Wikipedia:GLAM/WestCoastWPAL/Daily Progress

This is a day-by-day report on meetings, events, and contributions made.

It's also a place for project volunteers to note down their contributions (remember to sign your name!) There will be prizes (donated by Development West Coast) for the most and best contributions in different areas (articles in each West Coast district, Commons uploads, Wikidata etc.) Prize categories and winners will be decided by Mike at the end of October and no correspondence will be entered into.

Participants
If you're a Wikimedia volunteer and would like to assist with this project in September–October 2020, feel free to add your name below. You'll receive a weekly update listing priority topics for the week, 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! •  Schwede 66

• MurielMary (talk)

• DrThneed (talk)

• Gertrude206 (talk)

• Oronsay (talk)

• Pakoire (talk)

• Podzemnik (talk)

• Paora (talk)

• MargaretRDonald (talk)

• Herewhy (talk)

• Canley (talk)

• Karitxa (talk)

• Hinekakai (talk)

• PDXMaria (talk)

• Sheep&Books (talk)

• Quilt Phase (talk)

• JarrahTree (talk)

Preparation
A few things happened in early September before the project itself started.

Wikipedia

 * Clock Tower Chambers – new article –  Schwede 66 
 * St Mary's Catholic Church, Hokitika – expanded stub to start class –  Schwede 66 
 * Wallsend, New Zealand – new article –  Schwede 66 
 * Brunner Borough – new article –  Schwede 66 
 * Joseph Petrie – expanded existing article –  Schwede 66 
 * Hokitika Museum - created new article – Pakoire

Commons

 * tidied up Westport category –  Schwede 66 
 * uploaded various photos –  Schwede 66 
 * made category for Taylorville bridge –  Schwede 66 
 * set up categories for heritage items and linked them to Wikidata –  Schwede 66 
 * added photos to Commons for heritage items –  Schwede 66 

Wikidata

 * Created a table for 'Political history' and made entries for those that were missing –  Schwede 66 
 * tidied existing entries for heritage items –  Schwede 66 
 * Created and  —Giantflightlessbirds

Sat 5 Sep

 * Afghan MRD.jpglled from Nelson to Blackball, photographing localities between Lyall and Reefton: see categories Lyell, Buller Gorge, and Inangahua Junction. Visited and photographed Blacks Point Museum and created and curator . Filmed the working quartz stamper battery in operation. Also had an excellent Afghan in Reefton so photographed it, created the Afghan biscuit category in Commons, and made it the canonical  image in Wikidata. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 10:23, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I've uploaded some photos to the Commons category Victoria Forest Park. If it inspires someone to write articles like Capleston or Kirwans Gold Mine, that would be great. Podzemnik (talk) 08:59, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Added photos and categories to the five heritage list articles on the German Wikipedia (1/2) –  Schwede 66 

Sun 6 Sep

 * Blackball Museum MRD.jpged Category:Cronadun, New Zealand in Commons. Added Golden Reefs book as a ref. Added name info from Reed Dictionary of NZ Place Names to Cronadun, Crushington, Ikamatua, Inangahua Junction, Lyell, and Reefton. Created with a photo. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 22:40, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Added photos and categories to the five heritage list articles on the German Wikipedia (2/2) –  Schwede 66 
 * Hokitika Clock Tower – new article –  Schwede 66 
 * History House Museum and Coaltown Museum - new articles - MurielMary

Mon 7 Sep

 * Meetings with Development West Coast (annual reports, photo library, topics to cover) and Grey District Library (edit-a-thon, History House Museum and photo collection). Uploaded photos of Greymouth Clock Tower, Left Bank Art Gallery, and Greymouth Courthouse. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Added coordinate locations to Cawthron Aquaculture Park, Blacks Point Museum cos I like things on maps - DrThneed
 * Created stubs for Blacks Point Museum, Karamea Centennial Museum and Hokitika Customhouse and new page for Kotuku Model Bungalow - DrThneed
 * Corrected website address for Westland District Council in WP and WD (has dc in it now, not sure when it changed) - DrThneed
 * Hokitika Clock Tower – more work on this article –  Schwede 66 

