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Harej (talk) 16:57, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Category discussion Category:Frogs of New Zealand
Category:Frogs of New Zealand is being discussed for merger or renaming. Please see Categories_for_discussion/Log/2015_January_23 --Animalparty-- (talk) 20:05, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Project assessment
Thought I'd share some thoughts on WPNZ importance assessment with you. User:Dramatic once gave the following advice on importance assessment, which I quite liked: "My rule of thumb is: Top 2–5%, High: 5–10%, Mid: 25–30%, Low: 60%" We have some 28,600 articles belonging to WPNZ that have importance assessed, and the following table compares the status quo with Dramatic's rule of thumb ranges:

Ok, if Dramatic is right, our importance assessment is very biased towards the 'low' end. The reason I bring this up is that the other day, I looked through the list of 92 top importance articles, and quite a few that I thought should be there were not. No wonder if we are some 500 to 1,300 top importance articles short of where we should be. So, rather than starting a process of changing things around big time, I thought I'd discuss the bigger picture first to see what others think. Personally, I feel that 5% for top importance is on the high side, and I'd rather aim for the lower end of the range, but otherwise I'm quite comfortable with those suggested ranges.  Schwede 66  08:56, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Archives NZ open 10 - 4pm Waitangi day
In case anyone is in Wellington and wants to go have a peak at the Treaty of Waitangi. Staff on hand for free tours. announcement Linnah (talk) 22:17, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Free access to Ancestry.com.au's NZ online databases 6-9 Feb 2015
Ancestry.com.au's press release says their NZ Cemetary records are online. Free access to the New Zealand Cemetery Records 1800-2007, as well as all of its New Zealand online databases starts on Friday 6th February from 12.01am through to Monday 9th February at 11:59pm, at http://www.ancestry.com.au/waitangi2015. I had a look at the link and it lists Birth, Marriage and Death indexes, Electoral rolls from 1853 – 1981 and more as available. Linnah (talk) 22:17, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Frederick Tuckett
Hello, i can't correct the link in this page who is dead link. The real link is http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1t108/tuckett-frederick. If everybody can correct that. Thanks a lot. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Enrevseluj (talk • contribs) 17:10, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Done. Ben   Mac  Dui  17:58, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Caroline Whitting
Does anyone have access to the book cited as further reading on the Caroline Whitting article? Bronwyn Dalley: "Criminal Conversations: Gender and narratives of child murder in nineteenth century New Zealand" in Caroline Dalley and Julie Montgomerie (eds) The Gendered Kiwi: Auckland: Auckland University Press: 1999. If so, what source does it give for the spelling of her name? I'm fairly sure the spelling of her name is wrong (contemporary sources most often give Witting and sometimes Vitting - she was German so would probably have pronounced her name that way). (And I wasted a good couple of days hunting down any information I could find through Papers Past and cemetery records, just to eventually determine that she did not form part of a project I was working on. And I can't even use most of what I did find out to flesh out the article a bit because it's the dreaded Original Research. grumble.) Daveosaurus (talk) 09:38, 23 February 2015 (UTC)


 * I've fixed the spelling of the editor (Daley) and you should not have any trouble finding it through Google Books. By clicking on the 'Find in a library' link on the left, you get lots of choice (and if Google knows your location, it shows your local libraries first). Regarding PapersPast, if you find information in a newspaper, I wouldn't call that OR.  Schwede 66  18:05, 23 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks for that. I'll try to hunt the book down the next time I'm near a library - the spelling question was more about Caroline W(h)itting's name than Daley's, but good that you picked that up as well. I mainly want to make sure there isn't a good reason for keeping the article at Caroline Whitting before moving it to Caroline Witting. The OR issue was more that the article is silent about what happened to her in later life, and there's an apparent match in the Dunedin City burial records web site (listing her has having died in Dunedin Hospital in July 1890 and buried at the Dunedin Northern cemetery). Daveosaurus (talk) 04:59, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

Peter Hillary
Kia ora! Not a Kiwi but one of my best friends is one, close enough? I revamped the Peter Hillary article nearly 2 yrs ago, as it was a bit of an unsourced jumble & I simply couldn't stand looking at it like that. (Yes, I *am* the local grammar police, tweaking sentences one random article at a time.) I think it might be a little better than start-class, as the template on the Talk page says, due to sourcing, rewriting, and tidying up. What say you, Kiwi Wiki-ites? If I boldly knock down that template....does another one need to go in its place? ScarletRibbons (talk) 23:01, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Reassessed as C class.  Schwede 66  00:26, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

Robert Muldoon / Rob Muldoon
Hi, I've started a discussion at Talk:Robert_Muldoon as to whether the article should be titled Robert Muldoon or Rob Muldoon. I'm a "Roberter" myself but I'll let you make your own minds up. Please help us develop a concensus. Regards. MaxBrowne (talk) 03:21, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

Art + Feminism: Edit-a-thon at The Dowse
I just ran into this http://dowse.org.nz/news/wikipedia/2015/editathon.

So tomorrow, there will most likely be an influx of new and enthusiastic editors on NZ female artist pages who may need friendly help and guidance. I think you can follow the activity at https://twitter.com/hashtag/artandfeminism?src=hash

You can also see the director talking about Wikipedia here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xxdSfKOBL8

Lanma726 (talk) 03:19, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
 * The coordination page is Meetup/LowerHutt/ArtAndFeminism 2015. Stuartyeates (talk) 23:00, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Counties Manukau
Hello Kiwis and friends thereof - I spend time fixing ambiguous links, and have found a few that refer to Counties Manukau. What we currently have in Counties Manukau is just a disambiguation between the rugby union and rugby league teams, without describing what Counties Manukau really means. I suggest that somebody with good knowledge of the Auckland area might start a proper article for Counties Manukau, after moving the current content to Counties Manukau (disambiguation).  PK T (alk)  15:17, 20 March 2015 (UTC)


