Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Bristol/Archive 2

Bristol Indymedia
An editor is proposing that the article be merged with Independent Media Center. Discussion at Talk:Bristol Indymedia. This discussion is now the subject of an WP:RFC. Jezhotwells (talk) 22:47, 6 July 2009 (UTC)


 * An RfC has been opened on this proposal at Talk:Bristol Indymedia. Jezhotwells (talk) 08:40, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

GA Sweeps Reassessment of The Exchange, Bristol
The Exchange, Bristol has been nominated for a good article reassessment. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to good article quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. Reviewers' concerns are here. --Malleus Fatuorum 12:40, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Article kept 3 July 2009. Jezhotwells (talk) 22:52, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

King Street, Bristol
Over the last couple of days the articles about specific buildings in King Street, Bristol have been merged into the street article & the merge reverted. It would be great if anyone could comment on the talk page or (even better) help to expand the relevant building articles.&mdash; Rod talk 16:01, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

GA Reassessment of Bristol Rovers F.C.
Bristol Rovers F.C. has been nominated for a good article reassessment. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to good article quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. Reviewers' concerns are here. --Malleus Fatuorum 01:07, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

England at GAC!
Alerting all members that England is undergoing a review for WP:GA status. Things you can help with are listed here. Please help if you can... England expects that every man will do his duty.... :) --Jza84 | Talk  16:21, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Help needed with List of Bands from Bristol
I don't like the article List of Bands from Bristol. It has too many red links and non-linked entries. I dont think they should be in the list. I would appreciate contributors to this project taking a look at the article and my comments on the talk page - Talk:List_of_Bands_from_Bristol. Thanks. --Simple Bob (talk) 21:47, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Template:Bristol mapbox
Hi- the mapbox template has parser function errors, and it is causing bunching on article pages, see: Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Would someone with code expertise be able to fix it? Thanks --Funandtrvl (talk) 18:50, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I have substituted an alternate at BOVTS, does that look any better to you? Jezhotwells (talk) 19:42, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, that is much better, and the template has a "float" parameter. I don't know how to update the Bristol mapbox to be able to float too. --Funandtrvl (talk) 19:46, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I have added this to the Project front page, if no-one objects I will remove the old version, which seems to be flawed, in a month or so Jezhotwells (talk) 01:08, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Archiving
I archived threads up until June 2009 and added a search box. Jezhotwells (talk) 09:58, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Peer Review of List of Bristol Rovers F.C. players
The article List of Bristol Rovers F.C. players is current undergoing a Peer Review. Any comments or suggestions on how to improve it would be gratefully received. The review is at Peer review/List of Bristol Rovers F.C. players/archive1. &mdash; Gasheadsteve Talk to me 09:00, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Peer review of Bristol
I have requested a peer review of Bristol, which you may find at WP:Peer review/Bristol/archive3. I would like to take this to WP:FAC in due course, so any helpful comments appreciated. Jezhotwells (talk) 01:06, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the helpful comments received. I have closed the review and will work on the suggestions over the next month before bringing it back for further review. Jezhotwells (talk) 20:40, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

File:Bristol map 1946.jpg
I don't think this dates from 1946. The Redcliffe Bascule Bridge built 1942 is missing, as is the road thro' Queen's Square built 1937. --Quentin Smith (talk) 15:35, 20 January 2010 (UTC)


 * 1946 is when the map was published. The survey itself may have been done in the early 30's, hence the missing features. --Simple Bob (talk) 16:08, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

WP 1.0 bot announcement
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Page moves of St Pauls and St Werburghs
User:Ajuk has moved St Pauls, Bristol to St Paul's, Bristol without discussion, ven though I specifically asked for one. A simialr action was performed on St Werburghs. Now I have no massively strong feelings as both versions are used but the city council ward profile for Ashley ward uses the non-apostrophised version. I invite other editors to weigh in at the article talk page. Jezhotwells (talk) 22:12, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
 * No discussion needed IMHO. He acted without consultation (perhaps thinking WP:BOLD means you can ignore consensus) but was wrong. I just moved St Werburghs back to where it belongs. I see that St Pauls has already been moved. Although one must assume good faith, looking at this editor's history on his/her talk page I just see a person who is not a particularly good wikipedian. --Simple Bob (talk) 22:28, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, although both names are possessive, I would let St Werburghs go, St Paul's is much more common though. One common reason for derision of Wikipedia is bad grammar and spelling mistakes in articlesAJUK Talk!! 22:50, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Disagree. Why do you say both names are possessive. There is no definitive use of either. Both Bristol City Council (perhaps the people who should be authorative) and the BBC use both versions. Organisations with St Pauls itself use both versions. The fact there is no definitive usage is justification for making no change and leaving the article as it has always been - St Pauls --Simple Bob (talk) 23:06, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
 * What so it could be a plural?AJUK Talk!! 23:10, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Place names don't necessarily follow the grammatical "rules" that you are trying to enforce. there is no compelling reason for the change. Both forms are used by various official bodies. Thus there is no need for change. Jezhotwells (talk) 23:20, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
 * You're right, St Werburghs doesn't at least not any more, but St Paul's does, every single reference linked to on that page (that works) refers to it as St Paul's. And one of the references is even spelled differently to the page it links to. AJUK Talk!! 23:27, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Just to add, I noticed you have the Apostrophe Abuse template on your page, which seems odd because it's exactly that, that has made this so common, so it seems strange that you would defend it. The reason why both versions are used is because often people either don't realise or remember to put it there (which is often fair enough, but this is meant be an encyclopaedic article) I doubt it's often missed out by a deliberate decision, with the expectation of the council's signage, but apparently that's because the apostrophes can "confuse people", they should try driving in Wales!. AJUK Talk!! 22:56, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Grammar has nothing to do with place names. Jezhotwells (talk) 23:24, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Popular pages
I have filed a request for Mr.Z-bot to produce an automated listing of popular pages for this project. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 23:28, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Tony Benn
A request has been made for the article Tony Benn to be peer reviwed at WP:Peer review/Tony Benn/archive1. Any comments welcome. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 02:07, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi, the article has now achievd GA status. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 11:10, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Meetup in Bristol this Saturday
A couple of us were informed last night that there is to be a wiki meetup at the Watershed in Bristol this saturday evening (15th May). Further details are at Meetup/Bristol 1.&mdash; Rod talk 08:27, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Pageview stats
After a recent request, I added WikiProject Bristol to the list of projects to compile monthly pageview stats for. The data is the same used by http://stats.grok.se/en/ but the program is different, and includes the aggregate views from all redirects to each page. The stats are at WikiProject Bristol/Popular pages.

