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It was lovely to see you over the weekend. If you do feel inspired to create an article I've done some research to help make it a bit easier for you. See this document for a list of newspaper articles etc. I've also included some categories and other markup suggestions. Thanks for even considering doing this. Ambrosia10 (talk) 20:23, 26 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
That's great to have all those references thanks. I have another article on the Women's Electoral Lobby to finish first. And I have recruited another editor (who also introduced me to Mrs Chippy) and she might be interested in helping.--
Just a note to let you know about some things coming up in Wellington you might be interested in.
Saturday 22 June: Wellington Meetup, the first in a series of regular informal meetups for Wellington Wikipedia editors, organised by organised by Einebillion (Victoria Leachman) and Ambrosia10 (Siobhan Leachman). 10:00β12:00, net-work space, National Library.
Sunday 7 July: Archives New Zealand Edit-a-thon, 10:30β3:00, Archives New Zealand, 10 Mulgrave St. BYO laptop, nibbles provided. There'll be a mix of brand-new and experienced editors working on the amazing Archives resources.
Saturday 6 July: another Wellington Meetup, same time and place β these will ideally run fortnightly. Mark your calendar.
Kia ora, I'm letting all those that have attended during last few Wellington meet ups know that the location for the next two meet ups has changed.
The location for the Wellington Meetup 17 August 2019 and Wellington Meetup 31 August 2019 is now in the Alexander Turnbull Library Reading Room, Level 1, National Library. The National Library net.work space area will be closed for building work from 12 August. See the meet up pages for more information. Looking forward to seeing you there.
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Just to let you know that the upcoming Wellington Wiki meeting will be on Saturday the 28th of March but will now be held virtually via the ZOOM platform. The meeting details can be found here. Hope to see you on the day! Ambrosia10 (talk) 19:11, 25 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Playmarket edit-a-thon
Thanks for setting aside time to attend the Playmarket edit-a-thon Saturday, 15 August.
Since New Zealand was placed back into Level 2/Level 3 status on Wednesday 12 August the social social distancing required means it's not possible for all participants to work at the Playmarket offices. So we are going to do it remotely. I hope you are still able to participate.
The new schedule starts with:
11:00 am NZST: Introduction online at Whereby. Participants will choose articles to work on, and be briefed on resources available and communication during the day.
Welcome to the West Coast Wikipedian at Large project! This is your first weekly postcard with updates on what's been happening and ideas for things to do. β’ Yesterday I drove from Nelson to Blackball down the Inangahua River valley, taking plenty of photos (see my uploads), through Lyell, New Creek, Inangahua Junction (sic), Oweka, Rotokahu, Larrys Creek, Cronadun, Waitahu, and Reefton to visit the museum in Blacks Point, then on to Formerly the Blackball Hilton. Lots of these places need an article, improvements, or photos. β’ Inangahua is actually three localities: Inangahua Landing, Inangahua Junction (munted by the 1968 earthquake), and Inanguahua proper where most people live β the article's a bit confused. β’ This week I'll be in Greymouth giving a talk to heritage folks and another to tourism operators, and running an edit-a-thon on Saturday. It would be great for people to take a look at the Grey District library system who'll be hosting the edit-a-thon and see what Wikidata coverage is like. Libraries and museums are on the Art page of the project. β’ I had a really good Afghan in Reefton (right) and realised the article is terrible. Research needed! And more photos, if anyone wants an excuse to bake. β’ Housekeeping: please do note your contributions on the daily Progress Report: prizes for quality, quantity, and anything else I like. User:Schwede66 has been powering ahead. There's room to add a little more to the To Do list, but I want every red link blue by the end of October β plenty to do already! Thank you all. β’ Take care β Giantflightlessbirds
Afghan from the Broadway Tearooms and Bakery (Future Dough Co), Reefton
Postcard #2
Postcard from the West Coast
Sunday 14 September: Greymouth
