Wikipedia:Meetup/Wellington/Meetup 18 January 2020

Wellington Meetup 18 January 2020

 * Date: Saturday 18 January 2020
 * Time: 10:00 am to midday
 * Location: He Matapihi Molesworth Library at National Library, corner Molesworth and Aitken Streets, Wellington Come to the main entrance of the National Library on Molesworth Street.
 * Cost: Free
 * Bring: a laptop if you have one. There are publicly available computers if you don't have a laptop.

Venue
User:Einebillion The group meet at the He Matapihi Molesworth Library within the National Library. This is a Wellington City Council pop up public library. It was formerly The National Library net.work space. Drinks are permitted in the library.

Future Meetups
This is a fortnightly event but double check the Wikipedia:Wellington Meetup page to confirm.

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People
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Attending

 * 1) Einebillion (talk)
 * 2) Ambrosia10 (talk)
 * 3) Pakoire (talk)
 * 4) David Nind (talk)

Unable to come

 * 1) Quilt Phase (talk) sends apologies but can report they have been busy wrangling spreadsheets and pdfs of spreadsheets into openRefine and reconciling fields to existing Wikidata items and it's quite exciting.
 * 1) Quilt Phase (talk) sends apologies but can report they have been busy wrangling spreadsheets and pdfs of spreadsheets into openRefine and reconciling fields to existing Wikidata items and it's quite exciting.

Outcomes
updated group about progress of this group. Now at the "how will we do this" phase. He will update those interested in contributing to the organisation of the group about next steps. Please sign up if you're interested in either contributing or being a member. updated group about this project. Encouraged members of meetup to give it a go. updated group about this conference. Encouraged members of meetup to travel to it. updated group about this conference and the availability of scholarships. Encouraged members of meetup to apply.
 * Introduction to meet up by organisers
 * Talk about Wikimedia User Group of Aotearoa New Zealand
 * Report from the Lincoln University Wikipedian in Residence
 * Talk about # 1Lib1Ref
 * Talk about WikiCite ANZ: Linking bibliographic data
 * Talk about Wikimania 2020 scholarships
 * Round table for participants followed by problem-solving and chatting
 * Selected, renamed, and organised photos taken of the Aigantighe Art Gallery in Timaru - now uploaded!
 * Learned that New Zealand Government agency logos are generally Crown copyright and can't be added by New Zealanders to Wikimedia Commons. However, Americans can as they can use fair use provisions - need to find a friendly American to add!
 * Learned that street art, like the ones on various utility cabinets around Wellington, are copyrighted. The commissioner of the work generally holds copyright unless the artist has a contract that lets them retain it.

Past Wellington Meetups

 * Meetup/Wellington/Meetup 7 December 2019 - 7 December 2019
 * Meetup/Wellington/Meetup 23 November 2019 - 23 November 2019
 * Meetup/Wellington/Meetup 9 November 2019 - 9 November 2019
 * Meetup/Wellington/Meetup 26 October 2019 - 26 October 2019
 * Meetup/Wellington/Meetup 12 October 2019 - 12 October 2019
 * Meetup/Wellington/Meetup 28 September 2019 - 28 September 2019
 * Meetup/Wellington/Meetup 14 September 2019 - 14 September 2019
 * Meetup/Wellington/Meetup 31 August 2019 - 31 August 2019
 * Meetup/Wellington/Meetup 17 August 2019 - 17 August 2019
 * Meetup/Wellington/Meetup 3 August 2019 - 3 August 2019
 * Meetup/Wellington/Meetup 20 July 2019 - 20 July 2019
 * Archives NZ Edit-a-thon - 7 July 2019
 * Meetup 22 June 2019 - 22 June 2019
 * Wikiblitz 2019 – 20 February 2019
 * NZ Comics and Cartoons Edit-a-thon – 23 March 2019
 * Chinese history Edit-a-thon – 25 March 2019
 * The previous Wellington meetup – 20 January 2019

Next meeting and Meetup timetables

 * 1 February, same time, same place