Wikipedia:WikiProject Somerset

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Welcome to WikiProject Somerset. Some Wikipedians have formed this collaboration resource and group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Somerset and the organization of information and articles on this topic. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in the topic. If you would like to help, please join the project, inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list below.

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[edit] Goals

Roughly in order of importance

  1. Y Done Get Somerset up to featured article.
  2. Create articles on all important sub-divisions and places of interest in Somerset.
  3. Maintain Portal:Somerset
  4. Add basic data such as population and maps to all sub-divisions of Somerset.
  5. Add at least one photograph to every sub-division and place of interest in Somerset.
  6. Possibly create an infobox for places of interest with maps, visitor numbers etc.
  7. Make History of Somerset, Geology of Somerset etc good, and ultimately featured articles.

[edit] Scope

  • To cover all topics related to the historical county of Somerset, England, which may include, but is not restricted to towns, villages and geography of the county. People and organisations from Somerset. Local culture, economy history etc.

It is not intended to include people with only a loose connection eg alumni of local universities or those who played for local sports teams.

[edit] Guidelines

For writing about settlements, see WikiProject UK geography - How to write about settlements

For writing about other areas of interest, guidance might be be found in other related projects

[edit] Open tasks

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Somerset: edit · history · watch · refresh

Here are some tasks you can do:

[edit] Participants

Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.

  1. Rodw (talk · contribs) I'm interested in working on historic houses and industrial heritage.15:05, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
  2. Lethesl (talk · contribs) I can give a shot at cleaning up and Wikifying weak articles, adding reference sections and beginning in-text citations in preparation for any future attempt for featured status. 18:58, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
  3. Derek Andrews (talk · contribs) I am interested in working on Wells and surrounding villages, and general editing, tidying up, flagging problem areas etc. Particular interests; prehistory, industrial archaeology, natural features, walking routes. I only get home every few years, so won't be able to contribute photos too often. 11:01, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
  4. Pyrotec (talk · contribs) Have contributed to various articles within Somerset. Interested in historical subjects, such as industrial archaeology, railways, canals, railways, etc.Pyrotec 12:40, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
  5. Geof Sheppard (talk · contribs) – mainly working on railways and industrial heritage.
  6. Celiakozlowski (talk · contribs) – adding pictures and pages for villages in South "Zomerzet".
  7. Jdrewitt (talk · contribs) – general editing
  8. Mark999 (talk · contribs) – expanding apon the Bristol work Mark999 19:35, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
  9. dbown100 (talk · contribs) I have a large database of Somerset village pictures and would like to contribute wherever pictures are required, my online album of pictures is at http://dbown100.tripod.com/album.htm. 8th Nov 2007
  10. Marco Alfarrobinha (talk · contribs) I live in Somerset and I am interested in creating new articles and editing existing ones, it is just that I am extremelly busy in real life so whenever I have a spare hour or two... Marco Alfarrobinha {chat}contributions 04:22, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
  11. GGeoff (talk · contribs) (I am interested in editing and providing photographs. I live in Somerset. I take a special interest in trying to preserve the landscape and townscapes) 15:55,November 2007 (UTC)
  12. quota (talk · contribs) I no longer live in Somerset, so my info is somewhat out of date, but I'll try and help with information from the 1960s and 1970s. quota (talk) 10:50, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
  13. TimTay (talk · contribs) I am interested in all things Somerset. --TimTay (talk) 11:22, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
  14. Vox Humana 8' (talk · contribs) I am interested particularly in Somerset's rich monastic heritage.--Vox Humana 8' 15:35, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
  15. Kkarma (talk · contribs) I am interested in cleaning up existing articles, and perhaps creating a few needed ones if I can find enough useful information to make it a good article. --kkarma (talk) 18:30, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
  16. JR Watchet (talk · contribs) I am based in Watchet and very active and interested in all tourism matters in West Somerset and Exmoor and in almost daily contact with most key players and what's on in a 30 mile radius. Can work on anything related. 22:28, 19th march 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Articles and Lists

Below is a bot generated table of the assessment process of WikiProject Somerset supported articles. The stats are generated automatically every 2-3 days, but they can be updated manually by entering Somerset (and replacing Foobar) into the Category box here.

[edit] Current status

Somerset
articles		 Importance
Top High Mid Low Total
Quality
Featured article FA 1 3 4 1 9
Good article GA 1 4 6 5 16
B 1 3 36 33 73
Start 2 7 137 498 644
Stub 35 982 1017
List 1 10 3 14
Assessed 5 18 228 1522 1773
Total 5 18 228 1522 1773


The above table shows the current state of this WikiProject. To view historical, monthly totals, see project progress.

