Wikipedia:WikiProject Perth

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	Perth Meetup v t e Next: 19 September 2026 (watch) Last: 1 August 2026
See also: Australian events listed at Wikimedia.org.au (or on Facebook)

Welcome to the Perth project of WikiProject Western Australia!

Some Wikipedians have decided to better organise information in articles related to Perth.

This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there.

Also visit the Australian Wikipedians' noticeboard for collaboration on Australian articles in general.

This project aims primarily to cover articles about Perth, the capital city of Western Australia and Australia's fourth-largest city. It has many places of interest, significant events and interesting people that have helped form the unique character and style of the city.

WikiProject Perth originally came into being on 3 March 2005 and was initially heavily focused on public transport. As time went on and the project membership expanded, a demand was created for a wider scope, and on 17 December 2006, WikiProject Western Australia came into being through the work of several Perth Wikipedians. It was blindingly successful; several meetups and featured articles were soon to follow, and other states followed our lead.

Throughout 2007 and early 2008, however, the Perth project had become essentially dormant, and on 26 March 2008, it became a task force of the project it had originally spawned. There were two views on this — one was that the project had served the community with distinction but had reached a natural end; the other being that a need for it still existed and that it may well return to full production.

In January 2011, following the Wikipedia 10th Birthday meetup (and the WP WA 6th meetup) in Fremantle — consensus was that work on improving articles to do with Fremantle might work under the banner of this task force.

In February 2017, the Perth group (a branch of Wikimedia Australia) its 10th anniversary.

In November 2017, the Task force was relegated to archives as the project is re-launched.

In January 2020, the Perth Project was restored for assessment - in time for the Wikipedia Day event

Several move proposals have been made concerning the locations of the pages Perth, Western Australia and Perth, Scotland. Before making a new proposal, please review the relevant page naming guideline as well as the following discussions. Discussions regarding these article titles should be held at Talk:Perth. Move: "Perth, Scotland" → "Perth", July 2004: No consensus. (discussion archive) Move: "Perth, Western Australia" → "Perth", August 2005: No consensus. (discussion archive) Rename: "Category:Perth" → "Category:Perth, Western Australia", January 2007: Renamed. (discussion archive) Move: "Perth, Western Australia" → "Perth", June 2008: No consensus. (discussion archive) Move: "Perth, Western Australia" → "Perth", early June 2012: Moved, reverted and moved. (discussion archive) Move: "Perth" → "Perth, Western Australia", late June 2012: No consensus. (discussion archive) Rename: "Category:Perth, Western Australia" → "Category:Perth", January 2017: not renamed (discussion archive) Move: "Perth, Scotland" → "Perth, Perth and Kinross", October 2019: Not moved. (discussion archive) The current consensus is for the Australian city to be at Perth and the Scottish city to be at Perth, Scotland. The basic debate has been whether the article on the city in Western Australia should be the primary topic, and if so, that it belongs at Perth. Those in favor of such a move essentially argue that because of its larger population and modern public familiarity with the city, it is the most likely article a reader is looking for when they search for Perth. Metrics including web usage support that. Opponents for such a renaming note that under Wikipedia's guidelines, the primary topic is also determined by long-term significance. They argue that neither city is the primary topic and therefore both should have a disambiguator term and Perth should be a disambiguation page.

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Perth: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2026-02-21 Here are some tasks you can do to help with WikiProject Western Australia: Vital articles: 100 Most Influential Western Australians is a possible starting point Requested articles: Nicholson, Western Australia  • Robin Sarah Greenburg (see Crimenet page)  • Indiana Teahouse Missing topics: Peter M. Olde • Neil R. Marriott • Christopher J. French • 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Parade of Nations • See missing topics report for more Draft articles: Search for Western Australia drafts • Search for Perth drafts • See draft articles listing for more Split topic articles: See Split topic listing for more Seeking sources: William Harris (Australian civil rights leader) • Michael Kailis Expansion needed: David Parker • Economy of Western Australia • Bill Hassell • May Holman • Barry MacKinnon • PGA • Pilbara historical timeline • List of WA waterfalls • tourism sections needed in Western Australia • Thomas Hughes (Australian politician) - needs expansion from cultural sources Requested images: Requested photographs in Western Australia • Requested photographs in Perth Article cleanup: See Cleanup listing Popular pages: See Popular pages listing (related changes) – improvements to (or vandalism of) these articles will impact a larger number of readers Assessment: See Unassessed WA articles and Unknown-importance WA articles Outreach projects:

Did you know

• 30 Jun 2026 – Teresa van Lieshout (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by TarnishedPath (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 29 Jul 2026 – Technology Park Bentley (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Go D. Usopp (t · c); see discussion (3 participants; relisted)

Categories for discussion

• 09 Aug 2026 – Category:Western Australian suburb redirects (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c); see discussion

Featured article candidates

• 27 Jun 2026 – Ben Roberts-Smith (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by TarnishedPath (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 28 Apr 2026 – 2026 Invasion Day protest bombing attempt (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by TarnishedPath (t · c); start discussion

Requested moves

• 03 Aug 2026 – Bayswater railway station, Perth (talk · edit · hist) move request to Bayswater railway station by LachlanTansey (t · c) was not moved; see discussion
• 29 Jul 2026 – History of the Jews in Perth, Australia (talk · edit · hist) move request to History of the Jews in Perth by Fork99 (t · c) was moved to History of the Jews in Perth (talk · edit · hist) by Jeffrey34555 (t · c) on 05 Aug 2026; see discussion

Articles to be split

• 23 Dec 2025 – Art Gallery of Western Australia (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Laterthanyouthink (t · c); see discussion

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