Australian Wikipedians is within the scope of WikiProject Australia, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of
Australia and
Australia-related topics. If you would like to participate, visit the
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conversations from earlier times
This seems to me to be the only one of over a hundred country categories which is about nationality not location i.e. it should, for consistency's sake be "Wikipedians in Australia" not "Australian Wikipedians". Mgekelly - Talk08:23, 18 April 2006 (UTC)reply
Thanks for that link. However, it seems to me that is pretty much makes this category here redundant, especially considering that there are no similar categories for other countries. Mgekelly - Talk11:36, 18 April 2006 (UTC)reply
This category is for Wikipedians who are from Australia, or whose parents are. That category is for Wikipedians who are currently (or usually) in Australia. The former ("Australian Wikipedians") is a matter of national identity, heritage, etc.; the latter ("Wikipedians in Australia") is a matter of location. And, ironically, the most important of the three potential categories in the chain,
Category:Wikipedians interested in Australia (for any Wikipedians who like to edit Australia-related topics, regardless of whether they have any real connection to it), doesn't yet exist, as is the case for most such triads. -
Silence11:47, 18 April 2006 (UTC)reply
This is not the case! This category's frontpage states that it is for people who live in or are associated with Australia, not 'Australians'. Hence my point that it is largely covered by Wikipedians in Australia, and also that no other nationalities have a category covering people of that nationality. The reason I noticed this discrepancy is that I am English and live in Australia, and put an 'lives in Australia' userbox on my profile, which added me to this category, while there is no similar category for English or British Wikipedians that I can join. Mgekelly - Talk12:12, 18 April 2006 (UTC)reply
That is just a simple error. Check the History; the correct version was for some reason partially reverted to an out-of-date one from when a different categorization system was in place for pages like this. Hence the internal contradiction of part of this page formerly saying "this is for Wikipedians who live in Australia" and the other part saying the opposite and directing users to
Category:Wikipedians in Australia. Much silliness. You're also 100% incorrect in claiming that no other nationalities have a similar category, of course; there are dozens.
Category:English Wikipedians. -
Silence12:20, 18 April 2006 (UTC)reply
Australian Wikipedians is within the scope of WikiProject Australia, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of
Australia and
Australia-related topics. If you would like to participate, visit the
project page.AustraliaWikipedia:WikiProject AustraliaTemplate:WikiProject AustraliaAustralia articles
conversations from earlier times
This seems to me to be the only one of over a hundred country categories which is about nationality not location i.e. it should, for consistency's sake be "Wikipedians in Australia" not "Australian Wikipedians". Mgekelly - Talk08:23, 18 April 2006 (UTC)reply
Thanks for that link. However, it seems to me that is pretty much makes this category here redundant, especially considering that there are no similar categories for other countries. Mgekelly - Talk11:36, 18 April 2006 (UTC)reply
This category is for Wikipedians who are from Australia, or whose parents are. That category is for Wikipedians who are currently (or usually) in Australia. The former ("Australian Wikipedians") is a matter of national identity, heritage, etc.; the latter ("Wikipedians in Australia") is a matter of location. And, ironically, the most important of the three potential categories in the chain,
Category:Wikipedians interested in Australia (for any Wikipedians who like to edit Australia-related topics, regardless of whether they have any real connection to it), doesn't yet exist, as is the case for most such triads. -
Silence11:47, 18 April 2006 (UTC)reply
This is not the case! This category's frontpage states that it is for people who live in or are associated with Australia, not 'Australians'. Hence my point that it is largely covered by Wikipedians in Australia, and also that no other nationalities have a category covering people of that nationality. The reason I noticed this discrepancy is that I am English and live in Australia, and put an 'lives in Australia' userbox on my profile, which added me to this category, while there is no similar category for English or British Wikipedians that I can join. Mgekelly - Talk12:12, 18 April 2006 (UTC)reply
That is just a simple error. Check the History; the correct version was for some reason partially reverted to an out-of-date one from when a different categorization system was in place for pages like this. Hence the internal contradiction of part of this page formerly saying "this is for Wikipedians who live in Australia" and the other part saying the opposite and directing users to
Category:Wikipedians in Australia. Much silliness. You're also 100% incorrect in claiming that no other nationalities have a similar category, of course; there are dozens.
Category:English Wikipedians. -
Silence12:20, 18 April 2006 (UTC)reply