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WikiProject Australia Shortcuts WP:AUS, WP:Australia, WP:AUSTRALIA Category Australia Portal Australia Wikimedia Commons Australia Child project(s) Noongar 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 22 November 2024, there are 205,605 articles within the scope of WikiProject Australia of which, there are 594 featured and 886 good articles. This makes up 2.97% 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 526,462 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 20 153 693 874 B 64 187 995 5,703 31 6,980 C 39 207 1,557 18,561 401 20,765 Start 5 171 2,368 73,986 1 3,379 79,910 Stub 10 492 81,653 2 4,762 86,919 List 3 31 261 8,828 89 75 9,287 Category 35,316 35,316 Disambig 7 574 581 File 1 3,414 3,415 Portal 195 195 Project 1 980 981 Redirect 5 72 3,048 6,224 9,349 Template 1 6 7,359 7,366 NA 26 164 190 Draft 4 285 289 Assessed 128 660 6,082 192,933 54,783 8,648 263,234 Unassessed 9 25 34 Total 128 660 6,082 192,942 54,783 8,673 263,268 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 1,026,882 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 48 WikiProject Australia Articles for review Current discussions Article alerts 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 21 Nov 2024 – Victoria Rowland (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by SunloungerFrog (t · c); see discussion (1 participant) 20 Nov 2024 – Victorian bias in the Australian Football League (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Aspirex (t · c); see discussion (1 participant) 20 Nov 2024 – Ivan Rijavec (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by LibStar (t · c); see discussion (5 participants) 19 Nov 2024 – Lisa Winning (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Dclemens1971 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants) 19 Nov 2024 – Lee J. Slavutin (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by LibStar (t · c); see discussion (3 participants) 18 Nov 2024 – Chin Gouk (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by LibStar (t · c); see discussion (3 participants) 18 Nov 2024 – Michael Cohen (writer) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by FOARP (t · c); see discussion (2 participants) 17 Nov 2024 – Rachael Meager (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by LibStar (t · c); see discussion (6 participants) 17 Nov 2024 – James Grehan (rugby league) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by J Mo 101 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants) 17 Nov 2024 – Clare McCann (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by AnonUser1 (t · c); see discussion (6 participants) (20 more...) Proposed deletions 22 Nov 2024 – Marilla North (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Axad12 (t · c): concern 22 Nov 2024 – Robbie King (darts player) (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by LibStar (t · c): concern 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 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 14 Nov 2024 – Minister for Northern Australia (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Pppery (t · c) and endorsed by Shhhnotsoloud (t · c) on 18 Nov 2024 was deleted 11 Nov 2024 – New South Wales HSC English (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Reywas92 (t · c) was deleted 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 (54 more...) Templates for discussion 18 Nov 2024 – Template:Double J (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Marcostev8 (t · c); see discussion 18 Nov 2024 – Template:Triple J Unearthed (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Marcostev8 (t · c); see discussion 16 Nov 2024 – Template:Melbourne Rebels squad (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Rugbyfan22 (t · c); see discussion Redirects for discussion 20 Nov 2024 – Ernest McGillicuddy (talk · edit · hist) →Reg McGillicuddy was RfDed by Gjs238 (t · c); see discussion 15 Nov 2024 – ベトナム系オーストラリア人 (talk · edit · hist) →Vietnamese Australians was RfDed by TeapotsOfDoom (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) was FfDed by Iruka13 (t · c); 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 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 10 Oct 2024 – Ovalipes catharus (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by TheTechnician27 (t · c); see 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 19 Nov 2024 – Moira Deeming (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by TarnishedPath (t · c) was not promoted by Steelkamp (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 11 Nov 2024 – Jarrod Bleijie (talk · edit · hist) RfC by M.O.X (t · c) was closed; see discussion Requested moves 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) is requested to be moved to Parcels by Orangesclub (t · c); see discussion 18 Nov 2024 – Carmen Smith (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Carmen Smith (singer-songwriter) by Chessrat (t · c); see discussion 15 Nov 2024 – S1 Scout Car (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to S1 scout car by Dicklyon (t · c); see discussion 01 Nov 2024 – Michael Cohen (writer) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Michael Cohen (Australian writer) by Pppery (t · c); see discussion 11 Nov 2024 – Rhino Heavy Armoured Car (talk · edit · hist) move request to Rhino heavy armoured car by Dicklyon (t · c) was moved to Rhino heavy armoured car (talk · edit · hist) by Frost (t · c) on 18 Nov 2024; see discussion 11 Nov 2024 – Rover Light Armoured Car (talk · edit · hist) move request to Rover light armoured car by Dicklyon (t · c) was moved to Rover light armoured car (talk · edit · hist) by Frost (t · c) on 18 Nov 2024; see discussion 08 Nov 2024 – Alleged CIA involvement in the Whitlam dismissal (talk · edit · hist) move request to CIA involvement in the Whitlam dismissal by GeebaKhap (t · c) was not moved; see discussion 19 Oct 2024 – 2024 Australian Capital Territory general election (talk · edit · hist) move request to 2024 Australian Capital Territory election by TheLoyalOrder (t · c) was moved to 2024 Australian Capital Territory election (talk · edit · hist) by BD2412 (t · c) on 17 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 (1 more...) Articles to be merged 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 28 Oct 2024 – Pony Club Association of New South Wales (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Pony Club by Grorp (t · c); see discussion 28 Oct 2024 – Pony Club Association of Victoria (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Pony Club by Grorp (t · c); see discussion 28 Oct 2024 – Pony Club Australia (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Pony Club by Grorp (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 (22 more...) Articles to be split 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 11 Feb 2023 – Carols by Candlelight (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Adpete (t · c); see discussion (6 more...) Articles for creation 22 Nov 2024 – Draft:CanTEST (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Retanfeil (t · c) 22 Nov 2024 – Draft:Quintessential (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 2409:40F4:1126:CF32:4562:8B6:4E8A:E911 (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) 19 Nov 2024 – Draft:Leila McDougall (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Leila Mcdougall (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:Daniel J. Phillips (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by HelloAnomaly (t · c) 11 Nov 2024 – Draft:Sophie Relph-Christopher (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by KingRedStar1 (t · c) (10 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}} 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. 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."