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{{WikiProject Coventry|class=Project}}
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==Project start - 26 February 2008==
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There are currently well over 800 pages related to [[Coventry]] including many football-related pages. This project aims to improve and organise all of the Coventry pages with the cooperation of interested editors. [[User:Snowmanradio|Snowman]] ([[User talk:Snowmanradio|talk]]) 19:06, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
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There is enough interest to start the project.<br>
Project started 26 February 2008. Basic project page at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Coventry]]. [[User:Snowmanradio|Snowman]] ([[User talk:Snowmanradio|talk]]) 20:28, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Dis-appointed that both Mount Nod and Banner Brook Park have been removed, Eastern Green is not Mount Nod, and to some, a housing estate is of interest. It is significantly intereting to some people.
Also Banner brook Park is not part of Tile Hill, because it has significant interest because of its former factory site. It is a pity to shorten the facts by short casting.

==Templates==
A query on the use of West Midlands templates. If we are using these templates then how are we to detect which articles are Coventry based and which relate to other areas of the West Midlands, as the templates put articles in to a bucket with all of the rest of the West Midlands. May be this should be handled as a workgroup of that project with a flag added to the template or may be serarate templates. Any thoughts? [[User:Keith D|Keith D]] ([[User talk:Keith D|talk]]) 10:45, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
:I am glad you raised that and I have written a user box, a project banner, and started various supporting pages. Will the talk pages have both a West Midlands project and a Coventry project banner? [[User:Snowmanradio|Snowman]] ([[User talk:Snowmanradio|talk]]) 21:02, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
::If you decide to go with separate template then I can run the script to set up the category structure for the bot. Need to get the bot set-up before tagging too many articles if we are using the assessments. Give me a shout if you want me to do this. [[User:Keith D|Keith D]] ([[User talk:Keith D|talk]]) 22:39, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
:::What are the issues for and against this? [[User:Snowmanradio|Snowman]] ([[User talk:Snowmanradio|talk]]) 10:58, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

::::Unsure what the question is refering to - separate templates or performing assessments. But do not know if I can answer the former. On the assesments it is probably there to focus minds on the more important articles and to get them moving towards FA. Though on a wider scale they are used to select articles for the CD and other promotional things. The down side of the assessments is maintaining them as article changes are made. [[User:Keith D|Keith D]] ([[User talk:Keith D|talk]]) 11:27, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
:::ok, I did not know there was a bot, but I thought that there should be one. If you think it is a good idea, then run the bot. I have made some directories already, in line with WP:Cities and WP:London. Hopefully, there will be several users to rate the pages. Does the bot also make the assessment page or any other pages too? [[User:Snowmanradio|Snowman]] ([[User talk:Snowmanradio|talk]]) 11:31, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
::::I have run the initial run of the assessment bot and it has generated the appropriate files - the stats are at [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Coventry-related articles by quality statistics|statistics]] which has picked up 2 tagged articles. The other files are the [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Coventry-related articles by quality|article table]] and the [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Coventry-related articles by quality log|activity log]]. It should update automatically when the bot reaches the project, about every 5 days. [[User:Keith D|Keith D]] ([[User talk:Keith D|talk]]) 13:15, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
:::That helps, I have incorporated the statistics in the assessment page; (link in the navigation box), [[User:Snowmanradio|Snowman]] ([[User talk:Snowmanradio|talk]]) 14:04, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

