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{{Short description|Wikipedia subject-area collaboration in Australia}}
{{redirect|WP:AU|text=You may also be looking for [[Wikipedia:Academic use]]}}
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{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/Navigation}}
'''WikiProject Australia ''' is a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProject]] dedicated to improving [[Wikipedia]]'s coverage of topics related to [[Australia]]. This page and its subpages contain suggestions on formatting and style of articles, which can be discussed at the project's '''[[Wikipedia:Australian Wikipedians' notice board|notice board]]'''. To participate, simply add your name to the '''[[/Members|project member]]s''' page.
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==Our goals==
#To provide guidelines and recommendations for articles that describe all aspects of Australia.
#To improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australia by creating, expanding, and maintaining such articles in a [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|fair]] and [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|accurate manner]].
#To serve as the central point of discussion for issues related to Australia in Wikipedia.

==Project scope==
The project generally considers ''any'' article related to Australia to be a valid topic.

{{Project page count|project=Australia|ga_page=WP:AUSFG}}

==Project organisation ==
If you wish to help out, please add your name to the '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/Participants|list of participants]]'''.
:'''<small>It is recommended that Project members add each of the following Project pages to their watchlists.</small>'''
* '''[[Wikipedia:Australian Wikipedians' notice board|Discussion board]]''' - Main talk page for this project
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Australia|Deletion board]]''' -  Editor generated listing of current deletions
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/Article alerts|Article alerts]]''' -  Bot generated listing of  deletions, featured & good article candidates, requests for comments, peer reviews and move requests.	 	
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/Unreferenced BLPs|Unreferenced BLPs]]''' - Bot generated listing of Biographies with [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|no references]]
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/New articles|New articles]]''' - Bot generated listing of new articles that may need [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/Assessment|assessment]]
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/To-do|To-do list]]''' - Editor generated listing of articles to be created and of articles that have problems.
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/Requested images|Requested images]]''' -  Editor generated listing of needed images.
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/Help|Help & tools]]''' - A help page with search option, tips and tools
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/Popular pages|Popular pages]]''' -  Bot generated listing  of the most viewed pages that should be improved  and watched over closely for vandalism  
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/Featured and good content|Featured content]]''' - Bot generated listing  of FA and GA level articles and pictures
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/Outreach|Outreach]]''' - A centralised work area for project recruitment and member interaction efforts
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/Automation|Automation]]''' - A page about automated and semi-automated methods to perform batch tasks.
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/Statistics|Statistics]]''' - Overall statistics page 
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/Userboxes|Userboxes]]''' - Australian related user page boxes 
* '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/Assessment|Assessment]]''' - Article classification system 

:::::'''List of {{subpages}}.'''

The following pages serve as tables of contents or indexes to Australia-related content on Wikipedia.  They need to be developed, and maintained:
* '''[[Outline of Australia]]''' 
* '''[[Index of Australia-related articles]]'''
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==Sub-projects ==
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This WikiProject is a parent project to many sub-projects dedicated to maintaining a wide variety of Australian topics.  <br> Editors are encouraged to also participate in the  more regional and/or topic specific projects  listed below.

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian places|WikiProject Australian places]]'''{{·}}
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject New South Wales|New South Wales]] 
([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Riverina|Riverina]]){{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Northern Territory|Northern Territory]]{{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Queensland|Queensland]]

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject South Australia|South Australia]]{{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Tasmania|Tasmania]]{{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Victoria|Victoria]]{{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Western Australia|Western Australia]]{{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Antarctica/Australian Antarctic Territory work group|Australian Antarctic Territory]]

'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities|Australian WikiProject Cities]]'''{{·}}
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Adelaide|Adelaide]]{{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Brisbane|Brisbane]]{{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Bendigo|Bendigo]]{{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Canberra|Canberra]]{{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Melbourne|Melbourne]]{{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Perth|Perth]]{{·}}
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Geelong|Geelong]]{{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Sydney|Sydney]]

'''[[:Category:Australia-related WikiProjects|Other Australia-related WikiProjects]]'''{{·}}
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian biota|Biota]]{{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Films/Australian cinema task force|Cinema]]{{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian crime|Crime]]{{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Demographics of Australia|Demographics]]{{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Education in Australia|Education]]{{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian history|History]] 
([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian history/Exploration|Exploration]]{{·}} [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian maritime history|Maritime]]{{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Australian military history task force|Military]]){{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Indigenous peoples of Australia|Indigenous peoples]]{{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Noongar|Noongar]]{{·}}
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian law|Law]]{{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian literature|Literature]]{{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian music|Music]] 
([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Crowded House|Crowded House]]{{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Kylie Minogue|Kylie Minogue]]{{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Powderfinger|Powderfinger]]){{·}}
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian politics|Politics]]{{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian sports|Sports]] 
([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian rules football|Australian rules football]]{{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Baseball/Australian baseball task force|Baseball]]{{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian basketball|Basketball]]{{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Australia task force|Football (soccer)]]{{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian motorsport|Motorsport]]){{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian Roads|Roads]]{{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian television|Television]]{{·}} 
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian Transport|Transport]]

==Departments==

;Assessment
The WikiProject Australia '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/Assessment|assessment department]]''' focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's Australian articles. 
;Classification
An assessment parameter (FA, FL, A, GA, B, C, Start, or Stub) causes the article to be rated and grouped into categories that serves as the basis for an [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Australia articles by quality|automatically generated worklist]].

