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Welcome to the WikiProject Melbourne!

This WikiProject is a collaboration of project participants to create, expand, and organise articles relating to the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Our total progress at September 4, 2006:

42%

Total content of all articles in this project is the equivalent of approximately 744 complete articles.

We need your help! If you are a Melburnian, or an expat, or you have some knowledge or insight about the city, you can:

Join up! Add your name to the members list.
Expand a stub...
Create an article...

Adopt an article...
Discuss the Project...
Start a new area of the Project; see the list of current areas below.

Visit the Australian Wikipedians' notice board for collaboration on Australian articles in general.

New articles

Melbourne articles		Importance
Melbourne articles		None	Total
Quality
	FA	1	1
	A
	GA	1	1
	B	27	27
	Start	198	198
	Stub	518	518
	Assessed	745	745
	Unassessed	705	705
	Total	1450	1450

This is a list of recently created Melbourne-related articles. Please add new additions to the top of the list.

Melbourne Gay and Lesbian Chorus MusicMen 19:21, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
Wildwood, Victoria - Somebody in the WWW 03:48, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Rone- -- Dfrg.msc (talk • contribs) 23:09, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Civilian (street artist)- -- Dfrg.msc (talk • contribs) 23:09, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Dlux (street artist) - -- Dfrg.msc (talk • contribs) 23:09, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Meek (street artist) - -- Dfrg.msc (talk • contribs) 23:09, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Pslam (street artist) - -- Dfrg.msc (talk • contribs) 23:09, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Sixten (street artist) - -- Dfrg.msc (talk • contribs) 23:09, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Prism (street artist) - -- Dfrg.msc (talk • contribs) 23:09, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Sync (street artist) - -- Dfrg.msc (talk • contribs) 23:09, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Optic (street artist) - -- Dfrg.msc (talk • contribs) 23:09, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Phibs (street artist) - -- Dfrg.msc (talk • contribs) 23:09, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Ha-Ha (street artist) - -- Dfrg.msc (talk • contribs) 23:09, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Vexta (street artist) - -- Dfrg.msc (talk • contribs) 23:09, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Victorian College of Pharmacy
Pascoe Vale Road, Melbourne --BarcodeIII 14:41, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
Broadmeadows Valley Park --BarcodeIII 14:21, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
Bushy Park Wetlands --Stevage 09:08, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
Koomba Park --Stevage 09:08, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
Dandenong Creek --Stevage 09:08, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
Laverton, Victoria JohnnoShadbolt 06:06, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
Seaholme, Victoria --JohnnoShadbolt 11:52, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Seabrook, Victoria --JohnnoShadbolt 11:52, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
South Kingsville, Victoria --JohnnoShadbolt 11:52, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Causeway Lane, Melbourne --Biatch 05:23, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
Banyule--Biatch 05:23, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
Bates Smart --Biatch 05:23, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
Springvale Junction
Is Not Magazine
Arthur Galan AG
Cherry Bar
Yarra Bend Park - Matnkat 05:31, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
Collingwood Stockade - Matnkat 05:45, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Fort Queenscliff Lighthouse - Dinna89 11:42, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
Think Tram - Artbristol 09:35, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Tally Ho, Victoria - Cnwb 07:21, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Travancore, Victoria - Cnwb 07:12, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Ripponlea, Victoria - Cnwb 06:24, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Keith Dunstan
Mohamad Abbouche
William Lonsdale, Australian
Bayside Trail --ozzmosis 11:52, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
Koonung Creek --Glennnnn
Prahran Market 00:30, 26 March 2006 (UTC) Cuddy Wifter
City of Stonnington 03:12, 17 March 2006 (UTC) Cuddy Wifter
Surrey Gardens, Melbourne 09:56, 16 March 2006 Peter Campbell
South Surrey Park, Melbourne 09:37, 16 March 2006 Peter Campbell
Electoral district of Box Hill 11:26, 9 March 2006 Peter Campbell
Bill Landeryou
Dandenong Creek Trail - has infobox, little text -Evan C (Talk) 05:52, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
Darebin Creek
Southbank Tram Depot - categorised
Lawrence Adamson - categorised
Stan Rofe - categorised
Peter Batchelor 2:09, 6 March 2006 User:DarrenRay
James Alexander Forrest 04:27, 5 March 2006 (UTC) Harr o5
Port Phillip Association - was uncategorized page Cuddy Wifter 03:15, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
Valhalla Cinema, Melbourne Lokicarbis 02:38, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
List of songs about Melbourne Lokicarbis 02:53, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
Market Street, Melbourne 12:20, 25 February 2006 (UTC) Two stripe
William Street, Melbourne 12:20, 25 February 2006 (UTC) Two stripe
List of high schools in Melbourne 14:49, 18 February 2006 User:Cuddy Wifter
List of high schools in Victoria 10:34, 18 February 2006 User:Cuddy Wifter
Edinburgh Gardens, Melbourne 20:46, 9 February 2006 User:Bduke
Monash University, Caulfield campus 17:56, 4 February 2006 User:Wiesel 99
Melbourne Observatory 11:01, 31 January 2006 User:Pi lambda
Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Melbourne Maritime Museum 00:53, 30 January 2006 User:Phanton
Athenaeum, Melbourne 12:37, 20 January 2006 Bduke
2006 Australian Open - Men's Singles 09:43, 20 January 2006 User:NWill
David de Kretser 18:32, 19 January 2006 (AEDT)
Law Institute of Victoria, 12:37, 19 January 2006 (AEDT)
List of Cox Plate winners 07:10, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
Capitol Theatre, Melbourne 13:29, 11 January 2006 (UTC) pfctdayelise
Somers, Victoria 1:45, 10 January 2006
Doncaster East, Victoria 1:44, 10 January 2006
Coode Island, Victoria 11:43, 5 January 2006 (AEDT) User:Cnwb
Eastern Hill Fire Station 18:14, 1 January 2006 (AEDT) User:Cnwb

