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Wikipedia:Meetup/Wellington/Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon 2019

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What's it about? edit

This Wikipedia edit-a-thon is aimed at increasing and improving Wiki sources of wāhine Māori, Pasifika & those identifying as women who may be left out of mainstream narratives. Wikipedia is the dominant source of information for members of the public, but it has a male bias, both in the composition of its editors and the sorts of topics it covers. I We'll be trying to redress that; we'll learn how to edit Wikipedia pages and what we can do to improve the coverage of NZ women in art and design. Complete beginners are welcome; training and troubleshooting is provided.

When and where edit

To attend edit

The workshop is free and open to all. You don't need to be an experienced Wikipedia editor to take part, nor do you need to be a subject expert (though you're welcome to work on articles in your area of expertise).

People attending edit

 
Hard at work editing
 
 

In person edit

Remotely edit

What to bring edit

  • Laptop and power cord if you can (tablets aren't as good).

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. Read up on Wikipedia. Wikipedia Basics is a nice step-by-step tutorial that walks you through editing and preparing for your first edit-a-thon. Less overwhelming than the official Help pages!
  3. If you add photos to Commons so they can be used Wikipedia, they'll need to be free of any copyright or released under a Creative Commons license that lets anyone use them. If you're not familiar with Creative Commons, see Useful Links below. If you've taken photos and are happy to donate them, great! Bring them along. If you know of anyone who has good photos, approach them and ask them if they'd like their work to be seen and used by people all over the world (with them credited, of course).

Useful links edit

  • Link to google doc
  • This workshop will be following "friendly space" guidelines; check them out. Harassment and disruption won't be tolerated, online or offline.

What we will provide edit

  • Wiki experts
  • wifi
  • snacks, tea, coffee
  • pizza for lunch @1:30pm

Acknowledgements edit

Many thanks to Siobhan and Victoria Leachman who are supporting this event and the crew from the Wellington Wiki Meetup group. And many thanks to the Dowse for hosting us and providing valuable resources.

Apologies - Victoria Leachman Einebillion can no longer make it. I really apologise.

To Do List
Name Quality To do
Jacqueline Fraser C expand
Marilynn Webb C expand
Maureen Lander C expand, image if possible
Robin White C expand
Erenora Puketapu-Hetet Start class expand
Hariata Ropata-Tangahoe Stub expand
Roma Potiki Stub expand
Paerau Corneal Start class expand
Ngahiraka Mason create
Gina Matchitt create
Shona Rapira Davies Start class expand
Areta Wilkinson Start expand
Lonnie Hutchinson C expand
Suzanne Tamaki Start class expand
Robyn Kahukiwa Start class expand
Huhana Smith orphan
Tracey Tawhiao Start class expand
Kohai Grace Start class expand

Other suggestions edit

Outcomes edit

  • Showed some participants how to add identifiers for wikidata items (including VIAF ID, Library of Congress ID, Find NZ Artists ID, Te Papa person ID), and how they are displayed on a wikipedia page

The Event Dashboard tracked the following outcomes for this event:

Metric Number
Articles created
(including Wikidata items)		 11
Articles edited 34
Total edits 221
Editors 11
Words added 15.2K
References added 78
Article views 18
Commons uploads 5


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