Tue 8 Sep

 * James Holmes (politician) – expanded existing article –  Schwede 66 
 * Working with Grey District Library to identify photos in collection for upload. Started work on the Greymouth article (plenty to do!). Created and photographed, created —07:43, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Discussed WestCoastWPAL at our monthly WP Christchurch meeting  Schwede 66 

Wed 9 Sep

 * JC West Coast Natural Food Supply 1967 (cropped).jpgated Hokitika Clock Tower for DYK and good article review.  Schwede 66 
 * Development West Coast have collected together annual reports and news clippings (the West Coast papers generally aren't online) for us to use as references. Here's the Google drive. Note that this is not just useful for improving the Development West Coast article, but can be used for Greymouth, Kawatiri Cycle Trail, Old Ghost Road, West Coast Wilderness Trail and so on. Info on photo usage coming… —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 20:26, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Created, and began scanning and uploading his photos to Category:John Charlton (New Zealand) with a custom template.

Thu 10 Sep

 * Charlton Lagoon 1968 08.jpg a good browse through the Google drive of news clippings and found a notable woman without a biography: Katie Milne MurielMary (talk) 04:32, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Gave a presentation to Grey District Library staff on Wikipedia for heritage institutions. Uploaded more John Charlton photos. Started to distinguish the three Inangahua settlements in Inagahua Junction. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 08:15, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Blackball Museum of Working Class History and Granity Public Library - new articles. However, suggest checking the actual name of the Granity library, as the photo in Commons is captioned "Granity Community Library" and that name is also visible on the building in some photos. MurielMary (Will pay it a visit and get the good info –Mike)
 * Expanded the article on Granity a little. MurielMary
 * Tried to arrange that the Hokitika Clock Tower DYK gets onto the homepage before the end of September.  Schwede 66 

Fri 11 Sep

 * Steeple, Cape Foulwind, between 1879 and 1929 (3057617388).jpg a workshop for local tourism operators on Wikipedia, Commons, and Wikivoyage. Have been given 26GB of tourism publicity photos of the six iconic West Coast attractions to add to Commons. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 07:38, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Split off the electorate of Grey Valley from Grey as discussed in early 2017.  Schwede 66 
 * Cape Foulwind Lighthouse - created new article - Herewhy
 * Lyell - expanded existing article - Gertrude206
 * Afghans - added a few facts and still looking for more! - Gertrude206

Sat 12 Sep

 * Greymouth Courthouse WCWPAL MRD 01.jpg a workshop in Grey District Library for 8 new editors; welcome remote assistance from DrThneed and  Schwede 66 .  So popular they want another one in two weeks! Also some national media coverage of this project, highlighting the poor coverage of NZ places in Wikipedia. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 09:04, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Added some historic building photos in a WikiShootMe blitz in the golden hour when even Greymouth's derelict buildings look nice: Greymouth High School, Commercial Building, Regent Theatre, Revingtons Hotel, Waitiaki House, the former High Street Auto Centre, Dixon Park, the Dispatch & Garlick building, Rugby Park, and the Courthouse. —Giantflightlessbirds

Sun 13 Sep

 * Greymouth Opera House Fire 02.jpg tidy up of Greymouth Commons category and creation of sub-categories –  Schwede 66 
 * Couple of extra lines on Blackball Museum page, & linked from the Pike River Mine Disaster page – Dr Thneed
 * Created Category:History House, an institution template, and an images category.—Giantflightlessbirds
 * Uploaded photos of the Greymouth Opera House fire, a 1900 flood, and a 1925 automobile gathering to Images in History House Museum. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Created, a Commons category and Institution template for it, and Images in Grey District Library to house the John Charlton photos. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Uploaded photos from yesterday's WikiShootMe blitz, creating categories (High School, Dispatch & Garlick) and an item for – added its "Lone Pine" to the Lone Pine (tree) article. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Added to the Statue of Richard Seddon, Hokitika article –  Schwede 66 
 * Added a gallery and some wikilinks to Lake Mahinapua article - Herewhy