The page will be updated monthly with new data. The edits aren't marked as bot edits, so they will show up in watchlists. You can view more results, request a new project be added to the list, or request a configuration change for this project using the toolserver tool. If you have any comments or suggestions, please let me know. Thanks! Mr.Z-man 22:37, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Map being deleted from St Mary Redcliffe
A couple of users are deleting the infobox map at St Mary Redcliffe. I would appreciate others from this project weighing in to stop this please. I don't want to fall foul of 3RR. --Simple Bob (talk) 13:18, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * This just cropped up again today. This project page has clear direction that maps are to be used on Bristol-related topics. Again I don't want to get into an edit war, but really would appreciate other project members watching the article. In the meantime maybe we should look at making the guidelines on the project page more prescriptive? --Simple Bob (talk) 12:09, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Westbury-on-Trym hyphens
This one may possibly be a bit of an old chestnut, but is there a consensus on whether Westbury-on-Trym with hyphens is the standard spelling we should use, and if so, should existing occurrences be renamed? Specifically I'm wondering about moving Holy Trinity Church, Westbury on Trym to the hyphened version, to be consistent with the Westbury page itself. I noticed too that it's still spelled without hyphens on the List of places in Bristol page. Thanks Aegoceras (talk) 16:22, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Looking at every map I can find via the coordinates on the Westbury on Trim article, I can't see the name used with a hyphen on any map - including current and old versions of OS maps. I would question why the article has hyphenated in the first place - it was moved without discussion in 2007, but nobody at the time challenged it. --Simple Bob (talk) 18:04, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
 * These things are rarely clear cut. There are examples of the name being hyphenated eg census data from BCC and British History Online. I did the stub for the church and I followed English Heritage but I'm not sure the is one "right way".&mdash; Rod talk 18:14, 27 July 2010 (UTC)


 * It appears that I was the one who moved it to its current location back in my early days on Wikipedia, even though I don't remember doing it! There seem to be many sources that use hyphens, and many that don't, so I don't think there's a right way or a wrong way. As long as appropriate redirects are in place, which they are, I don't think there's a problem with it being where it is. For what it's worth, at least one local road sign spells it with hyphens: see http://goo.gl/maps/ZQvl &mdash; Gasheadsteve Talk to me 19:08, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

OK, thanks. I'll leave it where it is. Thanks Rod too for the welcome message - Aegoceras (talk) 16:37, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

List of museums in Bristol
I have expanded List of museums in Bristol. Would anyone else be willing to take a look particularly to check if there are any missing and copyedit, improve images etc as I'm hoping we can get this to Featured list standard when I come back from holiday.&mdash; Rod talk 11:07, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Looks good to me, I see no obvious omissions Rod. Will take a detailed look tomorrow (later today).  Jezhotwells (talk) 00:08, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Sometime later than tomorrow! Should the Clifton Suspension Bridge Visitor Centre be included? Or the Architecture Centre? Jezhotwells (talk) 22:29, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Archiving
I have set up MiszaBot to archive this page, 60 days old threads, minimum 7 threads left, feel free to revert if you disagree. Jezhotwells (talk) 23:59, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Bristol 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.

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 * Jezhotwells has proposed Bristol Old Vic be added to the selection. Do others agree with this suggestion, or is there something else that would be considered more suitable to add?   (BTW, I went to university in Bristol, and I lived in York Place, near College Green.) Thanks, Walkerma (talk) 03:18, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

SS Great Western
A user has suggested that this page be moved to PS Great Western. Discussion at Talk:SS Great Western. Jezhotwells (talk) 23:04, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
 * The result was no move, a redirect from PS Great Western has been created. Jezhotwells (talk) 23:41, 7 November 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) 20:44, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
 * THanks this is very useful. I shall place a link on the project page. Jezhotwells (talk) 23:40, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

Free Event: Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia, Talks in Bristol
Jimmy Wales is coming to talk at the Victoria Rooms in Bristol on 13 Jan 2011 as part of the Bristol Festival of Ideas. Details on this Connecting Bristol page. Maybe an opportunity for the 2nd Bristol wiki meetup?&mdash; Rod talk 09:04, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Sounds like a good idea, there are sevral hostelries nearby where we could meetn up after the talk. Jezhotwells (talk) 10:04, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Count me in - I've had an email back from the organisers confirming my seat to see the great (?) man. Ghmyrtle (talk) 11:52, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't know if it will get any response but I've sent an email inviting him to join us in the pub after the talk & copied UK wikimedia foundation who funded the 1st meetup with a few drinks. Should we get the Victoria Rooms article up to GA before then? &mdash; Rod talk 12:01, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Damn him and his nudity-deleting ways. -mattbuck (Talk) 12:33, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

I've had a couple of messages from Steve Virgin, who is on the board of Wikimedia UK, about this: I understand it is possible to book seminar type rooms in the Victoria rooms - but I have no idea of cost yet. I don't think he will be joining us in the pub afterwards (therefore any trip to the pub would have to be self funding - The Berkeley has been suggested).
 * If we make a formal submission to the board for support (financial or other) he would present it to the board & it would be likely that a small amount of funding would be available for a one off or regular meetups
 * If the Wikipedia Bristol Project can 'self organise' a small group on the morning of 13 January between 9.30am & 11.30am - he can fix up a 20 min meeting for it with Jimmy Wales before he speaks. He is pinning down his agenda for the day now...we need to gauge interest & tell Steve a time before end of week I can do this for the group. Mind you no more than 20 mins! We have press & other groups to talk to him before the event. I think we need between 5-10 people before it is worthwhile - all active Wikimedians from Bristol area

If people would like to meet Jimmy Wales before his talk, & can be in Bristol that morning, please indicate on here within the next few days - we need to get a reasonable number. I will ask Steve to monitor this discussion or I can get back to him. I will investigate the price of rooms early in the week.&mdash; Rod talk 19:57, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, I can be there, taking the day off work. Jezhotwells (talk) 20:03, 27 November 2010 (UTC)


 * No idea if I'll be in Bristol by then, could be back in Nottingham, we'll see. -mattbuck (Talk) 20:32, 27 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Should be OK for me. Is the pre-meeting specifically for Bristol (I can count myself in only because I used to work and live there) or can the invitation be widened - there may be one or two interested from nearby areas like south Wales.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 20:57, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Steve's wording was "all active Wikimedians from Bristol area" - how wide an area that is I wouldn't like to speculate.&mdash; Rod talk 21:06, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
 * OK. Is there a critical difference between "Wikimedians" and "Wikipedians" in relation to this, that I should be aware of?  Ghmyrtle (talk) 21:09, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't think so in this context. I think wikimedians includes those who use the wikimedia software in other applications - the ones which jump to my mind are commons, wiktionary, wikiquote etc but there may be others that use the software in other applications I'm not aware of.&mdash; Rod talk 21:20, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
 * For those interested the page about this event is at {http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol}. Jezhotwells (talk) 21:46, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
 * That link didn't work for me but try this one.&mdash; Rod talk 22:09, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Count me in - depends on where my next contract takes me, but if I'm in the area I'll definitely go. --Simple Bob (talk) 23:43, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I'd be interested, that day is clear for me. But Bristol Festival of Ideas say the main event is fully booked now - I'm on the waiting list for a ticket to the talk. Rwendland (talk) 00:10, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Try emailing jimmywales-bristol@bristol.ac.uk That worked for me. Jezhotwells (talk) 00:18, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Many thanks for kicking off this conversation for me Rod etc - I am grateful. As the details are taking shape for Jimmy's day now - let me sketch them out for you (remember this is a sketch not a concrete cast iron plan).

