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I propose that having an article exist should be worth 1 point, it being a complete or detailed article should be worth an extra point. To calculate the percent complete = number of points / ( number of required articles * 2 ).
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'''Previous discussions:'''
Using this method if all articles exist but are not complete then the graph will be at 50%. [[User:Martyman|Martyman]] 00:58, 30 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 
*[[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Canberra/Archive01|Archive 1 (30 October 2004 to 22 October 2005)]]
== Featured Suburb Example ==
*[[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Canberra/Archive02|Archive 2 (October 2005 to February 2006)]]
 
== Another new contributor ==
I would like to get a suburb in Canberra up to featured article status as an example of what a good suburb article can be. I have put a fair bit of work into [[Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory]], but would appreciate any feedback or contributions people could give before I try and nominate it for featured article. [[User:Martyman|Martyman]] 05:06, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)
:It looks very nice. Any plans for a demography section- all that data should be available from the ABS, schools and transport if relevant are also missing. You should include your new close up map (also very nice) somewhere too--[[User:Petaholmes|nixie]] 02:26, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
::I have downloaded the statistics from the 2001 census but they really didn't seem very interesting to me. But yes I guess a demographics section should have a place in the article. I did include the population from the 2001 census in the lead section. Schools are mentioned in the notable places section, but could be moved to their own section. A roads and transport section does exist but there really isn't too much you can say about Canberra public transport. The trouble with the close up central canberra map I have created is that half of Yarralumla is off the side of the map. I might make a new version extended to cover all of Yarralumla but certainly won't be doing that for all suburbs as it is too much work. [[User:Martyman|Martyman]] 04:59, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
:::Perhaps schools and transport and local shopping centres could be stuck in a section called suburb amenities or something similar. I'm not sure demographics are that interesting either, and they can mean very little without having something to compare them to, average age, household income/size wrt the rest of Canberra/Australia may be interesting- since we're looking at a realtively wealthy suburb.--[[User:Petaholmes|nixie]] 06:08, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 
Following suggestion, I thougth I'd announce my availability and willingness to help with improving the articles on Canberra.
I have had a go at re-arranging the sections. I still have to source the data for the demographics section, but the amenities section is pretty much complete. [[User:Martyman|Martyman]] 02:51, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)
:It looks really great now, one last thing would be to add a politics section like the [[Summer Hill, New South Wales]] article, saying which electorates the suburb is in and a list of notable residents if there are more than the govenor-general.--[[User:Petaholmes|nixie]] 23:38, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 
My particular interest in the moment is in photography. People may have noticed the images of the Canberra Hospital and the National Museum I added to the main [[Canberra]] article. If anyone has particular images of Canberra or things in Canberra that could use a decent photo, feel free to let me know and I'll see what I can do.
I can't help but think most entries will be very bland. I live in Scullin, there's a school, a shop, some churches, and bunch of houses. All rather bog standard, and IMO, not really worth chronicling.
 
I'm still fairly new to Wikipedia editing and starting to get the hang of it all. --[[User:Politas|Myk]] 01:15, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
== Map of Inner Canberra ==
[[Image:Inner-canberra_01MJC.png|thumb|right|200px|Inner Canberra final version]]
[[Image:Inner Canberra-test-MJC-old.png|thumb|right|200px|Inner Canberra original version]]
 
:Welcome to the project! Nice job on the hospital photo, the health section of [[Canberra]] had been image-less for a long time -- [[User:Astrokey44|Astrokey44]]<small>|[[User talk:Astrokey44|talk]]</small> 09:11, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
I have spent a fair bit of time drawing up a map of Inner Canberra that can be used to show the ___location of many important buildings. I will create custom maps with hilighted buildings/areas for each article. Any feedback on changes to the format of the map would be appreciated. [[User:Martyman|Martyman]] 00:18, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
:So we keep things consistent- how are you planning on marking the subject of an article on this map? --[[User:Petaholmes|nixie]] 02:29, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
::I was thinking about this. If it was a building, for example parliament house I would probably draw the building in red. For an area like Civic, Acton or Parkes I was thinking about turning the colour level down on the rest of the map. Do you think I should add more labels for things or leave it simple? [[User:Martyman|Martyman]] 05:01, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I have uploaded a slightly updated version of the map. I have decreased the brightness of the green slightly, labelled more streets and added some more buildings. [[User:Martyman|Martyman]] 02:02, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)
:Is it the monitor I'm using, or does it look more fuzzy now?--[[User:Petaholmes|nixie]] 23:33, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)
::I changed the size of the full size image up a bit to fit more detail. Either you are refering to the thumbnail which might not generate as well from the size I have choosen, or you mean the full size image, which could be the problem that I saw where I was getting a cached version of the old image blown up to the same size as the new image. A full shift-reload fixed it for me. I have desaturated the green a bit to make it less glarey too. [[User:Martyman|Martyman]] 01:36, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)
:::the fuzziness appears to have been a cache thing, now I can see the new one it looks great--[[User:Petaholmes|nixie]] 01:45, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I uploaded the original file for reference and agree that in the original version the thumbnail looks better. Mostly thanks to the green green. I prefer the less saturated green in the full size images though. I also un-bolded the suburb labels which I think improves the fullsize image but looks fuzzier on the thumbnail. [[User:Martyman|Martyman]] 01:41, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)
:Note to self: Fix spelling of Melbourne Avenue and move Norhtbourne Avenue label into crop area. [[User:Martyman|Martyman]] 01:44, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)
:Further note: fix spelling of Stirling Park. [[User:Martyman|Martyman]] 00:58, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 
== IP 203.217.59.148 ==
==Resources==
*A very deatiled history of Kingston[http://www.library.act.gov.au/actpl/kingstonbook.pdf]
*Information from the ACT heritage museum [http://www.library.act.gov.au/heritagelibrary/reflectionscd/reflect/main.htm]
*ACT planning and land authority, the place names officer- will let you know that meaning/significance of street and suburb names (placenames@act.gov.au) [http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/index.htm] available online here [http://203.15.126.40/cgi-bin/search.pl]
*ACT government Environment and Heritage portal[http://www.canberraconnect.act.gov.au/environandheritage/parksreservesandforests/heritage.html]
*Australia Post, good for checking postcodes [http://www1.auspost.com.au/postcodes/]
*Canberra by Suburbs, good for checking neighboring suburbs [http://www.suburbs.canberra.net.au/html/fsregion.htm]
*ACT Library, list of useful suburb online references [http://www.library.act.gov.au/eresources/suburbsandregions.html]
*[http://www.abc.net.au/canberra/stories/s771460.htm Canberra Suburbs] / ABC 666
 
Could someone else please look at the edits of IP 203.217.59.148 - see [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=203.217.59.148 (contributions)]. I have [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:History_of_Canberra&diff=next&oldid=41519158 reverted her changes] to the [[Talk:History of Canberra]] showing her intention as a strike though instead. Not sure how to, or whether to, deal with her other edits. If someone thinks what I have done to ''Talk:History of Canberra'' is not appropriate let me know and/or revert--[[User:AYArktos|A Y Arktos]] 22:38, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
== <nowiki>{{Canberra-stub}}</nowiki> ==
 
:It looks like they have been removed again, they should probably stay removed since she just specifically asked for this. She should be able to remove comments especially as this statement means that she would not be making them GFDL: "Please honour my wishes and the wikipedia policy not to breach copyright - I have withdrawn my contributions." Editors should be able to remove their talk page comments if there are no further comments by other editors. And if there are there could be a note saying that there were comments there that had been removed. -- [[User:Astrokey44|Astrokey44]]<small>|[[User talk:Astrokey44|talk]]</small> 09:07, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
I've created a new template, named [[Template:Canberra-stub|Canberra-stub]] for stubs related to Canberra. This is what it looks like:
 
== [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team|Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team]] cooperation ==
{{Canberra-stub}}
 
Hello. I'm a member of the [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team|Version 1.0 Editorial Team]], which is looking to identify quality articles in Wikipedia for future publication on CD or paper. We recently began assessing articles using [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment|these criteria]], and we are are asking for your help. As you are most aware of the issues surrounding your focus area, we are wondering if you could provide us with a list of the articles that fall within the scope of your WikiProject, and that are either [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured]], [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/List of A-Class articles|A-class]], B-class, or [[Wikipedia:Good articles|Good articles]], with no POV or copyright problems. Do you have any recommendations? If you do, please post your suggestions at the listing of [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/WPPlaces|all active Places WikiProjects]], and if you have any questions, ask me in the [[Wikipedia talk:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Work via Wikiprojects|Work Via WikiProjects talk page]] or directly in my [[User talk:Titoxd|talk page]]. Thanks a lot! [[User:Titoxd|Tito]][[Wikipedia:Esperanza|<span style="color:#008000;">xd</span>]]<sup>([[User_talk:Titoxd|?!?]] - [[Wikipedia:WikiProject edit counters/Flcelloguy's Tool|help us]])</sup> 18:25, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
It's based off [[Template:Melstub]], and can be used by adding <nowiki>{{Canberra-stub}}</nowiki> instead of <nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki>. Try to use it instead of <nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki>, as it will help to list Canberra-related stubs in one place.
 
== Mainpage ==
<small>--[[User:Somebody in the WWW|Somebody in the WWW]] 10:26, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)</small>
Canberra is on the main page today! -- [[User:Astrokey44|Astrokey44]]<small>|[[User talk:Astrokey44|talk]]</small> 03:39, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 
:See the vandalism go crazy! -- [[User:Politas|Myk]] 16:39, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
:I just noticed that there is a {{[[Template:Canberra suburb stub]]}}, which is specific to Canberra suburbs, and not Canberra in general. Should we merge the two? <small>[[User:Somebody in the WWW|Somebody in the WWW]] 09:50, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)</small>
 
== Canberra railway station ==
::The question is fairly accademic as I am the only person who has been doing a large amount of work on Canberra suburbs. The suburb stub template adds suburbs to the "Suburbs of Canberra (incomplete)" category providing an easy list of suburbs articles that are incomplete as opposed to Canberra articles that would be defined as a stub. I intend to sit down and create a big bite of the remaining not-yet-created suburbs some time soon. [[User:Martyman|Martyman]] 12:41, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 
Something not mentioned in this is the railway station. Other cities have individual transport projects, but since Canberra only has its one station, it deserves an article on its own. What do others think? ([[User:JROBBO|JROBBO]] 08:29, 10 April 2006 (UTC))
:::Wouldn't a better system for the suburb boxes be to have templates (like WikiProject Melbourne has with [[Template:MelbSuburbBox1]] and [[Template:MelbSuburbBox2]]) that add the category as part of the template, instead of having lots of table code? <small>[[User:Somebody in the WWW|Somebody in the WWW]] 05:11, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)</small>
 
:Every other railway station in the country either has one or should have one. [[Canberra railway station]] is probably the best place to put it. [[User:Ambi|Ambi]] 02:03, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
::::It has already been done [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Yarralumla%2C_Australian_Capital_Territory] I just haven't gotten around to implenmenting the new system yet. I will have to go through and change the existing articles I have created and add the new locator info to the project page. The trouble is it stops you being able to add non-suburbs to the locality box, so many are still going to have to be hand coded anyway. [[User:Martyman|Martyman]] 06:35, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 
::Since it's a proper name, Shouldn't that be [[Canberra Railway Station]]? --[[User:Politas|Myk]] 21:52, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
:::::[[Template:CanbSuburbBox1|CanbSuburbBox1]] has been based off [[Template:MelbSuburbBox1|MelbSuburbBox1]], which automatically adds <nowiki>[[<entered into page>, Australian Capital Territory|<entered into page]]</nowiki>. A solution would be to make a seperate box, based off [[Template:MelbSuburbBox2|MelbSuburbBox2]], which would allow you to blank out suburbs, etc... <small>[[User:Somebody in the WWW|Somebody in the WWW]] 10:53, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)</small>
 
