User talk:Chocmilk03/Archive 2

For you

This editor is a Journeyman Editor and is entitled to display this Service Badge.

-- Gwillhickers (talk) 03:33, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

Some flowers for you!

Some flowers for your amazing work on New Zealand literature and related topics. Thanks for all you do and keep it up! Dracophyllum 05:27, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

@Dracophyllum: Aw, thank you very much, that's made my day! Thank you for the kind words. :) Chocmilk03 (talk) 05:52, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Witi Ihimaera

On 24 November 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Witi Ihimaera, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Witi Ihimaera (pictured) decided to become a writer after reading a short story that was "so poisonous" he threw the book out of the window? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Witi Ihimaera. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Witi Ihimaera), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 12:02, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 7,791 views (649.3 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of November 2021 – nice work!

theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 02:37, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

And that on a day when many Kiwis were a bit distracted by political events. That makes it especially nice. Schwede66 17:39, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

@Schwede66: I am chuffed! :) Chocmilk03 (talk) 21:08, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

The hook was a masterpiece! Schwede66 21:25, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Kirsten Warner

On 21 December 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kirsten Warner, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Kirsten Warner, whose father was a Holocaust survivor, wrote a novel from the perspective of the child of a Holocaust survivor? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kirsten Warner. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Kirsten Warner), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Jeffrey Paparoa Holman has been accepted

Jeffrey Paparoa Holman, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk. Once you have made at least 10 edits and had an account for at least four days, you will have the option to create articles yourself without posting a request to Articles for creation.

If you would like to help us improve this process, please consider .

Thanks again, and happy editing!

Whiteguru (talk) 02:23, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

Badge and barnstar for you!

December third place: Women in Oceania: WiR Women in Oceania contest, 2021

	Women in Red Women in Oceania contest
	4 articles (tie) Chocmilk03 Third Place December 2021 Congratulations! WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 01:19, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Jeffrey Paparoa Holman

On 14 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jeffrey Paparoa Holman, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Jeffrey Paparoa Holman gave himself his middle name, after the Paparoa Range? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jeffrey Paparoa Holman. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Jeffrey Paparoa Holman), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:03, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Patricia Grace

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Patricia Grace you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Mujinga -- Mujinga (talk) 23:00, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

@Mujinga: Thanks very much! I look forward to your feedback. :) Cheers, Chocmilk03 (talk) 23:29, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

interesting article! i've made some comments, i haven't completed the review yet but i'm stopping there for now so feel free to make replies if you like or i'll let you know when i'm done in the next days, prob tomoro Mujinga (talk) 23:57, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

@Mujinga: Amazing, looks like very helpful comments so far and I'll respond to some after work if I can. Planning to go out this weekend also and get a better photo of that quotation on the writers' walk (I see what you mean!!). Cheers, Chocmilk03 (talk) 00:07, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Patricia Grace

The article Patricia Grace you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Patricia Grace for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Mujinga -- Mujinga (talk) 14:20, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Randell Cottage Writers' Residency

On 31 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Randell Cottage Writers' Residency, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Randell Cottage (pictured), home to a residency for French and New Zealand writers, is a listed heritage building? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Randell Cottage Writers' Residency. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Randell Cottage Writers' Residency), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 11573 views (964.4 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of February 2022 – nice work!

Bruxton (talk) 18:11, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

I thought it would do well with that photo! Schwede66 19:18, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

@Schwede66: Thank you (and for all the help on the article/DYK nom)! Very pleased with that! :) Cheers, Chocmilk03 (talk) 21:04, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Patricia Grace

The article Patricia Grace you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Patricia Grace for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Mujinga -- Mujinga (talk) 07:41, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

Thanks Mujinga, very much appreciate the thorough and responsive review! Cheers, Chocmilk03 (talk) 08:38, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

Nice one, hope to see you at GAR again! Mujinga (talk) 09:03, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

Related project Kawanatanga

Hi Chockmilk03, I have a project you might be interested in following and occasionally contributing to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pakoire/PROJECT_Matike_Mai_Aotearoa I have added the article Kawanatanga to it as per your comments recently on the NZ Wikipedian notice board. I invite you to add to the 'to do list' as you notice things - this would be a useful contribution as I work to get a few more people into editing in this subject area. Mauri ora, Pakoire (talk) 20:17, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

