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Clyde Quay School and Community Emergency Hub[edit]

Hi G - I see you're having a few problems with User:Wetbeans too... I've been reverted several times on that article. I'm taking it gently because s/he's a fairly new editor, but I don't think s/he's learnt about WP:OWN yet. It's annoying to have correcting of formatting to WP standard reverted though... Grutness...wha? 11:27, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'm sorry, yes, I am a new editor, but I'm reverting the article because people keep deleting important parts of the article. Wetbeans (talk) 17:37, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Wetbeans: If you don't have suitable sources, then you can't demonstrate notability. Sports at primary school level would very rarely be considered important other than by people directly participating.-gadfium 17:42, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Wetbeans: If someone who later went on to become a notable sportsperson (or notable in any other field) attended the school, it would be worth having that in the article — and the same if a sports team from the school on a major trophy — but as Gadfium says, (almost) all primary schools have sports, so it's hardly an important item to mention. Grutness...wha? 02:07, 8 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Clyde Quay School had been winning a sport competition, forgot what it was called, for almost 9 years in a row. I would've added that if anyone knew the name. Wetbeans (talk) 02:45, 8 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
How is that school even notable? Or am I missing something? Schwede66 03:47, 8 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Schwede66: It might be notable a little bit because of its age, its position very close to central Wellington, and being architect-designed. I suspect there would be many prominent NZers who attended, although I only see two names with What links here. That's probably because we don't usually note people's primary education in articles, and because "Clyde Quay School" was a redirect to the suburb until a couple of days ago. I wouldn't defend it against an AfD, but I wouldn't nominate it either.-gadfium 04:04, 8 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Quite a few names turn up in searching for "Clyde Quay". I'll add a section to the article. Grutness...wha? 08:56, 8 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
That's because Clyde Quay is a place in Te Aro, Wellington. Wetbeans (talk) 18:33, 8 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hibiscus Coast[edit]

Hello! Would you be able to add population stats to the Hibiscus Coast article? --Prosperosity (talk) 05:42, 11 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I made a start tonight, will follow up tomorrow.-gadfium 08:24, 11 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Prosperosity:  Done-gadfium 00:39, 12 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thank you! Could you add Stillwater and Waiwera to the demographics as well? --Prosperosity (talk) 00:54, 12 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
 Done-gadfium 02:02, 12 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Localities without population data[edit]

Could I check if it's possible for you to add population data for Woodhill, Pākiri and Whakatīwai? --Prosperosity (talk) 01:57, 26 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Prosperosity: If we take Woodhill as being on SH16 between Restall Road and Woodhill School, it falls between two SA1 areas: 7002133 which covers 24.80 square km, and 7001266 which covers 18.08. Both areas run west to the coast. If Woodhill also includes part of Kiwitahi Road, that's in 7001370 which covers 7.19. That's just over 50 square km, which might be too diffuse an area for a small locality.
Pakiri is simpler; Google Maps gives me a defined area and I'm familiar with the school/hall/church area and the beach. It's all covered by 7001150 which is 28.52 square km and a reasonable match for the Google Maps-defined area.
Whakatīwai is included in the Kaiaua rural settlement area. The appropriate SA1 is 7010813, covering 3.06 square km, running from Kaiaua School north to Wharekawa Marae, but not including Whakatīwai Regional Park. To include the park I would have to add 7010810 which is 45.40 square km. I think limiting it to 7010813 is more reasonable.
I'll do Pakiri and Whakatīwai this afternoon. If you think it is still appropriate to add Woodhill, let me know.-gadfium 02:46, 26 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thank you! That's a shame about Woodhill being so difficult to define - it's the only locality with a school in the Auckland Region that doesn't have a population statistic. --Prosperosity (talk) 04:11, 26 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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