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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 | |
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2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||
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4 | 4 | |||||
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1 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 37 | ||
B | 4 | 12 | 21 | 102 | 26 | 165 | |
C | 6 | 18 | 89 | 441 | 22 | 576 | |
Start | 3 | 7 | 148 | 1,763 | 32 | 1,953 | |
Stub | 1 | 7 | 1,645 | 26 | 1,679 | ||
List | 4 | 25 | 67 | 96 | |||
Category | 1 | 9 | 234 | 422 | 666 | ||
Disambig | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | |||
File | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | |||
Portal | 1 | 1 | |||||
Project | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Template | 26 | 24 | 50 | ||||
NA | 2 | 74 | 104 | 180 | |||
Other | 6 | 6 | |||||
Assessed | 14 | 48 | 321 | 4,392 | 577 | 106 | 5,458 |
Unassessed | 16 | 16 | |||||
Total | 14 | 48 | 321 | 4,392 | 577 | 122 | 5,474 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 22,712 | Ω = 5.14 |
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
editArticles 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
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
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: 2024-08-19 20:21 (UTC)
Note: The list display can now be customized by each user. See List display personalization for details.
- Deanery of Torrington (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Doeadb (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2024-08-19, score: 50
- 2024–25 Women's FA Cup (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by FocusedOnFootball (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2024-08-16, score: 30
- Axmouth Old Bridge (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Chris j wood (talk · contribs · new pages (17)) started on 2024-08-16, score: 40
- Draft:2024–25 Women's FA Cup (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by FocusedOnFootball (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2024-08-16, score: 30
- Draft:Holsworthy Deanery (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Doeadb (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2024-08-16, score: 50
- 2024–25 FA Youth Cup (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Logan Z Man 2022! (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2024-08-12, score: 30
- Atlantic Coast Line (Cornwall) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Bejakyo (talk · contribs · new pages (4)) started on 2024-08-12, score: 30
- Andrew Benjamin Smith (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Suslindisambiguator (talk · contribs · new pages (8)) started on 2024-08-08, score: 30
- The George Inn, Chardstock (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Moondragon21 (talk · contribs · new pages (155)) started on 2024-08-08, score: 30
- Category:Former pubs in Devon (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Moondragon21 (talk · contribs · new pages (155)) started on 2024-08-08, score: 60
- Draft:Traditional regional associations of Oxford Colleges (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Charles Matthews (talk · contribs · new pages (8)) started on 2024-08-06, score: 40
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
20 August 2024
- diffhist Teignmouth railway station 16:12 +1 Geof Sheppard talk contribs (return navigation box to its proper place)
- diffhist South Devon Railway sea wall 16:07 −2 Geof Sheppard talk contribs (Undid revision 1241196468 by MCDeltat22 (talk)) Tag: Undo
- diffhist Richard Hooker 15:18 +33 Pisarz12345 talk contribs Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Ben Green (cricketer) 14:24 +367 Ytfc23 talk contribs
- diffhist Tom Daley 14:13 +7 Samuel J Walker talk contribs
- diffhist Greenway Estate 13:29 +24 109.158.9.89 talk (→Location and early development: up to 1938: Improved format) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Greenway Estate 13:24 +10 109.158.9.89 talk (→Agatha Christie and later: 1938 onwards: Added word) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Exeter services 11:46 −202 10mmsocket talk contribs (references not needed for map locations. remove peacock claim.)
