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{{Short description|Wikipedia subject-area collaboration}} |
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<center><div style="font-size: xx-large; letter-spacing:1px; word-spacing:2px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 200%"><span style="color:#a39886;">WikiProject</span> <span style="color:#669966;">Western Australia</span></div></center> |
<center><div style="font-size: xx-large; letter-spacing:1px; word-spacing:2px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 200%"><span style="color:#a39886;">WikiProject</span> <span style="color:#669966;">Western Australia</span></div></center> |
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The project aims to: |
The project aims to: |
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* coordinate and improve articles related to [[Western Australia]] |
* coordinate and improve articles related to [[Western Australia]] |
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* foster collaboration between [[:Category:Wikipedians in Western Australia|editors in Western Australia]] |
* foster collaboration between [[:Category:Wikipedians in Western Australia|editors in Western Australia]] |
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* establish appropriate links with [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia|Wikiproject Australia]] |
* establish appropriate links with [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia|Wikiproject Australia]] |
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* identify the Western Australian component of other Wikipedia projects |
* identify the Western Australian component of other Wikipedia projects |
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* Places: [[Western Australia]], [[Perth, Western Australia]], [[Fremantle, Western Australia]], [[Shark Bay]], [[Murujuga]] |
* Places: [[Western Australia]], [[Perth, Western Australia]], [[Fremantle, Western Australia]], [[Shark Bay]], [[Murujuga]] |
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* People: [[John Forrest]], [[C. Y. O'Connor]], [[Moondyne Joe]] |
* People: [[John Forrest]], [[C. Y. O'Connor]], [[Moondyne Joe]] |
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* History: [[Batavia (ship)|''Batavia'' (ship)]], [[Swan River Colony]] |
* History: [[Batavia (ship)|''Batavia'' (1628 ship)]], [[Swan River Colony]] |
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* Flora: ''[[Anigozanthos manglesii]]'' (Mangles |
* Flora: ''[[Anigozanthos manglesii]]'' (Mangles' kangaroo paw), floral emblem; ''[[Eucalyptus marginata]]'' (jarrah) |
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* Fauna: [[ |
* Fauna: [[numbat]], faunal emblem; [[black swan]], ornithological emblem; ''[[Gogonasus]]'', fossil emblem; ''[[Ozraptor]]'', the only named Western Australian dinosaur; [[Sandgroper (insect)|sandgroper]] |
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* Anthropology; [[Aboriginal cultures of Western Australia]] |
* Anthropology; [[Aboriginal cultures of Western Australia]] |
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==To-do list== |
==To-do list== |
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===Project banner=== |
===Project banner=== |
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A project banner is displayed on an article's '''talk page''' to flag the article as related to Western Australia. This is a parameter within the Australian banner: |
A project banner is displayed on an article's '''talk page''' to flag the article as related to Western Australia. This is a parameter within the Australian banner: |
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*'''{{tlp| |
*'''{{tlp|WikiProject Australia|2=WA=yes}}''' - instructions are [[Template:WikiProject Australia/doc|here]] |
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**If the article already has the ''WP Australia'' banner, just add ''WA=yes'' inside the brackets |
**If the article already has the ''WP Australia'' banner, just add ''WA=yes'' inside the brackets |
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*'''{{tlp| |
*'''{{tlp|WikiProject Australia|2=Perth=yes}}''' - articles in the Perth Metropolitan area |
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It is possible to add, in addition to the project banner - specific sub projects with: |
It is possible to add, in addition to the project banner - specific sub projects with: |
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*{{icon|FA}} [[:Fremantle Prison]] |
*{{icon|FA}} [[:Fremantle Prison]] |
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*{{icon|FA}} [[:Great Eastern Highway]] |
*{{icon|FA}} [[:Great Eastern Highway]] |
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*{{icon|FA}} [[:John Tonkin]] |
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*{{icon|FA}} [[:Kwinana Freeway]] |
*{{icon|FA}} [[:Kwinana Freeway]] |
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*{{icon|FA}} [[:North Island (Houtman Abrolhos)]] |
*{{icon|FA}} [[:North Island (Houtman Abrolhos)]] |
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*{{icon|FA}} [[:Red-winged fairywren]] |
*{{icon|FA}} [[:Red-winged fairywren]] |
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*{{icon|FA}} [[:Tammar wallaby]] |
*{{icon|FA}} [[:Tammar wallaby]] |
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*{{icon|FA}} [[:Valston Hancock]] |
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*{{icon|FA}} [[:Western Area Command (RAAF)]] |
*{{icon|FA}} [[:Western Area Command (RAAF)]] |
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*{{icon|FA}} [[:Western Australian emergency of March 1944]] |
*{{icon|FA}} [[:Western Australian emergency of March 1944]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Ben Carlin]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Ben Carlin]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Ben Small (politician)]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Ben Small (politician)]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Bill Dunn (Pilbara elder)]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Butler railway station]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Butler railway station]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Carlisle railway station, Perth]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Central Park (skyscraper)]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Central Park (skyscraper)]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Challis railway station]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Challis railway station]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Daglish, Western Australia]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Daglish, Western Australia]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Electoral district of Perth]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Electoral district of Perth]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Eucalyptus gomphocephala]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Eucalyptus rhodantha]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Eucalyptus rhodantha]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Eucalyptus wandoo]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Eyre Highway]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Eyre Highway]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Flag of Western Australia]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Flag of Western Australia]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:GST distribution dispute]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:GST distribution dispute]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Glencora Ralph]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Great Northern Highway]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Great Northern Highway]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Greenwood railway station]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Henry Daglish]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Henry Daglish]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:High Wycombe railway station, Perth]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:History of Fremantle Prison]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:History of Fremantle Prison]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Hughie Edwards]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Hughie Edwards]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Kardinya, Western