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WikiProject Bendigo needs you!

WikiProject Bendigo is currently seeking interested editors to join the project. If interested, please add your name to the project's participants list and start editing! Lotsw73 (talk) 05:23, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Improving Melbourne suburb articles

Hi all, as many of you will be aware, there is little consistency between the format and content in articles on Suburbs in Melbourne. For example, compare the structure and content of Craigieburn, Victoria vs. Laverton North vs. Mornington, Victoria.

I would like to propose a discussion to develop a high-level template to guide the layout and format of these articles. I'd like to get stuck into updating and improving a lot of these articles but would like to discuss here first.

I don't propose this template to be prescriptive but instead act as a guide. I've had a bit of a look around other parts of Wikipedia but have not been able to find a comparable template or information.

To get started I've put together this sandbox-type template guide. It's mainly to do with structure but includes notes too. I have looked at many different suburb articles - both from Melbourne and elsewhere in Australia and overseas. Again, the idea is not to be prescriptive or require all of the subheadings/content in the guide, but rather to act as a starting point to help standardise things a little bit.

Here to start the discussion - happy to hear all thoughts and ideas! Thanks. Takerlamar (talk) 23:45, 1 February 2024 (UTC)