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[[Image:Flag of Devon.svg|250px|right|The flag of Devon]]

'''Welcome to <font size="6" color=#00824A>WikiProject [[Devon]]</font>'''

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This is a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|collaboration area and group of editors]] dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of the [[England|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.
{{Shortcut|WP:Devon}}

; '''Goals'''
* On a day-to-day basis, keep articles on Devon free from [[WP:Vandalism|vandalism]] and ensure that they are not degraded by sub-standard edits. The [[#Recent changes|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 [[WP:IRS|referenced]] content, [[WP:CE|copyediting]] (improvements to style, grammar, [[WP:MOS|layout]], spelling, etc.), and dealing with problem tags – see the list [https://bambots.brucemyers.com/cwb/bycat/Devon.html here] (warning: there are a lot!).
* Identify omissions in the coverage of Devon. Suggestions for new articles can be made on this project's [[WT:WikiProject Devon|Talk page]], but the [[WP:BOLD|bold]] way is to [[WP:WIZARD|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 [[Wikipedia:Featured Articles|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!

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==New to Wikipedia?==
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.
*[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Editing_Wikipedia_brochure_EN.pdf "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, [[Wikipedia:Teahouse|The Teahouse]] is a friendly place to help new editors become accustomed to Wikipedia culture, ask questions, and develop community relationships.
*The [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Devon|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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Devon/Participants|list of participants]].

==Assessment==
*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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Devon/Assessment|WikiProject Devon/Assessment]] for more information.

== Guidelines ==
This project broadly follows the guidelines of its parent, the [[WP:UKGEO|UK Geography WikiProject]], on [[WP:UKCITIES|how to write about settlements]].

== Article alerts ==
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==To do==
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*Check out '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Devon/Wanted images|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 {{tl|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 {{tl|Image requested}} from the talk page once an image has been added to the article.

==New articles==
{{scrolling window|link=User:AlexNewArtBot/DevonSearchResult|height=300px|title=New articles}}

==Recent changes==
{{scrolling window|link=Special:RecentChangesLinked/Wikipedia:WikiProject Devon/Article list|height=300px|title=New articles}}

== Featured content ==
See the [[/Featured content|Featured Content page]] for some of our content (articles and photos) that has gained recognition within Wikipedia.
[[File:Kingswear and the Dart s1.jpg|center|thumb|800px|Just one of our [[Commons:Features pictures|featured pictures]]. This is '''[[Kingswear]]''', [[Devon]] as seen from [[Dartmouth, Devon|Dartmouth]], by [[User:Herbythyme|Herbythyme]]]]

==Resources==
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Devon/Resources|A list of relevant books and internet resources]]. (under construction)

==Templates==
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===
{{WikiProject Devon|category=no}}

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 [[WP:WikiProject UK geography|UK geography WikiProject]] template already there; in these cases, add our template ''after'' theirs. You can add the template using the following code:

{{tlx|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.

{{tlx|WikiProject Devon|importance{{=}}|needs-infobox{{=}}yes|attention{{=}}yes|needs-photo{{=}}yes}}

See [[Template:WikiProject Devon|WikiProject Devon]] for further examples and details of the ''suggestions'' parameter.

===Project userbox===
{{User WPDevon}}

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To add this userbox to your user page use {{tl|User WPDevon}}.

=== Barnstar ===

{{Devon Barnstar}}

To use this [[WP:STAR|barnstar]], simply add <nowiki>{{subst:</nowiki>[[Template:Devon Barnstar|Devon Barnstar]]<nowiki>|message ~~~~}}</nowiki> to the [[Help:Talk pages|talk page]] of the user you wish to reward.  Make sure you include a message which indicates why they are receiving the award.

=== Navigation ===
<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:Devon|Devon]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki> is placed at the bottom of all the articles linked in the template to help readers "navigate" between the most important articles of Devon.

{{Devon}}

== Categories ==
* [[:Category:Devon]] and numerous sub-categories

== Interested in Devon? ==
We maintain [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Devon/Participants|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!

===Associated projects===
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