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 | 99 | 3 | 139 | |
C | 6 | 18 | 89 | 439 | 8 | 560 | |
Start | 3 | 7 | 147 | 1,760 | 20 | 1,937 | |
Stub | 1 | 7 | 1,643 | 14 | 1,665 | ||
List | 4 | 25 | 67 | 96 | |||
Category | 1 | 9 | 234 | 420 | 664 | ||
Disambig | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | |||
File | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | |||
Portal | 1 | 1 | |||||
Project | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Template | 26 | 22 | 48 | ||||
NA | 2 | 73 | 102 | 177 | |||
Other | 3 | 3 | |||||
Assessed | 14 | 48 | 320 | 4,381 | 568 | 45 | 5,376 |
Unassessed | 2 | 60 | 62 | ||||
Total | 14 | 48 | 320 | 4,383 | 568 | 105 | 5,438 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 22,406 | Ω = 5.16 |
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]
Redirects 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)
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: 2024-06-09 20:37 (UTC)
Note: The list display can now be customized by each user. See List display personalization for details.
- Khairil Abdul Rahman (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Pangalau (talk · contribs · new pages (7)) started on 2024-06-09, score: 30
- Holdstone Down (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Mochmarcuz (talk · contribs · new pages (8)) started on 2024-06-07, score: 40
- Honiton Rural District (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by IAmChaos (talk · contribs · new pages (19)) started on 2024-06-05, score: 80
- Old Town Hall, Paignton (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Warofdreams (talk · contribs · new pages (53)) started on 2024-06-03, score: 70
- Draft:Owen Bates (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Bazzabloodybenson (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2024-06-04, score: 40
- Old Town Hall, Newton Abbot (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Warofdreams (talk · contribs · new pages (53)) started on 2024-06-02, score: 80
- St Mark's Church, Dawlish (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Ajsmith141 (talk · contribs · new pages (5)) started on 2024-06-02, score: 60
- Buckfastleigh Town Hall (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Warofdreams (talk · contribs · new pages (53)) started on 2024-06-01, score: 60
- Old Town Hall, Crediton (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Warofdreams (talk · contribs · new pages (53)) started on 2024-05-31, score: 50
- Communist Party of Britain election results (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Vjr300 (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2024-05-28, score: 30
- Cullompton Town Hall (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Warofdreams (talk · contribs · new pages (53)) started on 2024-05-28, score: 40
- Draft:Jonathan Rhodes (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Kline (talk · contribs · new pages (6)) started on 2024-05-29, score: 60
- List of MPs who stood down at the 2024 United Kingdom general election (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Jdforrester (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2024-05-28, score: 60
- Colyton Town Hall (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Warofdreams (talk · contribs · new pages (53)) started on 2024-05-26, score: 40
- Category:Colyton, Devon (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Warofdreams (talk · contribs · new pages (53)) started on 2024-05-26, score: 60
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 June 2024
- diffhist m Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway 18:09 +7 Opera hat talk contribs
- diffhist Tiverton Town F.C. 17:55 +67 193.223.71.185 talk (→Current squad: Update new signing) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Plymouth Argyle F.C. 17:33 0 2a02:c7c:4c7a:e900:810f:c9d0:dba5:53fe talk (→Coaching positions)
- diffhist Plymouth Argyle F.C. 17:33 +63 2a02:c7c:4c7a:e900:810f:c9d0:dba5:53fe talk (→Coaching positions)
- diffhist 1987–88 Courage Cornwall/Devon League 16:27 −18 Frietjes talk contribs (→League table)
- diffhist m 1987–88 Courage Cornwall/Devon League 16:26 −602 Frietjes talk contribs (update template syntax)
- diffhist m 1988–89 Courage Cornwall/Devon League 16:25 −433 Frietjes talk contribs (update template syntax)
- diffhist m Peveril William-Powlett 15:27 +59 Angusta talk contribs (Link)
- diffhist Agatha Christie 14:29 +6 Maria0215 talk contribs Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
- diffhist Colyton Grammar School 14:02 +20 Hjamesberglen talk contribs (layout and translation)
- diffhist m Colyton Grammar School 13:59 +35 Hjamesberglen talk contribs (c/e)
- diffhist Talk:Disappearance of Genette Tate 02:44 +86 Cameron Dewe talk contribs (Remove defunct WikiProject British crime banner as no longer used. See Wikipedia:WikiProject British crime. - Add WikiProject United Kingdom and WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography as substitutes.)
