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Ngā mihi o te tau hou ki a koutou! A few times in the past we've talked about a potential collaborative project to raise the quality of our national park articles, but nothing has come to fruition on this yet. I'm trying to see whether there would be any interest in giving this another shot, as I'd love to see all 13 of the articles at GA status by the end of the year. If there's enough people keen, I can start up a subpage and we can take it from there (perhaps tying in with other things going on, such as the meetup in Golden Bay / Mōhua?). Turnagra ( talk) 20:31, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
There are three likely incorrect entries in this article regarding Warp, a New Zealand science fiction club fanzine published from 1977 to the late 1990s.
I have a collection of Warps from issue 1 through to issue 101 - and was the editor of a single issue (41) in 1984.
The sentence "The magazine was published by Transworld." offers no citation for verification. Transworld is not cited in any issue from 1 to 101. I recommend that it be removed.
The statement "The Warped Tour, established in 1994, is named after the magazine." offers no citation for verification and is likely to be incorrect. I recommend that it be removed.
The entire section titled "Kelly Anna" refers to "Wrap magazine" and has likely been entered into this article in error. I recommend that it be removed. (The cover shown features an illustration by Dan McCarthy, not Kelly Anna.) 27.252.217.196 ( talk) 01:51, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
Highlanders (rugby union) has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 ( talk) 21:27, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
Can someone please help with the following draft. Draft:Dom Harvey. The current link to Dom Harvey goes to The Edge radio station and I am unsure on how to adjust or fix this (with moving it or when it may get approved). Of course this is a draft but I was happy to go ahead and move this to the main space now. This was a requested article so I decided to go ahead and give it a go. Thank you very much! ArleneHerman ( talk) 02:44, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
Plug-in electric vehicles in New Zealand is out of date. I've had a go at some of it, but the most popular EV models have changed since 2-3 years ago when it was last current. Also, it's a bit too WP:BROCHURE. Two good sources of current data are evdb.nz and the Ministry of Transport fleet statistics. — Jon ( talk) 20:13, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
Just curious: if you go to a shop and buy five $1.99 items, and you pay in cash, are you charged $9.90 or $10.00? All rounding is easy here in Australia, since we still have a 5¢ coin and prices are always in whole cents, but since $9.95 is exactly halfway between $9.90 and $10, I don't have any idea how this would round in NZ$. Nyttend ( talk) 19:57, 19 January 2024 (UTC) (UTC)
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 2021 has changed the Reserve Bank's guidelines around using images of New Zealand currency. The New Zealand copyright rules on Wikimedia Commons haven't been changed since before 2021, and probably need updating. Do we have any numismaticists or copyright experts around who could help figure out whether we can in fact upload images of NZ coins and banknotes for the various articles New Zealand dollar, Coins of the New Zealand dollar, Banknotes of the New Zealand dollar? — Jon ( talk) 01:53, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
Reproducing complete, scaled, one-sided images of banknotes and coins in books, brochures or on screen. This would be typically for educational, informational or illustrative purposeswhich I believe to be the case on Wiki. — Panamitsu (talk) 01:56, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
we hold the copyright for the design of the banknotes, while copyright in the individual images used on the notes may be held by others. That's a bit of a worry, isn't it? And about the series 7 banknotes, they say:
These images cannot be used for commercial uses. That's a non-starter. Schwede 66 03:13, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
Do you have an idea for a substantial project that would create or improve content on a Wikimedia platform (preferably with a New Zealand focus) ? By end March this year, the management committee of Wikimedia Aotearoa NZ needs to make its annual funding application to the Wikimedia Foundation for the period July 2024-June 2025. If you have an idea or proposal, we would love to hear from you, so that we can make some allowance in our funding application to WMF. For some background about what we might be able to fund through grants, see: Providing grants to support programmes and activities. If you would like to make a suggestion please contact Dianne in the first instance, at info[at]wikimedia.nz. We have a planning meeting on 9 February, so it would be great to hear by then, but suggestions can be received up until late March. Marshelec ( talk) 20:48, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
I have started work on the Draft:Co-governance article. Have made progress with the introduction, etymology and implementation section but it needs a good amount of work and copy-editing. I also plan to add a views and public opinion section/s. Feel free to help out. I think this article will be useful given that it was a hot potato topic in the 2023 New Zealand general election. Andykatib ( talk) 01:55, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
Our meetup in Golden Bay is less than two weeks away. It seems that it's already started, with heaps of editing activity on lots of local topics. But there'll be heaps left to do, with loads of red links on the meetup page. My recommendation is to make a short holiday of it, with the weather generally very settled in February. There's heaps to do and see. A registration link is on the meetup page; a nominal $20 charge will see you fed and watered during the days. If you incur travel costs, there is a $200 subsidy available on request. Schwede 66 18:46, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
Good evening all,
This hasn't been added to article alerts, maybe because it is a speedy candidate?