:::It's not really a proper name - it's just the railway station at Canberra - and lower case is what we've used elsewhere in the country. [[User:Ambi|Ambi]] 00:12, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
::::::I don't mind using the manual method the way the [[Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory]] is currently set out. It requires a bit of coding but is not too difficult. The code used is as follows: [[User:Martyman|Martyman]] 01:57, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 
*stub started--[[User:AYArktos|A Y Arktos]]\<sup>[[User_talk:AYArktos|talk]]</sup> 01:20, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
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{| align=center cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0 class="toccolours"
 
== All Saints Church, Canberra ==
|align=center colspan=3 style=background:#efefef|[[List of Canberra suburbs|Canberra suburbs]] near '''Yarralumla'''<br><small>[[South Canberra (district)|South Canberra]]</small>
Can someone else please review the recent edits to [[All Saints Church, Canberra]] and associated discussion I have been having with an anon editor at [[Talk:All Saints Church, Canberra]]? After several reversions I would want my actions confirmed by others. The offending text is: "''This historic building today is home to a vibrant Anglican community who value beauty in worship, strong teaching, and an active social conscience.''" --[[User:AYArktos|A Y Arktos]]\<sup>[[User_talk:AYArktos|talk]]</sup> 21:44, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
|-
 
:I agree the sentence should have been removed. It says nothing other than its anglican which is already mentioned -- [[User:Astrokey44|Astrokey44]]<small>|[[User talk:Astrokey44|talk]]</small> 00:16, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
|align=center width=33%|[[Black Mountain, Australian Capital Territory|''Black Mountain'']]
|align=center width=33%|[[Acton, Australian Capital Territory|Acton]]
|align=center width=33%|[[Civic, Australian Capital Territory|Civic]]
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==Farrer==
|align=center|''Stromlo Forest''
I edited up the Farrer page; I found some info for it. What do you guys think? [[User:CapDac|Dac]] 08:02, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
!align=center|'''Yarralumla'''
*Looks great, you can probably even remove the stub tag.--[[User:Petaholmes|Peta]] 10:24, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
|align=center|[[Parkes, Australian Capital Territory|Parkes]]
|-
 
==Infoboxes==
|align=center|[[Curtin, Australian Capital Territory|Curtin]]
|align=center|[[Deakin, Australian Capital Territory|Deakin]]
|align=center|[[Capital Hill, Australian Capital Territory|Capital Hill]]
 
I've added infoboxes to the last 34 suburb articles, mostly in Belconnen and Gungahlin. There are articles for a handful of planned Gungahlin suburbs that will need maps eventually. The 2001 census information is now even harder to find on the ABS website. There were a few suburbs that I couldn't find information for at all. I guess it'll all need replacing with 2006 census figures before long though. - [[User:Gimboid13|Gimboid13]] 20:58, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
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== New contributor/ Gowrie ==
Please note that the two stubs mentioned above have been changed, to conform with stub naming policy and the hierarchy of stub types. They are now
*{{tl|Canberra-stub}} &rarr; {{cl|Canberra stubs}}, and
*{{tl|Canberra-geo-stub}} &rarr; {{cl|Australian Capital Territory geography stubs}} (this replaces and widens the scope of the former suburbs stub).
[[User:Grutness|Grutness]]...<font color=green><small>''[[User_talk:Grutness|wha?''</small></font>]] 08:03, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
 
Hi. I've added some info to the Gowrie page, mainly statisics. I'm new to Wikipedia editing, and I would like to make a useful contribution to improving the Canberra-related articles, so if I'm doing something wrong, let me know. [[User:WA Burdett|WA Burdett]] 12:04, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
==Suburb infobox==
 
== New contributor/ACT Ambulance Service ==
I setup a standard (of one?) infobox for my article on the suburb of [[Macquarie, Australian Capital Territory]]. It captures a bunch of standard information
as a snapshot rather than having to massage it into the body of the article. [[User:Garglebutt|Garglebutt]] / [[User_talk:Garglebutt|(talk)]] 22:20, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 
Hi. I've added a new page on the ACT Ambulance Service, initially focussing on the history of the service. I'm interested in Canberra history (especially emergency services) and public education - both of which are pretty hot topics at the moment.
{| border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff" cellpadding="5" align="right" width="300" style="margin-left:3px"
!bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2|Macquarie
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|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|District:||Belconnen
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|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|Established:||1967
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|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|[[List of postcodes in the Australian Capital Territory|Postcode]]:||2614
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|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|Population:||2,292 (2001 census)
|-
|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|Median property value:||$310,000 (2005)[http://allhomes.com.au/c/ah?a=uisu&i=471]
|-
|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|Location:||[[Canberra]], [[Australia]]
|}
 
I'm also a newbie to Wikipedia editing (although have coded HTML before) - so as above, if I'm doing something wrong or violating some commonly held community convention, please let me know. --[[User:Alpha993|Alpha993]] 11:21, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
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<!-- BEGIN WikiProject Suburb infobox (scroll down to edit main article text) -->
{| border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff" cellpadding="5" align="right" width="300" style="margin-left:3px"
!bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2|Macquarie
|-
|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|District:||Belconnen
|-
|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|Established:||1967
|-
|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|[[List of postcodes in the Australian Capital Territory|Postcode]]:||2614
|-
|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|Population:||2,292 (2001 census)
|-
|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|Median property value:||$310,000 (2005)[http://allhomes.com.au/c/ah?a=uisu&i=471]
|-
|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|Location:||[[Canberra]], [[Australia]]
|}
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==A couple of articles that might warrant creating==
:Nice, can I ask where you got the population stats? I have been trying to find some. It might be good to have a heading for the district as well - as in District: Belconnen [[User:Cfitzart|Cfitzart]] 00:41, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
 
Considering the unprecedented nature of this year's budget and the controversy surrounding it, am I the only one that thinks that [[2006-07 Australian Capital Territory budget]] might make for an interesting article? We certainly haven't heard the last of the issue, and won't for some time.
Go to the [http://www.abs.gov.au/ ABS] and do a keyword for the suburb you are looking for. In the list of the results there will be SuburbX (statistical local area), which will give you all the stats fot that suburb from the 2001 census in a zipped excel file. There are no stats for districts.--[[User:Petaholmes|nixie]] 00:48, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
:oh thanks, I wonder which of those stats could also work in the infobox [[User:Cfitzart|Cfitzart]] 00:55, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
::I've added district to the infobox. I thought about other stats to include but then the box becomes too much a summary of info already presented within the body of the article. [[User:Garglebutt|Garglebutt]] / [[User_talk:Garglebutt|(talk)]] 03:56, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
:::Postcode would be a good addition, I think you're right about leaving out stats other than population.--[[User:Petaholmes|nixie]] 05:11, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
:::: I can provide stats about area if you'd like to include those. [[User:Adz|Adz]] 07:05, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
:::::*Do you mean the size of the suburb? That could be a useful summary stat. It could be used to produce a population/m^2 kind of measure. [[User:Garglebutt|Garglebutt]] / [[User_talk:Garglebutt|(talk)]] 08:59, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
::::::*Yes, the size of the suburb. The information is in the ACT Government maps of suburbs and districts which I can access from time to time. I'd upload them bit by bit when I have time. - I don't know how useful population density would be as I imagine that it would be very similar for the most part, but we could try it and find out. [[User:Adz|Adz]] 00:45, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
:::::::If you look at the stats for each suburb from the ABS, the area is in the spreadsheet header, for example Cook is 1.6km<sup>2<sup> and Macquarie 1.7 <sup>2<sup>; density will probably be pretty even across Canberra--[[User:Petaholmes|nixie]] 01:37, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 
I've also been wondering if the Narrabundah caravan park debacle might warrant an article, considering the press attention it has been getting in Canberra, its ramifications for both political parties, and its status as an ongoing issue. Any thoughts? [[User:Rebecca|Rebecca]] 08:27, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
*Some of us would have a hard time bringing an NPOV to either topic at this stage - I am not sure one is supposed ot write such articles when one is angry :-) I also am not sure whether they are encyclopaedic or not. Do they belong in Wikinews instead and then we review it to bring them across? --[[User:AYArktos|A Y Arktos]]\<sup>[[User_talk:AYArktos|talk]]</sup> 09:18, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
** I think this territory budget is likely to be historically important, and I was hoping that someone would write an article on the federal budget (though I think that's less notable than this territory one); IMHO, they have the potential to be quite interesting articles. I'm not sure if it's worth writing an article about them at Wikinews first - Wikinews is struggling somewhat, and I'm not sure anyone from Canberra even reads it. There should be plenty of press articles, anyway - it even made the front page of the Telegraph in Sydney today. I'm not so sure about Narrabundah, but the story doesn't seem to be going away any time soon, and it's probably going to flare up again in earnest when they actually do get evicted. [[User:Rebecca|Rebecca]] 10:05, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
* I have started a stub on the budget at [[2006-07 Australian Capital Territory budget]]--[[User:AYArktos|A Y Arktos]]\<sup>[[User_talk:AYArktos|talk]]</sup> 11:32, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
 
Excellent. Is there any chance someone might update [[Andrew Barr]] and [[Jon Stanhope]] with the latest developments over all this? They're starting to get out of date, and I'd do it today, but if I don't actually get home and start preparing for my last law exam I'm going to fail. [[User:Rebecca|Rebecca]] 02:54, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
=== Suburb density ===
There does seem to be some variation in suburb density. Kingston covers 1.3 sqkm with population of 2145 giving density of 1650 people per square km. Red Hill has population of 3088 over 4.8 square km giving density of 642 people per square km. Cook with a population of 2741 and an area of 1.6 km has a density of 1713 and Macquarie's density is 1348. In fact housing type and proportion of open space are more interesting characteristics, but not sure where easily findable stats on open space are.--[[User:AYArktos|AYArktos]] 02:26, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
:The census has a record of the type of dwelling, houses, townhouses etc. I haven't come across open space vs. developed area though.--[[User:Petaholmes|nixie]] 02:51, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 
===[[2006-07 Australian Capital Territory budget]]===
::*My thinking was that density is an indication of both housing and open space. I figured Red Hill would have relatively low density compared to Gungahlin. Perhaps it would be a good stat to add to the list of suburbs in the first instance. [[User:Garglebutt|Garglebutt]] / [[User_talk:Garglebutt|(talk)]] 11:11, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
Would others like to look at [[2006-07 Australian Capital Territory budget]]. What would you expect to find in an article about the budget? Comparisons with other jurisdictions might be something that would be interesting but too hard at the moment (for me anyway).--[[User:AYArktos|A Y Arktos]]\<sup>[[User_talk:AYArktos|talk]]</sup> 12:25, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
* The one major thing that would be helpful is a section about the reaction, which is why this budget is so notable. If possible, it'd be nice to have a bit more info about the public service mergers (i.e. ACTION no longer being a separate authority). I may be wrong, but I remember hearing that basically all the money for new public housing had also been cut, on top of what is listed in the housing section. [[User:Rebecca|Rebecca]] 04:14, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
 
==[[List of buildings and structures in the Australian Capital Territory]]==
I think it would be neat to convert the list of suburbs into a snazzy table, with area, pop, pop density and merge it into the new [[suburbs of Canberra]] article. I can start putting it together if people think its a good idea.--[[User:Petaholmes|nixie]] 11:18, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
Hi, I started this list ages ago - but have just moved it to the main namespace. There are lots of gaps to fill in if anyone is interested.--[[User:Petaholmes|Peta]] 06:31, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
 
== CanberraStub suburb - on VfDtags ==
Please see [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Hawker, Australian Capital Territory]]
 
I have been working on several Tuggeranong suburbs: [[Gowrie, Australian Capital Territory|Gowrie]], [[Fadden, Australian Capital Territory|Fadden]], [[Macarthur, Australian Capital Territory|Macarthur]], [[Gilmore, Australian Capital Territory|Gilmore]] and [[Chisholm, Australian Capital Territory|Chisholm]]. Have these suburbs reached the point where the stub tags can be removed, or do they need more information? If the latter, what are they lacking?
The article on [[Hawker, Australian Capital Territory|Hawker]] had '''not''' been made into a good stub but I have had a first pass at upgrading it. It would be a poor precedent if we allowed such an article to be successfully voted for deletion --[[User:AYArktos|AYArktos]] 10:49, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 
:Nice work Will. They're all well past the definition of a stub at [[Wikipedia:stub]]. I'd say go for it. - [[User:Gimboid13|Gimboid13]] 10:24, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
 
 
== Stub template nomination for deletion ==
The [[Template:Canberra_suburb_stub|template]] associated with the incomplete suburb articles was nominated for merger with [[Template:Canberra-stub]] or for deletion on June 19 at [[Wikipedia:Stub_types_for_deletion]]--[[User:AYArktos|AYArktos]] 21:52, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
:In the debate it has been suggested to change the name of the category to [[:Category:Canberra suburb stubs]]. I would suport the rename. Any comments?--[[User:AYArktos|AYArktos]] 01:52, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 
== Can I help? ==
'''Debate result:''' Category renamed, all articles moved
 
I'm pretty much new to editing wikipedia, but if I could be of assistance, then I'd be more than happy to - though I'm not sure what I should do.
== Another Canberra related VfD ==
 
I'm especially happy to do work on schools in the ACT, if that's something useful.
 
