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 | 12 | 20 | 36 | ||
B | 4 | 12 | 22 | 104 | 26 | 168 | |
C | 6 | 18 | 89 | 441 | 23 | 577 | |
Start | 3 | 7 | 149 | 1,767 | 33 | 1,959 | |
Stub | 1 | 7 | 1,644 | 26 | 1,678 | ||
List | 4 | 25 | 66 | 95 | |||
Category | 26 | 641 | 667 | ||||
Disambig | 16 | 16 | |||||
File | 17 | 17 | |||||
Portal | 1 | 1 | |||||
Project | 4 | 4 | |||||
Template | 50 | 50 | |||||
NA | 2 | 75 | 106 | 183 | |||
Other | 4 | 4 | |||||
Assessed | 14 | 47 | 309 | 4,150 | 839 | 108 | 5,467 |
Unassessed | 1 | 18 | 19 | ||||
Total | 14 | 47 | 309 | 4,151 | 839 | 126 | 5,486 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 22,747 | 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]Articles for deletion
- 10 Nov 2024 – James Fulton (English cricketer) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Spartaz (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 15 Oct 2024 – Scott Cinemas (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by AusLondonder (t · c); see discussion (6 participants; relisted)
Categories for discussion
- 02 Nov 2024 – Category:Kenton, Devon (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by AusLondonder (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
Articles for creation
- 03 Nov 2024 – Draft:Stover School, Devon (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Spangles123 (t · c)
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: 2024-11-09 20:18 (UTC)
Note: The list display can now be customized by each user. See List display personalization for details.
- Dartmouth Butterwalk (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by KJP1 (talk · contribs · new pages (4)) started on 2024-11-09, score: 50
- Richard Philips (sport shooter) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Dessuwizjd (talk · contribs · new pages (3)) started on 2024-11-06, score: 40
- Category:Actors from South Hams (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Ernsanchez00 (talk · contribs · new pages (619)) started on 2024-11-06, score: 60
- Category:Actors from Torbay (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Ernsanchez00 (talk · contribs · new pages (619)) started on 2024-11-06, score: 80
- Category:Actors from East Devon District (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Ernsanchez00 (talk · contribs · new pages (619)) started on 2024-11-06, score: 60
- Category:Actors by district in Devon (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Ernsanchez00 (talk · contribs · new pages (619)) started on 2024-11-06, score: 60
- Duke Tour (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Dyolf87 (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2024-11-05, score: 30
- List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1759 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Mauls (talk · contribs · new pages (98)) started on 2024-11-04, score: 40
- List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1758 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Mauls (talk · contribs · new pages (98)) started on 2024-11-04, score: 30
- List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1757 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Mauls (talk · contribs · new pages (98)) started on 2024-11-04, score: 40
- List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1762 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Mauls (talk · contribs · new pages (98)) started on 2024-11-04, score: 30
- List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1763 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Mauls (talk · contribs · new pages (98)) started on 2024-11-04, score: 30
- List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1753 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Mauls (talk · contribs · new pages (98)) started on 2024-11-04, score: 30
- Category:People from Devon by occupation (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Ernsanchez00 (talk · contribs · new pages (619)) started on 2024-11-03, score: 60
- Don Hardy (speedway rider) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by MaugerFundin (talk · contribs · new pages (10)) started on 2024-11-02, score: 50
- Tamara Coast to Coast Way (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by PamD (talk · contribs · new pages (18)) started on 2024-10-31, score: 40
- Norman Clay (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by MaugerFundin (talk · contribs · new pages (10)) started on 2024-10-31, score: 40
- He Should Have Died Hereafter (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Lord Cornwallis (talk · contribs · new pages (175)) started on 2024-10-30, score: 30
- Category:Male actors by populated place in Devon (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Ernsanchez00 (talk · contribs · new pages (619)) started on 2024-10-30, score: 60
- Category:Actresses by populated place in Devon (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Ernsanchez00 (talk · contribs · new pages (619)) started on 2024-10-30, score: 60
- Hubert Britton (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Edwardx (talk · contribs · new pages (50)) started on 2024-10-28, score: 40
- Draft:Stover School, Devon (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Spangles123 (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2024-10-28, score: 30
- South Devon Alliance (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Moondragon21 (talk · contribs · new pages (236)) started on 2024-10-26, score: 80
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
12 November 2024
- diffhist Bertram Fletcher Robinson 07:20 0 82.38.214.91 talk (→Legacy: Repaired broken link to reference.)