@Pakoire: Kia ora Pakoire, thank you! That's a really excellent project and I am definitely keen to help out. Cheers, Chocmilk03 (talk) 23:35, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

Schools

@Chocmilk03: Hi, Would you rather be headmistress of a girls' school or headmistress of a girls' boarding school? Eddaido (talk) 04:46, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Hi Eddaido. I've suggested a way to add that info in, which I think is a bit tidier, but obviously feel free to change it if you have a better idea. Cheers, Chocmilk03 (talk) 05:22, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Russell Kerr

Tēnā koe, I see you are working on the restored article for Russell Kerr - created during one of my editathons last year and deleted - the deletion I didn't notice straight away and was confused about but didn't know what to do... Anyway is it ok if edit your draft article? I have some references from the NZ School of Dance book. Pakoire (talk) 07:23, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

Kia ora Pakoire! Thanks so much. I've tidied it up a bit and just published the draft, so go right ahead! I have a few more things on my list to add to it, but am finishing now for the evening, so will get to those tomorrow. Look forward to seeing your additions. :) Ngā mihi, Chocmilk03 (talk) 07:29, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Russell Kerr (choreographer)

On 30 March 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Russell Kerr (choreographer), which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Spencer^T•C 01:02, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Moana Jackson

On 4 April 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Moana Jackson, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Spencer^T•C 01:58, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for organising this. I somehow never remember to nominate these things. Stuartyeates (talk) 02:15, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

@Stuartyeates: Haha, it never even occurred to me to nominate for ITN until someone kindly nominated Russell Kerr a few days ago. :) Definitely worth doing if we remember! Cheers, Chocmilk03 (talk) 03:37, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

WikiProject update - Performing Arts Aotearoa 12 May 2022

A year after the Performing Arts Aotearoa project started and as we are coming into winter (a busier editing time for many) here is an update.

The Performing Arts Aotearoa Wikiproject now lives on the WikiProject New Zealand page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_New_Zealand/Performing_Arts_Aotearoa

I have added new articles created as part of the Pacific Arts Aotearoa Wikiproject. These articles by new editors include Lusi Faiva, Suli Moa, Edith Amituanai and Amanaki Prescott-Faletau, who was interviewed on Radio New Zealand last Sunday. The reporter let me know the article was valuable for the interview research – great feedback for all of us creating and improving content in Wikipedia.

On the project page is highlighted plenty of articles to create or improve. I invite you to have a look and contribute if you can. There are many long-standing festivals in Aotearoa without articles such as the Hawkes Bay Arts Festival, Tauranga Festival of the Arts, Taranaki International Arts Festival, Nelson Arts Festival and the Christchurch Arts Festival. Creating these Wikipedia pages or Wikidata items allows links to biographies and strengthens the weaving of Wikipedia.

Other suggestions for new articles:

• Notable women - Jane Yonge, Amber Cureen, Eleanor Bishop (director)
• Director of the Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival and musician - Tama Waipara
• Notable theatre companies - Prayas Theatre, The Conch (theatre company), Barbarian Productions

Reach out to me if you want guidance on any aspects of Wikipedia, or a collegial conversation about writing encyclopaedic entries on performing arts. I can set up a zoom, or direct you to places for help.

Please try to remember to add any relevant articles improved or created to the lists on the project page so the impact can be seen. Take your name off the project page if you don’t want to get these sporadic updates. I will keep an eye on new articles and I have an ongoing campaign to get more images uploaded so we can illustrate the articles too. I have resources on Wikimedia Commons if you are interested. Feel free to contact me on my talk page.

