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Welcome to WikiProject Victoria!

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Welcome to WikiProject Victoria! This WikiProject aims primarily to create, fill out, build, edit, construct, and modify articles about Victoria (state). If you would like to join this project, we would love your help, so 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. State emblems Floral Bird Animal Marine Tartan Mineral Fossil Common (pink) heath Epacris impresa Helmeted honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops cassidix Leadbeater's possum Gymnobelideus leadbeateri Common seadragon Phyllopteryx taeniolatus Victorian state tartan Gold Koolasuchus Cleelandi

Categories Victoria (state) Victoria (state)-related lists Buildings and structures in Victoria (state) Culture in Victoria (state) Economy of Victoria (state) Education in Victoria (state) Environment of Victoria (state) Geography of Victoria (state) Geology of Victoria (state) Health in Victoria (state) History of Victoria (state) Images of Victoria (state) People from Victoria (state) Politics of Victoria (state) Society in Victoria (state) Sport in Victoria (state) Stations in Victoria (state) Tourist attractions in Victoria (state) Transport in Victoria (state) Victoria (state) by year Victoria portal Years in Victoria (state) Victoria (state) stubs Victoria (state) articles missing geocoordinate data Things you can do Here are some tasks you can do to help at WikiProject Victoria: A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects. Requests: - Missing topics Local Government Association of Victoria - request from pre 2016 Maroon, Victoria - request from pre 2016 University of Western Victoria - request from pre 2016 Lincoln Square (Melbourne) Awakenings Festival - Horsham Central Goulburn Irrigation Area Rochester Irrigation Area Wimmera Mallee Pipeline Project Heytesbury fires - (1886) Victoria bushfire season 1969 - Lara (1969) Barwon (region) - sub region of Barwon South West (region) Great South Coast (region) - sub region of Barwon South West (region) Loddon Campaspe (region) - sub region of Loddon Mallee Redlinks in navbox (Protected areas in Victoria) Aura Vale Lake Park (part of Cardinia Reservoir Parks) Barwon Bluff Marine Sanctuary Beechworth Historic Park Beware Reef Marine Sanctuary Birrarrung Park (part of Yarra Valley Parklands) Candlebark Park (part of Yarra Valley Parklands) Cape Liptrap Coastal Park Cardinia Creek Parklands Cardinia Reservoir Parks Corner Inlet Marine and Coastal Park Eagle Rock Marine Sanctuary Jawbone Marine Sanctuary Lake Tyers State Park Longridge Park Camp (part of Yarra Valley Parklands) Marengo Reefs Marine Sanctuary Maribyrnong Valley Parklands Maroondah Reservoir Park Merri Marine Sanctuary Mushroom Reef Marine Sanctuary Nooramunga Marine and Coastal Park Nortons Park (part of Dandenong Valley Parklands) Point Cooke Marine Sanctuary - part covered in Point Cook Coastal Park#Marine Point Danger Marine Sanctuary Point Gellibrand Heritage Park Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary Shallow Inlet Marine and Coastal Park Shepherds Bush (Victoria) (part of Dandenong Valley Parklands) Silvan Reservoir Park Steiglitz Historic Park Sugarloaf Reservoir Parks The Arches Marine Sanctuary Tirhatuan Park (part of Dandenong Valley Parklands) Wabba Wilderness Park Wilsons Promontory Marine Park Wimmera River Heritage Area Park Woodlands Historic Park Yarra Flats Park (part of Yarra Valley Parklands) Yarra Valley Parklands Expand: - stubs: 5,048 List of schools in Victoria Mount Rothwell Biodiversity Interpretation Centre Melbourne Workers Theatre City West Water Belgrave Lantern Festival Red Tuesday bushfires - (1898) 1925–26 Victorian bushfire season - Black Sunday (1926) Linton Bushfire - (1998) 2003 Eastern Victorian alpine bushfires Mount Lubra bushfire - (2006) 2006–07 Eastern Victoria Great Divide bushfires Goulburn (region) - sub region of Hume (region) Ovens Murray (region) - sub region of Hume (region) Images: - requested images: 260 Lakeside Mental Hospital Tools Main tool page: toolserver.org 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.

