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[edit] Engravings

I've added an 1873 engraving, and details from it, to Bristol, History of Bristol, Colston Hall (Where it shows things destroyed by the fire, no less]], Bristol Cathedral (may want to move them around: One shows it before construction was complete, but I put it in the gallery, next to other discussions of same), and Blackfriars, Gloucester. Hope you like them! Stitching and cropping was provided by WP:GL/IMPROVE Adam Cuerden talk 19:52, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] FAC Buildings and architecture of Bristol

I've put Buildings and architecture of Bristol up as a Featured Article candidate - any comments/votes etc welcome at: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Buildings and architecture of Bristol. — Rod talk 11:11, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bristol Doors Open Day 2007

I've just been reading in Venue about the Bristol Doors Open Day 2007 which happens on Sat 8th Sept (with some sites also open on Sun 9th) details are at: http://www.identitydesign.co.uk/bdod2007/index.htm. Is anybody able to get along to get more info on any of these (most already have articles, but many are stubs) and possibly take some photos? - I'd be particularly grateful if anyone could get snaps of Clifton Pool and The Victoria Public House (aka Clifton Lido) and the Underfall yard for the Bristol Harbour article - but I'm sure there are loads of others where the wikipedia article could be improved.— Rod talk 20:48, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

I was planning on going out and taking a few piccies, but I've been a little bit unwell lately, so I'm not sure if I'm going to feel like it now. I'll see how I feel on the day. — Gasheadsteve Talk to me 12:35, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit]  ? reasses Bristol Cathedral article

Could someone reassess the Bristol Cathedral artcile - it's currently rated as "start" & I think it is more of "B" class & I'm considering putting it up for GA soon. I shouldn't do it as I've been too involved in editing the article.— Rod talk 14:33, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Definitely worthy of a B-Class rating. I think that the Media section probably falls under WP:TRIV and should be removed before being put up for WP:GA, and it looks like it could do with a few more references, although I haven't checked all of them so I could be wrong about that. — Gasheadsteve Talk to me 14:47, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article importance

Now that the current stats on the project page are automated, I think it would be a good idea to add an importance rating to our articles (via Template:Bristol) so that we can see which articles are the most urgently in need of improvement. Firstly, does anyone else think this is a good idea, and secondly, how would we decide which importance level to assign. My thoughts are:

I'm sure that there's plenty of stuff I've left out, but that's just my initial thoughts on the subject. Any other ideas are welcome. — Gasheadsteve Talk to me 10:18, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

I would agree that this would be a good idea & most other projects have it - however it would be a lot of work re-evaluating the 600 odd articles. Importance level will always be a subjective & imprecise things & I think you've made a good start. if it is incorporated into the project page, then others can add or remove examples as appropriate.— Rod talk 14:02, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
I've set up the categories, and edited the template so that it accepts an importance rating. At the moment it adds the article to the relevant importance category, but it doesn't display the importance in the template. — Gasheadsteve Talk to me 19:54, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks - but the importance category doesn't show up in the status box on te project page - any idea why? We also need to do some instruction (similar to your list above) on the project page to help people do the importance categorisation.— Rod talk 21:27, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
The stats on the project page are updated by a bot, so hopefully the importance ratings should appear on there next time it runs. I'll start working on a draft set of instructions later on. — Gasheadsteve Talk to me 06:13, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
They've now been updated. — Gasheadsteve Talk to me 08:41, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Ok, I've created a draft version at Wikipedia:WikiProject Bristol/Assessment. Feel free to make any changes/additions you see fit. — Gasheadsteve Talk to me 07:45, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fry family (chocolate)

The article Fry family (chocolate) has been proposed for deletion. The Talk page notes that the article is supported by the Bristol wikiproject. It would be good if the article included more on the contribution of the Frys to the economic and cultural development of Bristol. Vernon White . . . Talk 19:21, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Nomination has now been withdrawn. — Gasheadsteve Talk to me 19:40, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bristol potentially losing GA status

Some work needs to be done on Bristol for it to keep its GA status. Notes on what needs to be done have been left by a user at Talk:Bristol#GA on hold. — Gasheadsteve Talk to me 07:06, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bristol area articles

At the moment we still seem to have quite a few articles about areas of the city that are so short that there's not really much point in them existing. Taking my inspiration from User:Mark999's excellent work on Kingsweston, I propose merging all area stubs into the article about the council ward that they are in and creating a redirect from the original article location to the relevant section of the ward article. This would avoid having articles like Filwood Park, and help to pad out articles like Hillfields, Bristol. Any thoughts? — Gasheadsteve Talk to me 08:59, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Seems like a reasonable approach to me. The articles can alwasy be recreated later if there is significant content to go into them.— Rod talk 09:54, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
Right then, I've had an attempt at doing this to Ashley, Bristol. I've merged in the stub articles on Montpelier and part of St Andrews, written a brief paragraph on Baptist Mills and linked to the longer articles about areas of this ward. Does this look ok to you? — Gasheadsteve Talk to me 09:30, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] St Werburghs Church, Bristol

Can you check this is OK? --Quentin Smith 15:24, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Buildings and architecture of Bristol still on FAC

Buildings and architecture of Bristol is still a candidate for Featured Article status having been nominated on 27th August! It received very little comment until recently & now has 3 support comments (& no oppose). It will soon fall off the bottom of the list and will not be passed as FA without a few more support comments. If you felt like making a comment at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Buildings and architecture of Bristol that would help the process.— Rod talk 20:22, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article for Deletion: Henleaze Infant and Junior School

Henleaze Infant and Junior School at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Henleaze Infant and Junior School (2007-10-24 –)

--User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 02:40, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ashton Gate

(I have no idea why i'm editing at nearly 3am) I have just moved Ashton Gate to Ashton Gate stadium. The redirect i created into Ashton Gate suburb proper but needs expansion. Simply south (talk) 02:56, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New articles

I've added a new section to the project page for new articles. When anyone here creates a new Bristol-related article it can be added to the list so that other project members can give them the once-over and add them to thier watchlist if they want. — Gasheadsteve Talk to me 21:38, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Photographs of Bristol Crown/County Courts

If any Bristol-based photographers could take snaps of courts in their neck of the woods (e.g. Bristol Crown Court and Bristol County Court) and add them to commons:Category:Courthouses in the United Kingdom, the photographs would be very much appreciated for Bristol Crown Court, List of courts in England and Wales and List of county courts in England and Wales. Thanks, BencherliteTalk 22:04, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hakluyt's memorial tablet in Bristol Cathedral

If any member of this WikiProject is able to take a photograph of Richard Hakluyt's memorial tablet in Bristol Cathedral for the article about him, that would be much appreciated. If required, please continue this discussion on the article's talk page. Thanks. — Cheers, JackLee –talk– 18:12, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bristol Temple Meads

Bristol Temple Meads railway station is currently rated B-class, but recent edits have probably moved this close to GA. Before I turn it over for a formal assesment, perhaps members of this project would like to take a look and see what else needs doing. Geof Sheppard (talk) 16:02, 6 June 2008 (UTC)