 * There is also Counties Manukau District Health Board and various other organisations using the term, including Counties Manukau Police District. This might be useful: A history of local government in the Manukau area. Tayste (edits) 20:39, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
 * "Counties Manukau" doesn't mean any one thing. The rugby union, the rugby league, the health board, the police - 4 organisations and 4 different boundaries. Some don't include Otahuhu, some don't include Papatoetoe; for some the southern extent stops short of Pokeno, for others it goes further but stops short of Meremere, for another it will go as far as Te Kauwhata. It might be best left to the articles about the individual organisations (or at least those that have an article). Nurg (talk) 09:45, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I've had a go at explaining this in the intro, I almost linked to Manukau City, Papakura District and Franklin District but opted to instead just be vague and say it "refers to the southern area of Auckland, however there are no universally agreed boundaries." Feel free to modify further. Mattlore (talk) 20:13, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

Minister responsible for Serious Fraud Office (New Zealand)?
Hi, i translated the article mentioned above into german language, bu i am not quite sure if it is in the responsibility of Attorney General as said here or of the police minster as shown here. Both incumbents are not the same Person at the time beeing. Or acts the Attorney-general rather als supervisor? tx. - Andy king50 (talk) 14:26, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * The Act is administered in the Ministry of Justice. So the answer is the Minister of Justice; .Rick570 (talk) 19:56, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * thanks. - Andy king50 (talk) 21:17, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * But the Act cited by Rick570 says it is the Attorney-General. Nurg (talk) 08:56, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

New Zealand redirects deleted
template:NZ-stub, template:NZ-bio-stub , template:NZ-geo-stub , and probably many more, were deleted in November 2014 (I've asked for undeletion at WP:REFUND) -- 65.94.43.89 (talk) 04:35, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Please refer to wP:REFUND where many more templates have been found that were deleted along with these four. -- 65.94.43.89 (talk) 03:35, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

Automatically adding
I've started a discussion at Bot_requests about a bot to add Template:WikiProject New Zealand to the talk page of all articles and lists that are in Category:New Zealand and descendants. Object there if you have problems with this. Stuartyeates (talk) 03:58, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

Moriori people
Badly sourced, pov,  fringe material added to this article. Starts with "It should be strongly noted, however, that pre-Maori artifacts are common in parts of New Zealand, such as the ruins of an entire stone city in Waipoua Forest. It has been suggested by some people in the New Zealand community that a conspiracy exists to hide the true history of the Maori people." Then a quote. Needs to be on watchlists. Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 19:01, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Good catch. Added to my watchlist. Stuartyeates (talk) 20:27, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

Avantidrome
I wrote this article about the Avantidrome in Cambridge and would like to have some photos? Can anybody help? Thank you, --Nicola (talk) 17:14, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

Bot request
This message is to inform the WikiProject that Stuartyeates requested a bot to tag every talk page of the articles in the categories listed at WikiProject_New_Zealand/Category_List. If there are any disagreements please comment at Bot_requests. The bot will start running in 3 days. Thanks, Magioladitis (talk) 22:22, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

After discussion, Stuartyeates provived a refined category list. Discussion is available at: Bot_requests. The bot resumed. -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:32, 7 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Comparing to an old version reveals ~7,286 unassessed articles have been added to the project. Thanks to User:Magioladitis / User:Yobot.  Stuartyeates (talk) 22:33, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

Proposal for new article category
Well done, Stuartyeates. Now that this is done, let me offer an observation and propose an amendment to our assessment categories. We have quite a few items in class NA and many of those are redirects. I don't know whether they are in fact all redirects. As of today, we also have 420 unassessed articles with NA-importance, and once again, they appear to be mostly (?) redirects. Most Wikiprojects have a class for redirects but not Wikiproject New Zealand. If we deal with redirects, I fail to see the sense in assigning importance to those. So, here's my proposal:
 * create a Category:Redirect-Class New Zealand articles
 * set it up so that importance is set as Category:NA-importance New Zealand articles
 * once done, have a bot go through New Zealand redirects and change the class accordingly.

What do you think?  Schwede 66  03:52, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Seems like a fine idea to me. Stuartyeates (talk) 08:33, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
 * may be able to say whether this is a task that's easily automatable. Stuartyeates (talk) 08:47, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

AfC submission
Hello there! What do you reckon about this recent submission? Draft:Unreasonable Search and Seizure in New Zealand. Regards, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 23:04, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
 * This is likely to be the output of a third-year law student. See also Voting rights of prisoners in New Zealand, Gender equality in New Zealand Violence against women in New Zealand, etc; http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/courseinfo/GetCourseDetails.aspx?course=LAWS322&occurrence=15S1%28C%29&year=2015 Stuartyeates (talk) 23:44, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Speedy deletions process discussion
There's a discussion at Village pump (policy)/Archive 119 that may interest some of you. I am concerned about long-standing NZ articles being deleted overnight without any local input. -- haminoon  ( talk ) 02:02, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

University of Otago Library and Hocken Collections Wikipedian Project
Hello everyone

I'm the project manager for a Wikipedian project, being undertaken by University of Otago Library and the Hocken Collections.

Please see a more detailed description of what we're planning and doing at our user page User:TeUareTaoka.

We'll be extremely grateful for any suggestions and guidance. I'm in touch with User:Stuartyeates and Mike Dickison already. --TeUareTaoka (talk) 03:34, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

DigitalNZ and Wikiproject New Zealand
As you may know I've been working with NLNZ to get WP:WPNZ content into DigitalNZ and thus into a number of educational contexts. A couple of weeks ago I heard back from them that:


 * DigitalNZ harvests articles and lists from the Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand, with a quality rating of "Start" or higher. Information about the quality ratings and how to get a page recognised under the projects scope can be found on this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_New_Zealand.

