Wikipedia:Meetup/Wellington/Wikiblitz 4

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 Wikiblitz will focus on improving the pages of the New Zealand fairy tern, our most threatened bird species.

When and where

This photo of the New Zealand fairy tern is one of the very few available under an open licence, but has been watermarked with the photographer's name, so should really be removed from Commons. We need people to approach photographers and persuade them to release photos of this species under a true open licence.

Wednesday 20 February 2019, 6:00 – 9:30 pm NZST
Sprig & Fern, 342 Tinakori Rd, Thorndon, Wellington
The Sprig & Fern have an upstairs function room we can use, and there's great food and delicious beer on tap. BUT we need to have a reasonable turnout, or they'll growl at us. So come along and bring a friend!
Parking tip: after 6pm Bowen St is no longer a bus lane, and there's parking there if you time it right and don't mind being a few minutes late.

Editors who can't make it to Wellington are of course welcome to join in remotely. Email Mike at giantflightlessbirds gmail.com if you would like to Skype in and meet participants.

To attend

The Wikiblitz is free and open to all. You don't need to be an experienced Wikipedia editor to take part. Wikipedians will be present to help newcomers make edits. We'll have reference books, recent publications, and some imput from fairy tern experts.

People attending

In person

What to bring

Laptop and power cord. We'll supply WiFi.
Photos you've taken that you're happy to donate to Commons. Photos of the tern, its eggs, its habitat, and threats or conservation actions are all needed.
Resources relating to fairy terns that could be cited in Wikipedia: journal articles, news stories, magazine articles, and official publications. Some resources might be available online, and some won't: it doesn't matter.

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 add photos to Commons so they can be used Wikipedia, they'll 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
A nice explanation of Creative Commons, Wikimedia Commons, and crowdsourced photos by Harry Chapman

Outcomes

Bytes changed	Edits	Files in use	Files uploaded	Wikidata items created	Wikidata items improved	Pages improved	Avg. daily views to pages improved	Unique pages with uploaded files	Participants
8,233	27	2	2	0	1	2	15	3	3

Seven new photos added
New Taxonomy, Ecology, and Threats sections
Expanded Breeding and Conservation sections
10 references added

Nesting habitat, Mangawhai
Nest
Chicks in nest
Juvenile using an artificial shelter
Chick, hand held

Acknowledgements

This event is indirectly supported by the Wikimedia Foundation through the NZ Wikipedian at Large Project Grant.