Cloventt

Odeon Theatre, Christchurch nomination for GA status

Hi! I noticed that you nominated the article Odeon Theatre, Christchurch for Good article status. You do not appear to have made significant edits to the article prior to this, and there is no discussion about nominating the article on its talk page. Current practice is that only editors who have significantly contributed to the article are able to nominate it (see the nomination instructions). I have consequently removed the nomination for now. Consider discussing whether the article is ready to be nominated with the article's principal editors on the talk page. Thank you. Bsoyka (t • c • g) 02:25, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Golden Bay meetup

this is coming up soon

Is this something that could interest you? It's fun and super-helpful to work alongside other editors. Schwede66 05:20, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

I would be very keen but Takaka is a bit out of the way for me and I have other commitments. Hoping to attend some Ōtautahi meetups this year if any are happening. Thanks! -- David Palmer aka cloventt (talk) 18:48, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Get in touch with @MurielMary about it. She organises them but I don't think she monitors pings; drop her a message on her talk page. Schwede66 20:26, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Kia ora Cloventt, I'm also in Ōtautahi, as is @Giantflightlessbirds. I don't think we have any local meet-ups organised at present, but I'd be happy to get together maybe in late February or early March? MurielMary (talk) 10:10, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! @Giantflightlessbirds are there any updates? I've been watching the Wikipedia:GLAM/AoWPAL 2024/Events page like a hawk. Is there some other channel worth monitoring? -- David Palmer aka cloventt (talk) 23:07, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Raes Junction

Hi there. Per WP:NPLACE "Populated, legally recognized places are typically presumed to be notable, even if their population is very low". Raes Junction has been in existence for over 150 years and shown and named on maps as such for over 75 years despite an abortive attempt to rename it in the late 1870s so I would consider WP:NPLACE to be met. Cheers. Daveosaurus (talk) 08:56, 5 February 2024 (UTC) Daveosaurus (talk) 08:56, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! I’d point you to the section of the LINZ link you provided that says “This name is not official.” My interpretation of that is to mean this place is not actually legally recognised, thought it does appear on some maps and therefore has an entry in the LINZ database.

Newspaper references back as far as 150 years does not make it notable either, unless the references are more than a “fleeting mention”.

I’m still unconvinced this exceeds the threshold for notability of a geographical place. -- David Palmer aka cloventt (talk) 01:38, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

In the NZGB context, "not official" means the name hasn't been officially researched and/or bestowed, but isn't necessarily obscure or non-notable - see for example . Daveosaurus (talk) 03:45, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

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Christchurch Wikipedia Meetups

Kia ora! For the first half of 2024 I'm the Aotearoa Wikipedian-at-Large, based in Christchurch and funded by a grant from Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand. As part of the project I'm running regular meetups in Tūranga where local Wikipedians can meet, chat, help each other out and collaborate on projects. I'll also be organising edit-a-thons, wikiblitzes, and training for new editors. The goal is to grow the editor community in Christchurch and convince local institutions that Wikipedia is worth taking seriously.

We're having an initlal coffee in Foundation Cafe on Sunday 18 February to talk about what Christchurch Wikipedians might like to do; come along if you're free, or drop me a line at mikerove.wiki if you have ideas or suggestions.

• Initial meetup: Sunday 18 February, 10:00–12:00, Foundation Cafe, Tūranga

We'll be holding a Christchurch meetup every 4 weeks, modelled on the successful Wellington monthly meetups that have been a big part of growing the Wikimedia community in Wellington and New Zealand. These will be both a coffee chat and a chance for collaborative work in the library's 4th floor workspace. The first two will be:

• Sunday 17 March, 10:00–12:00, Foundation Cafe, Tūranga (Event page)
• Sunday 14 April, 10:00–12:00, Foundation Cafe, Tūranga (Event page)

You can keep track of upcoming events at the Aotearoa Wikipedian at Large Event page, see monthly reports at This Month In GLAM (e.g. January 2024), and join the monthly Aotearoa online meetup. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk)

Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 10:55, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Efeso Collins

On 21 February 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Efeso Collins, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 22:45, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

