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This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles on Melanesia with a spirit of cooperation.

The goals of this project are to create, improve, and maintain articles relating to Melanesia, its history, people, geography, and culture. This includes the countries and islands of Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, East Timor and Vanuatu. Also included are Melanesian parts of Indonesia including the provinces of Maluku, North Maluku, East Nusa Tenggara, Papua and Papua Barat ( Western New Guinea).

Milestones

• 5000 articles: - 4 July 2023

The scope of this project is all articles which deal with the region, countries, people, and history of Melanesia. These articles should all be contained in the Category:Melanesia or one of its subcategories. We gratefully acknowledge the work of Wikipedia:WikiProject Fiji, and will be focusing the majority of our own efforts on those articles with which they are not directly involved.

• Portal:Oceania

• WikiProject East Timor
• WikiProject Fiji
• WikiProject Papua New Guinea
• WikiProject Solomon Islands
• WikiProject Vanuatu

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Melanesia/New Caledonia work group

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Fiji

Active participants

To join WikiProject Melanesia, edit this section and add the Wikitext #{{subst:me}} with your areas of interest to the bottom of the following list of participants. Participants should also place participant identification on their user page.

1. Badbilltucker 20:30, 23 January 2007 (UTC) reply
2. Mithridates 17:27, 20 December 2006 (UTC) Bislama is the coolest language in the world and though I've never been to Vanuatu I'm very interested. reply
3. Ringbark 17:49, 20 December 2006 (UTC) I lived in Vanuatu from 1990 to 1993 and still have an active interest in the country and its language reply
4. Bduke. I worked in PNG 1983 - 86 and am still interested.
5. Nomadtales. Having lived in PNG in 2004-5 I have an ongoing interest in the place. So far I have done quite a bit of work on PNG related articles so I would keen to participate.
6. Darwinek. I was already going to nominate WikiProject Papua New Guinea. I have created many, many geographic articles about PNG, and still many are waiting to be written. - Darwinek 16:02, 22 January 2007 (UTC) reply
7. Jayvdb. I'm primarily interested in W. H. R. Rivers (and s:Author:W.H.R.Rivers). As a result have made a start on Charles Elliot Fox and will continue to focus on creating articles relating to the St John's College expedition to the Torres Strait Islands in 1898. John Vandenberg 03:28, 20 March 2007 (UTC) reply
8. GSchjetne. I am mostly interested in New Caledonia and its history and politics, but also that of Vanuatu.
9. aliasd and alaisd. I am a former resident of Tabubil and responsible for that article. I hope to bring many PNG related Geography articles up to scratch.
10. Wantok. Lived and worked in PNG 1990-1994 and frequently return... have a home and family in New Ireland. Primarily work on all kinds of PNG articles, but I also contribute to assorted other Melanesian articles.
11. K. Kellogg-Smith.  Looking to revise and upgrade the content and structure of Tok Pisin Wikipedia and Wiktionary along the lines of the Hawai'ian and Maori Wikipedias, plus getting together a knowledgeable contributor/user group to help guide the effort.
12. Ringbark is so lucky. Sa hm ed itor 18:58, 11 August 2007 (UTC) reply
13. Maikeli - Mainly focused on Wiki project Fiji but am interested in Melanesia & Polynesia as I am part of it and would like to help where I can.
14. Paki.tv 08:16, 11 October 2007 (UTC) hi there - i've created pages such as kastom and Maasina Ruru. let me know wot u think! reply
15. nick683 11.39, 20th October 2007 (UTC) I will mainly try and improve the layout of some of the pages like the list of island pages where i will create tables there where it will have all the islands in a typical place and common information about them like the population, Area, Currency etc. I will also try and give information about the history of these islands.
16. Ano-User ( talk) 03:32, 12 May 2011 (UTC) - Interested in Pacific Island cultures and languages, and seek to improve on any articles concerning these subjects. reply
17. Stickuli Stickuli ( talk) 02:27, 8 November 2011 (UTC) - I like Fiji reply
18. Alohamoha 6:31, 12 January 2012 (UTC) - Interested in modern political history of South Pacific
19. KHarber 19:22 July 26th 2012 (GMT) - Interest in football within small nations, currently working on improving footballing articles on Vanuatu
20. Anonymous209.6 ( talk) 15:40, 12 July 2013 (UTC) - Interested in PNG and Pacific history, culture, daily life. Guild of Copy Editors, WP:RS reply
21. ClueRootEspresso ( talk) 14:14, 4 April 2019 (UTC) reply
22. Sagotreespirit ( talk · contribs) 12:24:41, 2 October 2019 (UTC)  reply
23. ZeegoTheDeer ( talk · contribs) 22:50:19, 19 January 2022 (UTC)  Interested in the Oceanic languages of Melanesia, specifically the Southern Oceanic branch. reply
24. PharyngealImplosive7 ( talk · contribs) 27 February 2024 (UTC); interested in the languages of the reason, especially the ones in Vanuatu

