User talk:David Nind

Welcome!
Hello, David Nind, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially what you did for Koha (software). I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful: Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! Stuartyeates (talk) 06:40, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
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Copyright problem on Herbert Guthrie-Smith
Content you added to the above article appears to have been copied from https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3g27/guthrie-smith-william-herbert, which is not released under a compatible license. Copying text directly from a source is a violation of Wikipedia's copyright policy. Unfortunately, for copyright reasons, some of the content had to be removed and I paraphrased some. Please leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 19:10, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

Upcoming Wellington events
Just a note to let you know about some things coming up in Wellington you might be interested in. Cheers, Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 00:45, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Saturday 22 June: Wellington Meetup, the first in a series of regular informal meetups for Wellington Wikipedia editors, organised by organised by Einebillion (Victoria Leachman) and Ambrosia10 (Siobhan Leachman). 10:00–12:00, net-work space, National Library.
 * Sunday 7 July: Archives New Zealand Edit-a-thon, 10:30–3:00, Archives New Zealand, 10 Mulgrave St. BYO laptop, nibbles provided. There'll be a mix of brand-new and experienced editors working on the amazing Archives resources.
 * Saturday 6 July: another Wellington Meetup, same time and place – these will ideally run fortnightly. Mark your calendar.

Copying licensed material requires attribution
Hi. I see in a recent addition to Archives New Zealand you included material from a webpage that is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. That's okay, but you have to give attribution so that our readers are made aware that you copied the prose rather than wrote it yourself. I've added the attribution for this particular instance. Please make sure that you follow this licensing requirement when copying from compatibly-licensed material in the future. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 17:29, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

Location for next Wellington Meetup
Kia ora, I'm letting all those that have attended during last few Wellington meet ups know that the location for the next two meet ups has changed. The location for the Wellington Meetup 17 August 2019 and  Wellington Meetup 31 August 2019  is now in the Alexander Turnbull Library Reading Room, Level 1, National Library. The National Library net.work space area will be closed for building work from 12 August. See the meet up pages for more information. Looking forward to seeing you there. Einebillion (talk) 04:48, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

Oxfam Resourcespace
Hi David, the OSS digital asset software I was trying to think of on Saturday was Resource Space, started by Oxfam in the early 2000s, although I see they seem to have moved to DSpace! Jon (talk) 22:49, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

Chief Archivist image on Archives NZ page
Hi david- would you be able to update the image of the Chief Archivist to the one on our Website on the Archives NZ Wikipedia page https://archives.govt.nz/about-us

MagicPie97 (talk) 04:26, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi David - i couldn't take a photo of the CA wall as some of the images i'm not sure of their provenance. Here is a new one of Richard - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_Foy,_Chief_Archivist.jpg#%7B%7Bint%3Afiledesc%7D%7D And one for Judith Hornabrook - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Judith_Hornabrook.jpg Michael Standish - https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivesnz/48801711636/in/dateposted/ Dianne Mackaskill - https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivesnz/48801911252/in/dateposted/ Greg Goulding - https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivesnz/48801779951/in/dateposted/ Marilyn Little - https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivesnz/48801814751/in/dateposted/ Dunedin Office of Archives NZ - https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivesnz/48801364138/in/dateposted/ Auckland Office (may need a crop) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivesnz/36778844620/in/album-72157633539297090/ Cheers MagicPie97 (talk) 03:05, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

DYK for Atriplex hollowayi
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

Wellington Wiki Meetup
Just to let you know that the upcoming Wellington Wiki meeting will be on Saturday the 28th of March but will now be held virtually via the ZOOM platform. The meeting details can be found here. Hope to see you on the day! Ambrosia10 (talk) 19:12, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Playmarket edit-a-thon
Thanks for setting aside time to attend the Playmarket edit-a-thon Saturday, 15 August. Since New Zealand was placed back into Level 2/Level 3 status on Wednesday 12 August the social social distancing required means it's not possible for all participants to work at the Playmarket offices. So we are going to do it remotely. I hope you are still able to participate. The new schedule starts with: 11:00 am NZST: Introduction online at Whereby. Participants will choose articles to work on, and be briefed on resources available and communication during the day.

More information on the project page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Wellington/Playmarket_Edit-A-Thon

Project organiser Pakoire (talk) 04:53, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia Online Editor Support 23 November
Hi David Thank you for your offer to demonstrate how to upload a photo. Can we book you in for the session on 23 November to do this demo please? I'm assuming you will be covering uploading a photo to a Wikipedia article rather than to Wikimedia? Noracrentiss (talk) 23:30, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

You can! I will walk through uploading a photo I've taken and add it to an article. David Nind 22:30, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Performing Arts WikiProject with a Wikidata focus
Kia ora David - would you be interested in supporting my grant proposal for a Performing Arts Aotearoa WikiProject? Submission due 10 Feb 2021.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Performing_Arts_Aotearoa_-_Wiki_Project

Feedback also welcome!

Pakoire (talk) 22:05, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

Performing Arts Aotearoa - Wiki Project – funding success
As you know from the meet-up today there is 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) 07:49, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

Meeting Invitation: to establish Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand Inc ("WANZ Inc") as an Incorporated Society and register as a charitable entity
Kia ora David Nind,

We are meeting on Thursday 17 March at 7.30pm on Zoom to establish Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand Inc ("WANZ Inc") as an Incorporated Society. Please do join us. You can find more information here

Einebillion (talk) 06:56, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand Incorporated - Draft Strategy 2022-2025 Feedback Round
Kia ora,

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Invitation to an in-person meetup in Mohua / Golden Bay
Thinking about your summer break? Think about joining other Wikipedians and Wikimedians in Golden Bay / Mohua! Details are on the meetup page. There's heaps of interesting stuff to work on e.g. the oldest extant waka or New Zealand's oldest ongoing legal case. Or you may spend your time taking photos and then upload them.

Golden Bay is hard to get to and the airline flying into Tākaka uses small planes, so we are holding some seats from and to Wellington and we are offering attendees a $200 travel subsidy to help with costs.

Be in touch with Schwede66 if this event interests you and you'd like to discuss logistics.  Schwede 66  09:14, 13 November 2023 (UTC)


 * HNY, David. I see on Facebook that you are coming to Golden Bay. Excellent! Could you head over to Meetup/Mohua / Golden Bay and add your user name to the list of attendees, please?  Schwede 66  23:09, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Bummer. Would have loved to see you in the Bay. If it makes a difference, we have a spare return flight Wlgt to Tākaka for which we need to find a new taker. If we sell that on at a reduced price (and there's also the $200 travel subsidy), would that make a difference?  Schwede 66  05:33, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

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