If someone could give me a direction to work in, then that would be appreciated. [[User:Byron Vickers|Byron Vickers]] 10:58, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
* June 26 - [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Capitol Hill, Canberra|Capitol Hill, Canberra]]
:'''Debate result''': merge into [[Capital Hill, Australian Capital Territory]]; redirect from a likely spelling error.
 
:Feel free to start wherever you're interested in - there's always work to do. Many schools could do with articles, but there's also plenty of room for work on ACT suburbs, landmarks and politics if you're interested in any of those. :) [[User:Rebecca|Rebecca]] 03:27, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
 
==Photos==
== Parks and gardens ==
Was anyone living in Canberra around the time Parliament House (the new one) was being built, and if so do you have pictures?--[[User:Petaholmes|Peta]] 02:13, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 
== Group Centres ==
woohoo all parks & gardens started, shouldnt that mean its over 50% complete now?? [[User:Cfitzart|Cfitzart]] 06:52, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 
I've noticed some of the larger group centres - Dickson, Kippax and Jamison, among others - have articles devoted to them. I'd like to know what others think of the smaller group centres, such as Calwell and Curtin. Should all of the group centres have articles, or just the major ones? [[User:WA Burdett|WA Burdett]] 12:21, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
* you're right. the formula for calculating completion is outlined abouve. i'll go and change it. [[User:Adz|Adz]] 08:52, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 
:The larger centres got them because they were important and more well known than the suburbs that contained them - for similar reasons to those that saw Manuka get its own article. I see no reason why the smaller centres could not just go in the suburb article. [[User:Rebecca|Rebecca]] 04:10, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
thanks its good to see it slide up! [[User:Cfitzart|Cfitzart]] 13:11, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 
:I agree with Rebecca. Another example is [[Erindale Centre]] in [[Wanniassa]]. Centres such as Calwell and Curtin could just be mentioned in the suburbs themselves. When you get to something like Bonython, for example, it's even smaller than Calwell and Curtin so it would be hard to find somewhere to draw the line. [[User:Tdmalone|Tim]] 12:37, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
=== Suburb progress ===
In addition to the one complete suburb ([[Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory|Yarralumla]]) I've added that there are 9 that are reasonably detailed. I realise that this is going to be a contentious point (where do you draw the line? what id detailed?) BUT please bear in mind that I'm not trying to keep a scorecard, but rather, try to point out three things:
*articles that could become quite good with only a little bit of work
*articles that you can look towards when looking for ideas about things to include in little stub articles
*the large number of suburbs that still need a lot of work before they start to look detailed.
 
::I think a good rule of thumb with these things is looking at whether the centre has a different name to that of the suburb it is located in. If it does, chances are it deserves a seperate article (perhaps with one or two exceptions). If it doesn't, I really can't see any need to have one. [[User:Rebecca|Rebecca]] 23:37, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
The articles I have considered to be reasonable detailed are:
[[Waramanga, Australian Capital Territory|Waramanga]], [[Red Hill, Australian Capital Territory|Red Hill]], [[Capital Hill, Australian Capital Territory|Capital Hill]] (see talk page for notes on what else it needs before complete), [[Lyneham, Australian Capital Territory|Lyneham]], [[Rivett, Australian Capital Territory|Rivett]], [[Aranda, Australian Capital Territory|Aranda]], [[Parkes, Australian Capital Territory|Parkes]] (there's not a lot there, but there also isn;t a lot to say. I would add transport, parking issues, physical description (urban character)), [[Ainslie, Australian Capital Territory|Ainslie]], and to a lesser extent, [[Conder, Australian Capital Territory|Conder]].
I think that Kingston and Griffith could get there without too much work, but they are significant suburbs and I think would require a fair bit of work before they were complete. (There are a lot of heritage and cultural issues in both).
 
== And another new contributor (Old Parliament House) ==
Anyway, time for me to go to bed (which is why I told myself I wouldn't work on suburb stubs now).
For more pointers on making suburbs complete, see [[User:Martyman|Martyman's]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Canberra/Suburbs|suburb requirements]] page.
:I've updated the status to include Macquarie as being reasonably detailed. It's not that exciting a suburb from what I can discover so I don't think there is much more that can be added. [[User:Garglebutt|Garglebutt]] / [[User_talk:Garglebutt|(talk)]] 06:45, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 
I added some more detail on Old Parliament House, as the article was fairly sketchy. I am new to this, so I hope it is useful and I have not violated any important conventions. Happy to contribute further articles on architecture over time. [[User:Maecenas|Maecenas]] 09:10, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
[[User:Adz|Adz]] 14:41, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
PS. I realise I'm quite new here, and I don't want to be telling you all how to suck eggs, so please excuse me if you already know all this. I just thought it might be worth taking stock of where the suburbs are up to.
:Thanks for this - it's a nice update on how things are going, and we need all the people we can get interested on this, as the project has really slowed down in the last few months. There's still a lot that could be added to all of these (except Yarralumla, perhaps), but it does provide inspiration to do some work again. I'm tempted to give Waramanga some work (as it has enough links already there that, if expanded, would make for a much better article). I really should fix up some of the inner north articles, too. [[User:Ambi|Ambi]] 17:08, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 
::I have been thinking that my original suburb completion requirements are a very big ask for most Canberra suburbs. Suburbs in other cities tend to be larger and have some level of self government. I put a lot of effort in developing [[Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory|Yarralumla]] to the level of detail it is now, but think that that amount of detail is not going to be available for many of the newer suburbs in Canberra. Any comments? [[User:Martyman|Martyman]] 22:44, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 
== Shortcut ==
:::I think that while it is true that most newer suburbs seem to be less interesting than the older ones, many of the criteria you have suggested would still apply to many of the suburbs. I think even the newer suburbs could have at least a couple of sentences about most (if not all) of the following:
Shortcut created! [[User:Dfrg.msc|Dfrg.msc]] [[Image:DFRG. MSC.jpg|10px|User talk:Dfrg.msc]] 01:20, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
:::*name and origin of name (find on [[http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/actlic/places/index.htm ACTPLA's origin of place names website]
{{Shortcut|WP:ACT}}
:::*___location
:::*date developed
:::*map
:::*populations stats - from ABS - although may need to access at library or ask uni students to access it
:::*housing stock and urban character - large blocks? medium density? town houses etc. - (not hard to do).
:::*transport - adjoining roads; main access road (if there is one); transpot issues (eg. access to gungahlin)
:::*shops - brief decription. in decline? resurgence? existing? never built?
:::*schools and other facilities. retirement village, preschool, artists studios.
:::*landmarks, if any. eg. Mt Taylor in Kambah, Mt Majura near Watson, others,
:::*significant events - eg. bushfires.
:::*issues - development issues? rebuilding after the fires? (other issues?). eg: in [[Aranda, Australian Capital Territory|Aranda]] I've tried to mention GDE and A10. (GDE also applies to Kaleen). In Giralang there is an issue about saving the local shops.
:::*active groups. Again, see [[Aranda, Australian Capital Territory|Aranda]]. Most suburbs at least have a district Community Council, but not all do. Some have several groups.
:::*Politics. - at the very least, booth results help paint a picture. I don't think you can do much more than that in Canberra, but you can mention the electorates.
:::For some suburbs it might be difficult to say something about some of these things, but I think we could manage a sentence or three about most things for most suburbs. [[User:Adz|Adz]] 00:08, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
::::Excellent list of suggestions - I think if we could put all of these in an article, it'd be easily featured-worthy. I think there's some of these that even the Yarralumla article doesn't have. [[User:Ambi|Ambi]] 02:08, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 
 
== Detailed/CompleteCanberra Image requests ==
Got any Image requests? I have a Camera and a Bike that I'd like to use. If you have a picture request please list it on my talk page for a faster response. Thanks, [[User:Dfrg.msc|Dfrg.m]][[User:Dfrg.msc/EA|<span style="color:green;">s</span>]][[User:Dfrg.msc|c]] <small><sup> [[User talk:Dfrg.msc|1]] . [[ User:Dfrg.msc/Complaints|2]] . [[Wikipedia:No climbing the Reichstag dressed as Spider-Man|3]]</sup></small> 23:26, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
 
:most [[:Category:Australian Capital Territory geography stubs|suburb articles]] dont have an image yet --[[User:Astrokey44|Astrokey]]<small>[[User_talk:Astrokey44|44]]</small> 09:31, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
Sorry I'm just a little confused now with the terms detailed and complete. The way its put on the project page doesnt it mean that detailed is, er, a more detailed version of a complete article. so doesnt that mean that there would be 10 complete articles now, but some of them arent "detailed" yet, or have I got that mixed up? [[User:Cfitzart|Cfitzart]] 16:25, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 
== Project directory ==
:Heh heh. I thought the same thing but someone established the convention that the Yarralumla article was the role model for complete whereas the others have plenty of detail but are not deemed complete(?). I could argue that some of them will be complete even though there isn't as much detail because some of the suburbs don't have much history or community groups. [[User:Garglebutt|Garglebutt]] / [[User_talk:Garglebutt|(talk)]]
 