Hello all from Greymouth! There are now a dozen of you from Australia and New Zealand signed up to help, which is wonderful. β’ The last week has seem some great work, especially from Schwede66, MurielMary, and DrThneed, busily creating categories, stubs, and some really nice articles like Hokitika Clock Tower β’ This last week I'll been in Greymouth, and gave a talk to the library staff, spoke to half a dozen tourism operators, and had a great edit-a-thon on Saturday, where the partcipants were so keen they organised another one in two weeks! β’ Check out Axel's reorganisation of the Greymouth category and see if there are photos that need articles. β’ The Greymouth article needs work, a gallery of historic buildings, and more references from news media and books. β’ Plenty of old buildingsin the list to work on β’ Siobhan wants Wikidata for all NZ reserves, and I would like all tracks and walkways in Wikidata too, like the Rapahoe Range Scenic Reserve and Elizabeth Point Walkway β I took a bunch of photos there yesterday β’ Some of our newarticles have been flagged (wrongly) because there weren't enough references yet; not to worry, but help if you can. I'm digging through local archives here for good sources. Here's a Google drive of local news stories by the way. β’ There'll be lots more photos going up in the next week so watch this space. In the meantime keep an eye on my uploads, photos from History House Museum, and more from the Grey District Library to see of there's something you can use. β’ Housekeeping: please do remember to jot down your contributions on the daily Progress Report, just so others can see and help out. Thank you all for you hard work! β’ Take care β Giantflightlessbirds
Hi from Westport! The ridiculously nice weather has largely continued. According to Wikipedia the Holcim cement works is here, but I'm pretty sure it closed in 2016. Work needed on that article! β’ One result of appearing on Seven Sharp is that Tourism New Zealand and the Glacier tourism folks are now interested in chatting. Watch this space, I may be headed south soon. β’ MurielMary and DrThneed have been helping with the West Coast artists list, many thanks β I may have more print sources for bios. The Yvonne Rust book is good. β’ There's been some great teamwork this past week, with Canley and Schwede66 sorting out all the West Coast heritage buildings in Wikidata without photos, and me running round Westport with my camera taking pics of them. β’ About half the Stewart Nimmo photos are uploaded, and keep an eye on my uploads for more. Look for inventive uses: I added one to the selfie article. β’ I'll be working on Denniston Plateau, the Westport News, Becky Manawatu, EPIC Westport, the Kawatiri Coastal Trail, Granity, and Barrytown; all help appreciated. β’ This week I have a few more days at Westport and will do a day trip to Granity, then down to Hokitika on Friday for 10 days to work with the Museum and heritage groups. So do tackle Westport content this week; I can ask the Westport News for clippings if you need more sources. β’ Housekeeping: add what you do to the daily Progress Report, so we can all see and help! β’ Take care β Giantflightlessbirds
Greetings from sunny Hokitika! The fine weather I've had for the last few weeks finally broke and it's been driving hail and wind today. β’ Last week in Westport was fun, talking to many local historians and photographers, and the Westport News (rewritten article) β’ Saturday I ran a workshop in Hokitika, yesterday a second one in Greymouth. One newbie improved the Dave McKenzie (runner) article and squealed when her changes showed up instantly in Google. Another ran out to take photos of the Pioneers' Memorial (right), and Schwede66 created an article that very night β’ This week I'd love help with Hokitika-area articles: sculptures of Hokitika, buildings of Hokitika, Guy Menzies, Hokitika Guardian (am meeting them tomorrow to get better sources), whitebait (the NZ aspect), Kaniere, Lake Kaniere, pounamu, Lake Mahinapua, Hokitika Gorge, The Luminaries, and the Hokitika River. This is a list brainstormed with the locals at the workshop, heartily recommend β’ There are more photos by Stewart Nimmo of Lake Brunner and Reefton (including the artist Alison Hale (Q99304897), who's on our list. β’ It would be super helpful of somebody to look at the Hokitika area on WikiShootMe and check the locations of rivers, hills, etc against NZ Topo Map or the NZGB Gazetteer. β’ Dr Thneed wanted a photo through the altar window of St James Church, Franz Josef, and that same day Paora supplied one. Great teamwork, folks β it's been so nice to watch you collaborate. β’ Housekeeping: keep noting your contributions on the daily Progress Report. Thank you all for your hard work. β’ Stay warm and dry! β Giantflightlessbirds
Westland Pioneers' Memorial. Continually has its finger stolen. Lost an entire arm once, was redubbed Venus de Hokitika.
