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 | 102 | 26 | 165 | |
C | 6 | 18 | 89 | 442 | 22 | 577 | |
Start | 3 | 7 | 148 | 1,762 | 33 | 1,953 | |
Stub | 1 | 7 | 1,644 | 26 | 1,678 | ||
List | 4 | 25 | 67 | 96 | |||
Category | 1 | 9 | 234 | 423 | 667 | ||
Disambig | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | |||
File | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | |||
Portal | 1 | 1 | |||||
Project | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Template | 26 | 24 | 50 | ||||
NA | 2 | 77 | 105 | 184 | |||
Other | 5 | 5 | |||||
Assessed | 14 | 48 | 321 | 4,394 | 578 | 107 | 5,462 |
Unassessed | 17 | 17 | |||||
Total | 14 | 48 | 321 | 4,394 | 578 | 124 | 5,479 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 22,710 | 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]Today's featured articles
- 16 Sep 2024 – Jeremy Thorpe (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb
Did you know
- 12 Sep 2024 – Passmore Edwards Centre (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Dumelow (t · c); see discussion
Requests for comments
- 25 Aug 2024 – And Then There Were None (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by MichaelMaggs (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 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) submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c) was accepted to Crediton Rural District (talk · edit · hist) by Kvng (t · c) on 10 Sep 2024
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: 2024-09-13 20:13 (UTC)
Note: The list display can now be customized by each user. See List display personalization for details.
- Roselan Daud (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Pangalau (talk · contribs · new pages (10)) started on 2024-09-13, score: 40
- Category:Conybeare family (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Kaliforniyka (talk · contribs · new pages (85)) started on 2024-09-12, score: 60
- Passmore Edwards Centre (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Dumelow (talk · contribs · new pages (11)) started on 2024-09-10, score: 60
- Crediton Rural District (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Kvng (talk · contribs · new pages (19)) started on 2024-09-10, score: 60
- Margaret Jackson (physician) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Pjbj96r (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2024-09-08, score: 50
- 2024–25 FA Women's National League Cup (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by FocusedOnFootball (talk · contribs · new pages (6)) started on 2024-09-09, score: 30
- Daniel McClellan (biblical scholar) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by BD2412 (talk · contribs · new pages (28)) started on 2024-09-09, score: 40
- Draft:Margaret Jackson (doctor) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Pjbj96r (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2024-09-08, score: 50
- Sticklepath Fault (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Geopersona (talk · contribs · new pages (3)) started on 2024-09-01, score: 100
- Amani Richards (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by GiantSnowman (talk · contribs · new pages (16)) started on 2024-08-31, score: 30
- Draft:Sir Edward Courtenay (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Ailurophilerose (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2024-08-31, score: 40
- Category:And Then There Were None (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Dimadick (talk · contribs · new pages (74)) started on 2024-09-01, 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
14 September 2024
- diffhist Paignton 07:05 −73 Ianmacm talk contribs (this is probably better as a see also, but it is a very short article)
- diffhist And Then There Were None 04:21 −20 183.89.250.246 talk (→Plot: I don't think "on" was grammatically correct here. Changing "with no satisfactory explanation" to "mystified")
- diffhist Talk:James Yonge (surgeon) 03:22 +17 SchreiberBike talk contribs (→If we declare two o possible birth years: Clarify)
- diffhist Talk:James Yonge (surgeon) 03:21 +502 SchreiberBike talk contribs (→If we declare two o possible birth years: It's explained in the article I linked at Dual dating#England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the American colonies.)
- diffhist m Exeter 03:13 +71 Jamesbath93 talk contribs (→Car)
- diffhist And Then There Were None 03:04 +5 Unnamed anon talk contribs (→Plot: Readded the terminal medical diagnosis, which was present before all of the changes) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
- diffhist And Then There Were None 02:48 −44 Unnamed anon talk contribs (→Plot: Thank you to the IP for making sure the time I spent re-reading the book would not be in vain. I also do like the improvement you made to the Wargrave fake death sentence The last two sentences of this paragraph were a bit verbose, so I merged them) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
- diffhist Talk:James Yonge (surgeon) 02:47 +247 Johnpacklambert talk contribs (→If we declare two o possible birth years: new section) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit New topic
- diffhist And Then There Were None 02:25 +131 183.89.250.246 talk (I don't really agree with the revert. Restoring revision 1245589782, and further revising from there, hopefully fixing the remaining problematic changes by User:Unnamed anon. I had felt for a while that we should explain why the investigators saw no satisfactory explanation, but it was tricky to do that in a concise manner. However, I think this works.)
- diffhist And Then There Were None 00:32 −50 Unnamed anon talk contribs (→Plot: @MichaelMaggs accidentally reverted his own edits to the page, so I'm restoring the edits directly made by him. The other changes are currently under discussion on my talk page) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
13 September 2024
- diffhist And Then There Were None 22:27 −64 MichaelMaggs talk contribs (Restored revision 1244305138 by MichaelMaggs (talk): Rv to last good version before edits of User:Unnamed anon. See user's talk page for reasons) Tags: Twinkle Undo
- diffhist And Then There Were None 22:01 +275 183.89.250.246 talk (→Plot: The plot summary was down to 652 words, so maybe there is now room for this.)