See this facet and this facet. (I thought I'd already posted a message about this previously, but I don't see it here, so sorry for the delay.) Ping on behalf of WMAU. Stuartyeates (talk) 05:26, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia Editathon at the Dowse in Wellington
I found out today that there is going to be a Māori and Pacific Artists Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on Saturday 13th June 2015 to be held at The Dowse Art Museum in Wellington. More information can be found here --Ambrosia10 (talk) 07:06, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
 * That's great, The Dowse earlier organised a project on craft artists WikiProject New Zealand/Requested articles/Craft which seemed to go really well. Stuartyeates (talk) 03:05, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Created a bit of a work-list for you at Te Waka Toi awards. Stuartyeates (talk) 08:31, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Tried to create a list at Iosefa Enari Memorial Award, but most of those people don't appear to be notable. Stuartyeates (talk) 10:23, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

Heretaunga listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Heretaunga to be moved to Heretaunga, Wellington. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 23:04, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

Godfrey Hirst Pty Ltd listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Godfrey Hirst Pty Ltd to be moved to Godfrey Hirst Carpets. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 23:18, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees to be moved to Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 07:45, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

University of Canterbury
Is there any editor in good standing who would like to overhaul the University of Canterbury article? The article has suffered from unbalanced edits for several years. See the talk page. It's currently semi-protected to prevent further addition of pov material.- gadfium 21:37, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I've just removed some blatant POV pushing (with material cited to opinion articles and written in an obviously non-encyclopaedic way). Someone seems to have an axe to grind here. Nick-D (talk) 09:11, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride!
 You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride!


 * What? Wiki Loves Pride, a campaign to document and photograph LGBT culture and history, including pride events
 * When? June 2015
 * How can you help?
 * 1.) Create or improve LGBT-related articles and showcase the results of your work here
 * 2.) Upload photographs or other media related to LGBT culture and history, including pride events, and add images to relevant Wikipedia articles; feel free to create a subpage with a gallery of your images (see examples from last year)
 * 3.) Contribute to an LGBT-related task force at another Wikimedia project (Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikivoyage, etc.)

Or, view or update the current list of Tasks. This campaign is supported by the Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group, an officially recognized affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation. Visit the group's page at Meta-Wiki for more information, or follow Wikimedia LGBT+ on Facebook. Remember, Wiki Loves Pride is about creating and improving LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects, and content should have a neutral point of view. One does not need to identify as LGBT or any other gender or sexual minority to participate. This campaign is about adding accurate, reliable information to Wikipedia, plain and simple, and all are welcome!

If you have any questions, please leave a message on the campaign's main talk page.

Thanks, and happy editing!

User:Another Believer and User:OR drohowa

Articles with dead references to New Zealand Education Gazette
There are a number of articles with dead references to old articles no longer found at the New Zealand Education Gazette. Someone more familiar with NZ publications and an interest in NZ articles may wish to update: Aranga,_New_Zealand, Fitzroy,_Taranaki, Kauri,_New_Zealand, Lynmouth,_New_Zealand, Makahu, Mangorei, Matakohe, Maungakaramea, Maungatapere, Midhirst, Moturoa, Norfolk,_New_Zealand, Ohangai, Omata, Pakiri, Pakotai, Poroti, Spotswood,_New_Zealand, Stanmore_Bay, Taupaki, Tauraroa, Uruti, Waverley,_Taranaki, Westown, Whataroa --Slivicon (talk) 16:30, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

AfC submission
Could anyone have a look at Draft:James Blakelock? Cheers, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 19:34, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

Copyright Violation Detection - EranBot Project
A new copy-paste detection bot is now in general use on English Wikipedia. Come check it out at the EranBot reporting page. This bot utilizes the Turnitin software (ithenticate), unlike User:CorenSearchBot that relies on a web search API from Yahoo. It checks individual edits rather than just new articles. Please take 15 seconds to visit the EranBot reporting page and check a few of the flagged concerns. Comments welcome regarding potential improvements. These likely copyright violations can be searched by WikiProject categories. Use "control-f" to jump to your area of interest.--Lucas559 (talk) 22:43, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
 * All links for http://ww2.abusedteacher.com/ and http://pornographiesporn.in appear to be false matches. Stuartyeates (talk) 23:22, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

Eruption of Mount Tarawera
I created the article Eruption of Mount Tarawera as requested. I am new to Wikipedia but tried to copy as much as I could from the format of other eruption articles. I admit I don't know much about geology. If anyone knows how to improve it that would be brilliant. KiwikiKiWi (talk) 07:19, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

Dave Gallaher nominated at Featured Article Candidates
I nominated Dave Gallaher – the Irish-born captain of New Zealand's 1905 rugby team – at Featured Article candidates about ten days ago but haven't yet had a single comment (other than an image review). If anyone has the time or inclination to give their feedback on the article at Featured article candidates/Dave Gallaher/archive1 it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. -- Shudde  talk 08:52, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

Anglican articles needed
Taranaki Cathedral Church of St Mary (probably with a redirect from Taranaki Cathedral is the only one of NZ's 8 Anglican Cathedrals without an article. There is also no article for Philip Richardson (bishop) - something of an oversight given that he is now Archbishop. In addition, the Article on Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia contradicts itself over leadership. I'm declaring COI on all these as I work for Taranaki Cathedral and am writing this from work :-) dramatic (talk) 00:05, 8 July 2015 (UTC)
 * That church? If so, I'll have a crack.  Schwede 66  00:19, 8 July 2015 (UTC)
 * COI is no necessary barrier to writing articles, particularly if declared pro-actively, see for example my work on John Stuart Yeates and Gregor W. Yeates, just stick to what you have sources or an you'll be fine. Stuartyeates (talk) 03:38, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

