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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 April 24, 2007:
50%

Total content of all articles in this project is the equivalent of approximately 903 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

Melbourne
articles		 Importance
Top High Mid Low None Total
Quality
Featured article FA 3 3
Good article GA 1 3 4
B 1 1 1 76 79
Start 1 5 61 935 1002
Stub 3 7 1073 1083
Assessed 1 2 9 69 2090 2171
Unassessed 6 6
Total 1 2 9 69 2096 2177

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

 44% Complete


As at January 17 2008, 483 suburbs are listed at List of Melbourne suburbs. 26 articles are complete, 143 are more than 50% complete, 190 are between 45 and 25% complete, 107 are stubs and 17 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

 65% complete


At 20 January 2008, of the 45 articles 12 are virtually complete, 8 are over 80% complete, 14 are between 75% and 40% complete, 8 are stubs and 3 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

 52% complete


At January 20 2008, of the 31 LGAs, 2 articles are virtually complete, 4 are more than 75% complete, 17 are between 40 and 70% complete and 8 have some content. The estimated percentage complete has increased from 42% to 52%.
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

 15% complete


At 22 January, 2008, of 65 articles, 4 are complete, 6 are over 50% complete, 9 are stubs and 46 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

 27% complete


At 22 January, 2008, of 29 articles, 2 are complete, 11 are 30 to 50% complete, 5 are stubs and 11 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 railway lines

 76% complete


As at April 14 2007, of 26 railway line articles, 5 are complete, 19 are over 60% complete and 2 are 30% 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

 59% complete


At April 15, 2007, of 233 articles, 20 are complete, 102 are over 60% complete, 97 are 50% complete and 14 are about 30% complete.
Types of trains

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

 61% complete


At April 17 2007, of 10 articles, 3 are complete, 3 are over 80% complete, 1 is 30% complete, and 3 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

 41% complete


At April 17 2007, of 82 articles 7 are complete, 40 are over 50% complete, 9 are stubs and 26 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

 72% complete


At April 17 2007, of 58 articles, 15 are complete, 36 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

 57% complete


At April 18 2007, of 38 listed articles, 6 are complete, 15 are over 50% complete, 13 have some content and 4 have not been started.
Streets

Category:Streets in Melbourne

 57% complete


At April 18 2007, on the assumption of about 70 articles, we have 18 complete, 26 are over 50% complete, 18 have some content and 8 have not been started.

[edit] Buildings and Institutions

Buildings, structures and landmarks

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

 54% complete


At April 22 2007, on the assumption of 250 articles required, Melbourne Buildings are 54% complete. We have 46 articles complete, 102 are over 50% complete, 60 have some content and 52 have not been started.
Institutions

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

 57%complete


At April 24 2007, on the assumption of 400 articles required, we have 63 complete, 102 are over 70% complete, 116 are estimated at 40 to 60% complete, 106 are basically stubs and 13 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

For a comprehensive list of category topics see Wikipedia:Melbourne-related categories.

[–] Melbourne
[+] Visitor attractions in Melbourne
[+] Buildings and structures in Melbourne
[+] Melbourne culture
[+] Education in Melbourne
[+] Geography of Melbourne
[+] Heritage sites in Melbourne
[+] History of Melbourne
[+] Images of Melbourne
[+] Local Government Areas of Melbourne
[+] Mayors and Lord Mayors of Melbourne
[+] Museums in Melbourne
[+] Organisations based in Melbourne
[+] People from Melbourne
[+] Melbourne record labels
[+] Sport in Melbourne
[+] Suburbs of Melbourne
[+] Transport in Melbourne


See also: Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Melbourne

[edit] Open tasks

Here are some open WikiProject Melbourne tasks:
Suburbs: Cranbourne East, Heidelberg Heights, Moorooduc, Williamstown North
Landmarks: Chinatown, Melbourne, Como Mansion, Pelaco Sign, Rosie's Van
Events: Fashion Festival, Spring Racing Carnival, Underground Film Festival
Railways: Rosstown Railway, Whittlesea line, St Kilda line, Port Melbourne line
Stations: Stony Point, Lalor, Jordanville, Epping, Sandringham
Tramways: 27, 30, 31, City Circle, 42, 47, 55, 57, 59, 82, 89, 94
Streets: Spencer Street, Toorak Road, Market Street, William Street, Glenferrie Road
People: Fred Schepisi, Frank Costigan, Father Bob Maguire, Gina Riley, Frank Thring
Institutions: Young & Jackson, Scienceworks Museum, Australian Racing Museum
Organisations: Victorian Workcover Authority, Save Our Suburbs, VCAT
Edit or discuss this list.

See the Open tasks talk page for more possible tasks.

[edit] Parentage

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