User talk:Kiwichris

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Shortened footnotes
Hi Kiwichris, thanks for your good work on NZ politics articles. I see you've quoted different pages from the same book at the Jim McLay. Shortened footnotes is a much more suitable reference style for this; I'll change that over step-by-step; have a look at the diffs (start with this one) if you want to find out how to do that.  Schwede 66  09:39, 8 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Hi again, thought I'd add to this old item as the heading is the correct one. With this edit, you changed  to , and as the template documentation explains, the initial version was correct. Would you mind changing it back? I appreciate your ongoing hard work!  Schwede  66  17:16, 3 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Hopefully that has fixed it. Kiwichris (talk) 06:02, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

1,000 edits
And if you'd like to get a suggestion on how to be even better, a simple suggestion is to use edit summaries.  Schwede 66  08:48, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

Autopatrolled granted
Hi Kiwichris, I just wanted to let you know that I have [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&user=&page=User%3A added] the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the patroller right, see Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  20:17, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

Electorate maps
Hi Kiwichris, I'm delighted to see the 1938 electorate map turn up. Where did the boundary data come from? I'd be keen to illustrate some of the longer by-election articles with maps and wonder whether we could work on that together.  Schwede 66  18:38, 1 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Sounds like a plan. For the base image, I used this file as a template. For the new boundaries and allocations I used a map on page 35 of Barry Gustafson's history of the National Party. Kiwichris (talk) 05:43, 2 May 2016 (UTC)


 * I see. So it's traced by hand, as opposed to you having found a GIS file or some such. I have a copy of the Electoral Atlas of New Zealand that contains all the maps up until the 1980s, but it's packed away as our house is under EQC repair. So if I send you scans, could that be of help? Or should I trace maps myself in Google Earth and send you the KML file?  Schwede 66  20:49, 2 May 2016 (UTC)


 * You can send me scans/photos and I can make new maps if you like. I'm a bit of a novice with Google earth, so not too sure about KML files. I was planning to go to the library here (which has a reference copy of Electoral Atlas of New Zealand) and scan some of the maps myself when I get a chance. The 1938 map is only the first of many I plan to make. Some of the pages for obsolete electorates would also benefit greatly from this as well which, as you say, will benefit by-election pages too.Kiwichris (talk) 06:03, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Photo licence
Re Ray Ahipene-Mercer, where does it say that the photo is creative commons? Just wondering because if it's not, you'll be getting into strife over it.  Schwede 66  07:25, 15 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Bottom left corner.Kiwichris (talk) 07:52, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Ah, didn't spot that. But it's "NC" (non-commercial), which isn't allowed on Wikimedia Commons.  Schwede 66  09:04, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

Cut paste move
I've reverted your cut paste move of the 1910 by-election. WP:CUTPASTE explains why a cut paste move is "highly undesirable". Easy to avoid; simply move the page instead. That way, a redirect to the new location is automatically created. Any queries, please ask; here's good.  Schwede 66  20:05, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:New Zealand Cricket All-time XI
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Senior Whip of the Labour Party
It seems that for a while the title was Chief Whip instead of Senior Whip. Do you know anything about the name change or dates for it? Mattlore (talk) 08:01, 29 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Regrettably not. Wilson only gives the term senior (for all parties) going back to 1890 when his list begins. Kiwichris (talk) 08:29, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Robert Hornblow
By the way, you didn't overlook anything, but I only wrote that bio this morning.  Schwede 66  03:06, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
 * That's cool. Nice job with the article! Kiwichris (talk) 03:17, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

Initials
The Manual of Style says that initials use fullstops.  Schwede 66  08:06, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

Democrats for Social Credit candidates
Hi, thanks for undoing the edit. I carried on from User:Yarrowworks' initial editing, turns out they didn't realise either. Ajf773 (talk) 17:41, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

Berkeley Dallard cut-and-paste move
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Adding full names
I've been around for long enough that I could remember that name (Neil Cherry). Thanks for all your good work replacing initials with full names. Much appreciated!  Schwede 66  07:29, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Moving articles
By the way, when you move an article, it's a very simple process to tidy up the links using AutoWikiBrowser. You may not want to have to learn another tool, and if that's the case, you could do the following:
 * check 'what links here', identify incoming links from templates, and update them manually
 * let me know that you've moved an article, and I'll tidy things up next time I run AWB (as I've just done with Jerry Skinner)