ASB Areana
Would someone be able to get me photographs of the ASB Arena and ASB Baypark stadium in Tauranga? Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:10, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
 * There are some freely licensed photos on flickr of a Tauranga stadium. I leave it to you to figure out which one that is. Do you know how to get photos from flickr to Wikimedia Commons?  Schwede 66  22:16, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, I know how to move photos from Flickr to Commons. Unfortunately, I am still looking for an image of the ASB Arena. Hawkeye7 (talk) 10:22, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Motor vehicles - local names
Your opinions are of (minor but significant) importance to WikiProject Automobiles. If your personal transport is a vehicle with four or five doors that seats 4 to 6 people and has a conventional luggage boot at the back do you, in New Zealand, describe it as: It is notable that manufacturers advertising their vehicles in New Zealand describe them as sedans so what do the bulk of the population say? Your thoughts gratefully read. Eddaido (talk) 08:09, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
 * a car
 * a sedan
 * a saloon
 * Personally, I think car or sedan would be used, in my understanding a sedan is a type of car. Saloon is definitely not colloquial here. Mattlore (talk) 09:18, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Off the top of my head, I think usage varies, but in the context of road cars it is usually "sedan" for four doors and a conventional boot, and "hatchback" (not "sedan") for a five doors, where the 5th door is a rear hatch instead of a conventional boot lid. "Car" is a broader term that includes two-seaters, for example. "Saloon" or "saloon car" is used mainly in the context of motor racing, much less so for road cars. I'm not sure what would be meant by a five-door with a conventional boot - maybe you just mean a five-door hatchback. Happy to be corrected by NZ car experts. Nurg (talk) 10:59, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I've since realised that TradeMe Cars Bikes and Boats which surely contains every used motor vehicle for sale in the country or very close to it (dealers as well) has the default classification "sedan". So I've done some research. Before a new car goes on the road it must be inspected for compliance and there it receives its classification: convertible, saloon, sports car, station wagon, utility. (that is fresh from NZTA Palmerston North, they have no sedan option). The matching options in Trade Me are: convertible, coupe, hatchback, sedan (in place of saloon why not car? ), station wagon, RV/SUV, utility etc. There is no provision by Trade Me for sports car but a slot for other. The TradeMe descriptions in italics have no match in the official classification. Motorweb (for TradeMe) downloads the info from NZTA switching sedan for saloon which they felt was obsolete. The other classifications like coupe and SUV are used when any Trade Me member likes to improve a vehicle's description. Accordingly a Google search shows sedan widely used (by Trade Me!) online but I think it is rarely used in ordinary speech. Am I right? Is it changing? Eddaido (talk) 03:39, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Sedan = 4-door or 2-door that seats 4-5 people
 * Hatchback = 3-door or 5-door that seats 4-5 people
 * Saloon = sedans + hatchbacks
 * Car = saloons (sedans + hatchbacks) + coupes + convertibles + sports cars
 * Nurg (talk) 10:11, 30 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Slightly puzzled. So would you say "I must get in the sedan and go to the supermarket" or "I must get in the car and . . ". You are forgiven if you in fact say "I must get in my Ferrari and . . . " Eddaido (talk) 04:54, 9 August 2015 (UTC)


 * If buying/selling a vehicle we want to know the configuration so "sedan", "hatchback", "liftback", "station wagon", "RV", & "people mover" are terms we use to distinguish the particular type of vehicle. But we just use "car" for all of these in ordinary conversations. Beeswaxcandle (talk) 05:43, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
 * If I had two cars, a Honda Accord sedan and a Honda Accord coupe, I would certainly say "I must get in the sedan and go to the supermarket." Nurg (talk) 06:06, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks both, I seem to have made my point. Eddaido (talk) 07:24, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

Template:NZ Parliament
NZ Parliament has been nominated for deletion -- 67.70.32.190 (talk) 06:00, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

State Highway Information
Kia ora. I'm requesting the following information from NZTA so that we can reference the State Highway articles properly:
 * the length of each highway
 * the endpoints of each highway

I'm hoping I can convince NZTA to post the data on their public website. If not, I'll post it on my website once I've received it, and we can reference it there.

Regards. Kiwi128 (talk) 01:00, 14 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Well, there's a lot on their website already, it's just a bit hard to find and to interpret. There's a file that reports on the lengths of the state highways by their regional breakdown. From that, you can see that their total network is 10,804 km. You get a lot of detail about individual state highways from their traffic count data. This page gives a link to the various spreadsheets and reports, and I suggest you have a look at the first spreadsheet. To understand the columns, "SH" obviously gives the state highway number, "RS" means referencing station, and "RP" stands for route position. The important thing to note is how this works. RP is always a distance from the RS, so in row one of the first spreadsheet, the first route position is 7.38 km from the referencing station at 0 km (i.e. the beginning of the state highway). It's important to note that the referencing stations might not necessarily the distance apart from one another as the numbers imply, and the second row is a good example of it, as the referencing station is at 7 km, which is of course less than the offset of the first count station (i.e. 7.39 km). Anyway, those values aren't massively out, and as you can see, the highest referencing station is at 79 km, and the route position of the last count site is a further 13 km away. The description column tells you where that count location is, and you can check on Google Maps how far away that is from the end of that particular state highway. That way, you have at least an idea of the length of that particular state highway.


 * As you can see, this doesn't give you all the answers. But it would be useful to reference that spreadsheet as it gives you traffic count data, and that should be part of every article. If you've got questions how to interpret the data, please ask.  Schwede 66  05:27, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

Stock and Station Agents
I think there should be a category for these once very-important (to Aus NZ) people (mostly individuals or partnerships until c. 1914) and companies but I'm a bit leery of offending anyone. Should I go ahead? Eddaido (talk) 01:23, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Go for your life. Stuartyeates (talk) 02:46, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Eddaido (talk) 02:48, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Funny that; have been working on a biography of one of them today.  Schwede 66  03:58, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Ah that's why it turned up in the search but I think never before? Eddaido (talk) 04:00, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

S P Andrew photographer
A well-known Wellington photographer, S P Andrew, died just over 50 years ago so his work should be free of copyright restrictions. However shortly before that anniversary the National Library seems to have gone through and changed the attribution on his (and his staff's) work to S P Andrew Limited. Does this make a difference to the copyright status of work signed on the print S P Andrew? Do I just use one of the photos and see what happens? (Half serious there). Eddaido (talk) 00:56, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what the deal is there. The Nat. Lib clearly want people to pay for the images, but whether they can legitimately do so is something I can't answer. I'd recommend asking someone at Commons, Commons:Village pump/Copyright would be the place to do that. -- Shudde  talk 04:00, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
 * The ownership of the copyright isn't effected by it's duration. NLNZ is legally permitted to charge what they like for copies. Stuartyeates (talk) 00:31, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

Mentioned on national radio
Last night I created Draft:Into the river. This morning it was mentioned at http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/201769748/row-over-banned-book Stuartyeates (talk) 00:34, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

