Wikipedia:Meetup/Dunedin/History of Otago Museum

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What's it about?

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 being hosted by Otago Museum, and will focus on improving the coverage of the history of Otago Museum and related people, places, and things. You don't need to be a expert on Dunedin's history to take part: anyone can help with editing, researching, proofreading, and adding photos.

When and where

• Sat 4 May 2019, 10:30 am – 4:00 pm NZST
• Skinner Annex, corner of Great King and Albany St, Otago Museum, Dunedin (map)
• Wikipedians from anywhere in the world are of course welcome to join in remotely. Please feel free to hashtag edits with #otagomuseum and add yourselves to the participants list below.

Timetable

The venue: H.D. Skinner Annex building

Side entrance to the Skinner Annex

• 10.15: Meet and greet
  Introductions, name lanyards, and account creation if needed
• 10.30: 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.
• 11.00: Editing
  Our goal is to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Otago Museum's history. You can improve existing articles, add information to Wikidata, or create stub articles for topics missing from Wikipedia.
• 12.30: Lunch/coffee break.
• 14.00: Q&A tutorial
  A chance to go over any problems or questions you have as a group.
• 13.30: Editing
• 16.00: Finishing up
  Make sure you fill out an evaluation form and add your contributions to the list below.

To attend

• The Edit-a-thon is free and open to all, thanks to the support of Otago Museum and the Wikimedia Foundation.
• This workshop will be following "friendly space" guidelines; check them out. Harassment and disruption won't be tolerated, online or offline.

Media

• Use the link https://w.wiki/32V if you want a short, shareable link to this page

People attending

In person

• Giantflightlessbirds
• DrThneed
• Blackie Gordon
• Gregory Tanner
• Slothwaterbear
• Rosi Crane
• ManInBeige
• MothmanNZ

Remotely

• Ambrosia10 (talk) 22:46, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

What to bring

• 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. There's a kitchen space in the building, and a light lunch, coffee, and tea are provided.
• 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

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

• How to edit pages using the Visual Editor: for when you click Edit

To work on

To improve

• Otago Museum
• New Zealand Exhibition of 1865: needs expansion!
• Frederick Wollaston Hutton: Eponymy, the taxa named after Hutton

Outcomes

• Adding data to Frederick Wollaston Hutton (Q729147) and disambiguated his publications in Wikidata. Ambrosia10 (talk) 22:47, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
• Added detail to Lily Attey Daff, employee of Otago Museum
• Added detail to Thomas Burns, NZ minister
• Added detail to Victory Beach, Dunedin
• Added detail to David Teviotdale, employee of Otago Museum
• Added detail to Acclimatisation societies in New Zealand
• Added three refs, two photos and extra detail to Thomas Jeffery Parker, Otago Museum curator
• Added detail to Moa, extinct New Zealand bird
• Adding scientific articles by Frederick Wollaston Hutton (Q729147) to Wikidata eg Remarks on the southern petrels (Q63443299) Ambrosia10 (talk) 01:16, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
• Added detail to Otago Museum, Dunedin, Otago
• Created page and links for Geoff Baylis, NZ botanist, University of Otago faculty, Otago Museum Board Member
• Uploaded photos to WikiCommons of current fin whale in Otago Museum, and Willi Fels and WB Benham
• Created page for Mary Fairburn, Tolkien artist
• Edited page for William Jackson Barry, added four refs, and added two whale photos. Asked Nat Lib about cc for Barry photo
• Edited page for Willi Fels and added an out of copyright portrait, added mention of the Fels wing into his bio.
• Edited page for Acclimatisation_societies_in_New_Zealand added a small list of species introduced to New Zealand and a small amount of detail about Trout and Salmon.
• Added detail to Winchester School of Art
• Created Southern People: a dictionary of Otago Southland biography (Q63460481), Southern People: a dictionary of Otago Southland biography (1st ed) (Q63443179), and editor Jane Thomson (Q63461041)
• Added Otago Museum exterior photos to Commons
• Added Category: People associated with Otago Museum, then added Notable people section Otago Museum page and linked to cat page. Began adding category to individual pages of people associated with the museum.

Media

We'll be taking photos for the record. If you don't want to be in a photo, just choose a red name lanyard; if you don't mind, pick a green one.

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to Rosi Crane and Kane Fleury for helping organise this event, and the Wikimedia Foundation for supporting the New Zealand Wikipedian at Large project.