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Bedfordshire WikiProject
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Revival

Hi,

Recently, I've noticed that this project was inactive. This suprised me, as there was still allot of uncompleted tasks that were set out as project goals. I then discovered that allot of the users (including the founder) had retired, or just stopped editing. So I decided to try and re-start the project. I've had a look, and there is quite a bit to do: along with the To-Do box, there are ,17 settlements needing articles, allot lacking an infobox, and more. I think we have a good starting point though, as we already have allot of project material (e.g templates) and, to encourage new members, I have created a a project barnstar, a special welcooming template that could be used to attract new members, and a ribbon is currently being produced. When I've finished shaping up the project page, and creating a new members guide, I am going to contact the Wikipedia Signpost WikiProject desk, we might gain some members. I've also been tagging allot of articles with the Bedfordshire template, so we know exactly what our scope is. I've also done some FAQ's:

 Question: Hang on..... whats happened to the old talk page content? Y I archived the old talk page content per this. The archived content is here.

 Question: Why on the project page does it say 'current co-ordinator'? I see no consensus... Y I am kind of assuming the co-ordinator as I don't really know who to ask to be one as the founder is retired. If anyone disputes this or thinks it is unfair, drop me a line and I will happily have a chat :)

 Question: What other stuff needs doing before we should start publicising the project? Y Mainly the Assesment Page (currently non-existent}, just a cateogry, the new member's guide and just a general cleanup and possible re-formatting of the project page.

Thats all at the moment, I'll post developments here. If anyone has any questions, please contact me on my talk page :). As I said, I'm not sure if this is violating any form of policy by assuming co-ordinatorship. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 20:01, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Articles lacking infoboxes

I have done some housekeeping on this list, and have managed to reduce it considerably, as many articles did in fact have infoboxes. All articles on Bedfordshire settlements now have infoboxes. Bleaney (talk) 01:54, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much. I am going to start adding them to non-settlement articles as well.Acather96 (talk) 06:32, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

New Template Created

Just created this template to inform inactive users about the situation. Not vital to the project but could be useful. Acather96 (talk) 11:51, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Welcome Page Created

Instructions/Templates for welcoming new members are now on the Welcoming Page.Acather96 (talk) 15:38, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Assessment Page created

Hello all,

The assessment page has been created, please have a look and all comments are appreciated. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 19:34, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Places in Bedfordshire

Phew!, there it's done! There are now no more redlinks in the List of places in Bedfordshire, I have been through the list and consulted multimap, and created articles where needed. There is now an article on wiki for every settlement in Bedfordshire that is named on multimap. There are a handful of very small hamlets who cannot be easily located on a map OR that may no longer exist. In these instances, I have redirected any links to the relevent civil parish page. Bleaney (talk) 22:43, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Bedfordshire articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release

Version 0.8 is a collection of Wikipedia articles selected by the Wikipedia 1.0 team for offline release on USB key, DVD and mobile phone. Articles were selected based on their assessed importance and quality, then article versions (revisionIDs) were chosen for trustworthiness (freedom from vandalism) using an adaptation of the WikiTrust algorithm.

We would like to ask you to review the Bedfordshire articles and revisionIDs we have chosen. Selected articles are marked with a diamond symbol (♦) to the right of each article, and this symbol links to the selected version of each article. If you believe we have included or excluded articles inappropriately, please contact us at Wikipedia talk:Version 0.8 with the details. You may wish to look at your WikiProject's articles with cleanup tags and try to improve any that need work; if you do, please give us the new revisionID at Wikipedia talk:Version 0.8. We would like to complete this consultation period by midnight UTC on Monday, October 11th.

We have greatly streamlined the process since the Version 0.7 release, so we aim to have the collection ready for distribution by the end of October, 2010. As a result, we are planning to distribute the collection much more widely, while continuing to work with groups such as One Laptop per Child and Wikipedia for Schools to extend the reach of Wikipedia worldwide. Please help us, with your WikiProject's feedback!

For the Wikipedia 1.0 editorial team, SelectionBot 22:02, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject cleanup listing

I have created together with Smallman12q a toolserver tool that shows a weekly-updated list of cleanup categories for WikiProjects, that can be used as a replacement for WolterBot and this WikiProject is among those that are already included (because it is a member of Category:WolterBot cleanup listing subscriptions). See the tool's wiki page, this project's listing in one big table or by categories and the index of WikiProjects. Svick (talk) 20:19, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

Great North Road

Proposing a split from A1 road (Great Britain). See Talk:A1 road (Great Britain)#Great North Road (Split?). Simply south...... 19:08, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Lea RM

Oh and see Talk:River Lee (England) for the main move request. The previous discussion was never concluded. Simply south...... 16:24, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

That's not the end of the Lea moves. See Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 February 2#Category:Weirs of the River Lee. Simply south...... 23:44, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Hundreds

Should articles on hundreds be titled Foo (hundred) or Hundred of Foo? Input and comments please at: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_UK_geography#Hundreds. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 09:40, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Split Template:Places in Bedfordshire

I propose splitting this template into seperate templates about each District (Central Bedfordshire, Luton and Bedford (Borough)) of Bedfordshire. This could be done by splitting up the existing template or simply changing the template so it has three sections one corresponding to each distict and showing what areas are in that district. Eopsid (talk) 18:04, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

I wouldn't be against this... but I would prefer 3 separate templates for each district. Bleaney (talk) 01:35, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

I would prefer that, but that would involve going through each article (and there's probably hundreds) and changing the template. Eopsid (talk) 10:11, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

