WikiProject Australian television is a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to television in Australia.
- Our goals
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- To provide guidelines and recommendations for Australian television related articles.
- To improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australian television by creating, expanding, and maintaining such articles.
- To serve as the central point of discussion for issues related to Australian television in Wikipedia.
- Our scope
- The projects scope involves articles related to television in Australia:
Article alerts
Did you know
- 29 Aug 2022 – Cluedo (Australian game show) (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by Coin945 (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 05 Sep 2022 – Colin Fassnidge (talk · · hist) AfDed by Twisterdel (t · c) was closed as keep by Liz (t · c) on 08 Sep 2022; see discussion (1 participant)
Good article nominees
- 26 Aug 2022 – Levi Canning (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Therealscorp1an (t · c); start
Articles to be merged
- 01 Sep 2022 – Nine Films and Television (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Nine Entertainment by Bstaleight (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Jun 2022 – Television in Australia (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Television broadcasting in Australia by Psc edits (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Jun 2022 – Television broadcasting in Australia (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Television in Australia by Psc edits (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 02 Dec 2020 – 7HD (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Heyitsstevo (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Dec 2020 – 9HD (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Heyitsstevo (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Dec 2020 – 10 HD (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Heyitsstevo (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Dec 2020 – ABC HD (Australian TV channel) (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Heyitsstevo (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Jul 2020 – Fast Forward (Australian TV series) (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by 2001:8003:2509:A900:7DC9:F936:28F5:FC6 (t · c); see discussion
Open tasks
Participants
Active participants
Please feel free to add your name to the list below if you would like to participate in the project.
- 5 albert square (talk · contribs)
- 97198 (talk · contribs)
- Allied45 (talk · contribs)
- Cyril Washbrook (talk · contribs)
- Eddie Blake (talk · contribs)
- Figaro (talk · contribs)
- Happily888 (talk · contribs)
- Ianblair23 (talk · contribs)
- J Bar (talk · contribs)
- JamesR (talk · contribs)
- JuneGloom07 (talk · contribs) - Specialising in soap operas, dramas and BLPs (particularly actors).
- Lakeyboy (talk · contribs)
- Longhair (talk · contribs)
- DENAMAX (talk · contribs) Maxim Stoyalov
- MicedVolvo (talk · contribs)
- Michaelbeckham (talk · contribs)
- Nick Mitchell 98 (talk · contribs)
- Normangerman (talk · contribs) - Specialising in Network Ten, Nine Network and the ABC
- Raintheone (talk · contribs) - Specialising in fictional characters, soap operas, dramas and BLPs.
- RingtailedFox (talk · contribs) - Specialising in radio/television station call-signs and their technical parameters (power, channel/frequency, and so on)
- SatDis (talk · contribs) - Specialising in children's television
- SmaccaWA (talk · contribs)
- Trisreed (talk · contribs)
- Whats new? (talk · contribs)
- GA Melbourne (talk · contribs)
Inactive participants
This list includes those members of the project who have not edited for at least three months; it is manually updated on a periodic basis. If your name has been moved here, please feel free to move it back to the active members section upon your return.
- Andrew Rickert (talk · contribs)
- Andrewrox424 (talk · contribs) - Specialising in Prime (Newcastle) Television
- Astrogirl (talk · contribs)
- Bacco007 (talk · contribs)
- Bboundy (talk · contribs)
- Bbmaniac (talk · contribs)
- Bcollier (talk · contribs)
- Bortholomew (talk · contribs)
- Brentonniel (talk · contribs)
- Byron312 (talk · contribs)
- Chicken7 (talk · contribs)
- Chocaholic29 (talk · contribs)
- Daniel99091 (talk · contribs)
- Drworm (talk · contribs)
- Gezzza (talk · contribs)
- Gombowiki (talk · contribs)
- Ingleburn (talk · contribs)
- Jamesnd (talk · contribs)
- Jeffmister (talk · contribs)
- Katana Geldar (talk · contribs)
- Mattom123 (talk · contribs) - Specialising in soap operas, dramas, episode guides and characters.
- Matturn (talk · contribs)
- Mick 96 (talk · contribs)
- Motsa (talk · contribs)
- Mr.Television (talk · contribs) Specialising in Children's Television
- Nbound (talk · contribs) - Specialising in broadcast related information.
- Nico357 (talk · contribs) - Specialising in ABC Television and Nine Network
- piano01 (talk · contribs)
- Permafrost (talk · contribs)
- RaNdOm26 (talk · contribs)
- Rogerthat (talk · contribs)
- RuffleSomeFeathers (talk · contribs) - Specialising in Seven Network, SBS and TV ratings.
