Template talk:WP Australia/Archive2

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Nested functionality

I posted on the project talk page a request for comment on adding the "nested=yes" parameter to your banner. I haven't heard much response and wondered if we could go ahead and add the code? The relevant changes can be seen at example template and example template at work. Please let me know if you have questions, comments, etc. -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 22:41, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Itt would be better if it showed the subsidiary projects, ie in the example it should show Wikiproject Adelaide, I have no problem with the concept and concatenated approach allowing expansion.--Golden Wattle ^talk 00:17, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi, Golden Wattle - I've made the change to address this. Take a look at Template:WikiProjectBannerShell/Example Australia for the code, and Template talk:WikiProjectBannerShell/Example Australia for the template in action. If that looks good, I'd like to put it into production. -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 03:24, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Looks good enough with the subsidiary projects. I'd say go ahead in the absense of any "no! don't!" comments. It appears not to break the existing appearance as the default anyway. --Scott Davis ^Talk 08:36, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Diff from current version to new version is available here. -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 16:09, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Would someone be able to make the change indicated by this diff to the template? Thanks! -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 15:21, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Done - Harryboyles 06:09, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Replace image with SVG version?

As it was requested at Category:Images which should be in SVG format, I have converted the project icon to SVG. It is available at Image:Aus tv.svg (from Commons). Next step is to replace all instances of the old image with the SVG version; I can't do that here, as it is protected. Can someone, please? Cheers, Stannered 20:20, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

{{editprotected}}. The icon you suggest doesn't look the same as the current icon. Is there consensus to change to the new icon? CMummert · talk 20:31, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

It doesn't? It was intented to look as close as I could get to the original - the rotation of the knob is slightly off, and on closer examination, the flag might be shifted horizontally by a pixel or so, but still... Stannered 21:02, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

My fault - I thought you were replacing the flag, since the TV icon is not visible on the template page. The edit has been made. CMummert · talk 21:23, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Cheers! Stannered 21:35, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Changes

I've introduced a few significant changes to the template:

Using {{WP India}} code, I've put in a list-class option.
To trim down the size and keep out un-necessary data (pursuant to above discussion), I've removed {{Australia opentask}} and placed assessment comments in the collapsible section.
I've separated task parameters (peer-review, ACOTF, etc) from subproject parameters with a horizontal rule.

There are some changes to the way the template now functions. For instance, when class is specified as NA or List, the importance parameter remains. Ideally, I'd like it to not show as previously, but I can't figure the code. The task parameters also need to be updated for the list-class option. --cj | talk 23:24, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Is maintained by?

I notice this template says the article "is maintained by" WP:AUS. It seems to me that saying "is within the scope of" (as {{WPBiography}} does, for example) would be more appropriate and make more sense. Not a big deal, but "is maintained by" has a hint of WP:OWNership about it. Plus, I've seen evidence that it's a bit of an exaggeration in some cases, e.g., The Radiators (Australian band), which I created to fill in a redlink, had the WP AUS banner added by someone else, but has had almost no maintenance by anyone. Not that I'm complaining, mind you. I'm just tossing an idea out for discussion. Xtifr _tälk 13:03, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

"...is within the scope of" works for me. If I remember correctly, I edited the template to read "is maintained by" when the article on the Tim Tam was speedy deleted. It'd be nice if those deleting articles on a whim advised the WikiProject concerned for comment prior to deletion, but the wiki-world is far from perfect. I'm supportive of your suggested rewording. -- Longhair\^talk 13:16, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps we could have it render as "is within the scope of" for articles, but retain "is maintained by" for non-article pages, where the scope doesn't necessarily make sense?--cj | talk 13:21, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

That suggestion makes good sense. -- Longhair\^talk 13:35, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

I certainly have no objection. Unless you're asking me to code it, in which case I will object that it sounds like more work than it's worth. But otherwise, I think it sounds great. :) Xtifr _tälk 11:18, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

i actually came here to make exactly the same "within the scope of" suggestion. i do think that it is well worth the work because aside from the issue of whether or not the page is actually being "maintained", this terminology is exclusionary and shout's "hands off" at non-members who might be interested in contributing. xx baby_ifritah 13:22, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

places vs place

If you use places=yes in the template then it displays as per the small version. Where as using place=yes it displays correctly in the normal version. Gnan garra 05:07, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Can you try places=yes again and let me know if it's functioning correctly? -- Longhair\^talk 06:26, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Yep its working now thanks. Gnan garra 06:39, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

