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Some general references are listed below. You could also use the Trove page for the newspaper and/or its catalogue record in the State or Territory Library as a source of information about the newspaper. To add a reference, use the Cite menu to choose the appropriate type of reference and then fill
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Many Western Australian newspapers have changed names over time. In order to meet Knowledge (XXG)'s notability requirements, when creating an article ensure that it is for the current or most notable title. Other titles should redirect to the one article. E.g.
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the Library is working to add authoritative content to Knowledge (XXG) and to encourage other public libraries in Western Australia to do the same. The goal is to share the State's stories with the world along with information about its people and places.
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Please include, at least, an image of the front page of the 1st issue. This can be downloaded from Trove as a PDF, which needs to be converted to a JPEG or other image format. This can be done using free online conversion tools.
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Under the 'release rights' tab select that the 'file is not your own work' and then, 'another reason not listed above'. Use the license {{PD-Australia}} as appropriate for images. Potential categories include
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If you add an image of the front page (see below), it will go in the Infobox under the image section. You will only need to use the file name and extension. If you are unsure, look at the source of
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only includes name changes where the different titles have been digitised, or in cases where the title to be used for the article is not the title that has been digitised. Please refer to the
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Search for other articles which could link to your new article, for example articles about any key people in the history of the newspaper, the article for the town of publication, etc.
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The talk page can be accessed using the tabs at the top, left hand side of the page. For smaller regional titles, you might want to change WA importance to low in the first template.
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When adding a reference, use the Cite button at the top of the edit page, as it formats the reference automatically (select the type of reference to insert, e.g. book, web page etc)
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This project page co-ordinates activities to improve articles and images related to the State Library of Western Australia and the items in its collections. In partnership with
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Insert the References list, which can be found under the Insert menu - you may need to click More to display the full list. (If using wikitext, insert {{reflist}} and see
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If no article exists, use the red-linked newspaper from the list to create the newspaper article, including the article contents as shown in the subsections below.
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The References list template will automatically display all inline citations from the article, and will update automatically to include new citations
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The procedures are written for editors using Visual Editor. Wikitext for editors who are not using Visual Editor is included in some sections.
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State if the newspaper is available in hard copy or microfilm from the State Library of Western Australia and cite the catalogue records.
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If an article does exist, but the title appears as red-link in the table, correct the title in the table to match the existing article.
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Category:WikiProject Western Australia stub articles {{WikiProject Australia|WA=yes||WA-importance=lowclass=stub|importance=low}}
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To provide sufficient published sources (references) to establish the notability of the entry and to support the claims being made.
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Category:List-Class Western Australia articles {{WikiProject Australia|WA=yes|WA-importance=list|class=list|importance=low}}
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Cite the sources of your information using the Cite templates. These will automatically generate the references section.
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Ensure you set up redirects for titles that haven't been digitised, as well as those that have been digitised. Contact
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In some cases articles are created in a user sandbox, do not add categories until you have moved the article to the
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If the newspaper has been digitised, you can create a section to discuss this. The section should have a heading,
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Category:Low-importance stub class Journalism articles {{WikiProject Journalism|class=stub|importance=low}}
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This page provides detailed instruction for creating articles about newspapers. It is a model developed by the
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Add your name to the editor column to let other SLWA staff and volunteers that you are working on this title.
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Category:WikiProject Australia stub articles {{WikiProject Australia|class=stub|importance=low}}
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Category:Mid-importance Australia stub articles {{WikiProject Australia|importance=mid|class=stub}}
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Here are some examples of coding that can be added to the talk page to create the following categories:
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Category:Mid-Importance Western Australia articles {{WikiProject Australia|WA=yes|WA-importance=mid}}
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Does / did the paper have a focus on any particular issues? (And do you have a source to support this?)
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Category:List-Class Journalism articles {{WikiProject Journalism|class=list|importance=low}}
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Category:List-Class Australia articles {{WikiProject Australia|class=list|importance=low}}
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for all name changes and make sure they are on the appropriate regional newspaper list article e.g.
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After you have created and saved the article, add the following categories and others as relevant:
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Determine whether an entry already exists for the paper (double check with / without A, An, The).
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Is the newspaper still in publication? (if so, what is the website? Add this as a reference)
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section. This is an alphabetical list of relevant Knowledge (XXG) articles, which have
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All project articles require coding for class and importance for assessment purposes.
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To engage the public library network and the wider community in adding to the entries.
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Add links to all name changes of the paper on Trove, if they are listed separately
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A daily supplement was published between 2 January 1920 and 24 September 1921.
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For a comprehensive explanation of assessment in the Australian project check
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You should link to the Knowledge (XXG) article about the town of publication.
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Please ensure you include all name changes. The table of newspaper titles in
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Knowledge (XXG) GLAM in Western Australia/State Library of Western Australia
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Link to the new article from the appropriate regional newspaper list article
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Where entries already exist to edit them and add supplementary information.
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Issues (year - year) of this newspaper have been digitised as part of the
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To create a stub article for each WA newspaper as it is being digitised.
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changed its title seven times over the course of its run, initially to
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Check if the town where the newspaper was published has a category.
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section, to display all references used throughout your article.
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that would be the article that all the others would redirect to.
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need a section heading. Never add categories to your sandbox.
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section. This is a bullet list of relevant external websites.
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Add relevant references using the Cite menu. Two examples are:
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Add a link to the newspaper's website if it is still current.
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of the National Library of Australia in cooperation with the
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The Daily Telegraph and North Murchison and Pilbarra Gazette
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Newspapers digitized by the National Library of Australia
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Daily Telegraph and North Murchison and Pilbarra Gazette
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Daily Telegraph and North Murchison and Pilbarra Gazette
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Add links to the digitised newspaper on Trove. Example:
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of the current and defunct newspapers published in WA.
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NB - use inline references, for more information see
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Set up the talk page using the following templates:
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for more information on formatting reference lists)
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Since it ran for the longest under 153:Choose a newspaper from the table in 7: 811:http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home 102:as part of its participation in the 582:Trove Digitised newspapers and more 720:Check that the new article is live 463:State Library of Western Australia 417:State Library of Western Australia 375:What are the dates of publication? 100:State Library of Western Australia 84:State Library of Western Australia 28: 22:State Library of Western Australia 760:disambiguation page for the term 232:The New Call and Bailey's Weekly 803:Newspapers of Western Australia 797:and linked from your article. 785:Adding an image to your article 505:List of Newspapers in Australia 429:Newspaper Digitisation Program 378:Does it have any name changes? 183:Daily News (Western Australia) 149:To create a stub-class entry: 1: 793:Images should be uploaded to 459:National Library of Australia 457:,(citation) a project of the 208:The Call & W.A. 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Knowledge (XXG):GLAM
State Library of Western Australia
Home
Discuss
Participants
Events and Workshops
Ongoing Work
The Newspaper Project
State Library of Western Australia
Wikimedia Australia
State Library of Western Australia
Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program
RenegadeStormie
list article
Ongoing Work
WP:Article titles
lead
italic titles template
newspapers infobox template
Geraldton, Western Australia
Ongoing work
State Library catalogue
RenegadeStormie
Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program
State Library of Western Australia
Newspaper Titles
Newspaper Digitisation Program
Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program
National Library of Australia
State Library of Western Australia

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