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

The highlight of the month was attending the Wikimedia Australia meetup in Melbourne with Siobhan Leachman (User:Ambrosia10): my report is here. Being able to discuss strategic planning and ways Wikipedians should engage with indigenous communities was extremely valuable, and it was a pleasure to have Asaf Bartov visit New Zealand for NDF and run an intermediate-level Wikidata workshop (his slides are ). Many thanks to the Wikimedia Foundation for making this possible.

The National Digital Forum this year seemed especially friendly to open knowledge, and both Asaf's and my presentations were well-received (video of his talk and of mine). The workshop on linked open data and tools was also valuable.

Both Archives New Zealand and BRANZ seem keen to pursue Wikipedia projects after the Wikipedian at Large project has ended.

= Meetings =
 * Victoria University of Wellington School of Information Management to plan a public talk and edit-a-thon on February 2019
 * Ana Pickering and Hannah Benbow to plan library events
 * Centre for Science in Society at Victoria University to organise a NZ Women in Design wikiblitz
 * Nicole Kearney at Melbourne Museum to discuss the Biodiversity Heritage Library
 * Wellington Heritage Group to plan summer events with Archives, Botanic Gardens, Otari Plant Museum, Space Place etc.
 * Forest & Bird communications team to discuss possible Wikipedia strategy

= Presentations =
 * 7 Nov: "Engaging with Wikimedia" • Archives New Zealand, Wellington
 * 11 Nov: "Critter of the Week" • Ross House, 247-251 Flinders Street, Melbourne, Australia • Meetup/Melbourne/37
 * 14 Nov: "Engaging with Wikimedia" • Melbourne Museum, Australia
 * 20 Nov: "A Wikipedian at Large" • National Digital Forum, Te Papa, Wellington
 * 22 Nov: "Wikipedia for Outreach" • Building Research Association NZ (BRANZ), Silverstream, Upper Hutt
 * 25 Nov: "How Wiki works and why you should care" • NZ Ecological Society conference students' day, Victoria University of Wellington
 * 28 Nov: "How to get your research into Wikipedia" • NZ Ecological Society conference, Victoria University of Wellington

= Workshops =
 * 23 Nov: Editing Wikipedia • Archives New Zealand, Wellington
 * 23 Nov: Wikidata Masterclass with Asaf Bartov • Dragonfly Data Science, 158 Victoria St, Wellington • Link
 * 28 Nov: Wikipedia drop-in clinic at NZ Ecological Society meeting
 * 28 Nov: Edit for Equity – NZ History • Internet NZ, 80 Boulcott St, Wellington • WP:E4E5

= Meetups =
 * 1 Nov: "Wiki in the Pub" • Southern Cross, Abel Smith St, Wellington
 * 24 Nov: Wellington Wikibrunch • Scopa, 141 Cuba St, Wellington • WP:WGTN4

= Media coverage =
 * White, Rebekah. (Nov–Dec 2018). "What's an adzebill?". New Zealand Geographic 154.
 * Macdonald, Nikki. (10 Nov 2018). "Who is Wiki-worthy?". Dominion Post, p. A8.
 * Macdonald, Nikki. (10 Nov 2018)."Who gets to wear the cloak?". (Notability in Wikipedia, Who's Who, and Queen's Honours.) Dominion Post, p.C1–C2.
 * Graham-McLay, Charlotte. (17 Nov 2018). "From Encyclopedic Collector to ‘Wikipedian-at-Large’ in New Zealand". New York Times, A6