While much of the work is done in conjunction with the [[WP:1.0]] program, the article ratings are also used within the project itself to aid in recognising excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work.

;Collaboration
The '''[[Wikipedia:Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight|Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight]]''' seeks to identify particular articles that would benefit from a significant collaborative effort.  Every fortnight, a single article is selected as the focus, and the project attempts to improve it, potentially to [[Wikipedia:What is a featured article|featured article standards]].  

Any articles dealing with some aspect of Australia (except for current [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured articles]] and [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates|featured article candidates]]) are eligible, and everyone is invited to nominate articles.

As collaborative efforts have slowed, there is no current Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight.

;Requested images
The '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/Requested images|Requested images department]]''' aims to provide a collection of high-quality photographs, maps and images for use in Australia articles. The department gathers existing public domain and free-license maps as well as creating new ones from other materials where no suitable maps can be found. All project members are welcome to request additional maps that may be needed for particular articles from the department.

;Outreach
The '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/Outreach|outreach department]]''' acts as the project's central point of coordination for recruiting new members and maintaining the interest of current participants.

==To do==
{{WikiProject cleanup listing}}
{{main|Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/To-do}}
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/Maintenance}}

*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/ArticlesforReview|WikiProject Australia Articles for review]]

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== Current discussions ==
{{Article alerts columns|Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/Article alerts}}<!--- This list is automatically updated  daily --->

==Templates==
{{main|:Category:Australia templates}}
;Project banner
Article recognition (Assessments) are performed via parameters in the {{tl|WikiProject Australia}} project banner which is posted to an article's talk page. 
{{WikiProject Australia||category=no}}
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;Portals
Portals may be placed in the ''See also'' section of  Australian related articles, there are topic/regional  specific portals available.''See: [[:Category:Australian portals]]''
{| class="wikitable"
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! Template code !! Result
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| {{tlx|Portal|Australia}} || {{Portal|Australia|left=yes}}
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| {{tlx|Portal|Military history of Australia}} || {{Portal|Military history of Australia|left=yes}}
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;Navigational templates
Navigational templates may be placed at the bottom of Australian related articles, there are  topic/regional specific navboxs available. ''See: [[:Category:Australia navigational boxes]]''
{| class="wikitable"
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! Template code !! Result
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| {{tl|Australia topics}} ||{{Australia topics}}
|}
;Stubs
Templates used to help identify small Australian-related articles.
{| class="wikitable"
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! Template code !! Result
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|{{tl|Australia-stub}} || {{Australia-stub}}
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;User page
Add the following template to your [[Wikipedia:User page|user page]] to give yourself quick links to main Australia projects and project pages.
{| class="wikitable"
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!Wikitext!! Result
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|{{tl|Australian quick links}} || {{Australian quick links}}
|}

;The Australian Barnstar of National Merit
To award this, simply add''' {{tlsp|The Australian Barnstar of National Merit|message <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>}}''' to the [[Help:Talk pages|talk page]] of the user you wish to reward.  Make sure you include a message which indicates why they are receiving the award.

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==Category and Sister-links ==
{{sisterlinks|Australia}}
{{category tree all|Australia|depth=1}}

==Indigenous source material==
Please add any indigenous source material (or commons categories) here with a brief description of the content:
* {{cite web|url=http://www.qld.gov.au/atsi/cultural-awareness-heritage-arts/community-histories/index.html|title=Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community histories|publisher=[[Queensland Government]]|accessdate=15 May 2017}} — A good entry point for Indigenous communities in Queensland, all CC-BY licensed and most of the information I have checked appears to include its sources, so a gateway to a broader set of sources
* {{cite web|url=https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/articles/aiatsis-map-indigenous-australia|title=AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia|accessdate=15 May 2017}} A high-level map showing indigenous language/tribal/nation groups. Please note the limitations mentioned.
* A compilation of Noongar language resources is at [[Wikisource:Portal:Western Australia]]; some are being transcribed there, and added to Wiktionary also. See also [[Meta:Noongarpedia]].
* {{cite web |last1=George |first1=Karen |title=Finding Your Own Way |url=https://nunku.org.au/resources/?term=finding-your-own-way |publisher=Nunkuwarrin Yunti of South Australia Inc |accessdate=4 December 2019 |date=2005}} A directory created in South Australia to assist Aboriginal people removed from their families as a result of Australian government policies wishing to "establish connections to their family, community, culture and country."

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