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On 20 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hokitika Wildfoods Festival, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that live huhu grubs have been served at the Hokitika Wildfoods Festival? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hokitika Wildfoods Festival. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Hokitika Wildfoods Festival), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 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.
Hi giantflightlessbirds, I was wondering whether or not you thought that aspects of māori culture, such as those described in the article Elaeocarpus dentatus, should be written in past or present tense. On the one hand, these practices are most likely archaic, on the other hand, though, it implies that the culture is sorta dead - if you know what I mean? Thanks! Beeveria (talk) 08:51, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
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.
Go to the project page for guidance on starting to contribute as an editor. Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pakoire/Performing_Arts_Aotearoa_-_Wiki_Project
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) 07:28, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
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 ‘on focus list of Wikimedia project’ – ‘Performing Arts Aotearoa New Zealand.’
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 . 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 “contemporary Māori, Pasifika and international Indigenous live performance experience.” 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.
Increasing content on women and indigenous people is part of the Performing Arts Aotearoa Wikiproject.
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.
Many thanks, Lisa Maule / Pakoire (talk) 22:07, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
Hiya. I guess my first question is do you address editors only by their wikipedia name, even if you know their first name? ˜˜˜˜ Okay. Second question: why did typing ˜˜˜˜ not work? I'll use the button this timeArchaeothanata (talk) 23:44, 3 June 2021 (UTC) Nevermind! I see the difference now in the edit box Archaeothanata (talk) 23:44, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
Good to meet you at Ewan's Women in Red event. I have some relations in Dunedin, NZ — the Hamilton branch of my father's Scottish family — and so hope to get out there one day. But we'll need to deal with the pandemic first -- good luck with that now it's loose in your islands.
On 18 September 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Noises, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the name of the Noises, a group of islands in New Zealand, is a corrupted version of Les Noisettes ("the Hazelnuts")? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Noises. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, The Noises), 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.
— Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
Hallo Giantflightlessbirds,
You have participated in a previous vote. There is a blanket move discussion initated by User:Spekkios to revert your vote on other pages which is here: Talk:Fox_Glacier_/_Te_Moeka_o_Tuawe#Requested_move_2_November_2021 in case you are not aware of it yet. Gryffindor (talk) 17:53, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
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Hello! I wanted to drop a quick note for all of our AFC participants; nothing huge and fancy like a newsletter, but a few points of interest.
Short and sweet, but there's always more to discuss at WT:AFC. Stop on by, maybe review a draft on the way? Whether you're one of our top reviewers, or haven't reviewed in a while, I want to thank you for helping out in the past and in the future. Cheers, Primefac, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I'm Tamzin. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Sounds Australia, and have marked it as unreviewed. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.
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All the best! SFauconnier (talk) 14:00, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
A year after the Performing Arts Aotearoa project started and as we are coming into winter (a busier editing time for many) here is an update.
The Performing Arts Aotearoa Wikiproject now lives on the WikiProject New Zealand page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_New_Zealand/Performing_Arts_Aotearoa
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 – great feedback for all of us creating and improving content in Wikipedia.
On the project page is highlighted plenty of articles to create or improve. I invite you to have a look and contribute if you can. There are many long-standing festivals in Aotearoa without articles such as the Hawkes Bay Arts Festival, Tauranga Festival of the Arts, Taranaki International Arts Festival, Nelson Arts Festival and the Christchurch Arts Festival. Creating these Wikipedia pages or Wikidata items allows links to biographies and strengthens the weaving of Wikipedia.
Other suggestions for new articles:
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 don’t 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.
