Wikipedia:GLAM/WestCoastWPAL/2023

This is the topic list for the September–October 2023 West Coast Wikipedian at Large, reflecting the areas Development West Coast would most like to see improved— attractions in the Karamea area, tourism on the Fox and Franz Josef glaciers, and the Waitangiroto Nature Reserve, breeding ground of kōtuku.

The project ran from 11 September to 20 October, and included:


 * Online training for new editors and Commons photographers in the first three weeks (sessions on main page).
 * Volunteer "postcards" (see Postcards from the Coast for examples)
 * Weekly reports of uploads, edits, and improvements on Fridays (see 2022 Weekly Progress for examples)
 * On-site work (NZers were welcome to join me on location during these photography/research field trips):
 * Fox Glacier and Whataroa (2–5 October)
 * Karamea ( 15–17 October, delayed by weather and road closure)
 * Final report after a wrap-up meeting of participants on Sunday 12 Nov, 2:30 pm . FInal report still to come, as we're still processing photos received in the January Karamea visit.
 * During the project we created eight new articles, and 113 articles were edited by 11 editors, who added 27,000 words and 217 references. Those articles had 42,000 views since the project began up to early November 2023. Over 400 photos were uploaded to Commons.
 * A visit to Karamea had to be cancelled, but a follow-up trip was planned for January 2024, which will involve more article creation, improvement, and photo uploading.

Participants (2023)
If you're a Wikimedia volunteer and would like to assist with the 2023 project, feel free to add your name below. You'll receive a regular update listing priority topics, newly-uploaded images available for use, and Wikidata tasks to check off. There will be West-Coast-themed prizes for the most and best contributions by volunteers! • Paora (talk)

• Marshelec (talk)

• Turnagra (talk)

• Chocmilk03 (talk)

• Panamitsu (talk)

• Prosperosity (talk)

• Canley (talk)

• Stuartyeates (talk)

• ShakyIsles (talk)

• Add yourself here!

Here's the project dashboard. If you're joining us after the project started, add yourself to the dashboard here (it only tracks West-Coast-related edits).

Karamea area
Please check if there are accurate Wikidata items with one image, and ideally Commons categories containing a good selection of photos, for the following places. If/when there's a good Wikidata item (with correct location and an image, and ideally a Commons category), cross it off."Fenian Range†, ?Scarlett Range, Bald Knob†, Kōhaihai River, Kōhaihai Bluff, Nīkau Walk, Mossy Burn,Kongahu, Kongahu Swamp, Arapito, Umere, Fenian Caves Track, Oparara Valley Track, Oparara Arch Track, Honeycomb Hill Caves Track, Honeycomb Hill Arch, Mirror Tarn Track, Moria Gate Track."Note: † means that the Wikidata item has been checked and is up to date but a photo is missing. If some of these items are worth an actual Wikipedia article, add them to the list below. Useful sources:

The kōtuku colony
The Waitangiroto Nature Reserve, breeding ground of kōtuku, needs its own article covering all the ornithological research and surveying that's gone on there, as well as recent tourism. This should be linked from the kōtuku article, which should be expanded to cover Eastern Great Egrets across their range, as well as the breeding colony in NZ; which is not at Ōkārito Lagoon, despite what the article says! References to use:


 * Dennis, Andy. (2007). South West New Zealand World Heritage Highway Guide. Westport: Poutini Press. This is a pretty good overview of the area from Fox Glacier to Makarora,.
 * Wardle, Peter. (1979). Plants and Landscape in Westland National Park. Wellington: National Parks Authority.
 * Carey, Peta. (May 2022). "Not If But When." North & South.
 * Doran, J.A. (1979). Whataroa South Westland: Centennial Report 1879–1979 Whataroa: Whataroa District Schools' Centennial Committee

Glacier country
The goal here is to cover the history of guiding and tourism in the Fox and Franz Josef glacier areas. We can also cover Gillespies Beach and other non-glacier-related attractions.

Whites Aviation photos of these areas
Whites Aviation was an aerial photography company who took pictures all over New Zealand in the 1940s–70s. The National Library of New Zealand purchased the copyright along with the collection (described here), and have released the aerial photographs under an open CC-BY licence. There are only a few uploaded at the moment: Category:Whites_Aviation. It would be great to add all the photos of the West Coast areas listed below to Commons, with good metadata and categories, and use them on the target articles. Possible Wikiblitz?

Useful tools

 * Mike's checklist when uploading photos to Wikimedia Commons (to be made into a tutorial video)
 * Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in West Coast, New Zealand
 * Cradle template for creating a hiking trail in Wikidata (a useful checklist: if we do this for the main NZ walks, we'll be the best-documented country in the world)
 * Google Drive of West Coast news clippings; anyone with this link can view, send Mike anything you'd like added.
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Useful Wikidata searches

 * Wikidata search for all cultural institutions in New Zealand, as a map https://w.wiki/aLy
 * And then broken down by archives (currently none on the West Coast), libraries (5 on the West Coast), and museums (2 on the West Coast).
 * Some handy searches created by User:Canley:
 * A working page to track Wikidata cleanup/import project for Protected Areas in New Zealand
 * Wikidata map query of items in the West Coast Region on the New Zealand Heritage List
 * Map of West Coast heritage sites with no image, query as a list sorted by town/locality
 * West Coast scenic reserves
 * Places in West Coast Region with (probably inaccurate) coordinates sourced to Cebuano Wikipedia with LINZ ID
 * This Google sheet by User:DrThneed contains a list of 155 theses about Westland or the West Coast that are now in Wikidata and can be cited with CiteQ (insert template CiteQ, add QID, then add ref tags around the template in source mode. Optional extra, add type of thesis, e.g. ) I (DrThneed) am working through marking those that have full text available in Wikidata ("full text available at URL"), the majority are available.

Photo uploads
Acting as a Wikipedian in Residence I can upload photo collections on behalf of copyright holders, with their full consent; the benefits and consequences of an irrevocable open licence were explained to them. Contact them with any further enquiries about copyright status and licensing.