User talk:Avawatson03

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First of all, welcome to Wikipedia! It's wonderful to see a new editor in the NZ women/history/arts space. And I see you're one of the Auckland museum summer students, which is an awesome initiative. Yay. :)

I really appreciated your additions to Betty Guard (and I want to read the book you've cited!). I just wanted to check a couple of them with you that I couldn't quite follow. They're both in the paragraph starting with "This case became a cause célèbre in the contemporary press" under the 1834 kidnapping heading. I've tagged the relevant sentences, and wondered if you could take a look? The first one is that I'm not sure who is meant by "would-be rescuers", and the second one it's the phrase "motivations they would benefit from in future" that I'm not sure about.

Hope that makes sense, and again, welcome! Chocmilk03 (talk) 20:56, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi! Thank you for your message. I'll take a clarify those things for you :) Avawatson03 (talk) 21:27, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

I have just made some changes to those two points. The one regarding the "motivations" for the captors isn't clarified within my source in any detail other than claiming there were "rewards" in place, therefore if the point still reads too vague it will be best to remove it from the article. Avawatson03 (talk) 21:39, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

That makes much more sense, thank you! I think I get it, it makes sense that she would have expected there to be some sort of reward available for her safe return and that she would have used her knowledge of te reo to remind her captors of this. :) Cheers, Chocmilk03 (talk) 22:57, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

Congratulations. The article you created: Mick Pendergrast has been accepted. Good work. You may wish to use the revision history to review the minor matters that I addressed prior to accepting the article. One point that must still be addressed is the need for citations for date of birth and death. These could be provided in the Infobox, but are more commonly provided in the text. Citations for birth and death date are essential for biography articles._Marshelec (talk) 04:02, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

Kia ora, after I accepted your article on Molly Ringiwai-McHale I noticed your article on Beatrice Enid Bell - what an interesting woman! Thanks for creating this. I also wondered if her sister Violet was also notable, and I think she is, so I'll write an article for her.

Thanks for the inspiration! Happy editing! MurielMary (talk) 06:26, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

Kia Ora! Thank you so much, I really enjoyed writing about her! I'd love to read your article on Violet when it's finished :-) Avawatson03 (talk) 19:16, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

An article you recently created, Davina Duke, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. TURKEYDICAE🦃 20:33, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

Kauae Raro Research Collective, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 21:25, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

Kia ora, one additional note from the review. I know in New Zealand English it is pretty common for us to use te reo Māori place names in addition to the English (for example, Aotearoa New Zealand, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, etc), and personally I think that's a good thing for normalising te reo to kiwis. On English Wikipedia, however, we're writing for an international audience. I've had feedback from international readers that they find the double-barreling less clear to read, so I've fallen back to just using the common name and not including the te reo translation, unless there is a particular reason for it.

Also, all of the articles I've reviewed from you have been excellent. Thanks for your contributions! David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 21:39, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

Kia Ora, thank you for the feedback! That definitely makes sense. Avawatson03 (talk) 02:19, 31 January 2026 (UTC)

Tui Hobson, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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Hoary (talk) 08:11, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

. . . but two points. First, some websites are named after their domain names. But most aren't. For a website that isn't, give its actual name. Thus for example not "|website=eventfinda.co.nz" but instead "|website=Eventfinda". Secondly, I am a woodcarving and New Zealand ignoramus. Please look at my categorizing very sceptically, and don't hesitate to correct it. -- Hoary (talk) 08:24, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the feedback! I really appreciate any tips or advice to improve my editing :-) Avawatson03 (talk) 08:36, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

William Winstone, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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echidnalives - talk - edits 04:59, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi there, this is not my article @EchidnaLives Avawatson03 (talk) 06:02, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

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