User talk:Giantflightlessbirds/WestCoastWPAL

Progress

Wikipedia

I let you decide where and how you'd like to track progress. Here's a few things that I have done:

• Clock Tower Chambers – new article
• St Mary's Catholic Church, Hokitika – expanded stub to start class
• Wallsend, New Zealand – new article
• Brunner Borough – new article
• Joseph Petrie – expanded existing article
  • Hokitika Museum - created new article Pakoire (talk)

Commons

• tidied up Westport category
• uploaded various photos
• made category for Taylorville bridge

Wikidata

• On your tab 'History', I created a table for 'Political history' and made entries for those that were missing.
• tidied existing entries for heritage items

I'll add to the list up until the point that you've got a system going for recording this in the way you want it. Schwede66 01:18, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for getting stuck in! I've created a Progress Report tab for logging events and volunteer contributions by date, and have copied these over. Everyone just needs to remember to sign their name. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 21:01, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Postcards?

Hi! I love that you're sending the odd postcard... is there a way to sign up for them? Always fun to live vicariously through a WPAL! Cheers, Jon (talk) 05:40, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Virtual postcards! You can sign up as a participant on the main page, BUT you'll be expected to help out. No free postcards… —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 08:00, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

And nice postcards they are! Schwede66 08:49, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Another "event"

At this point, the Hokitika Clock Tower DYK will be the lead hook on 16 September. It'll be on the homepage from noon until midnight. I wasn't sure whether you would want this added to your "events" calendar; it's a different type of event. Schwede66 20:20, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

I'll plug it on social media, and add it to the "Achieved" list; another great thing to point the media at. Well done! —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 21:42, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Nimmo photos

Kia ora Podzemnik, hope life's good and the excitement levels are rising. Mike has uploaded a fantastic set of photos. Much of that is top quality and it deserves Commons homepage exposure. You know your way around the nomination criteria and the process; would you mind casting your eye over the material and do what needs doing? Schwede66 21:55, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

@Schwede66: Good to hear from you. The photos are nice but to be honest none of the photos struck me enough to say "wow" and wow effect is on of the most important with Featured Pictures. Only Featured Pictures can be displayed on the main page. The quality is good for sure but most of the photos have people in them (not favourable by Featured Pictures community, unless they provide useful scale). A lot of the photos have lens flares which disqualify them from being Featured. You can try to nominate a photo via this link, but I don't think that any of them would be passable unfortunately, mostly because of people, lens flares, and harsh midday lightning. Regards, --Podzemnik (talk) 02:31, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Well, that nicely highlights the difference between the amateur (me) and the expert (you)! Schwede66 02:38, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

To do

northern square base of the Hokitika Clock Tower

Hi Mike, wonder whether you could grab a source for the Hokitika street names. They are mostly colonial politicians and some are rather obvious due to the person's connection to the West Coast. Hamilton Street, however, is less obvious. Could be William John Warburton Hamilton but that's just a guess. I see that D. J. Evans gave a talk to the Hokitika Beautifying Association on Hokitika street names in August 1921. Maybe the museum has got a copy of his talk. Schwede66 01:55, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

Another thing. I've expanded the John Bevan bio. He lived in Hokitika for the last 46 years of his life so the Museum may have a photo of him. Schwede66 22:23, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

Could I please request a photo of the northern square base of the Hokitika Clock Tower? A view like the adjacent photo but in focus, please, showing the concrete base, those two plaques (the one on the right say "To commemorate the dispatch of 130 men from the Westland district"), and the bottom of the column. Take a spotter with you; don't want you to get run over while taking a photo. Schwede66 03:02, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Is this still on your list, Mike? Schwede66 22:15, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

Whoops, forgot; will do when I pass back through Hokitika. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 22:31, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

Argh, tooks photos but just of the plaques – which you already have; didn't do the base. Next time! —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 05:44, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

We could do with contemporary photos of Rimu; have started a category. Schwede66 23:22, 6 October 2020 (UTC)