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[[Special:Userlogin|Join]] for free and have your say right here ....
 
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:Pages in the Waihekepedia namespace are for discussions on how to run this website.-[[User:Gadfium|gadfium]] 18:19, 6 December 2009 (NZDT)
  
 
==Self Reliance Initiatives==
 
==Self Reliance Initiatives==
By the time our supplies of cheap and abundant oil become expensive and scarce will we have made smooth transition to forms of society that allow us to meet our needs with grace and style?
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By the time our supplies of cheap and abundant oil become expensive and scarce will we have a made smooth transition to forms of society that allow us to meet our needs with grace and style?
  
 
There are a number of initiatives on this island already which acknowledge that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oil Peak Oil], along with climate change, are issues that are likely to impact us in the near future, we are talking years, not decades. In a meeting held at the Palm Beach Hall on September 25th, 2007, people watched some [http://yesterdaysfuture.net/blog/?p=20 video clips of Rob Hopkins] speaking about [http://transitiontowns.org/ Transition Towns]. It seemed to the circle gathered there, that an [http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz/index.php/Waiheke/Inventory inventory of these initiatives] would be a useful thing to record.
 
There are a number of initiatives on this island already which acknowledge that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oil Peak Oil], along with climate change, are issues that are likely to impact us in the near future, we are talking years, not decades. In a meeting held at the Palm Beach Hall on September 25th, 2007, people watched some [http://yesterdaysfuture.net/blog/?p=20 video clips of Rob Hopkins] speaking about [http://transitiontowns.org/ Transition Towns]. It seemed to the circle gathered there, that an [http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz/index.php/Waiheke/Inventory inventory of these initiatives] would be a useful thing to record.
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An exciting development in the world of planning for a lower energy future is the '''Transition Towns movement''' - see [http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz www.transitiontowns.org.nz] and in particular the [http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz/waiheke Waiheke page] of this site.
 
An exciting development in the world of planning for a lower energy future is the '''Transition Towns movement''' - see [http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz www.transitiontowns.org.nz] and in particular the [http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz/waiheke Waiheke page] of this site.
  
==Deletion review==
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'''Waiheke Why Wait''':
You've probably noticed me deleting outright spam and blocking the spammers. I regard these actions as uncontroversial, because the spam is entirely unrelated to Waiheke.
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An event was held in Morra hall on March 15th to explore the possible issues of the triple crunch of Peak Oil, Climate Change and Economic Collapse on the well being of the Waiheke community. Many areas were explored, and after a dotmocracy voting process we agreed to focus on three priority areas: [[Waste]], Transport and Food.
  
Today I made a more controversial deletion; of [[User:Koiroc]], which was a user page advertising Waiheke accommodation. The user has made no other edits so far. I feel we don't have clear policies on what degree of advertising is acceptable on Waihekepedia, so I welcome feedback from the other admins on whether my deletion was appropriate. Other users probably can't see the text that I deleted, but I'd welcome feedback on the policy anyway.-[[User:Gadfium|Gadfium]] 18:36, 10 January 2008 (NZDT)
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<b>Waiheke Does It Better</b>: The Campaign to keep Waiheke's Waste Resources in local hands was lost to the decision makers in Auckland City Council in July 2009. The people of Waiheke Island, however, still hold true their intention to do things better: to reduce, reuse and recycle their waste, to support local community efforts and realise that together, people are greater than they are just by themselves. Community Supported Agriculture, UNESCO Biospheres etc... Please visit the [http://www.onewaiheke.co.nz www.OneWaiheke.co.nz] website to find all the latest developments on how the Waiheke community is building a better future, politically, environmentally, economically and socially. Power to the people! See their website at [http://www.waihekedoesitbetter.org.nz/index.htm www.WaihekeDoesItBetter.org.nz].
  