Kia ora from Hokitika! Tomorrow I pack up the car and head to Greymouth to present to Development West Coast our previous month's work, before heading south β’ Yes, Glacier Country are supplying accommodation in south Westland β ΕkΔrito, Franz Josef, and Fox β for the next two weeks. Possibly because I mouthed off to the media that Fox Glacier's entry is so short who would want to stay there? β’ So this week it's ΕkΔrito (splitting the article into settlement and lagoon), kΕtuku, spoonbills, the West Coast Wildlife Centre (Q99767675), rowi, Franz Josef glacier (and NZ glacier photos in general glacier articles), historic buildings thereabouts, etc β’ I uploaded lots of Stewart Nimmo photos of the Haast area, and have some Paparoa ones by Jase Blair coming soon. β’ Pakoire noticed that Fayne Robinson (Q99836010) needs an article β can we collaborate on one? He's def notable and we need more coverage of MΔori from the Coast. β’ Also women: see the Westland women in the WikiProject Hokitika Museum Google doc and Hokitika Museum Google drive. β’ Last week I wrote or improved articles about Hokitika Museum, Lake Kaniere, History House Museum, Lake Mahinapua, and Westland District Library. Error check, cleanup etc welcome. It's great to be able to work from folders and scrapbooks stuffed full of newspaper clippings! β’ Housekeeping: Thank you all for collaborating and filling in gaps, especially with historic buildings. Paora has been doing some great work. Please keep letting me know of any photos you need taking on the spot. β’ Take care β Giantflightlessbirds
Gorgeous Lake Kaniere. Yes, it really does look like this.
In a few decades the Waiho River bed will be higher than Franz Josef. Won't that be fun!
Autopatrolled
Hi Gertrude206, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the autopatrolled right, see Wikipedia:Autopatrolled. However, you should consider adding relevant wikiproject talk-page templates, stub-tags and categories to new articles that you create if you aren't already in the habit of doing so, since your articles will no longer be systematically checked by other editors (User:Evad37/rater and User:SD0001/StubSorter.js are useful scripts which can help). Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! Schwede6602:49, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Postcard #7
Final Postcard from the West Coast
Friday 23 October:Reefton
Kia ora koutou from Reefton! β’ We're in the last few days of the project, so time to wrap up loose ends. β’ Most of the last week I was based in in Fox Glacier, organising photo uploads from Fox Glacier Guiding of the glacier itself and Chancellor Hut, check them out β’ I've also photographed hiking trails and worked on articles about the West Coast Wildlife Centre, Lake Gault and Lake Matheson β’ Here in Reefton I'm improving the article about the town, have found info on the Inangahua County Library for DrThneed, and am writing about the Reefton Distillery β’ There are photos of all of Reeftons's historic buildings (and I've added a few), but no articles about the Reefton Courthouse or the Reefton School of Mines, and the Reefton Power Station article could do with work β’ Since I last wrote DrThneed has been hard at work on libraries, there's a nice Donovan's Store article from Gertrude206, much-needed improvements to pounamu by Pakoire, and Paora's been super-industrious with historic buildings but most importantly managed to produce a photo of the giant sandfly of Pukekura β’ Housekeeping: I'm sending out prizes kindly donated by Development West Coast and Friends of Waiuta to those of you who've worked hardest on the project, so if I ask for a postal address that's why. But even if you just signed up to get these postcards, that's fine too! β’ Thank you all for making a wonderful project work; I've never coordinated a team effort like this, and I think it's potentially a model for other edit-a-thons. Its been great fun. And I hope this has inspired you to keep chipping away, improving the coverage of New Zealand's beautiful West Coast. Ka kite ano, β Giantflightlessbirds
This horse trough outside the mansion of local mining capitalist wins the "Silliest Heritage" award in the category West Coast.
