Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian television
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WikiProject Australian television is a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to television in Australia.
- Our goals
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- To provide guidelines and recommendations for Australian television-related articles.
- To improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australian television by creating, expanding, and maintaining such articles.
- To serve as the central point of discussion for issues related to Australian television in Wikipedia.
- Our scope
- The project's scope involves articles related to television in Australia.
| Australian television articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
 FA
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2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
| FL
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
 GA
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2 | 7 | 37 | 46 | |||
| B | 9 | 12 | 33 | 129 | 1 | 184 | |
| C | 3 | 12 | 67 | 625 | 12 | 719 | |
| Start | 2 | 10 | 127 | 2,151 | 1 | 216 | 2,507 |
| Stub | 1 | 24 | 2,776 | 409 | 3,210 | ||
| List | 1 | 1 | 3 | 357 | 7 | 369 | |
| Category | 3 | 779 | 782 | ||||
| Disambig | 5 | 5 | |||||
| File | 52 | 52 | |||||
| Project | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Redirect | 4 | 7 | 204 | 259 | 474 | ||
| Template | 93 | 93 | |||||
| NA | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Other | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Assessed | 15 | 44 | 271 | 6,287 | 1,195 | 645 | 8,457 |
| Total | 15 | 44 | 271 | 6,287 | 1,195 | 645 | 8,457 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 35,315 | Ω = 5.29 | |||||
Article alerts
[edit]Proposed deletions
- 03 Nov 2024 – Greta Larkins (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Victuallers (t · c)
Good article nominees
- 05 Nov 2024 – Nick McKenzie (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by TarnishedPath (t · c); start discussion
Articles to be split
- 20 Oct 2024 – Australian and New Zealand television frequencies (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 121.98.204.148 (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Jun 2024 – ABC Entertains (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Happily888 (t · c); see discussion
Open tasks
[edit]
A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.
Participants
[edit]Active participants
[edit]Please feel free to add your name to the list below if you would like to participate in the project.
- 5 albert square (talk · contribs)
- 97198 (talk · contribs)
- Avatar5991 (talk · contribs) - always looking at improving articles when my time permits :)
- Chrisj8910 (talk · contribs)
- Cyril Washbrook (talk · contribs)
- GMH Melbourne (talk · contribs)
- Happily888 (talk · contribs)
- Ianblair23 (talk · contribs)
- JamesR (talk · contribs)
- JuneGloom07 (talk · contribs) - Specialising in soap operas, dramas and BLPs (particularly actors).
- Lakeyboy (talk · contribs)
- Laterthanyouthink (talk · contribs) happy to look when I have time; strengths are non-commercial TV, BLPs, copyediting and adding structure
- MicedVolvo (talk · contribs)
- Mr Sitcom (talk · contribs)
- Nick Mitchell 98 (talk · contribs)
- Raintheone (talk · contribs) - Specialising in fictional characters, soap operas, dramas and BLPs.
- Reader781 (talk · contribs)
- RingtailedFox (talk · contribs) - Specialising in radio/television station call-signs and their technical parameters (power, channel/frequency, and so on)
- SatDis (talk · contribs) - Specialising in children's television
- TapLover (talk · contribs)
- TechGeek105 (talk · contribs)
- Trisreed (talk · contribs)
- TVHead (talk · contribs)
- Whats new? (talk · contribs)
Inactive participants
[edit]This list includes those members of the project who have not edited for at least three months; it is manually updated on a periodic basis. If your name has been moved here, please feel free to move it back to the active members section upon your return.
- Allied45 (talk · contribs)
- Banana Concoction (talk · contribs) - Specialising in Prime (Newcastle) Television
- DENAMAX (talk · contribs) - Maxim Stoyalov
- Eddie Blake (talk · contribs)
- Figaro (talk · contribs)
- J Bar (talk · contribs)
- Longhair (talk · contribs)
- Normangerman (talk · contribs) - Specialising in Network Ten, Nine Network and the ABC
- SmaccaWA (talk · contribs)
Retired participants
[edit]This list includes those members of the project who have not edited for a number of years, and are unlikely to return to Wikipedia; it is manually updated on a periodic basis. We thank all past members for their editing expertise.
- Andrew Rickert (talk · contribs)
- Astrogirl (talk · contribs)
- Bacco007 (talk · contribs)
- Bboundy (talk · contribs)
- Bbmaniac (talk · contribs)
- Bcollier (talk · contribs)
- Bortholomew (talk · contribs)
- Brentonniel (talk · contribs)
- Byron312 (talk · contribs)
- Chicken7 (talk · contribs)
- Chocaholic29 (talk · contribs)
- Daniel99091 (talk · contribs)
- Drworm (talk · contribs)
- Gezzza (talk · contribs)
- Gombowiki (talk · contribs)
- Ingleburn (talk · contribs)
- Jamesnd (talk · contribs)
- Jeffmister (talk · contribs)
- Katana Geldar (talk · contribs)
- Mattom123 (talk · contribs) - Specialising in soap operas, dramas, episode guides and characters.
- Matturn (talk · contribs)
- Mick 96 (talk · contribs)
- Motsa (talk · contribs)
- Mr.Television (talk · contribs) Specialising in Children's Television
- Nbound (talk · contribs) - Specialising in broadcast related information.