Experienced editor please check this
Hi all. There's a dynamic IP removing content from Same-sex marriage in New Zealand, claiming it's not relevant. I think it is relevant (demonstrating that something that was threatened, didn't happen) but the IP differs. I've commented on the talk page but the IP hasn't (yet, as of last check). I'd appreciate if an editor with a better understanding of Wikipedia than myself could give a third opinion on the content's relevance. Thanks for your time. Daveosaurus (talk) 04:16, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

Arena Manawatu
Hi, I live in Palmy North and have a bit of an issue with Arena Manawatu. If you haven't heard all ready FMG chose not to renew the Sponsorship deal. I feel we need to update the image as FMG don't have rights to be showen now?. If you can take a look at the page and help fix it up maybe? I have fixed quite a bit up but there's always mistakes left behind. Sirpottingmix (talk) 09:44, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Go around to the arena, take a nice current photo, and upload it here. Problem solved. Moriori (talk) 20:31, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

Should we remove the image? Sirpottingmix (talk) 04:58, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
 * No, but once you (or somebody else) has uploaded a new image, we can replace it.  Schwede 66  06:40, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

Move request
I've put up a move request for Georgina Earl (and for her sister) and that hasn't as yet attracted any comment. The problem, I suspect, is that when you see the name flash up in the article alerts, you probably all think "I don't know her". But I guarantee that you do know who she (or her sister) is, so go and have a look and say whether or not you support the proposal.  Schwede 66  17:21, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

ANZAC War Memorial
Someone has been changing "ANZAC" to "Anzac" and did a cut and paste move to "Anzac" (since reverted). See talk:ANZAC War Memorial and the request for text reversion to ANZAC -- 70.51.44.60 (talk) 02:53, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Help me Please - I need some to correct my formatting for my wikipedia page - Burnside West Christchurch University Cricket Club
I really to get some help with this page Burnside_West_Christchurch_University_Cricket_Club its a very important club both due the fact it has important historic people and community involvement and it impact on the community.

Much of the information content is available however, I have no experience with the wiki layout or requirements, please help me--Shaneyoung72 (talk) 07:32, 17 October 2015 (UTC)


 * The primary requirement here is proving WP:Notability, which requires independent sources. I suggest trolling thought places like http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast, http://www.stuff.co.nz/ and http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ using the various names the club has gone under over the years. Stuartyeates (talk) 07:44, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

Developing article on Caroline Freeman (by a new contributor)
Hi, this is my first session editing wiki articles and I came across the article on Caroline Freeman (Otago's first woman graduate) which seemed pretty skimpy and had several comments at the top about it being too short/lacking citations etc. I've added some more information to it tonight. I'm struggling though to find out how to add a biography box to the right hand side of the page, and to add subheadings to divide up the information. Could someone please direct me to the right section for newbies like me to learn these things? Many thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by MurielMary (talk • contribs) 10:54, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Look through the edit history of the article and you'll see a few tweaks from which you can learn.  Schwede 66  18:17, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

Increasing entries on NZ women/women's organisations
Kia ora koutou, I'm a very new contributor so please excuse any etiquette errors here! I'm interested to know if there are other people interested in working on increasing the number and quality of articles on NZ women and women's organisations, which are my particular area of interest and expertise. At the moment I'm working with some of my university undergrad and postgrad study materials to identify appropriate subjects to add - there seems to be a lot! Quite a few people I would consider "notable" don't appear on wikipedia at all, such as Beatrice Beeby and a large number of pioneer women. Also, I'm not sure how to communicate with other users, but I'd like to thank gadfium and Schwede in particular for improving articles I've worked on this weekend. Cheers! — Preceding unsigned comment added by MurielMary (talk • contribs) 18:46, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi - welcome! I'm more than happy to help out - let me know what you need help with. I know someone who has done research into Vice-Regal wives in NZ, and that's one area where I would like to see more articles :-) Ballofstring (talk) 21:53, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi - that sounds great! What state is the research into Vice-Regal wives in - I mean is it online, in word documents, or handwritten/printed copy only? I'd be happy to work on getting that into articles. MurielMary (talk) 01:22, 26 October 2015 (UTC)MurielMary
 * Great! It will be online in the next month (awaiting submission to the university library). It's mostly about the position rather than the people, but I'm sure it will be useful. I'll post something when it's available :-) Ballofstring (talk) 05:45, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Kia ora. Three editors based at The Dowse Art Museum have been working on articles about New Zealand craft and fine artists, and had a really strong emphasis on women, including running a Art + Feminism Wikipedia-a-thon earlier this year. Let me know if there's anything I can help with or, if you're Wellington based, you'd like to catch up in person.Auchmill (talk) 02:41, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi. Actually it was hearing about the edit-a-thon at The Dowse earlier in the year that inspired me to sign up and get started on Wikipedia myself! Unfortunately I'm not in Wgton and couldn't go. I'd like to know more about organising an edit-a-thon though, I think I'd be up for doing that here in Otautahi/Christchurch. Also I'm wondering about how to categorise (or even whether it's important to categorise) the bios of NZ women that I'm working on at the moment. Is the category "New Zealand women" a useful one to use, or is there one for "NZ women in history" that would be more suitable?? What do others think? MurielMary (talk) 06:12, 27 October 2015 (UTC)MurielMary
 * Every page should have at least one category, "New Zealand women" will always be a good start for each page. Good luck! Mattlore (talk) 06:43, 27 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Hey, that's great! Happy to provide some advice on a edit-a-thon once you've got your momentum & maybe some other locals helpers. As for categories - [User talk:gadfium|gadfium]] will give you much better guidance than me. Personally, I like to avoid any "women" category when I wouldn't use a "man" one, but then sometimes for the sake of building up the story I guess it's necessary. Auchmill (talk) 08:12, 27 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Actually, Category:New Zealand women is intended as a container for other categories and not a place for articles. There are a number of categories which should be included in it, such as Category:New Zealand suffragists, and Category:New Zealand feminists (let's not get into whether men can be categorised as feminists - our category system is not perfect but it mostly works). Articles should be added to these subcategories. There are going to be some articles which are difficult to fit in this system, for example Caroline Freeman - perhaps Category:New Zealand women pioneers needs to be created.- gadfium 07:44, 27 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks, gadfium, that's helpful. Just to be sure I'm on the right track, so, bios on individual women shouldn't be tagged as "category NZ women"?? There should be a sub-category inside that, which suits them? NZ suffragists and NZ feminists are useful categories, and I'll use those. I was thinking a category "NZ women in history" might be helpful as that would cover anyone from settlement to mid-20th century. Or is that too broad? Should there be "NZ women pioneers" as you suggest then "20th century NZ women" as a separate category? Another possibility is "pre-20th century NZ women" which would encompass Maori as well as Pakeha? MurielMary (talk) 08:01, 27 October 2015 (UTC)MurielMary


