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DYK for Hokitika Wildfoods Festival

On 20 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hokitika Wildfoods Festival, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that live huhu grubs have been served at the Hokitika Wildfoods Festival? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hokitika Wildfoods Festival. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Hokitika Wildfoods Festival), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Māori culture

Hi giantflightlessbirds, I was wondering whether or not you thought that aspects of māori culture, such as those described in the article

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It depends on whether it's an historic use or a contemporary use. When citing Elsdon Best (who is not the most reliable of ethnographers, by the way) we might want to qualify it with "Elsdon Best recorded the uses of hīnau as… and described the cakes made from its berries as…". Perhaps it's best to look at Andrew Crowe's Native Edible Plants of New Zealand for a summary of the different historical sources. Maybe we'd want to find sources written by Māori, rather than about them. We'd want to see from those sources if hīnau is currently used in Māori cooking (not that I'm aware of) or if it's being revived, for example by checking a book like Hiakai: Modern Māori Cuisine by Monique Fiso. To me this is the same process you'd go through when talking about any Māori cultural tradition – some of which are no longer practiced and others of which are very much alive – or indeed any culture which has changed quite a bit in the last 200 years (as all cultures surely have). The one thing that we don't want to do is rely entirely on 19th century Pākehā sources, which can be a bit dodgy. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 09:12, 20 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks -
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Performing Arts Aotearoa - Wiki Project – funding success

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) 07:28, 8 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know your area of interest _ I will endeavour to focus material for you. There is also short on-line meeting tomorrow (Tuesday 12.30pm) as a preamble to the project. This will bring together participants, discuss exchange with our Canadian colleagues working in a the same area and for any questions. Email me ([email protected]) and I will send a link tomorrow on Jitsi Pakoire (talk) 20:39, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject update - Performing Arts Aotearoa

The project is now two weeks in and the profile of the project is building in the performing arts communities. Editors have created seven new articles in Wikipedia and 291 new and improved entries in Wikidata. These have been tagged in Wikidata to the project using the property p5008 ‘on focus list of Wikimedia project’ – ‘Performing Arts Aotearoa New Zealand.’

Thank you if you have made a contribution already, there will also be lots of other ways to contribute over the coming three and a half months.

The current focus is the Wellington based festival Kia Mau [1]. This weekend Saturday 5th June there is a takeover of the Wellington Meetup with an edit-a-thon focus to Wikify the festival. Kia Mau is an established festival based in Wellington celebrating and promoting “contemporary Māori, Pasifika and international Indigenous live performance experience.” For more information look at the Wellington Meetup page or the Kia Mau Wikiproject Worksheet. Over the next few days resources will be shared, including stubs and links to information. Focusing on this festival will start to address the bias in Wikipedia that means there is low content on indigenous people, plus there are many women involved. Which means you can also add them to the Women in Red projects #1day1woman, some would fit onto the year-long campaign: Women's rights, and some into the June focus Wiki Loves Pride.

Increasing content on women and indigenous people is part of the

Performing Arts Aotearoa Wikiproject
.

Participating in the Kia Mau editing can be in person or remotely. You can start this week, join for an hour or more on the day, and follow up afterwards also. Any improvements to Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons content will make a difference.

Please let me know if you have any tips or questions to help me help you. If you aren't in a position to contribute right now that's ok too - take care.

Many thanks, Lisa Maule / Pakoire (talk) 22:07, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

First attempt to post to a Talk

Hiya. I guess my first question is do you address editors only by their wikipedia name, even if you know their first name? ˜˜˜˜ Okay. Second question: why did typing ˜˜˜˜ not work? I'll use the button this timeArchaeothanata (talk) 23:44, 3 June 2021 (UTC) Nevermind! I see the difference now in the edit box Archaeothanata (talk) 23:44, 3 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You can address editors by their first name if you know their first name, and you're pretty sure they go by it on Wikipedia (check their user page to see), Good to hear from you! I got your email too. (and you have to type the tildes on your keyboard, not the accent). —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 19:35, 4 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]



Articles for Creation July 2021 Backlog Elimination Drive

Hello Giantflightlessbirds:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running until 31 July 2021.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.
There is currently a backlog of over 2400 articles, so start reviewing articles. We're looking forward to your help!

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Greetings

Good to meet you at Ewan's Women in Red event. I have some relations in Dunedin, NZ — the Hamilton branch of my father's Scottish family — and so hope to get out there one day. But we'll need to deal with the pandemic first -- good luck with that now it's loose in your islands.

