Wikipedia:Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight/History/Archive 2005

Australian collaborations in 2005.

Bert Newton
Nominated October 1, 2004; needs 6 votes by January 3, 2005

Votes
 * 1) Old moonface! The excitement! The drama! The narrowly avoided punch in the face from Muhammad Ali! He gets my vote! &mdash;Stormie 11:46, Oct 1, 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) He gets my vote, he's been around for so long, this article is just crying out for ACOTW! -- Chuq 02:17, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) I'm happy to do this, as long as it waits until after Victor Chang. Ambi 03:34, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * 4) Hmmmm. You children do have short memories :)  What about Graham Kennedy, who was probably even more important in Australian TV history?  OK, that's not an objection to Moonface, just a comment.--Robert Merkel
 * 5) *Then nominate him--ZayZayEM 05:03, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * 6) Good old moon-face. I vote for this on the condition that Kerri-Anne Kennerly never becomes ACotW. - Mark 07:08, 3 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Comments
 * In case anybody doesn't like the New Kid on the Block. Bert is an absolute ICON of Australian Television and I cannot believe no one has done an article on him yet.--ZZ 09:55, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)

ACOTW

ACOTW from December 13 2004 to March 23 2005
 * 12 contributors made 18 edits
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Darwin, Australia
Renominated December 13, 2004; needs 4 votes by January 10, 2005

Votes
 * 1) ZayZayEM 12:23, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) Chuq 20:46, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) T.PK 11:08, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) The bellman 10:24, 2005 Jan 22 (UTC) (if this gets up, could somebody tell me on my talk page so i know to come help. thanks.)
 * 5) Cyberjunkie 06:54, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) bainer 06:19, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Comments "During World War II, on 19 February 1942 about 150 Japanese warplanes attacked Darwin." (That is all on that matter).
 * Rather pitiful article for a state capital. Also may need a move to Darwin, Northern Territory.

ACOTW ACOTW from 14 April to 3 June
 * 20 contributors made 50 edits
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Snowy Mountains Scheme
ACOTW ACOTW from 19:53, 21 May 2005 to 00:20, 15 August 2005
 * 10 contributors made 13 edits
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Snowtown murders
Nominated on 1 May; needs 2 votes by 15 May or 22:00 1 May

Support: Comments:
 * 1) --Cyberjunkie 14:47, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) -- Longhair | Talk 14:54, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Ambi 03:55, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Brookie:A glow in the dark 07:17, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) ScottDavis 13:34, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Aaron Hill 14:03, May 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Aurgi 06:03, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Significant event in Australian history. The article, as it presently stands, is fairly abysmal. I'm not sure if it is correctly named either.--Cyberjunkie 14:47, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Should be a breeze given how recent the event is. -- Longhair | Talk 14:54, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, I think so. And given that many Australian contributors are law students, this topic may well be familiar to them.--Cyberjunkie 14:59, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)

ACOTW ACOTW from August 13 2005 to 4 September 2005
 * 7 contributors made a total of 31 edits
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History of Queensland
Nominated on 4 May; needs 2 votes by 18 May.

Support:
 * 1) --Randolph 04:06, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Ambi 07:27, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) ScottDavis 12:32, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC) Every state has interesting history.
 * 4) Falphin 01:11, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Conrad Leviston 14:12, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Deryck C. 2005-07-05 08:34:38 (UTC)

Comments: ACOTW ACOTW from 4 September 2005 to 19 September 2005
 * There is a History of Australia series that is incomplete. Currently there is no article in the series for the History of Queensland. A History section does exist in the current article on Queensland.  I'd like to see this used as the beginnings of a more comprehensive article on the subject. --Randolph 04:06, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
 * On the regular COTW, History of Australia is on vote. I support both of these. Falphin 01:11, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I have created the article by copying the content that was in the History section of Queensland. I deleted it from there and left a main article link as it was just a list of bullet points - I nearly put them on the talk page instead.--Scott Davis Talk 10:03, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 10 contributors made a total of 34 edits
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1997 Thredbo landslide
Nominated on June 9; needs 8 votes by October 16.

