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WikiProject Tasmania

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Welcome to WikiProject Tasmania!

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Hobart docks with Mt Wellington in the background.
Hobart docks with Mt Wellington in the background.
This WikiProject aims to create and improve articles and images related to Tasmania, Australia.

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.

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Guidelines

edit To keep to the guidelines as designated in Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide.

Current events

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Read and edit Wikinews


24 December 2024 – 2024–25 Australian bushfire season
Residents of the Grampians region of Victoria state are evacuated with over 41,000 hectares (101,000 acres) already burnt. (BBC)
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)


Things you can do

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Things To do Backlog
Requested photographs in Tasmania 184
Unassessed Tasmania articles 42
Unknown-importance Tasmania articles 1329

See the full CleanupWorklistBot list for this project, grouped by problem type (or on the Alphabetic tab: by age, importance, or class).

Also visit the Australian Wikipedians' noticeboard for collaboration on Australian articles in general.

Here are some manually requested tasks you can do to help at WikiProject Tasmania:

  • Requests: Conservation in Tasmania, Kirsty Dunphey, Peter Gilligan, Commonwealth Government Centre
  • Expand: Aurora Energy, Devonport, Freycinet National Park, List of schools in Tasmania, Prospect Vale, Riverside, Smooth Island, State Library of Tasmania, Tasmanian Conservation Trust, Transend Networks, Sandfly
  • Verify: TCA Ground, Burnie, Derwent River, Port Arthur
  • Images: Bracknell, Fern Tree, Government House
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    Tasmania

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    Popular Pages

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    Interested?

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    This user is a participant in
    WikiProject Tasmania.

    You can add {{User WikiProject Tasmania}} to your user page, which will display the userbox on the right.

    Also if you live in or are currently visiting Tasmania, please add

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    Members

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    Active members

    To join WikiProject Tasmania, 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. Canley (talk · contribs), Hobart, Tasmania
    2. Chuq (talk · contribs)
    3. CineBrick315 (talk · contribs) 11:30:17, 26 January 2024 (UTC) , Hobart, Tasmania[reply]
    4. Njh (talk · contribs), Hobart, Tasmania
    5. JarrahTree (talk · contribs)
    6. Nevanderson (talk · contribs), Sydney, NSW. Reference books on Tasmanian history, especially maritime and regional history..
    7. Kgoetz (talk · contribs), Glenorchy area, Tasmania
    8. Shirt58 (talk · contribs), somewhere on the eastern fringe of leaves. A generalist. See Eucalyptus risdonii, Koonya, Tasmania, and so on.
    9. PAT6592 (talk · contribs), Hobart, Tasmania. Forestry, land management and rural industries.
    10. Sean Parker (talk · contribs), Originally from Evandale. Mountains, Rivers and Towns in the North Midlands. Aboriginal Tasmanians.
    11. Spacepine (talk · contribs)
    12. RevPLaw (talk · contribs) 23:22:28, 6 June 2019 (UTC) , North eastern shore of Derwent River, Tasmania between Tasman and Bowen bridges, including flora, fauna, written and archaeological history.[reply]
    13. Wildroo-tas (talk · contribs) 03:20:19, 15 June 2020 (UTC)  North East Tasmania[reply]
    14. JTdale (talk · contribs) 18:36:22, 22 August 2020 (UTC)  Hobart, Tasmania. Reference books on local architecture; generalist.[reply]
    15. Sessefres (talk · contribs) 02:42:23, 8 October 2020 (UTC)  Burnie area, interest in the small towns and schools[reply]
    16. SHB2000 (talk · contribs) 10:15:39, 1 May 2021 (UTC)  - mainly here to do some improve articles and check the info on Wikivoyage here.[reply]
    17. Mairremena (talk · contribs) 02:15:35, 25 August 2021 (UTC)  Here to contribute as much as possible to the information of Tasmania; interested in all subjects![reply]
    18. Adam Black GB (talk · contribs)

    Former members

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

    1. Navarine (talk · contribs), Hobart, Tasmania, History, especially maritime, geography
    2. Upzook (talk · contribs), Sydney, NSW. Eaglehawk Neck
    3. MojoTas (talk · contribs), Burnie, Tasmania
    4. Norchy_pies4life (talk · contribs), Moonah, Tasmania - Tasmanian Football (Australian Rules)#Patricknoddy, Valdosta, Georgia#PanachePizazz (talk · contribs), Hobart, Tasmania. Tasmanian (particularly Hobart) music & performing arts, I am an avid music-follower and also a photographer who is happy to share for Wikipedia.
    5. 42° South (talk · contribs), London, UK (originally Clarence, Tasmania). Tasmanian Sports, local history#PelionClimber (talk · contribs), Leith, Tasmania. Bushwalking, climbing impressive Tasmanian mountains.
    6. Boltonfan22 (talk · contribs), Old Beach, Tasmania
    7. Orderinchaos (talk · contribs), Perth, Western Australia. Geographical articles (esp Launceston region), and general project tasks
    8. KeresH (talk · contribs), Bagdad, Tasmania. Midlands, flora and fauna, I'm a photographer & I'll entertain requests
    9. Travis Tiddy (talk · contribs), Hobart, Tasmania. The Lake Margaret Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, West Coast oral histories. Born and raised in Queenstown and very much still associated with the West Coast#Tasmarshall (talk · contribs)
    10. Wiki ian (talk · contribs), Hobart, Tasmania
    11. lepamplemousse (talk · contribs) Living in Devonport, only moved (relatively) recently. I'd love to help out but definitely not as knowledgeable about Tasmania as others.
    12. Aaroncrick (talk · contribs), Launceston, Tasmania. Tasmanian articles (esp Launceston region), and general project tasks
    13. Decat2 (talk · contribs), Hobart, Tasmania, Schools and education
    14. Noodle snacks (talk · contribs), Hobart, Tasmania, Can probably meet photographic requests
    15. Watchover (talk · contribs), Here to help!
    16. Tazkal (talk · contribs), Originally from Burnie, currently living in Kalgoorlie.
    17. Takver (talk), Melbourne
    18. Peripitus (talk · contribs) near Launceston.
    19. Forfuxake (talk · contribs), North Hobart, Tasmania - Tasmanian football (Australian Rules) and other Hobart-based info.#Jdimsey_95 (talk · contribs), Hobart, Tasmania
    20. Hothguard11 (talk · contribs), Hobart, Tasmania. Into photography, transport and urban history. Can assist with building history and such.
    21. Phil Wardle (talk · contribs) Photography, anything to do with sailing, boats or the waterways. Living in Hobart area.
    22. Rey fresco (talk · contribs) Climate and weather, Created page Liawenee and provided climate tables for Maydena and Swansea

    Member identification

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

    Wikitext userbox where used
    [[Category:WikiProject Tasmania participants]] none linked pages
    {{Template:User WikiProject Tasmania}}
    This user is a participant in
    WikiProject Tasmania.
    linked pages
    {{Template:User WP Tasmania}} linked pages
    {{Template:User WP Tasmania|invite}} linked pages

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

    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.