Wikipedia:Meetup/Christchurch/32

The Ōtautahi Christchurch monthly meetups are a chance for Wiki people (Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikisource, etc.) to get together. Everybody's welcome, beginners or experienced.

Muy Muy, 44 Welles Street, Christchurch
6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Sunday 6 October 2024

Attendees

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Apologies

David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk)
Alexeyevitch^(talk) (tentative)

What have we been up to?

Discussed boundaries of conflicts of interest
If anyone is looking for a topic for a general interest (open to the public) editathon or project, women's organisations in New Zealand would be a great choice. Anne Else's 1993 book was put online in 2019 and is an excellent starting point: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/women-together
Giantflightlessbirds showed the work he has been doing with a University of Otago academic on Frances Browne's biography (there is scope to create content on her life and works and also Dora Curtis's life and works: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Browne
Herewhy has been working with this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:New_Zealand_articles_needing_infoboxes
Also discussed the choice of infoboxes for the Bra Fence and the Toothbrush Fence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toothbrush_fence.
Discussion about the talk page of this article and whether some previous material should be archived: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardrona_Bra_Fence. Which led to the discussion of which conflates types of fences with specific famous ("famous") fences like the Darling Downs–Moreton Rabbit Board fence, the North-East India security fence, the Rabbit-proof fence, and the Dingo Fence.
Herewhy raised this article and the work she's done on it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_squad_(New_Zealand) After discussion, suggest that this article would be better with a brief description of the group's purpose followed by a table listing the people in the group, and moving the information on the actual abolition to the article on the Legislative Council.

Herewhy came across this list and found it inspiring to work with and turn the redlinks blue!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DrThneed/Listeria_for_women_NZ_Honours_recipients

Discussion of the Cab disambiguation article and adding Citizen's Advice Bureau NZ to it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cab

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Outcomes and tips

Kia ora, sorry I couldn't make it in the end. How was the venue? Is it a good option for future meetups? David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk)

I thought it was good - not too noisy, range of food and drinks, and the Wifi was free and satisfactory! MurielMary (talk) 09:26, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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