 * Hmm, the guideline Categorization/Ethnicity, gender, religion and sexuality discourages categorisation by gender except where gender is directly relevant to notability. "20th century NZ women" might not be appropriate according to this. I'd like to see more opinions on this. I often model new categories on the hierarchies of other larger countries, eg Australia, and I note that Category:Australian feminists is not in Category:Australian women (and there is a man included in the category).- gadfium 08:15, 27 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Yes I also checked articles for some American women e.g. Susan B Anthony. She is categorised in American Feminists and American Suffragists but there's no category for American women/American women in history. MurielMary (talk) 08:22, 27 October 2015 (UTC)MurielMary


 * as an editor with extensive knowledge of our categorisation system, and an understanding of NZ culture, your comments on categorisation of NZ women would be appreciated.- gadfium 17:56, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the invite—good discussion. I think that a category for "New Zealand women in history" would probably be too broad. Recently, there have been several categories with the "people in history" name, such as, that have been deleted, since all people are part of history. There also has not been a general movement to categorize women by a nationality/century combination. From what I understand, the categorization of women by nationality is generally broken down solely by occupation or activity—suffragists, activists, feminists, sportswomen, female singers, actresses, and so forth. I'm not sure if this is relevant to the articles that are being considered, but there is a —perhaps a subdivision could be created for women settlers. Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:01, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi thanks for those points. I have been adding my articles on women settlers to the category  however I now see that there are sub-categories in there, such as . To clarify, should articles be placed into subcategories only and not into categories? Are categories generally for holding subcategories only, not articles? Thanks!  what do you think? MurielMary (talk) 08:25, 31 October 2015 (UTC)MurielMary


 * In general, articles go in the most specific subcategories. However, unless a category is specifically marked as being a container category, there's no problem with you adding articles to it, and other editors can move the articles deeper in the tree if they consider that a better match.- gadfium 17:58, 31 October 2015 (UTC)


 * I've just created Draft:New Zealand women's organisations, which people are welcome to contribute to (I'm sure I've missed some). In the past I've done lots of short bios from the DNZB, including many women as well as articles such as Erenora Puketapu-Hetet and Te Atairangikaahu. I'm keen to work on projects in this area (with the exception of sportspeople; everyone has their kryptonite). I've also got a contact who has suggested she might have some lists of people who're candidates for inclusion, I'll follow up via twitter. Stuartyeates (talk) 09:25, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * ,, ,  : I've added a whole lot of candidates of new articles. Many of these articles have been through many names, some of which are similar to foreign names so some care is required. If people know of good sources for this orgs, feel free to add them as references to the list if you're not brave enough to start a new article or draft. Stuartyeates (talk)


 * Great list, Stuartyeates!! I wonder what to do with all the parenting/motherhood organisations though, like La Leche, Parents Centre, Home Birth Association - can we make a section for "Mothering"/"Parenting" as this is distinct from "Health"? I have Anne Else's book "Women Together" in front of me, great resource in this area, do you have a copy? MurielMary (talk) 09:48, 27 October 2015 (UTC)MurielMary


 * I'm not fussed with the organisation, please feel free to rearrange as you feel free. Stuartyeates (talk) 09:50, 27 October 2015 (UTC)


 * I've added some more orgs. I'm not 100% sure that all of them are notable (= have secondary sources to support a wikipedia article), but most appear to have. For secondary sources search http://innz.natlib.govt.nz/ http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/ etc. Stuartyeates (talk) 18:56, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

New Zealand Parole Board
Hi. I've just undone some additions to and removals from this article, but may have missed something or included something that should stay removed. Could someone else please take a look? Thanks  Matt  (  Talk  )   03:46, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Yet another agency rewriting their own article. They'll never learn. Thanks for dealing with it. Stuartyeates (talk) 08:11, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Removal of Category:New Zealand women doctors
Kia ora koutou, I would like to identify and remove categories which separate women from the "main" category as this only perpetuates the idea of "male" = "main", and "female" = "other". For example, there is a category "New Zealand doctors" and another one "New Zealand women doctors". I'd like to move the 4 articles in the "NZ women doctors" category into "New Zealand doctors" and then delete the women's category. This is in line with the advice from the Wikipedia Gender Gap Task Force around categorisation of women. Thoughts? MurielMary (talk) 10:43, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
 * That makes sense. However, there is a rather formal process how to propose changes to existing categories; please follow the instructions here. When done, feel free to leave another note here, but it will also appear in the article alerts on the top of this page. Once a category change has been agreed to, it will be done automatically by a bot; no need to do anything manually. In fact, you shouldn't do this manually, but put the categories up for discussion as per the given process.  Schwede 66  18:01, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I believe that this effort is based on a misunderstanding of how categorisation is meant to work. Please read Categorization and confirm that this doesn't already handle the issue you see (if it doesn't, please have another go at articulating the exact issue). Note that every member of Category:New Zealand women medical doctors should be in Category:New Zealand medical doctors. I'll fix this immediately. Didn't need fixing, already members. Stuartyeates (talk) 18:33, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Taking a second look at this hierarchy, I've created Category:New Zealand Māori woman medical doctors as the intersection of Category:New Zealand women medical doctors and Category:New Zealand Māori medical doctors . Stuartyeates (talk) 19:15, 4 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks Stuart for looking into this. I find the categorisation system very confusing, TBH! So is the "women doctors" category supposed to be a subset of the "doctors" category? Also, re the new category for Maori women, can you correct the typo "woman" to "women". Thanks again for looking at this. MurielMary (talk) 09:02, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Everyone finds categorisation confusing, it's not just you. I learnt by make mistakes and watching the kinds of arguments used in Categories for discussion/Log/2015 November 1 etc. Typo fixed. Spelling not my best suite. Stuartyeates (talk) 09:23, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

