User talk:Giantflightlessbirds

DYK for Hokitika Wildfoods Festival
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

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. 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)

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.
 * Andrew🐉(talk) 12:39, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

DYK for The Noises
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

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 in case you are not aware of it yet. Gryffindor (talk) 17:53, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

mail person!!
Smallbones( smalltalk ) 16:52, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

OpenRefine and Structured Data on Commons: community meetup, February 22
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Check the event page for more info. With kind regards, SFauconnier (talk) 14:50, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

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WP:AFC Helper News
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)
 * AFCH will now show live previews of the comment to be left on a decline.
 * The template db-afc-move has been created - this template is similar to db-move when there is a redirect in the way of an acceptance, but specifically tells the patrolling admin to let you (the draft reviewer) take care of the actual move.

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)

OpenRefine and SDC updates: user survey and monthly office hours
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Monthly OpenRefine and Wikimedia office hours
OpenRefine's community meetup of February 22 was very well attended. You can see its recording, slides and notes here. The team now hosts monthly, informal office hours for Wikimedians (online, via Zoom). Upcoming office hours are: The Zoom link of the next office hour will be posted on OpenRefine's info page on Wikimedia Commons. Please drop by and say hi!
 * Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 4PM UTC (how late is this in my timezone?)
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All the best! SFauconnier (talk) 14:00, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

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
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 4 August 2022 (UTC) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 05:32, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

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)

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)

DYK nomination of Hardy Browning
Hello! Your submission of Hardy Browning at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! CeeGee 12:06, 13 July 2023 (UTC)


 * To be clear, it's now been 23 days since you nominated this article to DYK, and 20 days since you were reminded about doing a QPQ. You have 13 previous DYK nominations, so a QPQ is required- please can this be actioned ASAP? Otherwise, the DYK nomination is at risk of being rejected. Joseph2302 (talk) 11:06, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Hardy Browning
Z1720 (talk) 00:02, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

Christchurch Meetups
Are there any plans on meetups in Christchurch? I'm keen on coming along. Alexeyevitch (talk) 03:26, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Merry Christmas


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Spread the cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas5}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Alexeyevitch (talk) 11:02, 24 December 2023 (UTC)


 * And a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too! Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 20:02, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

January 2024
Alexeyevitch (talk) 11:02, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

We invite you to stand for the WANZ Committee
Kia ora Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand (WANZ) members.

We invite you to consider standing for the WANZ Committee at our AGM 22 April 2024 to help shape and influence events and decisions.

The role of Secretary will be vacant. We are also interested in succession planning for the future. Please email info@wikimedia.nz for the Secretary Job Description, and the document outlining the relationship and tasks between the Secretary and the Executive Advisor position, as the Executive Advisor is now picking up day-to-day administration tasks from the Secretary.

If you would like to come along to a meeting and watch the committee in action before deciding whether to stand please reach out.

If you are interested and want to know more please contact our President Victoria Leachman by calling 021 490 329 or emailing president@wikimedia.nz.

Warm regards

Victoria Leachman (President) CopperAlchemy (talk) 02:34, 4 March 2024 (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.  Schwede 66  08:03, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I see that your files have been deleted and the same has happened to me. Should we ask for a deletion review? Should we touch base via conference call to align our ducks?  Schwede 66  00:23, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

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 * this seems very facist 222.153.176.212 (talk) 12:49, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

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
 * Marty Blayney (Prosperosity) - January 2021 - ongoing @ AWMM, Auckland

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
Z1720 (talk) 00:04, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Collingwood Area School
Z1720 (talk) 00:04, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

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Recent Aotearoa New Zealand meetup
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)

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