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Te Atatū follow-up[edit]
Kia ora! Just wanted to follow up about your post on my talk page, as I was curious what you thought.
Right now the problem seems to be that the vast majority of sources don't seem to point specifically to either suburb specifically. I do a lot of disambiguation work, and I was able to clear up just 3 of the 20 pages that pointed to Te Atatū (disambiguation). In my research on the subject, I also saw at least one source that indicated that the two suburbs used to not be viewed as distinct at all but, rather, were just referred to as one neighborhood. It also seems that at least some news sources will just refer to "Te Atatū" without specifying which of the two is relevant.
I'm not quite sure what the best solution here would be. It almost seems like it might be best to combine the two pages, but I do feel like that might be doing them a disservice. Perhaps we should just leave the large number of disambiguation links as-is? I'm not sure what the protocol is for this kind of scenario.
Also, this isn't as generally applicable, but I thought it was funny. The government of Auckland/NZ is currently building an express bus stop in Te Atatū – and the reason I haven't specified which suburb is because one of the directions has its stop in Te Atatū South, and the other has its stop in Te Atatū Peninsula. (https://at.govt.nz/projects-roadworks/northwestern-bus-improvements/#overview)
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- @Henrygg98: I'm not sure what the best thing is to do either! There weren't always two distinct suburbs, and one isn't more important than the other (compared to, say, Henderson and Henderson North), and people do make references to Te Atatū without saying which they're meaning. Having three articles was very redundant, but having a single article doesn't feel right either, since the two areas have a lot of cultural/historical differences. --Prosperosity (talk) 19:12, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
- @Prosperosity – What if we kept "Te Atatū" as a disambiguation page but then made one called something like "Te Atatū (pre-[whatever year it split]) or something like that? That way we can at least cover the time before the split, and people won't accidentally link to that one instead because "Te Atatū" will still go to the disambiguation page. Henrygg98 (talk) 22:04, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
- @Henrygg98: I'm not sure if that would solve a lot of the issues, like features along the motorway corridor that aren't clearly north or south, or people using Te Atatū to refer to the general area. A merger might be the best idea, but at the same time I'm very unsure and keep convincing myself against this. --Prosperosity (talk) 00:42, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
- @Prosperosity – What if we kept "Te Atatū" as a disambiguation page but then made one called something like "Te Atatū (pre-[whatever year it split]) or something like that? That way we can at least cover the time before the split, and people won't accidentally link to that one instead because "Te Atatū" will still go to the disambiguation page. Henrygg98 (talk) 22:04, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
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New book on WikiSource[edit]
Hi, User:David Nind has just finished validating Municipal and Official Handbook of the City of Auckland for me. It's a 1922 publication relating the history and current state of Auckland City of the time. There are still six double-spread photos to sort out, but all the other images are in place. They're also in an associated Commons category. Thought this might be useful for the history of the inner suburbs. Beeswaxcandle (talk) 20:49, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
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Auckland Museum sarrusophone[edit]
Hi! On my travels around the sarrusophone-related article-sphere, I have noticed that the instrument held by Auckland Museum (image) is probably not a bass in B♭, but a baritone in E♭. We can differentiate easily based primarily its its smaller size, but also the configuration of the bends of tubing; note how in the bass sarrusophone (image), the first 180° bow in the tubing occurs near the bottom of the instrument, whereas in the baritone (image), it occurs at about the half-way point. Just a thought... perhaps we could pop a bassoon reed on it and give it a wee toot next time I'm in Auckland :) — Jon (talk) 02:58, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
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$8 for lolly cake!![edit]
Thanks for adding a photo to the lolly cake article but oh my, I will have to bring you/send you some regular-priced lolly cake from outside of the big smoke!! $8!!! I'm sure it's not more than $5 or $5.50 down here on the mainland. :-) MurielMary (talk) 06:44, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
- @MurielMary: I mean, it is from a mall cafe in Albany, and these are gigantic slices (and we have a cost of living crisis). I'm sure a slice from somewhere like Helensville would be much more reasonable! --Prosperosity (talk) 07:02, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
- @MurielMary: Also, that wasn't the worst! $9.50 for rocky road! --Prosperosity (talk) 07:05, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
- Goodness!!!! But yes they do seem like generous slices ...... MurielMary (talk) 07:17, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
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