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Hijinx at Paul Lucas (politician)
An editor has added a poorly referenced statement here that Lucas posted on a blog making certain explosive claims about the QLD Health payroll. Sure enough, there is a post on said blog, signed by "Paul Lucas", but no evidence that it's him, nor does the story seem to have been picked up by anyone else. I'd remove it myself, but I have a COI in this case. Can someone else take a look? Lankiveil (speak to me) 12:18, 9 July 2012 (UTC).
- Done. It was a pretty straightforward matter. On another note, I see that there's plenty of IP wrestling on a range of QLD political bios at the moment, including Jarrod Bleijie but probably including most of them, I haven't had the time to check. Orderinchaos 21:31, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
- Excellent, thanks! Lankiveil (speak to me) 04:37, 22 July 2012 (UTC).
Illegal immigration in Australia
I was wondering what others Australian editors think about the Illegal immigration in Australia page. It hardly treats the topic fairly. Instead it is basically a rehash of a Pacific Solution article and a list of boat arrivals. It discusses asylum seekers many of which aren't unauthorised arrivals. It should be about human trafficing, visa over-stayers and the groups mentioned in the lead, not some trivial boat arrivals or a subtle critic of policy. - Shiftchange (talk) 08:07, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
- As you imply, it's fundamentally flawed as a Wikipedia article topic. I suggest any decent content be merged into Immigration to Australia. --Merbabu (talk) 08:40, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
- Currently the bulk of the article is a section "Pacific Island processing of illegal boat arrivals (2001–2007)" which has a link to a main article, so is redundant. The only non-redundant part is the two line lead section. Mitch Ames (talk) 05:31, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
- Thus, can we just delete/redirect it? Say, to Immigration to Australia? --Merbabu (talk) 00:02, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
- Currently the bulk of the article is a section "Pacific Island processing of illegal boat arrivals (2001–2007)" which has a link to a main article, so is redundant. The only non-redundant part is the two line lead section. Mitch Ames (talk) 05:31, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
- Delete. Mitch Ames (talk) 02:15, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
- Better redirect, I think; it's a plausible search phrase. Maias (talk) 03:16, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
Done. Similarly for Illegal immigration in New Zealand. Moondyne (talk) 06:51, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
War Memorial in late August?
We're trying to set up something with the Australian War Memorial in Canberra in late August, with an emphasis on attracting photographers to take pictures. If you're interested, please get in touch with me and as soon as I get the details, I'll pass them along. --LauraHale (talk) 00:28, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
- I've put my hand up to attend, and I hope that others do as well. Nick-D (talk) 10:18, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
- I'd be happy to attend. It's just a short walk for me. And I love that place. --Pete (talk) 10:39, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
- I am interested. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:31, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
Deletion review: Bloke (word)
Australian editors may be interested in the deletion review:
- Wikipedia:Deletion review#Bloke (word) which seeks to overturn a keep decision. WWGB (talk) 10:41, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
Expand, redirect or delete?
Monuments of Australia and Mythology of Australia showed up on the new article list, and I was surprised that we didn't already have articles on them. With apologies to the editor who created them in good faith, they aren't in very good shape at the moment (and us non-urbanised Westerners are too busy looking for monuments to help out). Are there existing articles that they should be redirected to, or should they be expanded? I think that she probably found the redlinks on {{Culture of Australia}}. The-Pope (talk) 14:23, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
- If nothing else Monuments... needed expanding to cover the whole country, not just the right edge of it. Mitch Ames (talk) 09:38, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
- Redirect Mythology of Australia to Dreamtime. Moondyne (talk) 10:13, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
- Theres also Australian Aboriginal mythology, I actually think there is room for a parent article as some myths are of more recent origins like Drop Bear Gnangarra 11:17, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia Takes the Australian War Memorial
Wikipedia:Wikipedia Takes the Australian War Memorial has the details. :) --LauraHale (talk) 03:10, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
Not sure whether any one is doing work on the Koori people, however, I have just transcribed this work at Wikisource, and it would seem to relate to one of the parts of the Kulin nation. It has a vocabulary list that may be of interest, though note that the work was a posthumous production and the editorial work was not the best. — billinghurst sDrewth 12:37, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
ABC Looking for Comment
Hi all,
Matthew Bevan from the ABC just tweeted: "Anybody know a talkative Wikipedian from the Sydney area? If you do, may I cordially request you tweet me their handle?"