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Simon Todd?[edit]

Who is Simon Todd? 'Devon's second most famous son' but he has no Wikipedia article and is not listed under 'Devonians' in this article. I will remove this. Mdrb55 (talk) 21:18, 15 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That correction of a "typo" has now been removed. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:24, 15 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Pre-Devonian rocks?[edit]

It is mentioned in the Geology section presently that there are the ' remains of pre-Devonian rocks on the south coast'. What does that mean exactly (my italics)? So far as I can tell from modern literature and maps there are no pre-Devonian rocks in the area - though happy if it can be shown (and referenced) otherwise. Geopersona (talk) 13:17, 8 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

British Regional Geology (1985 ed.), Chapter 2 "Pre-Devonian Rocks" states on p.15: "The only known Ordovician and Silurian sediments of south-west England are exotic blocks of quartzite and limestone enclosed within Devonian strata...", but on p. 20 it notes that these are found in the Veryan Series in Cornwall. However under the sub-heading "Pre-Cambrian? Rocks of Eddystone Reef and the Lizard" it states "Eddystone Reef is an isolated pinnacle of garnetiferous gneiss in the English Channel about 14 miles south of Plymouth...". See Eddystone_Rocks#Geology for details. BRG is quite an old reference, but does this help? —Small jim 14:04, 8 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, thanks - that's a useful context and I'd not thought about Eddystone! Geopersona (talk) 18:32, 8 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Devon Population?[edit]

the devon Population is much less than what you put, go on the actual uk population count site. Literally just search devon uk population. 2600:8801:380A:5E00:6BD0:CC2C:ACBF:65CA (talk) 01:00, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also, Plymouth isn’t in Devon 2600:8801:380A:5E00:3491:1F70:6CAB:5E9 (talk) 01:08, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you could provide a source...and despite having a separate municipal government, Plymouth is still very much a part of Devon in every other sense.--SinoDevonian (talk) 20:52, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Flag[edit]

I'm just opening a flag discussion, if it's felt that one is needed given the flag was recently added back to the infobox.

Personally, I think covering the flag in the article body is adequate. A.D.Hope (talk) 20:53, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support inclusion. The St Petroc's Cross is an important and recognisable symbol of Devon and its regional identity. It sees widespread use across all walks of life, and as far as local significance goes its likely only behind Cornwall and Yorkshire with their flags with both still displaying their flags in their respective infoboxes. The Devon Flag has been shown in the infobox for close to 10 years at this point and it hasn't caused any issues beforehand for readers. The purpose of the infobox is to give the reader a concise overview of Devon, so giving the flag a prominent position in the article by keeping it in the infobox is beneficial to the reader despite the existence of the more in depth section further down the article. After all we include other at-a-glance info in the infobox which is developed further in the article body such as governance or demographic info, so I would not say that it justifies omission on that basis. LocalTrainTales (talk) 01:12, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]