Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand/Collaboration

Every month, a New Zealand collaboration (NZC) will be picked using this page. This is a specific topic which either has no article or a basic stub page that is directly related to New Zealand, the aim being to have a much improved article by the end of the period, from widespread cooperative editing.

The project aims to fill gaps about New Zealand in Wikipedia, to give users a focus and to give us all something to be proud of. There is a list of requested articles at WikiProject New Zealand.

The selected collaboration is the nomination with the most votes, and at least four votes, at the beginning of the month. All previous collaborations can be found at /History. Removed nominations can be found at /Removed.

Current Collaboration
2011 Rugby World Cup is a topic of interest in August 2011. There is a sizable article already and no doubt the games themselves will get plenty of attention. But the sections about the lead-up to the tournament could do with some work.

Voting
Please vote for as many of the following candidates as you like. Please add only support votes. Opposing votes will not affect the result, as the winner is simply the one with the most support votes (see Approval voting).

Only registered users should vote. '''Any Wikipedian can vote on this page. You do not have to be a New Zealander.''' However, if you support a nomination you are expected to contribute to the article if it is selected as the current collaboration.

To enter your votes, simply edit the appropriate sections by just inserting a new line with "# ~". This will add your username and a time stamp in a new numbered list item.

Nominations
New nominations can be made at any time and should be added at the end of this page. If the page you are nominating already exists, please add to the top of its talk page. This expands to:

Considerations for nominations

 * Please only nominate New Zealand articles which don't currently exist or need serious work. – also see New Zealand stubs). If you have an article that is not related to New Zealand please use Collaboration of the Week, which is not specific to New Zealand articles.''
 * Giving reasons as to why an article should become the New Zealand collaboration may assist others in casting their vote.
 * Can the wider community easily contribute to the article? Or is it something only a small number of people will know about?
 * Check /Removed. If the topic has failed in nomination within a month, then do not re-nominate it.

Selection
If the article is selected as the collaboration, enter the article's complete title at Template:Collab-NZ. The template Current New Zealand collaboration should then be placed at the top of the selected article's talk page. This expands to:

When the article is no longer the current collaboration, please add the following template to the talk page:

Pruning
Nominations will be moved to /Removed if they do not receive at least four votes within a few months of being nominated. Items may also be removed if they are inappropriate for nomination (see Considerations... above). Please see the talk page to discuss to changes in pruning policy.

New Zealand National Party
Lacking behind New Zealand Labour Party, and I feel they should be promoted alongside each other.
 * 1) as nominator kiwiteen123 (talk) 02:59, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
 * 2) * Don't Support both are of similar length. We are not promoting either of them Stuartyeates (talk) 06:24, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
 * 3) Support, although I agree with Stuartyeates that the articles on Labour and National are of similar quality at present. Both could do with significantly better sourcing.- gadfium  06:33, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
 * 4) * Personally I'm not really interest in politics, but (a) List of political parties in New Zealand should probably be the nomination to avoid being seen to take sides; and (b) now is probably a good time to do this, since we're not in the run up to an election (when things start getting heated). Stuartyeates (talk) 08:36, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
 * 5) Weak oppose, per Stuartyeates. It's probably worth noting that several NZ political party articles could do with improvement, though - maybe this nom should be expanded to include all of them? Grutness...wha?  01:03, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

List of political parties in New Zealand
Many pages need lengthening or improvement.
 * 1) as nominator Kiwiteen123 (talk) 23:28, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
 * 2) Support - not so much work on the list itself, as work on the articles of the parties listed. Grutness...wha?  01:04, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
 * That's what I meant... Kiwiteen123 (talk) 01:47, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Kiwiana
Top importance yet only start class. Some more references and images are needed.
 * 1) Support as nominator Adabow  ( talk )  22:25, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Support - agree with preceding comment. Needs pruning and re-organising.TreeReader (talk) 08:07, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

Licensing Trust
A stub in need of expansion. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 05:59, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Waitangi Day
I passed it as a C-class, but it has potential to be much better than it currently is. Adabow ( talk )  09:39, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Support as nominator Adabow  ( talk )  09:39, 5 February 2010 (UTC)