The article was created in 2008, and for pretty most of its history has been unreferenced.
UPDATE: it has now been deleted as Unambiguous advertising or promotion.
Please let me know if I can assist in admin-y ways - or anything else - with this.
09:29, 31 January 2024 (UTC) Shirt58 ( talk) 🦘 09:29, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi folks, a late reminder that the Aotearoa New Zealand meet up will be happening today at 12 noon NZST virtually. For the agenda and link see this page Ambrosia10 ( talk) 21:26, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
Hi, all! I'm updating Customs territory, and can't find enough information online to figure out if Tokelau is inside or outside the New Zealand customs zone. It appears Niue and the Cook Islands are outside, because flights there are treated as international, and you have to go through customs and possibly pay duties when transiting between? Unfortunately, there are no flights to Tokelau and very little information online. Any pointers you could give would be appreciated. -- Beland ( talk) 05:02, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
Hi there, wanted some advice about trimming the Sixth Labour Government of New Zealand article, which has grown to a humongous 588K bytes over the past six years. The history section is particularly heavy with content on major policies and initiatives. By comparison, the Fifth National Government of New Zealand is slimmer with about 54K bytes. Any ideas for trimming it down or maybe even creating offshoot articles?
The Sixth National Government of New Zealand is modelled after the Sixth Labour Government article. I am concerned that within six to nine years, it would be really long if I edit it the same way I updated the Sixth Labour Govt article. Open to hearing ideas for both articles. Andykatib ( talk) 04:35, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
I've just noticed that the NZ relief map used on hundreds of pages has a few mistakes:
Does anyone have experience with replacing versions of maps? Either by updating the .jpg, or switching templates to point towards the correct .svg? -- Prosperosity ( talk) 07:30, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
return {
name = 'New Zealand',
top = -33.9,
bottom = -47.8,
left = 165.9,
right = 179.1,
image = 'New Zealand (location map).svg',
image1 = 'New Zealand (relief map).png',
mark = 'Disc Plain red.svg',
marksize = 5
}
The article Wharves in Wellington Harbour has been nominated for a GA review. This article may be of particular interest to editors in Wellington, or those who have some knowledge of Wellington, but the GA review does not require any specialist knowledge. The article might be suitable for an editor who has not previously undertaken a GA review. Any takers ? Marshelec ( talk) 01:37, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Michael Wood (New Zealand politician)#Requested move 18 February 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces ( talk) 11:53, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
Here's another one of those super-poor regional cricket bios: Richard Leggat. The chap is actually quite notable for more recent activities. I've posted on the talk page a couple of things that he's been up to. I know him well, hence have a COI. I shall add a reasonably recent photo, though. Schwede 66 22:50, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Kingston (band)#Requested move 28 February 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces ( talk) 18:50, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
Is there an automated process by which we can auto-archive any Newshub citation used on Wikipedia, so that when the website inevitably goes down later this year and we lose yet another trove of online news, we at least have it available from the Wayback Machine? — Jon ( talk) 02:20, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
Hello to the NZ group here.
