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Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight
Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight

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Every two weeks, an Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight will be picked using this page. This is a specific topic which either has no article or a basic stub page that is directly related to Australia, the aim being to have a featured-standard article by the end of the period, from widespread cooperative editing.

The project aims to fill gaps about Australia in Misplaced Pages, to give users a focus and to give us all something to be proud of. Anyone who is a registered user, not just Australians, can nominate an article and can vote for the nominated articles.

Every second Sunday, the votes are tallied, and the winner will be promoted for two weeks to potential contributors.

Previous winners that have gone on to become featured articles can be found at /Features.
All previous winners can be found at /History.
Removed nominations can be found at /Removed.

Selecting the next Collaboration of the Fortnight

The next winner will be selected on Sunday, 12 November, 2006, 20:00 (AEST)

Voting

Please vote for as many of the following candidates as you like. Please add only support votes. Opposing votes will not affect the result, as the winner is simply the one with the most support votes (see Approval voting).

Only registered users should vote. Any Wikipedian can vote on this page. You do not have to be an Australian.

To enter your votes, simply edit the appropriate sections by just inserting a new line with "# ~~~~". This will add your username and a time stamp in a new numbered list item.

Potential voters should consider when voting whether they are prepared to contribute to that article if it is selected. The ACOTF can not be effective if people vote purely in the hopes that someone else will improve an article. The purpose is to draw together a group of interested people for a time.

Tie-breakers

In case of a tie, a special voting round will be launched for the next 24 hours. Users may only vote on one of the tied articles. If there is still a tie, the candidate that was nominated first wins.

Nominations

New nominations can be made at any time and should be added at the end of this page. Please use the template.

If the page you are nominating already exists, please add {{WP Australia | collaboration-candidate=yes |...}} to the top of its talk page.

Considerations for nominations

  • Please only nominate Australian articles which don't currently exist or need serious work. – also see Australia stubs). If you have an article that is not related to Australia please use Collaboration of the Week, which is not specific to Australian articles.
  • Giving reasons as to why an article should become the ACOTW may assist others in casting their vote.
  • Can the wider community easily contribute to the article? Or is it something only a small number of people will know about?

Selection

If the article is selected as the ACOTF, enter the article's complete title at Template:Collab-australian. The template {{Current Australian COTF}} should then be placed at the top of the selected article's page. This expands to:

Template:Current Australian COTF

When the article is no longer ACOTF, please add the following template to the talk page: {{past acotf|date|year}}

Pruning

Nominations will be moved to /Removed if they do not attract attention. An item will be allowed to remain up for voting two weeks per two votes it receives.

NOTE: If the turnover of collaborations slows down as it did in September/October 2006, the expiry dates should be taken with a pinch of salt for a while and allowed to relax to ensure popular choices are not pruned merely due to nobody actually selecting a new collaboration topic.

Items may also be removed if they are inappropriate for nomination (see Considerations... above)

Please see the talk page to discuss to changes in pruning policy.

Related pages

You can find a list of Australian articles on the to do list on the Australian Wikipedians' noticeboard (a full list can be found at the complete to do list).

Category:Australia collaboration candidates contains the talk pages of articles tagged with {{WP Australia | collaboration-candidate=yes |...}}.

Current candidates

Click here to add a new nomination Please ensure new nominations are added at the end of the list.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Nominated on 30 August 2006; needs 10 votes by December 3 2006 to remain listed.

Support:

  1. cj | talk 11:34, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
  2. Hide&Reason 11:08, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
  3. Jen Powell-Psmith 10:32, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
  4. Jeffklib 06:46, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
  5. — Donama 06:58, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
  6. Kinnoutou 11:59, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
  7. Chuq 07:09, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
  8. riana_dzasta 05:02, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

  • Whole sections of this (particularly the history) are copy-pastes from other sites. Did some minor g/p and structural tidying last night. What it really needs is some more images and citations! Hide&Reason 11:08, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Is very topical with current restructure and industrial action.

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras

Nominated on September 11 2006; needs 6 votes by November 20 2006 to remain listed.

Support:

  1. Rebecca 10:57, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
  2. cj | talk 11:39, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
  3. User:Jen Powell-Psmith | Talk 11:39, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
  4. Shiftchange 03:55, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
  5. riana_dzasta 05:02, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

  • Was suggested on the talk page by Jen Powell-Psmith. We could do so much more with this one, and I'd be happy to jump in and do some of the work myself. Rebecca 10:57, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Thanks Rebecca - this page seems less developed than comparable pages of other international events so thought it was worth adding to the list. It would be fairly easy to improve on as there isn't much information there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jen Powell-Psmith (talk • contribs)

Torres Strait Islanders

Nominated on October 3 2006; needs 8 votes by 2 December 2006 to remain listed.

