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A small group of editors have shown interest in collaboration to improve the Christchurch article, and significant work has already taken place. In addition to the work on the main article, the collaboration will involve review and changes for various Christchurch-related articles, and potentially the creation of some new articles. It may be useful to establish a Wikiproject to help co-ordinate this work and provide a central place for discussion about inter-relationships between content etc. Future expansion of the project scope could potentially include improvements to media in Wikimedia Commons, and enhancing coverage in Wikidata and Wikisource. There are several possible approaches to a project for supporting collaboration. These are:
Please provide feedback on the merits of a WikiProject for Christchurch-related articles, and the preferred approach._ Marshelec ( talk) 22:43, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
So, as part of the Wikidata Coordinate Me 2024 I've stumbled on a New Zealand "hospital" called Medtral. I'm not sure if they're still a thing, since www.medtral.com is now an expired domain, searching doesn't turn up much, and the article history looks very suspiciously WP:COI or WP:BROCHURE mostly circa 2008-09. Should we delete the article? I've changed the Wikidata item to an instance of "medical tourism" instead of "hospital" in the meantime. — Jon ( talk) 08:27, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
Hi there, I have finished a draft article on the ThreeNow streaming service. However, the mainspace ThreeNow currently redirects to Three (TV channel). Was wondering if someone who is an admin could resolve this issue? Thanks. Andykatib ( talk) 21:32, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
Women in Architecture Aotearoa WikiProject is a project to improve content of New Zealand women architects and their work in Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.
On Saturday 18 May 2024 there is an in-person walking tour at 10am - 1pm and an editing event 10am - 4pm. Book a ticket (for catering and organising purposes). Lunch provided. Feel free to drop in anytime for a refresher of how to do Wikipedia or to contribute your expertise and meet others.
This project is inspired by the publishing in 2022 of the book Making Space: A History of New Zealand Women in Architecture edited by Elizabeth Cox.
/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Meetup/Auckland_23
Walking Tour, 10am to 1pm The walking tour will be starting in Auckland CBD and take you to five locations. Free license photos and images are a challenging aspect of filling out wikipedia articles. Attendees will be asked to take photos during the walking tour and upload them to WikiCommons to contribute to the online database! Meet outside the Ellen Melville Centre at 10am, we will finish the tour at Auckland Museum. Lunch will be provided, followed by a tutorial on photo uploading by Lisa. Please bring your own laptop for uploading!
Edit-a-thon, 10am to 4pm
The edit-a-thon will run from 10am-4pm at the Learning Labs at Auckland Museum.
Copies of Making Space and other publications will be available for reference.
All experience levels welcome! A beginners’ course will be held at 10am after introductions, for new editors or experienced ones that need a refresher.
Location: Learning Labs, at Auckland Museum, Level 1 next to Te Whiwhinga the Imaginarium.
Feel free to come by any time during the day to join the group.
Please bring your own editing device.
Lunch will be provided at 1pm.
Pakoire (
talk) 04:36, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
The Christian TV channel Shine TV has a streaming service called Shine On Demand but have had trouble finding third party sources like news media or Scoop reports. The only sources that I have been able to find are its website and two Facebook Videos from 2020 and 2021. Not sure if I can use these sources for the article? Andykatib ( talk) 12:23, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
Hi, was pointed here (by User Lovelano (thank you)) from Commons. I realised that there are two distinct creeks called "Wairau Creek" in Auckland, one to the north of Waitemata Harbour (meeting Hauraki Gulf at Milford Reserve), and the other between Glendene and Kelston in the southwest of the harbour.
What would be the best way to name the categories on Commons for these two distinct creeks as at the moment, we have c:Category:Wairau Creek (4 images - I do not know if they're all of the same creek) and c:Category:Wairau Creek, Auckland (empty): they are not specific enough, but I'm unfamiliar with local views/naming/best practice.
