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The current Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight is Torres Strait Islanders.
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Every two weeks, an Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight will be picked using this page. This is a specific topic directly related to Australia, the aim being to develop the article to featured-standard article by the end of the period or soon after, from widespread cooperative editing.

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


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[edit] Selecting the next Collaboration of the Fortnight

The next winner will be selected on Sunday, 24 December, 2006, 20:00 (AEST)

[edit] 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.

[edit] Tie-breakers

In case of a tie, the tied candidate that was nominated first will be selected.

[edit] Nominations

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

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

[edit] Considerations for nominations

[edit] 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:

This is the current Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight! Please help improve it to featured article standard.

When the article is no longer ACOTF, please add the following template to the talk page: {{WP Australia |past-acotf=dates}}

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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 |...}}.

[edit] Current candidates

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

[edit] Kangaroo

Nominated on 26 October 2006; needs 8 votes by 21 December 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)
  4. Figaro 09.14, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
  5. Sharkface217 03:44, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
  6. Yuanchosaan 08:08, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
  7. Athol Mullen 23:18, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
  8. Kinnoutou 07:18, 13 December 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. Wikipedia may lack a bit in these areas.Cas Liber 01:11, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
  • This article can always be expanded, as kangaroos are among the most identifiable and beloved animals worldwide.Sharkface217 03:44, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Isn't too bad but will need a bit of work. Good idea though. Yuanchosaan 08:08, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Burke and Wills expedition

Nominated on December 10, 2006; needs 2 votes by December 24, 2006 to remain listed.

Support:

  1. SauliH 14:37, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

  • The article has some detail but has room for expansion. Summaries of other expeditions that sought their party should be added or expanded. Nominated as a potentioal FA article. SauliH 14:37, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 2006-07 Australian bushfire season

Nominated on 11 December 2006; needs 2 votes by 25 December 2006 to remain listed.

Support:

  1. Golden Wattle talk 20:56, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

  • The article refers to some fires in September but nothing about the current events in Victoria ... It is somewhat embarrassing to have something so out of sync with the present; notwithstanding that this is not wikinews we should be somewhat current in our events or else the article should be deleted as being irrelevant. Unfortunately I cannot help much to clean it up at present. --Golden Wattle talk 20:56, 10 December 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Photography in Australia

Nominated on 12 December 2006; needs 2 votes by 26 December 2006 to remain listed.

Support:

  1. Golden Wattle talk 21:44, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

  • At present the merest of stubs about the beginning - there is much more to add.--Golden Wattle talk 21:44, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
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