Support:

  1. — Donama 06:58, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
  2. JP Psmith 09:31, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
  3. cj | talk 03:36, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
  4. Scott Davis 12:35, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
  5. Kinnoutou 12:00, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
  6. riana_dzasta 05:02, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
  7. JROBBO 10:00, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

Drought in Australia

Nominated on 17 October 2006; needs 4 votes by 14 November 2006 to remain listed.

Support:

  1. Todd661 11:46, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
  2. 1nic 06:22, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
  3. Shiftchange 00:31, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Comments: I would like to see an article on the current drought in Australia. I have absolutley no idea what to call it and I invite anyone to change the possible name. Todd661 11:46, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Taj El-Din Hilaly

Nominated on October 17 2006; needs 4 votes by November 14 2006 to remain listed.

Support:

  1. Andjam 22:00, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
  2. — Donama 00:09, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

Well, I suppose some would be seeking divine intervention... Andjam 12:03, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Miles Franklin Award and related articles (authors and books)

Nominated on October 19 2006; needs 6 votes by November 30 2006 to remain listed.

A structured response to User:Jenny Sinclair's call to arms. If you ignore the list of winners, this amounts to an appalling stub for what is the biggest prize on Australia's literary calendar, is it not?

Support:

  1. pfctdayelise (translate?) 08:53, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
  2. Rebecca 02:16, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
  3. cj | talk 02:22, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
  4. riana_dzasta 05:02, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

Phar Lap

Nominated on 23 October 2006; needs 2 votes by 6 November 2006 to remain listed.

Support:

  1. Canley 00:57, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

  • Great potential, but the article only has one reference (about the origin of Phar Lap's name) and is surprisingly short. Also, there are a lot of tables which could be cleaned up or reformatted for readability. --Canley 00:57, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Kangaroo

Nominated on 26 October 2006; needs 4 votes by 23 November 2006 to remain listed.

Support:

  1. Cas Liber 01:11, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
  2. cj | talk 05:05, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
  3. riana_dzasta 05:02, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

  • Shouldn't need much work to get to FA. Pretty obvious australian critter and there aren't a huge number of biology FACs. Misplaced Pages may lack a bit in these areas.Cas Liber 01:11, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Eucalyptus

Nominated on 26 October 2006; needs 4 votes by 23 November 2006 to remain listed.

Support:

  1. Cas Liber 01:11, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
  2. riana_dzasta 05:02, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

The Anzac Legend

Nominated on 2 November 2006; needs 2 votes by 16 November 2006 to remain listed.

Support:

  1. Grano*salis 07:22, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

United States-Australia relations

Nominated on November 3 2006; needs 12 votes by January 26 2006 to remain listed.

Support:

  1. Sharkface217 02:56, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
  2. evrik  04:44, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
  3. Mike | Talk 04:52, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
  4. riana_dzasta 05:02, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
  5. Húsönd 05:18, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
  6. Siva1979 11:24, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
  7. Arjun 16:08, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
  8. Orane (talk • cont.) 19:38, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
  9. JackofOz 23:09, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
  10. Daniel.Bryant 05:48, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
  11. Ed 15:29, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

Rove McManus

Nominated on November 7 2006; needs 2 votes by November 21 2006 to remain listed.

Support:

  1. lincalinca 05:57, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Oppose:

  1. Shiftchange 13:27, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Comments: As McManus is a Gold Logie winner and a focal point of many international celebrities and general publicity and attention, his page should be indicative of him and of his achievements, however many details that should be topical are simply footnotes presently, and many of these deserrve elaboration or expansion. In short, I'd love some help getting it there. I am happy to prune and keep things tidy. Generally that's what I do in general here in WikiPedia, however addition of content and notation and reference I don't believe to be one of my greater skills, and would love the enclave of attention that can be provided by (around) 150 other soldiers on my side.

McManus is an over-rated, not very funny or original, industry hack, undeserved of extra attention here at Misplaced Pages. There are far more important subjects to collaborate on. - Shiftchange 13:27, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
As per the sectiion titled voting above, "Please add only support votes. Opposing votes will not affect the result." -- Longhair\ 13:32, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Geoffrey McSkimming

Nominated on November 8, 2006; needs 2 votes by November 22, 2006 to remain listed.

Support:

  1. — JeremyTalk 01:37, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
  2. Would be a good project. Sharkface217 23:56, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

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