Marshelec

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I first began editing Wikipedia in 2011, but was mostly inactive between 2013 and 2019. I got back into it with renewed enthusiasm in 2020. After attending WikiCon Aotearoa/West Coast 2021 I made a significant contribution to the project WP:GLAM/WestCoastWPAL/2022, creating 12 new articles on West Coast topics and expanding many others. Many of the articles I write or expand have some connection to places I have visited, but I also contribute to article improvement projects coordinated by others.

I am currently a member of the management committee of Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand, an Incorporated Society and Registered Charity in New Zealand.

This editor is a Veteran Editor IV and is entitled to display this Gold Editor Star.

COI declaration

I have a conflict of interest with respect to the articles listed below, because of a relationship with the subject of those articles through Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand. I should not edit these articles:

• Axel Downard-Wilke
• Siobhan Leachman
• Mike Dickison

New articles created

1. Ailsa McGilvary
2. Alice Canton
3. Arch Jelley
4. Ashburton Aviation Museum
5. Ashburton Clock Tower
6. Ashburton Lakes
7. Ballroom Overhang
8. Baycourt Community and Arts Centre
9. Big Rimu Walk
10. Bill Richardson Transport World
11. Blue Baths
12. Bowyers Stream
13. Bryan Crump
14. Bullock Creek (New Zealand)
15. Cannon Point Walkway
16. CentrePort Wellington
17. Classic Motorcycle Mecca
18. Colin Miskelly
19. Colin Pugh Sports Bowl
20. Confuga persephone
21. Croesus Track
22. Diedre Irons
23. Dorothy Wills
24. Doubtful Sounds
25. East Gippsland Water
26. Escarpment Track
27. Evans Bay Patent Slip
28. E Hayes and Sons
29. Fenian Track
30. Fensham Reserve
31. Gates of Haast
32. Geelong Carousel
33. Geology and geomorphology of Kahurangi National Park
34. Great Taste Trail
35. Heritage Expeditions
36. Ian Walker (firefighter)
37. Inland Pack Track
38. Julie Syme
39. Kaikōura Canyon
40. Kaikōura Dark Sky Sanctuary
41. Kaikōura District
42. Kawarau Gibbston Dark Sky Park
43. Lake Camp
44. Lake Emily
45. Lake Emma
46. Lake Ferry
47. Lake Kaurapataka
48. Lake Roundabout
49. Lake2Lake Trail
50. Langford Store
51. Lucy Greenish
52. Māori Lakes
53. Marlborough Lines Limited
54. Matiu / Somes Island Lighthouse
55. Mawaihakona Stream
56. Melbourne Zoo Carousel
57. Melville Syme
58. New Zealand Infrastructure Commission
59. Ngā Puna Wai Sports Hub
60. Nisha Madhan
61. Northpower
62. North Auckland and Northland grid upgrade project
63. One Mile Creek Power Station
64. Onekaka Power Station
65. Ōtūmahana Estuary
66. Oxford Forest Conservation Area
67. Pākawau
68. Pancake Rocks and Blowholes
69. Pariwhero / Red Rocks
70. Paul Yore
71. Peter Hayden
72. Pharazyn Reserve
73. Proposals for a road through North-west Nelson
74. Puhi Peaks
75. Puketahā (wildlife sanctuary)
76. Puysegur Point Lighthouse
77. Rangitata Diversion Race
78. RealNZ
79. Roaring Billy Falls
80. Samson Setu
81. Scotts Beach
82. Sea level rise in New Zealand
83. Sharplin Falls
84. Ship Creek
85. Simon Keller
86. Sport in Christchurch
87. SS Erlangen (1929)
88. Susan Wilson (director)
89. Taieri Pet
90. Te Kopikopiko o te Waka
91. Te Kopahou Reserve
92. Ted Howard (conservationist)
93. The Loons (venue)
94. The Queen's Closet (ensemble)
95. The White Swan Hotel, Greytown
96. Thomas Beck (engineer)
97. Thunder Creek Falls
98. Tinwald Domain
99. Wadestown, New Zealand
100. Waione Street Bridge
101. Wairarapa Dark Sky Reserve
102. Waiwhetū Stream
103. Wai-iti Dark Sky Park
104. Walter McCorrisken
105. Wangapeka Track
106. Ward Beach - featured on DYK on 6 May 2021
107. Water supply and sanitation in the Wellington Region
108. Water supply in the Wellington Region
109. Watercare Services
110. Wellington Central Library
111. Wellington Electricity
112. Wellington Water
113. Whale Trail (New Zealand)
114. Wharariki Ecosanctuary
115. Wharepapa Arthur Marble Aquifer
116. Wingspan National Bird of Prey Centre
117. Xanthoparmelia semiviridis