Thank you
The West Coast Stamp of Approval
It was great to have you on the team for the West Coast Wikipedian at Large project, and I hope you'll keep helping to improve West Coast pages. I'm very grateful that you stepped up to create articles for historic buildings I didn't have time to. βGiantflightlessbirds (talk) 09:57, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Performing Arts Aotearoa - Wiki Project β funding success
Great news. The Wikimedia Foundation gave me the grant for the Performing Arts Aotearoa Wiki-Project. It starts on 17 May 2021 and runs for four months.
Thanks for being a volunteer or endorsing it.
I will update this project page regularly plus send out weekly updates. The focus of this grant is on quality content on Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata. I encourage you to go in-depth and reach out for hints about where to get resources. There is heaps available on-line. Reach out with problems eg. Categories etc
There will be three formal edit-a-thons in Wellington, Auckland and Dunedin. Dates to be confirmed.
You can email me at any time maule.lisa@gmail.com or message me on my talk page.
My focus once the project starts will be on getting resources available for editors from organisations, and educating people in organisations on what Wiki platforms are and how and why they can be engaged. Pakoire (talk) 07:50, 8 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Please let me know your area of interest so I can focus material for you. You can add to the project page or email me maule.lisa@gmail.com. There is also short on-line meeting tomorrow (Tuesday 12.30pm) as a preamble to the project. This will bring together participants, discuss exchange with our Canadian colleagues working in a the same area, and for you to share areas of interest and any questions. Email me and I will send a link tomorrow on Jitsi Pakoire (talk) 20:36, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
WikiProject update - Performing Arts Aotearoa
The project is now two weeks in and the profile of the project is building in the performing arts communities. Editors have created seven new articles in Wikipedia and 291 new and improved entries in Wikidata. These have been tagged in Wikidata to the project using the property p5008 βon focus list of Wikimedia projectβ β βPerforming Arts Aotearoa New Zealand.β
Thank you if you have made a contribution already, there will also be lots of other ways to contribute over the coming three and a half months.
The current focus is the Wellington based festival Kia Mau [1]. This weekend Saturday 5th June there is a takeover of the Wellington Meetup with an edit-a-thon focus to Wikify the festival.
Kia Mau is an established festival based in Wellington celebrating and promoting βcontemporary MΔori, Pasifika and international Indigenous live performance experience.β For more information look at the Wellington Meetup page or the Kia Mau Wikiproject Worksheet. Over the next few days resources will be shared, including stubs and links to information.
Focusing on this festival will start to address the bias in Wikipedia that means there is low content on indigenous people, plus there are many women involved. Which means you can also add them to the Women in Red projects #1day1woman, some would fit onto the year-long campaign: Women's rights, and some into the June focus Wiki Loves Pride.
Participating in the Kia Mau editing can be in person or remotely. You can start this week, join for an hour or more on the day, and follow up afterwards also. Any improvements to Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons content will make a difference.
Please let me know if you have any tips or questions to help me help you.
If you aren't in a position to contribute right now that's ok too - take care.
WikiProject update - Performing Arts Aotearoa 20 June
Many thanks to all who have contributed so far. There are 28 new Wikipedia articles and over 500 new Wikidata entries.
The Kia Mau Festival mini edit-a-thon happened with useful learning for me about what seems simple and what is possible. I am proud of the persistence of editors β a much improved article for Audrey Brown-Pereira for example, a new article for The MΔori Sidesteps and lots of links from performance UPU to various poets. And many Wikidata entries.
You can now link to the project page through my website (http://www.lisamaule.info). Easier to remember and google-able (Wikiproject Lisa) if you want to direct other people where to look.
β’ LINKABLE ARTICLES: Create articles for a venue, a company or a festival. This will help facilitate biographies being linked to other articles. Suggestions on project page.