8.17am Jimmy arrives bristol temple meads - picked up and devlivered to Bristol cathedral - here he speaks for 10-15 mins to an assembly of Bristol Cathedral Chior school about 10th Birthday, the wikimedia movement, volunteerism etc (this should run something like 8.55am to 9.15am)

9.30am We Wikimedians that is - camp in Watershed One (5 mins walk from the Cathedral). I'd need help HERE getting a couple of posters of Wikimedia UK/Wikipedia up on the walls nice & early so that later press photos have a backdrop against which JW can sit.

9.30 - 11.30am There will be 'groups from around the city interested in working with Wikimedia' + 'press' + our own volunteer community - with an opportunity to see Jimmy. I am thinking that instead of restricting this to 10-20 mins - if the volunteers are in the room & we are working together to make sure things run smoothly that would be a better way of working things. This also gives people the chance to meet, greet, have a coffee with JW during that 2 hours.

11.30am - we 'as a group' walk up the hill to the venue where JW speaks & take our seats

12-1pm - the talk

1pm - 2pm - JW leaves the venue (sorry!!!) as he has an evening event in London 6.30-8.30pm - details not confirmed yet as it is run out of JW's office

On day - goals - 1) to get the Bristol project team established and encourage them to have a formal monthly Wikimeet - supported by the Wikimedia UK Board in whatever way we can - 2) Press - as much positive press as possible for our projects/our movement & our volunteers - highlighting the 10th birthday celebrations 3) BBC - they are notoriously reluctant to give anything away for 'free' - if it keeps its word the whole event will be filmed & given away for free to Wikimedia & all supporting partners (Bristol festival of ieas, university of bristol, Bristol city council + HP Labs) - this sets a precedent for further content share that we can build on 4) HP Labs is picking up the tab for the day - this is marvellous news - they have been fantastic to our community 5) The whole City is collaborating together as one to promote this event - this is great & can only lead to more support in 2011 & 2012 - indeed Festival of Ideas has proposed a project with a working title Bristol & The Word 2012 - which is an amalzing attempt to get the whole City documenting facts, about & experiences of all things relating to Bristol - I am sure Wikimedia has a part to play in creating this

Conflicts/worries

This event has 'sold out' all 650 tickets have been reserved. I have held back around 50 tickets (might be able to squeeze a handful more) that i want to specifically give to Wikimedians - this can be 'active Wikimedians' but I'd prefer it to be members of 'Wikimedia UK' - it is not for me to exclude any group that is active. You'd make my life easier though if you joined Wikimedia UK (cost is only £5 so won't break the bank)

Going forward There are projects & ideas around Bristol that groups like the BBC are very interested in. One is the Somali Project - this is one group I am hoping to get to meet Jimmy on the day. JW wants to get African language content on Wikipedia. In every city in western europe there are sizeable marginalised communities. If we could get those groups that are working to better these communities to promote Wikipedia & volunteerism for our projects - when they are able to become experienced editors & writers on Wikipedia - they would simply flip from adding content in English to Somali. This would apply to whatever marginalised community a project like this occured. This idea has never been done. I have all the significant Somali Groups lined up & keen & committed - but I'd need help from the Bristol project team to kick this off - as we need trainers/mentors. Don't worry about the computing side as Bristol City Council are offering reconditioned PC's to any without & they say they's also find cash to set up WIFI hotspots in key areas to make this happen as well.

Campus Ambassador Program

The Stanton Foundation in the US has donated a large sum in the USA to set up campus ambassadors in the USA. It has been a roaring success - though it was targetted at public policy in the USA. One of the leading advocates/trained ambassadors Alex Stinson is coming to the UK to study at Oxford Jan 7 - June 27. I am seeking to get him in to as many universities as practical (given his time constraints) so that we can lay the seeds that will create Campus Ambassadors in the UK. I see this being a 'flexible program' that could be based around universities or perhaps even cities - e.g a Bristol Ambassador

This is not 'defined yet.' Nothing is set in stone. The Board has to discuss.

Wikipedian in Residence

User WittyLama was an amazing ambassador for Wikimedia at the British Museum earlier this summer. This has led to the GLAM WIKI Conference we held Nov 26/27. There is absolutely no reason why we cannot create Wikipedian in Residence programmes in/or around major content donors in Bristol. Once we've secured agreement & details. 82.32.41.7 (talk) 11:49, 28 November 2010 (UTC) Sorry -forgot to Log on - I am that User above!!! Steve virgin (talk) 11:51, 28 November 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm available, and have place reserved for Victoria Rooms. William Avery (talk) 13:43, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I am unable to attend, despite the fact that it would be informative. An opportunity to speak to the "organ grinder" should not be missed ! - from the Timsbury branch.Francis E Williams (talk) 15:09, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Count me in if i count. I'm not a particularly active member of WikiProject Bristol but I'm an active Wikipedian in the Bristol area. Should be able to help with set-up in the Watershed if needbe. I have a seat reserved in the Vic Rooms. Qwfp (talk) 21:55, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I'll be there, as a Bristol-based Wikimedian who isn't a member of this wikiproject ("Wikimedian" just means anyone who contributes to any of the nine Wikimedia projects, so it includes Wikipedians).
 * I personally think it would be really useful to have occasional real-life meetups. For one thing, I'd welcome a chance to wiki-gossip and share tips (it's easier to learn some things in person, and it can be a relief to learn that others have gone through the same frustrations that you have). A possibly more important reason is the great potential for helping the Wikimedia projects by liaising with local groups, showing more people how to work with WP. As you can see above, Steve has been doing amazing work getting people from various sectors interested, and he just needs some help to get his projects up and running. Wikimedia UK, external bodies and the articles themselves can all benefit.
 * We need to get the message of this event out to a wider range of local wikimedians who aren't involved in this wikiproject. What tools are appropriate for this? MartinPoulter (talk) 23:07, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I've put links on the Wikimedia UK site and filled out a bit more detail at . Should this be an official WP:Meetup? It's in daytime on a work day, so people might be only available for the lunchtime slot, but I hope people can stick around to discuss Steve's suggestions. If we list it as a meetup, we could put out a call with a WP:Geonotice. MartinPoulter (talk) 13:43, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Live Streaming of the event (still in organisational phase)

As I type this has not been confirmed yet, but I am still trying to get this all paid for by Bristol City Council as part of the sponsorship deal for this event. This will mean that this event can go out live onto the internet.