== Assessments ==

I'm not entirely sure that I agree that all Coventry districts should be assessed as at least mid importance. Some districts or suburbs are effectively just housing schemes or residential areas of no particular note, importance, or historical significance or connection. To my mind these are of low importance, and though of course they need to be mentioned, some barely deserve a page to themselves. --[[User:Red Sunset|Red]] [[User talk:Red Sunset|<font style="color:#AA0000;">Su<font style="color:#DD0000;">ns<font style="color:#FF0000;">et</font></font></font>]] 21:23, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
:Some smaller housing estates would probably be minor importance, but the suburb that they are part of would surely be at least mid importance. I updated Hillfields, Tile Hill, Ball Hill, Bell Green and Wyken and other from low importance to mid importance which seems obvious to me. Tile Hill, Bell Green and Ball Hill might even be high importance as they all have shopping centers and other features. I changed others too, and perhaps some might need changing back to low. Any suggestions for the ones that need a review? Coventry suburbs would be mostly low importance to the WikiProject West Mildlands, but they are of higher importance to us in the WikiProject Coventry - that is partly why we have this project. [[User:Snowmanradio|Snowman]] ([[User talk:Snowmanradio|talk]]) 11:55, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
::I agree, Coventry suburbs would be mostly low importance to the WikiProject West Mildlands, and some should be in high importance WP:Cov categories; but why have a low importance category if nothing qualifies? For that reason I feel that some districts should be of low importance ('''relatively speaking''' with all due respect to the district) re my earlier comments, and those that have for instance been instrumental in the growth and development of Coventry such as areas connected with watch-making, textile and ribbon weaving, motor manufacture etc., or for any other reason have or still contribute significantly to the City should be of high importance and deserve a review. Ok, shopping centres and the like ''are'' important to the local community, but IMHO in the scale of things they are not ''that'' important and a "Mid" rating is suitable. Of course, all this is purely my opinion, and possibly not that of anyone else, so for consistency, should we have some sort of importance guideline with suggested parameters and conditions to refer to when assessing? --[[User:Red Sunset|Red]] [[User talk:Red Sunset|<font style="color:#AA0000;">Su<font style="color:#DD0000;">ns<font style="color:#FF0000;">et</font></font></font>]] 17:51, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
:Hopefully there will be agreement of objective opinions, and formal guidelines are not be needed at this juncture. The general wiki guidelines are always followed, of course. [[User:Snowmanradio|Snowman]] ([[User talk:Snowmanradio|talk]]) 18:43, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

I have added [[Warwick Manufacturing Group]] to the list of main articles and also assessed it (tried to be objective) but this may not be allowed so I have also listed it for objective assessment. Good project, hope my small contribution is useful.
[[User:Zoehoward|Zoehoward]] ([[User talk:Zoehoward|talk]]) 21:37, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

== Red links ==

I ran a wiki tool to find red links in the pages in the Coventry category. It is possible that relevant pages have already been made with a different name. Pages with more than on red link are listed: [[User:Snowmanradio|Snowman]] ([[User talk:Snowmanradio|talk]]) 11:33, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
{|
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| [[Augustus Legge]]
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| [[Brandon stadium]]
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| [[Brownlow North]]
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| [[Caludon]]
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| [[Clark L. Brundin]]
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| [[Clarrie Bourton]]
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| [[Clinton McKenzie]]
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| [[Ella (bishop)]]
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| [[Foleshill railway station]]
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| [[Godfrey Blyth]]
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| [[Gosford Green]]
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| [[Higbert II]]
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| [[Humbert (bishop)]]
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| [[John Lonsdale]]
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| [[Kelly-Anne Smith]]
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| [[Ken Sharp]]
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| [[Kinebert]]
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| [[Richard Crassus]]
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| [[Robert de Monte Pessulano]]
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| [[Robert de Stretton]]
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| [[See of Leicester]]
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| [[Stoke, Coventry]]
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| [[William de Manchester]]
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== Scope and goals ==