β’ KEEP GOING with your own area. Let me know what you are up to. See my new research google doc (linked on the project page) β feel free to comment if you need something (ask me for permission to edit)
β’ IMPROVE ANY ARTICLE on any performing arts topic, theatre, dance, venues β feel free to use my suggestions as a starting point and then going where it takes you. Reach out for suggestions in your area of interest, or ideas for research. I am a subject expert which helps with searching, and now have a pool of academics and others who I can ask too.
UPDATE
WIKIPEDIA
There are now 31 new Wikipedia articles reported on the project page that include 19 new biographies, 14 of these about women and six are of people of colour (three MΔori people). Keep up the good work. Keep seeking out women and people of colour to celebrate through Wikipedia.
WIKIDATA
The targets specified in this project for Wikidata were exceeded within the first week of the project with the concerted efforts of two editors. A Wikidata item was created to track entries. Performing Arts Aotearoa New Zealand (Q106787482).
With claims of ethnicity the policy is to include references from a biography, interview or personal website. Ethnicity of white people is strongly encouraged to be included where this information is available. MΔori is listed and then also iwi (tribe/s).
EDIT-A-THON DUNEDIN
The Εtepoti Dunedin Edit-a-thon was a success. It was at the Hocken Library on Saturday 10 July. The coordinator Pakoire and co-host DrThneed were joined in person by seven others, which included six new editors from the performing arts community, and two people working remotely in Wellington and Christchurch.
The new editors added 27 references to Wikipedia between them and a total of 2,017 words. Comments from new editors after they had learnt the basics and started editing related to how accessible they found doing it. There was motivation amongst many in the group to continue to meet as a way of progressing the articles they are interested in. With the experienced editors overall including Wikidata the edit-a-thon added 48.1K words, 4 commons uploads, 245 references, across 53 articles including 4 new Wikipedia articles and 15 new Wikidata articles.
COI
Conflict of interest (COI) is an area of consideration for editing in performing arts, since most subject experts are also practicing arts and producers. The edit-a-thon / meetup format was useful and people worked on unrelated articles but in tandem with others who knew where to get information.
IMAGES
There is more work to do to create opportunities to upload images to Wikimedia Commons under appropriate licences, as predicted this involves a lot of education with individuals and organisations as well as motivating people to follow through.
Take some pics of a local entertainment venue and upload them. Music venues, amateur arts, town hall, converted theatre, you would be surprised what isnβt there.
SUPPORT
All edits count - reach out if you need help or guidance and many thanks for any contribution you can make.
Hello -this is IanTheArchivist. First of all, many thanks for your own thank you to me. I see you are interested in British theatre. I recently did a Wikipedia article on Elizabeth Finlayson Gauld; she and her husband were both involved so I do hope some of the detail on that will be useful. I am also currently drafting an article on a lady called Alice Low who was involved in the British Empire Shakespearean Society if of interest. Best wishes for your research. IanTheArchivist (talk) 10:29, 16 August 2021 (UTC)IanTheArchivist (talk) 09:04, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
WikiProject update - Performing Arts Aotearoa 19 August
A short update this time.
The project has created 74 new Wikipedia articles and improvements to many. An example is one person has been working through improving and creating notable composers of New Zealand which is a great enhancement to Wikipedia. There is a now a regular meetup happening in Εtepoti.
The COVID19 status of New Zealand means the next workshop is fully online. Wellington Saturday 21 August
Thanks for adding yourself to the project page. Remember to sign up to the dashboard too. You can join into the zoom (link below) β come to the introduction at 10.30am, pop into the βTearoomβ to say hello to others and informally ask questions. You can also work by yourself.
Here is a google doc with suggested articles categories as 'dance' and 'theatre' with links to references. You can make suggestions with comments.
WikiProject update - Performing Arts Aotearoa 08 September
The Performing Arts Aotearoa Wikiproject officially ends in 2 days.
I am happy with the momentum that has built since the project started. Many thanks to everybody who was able to contribute.
