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DYK for Hokitika Wildfoods Festival
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.
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Māori culture
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)
- It depends on whether it's an historic use or a contemporary use. When citing Elsdon Best (who is not the most reliable of ethnographers, by the way) we might want to qualify it with "Elsdon Best recorded the uses of hīnau as… and described the cakes made from its berries as…". Perhaps it's best to look at Andrew Crowe's Native Edible Plants of New Zealand for a summary of the different historical sources. Maybe we'd want to find sources written by Māori, rather than about them. We'd want to see from those sources if hīnau is currently used in Māori cooking (not that I'm aware of) or if it's being revived, for example by checking a book like Hiakai: Modern Māori Cuisine by Monique Fiso. To me this is the same process you'd go through when talking about any Māori cultural tradition – some of which are no longer practiced and others of which are very much alive – or indeed any culture which has changed quite a bit in the last 200 years (as all cultures surely have). The one thing that we don't want to do is rely entirely on 19th century Pākehā sources, which can be a bit dodgy. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 09:12, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks - Beeveria (talk) 09:18, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
Performing Arts Aotearoa - Wiki Project – funding success
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)
- Thanks for letting me know your area of interest _ I will endeavour to focus material for you. There is also short on-line meeting tomorrow (Tuesday 12.30pm) as a preamble to the project. This will bring together participants, discuss exchange with our Canadian colleagues working in a the same area and for any questions. Email me (maule.lisa@gmail.com) and I will send a link tomorrow on Jitsi Pakoire (talk) 20:39, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
WikiProject update - Performing Arts Aotearoa
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 [1]. 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)
First attempt to post to a Talk
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)
- You can address editors by their first name if you know their first name, and you're pretty sure they go by it on Wikipedia (check their user page to see), Good to hear from you! I got your email too. (and you have to type the tildes on your keyboard, not the accent). —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 19:35, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
Articles for Creation July 2021 Backlog Elimination Drive
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Greetings
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.
DYK for The Noises
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.
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Blanket move discussion NZ your vote
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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I have unreviewed a page you curated
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.
(Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)
-- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she/they) 02:38, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Hi Giantflightlessbirds. The above unreview is because I've tagged the page for speedy deletion under the G12 criterion. Please be aware that, since you have the autopatrolled permission, any page you move to mainspace will be automatically marked as "reviewed" in Special:NewPagesFeed, meaning it will not be subject to scrutiny by new page reviewers. In this case, I wouldn't have noticed the page if it hadn't come up in the course of reviewing an unrelated edit filter issue, potentially meaning that, if not for that coincidence, no new page reviewer would have looked at it and noticed that it was almost 100% copied and pasted from the sources it cited. I understand and appreciate the important work that event coördinators do bringing new users to Wikipedia, but, especially given that you are autopatrolled, please make sure not to mainspace anything that would be eligible for speedy deletion. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she/they) 02:45, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Understood! The user assured me it was their text and they just needed to add more references. Should have been more careful. We're doing cleanup now. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 03:25, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
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WikiProject update - Performing Arts Aotearoa 12 May 2022
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:
- Notable women - Jane Yonge, Amber Cureen, Eleanor Bishop (director)
- Director of the Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival and musician - Tama Waipara
- Notable theatre companies - Prayas Theatre, The Conch (theatre company), Barbarian Productions
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.
Pakoire (talk) 02:21, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
South Westland list
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)
- No it's all good; if you discover something has an article, move it to the table. By all means cross off things that have an accurate Wikidata item and some photos. I just want the "total number of things to do" to stay the same, as there are heaps more rivers, mountains, swamps etc we could concern ourselves with. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 22:38, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
DYK for Lake Brunner
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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WIR at University of Otago & Bug of the Year Editathon
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)
- Thanks Yael; only a short part-time project at the moment, but hoping to extend it. Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 00:53, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
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Assessing project progress
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
Cheers DrThneed (talk) 22:45, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
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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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- And a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too! Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 20:02, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
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- Yep, the same user is bugging me as well. It's a shame that they don't seem to be capable of actually reading the free-use rationale. You might want to follow the links from my talk page to how I've responded to those deletion nominations. Schwede66 08:03, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
Replaceable non-free use File:1946 peace 9d 300px.png
Thanks for uploading File:1946 peace 9d 300px.png. I noticed that this file is being used under a claim of non-free use. However, I think that the way it is being used fails the first non-free content criterion. This criterion states that files used under claims of non-free use may have no free equivalent; in other words, if the file could be adequately covered by a freely-licensed file or by text alone, then it may not be used on Wikipedia. If you believe this file is not replaceable, please:
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Future West Coast plans
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)
Wikipedians
- Susan Tolich (Susan Tol) - June/July 2017 @ AWMM, Auckland [2]
- Marty Blayney (Prosperosity) - January 2021 - ongoing @ AWMM, Auckland [3]
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)
DYK for Richard Washbourn
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.
Z1720 (talk) 00:04, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
DYK for Collingwood Area School
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.
Z1720 (talk) 00:04, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: March 2024
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