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 | |
2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||||
4 | 4 | ||||||
1 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 37 | |||
B | 4 | 12 | 21 | 99 | 3 | 139 | |
C | 6 | 18 | 89 | 440 | 8 | 561 | |
Start | 3 | 7 | 147 | 1,759 | 21 | 1,937 | |
Stub | 1 | 7 | 1,644 | 15 | 1,667 | ||
List | 4 | 25 | 67 | 96 | |||
Category | 1 | 9 | 234 | 421 | 665 | ||
Disambig | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | |||
File | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | |||
Portal | 1 | 1 | |||||
Project | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Template | 26 | 22 | 48 | ||||
NA | 2 | 72 | 103 | 177 | |||
Other | 4 | 4 | |||||
Assessed | 14 | 48 | 320 | 4,381 | 571 | 47 | 5,381 |
Unassessed | 3 | 64 | 67 | ||||
Total | 14 | 48 | 320 | 4,384 | 571 | 111 | 5,448 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 22,422 | Ω = 5.16 |
New to Wikipedia?
editIf 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
editThis project broadly follows the guidelines of its parent, the UK Geography WikiProject, on how to write about settlements.
Article alerts
editRedirects for discussion
- 28 May 2024 – First f Great Western (talk · edit · hist) →Great Western Railway (train operating company) was RfDed by JuniperChill (t · c); see discussion
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 for creation
- 16 May 2024 – Draft:Crediton Rural District (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c)
- 12 Apr 2024 – Draft:Plymouth Chronicle (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by LouisCSV (t · c)
To do
editA 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
editThis 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: 2024-06-23 20:06 (UTC)
Note: The list display can now be customized by each user. See List display personalization for details.
- Gerald Kasaato (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by SiniyaEdita (talk · contribs · new pages (6)) started on 2024-06-23, score: 40
- Draft:Devon Conversions (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Flamingopinkbathroom (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2024-06-23, score: 60
- Results of the 2024 United Kingdom general election by constituency (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Chessrat (talk · contribs · new pages (3)) started on 2024-06-19, score: 100
- St Philip's Church, Weston Mill (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Ajsmith141 (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2024-06-18, score: 70
- Thomas Salthouse (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by WikiOriginal-9 (talk · contribs · new pages (386)) started on 2024-06-17, score: 40
- Armada Way (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Encoded (talk · contribs · new pages (10)) started on 2024-06-16, score: 50
- Draft:South Devon Alliance (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by 141.195.162.159 (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2024-06-17, score: 60
- Template:City of Plymouth (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Encoded (talk · contribs · new pages (10)) started on 2024-06-16, score: 30
- Cyber-SHIP Lab (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Encoded (talk · contribs · new pages (10)) started on 2024-06-15, score: 40
- Draft:Armada Way (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Encoded (talk · contribs · new pages (10)) started on 2024-06-16, score: 50
- William Jones Thomas (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by LiamGM (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2024-06-13, score: 40
- List of performances by Felice Lascelles (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Pdebee (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2024-06-13, score: 50
- Felice Lascelles (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Pdebee (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2024-06-12, score: 70
Recent changes
editList 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
23 June 2024
- diffhist Efford 22:10 +171 Randomhotdog talk contribs (→20th century: Updated information concerning the historic manor house and it's current use.) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Totnes (UK Parliament constituency) 20:41 +11 Redrose64 talk contribs (→External links: sub-cat)
- diffhist Torridge and West Devon (UK Parliament constituency) 20:41 +11 Redrose64 talk contribs (→External links: sub-cat)
- diffhist Tiverton and Honiton (UK Parliament constituency) 20:40 +11 Redrose64 talk contribs (→External links: sub-cat)
- diffhist East Devon (UK Parliament constituency) 20:39 +11 Redrose64 talk contribs (→External links: sub-cat)
- diffhist Tiverton Town F.C. 20:17 −2 2a0a:5586:253c:0:e83a:9457:1d48:3991 talk (→Current squad) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist List of civil parishes in Devon 18:05 +10,243 GeodesicMango talk contribs (→North Devon: Converted to table)
- diffhist Richard Tapper Cadbury 14:24 0 DonBeroni talk contribs (→References)
- diffhist Stagecoach South West 14:23 +91 2.28.199.59 talk (→Stagecoach Devon: Added content) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist South West Coast Path 13:39 +313 Mike Brunner talk contribs (→South Cornwall: Added text to refer to Porthallow being the mid-point of the SWCP, together with a reference to a photo of the sign on the beach.) Tags: citing a blog or free web host Visual edit
