Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Australian politics/Parliaments

Discussion

Please provide comments and/or indicate support or opposition below. Thanks.

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While this is good, I did prefer it without the latest sets of changes (specifically changing the "parliaments by term" categories). Ambi 05:52, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Ok. From your latest comment on Drew's talk page I assume that your concern is with the term 'List of', Am I correct? If it were 'Category:Members of Queensland Parliaments by term' would that be okay? As I won't be online again tonight, if you're both able to resolve this last point and make amendments above, I'm happy to go with whatever compromise you decide. -- Adz|talk 06:09, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I think that describes things a little better. Ta. :) Ambi 12:58, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

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I preferred the "lists of" approach, but this is fine. We need to establish the correct capitalisation of "states and territories". We have articles States and territories of Australia but Parliaments of the Australian states and territories. Surely one of these is incorrectly capitalised? The proposed Category:Parliaments of the Australian States and Territories may need to be decapitalised. Hesperian 23:11, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Decapitalising, I think. They're not proper nouns. Ambi 23:21, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Ok. I've made those two changes (decapitalising and removing the striked cats). is that it? Shoudl I remove these comments and put them back on the old talk page in my name space before posting messages at AWNB and politics project page? -- Adz|talk 00:24, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

I suggest you remove the proposal to the project page at the current location. i.e. Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian politics/Parliaments. That would make this page the talk page for the proposal, and there would be no harm in leaving the discussion here. Hesperian 00:38, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Done. -- Adz|talk 01:24, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

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Let me be the first to comment. I agree with these changes. The former system was confusing and not used properly. Good work folks. Bduke 02:12, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Looks well structured and easy to follow. enochlau (talk) 03:25, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Seems reasonable.--cj | talk 04:53, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

This looks really good. --bainer (talk) 07:39, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

I like it. JPD (talk) 09:49, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Looks good. Well done. Now the finger-work begins. --Scott Davis ^Talk 09:20, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the support. I have begun reorganising. I am mapping/planning progress at Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian politics/Parliaments/Progress

Can anybody tell me, if you rename a category (I presume you would do this at WP:CfR, or maybe an admin can do it), does it automatically rename all the articles within that category, or do you then have to go through and change them all manually? (in which case I don't see the point of renaming, you may as well just delete and start over). The reason I ask is because I thought it might be quick way to take care of Category:Victorian parliaments, Category:Australian parliaments etc. (before you go renaming though, let me clean out the latter). -- Adz|talk 11:25, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Each article needs to be changed to the new category. If you go through CfR then maybe someone would do it with a bot, but I would be inclined to do it manually then get an admin to delete the old categories. Hesperian 11:46, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Ok. Thanks. I'm getting there. Have created all the state categories and moved most relevant articles (though not yet all). Moving the lists of member articles is next. Won't get it all done tonight, but might start on the Fed parl to free that cat up. Will see how I go. -- Adz|talk 12:56, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

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I have moved as many of the members by term articles into the new categories but left some because Rebecca has drafts in the old categories. A couple of points:

• The articles 'Members of xyz' seem to duplicate the cats 'Members of abc by terms. I suggest these be deleted and cats for current members be created.
• The list category for WA will be the same as the cat '... by term'. I suggest articles in the list cat be put in '... by term' cat & old at deleted.

Thoughts? MH au 07:52, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

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Progress Table

I have designed a table to track progess which could replace the present list at Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian politics/Parliaments/Progress . Here it is - tell me what you think. Yellow indicates thatthe article/category does not appear.