TV and Television params

The template supports TV and Television as pointers to Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian television, but the parameters aren't listed in the copyable example. --Steve _(Stephen) ^talk 02:36, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Fixed, I think.--cj | talk 02:41, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, thanks for the quick action --Steve _(Stephen) ^talk 03:17, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Sub-project categories

I notice that pages tagged with this banner are put in only the appropriate "*-class Australia articles" and "*-importance Australia articles", in the case of sub-projects, they are also included in the main "WikiProject *** articles" category. I don't think these redundant categories should be there at all, but they definitely don't belong when class=NA. JPD (talk) 14:18, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

I think the rating and category for the wikiprojects should remain, however (and I realise this might take a bit of work) the rating level for the sub-projects should be acknowledged in the visible part of the template.

For example: when you insert "|Townsville = yes" it inserts "[[Image:Townsville city.jpg]] This article is supported by [[Wikipedia:Wikiproject Townsville|WikiProject Townsville]]." and if you insert:"|Townsville-importance = Top" it categorises the article in [[:Category:Top-importance Townsville articles]]. :I would like to suggest that when "|Townsville-importance = Top" is added than the template changes to "[[Image:Townsville city.jpg]] This article is supported by [[Wikipedia:Wikiproject Townsville|WikiProject Townsville]]. (rated as [[:Category:Top-importance Townsville articles|Top]] importance)

I think the case of the importance rating for Wikiproject Australia being different to the rating of a sub-project would be quite frequent and so the suggestion above would be a really useful tweak to the template which will empower sub wikiprojects more. Thanks, Wiki Townsvillia n 08:49, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Your suggestion has merit. However, maybe I did not put my suggestion very well. Of course the separate subproject rankings should be there, and the talk pages placed in the appropriate quality and importance categories, but they do not need to be placed in, for example, Category:WikiProject Townsville articles as well as Category:Top-importance Townsville articles. The template does not use such redundant categorisation for the Australia WikiProject, and it is definitely not appropriate for the non-articles. JPD (talk) 16:25, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

I think I understand what you're saying, however I think I still disagree with you as having the full list of articles that are being maintained by the sub wikiproject is a useful list for those in the sub-wiki as well as the lists of articles by importance and quality. with almost 26 000 articles wikiproject Aust is too big for Category:WikiProject Australia articles to be of much use to the project. I agree with you on the non-articles bit, they should not go to the category. Thanks, Wiki Townsvillia n 22:21, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

See Template:WP Banksia for what I'm talking about, WP Australia should have the same below the line thing and when a sub-wiki is added (eg. |Townsville=yes} it adds a similar thing below the line, like in WP Banksia. Thanks, Wiki Townsvillia n 23:25, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

As I said before, that has merit and may be worth putting some effort into. However, removing the Category:WikiProject Townsville articles, etc. is very simply done and would solve the problem of non-articles being categorised with the only "downfall" being the loss of the full lists of sub-project articles. I think this is actually a positive thing, inline with the spirit of WP:SUBCAT. JPD (talk) 14:56, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

I've not followed this discussion fully, but I made a couple edits the other night to the Adelaide and NT parameters which removed "WikiProject X articles" category from non-article pages. I was intending on applying the changes to all parameters, but haven't yet had time.--cj | talk 15:06, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

I would have simply removed Cat:WikiProject X articles altogether, as redundant, but thought this might not be fully appreciated so mentioned it here first. Since it seems most people do want to retain the full lists, Cyberjunkie's solution seems fine. As for WikiTownsvillian's suggestions, I have implemented somethign like it for Townsville. It can be copied for any of the other subprojects, although not all of them seem to have done any importance rating yet. JPD (talk) 16:54, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

NT Project

Can someone please update this template to bring the Northern Territory project into the city-specific project tag list? Thewinchester ^(talk) 08:45, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Not done yet; the project is not yet active. Please repeat this request if and when the project becomes active. --ais523 08:57, 30 April 2007 (U T C)

Tagging

For some time now I have been dabbling with putting WP Australia class=NA in category talk pages, partially as a way of tracking through the full ranges of categories and their populations - as well as allocating various projects indicators. (Tasmania, WA and much less maritime history - and about to start Northern territory)

I do have a question for this whole process: Is there a rule/policy about joint project involvement - where multiple projects might claim custodianship so to speak? I would be interested - so as to get a sense of whether its ok to be allocating more than one - whether certain parameters might determine whether one has precedence over another etc. I ask this as to whether there are any issues with current templates. cheers Satu Suro 11:50, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Image replacement request

{{editprotected}} Please replace the image Image:Nuvola apps kcontrol.png with Image:Icon tools.png as it was marked as a duplicate on Wikimedia Commons. The image is protected there. Thanks. Siebrand 19:42, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Done. Cheers. --MZMcBride 20:42, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

NA importance, but...

