User talk:David Nind

Hello, David Nind, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially what you did for Koha (software). I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

• Getting Started
• Introduction to Wikipedia
• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• How to edit a page and How to develop articles
• How to create your first article
• Simplified Manual of Style

Please remember to

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• Saturday 22 June: Wellington Meetup, the first in a series of regular informal meetups for Wellington Wikipedia editors, organised by organised by Einebillion (Victoria Leachman) and Ambrosia10 (Siobhan Leachman). 10:00–12:00, net-work space, National Library.
• Sunday 7 July: Archives New Zealand Edit-a-thon, 10:30–3:00, Archives New Zealand, 10 Mulgrave St. BYO laptop, nibbles provided. There'll be a mix of brand-new and experienced editors working on the amazing Archives resources.
• Saturday 6 July: another Wellington Meetup, same time and place – these will ideally run fortnightly. Mark your calendar.

Cheers, Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 00:45, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I see in a recent addition to Archives New Zealand you included material from a webpage that is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. That's okay, but you have to give attribution so that our readers are made aware that you copied the prose rather than wrote it yourself. I've added the attribution for this particular instance. Please make sure that you follow this licensing requirement when copying from compatibly-licensed material in the future. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 17:29, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Kia ora, I'm letting all those that have attended during last few Wellington meet ups know that the location for the next two meet ups has changed. The location for the Wellington Meetup 17 August 2019 and Wellington Meetup 31 August 2019 is now in the Alexander Turnbull Library Reading Room, Level 1, National Library. The National Library net.work space area will be closed for building work from 12 August. See the meet up pages for more information. Looking forward to seeing you there. Einebillion (talk) 04:48, 3 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi David, the OSS digital asset software I was trying to think of on Saturday was Resource Space, started by Oxfam in the early 2000s, although I see they seem to have moved to DSpace! Jon (talk) 22:49, 4 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi david- would you be able to update the image of the Chief Archivist to the one on our Website on the Archives NZ Wikipedia page https://archives.govt.nz/about-us

MagicPie97 (talk) 04:26, 21 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi David - i couldn't take a photo of the CA wall as some of the images i'm not sure of their provenance. Here is a new one of Richard - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_Foy,_Chief_Archivist.jpg#%7B%7Bint%3Afiledesc%7D%7D And one for Judith Hornabrook - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Judith_Hornabrook.jpg Michael Standish - https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivesnz/48801711636/in/dateposted/ Dianne Mackaskill - https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivesnz/48801911252/in/dateposted/ Greg Goulding - https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivesnz/48801779951/in/dateposted/ Marilyn Little - https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivesnz/48801814751/in/dateposted/ Dunedin Office of Archives NZ - https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivesnz/48801364138/in/dateposted/ Auckland Office (may need a crop) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivesnz/36778844620/in/album-72157633539297090/ Cheers MagicPie97 (talk) 03:05, 27 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

On 7 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Atriplex hollowayi, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the stems and leaves of the endangered Holloway's crystalwort look as if they are covered in sugar crystals? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Atriplex hollowayi. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Atriplex hollowayi), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 7 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Just to let you know that the upcoming Wellington Wiki meeting will be on Saturday the 28th of March but will now be held virtually via the ZOOM platform. The meeting details can be found here. Hope to see you on the day! Ambrosia10 (talk) 19:12, 25 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for setting aside time to attend the Playmarket edit-a-thon Saturday, 15 August. Since New Zealand was placed back into Level 2/Level 3 status on Wednesday 12 August the social social distancing required means it's not possible for all participants to work at the Playmarket offices. So we are going to do it remotely. I hope you are still able to participate.

The new schedule starts with: 11:00 am NZST: Introduction online at Whereby. Participants will choose articles to work on, and be briefed on resources available and communication during the day.

More information on the project page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Wellington/Playmarket_Edit-A-Thon

Project organiser Pakoire (talk) 04:53, 13 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi David Thank you for your offer to demonstrate how to upload a photo. Can we book you in for the session on 23 November to do this demo please? I'm assuming you will be covering uploading a photo to a Wikipedia article rather than to Wikimedia? Noracrentiss (talk) 23:30, 14 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You can! I will walk through uploading a photo I've taken and add it to an article. David Nind 22:30, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Kia ora David - would you be interested in supporting my grant proposal for a Performing Arts Aotearoa WikiProject? Submission due 10 Feb 2021.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Performing_Arts_Aotearoa_-_Wiki_Project

Feedback also welcome!

