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There is a requested move discussion at Talk:2023 Perth City Council election#Requested move 9 May 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Safari Scribe Edits! Talk! 04:06, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
I've started a discussion at WikiProject Australian Transport about the various articles or lack thereof on the TransRegional bus networks in WA. Fork99 ( talk) 01:59, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Emu War to be moved to Emu culling. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. — RMCD bot 11:03, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Joondalup line#Requested move 14 July 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 98𝚃𝙸𝙶𝙴𝚁𝙸𝚄𝚂 • [𝚃𝙰𝙻𝙺] 22:38, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
These articles (and possibly others) are in Category:Noongar placenames, but there is no verifiable statement in the article to support that categorization. Per WP:CATV, "It should be clear from verifiable information in the article why it was placed in each of its categories".
In some cases the statement:
The suffix -up is commonly found in place names in south-western Western Australia and is of Noongar origin, meaning "place of". [1]
has been added to the article. While this statement is true and verifiable, it is not sufficient, because:
Can we find references for each of the articles that explicitly say that the name is Noongar? Mitch Ames ( talk) 11:59, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
some Noongar names end in 'up'" does not imply that "
all names that end in 'up' are Noongar".
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We currently have:
Note the inconsistent use of the word "line". WP:CONSISTENT and WP:TITLECON suggest that we should be consistent. Are they "railways" or "railway lines"? Mitch Ames ( talk) 01:10, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
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There is a requested move discussion at Talk:2023 Perth City Council election#Requested move 9 May 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Safari Scribe Edits! Talk! 04:06, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
I've started a discussion at WikiProject Australian Transport about the various articles or lack thereof on the TransRegional bus networks in WA. Fork99 ( talk) 01:59, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Emu War to be moved to Emu culling. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. — RMCD bot 11:03, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Joondalup line#Requested move 14 July 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 98𝚃𝙸𝙶𝙴𝚁𝙸𝚄𝚂 • [𝚃𝙰𝙻𝙺] 22:38, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
These articles (and possibly others) are in Category:Noongar placenames, but there is no verifiable statement in the article to support that categorization. Per WP:CATV, "It should be clear from verifiable information in the article why it was placed in each of its categories".
In some cases the statement:
The suffix -up is commonly found in place names in south-western Western Australia and is of Noongar origin, meaning "place of". [1]
has been added to the article. While this statement is true and verifiable, it is not sufficient, because:
Can we find references for each of the articles that explicitly say that the name is Noongar? Mitch Ames ( talk) 11:59, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
some Noongar names end in 'up'" does not imply that "
all names that end in 'up' are Noongar".
References
We currently have:
Note the inconsistent use of the word "line". WP:CONSISTENT and WP:TITLECON suggest that we should be consistent. Are they "railways" or "railway lines"? Mitch Ames ( talk) 01:10, 19 July 2024 (UTC)