Current events 24 December 2024 – 2024–25 Australian bushfire season Residents of the Grampians region of Victoria, Australia, evacuate due to bushfires, with more than 41,000 hectares (100,000 acres) already burnt by the bushfires. (BBC News) 23 December 2024 – A man is arrested and charged with animal cruelty for shooting and killing 98 kangaroos on a military base in Singleton, New South Wales, Australia. (news.com.au) 20 December 2024 – Australia–Solomon Islands relations Australia agrees to provide Solomon Islands with financing, training, and infrastructure support worth AU$190 million (US$118 million) over four years to strengthen its police force as part of a renewed security partnership between the two countries. (France 24) 16 December 2024 – 2024 Australia heat wave Walpeup, Victoria, Australia, reports a temperature of 47.1 °C (116.8 °F), the hottest temperature reported in the state since 2019. Extreme heat wave warnings and fire risk warnings are also issued for areas across Australia. (The Guardian) (ABC News Australia) 15 December 2024 – Australia–Indonesia relations Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces that the remaining five members of the Bali Nine drug-trafficking group, who were serving life sentences in Indonesia, have returned to Australia following an agreement between the two countries to end their imprisonment. (CNN) 9 December 2024 – Australia–Nauru relations Australia and Nauru announce a joint security treaty that will see Australia sending Nauru AU$100 million (US$64 million) in direct support over five years in exchange for Nauru consulting Australia before signing any bilateral agreements with other countries. (DW) (Nikkei Asia) Article alerts Did you know 12 Dec 2024 – Monica Smit (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by TarnishedPath (t · c); see discussion 08 Dec 2024 – Katerina Clark (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Miraclepine (t · c); see discussion Articles for deletion 18 Dec 2024 – Boyd's Eurobin Hotel (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by NXcrypto (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 25 Dec 2024; see discussion (8 participants) Good article nominees 05 Dec 2024 – Avi Yemini (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by TarnishedPath (t · c); start discussion 24 Nov 2024 – Moira Deeming (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by TarnishedPath (t · c); start discussion Requests for comments 17 Dec 2024 – National Socialist Network (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Evoren (t · c); see discussion 17 Dec 2024 – Thomas Sewell (neo-Nazi) (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Evoren (t · c); see discussion Requested moves 21 Dec 2024 – Leptospermum scoparium (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Mānuka by Turnagra (t · c); see discussion Articles to be merged 19 Nov 2024 – Victorian Railways CK class (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Victorian Railways T class by EditorGirlAL07 (t · c); see discussion Articles to be split 27 May 2024 – Robert Menzies (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by ITBF (t · c); see discussion Assessments Of the 13,498 pages overseen by WikiProject Victoria: 100% have been assessed for quality See Category:Unassessed Victoria articles for the 2 remaining articles 100% have known importance See Category:Unknown-importance Victoria articles for the 5 remaining articles 53.1% of prose articles are not stubs See Category:Stub-Class Victoria articles for the 5050 remaining articles For full assessment categories see: Wikipedia:WikiProject Victoria/Assessments Recognised content 11 FA-Class Victoria articles 3 FL-Class Victoria articles 0 FM-Class Victoria articles 25 GA-Class Victoria articles. 177 Did you know Victoria articles as of 8 May 2023 For full list of recognised content see: Assessments#Recognised content Assessment statistics Victoria articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 1 10 11 FL 1 1 1 3 FM 19 19 GA 2 6 17 25 B 5 13 30 186 1 235 C 2 13 60 833 1 909 Start 1 11 133 4,385 1 2 4,533 Stub 1 26 5,020 1 5,048 List 3 6 545 1 555 Category 1,096 1,096 Disambig 19 19 File 86 86 Portal 2 2 Project 229 229 Redirect 131 147 278 Template 325 325 NA 4 105 109 Other 7 7 Assessed 9 44 262 11,132 2,038 4 13,489 Total 9 44 262 11,132 2,038 4 13,489 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 57,361 Ω = 5.33 Main page: WikiProject Victoria/Assessments WikiProject Victoria uses the {{WP Australia}} template banner for Wikipedia article assessments. The banner has a Victoria= parameter that provides article assessment ratings for Victoria-related articles: Example usage: {{WP Australia|Victoria=yes}} Articles relating to WikiProject Victoria should have their talk pages tagged as per the above example. See also Frequently asked questions about assessments WikiProject Victoria Article alerts WikiProject Victoria assessment worklists WikiProject Victoria assessment log

Members

Active members

To join WikiProject Victoria, edit this section and insert the Wikitext #{{subst:me}} with your areas of interest into the following list of members in alphabetical order. Members should also place member identification on their user page.