Mon 14 Sep

 * Rapahoe MRD 02.jpged Government Buildings, Hokitika page, linked from architect, added Commons category templates to some of my previous pages - DrThneed
 * Started a userspace page (User:Canley/New Zealand protected areas) to track Wikidata cleanup/import project for Protected areas in New Zealand (will begin/concentrate on West Coast Region) –Canley (talk)
 * Added Publications to History House Museum and a reference to the Blackball Museum – Gertrude206
 * Spent the day at Left Bank Art Gallery explaining Wikipedia/Wikidata to staff and volunteers, creating a To Do List for 20 West Coast artists, signed up Hinekaikai as volunteer №13, took interior photos, and got hold of a scrapbook of 30-year-old press clippings. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Uploaded photos of, , , , , ; made Wikidata items for the last 4 and Commons categories for the last 3.

Tue 15 Sep

 * Left Bank interior MRD 02.jpgd on the Left Bank Art Gallery article, from the scrapbook and a NZ Museums Journal article. There a quite a few NZ artists that need Wikidata and articles! —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Got three minutes of fame on Seven Sharp (watch it here) talking about Wikipedia and tourism. Managed to plug DWC and Stewart Nimmo. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Yvonne Rust - new article (from Left Bank Art Gallery list of West Coast artists) - MurielMary
 * Created some artist qids on wikidata - DrThneed

Wed 16 Sep

 * John Charlton 1985 MRD (cropped).jpged All Saints' Church, Hokitika - DrThneed
 * Ran another workshop for heritage organisations, including folks from Shantytown. Sorted Stewart Nimmo's photo collection and noted all the metadata, ready for upload. And looks like I'll be heading down to South Westland in October. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Added information to three West Coast articles (Hokitika, Arahura River, Greymouth) -Pakoire (talk)
 * Created, uploaded photos, and added it to Greymouth's Wikivoyage listing. —Giantflightlessbirds

Thu 17 Sep

 * TWC Fox • Nimmo • MRD 30.jpgded Category:Photos by Stewart Nimmo of Hokitika Gorge, Fox Glacier, Ōpārara Basin arches (this whole cluster of articles needs macrons, maybe when I go visit Karamea) and Barrytown Beach. Created . —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Interviewed Jo Wilson at Garth Wilson Jade and photographed their carving workshop. Looks like they'll donate pounamu carving photos to Commons. —Giantflightlessbirds

Fri 18 Sep

 * EPIC MRD 03.jpg categorisation of Nimmo photos and write Hokitika Gorge –  Schwede 66 
 * Expanded content for Bill Pearson - Gertrude206
 * Ran a workshop for tourism industry folks (and some interested public) at the coworking space, added photos and created category. —Giantflightlessbirds

Sat 19 Sep

 * Westport MRD 12.jpg a walk around Westport and added a couple of dozen photos and some categories to Category:Buildings in Westport, New Zealand. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * If you're still in Westport, some photos of St Canice's Church (exterior and interior if possible) at the corner of Brougham and Queen Streets, designed by John Scott, would be awesome! Paora (talk) 11:31, 19 September 2020 (UTC) (Happy to. I've done everything in Westport that's geolocated in Wikidata, via WikiShootMe, so you add it to Wikidata added it! and I'll take the pics. I'm here for 4 more days, so taking requests. —Giantflightlessbirds)
 * Not sure if you've done these, which are heritage-listed places showing up in the query below: ; ; ; . Thanks! --Canley (talk) 06:28, 20 September 2020 (UTC) (Yup, I've done all except the O'Conor home, which I'll pick up in the next day or two. —Giantflightlessbirds)


 * Ran an all-day Wikipedia training session for seven locals, including some Commons, Wikivoyage, and WikiShootMe. —Giantflightlessbirds

