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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! Schwede 66 07:41, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Good work on Bealey Bridge. Just so you know, references go after punctuation. Schwede 66 07:52, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for the help and warm words, will do in future. Mrastron (talk) 01:32, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Waimakariri Gorge Bridge has been accepted

Waimakariri Gorge Bridge, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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Agent 007 (talk) 16:40, 18 August 2025 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Midland Railway Bridge 42 has been accepted

Midland Railway Bridge 42, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. Most new articles start out as Stub-Class or Start-Class and then attain higher grades as they develop over time. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

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Schwede 66 08:45, 25 October 2025 (UTC)

Otira Viaduct

Hi, I visited the National Library today, and was able to view a microfilm copy of the Greymouth Star of 2 November 2019. The microfilm was of only average quality, but I was able to save images into a PDF file. This file is available at this link: Otira Viaduct - article from Greymouth Star.pdf I have added a citation of this source as the first reference in the Otira Viaduct article. Would you like to expand the article based on this source ?._Marshelec (talk) 01:35, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for getting that article, I've spent the last two weeks or so sporadically hunting for other newspaper articles on the road, especially during its construction and I will be incorporating these. If you have the time to help expand the article based on the Greymouth Star article that would be much appreciated. Mrastron (talk) 00:24, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

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