Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Dorset

Building out the information about the new Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Council
There is a lot of information that can be added about the new Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Council (BCP Council) but most of it will take a good amount of time to find, I am willing to work on this. One thing that is in my opinion very important is detailing the existence of the Charter Trusts in the Poole and Bournemouth areas of the Council. Other things that I can think about being important are the results in the first elections to BCP Council that were held in early May 2019, and the subsequent way Council Committees have been divided up amongst the political parties represented on Council. I plan to use these as a starter but does anyone else have any other suggestions on things I should add? Paulw99 (talk) 00:19, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

Tower Park
I’ve tried to improve this article over the last few days (it was badly unsourced) but have had to place heavy reliance on the Bournemouth Echo, which is quite hit and miss and tends to be just about attractions/shops moving in or out. There’s not much on the internet in the way of WP:RS (it’s awash with tripadvisor type stuff and other WP:SELFPUB). If anyone has access to off-internet book sources that may be relevant please add. What’s missing in particular is information on the economic impact Tower Park must have had over the years. Also, some info on Bill Riddle who first devised the project, might be good. WP:RS only of course. DeCausa (talk) 11:03, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

Parishes project
I have started a project for missing civil parishes at User:Crouch, Swale/Missing parishes. The missing parishes in Dorset are:


 * Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle
 * Burton and Winkton
 * Hinton, Dorset
 * Leweston, Dorset
 * Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge
 * Steeple with Tyneham
 * St. Leonards and St. Ives

A total of 7, see User:Crouch, Swale/Missing parishes (1).  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 17:44, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Pinging the participants to get more input .  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 21:35, 1 April 2022 (UTC)


 * I saw your post but thought you were simply notifying the project. Are you asking for help with something? --Ykraps (talk) 07:51, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes I was wandering if anyone was interested in creating some of the missing articles.  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 16:51, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately I don't know any of these places well enough to know where to start. I improved the entries for Maiden Newton and Frome Vauchurch as I know them well. I've been editing a lot of records for historic sites in Dorset (I'm also a member of the archaeology project) and updated the records yesterday for the hillforts just taken off the Heritage at Risk Register. I tend to stick to the areas I know so don't know how I can really help with these. Shaun Sheep (talk) 07:26, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the invitation. But I have no experience of creating parish articles at all, and I know very little about Dorset parishes. Feline Hymnic (talk) 17:23, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

I may tackle some that are close to me, at a later date but I am busy with other things at the moment.--Ykraps (talk) 10:19, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Featured Article Save Award for Weymouth, Dorset
There is a Featured Article Save Award nomination at Wikipedia talk:Featured article review/Weymouth, Dorset/archive1. Please join the discussion to recognize and celebrate editors who helped save this featured article from demotion. Z1720 (talk) 17:00, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Disagreement on Christchurch article re:settlement definition
There is a dispute at the article for Christchurch, Dorset over whether, how, and in how much detail, the article should cover Bournemouth Airport now that the borough of Christchurch has been abolished. The airport is some distance outside the built-up area in a neighbouring parish, but remains a major employer. If you think you can help resolve this, join the discussion at Talk:Christchurch,_Dorset. Thanks, Joe D (t)

Lodmoor sands
I have a question can we make a wiki for lodmoor sands as they've been there for 3 years now without a Wikipedia Stealsoda (talk) 21:20, 16 December 2022 (UTC)


 * I couldn't find any Reliable sources on Lodmoor Sands which appears to be a housing development. This suggests it is not Wikipedia:Notable enough to be included. If you can find some quality sources as described in the first link, it might be possible to have a couple of sentences in the Lodmoor article but I can't imagine there's enough info for a stand-alone article. Thanks for starting a discussion. --Ykraps (talk) 09:51, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

Bournemouth Crown Court
Hi - It would be great if someone could take a photo of Bournemouth Crown Court and upload it to wikimedia commons. Many thanks, Dormskirk (talk) 13:20, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

Any good? I assumed you meant the new ones in Deansleigh Road and not the old ones in Stafford Road. May enquire as to where you're going to use them? --Ykraps (talk) 21:01, 14 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi - That's brilliant. I am going to be writing a wikipedia article about the courts. Many thanks, Dormskirk (talk) 21:33, 14 October 2023 (UTC)


 * I look forward to reading it. If you need a picture of the old courts, there is one on Flickr here.[] They were in use until at least 1992 and probably a lot later as they didn't start building the new hospital until 1994 and the courts were built sometime after. Best of luck. --Ykraps (talk) 07:28, 15 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi - I have had a go at writing the article: please feel free to expand it. Many thanks again. Dormskirk (talk) 11:10, 15 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Oh yeah, it was 1989, I was forgetting which children were born where. Shows you can't rely on my memory. Nice little article. I'll see what else I can dig up, when I'm not so busy. All the best, --Ykraps (talk) 06:09, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

Proposed county infobox template change
A discussion is ongoing at Template talk:Infobox English county which is likely of interest to this project. The original proposal is for straight removal of the ethnicity field from the template but keeping the population field. A modification to the proposal includes this also but seeks the addition of two optional, undefined statistical fields within the non-metropolitan and unitary authority sections of the county infoboxes — at present there are no demographic statistical fields, other than population under these headings. Rupples (talk) 00:00, 15 December 2023 (UTC)