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We are meeting on Thursday 17 March at 7.30pm on Zoom to establish Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand Inc ("WANZ Inc") as an Incorporated Society. Please do join us. You can find more information here
I have added new articles created as part of the Pacific Arts Aotearoa Wikiproject. These articles by new editors include Lusi Faiva, Suli Moa, Edith Amituanai and Amanaki Prescott-Faletau, who was interviewed on Radio New Zealand last Sunday. The reporter let me know the article was valuable for the interview research β great feedback for all of us creating and improving content in Wikipedia.
Reach out to me if you want guidance on any aspects of Wikipedia, or a collegial conversation about writing encyclopaedic entries on performing arts. I can set up a zoom, or direct you to places for help.
Please try to remember to add any relevant articles improved or created to the lists on the project page so the impact can be seen. Take your name off the project page if you donβt want to get these sporadic updates. I will keep an eye on new articles and I have an ongoing campaign to get more images uploaded so we can illustrate the articles too. I have resources on Wikimedia Commons if you are interested. Feel free to contact me on my talk page.
An invitation to help the West Coast Wikipedian at Large
News from the West Coast
Development West Coast have kindly agreed to support another short Wikipedian at Large contract on the West Coast, to cover areas that were missed the first time around: Lake Brunner, Te Wahipounamu, ΕpΔrara Arches, and Punakaiki. From June 20th to August 26th I'll be improving articles, Wikidata, and photo collections on these areas, and would love some help. I'm inviting you to sign up on the project page; there'll be a fortnightly "postcards from the Coast" of to-dos and updates, and prizes for the most and best contributions by volunteers. Hope to see you there! βGiantflightlessbirds (talk) 22:53, 4 June 2022 (UTC))[reply]
Postcard #1 (2022)
Postcard from the West Coast
Monday 20 June, 2022
Kia ora koutou and thanks for joining the West Coast Wikipedian at Large project! I hope you enjoy helping improve coverage of the beautiful country of Te Tai Poutini over the next ten weeks β’ First, bookmark the 2022 project page to keep up with which topics we're working on β’ For questions and suggestions, use the project Talk page (and watchlist it) β’ There's a Useful tools section on the project page that's worth checking out β’ We're doing something different this year: instead of the daily reporting of 2020, we're compiling a weekly report: just edit the Weekly Progress page with what you did when you did it, no pressure to do something every day! β’ There are prizes for both quantity and quality β’ Online training for newbie editors (Mon 27 Jun) and Commons contributors (Mon 4 Jul)βsee the About page and feel free to recruit friends β’ The focus for the next couple of weeks is Punakaiki: the pancake rocks (which need their own article?), Paparoa Track (a stub with no photos!), Cave Creek (much work needed, and photos of the track, creek, and memorial), and Barrytown, subject of a Wikiblitz but still with plenty to do β’ I'll be visiting the Punakaiki area and hopefully presenting on Wikipedia to the DOC team around the 29β30 June (depending on weather), and will take photos of tracks, river, points, islands, and cavesβrequests taken β’ Note: there's a West Coast Reptiles Wikiblitz on Sunday 3 July if you want to help improve articles about native lizards β’ Right, that's plenty! Maybe people would be interested in an online team chat? I could post a Doodle pollβ¦ β’ So looking forward to working with you all on this! β’ MΔnawatia a Matariki, β Giantflightlessbirds