Former participants

Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.

1. Buaidh ( talk · contribs) 15:31:30, 30 July 2019 (UTC) – WikiProject templates and categories. reply

Participant identification

WikiProject Melanesia participants should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Melanesia participants.

Wikitext	userbox	where used
[[Category:WikiProject Melanesia participants]]	none	linked pages
{{ Template:User WikiProject Melanesia}}	This user participates in WikiProject Melanesia.	linked pages
{{ Template:User WP Melanesia}}	This user participates in WikiProject Melanesia.	linked pages
{{ Template:User WP Melanesia|invite}}	This user invites you to join WikiProject Melanesia.	linked pages

For other Melanesia user templates see Category:Melanesia user templates.

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.

Melanesia articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA		1	4	31			36
A		1	1	2			4
GA	1	2	5	31			39
B	3	5	23	97			128
C	7	22	70	248			347
Start	6	60	147	921		190	1,324
Stub	1	23	168	2,838		338	3,368
List	2	2	5	133		33	175
Category				9	3,069		3,078
Disambig					8		8
File					22		22
Portal					2		2
Project					13		13
Redirect			2	19	147		168
Template				1	183		184
NA					1		1
Other					3		3
Assessed	20	116	425	4,330	3,448	561	8,900
Unassessed						2	2
Total	20	116	425	4,330	3,448	563	8,902
WikiWork factors ( ?)		ω = 28,682			Ω = 5.47

• Assessment - the assessment department.

To watch the article alerts, add the following page to your watchlist: Wikipedia:WikiProject Melanesia/Article alerts

Categories for discussion

• 26 Apr 2024 – Category:Natural history of New Caledonia ( talk ·   ·  hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 26 Apr 2024 – Category:Natural history of Bougainville Island ( talk ·   ·  hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 26 Apr 2024 – Category:Natural history of Papua New Guinea ( talk ·   ·  hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 26 Mar 2024 – Category:19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in New Caledonia ( talk ·   ·  hist) was CfDed by Smasongarrison ( t ·  c); see discussion

Redirects for discussion

• 09 Apr 2024 – Kuru (disease ( talk ·   ·  hist) → Kuru (disease) was RfDed by Utopes ( t ·  c); see discussion

Files for discussion

• 23 Apr 2024 – File:Vanuatu Commonwealth Games.png ( talk ·   ·  hist) (on Vanuatu at the 2002 Commonwealth Games) was FfDed by Joseph2302 ( t ·  c); see discussion

• Actions along the Matanikau
• Battle for Henderson Field
• Battle of Cape Esperance
• Battle of Edson's Ridge
• Battle of Rennell Island
• Battle of Savo Island
• Battle of the Eastern Solomons
• Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
• Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu-Tanambogo
• Invasion of Tulagi (May 1942)
• Naval Battle of Guadalcanal

• Rennell Island Solomon Islands

• Rugby union in Fiji
• Cyclone Daman
• Cyclone Gene
• Cyclone Hettie (2009)

• Battle of Rennell Island
• Battle of the Eastern Solomons
• Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
• East Timor
• Fiji
• Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
• New Caledonia
• Oceania
• Papua New Guinea
• Port Moresby
• Solomon Islands
• Vanuatu

Melanesian articles that have appeared on the Main Page DYK.