Andrew🐉(talk) 12:39, 25 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]


DYK for The Noises

On 18 September 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Noises, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the name of the Noises, a group of islands in New Zealand, is a corrupted version of Les Noisettes ("the Hazelnuts")? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Noises. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, The Noises), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 18 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]


Blanket move discussion NZ your vote

Hallo Giantflightlessbirds,

You have participated in a previous vote. There is a blanket move discussion initated by

Talk:Fox_Glacier_/_Te_Moeka_o_Tuawe#Requested_move_2_November_2021 in case you are not aware of it yet. Gryffindor (talk) 17:53, 9 November 2021 (UTC)[reply
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OpenRefine and Structured Data on Commons: community meetup, February 22

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Hello! I wanted to drop a quick note for all of our

AFC participants
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  • AFCH will now show live previews of the comment to be left on a decline.
  • The template {{db-afc-move}} has been created - this template is similar to {{db-move}} when there is a redirect in the way of an acceptance, but specifically tells the patrolling admin to let you (the draft reviewer) take care of the actual move.

Short and sweet, but there's always more to discuss at

WT:AFC. Stop on by, maybe review a draft on the way? Whether you're one of our top reviewers, or haven't reviewed in a while, I want to thank you for helping out in the past and in the future. Cheers, Primefac, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply
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I have unreviewed a page you curated

Hi, I'm Tamzin. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Sounds Australia, and have marked it as unreviewed. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.

(Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

-- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she/they) 02:38, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Giantflightlessbirds. The above unreview is because I've tagged the page for speedy deletion under the
G12 criterion. Please be aware that, since you have the autopatrolled permission, any page you move to mainspace will be automatically marked as "reviewed" in Special:NewPagesFeed, meaning it will not be subject to scrutiny by new page reviewers. In this case, I wouldn't have noticed the page if it hadn't come up in the course of reviewing an unrelated edit filter issue, potentially meaning that, if not for that coincidence, no new page reviewer would have looked at it and noticed that it was almost 100% copied and pasted from the sources it cited. I understand and appreciate the important work that event coördinators do bringing new users to Wikipedia, but, especially given that you are autopatrolled, please make sure not to mainspace anything that would be eligible for speedy deletion. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she/they) 02:45, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply
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Understood! The user assured me it was their text and they just needed to add more references. Should have been more careful. We're doing cleanup now. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 03:25, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]


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WikiProject update - Performing Arts Aotearoa 12 May 2022

A year after the Performing Arts Aotearoa project started and as we are coming into winter (a busier editing time for many) here is an update.

The Performing Arts Aotearoa Wikiproject now lives on the WikiProject New Zealand page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_New_Zealand/Performing_Arts_Aotearoa

I have added new articles created as part of the Pacific Arts Aotearoa Wikiproject. These articles by new editors include Lusi Faiva, Suli Moa, Edith Amituanai and Amanaki Prescott-Faletau, who was interviewed on Radio New Zealand last Sunday. The reporter let me know the article was valuable for the interview research – great feedback for all of us creating and improving content in Wikipedia.

On the project page is highlighted plenty of articles to create or improve. I invite you to have a look and contribute if you can. There are many long-standing festivals in Aotearoa without articles such as the Hawkes Bay Arts Festival, Tauranga Festival of the Arts, Taranaki International Arts Festival, Nelson Arts Festival and the Christchurch Arts Festival. Creating these Wikipedia pages or Wikidata items allows links to biographies and strengthens the weaving of Wikipedia.

Other suggestions for new articles:

Reach out to me if you want guidance on any aspects of Wikipedia, or a collegial conversation about writing encyclopaedic entries on performing arts. I can set up a zoom, or direct you to places for help.

Please try to remember to add any relevant articles improved or created to the lists on the project page so the impact can be seen. Take your name off the project page if you don’t want to get these sporadic updates. I will keep an eye on new articles and I have an ongoing campaign to get more images uploaded so we can illustrate the articles too. I have resources on Wikimedia Commons if you are interested. Feel free to contact me on my talk page.

