Wikipedia:Meetup/Auckland/Art Week 1

What's it about?

Only 17% of Wikipedia's biographies are of women, and only 10% of its editors are female. Join us at Auckland Museum for an all-day event for ArtWeek 2018 as we work to change this! Spend a day bringing more voices and diverse content to the the fifth most searched website in the world. Help create and improve Wikipedia entries on art and feminism. We will provide tutorials for the beginner Wikipedian, reference materials, refreshments, and a tour of the Museum's library collection. All you need to bring is your laptop!

When and where

• Sat 6 October 2018, 10.30–15.30 NZST
• Boardroom, lvl 2, Auckland War Memorial Museum, Auckland Domain
• Participants from anywhere in the world are welcome to join in remotely.

Timetable

• 10.15: Meet and greet
  Introductions, name lanyards, and account creation if needed
• 10.30–11.30: Wikipedia for Beginners
  We'll learn how Wikipedia works and how to improve and create articles. There will be experienced editors present who'll be buddied up with newcomers.
• 11.30–15.30: Editing
  Our goal is to improve the representation of women in Wikipedia; we'll focus today on art and feminism, but you're welcome to pursue any project you want. You can improve existing articles, add photos, or create stub articles for women missing from Wikipedia. See below for some ideas.

Attending

• The Edit-a-thon is free and open to all. Bookings are essential as space is limited; to book a place, contact bookings@aucklandmuseum.com or phone (09) 306 7048.
• We invite people of all gender identities and expressions to participate, particularly transgender and cisgender women.
• This workshop will be following "friendly space" guidelines; check them out. Harassment and disruption won't be tolerated, online or offline.
• There's a public Facebook event you can share, and please use the #Suffrage125 hashtag on social media.

People attending

In person

• Susan Tol (organiser)
• Giantflightlessbirds
• Tayste
• Somosagua

Remotely

• Ambrosia10

What to bring

• Your own laptop and power cord.
• Any snacks or drink you want; refreshments are provided.
• Any resources such as books, journals, magazine or newspaper articles relevant to women you're interested in.
• Photos you've taken that could illustrate articles; you'll learn how to donate these to Wikimedia Commons so other Wikipedia articles can use them.

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. 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: there are lots of tutorials, like the Wikipedia Adventure, and useful guides, like the Editing Wikipedia brochure. The more you prepare, the more you'll be able to get done. You may want to read up on avoiding common mistakes, but Wikipedia has a "don't bite the newbies" policy, and we'll be there to troubleshoot.
3. Have a think about topics you'd like to work on; do a little research first so you're prepared. You don't have to be an expert; anyone who can do library research and write clearly can contribute to Wikipedia. Good references for Wikipedia articles are news stories, textbooks, or magazine articles. The best candidates for Wikipedia articles are people who are "notable". In Wikipedia terms, "notability" usually means they're mentioned in print in various reliable independent sources, such as news stories, textbooks, or magazine articles. If you're proposing to add someone to Wikipedia it's very important to make sure they're "notable"; talk to us if you're not sure.
4. We'll also need photos, and those 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).

Guides to editing

• How to edit pages using the Visual Editor: for when you click Edit
• Information about Creative Commons, Wikimedia Commons, and crowdsourced photos, harrychapman.nz

To work on

• Angela Singer (Mike has a heap of links and info for anyone who wants to improve her page)
• List of New Zealand women photographers Plenty of articles in this list either need creating or expanding.
• Mata Aho Collective and the four Māori women artists who make up the collective. See this and this for a start.
• Alice Tawhai, a New Zealand writer. A simple google search throws up sufficient citations to get her over the notability criteria.
• Please add your suggestions!
• Google docs list of ideas to work on

Outcomes

As you work on pages, remember to add them below:

• Isabella McHutcheson Sinclair - stub article
• Angela Singer – photo added, expanded, long list of references added to Talk page
• Emily Florence Cazneau - stub article

Files in use	Files uploaded	Items created	Items improved	New editors	Pages created	Pages improved	7 day retention
0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0

Take photos of the workshop too, making sure to only include people who've consented to being photographed (wearing green lanyards). You can add these to Commons under the category Wikimedia Meetups in New Zealand.

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to Auckland Museum and Susan Tolich for making this workshop possible.