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The "North from Macrae's Road, Otago, New Zealand" photo is a perfect example of HDR/Photoshop gone horribly wrong. Do such things belong on Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.224.255.154 ( talk) 22:41, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
This is the first time I've ever seen this flag for Otago. Is it an historical one? Where did the picture come from? Is there a link anywhere? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Auccl799 ( talk • contribs) 02:03, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
I edited the link to the regional council, deleting everything after the .nz part. This is because the URL that had been there was a broken link. Oddly, the shortened version redirects to the other URL anyhow.-- Coryma 03:50, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
The flag was chosen after a competition about three years ago, and is currently used by the ORC, as well as being fairly common among the Otago public. The picture was one I created from the winning design of the contest (I was one of the judges of it). Grutness... wha? 00:31, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
Perhaps you could caption the flag, then; I'm a member of the "Otago public" and have never seen it in common use . The "unofficial" blue half/gold half flag seems to be much more widely used. 60.234.233.29 —Preceding comment was added at 08:06, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
Is there a verifiable source that we can find to say that Otago's wines are excellent quality and that the extreme climate is a factor? Not that I doubt it, I don't, but verifiability and POV and all that Kahuroa 19:42, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
Iagree with these proposed changes. I'll try and edit them into the page. Bruce896387 04:14, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
"Otago also appears as a street name in Whittlesey near Peterborough in England. There is Otago road and Otago Close. There is a mystery as to why this small fenland town should choose this name for two of its streets.
Also, the College of Piping in Glasgow, Scotland, is situated in the city's Otago Street. But, considering Otago's Scottish roots and New Zealand's strong piping tradition, this comes as no great surprise."
This has no place in this article, surely. Any objections to deleting it? Aaadddaaammm 05:40, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
Posted to my talk page:
I note that you have added the regional council infobox back into the Otago article. I am separating the geographical info from the political info. The info box is now repeated in two articles and I feel it is not needed in the Otago article. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 06:45, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
Just thought i would mention that the map of otago kind of looks like africa! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.57.247.93 ( talk) 05:10, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
This came up about 6 months ago, where I found the description of the daily to weekly weather patterns in terms of the Southern Oscillation misleading. It was clarified, so that I now understand what is meant by the section. I am still unsure, however, about how the SO "produces an irregular short cycle of weather which repeats roughly every week" - perhaps a citation or link to a more in depth explanation would be appropriate? What does the SO have to do with it? Is this common knowledge? I'm throwing this to the talk pages because NZ climatology is not my specialty, but I would be interested in seeing more information added. Ovis23 ( talk) 20:38, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Northland Region which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — RMCD bot 22:59, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: page moved. Armbrust The Homunculus 14:14, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
Otago Region → Otago – The actual name of the region does not include "Region", it is just "Otago". (On the other hand, it is possible to find some sources, even governmental ones, that do include the capitalized "Region", but I believe they are in a distinct minority.) Otago already redirects here and is the primary meaning of the word (the other meanings are already at Otago (disambiguation)). (This discussion is a spin-off from this broader discussion, where it became clear that some users were uncomfortable considering all of the New Zealand region names as a group. So I'm planning on having individual discussions for them all; this is the second one. The first resulted in a name change.) Good Ol’factory (talk) 07:15, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
Now that this article is about Otago itself, and not the Otago Region, is it really necessary to have all the Otago Region paraphernalia - info-boxes, etc. - at the start of the article? Daveosaurus ( talk) 05:54, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
The United Kingdom is a sovereign state. England and Scotland are not sovereign states. Wikipedia pages list in population statistics the nation state of foreign-born citizens, not states, provinces, regions, etc. It is both in keeping with Wikipedia's own standards and nationality that the United Kingdom be kept as the birthplace of foreign-born residents of Otago. To remove the United Kingdom sets a cumbersome new precedent that would logically also lead to the break-up of Australia, China, and another nation states into their sub-national categories. Twistedpiper ( talk) 07:28, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
Please either undo or shift to geography section if you don't like it. I can edit it in any way either on or off Wikipedia (it is Location map many friendly). If you hate it get rid of it, it is a work in progress (made for History of the Otago Region). Old map "Position of Otago.png" Dushan Jugum ( talk) 20:06, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
"... the name of the Māori village near the entrance to the harbour." What harbour? Which harbour? The text should explain to someone who is not from the area. Shenme ( talk) 19:01, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: some moved, some not. There appears to be consensus that some of these articles should be moved, specifically three that require disambiguating (the first three listed) plus Marlborough which is a district rather than a region:
However, there appears to be no consensus on the others. Number 5 7 20:56, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
– Per WP:CONSISTENT. Moving these region articles would make them consistent with the following region and unitary articles:
The articles already at the "region" name are there due to disambiguation reasons. Moving the other region articles will ensure that Wikipedia is WP:CONSISTENT across all New Zealand region and unitary authority articles. Note that all proposed moves have redirects from their proposed names to their current ones, e.g. Canterbury Region, Waikato Region, etc. Spekkios ( talk) 00:20, 15 March 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. — Shibbolethink ( ♔ ♕) 22:23, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
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This article is written in New Zealand English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, realise, analyse, centre, fiord) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus. |
The "North from Macrae's Road, Otago, New Zealand" photo is a perfect example of HDR/Photoshop gone horribly wrong. Do such things belong on Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.224.255.154 ( talk) 22:41, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
This is the first time I've ever seen this flag for Otago. Is it an historical one? Where did the picture come from? Is there a link anywhere? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Auccl799 ( talk • contribs) 02:03, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
I edited the link to the regional council, deleting everything after the .nz part. This is because the URL that had been there was a broken link. Oddly, the shortened version redirects to the other URL anyhow.-- Coryma 03:50, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
The flag was chosen after a competition about three years ago, and is currently used by the ORC, as well as being fairly common among the Otago public. The picture was one I created from the winning design of the contest (I was one of the judges of it). Grutness... wha? 00:31, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
Perhaps you could caption the flag, then; I'm a member of the "Otago public" and have never seen it in common use . The "unofficial" blue half/gold half flag seems to be much more widely used. 60.234.233.29 —Preceding comment was added at 08:06, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
Is there a verifiable source that we can find to say that Otago's wines are excellent quality and that the extreme climate is a factor? Not that I doubt it, I don't, but verifiability and POV and all that Kahuroa 19:42, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
Iagree with these proposed changes. I'll try and edit them into the page. Bruce896387 04:14, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
"Otago also appears as a street name in Whittlesey near Peterborough in England. There is Otago road and Otago Close. There is a mystery as to why this small fenland town should choose this name for two of its streets.