I had started on this draft here at Draft:Alex Breingan. I think I tagged the NZ group here all okay. This TV producer and former radio host, I searched was previously a host on RadioLive. I now that this radio station is now no longer active but I managed to find a web archive source which I added to the draft. Does this still work for Wikipedia even if the website is now down? (I did the same in the beginning for NZ Herald articles that I added but were premium articles, but I found them through another web archive) Happy to get feedback on the draft of if there is any reviewers from NZ to check it? Thank you! MathewArmstrong ( talk) 03:18, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
<meta property="og:title" content="Fake mews: Producers of new 'reality' show reveal it's not real"/>
in the source html, which does not appear in the output. Presumably it is searching the html for "title". The 'fake mews' might have been a title when the news article was first drafted.-
Gadfium (
talk) 22:58, 5 March 2024 (UTC)Kia ora. I'm here to boost an event WANZ are running in Wellington on Saturday 9 March, to encourage photographers to share their photos on Commons. All is explained here: Wikipedia:Meetup/Wellington/Picture This Photography Event and there is a link there to sign up. Cheers, your host, Quilt Phase ( talk) 01:20, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
Hi everyone, just a reminder that our regular virtual meet up for New Zealand editors and those editors editing New Zealand content is being held today at Noon. For the link to attend as well as the agenda please click here. Hope to see you there Ambrosia10 ( talk) 19:56, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
Kia ora, Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand have been organising the Aotearoa New Zealand WikiCon for 2024. It's being held in Auckland at AUT on the weekend of 23/24 March 2024. Details of programme is in the link.
Cost is $10 per person for the entire weekend.
Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/wikicon-aotearoa-2024
There's something for both experienced editors and newbies. Please share and pass on the information to anyone that might be interested. Einebillion ( talk) 21:28, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
Bonjour! Hope no one minds if I share this here, just for a bit of added visibility.
I'm a representative of the WikiWomen's User Group, and from 16th to 31st March we're supporting the work of the French project Les sans pagEs in running the Francophone Women★ Writers Fortnight 2024. The aim of this fortnight-long edit-a-thon is to showcase the diversity of Francophone women and non-binary writers from all over the world.
More information, including how to sign up and participate, and suggested articles to work on, is available at the English project meet-up page here: Francophone Women Writers Fortnight 2024. In the list of suggested articles, I've included some authors with a New Zealand connection (through holding the Randell Cottage Writers' Residency) who have articles on French Wikipedia but not in English.
It would be awesome to have some more contributors join who are interested in improving or creating articles about French-speaking women writers. :) Merci beaucoup, Chocmilk03 ( talk) 22:36, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
Kia ora, the original uncropped images in this category all got deleted? Is that supposed to have happened? TheLoyalOrder ( talk) 01:44, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
Kia ora, This weekend will see a number of editors coming together for the Aotearoa New Zealand WikiCon for 2024. It's being held in Auckland at AUT. Places are still available. Cost is $10 per person for the entire weekend. Morning tea, afternoon tea and lunch will be provided. See the link above for the full programme.
Register here if you want to come along: https://events.humanitix.com/wikicon-aotearoa-2024
There's something for both experienced editors and newbies. Please share and pass on the information to anyone that might be interested. Einebillion ( talk) 23:21, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
For those who are interested in the Auckland WikiCon happening this weekend - the presentations are going up in the WikiCon 2024 page as the presentations are being delivered. They make really interesting reading! Einebillion ( talk) 22:27, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
Could others please weigh in at Talk:Adventure Consultants? I don't want to get into edit warring with an editor over American spelling. Schwede 66 22:55, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
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What's the consensus around adding a politician's political ideology eg. left-wing or right-wing to the lead of said politician's article? I have been noticing it more and more. Kiwiz1338 ( talk) 07:22, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
As I'm sure many of you are aware of, a while ago we renamed the Pākehā settlers article to European settlers in New Zealand. Since then, BilledMammal has used JWB to change all mentions of "Pākehā settlers" to "European settlers", such as here. Although I supported the move, what I am concerned about is that these are interchangable alternate names, so I'm not sure if these edits are a good idea. Is there a policy for changing all mentions of "Pākehā settlers" to "European settlers" after the requested move, or do we follow WP:RETAIN?