Hello. The [[WP:COUNCIL|WikiProject Council]] has recently updated the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory]]. This new directory includes a variety of categories and subcategories which will, with luck, potentially draw new members to the projects who are interested in those specific subjects. Please review the directory and make any changes to the entries for your project that you see fit. There is also a directory of portals, at [[User:B2T2/Portal]], listing all the existing portals. Feel free to add any of them to the portals or comments section of your entries in the directory. The three columns regarding [[:Category:WikiProject assessments|assessment]], [[:Category:WikiProject peer reviews|peer review]], and [[:Category:Wikipedia collaborations|collaboration]] are included in the directory for both the use of the projects themselves and for that of others. Having such departments will allow a project to more quickly and easily identify its most important articles and its articles in greatest need of improvement. If you have not already done so, please consider whether your project would benefit from having departments which deal in these matters. It is my hope that all the changes to the directory can be finished by the first of next month. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. [[User:Badbilltucker2|B2T2]] 16:27, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
::I think we should say that more of them are complete, theres not much chance of any suburb in Canberra competing with Yarralumla given its history, important buildings etc. Its more encouraging seeing a reachable goal for completing the article. In fact Im going to be bold here and change the wording[[User:Cfitzart|Cfitzart]] 01:02, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 
== New Infobox ==
:::I could care less about definitions, but I think it would be a mistake if we settle on only making stubs for Canberra suburbs. There's a bit that could be improved about the Yarralumla article - and there's much that could be added to many of the others. They may be smaller than articles on huge cities, but we can still do better than we have so far. [[User:Ambi|Ambi]] 01:23, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 
A Canberra resident has started a topic on [[Template talk:Infobox Australian Place]]. The template being proposed will within a few weeks replace all Australian place templates, including [[Template:Infobox Canberra Suburb]]. We are going to try and accommodate the issue of ACT having districts rather than LGA's, but the name of the district will probably have to be entered in the LGA field but be correctly labelled on the final page.
:::: I introduced the term 'detailed' on the suburb progress graph to differentiate from the term 'complete' without realising that it was in conflict with what was in the requirements on the suburb project page.
::::To me it made sense that an article isn’t ‘complete’ until the article contains sufficient detailed information and doesn't need significant additions (other than small bits and pieces). To my mind, if it had plenty of detail, but fell short of being ‘almost exhaustive’, then it would make sense to call it ‘reasonably detailed’. I felt that it was worth highlighting that there were suburbs other than Yarralumla with a fair amount of detail that could be made 'complete' with a little bit more work. Alternatively, by highlighting how many 'detailed' suburbs there were, I thought it would highlight how many others still needed a bit of work to even have any amount of useful content at all (some of the stubs are very bare). (see my post under the heading ''suburb progress'' above).
:::: I’ve since realised that the requirements set out what is ‘complete’ and ‘detailed’. This seemed to go over my head earlier. As the only people who use these terms are ourselves – for the purpose of marking progress – I don’t really mind what we call them (we call them red and blue for the difference that it makes). Just as long as we don’t stop working on suburbs because we think that they’re ‘complete’. I think it’s easy to think that Canberra suburbs are boring and all the same, but they’re actually not, and I think that there is a lot of info that can be included from the list above.
:::: Having said all that, I think there is more value in expanding the articles about districts than there is in trying to provide detail/complete the articles about the suburbs, and that is where I intend to focus when I have some more time to do wiki. (unfortunately, ‘real life’ is getting in the way at the moment). I think that most of the things in the list above also apply to districts and that people from outside Canberra accessing an Encyclopaedia would be more interested in the districts than individual suburbs. Bear in mind that when you look at ''what links here'', not many articles link to the suburb articles, but an outside person who was curious about Canberra and read the [[Suburbs of Canberra]] article would be more interested in reading about the ''satellite towns'' (districts).
::::[[User:Adz|Adz]] 02:29, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
::::*The Sydney project uses ''Complete'' and ''Feature'' which makes more sense. Not all suburbs would ever reach Feature status. [[User:Garglebutt|Garglebutt]] / [[User_talk:Garglebutt|(talk)]] 02:57, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 
The Canberra project team has kept the infoboxes nice and clean so in visual terms there will probably be little difference between what is there now and what will be. However, this will make available fields that have been developed for other Australian city projects (such as distance, climate etc). All the details are on the page above. Please feel welcome to add your comments or suggestions, the more people we have contributing to this, the better result we will have. Thanks :) [[User talk:Orderinchaos|Orderinchaos]] 05:09, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
== List of completed suburbs ==
 
== Request for Work ==
Moved list of complete and detailed suburbs to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Canberra/Suburbs#List of completed suburbs]] --[[User:Martyman|Martyman]]-<span style="font-size:90%">[[User_Talk:Martyman|(talk)]]</span> 03:37, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
Hello, I'm [[User:Dfrg.msc|Dfrg.msc]], and I want to make some constructive edits to Wikipedia. It's not that I am unable to, I would just like some guidance. So, if you have any specific tasks related to this topic, please [[User talk:Dfrg.msc|inform me on my talk page]], be specific and include links and I'll help out as soon as I can. Thanks, [[User:Dfrg.msc|Dfrg.m]][[User:Dfrg.msc/EA|<span style="color:green;">s</span>]][[User:Dfrg.msc|c]] <small><sup> [[User talk:Dfrg.msc|1]] . [[ User:Dfrg.msc/Complaints|2]] . [[Wikipedia:No climbing the Reichstag dressed as Spider-Man|3]]</sup></small> 07:15, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
 
== Setting up disambiguation ==
:It just strikes me as a bit odd to be calling a basic stub "complete". Shouldn't we be aiming for a bit more than this? [[User:Ambi|Ambi]] 02:14, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 
I'm relatively new here, so I felt it might be good to ask before I make a change. My question is, what is the process to set up a disambiguation page for the two Melrose High School articles?
::We can aim for more than that by moving them up to "detailed" status. (added list for detailed) It just seems that what we had before was that no article was complete unless it was as long as Yarralumla, which would have been almost impossible. [[User:Cfitzart|Cfitzart]] 03:31, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 
Essentially in looking through the [[List of schools in the Australian Capital Territory]] I noticed that Melrose High School was linking to a school in America. Having attending MHS I thought I might as well create an article for it, and I have: [[Melrose High School (Canberra)]]
==Causeway==
 
Can I go in and just move the original page to [[Melrose High School (Melrose)]]? I'm just worried about etiquette, perhaps I might not get a favourable response to a change like that. Anybody have any advice? :) -- [[User:Daedalus-|Daedalus]] 08:13, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
I'm just going through [[User:ScottDavis]]' [[User:ScottDavis/plain town names/ACT|disambiguation lists]] (made from places on the postcode lists), but there's a "Causeway" there. I've never heard of any place called Causeway, and it's not on the [[List of suburbs of Canberra]] - anyone know what it is? Is it just some of the dreck that slipped in when the list was created, or does it warrant an article of some sort? [[User:Ambi|Ambi]] 13:46, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
 
:Hi Daedalus. Your proposal is in line with the policy for naming schools at [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions#School_names]] and the linked [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (schools)]]. Just out of courtesy you might post a message on the article's talk page and wait a few days to see if you get any response. A possible alternative would be to leave the original article where it is and add a [[Wikipedia:Disambiguation#Top_links|top link]] to both articles, but I think your idea is better. [[Wikipedia:Disambiguation]] has instructions for creating a disambiguation page. Let me know if you'd like any help. [[User:Gimboid13|Gimboid13]] 19:54, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
:'The Causway' is a an area in Kingston east of Wentworth Ave. It is a small area and quite different in character and design to the rest of the suburb. I think it consisted/consists largely of small govie houses but not as old as those in the rest of Kingston. Its located near the Kingston Foreshore development. Look for 'The Causway' or 'Spinifex St', Kingston on Whereis.com.au. I don't think it warrants its own article, but that's just my opinion. Perhaps it should get a mention in the Kingston article. [[User:Adz|Adz]] 23:49, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
 
:: Thanks a lot for the information. I've made the required changes and everything appears to be fine :) -- [[User:Daedalus-|Daedalus]] 07:42, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
::Ah, thanks. Seeing as you know something about it, would you be able to add something to the Kingston article about it, so we can redirect [[Causeway, Australian Capital Territory]]/[[The Causeway, Australian Capital Territory]]? [[User:Ambi|Ambi]] 00:25, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
 
:::You're welcome. You seem to finding your way around very well. I noticed you still haven't received the standard Wikipedia welcome though, so I've posted it on your [[User_talk:Daedalus-|talk page]]. Hope some of it's useful. [[User:Gimboid13|Gimboid13]] 09:52, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
::: Ok, I will, but I think it'd appear a bit odd without a more detailed description of Kingston's boundaries, urban character and land uses. I'll add it all to my list of things to do. I'll try to get around to it soon but haven't had much time lately. [[User:Adz|Adz]] 01:08, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
 
:Should [[Melrose High School (Canberra)]] be added to this wikiproject? [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools]] ? --[[User:RobBrisbane|RobBrisbane]] 02:20, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
::::It's one of those little curiosities like [[Oaks Estate]]. I think the original idea under WBG was to have a causeway carrying a railway line from Kingston over to his railway station at the Russell end of Constitution Avenue, but it never got built. From memory, this is the only remnant of the construction workers villages that remains inhabited. The Causeway Hall remains intact, but the old guvvies have been knocked down and new ones put up. I think it deserves an article, because it's a lot more interesting than a lot of the "cookie-cutter" suburbs that were stamped out from the 60s onwards.
 
::Certainly it should be in the Canberra project. In my opinion the shcools project is just too big , but you could add it in, but don't expect any support from that project, there are just too many pages in it, and most of the interest would be local. [[User:Graeme Bartlett|GB]] 03:04, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
:::::There was an article about the Causeway in the Canberra Times earlier this year. It was intended to be another one of Griffin's grand boulevardes but only one block was ever built as the FCC never really liked the idea. Its other purpose was to create a large eastern section of the lake but there were apparently some concerns about flooding and the risk of creating a breeding ground for mozzies. There was actually a wooden bridge at one stage but it got washed away by a flood in the 1940s(?). It looks like a bit of a ghost town now but its an interesting area with a fascinating history. [[User:Gimboid13|Gimboid13]] 18:51, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 
== Willing to contribute ==
::::::Thanks for the explanation, Gimboid - I'll see if I can find the article and put something together. [[User:Ambi|Ambi]] 00:09, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 
Although I have been using Wikipedia for some time now, I am totally new to editing. I live in the Woden area, and saw that most of the suburb articles there are stubs, so I guess that would be as good a place as any to start? [[User:Dikko|Dikko]] 22:44, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
The Causeway as remarked above is part of Kingston but of a separate character. There are a number of early suburbs/areas of Canberra that are not official suburbs now, for example Westlake. Note Kingston used to be called Eastlake and Forrest was Blandfordia. There is a history of Westlake and I think one of the Causeway too. All suburbs are interesting regardless of their date of establshment. The [[Radburn, New Jersey]] plan associated with 1960s suburbs including Garran, Curtin and Hughes is fascinating. So too is why we have moved away from the very structured planning for suburbs in more recent times. One day we will manage to include it in the Wikipedia--[[User:AYArktos|AYArktos]] 10:07, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
 
:Hi Dikko. It's a bit quiet here at the moment, but I'm sure any contributions you'd like to make would be much appreciated. [[User:Gimboid13|Gimboid13]] 09:14, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
:Canberra, by its very nature, has a lot of fascinating development. The way whole suburbs were planned around a design concept, for example. Or the early attempts to portray Canberra as a futuristic city along the lines of Brasilia. The square edged modern houses and housing developments along major entry routes such as Canberra and Northbourne Avenues, in stark contrast to the more conservative 1930s housing nearby in Kingston and Braddon. The vanished workers subrubs - if you poke around between Yarralumla and the lake, you'll find old gardens and remnants of the temporary dwellings constructed during the 1920s. I could care less about the boring Mawson-Dickson line suburbs, though they should each have an article, but it's the quirky parts of Canberra that deserve to have their stories told. Canberra is not yet another city!
 
Well I wonder if it would be worth having a template (or list?) for the major headings - history, geography, demographics, amenities, transport, etc. Also for politics presumably best to link to pages for each electorate? --[[User:Dikko|Dikko]] 09:38, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
::Would it be possible to put together an all-encompassing article detailing these stories and the planning of Canberra? Anyone think this is a good idea/can think of a name for it? It might also be interesting to have a [[Lost suburbs of Canberra]] article. [[User:Ambi|Ambi]] 00:11, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 
:Hello Dikko, all those topics are worth including in a full article. I was told to follow the [[Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory]] example, as that has made it to [[Featured article]] status at least once. In the geography part you can include any hills or creeks, and the general slope of the land. You could mention highest and lowest point. You could have pronounciation of the name in phonetics for the non english readers. You could mention famous people who live in the suburb. Some exotica could be IP number block registered in the suburb or famous companies or interesting businesses (if there are any!) [[User:Graeme Bartlett|GB]] 11:27, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
::: Perhaps it could be included as a ''History'' section in the [[Suburbs of Canberra]] article. Or there could be a paragraph or two in the Suburbs of Canberra article with a link to a main article called something like [[Early urban history of Canberra]] or [[History of Canberra suburbs]] - or something like that. It should probably also mention some of the best bits that are included in other articles, such as the Old bus depot in Kingston, the first airport at Dickson and the first power station in Acton. [[User:Adz|Adz]] 12:34, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 
== Wikipedia Day Awards ==
::::Actually, that's a much better idea. Would there be any interest in dedicating some attention to [[history of Canberra]] and perhaps splitting off some parts into sub-articles (cf. [[History of Sarajevo]])? The main article could do with the attention, and having seperate articles would allow us to cover these issues properly. [[User:Ambi|Ambi]] 13:54, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 
Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of [[Wikipedia:Esperanza|Esperanza's]] proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at [[User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week]] where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. [[User:Badbilltucker|Badbilltucker]] 20:08, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
:::::I have been working on the start of an article called [[Government housing in the Australian Capital Territory]] (which includes the old ''Guvie (Canberra)'' article). The ''early days'' section with some expanding could almost be an [[Early urban history of Canberra]] article. I do intend to expand the article to cover govie housing up until current day. [[User:Martyman|Martyman]]
 