Also, the College of Piping in Glasgow, Scotland, is situated in the city's Otago Street. But, considering Otago's Scottish roots and New Zealand's strong piping tradition, this comes as no great surprise."
This has no place in this article, surely. Any objections to deleting it? Aaadddaaammm 05:40, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
Posted to my talk page:
I note that you have added the regional council infobox back into the Otago article. I am separating the geographical info from the political info. The info box is now repeated in two articles and I feel it is not needed in the Otago article. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 06:45, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
Just thought i would mention that the map of otago kind of looks like africa! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.57.247.93 ( talk) 05:10, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
This came up about 6 months ago, where I found the description of the daily to weekly weather patterns in terms of the Southern Oscillation misleading. It was clarified, so that I now understand what is meant by the section. I am still unsure, however, about how the SO "produces an irregular short cycle of weather which repeats roughly every week" - perhaps a citation or link to a more in depth explanation would be appropriate? What does the SO have to do with it? Is this common knowledge? I'm throwing this to the talk pages because NZ climatology is not my specialty, but I would be interested in seeing more information added. Ovis23 ( talk) 20:38, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Northland Region which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — RMCD bot 22:59, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: page moved. Armbrust The Homunculus 14:14, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
Otago Region → Otago – The actual name of the region does not include "Region", it is just "Otago". (On the other hand, it is possible to find some sources, even governmental ones, that do include the capitalized "Region", but I believe they are in a distinct minority.) Otago already redirects here and is the primary meaning of the word (the other meanings are already at Otago (disambiguation)). (This discussion is a spin-off from this broader discussion, where it became clear that some users were uncomfortable considering all of the New Zealand region names as a group. So I'm planning on having individual discussions for them all; this is the second one. The first resulted in a name change.) Good Ol’factory (talk) 07:15, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
Now that this article is about Otago itself, and not the Otago Region, is it really necessary to have all the Otago Region paraphernalia - info-boxes, etc. - at the start of the article? Daveosaurus ( talk) 05:54, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
The United Kingdom is a sovereign state. England and Scotland are not sovereign states. Wikipedia pages list in population statistics the nation state of foreign-born citizens, not states, provinces, regions, etc. It is both in keeping with Wikipedia's own standards and nationality that the United Kingdom be kept as the birthplace of foreign-born residents of Otago. To remove the United Kingdom sets a cumbersome new precedent that would logically also lead to the break-up of Australia, China, and another nation states into their sub-national categories. Twistedpiper ( talk) 07:28, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
Please either undo or shift to geography section if you don't like it. I can edit it in any way either on or off Wikipedia (it is Location map many friendly). If you hate it get rid of it, it is a work in progress (made for History of the Otago Region). Old map "Position of Otago.png" Dushan Jugum ( talk) 20:06, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
"... the name of the Māori village near the entrance to the harbour." What harbour? Which harbour? The text should explain to someone who is not from the area. Shenme ( talk) 19:01, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: some moved, some not. There appears to be consensus that some of these articles should be moved, specifically three that require disambiguating (the first three listed) plus Marlborough which is a district rather than a region:
However, there appears to be no consensus on the others. Number 5 7 20:56, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
– Per WP:CONSISTENT. Moving these region articles would make them consistent with the following region and unitary articles:
The articles already at the "region" name are there due to disambiguation reasons. Moving the other region articles will ensure that Wikipedia is WP:CONSISTENT across all New Zealand region and unitary authority articles. Note that all proposed moves have redirects from their proposed names to their current ones, e.g. Canterbury Region, Waikato Region, etc. Spekkios ( talk) 00:20, 15 March 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. — Shibbolethink ( ♔ ♕) 22:23, 23 March 2022 (UTC)