Talk:Auckland War Memorial Museum

message: This article contains two major errors. 1. First Paragraph: AWMM is a provincial museum, not a national one. 2. "There are two 'Halls of Memory' within the museum, whose walls, together with a number of additional marble slabs, list the names of all known New Zealand soldiers killed in major conflicts during the 20th Century.[9]" No actually, as a provincial museum it only lists the names of those from the auckland province, or who served with an auckland battalion during WW1 and 2. All of NZ would take up significantly more wall-space. 222.155.186.151 (talk) 03:34, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Erroneous Information 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I'd like to propose that Auckland Institute and Museum be merged into this article. I work for Auckland Museum so (as I understand it), I can't edit either page. — Hugh 23:07, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: Kia ora. I work at Auckland Museum and thus cannot edit the Museum's article, but would like to point out a number of pages on our website that might be useful to anyone wanting to flesh out the article, particularly with information about the collections:
* Information on the governance of the Museum, including a brief biography of the current director, Dr. David Gaimster.
* General information on our collections, plus information on the:
** Documentary Heritage collections, with sub-pages on the Manuscripts and Pictorial collections.
** Human History collections, with sub-pages on the Applied Arts and Design, Archaeology, and Ethnology collections.
** Natural Science collections, with sub-pages on the Botany and Land Vertebrates collections.
* A brief history of the Museum, with supplementary articles linked under "Further reading". (This page is already referenced in the article.)
* Information on ongoing and past research undertaken by staff, as well as information on the various publications the Museum produces.
* Information on the Pacific Collection Access Project, a three-year project enlisting Pacific communities to enhance our understanding of items in the collection.
I realise it's not ideal to persistently cite the Museum's own website in an article about it, but there is a wealth of reporting involving the Museum in a multitude of newspapers and other media outlets that could also be referenced.
It would be good if a table of Directors of the museum could be incorporated into the article; I will work on this in a sandbox and will link to it as a reply here.
This expansion request is in addition to the above merge request, which still stands. Thank you. — Hugh (talk) 01:55, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thank you for your proposal. While your wish to expand the Museum's article is an admirable one, you'll understand that for reasons of self sufficiency, it's best that proposals to alter the article be made according to the precepts of the COI edit request system. That system is intended for, and works best when, specific and actionable edit requests are put forward for other editors to act upon. Despite the restrictions in place against COI editors such as yourself from making changes to the article, there are no restrictions against you devising specific edit requests on your own for submission here on the talk page. For assistance with the COI edit request system, there needs to be a certain level of participation on your part for these changes to be carried out. This is how the system works best, and I appreciate your understanding. Please feel free to submit your next edit request at your earliest convenience. Regards, Spintendo ᔦᔭ 10:31, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Resources for expansion 

message: Hello. In light of the declined request above, I wish to submit a new request.
I have drafted in my userspace a version of the article containing significant improvements to and expansions of, among other areas:
* The infobox (the 'building' box is now nested/embedded within the 'museum' box); 
* Expansion of the Early history section, and a breaking out of most of this section into a new section on the 1929 War Memorial building itself  
* Significant expansion of the section on collections, with references; 
* A new section on the Museum's governance structure, and a list of Directors 
This had been worked on in another sandbox and has been put into mine so that one can easily see the difference between the current revision of the article and my suggested changes.
I hope these changes are neutral enough in tone and sufficient enough for some work to be done on expanding and improving the article. Please use my Talk page if you have any questions.
Thank you. — Hugh (talk) 03:53, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  New edit request 

message: Portions of text from your proposal are insufficiently paraphrased from the source material. The areas of text where this was evident include that found under the Governance, Botany, and Renovation and extension sub-sections. WP:CLOP states in part:Close paraphrasing without in-text attribution may constitute plagiarism, and when extensive (with or without in-text attribution) may also violate Wikipedia's copyright policy, which forbids Wikipedia contributors from copying material directly from other sources. Public domain material must likewise be attributed to avoid plagiarism.The COI editor is invited to revise their edit request proposal so that it follows these guidelines. They may resubmit their request, either in whole or in part, at their earliest convenience.
Regards, Spintendo ᔦᔭ 21:28, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Reply 28-JAN-2018

message: Kia ora! At the moment, the article states that the museum's chairperson is William Randall, but currently the position is held by Richard Bedford. Would someone be able to update the article on my behalf? --Prosperosity (talk) 22:11, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Ptrnext (talk) 06:40, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Edit request

message: * Specific text to be added or removed: '2017–2023: David Gaimster' in "Secretaries, curators and directors" and changing the director to 'David Reeves (acting)' in the infobox.
* Reason for the change: David Gaimster left the museum in June 2023.
* References supporting change:  --Prosperosity (talk) 02:58, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Edit request

message: Spintendo  03:07, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Reply 5-JUL-2023

message: Here a few potential sources of info that editors could add to the article in the future:
*Nichola Te Kiri collaborates with Auckland Museum on Māori inspired uniforms (2020)
*How Auckland museum is unpacking centuries of colonial legacy and indigenising itself (2020)
*Winners announced at the 2021 Interior Awards (2021)
*New Zealand Building Industry Awards: Congratulations to all our winners! (2021) --Prosperosity (talk) 23:27, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Resources to add