== Schools in CanberraYarralumla ==
 
Yarralumla is the featured article on wikipedia today. Howdoes this happen? [[User:Dikko|Dikko]] 06:43, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
I would like to suggest we add an education section to the Canberra Wikiproject.
:see [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article]] --[[User:Astrokey44|Astrokey]]<small>[[User_talk:Astrokey44|44]]</small> 04:53, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
 
== embassies? ==
Generally education in Canberra could do with some tidying up. Maybe the [[Canberra#Education|Education Section]] of the [[Canberra]] article could be expanded into an overview [[Education in Canberra]] article. At the moment we have "Category:Schools in the Australian Capital Territory" and "Category:Education in Canberra" this seems messy, do all schools need to be added to both or should one category be made a sub-category of the other?
Should we have separate articles for Canberra's embassies as with [[:Category:Embassies and High Commissions in Ottawa|Ottawa]]? At least [[Embassy of the United States in Canberra]] should get its own article --[[User:Astrokey44|Astrokey]]<small>[[User_talk:Astrokey44|44]]</small> 04:53, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
 
:I think the Embassies and High Commissions deserve articles. Some might be difficult to make into more than just a stub, but others could have substanial sections on their history and desgin.WA Burdett 06:00, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
We have a comprehensive [[List of schools in the Australian Capital Territory]]. But I don't think we should be running out and creating articles for every red-link on the page. As discussed on the page, maybe the schools pages should be redirects to the suburb articles, and school content be developed there. In fact any school article that already exists and is below a useful length should probably be merged back into it's parent suburb article, until enough content exists to justify it's own article. [[User:Martyman|Martyman]] 06:05, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
:I'd say only if they are architecturally or historically notable, like [[Australia House]] in London. Otherwise, they can simply be covered in [[Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory|Yarralumla]] or the relevant foreign relations articles (such as [[United States-Australia relations]]).--[[User:Cyberjunkie|cj]] | [[User talk:Cyberjunkie|talk]] 12:13, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
 
==Fauna==
:I think an [[Education in the Australian Capital Territory]] article would be a better name for the suggested summary article.--[[User:Petaholmes|nixie]] 06:14, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
 
I have started an article on [[Fauna of the Australian Capital Territory]].
::Speaking of schools, I just saw the [[Lanyon High School]] article which has a section "recent events" where between "200 and 400 students" are supposed to have attacked the school. Is there a source on this?? a date or even a year might give it some credibility. [[User:Cfitzart|Cfitzart]] 09:08, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
I will add in a bit more about lizards and molluscs eventually as well as some categories.
I would appreciate a bird expert to add into the bird section.
Also I need to find out about worms - earth, flat and round that are found in the ACT.
Are there any good pictures of ACT animals around?
[[User:Graeme Bartlett|GB]] 11:15, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
 
==Canberra founders==
:::Erm, that sounds remarkably like bullshit to me. [[User:Ambi|Ambi]] 02:33, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
What do people think about a category to include people who were notable in the planning and construction of Canberra; people like Griffin, Weston, O'Malley, Sulman etc? --[[User:PDH|Peta]] 06:09, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 
==Is everyone okay?==
I have been doing some work on Education in Canberra. I have created a new [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Canberra/Education|Education section of the WikiProject]] and listed some information there. --[[User:Martyman|Martyman]]-<span style="font-size:90%">[[User_Talk:Martyman|(talk)]]</span> 03:52, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
 
I hope everyone fared okay through last night's storm, and didn't suffer any property damage. The sight this morning is...I'm not sure I've seen anything quite like it. How did you all fare? (On a more project-related note, did anyone get any photos?) [[User:Rebecca|Rebecca]] 00:35, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
== Districts ==
:saw the light show, but it wasnt too bad here. The riotact has some [http://the-riotact.com/?p=4367 good pictures] --[[User:Astrokey44|Astrokey]]<small>[[User_talk:Astrokey44|44]]</small> 11:23, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
I've done a bit of work on the [[Belconnen (district)]] article. I've also put up a 'to do' list on the talk page, which might have been a bit presumptive of me, but it was more a list for my benefit so that I can remember what still needs doing more than anything. It might provide some useful suggestions to anybody who wants to work on other district articles. I think having info on Districts is more valuable that trying to complete all the suburbs as it would give people a better picture of Canberra than if they had to go to every suburb article and then only found out who it was named after and what year it was settled. [[User:Adz|Adz]] 06:53, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
:just remembered there are some showing the damage to the Canberra Centre: [[:Image:Canberra c damage.jpg]] and [[:Image:Cctr4.jpg]] --[[User:Astrokey44|Astrokey]]<small>[[User_talk:Astrokey44|44]]</small> 10:07, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
 
==Map==
:Nice work on this Adz and the todo list is a good prompt. I agree that it is better to have a nicely fleshed out district article with a bit of info on less interesting suburbs, but some of the editors have made it clear that they prefer a separate article per suburb even though most are just a couple of lines of text; go figure. [[User:Garglebutt|Garglebutt]] / [[User_talk:Garglebutt|(talk)]] 07:35, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
[[Image:Canberra 1843-1846.jpg|thumb]]
Heres a cool map from the National Library collection.. from the 1840s, and it shows 'Tageranong', 'Ginninderry', 'Camberry', 'Jerabombera', 'Yarrowlumla', 'Mt.Ainsley' and Pialigo! Interesting to note the name of Moore's property is Camberry with an 'M', rather than Canberry with 'N' as it says on the [[Canberra]] article.. so which one is right? --[[User:Astrokey44|Astrokey]]<small>[[User_talk:Astrokey44|44]]</small> 11:23, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
 
:Cool map indeed! I've always assumed that Kamberry/Camberry were more "accurate" than Canberry. However, that's only because Kamberry was the first instance I ever saw of the "y" ending (ca. 30y.a.) and I don't think I'd ''ever'' seen the "Canberry" rendition until now. That said, [http://www.googlefight.com| Googlefight]says that Canberry = 31,700; Kamberry = 9,880; and Camberry = 1,990. Wow. Even allowing for Canberry being a mispledding of Cranberry, there are 27,500 hits. Hmmm... [[User:Ossipewsk|Ossipewsk]] 05:29, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
::There has always been broad consensus on Wikipedia that suburbs deserve their own articles - try putting one on [[WP:VFD]] and watch how overwhelmingly it gets rejected. This is not to say that a fleshed out district article is useful - they're both important, and one doesn't cancel the other out. [[User:Ambi|Ambi]] 02:33, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
 
== 2006 census data ==
:::I think the problem is that the definition of a suburb in most other cities is different to Canberra. I believe in most cities a suburb has some form of local government associated with it. I do feel that any Canberra suburb that someone feels interesting enough to write a decent article about should exist, but the abundance of two line stubs for many of the newer/less interesting suburbs (while possibly useful as a starting block) is not very useful. [[User:Martyman|Martyman]] 10:51, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
::::It sounds like you're thinking of what a [[suburb]] or [[neighbourhood]] is in North America. In an Australian context, a singular suburb is never (or rarely) municipal or incorporated. Rather, they are merely geographical subdivisions of a larger city or LGA, with an assign postcode. Some suburbs or neighbourhoods in Australia have "residents associations", but these have no legal or official status. Nevertheless, it is appropriate to expect an article on every suburb in Canberra, as for other cities in Australia.--[[User:Cyberjunkie|Cyberjunkie]] | [[User_talk:Cyberjunkie|Talk]] 11:43, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
 
Census data from the ABS will be available in June this year. I will provide the link when the data becomes available. The data can be used as a source for unsourced tidbits in infoboxes. Until then, here's the [http://www8.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?locationLastSearchTerm=&locationSearchTerm=Canberra&searchButton=Search&areacode=&geography=&method=&productlabel=&producttype=QuickStats&topic=&navmapdisplayed=true&javascript=true&breadcrumb=PL&topholder=0&leftholder=0&currentaction=104&action=104&textversion=false&subaction=1 link] to some census 2001 data for use. –[[User:Spebi|<span style="color:#0080FF;font-weight:bold;">Se</span>]][[User talk:Spebi|<span style="color:#53A9FF;">'''''bi'''''</span>]]<span style="font-family:Lucida Console;"> ~</span> 07:49, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
:::::I would have thought the majority of wikipedia users are from North America, and therefore any consensis of keeping all suburb articles would be based on their definition. In Canberra as many as six or so suburbs share one post code. Anyway I am really just arguing this for the sake of it, really I do agree that if enough effort is put in and every suburb gets the details set out in the discussion further up the page, then that would be great. [[User:Martyman|Martyman]] 11:51, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
 
== Suburb directions in infoboxes ==
 
I've noticed a few suburb infoboxes that seem to have directions mixed up where they have the surrounding suburbs (eg. [[Red Hill, Australian Capital Territory|Red Hill]] has Narrabunda to the west, and Garran to the east). I'll try to fix up any errors I notice. --[[User:RobBrisbane|RobBrisbane]] 09:49, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
== new participant ==
 
== Meeting perhaps? ==
Recently, this user [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=60.231.165.107] edited the project page and added [[User:Skyring]] to the list of participants. Skyring is a recently blocked user. The user also added a new Charnwood page here [[Charnwood, ACT]] in addition to [[Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory]] which has been edited. Just not sure whats going on here? [[User:Cfitzart|Cfitzart]] 05:51, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
 
Hi there Canberra members. This might be cheeky but what the heck. I'm a fairly new member of Wikipedia and have come across a couple of other Canberrans crossing my path in Wikiland. I gather the West Australians get together every now and then. I'm wondering whether we would like to too. Would anyone be interested in meeting at the Bookplate at the National Library of Australia - where better for Wikipedians to meet? - this Saturday July 7 at 2.30pm? Would you please post your responses here or at my page? Of course, if you wish to stay anonymous that's fine but if you'd like to meet up let's do it. [[User:Sterry2607|Sterry2607]] 11:32, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
:Actually, he is a not-so-recently ''banned'' user. He should not be editing at all. You are well within your rights to remove him from the list (ie, revert him) if you wish.--[[User:Cyberjunkie|Cyberjunkie]] | [[User_talk:Cyberjunkie|Talk]] 05:57, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
 
:I'd be happy to meet up with people sometime, but I'm afraid I can't do this Saturday, as I'm still out of the territory. If it can wait another week or so, I'll certainly try and come. [[User:Rebecca|Rebecca]] 12:13, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
::I've been working on a few Canberra suburbs recently, mostly adding links to the satellite images, such as in [[Duffy]] and Civic. I came upon the [[Charnwood]] article and as there was no dab page or note, assumed that there wasn't a corresponding Charnwood, ACT article. Bzzzzt, wrong! I've put my page up for speedy deletion and added the bits of material to the [[Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory]] article. Sorry for the confusion!
 
:: Thanks for your prompt response Rebecca. I've heard from one person who can make this Saturday but not the next two after that. I'm OK the next few but not 28 July. Can you please give me a couple of dates that would suit you and I'll see what consensus we get. If I get enough for this week we'll go with that and then see what people would like to do from then on. If, however, a later date suits we'll organise that. OK? [[User:Sterry2607|Sterry2607]] 12:40, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
:::You don't speedy duplicate articles. You merge, then redirect. If you honestly mistook the convention as "Charnwood, ACT", then someone else could. A redirect will prevent that problem. I've replaced the CSD notice and duplicate content with a redirect. --[[User:MarkGallagher|fuddlemark]] ([[User talk:MarkGallagher|fuddle me!]]) 06:43, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
 
:::I should be back in Canberra some time around the 16th - any time after that should be fine. If it doesn't suit others to wait, however, perhaps I might be able to come along to the next one instead. :) [[User:Rebecca|Rebecca]] 12:52, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
::::Yeah, thanks for that. Do you think we need a dab page, with [[Charnwood]] in England and [[Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory|Charnwood]] in Canberra, to avoid the sort of mistake that tripped me up, or is the note on the English page good enough? I used the same thing with [[Ebbw Vale]] and that seemed to have consensus.
::::It looks like I have come along to this conversation too late for the meeting on the [[7 July]] but a weekday at lunch time at the National Libary could do for me. [[User:Graeme Bartlett|GB]] 11:14, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 
== Bruce, Australian Capital Teritory incorrect on Google Earth ==
:::Mark, there's no need to indulge him. He's becoming ever-more sloppy in an effort to entice interaction. --[[User:Cyberjunkie|Cyberjunkie]] | [[User_talk:Cyberjunkie|Talk]] 11:58, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
 
Google Earth shows a pink dot at 32.27'59,52'S 138.11'59.13'E
::::Seems to be working, then! But no, honest mistake. I should have checked before creating a new article. I don't think anyone's putting me forward as the perfect editor, least of all myself!
The link is to the Wikipedia entry for Bruce ACT.
The pink dot is aprox 1,050 Km away from its correct ___location.
 