The reason for the manual template update first is that it takes a wee while for the WP database to catch up on template transclusions. So when I come along, that would presumably have sorted itself, and the resulting list of links to deal with would then be quite a bit shorter. Happy to help in that way if you wish.  Schwede 66  08:56, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

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Colours & Metiria Turei
Good work on restoring the colours of the parties at New Zealand general election, 2017. I thought something was missing after my edit but couldn't figure it out. Also, it seems you were right about Metiria Turei. This is a list of candidates in the Te Tai Tonga electorate, and Turei's name appears as a candidate. So it appears that even after stepping down from the Green list and announcing that she would retire from politics at the election, she in fact ran for election. Akld guy (talk) 23:12, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

About NZ FPTP Election Boxes
Hi Kiwichris, I see that you have removed some of the changes I have made to NZ election boxes (FPTP), without an edit summary attached. Is there a particular reason for doing this? I have made it a personal mission (for when I have the time) to update the election summaries for the pre-MMP era, since I believe it is important to show each party's ownership of the electorates over time. I will be reverting your changes, unless they are justified TechnicalForte (talk) 06:52, 8 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Well we've never used those previously so it just seems strange to start now. I would say the reason no other users over the years have added the hold/change boxes is that it is already pretty obvious which party has won the electorate already by looking at the highest polling candidate therefore "each party's ownership of the electorates" is already evident with what we have. Also, those boxes are mainly used to calculate "swing" which was never much of a feature in NZ politics pre 1996. Kiwichris (talk) 07:01, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

I haven't been around for long, but I do know that Wikipedia is meant to be continuously improved with time. Even if we have not added those summary boxes, they are a key component of the other Anglospheric nations that use FPTP (namely the USA, UK, and Canada), so NZ should be up to their standards - despite our FPTP elections being in the past. I still see no real reason to nullify the improvements that I am making, so I will be reverting them. Thanks for your consideration. TechnicalForte (talk) 10:57, 10 October 2017 (UTC)


 * As you're new to Wikipedia I'll advise you that decisions like this are made by consensus, not by individual users jumping in head first and then dictating their terms to others. Kiwichris (talk) 11:16, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Gaurav Sharma (politician)


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Simon Bridges image
Wikipedia is a non-profit organisation, why would an image with a license that excludes commercial use not be allowed here? Clesam11 (talk) 04:07, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Check here for an explanation regarding what licences can and can't be used on Wikipedia. The image has not yet been reviewed by an admin, but when it is it will be nominated for deletion. Its annoying, but that's the way Wikipedia works. Kiwichris (talk) 04:17, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Very odd given it's not being used for commercial use. Oh well, thanks. Clesam11 (talk) 04:29, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of National Party of Australia leadership election, 2016 for deletion
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New article
Please take a look at (and add to?) List of electoral firsts in New Zealand, partly based on List of electoral firsts in the United Kingdom but with wider coverage of MPs and ministers generally. Hugo999 (talk) 03:42, 27 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Nice work with the article! I've added a bunch of stuff that immediately sprang to mind. Be sure to check out this page also with regards to dates of MPs longevity. Kiwichris (talk) 04:33, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

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Typo in file name?
The file name of the image of the mayor of Auckland, Charles Grey, seems to contain a misspelling of his name as "Gery". The file is. Can we clear this up? Akld guy (talk) 11:02, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
 * I've requested a renaming on Commons. Kiwichris (talk) 11:09, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
 * OK, so long as he's positively identified and not some other mayor. Akld guy (talk) 11:15, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
Good work for spotting and correcting all those Qld Labor Party errors!

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Election box begin
HNY to you. Following the recent change in naming convention for election articles, I suggest that headers of election results tables should no longer be "General election, YYYY" but should move to "YYYY general election". What do you think? If you concur, I'll sit down and set up an AWB run, so there's no need to go through and update everything manually.  Schwede 66  03:39, 21 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Yeah makes sense to match the conventions and if you can automate it so much the better! Kiwichris (talk) 03:49, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

Copyright problem on 2019 Christchurch mayoral election
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 * I see your point, but the content was just a list of dates and corresponding events. It is quite hard to reword something so basic. Kiwichris (talk) 07:24, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:2002 New Zealand general election by electorate
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Christchurch mayoral election articles
Kia ora Chris, thanks for writing all those mayoral election articles. That's awesome work. What I've just done is to run QuickStatements on Wikidata. That means that we've got a complete record of Wikidata entries for the the Christchurch mayoral elections starting in 1875. So if you set up any further articles, there is a Wikidata entry that you can readily link to.

