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This is the topic list for the September–October 2023 West Coast Wikipedian at Large, reflecting the areas Development West Coast would most like to see improved— attractions in the Karamea area, tourism on the Fox and Franz Josef glaciers, and the Waitangiroto Nature Reserve, breeding ground of kōtuku.

The project ran from 11 September to 20 October, and included:

  • Online training for new editors and Commons photographers in the first three weeks (sessions on main page).
  • Volunteer "postcards" (see Postcards from the Coast for examples)
  • Weekly reports of uploads, edits, and improvements on Fridays (see 2022 Weekly Progress for examples)
  • On-site work (NZers were welcome to join me on location during these photography/research field trips):
  • Final report after a wrap-up meeting of participants on Sunday 12 Nov, 2:30 pm. FInal report still to come, as we're still processing photos received in the January Karamea visit.
  • During the project we created eight new articles, and 113 articles were edited by 11 editors, who added 27,000 words and 217 references. Those articles had 42,000 views since the project began up to early November 2023. Over 400 photos were uploaded to Commons.
  • A visit to Karamea had to be cancelled, but a follow-up trip was planned for January 2024, which will involve more article creation, improvement, and photo uploading.

Participants (2023)[edit]

If you're a Wikimedia volunteer and would like to assist with the 2023 project, feel free to add your name below. You'll receive a regular update listing priority topics, 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!

Here's the project dashboard. If you're joining us after the project started, add yourself to the dashboard here (it only tracks West-Coast-related edits).

Karamea area[edit]

Please check if there are accurate Wikidata items with one image, and ideally Commons categories containing a good selection of photos, for the following places. If/when there's a good Wikidata item (with correct location and an image, and ideally a Commons category), cross it off.

Fenian Range†, ?Scarlett Range, Bald Knob†, Kōhaihai River, Kōhaihai Bluff, Nīkau Walk, Mossy Burn,Kongahu, Kongahu Swamp, Arapito, Umere, Fenian Caves Track, Oparara Valley Track, Oparara Arch Track, Honeycomb Hill Caves Track, Honeycomb Hill Arch, Mirror Tarn Track, Moria Gate Track.

Note: † means that the Wikidata item has been checked and is up to date but a photo is missing. If some of these items are worth an actual Wikipedia article, add them to the list below.

North Westland area
Wikipedia Quality Wikidata Commons category Done Notes
Fenian Track Start Q113296953 Fenian Track ✓ Needs history added, and photos of the caves
Heaphy Track C Q1592359 Heaphy Track High priority. Warrants significantly improved content about geography, biodiversity, and geology (ie esp what trampers might possibly notice)
Honeycomb Hill Cave Stub Q5893773 Honeycomb Hill Cave Track, arch to include
Kahurangi National Park Start Q1429722 Kahurangi National Park Article is woeful. High priority for improvement. See Salisbury, Ray (2020) Tableland
Karamea C Q1728935 Karamea In good shape now, but needs better photos.
Karamea Centennial Museum Stub Q98668777 Karamea Centennial Museum
Moria Gate Arch Q32282360 Moria Gate Arch Covered in Ōpārara Basin Arches article. Worth a separate article, including track?
Nelson cave spider Start Q2376193 Spelungula cavernicola A cave was just closed to conserve it: ref ref ref
Ōpārara Basin C Q2887504 Ōpārara Basin Add tracks here; improve refs; concession now held by visitor centre
Ōpārara Basin Arches Start Q7095596 Ōpārara Arch 1 Need Crazy Paving, Box Canyon caves
Ōtūmahana Estuary Start Q113212631 Ōtūmahana Estuary Needs content about biodiversity if sources can be found. Needs more photos

Useful sources:

  • Jennifer Mary Curtis (1973), The special settlements of Jackson's Bay and Karamea, UC Research Repository, doi:10.26021/10719, hdl:10092/101666, Wikidata Q112806317
  • Heale, D.M.; Hathaway, S.; Howling, G.; Quince, A. (18 November 1993), A report on the ecology of the Karamea / Otumahana Estuary, West Coast New Zealand (PDF), Department of Conservation, Wikidata Q113215306
  • Mary Tunnicliff (1961), Karamea Co-operative Dairy Company Limited, Golden Jubilee 1911-1961, Karamea: Karamea Co-operative Dairy Company Limited, OCLC 153579873, Wikidata Q113191624
  • Harmon, Dulcie (2007), Karamea – a story of success (2nd ed.), Karamea, Wikidata Q113332465{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

