Talk:Premier of Victoria

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A fact from Premier of Victoria appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 October 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that premiers of Victoria get a bronze statue (example pictured) if they hold office for more than 3,000 days?

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Useful Links– History Section

Australian Dictionary of Biography entires for each premier
One Hundred Years of Responsible Government (1958)
https://guides.slv.vic.gov.au/occupations/politicians

GMH Melbourne (talk) 03:27, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet talk 10:04, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Statue of Sir Rupert Hamer, former Victorian Premier

... that Premiers of Victoria get a bronze statue (example pictured) if they hold the office for more than 3,000 days? Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/feb/19/a-bronze-north-face-jacket-daniel-andrews-sized-up-for-statue-after-3000-days-as-premier
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Moved to mainspace by GMH Melbourne (talk). Self-nominated at 13:13, 9 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Premier of Victoria; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

The article is new enough and long enough. QPQ doesn't yet apply to the nominator. The hook is cited with a citation from the article and interesting. No issues with image, perhaps link Rupert Hamer in the caption? The article is broadly of a decent quality but earwig noted a lot of overlap with this page which I would advise the nominator to look at. More detail can be seen here. Llewee (talk) 22:11, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Llewee: The text that is in the Governor's Website is Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. The Attribution can be found at the top of the Reference list section ––– GMH MELBOURNE 00:58, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

OK, apologies, I did not see that. No problems then. Llewee (talk) 06:24, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Unilateral move

A recent discussion on separating the list of premiers of Victoria from this article ended in a consensus not to move. It appears the original submitter has unilaterally ignored this and created a separate article for the list anyway. Victoria is now inconsistent with all the other articles on premiers/CMs. I was a soft oppose in the move request, prepared to reconsider if the articles (emphasis on articles, plural) became too long and unwieldy. Most importantly, there needs to be consistency across all articles for state/territory heads of government. The fact the consensus has been immediately defied means that I would like to request the list be immediately restored to this article and a new discussion opened about whether to split all the lists of premiers/CMs. Axver (talk) 09:41, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Support - list should be returned Totallynotarandomalt69 (talk) 09:48, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - five out of the nine users who contributed to the move discussion were in favour of the breaking out of a perpetually growing list. I chose to be bold, expand the article, and break out the list to List of premiers of Victoria. I suggest initiating a merge discussion about moving the list back in. ––– GMH Melbourne (talk) 22:40, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
"I chose to be bold" ???

The consensus was for now, no move - 7 users said oppose pretty clearly Totallynotarandomalt69 (talk) 23:15, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
five out of the nine users who contributed to the move discussion were in favour of the breaking out of a perpetually growing list. ––– GMH Melbourne (talk) 00:25, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - a request has been made to restore the article name. The move was clearly against the consensus. Nibraa (talk) 02:07, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Splitting proposal

See here for discussion: Talk:List of premiers of Victoria#Splitting proposal GMH Melbourne (talk) 02:42, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

National Cabinet

Hi GMH Melbourne, I noticed you have nominated this article for GA. I just remembered a suggestion I was going to make ages ago... In the infobox there is a link to National Cabinet. This is the only mention in the article. As it is a rather important function of the premier can I suggest adding something explaining their representation on the forum, perhaps in the 'Powers and role' section? JennyOz (talk) 04:14, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, I will make the addition. GMH Melbourne (talk) 06:44, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done GMH Melbourne (talk) 03:54, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

Unsuccessful. SSSB (talk) 07:10, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

This review is transcluded from Talk:Premier of Victoria/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: GMH Melbourne (talk · contribs) 04:59, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: SSSB (talk · contribs) 19:52, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take this review on, before we reach 250 days in the queue. SSSB (talk) 19:52, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Is it well written?
A. The prose is clear and concise, and the spelling and grammar are correct:

B. It complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation:
Is it verifiable with no original research, as shown by a source spot-check?
A. It contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline:

B. Reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose):

C. It contains no original research:

D. It contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism:
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. It addresses the main aspects of the topic:

B. It stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style):
Is it neutral?
It represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each:
Is it stable?
It does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute:
Is it illustrated, if possible, by images?
A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content:

B. Images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
Overall:
Pass or Fail:

Comments

Earwig's copyright checker detects no issues. SSSB (talk) 20:01, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No issues with images. SSSB (talk) 20:01, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Article is stable. SSSB (talk) 20:04, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm having to assume good faith on source 13. I can see the byline of the article, which makes me fairly confident it is WP:OR compliant. i.e. it specifically discusses a minority government in Victoria. SSSB (talk) 22:45, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Improvements necessary for promotion

Rupert Hamer should be wikilinked in the caption for his statue. SSSB (talk) 20:01, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done