Pakoire (talk) 22:05, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

		The Special Barnstar
		Awarded for always being willing to help resolve technical problems or to show beginners how to do things and for generally being the sort of person who gives Wikipedians a good name Noracrentiss (talk) 02:09, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

As you know from the meet-up today there is great news. The Wikimedia Foundation gave me the grant for the Performing Arts Aotearoa Wiki-Project. It starts on 17 May 2021 and runs for four months. Thanks for being a volunteer or endorsing it.

Go to the project page for guidance on starting to contribute as an editor. Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pakoire/Performing_Arts_Aotearoa_-_Wiki_Project

I will update this project page regularly plus send out weekly updates. The focus of this grant is on quality content on Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata. I encourage you to go in-depth and reach out for hints about where to get resources. There is heaps available on-line. Reach out with problems eg. Categories etc

There will be three formal edit-a-thons in Wellington, Auckland and Dunedin. Dates to be confirmed.

You can email me at any time [email protected] or message me on my talk page.

My focus once the project starts will be on getting resources available for editors from organisations, and educating people in organisations on what Wiki platforms are and how and why they can be engaged. Pakoire (talk) 07:49, 8 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

For rating all the photos in WLE 2021 Australia using the Prejury tool You are an absolute star. MargaretRDonald (talk) 03:37, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Kia ora David Nind,

We are meeting on Thursday 17 March at 7.30pm on Zoom to establish Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand Inc ("WANZ Inc") as an Incorporated Society. Please do join us. You can find more information here

Einebillion (talk) 06:56, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

	News from the West Coast
	sign up on the project page; there'll be a fortnightly "postcards from the Coast" of to-dos and updates, and prizes for the most and best contributions by volunteers. Hope to see you there! —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 23:03, 4 June 2022 (UTC))[reply ]

Postcard from the West Coast Monday 20 June, 2022

Kia ora koutou and thanks for joining the West Coast Wikipedian at Large project! I hope you enjoy helping improve coverage of the beautiful country of pancake rocks (which need their own article?), Paparoa Track (a stub with no photos!), Cave Creek (much work needed, and photos of the track, creek, and memorial), and Barrytown, subject of a Wikiblitz but still with plenty to do • I'll be visiting the Punakaiki area and hopefully presenting on Wikipedia to the DOC team around the 29–30 June (depending on weather), and will take photos of tracks, river, points, islands, and caves–requests taken • Note: there's a West Coast Reptiles Wikiblitz on Sunday 3 July if you want to help improve articles about native lizards • Right, that's plenty! Maybe people would be interested in an online team chat? I could post a Doodle poll… • So looking forward to working with you all on this! • Mānawatia a Matariki, — Giantflightlessbirds

Pancake Rocks .

Postcard from the West Coast Tuesday 5 July, 2022
Kia ora koutou and thank you all for your hard work over the last couple of weeks! We've had a cold snap here on the Coast, but at least the rain's slackened off and I've been able to get out on the blue sunny days and take snapshots • Schwede66 has been sorting out the Project page to see jobs there are to do, and how you can help out! Ka kite ano. — Giantflightlessbirds

Postcard from the West Coast Tuesday 19 July, 2022
Kia ora koutou and once again thank you for all your mahi over the last fortnight • We've been working on articles on the Project page to see jobs there are to do, and how you can help out! Ka kite ano. — Giantflightlessbirds

Postcard from the West Coast Monday 1 Aug, 2022
Kia ora koutou and thanks for helping with this project • It's been a busy fortnight: I visited Project page to see the north-to-south list for South Westland, and pick something to work on; ask me for a job if you don't have one! Ka kite ano. — Giantflightlessbirds

Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 10:53, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Postcard from the West Coast Monday 15 Aug, 2022

Kia ora koutou; we're coming up to the home stretch! • I got back from South Westland with about 400 photos to upload and categorise into Commons • The DOC team down there are very excited about our project; they're busy reopening the North Westland lists for anything that needs expanding • In other news, I'm running an online workshop 7 pm August 23rd on Adding Photos to Commons; enrolment's free, share with any keen photographers you know • We're also having a Wikiblitz this coming Sunday to try to improve the articles about West Coast reptiles, and could use help • Thank you for all your hard work; I'd like to organise an online meetup on Zoom at the end of the project to look back at what we've done and have a think about next steps; will send some possible times • Ka kite ano. — Giantflightlessbirds

