The highlight of the month was attending the Wikimedia Australia meetup in Melbourne with Siobhan Leachman (User:Ambrosia10): my report is here. Being able to discuss strategic planning and ways Wikipedians should engage with indigenous communities was extremely valuable, and it was a pleasure to have Asaf Bartov visit New Zealand for NDF and run an intermediate-level Wikidata workshop (his slides are here). Many thanks to the Wikimedia Foundation for making this possible.

The National Digital Forum this year seemed especially friendly to open knowledge, and both Asaf's and my presentations were well-received (video of his talk and of mine). The workshop on linked open data and tools was also valuable.

Both Archives New Zealand and BRANZ seem keen to pursue Wikipedia projects after the Wikipedian at Large project has ended.

Meetings[edit]

Victoria University of Wellington School of Information Management to plan a public talk and edit-a-thon on February 2019
Ana Pickering and Hannah Benbow to plan library events
Centre for Science in Society at Victoria University to organise a NZ Women in Design wikiblitz
Nicole Kearney at Melbourne Museum to discuss the Biodiversity Heritage Library
Wellington Heritage Group to plan summer events with Archives, Botanic Gardens, Otari Plant Museum, Space Place etc.
Forest & Bird communications team to discuss possible Wikipedia strategy

Presentations[edit]

7 Nov: "Engaging with Wikimedia" • Archives New Zealand, Wellington
11 Nov: "Critter of the Week" • Ross House, 247-251 Flinders Street, Melbourne, Australia • Wikipedia:Meetup/Melbourne/37
14 Nov: "Engaging with Wikimedia" • Melbourne Museum, Australia
20 Nov: "A Wikipedian at Large" • National Digital Forum, Te Papa, Wellington
22 Nov: "Wikipedia for Outreach" • Building Research Association NZ (BRANZ), Silverstream, Upper Hutt
25 Nov: "How Wiki works and why you should care" • NZ Ecological Society conference students' day, Victoria University of Wellington
28 Nov: "How to get your research into Wikipedia" • NZ Ecological Society conference, Victoria University of Wellington

Workshops[edit]

23 Nov: Editing Wikipedia • Archives New Zealand, Wellington
23 Nov: Wikidata Masterclass with Asaf Bartov • Dragonfly Data Science, 158 Victoria St, Wellington • Link
28 Nov: Wikipedia drop-in clinic at NZ Ecological Society meeting
28 Nov: Edit for Equity – NZ History • Internet NZ, 80 Boulcott St, Wellington • WP:E4E5

Meetups[edit]

1 Nov: "Wiki in the Pub" • Southern Cross, Abel Smith St, Wellington
24 Nov: Wellington Wikibrunch • Scopa, 141 Cuba St, Wellington • WP:WGTN4

Media coverage[edit]

White, Rebekah. (Nov–Dec 2018). "What's an adzebill?". New Zealand Geographic 154.
Macdonald, Nikki. (10 Nov 2018). "Who is Wiki-worthy?". Dominion Post, p. A8.
Macdonald, Nikki. (10 Nov 2018)."Who gets to wear the cloak?". (Notability in Wikipedia, Who's Who, and Queen's Honours.) Dominion Post, p.C1–C2.
Graham-McLay, Charlotte. (17 Nov 2018). "From Encyclopedic Collector to ‘Wikipedian-at-Large’ in New Zealand". New York Times, A6