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Section size for COVID-19 pandemic in Australia (52 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	17,229	17,229
Background	4,762	4,762
Timeline	3,150	24,721
First wave: March–April 2020	1,058	1,058
Second wave: June–October 2020	3,027	3,027
Third wave: June 2021 – October 2021	8,811	8,811
Omicron wave: November 2021 – February 2022	3,278	3,278
2022	4,927	4,927
Post pandemic	470	470
Statistics	79	1,233
Clusters	1,154	1,154
Responses	8,814	92,972
Travel restrictions	524	32,971
2020	16,478	16,478
2021	14,972	14,972
2022	997	997
National Cabinet	5,413	5,413
Human biosecurity emergency declaration	13,647	13,647
National COVID-19 Commission Advisory Board	3,439	3,439
National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce	1,228	1,228
Vaccine supply	16,184	16,184
Vaccinations	3,465	11,276
Adverse reactions	1,457	1,457
Vaccine hesitancy and messaging	6,354	6,354
National Plan to transition Australia's National COVID-19 Response	158	18,931
Transition to endemic stage	7,310	7,310
Lifting measures	11,463	11,463
Post pandemic	1,197	1,197
Impacts	14	94,013
Arts	15,031	15,031
Economic	16,628	25,095
"Dine and Discover NSW"	4,089	4,089
2021	4,378	4,378
Employment	1,848	8,174
Agricultural worker shortage	6,326	6,326
Health	3,250	3,250
Indigenous Australians	10,810	10,810
Medication supply	4,966	4,966
Politics	3,768	3,768
Protests	2,804	2,804
Sport	19,437	19,437
Tourism	664	664
Travel restrictions	8,570	8,570
Geo-tracking app	1,632	1,632
Demand for investigation	3,494	3,494
Event cancellations	6,899	6,899
See also	677	1,129
State and territory articles	452	452
Notes	138	138
References	33	33
Further reading	1,061	1,061
External links	2,516	2,516
Total	280,530	280,530

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Please change "79 passengers had tested positively for the virus by 1 April." to "79 passengers had tested positive for the virus by 1 April." If you say "tested positively", it sounds like they had a positive attitude when testing, not that the test came back positive. 64.203.187.71 (talk) 17:36, 7 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done Maranello10 (talk) 02:15, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 8 August 2020

Please update that the AFL has returned (on 11th June) Please update that The Royal Melbourne Show, Australia Sheep and Wool Show and Royal Geelong Show has been cancelled Rockenit (talk) 01:40, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Partly done I didn't include the wool show, as many such smaller events have been cancelled, can't list them all. Maranello10 (talk) 12:04, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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"subsidies for heavily effected industries" Please fix the spelling; it should be "affected". 2601:5C6:8081:35C0:5923:46B6:A772:CDE0 (talk) 00:33, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done Thanks for catching that! —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 00:43, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Since there are too many templates on this page, can you merge some duplicate references?

502 and 505
~~325 and 409~~
~~143 and 159~~
~~139 and 492~~
~~138 and 491~~
~~137 and 490~~
~~120 and 364~~
94 and 97
~~78 and 302~~
~~71 and 556~~
~~62 and 518~~
~~24 and 145~~
~~15 and 80~~

15 and 80 come from different publications, but the articles are identical (even the picture choice and placement are the same), so one is just reprinting the other, or they're both reprinting a third. 2601:5C6:8081:35C0:5923:46B6:A772:CDE0 (talk) 00:53, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Partly done I've done the first one you suggested. The problem is some of the references are transcluded(copied) from another page and can't be merged. This is because you can't change the copied sections on this page, meaning you can't merge them with the references here. I haven't looked at all of the duplicates, but I assume many of them are in that situation. Zoozaz1 (talk) 01:15, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

:-\ Thank you for helping me understand. Could you do 94 and 97? I checked each of the others, and they're all in the situation you described. 2601:5C6:8081:35C0:5923:46B6:A772:CDE0 (talk) 01:29, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done Zoozaz1 (talk) 02:20, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Article size limit reached

The template/article size limit for the page seems to have been exceeded after the latest update to the deaths section. References can no longer be previewed by readers which limits functionality.

A solution is to move the cumulative cases drop down box and/or the deaths section to an off-page template page, similar to how many other charts and tables are stored. Maranello10 (talk) 09:44, 12 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Is it possible to move the Plot of COVID-19 cumulative cases in Australia and the Daily new confirmed COVID-19 cases in Australian States and Territories. charts to the Template:COVID-19 pandemic in Australia/New Cases by Differences page, therefore editors don't need to go to 4 different pages to edit the charts. And also yes I think the deaths chart should also be moved to a template page too. Keroks (talk) 03:43, 13 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that's a good idea. Only question is does the Template:COVID-19 pandemic in Australia/New Cases by Differences page need to be renamed in this instance, or would it cause more confusion than it is worth? Maranello10 (talk) 05:18, 13 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Can probably rename it to Cumulative cases charts and just have that page redirect to it. Keroks (talk) 05:20, 13 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]