Wikipedia:GLAM/New Zealand Wikipedian at Large/August 2018 Report


 * This month I was based at New Zealand Geographic magazine, where I talked to staff about better integration with Wikipedia, "wikified" articles so they could test referrals to stories from Wikipedia vs other sources, and ran two Wikiblitzes on kauri dieback, building on a recent feature story in the magazine.
 * I also continued Tuesday afternoons with Auckland Museum, mass-uploading several hundred recent photographs with Pattypan in preparation for a Commons public event.
 * At the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections conference in Dunedin I presented to an audience of museum professionals on the importance of Wikipedia as a tool for disseminating research and collection images.

= Meetings =
 * 1 Aug: Science Communicators Association of NZ networking meetup
 * 6 Aug: Susan Tolich and Sarah Powell to organise Fashion Museum and Art+Feminism edit-a-thons
 * 7 Aug: Auckland Museum PCAP members to plan Pacific Crafts Wikipedia project
 * 9 Aug: Skype meeting with Otago Museum and Dodd-Walls centre representatives to plan September visit
 * 14 Aug: Auckland Museum Māori staff to discuss Māori perspectives on Wikipedia
 * 21 Aug: Planning meeting with Entomology and Mycology groups at Landcare Research
 * 21 Aug: Presented on Wikipedia to PCAP group at Auckland Museum
 * 22 Aug: NZ Geographic staff and freelancers on Wikipedia for journalists

= Presentations =
 * 10 Aug: Critter of the Week • Conservation Communicators hui (c. 50) • Zealandia, Wellington
 * 28 Aug: Wikipedia as an Outreach Tool • SPNHC-TDWG conference (c. 40) • Dunedin

= Workshops =
 * 10 Aug • Editing Wikipedia • Conservation Communicators hui (c. 50) • Zealandia, Wellington
 * 18 Aug • Commons Wikiblitz • Library, lvl 2, Auckland Museum • meetup/Auckland/Wikiblitz 1
 * 20 Aug • Kauri Dieback Wikiblitz • Generator, 22 Customs St East, Auckland • Meetup/Auckland/Kauri dieback
 * 21 Aug • Kauri Dieback Wikiblitz • Galbraith's Alehouse, 2 Mt Eden Road, Grafton, Auckland • Meetup/Auckland/Kauri dieback
 * 22 Aug • Wikipedia Science Workshop • Biology graduate students (6) • 302-140 Science Centre, University of Auckland

= Meetups =
 * 12 Aug • Wikibrunch • Loretta, Cuba St, Wellington
 * 30 Aug • Spontaneous lunchtime Wikiblitz • SPNHC-TDWG conference

= Media coverage =
 * Chapman, Wallace. (12 Aug 2018). '"Mike Dickison: New Zealand's first Wikipedian whiz" (audio). RNZ Sunday Morning. (Radio interview.)
 * Easther, Elisabeth. (Sept 2018 issue). "Mr Wiki: Mike Dickison is New Zealand’s first Wikipedian-at-Large". North and South, p.18
 * Hancock, Farah. (13 Aug 2018). "Auckland Museum taking Wikipedia by storm". Newsroom.