Wikipedia:WikiProject Melbourne

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Welcome to the WikiProject Melbourne!

This WikiProject is a collaboration of project participants to create, expand, and organise articles relating to the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Our total progress at April 24, 2007: 50% Total content of all articles in this project is the equivalent of approximately 903 complete articles.

We need your help! If you are a Melburnian, or an expat, or you have some knowledge or insight about the city, you can: Join up! Add your name to the members list. Expand a stub... Create an article... Adopt an article... Discuss the Project... Start a new area of the Project; see the list of current areas below. Visit the Australian Wikipedians' notice board for collaboration on Australian articles in general. New articles Melbourne articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 3 1 4 8 FL 1 1 FM 4 4 GA 5 2 26 9 42 B 31 35 72 101 239 C 14 54 232 490 790 Start 2 44 417 2,249 1 2,713 Stub 4 44 1,407 1,455 List 1 4 13 88 106 Category 4 719 723 Disambig 2 2 File 19 19 Project 1 55 56 Redirect 11 111 77 199 Template 1 151 152 NA 1 1 Other 6 2 8 Assessed 56 144 819 4,469 1,029 1 6,518 Total 56 144 819 4,469 1,029 1 6,518 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 26,271 Ω = 5.00 This is a list of recently created Melbourne-related articles. Please add new additions to the top of the list. Camberwell Junction -- Swarve 05:24, 4 July 2007 (UTC) Camberwell Road, Melbourne -- Swarve 05:24, 4 July 2007 (UTC) Riversdale Road, Melbourne -- Swarve 05:24, 4 July 2007 (UTC) The Matt and Jo Show --Shaggy9872004 04:24, 4 July 2007 (UTC) St Margaret's School, Melbourne -- Loopla 05:37, 23 June 2007 (UTC) Mentone Girls' Grammar School -- Loopla 10:48, 15 June 2007 (UTC) Shelford Girls' Grammar -- Loopla 03:24, 13 June 2007 (UTC) Strathcona Baptist Girls' Grammar School -- Loopla 03:24, 13 June 2007 (UTC) St. Mary's Primary School, Williamstown --Eyedubya 19:55, 11 June 2007 (UTC) Catherine Deveny --Eyedubya 21:41, 31 May 2007 (UTC) City of Brunswick --Eyedubya 21:41, 31 May 2007 (UTC) Asylum Seeker Welcome Centre --Eyedubya 05:50, 25 May 2007 (UTC) Peter Hayes (lawyer) - 01:16, 24 May 2007 (UTC) St Catherine's School, Toorak - 01:11, 24 May 2007 (UTC) Brunswick South Primary School --Eyedubya 02:08, 21 May 2007 (UTC) The Atrium, Federation Square --Eyedubya 02:07, 21 May 2007 (UTC) Brian Boyd (unionist) --Takver 10:16, 16 May 2007 (UTC) Leigh Hubbard --Takver 10:16, 16 May 2007 (UTC) Australian Anarchist Centenary Celebrations Takver 06:57, 10 May 2007 (UTC) Joseph Toscano Takver 06:57, 10 May 2007 (UTC) Paul Mees Eyedubya 14:14, 9 May 2007 (UTC) John Wardle (architect) Eyedubya 02:10, 9 May 2007 (UTC) Gregory Burgess Eyedubya 14:30, 8 May 2007 (UTC) Ashton Raggatt McDougall Eyedubya 14:16, 8 May 2007 (UTC) Kate Shaw Eyedubya 13:08, 8 May 2007 (UTC) Neighbourhood character Eyedubya 01:55, 4 May 2007 (UTC) Philip Goad Eyedubya 01:55, 4 May 2007 (UTC) Lab Architecture Studio Eyedubya 01:55, 4 May 2007 (UTC) Peter Corrigan Eyedubya 01:55, 4 May 2007 (UTC) Corrigan and Edmond Eyedubya 01:55, 4 May 2007 (UTC) Paul Carter Eyedubya 01:55, 4 May 2007 (UTC) Hedgeley Dene Gardens Eyedubya 01:55, 4 May 2007 (UTC) Electoral district of Richmond - 01:55, 3 May 2007 (UTC) Save Our Suburbs - 04:28, 28 April 2007 (UTC) Willsmere - 03:37, 21 April 2007 (UTC) Electoral district of Broadmeadows - 03:10, 21 April 2007 (UTC) St Kilda Botanic Gardens - 03:21, 19 April 2007 (UTC) Melbourne Gay and Lesbian Chorus MusicMen 19:21, 20 March 2007 (UTC) Wildwood, Victoria - Somebody in the WWW 03:48, 13 February 2007 (UTC) In the beginning A few Wikipedians have got together to make some suggestions about how we might organise data in articles about Melbourne. These are only suggestions, things to give you focus and to get you going, and you shouldn't feel obligated in the least to follow them. But if you don't know what to write or where to begin, following the below guidelines may be helpful. Mainly, we