Talk:List of major bushfires in Australia

An IP revert
dissappointed you removed all historical data... What was your reason to do so? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.22.143.229 (talk) 21:31, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Hopefully I have correctly restored the revert. Aoziwe (talk) 13:01, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I’ve got no idea what this is all about. Perhaps a link to the revert would be good. Users can be disappointed for any edit; however, if the edit was for good reason, justification of the restoration is required, other than expressing disappointment. Rangasyd (talk) 04:20, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry - this one. Aoziwe (talk) 09:18, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Discussion on this topic has been redirected to Talk:List of major bushfires in Australia as it is not relevant on my talk page. Rangasyd (talk) 10:51, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for restoring the edit.
 * , firstly, when you refer to an edit, please be specific as to which edit you're referring to. I have made lots of edits on lots of articles and I had no idea what you were talking about. Please see how has done it at 09:18 UTC above. I thought that it is very clear from my edit on 3 February 2020 that the long list of (some) bushfires in Australia, much of which was possibly original research as it was unreferenced, was a list. As per MOS:LIST, lists should be placed in lists and not in articles, especially an article of the length of Bushfires in Australia. Admittedly, the description of my edit was not ideal and I should have said something along the lines of "List content moved to List of major bushfires in Australia as per WP:PURPLIST." Sorry about that. I also reduced (by hiding some of) the content of the list by defining what is a "major" bushfire and what is not; namely, For the purposes of this article, a "major" bushfire is defined as any bushfire that results in a fatality or any bushfire that burns in excess of 5000 ha, or is significant for its damage to particular Australian landmarks. Now this is an arbitrary call that I made. It's open for discussion; perhaps its too low or too high? If a bushfire burns area surround Uluru, that may be considered significant; etc. That's the type of matter that would be discussed here. Finally, today I removed duplicated content covering the 1974-75 fire season. I hope that helps you. Please let me know if you need further clarification. Remember, we're all people on here and to treat other with civility and respect. Cheers :-) Rangasyd (talk) 10:51, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

Problem with sorting by fatalities
When sorting the table by fatalities, the "5 September 2019 – 2 March 2020" row is not sorting correctly. It's sorting as if the value is zero rather than 34. 115.64.53.243 (talk) 04:23, 24 October 2023 (UTC)