Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand/Performing Arts Aotearoa

This is a project to increase content and improve the quality of performing arts information from Aotearoa New Zealand on Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons. It is being coordinated by Lisa Maule. Lisa is a theatre designer and arts manager with a keen interest in preserving and celebrating the performing arts landscape of Aotearoa. In April 2021 she was awarded a grant by the US-based Wikimedia Foundation for a four month project to increase content about performing arts in Aotearoa on Wikipedia. This was funded partly because of Lisa's focus to ensure good representation of women, Māori and Pacific Island artists and projects.

Existing editors please add yourself to the 'participants' section below for news and updates. There are lots of short articles with expansion possibilities in lists below.

New editors get in touch. Email to express an interest and to learn next steps (lisamauleinfo@gmail.com)

The initial stage of the project ran over four months 17 May - 10 September 2021, with three edit-a-thons and 107 new articles created. The next project focus is Pacific Arts which includes a pilot Wikipedian in Residence with Creative New Zealand.

Performing arts scope
Performing arts is defined as theatre, dance, cabaret, music performances and other cultural forms. Other events, festivals, musicians and composers are also encouraged. The article Performing arts in New Zealand was created in 2023. Sections can be expanded and there are redlinks to suggested articles too.

News
There is an interesting discussion about the notability of theatre organisations in Articles for deletion:

Articles for deletion/Afterburner (theatre production company)

Wikipedia Articles to create and improve
Redlisted articles in these sections have enough information available on an internet search to create an article of at least stub status. This project aims to especially include content on women and people of colour on Wikipedia. If you are new it is easier to write about an organisation or event than a biography of a living person. Note - for international editors the word Pākehā means a white New Zealander.

Suggested articles lists
Here is a shared google document with suggested articles and references. Comments can be made with suggestions.
 * Articles to develop Performing Arts Aotearoa google doc

Festivals in Aotearoa

 * Kerikeri Arts Festival
 * Auckland Fringe Festival
 * InterAct Disability Arts Festival annual three-day event in Auckland
 * Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival - https://hgaf.co.nz/
 * Bay of Islands Arts Festival UPSURGE
 * Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival - Gisborne ✅
 * Hawkes Bay Arts Festival
 * Tauranga Festival of the Arts - (https://www.taurangafestival.co.nz/)
 * Taranaki International Arts Festival -(https://www.taft.co.nz/)
 * Nelson Arts Festival - (https://www.nelsonartsfestival.nz/)
 * Nelson Fringe Festival
 * Christchurch Arts Festival (https://artsfestival.co.nz/)
 * Festival Of Colour - Wanaka (https://www.festivalofcolour.co.nz/)
 * Dunedin Arts Festival, biennial festival in Dunedin
 * Southland Arts Festival (https://southlandnz.com/southland-arts-festival)
 * Summer City, Wellington based employment scheme in the 1980s for artists performers musicians centered in the public parks of Wellington that started in 1979 - "The Summer of 79".
 * Tahi Festival - theatre festival of solo works

Pasifika Arts Aotearoa Project
A related project to increase quality content on Pasifika arts and practioners. Examples of articles to create or edit:
 * | Pasifika Arts Wikiproject page
 * | shared google document with suggested articles
 * Ioana Gordon-Smith - curator (Pataka), (she / her - Sāmoan & English)
 * Makerita Urale - (article can be expanded). Senior Manager, Pacific Arts at Creative New Zealand. Actor, writer, producer, film and theatre. (she / her - Sāmoan)
 * Tanu Gago - photographer, interdisciplinary artist, and filmmaker (he / him), "... I'm here for posterity because I'm cognisant of the many ways our Indigenous Queer communities have been left behind." https://pantograph-punch.com/posts/by-any-means-necessary
 * Molima Molly Pihigia - founding member of Falepipi he Mafola: the award-winning Niuean handicraft group, (she / her)
 * Nina Tonga - curator / artist