:Gadfium: I did have a bit of a conversation about this with [[User:Hackademic]] on [[User_talk:Hackademic|his talk]] page a while ago about another similar page, [[Concept Digital]] which he edited a bit to sound less directly like advertising. In that case I think that Concept Digital is a legit page as it is a business that people on Waiheke may find useful to have access and information about, but the tone of the article should tend towards the informative rather than being copied from the marketing spiel of the business. There is also a [[:Category:Commercial]] that has been used for some pages. In regards to this blanking, perhaps creating a page for the "business" and directing the users attention to that page instead of using his/her user page and providing some guidelines on what kind of content for commercial ventures is acceptable is what we need. The [[Guidelines]] page does have a bit to say about this, ''"This doesn’t mean, for example, that someone who owns a business or is involved in an issue or project can’t contribute or edit copy about that business, issue or project. Often on the island they are the very people who hold the most knowledge about that business, issue or project. But it does mean they cannot advance one point-of-view or opinion over others at the expense of neutrality."'' which would exclude most of the marketing stuff that was present on that page. [[User:Countrymike|Countrymike]] 16:42, 11 January 2008 (NZDT)
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<b>Waiheke Community Planning</b> : Update February 2010. Our Waiheke Island Community Planning Group Inc through the work of its members and associates has for over five years now been working with Councils, and with community groups and environmental groups and government agencies, and with other interested individuals, to improve the planning framework and instruments as they apply to Waiheke Island and the Hauraki Gulf – Tikapa Moana.
::Thanks for the feedback. That page was just an advertising blurb. I don't feel like creating an article for the business, but if one is created in reasonably neutral terms, I won't delete it.-[[User:Gadfium|Gadfium]] 14:24, 12 January 2008 (NZDT)
 
:::Scott: You've raised a fair point Gadfium and I have edited [[Concept Digital]] to reflect the nature of the wiki more accurately I hope.  I would be happy to engage in conversation about the appropriateness of the article. [[User:Scottandmel:Scottandmel]] 11:28, 08 October 2008 (NZDT)
 
  
==Shared account==
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Thus the purpose and objectives behind setting up this web site and document archive are to provide open access to the body of work carried out by the Group which can be seen as both a transparency objective, and to facilitate information sharing, and most importantly to promote more informed discourse as we prepare to enter our new Auckland Local Governance paradigm with its increased roles for Local Boards in a new low carbon limited world, and its needed shared ambitions and planning focus upon People, Places and Futures. See their website at [http://www.waihekecommunityplanning.org.nz www.waihekecommunityplanning.org.nz]
[[User:Waihekesubmission]] posted their password on their user page (they posted their username incorrectly though). It's my understanding that wikis don't allow shared accounts because there's no way of tracking edits to any given user, and anyone can change the shared password thus taking control of the account. We don't allow anon edits here, so I think we certainly wouldn't want shared accounts.  
 
  
I've blocked the account until such time as we can agree on a policy for such accounts. If anyone thinks blocking is premature, feel free to unblock.-[[User:Gadfium|Gadfium]] 20:10, 28 February 2008 (NZDT)
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==Ilya Volykhine==
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A page was created for [[Ilya Volykhine]] last month, possibly by the artist himself or by a relative. The page makes no claim to any association between Volykhine and Waiheke, and the author hasn't responded to a query on their talk page. Does anyone know if this is a legit article on someone with Waiheke connections? In the absence of any evidence/assertion along those lines, I'm inclined to delete the article as being outside Waihekepedia's scope.-[[User:Gadfium|gadfium]] 18:19, 6 December 2009 (NZDT)
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:I took a look around the two urls left of the page and could find no further evidence of a connection to Waiheke. I'd say we delete. [[User:Countrymike|Countrymike]] 11:58, 10 December 2009 (NZDT)
  
:Gadfium: I think you're right and that a shared account is not a good idea for accountability or the type of discourse that they're trying to solicit with this gesture. There was a story in the Gulf News (I think it was the Gulf news) today about it. I'm not sure what to do about this though as the password will now forever be in the history - so blocking the account is really all you can do. I'll try to leave some notes on the user page and perhaps a link to the instructions on how to sign up. [[User:Countrymike|Countrymike]] 20:36, 28 February 2008 (NZDT)
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There is now a claim "He currently has a studio located on Waiheke Island that is open to the public by appointment during the summer season." which satisfies the residency need as far as I am concerned. If this claim is not correct, the article should be deleted.-[[User:Gadfium|gadfium]] 18:28, 11 December 2009 (NZDT)
::Thanks. It would be possible to delete the user page and then selectively restore only the versions which don't have the password; since the first revision did have it, that would leave yourself as the apparent only editor of the page, which I don't think is desirable.-[[User:Gadfium|Gadfium]] 21:37, 28 February 2008 (NZDT)
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:Yep, addition was by [[User:Hackademic]] who knows his Waiheke, so looks good to me. [[User:Countrymike|Countrymike]] 15:16, 12 December 2009 (NZDT)

Latest revision as of 22:29, 31 January 2010

What Is a Community Portal?

