Wikipedia:Meetup/Wellington/2024 NZ Species Edit-a-thon

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  Kererū at Ōtari
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  Xeronema callistemon at Ōtari
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  Red admiral at Ōtari
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  Wikipedians at work

Join us for a fun, hands-on New Zealand Species Edit-a-thon at Ōtari-Wilton's Bush, proudly supported by Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand and Wellington City Council. Whether you're new to Wikipedia or a seasoned editor, this event, held over two Saturdays, is a fantastic opportunity to enhance your skills while contributing to the world's most comprehensive encyclopedia.

Guided by experienced Wikipedians, you'll have the chance to improve articles focused on New Zealand's unique native flora and fauna. Bring your own laptop, and we'll provide all the training and resources you need to get started on day 1 and extend your skills and contributions on day 2.

Unlock the wonders of New Zealand's biodiversity and collaborate with fellow nature enthusiasts. Together, we'll explore, learn, and share the beauty of our native plants and animals with the world. Come along for a rewarding experience that blends education, fun, discovery, and community spirit!

• Heidi Meudt (Stitchbird2) Email:heidim@tepapa.govt.nz
  
• Siobhan Leachman (Ambrosia10) Email:siobhan_leachman@yahoo.co.nz
  
• Christine Richardson (Norcrentiss)

• Note: This event runs over two Saturdays:
• Dates: Saturday 19 October 2024 and Saturday 2 November 2024
• Time: 10:00–16:00 NZST on both days
• Location: Ōtari-Wilton's Bush, Wellington, New Zealand. We will be located in the Leonard Cockayne Centre.
• Getting to Ōtari: Take the No 14 bus from the city centre to Gloucester Street, which is just outside Ōtari-Wilton’s Bush. You can also come by car and park in the main public car park on Wilton Road or along Churchill Drive. See this map
• Tickets: $10 which includes morning, afternoon tea and lunch on both days. Places are limited, please book here: Humanitix link
• Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/541184385136311/
• Heidi's invitation videos: Facebook and Instagram
• Siobhan's invitation videos: Facebook and Instagram
• There was a nice plug for the edit-a-thons on Jesse Mulligan's Critter of the Week show on Friday 18 Oct

• Welcome & Introductions 10.15 –10.30
• Slide presentation 10.30–10.45
• Editing 10.45–12.30
• Lunch break 12.30–1:00
• Welcome to Ōtari 1:00–1.10
• Questions 1.10–1.15
• Editing 1.25–2.30
• Afternoon tea 2.30–3:00
• Editing 3:00–3.45
• Feedback/requests 3.45–3.55
• Wrap up/closing words 3.55–4:00

DAY 1 SURVEY: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSenJId8lyc-mWJJtftjvrzP2o7lRQ5MMWXS1JNbPS_rs39aMA/viewform?usp=sf_link
WELLINGTON WIKI MEETUP - The local in person meet up will be happening on 26th October at the Home cafe at the National Library of New Zealand. For more information see this link.

• Welcome & Introductions 10.15 –10.30
• Slide presentation 10.30–10.45
• Editing 10.45–12.30
• Lunch break 12.30–1:00
• Questions 1.00–1.10
• Photo walk or Editing 1.1o–2.30
• Afternoon tea 2.30–3:00
• Editing 3:00–3.45
• Feedback/requests 3.45–3.55
• Wrap up/closing words 3.55–4:00

Please add your name below using an asterisk and three tildes * ~~~

• Stitchbird2 (talk): As one of the organisers (Heidi Meudt), I will be there on both 19 Oct and 2 Nov. Feel free to contact me via my talk page or via email.
• Ambrosia10 (talk): As one of the organisers, I will be there on both 19 Oct and 2 Nov.
• Noracrentiss (talk): Also one of the organisers, I will be there on both 19 October and 2 November.
• Einebillion (talk): I will be there on both 19 October and 2 November. FYI I registered in Humanitix so you got the $10.
• Giantflightlessbirds (Mike Dickison): Coming up to Wellington specially for these, happy to help with new editor support and training.
• Gertrude206: only on 19 Oct.
• Avocadobabygirl (talk) - just on day 2
• User:Richlitt (talk)
• User:DaleVamos (talk) - Excited to be here.
• USchneehagen1 (talk)
• AxonsArachnida (talk)
• Bakedgoods365 (talk)
• Hoiho49 (talk)
• Rffoeg (talk)
• Eyeup (talk)
• Kiwialli (talk)

Once you have created an account please add your user name to the dashboard for each day of the event.

To enrol for the dashboard for the Saturday 19th of October portion of the event see this link.

To enrol for the dashboard for the Saturday 2nd of November portion of the event see this link.

• Presentation slides The underlined text in the slides lead editors to links to further information about the topics covered.
• Stub Wikipedia articles to work on
• Links to websites and books to help expand NZ species articles
• Active species related WikiProjects and recommended structure for articles
• Ōtari-Wilton's Bush Library list. The general public are able to use the library; they would need to make an appointment with the librarian Eleanor Burton at Eleanor.Burton "at" wcc.govt.nz. Ōtari-Wilton's Bush do not allow the borrowing of books from the library.
• Day 2 Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-nwztDeWyhMomMCHHBD9Vrvtyq3g7ucJE7qhbj-7rw9B_dg/viewform?usp=sf_link

• Various short videos explaining elements of Wikipedia

• The main English Wikipedia Help page is here. It has links on how to edit a page, contributing to Wikipedia, an introductory tutorial, and "getting started".
• A useful introductory video on editing: YouTube video – How to Edit Wikipedia – a 2018 tutorial (47:44). This includes

• How to create and set up your account (00:00)
• Looking at an example page (04:07) including the Talk page (10:50) and View History (11:25)
• Drafting an article and using your Sandbox (13:00) including having a minimum of 50 to 100 words with three high quality, reliable, secondary sources (13:50), drafting content and editing tools in visual editor (16:25), adding citations (19:02), adding images from Wikimedia Commons (26:10), adding an info box (28:24), categories (30:35)
• Your own talk page (33:25) including adding a new editor badge
• Moving drafted content to Wikipedia's livespace (39:23)
• A timelapse of drafting and publishing a new article on Wikipedia (44:23)

• The main Wikimedia Commons category for this Edit-a-thon is Category:New Zealand Species Editathon 2024.

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  19 October 2024 attendees
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  Geoff Ridley, Ōtari-Wiltons Bush trustee
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  Looking at bees
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  Editors hard at work
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  2 November selfie

Critter of the Week is a Radio New Zealand broadcast running since 2015 in which Nicola Toki (originally of DOC, now Forest & Bird) and the host Jesse Mulligan talk about New Zealand species both endangered and neglected. A team of volunteer Wikipedians have been supporting the show by creating, expanding, or tidying up articles about each species, and there are lots of possible articles to work on in the over 300 species featured over the show's history.

• The complete list of species, on the Critter of the Week project page – ask Mike (Giantflightlessbirds) if you want help picking one to work on.
• Read more about the Critter of the Week Wikipedia team in this Forest & Bird article: "Let's talk about critters and wikinerds."

Statistics for the event are captured by the event dashboard for 19 October 2024 and 2 November 2024. In addition,

• Three iNaturalist users were emailed asking them to change their licences for photos of Hoplodactylus tohu for use in the article. One was happy to comply, and three photos of hers were added to Commons.