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WikiProject Australia Shortcuts WP:AUS, WP:Australia, WP:AUSTRALIA Category Australia Portal Australia Wikimedia Commons Australia Project banner template {{WP Australia}} Userboxes {{User WP Australia}} {{User WikiProject Australia}} Helps organise child projects? Yes Has goals? Yes Assessment Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/Assessment Guide to WikiProjects • Directory of WikiProjects 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. Our goals To provide guidelines and recommendations for articles that describe all aspects of Australia. To improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australia by creating, expanding, and maintaining such articles in a fair and accurate manner. To serve as the central point of discussion for issues related to Australia in Wikipedia. Project scope The project generally considers any article related to Australia to be a valid topic. As of 26 November 2024, there are 205,825 articles within the scope of WikiProject Australia of which, there are 594 featured and 886 good articles. This makes up 2.98% of the articles on Wikipedia, 5.33% of all featured articles and lists, and 2.18% of all good articles (See:WP:AUSFG). Including non-article pages, such as talk pages, redirects, categories, etcetera, there are 526,578 pages in the project. Project organisation 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 Sub-projects Assessment log • [by quality] • [by importance] Australia articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 8 25 146 297 476 FL 1 3 11 76 91 FM 180 180 A 1 26 43 70 GA 8 20 153 694 875 B 64 187 996 5,715 31 6,993 C 39 207 1,560 18,571 405 20,782 Start 5 171 2,368 74,102 1 3,407 80,054 Stub 10 491 81,663 2 4,741 86,907 List 3 31 261 8,884 89 75 9,343 Category 35,134 35,134 Disambig 558 558 File 3,413 3,413 Portal 195 195 Project 980 980 Redirect 4 61 3,042 6,074 9,181 Template 7,341 7,341 NA 1 11 132 287 431 Draft 290 290 Assessed 128 660 6,084 193,219 54,544 8,659 263,294 Unassessed 9 27 36 Total 128 660 6,084 193,228 54,544 8,686 263,330 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 1,027,644 Ω = 5.24 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 New South Wales · 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 · Law · Literature · Music (Crowded House · Kylie Minogue · Powderfinger) · Politics · Sports (Australian rules football · Baseball · Basketball · Football (soccer) · Motorsport · ) Television · Roads Departments 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. To do A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects. Main page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/To-do Things to do Backlog Australia articles needing attention 138  → Australia articles needing expert attention 7  → Australia-centric articles 28 Underpopulated Australia categories 0 Unassessed Australia articles 51 WikiProject Australia Articles for review Current discussions Article alerts Today's featured articles 07 Dec 2024 – Wilfred Arthur (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb Today's featured article requests 12 Feb 2025 – Ragnar Garrett (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion Did you know 17 Nov 2024 – David Headley Green (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Chaiten1 (t · c); see discussion 15 Nov 2024 – Thomas Sewell (neo-Nazi) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by TarnishedPath (t · c); see discussion 13 Nov 2024 – Jill, Duchess of Hamilton (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Surtsicna (t · c); see discussion 01 Nov 2024 – Bob Hobman (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Thriley (t · c); see discussion 15 Oct 2024 – 2018 Batman by-election (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by GraziePrego (t · c); see discussion 03 Oct 2024 – Light Weight Air Warning Radar (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Maury Markowitz (t · c); see discussion Articles for deletion 25 Nov 2024 – Kym Illman (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Lord Bolingbroke (t · c); see discussion (1 participant) 25 Nov 2024 – Taking the piss (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by TryKid (t · c); see discussion (5 participants) 23 Nov 2024 – Anne Ross (Australian sculptor) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Ceoil (t · c); see discussion (5 participants) 23 Nov 2024 – Ivy Latimer (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mathglot (t · c); see discussion (5 participants) 22 Nov 2024 – IShowSpeed's tour of Australia and New Zealand (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by KnowledgeIsPower9281 (t · c); see discussion (6 participants) 22 Nov 2024 – My Country (1986 film) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Bearcat (t · c); see discussion (1 participant) 21 Nov 2024 – Victoria Rowland (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by SunloungerFrog (t · c); see discussion (2 participants) 20 Nov 2024 – Victorian bias in the Australian Football League (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Aspirex (t · c); see discussion (3 participants) 20 Nov 2024 – Ivan Rijavec (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by LibStar (t · c); see discussion (7 participants) 19 Nov 2024 – Lisa Winning (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Dclemens1971 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants) (19 more...) Proposed deletions 25 Nov 2024 – The Squiz (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by JayCubby (t · c): concern 25 Nov 2024 – Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Axad12 (t · c): concern 25 Nov 2024 – Judith Yates (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Axad12 (t · c): concern 25 Nov 2024 – RMIT School of Medical Sciences (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Sgroey (t · c): concern 22 Nov 2024 – Marilla North (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Axad12 (t · c): concern and endorsed by Bearian (t · c) on 26 Nov 2024 20 Nov 2024 – Joe Flood (policy analyst) (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Axad12 (t · c): concern and endorsed by David Eppstein (t · c) on 21 Nov 2024 22 Nov 2024 – Robbie King (darts player) (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by LibStar (t · c) was deproded by Carrite (t · c) on 22 Nov 2024 20 Nov 2024 – Tom Flood (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Axad12 (t · c) was deproded by ToBeFree (t · c) on 22 Nov 2024 15 Nov 2024 – Tim Pusey (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by LibStar (t · c) was deleted 14 Nov 2024 – Steve MacArthur (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by LibStar (t · c) was deleted (1 more...) Categories for discussion 21 Nov 2024 – Category:Postmaster-Generals of Victoria (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by GMH Melbourne (t · c); see discussion 21 Nov 2024 – Category:Ministers of Railways (Victoria) (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by GMH Melbourne (t · c); see discussion 21 Nov 2024 – Category:Ministers of Mines (Victoria) (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by GMH Melbourne (t · c); see discussion 21 Nov 2024 – Category:Ministers of Immigration (Victoria) (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by GMH Melbourne (t · c); see discussion 21 Nov 2024 – Category:Ministers for Youth Justice (Victoria) (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by GMH Melbourne (t · c); see discussion 21 Nov 2024 – Category:Ministers for Youth (Victoria) (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by GMH Melbourne (t · c); see discussion 21 Nov 2024 – Category:Ministers for Women (Victoria) (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by GMH Melbourne (t · c); see discussion 21 Nov 2024 – Category:Ministers for Water (Victoria) (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by GMH Melbourne (t · c); see discussion 21 Nov 2024 – Category:Ministers for Veterans (Victoria) (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by GMH Melbourne (t · c); see discussion 21 Nov 2024 – Category:Ministers for Treaty and First Peoples (Victoria) (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by GMH Melbourne (t · c); see discussion (52 more...) Templates for discussion 18 Nov 2024 – Template:Double J (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Marcostev8 (t · c) was closed; see discussion 18 Nov 2024 – Template:Triple J Unearthed (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Marcostev8 (t · c) was closed; see discussion 16 Nov 2024 – Template:Melbourne Rebels squad (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Rugbyfan22 (t · c) was closed; see discussion Redirects for discussion 20 Nov 2024 – Ernest McGillicuddy (talk · edit · hist) →Reg McGillicuddy was RfDed by Gjs238 (t · c); see discussion 05 Nov 2024 – Ac/DC (talk · edit · hist) →AC/DC was RfDed by Hexware (t · c); see discussion Files for discussion 15 Nov 2024 – File:SBS 2 2015 logo.svg (talk · edit · hist) (on SBS Viceland) FfDed by Iruka13 (t · c) was closed; see discussion Featured list candidates 02 Nov 2024 – List of places in the Northern Territory by population (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Steelkamp (t · c); see discussion Good article nominees 24 Nov 2024 – Moira Deeming (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by TarnishedPath (t · c); start discussion 22 Oct 2024 – Fatima Payman (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by GraziePrego (t · c); start discussion 22 Oct 2024 – 2023 Aston by-election (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by GraziePrego (t · c); start discussion 12 Oct 2024 – Argiope keyserlingi (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Yeapix (t · c); start discussion 01 Oct 2024 – Margaret Reid (politician) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Reidgreg (t · c); start discussion 14 Jul 2024 – Simon Stuart (general) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Nford24 (t · c); see discussion 07 Jun 2024 – Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Riley1012 (t · c); see discussion Good article reassessments 19 Nov 2024 – Hoodoo Gurus (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion Requests for comments 08 Nov 2024 – Australia (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by OntologicalTree (t · c); see discussion Requested moves 23 Nov 2024 – Dave Burke (Australian footballer) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Dave Burke by Roman Spinner (t · c); see discussion 20 Nov 2024 – Diamantina Fracture Zone (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Diamantina fracture zone by Dicklyon (t · c); see discussion 19 Nov 2024 – Parcels (band) (talk · edit · hist) move request to Parcels by Orangesclub (t · c) was not moved; see discussion 18 Nov 2024 – Carmen Smith (talk · edit · hist) move request to Carmen Smith (singer-songwriter) by Chessrat (t · c) was closed; see discussion 15 Nov 2024 – S1 Scout Car (talk · edit · hist) move request to S1 scout car by Dicklyon (t · c) was moved to S1 scout car (talk · edit · hist) by