Wikipedia:WikiProject Papua New Guinea

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Scope
This group includes within its scope all articles related to Papua New Guinea, its cities, geography, transportation, culture, history and so on. It aims to expand Wikipedia's resources on Papua New Guinea in a fair and accurate manner. All of these articles should be contained within the Category:Papua New Guinea or one of its subcategories.

Milestones

 * 3000 articles: - 6 June 2017
 * 4000 articles: - 17 December 2019
 * 5000 articles: - 28 November 2023

Active members
To join WikiProject Papua New Guinea, edit this section and add the Wikitext   with your areas of interest to the bottom of the following list of members. Members should also place member identification on their user page.
 * 1) John Carter 16:58, 3 December 2007 (UTC) (sponsor)
 * 2) Ijanderson977 17:54, 20 April 2008 (UTC) (dept sponsor)
 * 3) aliasd
 * 4) \ /
 * 5) Michael Cousins
 * 6) Wantok (toktok) 02:11, 23 January 2011 (UTC) - PNG in general - New Ireland in particular
 * 7) Ano-User (talk) 03:26, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
 * 8) Anonymous209.6 (talk) 15:37, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
 * 9) Phenss (talk) 21:40, 24 February 2014 (UTC) (Lae & surrounds)
 * 10) User:PNGWantok PNGWantok (talk) 12:37, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
 * 11) ClueRootEspresso (talk) 14:14, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
 * 09:45:47, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
 * 10:15:05, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) Oughtta Be Otters (talk) 21:56, 25 January 2021 (UTC) - notable women
 * 10:16:22, 15 March 2021 (UTC) - health, public health, relationship with Australia, relationship with Queensland, languages (I'm not an expert; just interested. I live in Queensland Australia.)
 * 06:13:38, 3 July 2021 (UTC) was Professor at UPNG long ago.
 * 1) Roundtheworld (talk) 19:26, 15 December 2021 (UTC) ex PNG at what was DPI. Have just done 25 PNG women's biographies (See WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/210 October-November) but am struggling to do more.
 * 17:37:10, 12 April 2023 (UTC) Islands

Former members
Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.
 * 02:37:01, 15 May 2019 (UTC) – WikiProject templates and categories.

Member identification
Members of WikiProject Papua New Guinea should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to .

For other Papua New Guinea user templates, see .

Featured articles

 * Admiralty Islands campaign
 * Australian boobook
 * Banksia dentata
 * Cattle egret
 * Cyclone Rewa
 * Eastern brown snake
 * Elizabeth II
 * Frilled lizard
 * Great cuckoo-dove
 * Hermann Detzner
 * King brown snake
 * Landing at Nadzab
 * Papuan mountain pigeon
 * White-bellied sea eagle

A-Class articles

 * Battle of Bita Paka
 * Battle of Wau
 * New Britain campaign

Good articles

 * Battle of Bita Paka
 * Battle of Dumpu
 * Battle of Finschhafen
 * Charles III
 * Cyclone Monica
 * Denisovan
 * Great flying fox
 * Landing at Lae
 * Mountain kingfisher
 * New Britain campaign
 * New Guinea Air Warning Wireless
 * New Guinea Volunteer Rifles
 * Northern Command (RAAF)
 * The Malay Archipelago
 * Varanus salvadorii

Main page featured articles

 * Hermann Detzner (2011-10-16)
 * Cattle egret (2012-02-14)
 * Admiralty Islands campaign (2012-03-26)
 * Elizabeth II (2012-06-02)
 * White-bellied sea eagle (2013-02-18)
 * Landing at Nadzab (2013-09-05)
 * Cyclone Rewa (2014-01-07)
 * Banksia dentata (2014-07-09)
 * King brown snake (2020-11-08)
 * Eastern brown snake (2021-10-09)
 * Australian boobook (2021-12-21)
 * Papuan mountain pigeon (2022-05-30)
 * Frilled lizard (2023-05-13)

In the News articles

 * Paedophryne amauensis (0000-00-00)
 * 2008 Papua New Guinea floods (2008-12-19)
 * 2010 Papua New Guinea bus crash (2010-01-15)
 * Denisovan (2010-03-25)
 * MV Rabaul Queen (2012-02-05)
 * Cyclone Pam (2015-03-14)
 * Elizabeth II (2015-09-09)
 * 2018 Papua New Guinea earthquake (2017-02-28)
 * Ezekiel Anisi (2017-05-26)
 * Kato Ottio (2018-01-09)
 * James Marape (2019-05-30)
 * 2019 Bougainvillean independence referendum (2019-12-12)
 * 2022 Papua New Guinea earthquake (2022-09-13)
 * 2024 Enga landslide (2024-05-25)