Kia ora - just saw your revision history note on the South Westland list, mentioning "no more entries please". Of course I saw it after I'd already gone through the list at the top and added the missing ones which had articles to the table, so wanted to check whether the "no more entries" was beyond the list at the top or just the table? I'm happy to revert my change if we want to stick with the ones that were already on the table! Turnagra (talk) 18:53, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
On 4 August 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lake Brunner, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that 100-year-old logs, perfectly preserved and good enough to mill, have been retrieved from the bottom of Lake Brunner? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lake Brunner. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Lake Brunner), 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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Your hook reached 11,486 views (478.6 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of August 2022 – nice work! |
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Heard about this (new?) position / role you're taking on, and the super cool editathon you're starting up! Congratulations - it looks super exciting. Lovely meeting you at the ESEAP conference, and hope we get to cross paths off-wiki again soon! - Yael RWeissburg (WMF) (talk) 00:46, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
Hey Mike, At some point in the weekend we talked about the 150 women project and how I tracked what I was doing - here's the table I built and worked through, until all were more than stub. User:DrThneed/150 women in 150 words project page assessments
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On 19 August 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hardy Browning, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that New Zealand potter Hardy Browning began his career as a coal miner? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hardy Browning. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Hardy Browning), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.
Are there any plans on meetups in Christchurch? I'm keen on coming along. Alexeyevitch(talk) 03:26, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
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Kia ora Mike, hope you're doing well. I just wanted to touch base quickly to see whether you've got any further plans for West Coast-related events this year? I'm sure you're aware of the WPNZ National parks collaboration, and I was wondering whether there would be an opportunity to align the two projects by focusing on West Coast national parks at the same time as your event is going on. This worked well with Kahurangi National Park earlier in the year and could help prevent duplication of resources - no stress though if you haven't got anything planned, we can just try and improve those articles independently! Turnagra (talk) 00:31, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
Here's some basic info about dates/times for Susan and my dates as Wikimedians in Residence. --Prosperosity (talk) 23:01, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
On 28 March 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Richard Washbourn, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Rear Admiral Richard Washbourn bought the bell of HMS Chevron for £8 and donated it to Collingwood School? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Richard Washbourn. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Richard Washbourn), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.
On 28 March 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Collingwood Area School, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Rear Admiral Richard Washbourn bought the bell of HMS Chevron for £8 and donated it to Collingwood School? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Richard Washbourn. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Collingwood Area School), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.
Hi ya, just thought I'd let you know of a discussion point that came up at the recent meetup suggesting a topic to be raised at Wikicon 2025. See the discussion on the review of questions raised during the roundtable. Ambrosia10 (talk) 02:35, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
Kia ora Mike, do you know much about moving genera in GBIF and other databases? I've just made an article on the genus Alloecentrella, which based on papers from 2007/2008 should be in the family Helicophidae. This isn't recognised in many major databases (GBIF, iNaturalist, NCBI, ITIS), but is on others (IRMNG, NZOR, Manaaki Whenua). Do you have any experience in making changes like this (and if it's appropriate to change genera structure in Wikidata if it's different on GBIF)? --Prosperosity (talk) 03:11, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for your email (from a few days ago). I will be in touch if I need more help. Alexeyevitch(talk) 21:29, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
Hello, in case you are interested, fellow Ōtautahi-based Wikipedians are planning to have a meetup at The Pedal Pusher restaurant in Addington on September 1st at 6pm. If you are interested in attending please see the event page for more details. Hope to see you there! David Palmer//cloventt (talk) 01:05, 13 August 2024 (UTC)
The name is tricky - its use is so variable. I'm not sure about the capital for 'te'. 'Te' ('the') is not normally capitalised in title case. Nurg (talk) 02:03, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
Kia ora! I just wanted to leave a message. I’m concerned that the page I started for the Death and tangi of Tuheitia will be deleted. The reasoning is that the page does not include enough detail and could be simply merged. I haven’t finished writing the page - it still needs a lot of work regarding the tangi - but deleting it I think would be a very poor idea. The events of the King’s death and tangi were of major national significance, being the first Māori monarch’s tangi to be nationally televised, and that it reached a wide audience within New Zealand. I also am concerned that articles on events significant to Māori, like this one, will get deleted, and what that means for Māori engagement with Wikipedia (which is low). Dhantegge (talk) 10:13, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
Kia ora. Thanks for photos of Fensham Reserve you took back in 2020. I visited the reserve in February this year, and have finally got around to writing a new article. I have put one of your photos into the article. See: Fensham Reserve. Ngā mihi _Marshelec (talk) 21:54, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
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