- Nico357 (talk · contribs) - Specialising in ABC Television and Nine Network
- piano01 (talk · contribs)
- Permafrost (talk · contribs)
- RaNdOm26 (talk · contribs)
- Rogerthat (talk · contribs)
- RuffleSomeFeathers (talk · contribs) - Specialising in Seven Network, SBS and TV ratings.
- Scoobysit (talk · contribs)
- Senators (talk · contribs)
- Smadhavichandra (talk · contribs)
- Sound of white (talk · contribs)
- Stickeylabel (talk · contribs)
- Swanny92 (talk · contribs)
- Theloon (talk · contribs)
- The Strikester (talk · contribs) - Specialising in Digital TV, Nine and WIN
- Thewinchester (talk · contribs) - Specialising in Aussie TV Biographies
- Timg231 (talk · contribs)
- Tjkirk (talk · contribs) - Specialising in the Nine Network
- trompettiste (talk · contribs)
- Tsuite (talk · contribs)
- WTVJ6 (talk · contribs) - Specialising in Imparja/Seven Network
Article assessment
[edit]Banner
[edit] | Australia: Television Unassessed | |||||||||
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{{WikiProject Australia|television=yes|television-importance=|class=|importance=}}
This template can be placed at the top of talk pages of articles related to television. Please add importance levels, both under standard importance and television-specific importance, and please add an article class.
If the article already has WP Australia but not Television, simply add television=yes inside the brackets.
Assessment parameters of relevance are:
- television-importance=
- (Top, High, Mid, Low, NA) Importance to the Australian television project
- importance=
- (Top, High, Mid, Low, NA) Importance to the overall Australian wikiproject
- class=
- (FA, A, GA, B, Start, Stub, NA, List) quality assessment of the article's current state
Quality
[edit]When rating articles, determine the quality rating using the grading scheme table.
Importance
[edit]| Type | Importance Rating | Example |
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| Article about the central aspects of Australian television. | Top | Television in Australia |
| Article about a nationally-recognisable aspect of Australian television. | High | WIN Television |
| Article about an aspect of Australian television that is region- or demographic-specific. | Mid | GTS/BKN |
| Article that fills in important details about Australian television. | Low | List of Neighbours characters |
Awards
[edit]It is the custom to reward Wikipedia contributors for hard work and due diligence by awarding them barnstars.
TV Star
[edit]The TV Star is awarded to those who make outstanding contributions to television-related articles. The barnstar is used for WikiProject Television, and all descendant WikiProjects, including WikiProject Australian television. Don't hesitate to award someone; just add the below code to a user's talkpage.
Adding {{subst:TV Star|Add your message here. ~~~~}} to a user's talkpage will award them The TV Star.
Templates
[edit]Project banner
[edit] | Australia: Television Unassessed | |||||||||
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{{WikiProject Australia|television=yes|television-importance=|class=|importance=}}
This template can be placed at the top of talk pages of articles related to television. Please add importance levels, both under standard importance and television importance, and please add an article class.
Userbox
[edit] | This user is a participant in WikiProject Australian television. |
{{User WikiProject Australian television}}
This template can be placed on userpages.
Stub
[edit] | This Australian television-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
This template can be placed at the bottom of stub articles on Television-related topics. It places the article in Category:Australia television stubs.
Future television station, channel or network
[edit] | This article contains information about a future television station, channel or network. The content may change dramatically as the channel or network launch approaches and more information becomes available. |
Usage: {{future channel|Title, the}}
If the channel is part of a section in an article use:
{{future channel|Section}}
Television channel or network
[edit]Instructions for use are at Template talk:Infobox TV channel. A list of pages that include this template can be found at Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Infobox TV channel
Television station
[edit]Instructions for use are at Template talk:Infobox Broadcast
Television program
[edit]All non-stub articles should include the Template:Infobox Television (note that all fields are optional). Current TV shows should have final air-date set to "present". The first occurrence of the title of the show should be emboldened and italicised, and later occurrences should be italicised. Likewise, all references to other shows should be italicised and the first occurrence linked.
Resources
[edit]Navigational boxes
[edit]- {{Free-to-air television channels in Australia}}
- {{Subscription television channels in Australia}}
- {{Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}
- {{Seven Media Group}}
- {{PBL Media}}
- {{Ten Network Holdings}}
- {{Special Broadcasting Service}}
- {{Aus ratings box}}
- {{Ausnewsratings}}
Television markets
[edit]- {{Brisbane TV}}
- {{Queensland TV}}
- {{Northern NSW TV}}
- {{Sydney TV}}
- {{Southern NSW TV}}
- {{Victoria TV}}
- {{Melbourne TV}}
- {{Hobart TV}}
- {{Adelaide TV}}
- {{Perth TV}}
- {{Darwin TV}}
Templates
[edit]Stubs
[edit]Categories
[edit]- Category:Television in Australia
- Category:Australian television journalists
- Category:Television networks in Australia
- Category:Original programming by Australian television network or channel
- Category:Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Category:Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming
- Category:Nine Network
- Category:Nine Network original programming
- Category:Seven Network
- Category:Seven Network original programming
- Category:Special Broadcasting Service
- Category:Special Broadcasting Service original programming
- Category:Network 10
- Category:Network 10 original programming
Related WikiProjects
[edit]- Parents:
- Sister: projects might have regional television articles or articles about local television:
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Adelaide
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Brisbane
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Melbourne
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Northern Territory
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Sydney
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Tasmania
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Victoria
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Western Australia
- Others:
Tools
[edit]- 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.