just want you to write articles!' Scope The areas covered by this project are listed below. Each area has its own page for the discussion and formulation of guidelines and conventions, as well as for listing examples of the best articles. If a page does not yet exist for a particular area, feel free to create it and propose how that part of the Project might be organised. Note that progress and the number of articles is estimated and shown as a guide only. Geography Suburbs Melbourne is home to one of the world's largest urban sprawls, and its many suburbs boast an amazing cultural diversity. List of Melbourne suburbs  |  Category: Suburbs of Melbourne 39% Complete As at 12 April 2007, 483 suburbs are listed at List of Melbourne suburbs. 24 articles are complete, 115 are more than 50% complete, 209 are between 20 and 50% complete, 116 are stubs and 19 have not been started. Parks and gardens Greenery is everywhere: from the many tree-lined boulevards to the Royal Botanic Gardens. Category:Parks in Melbourne Main article: Melbourne parks and gardens 63% complete At 14 April 2007, of 41 articles 12 are complete, 7 are over 80% complete, 11 are between 40 and 70% complete, 8 are stubs and 3 have not been started. Government Local Government Areas Melbourne is broken up in local Cities and Shires, each with its own local council and Mayor. Local Government Areas of Victoria  |  Category: Local Government Areas of Melbourne 42% complete At 14 April 2007, of the 31 LGAs, 1 article is virtually complete, 3 are more than 75% complete, 11 are between 40 and 70% complete, 11 have a little content, and 5 are basically stubs. - Cuddy Wifter 23:32, 14 April 2007 (UTC) Mayors and Lord Mayors Melbourne's first Mayor was inaugurated in 1842, and the first Lord Mayor in 1902. List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Melbourne 11% complete At 14 April, 2007, of 59 articles, 3 are complete, 4 are over 50% complete, 7 are stubs and 45 don't exist. Plenty of room here for someone with an interest in biography to undertake a mini-project. Town Halls List of Town Halls in Melbourne 26% complete At 14 April, 2007, of 28 articles, 2 are complete, 11 are 30 to 50% complete, 4 are stubs and 11 don't exist. Transport Railway lines Australia's first train steamed through Melbourne in 1854. Railways in Melbourne  |  Category: Melbourne railway lines Template: Melbourne train lines 76% complete As at April 14 2007, of 26 railway line articles, 5 are complete, 19 are over 60% complete and 2 are 30% complete. Railway stations Melbourne's suburban network consists of 209 stations, placing it in the top 10 worldwide. List of Melbourne railway stations  |  Category: Railway stations in Melbourne 59% complete At April 15, 2007, of 233 articles, 20 are complete, 102 are over 60% complete, 97 are 50% complete and 14 are about 30% complete. Types of trains From the Red Rattler to the Silver Hitachi and the Smiley Comeng. Category: Melbourne rail rollingstock  |  Template: Melbourne rail rollingstock 61% complete At April 17 2007, of 10 articles, 3 are complete, 3 are over 80% complete, 1 is 30% complete, and 3 do not exist. Closed railways The evolution of the railways has left ghost stations across the city. List of closed Melbourne railway stations  |  Category: Closed Melbourne railway lines, Category: Closed Melbourne railway stations 41% complete At April 17 2007, of 82 articles 7 are complete, 40 are over 50% complete, 9 are stubs and 26 do not exist. Tramways With the largest tram network in the Western world, Melbourne held onto its trams when almost every other city dumped them in the mid-20th century. Trams in Melbourne  |  Category: Melbourne trams  |  Category:Tram routes in Melbourne |  List of Melbourne tram routes 72% complete At April 17 2007, of 58 articles, 15 are complete, 36 are over 50% complete and 5 do not exist. Freeways and highways Melbourne's freeway network is growing all the time. List of Melbourne freeways  |  List of Melbourne highways Category: Melbourne highways and freeways 57% complete At