Sun 20 Sep

 * St Canice's Westport 06.jpged West Coast Region category on Commons as much as possible, setting up dozens of categories and tidying Wikidata entries along the way; merged geography articles on Cebuano WP so that Wikidata entries can be merged –  Schwede 66 
 * Added, photographed it, and photographed four other Westport buildings. Almost all done. Also documented a duck race (don't judge me, it was my afternoon off). —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Created and uploaded photos. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Wikidata map query of items in West Coast Region on the New Zealand Heritage List --Canley (talk) 01:10, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Very nifty. Could we have a query, please, of all locations where an image is missing as yet?  Schwede 66  03:36, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Map of West Coast heritage sites with no image, query as a list sorted by town/locality. --Canley (talk) 05:57, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

Mon 21 Sep

 * Black Reef.jpg list of Westport heritage buildings on the German Wikipedia is now complete (thanks for all the photos, Mike!). The respective Commons categories are all done and linked to Wikidata.  Schwede 66 
 * Schwede66 challenged me to come up with photos of two tiny islets off Cape Foulwind, which I did. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Met with Charles Bruning who supplied about 1000 photos and showed me around Coaltown Museum. Was interviewed by the Westport News, and agreed to improve their article and that of reporter Becky Manawatu if they could supply sources. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Expanded the Westport article - Pakoire
 * Imported 88 (out of 108) West Coast scenic reserves into Wikidata. – Canley

Tue 22 Sep

 * GG visits Westport News 03.jpgte basically all of the Westport News article and found some pics from a recent Governor-General visit. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Created Denniston Plateau —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Created St Andrew's United Church, Hokitika. Note request for interior pic of honour roll, Mike. - DrThneed (On my To Do. —MRD)
 * Created St Canice's Church, Westport – Paora

Wed 23 Sep

 * Created Talk page and Wikidata item for Coast FM (Westport) – Oronsay
 * Added St Canice's Church, Westport to its Wikidata item, created Talk page and fixed DAB for Westport – Oronsay
 * Tracked down the first good photo of –  Schwede  66 
 * Went through Populated places in West Coast Region and made sure that the district category was defined, the item linked to Wikidata, with Wikidata showing an appropriate photo (if there is one).  Schwede 66  22:27, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Uploaded more photos by Stewart Nimmo of Lake Brunner (including fly fishing for brown trout) and Reefton (including Reefton Distillery people, Bearded Miners, and cyclists/walkers on local tracks); need using in articles. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Updated population for Reefton and link from it to Coast FM (Westport) – Oronsay
 * Finished adding West Coast scenic reserves to Wikidata –Canley

Thu 24 Sep

 * Westport Cattle Wharf MRD.jpg presentations to Westport Rotary and Buller Camera Club. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Added Inangahua County Library to Reefton and Sue Thomson Casey Memorial Library to Westport articles, ready for redlinks for article creation – Oronsay
 * Created Category:Jamie Cleine in Commons, and added two images of the incumbent mayor of Buller District. Updated Mayor of Buller and added infobox. Paora
 * Expanded the Ōkārito Lagoon article with brief details of Donovan's Store and the Ōkārito Memorial Obelisk - User:Herewhy
 * Begin to improve and expand Bruce Bay – Paora

Fri 25 Sep

 * Hokitika MRD 01.jpg presentations to tourism operators and heritage institutions in Hokitika. Photographed some heritage buildings and linked the last of them to Wikidata items in WikiShootMe. Downtown Hokitika is now a sea of green dots. —Giantflightlessbirds

Sat 26 Sep

 * Hokitika Library MRD.jpgn Hardware building – new article – Paora (Note the owners were at today's workshop and have uploaded more photos to Commons. —Giantflightlessbirds)
 * Ran a Wikipedia workshop with six newbies, who worked on (amongst other things) Hokitika, Guy Menzies, Chesterfield skink, and Kaniere. One new editor ran out and rephotographed the Westland Pioneers Memorial. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Created and Commons category. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Created Westland Pioneers' Memorial and Wikidata entry –  Schwede 66 

