Wikipedia:WikiProject Queensland

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This WikiProject aims to create and improve articles and images related to Queensland, Australia, particularly those relating to the state as a whole, or to areas outside the WikiProject Brisbane area of interest.

We would like as much help as possible, so if you are interested, please add your name to the list below, and look at the to-do list for some suggestions on articles that you may be able to help with. You may also inquire on the talk page, or visit the Australian Wikipedians' noticeboard for collaboration on Australian articles in general.

Queensland articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 4 7 23 34 FL 2 2 FM 7 7 A 1 1 GA 1 2 8 36 47 B 6 58 192 1,880 2 1 2,139 C 3 50 324 4,311 3 4,691 Start 6 303 8,976 4 9,289 Stub 57 8,922 7 8,986 List 21 516 537 Category 12 1,698 1,710 Disambig 12 52 64 File 18 18 Portal 90 90 Project 23 23 Redirect 2 18 262 336 618 Template 1 301 302 Other 4 4 Assessed 10 122 930 24,958 2,527 15 28,562 Unassessed 15 3 18 Total 10 122 930 24,973 2,527 18 28,580 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 125,637 Ω = 4.99

The WikiProject Queensland page was created on 13 October 2007 to improve articles related to Queensland. A record of changes related to WikiProject Queensland article names, quality and importance is available. The project has one taskforce for Brisbane. The scope of the project includes articles in the following categories.

Here are some tasks you can do to help at WikiProject Queensland (click here to edit list):

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• Requests: Articles · Assessment · Importance
• Expand: Australian Butterfly Sanctuary · Bloomfield River · Browns Falls · Bungil Creek · Carnarvon Range · Conondale Range · Coomera Falls · Expedition Range · Hinchinbrook Channel · Little Liverpool Range · Maranoa · Merivale River · Nothoalsomitra · Queensland Academy of Sport · Queensland State Hockey Centre · Seaview Range · Steamer Range · Susan River · Tarong Energy · More...
• Images: Cubbie Station · Fitzroy Island Light · Institute of Modern Art · Mackay Base Hospital · Poona Dam · Roma Power Station
• Verify: Criminal Justice Commission · D'Aguilar Range · List of Road Routes in Queensland · North Queensland · Sport in Queensland · Tropical Queensland
• Other: Populate Category:Events in Queensland · Sort Flora of Queensland, Floods in Queensland

Quality watch:

25 FA-Class Queensland articles

2 FL-Class Queensland articles

31 GA-Class Queensland articles

Articles for deletion

• 15 Apr 2024 – Henry Beak (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Grahamec (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
• 04 Apr 2024 – Teresa Harding (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Toadspike (t · c); see discussion (9 participants; relisted)
• 10 Apr 2024 – Terry James (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Hey man im josh (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 17 Apr 2024; see discussion (5 participants)
• 28 Mar 2024 – Isabella Bozicevic (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by LibStar (t · c) was closed as draftify (deleted) by Explicit (t · c) on 18 Apr 2024; see discussion (6 participants; relisted)

Proposed deletions

• 15 Apr 2024 – Arthur Morgan (Australian politician, born 1856) (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Greenish Pickle! (t · c) was deproded by GB fan (t · c) on 15 Apr 2024

Files for discussion

• 12 Apr 2024 – File:Jbchandler.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on John Beals Chandler) was FfDed by Felix QW (t · c); see discussion

Requests for comments

• 06 Apr 2024 – Julian Assange (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Wikinetman (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 13 Apr 2024 – Cyclone Kate (2006) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to 2005–06 Australian region cyclone season by Hurricanehink (t · c); see discussion
• 31 Mar 2024 – List of mayors of the Gold Coast (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Mayor of the Gold Coast by Totallynotarandomalt69 (t · c); see discussion
• 10 Jan 2024 – History of the Bundjalung (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Bundjalung people by 115.42.13.190 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 06 Apr 2024 – Draft:Bruce Lehrmann (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by TarnishedPath (t · c) was deleted

Main tool page: toolserver.org

• Cleanup listing in alphabetical order, Cleanup listing in categories
• Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
• Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
• Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
• Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.
• Wikiproject Watchlist

• To coordinate and improve articles related to Queensland;
• To foster collaboration between editors in Queensland;
• To establish appropriate linkages with the Wikipedia Australia project and portal;
• To ascertain and identify the Queensland component of other Wikipedia projects;
• To improve iconic and high-profile Queensland articles to FA quality.

Active members

To join WikiProject Queensland, edit this section and add the Wikitext #{{subst:me}} with your areas of interest to the bottom of the following list of members. Members should also place member identification on their user page.