Based on that, suggested category names are: "Wairau Creek, Kelston" and "Wairau Creek, North Shore"? Any thoughts? I can create cats etc., but feel free to be bold. Thanks in advance. Deadstar ( talk) 13:01, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
I suggest 'Wairau Creek (North Shore)' and 'Wairau Creek (West Auckland)'. Firstly, the format - isn't it more usual on Commons for disambiguators for creeks to be in parentheses rather than separated by a comma and space? I don't agree with using 'Kelston' as the disambiguator. Why use 'Kelston' and not 'Glendene', which Auckland Libraries uses, or 'Glen Eden', which is where the creek originates. Problem solved if the name for the wider area is used, with the added advantage that 'West Auckland' is more widely recognised than individual suburb names. I'm curious as to why Wairau Creek (Q112854633) in Wikidata says "in Kelston". User:Prosperosity added that (and he does good work on Auckland topics), so he might join this discussion and comment. Nurg ( talk) 00:28, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
Not being very familiar with Auckland and needing a map to find any suburbs which aren't the very major ones - how about Wairau Creek, North Auckland and Wairau Creek, West Auckland? Otherwise if suburbs are preferred - Wairau Creek, Milford would be OK but I'd prefer Wairau Creek, Waikumete for the other one (the creek flows through the Waikumete cemetery which I can find more easily than suburbs like Kelston which, until this evening, I couldn't have guessed which part of Auckland it was in). Daveosaurus ( talk) 07:19, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
I have sorted it all out on Commons, renaming categories, making dab pages, putting the files into correct categories and finding two additional images to add to the North Shore category. Nurg ( talk) 09:25, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
The articles Central Amalgamated Workers' Union, Northern Amalgamated Workers' Union, and Southern Amalgamated Workers' Union need to be merged into one article. I'm too busy at the moment to do it myself. Traumnovelle ( talk) 19:37, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
Hello, I am currently writing an article on Clark House. I have noticed government listings of the house such as Heritage New Zealand and the National Library mention the name 'Ngaroma' as another name for it. I have yet to come across these mentions in more detailed sources and aside from a very modern road the term Ngaroma is completely foreign to me. I cannot find out what the word means in Te Reo and I am unable to find any corrobating evidence for 'Ngaroma House' or Ngaroma in reference to the Hobsonville area at all aside from the road name.
I am hoping someone here familiar with Te Reo and Māori history might be able to find relevant information, I would not like to add it as a trivial 'also known as Ngaroma House without any further information. Abydocomist ( talk) 20:42, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
I've been steadily working away at adding coordinates to the articles listed in the above category (link here) over the past wee while, and have finally managed to get it down from around 100 articles to just 18 left without coordinates. Unfortunately the remaining articles are proving more difficult, so I figured I would put the call out to see whether anyone else has more luck and is able to help whittle it down even further. Some of them may not be able to have coordinates added at all, particularly the old shipwrecks I suspect, but for the time being they're all still there. Turnagra ( talk) 06:36, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
You are encouraged to add your name to the
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A small group of editors have shown interest in collaboration to improve the Christchurch article, and significant work has already taken place. In addition to the work on the main article, the collaboration will involve review and changes for various Christchurch-related articles, and potentially the creation of some new articles. It may be useful to establish a Wikiproject to help co-ordinate this work and provide a central place for discussion about inter-relationships between content etc. Future expansion of the project scope could potentially include improvements to media in Wikimedia Commons, and enhancing coverage in Wikidata and Wikisource. There are several possible approaches to a project for supporting collaboration. These are:
Please provide feedback on the merits of a WikiProject for Christchurch-related articles, and the preferred approach._ Marshelec ( talk) 22:43, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
So, as part of the Wikidata Coordinate Me 2024 I've stumbled on a New Zealand "hospital" called Medtral. I'm not sure if they're still a thing, since www.medtral.com is now an expired domain, searching doesn't turn up much, and the article history looks very suspiciously WP:COI or WP:BROCHURE mostly circa 2008-09. Should we delete the article? I've changed the Wikidata item to an instance of "medical tourism" instead of "hospital" in the meantime. — Jon ( talk) 08:27, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
Hi there, I have finished a draft article on the ThreeNow streaming service. However, the mainspace ThreeNow currently redirects to Three (TV channel). Was wondering if someone who is an admin could resolve this issue? Thanks. Andykatib ( talk) 21:32, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
Women in Architecture Aotearoa WikiProject is a project to improve content of New Zealand women architects and their work in Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.
On Saturday 18 May 2024 there is an in-person walking tour at 10am - 1pm and an editing event 10am - 4pm. Book a ticket (for catering and organising purposes). Lunch provided. Feel free to drop in anytime for a refresher of how to do Wikipedia or to contribute your expertise and meet others.
This project is inspired by the publishing in 2022 of the book Making Space: A History of New Zealand Women in Architecture edited by Elizabeth Cox.
/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Meetup/Auckland_23
Walking Tour, 10am to 1pm The walking tour will be starting in Auckland CBD and take you to five locations. Free license photos and images are a challenging aspect of filling out wikipedia articles. Attendees will be asked to take photos during the walking tour and upload them to WikiCommons to contribute to the online database! Meet outside the Ellen Melville Centre at 10am, we will finish the tour at Auckland Museum. Lunch will be provided, followed by a tutorial on photo uploading by Lisa. Please bring your own laptop for uploading!
