Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Adelaide

Miscellaneous

Just with the to-do list: is Adelaide going to follow the naming conventions established in Sydney and Melbourne? If that's going to be the case, then the suburbs should be at Suburb, South Australia, and railway stations at Station railway station, Adelaide. Ambi 02:22, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Yeah, I guess we are. Adelaide's public transport system is unique however and we have lots of "bus interchanges" (on the Adelaide O-Bahn) which work similarly to railway stations in other places. - Aaron Hill 02:47, Oct 8, 2004 (UTC)

Would they be worth creating articles on? Ambi 02:22, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I think of them as relatively large railway stations, so yeah they probably are worth creating articles on especially considering their unique qualities. I live really close to the O-Bahn so I might take a walk down a get a few photos. Subpage:Wikipedia:WikiProject Adelaide/Interchanges - Aaron Hill 02:27, Oct 9, 2004 (UTC)

I catch the O-Bahn from Paradise Interchange just about every day, but I don't have a camera. As for the stations thingy, there's Belair, Noarlunga, Gawler, Tonsley... Suburb, South Australia should be fine. If not, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. Alphax (talk) 15:00, Oct 25, 2004 (UTC)

I have a camera and some photos of TTP Interchange. Getting photos of Klemzig and Paradise will cost me a ticket. =( Avochelm 12:17, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I'd like to see the history of Adelaide expanded on the Adelaide Page, could this be added to the wikiproject? - Diceman 15:40, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)

New participants

Hello, I hope you don't mind, but I kind of re-organised the project page - I'm a relatively new user/member, so forgive me for being a ignorant of Wikipedia etiquette. I'd like to help out with the Adelaide project. I've already contributed to some articles on Adelaide and Australia. - Cyberjunkie 20:00, Nov 20, 2004.

Hi,

I've added my name to the participants list. What does this mean/change? Do we have a leader or pecking order? Is there a formal coordinating action (like a project of the week), or do we still just add whatever interests us as and when we can? Does this project cover strictly just the metro area, or loosely the whole state? --ScottDavis 08:11, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

We don't have a leader or a pecking order - we're just a bunch of interested people trying to improve coverage of the city. User:Aaronhill is probably the best person to talk to, though. We just cover what interests us, though it might be a good idea to highlight particular places/people that need articles here. I don't think anyone's likely to object if it loosely covers the whole state, too. Ambi 10:17, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Hi, I'm new and I am planning on working on the north-eastern areas of Adelaide, particularly promiment suburbs, shopping centers, schools and the O-Bahn. Possibly Semaphore and Port Adelaide if I go there some time! Avochelm 12:14, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Hello all, I'm also new and based in Daw Park. I love Adelaide and I'm familiar with the city, Central Market, and the Burnside, Marion, and Mitcham areas.--Zzymurgy 01:52, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Howdy Y'all, My name is Scott and I am involved in a wiki project with a lot of Adelaide people called Underverse. We are creating a content community for Adelaide artists in wiki format. As a result a fair few of us are getting good at developing and editing wiki pages. I would like some information so we can have some co-ordination within our own site in regards to helping out with the Adelaide Wikipedia project. You can contact me at scott@underverse.org

Hi, i've (Oli Young) been making some minor edits here and there, and wouldn't mind doing some more work, especially taking photos that are needed, so i'll try and get some of those on the list done and if you want to add some more, i'll see what i can do. I live in the southern suburbs and will probably stick to anything south of cross road, I'll probably start around the City of Onkaparinga suburbs.

Local Government Areas of South Australia

Do we have a consensus process for adding things to the open tasks panel? The Local Government Areas of South Australia list has links mostly just to the last part of a name (District Council/City of ...) and it seems more good luck than good management if it hits something about the town/suburb at the seat of government. See for example the link for City of Charles Sturt links to Charles Sturt The explorer, with no reference to the city. Very few of the town names are links to Town, South Australia rather than just Town. Is there a standard for the name syntax to use for local government areas? Should they redirect to the main town/suburb? --ScottDavis 13:03, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)

There is a standard - using the official name. That's what we've done in Victoria and New South Wales, anyway. I prefer to have seperate articles on the municipality and the individual towns, and you get around messy situations like that article by going with the full name. Ambi 13:14, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I've changed the main page, and will relink as many old pages as seem relevent - ie they talk about a council or LGA, not about a town. Thanks --ScottDavis 10:24, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Torrens navigation

Does anybody have a reference to support the claim in River Torrens that it used to be navigable up to the city for cargo from the Port? I've never heard that anywhere else. --ScottDavis 03:40, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

Goyders Line

Should the article on Goyder's Line be included in this project? Whilst it is not in Adelaide, it is still a part of South Australia. - Ytgy111 08:16, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Welcome, and thanks for the maps. The WikiProject is about improving the breadth and depth of articles about Adelaide itself (probably accepted to mean the metro area and what you can see from it). However, the people interested in the rest of the state are probably also members here, so conversations about rural and state government things can happen either here or at the Australian Wikipedians' notice board. --ScottDavis 09:23, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

The Jam Factory

I was looking to start an article on the Jam Factory, but found The Jam Factory already occupied by an article on a Melbourne shopping centre. Any recomendations on a suitable title for Adelaide's infinitely more notable Jam Factory, one of Australia's most distinguished contemporary design institution. I considered moving the existing article to The Jam Factory, Melbourne and then creating The Jam Factory, Adelaide, but wondered if The Jam Factory was the correct name at all.--File:Australia flag large.png Cyberjunkie ^TALK 07:57, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

JamFactory is one word. Refer externally: [1]. - Aaron Hill 13:07, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)

Yep, saw that, but thought it was just web-styling? I'll use that spelling though, and create necessary disambiguation links. --File:Australia flag large.png Cyberjunkie ^TALK 13:25, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I should just mention that an article has already been created by the dutiful Oliyoung at Jam Factory, Adelaide. Problem solvered.--File:Australia flag large.png Cyberjunkie ^TALK 04:16, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Dutiful ;) -- I saw that the previous version was linking to the Melbourne shopping centre, and redirected it to a new local one (with an Adelaide suffix) and threw some content up on it --Oliyoung 11:32, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Suburb categories

Can anyone explain the conceptual difference between Category:Adelaide suburb stubs and Category:Incomplete Adelaide suburbs? They are both subcategories of Category:Suburbs of Adelaide. --ScottDavis 05:10, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I think the latter is outdated, as they both serve the same function, and the first one is much more in line with naming conventions these days. Ambi 05:17, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)