There's something funny with non-article importances (is that a word? ah what the hell). Compare Talk:1788 in Australia with Talk:1790 in Australia - both are classed as lists and so the banner says that the importance is NA. But one has importance=low and another has no importance value given. These importance categories are still shown at the base of the page (Low and Unassessed). Is that right? - 52 Pickup 19:44, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian music

Would it possible to integrate a parameter for the above into the template please? Also, what's involved in giving the sub-project its own assessment categories? —Moondyne 14:02, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Added about an hour ago. Assessments are also working. See Category:Australian music articles by quality. Cheers. -- Longhair\^talk 07:24, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks so much. You've had a busy day. —Moondyne 10:11, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I like to be productive when I'm here :) I've added a fair amount of articles under the music project as a starter to get things moving. Everything appears to be working fine. Allow the WP1.0 bot a day or two to run over the project assessments and you'll then be able to include the stats count table (as seen on other Australian WikiProjects) to your project pages. For those using AutoWikiBrowser to assess articles, it might pay to drop User:Kingboyk a message so he can consider including this project in his next plugin update. -- Longhair\^talk 10:21, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I already made a counter table as placed in the project page, so will the bot just update that automatically or should I have left it for the time being? —Moondyne 10:30, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

It won't hurt. Looks a lot nicer than a red link (as I've just said at your talk page), and the bot will simply overwrite it in time correcting the information within. -- Longhair\^talk 10:31, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I prompted the bot to run through Australian music articles. It's updated the statistics table.--cj | talk 11:16, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Nice feature. Never knew that existed. :) Thanks. -- Longhair\^talk 11:20, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I've just uploaded an SVG version which supercededs my previous version. Can someone update that in this template? The image is Image:WikiProject Australian Music.svg. Ta. --linca ^linca 10:19, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Done —Moondyne 10:23, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Assessment Comments

{{editprotected}} In the Assessment Comments, it has a link to a page. Rather than external link it to the edit page, just wiki link it (red link), to show it hasn't got comments. SpecialWindler ^talk 04:50, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Done. Cheers. --MZMcBride 20:59, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Do we even need the show/hide dropdown box at all? It seems kinda pointless requring one to open the dropdown box to see if comments have been placed when this information could easily be included within the template itself. -- Longhair\^talk 02:52, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Template changes

A discussion has been started at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Australia/Future#Template_-_functions to discuss changes to one of the template functions please join this discussion. Gnan garra 11:27, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Pagination

I've noticed that this template leaves a trailing blank line. It's not critical, but it makes many of the talk pages I've been looking at less appealing. If this could be fixed, that would be great. Adam McCormick 23:29, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Done. – Luna Santin (talk) 23:40, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Portal:Australian music

{{editprotected}} When the music=yes parameter is added, could we have a link to Portal:Australian music placed underneath, similar to the link to Portal:Australia which appears under the Australian flag in all cases. Giggy _U^CP 02:26, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Instead of or as well as? ck lostsword•T•C 19:32, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

As well as, if possible. Maybe even in the text that says "project covered by Ausmusic project" etc. Giggy _U^CP 21:56, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Text in the main text - project covered by &c. could read 'for more information about music in australia, see the australian music portal'? Or just another little link next to the aus portal - I suspect there wouldn't be enough room there though. ck lostsword•T•C 22:16, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Sure, that suits me. Giggy _U^CP 22:20, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Done ck lostsword•T•C 22:49, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia: Wikiproject Gold Coast changes

{{editprotected}} Wikipedia: Wikiproject Gold Coast is now known as Wikipedia: WikiProject Gold Coast, Queensland. Could this please be updated?

The project has created the appropriate categories for importance and quality assessment. I would appreciate if you could update the template to allow importance and quality assessment for Gold Coast articles.