Sun 27 Sep

 * Some work on Hokitika Commons categories; main category is now fairly empty (as it should be). Made categories for streets and set up a Wikidata entry for . –  Schwede 66 
 * Tidy and add infobox to Joseph Petrie – Paora
 * Created St James Church, Franz Josef. Pic through altar window if possible please. DrThneed (Will be down there in about 2 weeks –MRD)
 * Added some identifiers to some newer Wikidata items (TripAdvisor, Alexander Turnbull ID, Nat Lib ID). - DrThneed
 * Upload two images of St James Church to Commons, including one from 1998 of the view through altar window with the glacier in view, and add image to article on church – Paora
 * Ran a meetup/training in Grey District Library with improvements to Charles Heaphy, Greymouth, Reefton Power Station, and Greymouth Airport —Giantflightlessbirds

Mon 28 Sep

 * National Kiwi Centre MRD.jpged —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Expanded John Bevan to a useful bio.  Schwede 66 
 * Checked and adjusted coordinates of all geolocated items on Wikidata within 10km of Hokitika –Canley
 * Added 11 Wildlife Management Areas in West Coast Region to Wikidata –Canley
 * Create Mayors of Hokitika on Commons, populate with photos from The Cyclopedia of New Zealand, and create Wikidata entries for and  whose photos were added to Commons but didn't have Wikidata. – Paora

Tue 29 Sep

 * Hokitika Museum 248.JPGded the [[Hokitika Museum]] article. Spent the day with Museum staff compiling lists and scanning sources for Hokitika buildings, notable Westland women, and collection objects: see WikiProject Hokitika Museum Google doc and Hokitika Museum Google drive. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Expanded George York (priest), vicar of Holy Trinity Greymouth from 1894 and archdeacon of Māwhera from 1903 to 1919. – Paora
 * Working my way through the six missing libraries in Mike's list (drafting in user space, will not publish until I'm able to get to the library for the book on small NZ libraries though) - DrThneed (I have the Hokitika library files and will do that one soon —Mike)
 * Added infobox, some detail of interior, and image gallery, to St Mary's Catholic Church, Hokitika. – Paora

Wed 30 Sep

 * Hungerford Mausoleum MRD 07.jpgded Hokitika Museum again using newspaper stories from its archive. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Created Hannah's building, Greymouth – Paora
 * Created a stub for Karamea War Memorial Library - DrThneed
 * Photographed all over Hokitika (including the All Saints stained glass window for you, Dr Thneed) and around Lake Kaniere. Created and photos, category for Hungerford Mausoleum, more pics of the town clock, St Mary's, St Andrews (no marble roll, will try on Sunday), Seaview Lighthouse, the, Hokitika Cemetery, the beach sign, the Regent, Westland High, the District Council offices, and better photos of the Pioneers' Memorial.—Giantflightlessbirds

Thu 1 Oct

 * Improving Lake Kaniere; uploaded PD painting from Auckland Art Gallery. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Added stained glass pictures to All Saints Hokitika and to Frederick Ellis (thanks Mike!). - DrThneed
 * Uploaded photos by Stewart Nimmo of tuatara and rowi in West Coast Wildlife Centre, Haast Valley helicopter shots up the Thomas River (in Westland District), jet boating, Jackson Bay, Bruce Bay, Ship Creek, and skydiving. Some localities I need to find out from Haast people, Commons categories need creation and photos need to be used in articles; feel free to help. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Create Category:Mayors of Westland, New Zealand and Mayors of Westland, New Zealand on Commons, populate with four of the five mayors since 1989, and add infobox and table listing mayors to Mayor of Westland. – Paora
 * Thanks for the photos, Mike. The list of historic buildings in Hokitika on the German Wikipedia (Liste der Baudenkmale in Hokitika) is now complete.  Schwede 66  08:45, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Fri 2 Oct



 * Added a couple more Hokitika clocktower photos supplied by the Museum. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Added 18 photos to Category:Photos by Jase Blair of Denniston Plateau, Cobden, Westland Petrels, and the infamous Barber; created and his Creator template. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Created new article for Runanga Miners' Hall - Gertrude206
 * Add infobox to Runanga Miners' Hall – Paora
 * Added information about marae on the Bruce Bay article. Discovered three artists who contributed to the new marae there - searched for them in Wiki. Created wikidata item for one of them . Added Robinson to the Hokitika notable people. (He could probably have an article - he is a Māori carver (Yes, there's plenty written about him —Mike). - Pakoire
 * Add section on early Māori settlement to Bruce Bay – Paora
 * Created Westland District Library —Giantflightlessbirds

