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WikiProject Western Australia

Floral emblem: Kangaroo paw WikiProject Western Australia is a WikiProject dedicated to maintaining and improving articles relating to the state of Western Australia. The project aims to: coordinate and improve articles related to Western Australia foster collaboration between editors in Western Australia establish appropriate links with Wikiproject Australia identify the Western Australian component of other Wikipedia projects Project scope WikiProject Western Australia maintains and improves articles within the Western Australia category structure: Specific goals To improve iconic and high-profile Western Australian articles to Featured Article quality. e.g. Places: Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia, Shark Bay, Murujuga People: John Forrest, C. Y. O'Connor, Moondyne Joe History: Batavia (1628 ship), Swan River Colony Flora: Anigozanthos manglesii (Mangles' kangaroo paw), floral emblem; Eucalyptus marginata (jarrah) Fauna: numbat, faunal emblem; black swan, ornithological emblem; Gogonasus, fossil emblem; Ozraptor, the only named Western Australian dinosaur; sandgroper Anthropology; Aboriginal cultures of Western Australia To-do list Here are some tasks you can do to help with WikiProject Western Australia: Vital articles: 100 Most Influential Western Australians is a possible starting point Requested articles: Nicholson, Western Australia  • Robin Sarah Greenburg (see Crimenet page)  • Indiana Teahouse Missing topics: Peter M. Olde • Neil R. Marriott • Christopher J. French • 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Parade of Nations • See missing topics report for more Draft articles: Search for Western Australia drafts • Search for Perth drafts • See draft articles listing for more Split topic articles: See Split topic listing for more Seeking sources: William Harris (Australian civil rights leader) • Michael Kailis Expansion needed: David Parker • Economy of Western Australia • Bill Hassell • May Holman • Barry MacKinnon • PGA • Pilbara historical timeline • List of WA waterfalls • tourism sections needed in Western Australia • Thomas Hughes (Australian politician) - needs expansion from cultural sources Requested images: Requested photographs in Western Australia • Requested photographs in Perth Article cleanup: See Cleanup listing Popular pages: See Popular pages listing (related changes) – improvements to (or vandalism of) these articles will impact a larger number of readers Assessment: See Unassessed WA articles and Unknown-importance WA articles Outreach projects: See § Outreach projects Edit 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 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 Categories for discussion 16 Dec 2024 – Category:Marsh family of Western Australia (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Mike Selinker (t · c) was closed; see discussion Good article nominees 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 22 Dec 2024 – Yanchep railway station (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); start discussion 12 Dec 2024 – Ellenbrook line (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Steelkamp (t · c); start discussion 22 Oct 2024 – Fatima Payman (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by GraziePrego (t · c); start discussion Requested moves 14 Dec 2024 – Narryer Gneiss Terrane (talk · edit · hist) move request to Narryer Gneiss terrane by Dicklyon (t · c) was moved to Narryer Gneiss terrane (talk · edit · hist) by Bunnypranav (t · c) on 21 Dec 2024; see discussion Resources Useful resources for information on WA topics: Landgate Place name history – For the origins of the names of suburbs and towns in Western Australia Landgate Map Viewer Plus – For aerial imagery dating back to 1953 MRWA Road Information Mapping System – Speed limits and road hierarchy Schools Online – A directory of public schools in Western Australia Parliamentary Library WA Government Gazette, including search function, from the State Law Publisher State Library of Western Australia eResources. Provides access, with registration, to recent editions of The West Australian and other local newspapers Templates Project 