Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Devon

Mole Valley Farmers

Would someone please take a look at Mole Valley Farmers which currently has a tag about notability. I think that with the latest content I have added, it is notable enough to be kept but I am not impartial as I have been editing it and I am regular customer. Thanks.--NHSavage (talk) 20:05, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

As no one has commented, I will in a week or so be bold and remove the notability tag myself (okay waiting a month is not really bold but nevermind).--NHSavage (talk) 17:20, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Knightshayes Court

In the hope that a Devon-based editor might see this, I wonder if anyone has/could obtain a photograph of this, Golden Bed, which I believe is on display at Knightshayes. A photograph of the matching wardrobe would be an even greater boon. Many thanks. KJP1 (talk) 12:53, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

WikiProject collaboration notice from the Portals WikiProject

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Background

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Wikimedia UK and the University of Exeter

Hi folks, I work for Wikimedia UK and I thought you might be interested in something we're doing with the University of Exeter. Working with Dr Liz Shaw, a Research Fellow, we're holding a seminar and workshop for researchers based at the university. She came to us with the idea and it's encouraging to see the university being pro-active about giving their researchers the skills to communicate research. It's a one-off event at the moment, but these things can get people thinking about how to work with Wikipedia so watch this space. If you want to stay in touch with what we do, and get some ideas for how to get involved, you can subscribe to our quarterly newsletter. Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 11:59, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool

Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.

We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma (talk) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

New bot to remove completed infobox requests

Hello! I have recently created a bot to remove completed infobox requests and am sending this message to WikiProject Devon since the project currently has a backlogged infobox request category. Details about the task can be found at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PearBOT 2, but in short it removes all infobox requests from articles with an infobox, once a week. To sign up, reply with {{ping|Trialpears}} and tell me if any special considerations are required for the Wikiproject. For example: if only a specific infobox should be detected, such as {{infobox journal}} for WikiProject Academic Journals; or if an irregularly named infobox such as {{starbox begin}} should be detected. Feel free to ask if you have any questions!

Sent on behalf of Trialpears (talk) via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:34, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

The Great Britain/Ireland Destubathon

Hi. The Wikipedia:The Great Britain/Ireland Destubathon is planned for March 2020, a contest/editathon to eliminate as many stubs as possible from all 134 counties. Amazon vouchers/book prizes are planned for most articles destubbed from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland and Northern Ireland and whoever destubs articles from the most counties out of the 134. Sign up on page if interested in participating, we have over 44,000 stubs! A good opportunity to improve stubs for your area!♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:08, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Rock Park

Some Devonian expert could have a look at Rock Park. I de-vandalized it, but the page needs some local love.

JennyCrash (talk) 17:41, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Category:Devon articles needing expert attention has been nominated for discussion

Category:Devon articles needing expert attention has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Peaceray (talk) 17:53, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Parishes project

I have started a project for missing civil parishes at User:Crouch, Swale/Missing parishes. The missing parishes in Devon are:

• Lands common to Axminster and Kilmington
• Whitchurch, Devon (parish)

And these exists as a redirect only but should have separate articles:

• Ogwell
• Powderham

A total of 4, see User:Crouch, Swale/Missing parishes (1)#Devon. Crouch, Swale (talk) 17:37, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

Pinging 1st half of members to get more input @Sophie means wisdom, Safalra, Birddrz, TempyIncursion, Geof Sheppard, Herbythyme, Stevebritgimp, Sjc, Foggy Dew, John Stumbles, Stickman, Lynbarn, Suriel1981, Processr, JamesFitz, Trotboy, Dartmoorpete, Thenthornthing, Heliotic, Balin42632003, Greatestrowerever, and Dlh-stablelights:. Crouch, Swale (talk) 19:11, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Pinging 2nd half @Rosser1954, Dewnans, Janipewter, Devonian1776, Craitman17, Jolly Janner, Smalljim, Davyth, Lyridian, Liamr9983, Toby2020, Walls of Jericho, Pafcwoody, Worm That Turned, Jwelowe, Paul Bedson, EdwardRussell, Baldy Bill, NHSavage, BrayLockBoy, Cdmaher, and HJ Mitchell:. Crouch, Swale (talk) 16:31, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

John Hull II's connection to Cromwell

While doing random reading (I was looking for someone who died in 1549 to make a joke), I came upon the page for John Hull II which claims he was born in 1503, died in 1549, and was a "friend and supporter of Oliver Cromwell," but that's impossible as Oliver Cromwell (to whom it links) wasn't born for another 50 years, 1599. The reference cited for that mentions a "Cromwell" but not which. I'm going to remove the claim of a connection, but if anyone's interested in sussing out which Cromwell it was referring to that would be nice to restore with correct information. It may perhaps refer instead to Thomas Cromwell. 174.29.107.44 (talk) 01:44, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

User script to detect unreliable sources

Main page: User:Headbomb/unreliable

I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like

• John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14. (John Smith "[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14.)