1. Dssis1 (talk · contribs)
2. InformZion (talk · contribs) 05:32:52, 27 June 2023 (UTC) 
3. Longhair (talk · contribs)
4. Mattinbgn (talk · contribs)
5. MichaelBillington (talk · contribs)
6. Moanarque (talk · contribs)
7. mr. boniface (talk · contribs)
8. Orderinchaos (talk · contribs)
9. Wai Hong (talk · contribs)
10. Bduke (talk · contribs)
11. Tinkstar1985 (talk · contribs)
12. Daniel99091 (talk · contribs)
13. Slabba (talk · contribs)
14. Chicken7 (talk · contribs)
15. Admella1859 (talk · contribs)
16. Sarah (talk · contribs)
17. Vauxhallx (talk · contribs)
18. Sheepunderscore (talk · contribs)
19. Bogong Jack (talk · contribs)
20. Doonagatha (talk · contribs)
21. Scottius11 (talk · contribs)
22. Epistemos (talk · contribs)
23. Maias (talk · contribs)
24. Shelbypark (talk · contribs)
25. Punk Boi 8 (talk · contribs)
26. Garyvines (talk · contribs)
27. Cp_dale (talk · contribs)
28. Романов (talk · contribs)
29. Raleigh98 (talk · contribs)
30. Jenks24 (talk · contribs)
31. Mgorey (talk · contribs)
32. Mattcooperrider (talk · contribs)
33. ContrillionAU (talk) 10:52, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
34. Mjs1991 (talk · contribs)
35. Jessc (talk · contribs)
36. Peterdownunder (talk · contribs)
37. Australiantiger (talk · contribs)
38. ThylacineHunter (talk · contribs) - Railways, trams, paddle boats, geography
39. EllsworthSchmittendorf (talk · contribs)
40. Nick F., Toaster (talk · contribs)
41. Boneso (talk · contribs) - Health
42. JediOne (talk · contribs) - Humanitarian & Environment
43. skinnytony1 (talk · contribs) - Environment, climate change, history, politics, Ballarat
44. BetterByBike (talk · contribs) - Health & Transport
45. Donama (talk · contribs)
46. MetroManMelbourne (talk · contribs) - transportation, inner east
47. Poplach12 (talk · contribs) 00:49:47, 10 June 2020 (UTC)  - Melbourne, flags, maps, history, AFL
48. CupcakePerson13 (talk · contribs) 15:45:12, 4 July 2020 (UTC)  Dandenong ranges and Melbourne
49. CPS-9444 (talk · contribs) 08:08:28, 13 December 2020 (UTC) 
50. APNOneTwo (talk · contribs) - Public Transportation, Politics, Urban Planning, Sports, Venues and Western Suburbs
51. Ultraodan (talk · contribs) - AFL, Politics
52. MicedVolvo (talk · contribs) 12:31:27, 30 November 2021 (UTC) 
53. GraziePrego (talk · contribs)
54. Loytra (talk · contribs) – Politics
55. Adam Black GB (talk · contribs)
56. GMH Melbourne (talk · contribs) 16:54:02, 5 June 2024 (UTC) 
57. 4rkange1 (talk · contribs) 22:52:44, 8 June 2024 (UTC)  - Trains, urban/transport planning, history, Melbourne, Mornington Penisula, Formula One
58. Zakary2012 (talk · contribs)
59. TarnishedPath (talk · contribs) 05:15:03, 4 November 2024 (UTC) 

Former members

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

1. SchultzyContrillion (talk · contribs)
2. Fred.e (talk · contribs)
3. Loberttp (talk · contribs)
4. aliasd (talk · contribs)
5. VirtualSteve (talk · contribs)
6. c4v3m4n (talk · contribs)
7. Thent1234 (talk · contribs)
8. Avi15 (talk · contribs)

Member identification

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

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

For other Victoria user templates see Category:Victoria (state) user templates.

Also if you live in or are currently visiting Victoria, please add [[Category:Wikipedians in Victoria {state)|{{subst:PAGENAME}}]] to your user page.

Related projects

Victorian

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Victorian Museums
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Melbourne
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Geelong
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Bendigo

Other states

• WikiProject Australia
• WikiProject Australian places
• WikiProject New South Wales
• WikiProject Northern Territory
• WikiProject Queensland
• WikiProject South Australia
• WikiProject Tasmania
• WikiProject Western Australia
• Australian Antarctic Territory work group

Other

• GLAM Australia
• Category:Wikipedia GLAM in Victoria (state)
• Category:Wikimedia Australia in Victoria (state)