Wikipedia:Meetup/Wellington/Meetup 11 May 2024

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Wellington Meetup 11 May 2024[edit]

National Library of New Zealand Programme Rooms and foyer
  • Date: Saturday 11 May 2024
  • Time: 10:00 am to midday
  • Location: Programme Rooms (behind the reception desk), Ground Floor of National Library, corner Molesworth and Aitken Streets, Wellington
  • Bring a laptop if you have one. There are publicly available computers if you don't have a laptop, but they are located elsewhere in the library.

Venue[edit]

The group meet in the Programme Rooms located on the ground floor of the National Library just behind the main reception area. Group to ensure that the room is left how we found it including table and chair locations.

Future Meetups[edit]

This is a monthly event occurring every four weeks, but double check the Wikipedia:Wellington Meetup page to confirm.

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The Meeting[edit]

Want to meet a Friendly Face first?[edit]

We know it can be difficult for some people to walk into a group of strangers without knowing anyone. If you'd like to meet up with a friendly face before the meeting or to have a chat to see if this group is for you please contact Dianne on info @ wikimedia.nz Dianne will be overjoyed to introduce you to one of the group who will be available to meet up with you for coffee and chat. They can also be on hand to meet you prior to the meeting and walk in with you and introduce you to the group. Whatever will make you comfortable.

Attending[edit]

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Unable to come[edit]

Agenda and Notes from Meeting[edit]

Introduction to meet up by organisers (if there are any newbies joining us)[edit]

General welcome to any new folk who join us.


Updates from Meeting organisers, President or committee members[edit]

Round table for participants to say what you’re working on[edit]

Future events[edit]

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  • 18 May: Christchurch Art Gallery edit-a-thon


Wikidata Levelling Up Days[edit]

  • Wikidata Levelling Up Days events This is an online event designed to welcome new people to Wikidata and to provide an introduction to a selection of useful tools and topics so you can start getting involved with Wikidata. During April 5-7 and April 12-14 there will be presentations, live editing and social events.

Outstanding Action Points to Progress[edit]

  • Otari-Wilton's Bush event ideation and organising We need an organiser! Group agreed to move the dates to autumn. User:Noracrentiss will talk with User:Ambrosia10 about organising resource. WANZ application could easily include an event organiser but we need someone to lead it and shape the agenda of the event. - Next steps? Stitchbird and Ambrosia10 are keen to organise but both are committed up to the middle of August due to Wikimania. Both intend to commit to this after that date.
  • Parliamentary Library The library has had its Wikipedia guidance for staff approved. Any update on support for project? User:Giantflightlessbirds was organising a lifting of the IP address block on editing Wiki projects. Any update?

Good Article / Featured Article Work[edit]

Wiki News - add any news from the wider Wiki movement the group may be unaware of[edit]

  • Content: New Zealand Wikidata Thesis Project aims to get New Zealand dissertations into Wikidata. Project Page, Project Dashboard. There is a google spreadsheet of theses authors with Wikipedia pages who need their theses adding to their page if folk want to work on this during #1Lib1Ref. There is also a video on how to add thesis to people's pages. This work is ongoing and could use more editors to help out.
Project Contacts: DrThneed
  • GLAMwiki Newsletter: [1] has New Zealand and other information that might be of interest to Wellington editors.

Requests for Edits and other information[edit]

  • Stitchbird2 wants information on the placement of images.
  • Is there a way the signatories of the women who signed the women vote petition - notable for Wikidata? Some yes are but you'd have to find them. Solution mix'n'match. Biographies. Database? No identifier. Discussion was involved with this and compared it to the Declaration of Independence Wikidata item.
  • Thesis question. Copy what DrThneed has done on a thesis.
  • Honours - getting better references for this.
  • Wikidata resources See this website for beginner training.
  • Barnstars for editors link - how to

Demonstration of a tool[edit]

Outcomes[edit]


Next meeting and Meetup timetables[edit]

  • 8 June 2024 , same time, same place