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The Cornwall Contest has now closed and has moved on to Devon. Please add your names and entries to the Devon page replicating what was done here now. Congratulations to Cwmhiraeth for winning the Cornwall Contest! Thanks to everybody who contributed!

The West Country Challenge
Day 4-6: Cornwall and Scilly

Mevagissey St Ives Cornwall map Cornish pasty Isles of Scilly

Core articles

  1. 32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot
  2. A30 road
  3. A39 road
  4. John Couch Adams
  5. Anglo-Cornish
  6. Antony House
  7. Barbara Hepworth Museum
  8. Bible Christian Church
  9. Bishop of Cornwall
  10. William Bligh
  11. Bodmin
  12. Bodmin and Wenford Railway
  13. Bodmin Moor
  14. Bonython Manor
  15. Boscastle flood of 2004
  16. Caerhays Castle
  17. Camborne
  18. Camborne School of Mines
  19. Camelford water pollution incident
  20. Carclew House
  21. Carnanton House
  22. Carrick Roads
  23. Castle an Dinas, St Columb Major
  24. Charles, Prince of Wales
  25. Christianity in Cornwall
  26. Climate of south-west England
  27. Clotted cream
  28. Constitutional status of Cornwall
  29. Combined Universities in Cornwall
  30. Cornish cuisine
  31. Cornish currency
  32. Cornish diaspora
  33. Cornish heraldry
  34. Cornish Main Line
  35. Cornwall Railway
  36. Cornish Rebellion of 1497
  37. Cornish language
  38. Cornish literature
  39. Cornish mythology
  40. Cornish nationalism
  41. Cornish Pirates
  42. Cornish people
  43. Cornish surnames
  44. Cornish wrestling
  45. Cornovii (Cornwall)
  46. Cornwall
  47. Cornwall Air Ambulance
  48. Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
  49. Cornwall Council
  50. Cornwall County Cricket Club
  51. Cornwall Wildlife Trust
  52. Cornubian batholith
  53. Jonathan Couch
  54. Richard Quiller Couch
  55. Culture of Cornwall
  56. Daphne du Maurier
  57. Ding Dong mines
  58. Diocese of Truro
  59. Duchy of Cornwall
  60. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
  61. Dumnonia
  62. Dumnonii
  63. Economy of Cornwall
  64. Eden Project
  65. English China Clays
  66. John Samuel Enys
  67. Falmouth, Cornwall
  68. Fir Hill Manor
  69. Fishing in Cornwall
  70. Bob Fitzsimmons
  71. Flora and fauna of Cornwall
  72. Geography of Cornwall
  73. Geology of Cornwall
  74. Glasney College
  75. Godolphin Estate
  76. William Golding
  77. Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station
  78. Gorsedh Kernow
  79. Great Cornish families
  80. Heligan estate
  81. Barbara Hepworth
  82. Hidden Valley Discovery Park
  83. History of Cornwall
  84. HMS Cornwall (1692)
  85. HMS Cornwall (1812)
  86. HMS Cornwall (56)
  87. HMS Cornwall (F99)
  88. HMS Falmouth (1693)
  89. HMS Falmouth (1708)
  90. HMS Falmouth (1752)
  91. HMS Falmouth (1910)
  92. HMS Falmouth (F113)
  93. Ince Castle
  94. Isles of Scilly
  95. Jamaica Inn
  96. Henry Jenner
  97. Killigarth Manor
  98. Land's End
  99. Launceston Castle
  100. Launceston, Cornwall
  101. Lawrence House
  102. Bernard Leach
  103. Liskeard
  104. List of Cornish dialect words
  105. List of Cornish saints
  106. List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall
  107. List of shipwrecks of Cornwall
  108. List of shipwrecks of Cornwall (19th century)
  109. List of shipwrecks of Cornwall (20th century)
  110. List of shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly
  111. List of shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly (19th century)
  112. Lost Gardens of Heligan
  113. Lostwithiel
  114. Manor of Alverton
  115. Mark of Cornwall
  116. Mebyon Kernow
  117. Media in Cornwall
  118. Merlin Cinemas
  119. Mining in Cornwall and Devon
  120. Mount Edgcumbe House
  121. Music of Cornwall
  122. National Maritime Museum Cornwall
  123. Newquay
  124. North Cornwall
  125. Padstow
  126. PASAB
  127. Pasty
  128. Pencarrow
  129. Penhallam
  130. Penlee lifeboat disaster
  131. Penpol, Lesnewth
  132. Pentillie
  133. Penwith
  134. Penzance
  135. Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society
  136. Place House
  137. Poldark
  138. Politics of Cornwall
  139. Port Eliot
  140. Prideaux Place
  141. Porthcurno Telegraph Museum
  142. Arthur Quiller-Couch
  143. RAF St Eval
  144. RAF St Mawgan
  145. Redruth
  146. Richard Lower (physician)
  147. Richard Trevithick
  148. River Fowey
  149. River Tamar
  150. RNAS Culdrose (HMS Seahawk)
  151. Royal Cornwall Hospital
  152. Royal Cornwall Museum
  153. Royal Institution of Cornwall
  154. Saint Petroc
  155. Saint Piran's Flag
  156. Seven Stars, Falmouth
  157. Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry
  158. South Crofty
  159. St Austell
  160. St Ives, Cornwall
  161. St German's Priory
  162. St Mawes Castle
  163. St Michael's Mount
  164. St Petroc's Church, Bodmin
  165. Saltash
  166. Second Cornish Uprising of 1497
  167. South West England (European Parliament constituency)
  168. Sport in Cornwall
  169. Stadium for Cornwall
  170. Straw Dogs (1971 film)
  171. Tamar Bridge
  172. Tate St Ives
  173. The Bucket of Blood
  174. The Flambards Experience
  175. The Lizard
  176. The Sloop Inn
  177. The Song of the Western Men
  178. South Western Ambulance Service
  179. The Miners Association
  180. The West Cornwall Pasty Company
  181. D. M. Thomas
  182. Timeline of Cornish history
  183. Tinner's Arms
  184. Tintagel
  185. Tintagel Castle
  186. Tolverne
  187. Trago Mills
  188. Tregarden
  189. Tregenna Castle
  190. Tregothnan
  191. Trereife House
  192. Trerice
  193. Tresillian House
  194. Richard Trevithick
  195. Trewarthenick Estate
  196. Trinity House National Lighthouse Museum
  197. Tristan
  198. Truro
  199. Truro Cathedral
  200. Tullimaar House
  201. Wadebridge
  202. West Country
  203. Whiteford House
  204. Withielgoose House