I discussed this BilledMammal's talk page here, but neither of us reached an agreement on what to do. — Panamitsu (talk) 23:16, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
is textbook vandalismWP:VANDALISM has a very specific definition on Wikipedia, and this doesn't meet that - I know I've asked you this many times before, but can you please stop with the personal attacks? I know we often disagree on content but that doesn't mean we can't be civil. BilledMammal ( talk) 02:58, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
This is something which has been kicking around in my head for a while, so I figured I'd post something and gauge whether it could be something worth looking further into. In instances where we use Māori words in the article for whatever reason, should we be aiming to do so in a way that reflects the dialect of the iwi which has WP:TIES to the topic? Obviously this isn't something which we could do in all instances due to things like a lack of clear information, competing iwi affiliations, and so on, but there are absolutely instances where we probably could - for example, using Kai Tahu Māori for South Island things, or the use of a double vowel instead of a macron for Tainui-related things like the kiingitanga. Turnagra ( talk) 01:26, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
Reminder: The Wellington Wiki meetup is happening tomorrow at 10am until noon Saturday 13 April 2024 at the Programme Rooms (behind the reception desk), Ground Floor of National Library, corner Molesworth and Aitken Streets, Wellington See this link for the agenda. Ambrosia10 ( talk) 01:58, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
I have recently been working on several articles about accredited dark sky places in New Zealand. Current articles are here: en:Category:Dark-sky preserves in New Zealand. I have been thinking about creating a navbox template to put at the bottom of each of these. There may be more articles in future, given the increasing interest from various communities in seeking accreditation as a dark sky place. My question is: Would it be appropriate to add Dark Sky Preserves (or similar) as a new category within Template:Protected areas of New Zealand. This template is already fairly large, so I would appreciate feedback on this proposal before I go ahead. Marshelec ( talk) 07:35, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
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Ngā mihi o te tau hou ki a koutou! A few times in the past we've talked about a potential collaborative project to raise the quality of our national park articles, but nothing has come to fruition on this yet. I'm trying to see whether there would be any interest in giving this another shot, as I'd love to see all 13 of the articles at GA status by the end of the year. If there's enough people keen, I can start up a subpage and we can take it from there (perhaps tying in with other things going on, such as the meetup in Golden Bay / Mōhua?). Turnagra ( talk) 20:31, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
There are three likely incorrect entries in this article regarding Warp, a New Zealand science fiction club fanzine published from 1977 to the late 1990s.
I have a collection of Warps from issue 1 through to issue 101 - and was the editor of a single issue (41) in 1984.
The sentence "The magazine was published by Transworld." offers no citation for verification. Transworld is not cited in any issue from 1 to 101. I recommend that it be removed.
The statement "The Warped Tour, established in 1994, is named after the magazine." offers no citation for verification and is likely to be incorrect. I recommend that it be removed.
