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 being hosted by the National Library of New Zealand, and will focus on improving the coverage of New Zealand cartoonists and comics artists, especially the women who featured in the 2016 NZ comics anthology Three Words. You don't need to be a comics expert to join in: anyone can help with editing, researching, proofreading, and adding photos.

When and where edit

Saturday 23 March 2019, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm NZST
National Library of NZ, 70 Molesworth St, Wellington (map)
Douglas Lilburn Room on Level 1. The library building and Home Cafe will be open until 1:00 pm, but after that the library doors close and a staff member will be needed to let you in and out. There is no food or drink allowed in the Lilburn Room, but there's a nearby meeting room where you can leave snacks and drinks.
Wikipedians from anywhere in the world are of course welcome to join in remotely. Please feel free to hashtag edits with #wikicomics and add yourselves to the participants list below.

Timetable edit

10.00: 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 NZ comics. You can improve existing articles, add to Wikidata, or create stub articles for people missing from Wikipedia.
12.00: Lunch/coffee break. The National Library is kindly supplying a light lunch for volunteers, with vegetarian/gluten-free options.
13.00: Images tutorial
How to add photos and art to Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia, how copyright works and what's allowed.
13.30: Editing
16.00: Finishing up
Make sure you fill out an evaluation form and add your contributions to the list below to get your ~~valuable limited-edition "Wiki Comics Champ"~~ Wikipedia sticker (no value expressed or implied)

To attend edit

The Edit-a-thon is free and open to all, thanks to the support of the National Library 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 edit

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People attending edit

In person edit

Remotely edit

What to bring edit

BYO Laptop and power cord. Laptops are definitely easier to edit on than iPads. We'll have solved the WiFi problems of the previous event.
Any snacks or drink you want. There's a separate room for lunch and morning teas; only water bottles in the workshop space (there'll be library books present).
Any resources such as books, journals, magazine or newspaper articles relevant to the artists 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

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.
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.
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 who are "notable". In Wikipedia terms, "notable" usually means they're been covered in a number of reliable independent sources, such as news, books, authoritative websites, or magazine interviews. If you're proposing to add someone to Wikipedia it's important to make sure they're "notable"; talk to us if you're not sure – we can help.
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. If you've taken or created comics and are happy to donate them under and open licence, great! Bring them along.

Useful edit

How to edit pages using the Visual Editor: for when you click Edit
Joyce, Rae; Laing, Sarah; Neville, Indira (2016). Three Words: An Anthology of Aotearoa/NZ Women's Comics. Beatnik. ISBN 9780994120502.
New Zealand Cartoon Archive

To work on edit

This is a start, not an exhaustive list!

To improve edit

Indira Neville - [1]; [2]; [3]
Sarah Laing – Herald
Rae Joyce
Giselle Clarkson
Jem Yoshioka – see profile in 3 Words; better references?
Helen Courtney
Avis Acres
Coco Solid
Susan Te Kahurangi King - [4]
Claire Harris (artist)
Judy Darragh
Kerry Ann Lee - [5]; National grid, Feb 2009; n.5:p.10-12,34-39
Rosemary McLeod
Sharon Murdoch - New Zealand books, Win 2017; v.27 n.2:p.5; New Zealand woman's weekly, 16 Jan 2017; p.28-29. Lots online!

To create edit

Mary Tamblyn - [6]; Nothing fits (Mary Tamblyn and Alex McCrone);
Lauren Marriott / Ralphi - [7]; [8]; New Zealand Herald 12/11/14; NO, Spring 2010 n 11
Bek Coogan - [9]
Celia Allison - [10]; [11]; Next (Auckland, N.Z.), May 1999; n.98:p.58-59 - Hannah working on
Demarnia Lloyd - [12]; NZ listener, 21 June 2001, v.179 n.3189:p.50-51
Maiangi Waitai - [13]; Tu mai, Dec 2005/Jan 2006; n.71:p.46-47; Sunday magazine, 23 May 2010
Olga Krause / Leafa / Janice Wilson - [14]; [15]
Anna Crichton - [16]; [17]; Grace (Auckland, N.Z.), Dec 1999; p.60-64.
Alex McCrone - [18]
Mengzhu Fu - [19]; Next (Auckland, N.Z.), Sep 2018; p.40-45
Sally Bollinger - lots of resources online!
Sophie Watson / Sophie Oiseau - [20]; [21]