Short articles for expansion

 * Tupe Lualua (Wikidata item) - dancer, choreographer (she / her - Samoan)
 * Dolina Wehipeihana - dancer, choreographer (she / her - Māori)
 * Helen Pearse-Otene - (Wikidata item) Māori playwrite, actor, director and psychiatrist (she/her - Māori)✅
 * Bianca Hyslop - (Wikidata item) (she/her - Māori)
 * Sarah Foster-Sproull - (Wikidata item) dancer, choreographer (she / her - Pākehā)
 * Indian Ink - Start (2.11) - Improve with more about their work
 * Unity Theatre, Wellington - Start (1.84) - Improve by expanding
 * Māoriland Film Festival - indigenous arts organisation and film festival based in Ōtaki
 * Going West - annual writers festival in West Auckland
 * Centrepoint Theatre - theatre producer and venue Palmerston North
 * Chris Ward (sound editor) - stub article, notable for his film work but he also has a background in theatre sound design

People

 * Ross McCormack - dancer and choreographer (he/him Pākehā)
 * Tama Waipara - musician and arts manager, currently director of Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival (he/him Māori)
 * Helen Todd (lighting designer) - Lighting designer known for work with choreographer and director Lemi Ponifasio, tutor at Toi Whakaari (she/her, Pākehā)
 * Eleanor Bishop (director) - (she/her Pākehā)
 * Fa'amoana John Luafutu - (he/him Sāmoan) A Boy Called Piano
 * Lyndee-Jane Rutherford - (she/her Pākehā) director, actor, producer

Organisations

 * Te Pou Theatre - Auckland
 * Te Rākau Hua o te Wao Tapu - longest running Maori theatre company also know as Te Rākau Theatre led by Jim Moriarty and Helen Pearse-Otene based in Wellington
 * Prayas Theatre - based in Auckland, South Asian theatre and cultural group, celebrated 15 years in 2020
 * The Conch (theatre company) - director Nina Nawalowalo
 * Barbarian Productions - company formed by Jo Randerson
 * Theatre Corporate - Auckland company established in 1974 by Raymond Hawthorne (Ref1, Ref2)
 * Black Creatives Aotearoa - https://www.blackcreativesaotearoa.com/
 * Pacific Dance New Zealand - dance development organisation based in Auckland Decoration_interior_Maoriland_venue_Otaki.jpg
 * Wellington Opera - opera company

Notable works (eg. a play, dance or musical theatre work)

 * A Boy Called Piano a play produced by The Conch (directed by Nina Nawalowalo) that lead to the development of a film released in 2022
 * Witi's Wāhine a play created by Nancy Brunning from writing by Witi Ihimaera
 * Krishnan's Dairy by Indian Ink first presented in 1997
 * Stones In Her Mouth by MAU, Lemi Ponifasio 2014 (https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/culture/performance/9791165/Review-Stones-In-Her-Mouth)

Articles that have a problem to fix

 * Michael Hurst - needs citations
 * Bill Direen - very oddly written
 * Pop-up Globe - add inline citations and remove tag
 * University of Canterbury Drama Society - add inline citations and remove tag
 * World of Wearable Art - currently is a museum type entry, rather than an event. Suggest it is split into the museum in Nelson (existing article) and the event which is now held in Wellington but started in Nelson (new article). A technical and research editing job. This is an example of an article layout Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival
 * David Geary - playwright (he/him - Māori) lacks citation✅
 * Katie Wolfe - director, actor (she/her - Māori) needs additional citations for verification, lede needs expansion.✅
 * The Basement Theatre - venue in Auckland - Add citations✅
 * Hirini Melbourne - hugely influential Māori musician and composer - expand article with citations ✅
 * The New Zealand Dance Company - add citations✅

Draft articles needing some work
 * Draft:martyn Roberts✅
 * Draft:Te Manahau (Scotty) Morrison✅

References for citations and information
Refer to the google document for research material. You can also comment to share references - it is a living documents to be updated over time.


 * Articles to develop Performing Arts Aotearoa google doc


 * Theatre Aotearoa database - searchable of shows presented in Aotearoa - also links to references (in the left border)

Wikimedia Commons
Take photos of NZ performing arts related people, places or events and upload them to Wikimedia Commons. Look through your photo archives - have you taken images of festivals, street performances, venues? You famous friend or auntie? (Please find out about copyright, privacy and permissions).

