Wikipedia:GLAM/WestCoastWPAL/2023 Weekly Progress

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This is the 2023 weekly report on meetings, events, and contributions made.

It's a place for project volunteers to note down their contributions (remember to sign your name!) There will be prizes (donated by Westland District Library) for the most and best contributions in different areas (articles in each geographical location, Commons uploads, Wikidata etc.) Prize categories and winners will be decided by Mike at the end of October and no correspondence will be entered into!

Mon 11 – Sun 17 Sep edit

Welcome to the project! I've been setting up visits and field photography trips to Karamea, Fox Glacier, and Whataroa, and working through Whataroa South Westland: Centennial Report 1879–1979, an amazing bit of local history writing with lots of information about Whataroa and Okarito. Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 21:53, 11 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Uploaded photo and cropped version of Joe Fluerty, a mountaineer and guide at Franz Josef, to Wikicommons, created Wikicommons category Category:Joe Fluerty, and added photo to Joe Fluerty (Q6283146) and infobox on article page. Paora (talk) 10:10, 12 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Created the Waitangiroto Nature Reserve article. Panamitsu (talk) ^{Please ping on reply} 00:10, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
And nominated it for a Did You Know, well done. I'll be mentioning that article when I talk to the press today. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 00:19, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Went through and replaced (almost) all of the wikidata coordinates from Cebuano wikipedia, as identified by Canley's script, with coordinates from the gazetteer or LINZ topo maps.Turnagra (talk) 08:36, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Added a selection of Whites Aviation photos of Whataroa to the Commons category, and found a better image for the infobox and Wikidata item. I also uploaded some photos of the Gateway to South Westland monument, and the Westland Surveyors Monument, and created Wikidata items and Commons categories for both.—Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 10:46, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Created article for Chancellor Hut. Panamitsu (talk) ^{Please ping on reply} 01:48, 15 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
And nominated for DYK. —Panamitsu (talk) ^{Please ping on reply} 01:58, 16 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Prosperosity created Wikidata items and Commons categories for a lot of Hokitika's public sculpture, and I uploaded a few dozen photos I had, made more categories, and improved the Wikidata. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 10:58, 15 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
In fact that's 102 photos of public art, memorials, and monuments added yesterday and today. Here's my spreadsheet of Hokitika public art if someone felt like doing some Wikidata cleanup with OpenRefine to support Marty's efforts. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 11:19, 16 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Mon 18 – Sun 24 Sep edit

Uploaded photo of Gerhard Mueller to Wikicommons, created Wikicommons category Category:Gerhard Mueller, added photo to Gerhard Mueller (Q5550733) and created infobox on article page. Paora (talk) 00:20, 19 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Uploaded photo of Kere Tūtoko and Gerhard Mueller to Wikicommons, created Wikicommons category Category:Kere Tutoko and Wikidata item Kere Tutoko (Q122695369). Paora (talk) 04:54, 19 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Created a page for Gillespies Point / Kōhaihai. Turnagra (talk) 06:46, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I've gone through all of the non-river articles on Template:Westland landforms and added infoboxes where they were missing. Was planning to cover the rivers as well but have run out of time. Turnagra (talk) 08:40, 24 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Mon 25 Sep – Sun 1 Oct edit

Mike is taking some holiday time this week, but please keep noting your contributions.

In the absence of better photos so far, uploaded four photos from 1991 of Waitangiroto Nature Reserve to Category:Waitangiroto Nature Reserve. Paora (talk) 09:00, 26 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Despite being on holiday, I've uploaded 44 photos of Hokitika, Hokitika Beach, and the 2023 Driftwood and Sand festival. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 04:03, 29 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Mon 2 – Sun 8 Oct edit

At Waitangiroto Nature Reserve (photo: Marshelec)

