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WikiProject Australia Shortcuts WP:AUS, WP:Australia, WP:AUSTRALIA Category Australia Portal Australia Wikimedia Commons Australia Project banner template {{WikiProject 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 9 January 2025, there are 206,483 articles within the scope of WikiProject Australia, of which 596 are featured and 891 are good articles. This makes up 2.98% of the articles on Wikipedia, 5.32% 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, etc., there are 418,330 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 78 93 FM 205 205 A 1 26 43 70 GA 8 20 152 698 878 B 65 184 1,000 5,813 7,062 C 39 211 1,586 18,864 423 21,123 Start 4 169 2,348 74,751 3,424 80,696 Stub 10 483 81,339 4,697 86,529 List 3 31 269 9,053 9,356 Category 35,262 35,262 Disambig 583 583 File 3,381 3,381 Portal 195 195 Project 978 978 Redirect 2,766 4,955 7,721 Template 7,397 7,397 Draft 287 287 Assessed 128 654 6,021 193,702 53,243 8,544 262,292 Total 128 654 6,021 193,702 53,243 8,544 262,292 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 1,030,158 Ω = 5.23 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 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 18 WikiProject Australia Articles for review Current discussions Article alerts Today's featured article requests 06 Mar 2025 – Les Holden (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion 05 Mar 2025 – Rupert Downes (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by Hawkeye7 (t · c); see discussion Did you know 08 Jan 2025 – Prison healthcare in Australia (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Damien Linnane (t · c); see discussion 06 Jan 2025 – Fatima Payman (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by GraziePrego (t · c); see discussion 04 Jan 2025 – Bonnie Blue (actress) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Launchballer (t · c); see discussion 28 Dec 2024 – Camponotus inflatus (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by 2003 LN6 (t · c); see discussion 27 Dec 2024 – Aboriginal Community Benefit Fund (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Jpatokal (t · c); see discussion 25 Dec 2024 – Burt (crocodile) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by CFA (t · c); see discussion 19 Dec 2024 – Burma (elephant) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Panamitsu (t · c); see discussion 18 Dec 2024 – Aon v Australian National University (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by MaxnaCarta (t · c); see discussion 08 Dec 2024 – Katerina Clark (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Miraclepine (t · c); see discussion Articles for deletion 08 Jan 2025 – Inner West Bulls (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by JTtheOG (t · c); see discussion (1 participant) 08 Jan 2025 – Anne Pincus (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by LibStar (t · c); see discussion (2 participants) 07 Jan 2025 – Giovanni Antonaglia (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by LibStar (t · c); see discussion (2 participants) 07 Jan 2025 – Murder of Fanny Hardwick (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by PARAKANYAA (t · c); see discussion (2 participants) 07 Jan 2025 – Baarmutha, Victoria (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Viatori (t · c); see discussion (4 participants) 05 Jan 2025 – Murder of Olive Duck (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by PARAKANYAA (t · c); see discussion (5 participants) 04 Jan 2025 – List of newspapers in Norfolk Island (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Bbb23 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants) 04 Jan 2025 – English Australia (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by MCE89 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants) 03 Jan 2025 – Thomas Petrovski (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by CycloneYoris (t · c); see discussion (7 participants) 03 Jan 2025 – The Autumn League (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by 3family6 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants) (30 more...) Proposed deletions 04 Jan 2025 – Gerard Newcombe (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Duffbeerforme (t · c): Non notable author. Lacks coverage in independent sources. COI spam as seen by image. and endorsed by Bearian (t · c) on 07 Jan 2025: In 2025, everyone knows that Wikipedia is not Facebook or LinkedIn. 29 Dec 2024 – ACE Yewt (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Gumsaint (t · c) was deproded by Liz (t · c) on 05 Jan 2025 27 Dec 2024 – Bate family (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by ITBF (t · c) was deleted Categories for discussion 07 Jan 2025 – Category:21st-century mass shootings in Australia (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Aidan721 (t · c); see discussion 07 Jan 2025 – Category:20th-century mass shootings in Australia (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Aidan721 (t · c); see discussion 07 Jan 2025 – Category:Mass shootings in Australia by decade (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Aidan721 (t · c); see discussion 07 Jan 2025 – Category:2010s mass shootings in Australia (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Aidan721 (t · c); see discussion 07 Jan 2025 – Category:1980s mass shootings in Australia (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Aidan721 (t · c); see discussion 07 Jan 2025 – Category:2020s mass shootings in Australia (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Aidan721 (t · c); see discussion 07 Jan 2025 – Category:1990s mass shootings in Australia (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Aidan721 (t · c); see discussion 07 Jan 2025 – Category:2000s mass shootings in Australia (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Aidan721 (t · c); see discussion 07 Jan 2025 – Category:1910s mass shootings in Australia (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Aidan721 (t · c); see discussion 07 Jan 2025 – Category:Australian Figure Skating Championships templates (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Bgsu98 (t · c); see discussion (13 more...) Templates for discussion 04 Jan 2025 – Template:Australian Figure Skating Championships (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by WikiCleanerMan (t · c); see discussion Redirects for discussion 08 Jan 2025 – Potoroini (talk · edit · hist) →Potoroo was RfDed by Consarn (t · c); see discussion 29 Dec 2024 – 2028 Queensland state election (talk · edit · hist) →Legislative Assembly of Queensland RfDed by Tavix (t · c) was closed; see discussion Files for discussion 02 Jan 2025 – File:Big Bash League Logo.svg (talk · edit · hist) (on Big Bash League) was FfDed by Joseph2302 (t · c); see discussion Featured article candidates 15 Dec 2024 – Ovalipes catharus (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by TheTechnician27 (t · c); see discussion Good article nominees 01 Jan 2025 – Bell railway station, Melbourne (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PEPSI697 (t · c); start discussion 30 Dec 2024 – Bruce Lehrmann (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by TarnishedPath (t · c); start discussion 26 Dec 2024 – Canning Bridge railway station (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Steelkamp (t · c); start discussion 23 Dec 2024 – Colebe (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by SkywalkerEccleston (t · c); see discussion 22 Dec 2024 – Ellenbrook railway station (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Steelkamp (t · c); start discussion 22 Dec 2024 – Whiteman Park railway station (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Steelkamp (t · c); start discussion 22 Dec 2024 – Alkimos railway station (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Steelkamp (t · c); start discussion 22 Dec 2024 – Eglinton railway station, Perth (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Steelkamp (t · c); start discussion 15 Dec 2024 – Tom Dadour (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Steelkamp (t · c); see discussion 12 Dec 2024 – Ellenbrook line (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Steelkamp (t · c); start discussion (4 more...) Good article reassessments 30 Dec 2024 – Arthur Phillip (talk · edit · hist) nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t · c) was closed; see discussion 26 Dec 2024 – 2015 Australian Grand Prix (talk · edit · hist) nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t · c) was closed; see discussion Requests for comments 02 Jan 2025 – Australia's Funniest Home Videos (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Wizzito (t · c); see discussion 17 Dec 2024 – National Socialist Network (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Evoren (t · c); see discussion 17 Dec 2024 – Thomas Sewell (neo-Nazi) (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Evoren (t · c); see discussion Peer reviews 07 Jan 2025 – Sam Reid (actor) (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by TNM101 (t · c); see discussion 01 Jan 2025 – Ben Roberts-Smith (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by TarnishedPath (t · c); see discussion Requested moves 07 Jan 2025 – Sydney Explorer (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Big Bus Sydney by Cremastra (t · c); see discussion 04 Jan 2025 – Bob Simpson (cricketer) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Bobby Simpson (cricketer) by Billsmith60 (t · c); see discussion 03 Jan 2025 – Wahroonga, New South Wales (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Wahroonga by Schestos (t · c); see discussion 29 Dec 2024 – 2024 Central Queensland local elections (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Results of the 2024 Queensland local elections in Central Queensland by Totallynotarandomalt69 (t · c); see discussion 25 Dec 2024 – Telopea railway station (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Telopea light rail stop by Marcnut1996 (t · c); see discussion 25 Dec 2024 – Camellia railway station (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Rosehill Gardens light rail stop by Marcnut1996 (t · c); see discussion 25 Dec 2024 – Carlingford railway station (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Carlingford light rail stop by Marcnut1996 (t · c); see discussion 25 Dec 2024 – Rydalmere railway station (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Yallamundi light rail stop by Marcnut1996 (t · c); see discussion 25 Dec 2024 – Dundas railway station, Sydney (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Dundas light rail stop by Marcnut1996 (t · c); see discussion 24 Dec 2024 – 2008 East Timorese assassination attempts (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved somewhere else by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion (3 more...) Articles to be merged 09 Jan 2025 – RG Capital (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Southern Cross Austereo by Bearian (t · c); see discussion 05 Dec 2024 – Shout (paying) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Round of drinks by Gnangarra (t · c); see discussion 02 Dec 2024 – Suncorp Group (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Suncorp Bank by Manoof (t · c); see discussion 27 Nov 2024 – Industrial manslaughter (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Corporate manslaughter by Serprinss (t · c); see discussion 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 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 05 Sep 2024 – National Trust of South Australia (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to National Trust of Australia by Scope creep (t · c); see discussion 05 Sep 2024 – National Trust of Australia (New South Wales) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to National Trust of Australia by Scope creep (t · c); see discussion 05 Sep 2024 – National Trust of Australia (Northern Territory) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to National Trust of Australia by Scope creep (t · c); see discussion (6 more...) Articles to be split 17 Dec 2024 – List of Bluey episodes (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 2601:1C1:837F:EFE0:FC38:D46:C83F:A414 (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 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 (5 more...) Articles for creation 09 Jan 2025 – Draft:AFL Era Statistics (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Rudilouis (t · c) 05 Jan 2025 – Draft:History of Melbourne High School (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Risith (t · c) 02 Jan 2025 – Draft:Jillian Spencer (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Zzlexiphanic (t · c) 29 Dec 2024 – Draft:2024 NSW Formula Car Championship (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Hmnphl (t · c) 27 Dec 2024 – Draft:Crystal Castle and Shambhala Gardens (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Sallyrenee (t · c) 25 Dec 2024 – Draft:Centrepay (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by MCE89 (t · c) 24 Dec 2024 – Draft:Youth Jobs PaTH (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by MCE89 (t · c) 14 Dec 2024 – Draft:2024 Australian Formula Ford Series (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by AUcommodore (t · c) 11 Dec 2024 – Draft:Williamstown Wolves Baseball Club (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Sainter5 (t · c) 03 Dec 2024 – Draft:Jordan Gogos (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 124.150.91.48 (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 history 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:Australia navigational boxes Template code Result {{Australia topics}} 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."