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 | 103 | 26 | 166 | |
C | 6 | 18 | 89 | 442 | 23 | 578 | |
Start | 3 | 7 | 148 | 1,764 | 32 | 1,954 | |
Stub | 1 | 7 | 1,646 | 26 | 1,680 | ||
List | 4 | 25 | 66 | 95 | |||
Category | 31 | 636 | 667 | ||||
Disambig | 16 | 16 | |||||
File | 17 | 17 | |||||
Portal | 1 | 1 | |||||
Project | 4 | 4 | |||||
Template | 50 | 50 | |||||
NA | 2 | 76 | 107 | 185 | |||
Other | 4 | 4 | |||||
Assessed | 14 | 47 | 308 | 4,155 | 835 | 107 | 5,466 |
Unassessed | 1 | 17 | 18 | ||||
Total | 14 | 47 | 308 | 4,156 | 835 | 124 | 5,484 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 22,734 | 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 (2 participants; relisted)
Requested moves
- 19 Oct 2024 – Devon Women cricket team (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Devon women's cricket team by Mpk662 (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
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: 2024-10-23 20:17 (UTC)
Note: The list display can now be customized by each user. See List display personalization for details.
- Category:People by district in Devon (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Ernsanchez00 (talk · contribs · new pages (284)) started on 2024-10-23, score: 60
- Category:People by populated place in Devon (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Ernsanchez00 (talk · contribs · new pages (284)) started on 2024-10-22, score: 60
- Category:Actors by populated place in Devon (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Ernsanchez00 (talk · contribs · new pages (284)) started on 2024-10-21, score: 60
- Frank Sanders (rugby union) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Jevansen (talk · contribs · new pages (265)) started on 2024-10-21, score: 30
- Devon cryptosporidiosis outbreak (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Harrz (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2024-10-20, score: 90
- Owen Bates (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by SafariScribe (talk · contribs · new pages (86)) started on 2024-10-20, score: 40
- Basil Tozer (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Psychologist Guy (talk · contribs · new pages (16)) started on 2024-10-19, score: 50
- Saltash with the Water Ferry (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Lord Cornwallis (talk · contribs · new pages (161)) started on 2024-10-19, score: 40
- Charles Courtenay, 17th Earl of Devon (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Moonraker (talk · contribs · new pages (3)) started on 2024-10-17, score: 40
- James Overy (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Zênite (talk · contribs · new pages (19)) started on 2024-10-15, score: 30
- Levi Roach (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Deacon of Pndapetzim (talk · contribs · new pages (13)) started on 2024-10-14, score: 40
- Blachford Manor (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by No Swan So Fine (talk · contribs · new pages (7)) started on 2024-10-12, score: 40
- Whiteleigh Meadows (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Aizoaceae2 (talk · contribs · new pages (13)) started on 2024-10-02, score: 40
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
23 October 2024
- diffhist Muse (band) 22:21 +799 Mewhen123 talk contribs (→Band members: added citations for Chris singing lead and for playing guitar and keyboards) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Muse (band) 22:12 +54 Mewhen123 talk contribs (Undid revision 1252725560 by Popcornfud (talk) any policies that back up this claim. would be happy to discuss in talk page) Tag: Undo
- diffhist Muse (band) 22:08 +231 Mewhen123 talk contribs (→Band members: Morgan and Dan both did backing vocals, I've seen them live. Morgan also played bass in 2004, this is reasonably common knowledge but i've added an NME citation.) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Joshua Reynolds 20:40 +1 Maxeto0910 talk contribs (period after sentence) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist m Dartmouth Steam Railway 19:27 0 Cavrdg talk contribs (Reverted edits by 2A02:C7E:316E:A600:2007:2357:D9CB:D6F0 (talk) to last version by Bruce1ee) Tag: Rollback
- diffhist Category:People from Torbay (district) 18:49 −41 Ernsanchez00 talk contribs (Changed the category) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- diffhist Dartmouth Steam Railway 18:46 −61 2a02:c7e:316e:a600:2007:2357:d9cb:d6f0 talk Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Dartmouth Steam Railway 18:42 +19 2a02:c7e:316e:a600:2007:2357:d9cb:d6f0 talk Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Dartmouth Steam Railway 18:40 +42 2a02:c7e:316e:a600:2007:2357:d9cb:d6f0 talk Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Category:People from Teignbridge (district) 18:40 −46 Ernsanchez00 talk contribs (Changed the category) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- diffhist m William Trevor 17:29 −1 TheCatCollective talk contribs (Spacing wrt refs per MOS:REFSPACE)
