User:Stitchbird2

About Me
Hi I'm Stitchbird2, also known as Heidi Meudt. I live in Wellington, New Zealand. I'm a Botany Curator at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

I'm interested in botany, especially the taxonomy and evolution of alpine plants in the southern hemisphere, especially New Zealand but also Australia, New Guinea, Chile and Argentina.

I have taxonomic expertise in the plant genera Ourisia, Plantago, and Veronica (Plantaginaceae) and Myosotis (Boraginaceae). More detail on my contributions are outlined in my [Https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2433-9071 ORCID profile].

I started editing under User:Stitchbird in 2019 but I lost my password and didn’t have the username attached to an email. I have been editing regularly as of 2022 under User:Stitchbird2.

I edit in Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons on topics related to biodiversity, especially botany, taxonomy, plant species, specimens, scientists (especially botanists, botanical collectors, women scientists and New Zealanders) and scientific papers. I enjoy disambiguating names of scientists and helping make their scientific research and contributions more visible.

Creation of Wikipedia articles in my area of expertise
I’ve been briefed on the conflict of interest rules including those around being a subject-matter expert editing within my area of expertise. I understand that I’m expected to make sure that my external role and relationships in my field of expertise do not interfere with my primary role when editing Wikipedia i.e. to further the interests of the encyclopaedia.

Because of the topic of my expertise and specialisation I will be citing peer reviewed journal papers that I have authored or co-authored. I will also be writing Wikipedia articles on species where I was a key researcher in the process of taxonomic identification for that species. I am aware of the possibility of a conflict of interest issue with citing my own published work. Papers I have authored or co-authored will only be cited if that paper is relevant to the topic and conforms to the content policies of Wikipedia. Any citation will not be excessive nor will it place undue emphasis on my work. I will be citing the most recent quality research available whether it is by me or someone else.

New Zealand Myosotis project
I am currently working on Myosotis:


 * added red links to the Myosotis main page for New Zealand species - 22 Apr 2022 & 11 Oct 2022 (3 new species)
 * added links to the authors of Myosotis names where available - 22 Apr 2022
 * reviewing and editing the existing blue links for New Zealand species (Myosotis capitata, Myosotis antarctica, Myosotis eximia, Myosotis monroi) - Apr/May 2022
 * Adding Myosotis (and other) references to Wikidata to be able to use CiteQ - in progress
 * Improving species in Wikidata - in progress
 * Creating categories to Wikimedia Commons for all species, and importing photos from iNaturalist where available (note: to use the iNaturalist2Commons tool, make sure you are in the CATEGORY page for a taxon in Commons, then you will see the iNaturalist import button) - in progress


