Wikipedia:Meetup/Auckland/Wikiblitz 3

Kakabeak
Red-billed gull
Wiggywig Bush
Pūriri moth
Lyperobius huttoni
NZ sea lion

What's it about?

A Wikiblitz is a type of Edit-a-thon where volunteer Wikipedia editors tackle one particular task together: improving a single article, fixing a whole category of pages, or uploading a whole photo collection. Complete beginners are welcome; training and troubleshooting is provided.

This edit-a-thon is being hosted by the Auckland Museum, and will focus on species that have featured on Critter of the Week. Critter of the Week is a weekly collaboration between DOC and Radio NZ, and volunteer Wikipedians support it by creating or improving the article for each Critter.

When and where

Saturday 2 March 2019, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm NZST
Auckland Museum
Library, lvl 2 (from the South Atrium entrance, take the lifts to the Secret World of Butterflies exhibition: the library entrance is in that show)
Participants from anywhere in the world are welcome to join in remotely.

Timetable

The Auckland Museum library.

10.00: meet and greet, account creation for newcomers
10.30: Tutorial on improving Wikipedia pages
11.00: Editing
12.00: Lunch/coffee break. A light lunch is provided at 1929 Espresso Bar downstairs.
13.30: Tutorial on uploading photos, captioning, linking, and metadata
14.00: Editing
15.00: Coffee break
16.00: Finishing up

To attend

The Edit-a-thon is free and open to all. You don't need to be an experienced Wikipedia editor to take part.

Auckland Museum has free admission for Aucklanders: if you're coming from out of town, contact Mike at mike giantflightlessbirds.com or 027 4477081 so he can escort you in.

People attending

In person

Remotely

Sabine's Sunbird

What to bring

Laptop and power cord. A laptop is MUCH better than an iPad for editing Wikipedia. The venue will have free wifi.
Photos you've taken that could illustrate articles; you'll learn how to donate these to the Commons so other Wikipedia articles can use them.
No food or drink are allowed in the Museum Library, but we'll take regular breaks downstairs in 1929 Expresso Bar.

Preparation

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 if you like. 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.
Read up on Wikipedia: there are lots of tutorials, like the Wikipedia Adventure, and useful guides, like the Editing Wikipedia brochure.
If you want to bring photos along and add them to Commons and Wikipedia, they 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).

Useful links

This workshop will be following "friendly space" guidelines; check them out. Harassment and disruption won't be tolerated, online or offline.
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

The Critter of the Week master list. Bookmark this; there's plenty to be done!

Outcomes

Bytes changed	Edits	Files in use	Files uploaded	Participants	New editors	7 day retention	Pages created	Views to pages created	Pages improved	Avg. daily views to pages improved	Unique pages with uploaded files
25,629	85	5	7	9	4	1	1	265	18	380	4

Added a photo of Mt Allen from DOC website, now in Ranunculus viridis article
Edited, added content, images and citations to Arachnocampa luminosa page
Added locality data and edited text of Spelungula page
Created Lemon tree borer page, and added information and photos (this article appeared in Did You Know, 14 March 2019)
Added information and images to the Euphorbia glauca page
Expanded breeding section of Wrybill
Added information and image to the Ranunculus viridis page
Added information and images on Raft spider
Added photo and in the process of improving Chatham petrel page
Added information to the Carmichaelia juncea page

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to Adam Moriarty at Auckland Museum for making this event possible, and to Edit for Equity workshops for funding lunch for the participants.