Kia ora koutou and thank you all for your hard work over the last couple of weeks! We've had a cold snap here on the Coast, but at least the rain's slackened off and I've been able to get out on the blue sunny days and take snapshots β’ Schwede66 has been sorting out the Paparoa Range, cleaning up mountain wikidata, and expanding the Pororari River β’ We have a new article about the Truman Track, and a great photo selection for Cave Creek β’ Our hardest worker has been Marshalc, creating new articles on the Pancake Rocks, Bullock Creek, and the Inland Pack Track amongst others β’ I took a field trip to Punakaiki and sorted out the Wikidata and photos for every scenic spot between the Strongman Mine Memorial (Q112859334) and Hatters Bay (Q32217346) β’ If you're still thinking about helping, we could do with expanding the Punakaiki article, and sorting the best Pancake Rocks photos into a Commons gallery β’ Greymouth photographer Jase Blair donated some beautiful photos of Paparoa National Park which need using β’ The Avatar moth from Denniston Plateau (with its newly-improved article) will be RNZ's Critter of the Week on Friday β’ New resource: Mark Pickering's book The Coastal Journey (2010) (Q112841717) is free to download and a great reference β’ This coming weekend I'm off to Moana on Lake Brunner (to photograph the bays, walks, and especially the Kotuku Model Bungalow (those are all Start-quality icons, hint hint) β’ Check out the Project page to see jobs there are to do, and how you can help out! Ka kite ano. β Giantflightlessbirds
Kia ora koutou and once again thank you for all your mahi over the last fortnight β’ We've been working on articles on the Lake Brunner area; the lake's article is looking heaps better, and it's in the queue for DYK β’ Marshelec, Swede66, and Turnagra have been the putting in lots of effort, with new articles on the Croesus Track, Mount Te Kinga, and the Pike19 Memorial Track amongst others β’ We've rescued lots of great photos from Flickr and other public collections β’ But these weren't enough: I did two field trips to photograph up and down the Punakaiki coast, and halfway around the Arnold Valley and Lake Brunner; numerous new Commons categories and Wikidata images resulted β’ Progress at the lake was derailed by having to be filmed for the evening news, editing Wikipedia in the open air while being attacked by sandflies (our project mascot is well chosen) β’ Over the next two weeks the focus shifts to Karamea, all the caves and walks of the ΕpΔrara Basin, and the Heaphy Track β’ There is plenty to do: the Wangapeka Track, Honeycomb Hill Cave, and Kahurangi National Park need massive work, so I'm stoked that Marshall and Lyn are joining me for a few days this weekend at Karamea to help β’ This is an area that critically relies on tourism, and it's embarassing the coverage is so bad in Wikipedia β’ Check out the Project page to see jobs there are to do, and how you can help out! Ka kite ano. β Giantflightlessbirds
The Kotuku Model Bungalow at Jack's Mill School; designed, built, and completely furnished at 3/4 scale by primary school children in 1938βthe project of a visionary headmaster, now Heritage NZ listed.
Postcard #4 (2022)
Postcard from the West Coast
Monday 1 Aug, 2022
Kia ora koutou and thanks for helping with this project β’ It's been a busy fortnight: I visited Karamea with Marshall and Lyn, and we spent the day on the Fenian Track, which now has its own article and over 100 photos of the valley, the local flora and fauna, and the three caves we explored β’ Yes, there were cave wΔtΔ and spiders β’ I also got to meet with local historians, photographers, and nature buffs who are keen to share photos and deluged me with print materials β’ The double hook featuring the Paparoa Track and the Pororari River articles appeared in DYK on 25 July and they got 3000 readers between them, but the accompanying DOC video clip got over 400,000 views! β’ The newly-created Copland Track article was in DYK the next day, and Lake Brunner will feature soon β’ Great work, everyone β’ Coming up: Te Wahipounamu and the Haast PassβI'll be spending three days exploring and photographing the area, and could definitely do with help fleshing out the skeletal coverage of the lakes, localities, rivers, and wetlands of that beautiful part of the world β’ Check out the Project page to see the north-to-south list for South Westland, and pick something to work on; ask me for a job if you don't have one! Ka kite ano. β Giantflightlessbirds
Marshall took this photo of a very curious South Island robin (Petroica australis australis) on the Fenian Track.
