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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 | |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | ||||||
| 3 | 12 | 20 | 35 | ||||
| B | 5 | 13 | 28 | 122 | 36 | 204 | |
| C | 4 | 22 | 95 | 476 | 52 | 649 | |
| Start | 4 | 5 | 140 | 1,813 | 68 | 2,030 | |
| Stub | 1 | 8 | 1,624 | 66 | 1,699 | ||
| List | 4 | 25 | 70 | 99 | |||
| Category | 713 | 713 | |||||
| Disambig | 17 | 17 | |||||
| File | 21 | 21 | |||||
| Portal | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Project | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Template | 63 | 63 | |||||
| NA | 2 | 78 | 111 | 191 | |||
| Other | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| Assessed | 13 | 50 | 316 | 4,210 | 934 | 222 | 5,745 |
| Unassessed | 5 | 5 | |||||
| Total | 13 | 50 | 316 | 4,210 | 934 | 227 | 5,750 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 23,622 | Ω = 5.11 | |||||
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
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- No Article alerts at this time.
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 relevant parameter in {{WikiProject Devon}} 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) | Deleted articles| Last updated: 2026-07-25 19:44 (UTC)
Note: The list display can now be customized by each user. See List display personalization for details.
- Edward Radford (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools | Edward Radford (Q20058808) ) by Theroadislong (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2026-07-25, score: 60
- Devon Coast and Countryside (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools | Devon Coast and Countryside (Q140600821) ) by Crouch, Swale (talk · contribs · new pages (28)) started on 2026-07-16, score: 240
- Template:RailwaysArchive/main/3000–3999 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by JacobTheRox (talk · contribs · new pages (12)) started on 2026-07-24, score: 30
- Template:RailwaysArchive/main/2000–2999 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by JacobTheRox (talk · contribs · new pages (12)) started on 2026-07-24, score: 30
- Template:RailwaysArchive/main/1000–1999 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by JacobTheRox (talk · contribs · new pages (12)) started on 2026-07-24, score: 30
- Jem Hepworth (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools | Jem Hepworth (Q140646282) ) by Road Atlanta Turn 5 (talk · contribs · new pages (49)) started on 2026-07-21, score: 40
- Draft:Torbay (formed 2028) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Crouch, Swale (talk · contribs · new pages (28)) started on 2026-07-22, score: 140
- Draft:Plymouth (formed 2028) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Crouch, Swale (talk · contribs · new pages (28)) started on 2026-07-22, score: 80
- Draft:Exeter (unitary authority area) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Crouch, Swale (talk · contribs · new pages (28)) started on 2026-07-22, score: 100
- 2026–27 FA Cup qualifying rounds (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools | WikiProject Devon (Q21829867) ) by HattonL (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2026-07-13, score: 60
- 2026–27 FA Women's National League Cup (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools | WikiProject Devon (Q21829867) ) by QueenWillow (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2026-07-18, score: 25
- The Wounded Kings (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools | WikiProject Devon (Q21829867) ) by Geschichte (talk · contribs · new pages (30)) started on 2026-07-19, score: 50
- Allman Brown (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools | Allman Brown (Q140606329) ) by Sulfurboy (talk · contribs · new pages (212)) started on 2026-07-18, score: 30
- 2026-27 FA Women's National League Cup (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools | WikiProject Devon (Q21829867) ) by QueenWillow (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2026-07-18, score: 25
- Draft:Devon Coast and Countryside (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Crouch, Swale (talk · contribs · new pages (28)) started on 2026-07-16, score: 80
- Anna Murray (scientist) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools | Anna Murray (Q39933729) ) by Jesswade88 (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2026-07-16, score: 40
- Draft:John Fellowes Wallop, 7th Earl of Portsmouth (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Mariamnei (talk · contribs · new pages (51)) started on 2026-07-15, score: 30
- Roundball Halt railway station (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools | Roundball Halt railway station (Q140589050) ) by Mattdaviesfsic (talk · contribs · new pages (8)) started on 2026-07-15, score: 60