1 In the beginning
2 Scope
3 Adopt an article
- 3.1 Current adoptions
4 Participants
5 Useful templates
6 Melbourne Categories
7 Open tasks
8 Parentage
9 Similar Wikiprojects

[edit] In the beginning

A few Wikipedians have got together to make some suggestions about how we might organise data in articles about Melbourne. These are only suggestions, things to give you focus and to get you going, and you shouldn't feel obligated in the least to follow them. But if you don't know what to write or where to begin, following the below guidelines may be helpful. Mainly, we just want you to write articles!'

[edit] Scope

The areas covered by this project are listed below. Each area has its own page for the discussion and formulation of guidelines and conventions, as well as for listing examples of the best articles. If a page does not yet exist for a particular area, feel free to create it and propose how that part of the Project might be organised.

Note that progress and the number of articles is estimated and shown as a guide only.

[edit] Geography

Suburbs

Melbourne is home to one of the world's largest urban sprawls, and its many suburbs boast an amazing cultural diversity.
List of Melbourne suburbs | Category: Suburbs of Melbourne

32% Complete

As at 2 August 2006, 482 suburbs are listed at List of Melbourne suburbs. 22 articles are complete, 75 are more than 50% complete, 176 are between 20 and 50% complete, 163 are stubs and 48 have not been started.

Parks and gardens

Greenery is everywhere: from the many tree-lined boulevards to the Royal Botanic Gardens.
Category:Parks in Melbourne
Main article: Melbourne parks and gardens

64% complete

At 24 August 2006, of 36 articles 9 are complete, 10 are over 80% complete, 9 are between 40 and 70% complete, 4 are stubs and 4 have not been started.

[edit] Government

Local Government Areas

Melbourne is broken up in local Cities and Shires, each with its own local council and Mayor.
Local Government Areas of Victoria | Category: Local Government Areas of Melbourne

31% complete

At 24 August 2006, of 31 articles, 1 is complete, 5 are between 70 and 40% complete, 16 have some content and 9 exist as stubs.

Mayors and Lord Mayors

Melbourne's first Mayor was inaugurated in 1842, and the first Lord Mayor in 1902.
List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Melbourne

8% complete

At 24 August, 2006, of 58 articles, 3 are complete, 2 are 60% complete, 5 are stubs and 48 don't exist. Plenty of room here for someone with an interest in biography to undertake a mini-project.

