User talk:Pakoire/Archive 2
Postcard #1[edit]
| Postcard from the West Coast
Sunday 6 September: Blackball |
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| 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. • 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. • Inangahua is actually three localities: Inangahua Landing, Inangahua Junction (munted by the 1968 earthquake), and Inanguahua proper where most people live – the article's a bit confused. • 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. • 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. • 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 – plenty to do already! Thank you all. • Take care — Giantflightlessbirds |  |
Postcard #2[edit]
| Postcard from the West Coast
Sunday 14 September: Greymouth |
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| Hello all from Greymouth! There are now a dozen of you from Australia and New Zealand signed up to help, which is wonderful. • 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 • 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! • Check out Axel's reorganisation of the Greymouth category and see if there are photos that need articles. • The Greymouth article needs work, a gallery of historic buildings, and more references from news media and books. • Plenty of old buildings in the list to work on • 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 – I took a bunch of photos there yesterday • Some of our new articles 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. • 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. • 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! • Take care — Giantflightlessbirds |  |
Postcard #3[edit]
| Postcard from the West Coast
Sunday 20 September: Westport |
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| 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! • 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. • MurielMary and DrThneed have been helping with the West Coast artists list, many thanks – I may have more print sources for bios. The Yvonne Rust book is good. • 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. • 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. • I'll be working on Denniston Plateau, the Westport News, Becky Manawatu, EPIC Westport, the Kawatiri Coastal Trail, Granity, and Barrytown; all help appreciated. • 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. • Housekeeping: add what you do to the daily Progress Report, so we can all see and help! • Take care — Giantflightlessbirds |  |
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Postcard #4[edit]
| Postcard from the West Coast
Sunday 27 September: Hokitika |
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| 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. • Last week in Westport was fun, talking to many local historians and photographers, and the Westport News (rewritten article) • 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 • 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 • There are more photos by Stewart Nimmo of Lake Brunner and Reefton (including the artist Alison Hale (Q99304897), who's on our list. • 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. • 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 – it's been so nice to watch you collaborate. • Housekeeping: keep noting your contributions on the daily Progress Report. Thank you all for your hard work. • Stay warm and dry! — Giantflightlessbirds |  |
Fayne Robinson[edit]
Hi there; I saw this got reverted, which is pretty standard when someone without a Wikipedia article is added to a list of notable people. The view seems to be that the article proves they're notable. Fayne Robinson certainly is: a quick search popped up numerous mentions and bios. Do you want to draft a sandbox article? I'm happy to help improve it, and then we can add him to the list when the article's up. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 10:19, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
Ok, yes. I will let you know when I get to it. Pakoire (talk) 22:33, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
Postcard #5[edit]
| Postcard from the West Coast
Sunday 4 October: Hokitika |
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| 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 • Yes, Glacier Country are supplying accommodation in south Westland – Ōkārito, Franz Josef, and Fox – 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? • So this week it's Ōkārito (splitting the article into settlement and lagoon), kōtuku, spoonbills, the West Coast Wildlife Centre (Q99767675), rowi, Franz Josef glacier (and NZ glacier photos in general glacier articles), historic buildings thereabouts, etc • I uploaded lots of Stewart Nimmo photos of the Haast area, and have some Paparoa ones by Jase Blair coming soon. • Pakoire noticed that Fayne Robinson (Q99836010) needs an article – can we collaborate on one? He's def notable and we need more coverage of Māori from the Coast. • Also women: see the Westland women in the WikiProject Hokitika Museum Google doc and Hokitika Museum Google drive. • 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! • 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. • Take care — Giantflightlessbirds |  |
Postcard #6[edit]
| Postcard from the West Coast
Sunday 11 October: Franz Josef |
