Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia

WikiProject Australia

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WikiProject Australia is a WikiProject dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to Australia. This page and its subpages contain suggestions on formatting and style of articles, which can be discussed at the project's notice board. To participate, simply add your name to the project members page.

• 1 Our goals
• 2 Project scope
• 3 Project organisation
• 4 Sub-projects
• 5 Departments
• 6 To do
• 7 Current discussions
• 8 Templates
• 9 Category and Sister-links
• 10 Indigenous source material

1. To provide guidelines and recommendations for articles that describe all aspects of Australia.
2. To improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australia by creating, expanding, and maintaining such articles in a fair and accurate manner.
3. To serve as the central point of discussion for issues related to Australia in Wikipedia.

The project generally considers any article related to Australia to be a valid topic.

As of 26 July 2024, there are 203,952 articles within the scope of WikiProject Australia, of which 593 are featured and 883 are good articles. This makes up 2.97% of the articles on Wikipedia, 5.42% of all featured articles and lists, and 2.21% of all good articles (see WP:AUSFG). Including non-article pages, such as talk pages, redirects, categories, etc., there are 520,906 pages in the project.

If you wish to help out, please add your name to the list of participants.

It is recommended that Project members add each of the following Project pages to their watchlists.

• Discussion board - Main talk page for this project
• Deletion board - Editor generated listing of current deletions
• Article alerts - Bot generated listing of deletions, featured & good article candidates, requests for comments, peer reviews and move requests.
• Unreferenced BLPs - Bot generated listing of Biographies with no references
• New articles - Bot generated listing of new articles that may need assessment
• To-do list - Editor generated listing of articles to be created and of articles that have problems.
• Requested images - Editor generated listing of needed images.
• Help & tools - A help page with search option, tips and tools
• Popular pages - Bot generated listing of the most viewed pages that should be improved and watched over closely for vandalism
• Featured content - Bot generated listing of FA and GA level articles and pictures
• Outreach - A centralised work area for project recruitment and member interaction efforts
• Automation - A page about automated and semi-automated methods to perform batch tasks.
• Statistics - Overall statistics page
• Userboxes - Australian related user page boxes
• Assessment - Article classification system

List of all subpages of this page.

The following pages serve as tables of contents or indexes to Australia-related content on Wikipedia. They need to be developed, and maintained:

• Outline of Australia
• Index of Australia-related articles

Australia articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	8	26	145	296			475
FL	1	3	12	75			91
FM					180		180
A		1	24	40			65
GA	9	20	158	683		1	871
B	61	186	970	5,467		21	6,705
C	40	206	1,535	18,114		362	20,257
Start	6	172	2,382	72,720	1	3,195	78,476
Stub		3	510	81,981	2	4,780	87,276
List	3	30	258	8,832	90	72	9,285
Category				47	34,823		34,870
Disambig				17	564		581
File			1	2	3,390		3,393
Portal					195		195
Project				3	981		984
Redirect		5	77	3,126	5,691		8,899
Template			2	20	7,296		7,318
NA				35	2		37
Draft				26	269		295
Assessed	128	652	6,074	191,484	53,484	8,431	260,253
Unassessed			1	38		207	246
Total	128	652	6,075	191,522	53,484	8,638	260,499
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 1,018,986			Ω = 5.25

This WikiProject is a parent project to many sub-projects dedicated to maintaining a wide variety of Australian topics.
Editors are encouraged to also participate in the more regional and/or topic specific projects listed below.

WikiProject Australian places · New South Wales (Riverina) · Northern Territory · Queensland

South Australia · Tasmania · Victoria · Western Australia · Australian Antarctic Territory

Australian WikiProject Cities · Adelaide · Brisbane · Canberra · Melbourne · Perth · Geelong · Sydney

Other Australia-related WikiProjects · Biota · Cinema · Crime · Demographics · Education · History (Exploration · Maritime · Military) · Indigenous peoples · Noongar · Law · Literature · Music (Crowded House · Kylie Minogue · Powderfinger) · Politics · Sports (Australian rules football · Baseball · Basketball · Football (soccer) · Motorsport) · Roads · Television · Transport

Assessment

The WikiProject Australia assessment department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's Australian articles.

Classification

An assessment parameter (FA, FL, A, GA, B, C, Start, or Stub) causes the article to be rated and grouped into categories that serves as the basis for an automatically generated worklist.