Edit-a-thon, 10am to 4pm
The edit-a-thon will run from 10am-4pm at the Learning Labs at Auckland Museum.
Copies of Making Space and other publications will be available for reference.
All experience levels welcome! A beginners’ course will be held at 10am after introductions, for new editors or experienced ones that need a refresher.
Location: Learning Labs, at Auckland Museum, Level 1 next to Te Whiwhinga the Imaginarium.
Feel free to come by any time during the day to join the group.
Please bring your own editing device.
Lunch will be provided at 1pm.
Pakoire (
talk) 04:36, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
The Christian TV channel Shine TV has a streaming service called Shine On Demand but have had trouble finding third party sources like news media or Scoop reports. The only sources that I have been able to find are its website and two Facebook Videos from 2020 and 2021. Not sure if I can use these sources for the article? Andykatib ( talk) 12:23, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
Hi, was pointed here (by User Lovelano (thank you)) from Commons. I realised that there are two distinct creeks called "Wairau Creek" in Auckland, one to the north of Waitemata Harbour (meeting Hauraki Gulf at Milford Reserve), and the other between Glendene and Kelston in the southwest of the harbour.
What would be the best way to name the categories on Commons for these two distinct creeks as at the moment, we have c:Category:Wairau Creek (4 images - I do not know if they're all of the same creek) and c:Category:Wairau Creek, Auckland (empty): they are not specific enough, but I'm unfamiliar with local views/naming/best practice.
Based on that, suggested category names are: "Wairau Creek, Kelston" and "Wairau Creek, North Shore"? Any thoughts? I can create cats etc., but feel free to be bold. Thanks in advance. Deadstar ( talk) 13:01, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
I suggest 'Wairau Creek (North Shore)' and 'Wairau Creek (West Auckland)'. Firstly, the format - isn't it more usual on Commons for disambiguators for creeks to be in parentheses rather than separated by a comma and space? I don't agree with using 'Kelston' as the disambiguator. Why use 'Kelston' and not 'Glendene', which Auckland Libraries uses, or 'Glen Eden', which is where the creek originates. Problem solved if the name for the wider area is used, with the added advantage that 'West Auckland' is more widely recognised than individual suburb names. I'm curious as to why Wairau Creek (Q112854633) in Wikidata says "in Kelston". User:Prosperosity added that (and he does good work on Auckland topics), so he might join this discussion and comment. Nurg ( talk) 00:28, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
Not being very familiar with Auckland and needing a map to find any suburbs which aren't the very major ones - how about Wairau Creek, North Auckland and Wairau Creek, West Auckland? Otherwise if suburbs are preferred - Wairau Creek, Milford would be OK but I'd prefer Wairau Creek, Waikumete for the other one (the creek flows through the Waikumete cemetery which I can find more easily than suburbs like Kelston which, until this evening, I couldn't have guessed which part of Auckland it was in). Daveosaurus ( talk) 07:19, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
I have sorted it all out on Commons, renaming categories, making dab pages, putting the files into correct categories and finding two additional images to add to the North Shore category. Nurg ( talk) 09:25, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
The articles Central Amalgamated Workers' Union, Northern Amalgamated Workers' Union, and Southern Amalgamated Workers' Union need to be merged into one article. I'm too busy at the moment to do it myself. Traumnovelle ( talk) 19:37, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
Hello, I am currently writing an article on Clark House. I have noticed government listings of the house such as Heritage New Zealand and the National Library mention the name 'Ngaroma' as another name for it. I have yet to come across these mentions in more detailed sources and aside from a very modern road the term Ngaroma is completely foreign to me. I cannot find out what the word means in Te Reo and I am unable to find any corrobating evidence for 'Ngaroma House' or Ngaroma in reference to the Hobsonville area at all aside from the road name.
I am hoping someone here familiar with Te Reo and Māori history might be able to find relevant information, I would not like to add it as a trivial 'also known as Ngaroma House without any further information. Abydocomist ( talk) 20:42, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
I've been steadily working away at adding coordinates to the articles listed in the above category (link here) over the past wee while, and have finally managed to get it down from around 100 articles to just 18 left without coordinates. Unfortunately the remaining articles are proving more difficult, so I figured I would put the call out to see whether anyone else has more luck and is able to help whittle it down even further. Some of them may not be able to have coordinates added at all, particularly the old shipwrecks I suspect, but for the time being they're all still there. Turnagra ( talk) 06:36, 24 May 2024 (UTC)