Cleanup highlights

See Cornwall cleanup list

Stubs

Missing articles

Settlements

All rivers discharging into the Atlantic Ocean between Land's End, Cornwall and Lyme Regis on the Devon/Dorset border.

Note that there are no watercourses named on either the 1:25,000 or 1:50,000 scale Ordnance Survey maps of the Isles of Scilly.

Minor coastal catchments

Helford catchment

Restronguet catchment

Fal catchment

Percuil catchment


Fowey catchment

Seaton catchment

Tamar catchment

Architecture

Grade I listed buildings

See Grade I listed buildings in Cornwall

Grade II* listed buildings

See Grade II* listed buildings in Cornwall (A–G), Grade II* listed buildings in Cornwall (H–P) & Grade II* listed buildings in Cornwall (Q–Z)

Sport

Men's football
Women's football

Missing photos

Leaderboard

The leaderboard with ranking of editors will be maintained during each round and moved onto the next round once it is completed. Remember that winning the contest will give you a 500 point bonus...

Cornwall contest overall ranking

  1. Cwmhiraeth - 1825 points (Winner: + 500 points WINNER of Cornwall Contest.)
  2. Sturmvogel_66 - 1515 points (+200 points for finishing Cornwall contest in 2nd place)
  3. Worm and Stacey - 1085 points (+100 points for finishing Cornwall contest in 3rd place)
  4. Ritchie333 - 535 points
  5. Gasheadsteve - 205 points
  6. Deb - 50 points
  7. Penny Richards - 45 points
  8. Hchc2009 - 25 points (+200 pending)

Day 4

  1. Cwmhiraeth - 495 points (Winner: + £10)
  2. Ritchie333 - 390 points
  3. Sturmvogel_66 - 150 points
  4. Gasheadsteve - 50 points
  5. Penny Richards - 15 points

Day 5

  1. Sturmvogel_66 - 500 points (Winner: + £10)
  2. Worm and Stacey - 385 points
  3. Cwmhiraeth - 350 points
  4. Gasheadsteve - 155 points
  5. Ritchie333 - 130 points
  6. Deb - 50 points
  7. Hchc2009 - 25 points (+200 pending)
  8. Penny Richards - 15 points