• ...that the longest river on the island of New Guinea, the Sepik, was named the Kaiserin Augusta by German explorers in 1884, after the German Empress of the day? - 23 May 2007
• ...that areas of the North Fly District in Papua New Guinea's Western Province experience a peak annual rainfall of ten metres? - 26 June 2007
• ...that the third of four expeditions sent in the late 19th century by French nobleman Marquis de Rays to an imaginary majestic colony called New France in present day Papua New Guinea, saw 123 Italian settlers perish of disease and famine? - 28 June 2007
• ...that early 20th century German explorers mounted many expeditions to the Ramu river in German New Guinea in the hope of finding gold and also gutta-percha trees? - 6 July 2007
• ...that the administrative capital of Samarai ( pictured) in Papua New Guinea was demolished in World War II to avoid its falling into Japanese hands? - 11 July 2007
• ... that the Vanuatu Labour Party first gained parliamentary representation in 2005, as the Minister for Ni-Vanuatu Business Joshua Kalsakau joined the party? - 23 October 2008
• ... that there are fourteen subspecies of the Pacific Robin ( pictured) scattered from Samoa to Norfolk Island? - October 25, 2008

• {{ WikiProject Melanesia}} - the project banner to be placed on the talk pages of articles.
• {{ User WikiProject Melanesia}} is a userbox which all members can add to their talk pages.

Papua New Guinea templates

• {{ Infobox PNG Place}} is an Infobox for Cities, Villages, Suburbs, Localities
• {{ Infobox settlement}} for provinces and districts
• {{ Infobox road}}

Stubs

• {{ Oceania-stub}} - Stub template for articles relating to Melanesia; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
  • {{ Fiji-stub}} - Stub notice for articles relating to Fiji; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
    • {{ Fiji-bio-stub}} - Stub notice for biographies of Fijians
    • {{ Fiji-geo-stub}} - Stub notice for articles relating to geography of Fiji
  • {{ Nauru-stub}} - Stub notice for articles relating to Nauru; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
    • {{ Nauru-bio-stub}} - Stub notice for biographies of Nauruans
    • {{ Nauru-geo-stub}} - Stub notice for articles relating to geography of Nauru
  • {{ PapuaNewGuinea-stub}} - Stub notice for article relating to Papua New Guinea; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
    • {{ PapuaNewGuinea-bio-stub}} - Stub notice for biographies of Papua New Guineans
    • {{ PapuaNewGuinea-geo-stub}} - Stub notice for article relating to geography of Papua New Guinea
  • {{ NewCaledonia-geo-stub}} - Stub notice for article relating to geography of New Caledonia
  • {{ Solomons-geo-stub}} - Stub notice for article relating to geography of the Solomon Islands
  • {{ Vanuatu-geo-stub}} - Stub notice for article relating to geography of Vanuatu

• {{ Pa-lang-stub}} - Stub notice for articles relating to Papuan languages.
• {{ Au-lang-stub}} - Stub notice for articles relating to Austronesian languages.

There are a tremendous number of resources available for this area. Editors should be able to feel free to check the external links and references of the article or articles dealing with the specific area in consideration.

Maps

• US Army topographical maps of New Guinea - from the 1960s
• Port Moresby street directory maps
• User:Aliasd/Images/Maps
• UPNG Remote Sensing Metadata
• Partial ward map of the 2000 census

Periodicals

The following periodicals available through subscription databanks for the time periods indicated regularly contain information relevant to this subject. They are indexed, and may be available in audio, video, citation, abstract, or full text versions. To acquire such information, send me an e-mail with your e-mail address and the specific subject of interest, and I will forward to you what I can obtain. John Carter ( talk) 18:06, 6 March 2011 (UTC) reply

• Arrows for Change (2001-on)
• Asia Pacific Business (1988)
• Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (1997-on)
• Asia Pacific Law Review (1992-on)
• Asia Pacific Rail (2000-2002)
• Asia Pacific Telecom (2000-on)
• Asia Pacific TV (2001-2006)
• Asia Pacific Wireless Analyst (2004)
• Asia Pacific Chemicals (2003)
• Asia Pacific Journal of Human Rights and the Law (2002-on)
• Asia Pacific Mobile Communications Report (2000-2003)
• Asiacom (2002-2004)
• Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific (1996-on)

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.

• User:AlexNewArtBot/MelanesiaSearchResult