In conjunction with this, I'd also like support from the community for earlier in the 'day' - I have organised free coverage of Jimmy talk to the kids at Bristol Cathedral school - this footage is important to the media & I'd like help in getting it out through social media + UP ON Wikinews...maybe if we could get it up on Wikinews minutes after it was taken...all social media links that we all tweet can point people back to Wikinews? Point of something like this - to drum up a bigger audience online for a live streaming event. It would also be cool if any press interested had to use OUR footage and not their own.

This is not 100% confirmed. I am putting the thoughts here so we can discuss, amend, approve - agree to help. Steve virgin (talk) 23:09, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Should we make Meetup/Bristol_2 turn blue and perhaps nudge Mike Peel about setting up a the geonotice? SmartSE (talk) 14:09, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I think we could title the event meetup 2 - but all the places to see his talk at the Watershed have now gone, so might lead to disappointment - would it be worth putting up the link to the web cast - does anyone know the URL yet? I will be getting to the Watershed by 09.30 & happy to help put up posters etc - but I'm not sure how many Steve feels can attend this bit - with the press etc expected.&mdash; Rod talk 15:31, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Probably a bit late now to meaningfully publicise on Meetup/Bristol_2. Unfortunately, taking time out for this won't be possible for me. However, if the regular meetings go ahead, I look forward to attending in the future. Anyway, I hope all goes to plan for the Jimmy Wales talk. --trevj (talk) 15:59, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Webcast details are here & according to this page you can embed it in your own blogs etc.&mdash; Rod talk 11:34, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Truly sorry for dithering on the meetup. Agree it's too late to broadly publicise it, but I still hope that some of you are available to stick around. Since some of us are taking the day off work anyway, I suggest we meet in the Watershed (1.30 onwards) and I'll buy you (any contributor) a drink at the very least. MartinPoulter (talk) 13:44, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I'm a bit confused. What's happening at 1.30 that's different from what's happening from 9.30 on?  (I'll try and get there by 10ish btw.)  Ghmyrtle (talk) 14:22, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the confusion. From 9.30 on, Jimbo will be in the Watershed (Waterside 1; a room on the far side of the bar) and it will be great to have some Wikipedians there. His every minute is booked up with meetings, but there's a short slot (9.30 prompt) for him to thank WP volunteers. Later on is the public lecture at the Victoria Rooms (get to the building for 11.30) and I'm suggesting, since the morning will no doubt be very rushed, a more relaxed meet-up between us after the lecture as well. Hope this clarifies, MartinPoulter (talk) 14:29, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
 * OK, I'll go with the flow. (A now-rare visit to Bristol city centre for me, and I need to fit in some shopping some time!) Ghmyrtle (talk) 14:41, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

At the meeting in the Watershed, we discussed some plans for local outreach. I've created a page at WikiProject_Bristol/Local_outreach where it's easily watchlisted. Improvements welcome! MartinPoulter (talk) 15:40, 20 January 2011 (UTC) (fixed link MartinPoulter (talk) 11:32, 29 January 2011 (UTC))

Photos of Stokeleigh Camp
Does anyone have any photos of Stokeleigh Camp in Leigh Woods? Its a new article I've started but I can't find any suitable images of the ramparts or anything.&mdash; Rod talk 17:46, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Couple of images
I've found a couple of images and I'm wondering if they should be used anywhere? File:Castle Green Bristol.jpg and File:Cat and Wheel tavern, Castle Green Bristol.jpg. 19:09, 13 February 2011 (UTC)Simply south...... 19:09, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Bristol Wikimedia Academy
There's a free one-day event co-hosted by Wikimedia UK and the University of Bristol in a week's time, at which some members of this Wikiproject will be presenting. I hope this will be the first of a series of events bringing together local Wikipedia/Wikimedia contributors, interested parties and local or national organisations and groups who might be interested in some sort of partnership. If this takes off, I hope to involve more members of this wikiproject.

All are welcome at the event: just email a request to my address (on the invitation), and please bring this to the attention of anyone who might benefit. I'm sure there will be social drinking afterwards. Steve Virgin has invited various parts of Bristol University, the City Council and other local groups and bodies, but there might be groups that we've missed. MartinPoulter (talk) 11:47, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Event is going well.137.222.114.239 (talk) 11:38, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

List of churches in Bristol
Someone may want to have a look at the list of churches in Bristol. Some churches have recently been added] by an IP. The IP is obviously not an expert on wiki markup so some assistance in that area may help. I don't know anything about that subject myself so I thought it might be a good idea to ask here. Does anyone fancy being friendly to a newcomer?

Yaris678 (talk) 21:51, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

WikiConference UK 2011 16 April 2011: Watershed Bristol
If you missed the Wikibanner, full details of the above at {http://wikiconferenceuk2011.eventbrite.com/} Jezhotwells (talk) 00:40, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Kennet and Avon Canal
The Kennet and Avon Canal article, which is tagged as being of interest to this project, has been a Good Article since 2006. A few editors have recently been expanding and improving this article in an attempt to get it up to Featured Article standard. Could you take a look and help to improve the article?&mdash; Rod talk 13:37, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Merge discussion for Winterbourne, Gloucestershire
An article that is in the remit of this project, Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Skinsmoke (talk) 11:10, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Summer placement for University of Bristol student
As part of their ongoing partnership, University of Bristol and Wikimedia UK have created a summer post for a Wikimedia Outreach Ambassador, open to returning students of the University of Bristol. This is a pioneering step by the university, and there are many possible benefits for Wikipedia, including improving articles of local interest. Follow the link for further details. MartinPoulter (talk) 16:39, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Seeking a Wikipedian for a Summer placement
In the Summer of 2011, Wikimedia UK and ARKive are colloborating on a project to improve Wikipedia's coverage of threatened species. This will involve recruiting a fixed-period in-residence role that we are calling Wikipedia Outreach Ambassador. This will be a volunteer, with access to desk space at ARKive's offices in Bristol and with travel and subsistence supported by Wikimedia UK. Their role will require both on-wiki activity and involving the wider community through online and offline events. If you can attend meetings in Bristol, and are interested in both wildlife and free knowledge, please visit the project page for further details.