Day 6

  1. Sturmvogel_66 - 665 points (Winner: + £10)
  2. Worm and Stacey - 600 points
  3. Cwmhiraeth - 480 points
  4. Penny Richards - 15 points
  5. Ritchie333 - 15 points

Overall scoreboard

After six days:

  1. Worm and Stacey - 2540 points
  2. Sturmvogel_66 - 2270 points
  3. Cwmhiraeth - 1975 points
  4. Ritchie333 - 1590 points
  5. Gasheadsteve - 385 points
  6. D Eaketts - 270 points
  7. Rodw - 145 points
  8. Penny Richards - 145 points
  9. Deb - 50 points
  10. Hchc2009 - 25 points

Contestants

User:X

User:Cwmhiraeth

  1. Carrick Roads - Core article destubbed + ghastly tag = 80 points checkY
  2. Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry - Core article destubbed = 75 points checkY
  3. Bonython Manor Core article destubbed + ghastly tag = 80 points checkY
  4. Cornwall College - destubbing 25 points checkY
  5. Barbara Hepworth Museum - Core article destubbed + ghastly tag = 80 points checkY
  6. Lawrence House, Cornwall Core article destubbed + ghastly tag = 80 points checkY
  7. Place House - Core article destubbed = 75 points checkY
  8. Tregarden - Core article destubbed = 75 points checkY
  9. The West Cornwall Pasty Company - Core article destubbed = 75 points checkY ::Cool name!♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:18, 12 August 2016 (UTC)
  10. Penpol, Lesnewth - Further expanded this core article = 50 points? Apologies to Worm That Turned and Staceydolxx! checkY
  11. Trewarthenick Estate - Core article destubbed = 75 points checkY
  12. Withielgoose - Core article destubbed = 75 points checkY
  13. St Andrew's Church, Stratton - destubbed = 25 points checkY
  14. St Grada and Holy Cross Church, Grade - destubbed = 25 points checkY
  15. Dupath Well - destubbed = 25 points checkY
  16. King Doniert's Stone - destubbed = 25 points checkY
  17. Cotehele - destubbed = 25 points checkY
  18. Bodmin Moor - core article = 50 points + 5 cleanup =55 points checkY
  19. Fowey - Core article = 50 points checkY
  20. Gunwalloe - destubbed = 25 points checkY
  21. Gwinear–Gwithian - destubbed = 25 points checkY
  22. Friends Meeting House, Come-to-Good - destubbed = 25 points checkY
  23. St Wynwallow's Church, Landewednack - destubbed = 25 points /search/?title=St_Wynwallow%27s_Church,_Landewednack&diff=734353949&oldid=695560256 checkY
  24. Landrake - destubbed = 25 points checkY
  25. St Cleer - destubbed = 25 points
@Cwmhiraeth: Can you fill out refs 2 and 5 a bit, cheers♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:40, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
ref 5 was dead. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:22, 14 August 2016 (UTC) checkY

User:Deb

  1. All Saints' Church, Bryher - destubbed yesterday but couldn't find correct place to record it. Deb (talk) 08:52, 12 August 2016 (UTC) = 25 points checkY Thanks!♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:21, 12 August 2016 (UTC)
  2. Florence Carter-Wood - expanded to about 1800. Deb (talk) 10:40, 12 August 2016 (UTC) checkY

User:Gasheadsteve

  1. Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race destubbed – 25 points checkY
  2. Jean Golding expanded from stub – 25 points checkY
  3. PASAB core article expanded from stub (and completely re-written due to the existing page being a blatant copyright infringement!) – 75 points checkY
  4. Trereife House: core article destubbed and maintenance tag sorted – 80 pointscheckY

User:Hchc2009

  1. Harry's Walls article created; will put up for GA. Hchc2009 (talk) 07:18, 12 August 2016 (UTC)
Worth 25 points for length (+200 pending) excellent job!♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:42, 12 August 2016 (UTC) checkY