In regards to the project image, I'd also be appreciate if Image:View-from-Q1-looking-north.jpg could be used for the project image. Thanks very much, --Nicko 14:27, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Done - should be ck lostsword•T•C 19:24, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

WA-Importance Categories

The Categories in here seem to be saying that they are unassessed, but categories cant be assessed, i think that there is a problem with the template maybe. Unsure. Thanks Twenty Years 11:31, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Ah, I see what the problem is. Anyone in favour of either creating a series of subcats for categories under quality, or excluding them from subproject selection on quality? Orderinchaos 22:30, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

I can't imagine why we'd need/want to assess cats for quality; best to exclude them I'd say. —Moondyne 00:03, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

{{WP Australia|class=cat|Perth=yes}} needs to be removed from all those cat pages. It's not necessary. Giggy _U^CP 00:14, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Maybe - as it is an Australia project issue surely it goes to the noticeboard - its not just a wa tagging issue but project wide issue. However the issue of cats (ask me I have been there....) is that they are non assessable full stop - no question or argument on that Satu Suro 00:21, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Category *is* an assessment, so they don't need to be assessed. (i.e. one is saying "This article is a category and needs no further assessment") As a result it appears as a subcat under quality - which was my question above. Orderinchaos 01:14, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

I think that when category is selected, it should not populate a category as it's superfluous to do so. I think it should just categorise any of the other types of articles the template's placed onto, but not cats, because it also becomes something of an eyesore with a thousand categories included (has anybody seen how many are on Kylie Minogue? I mean, FFS seriously). --linca ^linca 06:13, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Conversation here is about when finding a category talk page (not an article page) blissfully clear of any interference - then if being tagged for WikiProject Australia - if the class=cat is typed in - the resultant view of the template tag on that talk page has a not assessable/ or no comment at all in the box? I thought that was what we are talking about? Multiple projects tagged on a talk page is no problem as long as they are relevant Satu Suro 06:20, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

To explain - We rate pages by placing this template on the article's talk page. At present, they are going into a "Non-article pages" category. We are arguing they would be more usefully held at a "Category pages" category. This would not add categories to the articles themselves, but is purely for rating and sorting purposes (i.e. so we can find all category pages related to a particular project). Orderinchaos 09:00, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Another way of saying it - WP Australia template goes on all article talk pages in the project - when the groups of articles are given categories - they collect under that categories page title - when we tag an article with a category at the front - it goes into that category - when we tag the actual category page as a class=cat, it has no need to be assessed because it is a category - probably even less clear ? Satu Suro 10:11, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Basically, i am completely lost here with all the jargon and wiki-ness. What i think should happen is that we tag categories like they are, but have like a "N/A" rating for them, so that they are removed from the unassessed category. This way they are not clogging up the category. Basically what i was wondering, is how on earth this can be done? Twenty Years 15:03, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

As I said way back, it can be done, but needs consensus for a method to do it, as any way it can be done will add bulk to already bulky code. (The most likely way is adding an exception line under every subproject as we've done with Lists) Orderinchaos 15:25, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

So the problem could be resolved in this bit of code (using Adelaide example).

{{ #switch: {{{class|}}} ... }}

where we should add a line something like

|Cat|cat|Category|category = [[Category:Adelaide categorys|{{PAGENAME}}]]

Would you support this? :: maelgwn - talk 14:04, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

{{editprotected}} Can someone do my above suggestion please? :: maelgwn - talk 10:34, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't understand what's being requested, so I've disabled the editprotected tag. Please feel free to clarify and re-enable it. Cheers. --MZMcBride 14:42, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

I finally got around to fixing this problem. Have tested it and it appears to work fine - Categories will now not show in "Unassessed ____ articles" or in "Unknown-importance Australia articles". I didn't see the point in creating a new catalogue of category pages when all categories are in "Category-Class Australia articles anyway". Orderinchaos 14:21, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for doing that. Unrelated question why is this [1] in Category:Unassessed Australia Articles? :: maelgwn - talk 12:56, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

In other words can you do the same thing for lists and you did for Categories? :: maelgwn - talk 13:10, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Request to change template