- diffhist East Devon (UK Parliament constituency) 01:54 −2 Tobycek talk contribs (Updating to show past tense)
- diffhist Devonshire (disambiguation) 01:04 +52 Rubystaramaryllis talk contribs (→Surname: added Pip Devonshire (born 1966), New Zealand weaver) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Cosmo Jarvis 00:34 +30 TheMovieGuy talk contribs (→Films)
- diffhist Plymouth Sutton and Devonport (UK Parliament constituency) 00:00 −11 Pizzasandcider talk contribs (→History)
11 June 2024
- diffhist m Joss Stone 20:44 +12 NOLA1982 talk contribs (→top: update author fields to fix CS1 maintenance message in ref; other updates to ref)
- diffhist Ben Green (cricketer) 20:20 +1 Ytfc23 talk contribs
- diffhist South Western Ambulance Service 18:02 −41 82.41.164.60 talk
- diffhist North Devon (UK Parliament constituency) 16:21 0 Redrose64 talk contribs (→Elections in the 2020s: fix misplaced ref)
- diffhist South Devon (UK Parliament constituency) 16:02 +151 Mirrorme22 talk contribs (New constituency boundaries map) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Plymouth Sutton and Devonport (UK Parliament constituency) 16:00 +75 Mirrorme22 talk contribs (New constituency boundaries map) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Plymouth Moor View (UK Parliament constituency) 15:59 +60 Mirrorme22 talk contribs (New constituency boundaries map) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist North Devon (UK Parliament constituency) 15:55 +48 Mirrorme22 talk contribs (New constituency boundaries map) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Newton Abbot (UK Parliament constituency) 15:53 +49 Mirrorme22 talk contribs (New constituency boundaries map) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Exeter (UK Parliament constituency) 15:22 +42 Mirrorme22 talk contribs (New constituency boundaries map) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Central Devon (UK Parliament constituency) 15:02 +54 Mirrorme22 talk contribs (New constituency boundaries map) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Exeter (UK Parliament constituency) 14:49 +1 Redrose64 talk contribs (→Elections in the 2020s: fix misplaced ref)
- diffhist Central Devon (UK Parliament constituency) 14:39 0 Redrose64 talk contribs (→Elections in the 2020s: fix misplaced ref)
- diffhist War Horse (film) 12:21 −661 2600:4808:6191:2800:d40a:74d6:fabc:dc02 talk (→Horses: Removed sentence, states that a the movie was involved in a lawsuit where a horse died on set. The Citation links to a lawsuit brought against a different party. The original news article linked to the citation was written about a lawsuit involving a different production “Luck”. War Horse 2011 was not related to this suit.) Tags: references removed Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Ben Bradshaw 12:09 0 Randy Kryn talk contribs (→Early life and career in journalism: uppercase per direct link (Berlin Wall))
- diffhist Totnes railway station 12:05 +26 Benjaminward2002 talk contribs
- diffhist Boringdon Hall 11:19 +12 86.141.133.138 talk (Improved format) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Boringdon Hall 11:18 +22 86.141.133.138 talk (→Description: Added link) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Boringdon Hall 11:12 +9 86.141.133.138 talk (→History: Improved link) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Saltram House 11:04 +13 86.141.133.138 talk (→History: Added definition) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Saltram House 11:02 +17 86.141.133.138 talk (→History: Improved link) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Saltram House 10:59 +3 86.141.133.138 talk (→Inheritance: Improved link) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Saltram House 10:54 −177 86.141.133.138 talk (→History: Added links) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Hilary Bonner 10:44 −135 Theheartof talk contribs (→Personal life: Not about Barrie's bisexuality, so deleted that reference.)
- diffhist Saltram House 10:43 −2 86.141.133.138 talk (→Transfer to the National Trust: Sub-divided sentence) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Saltram House 10:41 +6 86.141.133.138 talk (→Decline: Added word) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Saltram House 10:40 +11 86.141.133.138 talk (→Inheritance: Improved wording) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Saltram House 10:30 +95 86.141.133.138 talk (Improved wording) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Saltram House 10:23 −23 86.141.133.138 talk (→Landscape: Added definition) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
10 June 2024
- diffhist Category:Football clubs in Devon 21:45 +57 Koavf talk contribs ({{non-diffusing|Football clubs in England|active clubs}})
- diffhist Fawlty Towers 21:38 0 Guinness2702 talk contribs (Correcting description) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Haldon Hills 20:03 +4 Penguin112358 talk contribs (→History) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
- diffhist Killerton 19:56 +38 Murgatroyd49 talk contribs (→History: citations still needed, image default size)
- diffhist Muse (band) 19:39 −28 OwenX talk contribs (Unlinking circular redirects: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Helium 3 (record label) closed as redirect (XFDcloser))
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 NA‑class | |||||||
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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.
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{{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!