Town Halls

List of Town Halls in Melbourne

18% complete

At 25 August, 2006, of 26 articles, 2 are complete, 4 are 30 to 50% complete, 5 are stubs and 15 don't exist.

[edit] Transport

Railway lines

Australia's first train steamed through Melbourne in 1854.
Railways in Melbourne | Category: Melbourne railway lines
Template: Melbourne train lines

61% complete

As at August 25 2006, of 24 railway line articles, 2 are complete, 12 are over 60% complete and 10 are from 30 to 50% complete

Railway stations

Melbourne's suburban network consists of 209 stations, placing it in the top 10 worldwide.
List of Melbourne railway stations | Category: Railway stations in Melbourne

48% complete

At August 28 2006, of 233 articles, 18 are complete, 68 are over 50% complete, and 147 have 30 to 40% content.

Types of trains

From the Red Rattler to the Silver Hitachi and the Smiley Comeng.
Category: Melbourne rail rollingstock | Template: Melbourne rail rollingstock

53% complete

At August 30 2006, of 10 articles, 1 is complete, 4 are over 80% complete, 1 is 50% content and 4 do not exist.

Closed railways

The evolution of the railways has left ghost stations across the city.
List of closed Melbourne railway stations | Category: Closed Melbourne railway lines, Category: Closed Melbourne railway stations

36% complete

At August 30 2006, of 82 articles 9 are complete, 29 are over 50% complete, 10 are stubs and 34 do not exist.

Tramways

With the largest tram network in the Western world, Melbourne held onto its trams when almost every other city dumped them in the mid-20^th century.
Trams in Melbourne | Category: Melbourne trams | Category:Tram routes in Melbourne | List of Melbourne tram routes

69% complete

At August 30 2006, of 55 articles, 15 are complete, 35 are over 50% complete and 5 do not exist.

Freeways and highways

Melbourne's freeway network is growing all the time.
List of Melbourne freeways | List of Melbourne highways
Category: Melbourne highways and freeways

55% complete

At August 31 2006, of 37 listed articles, 6 are complete, 15 are over 50% complete, 8 have some content and 8 have not been started.

Streets

Category:Streets in Melbourne

49% complete

At August 31 2006, on the assumption of about 70 articles, we have 18 complete, 18 are over 50% complete, 11 have some content and 23 have not been started.

[edit] Buildings and Institutions

Buildings, structures and landmarks

Category:Heritage listed buildings in Melbourne | Tall buildings in Melbourne

47% complete

At September 2 2006, on the assumption of 250 articles required, we have 49 complete, 67 are over 50% complete, 63 have some content and 71 have not been started.

Institutions

Category:Organisations based in Melbourne | List of high schools in Melbourne | Category:Sporting clubs in Melbourne | Category:Fashion brands in Melbourne

50%complete

At September 4 2006, on the assumption of 360 articles required, we have 51 complete, 77 are over 70% complete, 87 are estimated at 40 to 60% complete, 97 are basically stubs and 48 do not exist.

[edit] Adopt an article

Similar to the Collaboration of the week, but on a smaller scale, you might want to "adopt" an article. This would involve doing the research, writing, and picture-taking (if possible) for either a non-existent article or a stub. Of course, everyone else can still edit an adopted article, and you can work on other things too, but the idea is to find a focus for a while, to try and build up the number of quality articles the Project has produced.