[edit] Featured content

[edit] Candidates

[edit] Good Content

[edit] Candidates

[edit] Did you know

The following Somerset articles have appeared on Wikipedia's front page in the Did You Know? section:

Date appeared Article Hook line. Did you know...
6 June 2008 John Billingsley

... that in 1795 John Billingsley advocated straightening sections of the rivers Brue, Axe and Parrett, to increase reclamation of the Somerset Levels?
16 April 2008 Somerset Towers

...that medieval Perpendicular Gothic Somerset Towers typically feature pinnacles, lacy tracery windows and bell openings, gargoyles, arches, buttresses, merlons, and external stair turrets?
27 Jan 2008 Selworthy

...that the village of Selworthy was rebuilt by Sir Thomas Dyke Acland in 1828 as a Model village for the aged and infirm of his Holnicote Estate?
18 Jan 2008 Midford Castle

...that Midford Castle was built in the shape of the ace of clubs (♣)?
16 Jan 2008 Writhlington

...that a coal mining spoil heap at Writhlington, England was the site for the discovery of fossilised remains of the world's earliest known Damselfly?
13 Jan 2008 Anglo-Bavarian Brewery

...that the Anglo-Bavarian Brewery, constructed in Somerset in 1864 and now designated as an historic site, was the first brewery in Britain to produce lager?
8 January 2008 Lilstock

...that Lilstock church only holds one service a year, and the last marriage held there was in 1834?
30 November 2007 Simonsbath

...that Simonsbath on Exmoor is the largest parish in Somerset covering 56 square miles (145.0 km²) but only has 75 houses?
29 November 2007 Hadspen House

...that Hadspen House has been owned by the family of Henry Hobhouse since 1785?
21 November 2007 Glastonbury Lake Village

...that a bronze bowl from the Iron Age Glastonbury Lake Village was made from the remnants of two separate vessels, before it was deposited in the peat?
21 November 2007 Crowcombe

...that the Crowcombe church spire was damaged by lightning in 1724 and the top has been planted in the churchyard ever since?
15 November 2007 Bishop's Palace

...that Mute Swans ring for lunch at the Bishop's Palace in Wells, UK?
29 October 2007 Culbone

...that Culbone Church is the smallest English parish church still holding services?
8 October 2007 Building of Bath Museum

...that the Building of Bath Museum was originally constructed in 1765 as a chapel for Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon?
20 September 2007 Pawlett, Somerset *...that the Norman church in Pawlett, Somerset has a stained glass window showing Christ blessing children who are in modern dress and holding a teddy bear and toy boat?
7 September 2007 Marston Bigot *...that stained glass in Marston Bigot church (pictured) in Somerset, England is from the abbey of Altenberg in Germany and depicts a scene from the early life of St Bernard?
6 September 2007 Babington, Somerset *...that the medieval village of Babington in Somerset, England was destroyed around 1705 to make way for a new Manor House?
3 September 2007 Shepton Mallet (HM Prison) *...that during World War II, Shepton Mallet, the oldest operating prison in Britain, was used as the protective storage of important government documents including the Magna Carta and Domesday Book?
5 August 2007 Birnbeck Pier * ...that Weston-super-Mare's Birnbeck Pier has the longest lifeboat slipway (pictured) in England?
26 July 2007 Bilbie family *...that the Bilbie family produced more than 1,350 bells, from the late 1600s to the early 1800s?
26 July 2007 Weston-super-Mare railway station *...that horses hauled both passenger and goods trains to Weston-super-Mare railway station, England, from 1841, when the railway opened, until 1851?
16 July 2007 Hans Price * ...that the architect Hans Price was responsible for the distinctive look of buildings in Weston-super-Mare, England, during the Victorian era?
21 June 2007 St Andrew's Church, Chew Stoke *...that St Andrews Church, Chew Stoke (pictured) includes 156 statues of angels?
6 March 2007 Hestercombe House *...that on March 28th 1944, a Junkers Ju88 was brought down by cannon fire from a de Havilland Mosquito of the Royal Air Force, and crashed on the drive to the historic Hestercombe House?
14 February 2007 Charlcombe *...that a road in Charlcombe, Somerset, England is closed for two months every spring to allow frogs and toads to cross safely?
4 Feb 2007 Aveline's Hole *...that the earliest scientifically dated cemetery in Britain was found at Aveline's Hole, one of the Caves of the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England?
29 November 2006 Sharpham *...that the tiny village of Sharpham near Glastonbury, Somerset, England is the birthplace of of Sir Edward Dyer an Elizabethan poet and courtier, the writer Henry Fielding, and the cleric William Gould?
14 November 2006 Somerset coalfield *...that while working on the Somerset coalfield William Smith, who became known as the "Father of English Geology", observed the rock layers, or strata and developed the The Principle of Faunal Succession?
9 November 2006 Temple of Harmony *...that the Temple of Harmony, in the grounds of Halsworth House, Goathurst, Somerset, England is a 1767 replica of the 1st Century Temple of Fortuna Virilis in Rome?
10 October 2006 Somerset Coal Canal *...that the only Caisson Lock ever built, was on the Somerset Coal Canal in England between 1800 and 1805?
20 July 2006 Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill *....that the fossilised remains of Lions have been found at Crook Peak in Somerset, England?

[edit] New articles

Please feel free to list your new Somerset-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them, are at least over 1,000 characters, don't have any dispute templates on them, and cite their sources, should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Wikipedia Main Page.

[edit] June 2008

[edit] May 2008

[edit] April 2008

For previously created article see the New article archive page

[edit] Collaboration and review

Collaboration of the week
Peer review
Assessment

[edit] Templates

  • {{WikiProject Somerset}} - The WikiProject template. Please add  {{WikiProject Somerset | class= |importance= }}  to the top of the talkpage on all Somerset-related articles.
  • {{WP Somerset invite}} - for use on the talk pages of those who edit Somerset related articles and might be interested in joining this project.
    • A variant {{WP Somerset invite|Article Name}} can be used. NB "Article Name" should be replaced with the title of the article they have worked on.


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