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Wikipedia:Meetup/Wellington/Australasian Endangered Plants

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What's it about? edit

An edit-a-thon is an event where volunteer editors tackle a part of Wikipedia that needs improvement. Complete beginners are welcome; training and troubleshooting is provided. All you need to bring is a laptop!

This edit-a-thon is part of the Taxonomy for Plant Conservation – Ruia mai i Rangiātea conference in Wellington in November 2019. It will focus on improving the coverage of endangered plants of Australasia. You don't need to be an expert botanist to take part, though: anyone can help with editing, researching, proofreading, and adding or improving photos.

When and where edit

  • Sunday 24 November 2019, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm NZST
  • Hinatorē Learning Lab, Te Papa, 55 Cable St, Wellington
  • Wikipedians from anywhere in the world are of course welcome to join in remotely; add yourselves to the participants list below.

Timetable edit

  • 9.00: Meet and greet
    Introductions, name lanyards, and account creation if needed
  • 9.15: Wikipedia tutorial
    We'll learn how Wikipedia works and how to improve, create, and reference articles. Experienced editors present will be buddied up with newcomers.
  • 10:30: Coffee break
    Tea and biscuits provided.
  • 11:00: Editing
    Our goal is to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australasian endangered plants. You can improve existing articles or add artwork or species information to Wikidata.
  • 13.00: Lunch break.
  • 14.00: Editing
  • 16.30: Finishing up
    Make sure you add your contributions to the list below!

To attend edit

  • The Edit-a-thon is free and open to all, thanks to the support of Te Papa and the Taxonomy for Plant Conservation conference.
  • There are limited spaces, so please book here.
  • This workshop will be following "friendly space" guidelines; check them out. Harassment and disruption won't be tolerated, online or offline.

Media edit

  • Use the link https://w.wiki/Bij if you want a short, shareable link to this page

People attending edit

In person edit

Remotely edit

What to bring edit

  • Laptop and power cord. Laptops are definitely easier to edit on than iPads. The venue has good wifi. There may be a spare laptop for people to use, but bring your own computer if you can.
  • Any snacks or drink you want; morning and afternoon tea are provided. You can bring your own lunch or go to one of Te Papa's cafes.
  • Any resources such as books, journals, magazine or newspaper articles relevant to articles you're interested in.
  • Photos you've taken or art that could illustrate articles; you'll learn how to donate these to Wikimedia Commons so other Wikipedia articles can use them.

Preparation edit

  1. If you're coming, try to create a Wikipedia account beforehand: don't wait until the day to do it! Here's a form you can use if you like. Creating an account makes editing much easier (here's more info on why you should). You'll need to pick a "handle" for your username; you could use your real name, but it's nice to have the option to be a bit anonymous if you want. Here's some advice on picking a username.
  2. The more you prepare, the more you'll be able to get done. You may want to read up on avoiding common mistakes, but Wikipedia has a "don't bite the newbies" policy, and we'll be there to troubleshoot.
  3. Have a think about topics you'd like to work on; do a little research first so you're prepared. You don't have to be an expert; anyone who can do library research and write clearly can help improve Wikipedia. The best candidates for Wikipedia articles are people, places, or things that are "notable". In Wikipedia terms, "notable" people are those who've been covered in a number of reliable independent sources, such as news, books, authoritative websites, or magazine interviews. If you're proposing to create to Wikipedia article it's important to make sure your subject is "notable"; talk to us if you're not sure – we can help.
  4. If you want to bring photos along and add them to Commons and Wikipedia, they need to be free of any copyright or released under a Creative Commons license that lets anyone use them. (What's Creative Commons?) If not, you must be the creator/copyright holder – ask us if you're not certain what's allowed, and we'll help.

Useful edit

Resources edit

Outcomes edit

Wikipedia edit

Wikicommons edit

  • Added wikidata items to structured data for images added by Ambrosia10
  • Photos added to Commons
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Wikidata edit

Feedback: "Doing a little bit on each of Wikipedia, Commons, and Wikidata helps build a picture." "Very steep learning curve, but learned an awful lot." "Lots of thought goes into making these articles reliable and useful!"

Photos edit

Course stats edit

(for the 10 wikipedians; time period 2019-11-24-00 to 2019-11-25-00 AEST)
Wellington threatened species edit-a-thon

10 55 663 10 32.2K 80 591K 52
Articles Created Articles Edited Total Edits Editors Words added References Added Article Views Commons Uploads

Acknowledgements edit

Many thanks to Te Papa and Taxonomy for Plant Conservation – Ruia mai i Rangiātea conference for making the event open for free to the public.


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