Talk:Scouting and Guiding in Australia

OWS/WFIS

• According to the OWS [1], their group is the "Scouts of Australia"?
• Is the BPSA a member of WFIS?

--Gadget850 ( Ed) 12:53, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:40, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

fixed --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 20:55, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

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Scouts Australia.svg is now in the Scouts Australia article and all of the other images are used in the primary articles and the use has been updated. As such the gallery is decorative. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 22:44, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

State and Territory articles

After a long discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject#Scouting#Scouting and Guiding, this general article has been renamed to "Scouting and Guiding in Australia" and the category will be renamed soon. The State and Territory articles, such as Scouting in Victoria reflect all Scouting organisations, not just Scouts Australia, but not Guiding organisations. We have no articles that cover Guiding in the States and Territories. Girl Guides Australia is the only Guide article for Australia. I propose that we rename the State and Territory articles to, for example, Scouting and Guiding in Victoria and add material about Guiding in the the State. What do people think? --Bduke (Discussion) 21:42, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

I agree this is a way forward. Kingbird (talk) 19:08, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Agree— they should cover all of the Scouting and Guiding organizations. If they expand, they can be split by organization. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 19:36, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Agreed, that's four ayes, let's do it. Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 07:38, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Blue Scouts deletion

As these were an independent group operating in Australia I do not understand why an editor is deleting the entry from this article. Someone looking for information on Australian Scouting is going to look here, not in the Qld article. DiverScout (talk) 22:21, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

One it is a local group. Two, it history is still within the history section plus I just added links to its section in the Qld article. Spshu (talk) 15:40, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

I think both approaches go too far in different directions. The main detail should be in the Queensland article, but I think there should be rather more in the Australia article. I suggest that the mentions in the history sections be moved into a separate paragraph which could then be expanded a little. Are you both happy for me to have a go at that? --Bduke (Discussion) 22:14, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

That is fine with me. Spshu (talk) 13:24, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Makes sense. All I have said is that they need to be included in the article about Australian Scouting and not hidden from readers in a regional one without links (as it was originally left). DiverScout (talk) 14:03, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

OK, I'll have a go at sometime soon, unless one of you want to look at it. --Bduke (Discussion) 23:33, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Probably makes most sense for a third-party to do this. Cheers. DiverScout (talk) 11:24, 16 August 2012 (UTC)