While much of the work is done in conjunction with the WP:1.0 program, the article ratings are also used within the project itself to aid in recognising excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work.

Collaboration

The Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight seeks to identify particular articles that would benefit from a significant collaborative effort. Every fortnight, a single article is selected as the focus, and the project attempts to improve it, potentially to featured article standards.

Any articles dealing with some aspect of Australia (except for current featured articles and featured article candidates) are eligible, and everyone is invited to nominate articles.

As collaborative efforts have slowed, there is no current Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight.

Requested images

The Requested images department aims to provide a collection of high-quality photographs, maps and images for use in Australia articles. The department gathers existing public domain and free-license maps as well as creating new ones from other materials where no suitable maps can be found. All project members are welcome to request additional maps that may be needed for particular articles from the department.

Outreach

The outreach department acts as the project's central point of coordination for recruiting new members and maintaining the interest of current participants.

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.

• WikiProject Australia Articles for review

Article alerts

• 14 Jul 2024 – Tupou VI (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by History6042 (t · c); see discussion
• 07 Jul 2024 – Hunter River Railway Company (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Willthorpe (t · c); see discussion
• 06 Jul 2024 – Marie Breen (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Kimikel (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 26 Jul 2024 – Mark Carlson (speedway rider) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by LibStar (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
• 25 Jul 2024 – Anthony Hammer (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Tacyarg (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
• 23 Jul 2024 – Flag of Lord Howe Island (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Alexphangia (t · c); see discussion (7 participants)
• 22 Jul 2024 – Douglas Jones (physician) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by HJ Mitchell (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
• 21 Jul 2024 – Mélanie Charles (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by LibStar (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
• 19 Jul 2024 – New South Wales Operating Theatre Association (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by LR.127 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
• 19 Jul 2024 – Lisa-Anne Smith (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by LibStar (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
• 17 Jul 2024 – 2025 GT World Challenge Australia (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by CycloneYoris (t · c); see discussion (7 participants; relisted)
• 17 Jul 2024 – 2022 NRL pre-season results (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mn1548 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
• 17 Jul 2024 – Fiona Krautil (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by LibStar (t · c); see discussion (3 participants; relisted)

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Proposed deletions

• 24 Jul 2024 – Lyndelle Higginson (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by LibStar (t · c): concern
• 24 Jul 2024 – Arlo Bugeja (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by LibStar (t · c): concern
• 23 Jul 2024 – Trent Leverington (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by LibStar (t · c): concern
• 22 Jul 2024 – Trevor Harding (speedway rider) (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by LibStar (t · c): concern
• 22 Jul 2024 – Karlis Ezergailis (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by LibStar (t · c): concern
• 22 Jul 2024 – Petra Besta (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by LibStar (t · c): concern
• 21 Jul 2024 – Kim Harbort (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by LibStar (t · c): concern
• 21 Jul 2024 – Katrina Shinfield (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by LibStar (t · c): concern
• 21 Jul 2024 – Lydia Kahmke (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by LibStar (t · c): concern
• 25 Jul 2024 – Jessica Gulli-Nance (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by LibStar (t · c) was deproded by Habst (t · c) on 25 Jul 2024

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Categories for discussion

• 22 Jul 2024 – Category:Australian Statistical Geography Standard 2016 ID template with no id set (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Gonnym (t · c); see discussion
• 22 Jul 2024 – Category:Australian Statistical Geography Standard 2011 ID template with no id set (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Gonnym (t · c); see discussion
• 14 Jul 2024 – Category:Collections of the Powerhouse Museum (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Ham II (t · c); see discussion
• 14 Jul 2024 – Category:Collections of the National Gallery of Australia (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Ham II (t · c); see discussion
• 14 Jul 2024 – Category:Collections of the National Gallery of Victoria (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Ham II (t · c); see discussion
• 14 Jul 2024 – Category:Collections of the Geelong Gallery (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Ham II (t · c); see discussion
• 14 Jul 2024 – Category:Collections of the Art Gallery of Western Australia (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Ham II (t · c); see discussion
• 14 Jul 2024 – Category:Collections of the Art Gallery of South Australia (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Ham II (t · c); see discussion
• 14 Jul 2024 – Category:Collections of the Australian War Memorial (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Ham II (t · c); see discussion
• 14 Jul 2024 – Category:Collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Ham II (t · c); see discussion