 * creating new Myosotis species pages - in progress
 * Myosotis chaffeyorum - created 1 May 2022
 * Myosotis bryonoma - created 3 May 2022
 * Myosotis capitata - reworked 4 May 2022 + additional edits in June 2022
 * Myosotis eximia - reworked 4 May 2022
 * Myosotis monroi - reworked 10 May 2022 + additional edits in June 2022
 * Myosotis retrorsa - created 10 May 2022
 * Myosotis umbrosa - created 14 May 2022
 * Myosotis albiflora - created 15 May 2022
 * Myosotis albiflora (en español) - creado el 5 de junio de 2022
 * Myosotis cheesemanii - created 12 June 2022
 * Myosotis colensoi - created 15 June 2022
 * Myosotis glabrescens - created 18 June 2022
 * Myosotis matthewsii - created 19 June 2022
 * Myosotis pulvinaris - created 22 June 2022
 * Myosotis spatulata - created 25 June 2022
 * Myosotis tenericaulis - created 28 June 2022
 * Myosotis uniflora - created 29 June 2022
 * Myosotis lyallii - created 3 July 2022
 * Myosotis lyallii subsp. lyallii - created 3 July 2022
 * Myosotis lyallii subsp. elderi - created 3 July 2022
 * Myosotis glauca - created 7 July 2022
 * Myosotis brevis - created 17 July 2022
 * Myosotis antarctica - reworked 26 July 2022
 * Myosotis antarctica subsp. antarctica - created 11 Aug 2022
 * Myosotis antarctica subsp. traillii - created 11 Aug 2022
 * Myosotis albosericea - created 25 Aug 2022
 * Myosotis concinna - created 26 Aug 2022
 * Myosotis laeta - created 27 Aug 2022
 * Myosotis rakiura - created 28 Aug 2022
 * Myosotis brockiei - created 9 Sept 2022
 * Myosotis brockiei subsp. brockiei - created 9 Sept 2022
 * Myosotis brockiei subsp. dysis - created 17 Sept 2022
 * Myosotis goyenii - created 24 Sept 2022
 * Myosotis goyenii subsp. goyenii - created 25 Sept 2022
 * Myosotis goyenii subsp. infima - created 25 Sept 2022
 * Myosotis traversii - created 27 Sept 2022
 * Myosotis traversii subsp. traversii - created 2 Oct 2022
 * Myosotis traversii subsp. cantabrica - created 2 Oct 2022
 * Myosotis × cinerascens - created 11 Oct 2022
 * Myosotis hikuwai - created 15 Oct 2022
 * Myosotis venticola - created 15 Oct 2022
 * Myosotis ultramafica - created 16 Oct 2022
 * Myosotis pansa - created 19 Nov 2022
 * Myosotis pansa subsp. pansa - created 20 Nov 2022
 * Myosotis pansa subsp. praeceps - created 20 Nov 2022
 * Myosotis petiolata - created 13 May 2023
 * Myosotis pottsiana - created 13 May 2023
 * Myosotis exarrhena - created 15 May 2023
 * Myosotis saxatilis - created 18 May 2023
 * Myosotis australis - created 18 June 2023
 * Myosotis mooreana - reworked 21 June 2023
 * Myosotis lytteltonensis created 22 June 2023
 * Myosotis australis subsp. australis - created 27 June 2023
 * Myosotis australis subsp. saruwagedica - created 28 June 2023
 * Myosotis amabilis - created 5 July 2023
 * Myosotis angustata - created 26 July 2023
 * Myosotis arnoldii - created 27 July 2023
 * Myosotis saxosa - created 28 July 2023
 * Myosotis macrantha - created 30 July 2023
 * Myosotis explanata - created 30 July 2023
 * Myosotis laingii - created 30 July 2023
 * Myosotis suavis - created 1 August 2023
 * Myosotis oreophila - created 1 August 2023
 * Myosotis forsteri - created 3 August 2023
 * Myosotis venosa Colenso - created  4 August 2023
 * Myosotis (genus page) - next up!

New Zealand Plantago project

 * 1) Plantago aucklandica - edited 4 November 2023
 * 2) Plantago hedleyi - edited 11 December 2023
 * 3) Plantago stauntonii - created 13 January 2024
 * 4) Plantago triantha - edited 5 February 2024
 * 5) Plantago obconica - created 8 Feb 2024
 * 6) Plantago triandra - created 15 Feb 2024
 * 7) Plantago unibracteata - created 28 Feb 2024
 * 8) Plantago lanigera - created 3 Mar 2024
 * 9) Plantago novae-zelandiae - created 3 Mar 2024
 * 10) Plantago spathulata - created 14 Mar 2024
 * 11) Plantago picta - created 30  Mar 2024
 * 12) Plantago raoulii - created 30  Mar 2024
 * 13) Plantago udicola - created 30  Mar 2024
 * 14) Plantago (genus page) - next up!