Pakoire (talk) 02:15, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

DYK for New Zealand School Journal

On 20 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article New Zealand School Journal, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the New Zealand government has officially apologised for articles published in the New Zealand School Journal about the Moriori people in the early 20th century? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/New Zealand School Journal. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, New Zealand School Journal), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

Postcard #1 (2022)

Postcard from the West Coast Monday 20 June, 2022

Kia ora koutou and thanks for joining the West Coast Wikipedian at Large project! I hope you enjoy helping improve coverage of the beautiful country of Te Tai Poutini over the next ten weeks • First, bookmark the 2022 project page to keep up with which topics we're working on • For questions and suggestions, use the project Talk page (and watchlist it) • There's a Useful tools section on the project page that's worth checking out • We're doing something different this year: instead of the daily reporting of 2020, we're compiling a weekly report: just edit the Weekly Progress page with what you did when you did it, no pressure to do something every day! • There are prizes for both quantity and quality • Online training for newbie editors (Mon 27 Jun) and Commons contributors (Mon 4 Jul)—see the About page and feel free to recruit friends • The focus for the next couple of weeks is Punakaiki: the pancake rocks (which need their own article?), Paparoa Track (a stub with no photos!), Cave Creek (much work needed, and photos of the track, creek, and memorial), and Barrytown, subject of a Wikiblitz but still with plenty to do • I'll be visiting the Punakaiki area and hopefully presenting on Wikipedia to the DOC team around the 29–30 June (depending on weather), and will take photos of tracks, river, points, islands, and caves–requests taken • Note: there's a West Coast Reptiles Wikiblitz on Sunday 3 July if you want to help improve articles about native lizards • Right, that's plenty! Maybe people would be interested in an online team chat? I could post a Doodle poll… • So looking forward to working with you all on this! • Mānawatia a Matariki, — Giantflightlessbirds

Selliera radicans is a coastal turf plant that lives on the exposed clifftops near the Pancake Rocks.

Orphaned non-free image File:Commerce Commission logo 2021.png

⚠

Thanks for uploading File:Commerce Commission logo 2021.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Senator2029 【talk】 23:32, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

Postcard #2 (2022)

Postcard from the West Coast Tuesday 5 July, 2022

Kia ora koutou and thank you all for your hard work over the last couple of weeks! We've had a cold snap here on the Coast, but at least the rain's slackened off and I've been able to get out on the blue sunny days and take snapshots • Schwede66 has been sorting out the Paparoa Range, cleaning up mountain wikidata, and expanding the Pororari River • We have a new article about the Truman Track, and a great photo selection for Cave Creek • Our hardest worker has been Marshalc, creating new articles on the Pancake Rocks, Bullock Creek, and the Inland Pack Track amongst others • I took a field trip to Punakaiki and sorted out the Wikidata and photos for every scenic spot between the Strongman Mine Memorial (Q112859334) and Hatters Bay (Q32217346) • If you're still thinking about helping, we could do with expanding the Punakaiki article, and sorting the best Pancake Rocks photos into a Commons gallery • Greymouth photographer Jase Blair donated some beautiful photos of Paparoa National Park which need using • The Avatar moth from Denniston Plateau (with its newly-improved article) will be RNZ's Critter of the Week on Friday • New resource: Mark Pickering's book The Coastal Journey (2010) (Q112841717) is free to download and a great reference • This coming weekend I'm off to Moana on Lake Brunner (to photograph the bays, walks, and especially the Kotuku Model Bungalow (those are all Start-quality icons, hint hint) • Check out the Project page to see jobs there are to do, and how you can help out! Ka kite ano. — Giantflightlessbirds

Memorial to the Strongman Mine disaster of 1967. The stones are in memory of Pike River.

Pending changes reviewer granted

Hello. Your account has been granted the "pending changes reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on pages protected by pending changes. The list of articles awaiting review is located at Special:PendingChanges, while the list of articles that have pending changes protection turned on is located at Special:StablePages.

Being granted reviewer rights neither grants you status nor changes how you can edit articles. If you do not want this user right, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time.

See also:

• Wikipedia:Reviewing pending changes, the guideline on reviewing
• Wikipedia:Pending changes, the summary of the use of pending changes
• Wikipedia:Protection policy#Pending changes protection, the policy determining which pages can be given pending changes protection by administrators.
  

Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 13:39, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

You've got mail

Hello, Chocmilk03. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.MurielMary (talk) 01:07, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Postcard #3 (2022)

Postcard from the West Coast Tuesday 19 July, 2022

Kia ora koutou and once again thank you for all your mahi over the last fortnight • We've been working on articles on the Lake Brunner area; the lake's article is looking heaps better, and it's in the queue for DYK • Marshelec, Swede66, and Turnagra have been the putting in lots of effort, with new articles on the Croesus Track, Mount Te Kinga, and the Pike19 Memorial Track amongst others • We've rescued lots of great photos from Flickr and other public collections • But these weren't enough: I did two field trips to photograph up and down the Punakaiki coast, and halfway around the Arnold Valley and Lake Brunner; numerous new Commons categories and Wikidata images resulted • Progress at the lake was derailed by having to be filmed for the evening news, editing Wikipedia in the open air while being attacked by sandflies (our project mascot is well chosen) • Over the next two weeks the focus shifts to Karamea, all the caves and walks of the Ōpārara Basin, and the Heaphy Track • There is plenty to do: the Wangapeka Track, Honeycomb Hill Cave, and Kahurangi National Park need massive work, so I'm stoked that Marshall and Lyn are joining me for a few days this weekend at Karamea to help • This is an area that critically relies on tourism, and it's embarassing the coverage is so bad in Wikipedia • Check out the Project page to see jobs there are to do, and how you can help out! Ka kite ano. — Giantflightlessbirds

The Kotuku Model Bungalow at Jack's Mill School; designed, built, and completely furnished at 3/4 scale by primary school children in 1938—the project of a visionary headmaster, now Heritage NZ listed.

DYK for New Zealand Women Writers' Society

On 31 July 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article New Zealand Women Writers' Society, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the first meeting of the New Zealand Women Writers' Society was chaired by a man? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/New Zealand Women Writers' Society. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, New Zealand Women Writers' Society), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:03, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

Postcard #4 (2022)

Postcard from the West Coast Monday 1 Aug, 2022

Kia ora koutou and thanks for helping with this project • It's been a busy fortnight: I visited Karamea with Marshall and Lyn, and we spent the day on the Fenian Track, which now has its own article and over 100 photos of the valley, the local flora and fauna, and the three caves we explored • Yes, there were cave wētā and spiders • I also got to meet with local historians, photographers, and nature buffs who are keen to share photos and deluged me with print materials • The double hook featuring the Paparoa Track and the Pororari River articles appeared in DYK on 25 July and they got 3000 readers between them, but the accompanying DOC video clip got over 400,000 views! • The newly-created Copland Track article was in DYK the next day, and Lake Brunner will feature soon • Great work, everyone • Coming up: Te Wahipounamu and the Haast Pass—I'll be spending three days exploring and photographing the area, and could definitely do with help fleshing out the skeletal coverage of the lakes, localities, rivers, and wetlands of that beautiful part of the world • Check out the Project page to see the north-to-south list for South Westland, and pick something to work on; ask me for a job if you don't have one! Ka kite ano. — Giantflightlessbirds

Marshall took this photo of a very curious South Island robin (Petroica australis australis) on the Fenian Track.

Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 10:55, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

Postcard #5 (2022)

Postcard from the West Coast Monday 15 Aug, 2022

Kia ora koutou; we're coming up to the home stretch! • I got back from South Westland with about 400 photos to upload and categorise into Commons • The DOC team down there are very excited about our project; they're busy reopening the Haast-Paringa Cattle Track with a new swingbridge, and I promised we would create an article with photos of all the huts • Archives New Zealand have a wonderful collection of tourist publicity photos on DigitalNZ; you could search them for pics of West Coast places for articles (see the ones I used in Pleasant Flat) • There's still plenty to do over the last fortnight of the project—if you could find some time to pick one of the biggest gaps and have a go at filling it, that would be great • in Haast, we need articles on Okuru (currently a redirect), Hannahs Clearing, the Roaring Billy and Thunder Creek Falls, and Ship Creek; I have photos of all of them • You could also check back through the Punakaiki, Lake Brunner, and North Westland lists for anything that needs expanding • In other news, I'm running an online workshop 7 pm August 23rd on Adding Photos to Commons; enrolment's free, share with any keen photographers you know • We're also having a Wikiblitz this coming Sunday to try to improve the articles about West Coast reptiles, and could use help • Thank you for all your hard work; I'd like to organise an online meetup on Zoom at the end of the project to look back at what we've done and have a think about next steps; will send some possible times • Ka kite ano. — Giantflightlessbirds

A couple having a lovely picnic at Pleasant Flat in 1965, from the National Publicity Studios collection