User:Penny Richards

  1. Mary Corinne Quintrell - new article, +10. (She was born at St. Austell, Cornwall.) checkY
  2. Margaret Ann Courtney - Tried to destub but couldn't get it above 1200char readable prose. So, for cleanup, +5 (diff). checkY
  3. John Andrewartha - new article, +10. checkY
  4. Elizabeth Philp - cleanup, added an image, added content and refs (diff; still stubby, though). +5 checkY
  5. Egbert Hambley - new article, +10.checkY
  6. Margo Maeckelberghe - cleanup, added an image, added content and refs (diff); still stubby, though. +5.checkY

User:Ritchie333

  1. Trewarmett - sourced existing content, small expansion to cover Prince of Wales Engine House, removed fugly {{refimprove}} tag that had languished since 2010 - all together 10 points checkY
  2. Upper Tamar Lake - destubbed, all sourced, 25 points checkY
  3. A30 road - core article, cleaned up, added about 3K of text, retrospectively sourced lots of things, added history as one of the most important 17th century coaching routes, trim a bunch of unsourced content that was wrong, removed a table an IP had parked slap-bang in the middle of the article that sat unchallenged for four years ... I don't mean to be rude, but fucking hell, what a mess. I think that's 50 points + 25 for cleanup checkY yes, embarassing!♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:44, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
  4. Tamar Bridge - core article cleaned up, pretty much rewritten from scratch ... this is tricky as the article now has about 2K less prose, but that's from tidying up quite a bit of waffle and removing some BLP violations like unsourced assertions to suicides on the bridge and some POV pushing that just didn't seem to be represented in any national newspapers, the BBC or the Plymouth Herald - but everything is now cited to a reliable source. I think it just needs a general section on basics like location and tolls (as per Dartford Crossing), a bit on traffic, and some photos, and we'll be good for GA on this. I'm calling 50 points for core article + 25 for improvements + 5 for fixing honorary {{refimprove}} and {{npov}} tags that should have been there, making 80 points checkY
    Often the case that bloat needs to be removed. Excellent job, in fact it doens't look far off GA now.♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:08, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
    @Dr. Blofeld: You had to say that didn't you? Done :-) Ritchie333 18:39, 11 August 2016 (UTC)checkY
  5. Saltash Ferry - expanded from redirect, 25 pointscheckY
  6. Whiteford Music Festival - destubbed, 25 points checkY
  7. Whiteford House - core article, sourced, destubbed, removed tag soup - 80 points checkY
  8. Kelly's of Cornwall - new article (has been redlinked from List of ice cream brands, provisional 10 points + 10 points for tag removal if AfD closes as keep
It's 5 for a tag so 15 points.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:44, 13 August 2016 (UTC) checkY

User:Sturmvogel_66

  1. HMS Cornwall (1692) Core Article destubbed, 75 points checkY
  2. HMS Falmouth (1693) Core Article destubbed, 75 points checkY
  3. HMS Falmouth (1910) Core Article destubbed, 75 points + 200 (GAN) checkY
  4. HMS Falmouth (1708) Core Article destubbed, 75 points checkY
  5. HMS Falmouth (1752) Core Article destubbed, 75 points checkY
  6. HMS Cornwall (1812) Core Article destubbed, 75 points checkY
  7. HMS Falmouth (F113) Core Article destubbed + ghastly tag, 80 points checkY
  8. Tinner's Arms Core Article destubbed, 75 points checkY I started this one too ;-)♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:37, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
  9. Pencarrow Core Article destubbed, 75 points The bare url source is dead. checkY
Deleted.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 15:54, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
  1. Penhallam Core Article destubbed, 75 points checkY
  2. Tolverne Core Article sourced and nasty tag removed 10 points Amusingly enough, WTW cleaned it up a little before I got to it and it may turn into an collaboration if zhe can find enough material to take it over the 1.5K hump.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 16:28, 13 August 2016 (UTC)checkY
    I'm on it, it's already over the hump, happy to do this as a collaboration. Will keep working on it :) Worm(talk) 16:46, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
    Brilliant, so that will turn into 80 points each.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 16:50, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
I owe you another 50 points for working on a core article, but you don't get the 25 for destubbing as you didn't.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:05, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
  1. Carnanton House Core Article destubbed, 75 points checkY
  2. HMS Cornwall (56) Core Article destubbed, 75 pointscheckY + 200 (promoted) checkY

User:Worm That Turned (and User:Staceydolxx)