Draft:List of fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Long-time editors may be aware of my propensity to set up worklists for myself, in which case they may be interested in Draft:List of fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand. I've got quite a bit of work to do... Stuartyeates (talk) 09:45, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Changing name of an article
Who has the ability to change the name on an article? I've been working on Marjory Hinemoa Mills but I'd like the article to be re-named "Marjory Mills". I haven't seen her referred to by her full name anywhere, and there is no other "Marjory Mills" that she might be confused with. Thanks! MurielMary (talk) 09:06, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Moved. Paora (talk) 10:58, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * MurielMary, good pages for you to read are Naming conventions (people), WP:COMMONNAME, Redirect, and Help:How to move a page.  Schwede 66  17:40, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much, I assumed that only administrators could move/re-name pages! MurielMary (talk) 00:28, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

Deletion of Todd Corporation article
Can someone please explain why the Todd Corporation article has been deleted? This is a notable subject, relevant to many topics. Pakaraki (talk) 17:41, 9 November 2015 (UTC)


 * The article wasn't deleted. It was moved to draft by, who can presumably speak to why they did that. The move left a redirect, which was then deleted (because it was a cross-namespace redirect from mainspace). Stuartyeates (talk) 19:45, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, it would indeed be interesting to hear the reasons behind this move to draft.  Schwede 66  19:55, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Pakaraki has moved it back. Nurg (talk) 07:40, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

http://www.throng.co.nz/
This is just a quick reminder that http://www.throng.co.nz/ is an astroturf website/ It is in no way a reliable source on anything and should not be used except in extremely unusual cases. Stuartyeates (talk) 09:02, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
 * They're quite open about astroturfing too Mattlore (talk) 08:31, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
 * They do provide easily accessible ratings information for episodes of New Zealand television programs. If these are removed, the Neilson or alternative ratings should be included instead.- gadfium 05:13, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Neilson ratings are propriety info. We can't include them unless they're published somewhere clearly above board. Stuartyeates (talk) 08:48, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

NZ on the main page today
Crikey NZ Wikipedians, did anyone else notice a grand total of *3* mentions of NZ on the main page today? One in "DYK", one (tragic incident) in "On this day" and the featured list! Great to see the efforts of NZ writers featured :-) MurielMary (talk) 10:06, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Good work, . Stuartyeates (talk) 08:34, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

Droving
Shouldn't this article be part of this project? Eddaido (talk) 04:34, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes. With luck that might lead to tidying the article up somewhat. DerbyCountyinNZ  (Talk Contribs) 04:39, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Hmmm, but I contributed around 45% and I'm perfect so I'll just watch ;-) Eddaido (talk) 04:42, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

University of Canterbury

 * The UC article is undergoing a new round of edit warring. It seems a user that may have used socket-puppetry in the past and has added a lot of PoV content in a "Personnel and Controversies" section has returned. The conversation and content style is certainly familiar. Would appreciate input from folk without CoI issues. Paul (talk) 02:33, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I've just blocked the POV pusher and removed the material. Nick-D (talk) 02:53, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks Nick-D. --Paul (talk) 03:07, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

First New Zealand-born Member of Parliament
Was John Sheehan (politician) or Arthur Rhodes (politician)) the first New Zealand-born Member of the New Zealand Parliament? Rick570 (talk) 03:32, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Obviously, the Rhodes-claim (which comes from his Northern Advocate obituary) is wrong, given that Sheehan became an MP 15 years earlier.  Schwede 66  04:10, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much. Arthur Rhodes seems to be of interest to you. - so no doubt you will be interested to edit it appropriately. Regards.Rick570 (talk) 04:15, 17 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Stupid question time: what was John S.'s last name? 'Sheehan' becomes 'Sheen' about half way through the article, and stays that way. I'd fix it myself except I can't be certain that 'Sheehan' is in fact right (expletive deleted 19th-century names in records...) Daveosaurus (talk) 04:32, 17 November 2015 (UTC)


 * If you're having difficulty reading the records, that suggests to me that you might be using old primary sources. Wikipedia policy is to use the name as used in modern reliable sources (ideally modern reliable sources that use macrons).  Stuartyeates (talk) 04:54, 17 November 2015 (UTC)


 * I don't have sources available at all: it was partly my reason for not just fixing it myself, and partly a general growl about the state of 19th-century spelling (I do a bit of non-wiki-related research in order to ensure that name spellings are correct and getting accurate spellings of people's names - particularly people who the newspapers of the day felt beneath their notice - is very frustrating). Daveosaurus (talk) 05:07, 17 November 2015 (UTC)


 * The first four Māori MPs were elected to Parliament in 1868, before Sheehan's election in 1872. Paora (talk) 05:37, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Excellent point. Would it be more accurate to describe Shee(ha)n as the first "New Zealand-born European"? Daveosaurus (talk) 05:52, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
 * "... "first New Zealand-born politician elected by a non-Māori electorate."? Stuartyeates (talk) 06:51, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
 * The latter is more appropriate, as Frederick Nene Russell, elected for Northern Maori in 1868 had a Pākehā father and a Māori mother. Thus, Russell would seem to be the first MP of European descent born in New Zealand. Paora (talk) 23:16, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Well then are the following statements correct?