Pakoire (talk) 02:21, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]


South Westland list

Kia ora - just saw your revision history note on the South Westland list, mentioning "no more entries please". Of course I saw it after I'd already gone through the list at the top and added the missing ones which had articles to the table, so wanted to check whether the "no more entries" was beyond the list at the top or just the table? I'm happy to revert my change if we want to stick with the ones that were already on the table! Turnagra (talk) 18:53, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No it's all good; if you discover something has an article, move it to the table. By all means cross off things that have an accurate Wikidata item and some photos. I just want the "total number of things to do" to stay the same, as there are heaps more rivers, mountains, swamps etc we could concern ourselves with. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 22:38, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Lake Brunner

On 4 August 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lake Brunner, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that 100-year-old logs, perfectly preserved and good enough to mill, have been retrieved from the bottom of Lake Brunner? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lake Brunner. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Lake Brunner), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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) 00:03, 4 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hook update
Your hook reached 11,486 views (478.6 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of August 2022 – nice work!

theleekycauldron (talkcontribs) (she/they) 05:32, 5 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

WIR at University of Otago & Bug of the Year Editathon

Heard about this (new?) position / role you're taking on, and the super cool editathon you're starting up! Congratulations - it looks super exciting. Lovely meeting you at the ESEAP conference, and hope we get to cross paths off-wiki again soon! - Yael RWeissburg (WMF) (talk) 00:46, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Yael; only a short part-time project at the moment, but hoping to extend it. Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 00:53, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Assessing project progress

Hey Mike, At some point in the weekend we talked about the 150 women project and how I tracked what I was doing - here's the table I built and worked through, until all were more than stub. User:DrThneed/150 women in 150 words project page assessments

Cheers DrThneed (talk) 22:45, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK nomination of Hardy Browning

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On 19 August 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hardy Browning, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that New Zealand potter Hardy Browning began his career as a coal miner? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hardy Browning. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Hardy Browning), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

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WikiProject Tree of Life Newsletter Issue 21

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Newly recognized content

Australiformis by Mattximus
Rodrigues night heron by FunkMonk
Titanis by Augustios Paleo
List of lorisoids by PresN
List of storks by AryKun
Brontosaurus by Augustios Paleo, reviewed by The Morrison Man
Eukaryote by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Fritzmann2002
Stramenopile by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Fritzmann2002
Titanoboa by Augustios Paleo, reviewed by SilverTiger12
Antarctopelta by Augustios Paleo, reviewed by Jens Lallensack
Anna Blackburne by Kusma, reviewed by Etriusus
Anomochilus leonardi by AryKun, reviewed by Amitchell125
Nyctibatrachus manalari by AryKun, reviewed by Sammi Brie
Mimodactylus by FunkMonk, reviewed by Jens Lallensack
Nyctibatrachus major by AryKun, reviewed by Etriusus
Anomochilus weberi by AryKun, reviewed by Etriusus
Plant by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Cessaune

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Ohmdenosaurus by Jens Lallensack
Polar bear by LittleJerry
Mimodactylus by FunkMonk
List of cercopithecoids by PresN
List of tapaculos by AryKun
Klallamornis by Larrayal
Hypericum perforatum by Fritzmann2002
Holozoa by Snoteleks
Teloschistaceae by Esculenta
Carcharodontosaurus by Augustios Paleo
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Mimodactylus by FunkMonk
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List of hominoids by PresN
List of cranes by AryKun
Outline of lichens by MeegsC
Lycorma meliae by Etriusus, reviewed by Chiswick Chap
Oak by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Esculenta
Animal echolocation by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Primium
Elke Mackenzie by Esculenta, reviewed by Moriwen
Dwarf pufferfish by Primium, reviewed by Chiswick Chap
Hyalospheniidae by Snoteleks, reviewed by An anonymous username, not my real name
Paroedura maingoka by Olmagon, reviewed by Jens Lallensack

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Hypericum sechmenii by Fritzmann2002
Teloschistaceae by Esculenta
Nyctibatrachus major by AryKun
List of sunbirds by AryKun
List of platyrrhines by PresN
Handicap principle by Chiswick Chap
Slime mold by Chiswick Chap
Punctelia by Esculenta
Pulchrocladia retipora by Esculenta
Anaptychia ciliaris by Esculenta
Mocquard's Madagascar ground gecko by Olmagon
Zavodovski Island by Jo-Jo Eumerus
Chrysothrix chlorina by Esculenta
Wood-pasture hypothesis by AndersenAnders
Mammalian kidney by D6194c-1cc
Lepas testudinata by Etriusus
Teratoscincus roborowskii by Olmagon