The kōtuku colony[edit]

The Waitangiroto Nature Reserve, breeding ground of kōtuku, needs its own article covering all the ornithological research and surveying that's gone on there, as well as recent tourism. This should be linked from the kōtuku article, which should be expanded to cover Eastern Great Egrets across their range, as well as the breeding colony in NZ; which is not at Ōkārito Lagoon, despite what the article says!

South Westland area
Wikipedia Quality Wikidata Commons category Done Notes
Whataroa C Q7991656 Whataroa ✓
Waitangitāhuna River Start Q7960469 Waitangitāhuna River ✓ Created category
Waitangiroto River Start Q7960467 Waitangiroto River ✓ Created category
Waitangiroto Nature Reserve C Q106569427 Waitangiroto Nature Reserve ✓ Created 13/11 and submitted to DYK
Kōtuku Start Q1207168 Ardea alba in New Zealand Article looks like C class to me Marshelec

References to use:

  • Dennis, Andy. (2007). South West New Zealand World Heritage Highway Guide. Westport: Poutini Press. This is a pretty good overview of the area from Fox Glacier to Makarora,.
  • Wardle, Peter. (1979). Plants and Landscape in Westland National Park. Wellington: National Parks Authority.
  • Carey, Peta. (May 2022). "Not If But When." North & South.
  • Doran, J.A. (1979). Whataroa South Westland: Centennial Report 1879–1979 Whataroa: Whataroa District Schools' Centennial Committee

Glacier country[edit]

The goal here is to cover the history of guiding and tourism in the Fox and Franz Josef glacier areas. We can also cover Gillespies Beach and other non-glacier-related attractions.

South Westland area
Wikipedia Quality Wikidata Commons category Done Notes
Gillespies Beach Start Q25661870 Gillespies Beach
Gillespies Beach Gold Dedge — Q122918118 Gillespies Beach Gold Dedge ✓
Gillespies Beach Suction Dredge — Q122918149 Gillespies Beach Suction Dredge ✓
Fox Glacier (town) B Q48767993 Fox Glacier (town)
Fox Glacier C Q114772 Fox Glacier / Te Moeka o Tuawe
Fox Glacier Hotel C Q79301080 Fox Glacier Hotel
Chancellor Hut Start Q77289351 Chancellor Hut
Franz Josef / Waiau C Q1447467 Franz Josef / Waiau
St James Church, Franz Josef B Q79304080 St James Church, Franz Josef
Franz Josef Glacier C Q673150 Franz Josef Glacier
Copland Track B Q112966873 Copland Track

Whites Aviation photos of these areas[edit]

Whites Aviation was an aerial photography company who took pictures all over New Zealand in the 1940s–70s. The National Library of New Zealand purchased the copyright along with the collection (described here), and have released the aerial photographs under an open CC-BY licence. There are only a few uploaded at the moment: Category:Whites_Aviation. It would be great to add all the photos of the West Coast areas listed below to Commons, with good metadata and categories, and use them on the target articles. Possible Wikiblitz?

Useful tools[edit]

Useful Wikidata searches[edit]

Photo uploads[edit]

Acting as a Wikipedian in Residence I can upload photo collections on behalf of copyright holders, with their full consent; the benefits and consequences of an irrevocable open licence were explained to them. Contact them with any further enquiries about copyright status and licensing.

Collection Date Photographer Copyright holder Licence

Media coverage[edit]

  • "West Coast gets a Wikipedia upgrade". Westport News. 10 October 2023. p. 2.
  • "Coast Wikipedia upgrade". Greymouth Star. 30 September 2023. p. 2.
  • Creedmore, Jessie (8 January 2024). "Wikipedian at Large returns to Karamea" (PDF). Karamea Chronicle (170): 1–3.
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