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Australian estimated population updates

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Articles now use {{Data Australia}} to display the estimated population based on the official population clock. As a result, it is not necessary to update every article manually. Articles that need to be edited are:

Article Area to be updated Details of update
Template:Data Australia template data popbase (population at 00:00 UTC), date and pop increase (86400 / rate = popinc)
Australia infobox citation access date
Demography of Australia prose citation access date
List of countries and dependencies by population Article should be checked to ensure template has not been removed
List of member states of the Commonwealth of Nations by population Article should be checked to ensure template has not been removed

When updating the articles, for consistency please use the following edit summary:

WEF 7 March 2018 Australian population estimate has been updated based on current data at official population clock to compensate for rounding error
Old Australian population estimate has been updated based on current data at official population clock

List of countries and dependencies by population

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Warning for editors removing data templates from List of countries and dependencies by population despite the 21 warnings in the article not to do that:

  • Please do not remove data templates from [[List of countries and dependencies by population]], as you did in [<insert diff here> this edit], despite the obvious warning message in Canada's entry (as well as in the entries for the 19 other countries in that article using data templates), and the [[Template:Editnotices/Page/List of countries and dependencies by population|edit notice]] that is shown while you are editing the page. --~~~~

Images

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SVG files - no user generated non-free SVGs!

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The following was copied from User talk:Masem.[1][2]

User generated non-free SVGs

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I was reading comments in this archived discussion and noticed your comment "What we don't allow is the recreation as a vector of a non-free logo (in other words, no user-created non-free SVGs are allowed)". Could you please point me to where this is actually documented so that I can direct editors to it in future? I've been unable to find it. --User:AussieLegend 07:15, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

It extends from here [3] and [4], in that user-generated SVGs of non-frees is potentially violating commercial opportunity, the example being that a user-recreated SVG of an album cover could be used as a replacement for the actual cover art in high-quality printing. You can also see more here [5]. --MASEM (t) 23:03, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Wikimedia image information

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  • MOS:IMAGES – Don't sandwich text between two images that face each other
  • – Don't place images directly after headings.

Wikimedia categories root

{{Information |Description = Newcastle harbour foreshore and CBD from Stockton |Source = {{Own}} |Date = 2010-04-16 |Author = [[User:AussieLegend|AussieLegend]] |Permission = |other_versions = }} {{location dec|-32.92134|151.78181}} == {{int:license}} == {{PD-self}} [[Category:Bays by country]] [[Category:Beaches of Australia]] [[Category:Bridges in Australia]] [[Category:Buildings in Australia]] [[Category:Fishing]] [[Category:Geography of Australia]] [[Category:History of Australia]] [[Category:Houses in Australia]] [[Category:Monuments in Australia]] [[Category:Museums in Australia]] [[Category:National parks of Australia]] [[Category:Newcastle, New South Wales]] [[Category:Rivers of New South Wales]] [[Category:Road signs in Australia]] [[Category:Royal Australian Air Force]] [[Category:Ships of Australia]] [[Category:Shipwrecks]] [[Category:Signs in Australia]] [[Category:Towns of New South Wales]]

SVG files

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c:Transition to SVG says PNGs should not just be replaced en masse the instant an SVG replacement becomes available. It is often sufficient to label the image description page with a {{vector version available}} tag, and it will be migrated over to the SVG version by editors where appropriate. Note especially use of "where appropriate".

Miscellaneous

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  •  
    Smile!
    – Just a funny face I thought I might use one day

Pages with some good examples of things I'd like to try using one day

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Signature shading

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References

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IMDb, tv.com etc.

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Nesting refs in notes

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Add a note with the embedded ref as you would for a single ref, using the following code:

Prose text.{{#tag:ref|Note text.<ref>ref code</ref>|group="N"}}

== Notes ==
{{reflist|group="N"}}

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

The note will appear in the "Notes" section and the reference will appear in the "References" section. See this edit for an example.

Soccer

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Please note that, as per the consensus reached at Talk:Australia, the game is to be referred to in Australia as "soccer", not association football. Outside of this article there is general consensus to refer to it as soccer in Australian article. See Talk:Soccer in Australia/Archive 3#Requested move again, Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 July 9#Category:Women's association football in Australia and Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 June 28#Category:Australian football (soccer) players for more examples and information.

Television

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Cast order in TV articles

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See also:

Note: There have been subsequent discussions about this at WT:TV and MOS:TV in 2014/15 but I'll look for them later. --AussieLegend () 12:22, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/Style guidelines#Cast information states, "When organizing the cast section, please keep in mind that "main" cast status is determined by the series producers, not by popularity or screen time. Furthermore, articles should reflect the entire history of a series, and as such actors remain on the list even after their departure from the series." Some of the more important points to note from this are:

  • Main cast status is not determined by screen time
  • Articles should reflect the entire history of a series
  • Actors remain on the list even after departure.

Since <insert name here> was a main cast member at one time he/she remains listed as a main cast member even though he/she is not in that role any more. This is necessary to ensure that the article reflects the entire history of the series.