The entire section titled "Kelly Anna" refers to "Wrap magazine" and has likely been entered into this article in error. I recommend that it be removed. (The cover shown features an illustration by Dan McCarthy, not Kelly Anna.) 27.252.217.196 ( talk) 01:51, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
Highlanders (rugby union) has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 ( talk) 21:27, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
Can someone please help with the following draft. Draft:Dom Harvey. The current link to Dom Harvey goes to The Edge radio station and I am unsure on how to adjust or fix this (with moving it or when it may get approved). Of course this is a draft but I was happy to go ahead and move this to the main space now. This was a requested article so I decided to go ahead and give it a go. Thank you very much! ArleneHerman ( talk) 02:44, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
Plug-in electric vehicles in New Zealand is out of date. I've had a go at some of it, but the most popular EV models have changed since 2-3 years ago when it was last current. Also, it's a bit too WP:BROCHURE. Two good sources of current data are evdb.nz and the Ministry of Transport fleet statistics. — Jon ( talk) 20:13, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
Just curious: if you go to a shop and buy five $1.99 items, and you pay in cash, are you charged $9.90 or $10.00? All rounding is easy here in Australia, since we still have a 5¢ coin and prices are always in whole cents, but since $9.95 is exactly halfway between $9.90 and $10, I don't have any idea how this would round in NZ$. Nyttend ( talk) 19:57, 19 January 2024 (UTC) (UTC)
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 2021 has changed the Reserve Bank's guidelines around using images of New Zealand currency. The New Zealand copyright rules on Wikimedia Commons haven't been changed since before 2021, and probably need updating. Do we have any numismaticists or copyright experts around who could help figure out whether we can in fact upload images of NZ coins and banknotes for the various articles New Zealand dollar, Coins of the New Zealand dollar, Banknotes of the New Zealand dollar? — Jon ( talk) 01:53, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
Reproducing complete, scaled, one-sided images of banknotes and coins in books, brochures or on screen. This would be typically for educational, informational or illustrative purposeswhich I believe to be the case on Wiki. — Panamitsu (talk) 01:56, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
we hold the copyright for the design of the banknotes, while copyright in the individual images used on the notes may be held by others. That's a bit of a worry, isn't it? And about the series 7 banknotes, they say:
These images cannot be used for commercial uses. That's a non-starter. Schwede 66 03:13, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
Do you have an idea for a substantial project that would create or improve content on a Wikimedia platform (preferably with a New Zealand focus) ? By end March this year, the management committee of Wikimedia Aotearoa NZ needs to make its annual funding application to the Wikimedia Foundation for the period July 2024-June 2025. If you have an idea or proposal, we would love to hear from you, so that we can make some allowance in our funding application to WMF. For some background about what we might be able to fund through grants, see: Providing grants to support programmes and activities. If you would like to make a suggestion please contact Dianne in the first instance, at info[at]wikimedia.nz. We have a planning meeting on 9 February, so it would be great to hear by then, but suggestions can be received up until late March. Marshelec ( talk) 20:48, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
I have started work on the Draft:Co-governance article. Have made progress with the introduction, etymology and implementation section but it needs a good amount of work and copy-editing. I also plan to add a views and public opinion section/s. Feel free to help out. I think this article will be useful given that it was a hot potato topic in the 2023 New Zealand general election. Andykatib ( talk) 01:55, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
Our meetup in Golden Bay is less than two weeks away. It seems that it's already started, with heaps of editing activity on lots of local topics. But there'll be heaps left to do, with loads of red links on the meetup page. My recommendation is to make a short holiday of it, with the weather generally very settled in February. There's heaps to do and see. A registration link is on the meetup page; a nominal $20 charge will see you fed and watered during the days. If you incur travel costs, there is a $200 subsidy available on request. Schwede 66 18:46, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
Good evening all,
This hasn't been added to article alerts, maybe because it is a speedy candidate?
The article was created in 2008, and for pretty most of its history has been unreferenced.
UPDATE: it has now been deleted as Unambiguous advertising or promotion.
Please let me know if I can assist in admin-y ways - or anything else - with this.
09:29, 31 January 2024 (UTC) Shirt58 ( talk) 🦘 09:29, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi folks, a late reminder that the Aotearoa New Zealand meet up will be happening today at 12 noon NZST virtually. For the agenda and link see this page Ambrosia10 ( talk) 21:26, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
Hi, all! I'm updating Customs territory, and can't find enough information online to figure out if Tokelau is inside or outside the New Zealand customs zone. It appears Niue and the Cook Islands are outside, because flights there are treated as international, and you have to go through customs and possibly pay duties when transiting between? Unfortunately, there are no flights to Tokelau and very little information online. Any pointers you could give would be appreciated. -- Beland ( talk) 05:02, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
Hi there, wanted some advice about trimming the Sixth Labour Government of New Zealand article, which has grown to a humongous 588K bytes over the past six years. The history section is particularly heavy with content on major policies and initiatives. By comparison, the Fifth National Government of New Zealand is slimmer with about 54K bytes. Any ideas for trimming it down or maybe even creating offshoot articles?