I hope you don't mind this message here: not Bristol-articles-relevant but definitely of interest to Bristol-based editors. MartinPoulter (talk) 12:34, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

Kennet and Avon Canal at FAC
The Kennet and Avon Canal article has now been under review at Featured article candidates/Kennet and Avon Canal/archive2 for some time but has not received many comments. I am worried that it will be archived soon unless more comments are received, therefore can I ask anyone interested to participate in the review.&mdash; Rod talk 19:29, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

Bristol mapbox
The template has been nominated for deletion. Please discuss at Templates for discussion/Log/2011 June 21. -- Red rose64 (talk) 17:15, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Template was deleted. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 14:11, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Project page
I have done a certain amount of re-organization, including new sub=-pages. Please shout if you disagree and I will revert. Jezhotwells (talk) 14:58, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Knowle West, Bristol
I have nominated this for peer review at Peer review/Knowle West, Bristol/archive1 as I would like to take it to WP:FAC. Any comments that would help achieve this will be most welcome. Jezhotwells (talk) 01:01, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

GLAM/ARKive events
The GLAM/ARKive project are holding two events, on the afternoon, and again in the evening, of 15 September, in Bristol. You're all invited! Please also spread the word, especially to your contacts who aren't yet editors. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 14:07, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Bristol Open Doors Day 2011
Just a reminder that Saturday, 10 September is Bristol Open Doors day. A good chance to get in 60 odd places, take pictures, pick up information. Jezhotwells (talk) 23:30, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Template:Culture in Bristol
You are invited to join the discussion at Template talk:Culture in Bristol. Trevj (talk) 19:14, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Knowle West, Bristol
This article is now at WP:FAC. I would appreciate any comments/support that you may care to offer at Featured article candidates/Knowle West, Bristol/archive1. Tx. Jezhotwells (talk) 20:01, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Knowle West, Bristol has now been promoted to FA status, thanks to all who participated in the peer review and FAC. Jezhotwells (talk) 18:17, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
 * -- Trevj (talk) 12:23, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

New author/article
A new author has written a splendid new article Bristol Choral Society. Can I suggest that someone with a bit of time take him/her under their wing, welcome them to the project, and guide the article through the DYK process as I think it is worthy of that. --Bob Re-born (talk) 22:00, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
 * The article needs further citaions as noted in assessment. Jezhotwells (talk) 01:42, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

Converting OSGB36 (OS grid refs) to coords on various lists
I have started a discussion about converting the OSGB36 (OS grid refs) on various lists including Grade I listed buildings in Bristol to use Template:Coord, as I think this offers advantages for users worldwide (who may be unfamiliar with the OS system) and the use of Template:GeoGroupTemplate to enable mapping on googlemaps etc. I have been told that a bot could be tasked to do this, however this would be quite a significant change and would not want to do it without consensus. If anyone has any comments could they join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Geographical coordinates.&mdash; Rod talk 16:27, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

WikiWomen's History Month
Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Bristol will have interest in putting on events (on and off wiki) related to women's roles in Bristol'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) 21:20, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Future backstage pass editathon events
I just spotted a geolocation notice for a Backstage Pass event at the Black Country Living Museum. The poster states Supported by Arts Council England; Marches Network Partners in Museum Development. This implies that funding may be available for such events, and may be of interest to us in the future. -- Trevj (talk) 11:41, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

New church article at St Pauls, Clifton, Bristol
New article, already threatened with deletion from various quarters. Those with an interest in churches, architecture, Clifton or even (and interestingly oddly) George White might take an interest. Andy Dingley (talk) 12:44, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Open Geodata for Bristol
Hi all, I've put together some links and notes on the Wikimedia UK site here about Open GeoData. I'm trying to bring together an audit of the geodata created in and around a city, choosing Bristol as an example. I hope we can assemble a network of open content projects, developers and public bodies to raise awareness of what can be done with open geodata, get the public creating more data through tools such as the Wikimedia projects, and maybe generate collaborative projects and bids for funding.

I've highlighted the work done by this Wikiproject, of course. Where I could do with help is with 1) other sources of local geodata, either open or interesting proprietary stuff that could be replicated by open data, or 2) photos and screenshots of geodata actually in use, where there's some connection with Bristol. Bristol is already very advanced in this area, in part thanks to your work, and it would be great to make it more visible as a world leader for this sort of technology. Any help welcome, MartinPoulter (talk) 14:58, 10 April 2012 (UTC)


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Bristol Pound images
Please look in your pocket and pull out some notes. Get your camera. Take photos. Upload them to http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard

Thank you. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:31, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
 * What is the copyright status? Generally taking a photo of 2 two dimensional work of art (which may or may not include notes) can be considered an infringement of the artists work. Many organisations eg Bank of England release specimen photos see Bank of England note issues. (Not that I've seen any of the Bristol notes yet).&mdash; Rod talk 11:02, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

The image here on Wikipedia is up for deletion, see image:Specimen Bristol Pound.jpg. I think I filled out the missing information right, by relying on our article, so someone should check it, and the deletion criteria to see if it's been met. -- 76.65.131.248 (talk) 03:25, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for doing the missing info - I think I used the wrong FUR template. -- Trevj (talk) 07:31, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

Whoa, cowboy
Excuse me, but posting here to request an image is entirely appropriate. Archiving this post is not, I think. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 03:39, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry if it seems out of order, and I agree that posting a request here for an image is appropriate. However, what's not so useful is posting similar requests in more than one place, which can easily lead to forked discussions. WP:CONLIMITED refers to not determining consensus via WikiProjects. I was trying to avoid both things. If you think it's better to have the discussion here, then please feel free to reopen the discussion but it's not the usual way of doing things, and someone else may re-close again. Personally, I tend to try to begin discussions in the most directly relevant place and then use Pls to direct other interested parties there. No hard feelings, I hope. Cheers. -- Trevj (talk) 07:31, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
 * You're right. Considering that the copyright status of said images could lead to discussion, it's certainly best to have a single post. I didn't anticipate that at the time. Sorry for being snappy. I've just come away from a bit of a battle last week, and am a tad touchy. My humblest apologies to you, my friend. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 07:54, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
 * No problem. { -- Trevj (talk) 08:26, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

Jessie Stephen
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Jessie Stephen. -- Trevj (talk) 01:40, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Proposed reinstatement of article on Bristol/Bath to South Coast Study
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Bristol/Bath to South Coast Study. -- Trevj (talk) 10:01, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

Bristol Wiki Meetup
You are invited to the Bristol Wiki Meetup which will take place at The Commercial Rooms, 43-45 Corn Street, Bristol BS1 1HT on Sunday 28 July 2013 from 1.00 pm. If you have never been to one, this is an opportunity to meet other Wikipedians in an informal atmosphere for Wiki and non-Wiki related chat and for beer or food if you like. Experienced and new contributors are all welcome. This event is definitely not restricted just to discussion of Bristol topics. Bring your laptop if you like and use the free Wifi or just bring yourself. Even better, bring a friend! Click the link for full details. Looking forward to seeing you. Philafrenzy (talk) 10:45, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Backstage Pass at the Bristol Record Office
I had a useful meeting this week at the Bristol Record Office about how they could work with Wikipedia. We've discussed the idea of a Backstage Pass/ Editathon event there early next year. We still need to discuss what theme the event might focus on (the harbourside? Bristol industry?) and what items from the BRO collection we might want access to. There will be staff from the BRO coming along to the meetup on Sunday at 1pm (see Philafrenzy's message above) if you want to discuss it. MartinPoulter (talk) 11:01, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Next calendar year, i.e. Jan 2014? Unfortuantely I can't make Sunday, but will follow with interest. -- Trevj (talk) 13:51, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Trev. Yes, this would be for January 2014. I will keep this wikiproject informed. MartinPoulter (talk) 16:40, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

Suggested dates for Meetup 3
Following a suggestion at m:Talk:Meetup/Bristol/2, I am here suggesting possible dates for an Autumn meetup to avoid school half term and, as far as I know any other significant events. These look like suitable dates. Sundays and in the The Commercial Rooms unless others have a better suggestion?


