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


 * I spent the first week of March recovering from an E. coli infection in Whanganui, and had to cancel a planned two weeks in the remote Whanganui National Park, accessible only by jetboat and with no phone or internet. Ah well.
 * This month's planned events were overshadowed by the March 15 Christchurch mosque shootings. In response I put out a call as a public Wikipedian for photos of the attack's aftermath: vigils, street graffiti, floral tributes and so forth. See the Signpost article for more. This was an interesting exercise, as many of the photos were flagged by Commons editors as copyright violations, often incorrectly; one first-time contributor was driven off Commons as a result.
 * I continued to be based at the National Library, and kept working on the Raper photos and TUrnbull names projects, as well as running staff training and events.
 * A three-day trip to Massey University in nearby Palmerston North resulted in some well-attended talks to academics and students, and meetings with postgraduate students and the Research Office.
 * On March 28th I was finally paid the second installment of the year's funding, perhaps a month or two later than ideal…

= Meetings =
 * 22 Mar: Te Tumu Paeroa, the Māori Trustee, on potential for Māori land to be covered in Wikipedia with kaumatua contributing
 * 22 Mar: Mark Stagg and Amy Marshall of the Royal Society Te Apāirangi, on possible in-house wiki for grants procedures, and staff Wikimedia training
 * 27 Mar: Dale Cousens, National Library, on Ngā Upoko Tukutuku/Māori subject headings' possible use in Wikidata
 * 29 Mar: Day at Zealandia, meeting with volunteer coordinator and tour guide

= Presentations =
 * 19 Mar: How Wiki Works • Massey staff and students (50) • Massey University, Palmerston North
 * 20 Mar: Engaging with Wikimedia • Massey researchers (25) • Manawatū Campus, Massey University, Palmerston North
 * 27 Mar: Wikipedia for Outreach • NZ Entomological Society, Wellington branch (20) • Te Papa collection building, 169 Tory Street, Wellington

= Workshops =
 * 2 Mar: Critter of the Week Wikiblitz • Auckland Museum Library • Meetup/Auckland/Wikiblitz 3
 * 23 Mar: NZ Comics Edit-a-thon II • National Library, Wellington • Meetup/Wellington/NZ Comics and Cartoons 2
 * 25 Mar: Wellington's Chinese history • Wellington City Archives • Meetup/Wellington/Chinese history
 * 27 Mar: in-house hands-on workshop for National Library staff

= Media coverage =
 * Aldworth, Winston. (2 Mar 2019). "Faking the News". Weekend Herald – Canvas. p 18–19.
 * Bootham, Vanya. (21 Mar 2019). "Wikipedian at large at ZEALANDIA". ZEALANDIA News.
 * Massey University Library. (21 Mar 2019). "Wikipedia boosts visibility and readership of your research". Library Out Loud, Massey University.
 * Mulligan, Jesse, interviewing Mandy Henk. (25 Mar 2019). "Expert feature – Copyright". Radio New Zealand Afternoons. (Mention of role sourcing photographs relating to mosque shootings.)
 * Sultan, Nahid. (26 Mar 2019). "ক্রাইস্টচার্চ মসজিদ হামলার পর উইকিপিডিয়ানদের সম্প্রীতির প্রকল্প (Wikipedia harmony project following the Christchurch mosque attacks)". WikiBarta March 2019.
 * Giantflightlessbirds and Schwede66. (31 Mar 2019). "Wikipedia's response to the New Zealand mosque shootings". The Wikipedia Signpost.