" John Sheehan (5 July 1844 – 12 June 1885) was a 19th-century New Zealand politician. He was the first New Zealand-born politician elected by a non-Māori electorate and he was the first New Zealand-born person to hold cabinet rank."Rick570 (talk) 00:11, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Maybe replace "non-Maori electorate" with "European electorate" or "general electorate"?  Schwede 66  01:20, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much.Rick570 (talk) 03:08, 18 November 2015 (UTC)


 * I've fixed the Arthur Rhodes page. Rather than just deleting the wrong claim, I opted to record that this was reported in some obituaries, but that it was an incorrect claim. Otherwise, another editor may stumble across this wrong claim at some point in the future and puts it back. It appears that The New Zealand Herald got this wrong, as they had an obituary from their own Christchurch correspondent, and they were the first a day after his death to state that he was the first New Zealand-born MP; other newspapers would have picked this up from the Herald reporting. That's original research, though, and as such, I haven't added those details.  Schwede 66  04:31, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia Editathon at Wellington Rape Crisis
I suggested to the organisers that they post this event here but it seems they haven't - Sunday 29 November 11am to 2pm WRC is holding an editathon around articles/topics of feminist and grassroots interest, including "Feminism in NZ" and starting a page for WRC. Might be more activity than usual around those topics?? MurielMary (talk) 10:02, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks User:MurielMary. I see Sexual Abuse Prevention Network and Wellington Rape Crisis. Stuartyeates (talk) 02:05, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

User:Npcomp
Some people might want to review their recent edits, especially OpenPAT — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.234.55.218 (talk) 03:14, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I have removed the sections at OpenPAT as lacking in reliable third-party sources. Other edits by Npcomp still need review.- gadfium 05:17, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

Proposed primary topic for Southern Alps: New Zealand
I have proposed that the primary topic for the disambiguation page Southern Alps is Southern Alps (New Zealand): the latter should move to the former. Feel free to join in the discussion at Talk:Southern Alps (New Zealand). Thanks! —hike395 (talk) 20:27, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I think it is quite wrong for the name to have been changed from Southern Alps to Southern Alps (New Zealand). I think OCpro imagines this to be a geographic description rather than a name . . . why not Alps (Europe)? I see Hagley Park (Christchurch) has recently lost its (Christchurch) and is now Hagley Park. Quite Right Too. Eddaido (talk) 22:39, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
 * For the record, Hagley Park was disambiguated for a couple of days only before somebody else came along and reverted this undiscussed move. The same should have happened with Southern Alps, in my opinion, and if we then have a move discussion with Southern Alps as the primary topic, that's fine. 02:18, 30 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Comment. Just a note on a side-discussion to this issue: Category:Southern Alps has also been nominated here for renaming. Good Ol’factory (talk) 04:54, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Waikato categories
Hi all - just been having a look at the subcategories of, and wonder whether some of them need renaming. Though it makes sense for the main category to simply be called "Waikato", things like sound wrong to my kiwified ears... surely "History of the Waikato" is a more natural NZ-standard name for such a category? The same with, , , , , , , , , and , plus about 15 sub-subcategories. Oddly, we already have. I thought I'd see what people think here before considering a mass-CFR, especially since I realise "The Waikato" could become confused with the river in some cases. Any thoughts? Grutness...wha?  00:17, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I would support the change (I started the rugby league category) but it seems the we might slowly become the minority. Would be keen to hear others opinions. Mattlore (talk) 01:34, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
 * To quote Te Ara, "The Waikato region encompasses the Waikato, Matamata–Piako, Waipā and South Waikato districts, and Hamilton city. This is smaller than the Waikato regional council area, which extends to the King Country, Taupō, Hauraki and the Coromandel Peninsula, and parts of Rotorua district." - http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/waikato-region/page-1. The article named "Waikato" is about the Waikato regional council area, not about the smaller area described by that Te Ara page, which has long been called "the Waikato", but which that Te Ara page calls "Waikato", without a "the". In my view there should be an article about the smaller area, named "Waikato", and the current article about the Waikato regional council area should be renamed Waikato (regional council area) or something like that. As those categories apply to the Waikato regional council area, they should not be renamed to "... the Waikato". Nurg (talk) 05:37, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

Flags changed to Lockwood
Somebody has changed the small NZ flag to a lockwood design and it is showing up on a lot of articles. Not sure exactly where this was done but the template that seems to use it is here: Template:Country_data_New_Zealand — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.234.55.218 (talk) 20:23, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

I've also noticed that. Now it will be funny if that doesn't win the vote Matt294069 is coming 23:06, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
 * As far as I can tell, it has been reverted on wikicommons and will just take a while to filter through. Mattlore (talk) 01:26, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Outdated links at WikiProject New Zealand: Tools
At WikiProject New Zealand there are old links to Reflinks, Checklinks and Dab solver. The orig pages have gone and the links now go to pages that suggest redirects. These 3 links and the preceding toolserver link do not appear to be NZ-specific, so I suggest we just delete the "Tools" subsection. But does anyone think it worth updating the links and want to do it? Nurg (talk) 08:49, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

Outreach
An inspirational piece of outreach at User:StellaMcQ/Wikipedia for Freshwater Scientists. and, you've done a great job.- gadfium 22:11, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Awesome! If any freshwater scientists want a helping hand while starting to edit WP, there'll be lots of others (myself included) willing to help.  Schwede 66  22:24, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks folks. did all the hard work. There was definitely interest expressed after the talk, so hopefully we can harness that. I was just chatting on Twitter about running a NZ species edit-a-thon at Te Papa in April; will post more here if and when we sort something out. Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 04:58, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I certainly had a lot of people come up to me after to say how much they enjoyed it and that they felt inspired to give it a go or suggest to their institutions focus on that instead of updating the species pages on their own web pages. StellaMcQ (talk) 05:23, 12 December 2015 (UTC)

Could someone please review 'Allie Eagle' for me
Kia ora koutou - could someone please review the page Allie Eagle I've recently created? The page was tagged as requiring a re-write of the lede (which I've done) and further verification (which I don't think is necessary - the page could certainly be extended but the citations are, I think, adequate). I wouldn't usually ask, but the user who reviewed the page User:D'SuperHero has since deleted their account and seems to be involved in a sock puppet dispute, and I wonder if the page attracted their interest because the topics discussed involve abortion rights and Christianity Auchmill (talk) 20:58, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
 * The article is fine as is. Good work.  Schwede 66  21:28, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks heaps Schwede Auchmill (talk) 01:44, 27 December 2015 (UTC)