User talk:NzSteve

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NzSteve, good luck, and have fun. Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 02:18, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Hey Steve

I see you are interested in Philip Dadson and perhaps also Jim Allen. I am Jim Allen's grandson and know Philip Dadson. I could perhaps help you with their research to expand their pages. I don't know if we're allowed to link social media here but if we are it might be good to continue the discussion there. Thomas Norren (talk) 05:38, 11 August 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for getting in touch. I am only a minor player in the Wikipedia world. My little project is to get at least a starter page for all the NZ sculptors who have public sculptures in Wellington. I will be expanding the page for Jim Allen a bit further as I find time. I will probably only take it to being a starter category page and leave others to put in more details.

Unfortunately his sculpture that was in the old ICI building is no longer around for me to get a photograph of it. If you or anyone in the family has a photograph of any of his work they are willing to make public that would be great. To be usable on Wikipedia photographs have to be uploaded into https://commons.wikimedia.org by the copyright holder who is the only person who can grant the creative commons copyright license. NzSteve (talk) 21:54, 11 August 2022 (UTC)

Ok, I'll ask him about that. You want any work in particular? His barbed wire one perhaps? Thomas Norren (talk) 02:14, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

Invitation to an in-person meetup in Mohua / Golden Bay

WANZ is offering travel grants

Thinking about your summer break? Think about joining other Wikipedians and Wikimedians in Golden Bay / Mohua! Details are on the meetup page. There's heaps of interesting stuff to work on e.g. the oldest extant waka or New Zealand's oldest ongoing legal case. Or you may spend your time taking photos and then upload them.

Golden Bay is hard to get to and the airline flying into Tākaka uses small planes, travelling to and from Wellington. Get in quick.

Be in touch with Schwede66 if this event interests you and you'd like to discuss logistics. Schwede66 19:15, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

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