In the opening sentence, you've put premier of Victoria, with a lowercase p. But in the second sentence, Cabinet of Victoria gets an uppercase. This looks odd, if nothing else. Can I suggest that when we have the title "Premier of Victoria", we capitilise Premier? Likewise with Goverenor of Victoria. SSSB (talk) 18:32, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I believe the current format is correct under WP:JOBTITLES as "premier of Victoria" refers to the office of the premier rather than one person imparticlar and "Cabinet of Victoria" refers to a body/organisation (similar to Parliament of Victoria). GMH Melbourne (talk) 03:17, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've just had a look at the articles of other states, and nations, and I am not going to argue this point here as it is done this way across all articles. SSSB (talk) 07:30, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The description of how the premier is appointed isn't great. Its chucky and hard to follow. I would ditch ",meaning the support of a majority of Legislative Assembly members." The concept of commanding confidence is quite common. And for those who don't know what this means, there is a wikilink. The following sentence should start "The premier", instead of "this". SSSB (talk) 18:32, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done reworded

Per WP:CITELEAD, we don't need citations in the lead, as these statements should be cited within the article body. SSSB (talk) 18:32, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done

"Six premiers have ...." this paragraph needs {{as of}} at the begining. SSSB (talk) 18:32, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done

"The longest-serving premier was ..." should be present tense, as the office still exists. Likewise the following sentence. SSSB (talk) 18:32, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done

"when its constitution" should be "when the constitution"

Done

"Victoria's first election re-elected Haines," no it didn't. Because the premier isn't directly elected. It needs to be something like "Victoria's first election allowed Haines to retain the premiership" The second half of this sentence will need rewording accordingly. SSSB (talk) 18:32, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done reworded

"Between 2014 and 2023 ..." no need for this to be its own parapgraph. SSSB (talk) 18:32, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"serve as premier for 17 years and 83 days." it should be specified why this is significant (longest serving premier to date). SSSB (talk) 18:32, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done

"Cain resigned from the office of premier in 1990" the source immediatly after this statement discusses the resignation of Thompson. SSSB (talk) 18:32, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done changed source

I don't understand what source 17 is trying to tell me. Can we please have a secondary source for the premier's exuctive powers? At best the current source is WP:OR. SSSB (talk) 22:45, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done couldn't find any other source so I removed the sentence.

Source 18 (First interim report) should direct you to page 107, not 182. SSSB (talk) 22:45, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done

It should be staated, and sourced, that the premier was previously part of the Council of Australian Governments, before the national cabinet was founded. SSSB (talk) 22:45, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done also added supporting citation.

I don't think we need a breakdown of what the national cabinet is. But if this stays it needs rewording. The national cabinet does not exist to "to coordinate national priorities with the premier of Victoria". It exists to coordinate national priorities with the governments of all the states, of which Victoria is one. SSSB (talk) 22:45, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done removed explanation

Can we get a secondary source for this please? "Changes to the premier's salary are determined by the Victorian Independent Remuneration Tribunal". Because the current source does not say this. SSSB (talk) 22:45, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done added source

The history section feels incomplete. We talk about difficulty in finding a consistent premeier between 1855 and 1863. And then jump to changes in government from 1901 until the 1950s. Can we try to fill this gap please. SSSB (talk) 22:45, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Other suggestions

"The shortest-serving premier was George Elmslie, also the first premier from the Labor Party, who served for 13 days." I would ditch "also the". SSSB (talk) 18:32, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

- Done
The history section isn't long enough to justify sub headings for pre and post federalisation. If these are kept it needs to be Post federalisation, not post federalism. Federalism is still ongoing in Australia. SSSB (talk) 18:32, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"Elections are held every four years, on ..." no need for this to be its own paragragh. SSSB (talk) 22:45, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Done
"Premiers who hold the office for 3,000 days ..." in brackets can we have a breakdown of how many years and months this is? To avoid readers having to do some mental maths. SSSB (talk) 22:45, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Done

Final comments

There are a few things that need adressing. But nothing to major. SSSB (talk) 22:45, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@SSSB: Thank you so much for your suggestions, I have addressed most of the above issues in this edit. I have made a few questions/comments above in bold underneath the corresponding dot point. RE the history section, I will hopefully get that completed within the next couple of day and ping you when ready. GMH Melbourne (talk) 03:17, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. I would also agree the "History" section needs substantial work and is currently not at good article standard. There's very little discussion of how the premier's role has evolved over time, e.g. the several constitutional crises in the 19th century where the primacy of the premier (and Legislative Assembly) over the governor and Legislative Council were established, the historical roles in foreign policy (attending Colonial Conferences) and defence (responsibility for the Victorian Military Forces). There's no discussion of how the role changed upon federation in 1901 and the basics of federation are effectively assumed knowledge on the reader, which won't necessarily be true. The Costar/Strangio source appears to be the only academic source used and has very limited use, I think this should be read through fully and made much more use of. Also the article seems to be based on the premise that the office of premier exists solely by convention (as implied in the infobox). This is not quite true; unlike the federal constitution the word "premier" is mentioned 20 times in the state constitution. There is currently no discussion of this in the article. There's also no mention of the Department of Premier and Cabinet (other than in the infobox) and its role. I T B F 📢 01:18, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your comments @ITBF, and thank you for your review @SSSB. There is quite a bit of work required to get this upto GA, probably best to fail this at the moment. I will work on it and resubmit later. Thank you for your suggestions! GMH Melbourne (talk) 04:52, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Failed at this time. I look forward to seeing this again when you expand the hostory section a bit. SSSB (talk) 07:09, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.