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Templates for discussion

• 18 Jul 2024 – Template:Mandurah railway line map (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Gonnym (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 18 Jul 2024 – Template:Joondalup railway line map (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Gonnym (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 16 Jul 2024 – Template:South Australia 2011-12 Ryobi Cup Champions (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Jpeeling (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 16 Jul 2024 – Template:South Australia 2010-11 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash Champions (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Jpeeling (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 16 Jul 2024 – Template:Queensland McDonalds Cup Winners 1981/82 (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Jpeeling (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 16 Jul 2024 – Template:Queensland McDonalds Cup Winners 1980/81 (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Jpeeling (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 16 Jul 2024 – Template:Queensland Gillette Cup Winners 1975/76 (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Jpeeling (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 14 Jul 2024 – Template:Aflplayer (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Jonesey95 (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Files for discussion

• 22 Jul 2024 – File:King Charles III of Australia official portrait.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on1, 2) was FfDed by ITBF (t · c); see discussion

Featured article candidates

• 25 Jul 2024 – John Tonkin (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Steelkamp (t · c); see discussion

A-Class review

• undated – Tim Hughes (soldier) (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review

Good article nominees

• 14 Jul 2024 – Simon Stuart (general) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Nford24 (t · c); start discussion
• 24 Jun 2024 – William Perry French Morris (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by SkywalkerEccleston (t · c); start discussion
• 14 Jun 2024 – Tiger quoll (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Wolverine XI (t · c); start discussion
• 07 Jun 2024 – Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Riley1012 (t · c); see discussion
• 27 May 2024 – Boyd Exell (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Grorp (t · c); start discussion
• 05 May 2024 – Kevin Rudd (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by DTH89 (t · c); see discussion
• 07 Apr 2024 – Sophie Scamps (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by GraziePrego (t · c); see discussion
• 11 Mar 2024 – Fair Work Ombudsman v Quest South Perth (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by MaxnaCarta (t · c); see discussion
• 22 Feb 2024 – Premier of Victoria (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by GMH Melbourne (t · c); start discussion

Good article reassessments

• 12 Jul 2024 – TISM (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion

Requests for comments

• 20 Jul 2024 – Socialist Alliance (Australia) (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by FropFrop (t · c); see discussion
• 19 Jul 2024 – Kylie Minogue (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by PHShanghai (t · c); see discussion

Peer reviews

• 21 Jun 2024 – Beard, Wives, Denim (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Milkk7 (t · c); see discussion
• 15 Jun 2024 – Matthew Charles Johnson (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by GMH Melbourne (t · c); see discussion
• 24 Apr 2024 – Nestory Irankunda (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by JC Kotisow (t · c); see discussion
• 02 Apr 2024 – BP Refinery v Tracey (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by MaxnaCarta (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

• 25 Jul 2024 – Air raids on Australia, 1942–1943 (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Air raids on AustraliabyGryffindor (t · c); see discussion
• 13 Jul 2024 – Voluntary assisted dying in Western Australia (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved somewhere else by DotCoder (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Jul 2024 – Template:Joondalup Line (talk · edit · hist) move request to Template:Yanchep linebySteelkamp (t · c) was movedtoTemplate:Yanchep line (talk · edit · hist)byArbitrarily0 (t · c) on 25 Jul 2024; see discussion
• 17 Jul 2024 – John Hutchinson (footballer, born 1979) (talk · edit · hist) move request to John Hutchinson (footballer)by2pou (t · c) was movedtoJohn Hutchinson (association footballer) (talk · edit · hist)byQuadrantal (t · c) on 25 Jul 2024; see discussion
• 03 Jul 2024 – Stephanie Scully (talk · edit · hist) move request to Steph ScullybyU-Mos (t · c) was movedtoSteph Scully (talk · edit · hist)byBensci54 (t · c) on 25 Jul 2024; see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 24 Jul 2024 – Calycopteryx mosleyi (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to CalycopteryxbyWilliam Avery (t · c); see discussion
• 17 Jul 2024 – Commander-in-Chief (Australia) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Governor-General of AustraliabyMelbguy05 (t · c); see discussion
• 17 Jun 2024 – Sunbus Townsville (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to SunbusbyWhiltshinx (t · c); see discussion
• 17 Jun 2024 – Sunbus Sunshine Coast (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to SunbusbyWhiltshinx (t · c); see discussion
• 17 Jun 2024 – Sunbus Rockhampton (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to SunbusbyWhiltshinx (t · c); see discussion
• 17 Jun 2024 – Sunbus Cairns (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to SunbusbyWhiltshinx (t · c); see discussion
• 31 May 2024 – Mackay Region (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to List of Mackay suburbsbyCielquiparle (t · c); see discussion
• 31 May 2024 – List of Mackay suburbs (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Mackay RegionbyCielquiparle (t · c); see discussion
• 26 May 2024 – Toowong Ward (1994–2016) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Paddington WardbyKlbrain (t · c); see discussion
• 09 May 2024 – 2023 Western Australian local elections (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to 2023 Western Australian mayoral electionsbySteelkamp (t · c); see discussion