Kia ora koutou; we're coming up to the home stretch! β’ I got back from South Westland with about 400 photos to upload and categorise into Commons β’ The DOC team down there are very excited about our project; they're busy reopening the Haast-Paringa Cattle Track with a new swingbridge, and I promised we would create an article with photos of all the huts β’ Archives New Zealand have a wonderful collection of tourist publicity photos on DigitalNZ; you could search them for pics of West Coast places for articles (see the ones I used in Pleasant Flat) β’ There's still plenty to do over the last fortnight of the projectβif you could find some time to pick one of the biggest gaps and have a go at filling it, that would be great β’ in Haast, we need articles on Okuru (currently a redirect), Hannahs Clearing, the Roaring Billy and Thunder Creek Falls, and Ship Creek; I have photos of all of them β’ You could also check back through the Punakaiki, Lake Brunner, and North Westland lists for anything that needs expanding β’ In other news, I'm running an online workshop 7 pm August 23rd on Adding Photos to Commons; enrolment's free, share with any keen photographers you know β’ We're also having a Wikiblitz this coming Sunday to try to improve the articles about West Coast reptiles, and could use help β’ Thank you for all your hard work; I'd like to organise an online meetup on Zoom at the end of the project to look back at what we've done and have a think about next steps; will send some possible times β’ Ka kite ano. β Giantflightlessbirds
A couple having a lovely picnic at Pleasant Flat in 1965, from the National Publicity Studios collection
Kia ora koutou; well, it's time to wrap up this project β’ What a wonderful and short ten weeks it's been; I've really appreciated all the mahi people have put into improving articles about the West Coast β’ There's a summary of what we've managed to achieve in the final report β’ Briefly: 24new articles, 5 of them in DYK, 974 edits to 193 articles, adding 73,800 words and 653 citations β’ We uploaded 1126 photos into numerous new Commons categories β’ Standouts for me were Schwede66's sorting out all the Paparoa mountains named after famous scientists, Marshelec's work on Karamea and Bullock Creek, and Turnagra creating the Copland Track article β’ There are small prizes going out to those three, but I also want to acknowledge all the effort of Paora, Chocmilk03, and Gertrude206βgreat stuff β’ I'm about to head off to Europe for a month, to attend the Wikimedia Summit and learn what European Wikipedians are up to, but despite time zones would like to have an online catchup with participants soon β’ Thank you again for all your hard work; ka kite ano and I hope we'll have another bash at the West Coast again soon. Don't be strangers. β Giantflightlessbirds
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Hi there, Gertrude206, and welcome to Women in Red. It's good to have such an experienced contributor from New Zealand as a member of our project. I see you've already created lots of interesting women's biographies and we now look forward to many more. If you have not already done so, you might find it useful to look at some of our essays, perhaps starting with the Primer. Please let me know if you run into any difficulties or need assistance. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 13:21, 28 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Women in Red July 2023
Women in Red June 2023, Vol 9, Iss 7, Nos 251, 252, 274, 275, 276
In July 2015 around 15.5% of the English Wikipedia's biographies were about women. As of July 2023, 19.61% of the English Wikipedia's biographies are about women. That's a lot of biographies created in the effort to close the gender gap. Happy 8th Anniversary! Join us for some virtual cake and add comments or memories and please keep on editing to close the gap!
Request for applications for position of Wikipedian-at-Large, Aotearoa New Zealand
Kia ora! The Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand User Group invites you to read about the call for applications for a Wikipedian-at-Large for Aotearoa New Zealand in 2024. Group members are happy to explain the process and discuss ideas with interested editors.
Wikimania 2023 will be held in Singapore, 16β19 August, and will be facilitated by the affiliates in the ESEAP (East/South East/Asia/Pacific) region.
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Invitation to an in-person meetup in Mohua / Golden Bay
Golden Bay Air are holding some seats for us until 21 November
Thinking about your summer break? Think about joining other Wikipedians and Wikimedians in Golden Bay / Mohua! Details are on the meetup page. There's heaps of interesting stuff to work on e.g. the oldest extant waka or New Zealand's oldest ongoing legal case. Or you may spend your time taking photos and then upload them.
Golden Bay is hard to get to and the airline flying into TΔkaka uses small planes, so we are holding some seats from and to Wellingtonand we are offering attendees a $200 travel subsidy to help with costs.
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Women in Religion have a monthly virtual edit-a-thon and the next session is December 2nd 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. CST. For Zoom meeting details, contact Dzingle1 or RosPost. Women in Red members are welcome to join the Zoom Meeting here
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