Suggested commons categories
Theatre Companies in New Zealand, Playwrights from New Zealand, Actors from New Zealand, Designers from New Zealand, Dance in New Zealand, Dancers from New Zealand, Choreographers from New Zealand, Theatre directors from New Zealand, Theatre of New Zealand, Opera vocalists from New Zealand, Entertainment venues in New Zealand

Wikimedia Commons how to

 * YouTube Video – Adding Images to Wikimedia Commons (4:17)
 * YouTube Video – Creative Commons copyright licensing explained (5:32)
 * Interactive Release Generator

Suggested projects
Images of venues which hold performing arts are needed. Please use Category:Entertainment venues in New Zealand plus any more localised specific categories.
 * Upload a photo you take of your local community hall, theatre or performance venue
 * Upload images of performing arts people from the New Zealand governor generals website (check it has the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. )
 * Upload images from Digital NZ - this list shows images with reuse licences although always check on the original website. Link
 * Notable people - you can upload photo's of yourself and your work if you own the copyright - get in touch for guidance (lisamauleinfo@gmail.com)

Please email the url of any uploaded images to lisamauleinfo@gmail.com so the categories and other technical details can be checked.

Wikidata

 * Get in touch if you want a project direction
 * Please add statement p5008 'on focus list of Wikimedia project' 'Performing Arts Aotearoa New Zealand'
 * Create entries on any of the red-linked Wikipedia articles
 * Data structure: Wikidata:WikiProject Performing arts
 * See also: WikiProject Cultural venues

Participants
Add yourself to the participants list below. You will get irregular updates.


 * Pakoire (talk)
 * MurielMary (talk) - particular area of interest = writing biographies of women
 * Ambrosia10 (talk) 21:48, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Gertrude206 (talk)
 * DrThneed (talk) 10:13, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Susan Tol (talk) 21:55, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Jon (talk)
 * Noracrentiss (talk) 20:56, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Marshelec (talk) 08:35, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Oronsay (talk) 20:38, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Quilt Phase (talk)
 * Hjbanks (talk) 00:05, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Drofdrama (talk) 00:48, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Caribouhunter (talk) 00:11, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Camellia21 (talk) 00:13, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Chocmilk03 (talk) 00:41, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Canley (talk) 00:44, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Hineahua (talk)
 * Hineahua (talk)

Outcomes - new and improved articles
Please add your new articles to the bottom of the list. The initial four months of the project created 107 new articles (that were recorded here).