April 18 2007, of 38 listed articles, 6 are complete, 15 are over 50% complete, 13 have some content and 4 have not been started. Streets Category:Streets in Melbourne 57% complete At April 18 2007, on the assumption of about 70 articles, we have 18 complete, 26 are over 50% complete, 18 have some content and 8 have not been started. Buildings and Institutions Buildings, structures and landmarks Category:Heritage listed buildings in Melbourne | Tall buildings in Melbourne 54% complete At April 22 2007, on the assumption of 250 articles required, Melbourne Buildings are 54% complete. We have 46 articles complete, 102 are over 50% complete, 60 have some content and 52 have not been started. Institutions Category:Organisations based in Melbourne | List of high schools in Melbourne | Category:Sporting clubs in Melbourne | Category:Fashion brands in Melbourne 57%complete At April 24 2007, on the assumption of 400 articles required, we have 63 complete, 102 are over 70% complete, 116 are estimated at 40 to 60% complete, 106 are basically stubs and 13 do not exist. Adopt an article Similar to the Collaboration of the week, but on a smaller scale, you might want to "adopt" an article. This would involve doing the research, writing, and picture-taking (if possible) for either a non-existent article or a stub. Of course, everyone else can still edit an adopted article, and you can work on other things too, but the idea is to find a focus for a while, to try and build up the number of quality articles the Project has produced. Current adoptions Altona, Victoria - John Shadbolt City of Hobsons Bay - John Shadbolt City of Manningham - Chicken7Talk Williamstown, Victoria - JohnnoShadbolt Westmeadows, Victoria - DSC Local Government Areas of Victoria - crazycrazyduck Talk Koonung Creek - Glennnnn Sorrento, Victoria - Sarah Ewart Portsea, Victoria - Sarah Ewart Prahran, Victoria - Biatch Windsor, Victoria - Biatch South Yarra, Victoria - Biatch St Kilda, Victoria - Biatch St Kilda East, Victoria - Biatch Albert Park, Victoria - Biatch Middle Park, Victoria - Biatch South Melbourne, Victoria - Biatch Malvern, Victoria - Biatch Carlton, Victoria - Biatch Southbank, Victoria - Biatch Sunbury Music Festival - stevefrommelbourne Participants Aaronhill Talk Adamm Talk Adammw Talk Agnte Talk Alex Bakharev Talk Alice Lee Talk Alien- Talk Ambi Talk AmishThrasher - AJ Talk andypasto Talk Another Melbournite Talk Antonw1 Talk B.d.mills Talk Bananafritter Talk BarcodeIII Talk Bayside Talk Bduke Talk BeccaRose Talk Benjysponder Talk BenM Talk Ben White Talk Binh Phan Talk Biatch Talk Blnguyen Talk BlueIce Talk Bronzey Talk Brendanfox Talk Bricks J. Winzer Talk Canley Talk CatonB Talk Celendin Talk Chairman S. Talk Cheebung Talk chesty139 Talk Chicken-7 Chuq Talk Claudine Talk coffeeflower Talk crazycrazyduck Talk complexated Talk cnwb Talk Cuddy Wifter Talk Daniel15 Talk Dan027 Talk DarrenRay Talk dinna89 Talk Domsta333 Talk DSC Talk DundeeLaddie Talk Dupz Talk Domza Talk DWZ Talk Efgardiner Enlil Ninlil talk EuropracBHIT Talk Evan Cottle Talk Excalibur2211 Talk Farsouth Talk Fikri Talk Gazzareth Talk General Eisenhower Talk Gest Talk Glennnnn Talk Goldiemicky Talk Goon Talk gummAY Talk Guybrush Talk Harro5 Talk Havencheese Talk Hrysicos Talk Icd Talk Invincible Talk Jackk Talk User:Jeffklib Talk John Shadbolt Talk Josh Parris Talk Justin Wigg Talk Jverlin Talk Karen Johnson Talk Kye Lewis Talk Leon... Talk Lochok Talk Loki Carbis Talk Longhair Talk LordMooCow Talk Luke (Lakeyboy) Talk Lupinewulf Talk Matnkat Talk Maxcelcat Talk Mbwardle Talk Mcbridematt Talk Michael Kilderry Talk Darren (Milamber_au) Talk Miles Izzo Talk MrPC Talk Mr. Poodles Talk Mopes Talk Musicmen Talk Neolux Talk Nick Carson Talk Nchester Talk Nick Jennion Talk Ozzmosis Talk PantherX Talk PentoMcGreno Talk Peter McGinley Talk Peter Campbell Talk Phanton Talk pfctdayelise Talk PJF Talk Revenge Talk Richardcavell Talk Rick69p Talk Robert Merkel Talk Rport Talk salamagd Talk Sarah Ewart Talk sendreplyfwd Talk Sha0000 Talk SilasM Talk SimonEast Talk Snipergirl Talk Somebody