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Welcome to WikiProject Wiltshire. The aim of this project is to bring together editors working on Wiltshire-related articles with an aim of improving and expanding all aspects of the coverage of the English county of Wiltshire. Anybody with an interest in or knowledge of Wiltshire is free to join and help contribute to anything related to the project. If you would like to help, please join the participants list, post on the project's talk page or see the to do list below. This project was started on 18 September 2010.

Members

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If you would like to join, please feel free and add your user name to the list. You may also wish to give a short description of your areas of interest in Wiltshire.

  1. Jaguar (talk · contribs) I can copyedit any articles if need be and I will do anything to improve this project. 18:18, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Redrose64 (talk · contribs) - mainly railway-related articles 19:02, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Moonraker (talk · contribs) 03:25, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Bailo26 (talk · contribs) 17:04, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  5. BabbaQ (talk · contribs) 21:18, 19 April 2011 (UTC) If requested I can help with edits on Wiltshire related articles.[reply]
  6. Wire723 (talk · contribs) Slowly adding articles to Category:Civil parishes in Wiltshire and updating as I go, since August 2014; by August 2015 the category was complete, with 276 articles (260 Wiltshire parishes and 16 in Swindon). Also adding articles or sections for every Grade I listed church.
  7. Zachary Hawson (talk · contribs) 4 June 2015, adding slowly to various articles and improving election related items in particular.
  8. TangoTizerWolfstone (talk · contribs) 07:12, 11 March 2018 - done several pages for white horses and also contributed to other hill figure and landmark pages. Will continue to do so.
  9. Staruge (talk · contribs) 22:24, 25 June 2018 (UTC) Just adding what I can when I can[reply]
  10. Shaun Sheep (talk · contribs) 14:52, 07 December 2020 (UTC) Mainly editing articles relating to Swindon. Im a hertiage proffessional and archaeologist by training (and a member of the Wikipedia Archaeology Project) so can help with articles about the historic environment of Wiltshire more widely.[reply]
  11. Sebbys (talk · contribs) 17:23, 6 January 2024 (UTC) Just editing what I can[reply]
  12. Sgtnugg (talk · contribs) 17.51 26 June 2024 (UTC) Have good local knowledge, willing to edit any pages about my home county.

Retired members

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  1. Hroðulf (talk · contribs) (or Hrothulf) With a couple of brief Wilts articles under my belt, I will be glad to pop in now and again 13:05, 23 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  2. LPG32 (talk · contribs) 18:51, 24 September 2013 (UTC) I will sometimes pop in to edit locations around my local area.[reply]

Assessment

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Current status

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Below is a bot generated table stats are generated automatically every 2-3 days, but they can be updated manually by entering Wiltshire into the box here.


Wiltshire articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 4 3 7
FL 2 1 3
GA 3 6 8 17
B 4 7 13 23 1 48
C 4 25 69 135 5 238
Start 1 18 127 824 4 974
Stub 1 22 791 2 816
List 2 20 24 46
NA 1 25 567 593
Assessed 9 57 263 1,834 567 12 2,742
Unassessed 14 14
Total 9 57 263 1,834 567 26 2,756
WikiWork factors (?) ω = 10,896 Ω = 5.19


This log shows new and changed assessments, and is updated by a bot every few days.

To do

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Good article reassessments

Peer reviews

Requested moves

  • 22 Feb 2025 – Rebecca Smith (infanticide) (talk · edit · hist) move request to Trial and execution of Rebecca Smith by BarrelProof (t · c) was moved to Rebecca Smith (murderer) (talk · edit · hist) by Feminist (t · c) on 02 Mar 2025; see discussion
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Good articles

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Other lists

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Significant articles

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Airports

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Ancient monuments

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Battles

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Biographies

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Canals

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Colleges

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Former county council

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Districts

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Former districts

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Geography

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Hill figures

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History

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Former hospitals

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Hospitals

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Industry

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Listed buildings

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Museums

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Newspapers

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Parishes

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Parliamentary constituencies (existing)

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Parliamentary constituencies (historic)

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Prisons

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Railways

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Railway stations

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Rivers

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Roads

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Roman roads

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Schools

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Former schools

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Sports

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Theatres

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Towns

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Uniformed services

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Zoos and public gardens

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Did you know? articles

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Importance Criteria

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Importance scale

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Below is the importance criteria for Wikiproject Wiltshire. Articles tagged with {{WikiProject Wiltshire}} should be assessed for the project. The importance of an article varies on the importance of itself to be tagged with a High, Mid or Low importance.

Need: A measure of a subject's importance, regardless of its quality
Top Subject is a must-have for a print encyclopedia.
High Subject is exceptionally important.
Mid Subject contributes a depth of knowledge.
Low Subject fills in important details.
NA Subject importance is not applicable.

Working scheme:

Top Large settlements, landmarks, and topics, notable nationally or internationally. Stonehenge, Salisbury Cathedral, Swindon
High Settlements, places, buildings, schools, colleges, and other topics with awareness outside the county. Wootton Bassett, Salisbury Plain, Warminster,
Mid Other settlements, places, buildings, notable residents, schools, colleges, and topics notable in the county. Kennet and Avon Canal, List of places in Wiltshire
Low Everything else, notable locally, generally only important to a smaller number of people in the county. Conholt, Calne railway station, Alderbury
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Parent projects

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Local projects

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Templates

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Add these navboxes to the end of an article for a box with a listing of various things (i.e. settlements, rivers, landmarks).

Barnstar

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The WikiProject Wiltshire Barnstar
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To use this, simply add {{subst:Wiltshire Barnstar|message ~~~~}} to the talk page of the user you want to reward. Make sure you include a message which indicates why they are receiving the award.

New articles

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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: 2025-03-03 22:48 (UTC)

Note: The list display can now be customized by each user. See List display personalization for details.

Resources

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Online books and journals

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Libraries and archives

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Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

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These sites, co-ordinated at the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre in Chippenham, should be useful for researching history and archaeology.

Tools

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Main tool page: toolserver.org



Categories

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Main category: Wiltshire

Guidelines

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