Before we start getting into the assessments and improving articles etc., we need to develop a scope and and set of goals for the WikiProject and publish them on the main project page. The main page looks unfinished and needs to properly explain what the project is about and how it works. I'm just a bit worried that we are trying to run before we can walk. - [[User:Erebus555|Erebus555]] ([[User talk:Erebus555|talk]]) 19:15, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
:In the first line "Project to improve and organise the articles about Coventry." [[User:Snowmanradio|Snowman]] ([[User talk:Snowmanradio|talk]]) 22:19, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
::Something more specific, though. For example "Get Coventry to Featured Article status." Although, that is a good start, at least. - [[User:Erebus555|Erebus555]] ([[User talk:Erebus555|talk]]) 16:23, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
:::That is one goal but it is too specific for the introduction of the project page, I think. When people want to start to work on that goal they will list it in the improvement drive section. For me, the aims as they are stated are fine. I feel that the current pages that are most likely to reach GA (lets leave FA out of it at the moment) are Philip Larkin and Frank Whittle. The Philip Larkin page has had a lot of work recently. [[User:Snowmanradio|Snowman]] ([[User talk:Snowmanradio|talk]]) 17:09, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

==Changes to the WP:1.0 assessment scheme==

As you [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2008-06-23/Dispatches|may have heard]], we at the Wikipedia 1.0 Editorial Team recently made some changes to the assessment scale, including the addition of a new level. The new description is available at [[Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Assessment|WP:ASSESS]].
*The '''new C-Class''' represents articles that are beyond the basic Start-Class, but which need additional references or cleanup to meet the standards for B-Class.
*The criteria for B-Class have been tightened up with the addition of [[Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Assessment/B-Class_criteria|a rubric]], and are now more in line with the stricter standards already used at some projects.
*A-Class article reviews will now need more than one person, as [[Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Assessment/A-Class_criteria|described here]].

Each WikiProject should already have a new C-Class category at [[:Category:C-Class_articles]]. If your project elects not to use the new level, you can simply delete your WikiProject's C-Class category and clarify any amendments on your project's assessment/discussion pages. [[Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Index|The bot]] is already finding and listing C-Class articles.

Please [[Wikipedia_talk:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Assessment#WikiProject_responses|leave a message]] with us if you have any queries regarding the introduction of the revised scheme. This scheme should allow the team to start producing offline selections for your project and the wider community within the next year. Thanks for using the Wikipedia 1.0 scheme! For the [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team|1.0 Editorial Team]], <font color="green">[[User:ShepBot|'''§hepBot''']]</font>'''&nbsp;<small>(<font color="red">[[User talk:ShepBot|Disable]]</font>)'''</small> 21:03, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

== Wikipedia 0.7 articles have been selected for WikiProject Coventry ==

[[Wikipedia:Release Version|Wikipedia 0.7]] is a collection of English Wikipedia articles due to be released on DVD, and available for free download, later this year. The [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team]] has made an [http://toolserver.org/~cbm/release-data/2008-9-13/HTML/ automated selection of articles for Version 0.7].

We would like to ask you to review the [http://toolserver.org/~cbm/release-data/2008-9-13/HTML/WikiProject_Coventry.s0.html articles selected from this project]. These were chosen from the articles with this project's talk page tag, based on the rated importance and quality. If there are any specific articles that should be removed, please let us know at [[Wikipedia talk:Version 0.7]]. You can also nominate additional articles for release, following the procedure at [[Wikipedia:Release Version Nominations]].

A [http://toolserver.org/~cbm/cgi-bin/problems.cgi list of selected articles with cleanup tags], sorted by project, is available. The list is automatically updated each hour when it is loaded. Please try to fix any urgent problems in the selected articles. A team of copyeditors has agreed to help with [[Wikipedia talk:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Copyediting|copyediting requests]], although you should try to fix simple issues on your own if possible.

We would also appreciate your help in identifying the version of each article that you think we should use, to help avoid vandalism or POV issues. These versions can be recorded at [[User:SelectionBot/0.7/W-2|this project's subpage]] of [[User:SelectionBot/0.7]]. We are planning to release the selection for the holiday season, so we ask you to select the revisions before October 20. At that time, we will use an automatic process to identify which version of each article to release, if no version has been manually selected. Thanks! For the Wikipedia 1.0 Editorial team, [[User:SelectionBot|SelectionBot]] 23:16, 15 September 2008 (UTC)


==Missing geographical coordinates==
Many Coventry articles are missing geographical coordinates. Finding the latitude and longitude of locations, and entering coordinates into articles is straightforwards, and explained at [[Wikipedia:Geocoding how-to for WikiProject members]]. Having coordinates on articles mean that they turn up in GoogleMaps, MultiMap and other such places which link to wikipedia based on geo-coordinates.