Support:
 * 1) Harro5 21:49, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Ambi 03:53, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) DJ-Studd 06:13, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Lisa 07:05, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Snottygobble | Talk 23:37, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Astrokey44 05:10, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

Comments:
 * A very important event in recent Australian history. It's a travesty that there is no article on the landslide, or on Stuart Diver. Harro5 21:49, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * There is now a Stuart Diver stub, but it could do with some more work, or get merged into the landslide article, which has been created by copying out of the Thredbo, New South Wales article. --Scott Davis Talk 00:23, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

ACOTW from 19 September 2005 to 3 October 2005
 * 5 contributors made 14 edits during that time
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Marree Man
ACOTF from 3 October 2005 to 16 October 2005
 * 11 contributors made 44 edits
 * The article increased from 0.9kb to 10.5 kb - over ten times longer
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Support: Comments:
 * 1) Diceman 18:44, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Lisa 02:42, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Macorovi 12:57, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Sum0 21:02, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Rubberneck 02:57, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) MarkIV 11:19, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
 * A lot of mystery still surrounds this geoglyph. It would be good to have a source of information on the internet of what happened more than a couple of weeks after the discovery. Information will probably have to be sourced through the printed media.
 * I would love for this to be featured. Lisa 02:42, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
 * A couple of later newspaper articles are at http://100megsfree4.com/farshores/n02mar.htm and http://www.geocities.com/curiosities3/evidence.htm although obviously there must be more.

Sport in Australia
ACOTF from 16 October 2005 to 30 October 2005
 * 24 contributors made 62 edits
 * The article increased from 2.12 kb to 5.39 - 3 times longer
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Support: Comments:
 * 1) Cfitzart 03:15, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Ambi 03:35, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Cyberjunkie | Talk 06:33, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Scott Davis Talk 05:42, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Agnte 09:11, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Pcpp 13:27, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) --J L C Leung 16:49, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) go the tigers --Ballchef 12:45, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Melbourne Cricket Ground
ACOTF from 30 October 2005 to 13 November 2005
 * 13 contributors made 45 edits
 * The article increased from 3.3kB to 14.8 - 4&frac12; times longer
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Support:
 * 1) User:J L C Leung 21:44, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) El T 02:17, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Ambi 17:14, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) bainer (talk) 03:32, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) mdmanser 13:49, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Chuq 09:14, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Comments:
 * The state of the page for a stadium that over a billion people will gaze their eyes upon in less than six months for the Commonwealth Games is appallingly bad. Let's do something about this!
 * It should be at least as long as Jerusalem. --bainer (talk) 03:32, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Rabbit-proof fence
ACOTF from 13 November 2005 to 27 November 2005
 * 12 contributors made 46 edits
 * The article increased from 327 bytes to 9981 bytes - 30.5 times longer
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 * Astrokey44 also more than tripled the length of Dingo Fence

Support: Comments:
 * 1) Ambi 10:58, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Agnte 11:29, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Razol2 14:13, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) bainer (talk) 03:52, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Diceman 15:37, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Cnwb 22:07, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Ian &equiv; talk 15:07, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
 * The fence, not the film. It's a pitiful stub, and could make for an interesting project, covering both the history of its construction and its pitiful failure. Ambi 10:58, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Phew - for a second I thought people were nominating the movie! El T 16:30, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
 * All the various fences right?
 * I think this should be a joint collaboration with the Dingo Fence article. There definitely needs to be some information about the logistics of constructing fences of these lengths. Diceman 15:37, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Australian Aboriginal flag
ACOTF from 28 November 2005 to 11 December 2005
 * 13 contributors made 39 edits
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Support: Comments:
 * 1) Cyberjunkie | Talk 04:05, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Brisvegas 10:50, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Harro5 05:37, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Cnwb 05:42, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) El T 13:14, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) JPD (talk) 16:38, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) pfctdayelise 14:29, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) liquidGhoul 02:26, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Agnte 10:34, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) SydneyBronte 02:10, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Such a significant representation of Australian culture certainly deserves a comprehensive treatment. Brisvegas 10:50, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
Nominated on 11 November; needs 8 votes by 6 January to remain listed.

ACOTF from 12 December 2005 to 25 December 2005
 * 11 contributors made 70 edits
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Support:
 * 1) Chuq 22:16, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Agnte 22:36, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Ambi 01:17, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Andjam 12:23, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Cnwb 22:51, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) A  Y  Arktos 01:46, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) SydneyBronte 02:10, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) cj | talk 09:36, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Comments:
 * A fairly limited article at the moment on a nationally well known event; potential coming up for people from three states to get some great photos; plenty of scope to add historical info as well. -- Chuq 22:16, 10 November 2005 (UTC)