Australia]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Kardinya, Western Australia]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Lakelands railway station]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Lakelands railway station]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Lauren Mitchell]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Leederville railway station]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Linda Syddick Napaltjarri]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Linda Syddick Napaltjarri]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Maylands railway station]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Maylands railway station]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Nick Goiran]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Nick Goiran]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:North West Coastal Highway]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:North West Coastal Highway]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Oats Street railway station]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Operation Mosaic]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Operation Mosaic]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Palace Hotel, Perth]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Palace Hotel, Perth]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Perth Underground railway station]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Point Walter]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Point Walter]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Ray O'Connor]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Redcliffe railway station]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Redcliffe railway station]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Sam Kerr]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Sam Kerr]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Susie Bootja Bootja Napaltjarri]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Susie Bootja Bootja Napaltjarri]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:The Causeway]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:The Causeway]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Thornlie line]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Tonkin Highway]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Tonkin Highway]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Victoria Park railway station, Perth]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Warnbro railway station]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Warnbro railway station]] |
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*{{icon|GA}} [[:Western rosella]] |
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Western rosella]] |
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To publicise your membership of WikiProject Western Australia, edit this section and insert the [[Help:Wikitext|Wikitext]] <b><code><nowiki>#{{subst:me}}</nowiki></code></b> with your areas of interest into the following list of members in alphabetical order. Members may also place [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Western Australia#Member identification|member identification]] on their user page. |
To publicise your membership of WikiProject Western Australia, edit this section and insert the [[Help:Wikitext|Wikitext]] <b><code><nowiki>#{{subst:me}}</nowiki></code></b> with your areas of interest into the following list of members in alphabetical order. Members may also place [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Western Australia#Member identification|member identification]] on their user page. |
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#{{user|Luxure}} - ''May as well, you gropers are 2 hours behind ;)'' |
#{{user|Luxure}} - ''May as well, you gropers are 2 hours behind ;)'' |
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#{{user|Orderinchaos}} - ''Fantastic idea!'' |
#{{user|Orderinchaos}} - ''Fantastic idea!'' |
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#{{User|OxygenToxicity}} 12:18:10, 28 May 2024 (UTC) - ''Midwest'' |
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#{{User|Adondai}} 00:20:33, 30 November 2022 (UTC) - Planning and development of WA towns and cities |
#{{User|Adondai}} 00:20:33, 30 November 2022 (UTC) - Planning and development of WA towns and cities |
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=== Deceased members === |
=== Deceased members === |
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#{{User|Glen Dillon}} |
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===Member identification=== |
===Member identification=== |
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Members of WikiProject Western Australia may place one of the following lines of [[Help:Wikitext|Wikitext]] on their [[Special:MyPage|user page]] to add it to '''{{nobreak|[[:Category:WikiProject Western Australia participants]]}}'''. |
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Latest revision as of 14:29, 3 December 2024
This is a WikiProject, an area for focused collaboration among Wikipedians. New participants are welcome; please feel free to participate!
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WikiProject Western Australia is a WikiProject dedicated to maintaining and improving articles relating to the state of Western Australia. The project aims to:
Project scope[edit]WikiProject Western Australia maintains and improves articles within the Western Australia category structure:
Specific goals[edit]To improve iconic and high-profile Western Australian articles to Featured Article quality. e.g.
To-do list[edit]Here are some tasks you can do to help with WikiProject Western Australia: A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects. Articles requiring cleanup[edit]The cleanup listing, linked to on the right, is an automatically generated list of articles using cleanup templates. The old unmaintained list (linked here as people have been using it as a worklist) is at Wikipedia:WikiProject Western Australia/Cleanup listing. Article alerts[edit]Categories for discussion
Good article nominees
Requested moves
Articles to be merged
Resources[edit]Useful resources for information on WA topics:
Templates[edit]Project banner[edit]A project banner is displayed on an article's talk page to flag the article as related to Western Australia. This is a parameter within the Australian banner:
It is possible to add, in addition to the project banner - specific sub projects with:
Stubs[edit]This project's main stub template is {{WesternAustralia-stub}} – for all stub articles within the WA category tree. The following stub templates are available for more specific topics: Cities:
Geographic places:
Infrastructure:
Other:
Request a photograph[edit]
Awards[edit]This award can be given by any project member to any other editor who has made significant and useful contributions to Wikipedia's articles associated with Western Australia:
Assessment progress[edit]Of the 22,258 articles overseen by WikiProject Western Australia:
99.9%
have been assessed for quality
100%
have known importance
70.5%
of prose articles are not stubs
Recognised content[edit]
Featured articles[edit]
Featured lists[edit]Featured pictures[edit]
Good articles[edit]
Members[edit]Active members[edit]To publicise your membership of WikiProject Western Australia, edit this section and insert the Wikitext
Deceased members[edit]
Former members[edit]Thank you for your help! Contributions to the project are always appreciated. Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.
Member identification[edit]Members of WikiProject Western Australia may place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Western Australia participants.
For other Western Australia user templates see Category:Western Australia user templates. Welcoming new participants and users[edit]
Meetup notices[edit]
WikiClubWest and WA Project Editor of the Month[edit]
Random things of interest[edit]Categories[edit]That might have potential candidate articles or subjects in Western Australia which may not be obvious or apparent to a new editor.
Oddities and contenders for various accolades[edit]Contenders for oddest and oldest articles and categories about Western Australia
Moondyne's reply (to the first entry in the list above) would have to be a strong contender for the most belated reply! (4.5 years) GlenDillon 07:18, 25 October 2008 (UTC) Related WikiProjects[edit]
Outreach projects[edit] |