Talk:Wind power in Australia

message: This is a new page and should improve rapidly with other contributors help. Some patience is warranted. dinghy 07:01, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Page 

message: This article looks like it was intended to be some sort of biased political lobbying, although it has had enough edits now I can't tell if it was pro-wind energy or anti-environmental blight on the landscape. There really isn't much text beyond the huge partly-populated table. The real problem at present is a lack of wikilinks to places and wind farms, and any sort of content about the issues and history that would belong in this article not either wind power or a general energy in Australia article. --Scott Davis Talk 13:23, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Theo, I'm not sure why you are responding to a comment that is almost a year old.  The article has changed much since then. It would be better to start a new section at the end of the page, where you give specific reasons for each of the tags you want to put on the article.  Generalisations and rhetorical questions such as those above are of little use.  The article certainly is not perfect, and is already assessed as being B class, which is the medium position on the quality scale. Johnfos (talk) 10:55, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV concern 

message: I've been enjoying contributing to Wind power in Australia and feel the article has a lot of useful content now, but that it is rather uneven.
I'd like to suggest that it be split in two.  The second article could be "Wind power development in Australia" and would cover the "bigger issues" such as future trends, economics, environment and government policies.
The first article would mainly relate to "technical and site-specific" issues.  The large table would remain there and my thought is that discussion of issues such as wind resources and turbine efficiencies could be expanded.  
The split being proposed would generally be along the same lines as the split between Renewable energy and Renewable energy development. 
 
Would be happy to hear what you think. Johnfos 08:07, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Splitting the article in two? 

message: This article is dominated by some quite large and unwieldy Tables in the 
"Wind Farm projects and status by state" section.  I propose that we split these Tables off into individual state articles, leaving only a list of the largest wind farms here... Johnfos (talk) 04:50, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't object. How about also making a table in this article showing the total installed capacity of each state? Wongm (talk) 06:03, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Splitting off Tables 

message: I am reverting the article to the Santiago version.
The gross changes to the article were done without sufficient discussion and without setting up the state based articles or lists.
Such a dramatic change with 3 days for discussion is not acceptable, particularly in light of the links that would also require change or additional links on other pages
dinghy (talk) 00:57, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I went ahead with the split as discussed and was in the process of making the necessary links in this article when reverted.  So now we have duplicated lists for each State, eg., List of wind farms in South Australia. Johnfos (talk) 01:14, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't see why one would object to making the new pages first, then removing the content from here. If you remove without adding the links right away then it is different. You can be bold and split out articles - discussion is not always necessary - provided it is uncontroversial. To meWind power in Australia suggests overall concepts, not a list of every single wind generator in the country. Wongm (talk) 01:32, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

text: Some months ago I decided to stop editing Energy policy of Australia because the article had gotten into such a mess, and I felt that I could contribute more effectively elsewhere.  Now I think it's best if I don't edit this article anymore as well.  There are just "too many cooks spoiling the broth".  So I'm bowing out gracefully and will move on to other, more important, things.  best wishes, Johnfos (talk) 01:52, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

text: Should List of wind farms in Australia be redirected to Wind power in Australia - the state based pages provide the gory detail, the whole Australia list only duplicates them in  less detail. List of wind farms in South Australia and Wind power in South Australia should be merged into one or the other as well. Wongm (talk) 01:34, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Second thoughts - the state based lists could be merged into the List of wind farms in Australia article. These days the entrie East Coast is linked into one electrical grid, they aren't independent systems, and most wind farms are owned by various private companies headquartered in varying states. Is there anything wind power related that is really state specific, other than that it is locaated in state 'x'. State government subsidies seem to be only only state specific bit I can come up with. Wongm (talk) 01:44, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reverting due to removal of data 

message: I have reinstated the material which has been removed several times without discussion. The climate change based policy framework is relevant to wind power as one of the major underdeveloped alternatives in Australia. The international comparisons of installed capacity and proportions are relevant to understanding the stage and potential of wind farms in Australia. IMHO it ought not be removed again without discussion here and ideally some consensus being reached. dinghy (talk) 07:08, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Environmental and international material 

message: The Wind power in South Australia article is basically a list of wind farms in South Australia. And contains nearly no extra detail which this article doesnt have. Rehman(+) 09:35, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Have removed merge tags, as a week has passed and there is no consensus to merge. Johnfos (talk) 07:26, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge info from "Wind power in South Australia" to this article 

message: 120thingsin20years (talk) 08:44, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Betz' Law reference  

message: Are there any offshore wind farms installed, under construction or in planning in Australia? --Edroeh (talk) 16:53, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Offshore wind farms 

message: :Category:Wind power in Australia would be another possible parent category, but the "wind farms" one is more appropriately specific. Andy Dingley (talk) 20:30, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should [[:Category:Lists of wind farms in Australia]] be categorised in [[:Category:Wind farms in Australia]] ?