{{editprotected}} I feel that this template should be changed to be similar with {{WPFootballinAus}} and {{Football}} templates. A good example of this is shown in this talk page Notice that the {{WP Australia}} template has NO rating option for importance as well as for the quality scale. Compared with the other two templates, there are these statements in the two templates which are; This article has been rated as Cat-Class on the quality scale. and This article has been rated as NA-importance on the importance scale. If someone can fix this template to be more consistent with the above two templates, it would be much appreciated. --S iva1979^{Talk to me} 13:01, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

There is an importance scale (eg. see Talk:Queensland), but it is set to not appear when certain classes are given - and Category is one of these classes. From the link that you posted, all of those banners show NA for category anyway, so having importance for Cat-class is pretty redundant. - 52 Pickup 13:23, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't completely understand the issue here. We have quality and importance ratings, and categories don't need an importance rating - eg Category talk:Government of New South Wales Orderinchaos 13:27, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

If its possible wouldnt it be better to have the template automatically idenity wikipedia, template and category type pages and tag them as NA-importance Gnan garra 14:31, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Have the template automatically detect if it is a template/category page? Interesting idea. I think that's doable. But since it is given that template and category pages are NA, is it really necessary to state that they are NA? - 52 Pickup 14:58, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Well, there is no harm done in stating that they are NA. In fact this would be consistent with the {{Football}} template. --S iva1979^{Talk to me} 04:13, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Its not necessary to state NA but it is necessary to exclude them from unassessed categories, if that was able to be done automatically by the template then its a benefit. Gnan garra 04:24, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

WP Australia has been progressively streamlined to make it less obtrusive – we're not about to backtrack. If consistency is such a concern, then {{Football}} should be altered.--cj | talk 04:28, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

No, I disagree. Please view this page for a more clearer view about this. I feel that this template should be changed to be consistent with the {{Football}} template. --S iva1979^{Talk to me} 08:43, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

For every example you give, there are just as many counter-examples. Setting all of them just for the benefit of one template is absurd. What is the point of having 2 or more banners all saying that the page is NA? This WP Australia template avoids stating such redundant information (all category pages are "NA", so why state it?), and that is the way it should be. - 52 Pickup 09:13, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

That's laughable. Why would we want to conform to a lesser-used template of an inferior design?--cj | talk 10:58, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Siva1979, it is clear that this project, like WikiProject Japan, has rejected your proposed changes for much the same reasons. If you want to continue your campaign to make all templates look and behave the same, I advice you take it to the Village Pump instead of trying to drum up support from the two editors you agreed with your changes to Template:WikiProject Chad. --Farix (Talk) 12:12, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Since Siva1979 had made the same proposal to multiple Wikiproject banners, I have started a centralized discussion at the Village Pump to obtain wider input. --Farix (Talk) 13:12, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Extraneous linebreak when preceeded by certain other templates

{{editprotected}} This template contains an extraneous linebreak between lines 6 and 7. It normally does not cause any problems, but will display when this template is immediately preceeded by a template that similarly contains an extraneous linebreak at the end. Please change the beginning to something like this:

 }}<!-- END inner ifeq (test for WP namespace, the one exception to the no non talkspace rule) -->}}<!-- END outer ifeq (test for placement not on talk page) --><!--
 ------------------ end check of template placement ---------------------------------------------><!--
 --></includeonly>{| class="{{#ifeq:{{{nested|}}}|yes|collapsible collapsed messagebox nested-talk|{{#ifeq:{{{small|}}}|yes|messagebox small-talk|messagebox standard-talk}}}}"
 |-

Thanks. Anomie 00:34, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Done --Selket ^Talk 01:46, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Assesment comments

I question the need for this at all. In my experience almost no-one uses the facility (I'm sure there are some, but I can't think of a way of seeing how many/which articles have comments added). It smells a bit of instruction creep and unnecessary clutter IMO. And if we do decide that we need it, wouldn't a direct link to the comments page be better rather than a show/hide button? That way you could see that the comments actually existed by the link being blue rather than red. —Moondyne 04:27, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

I've never really cared for them, so I wouldn't be against such a change. Perhaps we could use the hidden section for meta-parameters (ACOTF candidate, Portal, Attention etc) instead, to limit the banner size when they're enabled.--cj | talk 04:36, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

{{editprotected}} Is there a reason that the comments section is currently visible by default? I'd have thought it should be the other way around (if we keep it). Giggy ^Talk 02:31, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Done. Cheers. --MZMcBride 05:29, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Image change

{{editprotected}} As part of the WikiProject Rugby league I request that the image used when, on this template, the code nrl=yes is entered. The image should be changed from Image:Rugby league pass.jpg to Image:Rugby league play the ball cropped.jpg

The reasoning behind this is:

The older image is deleted and needs replacing.
The {{WikiProject Rugby league}} has this image placed on it.
The image is of a rugby league scene.

