Wikipedia:Meetup/Wellington/NZ Comics and Cartoons

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 being hosted by the National Library of New Zealand, and will focus on improving the coverage of New Zealand cartoonists and comics artists, from 19th century editorial cartoonists to graphic novelists and zine creators today. The National Library will be contributing digitised images from its collection, and we'll be drawing on the expertise of comics historians, the NZ Cartoon Archive, and the artists themselves. You don't need to be a comics expert: anyone can help with editing, researching, proofreading, and adding photos.

When and where

 * Saturday 26 January 2019, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm NZST
 * National Library of NZ, 70 Molesworth St, Wellington (map)
 * Douglas Lilburn Room on Level 1. The library building and Home Cafe will be open until 1:00 pm, but after that the library doors close and a staff member will be needed to let you in and out. There is no food or drink allowed in the Lilburn Room, but there's a nearby meeting room where you can leave snacks and drinks.
 * Note: if you plan on turning up after 1:00pm, the main library doors will be shut, so text Mike on 027 4477081 to be let in.
 * Wikipedians from anywhere in the world are of course welcome to join in remotely. Please feel free to hashtag edits with #wikicomics and 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. Our goal is to improve Wikipedia's coverage of NZ comics. You can improve existing articles, add to Wikidata, or create stub articles for people missing from Wikipedia. How to add photos and art to Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia, how copyright works and what's allowed. Make sure you fill out an evaluation form and add your contributions to the list below to get your valuable limited-edition "Wiki Comics Champ" Wikipedia sticker (no value expressed or implied)
 * 10.00: Meet and greet
 * 10.30: Wikipedia tutorial
 * 11.00: Editing
 * 12.00: Lunch/coffee break. The National Library is kindly supplying a light lunch for volunteers, with vegetarian/gluten-free options.
 * 13.00: Images tutorial
 * 13.30: Editing
 * 16.00: Finishing up

To attend

 * The Edit-a-thon is free and open to all, thanks to the support of the National Library and the Wikimedia Foundation.
 * This workshop will be following "friendly space" guidelines; check them out. Harassment and disruption won't be tolerated, online or offline.
 * There's also a public Facebook event you can share; please use the #wikicomics hashtag on social media.

Media

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In person
• Giantflightlessbirds

• Ambrosia10 - working on Eric Heath

• Gertrude206 - working on Nevile Lodge

• Pippipip - working on Jem Yoshioka

• Hannah benbow

• Thorndonite (working on Grant Buist, interested in Sarah Laing & Toby Morris)

• Dylan Horrocks

• Wildandwoolly (interested in Avis Acres)

• uniquelydave (working on Sam Orchard)

• PatrickLawlor - working on NZ Artists' Annual

• Brentwill - working on William Blomfield

• FeltexLane

Remotely

 * Brendan Boughen (Cartoons by Jim)

What to bring

 * Laptop and power cord. Laptops are definitely easier to edit on than iPads. The venue has good wifi.
 * Any snacks or drink you want. There's a separate room for lunch and morning teas; only water bottles in the workshop space (there'll be library books present).
 * Any resources such as books, journals, magazine or newspaper articles relevant to the artists 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 who 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 magazine interviews. If you're proposing to add someone to Wikipedia it's important to make sure they're "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. If you've taken or created comics and are happy to donate them under and open licence, great! Bring them along.

Useful

 * How to edit pages using the Visual Editor: for when you click Edit
 * New Zealand Cartoon Archive
 * New Zealand Cartoon Archive
 * New Zealand Cartoon Archive

To improve

 * Eric Heath
 * Garrick Tremain
 * Bob Brockie
 * Anthony Ellison
 * Malcolm Evans
 * Avis Acres
 * Ant Sang
 * Chris Slane – see profile in From Earth's End
 * Sharon Murdoch – need more info from Murdoch
 * Sarah Laing – Herald
 * William Blomfield – Te Ara. Lots of Blo cartoons in Observer, only 7 in Commons (and these often incorrectly credited)

To create

 * Guy Body
 * Toby Morris (cartoonist) – see profile in From Earth's End, Beanik profile, North & South interview, Herald
 * Barry Linton – Spinoff
 * Jeff Bell (cartoonist)
 * Eric Resetar – see profile in From Earth's End
 * Giselle Clarkson – see profile in 3 Words, Herald
 * Jem Yoshioka – see profile in 3 Words
 * Sam Orchard
 * Al Nisbet
 * Trace Hodgson
 * Shaun Yeo
 * Helen Courtney
 * Rod Emmerson – Herald
 * Jim Hubbard

Wikidata

 * Improved Eric Heath's Wikidata item — Ambrosia10
 * Added edition of Three Words, added Wikidata item for Joanna Anderson — Ambrosia10
 * Improved Sarah Laing and Three Words Wikidata item — Giantflightlessbirds
 * Taught User:Thorndonite to edit Wikidata. — Ambrosia10

Images added

 * Dylan Horrocks
 * Sarah Laing (photo and self-portrait) — Giantflightlessbirds
 * Nevile Lodge (cartoon)
 * Giselle Clarkson

Articles created
Afterwards:
 * Jem Yoshioka — Pippipip
 * Barry Linton — Hannah benbow
 * Eric Resetar — Hannah benbow
 * Giselle Clarkson — Giantflightlessbirds
 * Toby Morris (cartoonist) – Thorndonite
 * Sam Orchard (to Draft)
 * Trace Hodgson — Hannah benbow
 * Helen Courtney — Hannah benbow
 * Guy Body — Giantflightlessbirds

Articles improved

 * Grant Buist — Thorndonite
 * Eric Heath (artist) — Ambrosia10
 * Murray Ball — Ambrosia10
 * Nevile Lodge — Gertude206
 * Avis Acres — wildandwoolly

Media
We'll be taking photos for the record. If you don't want to be in a photo, just choose a red name lanyard; if you don't mind, pick a green one.

= Media coverage =
 * Dickison, Mike. (30 Jan 2019). "New Zealand Cartoonist and Comics Artist Wikipedia edit-a-thon". Blog: National Library of New Zealand.
 * Giselle Clarkson. (14 February 2019) Giselle Clarkson Comic 19 (about Avis Acres), The Sapling. (This comic was a spinoff from the edit-a-thon.)

Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Hannah Benbow at the National Library for making this event possible.