- diffhist James Yonge (surgeon) 21:21 −1 SchreiberBike talk contribs (Undid revision 1245454833 by Johnpacklambert (talk) Undo unexplained edit. This is not uncertainty, but the style often used in England at the time when the date of the new year was in transition. See Dual dating#England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the American colonies.) Tag: Undo
- diffhist Benjamin Price (bishop) 21:13 −2 2a02:8012:227b:0:59a6:6cc0:e500:52a2 talk (- Category:English bishops +)
- diffhist Talk:Robert Falcon Scott 20:09 +203 109.250.10.41 talk (→Pronunciation: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Robert Falcon Scott 20:08 +249 109.250.10.41 talk (→Pronunciation: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Robert Falcon Scott 20:05 +491 109.250.10.41 talk (→Arbitrary break: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Heanton Satchville, Petrockstowe 19:23 −187 ArbieP talk contribs (replaced a cite web ref in sources with a direct (cite DNB) Wikilink ref)
- diffhist And Then There Were None 19:14 +155 183.89.250.246 talk (→Plot)
- diffhist Paignton 19:07 +90 JoeNMLC talk contribs (→History: ce, add further - the 17-century historic public house in the town of Paignton|Torbay Inn)
- diffhist And Then There Were None 18:04 −4 183.89.250.246 talk (→Plot: Missing words)
- diffhist m Clovelly Dykes 18:03 −20 Richard Nevell talk contribs (ce) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist m Clovelly Dykes 18:02 −2 Richard Nevell talk contribs (ce) Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- diffhist m Colyton Grammar School 17:52 +1 Meters talk contribs (→Recent developments: quotes)
- diffhist Colyton Grammar School 17:51 +303 Meters talk contribs (→Recent developments: as opposed to being "formerly deceased"? ce, add source)
- diffhist Bertram Fletcher Robinson 15:51 −2 80.182.51.99 talk (Correction: "library")
- diffhist Bampton, Devon 15:04 +19 Johnsoniensis talk contribs (→The fair today: din)
- diffhist And Then There Were None 14:42 +14 183.89.250.246 talk (→Plot: Making clear that Blore's death happened when Vera and Lombard were together outside. That is an important detail, since otherwise it would seem very likely that Vera or Lombard was in fact the killer.)
- diffhist Plymouth Albion R.F.C. 14:22 +80 Jgjsmith006 talk contribs (→Season summary)
- diffhist Plymouth Albion R.F.C. 14:21 0 Jgjsmith006 talk contribs (→Current standings)
- diffhist History of Devon 13:32 +13 Dewnans talk contribs (→Anglo-Saxon conquest of Dumnonia: Minor edit. Britons in Devon may have spoken the Cornish language (or similar) but they were not Cornish men.) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist And Then There Were None 13:23 0 Unnamed anon talk contribs (→Plot) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
- diffhist And Then There Were None 13:23 +93 Unnamed anon talk contribs (→Plot) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
- diffhist Dartmoor 13:06 +36 Notakeyring talk contribs (Updated following the reinstatement of the right to wild-camp by the Court of Appeal.) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist And Then There Were None 12:59 +25 Unnamed anon talk contribs (→Plot) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
- diffhist And Then There Were None 12:55 −119 Unnamed anon talk contribs Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
- diffhist Roman Catholic Bishop of Plymouth 12:50 +642 Wikishovel talk contribs (Filled in 5 bare reference(s) with reFill 2)
- diffhist Plymouth Argyle F.C. 12:49 0 2a00:23c4:2c2b:4c01:39b5:6313:2d81:bb96 talk Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app edit App section source
- diffhist Plymouth Argyle F.C. 12:49 +57 2a00:23c4:2c2b:4c01:39b5:6313:2d81:bb96 talk Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app edit App section source
- diffhist Roman Catholic Bishop of Plymouth 12:48 +943 Wikishovel talk contribs (some detail and references on the succession within a year)
- diffhist And Then There Were None 12:18 −149 Unnamed anon talk contribs Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
- diffhist Colyton Grammar School 12:15 +93 149.40.110.98 talk (→Recent developments)
- diffhist Charles Osmond 12:00 +1 Alexeyevitch talk contribs (typo)
- diffhist Jeremy Thorpe 11:57 +23 SchroCat talk contribs (ce)
- diffhist And Then There Were None 11:07 −166 Unnamed anon talk contribs (→Plot: Readding first names, as they were previously moved to a different sentence that is now removed, as well as making some other details more concise) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
- diffhist Exeter City F.C. 11:06 0 86.19.9.71 talk Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Francis Drake 10:48 0 2603:6010:bb00:288b:c8a9:fe18:9f3f:819a talk (→Family and heritage)
- diffhist Francis Drake 10:48 +92 2603:6010:bb00:288b:c8a9:fe18:9f3f:819a talk (→Family and heritage)
- diffhist Francis Drake 10:43 −89 2603:6010:bb00:288b:c8a9:fe18:9f3f:819a talk (→Family and heritage)
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!