The Sixth National Government of New Zealand is modelled after the Sixth Labour Government article. I am concerned that within six to nine years, it would be really long if I edit it the same way I updated the Sixth Labour Govt article. Open to hearing ideas for both articles. Andykatib ( talk) 04:35, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
I've just noticed that the NZ relief map used on hundreds of pages has a few mistakes:
Does anyone have experience with replacing versions of maps? Either by updating the .jpg, or switching templates to point towards the correct .svg? -- Prosperosity ( talk) 07:30, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
return {
name = 'New Zealand',
top = -33.9,
bottom = -47.8,
left = 165.9,
right = 179.1,
image = 'New Zealand (location map).svg',
image1 = 'New Zealand (relief map).png',
mark = 'Disc Plain red.svg',
marksize = 5
}
The article Wharves in Wellington Harbour has been nominated for a GA review. This article may be of particular interest to editors in Wellington, or those who have some knowledge of Wellington, but the GA review does not require any specialist knowledge. The article might be suitable for an editor who has not previously undertaken a GA review. Any takers ? Marshelec ( talk) 01:37, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Michael Wood (New Zealand politician)#Requested move 18 February 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces ( talk) 11:53, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
Here's another one of those super-poor regional cricket bios: Richard Leggat. The chap is actually quite notable for more recent activities. I've posted on the talk page a couple of things that he's been up to. I know him well, hence have a COI. I shall add a reasonably recent photo, though. Schwede 66 22:50, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Kingston (band)#Requested move 28 February 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces ( talk) 18:50, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
Is there an automated process by which we can auto-archive any Newshub citation used on Wikipedia, so that when the website inevitably goes down later this year and we lose yet another trove of online news, we at least have it available from the Wayback Machine? — Jon ( talk) 02:20, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
Hello to the NZ group here.
I had started on this draft here at Draft:Alex Breingan. I think I tagged the NZ group here all okay. This TV producer and former radio host, I searched was previously a host on RadioLive. I now that this radio station is now no longer active but I managed to find a web archive source which I added to the draft. Does this still work for Wikipedia even if the website is now down? (I did the same in the beginning for NZ Herald articles that I added but were premium articles, but I found them through another web archive) Happy to get feedback on the draft of if there is any reviewers from NZ to check it? Thank you! MathewArmstrong ( talk) 03:18, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
<meta property="og:title" content="Fake mews: Producers of new 'reality' show reveal it's not real"/>
in the source html, which does not appear in the output. Presumably it is searching the html for "title". The 'fake mews' might have been a title when the news article was first drafted.-
Gadfium (
talk) 22:58, 5 March 2024 (UTC)Kia ora. I'm here to boost an event WANZ are running in Wellington on Saturday 9 March, to encourage photographers to share their photos on Commons. All is explained here: Wikipedia:Meetup/Wellington/Picture This Photography Event and there is a link there to sign up. Cheers, your host, Quilt Phase ( talk) 01:20, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
Hi everyone, just a reminder that our regular virtual meet up for New Zealand editors and those editors editing New Zealand content is being held today at Noon. For the link to attend as well as the agenda please click here. Hope to see you there Ambrosia10 ( talk) 19:56, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
Kia ora, Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand have been organising the Aotearoa New Zealand WikiCon for 2024. It's being held in Auckland at AUT on the weekend of 23/24 March 2024. Details of programme is in the link.
Cost is $10 per person for the entire weekend.
Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/wikicon-aotearoa-2024
There's something for both experienced editors and newbies. Please share and pass on the information to anyone that might be interested. Einebillion ( talk) 21:28, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
Bonjour! Hope no one minds if I share this here, just for a bit of added visibility.
I'm a representative of the WikiWomen's User Group, and from 16th to 31st March we're supporting the work of the French project Les sans pagEs in running the Francophone Women★ Writers Fortnight 2024. The aim of this fortnight-long edit-a-thon is to showcase the diversity of Francophone women and non-binary writers from all over the world.