JJPMaster (t · c) on 22 Nov 2024; see discussion 05 Oct 2024 – 2028 ICC Men's T20 World Cup (talk · edit · hist) move request to 2028 Men's T20 World Cup by Vestrian24Bio (t · c) was moved to 2028 Men's T20 World Cup (talk · edit · hist) by Compassionate727 (t · c) on 21 Nov 2024; see discussion 05 Oct 2024 – 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup (talk · edit · hist) move request to 2022 Men's T20 World Cup by Vestrian24Bio (t · c) was moved to 2022 Men's T20 World Cup (talk · edit · hist) by Compassionate727 (t · c) on 21 Nov 2024; see discussion Articles to be merged 25 Nov 2024 – Jemma Gawned (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Big Brother (Australian TV series) season 1 by LibStar (t · c); see discussion 19 Nov 2024 – Victorian Railways CK class (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Victorian Railways T class by EditorGirlAL07 (t · c); see discussion 08 Nov 2024 – Hazara Australians (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Afghan Australians by Persian Lad (t · c); see discussion 07 Nov 2024 – Northern Suburbs Transit System (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Yanchep line by Steelkamp (t · c); see discussion 05 Nov 2024 – Minister for Interior (Australia) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories by DilatoryRevolution (t · c); see discussion 29 Oct 2024 – Les Wicks (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Meuse Press by Lizthegrey (t · c); see discussion 21 Oct 2024 – Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Sustainable Minerals Institute by 2024 is Underway (t · c); see discussion 21 Oct 2024 – Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Sustainable Minerals Institute by 2024 is Underway (t · c); see discussion 14 Oct 2024 – Chabula acamasalis (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Bocchoris acamasalis by Plantdrew (t · c); see discussion 12 Oct 2024 – Come Across (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Come Across (film) by Matěj Suchánek (t · c); see discussion (19 more...) Articles to be split 24 Nov 2024 – Australian and New Zealand television frequencies (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 121.98.204.148 (t · c); see discussion 11 Nov 2024 – Arrernte language (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Kepler-1229b (t · c); see discussion 08 Nov 2024 – Namila Benson (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Laterthanyouthink (t · c); see discussion 08 Oct 2024 – Road toll (Australia and New Zealand) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 121.98.204.148 (t · c); see discussion 03 Aug 2024 – Alexander Rud Mills (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Skyerise (t · c); see discussion 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 19 Mar 2023 – COVID-19 protests in Australia (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Thiscouldbeauser (t · c); see discussion (7 more...) Articles for creation 25 Nov 2024 – Draft:Quintessential (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Commercialindustrial (t · c) 20 Nov 2024 – Draft:Adam Dovile (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ChSePe (t · c) 19 Nov 2024 – Draft:Leon Dufficy (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by BotanicalGrapfruit (t · c) 18 Nov 2024 – Draft:Alice Zaslavsky (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 3182Editor (t · c) 16 Nov 2024 – Draft:Teramaze (metal band) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Alan Wozniak (t · c) 12 Nov 2024 – Draft:Landsborough, Victoria (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by LauraHipwell (t · c) 11 Nov 2024 – Draft:Sophie Relph-Christopher (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by KingRedStar1 (t · c) 10 Nov 2024 – Draft:DiJones Real Estate (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by PinkAechFas (t · c) 06 Nov 2024 – Draft:Andy Crebar (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by VVInfoBuilder (t · c) 04 Nov 2024 – Draft:Azure Hermes (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by GenomeFan92 (t · c) (12 more...) Updated daily by AAlertBot — Discuss? / Report bug? / Request feature? Click to watch (Subscribe via  RSS  Atom) · Find Article Alerts for other topics! Templates Main page: Category:Australia templates Project banner Article recognition (Assessments) are performed via parameters in the {{WikiProject Australia}} project banner which is posted to an article's talk page. 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 Template code Result {{Portal|Australia}} {{Portal|Military of Australia}} {{Portal|Music of Australia}} 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 Template code Result {{Australia topics}} Books Books may be placed in the see also section of related articles. See Category:Book-Class Australia articles for more Australian related books. Template code Result {{Wikipedia-Books|Australian Prime Ministers}} Template:Wikipedia-Books Stubs Templates used to help identify small Australian-related articles. Template code Result {{Australia-stub}} User page Add the following template to your user page to give yourself quick links to main Australia projects and project pages. Wikitext Result {{Australian quick links}} 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. The Australian Barnstar of National Merit {{{1}}} Category and Sister-links Indigenous source material Please add any indigenous source material (or commons categories) here with a brief description of the content: "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.