- diffhist Earl Fortescue 04:49 +3 Telephone Directory talk contribs (Arms)
- diffhist Devon heraldry 04:49 +4 Telephone Directory talk contribs (→F: Arms)
- diffhist Stuart Randall, Baron Randall of St Budeaux 04:23 +1,084 Thecolonpagesaretoocomplicated talk contribs Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Stuart Randall, Baron Randall of St Budeaux 04:06 +125 Thecolonpagesaretoocomplicated talk contribs Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Stuart Randall, Baron Randall of St Budeaux 04:00 +137 Thecolonpagesaretoocomplicated talk contribs Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Disambiguation links added
- diffhist Plymouth 01:09 +47 LivinAWestLife talk contribs Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist m Wistman's Wood 00:56 −104 Kaltenmeyer talk contribs (typo) Tag: AWB
- diffhist Caroline Quentin 00:52 +41 Ernsanchez00 talk contribs (added Category:Actors from Suffolk Coastal using HotCat)
11 November 2024
- diffhist Miranda Hart 22:31 0 Jevansen talk contribs (Moving from Category:British women television producers to Category:English women television producers using Cat-a-lot)
- diffhist Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway 22:27 +17 Redrose64 talk contribs (→top: not obvious - railway lines on OS maps are normally black)
- diffhist Agatha Christie 22:22 0 Jevansen talk contribs (Moving from Category:British women short story writers to Category:English women short story writers using Cat-a-lot)
- diffhist Robert Falcon Scott 22:18 +8 Jevansen talk contribs (Moving from Category:Explorers of Antarctica to Category:British explorers of Antarctica using Cat-a-lot)
- diffhist Robert Lenkiewicz 21:54 −26 Jevansen talk contribs (Removing from Category:British Jews using Cat-a-lot)
- diffhist Oddicombe Beach 21:37 +12 Blurryman talk contribs (ce)
- diffhist Talk:Bideford Railway Heritage Centre 21:36 −24 Catfurball talk contribs (Has them.)
- diffhist Talk:Bideford Railway Heritage Centre 21:34 −60 Catfurball talk contribs (In article.)
- diffhist Talk:Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway 21:33 −23 Catfurball talk contribs (Has them.)
- diffhist Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway 21:33 +45 Catfurball talk contribs (more citations needed.)
- diffhist Talk:Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway 21:32 −8 Catfurball talk contribs (Remove.)
- diffhist Talk:Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway 21:32 −65 Catfurball talk contribs (In the article.)
- diffhist Talk:Bickington Steam Railway 21:20 −10 Catfurball talk contribs (Has one reference.)
- diffhist Bickington Steam Railway 21:20 +6 Catfurball talk contribs (single source.)
- diffhist John Swete 21:09 +185 Rofraja talk contribs (Filled in 3 bare reference(s) with reFill 2)
- diffhist m Talk:Knowstone 20:46 −11 Tom.Reding talk contribs (→top: Category:Stub-Class articles with conflicting quality ratings: -Stub, keep Start) Tag: AWB
- diffhist Oddicombe Beach 20:11 −34 The joy of all things talk contribs (tag)
- diffhist Oddicombe Beach 20:11 +304 The joy of all things talk contribs (→History: added cite)
- diffhist Oddicombe Beach 20:11 +202 The joy of all things talk contribs (→History: added cite)
- diffhist Oddicombe Beach 20:10 +183 The joy of all things talk contribs (→History: added text)
- diffhist Oddicombe Beach 20:08 +197 The joy of all things talk contribs (→History: added cite)
- diffhist Oddicombe Beach 20:05 +30 The joy of all things talk contribs (reflist missing)
- diffhist Oddicombe Beach 20:05 −1 The joy of all things talk contribs (Image as a file name is deprecated - please replace with file instead. Thanks.)
- diffhist Oddicombe Beach 20:05 −2 The joy of all things talk contribs (tag)
- diffhist Oddicombe Beach 20:04 +263 The joy of all things talk contribs (#NOV24 - added cite)
- diffhist Oddicombe Beach 20:01 +77 The joy of all things talk contribs (→History: added text)
- diffhist m Talk:John Rolle (died 1706) 20:00 −11 Tom.Reding talk contribs (→top: Category:Stub-Class articles with conflicting quality ratings: -Stub, keep Start) Tag: AWB
- diffhist m Devonian 18:25 −11 Alex26337 talk contribs (Corrected capitalization per WP:MOSCAPS)
- diffhist m Devonian 18:22 −10 Alex26337 talk contribs (Corrected capitalization per WP:MOSCAPS)
- diffhist m Cherry Brook 17:59 −35 Joy talk contribs (convert dimensions to split value from units for easier usage later (via WP:JWB))
- diffhist Bere Alston 15:57 −4 Fire and sparks talk contribs (→Sport) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist m Josh Widdicombe 14:06 +8 Ollie231213 talk contribs
- diffhist Talk:West Exe School 11:57 +100 Sirfurboy talk contribs (→November 2024: add)
- diffhist Talk:West Exe School 11:55 +160 Sirfurboy talk contribs (→November 2024)
- diffhist m War Horse (play) 11:28 +4 Sfjohna talk contribs
- diffhist Devon Air Ambulance 10:56 +118 10mmsocket talk contribs (→Finances: add salary spend)
- diffhist Devon Air Ambulance 10:53 −141 10mmsocket talk contribs (update finances)
- diffhist Josh Widdicombe 10:42 0 Jevansen talk contribs (Moving from Category:British radio DJs to Category:English radio DJs using Cat-a-lot)
- diffhist Talk:Francis Drake 09:54 +152 AntientNestor talk contribs (→Deletion for off-topic material: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist m John Nott 09:19 +3 GiantSnowman talk contribs (script-assisted date audit and style fixes per MOS:NUM)
- diffhist Talk:Francis Drake 09:18 +588 Ynizcw talk contribs (→Deletion for off-topic material: Reply) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit Reply
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!