 * 13 October 2013
 * 20 October 2013
 * 10 November 2013
 * 17 November 2013

Please indicate preferences. Jezhotwells (talk) 12:24, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I can make any of these. Look forward to seeing you again, Jez: hope you're well. Cheers, MartinPoulter (talk) 11:11, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I won't create the page for 3 so perhaps someone else could once a consensus has emerged on the date? Philafrenzy (talk) 11:56, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

Please help get Bristol ready for the start of the Wiki Loves Monuments competition on 1st September
In 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 (and beyond) there is still some 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 [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013_in_the_United_Kingdom 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.

--MichaelMaggs (talk) 13:47, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Ashton Gate Stadium move
If anyone is interested, there is a move request going on at Ashton Gate Stadium. Please see Talk:Ashton Gate Stadium. Simply south...... disorganising disorganisation for just 7 years 21:56, 12 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Following the decision of no consensus, has now proposed a move at Talk:Ashton Gate. Simply south...... disorganising disorganisation for just 7 years  19:05, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

Popular pages tool update
As of January, the popular pages tool has moved from the Toolserver to Wikimedia Tool Labs. The code has changed significantly from the Toolserver version, but users should notice few differences. Please take a moment to look over your project's list for any anomalies, such as pages that you expect to see that are missing or pages that seem to have more views than expected. Note that unlike other tools, this tool aggregates all views from redirects, which means it will typically have higher numbers. (For January 2014 specifically, 35 hours of data is missing from the WMF data, which was approximated from other dates. For most articles, this should yield a more accurate number. However, a few articles, like ones featured on the Main Page, may be off).

Web tools, to replace the ones at ~alexz/pop, will become available over the next few weeks at popularpages. All of the historical data (back to July 2009 for some projects) has been copied over. The tool to view historical data is currently partially available (assessment data and a few projects may not be available at the moment). The tool to add new projects to the bot's list is also available now (editing the configuration of current projects coming soon). Unlike the previous tool, all changes will be effective immediately. OAuth is used to authenticate users, allowing only regular users to make changes to prevent abuse. A visible history of configuration additions and changes is coming soon. Once tools become fully available, their toolserver versions will redirect to Labs.

If you have any questions, want to report any bugs, or there are any features you would like to see that aren't currently available on the Toolserver tools, see the updated FAQ or contact me on my talk page. Mr.Z-bot (talk) (for Mr.Z-man ) 04:56, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

AfC submission - 07/04
Seems like a notable gorilla. Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Alfred the Gorilla. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 18:39, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

Lets get the main Bristol article up to FA standard
Would anyone be interested in collaborating to get the main Bristol article up to FA standard? I've recently sorted out a lot of the referencing issues and it has received copyedits by a couple of editors, but would others be willing to take a look at the article and see what else they think is needed to get it to meet the Featured article criteria?&mdash; Rod talk 20:29, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal
Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej (talk) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Old maps and views of Bristol and the South-West
As you might have seen in the Signpost last week, there's currently a drive to go through the million 19th century images released by the British Library last year, and identify all the maps, with a view to their being georeferenced by BL volunteers, and then uploaded to Commons early next year. After the first week, over eight thousand new maps have been identified, with 40% of the target books looked at -- see the status page for the latest figures, and more information.

A part that may specifically interest this project is
 * c:Commons:British Library/Mechanical Curator collection/Synoptic index/England - South West

which currently shows pink templated links for 232 Flickr book pages still to be looked at for untagged maps, including a substatial section for Bristol and Clifton, under Gloucestershire. (Though there are lots of other parts of England, and indeed of the world, still to be looked through as well).

Any help looking through these would be very much appreciated -- as well as the maps (and ground plans) for tagging, you may well also find other interesting or useful non-map views that may be worth considering or uploading for articles on Bristol and elsewhere in the South-West. (If uploading, please use the ingestion template described here, which sets up some appropriate image templates and categories).

Thanks, Jheald (talk) 21:32, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject X is live!


Hello everyone!

You may have received a message from me earlier asking you to comment on my WikiProject X proposal. The good news is that WikiProject X is now live! In our first phase, we are focusing on research. At this time, we are looking for people to share their experiences with WikiProjects: good, bad, or neutral. We are also looking for WikiProjects that may be interested in trying out new tools and layouts that will make participating easier and projects easier to maintain. If you or your WikiProject are interested, check us out! Note that this is an opt-in program; no WikiProject will be required to change anything against its wishes. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!

Note: To receive additional notifications about WikiProject X on this talk page, please add this page to WikiProject X/Newsletter. Otherwise, this will be the last notification sent about WikiProject X.

Harej (talk) 16:56, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

TfD for Template:Churches in Bristol
There is a template deletion discussion occurring @ Templates for discussion/Log/2015 February 23 which may be of interest to members of WikiProject Bristol.&mdash; Rod talk 19:51, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

Proposal to move Methodism to Child Project
Per WikiProject Council/Proposals/Methodism Jerodlycett (talk) 09:45, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Bristol at FAC
I have nominated the article Bristol for featured article. Would you be willing to take a look and leave any comments about whether it meets the featured article criteria on the review page at Featured article candidates/Bristol/archive1?&mdash; Rod talk 17:37, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

Portal:Bristol
I've made a start on bring Portal:Bristol up to modern (dynamic) standards. The selected article, biography and DYKs etc had been unchanged since I set it up in 2007. It now has a series for each of these sections (all FA, GA or have appeared on the main page as DYK) which will be different each time someone loads the page. (see Portal:Bristol/Selected article, Portal:Bristol/Selected biography and Portal:Bristol/Did you know for what I have included) I have also changed the category display from a static (non-updated) version from 2007 so now it is generated automatically.

I have a couple of requests for help: The picture of Gloucester Rd has been the same since 2007 - I can set up a changing picture, but what images should be included? (I would suggest not those already included in selected articles, biographies etc (see links above). Also the project "to do list" (WikiProject Bristol/to do) is included - could you take a look and update/change htis as appropriate?

