Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Derbyshire/Archive 1

message: Well I'd add the 7 or so names you have in the order they were. There are others around. A good logo would be good. We could use the Flag for now until we get a stronger one. Victuallers 17:35, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeh. I was basically going to do a slightky modified version of that until i had more time, which will be next week sometime. A userbox will appear soon, as it is the simplest thing to do! Bluegoblin7 17:40, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Wikipedia:WikiProject Derbyshire/Userbox Here's Mk. 1 of the Userbox. What do you think? Bluegoblin7 17:48, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

text: Yeh ill tackle it! Bluegoblin7 10:23, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Introduction 

message: I saw that one of the first additions of our template brought in a new editor asking "What to do? I guess if we want more interest then adding templates to Derbyshire related articles is a good idea. EDitors can also have a go at assessment, but on other projects we ask that people discuss anything higher than a Start or higher than Mid .... hope that helps
:Can I also suggest that we REMOVE Project England templates. We need to do this or articles will get double counted.... and we are a sub-project of theirs. Victuallers 13:13, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I enquired about this with respect to the Cheshire project, as on some of those articles, there are three templates: Cheshire, England, and UK geography. The general consensus was that multiple templates/assessments were no bad thing, but I must admit, the problem of mis-matches, and, as you have stated, double-counting did concern me. If you want to do it, perhaps it would be best if you were also a member of those projects so that it could be done by a member of the removed project? Just an idea, and not a requirement, though.  DDStretch  (talk) 13:19, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi i just added a to do list which i think looks cool. I added some of them off the top of my head a couple i stole from the to do list from Talk:Derbyshire. These all seem good ideas to start with but maybe need some way of cheecking if the've been done for specific articles (the infobox especially). Thinking about it i'll highlight the tagging one as that is the most important one at the mo. Dommccas 13:39, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  What to do? 

message: Thgis should probably go on the assessment talk page but i though i'd put it here for the moment. As is mentioned by ddstretch above other projects discuss anything higher than a mid or start for importance and class. Class is very nicely set out in the assessment page but importance is still based on UK Trams. I was wondering if we could have some kind of outline for importance. I'll outline a few here. 
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*Top
Derbyshire, Chesterfield, Derby
*High
All districts of Derbyshire and suburbs of Derby
*Mid
All towns
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I don't know if i'm stating the obvious. Dommccas 10:39, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Importance and quality 

message: On request of Bluegoblin7 I worked on the portal:Derbyshire I findished it as far as I could do without any knowledge about the subject. Because I did not get any feedback from the user, I made it as I thought it should be. If you want to be any technical changes, feel free to ask me. For the rest: Have much fun. --Thw1309 10:05, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry. I have just been really busy: It looks really good though - thanks loads for making it brilliant! =]! And, to everyone else, please continue to tag, expand and help with WikiProject Derbyshire! Bluegoblin7 10:20, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Portal:Derbyshire]] 

message: This flag is clearly the one promoted by BBC Radio Derby, after its listeners had voted on some designs shortlisted by the BBC. But I'm wondering, does the flag have any status other than that? Xn4 22:10, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I do actually think that that is probably the case - I am in the middle of creating an actual "logo" for the projcet, so the flag can go soon! Cheers, Bluegoblin7 10:23, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, Bluegoblin! I wasn't meaning to hint that the flag should go completely, it could perhaps have a little corner somewhere with a note to explain what it is. But I agree that a unique headline logo for the project would be better. As things stand, the flag could easily mislead people into thinking it's the official symbol of Derbyshire, which so far as I know it isn't. regards, Xn4 01:46, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Derbyshire flag' 

message: The Peak District article is quite large, and well referenced. Could it be one of the above ratings? Please discuss below! Bluegoblin7 18:59, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I completely agree with your upgrading this to a 'B', Bluegoblin. To go beyond that, a more formal review process is needed. I'm sure the article isn't an 'A' yet, because (per Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment) "once an article reaches the A-Class, it is considered complete", and this one has some way to go to get there. I'm with Espresso Addict's list on the article's talk page of the work which needs to be done before a GA attempt is made. I suggest encouraging their efforts, with that in mind. If we can help to give the article some prominence, then perhaps a few others will join in the good work being done on it. Regards, Xn4 02:58, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peak District GA/A/FA? 

