Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (New Zealand)

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Eleanor Ainge Roy (27 January 2020). "Wikipedia urged to add accents to Māori placenames amid resurgence in te reo". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 January 2020. Wilke is proposing to change Wikipedia's naming conventions and update hundreds of place names on the website.
"Christchurch man proposes Wikipedia change to include macrons". The New Zealand Herald. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020. If the proposal is adopted, nearly 300 place names on Wikipedia would thus be changed to show the macron in the page title and throughout the text.
Mike Dickison (30 January 2020). "Why changing Māori place names on one of the world's biggest websites isn't so simple". Noted.co.nz. Retrieved 30 January 2020. If, following discussion, this change is approved, it will bring Wikipedia into line with the way New Zealand English has changed.
"Battle of the macrons: Debate about Māori words on Wikipedia ends". Newstalk ZB. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020. A Christchurch man's campaign for Wikipedia to officially adopt the use of macrons in Māori words has been a success.
"Battle of the macrons: Debate about Māori words on Wikipedia ends". The New Zealand Herald. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020. In the end, 33 editors voted for the adoption of the new guideline, with five against.
Alex Braae (25 March 2020). "The Bulletin: Message to NZers overseas changes – seek shelter, not passage home". The Spinoff. Retrieved 25 March 2020. For a feature today, a buzzy news article entirely unrelated to the pandemic, about getting change through a vitally important but all-volunteer organisation. The NZ Herald has reported on the addition of macrons to Māori words on Wikipedia – a change that you might expect would be quite simple to make. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case until very recently.
Axel Wilke (24 April 2020). "Wikipedia Macron Battle". Scoop (website). Retrieved 24 April 2020. Great news. As of 22 April 2020, Wikipedia is a reliable source on whether or not a populated place is spelled with a macron.

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