Wikipedia:Meetup/Christchurch/34
The Ōtautahi Christchurch monthly meetups are a chance for Wiki people (Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikisource, and so on) to get together, get advice, get collaborations started. Everybody's welcome, beginners or experienced.
- Pegasus Arms in the old Pegasus Press Building (OSM, Google Maps)
- Sunday, 1 December 2024
- 6:00–8:00 pm
- The upstairs area is unavailable so we have a table booked downstairs. If the weather is good we could also consider sitting outside.
Axel has some interesting info on Christchurch buildings:
"[The Pegusus Press Building] is not quite the oldest – it’s the oldest in the CBD. Deans Cottage is a decade older. And there was Wahi Ruru in Sumner from 1851, but it was knocked down in 2015 – a late earthquake victim (we don’t even have a Wikidata entry for it, but it’s on Commons). And just outside the CBD, there’s Englefield Lodge (Q75790749). A tad younger (1855) but with quite some history. The owners are trying to hang onto it, and I’m surprised it’s still standing; badly knocked around in the earthquakes."
Edit: we are in a small dining room next to the front door.
Attendees
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- David Palmer//cloventt (talk)
- Giantflightlessbirds (talk)
- Thomas8868 (talk)
Apologies
[edit]- MurielMary (talk)
- Alexeyevitch(talk) - vacationing overseas
Useful links
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- Join the Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand user group
- Wikipedia Aotearoa New Zealand on Facebook
- The Aotearoa Wikipedian at Large project (WP:AoWPAL)
- Wikiproject New Zealand in Wikipedia and Wikidata
- New Zealand Wikipedians' notice board
What have we been up to?
[edit]- MurielMary: after conversations at the November meetup, started expanding the article on Kurow and adding photos of the area to Commons.
- Giantflightlessbirds: met with head of Ōtautahi Museum of Archaeology, an online museum/collection of Christchurch post-earthquake excavations and building history, to talk about a possible WIkipedia project.
- Alexeyevitch has been contribuiting to WPNZ and traveling the east coast of the South Island from Kaikōura to the Catlins. I've significantly expanded the article on Karaka (C. laevigatus) which recently got accepted as a Good Article. This is my first attempt at a plant article and I'm quite satisfied with it being accepted as a "Good Article" and the suggestions I've gotten from the reviewer.
- After the last meetup I went away and did a cleanup on the Ferrymead Heritage Park and related articles. Just today I went and took a lot of photos with my camera which I’ll put on Commons this week. David Palmer//cloventt (talk)
Upcoming events
[edit]- WikiCon 2025 is in Christchurch, 16–18 May. register here.