[edit] Current adoptions

Altona, Victoria - John Shadbolt
City of Hobsons Bay - John Shadbolt
Williamstown, Victoria - JohnnoShadbolt
Westmeadows, Victoria - DSC
Richmond, Victoria - Andypasto
Croydon, Victoria - BlueIce
Croydon South, Victoria - BlueIce
Bayswater North, Victoria - Evan Cottle
Bayswater, Victoria - Evan Cottle
Box Hill North, Victoria - Glennnnn
South Yarra railway station, Melbourne - Adamm
Windsor railway station, Melbourne - Adamm
St Kilda - Windsor railway line, Melbourne - Adamm
Cremorne railway station, Melbourne - Adamm
Thomas Chirnside - EuropracBHIT
Melbourne tram route 78 - ssmessenger
Melbourne tram route 79 - ssmessenger
Narre Warren, Victoria - Street soldier
Sidney Myer Music Bowl - Nick Carson Talk
Somers, Victoria - Nick Carson Talk
East Doncaster, Victoria - Nick Carson Talk
Warrandyte, Victoria - Nick Carson Talk
North Warrandyte, Victoria - Nick Carson Talk
City of Stonnington - Cuddy Wifter
Black Rock, Victoria - PantherX Talk
Local Government Areas of Victoria - crazycrazyduck Talk
Koonung Creek - Glennnnn
Sorrento, Victoria - Sarah Ewart
Portsea, Victoria - Sarah Ewart
Prahran, Victoria - Biatch
Windsor, Victoria - Biatch
South Yarra, Victoria - Biatch
St Kilda, Victoria - Biatch
St Kilda East, Victoria - Biatch
Albert Park, Victoria - Biatch
Middle Park, Victoria - Biatch
South Melbourne, Victoria - Biatch
Malvern, Victoria - Biatch
Carlton, Victoria - Biatch
Southbank, Victoria - Biatch

[edit] Participants

[edit] Useful templates

[edit] Project-related

Template:WPMNotice - talk page notice for pages strongly related to the Project
Template:WikiProjectMelbourneTasks - the open tasks list as seen below
Template:Melbourne-stub - Melbourne-related stub notice
Template:Melbourne-geo-stub - Melbourne location stub notice
Template:Victoria-geo-stub - Victoria location stub notice

[edit] Series navigation

Template:MelbournePublicTransport - public transport sidebar
Template:MelbourneTrainLines - railway lines sidebar
Template:MelbourneTouristTrainLines - tourist railways sidebar
Template:MelbourneTramClasses - tram classes list
Template:MelbourneTram - infobox for Melbourne tram models
Template:MelbourneRailRollingstock - train rollingstock list
Template:MelbourneBikePath - for bike paths
Template:Cycling in Melbourne - for cycling articles which aren't bike paths
Template:MelbourneBuses - for articles about Melbourne's bus network
Template:MelbourneBusCompany- infobox for Melbourne bus companies
Template:City of Brimbank suburbs - template stuck on suburbs to show their fellow suburbs within a council - and similarly for all other councils, as per WP:ADEL.

[edit] Adjacencies

Template:MelbourneStations - adjacent railway stations table
Several suburb adjacency tables are in the works, see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Melbourne/Suburbs

[edit] Melbourne Categories

This can be turned into an encyclopaedic article called List of Melbourne topics which is part of Category:Topic lists.

Attractions
- Landmarks
- Heritage sites
  - Listed buildings

Buildings and structures

Courts and Tribunals

Crime

Culture
- Media

Education

Geography
- Parks in Melbourne
- Geography stubs

Heritage sites
- Listed buildings

History

Local Government Areas

Mayors and Lord Mayors

Organisations
- Hospitals
- Sporting clubs

Parks

People
- Moran family
- Pettingill family

Prisons

Sport

Suburbs

Transport

[edit] Open tasks

Here are some open WikiProject Melbourne tasks:
Suburbs:	West Footscray, St Kilda, Broadmeadows, Sunshine, Caulfield North
Landmarks:	Rippon Lea Estate, Como Mansion, Queen Victoria Market, Rosie's Van
Events:	Fashion Festival, Film Festival, Writer's Festival 2006 Commonwealth Games
Railways:	Healesville line, Rosstown Railway, Whittlesea line, St Kilda line, Port Melbourne line
Stations:	Dandenong , Footscray, Watergardens, Epping, Ormond
Tramways:	24, 27, 30, 31, City Circle, 42, 48, 55, 57, 59, 67, 86, 108
Streets:	Lonsdale Street, Toorak Road, King Street
People:	Charles Grimes, Alfred Felton, Charles Hotham, Reg Ansett
Institutions:	Melbourne Maritime Museum, Scienceworks Museum, Royal Melbourne Show
Organisations:	Melbourne City Council, Save Our Suburbs, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board
Edit or discuss this list.