More information, including how to sign up and participate, and suggested articles to work on, is available at the English project meet-up page here: Francophone Women Writers Fortnight 2024. In the list of suggested articles, I've included some authors with a New Zealand connection (through holding the Randell Cottage Writers' Residency) who have articles on French Wikipedia but not in English.
It would be awesome to have some more contributors join who are interested in improving or creating articles about French-speaking women writers. :) Merci beaucoup, Chocmilk03 ( talk) 22:36, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
Kia ora, the original uncropped images in this category all got deleted? Is that supposed to have happened? TheLoyalOrder ( talk) 01:44, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
Kia ora, This weekend will see a number of editors coming together for the Aotearoa New Zealand WikiCon for 2024. It's being held in Auckland at AUT. Places are still available. Cost is $10 per person for the entire weekend. Morning tea, afternoon tea and lunch will be provided. See the link above for the full programme.
Register here if you want to come along: https://events.humanitix.com/wikicon-aotearoa-2024
There's something for both experienced editors and newbies. Please share and pass on the information to anyone that might be interested. Einebillion ( talk) 23:21, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
For those who are interested in the Auckland WikiCon happening this weekend - the presentations are going up in the WikiCon 2024 page as the presentations are being delivered. They make really interesting reading! Einebillion ( talk) 22:27, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
Could others please weigh in at Talk:Adventure Consultants? I don't want to get into edit warring with an editor over American spelling. Schwede 66 22:55, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
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What's the consensus around adding a politician's political ideology eg. left-wing or right-wing to the lead of said politician's article? I have been noticing it more and more. Kiwiz1338 ( talk) 07:22, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
As I'm sure many of you are aware of, a while ago we renamed the Pākehā settlers article to European settlers in New Zealand. Since then, BilledMammal has used JWB to change all mentions of "Pākehā settlers" to "European settlers", such as here. Although I supported the move, what I am concerned about is that these are interchangable alternate names, so I'm not sure if these edits are a good idea. Is there a policy for changing all mentions of "Pākehā settlers" to "European settlers" after the requested move, or do we follow WP:RETAIN?
I discussed this BilledMammal's talk page here, but neither of us reached an agreement on what to do. — Panamitsu (talk) 23:16, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
is textbook vandalismWP:VANDALISM has a very specific definition on Wikipedia, and this doesn't meet that - I know I've asked you this many times before, but can you please stop with the personal attacks? I know we often disagree on content but that doesn't mean we can't be civil. BilledMammal ( talk) 02:58, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
This is something which has been kicking around in my head for a while, so I figured I'd post something and gauge whether it could be something worth looking further into. In instances where we use Māori words in the article for whatever reason, should we be aiming to do so in a way that reflects the dialect of the iwi which has WP:TIES to the topic? Obviously this isn't something which we could do in all instances due to things like a lack of clear information, competing iwi affiliations, and so on, but there are absolutely instances where we probably could - for example, using Kai Tahu Māori for South Island things, or the use of a double vowel instead of a macron for Tainui-related things like the kiingitanga. Turnagra ( talk) 01:26, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
Reminder: The Wellington Wiki meetup is happening tomorrow at 10am until noon Saturday 13 April 2024 at the Programme Rooms (behind the reception desk), Ground Floor of National Library, corner Molesworth and Aitken Streets, Wellington See this link for the agenda. Ambrosia10 ( talk) 01:58, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
I have recently been working on several articles about accredited dark sky places in New Zealand. Current articles are here: en:Category:Dark-sky preserves in New Zealand. I have been thinking about creating a navbox template to put at the bottom of each of these. There may be more articles in future, given the increasing interest from various communities in seeking accreditation as a dark sky place. My question is: Would it be appropriate to add Dark Sky Preserves (or similar) as a new category within Template:Protected areas of New Zealand. This template is already fairly large, so I would appreciate feedback on this proposal before I go ahead. Marshelec ( talk) 07:35, 13 April 2024 (UTC)