Wikipedia:Meetup/Auckland 25

Auckland Meetup #24 – Saturday 6 July 2024

New Lynn War Memorial Library

• Date: Saturday 6 July 2024
• Time: 10:00 am to midday
• Location: Meeting Room, New Lynn War Memorial Library, 3 Memorial Drive, New Lynn, Auckland
• Bring a laptop if you have one. There are publicly available computers if you don't have a laptop, but they are located elsewhere in the library.

Venue

The group will meet in the Meeting Room located on the ground floor of New Lynn War Memorial Library. Please ensure that the room is left how we found it including table and chair locations.

The library is a one-minute walk from New Lynn train station and the New Lynn Transport Interchange, served by trains on the Western Line, and numerous bus routes (14, 18, 22N, 24B, 24R, 68, 149, 152, 154, 161, 162, 170, 171, 172, 186, 195, 191, and 670).

Future meetups

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The meetup

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Attending

• Prosperosity (talk)
• Paora (talk)
• Beeswaxcandle (talk)

Agenda and notes from meetup

1. Introduction to meetup by organisers

• General welcome and introductions

3. Discussion of possible collaborative projects and future events

• Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2024 Campaign (1 July - 31 August 2024)

4. Requests for edits

• New Lynn Community Centre (Q117452647) (+ associated sculptures)
• New Lynn Stags
• Olympic Park (Q120176232) (+ Olympic Park sculpture trail, Lynrey Gymnasium, EcoMatters Environment Trust, Bay Olympic)

Outcomes

• Edits to Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikicommons associated with the recent Auckland War Memorial Museum awards ceremony.
• Adding content from Untamed Coast: Auckland's Waitakere Ranges and Heritage Area (2012), including a new page Karekare Falls

Next Auckland meetup

• TBC August 2024