Wikipedia:GLAM/New Zealand Wikipedian at Large/February 2019 Report


 * Continued to work with National Library staff on the projects worked out in January.
 * Made a week-long trip to the South Island to attend the meeting of the New Zealand Entomological Society (where I ran a Wikipedia meetup) and run two events in Dunedin to encourage the arts community to increase their presence in Wikipedia. The Dunedin events were poorly attended, but a representative of Christchurch Art Gallery drove four hours to attend the talk, and it looks like we'll run the same events, better-publicised, in Christchurch in May. Met with numerous other people to plan events in Dunedin in April.
 * As part of the visit to Otago Museum, I helped them upload and use photographs of Tasmanian tiger, kurī, and Falklands wolf specimens in the collections; the latter two are now the best images of each in Commons.
 * Took part in a workshop run by Te Papa on submissions on the New Zealand Copyright Act reforms; I'll be preparing a submission as NZ Wikipedian, representing to some extent the Wikimedia Foundation statements on open knowledge in the NZ context (where we currently have a "life + 50 years" copyright term but no Fair Use provisions).
 * Yes, I ran three events on Tuesday, February 19th, two of them simultaneously. I don't plan on repeating that soon…

= Meetings =
 * 1 Feb: Alexander Turnbull Library staff meeting to discuss Māori collections policy
 * 1 Feb: Paul Diamond re the expansion of Paper Past to 1950 and a possible Whanganui event
 * 4 Feb: Amy Watling re the White aviation photos and CC terms compatible with Commons
 * 4 Feb: DigitalNZ meeting about using Wikidata as possible replacement for "concepts" API and scraping open content from DBpedia
 * 5 Feb: Federated Farmers rep re running a joing FedFarmers/F&B Wikipedia event on 1080 in Christchurch
 * 12, 13 Feb: Otago Museum to upload and annotate collection photos
 * 13 Feb: Heritage NZ to discuss photo archives, Wikidata, and GLAMorgan
 * 14 Feb: LIANZA and Hocken Library representatives to plan Dunedin events
 * 14 Feb: James Maclaurin (Philosophy) to discuss Wikipedia coverage of bad algorithms
 * 14 Feb: Orokonui Ecosanctuary director to plan event there
 * 15 Feb: Otago University English Programme staff meeting
 * 15 Feb: Anatomy Museum of Otago Medical School re departmental seminar and possible Wikimedia project
 * 18 Feb: Department of Conservation re Critter of the Week, making photos available, future talks to staff anfd scientists
 * 20 Feb: NLNZ staff drop-in session
 * 25 Feb: Land Information NZ staff to discuss macron use on official NZ Gazetteer of Place Names, when updates will happen, and possible Wikipedia event to coincide
 * 26 Feb: Archives New Zealand to advise on possible "NZ schools" Wikidata project

= Presentations =
 * 5 Feb: Wikipedia as a Conservation Outreach Tool • 7 Forest & Bird staff • Forest & Bird Head Office, Wellington
 * 11 Feb: How to get New Zealand artists into Wikipedia • Public (6) • Blue Oyster Art Project Space Dunedin
 * 19 Feb: What Wikipedia means for researchers • Public, genealogy enthusiasts (35) • National Library of NZ, Wellington
 * 19 Feb: Citizen-Generated Knowledge • Public, GLAM community (20) • Victoria University (Piptea Campus), Wellington
 * 26 Feb: Why you should get your photographs into Wikipedia • Public, volunteers, photography enthusiasts (20) • Zealandia Visitors Centre, Waiapu Road, Wellington
 * 27 Feb: Wikipedia as a Conservation Outreach Tool • Zealandia staff (6) • Zealandia, Waiapu Road, Wellington

= Workshops =
 * 16 Feb: Let's get NZ Artists into Wikipedia • The Hub, Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Place, Dunedin • Meetup/Dunedin/Artists
 * 19 Feb: Libraries of New Zealand edit-a-thon • Victoria University (Piptea Campus), Wellington • Meetup/Wellington/Libraries
 * 20 Feb: Fairy Tern Wikiblitz • Sprig & Fern, 342 Tinakori Rd, Thorndon, Wellington • Meetup/Wellington/Wikiblitz 4
 * 27 Feb: Adding Photos to Commons and Wikipedia • Zealandia Visitor Centre, Wellington • Four Zealandia volunteers

= Meetups =
 * 7 Feb: Insect Meetup • Hanmer Springs Heritage Hotel, Hanmer Springs • 8 Entomological Society conference attendees
 * 13 Feb: Dunedin Wikipedians Meetup • Eureka Bar, Albany St, Dunedin • WP:DNDN1