New articles - biographies

 * 1) Jane Yonge - (she/her) director. https://www.tetaumatatoiaiwi.org.nz/creative-leadership/
 * 2) Patricia Rianne - ballet dancer and choreographer (she/her) (Wikidata item)
 * 3) Cat Ruka - dancer and choreographer (she/her - Māori)
 * 4) Malia Johnston - choreographer (she/her - Pākehā)
 * 5) June Kerr - dancer (she/her - Pākehā)
 * 6) Anne Rowse - dancer (she/her - Pākehā)
 * 7) Susan Jordan - dancer and choreographer (she/her - Pākehā)
 * 8) Sarah-Jayne Howard - dancer and choreographer (she/her - Pākehā)
 * 9) Bianca Hyslop - dancer and choreographer (she/her - Māori)
 * 10) Dolina Wehipeihana - dancer and choreographer (she/her - Māori)
 * 11) Helen Pearse-Otene- playwright (she/her - Māori)
 * 12) Tupe Lualua - choreographer (she/her - Samoan NZer)
 * 13) Michelle Scullion - (Wikidata) composer and musician (she/her - Pākehā)
 * 14) Geraldine Brophy -  actor, director (she/her - Pākehā)
 * 15) Diedre Irons - pianist
 * 16) Rosalie Carey - founder of the Globe Theatre
 * 17) Sara Brodie - director - 2015 Arts Foundation Laureate
 * 18) Cathy Livermore - dancer
 * 19) Kate Hawley - costume designer, performing arts and film
 * 20) Meggan Rollandi - scenographer / designer
 * 21) Nisha Madhan - actor
 * 22) Julia Croft - actor / director
 * 23) Jack Gray - choreographer and director of Atamira Dance Company
 * 24)  (DYK)
 * 25)  (DYK)
 * 26) Sue Paterson - arts manager
 * 27) Tanya Muagututi'a
 * 28) Alice Canton - actor, director, creator, writer
 * 29) Michael Haigh
 * 30) Rodger Fox - jazz musician
 * 31) Lisa Densem
 * 32) Phillip Rhodes (baritone)
 * 33) Hilary Halba Created as part of the Dunedin Edit-a-thon
 * 34) Cindy Diver Created as part of the Dunedin Edit-a-thon
 * 35) Jenny Wake Created as part of the Dunedin Edit-a-thon
 * 36) Terry MacTavish Created as part of the Dunedin Edit-a-thon
 * 37) Benson Wilson
 * 38) Lisa Warrington - theatre director, academic and author  - (she/her - Pākehā) (DYK)
 * 39) Emily Mair - soprano
 * 40) Dylan Lardelli - composer
 * 41) James Reach (playwright) (not NZ, a spillover!)
 * 42) Rob Mokaraka playwright, producer, actor
 * 43) Arthur Meek (playwright)
 * 44) Ninna Tersman (Swedish playwright, first winner of Adam NZ Play Award)
 * 45) Mitch Tawhi Thomas
 * 46) Louise Petherbridge
 * 47) Philip Chatfield - ballet dancer, artistic director
 * 48) Leonie Holmes - composer
 * 49) Deirdre Tarrant - dancer, choreographer
 * 50) Cathy Downes - Created as part of the Tāmaki Makaurau Edit-a-thon
 * 51) Claire Ahuriri-Dunning
 * 52) Miriama McDowell - Created as part of the Tāmaki Makaurau Edit-a-thon
 * 53) Arnold Trowell - composer
 * 54) Tracy Grant Lord - Created as part of the Tāmaki Makaurau Edit-a-thon
 * 55) Peter Hayden -actor, and television producer, writer and presenter
 * 56) Turid Revfeim - Created as part of the Wellington Edit-a-thon
 * 57) Sara Neil (dancer) - Created as part of the Wellington Edit-a-thon
 * 58) Taane Mete - Created as part of the Wellington Edit-a-thon
 * 59) Mere Boynton - Created as part of the Wellington Edit-a-thon
 * 60) Justine Simei-Barton - Created as part of the Wellington Edit-a-thon
 * 61) Susan Wilson (director) - created during the Wellington Edit-a-thon
 * 62) Jason Te Kare - Created as part of the Wellington Edit-a-thon
 * 63) Jan Bolwell - created immediately after the Wellington Edit-a-thon
 * 64) Helen Medlyn - opera singer, actress (DYK)
 * 65) Natasha Wilson - opera singer
 * 66) Elizabeth Whiting - costume designer
 * 67) Louise Potiki Bryant - choreographer, dancer, video artist
 * 68) Madison Nonoa
 * 69) Raymond Hawthorne
 * 70) Gaylene Sciascia
 * 71) Sheilah Winn - arts patron and philanthropist, of the Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival
 * 72) Judy Callingham - television drama scriptwriter, presenter and journalist
 * 73) Sharni Spencer - Australian ballet dancer, graduate of NZDS
 * 74) Lucy Marinkovich - dancer, choreographer (she / her - Pākehā)
 * 75) Loughlan Prior - dancer, choreographer (he / him - Pākehā)
 * 76) Te Manahau (Scotty) Morrison - author, broadcaster (he / him - Māori)
 * 77) Vanessa Byrnes - Director, actor, academic (she/her, Pākehā)
 * 78) Jacqueline Coats - Director, theatre and opera (she/her, Pākehā)
 * 79) Suli Moa - Actor, writer (he/him) - Created for the | Pacific Arts Aotearoa Project
 * 80) Natalia Mann - Musician, composer (she/her) - Created for the | Pacific Arts Aotearoa Project
 * 81) Pati Solomona Tyrell - Interdisciplinary artist (he/him, Sāmoan) - Created for the | Pacific Arts Aotearoa Project
 * 82) Pati Umaga - Musician & advocacy for the Pacific and Disabled communities (he/him, Sāmoan) - Created for the | Pacific Arts Aotearoa Project
 * 83) Pelenakeke Brown - Multi-disciplinary artist (she/her Sāmoan/Pālagi) - Created for the | Pacific Arts Aotearoa Project
 * 84) Lusi Faiva - Dancer (she/her, Sāmoan) - Created for the | Pacific Arts Aotearoa Project
 * 85) Amanaki Prescott-Faletau - Actor, writer, dancer, choreographer, producer and director (she/her, Tongan) -Created for the | Pacific Arts Aotearoa Project
 * 86) Tupua Tigafua - Dancer, choreographer (he/him Sāmoan)- Created for the | Pacific Arts Aotearoa Project
 * 87) Carolyn Henwood - Circa Theatre founding board member (she/her Pākehā)
 * 88) Amber Curreen - (she/her Māori), actor and arts manager. Te Pou Theatre, Te Rēhia Theatre Company
 * 89) Stacey Leilua - actor, producer, (she / her, Samoan, Māori and English heritage)
 * 90) Kōhine Pōnika - composer
 * 91) Elspeth Tilley - academic and playwright
 * 92) Tom Sainsbury - comedian and author
 * 1) Tom Sainsbury - comedian and author

