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 | 103 | 26 | 167 | |
C | 6 | 18 | 89 | 442 | 23 | 578 | |
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 | 107 | 184 | |||
Other | 4 | 4 | |||||
Assessed | 14 | 47 | 309 | 4,150 | 840 | 108 | 5,468 |
Unassessed | 1 | 18 | 19 | ||||
Total | 14 | 47 | 309 | 4,151 | 840 | 126 | 5,487 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 22,748 | 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
- 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
- 26 Oct 2024 – Category:Hatherleigh (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by AusLondonder (t · c) was closed; 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
10 November 2024
- diffhist Floella Benjamin 03:43 +48 Ravenpuff talk contribs (Copying from Category:Life peeresses created by Elizabeth II to Category:Life peers created by Elizabeth II using Cat-a-lot)
- diffhist Bideford A.F.C. 00:13 0 HarvisterC talk contribs (→Ground) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Agatha Christie 00:13 −4 Ecrm87 talk contribs (corrected three links)
- diffhist m Talk:Death of Charlotte Shaw 00:05 −11 Tom.Reding talk contribs (blpo=yes + blp=no/null → blp=other; cleanup) Tag: AWB
- diffhist Agatha Christie 00:00 +7 Ecrm87 talk contribs (→1907–1926: early literary attempts, marriage, literary success: added link)
9 November 2024
- diffhist m Floella Benjamin 23:41 −2 LordTort talk contribs (→External links: categories sorted by alphabet)
- diffhist m Muse (band) 21:59 +44 Martinevans123 talk contribs (adjust caption)
- diffhist m Muse (band) 21:57 +1 Martinevans123 talk contribs (→Origin of Symmetry and Hullabaloo (2000–2002): ")
- diffhist m Muse (band) 21:54 +138 Martinevans123 talk contribs (Filled in 1 bare reference(s) with reFill 2)
- diffhist Muse (band) 21:53 +216 Martinevans123 talk contribs (→Origin of Symmetry and Hullabaloo (2000–2002): add Jools 2001)
- diffhist Sam Richards (writer) 21:40 0 Jevansen talk contribs (Moving from Category:21st-century British pianists to Category:21st-century English pianists using Cat-a-lot)
- diffhist m Category talk:Cricket grounds in Devon 21:31 +58 Tom.Reding talk contribs (+{{WP Sports|venues=yes}}{{WP England}}) Tag: AWB
- diffhist Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Devon 19:07 +217 KJP1 talk contribs (→Dartmouth Butterwalk)
- diffhist Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Devon 19:05 +361 KJP1 talk contribs (→Dartmouth Butterwalk: new section) Tag: New topic
- diffhist m River Avon, Devon 18:26 −39 Hike395 talk contribs (→top: convert length and/or basin_size params to unit version) Tag: AWB
- diffhist Ipplepen 17:36 0 109.150.238.247 talk (→Amenities: Fixed typo) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Oldway Mansion 17:31 +71 Ianmacm talk contribs (→19th century: see talk page)
- diffhist Talk:Oldway Mansion 17:24 +997 Ianmacm talk contribs (→Dates vs text are nonsensical: re)
- diffhist John Nott 17:11 +26 2a04:4a43:552f:c2d2:bf:2f92:5136:56b9 talk (→Early life)
- diffhist m Talk:Berry Head 16:38 −1 Tom.Reding talk contribs (Category:Stub-Class articles with conflicting quality ratings: -stub, keep Start; cleanup) Tag: AWB
- diffhist University of Plymouth Students' Union 16:29 −20 Lopifalko talk contribs (→Plymouth Night Patrol: Remove WP:PUFFERY) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- diffhist m Talk:Newenham Abbey 16:14 −11 Tom.Reding talk contribs (Category:Stub-Class articles with conflicting quality ratings: -stub, keep Start) Tag: AWB
- diffhist Talk:Oldway Mansion 16:13 +278 73.142.163.181 talk (→Dates vs text are nonsensical: new section) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit New topic
- diffhist Great Blizzard of 1891 14:38 +47 Entranced98 talk contribs (Adding short description: "Weather event in England") Tag: Shortdesc helper
- diffhist John Nott 11:27 +59 OGBC1992 talk contribs (removed PC suffix (only used for peers) and added KCB category)
- diffhist Dartmouth Museum 10:53 +47 KJP1 talk contribs (Identify address and bluelink) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
- diffhist Dartmouth Museum 09:56 +21 KJP1 talk contribs (Blulink) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
- diffhist Dartmouth, Devon 08:23 +50 KJP1 talk contribs (→History: bluelink Butterwalk)
- diffhist Fingle Bridge 07:55 +13 82.38.214.91 talk (Added new section for improved readability and structure.)