Sat 3 Oct

 * Dobson • Jase Blair • MRD 3.jpg by Jase Blair]]Improving History House Museum with a stack of newspaper clippings (take that, editor who flagged it for deletion as "not notable"). —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Create Arthur Griffin (architect), architect of the Hokitika Carnegie Library, the Renton Hardware building, and the since-demolished Westport Technical School – Paora
 * Created and, the latter with pics. —Giantflightlessbirds

Sun 4 Oct

 * Mahinapua Creek · Rina Sjardin-Thompson WCSW.jpg to church specifically to photograph the Westland Scots Memorial in St Andrew's for DrThneed. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Thank you for taking the time to do that, Mike. Have added it to the page. V nice! Forgot to say earlier that I made a page for Roy Lovell-Smith, architect of St Andrew's DrThneed
 * Did some improvements to Lake Mahinapua (no macron yet, need official name). —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Created Richard Strachan De Renzy Harman, architect of All Saints' Church, Hokitika – Paora

Mon 5 Oct

 * Charlton 1968 MRD 05.jpgded some more John Charlton photos from 1967 and 1968. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Updated Greymouth photographer and added a 1943 photo of him from Grey District Library collections. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Fill in some of the blanks in table of mayors in Mayor of Hokitika — just the 1950–1982 period to be confirmed — and add portraits – Paora
 * Hokitika Clock Tower got its GA assessment ticked off.  Schwede 66  17:32, 5 October 2020 (UTC) (Well done! —MRD; Great work! - MM)

Tue 6 Oct

 * Presented on this project to the team at Development West Coast, who all seemed chuffed. Met with Stewart Nimmo and got some Ōkārito photos from him, and drove down there. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Took some local pics and now sorting out the Ōkārito Commons categories so they all use macrons. Uploaded Stewart's Ōkārito + Whitebaiting photos —Giantflightlessbirds
 * New article Maida Bryant from Hokitika Museum Google doc; there is a good summary of her life achievements in a facebook post by the Hokitika Museum however I can’t verify that information elsewhere. Any leads on sources? -MM (I'll ask the Museum. They also said they could perhaps get photos cleared from relatives —MRD)
 * Expanded Maida Bryant – Paora (lots more information and sources - many thanks! -MM)
 * New article Dorothy Fletcher from Hokitika Museum Google doc. -MM

Wed 7 Oct

 * New article and category for Rimu (Mike, it could do with a contemporary photo if you want to take the inland route to Hokitika). Tidied up links for State Highway 6, which got moved earlier this year.  Schwede 66 
 * Split Okarito (which just redirected to Ōkārito Lagoon) into two articles, so now Ōkārito the settlement has its own article. Have been working extensively on the lagoon article and adding photos, including some I took yesterday. —Giantflightlessbirds

Thu 8 Oct

 * Went out on the Okarito Boat Eco Tour and took more pics of lagoon and forest transition, added to Ōkārito Lagoon article. Uploaded pics from . Created Category:Ardea alba modesta of New Zealand and redirected kōtuku to it. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Complete full list of mayors with dates for terms of office for Mayor of Hokitika – Paora
 * Hosted a drop-in-and-chat session for Ōkārito residents in Donovan's Store, and found two printed sources about the store. —Giantflightlessbirds

Fri 9 Oct

 * Hiked to 3 Mile and back and took photos; ditto for Pakihi Walk just outside Ōkārito. Created, , and , and fixed other local coordinates. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Added two Donovan's sources to shared Ōkārito drive. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Created Mayor of Westport, New Zealand – Paora