Cast tables

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Categories

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(April 2017)

The "20xx television seasons" categories are problematic every year as the criteria for inclusion is that they are "for television seasons that have aired at least one episode in 20xx". Since it is now still xx months before 20xx, no episodes "have aired" in 20xx and will not for the next xxxx months. The category therefore cannot be populated until at least 1 January 20xx. The existence of the category results in articles being added to it contrary to the inclusion criteria. In 2017 Category:2017 television seasons was create protected until 1 January 2017 so that people would not add articles until 2017 arrived. The red category was a signal that it was invalid. By "invalid" I mean that it was not a valid category because it didn't exist. When editors tried to create it, because it was create protected they would find that they couldn't and so would take it as being an invalid category. Those editors in the TV project who saw it would not even try to create it, they would just remove the category. I did manage to find the discussion regarding this at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Television/Archive 19#Category:2015 television seasons. Not an extremely strong consensus, but consensus nonetheless. As can be seen, exclusion of such categories is consistent with MOS:TV.

User talk page warning

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== 2020 television categories == As should be obvious from the text in {{tl|Year nationality television seasons category}}, the 2020 television season categories are for "television seasons that have aired at least one episode in the year 2020" (note the use of past tense!). Until such time as episodes have aired in 2020, articles should not be added to 2020 categories. Articles should not be added just because it is now 2020 as the articles do not fit the inclusion criteria. --~~~~

Episode table column widths

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After a bit of testing I've discovered that the practical lower limits of certain columns are as follows:

  • No. in series – 4%
  • No. in season – 4%
  • Directed by – 10%
  • Original air date – 11%
  • Production code – 7%
  • U.S. viewers – 9%

However, that leaves zero padding in the cells.

General refs

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General references
  • "Pawn Stars Season 1 episodes". Pawn Stars Episodes. TV Guide. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
  • "Pawn Stars Episodes". TV Guide. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
  • "Shows A-Z – pawn stars on history". the Futon Critic. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
  • "Pawn Stars seasons & episodes". MSN TV. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
  • "Pawn Stars: Episode Guide". Zap2it. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
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Hidden text warnings

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Copyvios

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  • <!-- BE SURE TO READ THE FOLLOWING: Future episode content requires a citation unless the episode summary is directly supported by the citation in the "RTitle" field. Uncited content will be reverted. Do not add episode summaries that you have copied from other websites or documents unless there is a clear statement on the website, or in the document that it is permissible to do so. Without such a statement, copying content is a breach of copyright and will be reverted. To avoid breaching copyright, content must be substantially different to content that you have obtained elsewhere; changing a few words is rarely "sufficiently" different. -->

Infobox television

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{{Infobox television
| show_name            = TV series
| starring             = {{Plainlist|
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}}
| num_seasons          = <!-- Per template instructions, this field is for the number of seasons that have been released (i.e. aired) and should not be completed until the first episode has aired. -->
| num_episodes         = <!-- Per template instructions, this field is for the number of episodes that have been released (i.e. aired) and should not be completed until the first episode has aired. -->
| picture_format       = [[High-definition television|HDTV]] [[1080i]]
| first_aired          = <!-- This field should not be completed until the first episode airs. --><!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --><!-- {{Start date|2014|6|25}} -->
| last_aired           = <!-- This field should not be completed until the first episode airs. Qnly when the first episode airs should it be changed to "present" --><!-- {{End date|present}} -->
}}

N/A or TBA

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{{Episode list}} does not support {{N/a}}. Instead, use {{TableTBA}}. Alternatively, use <span style="color: gray;"><small>N/A</small></span> or <span style="color: gray;"><small>TBA</small></span>

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Splitting articles

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WP:SIZERULE recommends that consideration be given to splitting articles once an article reaches 50kB of readable prose. Even using a very loose interpretation of the definition of readable prose, the amount of readable prose in this version of the article is a less than 6.6kB, which is a long, long way below WP:SIZERULE's upper limit of the "Length alone does not justify division" category. Splitting is typically reserved for shows with several seasons, making the "List of" article overly long, and that just isn't the case here. Based on article growth to date and current size I don't see a need for several years, unless substantial season specific content can be added to the season articles. Without that extra content, splitting forces the reader to look in multiple articles for the most basic episode content that is currently all available in a single article. It makes far more sense to include everything on one page if the only substantial content is the episode tables. Splitting the article results in two, and soon three, articles covering what one currently does and they all need to watched. Managing multiple articles is almost always more unwieldy than managing one. The other issue is the splitting process itself. It's not enough to simply create another article. Both this and the season articles require proper attribution as per Wikipedia:Splitting#Procedure, and this has not been carried out. There simply isn't justification enough for splitting the article at this time.

Tools

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Useful pages

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Useful templates

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Weatherbox modified for Australian locations

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  • Note: this does not display properly here because it's empty!
Climate data for a location
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 1
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Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 1
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Source: Bureau of Meteorology[1]
  1. ^ Climate statistics for Australian locations. Bureau of Meteorology http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_.shtml. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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