in the WWW Talk Sploggers Talk ssmessenger Talk SteveC02 Talk stevefrommelbourne Talk Street soldier Talk Swarve Talk Tanzburg Talk Ted_BJ Talk Thai "Fully Sick" Phan Talk the bainer Talk The Living Peanut Talk Timg231 Talk Tirin Talk Tmpnz Talk TPK Talk two_stripe Talk Vincentshia Talk Uncke Herb Talk Wai Hong Talk Wildkitten1205 Talk William Grant Talk Xtra Talk Jayvdb Talk zepher25 Talk Patricknoddy (talk) stevefrommelbourne Talk Some enraged farm animal (talk) Blackmissionary Useful templates Project-related Template:WikiProjectMelbourneTasks - the open tasks list as seen below Template:Melbourne-stub - Melbourne-related stub notice Template:Melbourne-geo-stub - Melbourne location stub notice Template:Victoria-geo-stub - Victoria location stub notice Series navigation Template:MelbournePublicTransport - public transport sidebar Template:MelbourneTouristTrainLines - tourist railways sidebar Template:MelbourneTramClasses - tram classes list Template:MelbourneTram - infobox for Melbourne tram models Template:MelbourneBikePath - for bike paths Template:Cycling in Melbourne - for cycling articles which aren't bike paths Template:City of Brimbank suburbs - template stuck on suburbs to show their fellow suburbs within a council - and similarly for all other councils, as per WP:ADEL. Adjacencies Template:MelbourneStations - adjacent railway stations table Several suburb adjacency tables are in the works, see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Melbourne/Suburbs Melbourne Categories This can be turned into an encyclopaedic article called List of Melbourne topics which is part of Category:Topic lists. See also: Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Melbourne Attractions Landmarks Heritage sites Listed buildings Buildings and structures Heritage listed buildings Bridges Churches Pubs Prisons Shopping centres Skyscrapers Sports venues Museums Town halls Courts and Tribunals Crime Melbourne gangland killings Moran family Pettingill family Culture Media Museums Films shot in Melbourne Education Universities Private schools Schools TAFE Colleges Geography Parks in Melbourne Geography stubs Heritage sites Listed buildings History Local Government Areas Mayors and Lord Mayors Organisations Hospitals Sporting clubs Parks People Moran family Pettingill family Prisons Sport 1956 Summer Olympics Competitors Athletes Boxers Swimmers Nations 2006 Commonwealth Games Competitors Athletes Basketballers Gymnasts Australian Tennis Open Melbourne Cup Winners Sporting clubs Suburbs Transport Bridges Cycling Highways and freeways Public transport Buses Rail rollingstock Railway lines Closed lines Tourist lines Tram routes Trams Tram vehicles Railway stations Closed stations Host stations Tourist stations Premium stations Streets Open tasks Here are some WikiProject Melbourne articles which attract a high number of "page hits" but are only rated as Stub Class, or otherwise need additonal citations or attention: Suburbs: Derrimut, South Wharf, Menzies Creek, Save Our State (Australia) Landmarks: 101 Collins Street, 120 Collins Street, Bourke Place, Hamer Hall, Melbourne Mint Events: Melbourne International Festival of Brass, Melbourne Underground Film Festival, Great Bookie Robbery, Extreme weather events in Melbourne Transport: All of the stations on the Puffing Billy Railway need expanding or merging to the main article, especially the request stops which are just tin sheds Sporting Clubs: Caroline Springs George Cross FC Streets: Little Bourke Street, Hardware Lane, Hosier Lane People: Alannah Hill, Meek (street artist), Vexta Institutions: Eltham High School, Glen Eira Town Hall, Boxing Day Test Venues: Miscellaneous: Collins St., 5 pm, Yarra Valley, Coops Shot Tower, Melbourne Talk Radio, Melbourne University Publishing, The Herald and Weekly Times, Edit or discuss this list. See the Open tasks talk page for more possible tasks. Parentage The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Cities, whose parent in turn is WikiProject Countries. 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