Wikipedia:WikiProject Geelong

WikiProject Geelong

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Geelong

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.

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13 January 2026 – Adelaide Writers' Week boycott
Adelaide Writers' Week in Adelaide, Australia, cancels its 2026 festival after director Louise Adler resigned and more than 180 writers withdrew in protest over the board's decision to disinvite Palestinian Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah. (Reuters)
12 January 2026 –
After the Australian Online Safety Amendment came into effect on December 10, 2025, Meta shuts down over 544,000 accounts of users under the age of 16 on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. (DW)
11 January 2026 – 2025–26 Australian bushfire season
One person is killed and at least 300 properties are destroyed by wildfires across Victoria and New South Wales, Australia. A state of emergency is declared in Victoria with thousands of firefighters and more than 70 aircraft deployed to combat the fires. (BBC News)
11 January 2026 – 2026 United Cup
In tennis, Poland win their first United Cup title after defeating Switzerland 2–1 in the final at the Ken Rosewall Arena in Sydney, Australia. (Reuters)
19 December 2025 – 2025 Bondi Beach shooting
Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese announces a nationwide gun buyback program, the largest since the aftermath of the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, in response to the recent Bondi Beach shooting in Sydney. (AFP via France 24)
17 December 2025 – Terrorism in Australia
2025 Bondi Beach shooting


More Australian current events
See also: Current events on Wikinews
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If you wish to join us and assist, please add your name to the list of participants below.

  1. Rebecca (talk · contribs) (Joined January 5, 2006)
  2. Longhair (talk · contribs) (Joined January 5, 2006)
  3. Themit (talk · contribs) (Joined March 25, 2006)
  4. Reyk (talk · contribs) (Joined May 3, 2006)
  5. David.t.bath (talk · contribs)
  6. Patricknoddy (talk · contribs)
  7. Michaelbeckham (talk · contribs) (Joined March 17, 2006)
  8. Wongm (talk · contribs) (Joined June 11, 2007)
  9. kingteesdale (talk · contribs) (Joined December 17, 2007)
  10. Eyclonus (talk · contribs) (Joined June 25, 2008)
  11. ContrillionAU (talk) 10:18, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Balance of Power (talk · contribs) (Joined December 4, 2014)
  13. Guz34 (talk · contribs) (Joined December 4, 2018)
  14. GeelongManifesto (talk · contribs) (Joined October 17,2022)
  15. JML1148 (talk · contribs) (Joined June 9, 2023)
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WikiProject Geelong uses the {{WikiProject Australia}} template banner for article assessments.

The banner has a Geelong= parameter that provides article assessment ratings for Geelong-related articles:

Example usage: {{WikiProject Australia|Geelong=yes}}

Articles relating to WikiProject Geelong should have their talk pages tagged as per the above example.

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Userbox & Category | watch
This user is a participant in WikiProject Geelong.

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.

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.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GEE