Thankyou, If there is any problems with this, please contact me on my talk page as I will not watch this page. SpecialWindler talk 11:49, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Done.--cj | talk 12:02, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Portal:Music of Australia

{{editprotected}} When the |music=yes parameter is used, a link is added to Portal:Australian music. Could this please be updated to reflect the portal's new location; Portal:Music of Australia. Thanks, G iggy\^Talk 01:53, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Done.--cj | talk 01:58, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Template

Shouldn't this template have an option (eg:|template=yes) for templates its used on? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peachey88 (talk • contribs) 02:19, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

This is normally covered by using class=NA because they are not articles. :: maelgwn - talk 02:35, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

However, {{WP Australia|class=cat|importance=NA}} does exist. BTW, is the importance parameter not used if an article's class is set to cat? See also Template talk:Dab-Class, since the template code uses {{Cat-Class}} already. Personnally, I think it's unnecessary bloat, but that's just my POV ;) Comte0 08:36, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

and shouldn't it have settings for states since it has them for major cities? (eg: an article about something within a state but not in a major city?) Peachey88 02:23, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

These correspond to certain wikiprojects that are children of Wikiproject Australia. For example there is Victoria=Yes but no Melbourne=Yes but there is Adelaide=Yes but no SA=yes. :: maelgwn - talk 02:35, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Importance assessment for other associated projects

Greetings! I'm rather new to adding WP:AUS project tags on my articles and had a quick question. I placed a tag on Talk:Stylidium semaphorum and assessed it as Stub/Low and as WA=yes and biota=yes, but it gets auto-categorized into Cat:Unknown-importance Australian biota articles and Cat:Unknown-importance Western Australia articles. Am I missing a parameter to assess it for these projects like "WA-importance=" and "biota-importance=" that I didn't see in the instructions? If you don't have these yet, you might consider including them in the template like we did at {{Carnivorous Plants}} (we included a "plants-importance=" parameter so we could include separate importance assessments). Cheers, --Rkitko ^(talk) 17:05, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

The WA-importance and biota-importance parameter do exist. The correct stanza is then {{WP Australia|class=Stub|importance=Low|WA=yes|WA-importance=Low|biota=yes|biota-importance=Low}}. Isn't it possible to deduce biota-importance and WA-importance from the importance parameter? Comte0 08:36, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

WP Qld

I think it is very inappropriate to have a picture of the Gold Coast as the image representative of Queensland, either a simplistic map of Qld such as this, except only with Queensland in the image or the flag of course. Cheers, Wiki Townsvillia n 01:19, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

I would have to agree with WikiTownsvillian, I would think that something like Image:Queensland_locator-MJC.png but just showing QLD or the flag would be a better choice. Peachey88 ^{(Talk Page | Contribs)} 12:44, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

I've edited the template to use Image:Queensland locator-MJC.png. -- Longhair\^talk 20:24, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Portal link

To try and promote Portal:Australia, it may be worth including a link to the portal on this project tag, similar to the links to the Biography and Dance Portal links on the other tags on this page. Others' thoughts? -- Mattinbgn\^talk 21:45, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

A tiny link to the Australia Portal already exists. Look under the flag icon. If you missed it, it's a sign it may need reworking. -- Longhair\^talk 22:43, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

How many times have I looked at that tag and not seen that link? Thanks, Mattinbgn\^talk 23:00, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

I still think a bigger link would be nice - maybe have the Australian flag linking (using {{click}}). — Dihydrogen Monoxide 02:33, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Or {{portal}} as on the page Matt linked too. — Dihydrogen Monoxide 02:35, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Categories talk page tagging (revisited?)

What is the difference between {{WP Australia|class=NA}} and {{WP Australia|class=cat}}? Is class=NA now deprecated for categories? There's a gazillion categories still using 'NA' —Moondyne 01:12, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Brisbane - class = cat - feature request

I'd appreciate an update to the WikiProject Brisbane section so that class = cat results in Category:Category-Class_Brisbane_articles being used rather than the default Australian category.

Thanks very much in advance. Nicholas Perkins (T•C) 08:42, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

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