Any further comments on the portal would be great.&mdash; Rod talk 09:39, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

List of public art
Please populate List of public art in Bristol; see for a guide. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:39, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

Portal:Bristol nominated for featured status
I have nominated Portal:Bristol at Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Bristol but it has received very few comments. Would you be able to take a look and add any comments about whether it meets the Featured portal criteria?&mdash; Rod talk 07:07, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

Project cleanup listing
I've just taken a look at the Clean up listing for WikiProject Bristol. It says that "Of the 1489 articles in this project 473 or 32% are marked for cleanup, with 766 issues in total". Many of these relate to articles where there are problems with referencing (including those about living people) but there are a whole range of errors. Would anyone be willing or able to try to fix any of these errors?&mdash; Rod talk 20:18, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Some good progress has been made on this with the list now showing: "Of the 1501 articles in this project 266 or 18% are marked for cleanup, with 409 issues in total." With help from several editors (including Mattbuck working on stations) lots of the errors have been fixed. Would you be able to help with any of the others?
 * There are quite a lot relating to the Bristol music scene examples include: The Thekla, Bristol underground scene, Bristol record labels (? merge with List of record labels from Bristol), Paul Potts, Vice Squad, The Subway Organization, Shakane, Trip hop , Roni Size , Flying Saucer Attack , The Great Western Chorus of Bristol , The Wild Bunch (sound system) ,
 * Aircraft and cars, engineering: Bristol Beaufighter, Bristol Brabazon , Bristol Siddeley Orpheus , Bristol Beaufort, Bristol Coanda Monoplanes , Avonmouth Light Railway, Concorde
 * Sport (especially football): Ryan Clarke, 2010–11 Bristol City F.C. season, Bristol derby, Sport in Bristol, Gary Penrice, Bristol City F.C., Ray Graydon , History of Bristol Rovers F.C., Thomas Roberts (footballer)
 * Areas of Bristol & local issues: Economy of Bristol, Emersons Green, Environment in Bristol, Bristol City Council election, 2015 , Culture of Bristol, Hambrook
 * Biography: Bob Baker (scriptwriter), Richard Long (artist) , Sophie Anderton , Hannah More , William James Müller , John Wesley , George Whitefield
 * Education: South Gloucestershire and Stroud College, University of the West of England , Halls of residence at the University of Bristol, Centre for Deaf Studies, Bristol
 * There are plenty more on the list (updated weekly), but if anyone could take on one or two of these that would be great. (If it is one above using strikethough may help to avoid others starting to work on the same article at the same time.) I am hoping to get the total number of article showing errors down below 100 by the end of the year and any help would be appreciated.&mdash; Rod talk 15:27, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks to everyone who has helped with this. The cleanup list is now down to 130 articles (so 340 have been cleaned up). There will be one more update before the new year (on 29 December) and it would be great to get a few more resolved before then. There are also quite a few needing additional references. Any help anyone could offer would be great.&mdash; Rod talk
 * There are a few which need rewrites eg Environment in Bristol, Bristol underground scene, M4 motorway Economy of Bristol and Nathaniel Wade
 * Some have been proposed for merges ie Bristol Rovers F.C.–Swindon Town F.C. rivalry with M4 derby and Bristol record labels with List of record labels from Bristol - any comments on the relevant talk pages appreciated.
 * Some need updating eg Frenchay Hospital, Cossham Memorial Hospital, Ovo Energy and Proposed transport developments in Bristol
 * Some have original research or a promotional tone: List of headmasters at Bristol Grammar School, St Ursula's School, The Bush and Troy Show, Tobacco Factory Theatre
 * Some have NPOV or COI disputes: Centre for Deaf Studies, Bristol, Murder of Anni Dewani, Thomas Chatterton, George Ferguson (Mayor of Bristol), Centre for Structural Econometrics, Mangotsfield United F.C.
 * Orphaned: 61 Queen Charlotte Street, Bristol, Creditcall, Great Reading Adventure, Herbert Blake, Las Iguanas, Nisbets, The Bristol Art Library

Further work on this has brought the total down "As of February 16, 2016. Of the 1570 articles in this project 85 or 5% are marked for cleanup, with 129 issues in total." Any further help with tackling some of these would be gratefully received.

Bristol city centre v The Centre, Bristol
I have just been looking at The Centre, Bristol and Bristol city centre. Could other readers find the similar titles confusing? There is some overlap but they do seem to significantly different so I wouldn't suggest merging the articles, but would be grateful for suggestions to help to disambiguate them.&mdash; Rod talk 21:53, 19 December 2015 (UTC)

Ashton Gate revisited
There is currently another requested move about Ashton Gate Stadium. Please see Talk:Ashton Gate Stadium. Simply south ...... time, deparment skies for just 9 years 21:38, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

Bristol will be TFA on the front page on 7 March
Following its promotion to "Featured Article" Bristol will appear on wikipedia's front page as "Today's Featured Article" (TFA) on 7 March (see Today's featured article/March 7, 2016). This is likely to generate a lot of page views (and some vandalism). If anyone can help with monitoring this that would be great. I'd also like to use it as a way of trying to recruit new editors if possible.&mdash; Rod talk 15:48, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

The West Country Challenge
We're planning on running WikiProject England/The West Country Challenge in the summer. It is based on the WikiProject Wales/Awaken the Dragon model, a very successful contest/editathon which saw the improvement and creation of over 1000 articles and 65 Good and Featrued articles. If you'd like to replicate this success for your county, please sign up at the contest page in the participants section. It is intended for both people who might compete in it and for those just interested in independently contributing.♦ Dr. Blofeld  15:16, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

The West Country Challenge
Would you like to win up to £250 in Amazon vouchers for participating in The West Country Challenge?

The The West Country Challenge will take place from 8 to 28 August 2016. The idea ito create and improve articles about Bristol, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Dorset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.

The format will be based on Wales's successful Awaken the Dragon which saw over 1000 article improvements and creations and 65 GAs/FAs. As with the Dragon contest, the focus is more on improving core articles and breathing new life into those older stale articles and stubs which might otherwise not get edited in years. All contributions, including new articles, are welcome though.

Work on any of the items at: or other articles relating to the area.
 * Core articles
 * Missing article hotlist
 * Missing photograph hotlist

There will be sub contests focusing on particular areas:
 * Bristol (Day 1-3)
 * Cornwall and Scilly (Day 4-6)
 * Devon (Day 7-9)
 * Dorset (Day 10-12)
 * Gloucestershire (Day 13-15)
 * Somerset (Day 16-18)
 * Wiltshire (Day 19-21)

To sign up or get more information visit the contest pages at WikiProject England/The West Country Challenge.&mdash; Rod talk 15:47, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Bristol Bloodhound
How do I remove an article from this linking. The Bristol Bloodhound has nothing to do with Bristol, the city. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Bloodhound_(missile)&curid=2883811&diff=737757272&oldid=737746926 Cheers Tanis8472 (talk) 19:06, 6 September 2016 (UTC)


 * If the article (I presume we are talking about Bloodhound (missile)) has nothing to do with this wikiproject then go to the talk page and remove . That will remove it from this projects listing.&mdash; Rod talk 19:24, 6 September 2016 (UTC)
 * I note the article was moved from  Bloodhound SAM to Bloodhound -> Bristol Bloodhound in March 2007 and from Bristol Bloodhound to Bloodhound (missile) in Oct - Dec 2014. I guess somewhere in that lot it got tagged for this project.&mdash; Rod talk 19:55, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

St Michael on the Mount Without
If anyone is in the region of St Michael on the Mount Without could they get some photos of the fire - as long as it is safe to do so of course.. Thanks. &mdash; Rod talk 18:02, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

2016 Community Wishlist Survey Proposal to Revive Popular Pages
Greetings Members!

This is a one-time-only message to inform you about a technical proposal to revive your Popular Pages list in the 2016 Community Wishlist Survey that I think you may be interested in reviewing and perhaps even voting for:


 * Fix and improve Mr.Z-bot's popular pages report

If the above proposal gets in the Top 10 based on the votes, there is a high likelihood of this bot being restored so your project will again see monthly updates of popular pages.