message: Hello WikiProject Derbyshire participants,
Just a line trying to promote some trans-WikiProject guidelines for settlement articles. WP:UKCITIES are guidelines from the "mother" WP:UKGEO project based on those at WP:CITIES (A "global" WikiProject for settlements that is US driven). They have been employed by a number of articles to standardise content, obtain a consistent style and approach and drive them towards good and featured article status with considerable success, and are so far also endorssed by Wikipedia:WikiProject Greater Manchester, Wikipedia:WikiProject Cheshire, Wikipedia:WikiProject Yorkshire and Wikipedia:WikiProject Sheffield, amongst others.
Not too many users (or indeed projects) are aware of the guidelines, and thought it may be helpful if all the county WikiProjects had a link to them to help them get the results they want. Hope that helps, Jza84 02:03, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[WP:UKCITIES]] 

message: It needs updating - there's no featured article or image there now, as we're in November. Xn4 08:07, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've fixed it. Xn4 04:06, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Cheers m8. I wudve done it, but im just soooo busy at the moment!!! Bluegoblin7 15:38, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Derbyshire Portal 

message: I have now done a new project page, as can be seen (a few sections at the bottom still need to be merged from the old page).
I have also created a, rather primative, Barnstar for the project, so far awarded to Victuallers, Schumi555 and Xn4. Well Done!
A project logo is nearly complete and will be online tonight. Still need a mini-icon though. Hmm... What does Derbyshire have lots of?...
Bluegoblin7 14:47, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Further to the above... 

message: Hello good people of Derbyshire. I have just created an article for John Mawe, a Derbyshire-born mineralogist, who wrote on the Minerals of Derbyshire (he is already mentioned in the article on the Peak District). Apparently there is (or was) a memorial to him in Castleton church. Could someone see if the memorial is still there, and if so, take a photo and add it to the article? Thanks in advance, best wishes to your project, DuncanHill (talk) 04:30, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm fairly close to Castleton but have not been over that way for a while. I'll do a little digging next time I'm out and about for you. Regards, Schumi555 (talk) 14:21, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Gosh thank you! I should point ouy that User:Tagishsimon did a lot to help make the article better. And thank you Schumi too, much appreciated. DuncanHill (talk) 18:00, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

text: I've taken a look at that Portuguese article - apart from the date of his death in the lead, the extra information it has is about his visit to Santa Caterina, which I've imported. NB, pt:John Mawe seems to overdo the importance of On a Gold Mine in South America. Xn4 23:27, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request for help 

message: Sorry - Derbyshire is a long county and I'm at the bottom but
*...that John Mawe who studied the mineralogy of Derbyshire was arrested as a spy in Montevideo in 1805, before publishing accounts of his travels in Brazil? by DuncanHill 
Should be on the front page in 5 days - Well done - good article. I'm sure we can find you a picture of debyshire minerals if not of this artual plaque. Victuallers (talk) 12:20, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm fairly close to Castleton but have not been over that way for a while. I'll do a little digging next time I'm out and about for you. Regards, Schumi555 (talk) 14:21, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Gosh thank you! I should point ouy that User:Tagishsimon did a lot to help make the article better. And thank you Schumi too, much appreciated. DuncanHill (talk) 18:00, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

text: I've taken a look at that Portuguese article - apart from the date of his death in the lead, the extra information it has is about his visit to Santa Caterina, which I've imported. NB, pt:John Mawe seems to overdo the importance of On a Gold Mine in South America. Xn4 23:27, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not help but