Sat 10 Oct

 * Created Category:Three Mile Pack Track and Category:Three Mile Lagoon, uploaded quite a few pics. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Created Commons category Category:Mayors of Westport, New Zealand and populated with images from Cyclopedia of New Zealand — Paora
 * Created Fayne Robinson article & added him to Hokitika article - Pakoire
 * Created Pakihi, about the wetland type, and uploaded photos from the Pakihi Walk near Okārito —Giantflightlessbirds

Sun 11 Oct

 * Created Commons category Category:Mayors of Greymouth, populated with images from Cyclopedia of New Zealand, and added images to table of mayors of Greymouth Borough at Mayor of Grey — Paora
 * Took photos around Franz Josef of St James Church, Our Lady of the Alps, and . —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Started work on the Franz Josef Glacier article. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Expand Westland County to include its second period of existence, from 1876 to 1989 — Paora (good work but I wonder whether they should be separate articles given that they only thing that they shared was the name –  Schwede 66 )

Mon 12 Oct

 * Pakihi Walk MRD 01.jpg Fair Use image of the 1946 Peace Stamp to the St James Church, Franz Josef article (phew, what a rigmarole) and reshuffled images; done with that article now, onward! —Giantflightlessbirds (thanks Mike, that page looks really good now! DrThneed)
 * Added more facts and references to Franz Josef Glacier. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Added an Afghan photo to Commons! DrThneed

Tues 13 Oct

 * West Coast Wildlife Centre Wawe 5 days old • MRD.jpg hatched at the West Coast Wildlife Centre, 5 days old]]Spent the day at the West Coast Wildlife Centre, created an article about it, and mined their archives for information about rowi. Added a heap of my own photos and their photo library to Category:West Coast Wildlife Centre. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Created Donovan's Store - Gertrude206
 * Added infobox to Donovan's Store — Paora
 * Created Commons category Category:Mayors of Buller, populated with images, and added images to table of mayors at Mayor of Buller — Paora
 * Created Sue Thomson Casey Memorial Library page, and also created a Wikidata item for current library building (Q100321107), and used the existing Q64746729 to tie together the new building and old Carnegie library building (Q79311117) as parts of it. I don't know how to rearrange the Commons cats to reflect that though - DrThneed

Wed 14 Oct

 * Lake Wombat MRD 06.jpg NZ's Big Things in Wikidata, of which two are on West Coast (Big Doughnut at Springfield, and the Big Sandfly in Pukekura, which needs a better photo if possible (Will do!—MRD)). - DrThneed (have to say that Springfield stretches my understanding of West Coast a tad :-) –  Schwede 66 ) Well mine too but I was going on the lines drawn on the Wikidata query map! Investigating - spot on map was on West Coast but is definitely in the wrong place, will remedy. I had to fight with maps over some other coordinates too. DrThneed
 * Added photo of giant sandfly to Commons, Wikidata, and article about NZ's Big Things – Paora
 * Added a few more pics to St James. Added photos of, and documented my Wikidata/Commons workflow here if anyone's interested. Suggestions welcome and I'm happy to demo this over Zoom. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Expanded the article Pounamu - Pakoire. Request: Anyone going to Hanmer? Can take photo of this pounamu sculpture? https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-districts/more-security-pounamu-sculpture-once-its-back-display (Have asked Twitter, one offer in early Nov so far. —MRD)

Thu 15 Oct

 * Our Lady of the Snows MRDOur Lady 04.jpged the H. E. Holland Memorial Library page. Also added it and a couple of others to the List of libraries in New Zealand page which is a hot mess and offensive to anyone that knows their alphabet. DrThneed
 * Created QID for Edward Iveagh Lord (architect & engineer). Created Grey District Library incorporating old town hall and Carnegie library. Uploaded old pic to Commons, thanks to Te Papa. DrThneed
 * Ran a workshop for tourism operators in Franz Josef. Relocated to Fox, actually staying in the Heritage II . Took photos of Peak Viewpoint and Our Lady of the Snows, Fox Glacier. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Created Fox Glacier Hotel article – Paora