- diffhist Torbay (UK Parliament constituency) 12:59 +227 Redrose64 talk contribs (→External links: new section)
- diffhist South West Devon (UK Parliament constituency) 12:59 +266 Redrose64 talk contribs (→External links: new section)
- diffhist North Devon (UK Parliament constituency) 12:42 +262 Redrose64 talk contribs (→External links: new section)
- diffhist Newton Abbot (UK Parliament constituency) 12:41 +233 Redrose64 talk contribs (→External links: new section)
- diffhist Exeter (UK Parliament constituency) 12:40 +279 Redrose64 talk contribs (→External links: new section)
- diffhist Central Devon (UK Parliament constituency) 12:39 +274 Redrose64 talk contribs (→External links: mapit)
- diffhist South Devon (UK Parliament constituency) 11:30 +95 Redrose64 talk contribs (→External links: mapit)
- diffhist Totnes (UK Parliament constituency) 10:41 +193 Redrose64 talk contribs (→External links: new section)
- diffhist Torridge and West Devon (UK Parliament constituency) 10:40 +192 Redrose64 talk contribs (→External links: new section)
- diffhist Tiverton and Honiton (UK Parliament constituency) 10:38 +192 Redrose64 talk contribs (→External links: new section)
- diffhist East Devon (UK Parliament constituency) 10:36 +222 Redrose64 talk contribs (→External links: new section)
- diffhist Scorriton 10:29 +1 185.130.156.205 talk
- diffhist m Bertram Fletcher Robinson 08:48 −600 Materialscientist talk contribs (Reverted edits by 82.38.214.91 (talk) (HG) (3.4.12)) Tags: Huggle Rollback
- diffhist Bertram Fletcher Robinson 08:47 +5 82.38.214.91 talk (Added post-nominal.) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Beacon, Devon 05:48 −1 Janhrach talk contribs (Rv – Devon is a county) Tags: Manual revert Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist m John Hooker (English constitutionalist) 05:16 +8 Smasongarrison talk contribs (Moving from Category:16th-century male writers to Category:16th-century English male writers Diffusing per WP:DIFFUSE and/or WP:ALLINCLUDED using Cat-a-lot)
- diffhist m Joseph Hall (bishop) 05:00 +8 Smasongarrison talk contribs (Moving from Category:16th-century male writers to Category:16th-century English male writers Diffusing per WP:DIFFUSE and/or WP:ALLINCLUDED using Cat-a-lot)
22 June 2024
- diffhist Plymouth Sutton and Devonport (UK Parliament constituency) 21:51 +280 Redrose64 talk contribs (→External links: new section)
- diffhist Plymouth Moor View (UK Parliament constituency) 21:50 +240 Redrose64 talk contribs (→External links: new section)
- diffhist Bertram Fletcher Robinson 19:41 +13 82.38.214.91 talk (→Early life and family: Added full honorific title.)
- diffhist m Barnstaple 17:27 0 Springeragh talk contribs
- diffhist m Copplestone 16:06 −1 Drmies talk contribs (mass rv: unexplained and completely unnecessary edits, many of them violating our MOS (punctuation issues), addition of unacceptable sources) Tag: Rollback
- diffhist Newenham Abbey 15:13 0 Randy Kryn talk contribs (→History: uppercase link per direct link)
- diffhist m Jeremy Thorpe 14:06 −4 Векочел talk contribs (Cleaned up using AutoEd)
- diffhist Exeter City F.C. 12:41 +93 88.155.170.48 talk (Fixed typo #article-section-source-editor) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app edit
- diffhist Blundell's School 10:42 +111 Theo.dore.mon talk contribs
- diffhist And Then There Were None 10:16 +5 Masterhatch talk contribs (Undid revision 1230368928 by 2001:8003:3C24:FD00:5A4:8A2D:4717:6E4F (talk)) Tags: Undo Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
- diffhist And Then There Were None 09:28 −5 2001:8003:3c24:fd00:5a4:8a2d:4717:6e4f talk (→Plot) Tag: Reverted
- diffhist Harleston, Devon 08:56 +103 Donnanz talk contribs (added info, and hid wrong info)
- diffhist Devon wrestling 08:45 +123 Cuttsey talk contribs (Added clarification. Devonshire and Cornish wrestling use the same curriculum, but have some minor differences in terms and approach.) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Devon wrestling 08:41 +93 Cuttsey talk contribs (Corrected comparison between Cornish and Devonshire styles) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Samuel Taylor Coleridge 08:27 +10 Hyperbolick talk contribs (→Pantisocracy and marriage)
- diffhist Samuel Taylor Coleridge 08:26 +97 Hyperbolick talk contribs (→Pantisocracy and marriage: 'The Eolian Harp)
- diffhist Ben Green (cricketer) 07:05 0 Ytfc23 talk contribs
- diffhist m Jeremy Thorpe 06:13 0 GiantSnowman talk contribs (script-assisted date audit and style fixes per MOS:NUM)
- diffhist m Talk:Mabel L. Ramsay 03:16 +7 Clearfrienda talk contribs (Repairing missing living parameter on mass-edited articles (blp=no) (via WP:JWB))
Featured content
editSee 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
editThis 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
editDevon 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
editThis user participates in WikiProject Devon. |
To add this userbox to your user page use {{User WPDevon}}.
Barnstar
editThe 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?
editWe 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!