Once you've got a spreadsheet for QuickStatements set up this is a relatively simple task. If you'd like me to set up complete election sets for other cities be in touch and we can work together on this. This process is also good for filling out empty fields for those items where a Wikidata entry exists already.  Schwede 66  01:09, 11 July 2019 (UTC)


 * No worries, I have got results for Chch elections up to 1995. I'm currently on holiday but will get articles for them up when I get back to NZ. I have to admit I don't really know how to set up wikidata very well, so any pointers would definitley be appreciated! Kiwichris (talk) 04:42, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

DLP in election boxes
Hi there. I've only just noticed, but back in December you went through and changed a bunch of election boxes on pages like Electoral results for the Division of Maribyrnong, changing "DLP" to "Democratic Labor" for elections in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. The problem is that all these links are now broken, pointing to the current Democratic Labour Party (Australia) rather than the Democratic Labor Party (historical) as they should. This is why they were all "DLP", because the template is set up so that DLP points to the historical party and "Democratic Labor" to the current one. Would you mind fixing all these up? Frickeg (talk) 04:08, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I've just noticed it's in a whole bunch of other articles as well, e.g. Candidates of the 1973 Victorian state election, 1973 Victorian state election, 1963 Australian federal election, particularly with the colour templates. Please fix these all up - they were carefully organised so that we had them linking properly to the appropriate articles/colours. If you have any evidence that the DLP used this wheat-colour they've recently adopted in the 50s/60s/70s I'd love to see it (I have tried many times to try to find their "official" colour back then). Frickeg (talk) 04:15, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for alerting me to this. It seems someone has changed this template to register "democratic labor" as the modern DLP erroneously as this was the spelling used by the historical party (old DLP had no "u" but the modern does). I've fixed the template again and the edits you listed above should now link to the historic DLP. Additionally, I concur regarding colouring, the original DLP used blue in their advertising not amber. Kiwichris (talk) 07:38, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, that was actually me because the modern DLP used the "Labor" spelling before 2013, so we need a way to make the election boxes show "Democratic Labor" (linking to the current party) for elections between 1980 and 2013 (because this template works in conjunction with the the name template). So it should be DLP = historical party, Democratic Labor = modern party with -or spelling, Democratic Labour = modern party with -our spelling. Frickeg (talk) 01:05, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, have you had a chance to look at this? They were all carefully calibrated until you went through and changed them, and I'm hoping you used some sort of automated tool because then the revert will be easy. Otherwise I will seek some help from other OzPol editors, but it would be nice if you could help. Open to easier solutions if you have any! Frickeg (talk) 02:49, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

Location for next Wellington Meetup
Kia ora, I'm letting all those interested in Wellington Wikipedia / Wikidata / Wikicommons meetups 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 meetup pages for more information. Looking forward to seeing you there. Einebillion (talk) 05:15, 3 August 2019 (UTC)
 * All good thanks for letting me know. Kiwichris (talk) 05:59, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

Harbour Board
Just about to change things. Eddaido (talk) 12:21, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Do you see where these photos came from? How they got there? Eddaido (talk) 12:31, 11 August 2019 (UTC)


 * What do you mean? Kiwichris (talk) 02:47, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Suggested link for 2020 New Zealand general election page
Morena @Kiwichris

This is Kalena from the NZ Ministry of Justice Comms team. We noticed you had recently edited 2020_New_Zealand_general_election and we're asking for your assistance to add a reference to the page. The official web site for the 2020 referendums has gone live at https://www.referendum.govt.nz/ but it is not yet featured on Wikipedia. As we are not Wikipedia editors, we don't want to make edits to the page and break any code. Are you able to add the web site to relevant Wikipedia pages on our behalf? Apart from the main 2020 election page, other pages requiring the external link reference are:

2020 New Zealand cannabis referendum | 2020 New Zealand euthanasia referendum | End of Life Choice Act

Thank you --Justicenz (talk) 20:48, 11 December 2019 (UTC)


 * I have added links to both the referendum pages, but think that including them on the articles of the act and election would be beyond their scope. Also, the best place to suggest edits in the future is on the talk page of an article. Kiwichris (talk) 04:05, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