Good article nomination reviews

2009 Dusky Sound earthquake Electricity sector in Turkey (failed at GA4 - subsequently passed at GA5) Electriquette Huntingdale railway station Malvern railway station, Melbourne Perry County, Tennessee Shipyard Railway Stuart Memorial, Dunedin Tellico Dam (second opinion - failed - subsequently passed at GA3) Walter Nash Soprano trombone Serpent (instrument) Victoria Square, Christchurch Wymington

Articles I have improved significantly

Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve Arctesthes avatar Ashburton, New Zealand Aurora Energy (New Zealand) Birchville Dam Bluegill bully BNZ Harbour Quays Bub Bridger Cape Foulwind Chaetocoelopa littoralis Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden Elwyn Welch Farewell Spit Farewell Spit Lighthouse Federated Farmers Fox River (Buller) Gisborne City Vintage Railway Great Barrier Island Hamish Carson Heaphy Track Hutton's shearwater Inchbonnie Infrastructure New Zealand International Antarctic Centre International Dark-Sky Association Kahurangi National Park Kaikōura Kaikōura Peninsula Karamea Karamea Aerodrome Kererū Kohekohe Lake Brunner Lake Poerua Lifeline utility Litter in New Zealand Lloyd Godman Local government in New Zealand Mangaweka Maria Samuela Matiu / Somes Island Methven, New Zealand Morepork Munida gregaria - featured on DYK on 5 August 2022 Nancy Northcroft Nate Wilbourne Newtown Park New Zealand falcon Ohakune Otari-Wilton's Bush Paparoa National Park Paparoa Track Pāuatahanui Wildlife Reserve Pennantia baylisiana Pike River Mine Pike River Mine disaster Princes Wharf, Hobart PS Waimarie Pukaha / Mount Bruce National Wildlife Centre Queen Elizabeth Park Raewyn Hill Taramakau River Tasman Mill Tellico Dam The PumpHouse Theatre Three Waters reform programme Tianyi Lu TSS Earnslaw Tūī Uropetala carovei Violet Bowring Wainuiomata Regional Park Wairere Boulders Wairoa Water supply and sanitation in New Zealand WEL Networks Westland petrel Wharves in Wellington Harbour

Planning

Update/expand

• Alpine Energy
• Electricity sector in New_Zealand - generally out of date
• HVDC Inter-Island - needs more inline citations and rescuing/archiving links
• National Grid (New Zealand)
• New Zealand Electricity Market
• Northpower
• Pureora Forest Park
• Reefton Power Station
• Treaty of Waitangi claims and settlements
• Vector Limited
• Water in New Zealand - High Importance but not well developed
• Water supply and sanitation in New Zealand - still many gaps to fill
• Wellington Electricity

Develop new articles:

• Coastal hazards in New Zealand
• List of Treaty of Waitangi Settlements
• Irrigation in New Zealand
• ?? Ruataniwha Dam proposal

Other electricity related topics: Undertake major rewrite of: Power system protection - See developing article here: User:Marshelec/Power-System Protection

Add further references to, and references from:

• Bullendale - link to original images from online archives ??

Research and expand:

• Hydroelectric power in New Zealand
• Mercury-arc valve - add references to book by Funke