(unsigned)
:::::Be a good boy. Go away.--[[User:Cyberjunkie|Cyberjunkie]] | [[User_talk:Cyberjunkie|Talk]] 03:35, 20 September 2005 (UTC)
 
:Fixed - the original coordinates were for [[Bruce, South Australia]]. See [[Talk:Bruce, Australian Capital Territory]]. --[[User:RobBrisbane|RobBrisbane]] 09:15, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
:Oh please. It's so obvious what you're trying to do Skyring. Go away.--[[User:Cyberjunkie|Cyberjunkie]] | [[User_talk:Cyberjunkie|Talk]] 06:10, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
 
== Anything needed in/from/near/of Tuggeranong? ==
I have reverted him. Skyring, you are welcome to edit when your ban expires on the proviso you stop your trolling activities. Have a good day, --[[User:Cyberjunkie|Cyberjunkie]] | [[User_talk:Cyberjunkie|Talk]] 06:25, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
 
Can anyone point me at articles pertaining to Tuggeranong that need further work? I've got a bit of time down in this part of the world, and would like to contribute what I can. [[User:Samwilson|—Sam Wilson (Australia)]] 04:50, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
:Thanks. My advice to you is to not to get all fired up about it. If you think someone's trolling, just ignore them and hope they'll go away. Stress is what ends a lot of useful wikicareers. Take it easy, do good work, don't grind your teeth.
 
:Nice to see another editor from Canberra around here! There's a whole lot of stuff in the Tuggeranong area that could do with some help. The [[Tuggeranong]] article itself isn't bad in terms of early history, but there's very little after suburban development actually began in the area, and the article doesn't have much other than history. The articles on individual suburbs could all do with some work, and photos of them would be fantastic if you happen to own a camera. [[Tuggeranong Town Centre]] is a pretty lousy stub, and could also do with a photo, and [[Centro Tuggeranong]] could do with some expansion. There's also the possibility of articles of articles on landmarks and such, but I'm not actually all that familiar with the area - in three years in Canberra, I've ventured down there all of once, so I can't really help with any more suggestions than that. [[User:Rebecca|Rebecca]] 05:23, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
::Again, it's so obvious what you're trying to do. Skyring, go away.--[[User:Cyberjunkie|Cyberjunkie]] | [[User_talk:Cyberjunkie|Talk]] 11:58, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
 
Hi Sam — if you look at the [[Yarralumla]] article you can see what kind of detail and quality is needed to get the article to a featured article status. If you could add in the missing information on the Tuggeranong suburb articles there would be some progress forward. You could aim to get each article up to B grade at least! [[User:Graeme Bartlett|GB]] 05:48, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
== Map template ==
 
== Photo of Russian embassy required ==
Following along from the Google Maps links I did recently, I'm pleased to see that we've got a map template to automatically generate links to a number of mapping sites. All you do is insert <nowiki>{{Mapit-AUS-suburbscale|long=149.035|lat=-35.337}}</nowiki> and modify the latitude and longitude to suit. The "suburbscale" keyword generates a scale sufficient to show a whole suburb.
 
I have reformatted [[Diplomatic missions of Russia]] and have included a column which is to be populated of the various Russian diplomatic missions, and the article needs a photo of the Russian Embassy which is located at 78 Canberra Avenue in Griffith. Can any Canberrians assist with this? Chers --[[User:Russavia|Russavia]] 17:27, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
One point to watch: make sure that you show the latitude with a minus sign in it, otherwise you end up with a map from somewhere in the region of Japan!
:Done.--[[User:Grahamec|Grahamec]] 07:02, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
::it is difficult to get a good photograph of the Russian Embassy in Canberra - it is behind a phalanx of densely planted conifers, and I wouldn't want any eager contributors to dangle a camera through the fence. The trees were planted for a reason.
::[[User:Kransky|Kransky]] 06:13, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
 
== Proposed deletions ([[WP:PROD]]) ==
Here's the template with the information above, shown for [[Duffy]]:
{{Mapit-AUS-suburbscale|long=149.035|lat=-35.337}}
 
* 14 September 2007 - expires 19 September
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== Proposed Canberra Meet-up ==
:Nice. I've added it to the other Weston Creek suburb articles. - [[User:Gimboid13|Gimboid13]] 03:48, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
[[Wikipedia:Meetup/Canberra 1]] - add your suggestions [[User:Kransky|Kransky]] 06:30, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
 
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== Suggested new category Local History - Canberra and region ==
 
 
 
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== Canberra day trip (Request some photos) ==
 
I'll be in Canberra on Monday however my time will be limited to about 4 - 5 hours. If you can list some articles that need newer photos or don't have photos I'll rate them on importance. [[User:Bidgee|Bidgee]] ([[User talk:Bidgee|talk]]) 05:50, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
 
:I think we're pretty good for most landmarks if I remember correctly. The main thing left outstanding is photos for suburb articles - if you could grab some of those (local shops are the obvious one, considering as they're in nearly every Canberra suburb) that would be great. [[User:Rebecca|Rebecca]] ([[User talk:Rebecca|talk]]) 06:03, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
 
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== Friday March 20 brunch meetup thingy ==
 
Hi Canberrans,
 
On March 20th Liam ([[user:wittylama]] and I will both be in Canberra, meeting with lots of interesting folk from interesting orgs. One of our meetings will be a brunch around 9am. We would really like to meet up with local editors who are interested in helping make a "wiki conf" in Canberra around November happen. (See <http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/AusWikiConf_2009> for some background)
 
If you are not too interested in that but still want to meet up, that's cool too. :) Please [[special:emailuser/pfctdayelise|email me]] so we can swap contact info and such for when a venue is set.
 
thanks! --[[User:pfctdayelise|pfctdayelise]] <small>([[user talk:pfctdayelise|talk]])</small> 13:05, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 
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== Wiki Conference in Canberra - help needed ==
 
As [[User:pfctdayelise]] mentions a few sections up, there are plans for a conference in Canberra probably around November/early December. However, there are only a couple of people involved in organising it right now, and we need some serious help. I am not exactly the most contactable person right now (laptop has been waiting for a new hard drive for over a month now), but if you are willing to help in any capacity (particularly Treasurer, because it's not a popular job in the first place and it needs someone highly competent to do it) please contact me via [[Special:Emailuser/ConMan]]. [[User:ConMan|Confusing Manifestation]]<small>([[User talk:ConMan|Say hi!]])</small> 09:17, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
 
== Canberra meetup tomorrow! ==
 
I thought this was going to be spammed earlier by someone else, so apologies for the late notice. As well as a meetup in Sydney [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney#Next_meetup:_August_4th|tonight]], there will be a number of Australian and international Wikimedians, along with possibly some other guests, meeting at King O'Malley's pub tomorrow night (August 5th) at 6pm, as a precursor to the [http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/GLAM GLAM-WIKI] conference later in the week. Details [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Canberra/4|here]]. [[User:ConMan|Confusing Manifestation]]<small>([[User talk:ConMan|Say hi!]])</small> 06:42, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
 
== FAR for History of the Australian Capital Territory ==
 
{{#if:|[[User:{{{2}}}]] has|I have}} nominated [[History of the Australian Capital Territory]] for a [[Wikipedia:Featured article review/History of the Australian Capital Territory/archive1|featured article review here]]. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets [[Wikipedia:What is a featured article?|featured article criteria]]. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are [[Wikipedia:Featured article review|here]].) <i>[[User:Grondemar|&ndash;]][[User talk:Grondemar|Grondemar]]</i> 04:40, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
 
== WP 1.0 bot announcement ==
 
This message is being sent to each WikiProject that participates in the [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment|WP 1.0 assessment system]]. On '''Saturday, January 23, 2010''', the [[User:WP 1.0 bot|WP 1.0 bot]] will be upgraded. Your project does not need to take any action, but the appearance of your project's [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Canberra articles by quality statistics|summary table]] will change. The upgrade will make many new, optional features available to all WikiProjects. Additional information is available at the [[Wikipedia talk:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Index|WP 1.0 project homepage]]. &mdash;&nbsp;Carl <small>([[User:CBM|CBM]]&nbsp;·&nbsp;[[User talk:CBM|talk]])</small> 03:05, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 
== Photos required from Canberra ==
 
I am currently working on many various articles for which I require photos from around the world. I am currently requiring photos from Canberra for these articles, and I was hoping that this message would reach a photographer who can take the photos for me. The photos I currently require are listed at [[User:Russavia/Required_photos#Canberra]]. If any photographers can assist with this, I would be most appreciative. Please leave any comments or questions for me on my talk page at [[User_talk:Russavia]] as I am unlikely to read replies. Thanks in advance for any assistance which can be provided. Cheers, --[[User:Russavia|Russavia]] <sup>[[User talk:Russavia|I'm chanting as we speak]]</sup> 06:17, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
 
:Embassy of Russia isn't easy to photograph as it has pine trees lined around it but I do know were it is, I'll be in Canberra on ANZAC Day and if I have time I'll get some photos. [[User:Bidgee|Bidgee]] ([[User talk:Bidgee|talk]]) 08:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
::Did you get a good photo? [[User:Graeme Bartlett|Graeme Bartlett]] ([[User talk:Graeme Bartlett|talk]]) 22:16, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
:::Bidgee was kind enough to get a photo of the RusOrth church, and I will begin work on the article at [[User:Russavia/RusOrthAust]] soon. They also noted at [[User:Russavia/Required_photos#Australian_Capital_Territory]] that daylight ran out to get the trade mission, and the hedges are a problem at the embassy. Will see what I can do with the embassy when I email them this week. --[[User:Russavia|Russavia]] <sup>[[User talk:Russavia|I'm chanting as we speak]]</sup> 03:20, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
 
== FAR nom Canberra ==
 
{{#if:|[[User:{{{2}}}]] has|I have}} nominated [[Canberra]] for a [[Wikipedia:Featured article review/{{#if:Canberra/archive1|Canberra/archive1|Canberra/archive{{#if:||1}}}}|featured article review here]]. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets [[Wikipedia:What is a featured article?|featured article criteria]]. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are [[Wikipedia:Featured article review|here]]. -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 16:14, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
 
== Recent Changes Camp Canberra Aug 11, 2010 ==
[[Image:Rcc2010-icon.svg|left|50px]] For those people who are in Canberra or could come to Canberra, you may wish to attend to this:
RecentChangesCamp, Canberra is being held at the University of Canberra, Building 7, Room 7XC37 on Wednesday 11 August 2010.<br>
[http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/University_of_Canberra/RCC_Canberra ABOUT] | [http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/University_of_Canberra/RCC_Canberra/Registration REGISTRATION] | [http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/University_of_Canberra/RCC_Canberra/Schedule SCHEDULE]
 
Please register so they can prepare lunch. ask ([[User:Leighblackall|Leighblackall]] [[User talk:Leighblackall|talk]]) for more info. [[User:Graeme Bartlett|Graeme Bartlett]] ([[User talk:Graeme Bartlett|talk]]) 10:48, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
 
== Canberra articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release ==
 
Version 0.8 is a collection of Wikipedia articles selected by the [[Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team|Wikipedia 1.0 team]] for offline release on USB key, DVD and mobile phone. Articles were [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Article selection|selected based on their assessed importance and quality]], then article ''versions'' (revisionIDs) were chosen for trustworthiness (freedom from vandalism) using an adaptation of the [[WikiTrust]] algorithm.
 
