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On behalf of Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand (WANZ), kia ora, hello, kia orana, nǐ hǎo, talofa lava, bula vinaka, guten Tag, hola, malo e leilei, fakalofa atu, namaste, salâm, see tahay. Welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages you might find helpful.
- General
- Introduction
- The five pillars of Wikipedia
- How to edit a page
- How to write a great article
- Simplified Manual of Style
- Your first article
- Discover what's going on in the Wikimedia community
- Feel free to make test edits in the sandbox
- and check out the Task Center, for ideas about what to work on.
- Specific to Aotearoa New Zealand
- Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand runs local in person meetups in some cities and has a regular series of events where you can find people to help you on your editing journey or just hang out with like-minded people. Check out local Meet Ups and online editathons. We organise an annual conference and the next one will be in Christchurch in March 2025.
- Join our Facebook group and follow us on Twitter
- Think about becoming a member of Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand
Whilst you've been welcomed before (in 2007!), here's a welcome with links specific for Kiwis. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, please see our help pages, and if you can't find what you are looking for there, please feel free to ask me on my talk page or place {{Help me}} on this page and someone will drop by to help. Again, welcome! Schwede66 02:06, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
Welcome!
Hello, Ig Wells, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
- Introduction
- The five pillars of Wikipedia
- How to edit a page
- Help pages
- How to write a great article
- Manual of Style
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date.
If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place{{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome! —meco 08:21, 5 August 2007 (UTC)Your user name
As discussed, please head to Wikipedia:Changing username and request a new user name that demonstrates that you are an individual, rather than this being a joint account. Schwede66 01:10, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
Stace
Hilary Stace (Q64615901) If you want to write an article for her, click on this link: Draft:Hilary Stace. Schwede66 01:14, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Axel, I am restarting my project to create a wikipedia page for Hilary Janet Stace. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?action=edit&create=Create+new+article+draft&editintro=Template%3AAfC+draft+editintro&preload=Template%3AAfc+preload%2Fdraft&summary=--+Draft+creation+using+the+%5B%5BWP%3AArticle+wizard%5D%5D+--&title=Draft%3AHilary+Janet+Stace
- I created a draft here. Is that the best place to start?
- Ian Ig Wells (talk) 05:20, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
- You need to work on Draft:Hilary Stace. That's the correct draft article. Schwede66 17:22, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
Navbox
Election pages for the 2025 local elections are all linked from this navbox: Schwede66 00:36, 19 August 2025 (UTC)
Concern regarding Draft:Hilary Stace
Hello, Ig Wells. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Hilary Stace, a page you created, has not been edited in at least five months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.
If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.
Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 04:09, 23 March 2026 (UTC)