- diffhist West Exe School 11:16 −247 Sirfurboy talk contribs (duplicate ref)
- diffhist West Exe School 11:15 +158 Sirfurboy talk contribs (Fix bare URL)
- diffhist m Exeter services 10:53 +37 Qwerfjkl talk contribs (Added 1 {{Bare URL inline}} tag(s) using a script. For other recently-tagged pages with bare URLs, see Category:Articles with bare URLs for citations from August 2024)
- diffhist m West Exe School 10:20 +37 Qwerfjkl talk contribs (Added 1 {{Bare URL inline}} tag(s) using a script. For other recently-tagged pages with bare URLs, see Category:Articles with bare URLs for citations from August 2024)
- diffhist Teignmouth railway station 07:11 +413 Romiley401 talk contribs (→Description: Added details and reference) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Teignmouth railway station 07:05 −158 Romiley401 talk contribs (→Further reading: Moved sea wall box) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Teignmouth railway station 07:03 +38 Romiley401 talk contribs (→History: Added grammar) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Pennywell Farm 06:25 +24 Jay8g talk contribs ({{ad}})
- diffhist Dartington Crystal 06:17 0 2601:196:180:dc0:808c:9256:380e:77a1 talk (→History: Lc) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Dartington Crystal 06:16 0 2601:196:180:dc0:808c:9256:380e:77a1 talk (→History: Fix typo) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Great Torrington 05:55 +550 1.140.233.171 talk (→Sports and culture: Huntshaw Cross transmitter is next to town)
- diffhist List of University of Exeter people 05:30 0 Ymblanter talk contribs (→Vice-Chancellors)
- diffhist Exmoor pony 04:06 +111 Grorp talk contribs
- diffhist Talk:Michael Caines 03:52 +39 Tbhotch talk contribs (WP)
- diffhist Queene's Day 02:26 +38 Blairall talk contribs (added a link and c/e)
- diffhist And Then There Were None 00:47 −36 Hydronium Hydroxide talk contribs (Undid revision 1241220188 by Hydronium Hydroxide (talk) rv self per comment from MichaelMaggs) Tag: Undo
- diffhist And Then There Were None 00:46 +36 Hydronium Hydroxide talk contribs (This isn't a WP:CENSOR issue, which is specifically to do with removal of material rather than selection of primary image. Per WP:GRATUITOUS "Images should respect the conventional expectations of readers for a given topic as much as possible without sacrificing the quality of the article". The infobox image title matches—and should match—article title (noting that this is used in popups and searches where context is not available), and the original cover is retained against the history) Tags: Undo Reverted
19 August 2024
- diffhist Ivybridge railway station 22:55 +21 Redrose64 talk contribs (→top: mileage isn't measured from Paddington station, but from mileage zero, which is somewhat further to the south east)
- diffhist Exeter Blitz 22:46 +104 Dunarc talk contribs (+Category:April 1942 events in the United Kingdom; +Category:May 1942 events in the United Kingdom using HotCat)
- diffhist Plymouth Parkway F.C. 22:04 +4 Zonaa20991 talk contribs
- diffhist Plymouth Parkway F.C. 22:02 +1 Zonaa20991 talk contribs
- diffhist Plymouth Parkway F.C. 22:00 +5 Zonaa20991 talk contribs
- diffhist University of Exeter 21:50 +4 Alexeyevitch talk contribs (rv test) Tag: Undo
- diffhist University of Exeter 21:42 −4 92.12.16.32 talk Tag: Reverted
- diffhist South Devon Railway sea wall 21:36 +2 MCDeltat22 talk contribs Tag: Reverted
- diffhist Fawlty Towers 20:12 +10 Canterbury Tail talk contribs (Should be in British English. Box set is en-US, boxed set is en-GB)
- diffhist Template:University of Exeter 18:39 0 Hey man im josh talk contribs (update target)
- diffhist And Then There Were None 18:33 +29 MichaelMaggs talk contribs (Replace the second image so that it doesn't duplicate the current lead image (someone forgot that). This is the current stable state; please don't edit war. I'm planning to open a discussion on this in a couple of days on the talk page)
- diffhist Talk:And Then There Were None 18:18 +538 MichaelMaggs talk contribs (→Change cover image to reflect article title?: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Tom Daley 17:29 −36 BritFlicks1 talk contribs (→2024) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Tom Daley 17:28 +8 BritFlicks1 talk contribs Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist m St Peter's Church of England Aided School 17:26 +39 Qwerfjkl talk contribs (Added 1 {{Bare URL inline}} tag(s) using a script. For other recently-tagged pages with bare URLs, see Category:Articles with bare URLs for citations from August 2024)
- diffhist Ivybridge railway station 17:26 +7 Romiley401 talk contribs (→Services: Updated current service pattern, added supporting reference) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Deanery of Barnstaple 17:23 −2 Boleyn talk contribs (has ref)
- diffhist Talk:And Then There Were None 17:22 +381 183.89.250.246 talk (→Change cover image to reflect article title?: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist m Dumnonii 17:21 +37 Qwerfjkl talk contribs (Added 1 {{Bare URL inline}} tag(s) using a script. For other recently-tagged pages with bare URLs, see Category:Articles with bare URLs for citations from August 2024)
- diffhist Ivybridge railway station 17:10 −17 Romiley401 talk contribs (Improved wording) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist m Avocet Line 16:49 +36 Qwerfjkl talk contribs (Added 1 {{Bare URL PDF}} tag(s) using a script. For other recently-tagged pages with bare URLs, see Category:Articles with bare URLs for citations from August 2024 and Category:Articles with PDF format bare URLs for citations)
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!