Wikipedia:Meetup/Wellington/Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon 2019

What's it about?
This Wikipedia edit-a-thon is aimed at increasing and improving Wiki sources of wāhine Māori, Pasifika & those identifying as women who may be left out of mainstream narratives. Wikipedia is the dominant source of information for members of the public, but it has a male bias, both in the composition of its editors and the sorts of topics it covers. I We'll be trying to redress that; we'll learn how to edit Wikipedia pages and what we can do to improve the coverage of NZ women in art and design. Complete beginners are welcome; training and troubleshooting is provided.

When and where

 * Saturday 16th November
 * 10:00 am – 4:00 pm NZST Siobhan Leachman User:Ambrosia10 will give an introduction to Wikipedia editing
 * James Coe room, The Dowse Art Museum, 45 Laings Rd, Lower Hutt
 * Follow this link to register

To attend
The workshop is free and open to all. You don't need to be an experienced Wikipedia editor to take part, nor do you need to be a subject expert (though you're welcome to work on articles in your area of expertise).

In person
• Giantflightlessbirds (helper)

• Ambrosia10 (couldn't make it due to family emergency)

• Barbuliscious

• Canley

• Quilt Phase

• Strasbourge37

• David Nind

• Jon (talk)

• Pakoire

• Kristapetersonhopgood

Remotely

 * Ciell (talk) (though I'm on CET+1)

What to bring

 * Laptop and power cord if you can (tablets aren't as good).

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. Wikipedia Basics is a nice step-by-step tutorial that walks you through editing and preparing for your first edit-a-thon. Less overwhelming than the official Help pages!
 * 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).

Useful links

 * Link to google doc
 * This workshop will be following "friendly space" guidelines; check them out. Harassment and disruption won't be tolerated, online or offline.

What we will provide

 * Wiki experts
 * wifi
 * snacks, tea, coffee
 * pizza for lunch @1:30pm

Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Siobhan and Victoria Leachman who are supporting this event and the crew from the Wellington Wiki Meetup group. And many thanks to the Dowse for hosting us and providing valuable resources.

Apologies - Victoria Leachman Einebillion can no longer make it. I really apologise.

Other suggestions

 * Mata Aho Collective - there is a German wikipedia article but no English wikipedia article
 * Shirley Maddock - a suggestion from twitter see her wikidata item.

Outcomes

 * Roma Potiki - created stub for editathon
 * Hariata Ropata-Tangahoe - created stub for editathon
 * Gina Matchitt – created stub for editathon
 * Created Wikidata items for, , , , , and
 * Interactive Release Generator tutorial by Giantflightlessbirds
 * Wikimedia Commons image upload tutorial by Giantflightlessbirds
 * Add any missing Template:Infobox artist boxes to above articles (and also Grahame Sydney, which is also generally in a dilapidated state) — Jon (talk)
 * Marilyn Webb - enhanced page
 * Huhana Smith - added photo and Info box and some publications added wiki data identifiers
 * Shona Rapira Davies - added exhibitions section added wiki data identifiers
 * Robin White - added Notable catagory - Mangaweka painting.
 * Robin White - added Laureate award, Ngāti Awa note — Jon (talk)
 * Roma Potiki - added several sections, links and references
 * Tracey Tawhiao - added Info box and some info
 * Hone Kouka - added MNZM to the award section and learnt how to add post nominals
 * Kohai Grace - enhanced page (checked existing references and added additional ones), updated wikidata item with reference for year of birth, Te Papa ID, and has works in collection


 * Showed some participants how to add identifiers for wikidata items (including VIAF ID, Library of Congress ID, Find NZ Artists ID, Te Papa person ID), and how they are displayed on a wikipedia page

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