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November 2023—Issue 024


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Newly recognized content

Hypericum sechmenii by Fritzmann2002
Nyctibatrachus major by AryKun
List of platyrrhines by PresN
List of gymnosperm families by Dank
Varroa destructor by KoA, reviewed by Chiswick Chap
Lepas testudinata by Etriusus, reviewed by Jens Lallensack
Island bronze-naped pigeon by AryKun, reviewed by SilverTiger12
Placidium arboreum by Esculenta, reviewed by SilverTiger12
Orange-billed lorikeet by AryKun, reviewed by Jens Lallensack
Spinular night frog by AryKun, reviewed by An anonymous username, not my real name
Crested cuckoo-dove by AryKun, reviewed by Femke
Aristonectes by Amirani1746, reviewed by Jens Lallensack
Mocquard's Madagascar ground gecko by Olmagon, reviewed by Etriusus
Femoral gland by Esculenta, reviewed by Jens Lallensack
Ameerega munduruku by AryKun, reviewed by Jens Lallensack
Snowy plover by Jens Lallensack, reviewed by SilverTiger12
Crested cuckoo-dove by AryKun, reviewed by Grungaloo
Wood-pasture hypothesis by AndersenAnders, reviewed by Chiswick Chap
Hypericum bupleuroides by Fritzmann2002, reviewed by Etriusus
Teratoscincus roborowskii by Olmagon, reviewed by Esculenta
Pulchrocladia retipora by Esculenta, reviewed by Etriusus
Anaptychia ciliaris by Esculenta, reviewed by Jens Lallensack

Newly nominated content

Snowy plover by Jens Lallensack
List of birds of Bouvet Island by AryKun
Laomaki by An anonymous username, not my real name
Nyctibatrachus robinmoorei by AryKun
Nyctibatrachus sabarimalai by AryKun
Nyctibatrachus mewasinghi by AryKun
Eucalyptus gomphocephala by Hughesdarren

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And a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too! Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 20:02, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Tree of Life Newsletter Issue 25

December 2023—Issue 025


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Newly recognized content

Snowy plover by Jens Lallensack
Teloschistaceae by Esculenta
List of birds of Bouvet Island by AryKun
List of sunbirds by AryKun
Slime mold by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Esculenta
Handicap principle by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Etriusus
Insect by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Iztwoz
Wheat by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by KoA
Eucalyptus gomphocephala by Hughesdarren, reviewed by Grungaloo
Buellia frigida by Esculenta, reviewed by J Milburn
Nyctibatrachus robinmoorei by AryKun, reviewed by Grungaloo
Nyctibatrachus mewasinghi by AryKun, reviewed by Grungaloo
Nyctibatrachus sabarimalai by AryKun, reviewed by Grungaloo
Great cuckoo-dove by AryKun, reviewed by Jens Lallensack
Lake Patzcuaro salamander by Etriusus, reviewed by Grungaloo
Anoplotherium by PrimalMustelid, reviewed by 20 upper

Newly nominated content

Alpine ibex by LittleJerry
Pseudastacus by Olmagon
Pachysentis by Mattximus
List of primates by PresN
Banded palm civet by Cremastra
Perothops by Memer15151
Hypericum hircinum by Fritzmann2002
Boquila by Etriusus and Veridicae
Aptostichus barackobamai by Etriusus
Buffy-tufted marmoset by André Ribeiro Cardoso
Ant mimicry by Chiswick Chap
Mosquito by Chiswick Chap
Anopheles by Chiswick Chap
Rice by Chiswick Chap

Pliosaurus andrewsi by Amirani1746

Triassosculda by Abdullah raji
Flaco (owl) by Rhododendrites
Crassispira incrassata by Etriusus
Sei whale by 20 upper

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WikiProject Tree of Life Newsletter Issue 26