Kia ora,

The Committee of Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand Incorporated have developed a draft strategy for 2022 -2025. Feedback from members of the Wikimedia User Group of Aotearoa New Zealand that are New Zealanders or residents of Pacific islands without an established chapter is encouraged. The draft strategy can be read and commented on at this Google docs link  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XoqMupo_5TlLs_6xuMU-3KU5_Lzks8unwFRo4QuDVM4/edit?usp=sharing  or in the discussion page of the Wikimedia User Group of Aotearoa New Zealand by adding a New Topic. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_User_Group_of_Aotearoa_New_Zealand  The feedback round closes at midnight Sunday 9 October 2022. Einebillion (talk) 03:28, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Postcard from the West Coast Monday 29 Aug, 2022

Kia ora koutou; well, it's time to wrap up this project • What a wonderful and short ten weeks it's been; I've really appreciated all the mahi people have put into improving articles about the West Coast • There's a summary of what we've managed to achieve in the final report • Briefly: 24 new articles, 5 of them in DYK, 974 edits to 193 articles, adding 73,800 words and 653 citations • We uploaded 1126 photos into numerous new Commons categories • Standouts for me were Schwede66's sorting out all the Paparoa mountains named after famous scientists, Marshelec's work on Karamea and Bullock Creek, and Turnagra creating the Copland Track article • There are small prizes going out to those three, but I also want to acknowledge all the effort of Paora, Chocmilk03, and Gertrude206—great stuff • I'm about to head off to Europe for a month, to attend the Wikimedia Summit and learn what European Wikipedians are up to, but despite time zones would like to have an online catchup with participants soon • Thank you again for all your hard work; ka kite ano and I hope we'll have another bash at the West Coast again soon. Don't be strangers. — Giantflightlessbirds

Pancake Rocks

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Postcard from the West Coast Wednesday 20 Sep, 2023

Kia ora koutou; so good to be a Wikipedian at Large on the West Coast again. • I've been setting up visits and field photography trips to Karamea (Oct 15), Fox Glacier (Oct 2), and Whataroa (Oct 9), and working through the typewritten Whataroa South Westland: Centennial Report 1879–1979 • Great work from Panamitsu creating the kōtuku and Waitangiroto River articles with journal articles—and the Whataroa River and Waitangitāhuna River articles could do with a tidy up (there's a great article in Tane about how the former split in two, and the implications for the Waitangiroto) • Coming up are the Glacier Country tourism articles: can I recommend Lynley Hargreaves' new book Vanishing Ice as a reference? • Gillespies Beach Beginnings is recently transcribed and available in Wikisource as well • Keep at it folks, and I'll drop you a line in a week and a bit. — Giantflightlessbirds

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Postcard from the West Coast Wednesday 8 Nov, 2023

A bit of a gap since the last postcard, but what a great time we've had with the Wikipedian at Large project in the interim • The highlight has been having Marshall and Lyn join me on the West Coast for a few days, visiting Fox Glacier and Whataroa • We now have good photo collections for the newly-created Waitangiroto Nature Reserve, and a a much improved article with galler • The Whataroa article has been improved with local history and links to the White Herons • We also have much better coverage of Fox Glacier, including new Ngāi Tahu viewing place Te Kopikopiko o te Waka, and photos of Te Weheka Walkway/Cycleway and the South Side Walkway/Cycleway • Could I get you all to check back through your contributions and add anything extra you've done to the [Progress page as we wrap up • Also—I'm hosting a catch-up meeting on Sunday November 12, 2:30 pm, online at my Whereby chat room. This is a chance to go over anything you'd still like to see improved, talk about how the project went and possibilities for future ones, and announce winners of prizes for most or best contributions. Drop me a line at mikerove.wiki if you can make it (or can't but have ideas about the project) • Thank you all for your contributions, however small, and chat soon. — Giantflightlessbirds

Kōtuku at Waitangiroto Nature Reserve

Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 19:27, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thinking about your summer break? Think about joining other Wikipedians and Wikimedians in Golden Bay / Mohua! Details are on the meetup page. There's heaps of interesting stuff to work on e.g. the oldest extant waka or New Zealand's oldest ongoing legal case. Or you may spend your time taking photos and then upload them.

Golden Bay is hard to get to and the airline flying into Tākaka uses small planes, so we are holding some seats from and to Wellington and we are offering attendees a $200 travel subsidy to help with costs.

Be in touch with Schwede66 if this event interests you and you'd like to discuss logistics. Schwede66 09:14, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

HNY, David. I see on Facebook that you are coming to Golden Bay. Excellent! Could you head over to Wikipedia:Meetup/Mohua / Golden Bay and add your user name to the list of attendees, please? Schwede66 23:09, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bummer. Would have loved to see you in the Bay. If it makes a difference, we have a spare return flight Wlgt to Tākaka for which we need to find a new taker. If we sell that on at a reduced price (and there's also the $200 travel subsidy), would that make a difference? Schwede66 05:33, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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