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: {{WikiProject Australia|WA=yes}} - instructions are here If the article already has the WP Australia banner, just add WA=yes inside the brackets {{WikiProject Australia|Perth=yes}} - articles in the Perth Metropolitan area It is possible to add, in addition to the project banner - specific sub projects with: {{Freopedia}} - a Fremantle and Freopedia related article {{Toodyaypedia}} - a Toodyay related article Stubs 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: {{PerthAU-stub}} – for stubs related to Perth {{Fremantle-stub}} – for stubs related to Fremantle Geographic places: {{WesternAustralia-geo-stub}} – for stubs on geographic places in WA {{PerthAU-geo-stub}} – for stubs on geographic locations in Perth Infrastructure: {{WesternAustralia-airport-stub}} – for stubs on airports in WA {{WesternAustralia-rail-transport-stub}} - for stubs on railways in WA {{WesternAustralia-road-stub}} – for stubs on roads in WA {{WesternAustralia-school-stub}} – for stubs on schools in WA Other: {{WesternAustralia-gov-stub}} – for stubs on government in WA {{WesternAustralia-plant-stub}} – for stubs on plants in WA Request a photograph {{reqphoto|in=Western Australia}} - place on the talk page; article will appear in Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Western Australia Awards 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: [[File:Barnstar-WA.png|frame|right|<text> ~~~~]] Assessment progress Of the 22,258 articles overseen by WikiProject Western Australia: 99.9% have been assessed for quality See Category:Unassessed Western Australia articles for the 1 remaining articles     100% have known importance See Category:Unknown-importance Western Australia articles for the 0 remaining articles     70.5% of prose articles are not stubs See Category:Stub-Class Western Australia articles for the 5307 remaining articles     Western Australia articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA Total FA 2 5 41 48 FL 1 1 FM 1 1 A 2 2 GA 8 17 60 85 B 7 43 107 445 602 C 16 93 345 2,033 2,487 Start 8 68 499 8,900 9,475 Stub 10 77 5,218 5,305 List 9 65 812 886 Category 2,003 2,003 Disambig 41 41 File 48 48 Portal 6 6 Project 135 135 Redirect 1 839 840 Template 263 263 NA 15 15 Other 2 2 Assessed 31 233 1,117 17,511 3,353 22,245 Total 31 233 1,117 17,511 3,353 22,245 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 91,138 Ω = 5.06 Assessment log Recognised content Featured articles Adenanthos cuneatus Adenanthos obovatus Airport Central railway station Alan Rawlinson Banded stilt Banksia aculeata Banksia attenuata Banksia blechnifolia Banksia brownii Banksia caleyi Banksia coccinea Banksia cuneata Banksia dentata Banksia epica Banksia grossa Banksia ilicifolia Banksia lemanniana Banksia menziesii Banksia petiolaris Banksia prionotes Banksia scabrella Banksia sceptrum Banksia sessilis Banksia speciosa Banksia sphaerocarpa Banksia telmatiaea Banksia verticillata Banksia violacea Carnaby's black cockatoo Clackline Bridge Cyclone Orson Daglish railway station Death of Ms Dhu Forrest Highway Fremantle Prison Great Eastern Highway John Tonkin Kwinana Freeway North Island (Houtman Abrolhos) Operation Hurricane Rainbow pitta Red-capped parrot Red-winged fairywren Tammar wallaby Valston Hancock Western Area Command (RAAF) Western Australian emergency of March 1944 Western yellow robin Featured lists Pendulum discography Featured pictures Fremantle Prison inmates and main front Iwel jpeg convert Good articles 11th Battalion (Australia) 108 St Georges Terrace 1950 Australian National Airways Douglas DC-4 crash 1962 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games 2010 Gascoyne River flood 2019 West Coast Eagles season 2020 West Coast Eagles season 2021 West Coast Eagles women's season Abyss (roller coaster) Albany Highway Architecture of Fremantle Prison Aubin Grove railway station Australian ringneck Avondale Agricultural Research Station Banksia acanthopoda Banksia oligantha Bayswater, Western Australia Bayswater railway station, Perth Bedford, Western Australia Ben Carlin Ben Small (politician) Bill Dunn (Pilbara elder) Butler railway station Carlisle railway station, Perth Central Park (skyscraper) Challis railway station Christian Porter