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Articles to be split

• 14 Jun 2024 – ABC Entertains (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Happily888 (t · c); see discussion
• 27 May 2024 – Robert Menzies (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by ITBF (t · c); see discussion
• 06 Mar 2024 – Monster Fest (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Laterthanyouthink (t · c); see discussion
• 17 Oct 2023 – The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Pluralled (t · c); see discussion
• 27 May 2023 – Westpac (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Duncnbiscuit (t · c); see discussion
• 19 Mar 2023 – COVID-19 protests in Australia (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Thiscouldbeauser (t · c); see discussion
• 11 Feb 2023 – Carols by Candlelight (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Adpete (t · c); see discussion
• 11 Feb 2023 – Australian cricket team in India in 2022–23 (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Adpete (t · c); see discussion
• 14 Nov 2022 – It's Time (Australian campaign) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Gusfriend (t · c); see discussion
• 29 Mar 2022 – 'Ndrangheta (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Gusfriend (t · c); see discussion

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Articles for creation

• 19 Jul 2024 – Draft:Peter Selvaratnam (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Camberwell3124 (t · c)
• 18 Jul 2024 – Draft:Jack Harold Skipper (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by SuzanneCromie (t · c)
• 11 Jul 2024 – Draft:Susan K. Sell (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Melanie-Ann Lee (t · c)
• 08 Jul 2024 – Draft:Bardot - Fashion Label (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by AAggarwal (t · c)
• 08 Jul 2024 – Draft:Rupanty Akid (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by WhiteLemur99 (t · c)
• 04 Jul 2024 – Draft:Tipping Point Australia (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Eyesnore (t · c)
• 29 Jun 2024 – Draft:Andrew Penhallow (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Jimmyjrg (t · c)
• 25 Jun 2024 – Draft:IMAX Sydney (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Travelling nomad1 (t · c)
• 24 Jun 2024 – Draft:Jocelyn McPhie (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Ausrockdoc (t · c)
• 20 Jun 2024 – Draft:Bayley Hall (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by BHR28 (t · c)

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Portals

Portals may be placed in the See also section of Australian related articles, there are topic/regional specific portals available.See: Category:Australian portals

Navigational templates

Navigational templates may be placed at the bottom of Australian related articles, there are topic/regional specific navboxs available. See: Category:Australian navigational boxes

Stubs

Templates used to help identify small Australian-related articles.

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User page

Add the following template to your user page to give yourself quick links to main Australia projects and project pages.

The Australian Barnstar of National Merit

To award this, simply add {{subst:The Australian Barnstar of National Merit|message ~~~~}} to the talk page of the user you wish to reward. Make sure you include a message which indicates why they are receiving the award.

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• "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community histories". Queensland Government. Retrieved 15 May 2017. — A good entry point for Indigenous communities in Queensland, all CC-BY licensed and most of the information I have checked appears to include its sources, so a gateway to a broader set of sources
• "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia". Retrieved 15 May 2017. A high-level map showing indigenous language/tribal/nation groups. Please note the limitations mentioned.
• A compilation of Noongar language resources is at Wikisource:Portal:Western Australia; some are being transcribed there, and added to Wiktionary also. See also Meta:Noongarpedia.
• George, Karen (2005). "Finding Your Own Way". Nunkuwarrin Yunti of South Australia Inc. Retrieved 4 December 2019. A directory created in South Australia to assist Aboriginal people removed from their families as a result of Australian government policies wishing to "establish connections to their family, community, culture and country."