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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:

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


New articles

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

Contents

[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-20th 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

[edit] Participants

[edit] Useful templates

[edit] Project-related

[edit] Series navigation

[edit] Adjacencies

[edit] Melbourne Categories

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

See also: Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Melbourne

[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.

See the Open tasks talk page for more possible tasks.

[edit] Parentage

The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Cities, whose parent in turn is WikiProject Countries.

[edit] Similar Wikiprojects
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