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WikiProject Geelong
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Welcome to WikiProject Geelong! This WikiProject aims primarily to create, fill out, build, edit, construct, and modify articles about the city of Geelong, Victoria , Australia .
If you would like to join this project, we would love your help, so please add your name to the list below, and look at the to-do list for some suggestions on articles that you may be able to help with. You may also inquire on the talk page , or visit the Australian Wikipedians' noticeboard for collaboration on Australian articles in general.
27 August 2024 –
Australian Police and New Zealand Police announce they have concluded a joint illicit drug operation that resulted in 1,611 arrests and 2,962 charges nationwide . The police also confiscated almost 1,400 kilograms (3,100 lb) of illicit drugs and over 2,500 cannabis plants, worth 93 million AUD (US$63 million). (DW)
25 August 2024 –
Four people are injured in a mass stabbing in Engadine , New South Wales , Australia . The suspect is later taken into custody. (Reuters)
15 August 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
Peter Dutton , the leader of Australia ’s Liberal Party , calls on the Australian government to ban the entry of Palestinian refugees fleeing from conflict in the Gaza Strip , which is met with significant condemnation from several politicians and organizations as promoting racial stereotypes . (ABC Australia) (Al Jazeera)
SBS World News reports that the Australian government has rejected a majority of Palestinian visa applications , accepting 2,922 applications and rejecting 7,111 applications while granting 8,746 visas to Israeli citizens and rejecting only 235 applications. (Al Jazeera)
12 August 2024 –
One person is killed and several others are injured when a helicopter stolen from Cairns Airport crashes into a hotel in Cairns , Queensland , Australia . (The Guardian )
7 August 2024 – 2024 Summer Olympics
French police detain Australian field hockey player Tom Craig for allegedly purchasing cocaine . (DW)
Here are some tasks you can do to help at WikiProject Geelong:
Quality watch
0 FA-Class Geelong articles
3 GA-Class Geelong articles.
If you wish to join us and assist, please added your name to the list of participants below.
Rebecca (talk · contribs ) (Joined January 5, 2006)
Longhair (talk · contribs ) (Joined January 5, 2006)
Themit (talk · contribs ) (Joined March 25, 2006)
Reyk (talk · contribs ) (Joined May 3, 2006)
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Michaelbeckham (talk · contribs ) (Joined March 17, 2006)
Wongm (talk · contribs ) (Joined June 11, 2007)
kingteesdale (talk · contribs ) (Joined December 17, 2007)
Eyclonus (talk · contribs ) (Joined June 25, 2008)
ContrillionAU (talk ) 10:18, 15 August 2010 (UTC) [ reply ]
Balance of Power (talk · contribs ) (Joined December 4, 2014)
Guz34 (talk · contribs ) (Joined December 4, 2018)
GeelongManifesto (talk · contribs ) (Joined October 17,2022)
JML1148 (talk · contribs ) (Joined June 9, 2023)
WikiProject Geelong uses the {{ WP Australia }} template banner for article assessments.
The banner has a Geelong= parameter that provides article assessment ratings for Geelong-related articles:
Example usage: {{WP Australia|Geelong=yes}}
Articles relating to WikiProject Geelong should have their talk pages tagged as per the above example.
You can add {{User WikiProject Geelong}}
to your user page, which will display the userbox on the right.
Also if you live in or are currently visiting Geelong, please add
[[Category:Wikipedians in Geelong|{{subst:PAGENAME}}]]
to your user page.
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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.
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