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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples - Terminology
Hi guys I made a template to put on talk pages Template:First Nations Australians. If any of you could please take a look and see if any improvements need to be made. Thanks. AverageFraud (talk) 10:52, 1 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Hey All,
 * I've seen that this has been discussed before with no real resolution, I have created a temple Template:First Nations Australians which is based on Australian Government Style Manual[11 ] and a couple of other sources, According to the style guide 'First Nations Australians' is now the preferred term over 'Indigenous', I feel like Wikipedia should also reflect this change. I have already made this change on Racism in Australia and Institutional racism § Australia. If anyone else would like to help with either the template, or changing 'Indigenous' to 'First Nations', 'First Australians', 'First people', etc. that would be great.
 * Thanks, AverageFraud (talk) 07:33, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

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RFC on usage of First Nations placenames on Wikipedia
There is an ongoing request for discussion concerning whether First Nations placenames can be used in the infobox on Wikipedia. Please provide your feedback here. Poketama (talk) 02:23, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

Input requested
There’s a discussion at Talk:List of larger indigenous peoples of Russia on the identification of ethnic Russians as an Indigenous people. —Michael Z. 20:58, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

Input requested
There’s a discussion at Reliable sources/Noticeboard on whether Creative Spirits is reliable as a source of information for Indigenous peoples of Australia. Jimmyjrg (talk) 00:36, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

Request for third opinion
Hey folks, just hoping someone can help resolve a disagreement between myself and another editor.

The article on the Whadjuk people, one of the Noongar people, included the Noongar names along with the English names for some plants and animals in its section on the seasons.

The disagreement is whether or not the names should be included. I argue that it's of interest to a reader, especially considering that for a user to find it they will likely have an interest in the subject matter as this isn't an article with a lot of traffic. Additionally, that it's relevant as the behaviour of plants and animals is how the seasons are known to have started/ended.

The other user @Mitch Ames argues that as it is a section on the seasons, not language nor about animals and plants, that it is not relevant information.

Obviously I'm biased so please read the full discussion in the linked talk page. Providing your input there would be appreciated as well.

Talk:Whadjuk

See prior version of the article to see the section with the Noongar names included FropFrop (talk) 00:58, 23 February 2024 (UTC)


 * The disagreement continues, so additional editors are invited to comment. Mitch Ames (talk) 05:24, 2 March 2024 (UTC)