An expedition of Mike and two others (incl. User:Marshelec) travelled from Christchurch to Fox Glacier, where we're staying for three days to work on local content.
After a trip to Gillespies Beach, added 56 photos of the beach, the Miners' Tunnel Walk, Gillespies Beach itself, and the new viewpoint at Te Kopikopiko o te Waka. Created Gillespies Beach Gold Dredge (Q122918118) and Gillespies Beach Suction Dredge (Q122918149). Added a better photo to Gillespies Point / Kōhaihai. — Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 03:20, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Tues 3 October - Created new Wikidata item Te Kopikopiko o te Waka (Q122918041), commons category c:category:Te Kopikopiko o te Waka and new article Te Kopikopiko o te Waka about the viewing point and cultural heritage site. Uploaded 24 photos. Added content about the failed suction dredge to the Gillespies Beach article.Marshelec (talk) 03:59, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Wed 4 October - walked the Fox Glacier south side walkway, and took photos. Created new Wikidata item Fox Glacier south side walkway (Q122927892), new commons category c:Category:Fox Glacier South Side Walkway Uploaded 15 photos.Marshelec (talk) 01:59, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Walked Te Weheka Walkway/Cycleway (Q122927957) and created wikidata for it and for Alpine Gardens Landslide (Q122928130); uploaded 33 photos, and a dozen plant photos to iNaturalist. Expanded the Gillespies Beach article with settlement history and some quotes. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 02:22, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Visited the White Heron breeding ground in Waitangiroto Nature Reserve, and took lots of photos—and afterwards took more around Whataroa, including Category:Our Lady of the Woods.—Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 09:46, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Uploaded 22 photos of Whataroa to category:Whataroa. Also created new category category:Whataroa Cemetery and uploaded a further 5 photos.Marshelec (talk) 00:14, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Uploaded photos of Whataroa, including the cemetery, creating St Luke's Anglican Church (Q122950884) and its Commons category. Created White Heron Sanctuary Tours (Q122951675) and added information on the heron colony tours to Whataroa. Uploaded 32 photos to Category:Waitangiroto Nature Reserve. And expanded the Waitangiroto Nature Reserve article with more sources and a photo gallery.—Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 01:12, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Created article for Roberts Point Track and nominated for DYK. Unfortunately I couldn't find any images. —Panamitsu (talk) 00:26, 7 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Good one! I've emailed the blogger whose photo DOC used on their website about getting one for Commons. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 20:20, 8 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Mon 9 – Sun 15 Oct edit

Upload University of Otago maps showing Alpine Fault traces to Category:Alpine Fault. Create and upload derivative map showing Alpine Fault in the Whataroa area. Reorganise Whataroa article, expand section on the Alpine Fault, and add map showing the fault. Paora (talk) 10:02, 9 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I've expanded the Whataroa article quite a bit with information on the school and churches, as well as more town history. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 21:26, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Uploaded 12 of my photos showing the kōtuku at Waitangiroto Nature Reserve, and track scene, to c:Category:Waitangiroto Nature Reserve. Marshelec (talk) 21:32, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Expanded the Fenian Track article, including two photo galleries from our trip there last year. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 04:50, 15 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Mon 16 Oct – final Karamea visit ( 3–6 Jan 2024) edit

Drake River created by User:ShakyIsles
Sorting photos of Karamea and the area—we have a local volunteer photographer keen to donate a collection. —Giantflightlessbirds
Expanded the Karamea War Memorial Library article with info from the Karamea Chronicle and new photos —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 03:50, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Expnded Arapito using Dulcie Harmon's book and added a selection of photos to its Wikidata and new Commons category. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 04:22, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Uploaded 29 photos of Granity and created Lyric Theatre (Q124207855), and added a statue of a skink in the grounds of Granity School to the cobble skink article. Also 14 photos of Lake Hanlon.—Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 09:28, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Created Lake Hanlon. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 21:59, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Uploaded photos of the Umere area and created the article Umere —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 01:16, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Uploaded photos (and corrected Wikidata for) multiple streams in the Arapito area, for the Zig Zag Track, created Zig Zag Track (Q124249766), and corrected the position of South Terrace Cemetery (Q105674401). —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 02:25, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Corrected the location of Māori Point in Wikidata, added a photo, and uploaded photos of the new Ōpārara Basin waharoa and lookout. Created category for Aplemium lepidotum and added photos of mine and from iNaturalist. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 21:42, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]