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A fact from Onekaka Power Station appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 March 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the rebuilt Onekaka Power Station is controlled remotely using text messages via the cellular phone network?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/March. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Onekaka Power Station.

This has been mentioned by a media organization:

Richards, Jo (16 February 2024). "Workshop widens window on Bay". GB Weekly. Retrieved 11 March 2024. The new articles feature a wide variety of subjects including Onekaka Power Station, Richard Washbourn, Langford's Store, Tākaka marble, and the Mussel Inn.

This article has been mentioned by a media organization:

Richards, Jo (22 March 2024). "Golden Bay stars on Wikipedia". GB Weekly. Retrieved 22 March 2024. The articles cover Onekaka Power Station (pictured above), Cobb Power Station, the Mussel Inn, Richard Washbourn and Collingwood Area School.

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Bruxton talk 21:53, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Onekaka Dam under construction in the late 1920s

... that the historic Onekaka Power Station, abandoned by the 1950s, was rebuilt and recommissioned in 2003? Source: https://www.proquest.com/docview/274522037?sourcetype=NewspapersSource says:"A $1.9 million recommissioned hydro electric scheme in Golden Bay began generating power again during the weekend." Published 3 November 2003.
- ALT1: ... that the rebuilt Onekaka Power Station is controlled remotely using text messages via the cellular phone network? Source: https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/storage/small-hydro-practical-development-the-story-of-940-kw-onekaka/
- Reviewed:Template:Did you know nominations/Indian rhinoceros

Created by Marshelec (talk). Self-nominated at 19:15, 13 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Onekaka Power Station; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

REVIEW STARTED. New enough, long enough. Edwardx (talk) 23:25, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Courtesy ping to Edwardx to continue this review. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 06:13, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Marshelec, I’ve had a read of Bryan Leyland's excellent article. I found it astonishing that the power station is controlled via text messaging! That is not in the article, but if you add it, it would make an excellent hook. I’ve also just been to the power station and have uploaded my photos; you may find something that is more interesting than the historic dam construction image. Schwede 66 16:05, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- New enough, long enough. QPQ done. All paragraphs well-cited. No copyvio issues. Both hooks are interesting and check out with the cited sources. We could trim the redundant "historic" from the first hook. With regard to the second hook, although Bryan Leyland worked for one of the companies involved in the rebuild, the text messaging claim seems plausible enough. A more neutral source would be ideal. Edwardx (talk) 12:10, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  - As Leyland is one of the 60 most influential hydropower engineers worldwide and has written a textbook on small hydropower station design, I don’t think that you would find a more authoritative source. Schwede 66 13:10, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism

In the Wikipedia main page it says it's controlled via SMS. In the latest edit, it says ChatGPT. I do not have info, but ChatGPT is a way less secure and less credible option. Someone care to fix it ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.156.66.98 (talk) 00:02, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The vandalism has already been reverted. Schwede 66 00:30, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]