Wikipedia:Meetup/Christchurch/11

An opportunity for Wiki people (Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia etc) to get together. Eveybody's welcome. We have the following focus areas for this meeting:
 * 1. Wikimedia User Group of Aotearoa New Zealand
 * 2. ...

Date: Tuesday, 14 July 2020

Time: 7:15 pm onwards

Location: Smash Palace, 172 High Street

Venue
Smash Palace at 172 High Street will host us in their ground floor room. We have access to their data projector so if we want to learn from one another, we can project a 'how to'.

What to bring

 * Laptop. Laptops are definitely easier to edit on than iPads. There is one spare computer you may use if you don't have a laptop, but BYO if you can.
 * Any resources such as books, journals, magazine or newspaper articles relevant to the heritage buildings you're interested in.
 * Photos you've taken, especially of buildings that could illustrate articles; you'll learn how to donate these to Wikimedia Commons so other Wikipedia articles can use them.

Preparation

 * 1) If you're coming, try to create a Wikipedia account beforehand: don't wait until the day to do it! Here's a form you can use if you like. Creating an account makes editing much easier (here's more info on why you should). You'll need to pick a "handle" for your username; you could use your real name, but it's nice to have the option to be a bit anonymous if you want. Here's some advice on picking a username.
 * 2) The more you prepare, the more you'll be able to get done. You may want to read up on avoiding common mistakes, but Wikipedia has a "don't bite the newbies" policy, and we'll be there to troubleshoot.
 * 3) Have a think about topics you'd like to work on; do a little research first so you're prepared. You don't have to be an expert; anyone who can do library research and write clearly can help improve Wikipedia. The best candidates for Wikipedia articles are buildings that are "notable". In Wikipedia terms, "notable" usually means they're been covered in a number of reliable independent sources, such as news, books, authoritative websites, or newspapers. We can assume that Category I buildings are inherently notable.
 * 4) If you want to bring photos along and add them to Wikipedia, they need to be free of any copyright or released under a Creative Commons license that lets anyone use them. (What's Creative Commons?) If not, you must be the creator/copyright holder – ask us if you're not certain what's allowed, and we'll help. We will ask you who holds the copyright for all your photos, so make sure you know!

Attendees
Add your Wikipedia username if you have one. Tip: you can just type asterisk-space-three tildes ( * )


 * MurielMary
 * Schwede66
 * Podzemnik
 * Herewhy (talk)

Apologies

 * Ratso56 (talk) 02:58, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Agenda items

 * Round the table - what's everyone up to?
 * Updating NZ biographies after change of leadership of National Party
 * Updating placenames of Banks Peninsula places that now have dual te reo/English placenames; some challenges for file names of images when using "/"
 * Working on taking photos
 * Discussion of identification of an American company providing paid editing services
 * Checking that NZ places with dual placenames are accurately named in WP; updating list on WP; checking wikidata is correct
 * Working in Articles for Creation, publishing drafts
 * List page on living dames and knights of NZ
 * Page on the Christchurch Central Recovery Plan


 * Reminder of Aotearoa NZ User Group meeting on Sunday: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Aotearoa_New_Zealand_Online_1

Outcomes

 * MurielMary to re-contact Christchurch Art Gallery regarding rescheduling the editing event we had planned for March 2020 (action carried over from previous meeting)

Next event/keeping in touch

 * Next meetup is Tuesday, 18 August

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