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This is a day-by-day report on meetings, events, and contributions made.

It's also a place for project volunteers to note down their contributions (remember to sign your name!) There will be prizes (donated by Development West Coast) for the most and best contributions in different areas (articles in each West Coast district, 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.

Participants

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If you're a Wikimedia volunteer and would like to assist with this project in September–October 2020, feel free to add your name below. You'll receive a weekly update listing priority topics for the week, newly-uploaded images available for use, and Wikidata tasks to check off. There will be West-Coast-themed prizes for the most and best contributions by volunteers!

Preparation

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A few things happened in early September before the project itself started.

Wikipedia

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Commons

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  • tidied up Westport category – Schwede66
  • uploaded various photos – Schwede66
  • made category for Taylorville bridge – Schwede66
  • set up categories for heritage items and linked them to Wikidata – Schwede66
  • added photos to Commons for heritage items – Schwede66

Wikidata

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Sat 5 Sep

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Sun 6 Sep

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Mon 7 Sep

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Left Bank Art Gallery, in the former Greymouth BNZ

Tue 8 Sep

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High Street Barber

Wed 9 Sep

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Thu 10 Sep

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Fri 11 Sep

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Sat 12 Sep

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Sun 13 Sep

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Mon 14 Sep

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Tue 15 Sep

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  • Inside Left Bank
    Worked on the Left Bank Art Gallery article, from the scrapbook and a NZ Museums Journal article. There a quite a few NZ artists that need Wikidata and articles! —Giantflightlessbirds
  • Got three minutes of fame on Seven Sharp (watch it here) talking about Wikipedia and tourism. Managed to plug DWC and Stewart Nimmo. —Giantflightlessbirds
  • Yvonne Rust - new article (from Left Bank Art Gallery list of West Coast artists) - MurielMary
  • Created some artist qids on wikidata - DrThneed

Wed 16 Sep

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Thu 17 Sep

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Fri 18 Sep

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Sat 19 Sep

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@Giantflightlessbirds: If you're still in Westport, some photos of St Canice's Church (exterior and interior if possible) at the corner of Brougham and Queen Streets, designed by John Scott, would be awesome! Paora (talk) 11:31, 19 September 2020 (UTC) (Happy to. I've done everything in Westport that's geolocated in Wikidata, via WikiShootMe, so you add it to Wikidata added it! and I'll take the pics. I'm here for 4 more days, so taking requests. —Giantflightlessbirds)[reply]
Not sure if you've done these, which are heritage-listed places showing up in the query below: O'Connor Home (Q79302998); The Stone House (Q79310936); Utopia Lodge (Q79308408); Westport Railway Workshop (Q79311120). Thanks! --Canley (talk) 06:28, 20 September 2020 (UTC) (Yup, I've done all except the O'Conor home, which I'll pick up in the next day or two. —Giantflightlessbirds)[reply]
  • Ran an all-day Wikipedia training session for seven locals, including some Commons, Wikivoyage, and WikiShootMe. —Giantflightlessbirds

Sun 20 Sep

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Mon 21 Sep

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Tue 22 Sep

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Wed 23 Sep

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Rock Pools, Maruia Springs

Thu 24 Sep

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Fri 25 Sep

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  • Okitiki Building
    Gave presentations to tourism operators and heritage institutions in Hokitika. Photographed some heritage buildings and linked the last of them to Wikidata items in WikiShootMe. Downtown Hokitika is now a sea of green dots. —Giantflightlessbirds

Sat 26 Sep

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Sun 27 Sep

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Reefton powerhouse walk

Mon 28 Sep

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Tue 29 Sep

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Wed 30 Sep

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Thu 1 Oct

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Lake Kanieri (sic) by Charles Blomfield (1848–1926)

Fri 2 Oct

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Hokitika Clocktower postcard

Sat 3 Oct

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Sun 4 Oct

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Mon 5 Oct

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Tue 6 Oct

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Former Ōkārito School
  • Presented on this project to the team at Development West Coast, who all seemed chuffed. Met with Stewart Nimmo and got some Ōkārito photos from him, and drove down there. —Giantflightlessbirds
  • Took some local pics and now sorting out the Ōkārito Commons categories so they all use macrons. Uploaded Stewart's Ōkārito + Whitebaiting photos —Giantflightlessbirds
  • New article Maida Bryant from Hokitika Museum Google doc; there is a good summary of her life achievements in a facebook post by the Hokitika Museum however I can’t verify that information elsewhere. Any leads on sources? -MM (I'll ask the Museum. They also said they could perhaps get photos cleared from relatives —MRD)
  • Expanded Maida BryantPaora (lots more information and sources - many thanks! -MM)
  • New article Dorothy Fletcher from Hokitika Museum Google doc. -MM

Wed 7 Oct

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Ōkārito Lagoon
  • New article and category for Rimu (Mike, it could do with a contemporary photo if you want to take the inland route to Hokitika). Tidied up links for State Highway 6, which got moved earlier this year. Schwede66
  • Split Okarito (which just redirected to Ōkārito Lagoon) into two articles, so now Ōkārito the settlement has its own article. Have been working extensively on the lagoon article and adding photos, including some I took yesterday. —Giantflightlessbirds

Thu 8 Oct

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Kōtuku on the lagoon

Fri 9 Oct

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Three Mile pack track

Sat 10 Oct

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Arahura Marae

Sun 11 Oct

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Concrete moa of Franz

Mon 12 Oct

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Tues 13 Oct

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Wed 14 Oct

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  • It's a very NZ thing to give a beautiful alpine tarn a ridiculous name like "Lake Wombat"
    Put NZ's Big Things in Wikidata, of which two are on West Coast (Big Doughnut at Springfield, and the Big Sandfly in Pukekura, which needs a better photo if possible (Will do!—MRD)). - DrThneed (have to say that Springfield stretches my understanding of West Coast a tad :-) – Schwede66) Well mine too but I was going on the lines drawn on the Wikidata query map! Investigating - spot on map was on West Coast but is definitely in the wrong place, will remedy. I had to fight with maps over some other coordinates too. DrThneed
    • Added photo of giant sandfly to Commons, Wikidata, and article about NZ's Big Things – Paora
  • Added a few more pics to St James. Added photos of Lake Wombat (Q100332176), and documented my Wikidata/Commons workflow here if anyone's interested. Suggestions welcome and I'm happy to demo this over Zoom. —Giantflightlessbirds
  • Expanded the article Pounamu - Pakoire. Request: Anyone going to Hanmer? Can take photo of this pounamu sculpture? https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-districts/more-security-pounamu-sculpture-once-its-back-display (Have asked Twitter, one offer in early Nov so far. —MRD)

Thu 15 Oct

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Fri 16 Oct

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Sat 17 Oct

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Douglas Memorial Church plaque

Sun 18 Oct

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Extremely typical Lake Matheson pic

Mon 19 Oct

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Tues 20 Oct

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Wed 21 Oct

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  • Our Lady of the Woods, Whataroa
    Gave up on Lillian Fell for now (only have one source as other is a book chapter I have not tracked down the source of yet). Linked existing page for Agnes Addison to Hokitika notable people list, and added a few things to her Wikidata item. - DrThneed
  • Relocated from Fox Glacier to Reefton, taking photos on the way: Fox Glacier Hotel, a church in Whataroa, Hende's Ferry Cottage, monuments and buildings etc. Meetings in Reefton to plan the next few days. —Giantflightlessbirds
  • Added more info to Lake Gault and a photo gallery of the track. —Giantflightlessbirds

Thu 22 Oct

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Fri 23 Oct

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