User talk:NZSnowman

Porters climate info

Hi, you recently added this information: [1] Where did it come from exactly? I'm a bit skeptical about the precipitation figures in particular: 114mm for Oct, 29mm for Nov, 104mm for Dec? What year range are these figures averaged over? Thanks. Stevage 22:58, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

The meteorological data is from our 3 automatic weather stations. Data from this automatic weather station has been collecting since 2005 and contains 205 thousands records (other automatic weather stations since 1998).

NZSnowman (talk) 02:44, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, only 5 years? Perhaps it should say so - most readers would assume the data covers a longer range than that. Also, is there a website where this data is published that you could cite? Otherwise it risks violating the No Original Research rule - you shouldn't publish new data on Wikipedia, you should publish it somewhere else first. Stevage 00:36, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the information about the data and for your help with this. After hearing from you the first time I did add a cite illustrating the time period for the data. The data has been used and is cite in several MSc thesis and Honours Research Project from the University of Canterbury and also included (in prep) in a scientific papers for the New Zealand Journal Geology and Geophysics. Should I list all these cite?

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Thanks, for the information. I am very new to Wikipedia, how do I update the "Licensing"? NZSnowman (talk) 22:06, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

I was able to work it out NZSnowman (talk) 22:14, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Sorry I wasn't around to help, but I'm glad you figured it out anyway. If you ever need help, feel free to ask at my talk page. Good luck! Guoguo12--Talk--  23:44, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Categories

Hi NZSnowman. To add a category to a page just type Category:Name of category. If the category doesn't exist yet, you can create it by following the red link. To create a new category you basically just need to put it in one or more parent categories. But don't create categories unless there are at least several (say 5-10) pages to go in it and it should probably have potential for expansion too. For more info see Wikipedia:Categorization. Richard001 (talk) 23:36, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Wow

Thanks for those two amazing images:

• 1 - File:NZAcrididae13.JPG
• 2 - File:NZAcrididae13.JPG

You may want to consider nominating them for Featured Picture status. Info on how to do that is here, if you need any help, leave a message on my talk page. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 07:15, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your kind words! You can see more of my grasshoppers pictures at Alpinacris tumidicauda, Brachaspis robustus, Sigaus childi, Sigaus homerensis, & Sigaus villosus. NZSnowman (talk) 10:35, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

U-1308

Hi NZSnowman, just to let you know, I've copied this from the U-1308 page:

For the moment I'll concentrate on this article, (U-1308), as there is quite a lot to do. Articles for Alberich (with a modern picture) and Schnorchel already exist. Balkongerät would have to be started from scratch and since I know diddly-squat about it, I'll let you take the lead.

Regards

RASAM (talk) 14:28, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Mount Hutt fauna

Would you mind adding a reference to the Mount Hutt article? It's a poorly referenced article as it is, so we shouldn't make it any worse. Schwede66 16:19, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

I have added the missing reference, do I need any additional information? NZSnowman (talk) 18:54, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

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