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This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles on Melanesia with a spirit of cooperation.

Goals

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Map of the Melanesian region

The goals of this project are to create, improve, and maintain articles relating to Melanesia, its history, people, geography, and culture. This includes the countries and islands of Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, East Timor and Vanuatu. Also included are Melanesian parts of Indonesia including the provinces of Maluku, North Maluku, East Nusa Tenggara, Papua and Papua Barat (Western New Guinea).

Milestones

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  • 5000 articles: - 4 July 2023

Divisions Scope

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The scope of this project is all articles which deal with the region, countries, people, and history of Melanesia. These articles should all be contained in the Category:Melanesia or one of its subcategories. We gratefully acknowledge the work of Wikipedia:WikiProject Fiji, and will be focusing the majority of our own efforts on those articles with which they are not directly involved.

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Subprojects

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Participants

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Active participants

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

  1. Badbilltucker 20:30, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Mithridates 17:27, 20 December 2006 (UTC) Bislama is the coolest language in the world and though I've never been to Vanuatu I'm very interested.[reply]
  3. Ringbark 17:49, 20 December 2006 (UTC) I lived in Vanuatu from 1990 to 1993 and still have an active interest in the country and its language[reply]
  4. Bduke. I worked in PNG 1983 - 86 and am still interested.
  5. Nomadtales. Having lived in PNG in 2004-5 I have an ongoing interest in the place. So far I have done quite a bit of work on PNG related articles so I would keen to participate.
  6. Darwinek. I was already going to nominate WikiProject Papua New Guinea. I have created many, many geographic articles about PNG, and still many are waiting to be written. - Darwinek 16:02, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Jayvdb. I'm primarily interested in W. H. R. Rivers (and s:Author:W.H.R.Rivers). As a result have made a start on Charles Elliot Fox and will continue to focus on creating articles relating to the St John's College expedition to the Torres Strait Islands in 1898. John Vandenberg 03:28, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  8. GSchjetne. I am mostly interested in New Caledonia and its history and politics, but also that of Vanuatu.
  9. aliasd and alaisd. I am a former resident of Tabubil and responsible for that article. I hope to bring many PNG related Geography articles up to scratch.
  10. Wantok. Lived and worked in PNG 1990-1994 and frequently return... have a home and family in New Ireland. Primarily work on all kinds of PNG articles, but I also contribute to assorted other Melanesian articles.
  11. K. Kellogg-Smith.  Looking to revise and upgrade the content and structure of Tok Pisin Wikipedia and Wiktionary along the lines of the Hawai'ian and Maori Wikipedias, plus getting together a knowledgeable contributor/user group to help guide the effort.
  12. Ringbark is so lucky. Sahmeditor 18:58, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Maikeli - Mainly focused on Wiki project Fiji but am interested in Melanesia & Polynesia as I am part of it and would like to help where I can.
  14. Paki.tv 08:16, 11 October 2007 (UTC) hi there - i've created pages such as kastom and Maasina Ruru. let me know wot u think![reply]
  15. nick683 11.39, 20th October 2007 (UTC) I will mainly try and improve the layout of some of the pages like the list of island pages where i will create tables there where it will have all the islands in a typical place and common information about them like the population, Area, Currency etc. I will also try and give information about the history of these islands.
  16. Ano-User (talk) 03:32, 12 May 2011 (UTC) - Interested in Pacific Island cultures and languages, and seek to improve on any articles concerning these subjects.[reply]
  17. Stickuli Stickuli (talk) 02:27, 8 November 2011 (UTC) - I like Fiji[reply]
  18. Alohamoha 6:31, 12 January 2012 (UTC) - Interested in modern political history of South Pacific
  19. KHarber 19:22 July 26th 2012 (GMT) - Interest in football within small nations, currently working on improving footballing articles on Vanuatu
  20. Anonymous209.6 (talk) 15:40, 12 July 2013 (UTC) - Interested in PNG and Pacific history, culture, daily life. Guild of Copy Editors, WP:RS[reply]
  21. ClueRootEspresso (talk) 14:14, 4 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  22. Sagotreespirit (talk · contribs) 12:24:41, 2 October 2019 (UTC) [reply]
  23. ZeegoTheDeer (talk · contribs) 22:50:19, 19 January 2022 (UTC)  Interested in the Oceanic languages of Melanesia, specifically the Southern Oceanic branch.[reply]
  24. PharyngealImplosive7 (talk · contribs) 27 February 2024 (UTC); interested in the languages of the reason, especially the ones in Vanuatu

Former participants

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

  1. Buaidh (talk · contribs) 15:31:30, 30 July 2019 (UTC) – WikiProject templates and categories.[reply]

Participant identification

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

Wikitext userbox where used
[[Category:WikiProject Melanesia participants]] none linked pages
{{Template:User WikiProject Melanesia}}
This user participates in
WikiProject Melanesia.
 linked pages
{{Template:User WP Melanesia}}
This user participates in
WikiProject Melanesia.
 linked pages
{{Template:User WP Melanesia|invite}}
This user invites you to join
WikiProject Melanesia.
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For other Melanesia user templates see Category:Melanesia user templates.