and turns it into something like

• John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from {{cite web}}, {{cite journal}} and {{doi}}.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:01, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Images from the Royal Albert Memorial Museum

Hi folks, last month the Royal Albert Memorial Museum approached Wikimedia UK for help sharing images. We have a stream of work called 'Connected Heritage' where we help cultural heritage professionals improve their digital skills, and share content in the process. Yesterday, RAMM and WMUK worked together to share a few dozen public domain images from their collection. They are mostly of Exeter, with a couple from further afield. You can see the 67 on Commons and I've put a sample gallery below. I reckon some of the images may be useful for articles. Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 11:02, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

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  A drawing by Thomas Rowlandson of a sermon in Exeter Cathedral
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  A watercolour of the South Gate by Mary Drew in 1818
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  West Street in the 1860s by William Widgery
• 
  Vicars Choral in South Street by George Townsend in 1885

South Hams

I've just updated the page with the election results. The 'politics' infographic needs the coloured dots rearranging and I cannot see how to do that. There's also an out of date map that needs attention. Thanks. Thelisteninghand (talk) 13:45, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

21 September editathon in Exeter

Hello! Wikimedia UK and the Royal Albert Memorial Museum are organising an editathon, 'Devon in Red'. The theme of the day is Devon history, and all are welcome. If there are groups you think would be interested, or friends or family who might be curious, please do share the event with them!

Register

There will be training, and experienced editors can crack on with editing from the off. As a bonus, we'll be joined by the authors of Devon Women In Public and Professional Life 1900-1950: Votes, Voices and Vocations. Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 08:38, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Proposed county infobox template change

A discussion is ongoing at Template talk:Infobox English county#Proposal: remove the ethnicity section which is likely of interest to this project. The original proposal is for straight removal of the ethnicity field from the template but keeping the population field. A modification to the proposal includes this also but seeks the addition of two optional, undefined statistical fields within the non-metropolitan and unitary authority sections of the county infoboxes — at present there are no demographic statistical fields, other than population under these headings. Rupples (talk) 23:55, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Lundy

Lundy has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 02:57, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Bertram Fletcher Robinson

Bertram Fletcher Robinson - Following much recent expansion, and promotion to GA status, please could I request a reassessment on the Importance Scale within this WikiProject category? Many thanks. 82.38.214.91 (talk) 00:01, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

That is not how importance works. Importance does not change depending on article quality; it remains constant whether the article is a stub or an FA. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 00:12, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for South West Coast Path

South West Coast Path has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 00:11, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

Plymouth Chronicle Newspaper

Hello, total wikipedia newbie but I have been trying to get this article about the Plymouth Chronicle Newspaper to be up to standard for approval.

Any help with this article would be greatly appreciated, please let me know if there is anything I can do to help. LouisCSV (talk) 09:24, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Editathon at the University of Exeter on 11 September 2024

The editathon will be held at the University of Exeter's Digital Humanities Lab

Hello everyone, there is an upcoming event that folks interested in Devon history are welcome to attend. It is part of an ongoing collaboration between Wikimedia UK and GLAM-E Lab, an initiative to help galleries, libraries, archives, and museums learn how to share content under an open licence.

The editathon will be held at the University of Exeter's Digital Humanities Lab.

Register

There will be an aspect of training for new editors, so it's a chance to introduce a friend to Wikipedia editing. Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 08:43, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

Peverell Park - photo request

Hello WP:Devon! Just over from the cricket project and wondered if anyone local to Plymouth could grab some photos of the site of this former cricket ground? The coordinates are located in the article, but it's very near to Plymouth Argyle's home ground. Cheers in advance. AA (talk) 09:29, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Nonexistent participants

I notice on WikiProject Devon/Participants some users are nonexistent (e.g. Foggy Dew) or were created more recently than their 2008 inclusion on this list (e.g. Stickman, created in 2011 with 0 edits). It seems this list was copied from elsewhere when created in 2008. I'd like to clean up the list unless anyone objects. Users shouldn't be on a list they haven't intended to be on. GhostOfNoMan 04:22, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

Dartmouth Butterwalk

I've recently done Dartmouth Butterwalk as a Start. It would be hugely improved by some interior images, particularly of the King's Room and the Jesse ceiling in the Jesse Room. If any locally-based editors were able to assist, I would be most grateful. KJP1 (talk) 19:05, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

p.s. While I'm here, any images of the Burges furniture at Knightshayes Court, first requested six years ago!, would also be appreciated. KJP1 (talk) 19:07, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Exeter meetup

Hello! We're organizing the second-ever Exeter in person meet-up, on Saturday, January 18. A meetup is a lovely place to meet other editors, have a chat and enjoy a hot chocolate or cider. If you're interested, you can sign up on the meetup page. Hope to see many of you there! —Femke 🐦 (talk) 17:42, 14 December 2024 (UTC)