Clarkson railway station, Perth Collier Road Council House, Perth Cullacabardee, Western Australia Cyclone Alby Cyclone Alessia Cyclone Bobby Cyclone Emma (2006) Cyclone Fay Cyclone Glenda Cyclone Herbie Cyclone Ilona Cyclone Olivia Cyclone Rosita Cyclone Sam Daglish, Western Australia Electoral district of Perth Eucalyptus gomphocephala Eucalyptus rhodantha Eucalyptus wandoo Eyre Highway Flag of Western Australia GST distribution dispute Glencora Ralph Great Northern Highway Greenwood railway station Henry Daglish High Wycombe railway station, Perth History of Fremantle Prison Hughie Edwards John D'Orazio Kardinya, Western Australia Lakelands railway station Lauren Mitchell Leederville railway station Linda Syddick Napaltjarri Maylands railway station Mitchell Freeway Myrmecia inquilina Narrows Bridge (Perth) Nick Goiran North West Coastal Highway Oats Street railway station Operation Mosaic Palace Hotel, Perth Perth Underground railway station Point Walter Ray O'Connor Redcliffe railway station Sam Kerr Seaforth railway station Sherwood railway station, Perth Showdown (Pendulum song) Susie Bootja Bootja Napaltjarri The Causeway Thornlie line Tonkin Highway Victoria Park railway station, Perth Warnbro railway station Western rosella Members Active members To publicise your membership of WikiProject Western Australia, edit this section and insert the Wikitext #{{subst:me}} with your areas of interest into the following list of members in alphabetical order. Members may also place member identification on their user page. Adam Black GB (talk · contribs) BoundaryRider (talk · contribs) Bjenks (talk · contribs) Calistemon (talk · contribs) Dan arndt (talk · contribs) Evad37 (talk · contribs) GDuwen (talk · contribs) Ghostieguide (talk · contribs) Gnangarra (talk · contribs) Gobeirne (talk · contribs) Graham87 (talk · contribs) Grant65 (talk · contribs) -- (thanks Hesp) Hack (talk · contribs) Hesperian (talk · contribs) Ingenious27 (talk · contribs) james.cole.w (talk · contribs) Leksut (talk · contribs) Luxure (talk · contribs) - May as well, you gropers are 2 hours behind ;) MargaretRDonald (talk · contribs) Moondyne (talk · contribs) Nevanderson (talk · contribs) - "A keen Interest in Australian History" Non-monic (talk · contribs) Orderinchaos (talk · contribs) - Fantastic idea! OxygenToxicity (talk · contribs) 12:18:10, 28 May 2024 (UTC)  - Midwest Petedavo (talk · contribs) philiphist (talk · contribs) - “Northwest and Kimberley” Somno (talk · contribs) Steelkamp (talk · contribs) The-Pope (talk · contribs) samwilson (talk · contribs) — Thought I was already a member (always have been, in spirit). Compusolus (talk · contribs) Adibutcool (talk · contribs) Adondai (talk · contribs) 00:20:33, 30 November 2022 (UTC)  - Planning and development of WA towns and cities Hughesdarren (talk · contribs) Deceased members Glen Dillon (talk · contribs) JarrahTree (talk · contribs) Morethangrass (talk · contribs) Former members 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. AdrianChadd (talk · contribs) Callophylla (talk · contribs) ColRad (talk · contribs) EpicGiantMan (talk · contribs) - Joined thanks to Orderinchaos Five Years (talk · contribs) Glory6164 (talk · contribs) Hezbolarki Fun Ship (talk · contribs) Hossen27 (talk · contribs) James086 (talk · contribs) John D. Croft (talk · contribs) KHS-Boab (talk · contribs) Longhair (talk · contribs) - why not. I plan to visit one day anyway :) Lukeduk1980 (talk · contribs) - Helping with some history of Australia. Can provide some good resources. Mark (talk · contribs) Mdavies 965 (talk · contribs) M Johnson (talk · contribs) Mod.torrentrealm (talk · contribs) Nachoman-au (talk · contribs) Outrune (talk · contribs) RaNdOm26 (talk · contribs) Renesis13 (talk · contribs) Rolinator (talk · contribs) Rund717 (talk · contribs) Sandstorm6299 (talk · contribs) Sarah (talk · contribs) Scoreed (talk · contribs) SpringSummerAutumn (talk · contribs) Tazkal (talk · contribs) Thewinchester (talk · contribs) Thompson.matthew (talk · contribs) Woddawik (talk · contribs) Yungur (talk · contribs) Zamphuor (talk · contribs) ZRFKAU (talk · contribs) Member identification 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. Wikitext userbox where used [[Category:WikiProject