It would be a lot of work, but then splitting the existing template into sections would require about as much work. Bleaney (talk) 19:08, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Gone ahead and done my proposal the template now shows which district each settlement is in. Eopsid (talk) 20:19, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

I have now split it into 2 seperate templates the previous places in befordshire template is now a places in central bedfordshire template and the places in bedford borough one is new. On my journey to make this change I noticed there is no article for Bushmead the village where Bushmead Priory is there is an article for an area of Luton for the same name However. Bushmead does exist as a village albeit a very small hamlet mostly consisting of farms as I have actually been through there in the past two weeks. The village can also be found on a map although it does look like it's population may be in the teens. The Hamlet of Scald End, which appears on ONS maps, also lacks an article. Eopsid (talk) 15:41, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

WikiWomen's History Month

Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Bedfordshire will have interest in putting on events (on and off wiki) related to women's roles in Bedfordshire's history, society and culture. We've created an event page on English Wikipedia (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. These events can take place off wiki, like edit-a-thons, or on wiki, such as themes and translations. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch (talk) 22:01, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Thurleigh

I have just finished an expansion of Thurleigh. It could probably use some fresh eyes, and reassesment from stub status. Derek Andrews (talk) 16:00, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

Eastcotts

Hi folks. Locals may be able to contribute to a discussion of the area southeast of Bedford over at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_UK_geography#Small_settlements_in_Bedfordshire_missing_articles? FlagSteward (talk) 11:19, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Change Bushmead to Bushmead, Luton

I propose the name of the Bushmead article be changed to Bushmead, Luton to prevent ambiguity with the small hamlet in Staploe parish named Bushmead which is the location of Bushmead Priory. Then the Bushmead article would be changed to a disambiguation with links to Bushmead, Luton, Bushmead Priory and Staploe. Eopsid (talk) 13:29, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

Merger

I've suggested creating WikiProject East of England and merging the current 3 projects in this area : Wikipedia:WikiProject East Anglia, Wikipedia:WikiProject Bedfordshire and Wikipedia:WikiProject Hertfordshire. The discussion can be found here.Wilbysuffolk (Talk to me!) 21:05, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Flag

This project uses the flag of Bedfordshire as it's logo. I have been trying to find out how old this flag is and what the symbols on it 'mean' but I cannot find anything. Can anyone on here help? Eopsid (talk) 19:21, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Its a fairly recent creation, I believe made by Bedfordshire County Council before it was abolished. I have a feeling that the 3 shells have something to do with some historically great families of Bedfordshire, but im not 100%. Bleaney (talk) 19:29, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

I have to say the shells along with the wavy lines makes the flag remind you of the sea which is quite ironic seeing as Bedfordshire is a doubly landlocked county. Eopsid (talk) 19:49, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

This should answer your question - [1]. The three shells represent the House of Russel, the wavy lines the River Ouse; the flag is basically just a reshaped version of the coat of arms. Cheers, 18:35, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Please help get Bedfordshire ready for the start of the Wiki Loves Monuments competition on 1st September

This September the UK is taking part for the first time in the international photography competition Wiki Loves Monuments. Participants will be invited to submit pictures of listed buildings of significant importance (grades I or grade II*), as recorded by English Heritage. The main external website for competitors can be found here, and you can leave a message there if you have queries about competing. Do please join in, and let people in your local area know of this excellent way in which both existing and new Wiki users can help improve the encyclopaedia by contributing photographs of local listed structures. What about organizing a local Wikimeet to attract new people?

In preparation for the start of the competition on 1st September there is still quite a lot of work to do, and we would like to ask for the help of members of this wikiproject. Your local and expert knowledge will be invaluable in ensuring that the lists of eligible buildings are up to date and correctly formatted. If you look at Listed buildings in the United Kingdom you will see how many structures are included. If you then follow the link to Listed buildings in England, you can get to the detailed lists for your area. Alternatively have a look at the WLM planning table. Can you help to ensure that the lists for your area are up to date and well presented?

Some of the lists have been semi-automatically generated from data provided by English Heritage. These use pre formatted templates (eg EH header) which will make it much easier for competition participants to upload their photographs to Commons as an automated process. Please don't change the template structure, as we need to ensure that the templates are properly compatible with the WLM standards that are in use worldwide. The format will allow a bot automatically to collect the information and to put it into the international Monuments Database.

The data still needs the attention of local editors:

• The "title" may need wikilinking to a suitable article name (whether we currently have that article or not). If there are several buildings in one street all of the wikilinks point at an article about the street; however each entry has a separate line in the list.
• The "location" column looks and sorts better if just the parish or town is included (& wikilinked).
• The "date completed" column sometimes has eg "C19" for 19th century, and "C1850" for c. 1850 when the date is uncertain - these need to be corrected manually.
• The "grid ref & lat & long" (which is occasionally missing) may be given to 8 characters — only 6 (grid ref) or 5 (lat & long) are really needed.
• Clicking on the "list entry number" should take you to the data sheet for that entry on the English Heritage database which can be checked if needed for details.
• The image column should have a picture added if we already have a suitable image on Commons. (N.B. if you are going to be taking photos yourself for inclusion in the competition don't upload them until September)
• References may be added according to normal WP practice.

For further information, please see Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 in the United Kingdom.

If you have any queries, please post them not below but on the Organizers' help page on Commons.

Anything you can do to help improve these lists will be much appreciated. The final deadline for cleaning up is 31st August.

--MichaelMaggs (talk) 14:26, 9 August 2013 (UTC)