February 2024 WikiProject Unreferenced articles backlog drive – award

		Citation Barnstar
		This award is given in recognition to Cloventt for collecting more than 50 points during the WikiProject Unreferenced articles's FEB24 backlog drive. Your contributions played a crucial role in sourcing 14,300 unsourced articles during the drive. Thank you so much for participating and helping to reduce the backlog! – – DreamRimmer (talk) 18:38, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Captions

Regarding the use of full stops in captions, could I please ask you to read MOS:CAPFRAG? Thanks a lot, and keep up the good work on Victoria Square, Christchurch; I enjoy how that article is coming along. Schwede66 18:38, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Armagh Street Bridge

Nice work! I've had a draft in my user space since August 2013. You've beaten me to it! Would you like me to move User:Schwede66/Tools/Armagh Street Park Bridge into draft space for you to finish and publish? Schwede66 21:55, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Yes, I can do that. I really only worked on the Armagh St Bridge because it was close to Victoria Square, which is my current major project. I'm not really a bridge guy, but I do currently have Ince's book on Christchurch bridges out of the library, and that is a rich source on the subject.

By my count I've trampled on two of your drafts so far, are there any other drafts on central Christchurch heritage I should be aware of? I'm keen to collaborate rather than trample. -- David Palmer aka cloventt (talk) 22:07, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Cool. The draft is now at Draft:Armagh Street Park Bridge. Go for your life! I don't mind others creating articles for user drafts that I haven't touched in years. And either way, the proper way of doing this is to hold drafts in draft space, rather than user space. In draft space, other editors get notified if something has already been started. However, they get deleted from draft space if they haven't been worked on for more than six months and hence, I keep my long-term projects in user space. My drafts are all linked from this page: User:Schwede66/Tools Schwede66 22:24, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Pūtarikamotu is misspelled quite often

Pūtarikamotu, Pūtaringamotu, and Putaringamotu all refer to Riccarton Bush. See the Ngāi Tahu atlas, they seem to prefer "Pūtarikamotu" and they have about five quality references supporting their claim. CCC also uses this spelling "Pūtaringamotu". I suggest we change it to what it was pre-European colonization. Thank you for your contributions to the Christchurch article. Alexeyevitch^(talk) 13:25, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Quite right! I'll fix it. Thank you for the reference too.

In case you're interested and didn't already know, in the southern mita the ng- is pronounced so deeply it sounds more like a k-; this is why you sometimes see alternate spellings like Kāi Tahu instead of Ngāi Tahu. We should of course take the lead for the preferred Ngāi Tahu spelling when discussing subjects in their rōpū. David Palmer aka cloventt (talk) 20:26, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

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Victoria Square article - Points of interest

Great work on this article. I have a suggestion that you create new headings instead of "Points of interest". There could be separate top-level headings for: Buildings, Bridges, Statues, Installations, etc.

The content in the existing "Points of interest" section includes history, and buildings that are no longer in existence. Perhaps this is out of scope, but one building that I remember from my childhood is the Hay's department store (subsequently Farmers), that had a frontage on Armagh Street, facing the square. The building was notable for many reasons, including the roof top playground for kids, and the (rather dodgy) Father Christmas with the beckoning finger that was mounted on the front of the building, directly facing Victoria Square. See: Haywrights, and [1] and [2], and [3], and [4], and in particular: [5], and [6] Marshelec (talk) 07:08, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: History of Christchurch, New Zealand has been accepted

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microbiologyMarcus ^{[petri dish·growths]} 18:50, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Finish the WP:SPLIT procedure on Christchurch

Hi Cloventt, given the acceptance above, you are free to finish the trimming of the Christchurch article in the history section. I have preemptively added the {{main}} hatnote to the section. Cheers, microbiologyMarcus ^{[petri dish·growths]} 18:56, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Great work on preparing the new article split out from the Christchurch article. This had led to a major improvement. It has resolved the overly-large amount of content about history in the main article, reduced the difficulties of enhancing coverage of history within that article, and created an interesting new article that can now be further expanded.

One of the points of the history of Christchurch that is worth expanding is the work associated with land drainage - since this was so fundamental to settlement on the flat land. I have a useful source, and plan to add some content from this source over the next week or two. I will also aim to include a small amount of the most pertinent information about land drainage in the main Christchurch article._Marshelec (talk) 07:58, 4 May 2024 (UTC)