User talk:Kiwichris

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Shortened footnotes

Hi Kiwichris, thanks for your good work on NZ politics articles. I see you've quoted different pages from the same book at the Jim McLay. Shortened footnotes is a much more suitable reference style for this; I'll change that over step-by-step; have a look at the diffs (start with this one) if you want to find out how to do that. Schwede66 09:39, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again, thought I'd add to this old item as the heading is the correct one. With this edit, you changed {{sfn|Norton|1988|p=247}} to {{sfn|Norton|1988|pp=247}}, and as the template documentation explains, the initial version was correct. Would you mind changing it back? I appreciate your ongoing hard work! Schwede66 17:16, 3 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hopefully that has fixed it. Kiwichris (talk) 06:02, 4 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

1,000 edits

		The New Zealand Barnstar of National Merit
		Well, you've gone through the 1,000 edits barrier, and I have seen many of your edits on my watchlist, as our interests cross over. You have, from day 1, made a very useful contribution to New Zealand politics articles. Thank you!
		_{this WikiAward was given to Kiwichris by Schwede66 on 08:48, 26 November 2015 (UTC)}[reply]

And if you'd like to get a suggestion on how to be even better, a simple suggestion is to use edit summaries. Schwede66 08:48, 26 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Autopatrolled granted

Hi Kiwichris, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the patroller right, see Wikipedia:Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! — MusikAnimal ^talk 20:17, 18 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Electorate maps

Hi Kiwichris, I'm delighted to see the 1938 electorate map turn up. Where did the boundary data come from? I'd be keen to illustrate some of the longer by-election articles with maps and wonder whether we could work on that together. Schwede66 18:38, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds like a plan. For the base image, I used this file as a template. For the new boundaries and allocations I used a map on page 35 of Barry Gustafson's history of the National Party. Kiwichris (talk) 05:43, 2 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I see. So it's traced by hand, as opposed to you having found a GIS file or some such. I have a copy of the Electoral Atlas of New Zealand that contains all the maps up until the 1980s, but it's packed away as our house is under EQC repair. So if I send you scans, could that be of help? Or should I trace maps myself in Google Earth and send you the KML file? Schwede66 20:49, 2 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You can send me scans/photos and I can make new maps if you like. I'm a bit of a novice with Google earth, so not too sure about KML files. I was planning to go to the library here (which has a reference copy of Electoral Atlas of New Zealand) and scan some of the maps myself when I get a chance. The 1938 map is only the first of many I plan to make. Some of the pages for obsolete electorates would also benefit greatly from this as well which, as you say, will benefit by-election pages too.Kiwichris (talk) 06:03, 3 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Photo licence

Re Ray Ahipene-Mercer, where does it say that the photo is creative commons? Just wondering because if it's not, you'll be getting into strife over it. Schwede66 07:25, 15 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Bottom left corner.Kiwichris (talk) 07:52, 15 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, didn't spot that. But it's "NC" (non-commercial), which isn't allowed on Wikimedia Commons. Schwede66 09:04, 15 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Cut paste move

I've reverted your cut paste move of the 1910 by-election. WP:CUTPASTE explains why a cut paste move is "highly undesirable". Easy to avoid; simply move the page instead. That way, a redirect to the new location is automatically created. Any queries, please ask; here's good. Schwede66 20:05, 22 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Senior Whip of the Labour Party

It seems that for a while the title was Chief Whip instead of Senior Whip. Do you know anything about the name change or dates for it? Mattlore (talk) 08:01, 29 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Regrettably not. Wilson only gives the term senior (for all parties) going back to 1890 when his list begins. Kiwichris (talk) 08:29, 29 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Robert Hornblow

By the way, you didn't overlook anything, but I only wrote that bio this morning. Schwede66 03:06, 8 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That's cool. Nice job with the article! Kiwichris (talk) 03:17, 8 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Initials

The Manual of Style says that initials use fullstops. Schwede66 08:06, 28 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Democrats for Social Credit candidates

