![The flag of Devon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Flag_of_Devon.svg/250px-Flag_of_Devon.svg.png)
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!
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)
- 12 Apr 2024 – Draft:Plymouth Chronicle (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by LouisCSV (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: 2024-06-28 20:19 (UTC)
Note: The list display can now be customized by each user. See List display personalization for details.
- Neville Morley (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Furius (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2024-06-27, score: 40
- Ed Middleton (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Goodknowme (talk · contribs · new pages (11)) started on 2024-06-27, score: 60
- 1957–58 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Nescaff (talk · contribs · new pages (9)) started on 2024-06-27, score: 30
- Worcestershire Militia (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Rickfive (talk · contribs · new pages (34)) started on 2024-06-26, score: 70
- Category:Writers about Devon (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Throughthemind (talk · contribs · new pages (13)) started on 2024-06-26, score: 60
- Gerald Kasaato (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by SiniyaEdita (talk · contribs · new pages (5)) 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 (3)) started on 2024-06-18, score: 70
- Thomas Salthouse (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by WikiOriginal-9 (talk · contribs · new pages (828)) 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
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
29 June 2024
- diffhist South West Devon (UK Parliament constituency) 02:48 +202 Mabbs001 talk contribs (Updated new electorate numbers from new boundaries. #article-section-source-editor) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app edit
- diffhist South West Devon (UK Parliament constituency) 02:43 +1 Mabbs001 talk contribs (#article-section-source-editor) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app edit
- diffhist South Devon (UK Parliament constituency) 02:17 +709 Mabbs001 talk contribs (Updated new electorate numbers from new boundaries. #article-section-source-editor) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app edit
- diffhist South Devon (UK Parliament constituency) 02:13 +3 Mabbs001 talk contribs (#article-section-source-editor) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app edit
- diffhist m South Devon (UK Parliament constituency) 02:12 +99 Mabbs001 talk contribs (#article-add-desc) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app edit
- diffhist Plymouth Sutton and Devonport (UK Parliament constituency) 01:35 +175 Mabbs001 talk contribs (Updated new electorate numbers from new boundaries. #article-section-source-editor) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app edit
- diffhist Plymouth Sutton and Devonport (UK Parliament constituency) 01:30 +4 Mabbs001 talk contribs (#article-section-source-editor) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app edit
- diffhist m Plymouth Sutton (UK Parliament constituency) 01:28 +33 Mabbs001 talk contribs (#article-change-desc) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app edit
- diffhist Plymouth Moor View (UK Parliament constituency) 01:26 +119 Mabbs001 talk contribs (Updated new electorate numbers from new boundaries. #article-section-source-editor) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app edit
- diffhist Plymouth Moor View (UK Parliament constituency) 01:22 +4 Mabbs001 talk contribs (#article-section-source-editor) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app edit
- diffhist m Bertram Fletcher Robinson 01:05 −4 Ira Leviton talk contribs (Deleted a duplicate "the".)
28 June 2024
- diffhist Elburton Villa F.C. 23:53 +140 Number 57 talk contribs (MOSDATE, format reference)
- diffhist Kingsley School, Bideford 22:01 +237 Mb2437 talk contribs (updated school fees)
- diffhist Torquay United F.C. 21:54 +2 2a00:23c8:e35:8701:1356:17bb:c038:bd35 talk (→Current squad) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist m Michael Foot 21:50 −5 DuncanHill talk contribs (Reverted edit by Wikidroid 2000 (talk) to last version by 98.228.137.44) Tag: Rollback
- diffhist Michael Foot 21:43 +5 Wikidroid 2000 talk contribs Tag: Reverted
- diffhist Exeter St Davids railway station 21:04 −290 Geof Sheppard talk contribs (rationalise and update the lead section) Tag: Disambiguation links added
- diffhist m Tom Daley 21:02 −26 Ternera talk contribs (Reverted edits by 47.234.148.45 (talk): not providing a reliable source (WP:CITE, WP:RS) (HG) (3.4.12)) Tags: Huggle Rollback
- diffhist Tom Daley 21:02 +8 47.234.148.45 talk Tag: Reverted
- diffhist Tom Daley 21:01 +18 47.234.148.45 talk Tags: Reverted Disambiguation links added