Who indeed is this page for? By the name I'm guessing the community of Waiheke. What should go on this page? I'm not sure but I'm hoping the community of Waiheke Island can tell me

Join for free and have your say right here ....

Pages in the Waihekepedia namespace are for discussions on how to run this website.-gadfium 18:19, 6 December 2009 (NZDT)

Self Reliance Initiatives

By the time our supplies of cheap and abundant oil become expensive and scarce will we have a made smooth transition to forms of society that allow us to meet our needs with grace and style?

There are a number of initiatives on this island already which acknowledge that Peak Oil, along with climate change, are issues that are likely to impact us in the near future, we are talking years, not decades. In a meeting held at the Palm Beach Hall on September 25th, 2007, people watched some video clips of Rob Hopkins speaking about Transition Towns. It seemed to the circle gathered there, that an inventory of these initiatives would be a useful thing to record.

An exciting development in the world of planning for a lower energy future is the Transition Towns movement - see www.transitiontowns.org.nz and in particular the Waiheke page of this site.

Waiheke Why Wait: An event was held in Morra hall on March 15th to explore the possible issues of the triple crunch of Peak Oil, Climate Change and Economic Collapse on the well being of the Waiheke community. Many areas were explored, and after a dotmocracy voting process we agreed to focus on three priority areas: Waste, Transport and Food.

Waiheke Does It Better: The Campaign to keep Waiheke's Waste Resources in local hands was lost to the decision makers in Auckland City Council in July 2009. The people of Waiheke Island, however, still hold true their intention to do things better: to reduce, reuse and recycle their waste, to support local community efforts and realise that together, people are greater than they are just by themselves. Community Supported Agriculture, UNESCO Biospheres etc... Please visit the www.OneWaiheke.co.nz website to find all the latest developments on how the Waiheke community is building a better future, politically, environmentally, economically and socially. Power to the people! See their website at www.WaihekeDoesItBetter.org.nz.

Waiheke Community Planning : Update February 2010. Our Waiheke Island Community Planning Group Inc through the work of its members and associates has for over five years now been working with Councils, and with community groups and environmental groups and government agencies, and with other interested individuals, to improve the planning framework and instruments as they apply to Waiheke Island and the Hauraki Gulf – Tikapa Moana.

Thus the purpose and objectives behind setting up this web site and document archive are to provide open access to the body of work carried out by the Group which can be seen as both a transparency objective, and to facilitate information sharing, and most importantly to promote more informed discourse as we prepare to enter our new Auckland Local Governance paradigm with its increased roles for Local Boards in a new low carbon limited world, and its needed shared ambitions and planning focus upon People, Places and Futures. See their website at www.waihekecommunityplanning.org.nz

Ilya Volykhine

A page was created for Ilya Volykhine last month, possibly by the artist himself or by a relative. The page makes no claim to any association between Volykhine and Waiheke, and the author hasn't responded to a query on their talk page. Does anyone know if this is a legit article on someone with Waiheke connections? In the absence of any evidence/assertion along those lines, I'm inclined to delete the article as being outside Waihekepedia's scope.-gadfium 18:19, 6 December 2009 (NZDT)

I took a look around the two urls left of the page and could find no further evidence of a connection to Waiheke. I'd say we delete. Countrymike 11:58, 10 December 2009 (NZDT)

There is now a claim "He currently has a studio located on Waiheke Island that is open to the public by appointment during the summer season." which satisfies the residency need as far as I am concerned. If this claim is not correct, the article should be deleted.-gadfium 18:28, 11 December 2009 (NZDT)

Yep, addition was by User:Hackademic who knows his Waiheke, so looks good to me. Countrymike 15:16, 12 December 2009 (NZDT)