  1. Tate St Ives - Core Article destubbed & removal of ghastly tags, 80 points (also note it's a bold core article. Don't know if that's worth extra kudos!) (diff) checkY
  2. Penpol, Lesnewth - Core Article rewritten then destubbed & removal of ghastly tags, 80 points. (diff) ) checkY
  3. Killigarth Manor - Core Article destubbing 75 points (diff) ) checkY
  4. Heligan estate - Core Article destubbing 75 points (diff)
    Can you format refs 2 and 6?♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:19, 12 August 2016 (UTC)
    Done Worm(talk) 19:31, 12 August 2016 (UTC) checkY
  5. The Bucket of Blood - Core Article destubbing 75 points (diff)checkY
  6. The Sloop Inn - Core Article destubbing 75 points (diff) checkY I started that one!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:10, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
    You started a lot of these! I keep seeing your name... Worm(talk) 11:22, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
  7. Hidden Valley Discovery Park - Core Article destubbing 75 points (diff) checkY
  8. Royal Cornwall Hospital - Core Article destubbing 75 points (diff)checkY
  9. Trinity House National Lighthouse Museum - Core Article destubbing 75 points (diffcheckY
  10. Tolverne - Core article (with Sturmvogel_66 above. I'll let you work out the points) (diff)
    I don't think i can give you 80 points each on it. Was it a stub?♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:44, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
    It was 274 characters. Sturmvogel_66 added ~700 chars, taking it to 992, and I added a further ~1560 so it's now at 2558. Worm(talk) 17:50, 13 August 2016 (UTC) checkY You get 75 points as you didn't remove the tag.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:04, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
    Could I suggest that we both get 50 points for working on a core article, I get the 25 for destubbing, Sturmvogel_66 gets 15 for expansion and tag removal? I see Cwmhiraeth got an additional 50 points for clean up on an article I'd already destubbed, so there's some precedent Worm(talk) 18:33, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
    This is why sometimes it's a good idea to "reserve" an article on the list with your name while working on it to avoid edit conflicts. I did have that as part of the rules for the Dragon contest but most people ignored it so I didn't this time! I can't give you both 80 points! Sturm is entitled to the 50 points for working on a core article, but not the 25 for destubbing. You'll get 75 I think, Sturm gets 60. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:01, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
    Even though it's an inadvertent collaboration, the rules state: "Collaboration is permitted, but only between individuals who have signed up in the participants section. The same points will be given to each of the people who have significantly improved an article together." That's my story and I'm sticking to it.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 20:06, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
    Good point, the question is though, would you have destubbed it if Worm hadn't have further expanded it? This is a difficult one but I think 75 for Worm and 60 for you in relation to what you both contributed is fair. The "together" thing was intended for amicable, intentional working together anyway, this isn't...♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:47, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
  11. Seven Stars, Falmouth - Core Article destubbing 75 points (diff)checkY
  12. Sandra Blow - destubbing (anything extra for adding 3k?) 25 points (diff) checkY
  13. Eliza Fenwick - destubbing 25 points (diff)
    @Worm That Turned: The writing section is unsourced.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:49, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
    Oops. It's from the ODNB, forgot to put the ref on the end! Worm(talk) 20:52, 13 August 2016 (UTC)checkY
  14. Freda Corbet - destubbing 25 points. Intend it to be a good article too, but probably won't get round to polishing it off until tomorrow. (diff) checkY
  15. Gertrude Parsons - destubbing 25 points. (diff)checkY
  16. Jane Crewdson - destubbing 25 points (diff)checkY
  17. Daphne Fielding - destubbing 25 points (diff)checkY
  18. Alethea Garstin - destubbing 25 points (diff) I'm afraid this was expanded too late, after 23:59 to count.
  19. Dorothea Waley Singer - destubbing 25 points (diff) I'm afraid this was expanded too late, after 23:59 to count.
  20. Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet - destubbing 25 point (diff) I'm afraid this was expanded too late, after 23:59 to count.
Um... @Dr. Blofeld: The rules stated GMT (or UTC). We are on British Summer Time, so there is one additional hour. All three were submitted before 23:59 GMT Worm(talk) 07:34, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
It means 23:59 on the day. Why would we add another hour on the day? You know the rules, three day contests which start from 0:00 on day 1 and end 23:59 on Day 3 on UK time. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 07:47, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
Ok. Though, I've always worked in GMT when GMT is shown (my Knowledge (XXG) clock is set to it), comes from having naval parents I guess. Worm(talk) 07:57, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
Sorry for the confusion on that!♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:42, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
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