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Alpine ibex by LittleJerry
Markham's storm petrel by FunkMonk, Jens Lallensack, and Therapyisgood
List of primates by PresN
List of birds of Alberta by grungaloo
Rice by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by RecycledPixels
Barley by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Bruxton
Chicken by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by DocZach
Cereal by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Bruxton
Ant mimicry by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by AryKun
Anopheles by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by AryKun
Mosquito by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by 20 upper
Cherry blossom by Reconrabbit, reviewed by Chiswick Chap
Sei whale by 20 upper, reviewed by grungaloo
Megaherbivore by 20 upper, reviewed by Chiswick Chap
Brown bear by 20 upper, reviewed by Chiswick Chap
Indian rhinoceros by 20 upper, reviewed by Chiswick Chap
Hypericum hircinum by Fritzmann2002, reviewed by grungaloo
Hypericum foliosum by Fritzmann2002, reviewed by Chiswick Chap
Hypericum grandifolium by Fritzmann2002, reviewed by Esculenta
Boquila by Etriusus, reviewed by Chiswick Chap
Aptostichus barackobamai by Etriusus, reviewed by Esculenta
Crassispira incrassata by Etriusus, reviewed by 20 upper
Punctelia by Esculenta, reviewed by Ealdgyth
Chrysothrix chlorina by Esculenta, reviewed by Ealdgyth
Chrysothrix chlorina by Esculenta, reviewed by Ealdgyth
Ramalina peruviana by Esculenta, reviewed by Ealdgyth
Menemerus animatus by simongraham, reviewed by Esculenta
Afraflacilla braunsi by simongraham, reviewed by grungaloo
Nasutoceratops by FunkMonk, reviewed by Jens Lallensack
Pseudastacus by Olmagon, reviewed by FunkMonk
Angustidontus by Super Dromaeosaurus and Ichthyovenator, reviewed by Amitchell125
Pruemopterus by Super Dromaeosaurus and Ichthyovenator, reviewed by Etriusus
Black-billed magpie by grungaloo, reviewed by Jens Lallensack
Black-capped chickadee by grungaloo, reviewed by Jens Lallensack
Horned sungem by Jens Lallensack, reviewed by grungaloo
Flaco (owl) by Rhododendrites, reviewed by Etriusus
Telonemia by Snotoleks, reviewed by Esculenta
"Pliosaurus" andrewsi by Amirani1746, reviewed by grungaloo
Beaver drop by Lightburst, reviewed by Chiswick Chap

Newly nominated content

Horned sungem by Jens Lallensack
Tufted jay by grungaloo
Nasutoceratops by FunkMonk
Maize by Chiswick Chap
Cattle by Chiswick Chap
Pig by Chiswick Chap
Domestic duck by Chiswick Chap
Eusociality by Chiswick Chap
Fish by Chiswick Chap
Barnacle by Chiswick Chap
Ochrophyte by Snotoleks
Parvilucifera by Snotoleks
Thalattoarchon by Amirani1746
Hydropunctaria amphibia by Esculenta
Melanohalea by Esculenta
Spot test (lichen) by Esculenta
Lecideaceae by Esculenta
Hypericum × inodorum by Fritzmann2002
Hypericum sect. Androsaemum by Fritzmann2002
Olga Hartman by Viriditas
Mixtotherium by PrimalMustelid
Enhydriodon by PrimalMustelid
Lentinus brumalis by Зэгс ус

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Yep, the same user is bugging me as well. It's a shame that they don't seem to be capable of actually reading the free-use rationale. You might want to follow the links from my talk page to how I've responded to those deletion nominations. Schwede66 08:03, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I see that your files have been deleted and the same has happened to me. Should we ask for a deletion review? Should we touch base via conference call to align our ducks? Schwede66 00:23, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Replaceable non-free use File:1946 peace 9d 300px.png

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Future West Coast plans

Kia ora Mike, hope you're doing well. I just wanted to touch base quickly to see whether you've got any further plans for West Coast-related events this year? I'm sure you're aware of the WPNZ National parks collaboration, and I was wondering whether there would be an opportunity to align the two projects by focusing on West Coast national parks at the same time as your event is going on. This worked well with Kahurangi National Park earlier in the year and could help prevent duplication of resources - no stress though if you haven't got anything planned, we can just try and improve those articles independently! Turnagra (talk) 00:31, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Here's some basic info about dates/times for Susan and my dates as Wikimedians in Residence. --Prosperosity (talk) 23:01, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Richard Washbourn

On 28 March 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Richard Washbourn, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Rear Admiral Richard Washbourn bought the bell of HMS Chevron for £8 and donated it to Collingwood School? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Richard Washbourn. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Richard Washbourn), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

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DYK for Collingwood Area School

On 28 March 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Collingwood Area School, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Rear Admiral Richard Washbourn bought the bell of HMS Chevron for £8 and donated it to Collingwood School? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Richard Washbourn. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Collingwood Area School), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

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