1. Mattinbgn (talk · contribs)
2. Orderinchaos (talk · contribs)
3. Shiftchange (talk · contribs) - South East Queensland, geography, national parks, rivers
4. Bruceanthro (talk · contribs)
5. BoundaryRider (talk · contribs) - Brisbane, Gold Coast, wildlife, recent history
6. Advanstra (talk · contribs) geography, transport, Southeast Qld
7. nat965 (talk · contribs) - Somewhere in Queensland
8. Nford24 (talk · contribs)
9. Dylan.ingleby (talk · contribs) - Cairns, basketball and sport
10. WilesHarper (talk · contribs) - Babinda (Near Cairns), NRL, Aviation, Politcs
11. GCunknown (talk · contribs) 12:11:29, 23 July 2020 (UTC)  - Somewhere on the GC[reply]
12. Thent1234 (talk · contribs) - Former resident of Queensland
13. Tomorrow and tomorrow (talk · contribs) - Politics, Government, Brisbane, History but anything really!
14. .pxrtypoisxn. (talk · contribs) 03:03:03, 14 July 2022 (UTC)  - Far North Queensland[reply]
15. Chip K. Daniels (talk · contribs) - Central Queensland
16. Editing.html (talk · contribs) 07:08:39, 10 November 2023 (UTC)  QUT student and 4ZZZ Presenter.[reply]

Former members

Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.

1. jlgoz (talk · contribs) - Just a computer geek living in Queensland, Brisbane.]]
2. salomon2015 (talk · contribs) - student QLD
3. WikiTownsvillian (talk · contribs) - from Townsville obviously, focus mostly on Townsville and Palm but happy to help wherever.
4. Bongomanrae (talk · contribs)
5. Thuringowacityrep (talk · contribs) - From the former City of Thuringowa (now Townsville) and work mostly on local articles however i have started others and try to keep them all up to date.
6. Be best (talk · contribs)
7. Toytown Mafia (talk · contribs) - going to be working on some of the islands.
8. Watchover (talk · contribs)
9. Geoking66 (talk · contribs) - South East Queensland transport (Citytrain specifically), climate
10. Романов (talk · contribs)
11. Jsjsjs1111 (talk · contribs) - an international student from UQ
12. TravellerQLD (talk · contribs) - Upgrading TransLink railway station pages, ultimate goal is to have consistent photos and layout
13. Karithina (talk · contribs) - focusing on Townsville Arts
14. WebFixer (talk · contribs)
15. Coastal.culture.vulture (talk · contribs) - focusing on the history of the Gold Coast region
16. Brisbane artist (talk · contribs)
17. Lisa Delanoue (talk · contribs) - Sunshine Coast, geography, locations, photos, arts and cultural events
18. Andrea edits (talk · contribs) -try to expand stubs, find references & photographs.
19. Australiantiger (talk · contribs)
20. Gproud (talk · contribs) energy, power generation, Brisbane
21. Laborrules8 (talk · contribs)
22. mrpalermo (talk · contribs) - Innisfail, FNQ
23. Nihal127 (talk · contribs) - A student living in Brisbane
24. Wiki ian (talk · contribs)
25. GalacticSimian (talk · contribs) - Biologist formerly of FNQ and Brisbane, now living overseas.
26. Sparklingkull (talk · contribs)

Member identification

Members of WikiProject Queensland should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Queensland participants.

Wikitext	userbox	where used
[[Category:WikiProject Queensland participants]]	none	linked pages
{{Template:User WP QLD}}	This user is a member of WikiProject Queensland.	linked pages
{{Template:User WP QLD|flag}}	This user is a member of WikiProject Queensland.	linked pages
{{Template:User WP Queensland}}	This user participates in WikiProject Queensland.	linked pages
{{Template:User WP Queensland|invite}}	This user invites you to join WikiProject Queensland.	linked pages

For other Queensland user templates see Category:Queensland user templates.

Stubs

This project has a number of stub templates:

• {{Queensland-geo-stub}} - for stubs on geographic places in Queensland.
  • {{GoldCoastQLD-stub}} - for stubs on geographic places on the Gold Coast.
  • {{IpswichAU-geo-stub}} - for stubs on geographic places in Ipswich.
  • {{NorthQueensland-stub}} - for stubs on geographic places in North Queensland.
  • {{FarNorthQueensland-geo-stub}} - for stubs on geographic places in Far North Queensland.
• {{Queensland-rail-transport-stub}} - for stubs relating to rail transport in Queensland.
• {{Queensland-protected-area-stub}} - for stubs relating to protected areas in Queensland.
• {{Queensland-airport-stub}} - for stubs on airports in Queensland.
• {{Queensland-river-stub}} - for stubs on rivers and creeks in Queensland.
• {{Queensland-school-stub}} - for stubs on schools in Queensland.

Request a photograph

• {{reqphoto|in=Queensland}} - place on the talk page; article will appear in Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Queensland

• List of all subpages of this page
• The Popular pages report lists articles (with their assessed class/importance) by number of page views, showing which Queenslad pages readers are most interested in.
• The Missing topics report list redlinks on Queensland pages by number of red links, which suggest topics that could be written about. Note, redlinks are no guarantee of notability, so this should be checked. Also the red link topics may not necessarily be "Queensland" topics.