- Grade II* listed buildings in England (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools | WikiProject Devon (Q21829867) ) by Zsteve21 (talk · contribs · new pages (86)) started on 2026-07-14, 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
28 July 2026
- diffhist The Hound of the Baskervilles 16:40 +7 Nuerkran talk contribs (added Internal links) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Paignton railway station 16:40 +383 Ianmacm talk contribs (→July 2026 fire: expand)
- diffhist Paignton railway station 16:18 −1 Geof Sheppard talk contribs (→Services: update)
- diffhist Paignton railway station 16:18 +211 Geof Sheppard talk contribs (→Services: update)
- diffhist Exeter Central railway station 16:07 +202 Geof Sheppard talk contribs (infobox)
- diffhist m Michael Foot 14:16 +6 TheDunn talk contribs (Missing word) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist HMNB Devonport 13:32 −41 IBrock talk contribs (→Type 23 frigates)
- diffhist m Category talk:Jurassic Coast 13:28 +77 Tom.Reding talk contribs (+{{WP Geology|Geological periods=yes}}{{WP Palaeontology}}) Tag: AWB
- diffhist Newton Abbot Racecourse 13:09 +126 HallCastleKing talk contribs (added reference)
- diffhist Plymouth Raiders 11:00 +9 Mrstupid692 talk contribs Tags: Visual edit Newcomer task Suggested: revise tone
- diffhist m High Sheriff of Devon 10:54 −28 KerryCommon talk contribs (→1600–1699: corrected link)
- diffhist m Mayor of Exeter 10:52 +1 KerryCommon talk contribs (→Former mayors)
- diffhist m Great Fulford 10:50 +2 KerryCommon talk contribs (→Col. Francis Fulford (1666–1700))
- diffhist Paignton railway station 10:05 +207 Ianmacm talk contribs (copyedit; Paignton has reopened, but there are no long distance services at the moment due to problems with using both platforms at the same time)
- diffhist R. F. Delderfield 03:34 +22 Camboxer talk contribs (→Select bibliography: detail added) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist R. F. Delderfield 03:22 +60 Camboxer talk contribs (→Other works: detail added) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist m Lower Tamar Lake 03:20 +185 Zackmann08 talk contribs (fixing infobox and removing deprecated parameters for Infobox body of water; Cleaning up syntax using indent.js) Tag: JWB
- diffhist m Honiton Community College 02:04 +24 ねこの森には帰れない talk contribs
- diffhist Walter Raleigh 01:14 +2 Alexanderino talk contribs (replace deprecated infobox parameter alma_mater, typo(s) fixed: 1579-1623 → 1579–1623) Tag: AWB
27 July 2026
- diffhist Blundell's School 22:56 −1 ~2026-41641-99 talk
- diffhist Blundell's School 22:56 −11 ~2026-41641-99 talk
- diffhist Blundell's School 22:53 −7 ~2026-41641-99 talk
- diffhist Casper the Commuting Cat 22:24 +14 ForsythiaJo talk contribs (removed Category:Children's non-fiction books; added Category:Children's non-fiction books about animals using HotCat)
- diffhist Springwatch 21:46 −62 TheMysteriousEditor talk contribs Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Springwatch 21:37 +13 TheMysteriousEditor talk contribs
- diffhist m River Exe 21:16 +2 Ghmyrtle talk contribs (sp)
- diffhist Beautiful Days (festival) 20:15 +308 Black Kite talk contribs (→Festival details: +2026)
- diffhist m Springwatch 19:48 +15 Brandon Downes talk contribs (Cleaned up using AutoEd)
- diffhist m Kennford 19:08 +1,039 Plasticwonder talk contribs (Reverted edits by RyanCburn (talk) (WS)) Tags: WikiShield Rollback
- diffhist m Kennford 19:08 −1,039 RyanCburn talk contribs (→(top): Outdated info) Tags: Reverted references removed Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist East Devon District Council elections 19:02 +1,586 Alextheconservative talk contribs (→2023-2027: 2026)
- diffhist m Ashmoor Hockey Club 18:43 +2 Jerodlycett talk contribs (v2.05 - Fix errors for CW project (Spelling and typography)) Tag: WPCleaner
- diffhist Duke of Exeter 17:23 +59 GoldRingChip talk contribs (Added family tree)
- diffhist m West Country English 17:10 −2 Wolfdog talk contribs (→Literature, film and television since the 20th century: whoops)
- diffhist West Country English 17:09 +24 Wolfdog talk contribs (slight reorganizing of headings)
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 | |||||||
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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 Category:Devon. 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:
{{WikiProject Devon|importance=}}
Additional parameters can be added for articles in need of help and when activated will populate the article in its relevant category.
{{WikiProject Devon|importance=|needs-infobox=yes|attention=yes|needs-photo=yes}}
See WikiProject Devon 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}}.
Topicon
[edit]To add a small topicon to the top of your user page — like in good articles or protected articles — use {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Devon/Topicon}}
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!