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The current bushfire season is covered here and the Tasmanian outbreak is also covered. We don't have one for specifically for the record-breaking heatwave, although there is this stub. Is that a good place to expand on the heatwave (with a possible rename) or is it better to expand the bushfire season article? - Shiftchange (talk) 00:22, 3 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There are already pages covering previous heat waves: 2009 Australian heat wave and the heat wave just past did get a lot of attention - enough to pass GNG - so I think you could safely expand the Angry Summer article (but the name needs to be changed, I never heard it referred to as that). Liamdavies (talk) 13:23, 4 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I thought the name was a joke at first - it seems to have been prompted by a report by the Climate Commission and seems to have got a little bit of traction in the media. Hack (talk) 00:26, 11 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

We need to come to a consensus on a better name and mention Angry Summer as alternative name for the event. 2012–13 Australian heatwave may be best. - Shiftchange (talk) 01:23, 11 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Heatwaves maybe? Heatwave generally refers to a short period of sustained hot weather. This is a pattern involving a number of heatwaves. Hack (talk) 02:22, 11 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have started setting up WikiProject Australian Roads, a new collaboration aimed at improving the coverage of Australian roads on Wikipedia (at the moment the highest rated road articles are two GA class articles, with the majority of the rest being start or stub class articles). Everyone who is interested is invited to join the project. Some project features are still in the process of being set up (such as assessment), but will hopefully be sorted out soon. - Evad37 (talk) 09:54, 6 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Why don't you mention the Darling Hotel & Spa on your Australian Wikipedia page for Darling Quarter ? And why don't you mention Luminous at Darling Quarter, the interactive LED facade which has captured the imagination of many around the world? Are you ashamed of them?

I've tried adding these two landmark attractions in, in good faith. But your page does not respond to change. Oh how disappointing - Wikipedia's open and honest founding principle seem to have been corrupted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gallura (talk • contribs) 19:31, 9 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You wouldn't mean Luminous at Darling Quarter would you? Moriori (talk) 21:25, 9 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

An editor has nominated the following categories for deletion:

• Category:Singleton Shire geography stubs
• Category:Port Stephens Council geography stubs
• Category:Newcastle, New South Wales geography stubs
• Category:Maitland geography stubs
• Category:Great Lakes Council geography stubs

All of these are listed at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 April 10, and I expect more to follow. --AussieLegend (✉) 15:03, 10 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I was correct. The following have joined them:

• Category:Cessnock geography stubs
• Category:Dungog Shire geography stubs
• Category:Gloucester Shire geography stubs
• Category:Muswellbrook Shire geography stubs
• Category:Upper Hunter Shire geography stubs

These are all listed at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 April 11. --AussieLegend (✉) 13:42, 12 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Due to complete information mirroring, I've proposed that all info from Electoral results for the district of Portland be moved to Electoral district of Portland and Electoral results for the district of Portland be made a redirect to Electoral district of Portland#Election results. If anyone would like to join the discussion it's at Talk:Electoral district of Portland#Merger proposal. Liamdavies (talk) 05:18, 16 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Following discussion I withdraw the request. Liamdavies (talk) 12:00, 18 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Can anyone confirm or deny that having a sentence about the census and population for an Australian place should be in the lead section of an article? I was under the assumption that it was a key fact and does belong in the lead. - Shiftchange (talk) 02:45, 17 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

To me, the place for it is in the lede. Where the place is and how big it is seem to me to be the key facts anyone would expect to see in the lede ... -- Mattinbgn (talk) 04:37, 17 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. Infoboxes are supposed to summarise key points and population is the first figure we show in {{Infobox Australian place}}, straight after the locator map that shows where the place is. It seems natural that both location and population are shown in the lead. --AussieLegend (✉) 09:46, 17 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, If you have a chance to take a look at Talk:YMCA Youth Parliament#YMCA Youth Parliament articles and provide your opinion, it would be much appreciated. The short history is:

• There was an article titled YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament that was deleted for notability issues (discussion here).
• The YMCA NSW Youth Parliament had the same sort of notability issues, use of primary and unreliable sources.
• I expanded the YMCA Youth Parliament to include information for each state, integrate material from reliable sources and removed notable content. That included moving over reliable, cited content from the NSW article and creating a redirect to the main article.

There is an attempt to bring back the NSW article and it would be great to get your opinion!--CaroleHenson (talk) 03:31, 17 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

file:Liverpool District Hospital 1918.tif has been nominated for deletion -- 70.24.250.103 (talk) 23:36, 20 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The uploaders username is 'South Western Sydney LHD', when Googled that comes up with South Western Sydney Local Health District. In my mind that makes the user name is improper and it's also probably COI. Liamdavies (talk) 05:45, 21 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

image:Sydney 2000 Olympic bid logo.png has been nominated for deletion -- 70.24.250.103 (talk) 00:57, 22 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There's currently a discussion about converting from {{Infobox Australian road}} to {{Infobox road}} at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Australian Roads#Infobox. Given the two lengthy TfDs and discussions on the template's talk page, those who contributed to those discussions may wish to weigh in at the current discussion. --AussieLegend (✉) 12:42, 22 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

At this stage the discussion is focused on identifying and trying to resolve the issues with infobox road template (There is no proposal to implement as-is, and any implementation proposal should only be made if identified issues are resolved) - Evad37 (talk) 12:51, 22 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

image:NSWToCBunton.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 70.24.250.103 (talk) 03:08, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Have nominated these for deletion in the belief that most are now incorrect and it is the job of Australia Post to maintain a correct version, not our responsibility. Crusoe8181 (talk) 11:10, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

thanks for putting that here - sats 11:27, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

User:Cutajarc has added an external link of Realtime Electrical Demand Information on the Australian Electrical Grid (AEMO) to many power station articles. I believe the link is not appropriate, for many reasons (see my talk page), but the main ones are it's a "personal" website (gotdns.com), not an official site (Cutajarc has previously admitted that it is "his/her website"; it's a wall of numbers, no analysis, trends or interpretation, with no evidence of accuracy or any evidence of permission to reproduce; and it isn't directly related to each individual power station - you don't know if they are contributing to those numbers or not... and even if you knew, so what. A (referenced) mention in the text of what proportion of the average/peak power grid each station provides would be sufficient, IMO. Cutajarc obviously disagrees, so I would like some 3rd opinions. The-Pope (talk) 12:52, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:External links#EL11 addresses the addition. "Links normally to be avoided" include "Blogs, personal web pages and most fansites, except those written by a recognized authority." This seems a clear case of a link that should be avoided. --AussieLegend (✉) 13:17, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ok - The page is directly and indirectly relevant to the articles linked to, but mostly relevant. - The page is on topic, and clearly has valid source of information mentioned (AEMO or their data service NEMWEB) - Stated on AEMO's page, data CAN be used at "own risk" (http://www.aemo.com.au/About-AEMO/Legal-Notices) - The site, hence the name is providing realtime data, not an analysis, trends or interpretations. - Your basing the unappropriatness on your own opinion, not Wikipedias policy. - AEMO does not provide data on individual power stations, but generation and demand as whole (state regions). The linked page summerises this into a simple format.

Cutajarc (talk) 13:21, 23 April 2013 (UTC)Cutajarc[reply]

MAY I point out that the personal webpage article defines a personal webpage as "contain content of a personal nature rather than on behalf of a company, organization or institution.". The page ive linked contains data on behalf of AEMO, a company.

Cutajarc (talk) 13:23, 23 April 2013 (UTC)Cutajarc[reply]