Auckland local body elections, 1974
Hi, I see you're the main author of 1974 Auckland City mayoral election. I'm looking for the Auckland local body election results for the Values Party in 1974. Can you suggest any sources, online or offline? Thanks. Muzilon (talk) 04:32, 8 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Hi there, the only place I could ever find this sort of information was in contemporary media. I had to look up newspapers on microfiche in libraries. So that would be your best bet. Kiwichris (talk) 06:06, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

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Linter errors
Hope your bubble is all good. Please review Linter. You are probably unaware that the removal of half the ‘bold’ markings causes a problem.  Schwede 66  09:32, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

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Survey on proposed 2021 Wikimedia Aotearoa conference
Hi there, as an editor in Aotearoa I wanted to let you know about the survey currently running to catch people's interest in an in-person conference in 20201. Here is the link - it's open til 18 November. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/K37CY2B MurielMary (talk) 10:36, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Helen White (politician)
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Article proposal
Hello, I've considering creating a page and want to know if it meets GNG. Schwede66 recommended I ask you.

It can be found here, if you're interested in giving your thoughts.

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National Library
Kia ora, do I understand it right that you have access to material at the National Library? If so, I wonder if you could do me a favour. I believe NatLib holds The Southland Times on microfilm. I was fishing around for anything about William Young (New Zealand politician) of Otahuti in Southland; he's the MLC who we know least about by quite some margin. There are two contenders that I could find:
 * 1) William Young, died 13 May 1959 aged 82 and was buried at Calcium Cemetery, which is under 6 km from Otahuti. It's a distinct possibility that this is the right person as his will mentions that his son is a farmer in Otahuti.
 * 2) If that's not a hit, then I think there's a fair chance that this is him.

Either way, there would presumably be an obituary in said newspaper for an ex-MLC; that would at least be worth a mention, I'd think. Could you possibly have a look for something following the respective deaths on 13 May 1959 and 18 December 1967? There's no particular hurry, of course, but any help would be much appreciated.  Schwede 66  23:12, 16 February 2022 (UTC)


 * In pre-covid times I would visit the National Library every now and then. Since then the only time I've been in the area it has been closed. Next time I am able to visit (could be some time yet) I'll have a look for this MLC obituary though. Not sure if they do have Southland Times, but they definitely have ODT so can check that at the least. Kiwichris (talk) 02:35, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks heaps. Staff from the parliamentary library tell me that they do hold the Southland Times. But yes, the ODT may have picked up on the death, too. I did check The Press for the 13 May 1959 death but drew a blank.  Schwede 66  03:36, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I checked this out when there and your initial hunch was right, it was the 1959 one. For the record they don't have The Southland Times (and nothing on ODT), but they have an old biographies index of article clippings on microfiche and as luck would have it this guy was there. I have updated the article with the information from it. Kiwichris (talk) 02:23, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Sources for Convoy 22
Hey Chris Gotten some new sources to back up the white nationalist, Christian fundamentalist and anti-Semitic motivations of the protestors in Wellington on the talk page. I hope it helps you. --222.153.41.232 (talk) 03:21, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

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I've been looking at these and I note so have you. I was about to add 87−88 when I noted you had done it.

Is it worth co−ordinating if you plan to put up more in the next week or so? I make it that 88−89, 89−90, 90−91, 92−93, 94−95, 95−96, and 96−97 are to be done. I would not like to work on any one of these if you were doing the same.FieldOfWheat (talk) 21:28, 29 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Perhaps we could each take one end of the dates and meet in the middle? Kiwichris (talk) 06:27, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

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1887–1891 Atkinson Ministry
Hi, in this edit you converted the Bassett references to In the process you changed the reference from a 1969 edition published by Reed to a 1975 edition published by Auckland University Press. You didn't change any of the page numbers. Can you confirm that the page numbers are the same in both editions, and then can you correct the references in the text from {{sfn|Bassett|1969|p= to {{sfn|Bassett|1975|p= because at the moment none of them work and they put the article into Category:Harv and Sfn no-target errors. Thanks, DuncanHill (talk) 09:28, 29 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks for telling me. I've changed the reference to the 1969 edition. Kiwichris (talk) 09:58, 29 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you. DuncanHill (talk) 10:00, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

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