Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian history/Chemical disasters
The History of disasters of Australia is an outline of natural disasters in Australia and its territories.
This page is a subpage of WikiProject Australian history.
| WikiProject Australian history - Disasters of Australia | |
|---|---|
| Main Page | |
| Natural Disasters | |
| Bushfires | Cyclones | Drought | Earthquakes and Landslides | Floods | Storms | Tsunami | Heatwaves | Winter, snow, and cold | Biological | |
| People and Society Disasters | |
| Chemical | Shipwreck | Transport | Urban fire | Criminal act and massacre | War | Industrial | |
Tagging and Categorising Articles edit
Main page categories edit
The disasters of Australia category structure is:
- Main Category:Disasters in Australia
Talk page Template edit
Articles related to disasters in Australia should be tagged on the Talk page with {{WP Australia|history=yes}}
For full details about using this talk page template see Template:WP Australia.
Rating Articles edit
When tagging articles, the articles class and importance can be rated. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/Assessment for details on assessment guidelines.
- |class= |importance=
Class edit
The following values may be used for the class parameter:
- FA (adds articles to Category:FA-Class Australia articles)
- A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Australia articles)
- GA (adds articles to Category:GA-Class Australia articles)
- B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Australia articles)
- Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Australia articles)
- Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Australia articles)
- NA (for pages, such as templates or disambiguation pages, where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:Non-article Australia pages)
Importance edit
The following values may be used for the importance parameter:
- Top (adds articles to Category:Top-importance Australia articles)
- High (adds articles to Category:High-importance Australia articles)
- Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance Australia articles)
- Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance Australia articles)
- The parameter is not used if an article's class is set to NA
Resources edit
Guidelines for Writing Natural Disaster Articles edit
Naming edit
If a disaster is widely known by a particular name, then the article should use that name as its title. For example:
If a disaster does not have wide recognition with a particular name, then it should be titled in the form {{date}} {{location}} {{disaster type}}.
Examples:
List of chemical disasters edit
A great number of the following events are drawn from Events By Category at the Emergency Management Australia - Disasters database.
Major events edit
These are more than likely to be notable, but please move down to bottom section if you believe they are not.
Minor events edit
These events are more than likely not notable. Please check and move to Major events section above if you believe notability exists. If a non-notable event is listed please do not delete immediately, but use <s></s> to strikethrough the text and add a signature using ~~~~. This way others can also review the event.