Did you know? articles

 * Polynesian rat (2004-10-14)
 * Elizabeth II (2006-04-02)
 * Lake Kutubu (2007-04-15)
 * The Malay Archipelago (2007-05-09, 2013-04-03)
 * Sepik (2007-05-23)
 * North Fly District (2007-06-26)
 * De Rays Expedition (2007-06-28)
 * Samarai (2007-07-11)
 * Channel-billed cuckoo (2008-03-12)
 * Forest kingfisher (2008-05-30)
 * Michael J. Manning (2008-10-01)
 * Noisy friarbird (2008-11-06)
 * Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (2008-11-19)
 * Kumusi River (2008-11-28)
 * Peter Tsiamalili (2009-02-04)
 * Melidectes (2009-04-20)
 * Coral Gardens and Their Magic (2009-06-20)
 * Indonesia–Papua New Guinea relations (2009-06-21)
 * Black-backed bittern (2009-10-10)
 * Japanese settlement in Papua New Guinea (2009-11-03)
 * Northern river shark (2010-01-15)
 * Timbuwarra (2010-03-30)
 * Gahnia aspera (2010-05-09)
 * Tonda Wildlife Management Area (2010-05-19)
 * 2010 Bougainvillean presidential election (2010-06-22)
 * John Momis (2010-06-22)
 * Cherubim Dambui (2010-07-10)
 * Sangara, Papua New Guinea (2010-07-18)
 * Black-spotted whipray (2010-09-11)
 * Speartooth shark (2010-09-23)
 * Coffee production in Papua New Guinea (2010-10-04)
 * George Ambo (2010-10-17)
 * Cycas rumphii (2010-12-12)
 * Nauclea orientalis (2011-05-12)
 * Paperbark flycatcher (2011-06-10)
 * Grevillea edelfeltii (2011-11-22)
 * Bulbophyllum nocturnum (2011-11-30)
 * Pheasant coucal (2012-07-30)
 * Kerevat (2012-09-16)
 * Kerevat Airfield (2012-09-16)
 * Banksia dentata (2012-12-04)
 * Noisy pitta (2012-12-16)
 * Kulap (2013-01-08)
 * Isokichi Komine (2013-03-20)
 * Finschia (2013-04-02)
 * Helicia (2013-05-23)
 * Purdy Islands (2013-07-05)
 * Goaribari Island (2013-09-18)
 * Mangrove robin (2014-01-19)
 * Hahalis Welfare Society (2014-06-19)
 * Australian boobook (2014-08-23)
 * Takenaga incident (2015-03-16)
 * Dysidea arenaria (2015-09-23)
 * New Guinea Air Warning Wireless (2015-11-20)
 * Battle of Dumpu (2016-02-25)
 * Landing at Lae (2016-02-27)
 * Northern Command (RAAF) (2016-05-22)
 * 2016 OFC Nations Cup final (2016-06-30)
 * Lemon-bellied flyrobin (2017-01-22)
 * New Britain bronzewing (2017-10-12)
 * Karuka (2018-12-06)
 * Anisocentropus krampus (2020-01-15)
 * Clerodendrum quadriloculare (2020-11-15)
 * Megacrania batesii (2021-01-25)
 * 1888 Ritter Island eruption and tsunami (2021-02-17)
 * Francis Hagai (2021-04-25)
 * Susan Karike (2021-05-18)
 * Jean Kekedo (2021-10-28)
 * Mary Kekedo (2021-10-28)
 * Rose Kekedo (2021-10-28)
 * Gea eff (2022-03-17)
 * Kessy Sawang (2022-08-28)
 * Rufina Peter (2022-08-28)
 * Jack Emanuel (2022-12-06)
 * Charles III (2023-06-04)

Former good articles

 * Kuru (disease)
 * Papua New Guinea
 * Ulawun

Did You Know (DYK)s

 * Lake Kutubu - 15 April 2007
 * Sepik - 23 May 2007
 * North Fly District, Western Province - 26 June 2007
 * de Rays Expedition - 28 June 2007
 * Samarai - 11 July 2007
 * ... that Mike J. Manning was threatened with deportation from Papua New Guinea for a report criticizing corruption in the government? - October 1, 2008
 * ... that the Golden Monarch (male pictured) is found in New Guinea and New Ireland but not in the large island New Britain which lies between them? - October 24, 2008
 * ... that there are fourteen subspecies of the Pacific Robin (pictured) scattered from Samoa to Norfolk Island? - October 25, 2008
 * ... that the Goldenface is a small bird with bright plumage that is endemic to the hills and mountains of New Guinea? - October 25, 2008
 * ... that the rebuilding of the Kumusi Bridge in Papua New Guinea, destroyed by the flooding of the Kumusi River (pictured) during Cyclone Guba, will cost upwards of K70 million? - November 28, 2008
 * ... that Indonesia and Papua New Guinea share a 760 km border that has raised tensions and ongoing diplomatic issues over many decades? - June 21, 2009
 * Tonda Wildlife Management Area - 19 May 2010

Version 1.0 Editorial Team release version selections

 * Papua New Guinea
 * Port Moresby

Suggested articles
The following articles would appear to be needed. Please add to the list:
 * Christopher Abel knighted in 2018
 * Henry Okole
 * Graham Ainui former Deputy Police Commissioner and ambassador to the Philippines
 * Henry Kila, businessman
 * Florence Bundu, sportswoman and HIV/AIDS campaigner
 * Jan Jaworski, priest
 * Nat Koleala, aviator
 * Thomas Ritako, politician
 * Ronald Tovue, East New Britain leader
 * Dennis Buchanan, politician and owner-operator of Talair
 * Institute of National Affairs

Subpages

 * WikiProject Papua New Guinea/Geography stubs

Tools

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External watchlist

 * Wikiproject Watchlist - WikiProject Papua New Guinea