Wikipedia:Meetup/Christchurch/22

What's it about?
Only 18.9% of biographies on Wikipedia are about women. Let's improve that by focusing on creating and developing articles about New Zealand women artists. Come to Christchurch Art Gallery, where you can help tell the stories of New Zealand women who have remained article-free for far too long. This event is for all editing levels – learn about how you can help by editing Wikipedia articles, or feel free to use our resources to get started right away.

The Dashboard for the event can be found here

When and where

 * Saturday 19 June 2021, 1:00–5:00 pm NZST
 * Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū – upstairs: meet at reception desk

To attend
This editathon is free and open to all. You don't need to be an experienced Wikipedia editor to take part. Wikipedians will be present to help newcomers make edits. Please use this link to register: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/art-feminism-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-tickets-154651327283

In person

 * MurielMary (talk)
 * Giantflightlessbirds
 * Ratso56 (talk) 10:33, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Soundsold (talk) 01:25, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Haz Elizabeth

Virtually

 * Ambrosia10 (talk) 22:37, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 *  Schwede 66 
 * Oronsay (talk) 05:35, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
 * DrThneed (talk) 07:45, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Pakoire (talk) 06:29, 18 June 2021 (UTC)

For those attending remotely User:Ambrosia10 and User:DrThneed will be meeting on this jitsi link to have a discussion at 1pm if you'd like to join us.

What to bring

 * Laptop and power cord. The venue has free wifi.
 * Resources that can be cited in Wikipedia will be accessible in the Art Gallery Library, however feel free to bring any relevant material.

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) Read up on Wikipedia: there are lots of tutorials, like the Wikipedia Adventure, and useful guides, like the Editing Wikipedia brochure.
 * 3) If you add photos to Commons so they can be used Wikipedia, they'll need to be free of any copyright or released under a Creative Commons license that lets anyone use them. If you're not familiar with Creative Commons, see Useful Links below. If you've taken photos and are happy to donate them, great! Bring them along. If you know of anyone who has good photos, approach them and ask them if they'd like their work to be seen and used by people all over the world (with them credited, of course).

Specific to Christchurch Art Gallery
This link is to a list of NZ artists (men and women) whose work is held in the Christchurch Art Gallery permanent collection: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1V8GxiTeN_KmivFtA2aoK8h-m3MOe_pHFTJWMaQUctGA/edit?usp=sharing

Ratso has used the above list to create a table showing more details of the artists and whether there is a WD item or WP article about them: Meetup/Christchurch/21/Artists

Women artists in general
Before writing a new article, check your understanding of Wikipedia's notability standards (more info here: WP:BIO), which typically mean the person is well-known enough to be discussed by multiple sources in the news, or for artists, that their work is held in the permanent collection of a significant institution. Or, feel free to browse Category:New Zealand women artists to find a page that already exists, and see if there's any missing information that you could add.

West Coast Artists project
Mike is working on a West Coast Artists project which includes women in need of better coverage; examples include


 * Marilyn Rea-Menzies (newly expanded)
 * Alison Hale (needs more info)
 * Catherine Brough
 * Yvonne Rust (needs expansion e.g. from Rust's biography)
 * Sue Syme

Useful links

 * This workshop will be following "friendly space" guidelines; check them out. Harassment and disruption won't be tolerated, online or offline.
 * How to edit pages using the Visual Editor: for when you click Edit
 * A nice explanation of Creative Commons, Wikimedia Commons, and crowdsourced photos by Harry Chapman
 * WikiProject Women In Red - Missing articles of New Zealand women
 * New or improved articles can be added to the WiR project here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Meetup/184

New articles and items

 * Rosa Spencer Bower
 * Anneke Borren
 * Rose Zeller
 * Janet Bayly
 * Katie Gold
 * Marie Shannon
 * Kate Fitzharris
 * Aina Apse
 * Esther Archdall
 * Kate Coolahan
 * Photo of Rose Zeller and Daisy Osborn, added to both their articles
 * 1909 group portrait found and uploaded; photo cropped out and added to Grace Butler

Improved articles and items

 * Olivia Spencer Bower
 * Mina Arndt
 * Sue Syme
 * Heather Straka
 * Kura Te Waru Rewiri
 * Ani O'Neill
 * Christine Boswijk
 * Doris Lusk
 * Kura Te Waru Rewiri
 * Ani O'Neill
 * Christine Boswijk
 * Doris Lusk