Wikipedia:Meetup/Southern Heritage Festival
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On 7 October, DrThneed will run a Wikipedia event on Women and Architecture, as part of the Southern Heritage Festival. This event falls under the New Zealand Women in Architecture Wikiproject.
New Zealand Women and Architecture
[edit]- Date: 7 October 2023
- Location: Heritage New Zealand offices, Level 2, 201 Princes Street
- Time: 10am–1pm
- Sign up: Register via Heritage Festival website.
- Bring: a laptop
New editors: Please create a Wikipedia account ahead of time, as we are limited on how many new accounts we can create from one IP address on the day. This video shows you how, in less than 2 minutes. We recommend adding an email address so that if you forget your password you can recover your account.
Dashboard: Please add yourself to the event dashboard by typing your username at this link
Participants
[edit]Add your name below by typing an asterisk, a space and four tildes (~).
Suggested activities
[edit]- Add information and/or sources and/or images to existing pages
- Improve the listed articles, see notes for specific suggestions
- Create new pages for Otago Pioneer Women's Memorial Hall, Siedeberg-McKinnon house, Mary Edwards, Charmaine 'Ilaiū Talei, Kathy Waghorn (see table below)
- Add any heritage building photos you have taken to Wikimedia Commons
- Add new or improved photos for any heritage buildings in Dunedin (see here for a list of buildings)
Sample pages for reference:
- Heritage-listed buildings: Allen Hall Theatre, Dunedin Town Hall
- Architects: Lucy Greenish, Jackie Gillies, Elizabeth Farrelly
Articles to improve
[edit]Page | Notes | Sources | Wikidata item |
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Ann Monroe Gilchrist Strong | Currently "stub" article.
Professor of home science at University of Otago, arranged first architecture lectures by a woman in NZ. There is an image that can be added (File:Ann Gilchrist Strong 1926.jpg) |
see sources on page, and p404 of Making Space, plus Beyond the domestic sphere? article | Ann Monroe Gilchrist Strong (Q4766573) |
Esther James | Currently talks of her only as a fashion model, yet she designed and built multiple houses, and campaigned for matrimonial property law reform. E.g. Turnbull library entry says "Inventor, fashion model, promoter, marathon walker, builder, built her own houses. Wrote her autobiography 'Jobbing Along'."
Also add a link in the text back to her page from her grandfather's page (she is currently only linked in infobox). |
Dictionary of National Biography entry (linked on page), plus | Esther James (Q5401208) |
Bronwen Kerr | Currently very brief with no images. | see existing sources on page, plus pages 245, 247, 253 of Making Space | |
Katherine Skipper | Article has orphan tag, so we need to find some other articles to link to it (e.g. add her to the alumna list for her school). Also very brief. | see existing sources on page, including Making Space p206 | |
Kimberly Browne | Needs linking to and expanding. | see existing sources on page, plus p320 Making Space (just a mention) |
Articles to create
[edit]Page | Image | Notes | Sources | Wikidata item |
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Siedeberg-McKinnon house | none | Siedeberg-McKinnon House (Q120765920) | ||
Otago Pioneer Women's Memorial Hall (DrThneed) | ![]() |
Otago Pioneer Women's Memorial Hall (Q95939920) | ||
Truby King Harris Hospital | 1942 image at Hocken[7] | Truby King Harris Hospital (Q79311729) | ||
Mary Edwards (architect) | none | p51 & 106 of Making Space | Mary Edwards (Q117802981) | |
Charmaine 'Ilaiū Talei | [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9], p287, 288-290,409 of Making Space | Charmaine 'Ilaiū Talei (Q117811141) | ||
Kathy Waghorn | Sources: [10] [11] [12][13], p412 of Making Space | Kathy Waghorn (Q117813436) |
Tools & links
[edit]- 2023 page views for Wikipedia category: Category I historic places in Otago
- 2023 page views for Wikipedia category: Category II historic places in Otago
- Wikimedia Commons category: Category I listings in Otago
- Wikimedia Commons category: Category II listings in Otago
- Pages with requested images in Otago: Requested photographs in Otago
References
[edit]- ^ Hartley, Simon (2017-08-09). "Historic York Pl property for sale". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
- ^ "Long history of ownership". Otago Daily Times Online News. 2016-07-25. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
- ^ Heritage New Zealand. "Siedeberg-McKinnon House". Welcome to Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
- ^ "Dunedin". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
- ^ "Welcome to Heritage New Zealand". Welcome to Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
- ^ Harwood, Brenda (2023-09-21). "Bright future for pioneer hall". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
- ^ "Truby King Harris Hospital". Hocken Snapshop. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
- ^ paperspast.natlib.govt.nz https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19350928.2.46. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
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(help) - ^ paperspast.natlib.govt.nz https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19370529.2.78. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
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(help) - ^ paperspast.natlib.govt.nz https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19370410.2.62. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
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(help) - ^ paperspast.natlib.govt.nz https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19370816.2.123.5. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
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(help) - ^ Star, Star (2015-04-12). "New apartment life for former hospital". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
- ^ "Welcome to Heritage New Zealand". Welcome to Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
- ^ paperspast.natlib.govt.nz https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410326.2.146.8. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
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