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| Gidday from Franz Josef/Waiau! Deserted tourist town, everything's a bit pricey, but there are kea circling over the main street which makes up for a lot • I just spent three days in Ōkārito, wrote articles about pakihi and Ōkārito lagoon, and took/was given a lot of photos of Kōtuku and hiking trails. A dearth of printed sources on Ōkārito but there are enough photos and info to make at least sections/galleries for buildings like Donovan's Store (Q79300924), Ōkārito School (Q79303038), and Ōkārito Obelisk (Q79309599) on its article • There are too many photos of Franz Josef glacier! It would be great to make a curated gallery of the most useful ones on its Commons page. Also finding and uploading good photos from DigitalNZ and the Macmillan Brown A. C. Graham Collection would help heaps • Local heritage sites that need articles: the Hendes Gallery, Defiance Hut, Chancellor Hut • I'll be spending Tuesday in the West Coast Wildlife Centre, looking at baby kiwi and improving Haast Tokoeka and Rowi articles • Great to see a new Fayne Robinson article from Pakoire, and Maida Bryant from MurielMary; Paora's been beavering away on lists of mayors • Housekeeping: do reach out to any of the team for a hand if some random editor knocks you back or makes trouble. Don't let them rattle you! We're here to help each other. • Take care and be kind — Giantflightlessbirds |  |
Postcard #7[edit]
| Final Postcard from the West Coast
Friday 23 October:Reefton |
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| Kia ora koutou from Reefton! • We're in the last few days of the project, so time to wrap up loose ends. • 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 • I've also photographed hiking trails and worked on articles about the West Coast Wildlife Centre, Lake Gault and Lake Matheson • 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 • 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 • 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 • 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! • 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, — Giantflightlessbirds |  |
Thank you[edit]
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The West Coast Stamp of Approval |
| It was great to have you on the team for the West Coast Wikipedian at Large project, and your perspective was really valuable. Even though you've been editing for less than a year you're making really good contributions to how Aotearoa's portrayed in the encyclopaedia. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 10:07, 28 October 2020 (UTC) |
November edith-a-thons from Women in Red[edit]
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A New Year With Women in Red![edit]
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I thought I should draw your attention to some responses to the question you asked on the New Zealand Wikipedians' notice board. Be Bold and edit others will let you know if there is a problem and if all else fails, read the manual, and if you are still stuck then ask for help. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 13:49, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks @Cameron Dewe:. I love the Be Bold philosophy, and I appreciate the encouragement to follow my thoughts and Be Bold.Pakoire (talk) 20:57, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
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February 2021 at Women in Red[edit]
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March 2021 at Women in Red[edit]
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April editathons from Women in Red[edit]
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May 2021 at Women in Red[edit]
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A weedy sea-dragon thank you[edit]
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June 2021 at Women in Red[edit]
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July 2021 at Women in Red[edit]
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Rodger Fox on Commons[edit]
Looks like a whole lot of egregiousness going on here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/bigbandleader. One photo even has the photographer's watermark on it and yet the User claims copyright. Quilt Phase (talk) 08:05, 24 June 2021 (UTC)
- Yes @Quilt Phase: I am out of my depth as to what to do. Do you know? It is still a great article. Pakoire (talk) 21:03, 24 June 2021 (UTC)
- Have left a message on the uploader's talk page Quilt Phase (talk) 01:27, 27 June 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Carla Van Zon[edit]
On 26 June 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Carla Van Zon, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Carla Van Zon ran two arts festivals in New Zealand? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Carla Van Zon. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Carla Van Zon), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Bkissin (talk) 16:03, 6 July 2021 (UTC)WiR editathon in August[edit]
Hi! I'm sorry that I didn't see your message before now on the WiR talk page. I love your list and if you don't mind, I'll link to it from the list that I have been keeping since my list is also used on various Wikipedias in addition to the English one? On a separate note, I was going through indigenous film festivals today and noticed that the Māoriland Film Festival doesn't have an article at all. It would be quite useful for finding people to write articles about. Someone did the same for imagineNATIVE in Wikidata a while back and it's been wonderful to find Saami actors and directors and movies that I would never have dreamed of coming across there. Would you be interested in adding it to your list since you also have topics besides people on it? -Yupik (talk) 18:27, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
- Hi @Yupik:, yes please share my list where you feel it will attract people's attention. I took some photo's of the Māoriland venue recently in anticipation of an article, I am uploading them now, and I will add the film festival to my project list. There is a lot of cross over between performing arts and film in New Zealand. Pakoire (talk) 22:37, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
August Editathons with Women in Red[edit]
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