New articles - organisations, venues, companies, festivals, awards

 * 1) Kila Kokonut Krew - music and theatre company
 * 2) Massive Theatre Company - theatre company
 * 3) Oamaru Opera House - venue
 * 4) Wellington City Opera – opera company
 * 5) The PumpHouse Theatre
 * 6) The Māori Sidesteps
 * 7) Gamelan New Zealand
 * 8) Allen Hall Theatre (joint DYK with Lisa Warrington) Created as part of the Dunedin Edit-a-thon
 * 9) New Zealand School of Dance
 * 10) Doubtful Sounds - Wellington community choir led by Bryan Crump
 * 11) Kilimogo Productions Created as part of the Dunedin Edit-a-thon
 * 12) Dunedin Theatre Awards
 * 13) Dance Aotearoa New Zealand
 * 14) Playhouse Theatre, Dunedin
 * 15) Centrepoint Theatre
 * 16) Māngere Arts Centre - Ngā Tohu o Uenuku
 * 17) Wow! Productions
 * 18) The Basement Theatre - Created as part of the Tāmaki Makaurau Edit-a-thon
 * 19) Silo Theatre - Created as part of the Tāmaki Makaurau Edit-a-thon
 * 20) Te Putanga Toi Arts Access Awards - Created as part of the Wellington Edit-a-thon
 * 21) Going West - created immediately after the Wellington Edit-a-thon
 * 22) Tempo Dance Festival - held in Auckland
 * 23) New Zealand Opera Company
 * 24) National Opera of New Zealand
 * 25) Young and Hungry Arts Trust - youth theatre organisation since 1994
 * 26) Entertainment Technology New Zealand - a professional association for the design, management, craft and technical performing arts and events
 * 27) Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival - annual arts festival in the Gisborne region
 * 28) FAFSWAG - Arts collective of Māori and Pacific LGBTQI+ artists and activists - from the | Pasifika Arts Aotearoa Project
 * 29) Pacifica Mamas - arts collective of traditional Pasifika arts - from the | Pasifika Arts Aotearoa Project
 * 30) Orpheus Choir of Wellington
 * 31) The Performance Arcade
 * 32) Playwrights Association of New Zealand
 * 33) Theatre New Zealand formally the New Zealand Theatre Federation
 * 34) New Zealand performing arts venues
 * 35) Performing arts of New Zealand
 * 36) FAME Trust Awards
 * 1) Performing arts of New Zealand
 * 2) FAME Trust Awards

New articles - productions

 * 1) That Bloody Woman - musical production (DYK)
 * 2) Waiora Te Ūkaipō - The Homeland (Hone Kouka play)
 * 3) The Prophet (2004 Hone Kouka play)
 * 4) Hōhepa – 2012 opera
 * 5) Pass It On - play by Renée
 * 6) Ihitai 'Avei'a - Star Navigator - 2021 opera
 * 7) Wednesday to Come - play by Renée
 * 1) Wednesday to Come - play by Renée

Articles improved

 * New Zealand Opera (was Start (1.8) - now improved to GA (ORES)) —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 08:58, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Updated the Chapman Trip Theatre Awards with a table like the Annual Auckland Theatre Awards. Added all awards and winners to Wikidata.
 * Ditto for the Wellington Theatre Awards Added all awards and winners to Wikidata.
 * Anna Leese
 * Anthony Ritchie
 * Stephen Sinclair
 * Andrew Perkins - stub to start
 * Vernon Griffiths - stub to start
 * Ernest Jenner - stub to start
 * NYTC - add recent productions (none since 2018) - move to full name not acronym ✅
 * Robert Parker (musician) - stub to start - in Wellington Edit-a-thon
 * Gillian Whitehead - improved referencing and tidying sections etc.
 * Hirini Melbourne - improved referencing and tidying sections etc.
 * Anderson Tyrer
 * Tungia Baker - Stub (1.73) to (3.99) DYK ✅
 * Maughan Barnett
 * Nina Nawalowalo - C to B ✅
 * City Choir Dunedin
 * Don Selwyn - Stub to Start

