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. Subject experts with no Wikipedia background can sit down with experienced Wikipedians and get lots done: see the
Kauri Dieback Wikiblitz for an example.
This edit-a-thon is being hosted by the Auckland offices of
Bauer Media Group, publisher of the magazines The Listener, North and South, and New Zealand Woman's Weekly (amongst many others) and will focus on those magazines, their archives and photo libraries, Wikidata presence, and important contributors and articles.
When and where
Saturday 27 July 2019, 10:00 am – 3:00 or 4:00 pm
NZST
Bauer Media Centre, Shed 12, CityWorks Depot, Wellesley St West, Auckland
There are Bauer guest carparks outside the entrance and we can let people into the staff garage for parking.
Participants from anywhere in the world are welcome to join in remotely.
Timetable
10.00: meet and greet, account creation for newcomers, intro to Wikipedia, Commons, Wikidata
12.00: Lunch/coffee break
14.00: Coffee break
15.00–16:00 or so: Finishing up, depending on energy!
To attend
This Wikiblitz is a training and participation workshop for Bauer Media staff, but Auckland Wikipedians are invited to attend to help and supply some editing expertise. Just add your name to People Attending.
Laptop and power cord. A laptop is MUCH better than an iPad for editing Wikipedia. The venue will have wifi.
Bauer are supplying coffee, tea and fizzy water, and will shout us a round of flat whites/long blacks etc from their friendly neighbourhood café, The Botanist.
Preparation
If you're coming, try to create a Wikipedia accountbeforehand: 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.
Photos for Commons and Wikipedia 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.
Note that because of Wikipedia's conflict of interest rules, Bauer Media staff can't edit articles about themselves, their employer, or their co-workers. They're free, however, to list corrections and make suggestions, supply sources and citations, add photos to Commons, fill out Wikidata and so forth, and make it as easy as possible for other editors to improve those articles.
Uploaded image of
Hedda Dyson, editor of the NZ Woman's Weekly, sourced from the National Library to Wikicommons & reused in her Wikipedia article and in Wikidata item
Hedda Dyson (Q5362829).
Ambrosia10 (
talk) 00:57, 27 July 2019 (UTC)reply
Uploaded magazine mastheads for The Listener and North & South and added to articles
Lots of information and suggestions for improvement and additional articles added to
Talk:North & South (New Zealand magazine) (this would keep a team of Wikipedians busy for a while!)
Uploaded images of journalists to Wikimedia Commons and added links to them in North & South talk page
Photo uploads of Whanganui and Ernst Plischke buildings by photographer Ken Downie (as well as a very nice pic of a
Honda CB350 motorcycle, now the Wikipedia article photo. His Massey House photo now illustrates a
list article on the German WP.