Wikipedia:Meetup/Wellington/Australasian Endangered Plants

What's it about?
An edit-a-thon is an event where volunteer editors tackle a part of Wikipedia that needs improvement. Complete beginners are welcome; training and troubleshooting is provided. All you need to bring is a laptop!

This edit-a-thon is part of the Taxonomy for Plant Conservation – Ruia mai i Rangiātea conference in Wellington in November 2019. It will focus on improving the coverage of endangered plants of Australasia. You don't need to be an expert botanist to take part, though: anyone can help with editing, researching, proofreading, and adding or improving photos.

When and where

 * Sunday 24 November 2019, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm NZST
 * Hinatorē Learning Lab, Te Papa, 55 Cable St, Wellington
 * Wikipedians from anywhere in the world are of course welcome to join in remotely; add yourselves to the participants list below.

Timetable
Introductions, name lanyards, and account creation if needed We'll learn how Wikipedia works and how to improve, create, and reference articles. Experienced editors present will be buddied up with newcomers. Tea and biscuits provided. Our goal is to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australasian endangered plants. You can improve existing articles or add artwork or species information to Wikidata. Make sure you add your contributions to the list below!
 * 9.00: Meet and greet
 * 9.15: Wikipedia tutorial
 * 10:30: Coffee break
 * 11:00: Editing
 * 13.00: Lunch break.
 * 14.00: Editing
 * 16.30: Finishing up

To attend

 * The Edit-a-thon is free and open to all, thanks to the support of Te Papa and the Taxonomy for Plant Conservation conference.
 * There are limited spaces, so please book here.
 * This workshop will be following "friendly space" guidelines; check them out. Harassment and disruption won't be tolerated, online or offline.

Media

 * Use the link  if you want a short, shareable link to this page

In person
• Giantflightlessbirds

• MargaretRDonald

• David Nind

• Stitchbird

• Lil blue mushroom

• Dillwynia Pete

Remotely
• Ambrosia10 - family emergency but will participate remotely

• Cas Liber (talk · contribs) (will try at some point in the proceedings)

• Canley

• Oronsay

What to bring

 * Laptop and power cord. Laptops are definitely easier to edit on than iPads. The venue has good wifi. There may be a spare laptop for people to use, but bring your own computer if you can.
 * Any snacks or drink you want; morning and afternoon tea are provided. You can bring your own lunch or go to one of Te Papa's cafes.
 * Any resources such as books, journals, magazine or newspaper articles relevant to articles you're interested in.
 * Photos you've taken or art 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 people, places, or things that are "notable". In Wikipedia terms, "notable" people are those who've been covered in a number of reliable independent sources, such as news, books, authoritative websites, or magazine interviews. If you're proposing to create to Wikipedia article it's important to make sure your subject is "notable"; talk to us if you're not sure – we can help.
 * 4) If you want to bring photos along and add them to Commons and 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.

Useful

 * How to edit pages using the Visual Editor: for when you click Edit
 * YouTube video - How to Edit Wikipedia - a 2018 tutorial (47:44)

Resources

 * Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017.
 * Threatened Australian Plants
 * International Plant Names Index
 * Australian Plant Names Index
 * Wikidata Query: Threatened Australian Plants without an enwiki article (with links to Wikidata, SPRAT & APNI)

Wikipedia

 * Acaena rorida - added image & improved a little —
 * Created Myosotis antarctica —
 * Improved Myosotis pansa subsp. pansa and moved it from variety to subspecies —
 * Created Atriplex hollowayi, Wikicommons category & uploaded multiple iNaturalist images —
 * Created Carmichaelia curta, Wikicommons category & uploaded multiple iNaturalist images —
 * Added all NZ species to Myosotis taxonomy —
 * Created a gallery for Myosotis discolor using images from Wikimedia —
 * Dillwynia elegans - added notes & linked to original publication page —
 * Created Myosotis eximia —
 * Improved Myosotis —
 * Improved Myosotis antarctica —
 * Added a gallery to Myosotis scorpioides —
 * Created Myosotis mooreana — (and cleaned up —)
 * Updated Acacia desmondii profile —
 * Added a gallery to Myosotis —
 * Improved Clianthus_puniceus
 * Added to Atriplex hollowayi
 * Updated reference/link Rangitoto Island
 * Created Carex albula, Carex berggrenii, Carex buchananii, & created Carex capillacea (which existed as a redirect)
 * Created George Simpson (botanist), Peter Brian Heenan (both NZ botanists and authors of some of the endangered species)
 * Created Carmichaelia appressa, Carmichaelia astonii, ''Alternanthera nahui
 * Created Acacia latzii, Acacia ammophila (Australian threatened species)

Wikicommons

 * Adding images sourced from iNaturalist to Wikicommons via the iNaturalist2WikiCommons tool —
 * Added images taken in Otari-Wilton's Bush on Thursday, added to articles and Wikidata —


 * Added wikidata items to structured data for images added by Ambrosia10

Wikidata

 * Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017 to Wikidata —
 * Separated subspecies item from synonym, linked taxon name authors – Canley
 * Added images to, , , and —
 * Linked new articles: and  —
 * Natural history of Rangitoto Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand to Wikidata

Course stats
(for the 10 wikipedians; time period 2019-11-24-00 to 2019-11-25-00 AEST) Wellington threatened species edit-a-thon

Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Te Papa and Taxonomy for Plant Conservation – Ruia mai i Rangiātea conference for making the event open for free to the public.