Further, there are over 260 proposals in all to review and vote for, across many aspects of wikis.

Thank you for your consideration. Please note that voting for proposals continues through December 12, 2016.

Best regards, — Delivered: 17:56, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

West of England Combined Authority & West of England mayoral election, 2017
Two newish articles of relevance to this wikiproject have been created at West of England Combined Authority and West of England mayoral election, 2017. As more information becomes available the articles will need updating (possibly including articles for the candidates which don't yet have one). Any help appreciated.&mdash; Rod talk 20:13, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

Popular pages report
We – Community Tech – are happy to announce that the Popular pages bot is back up-and-running (after a one year hiatus)! You're receiving this message because your WikiProject or task force is signed up to receive the popular pages report. Every month, will post at /Popular pages with a list of the most-viewed pages over the previous month that are within the scope of. We've made some enhancements to the original report. Here's what's new:
 * The pageview data includes both desktop and mobile data.
 * The report will include a link to the pageviews tool for each article, to dig deeper into any surprises or anomalies.
 * The report will include the total pageviews for the entire project (including redirects).

We're grateful to for his original, and we wish his bot a happy robot retirement. Just as before, we hope the popular pages reports will aid you in understanding the reach of, and what articles may be deserving of more attention. If you have any questions or concerns please contact us at m:User talk:Community Tech bot.

Warm regards, the Community Tech Team 17:16, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

TV series
Would TV series and standalone TV episodes that are set in Bristol, fall within the scope of this Wikiproject? Mojo0306 (talk) 14:49, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride!
 You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride!


 * What? Wiki Loves Pride, a campaign to document and photograph LGBT culture and history, including pride events
 * When? June 2015
 * How can you help?
 * 1.) Create or improve LGBT-related articles and showcase the results of your work here
 * 2.) Upload photographs or other media related to LGBT culture and history, including pride events, and add images to relevant Wikipedia articles; feel free to create a subpage with a gallery of your images (see examples from last year)
 * 3.) Contribute to an LGBT-related task force at another Wikimedia project (Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikivoyage, etc.)

Or, view or update the current list of Tasks. This campaign is supported by the Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group, an officially recognized affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation. Visit the group's page at Meta-Wiki for more information, or follow Wikimedia LGBT+ on Facebook. Remember, Wiki Loves Pride is about creating and improving LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects, and content should have a neutral point of view. One does not need to identify as LGBT or any other gender or sexual minority to participate. This campaign is about adding accurate, reliable information to Wikipedia, plain and simple, and all are welcome!

If you have any questions, please leave a message on the campaign's main talk page.

Thanks, and happy editing!

User:Another Believer and User:OR drohowa (timestamp may not be accurate) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Another Believer (talk • contribs) 15:13, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

WikiProject collaboration notice from the Portals WikiProject
The reason I am contacting you is because there are one or more portals that fall under this subject, and the Portals WikiProject is currently undertaking a major drive to automate portals that may affect them.

Portals are being redesigned.

The new design features are being applied to existing portals.

At present, we are gearing up for a maintenance pass of portals in which the introduction section will be upgraded to no longer need a subpage. In place of static copied and pasted excerpts will be self-updating excerpts displayed through selective transclusion, using the template Transclude lead excerpt.

The discussion about this can be found here.

Maintainers of specific portals are encouraged to sign up as project members here, noting the portals they maintain, so that those portals are skipped by the maintenance pass. Currently, we are interested in upgrading neglected and abandoned portals. There will be opportunity for maintained portals to opt-in later, or the portal maintainers can handle upgrading (the portals they maintain) personally at any time.

Background
On April 8th, 2018, an RfC ("Request for comment") proposal was made to eliminate all portals and the portal namespace. On April 17th, the Portals WikiProject was rebooted to handle the revitalization of the portal system. On May 12th, the RfC was closed with the result to keep portals, by a margin of about 2 to 1 in favor of keeping portals.

There's an article in the current edition of the Signpost interviewing project members about the RfC and the Portals WikiProject.

Since the reboot, the Portals WikiProject has been busy building tools and components to upgrade portals.

So far, 84 editors have joined.

If you would like to keep abreast of what is happening with portals, see the newsletter archive.

If you have any questions about what is happening with portals or the Portals WikiProject, please post them on the WikiProject's talk page.

Thank you. &mdash; The Transhumanist  07:27, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool
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)

Bristol meetup
I am organising a meetup in Bristol for this summer - provisionally Saturday 1 September 2018, and you are invited (everyone is welcome). For details see Meetup/Bristol/3 to join the discussion, including expressing preferences about dates and venues, see the talk page at m:Talk:Meetup/Bristol/3. Thryduulf (talk) 18:38, 30 June 2018 (UTC)

Proposed changes to guidelines on UK counties
If anyone is interested, there is a discussion taking place here. All comments are welcome. DDStretch   (talk)  09:35, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

Rebirth
Hello, this Wikiproject has become a bit stale of late, so I plan on trying to update it and kickstart it back into life! We have done an amazing job over the years, but we can't let our work get out of date, so I will be making some updates/changes soon, to give a fresh look to the project. Any updates will be posted here. Mark999 (talk) 15:07, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

The Great Britain/Ireland Destubathon
Hi. The The Great Britain/Ireland Destubathon is planned for March 2020, a contest/editathon to eliminate as many stubs as possible from all 134 counties. Amazon vouchers/book prizes are planned for most articles destubbed from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland and Northern Ireland and whoever destubs articles from the most counties out of the 134. Sign up on page if interested in participating, we have over 44,000 stubs! A good opportunity to improve stubs for your area!♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:10, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of Fry family (chocolate) for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Fry family (chocolate) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Fry family (chocolate) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Erp (talk) 15:28, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

RfC notice
Firefangledfeathers 04:55, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:J. K. Rowling § Splitting off list of awards
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:J. K. Rowling § Splitting off list of awards. Santacruz &#8258;  Please ping me!  23:06, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

FAR notice re J. K. Rowling
An editor has nominated J. K. Rowling for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 04:05, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

User script to detect unreliable sources
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 and turns it into something like
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

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.

- &#32; Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 29 April 2022 (UTC)