This is the project page for a Wikipedia collaboration between Ashburton District Council and Wikipedian at Large Mike Dickison (User:Giantflightlessbirds) focussed on Ashburton, New Zealand and surrounding area, December 2024 to April 2025.
Articles to create
edit- Ashburton Museum and Heritage Centre, with photo galleries and coverage of collection highlights. This would replace Ashburton Art Gallery and Ashburton Museum articles. Both institutions moved into the new Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre in February 2015 and merged three years ago. See Ashburton District Council info on the museum and the Museum blog.
| Wikidata | Wikipedia | Quality | Wikimedia Commons | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Ashburton Lakes | — | Category:Lakes of Canterbury Region currently | Need an article for the district Ō Tū Wharekai, which includes Lakes Camp and Clearwater. 1 Part of Hakatere Conservation Park 2 3, which currently redirects Ashburton Lakes to Lake Clearwater (village). Info on water quality and 2.. |
| Lake Camp (Q76208071) | Lake Camp | — | Category:Lake Camp | Article in German. Some of the other Ashburton Lakes may need separate articles: Lake Emma, Lake Emily, Lake Roundabout, and the Maori Lakes (sic). See LAWA and Lakes380. |
| Ashburton Aviation Museum (Q105082741) | Ashburton Aviation Museum | — | A couple of photos in Commons, in Ashburton | |
| — | Trott's Gardens | — | — | Two books: 1, 2 |
| — | Harris Scientific Reserve | — | — | See an iNat visit: 1, newsletter 2, F&B 3 ECAN 4, news 5, 6 BotSoc 7. Biodiversity Advisory Group meeting. Val Clemens |
Articles to improve
editRelevant model articles would be Rangitata Diversion Race (
) and Methven, New Zealand ( ).
| Wikidata | Wikipedia | Quality | Wikimedia Commons | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashburton (Q724923) | Ashburton, New Zealand |
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Category:Ashburton, New Zealand | In 19 languages. See Talk page for suggestions. Can be improved to a GA. Needs extensive coverage of points of interest and improved photos |
| Mid Canterbury (Q55623068) | Mid Canterbury | 
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— | Cites no sources, wikidata a mess. See Ashburton Talk Page for divisions of Canterbury. To C class. 1 |
| Ashburton District (Q15784197) | Ashburton District |
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Category:Ashburton District needs a cleanup | To C class. |
| Ashburton Central (Q102072227) | Ashburton Central |
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No specific category, just use Ashburton? | To C class. The only thing it mentions is the WINZ shooting! Is this even a property of the suburb, or of Ashburton history as a whole? Add historic buildings and history. 1, 2 Ditto with Allenton. |
| Tinwald (Q7808554) | Tinwald |
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No category: create one. | Plenty of separate history: see book in Publications. |
| Ashburton River / Hakatere (Q4804674) | Ashburton River / Hakatere |
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Category:Ashburton River/Hakatere (2, with 6 and 3 of N and S branches but only one of bridge) | Add information about the history of the bridge, and upcoming second bridge. e.g. 1 |
| Ashburton Domain (Q4804667) | Ashburton Domain | 
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— | A "cricket ground"? Very cricket-focussed stub! 1 |
| Ashburton Guardian (Q4804670) | Ashburton Guardian |
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— | Needs Wikidata work and photos, and refs like Ian Grant's Lasting Impressions and Pressing On and Scholefield's Newspapers in NZ. Digital subscription. 1 2 |
| Lake Heron (Q6476154) | Lake Heron |
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Category: Lake Heron, New Zealand (23) | Very brief! |
| Lake Clearwater (Q6475407) | Lake Clearwater |
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Category:Lake Clearwater (New Zealand) – some great photos like this. | Lake, not Lake Clearwater (village). |
| Mount Sunday (Q31683747) | Mount Sunday | — | Category:Mount Sunday (25) | Currently just a redirect to Mt Potts, which has almost no refs. Needs extensive coverage of Lord of the Rings construction and filming, plus a Fair Use image from the movie. |
| Lake Hood (Q6476203) | Lake Hood |
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Category:Lake_Hood_(New_Zealand) (2, both terrible) | Needs more info and some good photos. |
| David Elliot (Q5233345) | David Elliot (illustrator) |
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No category, 4 images in Commons (see DWRF 2021 Writing for Children), not great. | Needs a photo of Elliot, more sources including profiles of him, and release of some sample images under an open licence so we can add a gallery to the page. |
Other articles to improve
editIf volunteer editors are interested, see other articles in Ashburton District, or related to the Ashburton River.
Did You Know…
edit- To feature: Ashburton, New Zealand
Contact
edit- Email Mike at mike
rove.wiki - Leave a message on his Wikipedia talk page
- Join the Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand user group
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