- diffhist Talk:Francis Drake 17:29 +365 David Dourado Fernandez talk contribs (→English historical good by David Dourado Fdez: new section) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit App talk topic
- diffhist Category:People from South Hams (district) 17:29 −56 Ernsanchez00 talk contribs (Changed the category) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- diffhist Category:People from Plymouth (district) 16:07 −43 Ernsanchez00 talk contribs (Changed the category) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- diffhist History of Devon 15:19 −4,699 Dudley Miles talk contribs (Deleted comments on genetics as analysis based on modern people is no longer considered a reliable source for ancient changes)
- diffhist Category:People from North Devon (district) 15:15 −46 Ernsanchez00 talk contribs (Changed the category) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- diffhist Talk:Trevor Lloyd (priest) 15:04 −12 MSGJ talk contribs (fix blp/living parameter conflict)
- diffhist Talk:David Gunn-Johnson 14:58 −10 MSGJ talk contribs (fix blp/living parameter conflict)
- diffhist Talk:Ian Chandler (priest) 14:57 −10 MSGJ talk contribs (fix blp/living parameter conflict)
- diffhist Sandy Park 13:33 +609 SimplyLouis27 talk contribs (→2025 Women's Rugby World Cup: Add matches to be played)
- Page curation log 10:47 MPGuy2824 talk contribs marked the redirect Drakelands Mine as reviewed Tag: PageTriage
- diffhist Fawlty Towers 10:42 +1 Seasider53 talk contribs (gr) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Fawlty Towers 10:42 0 Seasider53 talk contribs (→Origins: gr) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Francis Drake 10:29 +127 DuncanHill talk contribs (→top: links)
- diffhist Francis Drake 10:28 +39 DuncanHill talk contribs (→Political career: Correct link)
- diffhist History of Devon 09:46 +9 Ehrenkater talk contribs (→Anglo-Saxon conquest of Dumnonia)
- diffhist History of Devon 09:43 −1 Ehrenkater talk contribs (→Post Roman Independence)
- diffhist History of Devon 09:37 0 Ehrenkater talk contribs (→Mining history)
- diffhist History of Devon 09:35 +16 Ehrenkater talk contribs (→Modern period)
- Move log 09:35 Dewnans talk contribs moved page Drakelands Mine to Hemerdon Mine over redirect(New owners reverted the name to the original.) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- Move log 09:35 Dewnans talk contribs moved page Talk:Drakelands Mine to Talk:Hemerdon Mine over redirect(New owners reverted the name to the original.) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Drakelands Mine 09:33 −2 Dewnans talk contribs (Removing outdated "Drakelands" name from location) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Talk:Drakelands Mine 09:31 +281 Dewnans talk contribs (→Reverting name to Hemerdon Mine: new section) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit New topic
- diffhist History of Devon 09:29 +14 Ehrenkater talk contribs (→Norman and medieval period)
- diffhist History of Devon 09:23 −48 Ehrenkater talk contribs (→Devon in Anglo Saxon times)
- diffhist History of Devon 09:18 −6 Ehrenkater talk contribs (→Prehistory: Copy edit)
- diffhist Drakelands Mine 09:17 −12 Dewnans talk contribs (Removing redundancy) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Drakelands Mine 09:12 +37 Dewnans talk contribs (Updating name. Drakelands is no longer used) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist History of Devon 09:10 +3 Ehrenkater talk contribs (→top: Copy edit)
- diffhist History of Devon 09:08 −1 Dewnans talk contribs (→Mining history: Updating the mine name) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Devon 08:28 −1 Dewnans talk contribs (→Toponymy: Correcting typo) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Devon 08:27 −17 Dewnans talk contribs (→Toponymy: Improving gramnar) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Devon 08:23 −4 Dewnans talk contribs (→Toponymy: Adjusting grammar) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Gafulford 07:54 +11 Dewnans talk contribs (→Historical setting: Adding detail. It is not clear whether Defnans means Saxons or simply Devonian allies of the Saxons) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Devon 07:51 +99 Dewnans talk contribs (→Toponymy: Adding detail) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Category:People from Axminster 05:17 −2 Ernsanchez00 talk contribs (Changed the category) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- diffhist Category:People from Exeter 03:10 −43 Ernsanchez00 talk contribs (Changed the category) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- diffhist Francis Drake 02:46 +25 Shearonink talk contribs (Last of the Harv warning fixes for this article)
- diffhist Francis Drake 02:43 +18 Shearonink talk contribs (C/E:Fixing the Harv warnings a few at a time)
- diffhist Francis Drake 02:40 +18 Shearonink talk contribs (C/E: Fixing the Harv warnings a few at a time)
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 | ||
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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!