- diffhist Grade I listed buildings in South Hams 07:49 +117 KJP1 talk contribs (redlink for blue)
- diffhist Grade I listed buildings in Mid Devon 07:25 −49 KJP1 talk contribs (standardise church names, mainly by removing "The Parish")
- diffhist Grade I listed buildings in East Devon 07:21 −93 KJP1 talk contribs (standardise church names, mainly by removing "The Parish")
- diffhist Westward Television 02:54 +10 94.8.77.229 talk (Technical pedantitude) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
8 November 2024
- diffhist m Michael Morpurgo 23:20 +22 Proscribe talk contribs (→Radio and television broadcasts: m)
- diffhist South West England 22:43 −270 Steinsky talk contribs (→Religion: remove background per MOS:CONTRAST - at least one of those shades fails WCAG with link text, and the colour is serving no purpose at all here anyway)
- diffhist Category:Sportspeople from Devon 22:16 +15 2600:4041:57b1:3e00:502:6757:9696:a6d5 talk (Refine category)
- diffhist Topsham, Devon 22:13 +4 Qwfp talk contribs (→Today: BBC News isn't the same as the Sunday Times quite yet) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit App select source
- diffhist Category:Musicians from Devon 22:12 +31 2600:4041:57b1:3e00:502:6757:9696:a6d5 talk (Refine category)
- diffhist Category:Comedians from Devon 22:07 +1 2600:4041:57b1:3e00:502:6757:9696:a6d5 talk (Repair)
- diffhist Category:Comedians from Devon 22:07 +13 2600:4041:57b1:3e00:502:6757:9696:a6d5 talk (Refine category)
- diffhist Torquay Boys' Grammar School 21:18 −26 Mikeweller114 talk contribs (→Headteachers)
- diffhist Danny Thompson 21:16 +8 Jevansen talk contribs (Moving from Category:21st-century double-bassists to Category:21st-century British double-bassists using Cat-a-lot)
- diffhist Torquay Boys' Grammar School 21:13 +46 Mikeweller114 talk contribs (→Headteachers)
- diffhist m Exeter Racecourse 21:05 +145 Birchfield Boy talk contribs (Information about an application to stage motor racing.) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Exeter Racecourse 21:03 +1,346 Birchfield Boy talk contribs (Expanded the history of the course) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist South West England 21:01 +13 86.26.101.208 talk
- diffhist m Exeter Racecourse 20:40 +120 Birchfield Boy talk contribs (Added a little information about the location.) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Exeter Racecourse 20:37 +587 Birchfield Boy talk contribs (Added information about the course.) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Torquay United F.C. 19:06 +83 TQY LEE talk contribs (→Current squad) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist m Portledge Manor 18:57 −5 Mikhail Coffin talk contribs (The Surname Coffin was the surname of the occupants of Portledge manor for the majority of the 1000 years it was in their possession, untill the marriage of Edward Pyne, of Eastdown, with Dorothy Coffin of Portledge manor in 1672. Only at this point the hyphened name "pine-coffin" was first introduced.) Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
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!