We would like to ask you to review the [http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&namespace=0&pagename=&quality=&importance=&score=&limit=100&offset=1&sorta=Importance&sortb=Quality&filterRelease=on&reviewFilter=0&releaseFilter=1&projecta=Canberra Canberra articles and revisionIDs we have chosen]. Selected articles are marked with a diamond symbol (&diams;) to the right of each article, and this symbol links to the selected version of each article. If you believe we have included or excluded articles inappropriately, please contact us at '''[[Wikipedia talk:Version 0.8]]''' with the details. You may wish to look at your WikiProject's [http://toolserver.org/~cbm/cgi-bin/problems.cgi articles with cleanup tags] and try to improve any that need work; if you do, please give us the new revisionID at [[Wikipedia talk:Version 0.8]]. We would like to complete this consultation period by midnight UTC on Monday, October 11th.
 
We have greatly streamlined the process since the Version 0.7 release, so we aim to have the collection ready for distribution by the end of October, 2010. As a result, we are planning to distribute the collection much more widely, while continuing to work with groups such as [[One Laptop per Child]] and [http://schools-wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia for Schools] to extend the reach of Wikipedia worldwide. Please help us, with [[Wikipedia_talk:Version_0.8|your WikiProject's feedback]]!
 
For the Wikipedia 1.0 editorial team, [[User:SelectionBot|SelectionBot]] 22:10, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
 
== WikiProject cleanup listing ==
 
I have created together with [[User:Smallman12q|Smallman12q]] a toolserver tool that shows a weekly-updated list of cleanup categories for WikiProjects, that can be used as a replacement for [[User:WolterBot|WolterBot]] and this WikiProject is among those that are already included (because it is a member of [[:Category:WolterBot cleanup listing subscriptions]]). See [[User:Svick/WikiProject cleanup listing|the tool's wiki page]], [http://toolserver.org/~svick/CleanupListing/CleanupListing.php?project=Canberra this project's listing in one big table] or [http://toolserver.org/~svick/CleanupListing/CleanupListingByCat.php?project=Canberra by categories] and [http://toolserver.org/~svick/CleanupListing/Index.php the index of WikiProjects]. [[User:Svick|Svick]] ([[User talk:Svick|talk]]) 21:16, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
 
== Canberra Recent Changes Camp ==
 
{{Wikipedia:Meetup/Canberra/RCC}}
 
== Presentation at the NLA on Friday ==
This Friday (Feb 11th) I've been invited by the National Library to give a presentation beginning at 12:30 discussing my time at the British Museum as their [[WP:GLAM/BM|Wikipedian in residence]]. If you'd like to come along I'd be very glad for the Wikimedian company in the audience so I can call upon other opinions/expertise/ideas in the Q&A session! The details of the event are here: http://www.nla.gov.au/events/showevent.html?q=58185 Also, if anyone is interested in meeting up for dinner on Thursday night (Tomorrow) send me an email via the 'email this user' feature. Cheers! [[User:witty lama|Witty]] [[User talk:witty lama|Lama]] 06:45, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
 
:I'll try to make it along. [[User:Nick-D|Nick-D]] ([[User talk:Nick-D|talk]]) 08:01, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
 
== Wikimedians to the Games ==
 
If there are any sport fans lurking around, [[:outreach:History of the Paralympic Movement in Australia/Wikimedians to the Games|Wikimedians to the Games]] is a collaboration drive to improve Australian Paralympic articles, with the most active contributors having an opportunity to go attend the Paralympic Games and to cover the Games behind the scenes with a press pass. The top two contributors will get their airfare and accommodation paid for. :) The drive official starts on 10 January 2012. --[[User:LauraHale|LauraHale]] ([[User talk:LauraHale|talk]]) 10:03, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
 
== Canberra photographer? ==
 
I need a photographer in Canberra tomorrow if anyone is around and or available. I've gotten access to media coverage for Gymnastics Australia related to the Olympians. If you are available tomorrow during the day, please send me an e-mail or give me a call today ASAP. --[[User:LauraHale|LauraHale]] ([[User talk:LauraHale|talk]]) 01:38, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
 
== List of tallest buildings in Canberra ==
 
Just to let you know that a Kiwi is working on this [[User:CHCBOY/List of tallest buildings in Canberra|article in his userspace]]. I'm sure he'd appreciate a hand by the locals. '''[[User:Schwede66|<span style="color:#000000;">Schwede</span>]][[User talk:Schwede66|<span style="color:#FF4500;">66</span>]]''' 18:24, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
 
==[[Petrie Plaza]]==
Hello. I just wanted to let anyone with an interest in this article know that I have proposed deletion based on [[WP:MILL]] and [[WP:DIRECTORY]] and a general lack of notability. [[User:Dfadden|Dfadden]] ([[User talk:Dfadden|talk]]) 12:00, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 
== Comment on the WikiProject X proposal ==
 
Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please '''[[meta:Grants:IEG/WikiProject X|review the proposal here]]''' and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my [[User talk:Harej|talk page]]. Thank you for your time! <small>(Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.)</small> [[User:Harej|Harej]] ([[User talk:Harej|talk]]) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
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== Photo of ANZAC Parade ==
 
There has been some disagreement lately about what photograph to use in the infobox for [[ANZAC Parade, Canberra]].
 
I assert that [[:File:Canberra - Parliament from the Australian War Memorial.jpg]] is not a realistic colour, and that [[:File:Anzac Parade Canberra 2014-09-16.jpg]] is a more accurate representation of the colour, but {{U|Bidgee}} apparently disagrees.
 
Disclosure: I took [[:File:Anzac Parade Canberra 2014-09-16.jpg]] (while visiting from Perth), so I admit to being biased about its merits.
 
Could some Canberra locals please give an opinion as which photograph is a more accurate representation of the colour. [[User:Mitch Ames|Mitch Ames]] ([[User talk:Mitch Ames|talk]]) 07:37, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
 
: Here's [https://www.google.com/maps/@-35.290229,149.140386,3a,75y,34.91h,87.52t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sKBl7Bv_OBiuwCYMhTAl-ZQ!2e0 Google Street View] from 2015. [[:File:Canberra - Parliament from the Australian War Memorial.jpg]] is wildly over-saturated by comparison. [[User:Weedwhacker128|Weedwhacker128]] ([[User talk:Weedwhacker128|talk]]) 20:11, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
::File:Anzac Parade Canberra 2014-09-16.jpg has more realistic colour, but the other has better sunlight and more interesting sky. See [[:commons:Category:Land axis from the Australian War Memorial]] for other images that support the colour. [[User:Graeme Bartlett|Graeme Bartlett]] ([[User talk:Graeme Bartlett|talk]]) 21:31, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
:::{{tq|"the other has better sunlight and more interesting sky"}} &mdash; which would be relevant if we were illustrating the weather in Canberra, but the photo is supposed to accurately represent the road (ie the subject of the article), not the sky. [[User:Mitch Ames|Mitch Ames]] ([[User talk:Mitch Ames|talk]]) 11:31, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
::::I agree that the orange in File:Canberra - Parliament from the Australian War Memorial.jpg is over-saturated. File:Anzac Parade Canberra 2014-09-16.jpg also isn't great due to the gloomy weather - things are a bit more orange than that. [[User:Nick-D|Nick-D]] ([[User talk:Nick-D|talk]]) 11:38, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
:::::Any local Canberrans fancy taking a better-coloured photo, or tweaking the colour on either of the existing ones to make it more realistic? [[User:Mitch Ames|Mitch Ames]] ([[User talk:Mitch Ames|talk]]) 12:51, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
[[:File:Anzac Parade Canberra 2014-09-16.jpg]] exists and appears to be far closer to reality than the current photo. The "interesting sky" mentioned above in the current image is also wildly over saturated. I would suggest that Anzac Parade Canberra 2014-09-16.jpg be restored. [[User:Weedwhacker128|Weedwhacker128]] ([[User talk:Weedwhacker128|talk]]) 08:02, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
 
== WikiConfererence Australia 2015 - Save the date 3-5 October 2015 ==
 
Our first Australian conference for Wikipedians/Wikimedians will be held 3-5 October 2015. Organised by [[meta:Wikimedia Australia|Wikimedia Australia]], there will be a 2-day conference (Saturday 3 October and Sunday 4 October) with an optional 3rd day (Monday 5 October) for specialist topics (unconference discussions, training sessions, etc). The venue is the [[State Library of Queensland]] in [[Brisbane]]. So put those dates in your diary! Note: Monday is a public holiday is some states but not others. Read about it here: [[meta:WikiConference Australia 2015|WikiConference Australia 2015]]
 
As part of that page, there are now sections for you to:
* indicate your interest in possibly attending the conference (this is not a binding commitment, of course)
* add suggestions for topics to include in the conference: what you would like to hear/discuss (again, there is no commit to you presenting/organising that topic, although it’s great if you are willing to do so), or indicate your enthusiasm for any existing topic on the list by adding a note of support underneath it
It would really help our planning if you could let us know about possible attendance and the kind of topics that would make you want to come. If you don’t want to express your views on-wiki, please email me at kerry.raymond@wikimedia.org.au or committee@wikimedia.org.au
 
We are hoping to have travel subsidies available to assist active Australasian Wikipedians to attend the conference, although we are not currently in a position to provide details, but be assured we are doing everything we can to make it possible for active Australian Wikipedians to come to the conference. [[User:Kerry Raymond|Kerry]] ([[User talk:Kerry Raymond|talk]]) 00:18, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
 
:Folks, just letting you know we will not be proceeding with Wikiconference Australia 2015 originally proposed for 3-5 October 2015. Thanks to those of you who expressed your support. You are free to watch the football finals instead :-) [[User:Kerry Raymond|Kerry]] ([[User talk:Kerry Raymond|talk]]) 08:27, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
 
== [[Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride 2015|Wiki Loves Pride]]! ==
 
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You are invited to participate in '''[[Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride 2015|Wiki Loves Pride]]'''!
 
* ''What?'' '''[[Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride 2015|Wiki Loves Pride]]''', a campaign to document and photograph '''[[LGBT]] culture and history''', including pride events
* ''When?'' '''June 2015'''
* ''How can you help?''
*: 1.) Create or improve LGBT-related articles and showcase the results of your work '''[[Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride 2015/Results|here]]'''
*: 2.) Upload photographs or other media related to LGBT culture and history, including pride events, and add images to relevant Wikipedia articles; feel free to create a subpage with a gallery of your images (see [[Wikipedia:Wiki_Loves_Pride_2014#Photography|examples from last year]])
*: 3.) Contribute to an LGBT-related task force at another Wikimedia project ('''[[:wikidata:Wikidata:WikiProject LGBT|Wikidata]]''', '''[[:commons:Commons:LGBT Free Media Collective|Wikimedia Commons]]''', '''[[:wikivoyage: Wikivoyage:LGBT Expedition|Wikivoyage]]''', [[:meta: Wikimedia LGBT/Interwiki|etc]].)
 
Or, view or update the current list of '''[[Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride/Tasks|Tasks]]'''. This campaign is supported by the '''[[:meta:Wikimedia LGBT/Portal|Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group]]''', an officially recognized affiliate of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]]. Visit the group's page at Meta-Wiki for more information, or follow '''[https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaLGBT Wikimedia LGBT+ on Facebook]'''. Remember, Wiki Loves Pride is about creating and improving LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects, and content should have a [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|neutral point of view]]. One does ''not'' need to identify as LGBT or any other gender or sexual minority to participate. This campaign is about adding accurate, reliable information to Wikipedia, plain and simple, and all are welcome!
 
If you have any questions, please [[Wikipedia talk:Wiki Loves Pride 2015|leave a message on the campaign's main talk page]].
 
 
Thanks, and happy editing!
 