	Category: Australian parliaments
	Category: Parliament of Australia	Category: Parliaments of the Australian states and territories (including article Governors of the Australian states and article Parliaments of the Australian states and territories)
		Category: Parliament of Western Australia	Category: Parliament of Queensland	Category: Parliament of South Australia	Category: Parliament of Victoria	Category: Parliament of the Northern Territory	Category: Parliament of the Australian Capital Territory	Category: Parliament of Tasmania	Category: Parliament of New South Wales
Parliament Article	Parliament of Australia	Parliament of Western Australia	Parliament of Queensland	Parliament of South Australia	Parliament of Victoria	Parliament of the Northern Territory	Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly	Parliament of Tasmania	Parliament of New South Wales
Vice regal rep article	Governor-General of Australia	Governor of Western Australia	Governors of Queensland	Governors of South Australia	Governors of Victoria	Administrator of the Northern Territory	Governor-General of Australia	Governor of Tasmania	Governor of New South Wales
Current chamber articles	Australian Senate	Western Australian Legislative Council	Queensland Legislative Assembly	South Australian Legislative Council	Victorian Legislative Council	Northern Territory Legislative Assembly	Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly	Tasmanian Legislative Council	New South Wales Legislative Council
	Australian House of Representatives	Western Australian Legislative Assembly		South Australian House of Assembly	Victorian Legislative Assembly			Tasmanian House of Assembly	New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Chamber presider articles	President of the Australian Senate	President of the Western Australian Legislative Council	Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly	President of the South Australian Legislative Council	President of the Victorian Legislative Council	Speaker of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly	Speaker of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly	President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council	President of the New South Wales Legislative Council
	Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives	Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly		Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly	Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly			Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly	Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Chamber clerk articles	Clerk of the Australian Senate	Clerk of the Western Australian Legislative Council	Clerk of the Queensland Legislative Assembly	Clerk of the South Australian Legislative Council	Clerk of the Victorian Legislative Council	Clerk of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly	Clerk of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly	Clerk of the Tasmanian Legislative Council	Clerk of the New South Wales Legislative Council
	Clerk of the Australian House of Representatives	Clerk of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly		Clerk of the South Australian House of Assembly	Clerk of the Victorian Legislative Assembly			Clerk of the Tasmanian House of Assembly	Clerk of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Parliament Building article	Parliament House, Canberra; Old Parliament House, Canberra	Parliament House, Perth	Parliament House, Brisbane	Parliament House, Adelaide	Parliament House, Melbourne	Parliament House, Darwin	Legislative Assembly Building, Canberra	Parliament House, Hobart	Parliament House, Sydney
Members by term category	Category:Members of Australian Parliaments by term	Category:Members of Western Australian Parliaments by term	Category:Members of Queensland Parliaments by term	Category:Members of South Australian parliaments by term	Category:Members of Victorian Parliaments by term	Category:Members of Northern Territory parliaments by term	Category:Members of Australian Capital Territory Parliaments by term	Category:Members of Tasmanian parliaments by term	Category:Members of New South Wales parliaments by term
Chamber bios (past & present) category	Category:Members of the Australian Senate	Category:Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council	Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly	Category:Members of the South Australian Legislative Council	Category:Victorian politicians	Category:Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly	Category:Members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly	Category:Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council	Category:New South Wales State politicians
	Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives	Category:Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly		Category:Members of the South Australian House of Assembly				Category:Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
Electoral districts category		Category:Electoral regions of Western Australia	Category:Electoral districts of Queensland		Category:Regions of the Victorian Legislative Council	Category:Electoral divisions of the Northern Territory	Category:Electoral divisions of the Australian Capital Territory	Category:Electoral divisions of Tasmania
	Category:Electoral divisions of Australia	Category:Electoral districts of Western Australia		Category:Electoral districts of South Australia	Category:Electoral districts of Victoria				Category:Electoral districts of New South Wales
Other	Members of the Australian House of Representatives - duplicates Category:Members of Australian Parliaments by term Members of the Australian Senate - ditto Australian House of Representatives committees Joint Sitting, Australian parliament, 1974 List of Australian federal by-elections Australian Senate committees Category:Opposition of Australia Australian National Audit Office	Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly - partially duplicates Category:Members of Western Australian Parliaments by term Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council - ditto	Queensland Legislative Council Continuous Ministry	Members of the South Australian House of Assembly - partially duplicates Category:Members of South Australian parliaments by term Members of the South Australian Legislative Council - ditto	Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly - duplicates Category:Members of Victorian Parliaments by term	Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly - duplicates Category:Members of Northern Territory parliaments by term	Members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly - duplicates Category:Members of Australian Capital Territory Parliaments by term Leader of the Opposition (Australian Capital Territory)	Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly - duplicates part of Category:Members of Tasmanian parliaments by term Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council - ditto

- MH au 08:03, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

ACT Parliament article

Is there a particular reason why all state/territory categories are called Parliament of (State/Territory) except for the ACT? The ACT is not the only unicameral legislature. Gimboid13 08:48, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

None I can think of. MH au 05:28, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

I've nominated it for renaming. See [1] Gimboid13 21:37, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

ACT vice regal rep

The ACT doesn't have an Administrator. The Governor General does the job. See Australian_Capital_Territory#Governance. Gimboid13 05:57, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll update the table.MH au 06:22, 30 October 2006 (UTC)