language war drama films) Tag: AWB
- diffhist Devonwall (possible UK Parliament constituency) 05:22 +957 GhostOfNoMan talk contribs (→Opposition: expand + refs)
- diffhist Devonwall (possible UK Parliament constituency) 05:14 −104 GhostOfNoMan talk contribs (→Opposition)
- diffhist Devonwall 05:11 +379 GhostOfNoMan talk contribs (c/e and add refs)
- diffhist m Plymouth Devonport (UK Parliament constituency) 02:27 +1 BD2412 talk contribs (Clean up spacing around commas and other punctuation fixes, replaced: ; → ;) Tag: AWB
2 October 2024
- diffhist Wistman's Wood 21:53 +435 Aizoaceae2 talk contribs (Added details about land ownership) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Miranda Hart 18:55 −32 Rhysy54 talk contribs (Removing users opinion) Tags: Manual revert Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist m Dartmouth, Devon 15:51 +68 Evelynandrews talk contribs (→Notable residents)
- diffhist Salcombe 15:28 +133 Snow Lion Fenian talk contribs (→Sailing and other marine-based activities) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Heavitree United F.C. 15:25 −17 2a00:23ee:14b0:628a:47e:6f42:7dcd:44fc talk (Fixed the manager to be correct) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Bovey Castle 15:04 +747 Owain.davies talk contribs (→History: add sale) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- diffhist Devon 14:34 −10 Transient Being talk contribs (→Toponymy) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Fawlty Towers 12:49 −8 Woodensuperman talk contribs (→Series 2 (1979))
Featured content
[edit]See the Featured Content page for some of our content (articles and photos) that has gained recognition within Wikipedia.
Resources
[edit]- A list of relevant books and internet resources. (under construction)
Templates
[edit]This section contains templates used by or applicable to the project. Note that new stub templates should be proposed before creation at WP:WSS/P
Talk page template
[edit]Devon Unassessed | |||||||
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All entries of Devon towns and villages should have the above template placed on their talk pages. A list of categories whose articles should be tagged is available at Wikipedia:WikiProject Devon/Categories. Sometimes, you will see a UK geography WikiProject template already there; in these cases, add our template after theirs. You can add the template using the following code:
{{WPDevon|class=|importance=}}
Additional parameters can be added for articles in need of help and when activated will populate the article in its relevant category.
{{WPDevon|class=|importance=|needs-infobox=yes||attention=yes||needs-photo=yes}}
See WPDevon for further examples and details of the suggestions parameter.
Project userbox
[edit]This user participates in WikiProject Devon. |
To add this userbox to your user page use {{User WPDevon}}.
Barnstar
[edit]The WikiProject Devon Barnstar of Merit | ||
{{{1}}} | ||
this WikiAward was given to {{subst:PAGENAME}} by ~~~ on ~~~~~ |
To use this barnstar, simply add {{subst:Devon Barnstar|message ~~~~}} to the talk page of the user you wish to reward. Make sure you include a message which indicates why they are receiving the award.
Navigation
[edit]{{Devon}} is placed at the bottom of all the articles linked in the template to help readers "navigate" between the most important articles of Devon.
Categories
[edit]- Category:Devon and numerous sub-categories
Interested in Devon?
[edit]We maintain an informal list of editors interested in Devon. Please feel free to add yourself to the list and to indicate any areas of particular interest. You're not committing yourself to anything!