Hi, thanks for undoing the edit. I carried on from User:Yarrowworks' initial editing, turns out they didn't realise either. Ajf773 (talk) 17:41, 28 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Berkeley Dallard cut-and-paste move

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Adding full names

I've been around for long enough that I could remember that name (Neil Cherry). Thanks for all your good work replacing initials with full names. Much appreciated! Schwede66 07:29, 15 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Moving articles

By the way, when you move an article, it's a very simple process to tidy up the links using AutoWikiBrowser. You may not want to have to learn another tool, and if that's the case, you could do the following:

check 'what links here', identify incoming links from templates, and update them manually
let me know that you've moved an article, and I'll tidy things up next time I run AWB (as I've just done with Jerry Skinner)

The reason for the manual template update first is that it takes a wee while for the WP database to catch up on template transclusions. So when I come along, that would presumably have sorted itself, and the resulting list of links to deal with would then be quite a bit shorter. Happy to help in that way if you wish. Schwede66 08:56, 22 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Colours & Metiria Turei

Good work on restoring the colours of the parties at New Zealand general election, 2017. I thought something was missing after my edit but couldn't figure it out. Also, it seems you were right about Metiria Turei. This is a list of candidates in the Te Tai Tonga electorate, and Turei's name appears as a candidate. So it appears that even after stepping down from the Green list and announcing that she would retire from politics at the election, she in fact ran for election. Akld guy (talk) 23:12, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

About NZ FPTP Election Boxes

Hi Kiwichris, I see that you have removed some of the changes I have made to NZ election boxes (FPTP), without an edit summary attached. Is there a particular reason for doing this? I have made it a personal mission (for when I have the time) to update the election summaries for the pre-MMP era, since I believe it is important to show each party's ownership of the electorates over time. I will be reverting your changes, unless they are justified TechnicalForte (talk) 06:52, 8 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Well we've never used those previously so it just seems strange to start now. I would say the reason no other users over the years have added the hold/change boxes is that it is already pretty obvious which party has won the electorate already by looking at the highest polling candidate therefore "each party's ownership of the electorates" is already evident with what we have. Also, those boxes are mainly used to calculate "swing" which was never much of a feature in NZ politics pre 1996. Kiwichris (talk) 07:01, 8 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't been around for long, but I do know that Wikipedia is meant to be continuously improved with time. Even if we have not added those summary boxes, they are a key component of the other Anglospheric nations that use FPTP (namely the USA, UK, and Canada), so NZ should be up to their standards - despite our FPTP elections being in the past. I still see no real reason to nullify the improvements that I am making, so I will be reverting them. Thanks for your consideration. TechnicalForte (talk) 10:57, 10 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

As you're new to Wikipedia I'll advise you that decisions like this are made by consensus, not by individual users jumping in head first and then dictating their terms to others. Kiwichris (talk) 11:16, 10 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Gaurav Sharma (politician)

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Simon Bridges image

Wikipedia is a non-profit organisation, why would an image with a license that excludes commercial use not be allowed here? Clesam11 (talk) 04:07, 14 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Check here for an explanation regarding what licences can and can't be used on Wikipedia. The image has not yet been reviewed by an admin, but when it is it will be nominated for deletion. Its annoying, but that's the way Wikipedia works. Kiwichris (talk) 04:17, 14 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Very odd given it's not being used for commercial use. Oh well, thanks. Clesam11 (talk) 04:29, 14 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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New article

Please take a look at (and add to?) List of electoral firsts in New Zealand, partly based on List of electoral firsts in the United Kingdom but with wider coverage of MPs and ministers generally. Hugo999 (talk) 03:42, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work with the article! I've added a bunch of stuff that immediately sprang to mind. Be sure to check out this page also with regards to dates of MPs longevity. Kiwichris (talk) 04:33, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Maureen Wroblewitz

Hello. Help expand the article Maureen Wroblewitz. Thanks you very much.116.102.56.175 (talk) 08:05, 30 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]