- Scoobysit (talk · contribs)
- Senators (talk · contribs)
- Smadhavichandra (talk · contribs)
- Sound of white (talk · contribs)
- Stickeylabel (talk · contribs)
- Swanny92 (talk · contribs)
- Theloon (talk · contribs)
- The Strikester (talk · contribs) - Specialising in Digital TV, Nine and WIN
- Thewinchester (talk · contribs) - Specialising in Aussie TV Biographies
- Timg231 (talk · contribs)
- Tjkirk (talk · contribs) - Specialising in the Nine Network
- trompettiste (talk · contribs)
- Tsuite (talk · contribs)
- WTVJ6 (talk · contribs) - Specialising in Imparja/Seven Network
Article assessment
Banner
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{{WikiProject Australia|television=yes|television-importance=|class=|importance=}}
This template can be placed at the top of talk pages of articles related to television. Please add importance levels, both under standard importance and television-specific importance, and please add an article class.
If the article already has WP Australia but not Television, simply add television=yes inside the brackets.
Assessment parameters of relevance are:
- television-importance=
- (Top, high, Mid, Low, NA) Importance to the Australian television project
- importance=
- (Top, high, Mid, Low, NA) Importance to the overall Australian wikiproject
- class=
- (FA, A, GA, B, Start, Stub, NA, List) quality assessment of the article's current state
Quality
When rating articles, determine the quality rating using the grading scheme table.
Importance
Type | Importance Rating | Example |
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Article about the central aspects of Australian television. | Top | Television in Australia |
Article about a nationally recognisable aspect of Australian television. | High | WIN Television |
Article about an aspect of Australian television that's region or demographic specific. | Mid | GTS/BKN |
Article that fills in important details about Australian television. | Low | List of Neighbours characters |
Awards
It is the custom to reward Wikipedia contributors for hard work and due diligence by awarding them barnstars.
TV Star
The TV Star is awarded to those who make outstanding contributions to television related articles. The barnstar is used for WikiProject Television, and all descendant WikiProjects, including WikiProject Australian television. Don't hesitate to award someone, just place the image on their talk page, and say why you've given it.
Templates
Project banner
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{{WikiProject Australia|television=yes|television-importance=|class=|importance=}}
This template can be placed at the top of talk pages of articles related to television. Please add importance levels, both under standard importance and television importance, and please add an article class.
Userbox
This user is a member of WikiProject Australian television. |
{{User WikiProject Australian television}}
This template can be placed on userpages.
Stub
This template can be placed at the bottom of stub articles on Television-related topics. It places the article in Category:Australia television stubs
Future television station, channel or network
Usage: {{future channel|Title, the}}
If the channel is part of a section in an article use:
{{future channel|Section}}
Television channel or network
Instructions for use are at Template talk:Infobox TV channel. A list of pages that include this template can be found at Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Infobox TV channel
Television station
Instructions for use are at Template talk:Infobox Broadcast
Television program
All non-stub articles should include the Template:Infobox Television (note that all fields are optional). Current TV shows should have final air-date set to 'present'. The first occurrence of the title of the show should be emboldened and italicised, and later occurrences should be italicised. Likewise, all references to other shows should be italicised and the first occurrence linked.
Resources
- {{Free-to-air television channels in Australia}}
- {{Subscription television channels in Australia}}
- {{Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}
- {{Seven Media Group}}
- {{PBL Media}}
- {{Ten Network Holdings}}
- {{Special Broadcasting Service}}
- {{Aus ratings box}}
- {{Ausnewsratings}}
Television markets
- {{Brisbane TV}}
- {{Queensland TV}}
- {{Northern NSW TV}}
- {{Sydney TV}}
- {{Southern NSW TV}}
- {{Victoria TV}}
- {{Melbourne TV}}
- {{Hobart TV}}
- {{Adelaide TV}}
- {{Perth TV}}
- {{Darwin TV}}
Templates
- {{Infobox television channel}}
- {{Infobox television station}}
- {{Infobox television}}
- {{Future channel}}
Stubs
Categories
- Category:Television in Australia
- Category:Australian television journalists
- Category:Television networks in Australia
- Category:Original programming by Australian television network or channel
- Category:Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Category:Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming
- Category:Nine Network
- Category:Nine Network original programming
- Category:Seven Network
- Category:Seven Network original programming
- Category:Special Broadcasting Service
- Category:Special Broadcasting Service original programming
- Category:Network 10
- Category:Network 10 original programming
Related WikiProjects
- Parents: Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia
- Sister: projects might have regional television articles or articles about local television:
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Adelaide
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Brisbane
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Melbourne
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Northern Territory
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Sydney
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Tasmania
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Victoria
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Western Australia
Tools
- Main tool page: toolserver.org
- Reflinks – Edits bare references – adds title/dates etc. to bare references
- Checklinks – Edit and repair external links
- Dab solver – Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
- Peer reviewer – Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.