An edit-a-thon focused on FindingGLAM – updating and creating articles about galleries, libraries, archives and museums in Canterbury. The FindingGLAM Challenge page is here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FindingGLAMs

• Register on FindingGLAMs challenge

An edit-a-thon is an attempt to improve the Wikipedia pages on a particular topic. Led by an experienced Wikipedia editor, participants learn to edit pages, correct mistakes, add references, and upload photos. Complete beginners are welcome; training and troubleshooting is provided. Some of us will be working on Wikidata and others will be creating Wikipedia content (new pages and add to existing pages).

• Thursday, 20 February 2020, 7.30p.m. onwards
• ViaStrada office on Kilmore Street; above Pomeroy's pub (directions)

• Laptop and power cord. There is wifi you can use.
• Any snacks and drink you want.

If you're coming, try to create a Wikipedia account beforehand! Here's a form you can use. Creating an account makes editing much easier (more info). You'll need to pick a "handle" for your username; you could use your real name, but it's nicer to have the option to be a bit anonymous if you want.

Have a think about topics you'd like to work on. Check out their pages and see if there are obvious mistakes or problems. Maybe even do a little research first so you're prepared. Bring along references for information you want to add. If the topic you're interested in doesn't have a Wikipedia page, we could even create one.

• How to edit pages using the Visual Editor: for when you go Edit
• A cheatsheet for wiki markup: for when you go Edit Source
• Guideline for notability of New Zealand people

Add your Wikipedia username if you have one. Tip: you can just type asterisk-space-three tildes (* ~~~)

• Schwede66
• Podzemnik
• Herewhy
• Ratso56

• MurielMary

• Get all Christchurch City Libraries branches on Wikidata - see the list + find images if available
  • Query NZ libraries, then manually filter by 'Christchurch'
• Get all Canterbury museums on Wikidata - see the list here
  • Query NZ museums (143 instances)
  • Awkwardly Little River Gallery, Jonathan Smart Gallery categorised as commercial art gallery don't show as GLAMs because they don't match art museum (gallery)
• Expand Tūranga
• Expand Canterbury Museum, Christchurch + find more historic images of the museum
• Get and expand wikidata entries for Christchurch and Canterbury Archives - if not suitable for a separate entry, mention an archive via Q166118
• Write stubs in Wikipedia about Christchurch and Canterbury Archives / write a section "Archive" on existing article (mention type of collection, number of archive items etc.)
• Connect via Api to Directory of New Zealand Libraries

• Modelling GLAM institutions on Wikidata - useful list of properties to use on Wikidata

• List of NZ libraries on the National Library of New Zealand site
• Directory of New Zealand Libraries on data.govt.nz

• List of museums in New Zealand - list on English Wikipedia

• MurielMary remotely participated by creating articles:

• Aigantighe Art Gallery
• South Canterbury Museum
• Ashburton Art Gallery

• Rest of the crew managed to register for the Finding Glam Challenge and create / improve entries for all Christchurch City Libraries on Wikidata. See this query
• Ratso56 taught us a bit about Wikidata querying and created a few interesting queries (see above)
• Discussed that it's useful to differentiate between the library as an institution, and the building that the institution is based in. For example, the Woolston Community Library moved onto its present site in 1874 and is now in its third building on that site: first building (demolished 1911), second building (demolished 2011), third building (opened 2018).

Notes for our future edit-a-thons

• It's handy to prepare what to do ahead - at least insert the key links into "To do" section. Mix up Wikipedia / Wikidata / Wikimedia Commons tasks
• It's good to stay realistic about the results and rather finish 1 activity properly than leave a few unfinished projects
• If the main purpose was to have fun with Wiki, we can proclaim it as a successful event :)