Western Australia participants]] none linked pages {{Template:User WikiProject Western Australia}} This user is a participant in WikiProject Western Australia. linked pages {{Template:User WP Western Australia}} This user participates in WikiProject Western Australia. linked pages {{Template:User WP Western Australia|invite}} This user invites you to join WikiProject Western Australia. linked pages For other Western Australia user templates see Category:Western Australia user templates. Welcoming new participants and users {{Welcome-au}} — a customised welcome note for new Australian users Meetup notices Perth Meetup Next: 11 January 2025 (watch) Last: 15 December 2024 See also: Australian events listed at Wikimedia.org.au (or on Facebook) WA Meetup WikiClubWest and WA Project Editor of the Month From 2020 - Editor of the Month for contributions to the Western Australian project in creating new material or improving content by substantial addition of text and images. In most cases edits that are recorded on the page Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Western_Australia constitute basic criterion for consideration. NOTE: - This does not generally include editing in project space, corrections, adjustments or maintenance issues in main space or talk page space The allocation of the award is from the aggregation of positive and constructive edits and additions that are not strictly calendrical but approximate the overall benefit to the project, it has nothing to do with competition or winning it is a subjectively designated appreciation of positive contribution of content to the project 2020 January - Evad37 - for almost an article a day of Western Australian topics February - The Drovers Wife - for creation of Local Government Authority historical articles March - SamWilson - for regional maps of Western Australia April - Callistemon - for heritage lists of Western Australia May - Hughesdarren - for April and May work on Acacias of Western Australia Random things of interest Categories That might have potential candidate articles or subjects in Western Australia which may not be obvious or apparent to a new editor. Category:Ghost towns in Australia Category:Mining towns in Western Australia Category:Companies based in Perth, Western Australia Oddities and contenders for various accolades Contenders for oddest and oldest articles and categories about Western Australia Talk:Connie Sue Highway - the first WA highway article WhyRossum, the first Wikipedian from WA Margaret River, the first WA town to have a Wikipedia article Gosnells, the first part of Perth to get a Wikipedia article, besides the Perth metropolitan area UTC+8:45 - possibly a unique time zone unto itself? Emu War - the talk page items are quite telling CRI Perth - Beijing direct in Perth? 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 Parent: Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia Child: Wikipedia:WikiProject Perth Sister: Wikipedia:WikiProject New South Wales Wikipedia:WikiProject Northern Territory Wikipedia:WikiProject Queensland Wikipedia:WikiProject South Australia Wikipedia:WikiProject Tasmania Wikipedia:WikiProject Victoria Cousin: Wikipedia:WikiProject British Columbia Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand Overlap: WikiProject Australian biota for WA plants WikiProject Banksia for a mostly Western Australia plant genus WikiProject Australian crime for WA crime Wikipedia:WikiProject Demographics of Australia for WA demographics WikiProject Australian history for WA history WikiProject Australian history/Exploration for WA exploration WikiProject Australian literature for WA literature WikiProject Australian maritime history for WA maritime history Wikipedia:WikiProject Shipwrecks - WA has a huge shipwreck heritage WikiProject Military history/Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific military history task force for WA military history WikiProject Australian law for WA law WikiProject Australian music for WA music WikiProject Australian places for WA geography WikiProject Australian politics for WA politics WikiProject Australian sports for WA sports WikiProject Education in Australia for WA education WikiProject Australian Roads for WA roads Outreach projects