It is now possible to get lists of Coventry articles that have no geographical coordinates via [[Wikipedia:CatScan]], for example:

*[http://toolserver.org/%7Edaniel/WikiSense/CategoryIntersect.php?wikilang=en&wikifam=.wikipedia.org&basecat=Coventry&basedeep=3&mode=cs&tagcat=United+Kingdom+articles+missing+geocoordinate+data&tagdeep=3&go=Scan&userlang=en Coventry articles missing geo-coordinates].

Alternatively, if CatScan is down or very slow, you can find them by looking through [[:Category:United Kingdom articles missing geocoordinate data]].

The articles in the lists above are currently marked with {{tl|coord missing}} templates, which need replacing with filled in {{tl|coord}} templates containing their latitude/longitude data (or else have lat&long entered into the infobox).

There are about 31 articles missing coords - I hope you'll consider adding coordinates so as to make Coventry articles more visible on the web. thanks --[[User:Tagishsimon|Tagishsimon]] [[User_talk:Tagishsimon|(talk)]] 19:49, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

== Coordinators' working group ==



Hi! I'd like to draw your attention to the new [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Coordinators' working group|WikiProject coordinators' working group]], an effort to bring both official and unofficial WikiProject coordinators together so that the projects can more easily develop consensus and collaborate. This group has been created after discussion regarding possible changes to the A-Class review system, and that may be one of the first things discussed by interested coordinators.

All designated project coordinators are invited to join this working group. If your project hasn't formally designated any editors as coordinators, but you are someone who regularly deals with coordination tasks in the project, please feel free to join as well. &mdash; <small>Delievered by <font color="green">[[User:ShepBot|'''§hepBot''']]</font>'''&nbsp;<small>(<font color="red">[[User talk:ShepBot|Disable]]</font>)'''</small> on behalf of the WikiProject coordinators' working group at 05:13, 28 February 2009 (UTC)


==[[Wikipedia:Article alerts|Article alerts]]==
==[[Wikipedia:Article alerts|Article alerts]]==
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Thanks. — [[User:Headbomb|Headbomb]]&nbsp;{<sup>[[User talk:Headbomb|ταλκ]]</sup><sub style="margin-left:-4.0ex;">[[Special:Contributions/Headbomb|κοντριβς]]</sub>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;[[WP:PHYS|WP Physics]]} 09:52, 15 March, 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. — [[User:Headbomb|Headbomb]]&nbsp;{<sup>[[User talk:Headbomb|ταλκ]]</sup><sub style="margin-left:-4.0ex;">[[Special:Contributions/Headbomb|κοντριβς]]</sub>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;[[WP:PHYS|WP Physics]]} 09:52, 15 March, 2009 (UTC)


== Wikimedian in Residence at Coventry University ==
== Local chapter for the Wikimedia Foundation ==

{{WMUK WikiProject}}

[[User:AndrewRT|AndrewRT]]([[User talk:AndrewRT|Talk]]) 21:16, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

==Project watchlist==
Hi, just to let you know that the project watchlist is out of date as I am unable to generate a new one since the changes to software last week. The script is giving errors trying to get the list of tagged articles. Hopefully I can get it resolved quickly but will have to wait on expertise of others. I will let you know when we are back up to date. [[User:Keith D|Keith D]] ([[User talk:Keith D|talk]]) 11:11, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
:Watchlist is back-up to date following changes to configuration. I managed to work out what to do from the scraps on [[WP:VPT]]. [[User:Keith D|Keith D]] ([[User talk:Keith D|talk]]) 11:30, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