Ourisia project

 * 1) Ourisia caespitosa - created 9 Apr 2024
 * 2) Ourisia glandulosa - created 14 Apr 2024
 * 3) Ourisia confertifolia - created 21 Apr 2024
 * 4) Ourisia spathulata - created 29 Apr 2024
 * 5) Ourisia remotifolia - created 5 May 2024
 * 6) Ourisia simpsonii - created 11 May 2024
 * 7) Ourisia sessilifolia - created 19 May 2024
 * 8) Ourisia sessilifolia subsp. sessilifolia - created 24 May 2024
 * 9) Ourisia sessilifolia subsp. splendida - created 25 May 2024
 * 10) Ourisia modesta - created 26 May 2024
 * 11) Ourisia calycina - created 3 June 2024
 * 12) Ourisia macrocarpa - created 3 June 2024
 * 13) Ourisia crosbyi - created 9 June 2024
 * 14) Ourisia macrophylla  - created 15 June 2024
 * 15) Ourisia macrophylla subsp. macrophylla - created 16 June 2024
 * 16) Ourisia macrophylla subsp. lactea - created 16 June 2024
 * 17) Ourisia vulcanica  - created 29 June 2024
 * 18) Ourisia integrifolia  - created 29 June 2024
 * 19) Ourisia microphylla - next up!
 * 20) Ourisia serpyllifolia
 * 21) Ourisia polyantha
 * 22) Ourisia muscosa
 * 23) Ourisia biflora
 * 24) Ourisia cotapatensis
 * 25) Ourisia pulchella
 * 26) Ourisia alpina
 * 27) Ourisia chamaedrifolia
 * 28) Ourisia breviflora
 * 29) Ourisia breviflora subsp. breviflora
 * 30) Ourisia breviflora subsp. pygmaea
 * 31) Ourisia coccinea
 * 32) Ourisia coccinea subsp. coccinea
 * 33) Ourisia coccinea subsp. elegans
 * 34) Ourisia fragrans
 * 35) Ourisia fuegiana
 * 36) Ourisia pygmaea
 * 37) Ourisia ruellioides
 * 38) Ourisia (genus page)

New Zealand Veronica project

 * 1) Veronica pulvinaris
 * 2) Veronica chionohebe
 * 3) Veronica ciliolata
 * 4) Veronica ciliolata subsp. ciliolata
 * 5) Veronica ciliolata subsp. fiordensis
 * 6) Veronica thomsonii
 * 7) Veronica (genus page)
 * 1) Veronica (genus page)

Other pages I've worked on

 * I have made improvements to articles about New Zealand botanists, e.g. Geoff Baylis, Ruth Mason, Mary Sutherland, and Audrey Eagle.
 * I created and wrote the page for Dorita Hannah as part of the New Zealand Women in Architecture WikiProject.

Attendance and participation in Wiki events

 * I joined the WikiProject NZ Critter of the Week in August 2022 and actively participate.
 * I participated in the Women in STEAM Wikipedia edit-a-thon in Wellington on 8 October 2022.
 * I attended Wikimedia ESEAP 2022 in Sydney.
 * I am an active member of Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand (WANZ).
 * I attended WikiCon 2023 in Wellington in March 2023.
 * I participated in a #1Lib1Ref event for Te Papa staff on 9 May 2023
 * I regularly attend Wellington Wikipedia monthly meetups.
 * I participated in the New Zealand Women in Architecture WikiProject online edit-a-thon on 20 May 2023.
 * I attended WIKIMANIA 2023 in Singapore in August 2023, which was generously funded by Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand.
 * I attended WikiCon 2024 in Auckland in March 2024.
 * I participated in a #1Lib1Ref event for Te Papa staff on 29 May 2024.
 * I will attend WIKIMANIA 2024 in Katowice, Poland in August 2024, on a partial Wikimedia Foundation scholarship!

Tools, links and reminders to self

 * Add photos to Comons from iNaturalist with these tools: iNat2Wiki and iNaturalist2Commons.
 * Create articles for some of the women NZ botanists on this list!
 * How to create more sandboxes Help:Sandbox tutorial
 * Wikishootme.
 * Copyright violation finder tool
 * GLAM Wiki Newsletter
 * Ambrosia10's Mar 2023 slide deck on wiki tools - need to add these
 * Tool hub - a comprehensive list of tools that are available
 * Renaming files in Commons:
 * Using Cat-a-lot to change categories:
 * For Wikidata: Finding the Zürich Herbaria collector ID (and other biographical information) for a botanical collector: https://www.herbarien.uzh.ch/de/herbarien-zzt/sammlerliste.html
 * To add papers to Wikidata with a DOI: sourcemd or EVEN BETTER: bhl2wiki