Wikipedia:Meetup/Christchurch/34
The Ōtautahi Christchurch monthly meetups are a chance for Wiki people (Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikisource, and so on) to get together, get advice, get collaborations started. Everybody's welcome, beginners or experienced.
- Pegasus Arms in the old Pegasus Press Building (OSM, Google Maps)
- Sunday, 1 December 2024
- 6:00–8:00 pm
- The upstairs area is unavailable so we have a table booked downstairs. If the weather is good we could also consider sitting outside.
Axel has some interesting info on Christchurch buildings:
"[The Pegusus Press Building] is not quite the oldest – it’s the oldest in the CBD. Deans Cottage is a decade older. And there was Wahi Ruru in Sumner from 1851, but it was knocked down in 2015 – a late earthquake victim (we don’t even have a Wikidata entry for it, but it’s on Commons). And just outside the CBD, there’s Englefield Lodge (Q75790749). A tad younger (1855) but with quite some history. The owners are trying to hang onto it, and I’m surprised it’s still standing; badly knocked around in the earthquakes."
Attendees
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- David Palmer//cloventt (talk)
- MurielMary (talk)
- Giantflightlessbirds (talk)
- Thomas8868 (talk)
Apologies
[edit]- Alexeyevitch(talk) - vacationing overseas
Useful links
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- Join the Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand user group
- Wikipedia Aotearoa New Zealand on Facebook
- The Aotearoa Wikipedian at Large project (WP:AoWPAL)
- Wikiproject New Zealand in Wikipedia and Wikidata
- New Zealand Wikipedians' notice board
What have we been up to?
[edit]- MurielMary: after conversations at the November meetup, started expanding the article on Kurow and adding photos of the area to Commons.
- Giantflightlessbirds: met with head of Ōtautahi Museum of Archaeology, an online museum/collection of Christchurch post-earthquake excavations and building history, to talk about a possible WIkipedia project.
Upcoming events
[edit]- WikiCon 2025 is in Christchurch, 16–18 May. register here.