Recognised content

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A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.

Melanesia articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 1 4 31 36
A 1 1 2 4
GA 1 2 6 32 41
B 3 6 25 107 2 143
C 7 23 71 257 2 360
Start 6 59 148 937 214 1,364
Stub 1 21 168 2,834 364 3,388
List 2 2 7 140 36 187
Category 4 3,109 3,113
Disambig 8 8
File 22 22
Portal 2 2
Project 13 13
Redirect 1 2 22 183 208
Template 194 194
NA 1 3 2 6
Other 1 2 3
Assessed 20 116 433 4,370 3,535 618 9,092
Unassessed 1 1 2
Total 20 116 433 4,371 3,535 619 9,094
WikiWork factors (?) ω = 29,103 Ω = 5.45


Departments

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Article alerts

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To watch the article alerts, add the following page to your watchlist: Wikipedia:WikiProject Melanesia/Article alerts

Did you know

Articles to be merged

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Song of the "Ujangong" mask dance
Wax cylinder recording from German New Guinea on August 23, 1904, recorded by German anthropologist Rudolf Pöch.

Articles in Peer Review

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Good Articles

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Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team release version selections

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Did you knows (DYKs)

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Did you know?
Introduction and rules
IntroductionWP:DYK
General discussionWT:DYK
GuidelinesWP:DYKCRIT
Reviewer instructionsWP:DYKRI
Nominations
Nominate an articleWP:DYKCNN
Awaiting approvalWP:DYKN
ApprovedWP:DYKNA
April 1 hooksWP:DYKAPRIL
Holding areaWP:SOHA
Preparation
Preps and queuesT:DYK/Q
Prepper instructionsWP:DYKPBI
Admin instructionsWP:DYKAI
Main Page errorsWP:ERRORS
History
StatisticsWP:DYKSTATS
Archived setsWP:DYKA
Just for fun
Monthly wrapsWP:DYKW
AwardsWP:DYKAWARDS
UserboxesWP:DYKUBX
Hall of FameWP:DYK/HoF
List of users ...
... by nominationsWP:DYKNC
... by promotionsWP:DYKPC
Administrative
Scripts and botsWP:DYKSB
On the Main Page
Main Page errorsWP:ERRORS
To ping the DYK admins{{DYK admins}}

Melanesian articles that have appeared on the Main Page DYK.

Templates

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Papua New Guinea templates

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Stubs

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  • {{Oceania-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Melanesia; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
    • {{Fiji-stub}} - Stub notice for articles relating to Fiji; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
      • {{Fiji-bio-stub}} - Stub notice for biographies of Fijians
      • {{Fiji-geo-stub}} - Stub notice for articles relating to geography of Fiji
    • {{Nauru-stub}} - Stub notice for articles relating to Nauru; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
    • {{PapuaNewGuinea-stub}} - Stub notice for article relating to Papua New Guinea; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
    • {{NewCaledonia-geo-stub}} - Stub notice for article relating to geography of New Caledonia
    • {{Solomons-geo-stub}} - Stub notice for article relating to geography of the Solomon Islands
    • {{Vanuatu-geo-stub}} - Stub notice for article relating to geography of Vanuatu

Resources

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There are a tremendous number of resources available for this area. Editors should be able to feel free to check the external links and references of the article or articles dealing with the specific area in consideration.

Maps

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Periodicals

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The following periodicals available through subscription databanks for the time periods indicated regularly contain information relevant to this subject. They are indexed, and may be available in audio, video, citation, abstract, or full text versions. To acquire such information, send me an e-mail with your e-mail address and the specific subject of interest, and I will forward to you what I can obtain. John Carter (talk) 18:06, 6 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Arrows for Change (2001-on)
  • Asia Pacific Business (1988)
  • Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (1997-on)
  • Asia Pacific Law Review (1992-on)
  • Asia Pacific Rail (2000-2002)
  • Asia Pacific Telecom (2000-on)
  • Asia Pacific TV (2001-2006)
  • Asia Pacific Wireless Analyst (2004)
  • Asia Pacific Chemicals (2003)
  • Asia Pacific Journal of Human Rights and the Law (2002-on)
  • Asia Pacific Mobile Communications Report (2000-2003)
  • Asiacom (2002-2004)
  • Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific (1996-on)

Tools

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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.

External watchlist

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