Articles with a fixed problem


 * Circa Theatre - Change 'Significant moments' section to prose and remove flag ✅
 * Gliding On (Start  (1.69)) - Add citation and remove 'citation needed' ✅
 * Musikmakers - now Hamilton Musical Theatre since April 2021. Add citations and remove Unsourced tag ✅
 * Raewyn Hill - Add inline citations and remove tag.✅

Draft articles needing some work - now in main space
 * Draft:The PumpHouse Theatre Takapuna ✅
 * Draft:Michael Haigh ✅
 * Draft:Raymond Hawthorne ✅

Wikify the Tahi Festival
The Tahi Festival is a festival of solo works that has been running for a few years. Participants and interested folk are getting together to 'Wikify' it. This means putting into Wikipedia and Wikidata people, companies and shows. The article Tahi Festival also needs to be created.

To start with a list of the programme year by year:

2019

 * Tiny Deaths: Performers - Hannah Banks, Stevie Hancox-Monk, Brianne Kerr, Rebekah Adams, Maggie White, Katie Hill, Emma Katene and Freya Daly Sadgrove. Playwright - Uther Dean
 * Shot Bro: Confessions of a Depressed Bullet: Performer - Rob Mokaraka

Edit-a-thons & 2021 project
There were four edit-a-thons / editing workshops as part of this project in 2021 to generate content in a collaborative environment and to teach new editors.


 *  'Meetup' Takeover Wellington Sat 5 June - He Matapihi Molesworth Library - Meetup/Wellington/Meetup 5 June 2021
 * Dunedin Sat 10 July - Hocken Library - Meetup/Dunedin 4
 * Auckland Sat 14 Aug - Auckland Theatre Company studio - Meetup/Auckland 12
 * Wellington Sat 21 Aug - ***ONLINE***- Meetup/Wellington/Performing Arts Edit-a-thon 2021

Wikify the Kia Mau Festival
This mini edit-a-thon on Saturday 5 June was a takeover of an existing Meetup event in Wellington.

Details:

Results over 12 hours tracked with a dashboard: Notes:
 * Meetup/Wellington/Meetup 5 June 2021
 * Kia Mau project document


 * Articles include Wikidata
 * It was acknowledged by the participants that improvements were time consuming as base information (such as venues or production companies) is also missing

Ōtepoti Dunedin Edit-a-thon Sat 19 July 2021
An edit-a-thon took place in Ōtepoti Dunedin on Saturday 10 July at the Hocken Collections Library from 10.30am – 4pm, Meetup/Dunedin 4. This was the first of three edit-a-thons. The coordinator Pakoire and co-host DrThneed were joined in person by seven others, which included six new editors from the performing arts community, and two people working remotely in Wellington and Christchurch.

There were two content focus areas for the workshop:


 * To improve content around the legacy of Allen Hall Theatre, which is the theatre venue of the Otago University theatre department and has been operating for decades
 * To celebrate the current performing arts companies in the city by increasing content on people and organisations in Wikipedia

In addition the Theatre Aotearoa Database was put forward as a resource useful for expanding theatre articles.

Comments from new editors after they had learnt the basics and started editing related to how accessible they found doing it. There was motivation amongst many in the group to continue to meet as a way of progressing the articles they are interested in. Conflict of interest is an area of consideration for editing in performing arts, since most subject experts are also practicing arts and producers. This edit-a-thon / meetup format was useful and people worked on unrelated articles but in tandem with others who knew where to get information.

Both the Otago Theatre Department and the Hocken Collections Library were keen to host this event but the timing meant the Hocken was a better option. It was a very suitable venue and the event was very warmly supported by staff with special thanks to Lynn Benson. The university subject librarian for Art and Humanities Alexander Ritchie has also expressed a desire to support Wikipedia events in the future.

Results over 12 hours tracked with a dashboard: Notes: 4 new Wikipedia articles on the day and 15 new Wikidata items The red door of Allen Hall is being used as a hook for a Did You Know feature on the Wikipedia homepage including two new articles created for this event, Allen Hall and.