Fri 16 Oct

 * Lake Matheson Walk MRD 13.jpg pics round Lake Matheson, created Category:Lake Matheson Walk, better pic of Fox Glacier (town), added . —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Added section on churches to Fox Glacier (town) – Paora
 * I'm guessing the former Douglas Memorial Church is in honour of Charlie Douglas, but haven't found any references to support this. (No, looks like Rev Douglas from foundation stone —MRD)The church appears to have had picture windows behind the altar, following the examples of St James Church, Franz Josef and Church of the Good Shepherd, Lake Tekapo. – Paora
 * Removed misplaced and incorrectly categorised image of St Anne's Church, Hari Hari, from Whataroa article, and uploaded and added an image actually of Whataroa – Paora

Sat 17 Oct

 * Created and, went out and photographed both, added to pic to Paora's new churches section. Also tweeted a little WikiShootMe! tutorial to encourage people to upload pics of their rohe. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Created Hokitika Savings Bank building – Paora
 * Added details of Rev. William Douglas to Douglas Memorial Church section of Fox Glacier (town), thanks to Mike for the plaque pic! – Paora

Sun 18 Oct

 * Added more info, references, Fair Use image of a Peace stamp, and photo galleries to Lake Matheson; also used it as an example of a dystrophic lake. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Added all NZ stamp issues that have featured Lake Matheson to Lake Matheson – Paora
 * Added photos of and  —Giantflightlessbirds

Mon 19 Oct

 * FGG Fox-glacier-heli-hike-group-helicopter 04.jpg photos of Lake Matheson. Uploaded photos supplied by . —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Added a Chancellor Hut photo to the list of registered West Coast buildings. (please keep your eye on the list of missing photos, Mike)  Schwede 66  (Will do! I have a couple marked in my itinerary for the trip north. MRD)
 * Improved Fox Glacier and Fox Glacier (town). —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Expanded history section of Bruce Bay and added some images – Paora

Tues 20 Oct

 * Lake Gault Track MRD 12.jpgded Greymouth Star –  Schwede 66 
 * Walked to Lake Gault (new article) and photographed along the way. Illustrated some native plant Wikidata items and articles with the pics.—Giantflightlessbirds
 * Did a Zoom presentation to the Greymouth Camera Club about Wikimedia Commons and copyright law; question time become bogged down in the minutia of US property release agreements, which I had to Google afterwards. —Giantflightlessbirds

Wed 21 Oct

 * Our Lady of the Woods Whataroa MRD.jpg up on Lillian Fell for now (only have one source as other is a book chapter I have not tracked down the source of yet). Linked existing page for Agnes Addison to Hokitika notable people list, and added a few things to her Wikidata item. - DrThneed
 * Relocated from Fox Glacier to Reefton, taking photos on the way: Fox Glacier Hotel, a church in Whataroa, Hende's Ferry Cottage, monuments and buildings etc. Meetings in Reefton to plan the next few days. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Added more info to Lake Gault and a photo gallery of the track. —Giantflightlessbirds

Thu 22 Oct

 * Reefton Horse Trough 02.jpg photos of Reefton Oddfellows, the Inangahua County Library, the War Memorial Obelisk, Reefton Distilling Co., and an utterly loopy historic horse trough with horsey legs. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Created Bess Hudson, Hokitika nurse, realised there is no Dr Teichelmann page so will do him next. - DrThneed (Yes! There's a whole biography of him, really important figure in early Westland exploration. MRD Was hoping to knock it out quick for the end of your West Coastathon but now I see what I'm dealing with I'll have to take a bit longer. Off to get the book tomorrow! DrTh)
 * Added more photos of Chancellor Hut. —Giantflightlessbirds


 * Added section on churches in Whataroa – Paora

Fri 23 Oct

 * Afghan II MRD.jpged Reefton Distilling Co. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Managed to find a little info about the Inangahua County Library in archive boxes of yellowed press clippings… —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Added section on churches in Franz Josef / Waiau – Paora
 * Found another excellent Afghan in Reefton, this one with the traditional half-walnut, so (of course) photographed it and made it the new canonical image in Wikidata. —Giantflightlessbirds
 * Added section on churches in Ngahere – Paora
 * Expanded church section in Jacobs River, New Zealand – Paora