== WP 1.0 bot announcement ==

This message is being sent to each WikiProject that participates in the [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment|WP 1.0 assessment system]]. On '''Saturday, January 23, 2010''', the [[User:WP 1.0 bot|WP 1.0 bot]] will be upgraded. Your project does not need to take any action, but the appearance of your project's [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/WikiProject Coventry articles by quality statistics|summary table]] will change. The upgrade will make many new, optional features available to all WikiProjects. Additional information is available at the [[Wikipedia talk:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Index|WP 1.0 project homepage]]. &mdash;&nbsp;Carl <small>([[User:CBM|CBM]]&nbsp;·&nbsp;[[User talk:CBM|talk]])</small> 04:10, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

== WikiProject Coventry articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release ==

Version 0.8 is a collection of Wikipedia articles selected by the [[Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team|Wikipedia 1.0 team]] for offline release on USB key, DVD and mobile phone. Articles were [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Article selection|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 [http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&namespace=0&pagename=&quality=&importance=&score=&limit=100&offset=1&sorta=Importance&sortb=Quality&filterRelease=on&reviewFilter=0&releaseFilter=1&projecta=WikiProject%20Coventry WikiProject Coventry articles and revisionIDs we have chosen]. Selected articles are marked with a diamond symbol (&diams;) 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 [http://toolserver.org/~cbm/cgi-bin/problems.cgi 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 Sunday, November 14th.

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 November, 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 [http://schools-wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia for Schools] to extend the reach of Wikipedia worldwide. Please help us, with [[Wikipedia_talk:Version_0.8|your WikiProject's feedback]]!

If you have already provided feedback, we deeply appreciate it. For the Wikipedia 1.0 editorial team, [[User:SelectionBot|SelectionBot]] 16:38, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

== Suggestion to rename assessment categories for this project ==

Greeting WikiProject Coventry, it was noticed recently that your project was one of 8 out of about 1660 WikiProjects that preceed the assessment categories with WikiProject. All the rest state only the subject (ex. Coventry vice WikiProject Coventry). In an effort to standardize the assessment categories and make it easier to identify the scope of articles we would like to change the assessment categories of your project from WikiProject Coventry to simply Coventry to be in-line with all the others. Before doing this we would like your input on this change to ensure that it meets the consensus of your project. --[[User:Kumioko|Kumioko]] ([[User talk:Kumioko|talk]]) 16:41, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
:Cannot see a problem with that proposed change. [[User:Keith D|Keith D]] ([[User talk:Keith D|talk]]) 21:32, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
::Thank you for your input. I will give it a couple more days to see if anyone else has any comments. --[[User:Kumioko|Kumioko]] ([[User talk:Kumioko|talk]]) 21:41, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

==Good Garage Scheme (Forte)==
For the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Garage_Scheme Good Garage Scheme] article, would someone please take a photo of The Good Garage Scheme, 4 Parbrook Close, Coventry, CV4 9XY and add it to the article. Thanks. -- [[User:Uzma Gamal|Uzma Gamal]] ([[User talk:Uzma Gamal|talk]]) 16:33, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

== Article alerts ==

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Coventry/Article alerts]] has been created; generating [[Wikipedia:Article alerts|Article alerts]] for this WikiProject. [[User:Timrollpickering|Timrollpickering]] ([[User talk:Timrollpickering|talk]]) 20:16, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
==Herbert Art Gallery and Museum Backstage Pass==

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!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;"|[[wmuk:Herbert Backstage Pass|Herbert Art Gallery and Museum Backstage Pass!]] - You are invited!
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|[[File:The Coventry Boy - geograph.org.uk - 1272338.jpg|right|90px]]
|The [[Herbert Art Gallery and Museum]] is hosting its first Backstage Pass on Saturday 1 October 2011. Attendees will experience behind-the-scenes tours of areas including the on- and off-site stores, archives and galleries (which include local history, geology and paintings by Old Masters). After a complimentary lunch, we will settle down for talks, more tours and an editing session, in which participants will work closely with curators on topics they're interested in. For more information and to sign up, see the [[wmuk:Herbert Backstage Pass|event page.]] We hope you'll join us! [[User:Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry|The Cavalry]] ([[User talk:Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry|Message me]]) 18:27, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
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== Historic Coventry edit-a-thon at Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry ==