- diffhist Exeter St Davids railway station 20:54 −85 Geof Sheppard talk contribs (→Location: copyedit)
- diffhist Torquay United F.C. 19:40 +54 2a00:23c8:e35:8701:1356:17bb:c038:bd35 talk (→Current squad) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Torquay United F.C. 19:39 0 2a00:23c8:e35:8701:1356:17bb:c038:bd35 talk (→Current squad) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Torquay United F.C. 19:38 +51 2a00:23c8:e35:8701:1356:17bb:c038:bd35 talk (→Current squad) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Torquay United F.C. 19:34 +53 2a00:23c8:e35:8701:1356:17bb:c038:bd35 talk (→Current squad) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist North Devon (UK Parliament constituency) 18:47 +163 Mabbs001 talk contribs (Updated new electorate numbers from new boundaries. #article-section-source-editor) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app edit
- diffhist North Devon (UK Parliament constituency) 18:43 −1 Mabbs001 talk contribs (#article-section-source-editor) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app edit
- diffhist Crediton railway station 18:22 −58 Redrose64 talk contribs (Undid revision 1231506540 by Wikiuser123afvw (talk) mileage is from Central, not St David's) Tag: Undo
- diffhist Plymouth Argyle F.C. 17:51 +1 GreenPilgrim84 talk contribs (→Coaching positions)
- diffhist Plymouth Argyle F.C. 17:51 +74 GreenPilgrim84 talk contribs (→Coaching positions)
- diffhist m Crediton railway station 17:25 +58 Wikiuser123afvw talk contribs Tags: Reverted Visual edit
- diffhist m Crediton 17:23 +41 Wikiuser123afvw talk contribs Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Exeter St Davids railway station 17:20 +270 Wikiuser123afvw talk contribs Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Plymouth 17:07 +88 AnomieBOT talk contribs (Rescuing orphaned refs ("2021 Nomis" from Watford))
- diffhist South West Devon (UK Parliament constituency) 15:51 +7 71.105.190.227 talk (His bio says he retired and he said in 2022 that he would retire and the last parliament he served in has dissolved so he should not be listed as incumbent) Tag: Disambiguation links added
- diffhist South West Devon (UK Parliament constituency) 15:49 +23 71.105.190.227 talk (announced in 2022 he would stand down and last parliament he served in has dissolved)
- diffhist Splashdown Quaywest 14:49 +189 Randolphfan77 talk contribs Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Buckland Monachorum 14:45 +1 Rockyar88 talk contribs (3763 to 3,763) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Dartmoor 14:11 +1 Rockyar88 talk contribs (→Tors: Inserted full stop) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Torbay 13:37 +2,430 DragonofBatley talk contribs (Added religious and ethnicity compositions, areas of the borough and a new collage.) Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- diffhist Geoffrey Cox (British politician) 13:37 +12 Cambial Yellowing talk contribs (update)
- diffhist m Plymouth 12:55 −7 DragonofBatley talk contribs (Slight tweaks) Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- diffhist Plymouth 12:53 +2,502 DragonofBatley talk contribs (Updated population, added ethnicity and religious compositions as well as suburbs of the city.) Tags: Visual edit: Switched Disambiguation links added
- diffhist m Bideford College 10:47 −1 Ae245 talk contribs (Reverted edits by 2A02:C7E:2ECE:7D00:D975:D291:B16B:67F9 (talk) (HG) (3.4.12)) Tags: Huggle Rollback
- diffhist Bideford College 10:45 +1 2a02:c7e:2ece:7d00:d975:d291:b16b:67f9 talk (Fixed typo) Tags: Reverted possible BLP issue or vandalism Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Newton Abbot (UK Parliament constituency) 10:24 +6 Mabbs001 talk contribs (#article-section-source-editor) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app edit
- diffhist Newton Abbot (UK Parliament constituency) 10:22 +134 Mabbs001 talk contribs (Updated new electorate numbers from new boundaries. #article-section-source-editor) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app edit
- diffhist Beattie Edmondson 06:05 −9 Baeleigh talk contribs
Featured content[edit]
See the Featured Content page for some of our content (articles and photos) that has gained recognition within Wikipedia.
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Kingswear_and_the_Dart_s1.jpg/800px-Kingswear_and_the_Dart_s1.jpg)
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]
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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]
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To add this userbox to your user page use {{User WPDevon}}.
Barnstar[edit]
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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.
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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!