Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Australian historic places

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Video Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Australian historic places

New project

Things to do (in no particular order, feel free to add):

• Add parameter to Template:WP Australia
• Organise category tree under Category:Australian historic places
• Tag and categorise articles
• Update to-do list on main WikiProject page
• Link WikiProject to Australian WP and other relevant projects
• Add to WP directory
• Create guidelines to help with new articles
• Add resources to the list

Somno (talk) 03:34, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Maps Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Australian historic places

Extract

From state projects historical places not adequately delineated in current categories for those states that do not already have 'Historic placs' categories or articles.

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Clearly

Delineate the differences between 'local', state and federal registers/legislation of what is historic/listed SatuSuro 03:44, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

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Project scope

Could I suggest the project scope be expanded to include items on State heritage registers as well as those classified by the Commonwealth and the National Trust?

The Commonwealth register covers the major historic sites. The National Trust listings include a wider range of places but can be a little too focused on historic houses and architecture and miss places of (say) economic historical importance. State Heritage registers have robust selection criteria and their inclusion would not in my opinion open the door for trivialities. There is also overlap between State registers and Commonwealth/National trust ones, so their inclusion would also not result in an unmanageable increase in article numbers.

Any views? Euryalus (talk) 00:28, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

I agree. Having had a look at the Victorian Heritage Register, I found that most if not all of the entries were of equal or higher notability to the sorts of articles that the US project handles. Rebecca (talk) 01:01, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Sounds good to me. I'd like the idea of a category structure that relates to this - for example, if a building qualifies for all three registers, they would have three categories. Somno (talk) 03:46, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

I'm happy to include State registers as well. As a query, is this limited to buildings? I can think of a few fairly mainstream entries on the SA register that aren't (last remaining grape vines in a region, etc), and some far less mainstream items added to the SA State register as part of an attempt to include "movable" items of cultural significance - the Hills Hoist and Frog cakes, to name but two.

Given the name of the Project, I'd suggest it relate only to "fixed" items, including buildings but also any other "place" such as a historic garden, natural feature, historic infrastructure and so on. Hills Hoists in general wouldn't therefore qualify, but a particular Hills Hoist with historic significance (the first Hills Hoist? A famous Hills Hoist?) might do. Frog cakes wouldn't qualify at all, though the Balfours bakery might.

These are just my opinions - I think the project sounds like a great idea and don't want to come across as proposing restrictive definitions or being overly concerned about process before I've done any work on the content. As an alternative we could leave the scope a little vage and see what evolves over time. Euryalus (talk) 04:18, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

I'm happy with places - the attempt to include movable items was interesting, but not, I suspect, wise. :) In which case, the argument is that the project doesn't cover everything in a heritage register, just a subset, which is fine by me. - Bilby (talk) 04:45, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

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Comment on the WikiProject X proposal

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Harej (talk) 16:56, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

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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 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: 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. Kerry (talk) 00:13, 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 attend the football finals instead :-) Kerry (talk) 07:42, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

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oz historic places tag?

hi, just wondering if there is one? and if not how are articles placed under the auspices of this project? thanks, Coolabahapple (talk) 06:25, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

Not that I know of. Most of the sub-projects under WikiProject Australia are pretty much inactive. Last signup here was in 2010. If you want to have a conversation about anything Australian historical, it's probably best to do it at Wikipedia:Australian Wikipedians' notice board where you might find a few people interested. There *is* a field in the Template: WP Australia that allows you to tag the article as of interest to Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian history which I think is as close as you can get, but I don't know if it gets used all that much. You might want to ask someone like @Grahamec: who does a lot of project tagging.

If an Australian historic place is formally heritage-listed, then we do have a category structures for the various heritage registers (and more can be made if needed) and we use {{infobox historic site}} within the article but with no special project tag. For non-heritage-listed Australian historic places, I guess you can still use the infobox and there are a bunch of random categories like Ghost towns etc that might be useful.

A lot of heritage-listed articles will get tagged by WikiProject Architecture if they are a fine architectural example of something (most heritage-listings related to a place's role in history or the fact it's architecturally interesting). And depending on whether they are churches, bridges, roads, cemeteries, there are other Wikiprojects who may be interested in those kinds of things. e.g. Talk:St Thomas' Anglican Church, Toowong shows a typical example of this multi-project tagging.

If you have a particular article/topic that's causing you a problem, just say so and I'll attempt to suggest something. But my principle is that I do my best and if someone can come along after me and do better, well that's fine. We are here to work together (even if it doesn't always feel like that).

Kerry (talk) 08:48, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

hi Kerry, thanks for the info, i will keep it in mind. Coolabahapple (talk) 14:39, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

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