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!colspan=2 style="font-size:150%;"|[[wmuk:Coventry History Editathon|Historic Coventry Edit-a-thon]] - You are invited!
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|[[File:Herbert Backstage Pass cmglee 67.jpg|right|90px]]
|The [[Herbert Art Gallery and Museum]] is hosting an edit-a-thon on Saturday 31 March 2012. 15 Wikimedians will have to learn more about "[[History of Coventry#Early history|historic Coventry]]". The day will centre upon editing, however and we aim to improve the coverage of Coventry's illustrious history on Wikimedia projects. For more information and to sign up, see the [[wmuk:Coventry History Editathon|event page]]. We hope you'll join us! '''[[User:Rock drum|Rock]] [[User talk:Rock drum|drum]]''' <sub>[[Special:Contributions/Rock drum|Ba-dum]]</sub>''<sup>[[User:Rock drum/Guestbook|Crash]]</sup>'' 17:18, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
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== Please help get the Coventry area 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 [http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org/ 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 [http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk 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 [[Commons:Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 in the United Kingdom/planning/lists|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 [[Template:EH listed building header|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 [[Commons:Commons:Monuments database|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&nbsp;— 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 [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013_in_the_United_Kingdom Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 in the United Kingdom. ]


I've just started work at [[Coventry University]], as [[Wikimedian in Residence]]. Please see [[Wikipedia:GLAM/Coventry University]]; and do let me know if I can help in any way. <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">[[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing|Talk to Andy]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing|Andy's edits]]</span> 15:49, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
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:{{ping|Pigsonthewing}} I see your placement in Coventry just ended. How did it go? &nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:Amakuru|Amakuru]] ([[User talk:Amakuru|talk]]) 20:24, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
::We had mixed results; we ended with a series of public editathons, which resulted in some good new articles, but the uptake among staff and students was disappointing. <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">[[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing|Talk to Andy]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing|Andy's edits]]</span> 13:27, 3 September 2021 (UTC)


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== User script to detect unreliable sources ==
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I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to [[WP:URS|unreliable sources]] and [[predatory journal]]s. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the [[Wikipedia:User scripts/Most imported scripts|39th most imported script on Wikipedia]]. The idea is that it takes something like
*John Smith "[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14. (<code><nowiki>John Smith "[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14.</nowiki></code>)
and turns it into something like
* John Smith "{{highlight|[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]|pink}}" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14.


It will work on a variety of links, including those from {{tl|cite web}}, {{tl|cite journal}} and {{tl|doi}}.
[[File:WikiProject X icon.svg|100px|right|link=Wikipedia:WikiProject X]]


The script is mostly based on [[WP:RSPSOURCES]], [[WP:NPPSG]] and [[WP:CITEWATCH]] and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.
Hello everyone!


Do note that this is '''not a script to be mindlessly used''', and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at [[User:Headbomb/unreliable]]. Questions, comments and requests can be made at [[User talk:Headbomb/unreliable]].
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Wikimedian in Residence at Coventry University

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I've just started work at Coventry University, as Wikimedian in Residence. Please see Wikipedia:GLAM/Coventry University; and do let me know if I can help in any way. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:49, 4 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Pigsonthewing: I see your placement in Coventry just ended. How did it go?  — Amakuru (talk) 20:24, 2 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
We had mixed results; we ended with a series of public editathons, which resulted in some good new articles, but the uptake among staff and students was disappointing. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:27, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool

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Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.

We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma (talk) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

User script to detect unreliable sources

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Main page: User:Headbomb/unreliable

I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like

  • John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14. (John Smith "[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14.)

and turns it into something like

It will work on a variety of links, including those from {{cite web}}, {{cite journal}} and {{doi}}.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

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