This is the topic list for the September–October 2023 West Coast Wikipedian at Large, reflecting the areas Development West Coast would most like to see improved— attractions in the Karamea area, tourism on the Fox and Franz Josef glaciers, and the Waitangiroto Nature Reserve, breeding ground of kōtuku.
The project ran from 11 September to 20 October, and included:
- Online training for new editors and Commons photographers in the first three weeks (sessions on main page).
- Volunteer "postcards" (see Postcards from the Coast for examples)
- Weekly reports of uploads, edits, and improvements on Fridays (see 2022 Weekly Progress for examples)
- On-site work (NZers were welcome to join me on location during these photography/research field trips):
- Fox Glacier and Whataroa (2–5 October)
- Karamea (
15–17 October, delayed by weather and road closure)
Final report after a wrap-up meeting of participants on Sunday 12 Nov, 2:30 pm. FInal report still to come, as we're still processing photos received in the January Karamea visit.- During the project we created eight new articles, and 113 articles were edited by 11 editors, who added 27,000 words and 217 references. Those articles had 42,000 views since the project began up to early November 2023. Over 400 photos were uploaded to Commons.
- A visit to Karamea had to be cancelled, but a follow-up trip was planned for January 2024, which will involve more article creation, improvement, and photo uploading.