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== Please help with The Lodge - Historical detail ==
 
Could somebody please take a look at the article about [[The Lodge (Australia)]]?
A recent edit suggests that Whitlam was a resident during kitchen renovations in 1977. Whitlam was dismissed in 1975. The date should either say 1975, or the resident should be edited to say Fraser. Or some other solution. Thanks. [[Special:Contributions/203.26.235.14|203.26.235.14]] ([[User talk:203.26.235.14|talk]]) 11:47, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
 
== Wiki meetup on the 17 February ==
 
I will be in the city for the Canberra part of the [https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Wikidata_Tour_Down_Under#Canberra Wikidata Tour Down Under], though it would be also a good opportunity for a meetup of fellow contributors or those interested in Wikipedia/Wikimedia. The meetup will be at King O'Malley's Irish Pub located on City Walk in Civic on [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Canberra/February 2016|17 February 2016]]. [[User:Bidgee|Bidgee]] ([[User talk:Bidgee|talk]]) 12:31, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
 
== Future meetup ==
 
There will be another meetup sometime in the year, happy to hear suggestions on day, time and ___location. Though understandably Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing) will only be here for the 17 February meetup. [[User:Bidgee|Bidgee]] ([[User talk:Bidgee|talk]]) 08:08, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
 
== August meet-up ==
 
I'll be in Canberra from the 29-30 August, there is a [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Canberra/August 2016|planned meet-up]] at King O'Malley's (though I'm open to suggestions) from 6pm on the 29 August. Sorry for the short noticed, only had the trip confirmed this afternoon. [[User:Bidgee|Bidgee]] ([[User talk:Bidgee|talk]]) 10:51, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
==New 5000 Challenge for Australia==
Hi, [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/The 5000 Challenge]] and the wider [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Oceania/The 10,000 Challenge]] are up and running based on [[Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge]] for the UK which has currently produced over 2300 article improvements and creations. If you'd like to see large scale quality improvements happening for Australia and Oceania like [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon|The Africa Destubathon]], which has produced over 1600 articles in 5 weeks, sign up on the page. The idea will be an ongoing national editathon/challenge for Australia but fuelled by a contest if desirable to really get articles on every state/territory and subject mass improved. After every 100 articles done for Australia this would feed into the main Oceania one. I will start a smaller challenge for your area if there is the support. I would like some support from wikipedians here to get the Challenge off to a start anyway with some articles to make doing a Destubathon for Australia and Oceania worthwhile! Cheers.♦ [[User:Dr. Blofeld|<span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#aba67e">''Dr. Blofeld''</span>]] 21:14, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
 
==Neglected, overlooked, but considered important==
 
Greetings project page watchers - there is a current strategy survey that has slipped past - we have had opportunities in Melbourne and Sydney,....
 
:[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017/Cycle 2|Join the next cycle of Wikimedia movement strategy discussions (underway until June 12)]]
 
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The Wikimedia movement strategy core team and working groups have completed reviewing the more than 1800 thematic statements we received from the first discussion. They have identified [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017/Cycle 2|5 themes that were consistent across all the conversations]] - each with their own set of sub-themes. These are not the final themes, just an initial working draft of the core concepts.
 
You are invited to [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017/Participate|join the online and offline discussions taking place]] on these 5 themes. This round of discussions will take place between now and June 12th. You can discuss as many as you like; we ask you to participate in the ones that are most (or least) important to you.
 
Here are the five themes, each has a page on Meta-Wiki with more information about the theme and how to participate in that theme's discussion:
 
* [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017/Cycle 2/Healthy, Inclusive Communities|Healthy, Inclusive Communities]]
* [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017/Cycle 2/The Augmented Age|The Augmented Age]]
* [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017/Cycle 2/A Truly Global Movement|A Truly Global Movement]]
* [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017/Cycle 2/The Most Respected Source of Knowledge|The Most Respected Source of Knowledge]]
* [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017/Cycle 2/Engaging in the Knowledge Ecosystem|Engaging in the Knowledge Ecosystem]]
 
On the [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017/Participate|movement strategy portal on Meta-Wiki]], you can find more information about each of these themes, their discussions, and how to participate.
 
 
You may have already responded somewhere - just in case you havent already - you are welcome to do so here, on the australian noticeboard, or if you have any questions you are welcome to contact strategy@wikimedia.org.au
 
[[User:JarrahTree|JarrahTree]] 04:03, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
 
== WikiProject collaboration notice from the [[WP:WPPORT|Portals WikiProject]] ==
 
The reason I am contacting you is because there are one or more portals that fall under this subject, and the Portals WikiProject is currently undertaking a major drive to automate portals that may affect them.
 
Portals are being redesigned.
 
The new design features are being applied to existing portals.
 
At present, we are gearing up for a maintenance pass of portals in which the introduction section will be upgraded to no longer need a subpage. In place of static copied and pasted excerpts will be self-updating excerpts displayed through selective transclusion, using the template {{tl|Transclude lead excerpt}}.
 
The discussion about this can be found '''[[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Portals#AWB_team_please_tackle_maintenance_run_on_intro_sections|here]]'''.
 
Maintainers of specific portals are encouraged to sign up as project members '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Portals#Specific_portal_maintainers|here]]''', noting the portals they maintain, so that those portals are skipped by the maintenance pass. Currently, we are interested in upgrading neglected and abandoned portals. There will be opportunity for maintained portals to opt-in later, or the portal maintainers can handle upgrading (the portals they maintain) personally at any time.
 
=== Background ===
 
On April 8th, 2018, an [[Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/RfC: Ending the system of portals|RfC ("Request for comment") proposal was made to eliminate all portals and the portal namespace]]. On April 17th, the Portals WikiProject was rebooted to handle the revitalization of the portal system. On May 12th, the RfC was closed with the result to keep portals, by a margin of about 2 to 1 in favor of keeping portals.
 
There's an [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2018-05-24/WikiProject report|article in the current edition of the Signpost interviewing project members about the RfC and the Portals WikiProject]].
 
Since the reboot, the Portals WikiProject has been busy building tools and components to upgrade portals.
 
So far, 84 editors have joined.
 
If you would like to keep abreast of what is happening with portals, see the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals/Newsletter archive|newsletter archive]].
 
If you have any questions about what is happening with portals or the Portals WikiProject, please post them on the [[WT:WPPORT|WikiProject's talk page]].
 
Thank you. <span class="nowrap">&nbsp;&nbsp; &mdash; ''[[User talk:The Transhumanist|The&nbsp;Transhumanist]]''&nbsp;&nbsp; </span> 10:54, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
 
== Upcoming conference - Wikimedia Australia Community Conference, Sydney, 15 June 2019 ==
 
For more information, please see [[Wikipedia:Australian Wikipedians' notice board#Wikimedia Australia Community Conference, Sydney, 15 June 2019|Wikimedia Australia Community Conference, Sydney, 15 June 2019]] [[User:JarrahTree|JarrahTree]] 10:25, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
 
== Request for information on WP1.0 web tool ==
 
Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the [[User:WP_1.0_bot|WP 1.0 Bot]]! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the [[:toolforge:enwp10/cgi-bin/pindex.fcgi|web tool]] that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.
 
We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScK30kJtKQ3cp-QLY1VJhB94HP2q6437Cdk3E2rVRYHowcL4A/viewform?usp=sf_link this Google form] where you can leave your response. [[User:Walkerma|Walkerma]] ([[User talk:Walkerma|talk]]) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)
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== User script to detect unreliable sources ==
 
{{Main|User:Headbomb/unreliable}}
I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to [[WP:URS|unreliable sources]] and [[predatory journal]]s. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the [[Wikipedia:User scripts/Most imported scripts|39th most imported script on Wikipedia]]. The idea is that it takes something like
*John Smith "[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14. (<code><nowiki>John Smith "[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14.</nowiki></code>)
and turns it into something like
* John Smith "{{highlight|[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]|pink}}" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14.
 
It will work on a variety of links, including those from {{tl|cite web}}, {{tl|cite journal}} and {{tl|doi}}.
 
The script is mostly based on [[WP:RSPSOURCES]], [[WP:NPPSG]] and [[WP:CITEWATCH]] and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.
 
Do note that this is '''not a script to be mindlessly used''', and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at [[User:Headbomb/unreliable]]. Questions, comments and requests can be made at [[User talk:Headbomb/unreliable]].
 
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== Wikimedia Australia meetup, 3 June 2022 ==
 
Wikimedia Australia is organising a meetup in Canberra for drinks on the evening of 3 June. Details are at [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Canberra/June 2022]]. [[User:Nick-D|Nick-D]] ([[User talk:Nick-D|talk]]) 06:35, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 
== One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement! ==
 
 
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== Project-independent quality assessments ==
 
Quality assessments are used by Wikipedia editors to rate the quality of articles in terms of completeness, organization, prose quality, sourcing, etc. Most wikiprojects follow the general guidelines at [[Wikipedia:Content assessment]], but some have specialized assessment guidelines. A recent [[WP:Village pump (proposals)/Archive_198#Project-independent_quality_assessments|Village pump proposal]] was approved and has been implemented to add a {{para|class}} parameter to {{tl|WikiProject banner shell}}, which can display a general quality assessment for an article, and to let project banner templates "inherit" this assessment.
 
No action is required if your wikiproject follows the standard assessment approach. Over time, quality assessments will be migrated up to {{tl|WikiProject banner shell}}, and your project banner will automatically "inherit" any changes to the general assessments for the purpose of assigning categories.
== grapevine isp ==
Recently this article [[Grapevine ISP]] was added to the canberra category, seems like it could be corporate promotion?. The organisation is owned by [[ActewAGL]] and [[TransACT]], and the creator of the article, [[User:Aceyducey]] has only contributed to those articles, all on the same day: [[Special:Contributions/Aceyducey]] ---- [[User:Astrokey44|Astrokey44]] 07:00, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
:It's still quite notable, and the article isn't bad, so I don't see much of a problem. [[User:Ambi|Ambi]] 07:33, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
::fair enough, just checking.. [[User:Astrokey44|Astrokey44]] 09:32, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 
However, if your project has decided to "opt out" and follow a non-standard quality assessment approach, all you have to do is modify your wikiproject banner template to pass {{tl|WPBannerMeta}} a new {{para|QUALITY_CRITERIA|custom}} parameter. If this is done, changes to the general quality assessment will be ignored, and your project-level assessment will be displayed and used to create categories, as at present. [[User:Aymatth2|Aymatth2]] ([[User talk:Aymatth2|talk]]) 20:53, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
==Change of stub templates==
After the discussion mentioned above, the stub templates and categories relating to Canberra have been changed.
*{{tl|Canberra-stub}} used to link with {{cl|Canberra-related stubs}} - it now links with {{cl|Australian Capital Territory stubs}} - the reason for this is that almost all of ACt's stubs would be about Canberra anyway, and the remainder would probably relate quite strongly to the city. It also saves having a small number of stubs which wouldn't otherwise have a category.
*{{tl|Canberra suburb stub}} used to link with {{cl|Canberra suburb stubs}} - Neither of these now exist. In place of them are {{tl|Canberra-geo-stub}} and {{cl|Australian Capital Territory geography stubs}}. This keeps Canberra (and Australia's other cities) in line with other cities in the world with their own stub categories. Most of the stubs in here are still suburbs, but hills, lakes, districts and the like are also included.
We at [[WP:WSS]] hope that this won't cause any inconvenience and (hopefully) will be even more useful than the old stub types. [[User:Grutness|Grutness]]...<font color=green><small>''[[User_talk:Grutness|wha?''</small></font>]] 05:37, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 
== Requested move at [[Talk:Super Rugby #Requested move 20 April 2025]] ==
==Today's Canberra Times==
 
There is currently a move discussion in place [[Talk:Super Rugby #Requested move 20 April 2025]] that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. [[User:Servite et contribuere|Servite et contribuere]] ([[User talk:Servite et contribuere|talk]]) 11:39, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
If you're in Canberra at the moment, you may be amused to know that banned local user [[User:Skyring|Skyring]] is on the back page of today's [[Canberra Times]]. [[User:Ambi|Ambi]] 10:37, 22 October 2005 (UTC)