Auckland Women in Performing Arts Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Sat 14 Aug 2021
Held at the home base of the Auckland Theatre Company with support from the Auckland City Council as part of their Open Studio programme. Focusing on notable women two new editors made a great difference as well as learning about Wikipedia, it was a small edit-a-thon with four people in-house and three contributing remotely. Lisa the coordinator had meetings whilst in Auckland with Te Pou Theatre, choreographer and dance archivist Susan Jordan, and the Audio Foundation, and managed to take images of Auckland places of interest for uploading.

New articles created because of the edit-a-thon include six biographies on women:

• # Miriama McDowell

• # Cathy Downes

• # Elizabeth Whiting (draft)

• # Tracy Grant Lord

• # Silo Theatre

• # The Basement Theatre

• # Claire Ahuriri-Dunning

• # Deirdre Tarrant

Results of the Auckland edit-a-thon tracked over 12 hours with a dashboard: Notes:


 * Articles include Wikidata



Wellington Te Whanganui-a-Tara Performing Arts Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. Sat 21 Aug 2021
Sixteen editors joined the event dashboard,. People joined our Zoom video meeting when they were able and breakout rooms allowed small group coaching and also social catch ups. There were four new editors - two from last weekend in Auckland, and two with accounts set up for the day. Out of the fifteen editors two were in Australia and one in USA, eight from Wellington and five dispersed around Aotearoa.

New articles created because of the edit-a-thon include: • # Turid Revfeim

• # Taiaroa Royal

• # Taane Mete

• # Sarah Foster-Sproull

• # Paul Mathews

• # Mitch Tawhi Thomas

• # Mere Boynton

• # Te Putanga Toi Arts Access Awards

• # Modern Māori Quartet

• # Peter Hayden

• # Susan Wilson

• # Jan Bolwell

• # Jason Te Kare

• # Justine Simei-Barton

• # Madison Nonoa

• # Tanea Heke

• # Maoriland Film Festival

• # Going West Wikidata


 * Created, , , , , , and

Commons


 * Uploaded over 50 New Zealand Opera photos to Category:The Magic Flute (New Zealand Opera 2016)
 * Also created Commons categories Ruth Jenkins-Róbertsson, Samuel Dundas, Sara Brodie, Madison Nonoa, Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua, John Verryt, Elizabeth Whiting
 * Added Magic Flute photos to articles about Sara Brodie, Elizabeth Whiting, Madison Nonoa, Costume design, Scenic design, and Costume designer.

Results of the Wellington edit-a-thon tracked over 12 hours with a dashboard: Notes:


 * Articles include Wikidata

Media coverage

 * Getting the arts ‘wiki-fied’ through volunteer edit-a-thons Stuff Jun 23 2022
 * NewstalkZB interview - aired 20 August, 2021
 * Independent Herald August 26, 2021
 * Volunteer job advertisement in The Big Idea

More information

 * The full project proposal and outline can be found here: Grants:Project/Performing Arts Aotearoa Wikiproject


 * Tracking progress: Performing Arts Aotearoa - WikiProject


 * Relevant categories for Wikipedia articles: WIKI - Categories

New editors information
How to set up an account : YouTube video – How to Edit Wikipedia – a 2018 tutorial (47:44) (the first few minutes)

Make some edits by adding a citation - follow along to this (preamble finishes at 11mins): Webinar by LIANZA and Mike Dickison
 * Email Lisa to express an interest and to learn next steps. lisamauleinfo@gmail.com


 * Leave a message for Pakoire / Lisa Maule the project coordinator by starting a new section on this talk page.

Join an edit-a-thons / editing workshops in Dunedin, Wellington or Auckland. Having some one-to-one time with an experienced editor is recommended when you start out. You never know what questions you will have! Get in touch, on-line tutorials can also be arranged.

Conflict of interest (COI)
Conflict of interest Conflict of interest (COI) editing involves contributing to Wikipedia about yourself, family, friends, clients, employers, or your financial and other relationships. Any external relationship can trigger a conflict of interest. That someone has a conflict of interest is a description of a situation, not a judgement about that person's opinions, integrity, or good faith.

Purpose of Wikipedia: As an encyclopedia, Wikipedia's mission is to provide the public with articles that summarize accepted knowledge, written neutrally and sourced reliably. Readers expect to find neutral articles written independently of their subject, not corporate or personal webpages, or platforms for advertising and self-promotion. Articles should contain only material that complies with Wikipedia's content policies and best practices, and Wikipedians must place the interests of the encyclopedia and its readers above personal concerns.