Wikipedia:Meetup/Christchurch/41

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The Ōtautahi Christchurch monthly meetups are a chance for Wiki people (Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikisource, and so on) to get together, get advice, get collaborations started. Everybody's welcome, beginners or experienced.

Tūranga, Cathedral Square
Sunday, 3 August 2025
12pm midday

This month's event we're shaking it up a bit and doing an informal shared editing session! Come along and get stuck into some wiki-work, or learn from other editors about the things they're working on.

Venue

Tūranga is the city's central library building
We're in the Foundation cafe
The library has free Wifi, but it can be a bit patchy when the library is busy

Attendees

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

David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk)
Giantflightlessbirds (talk)

Apologies

Heather is overseas

What have we been up to?

Giantflightlessbirds: Visited Hobart and talked to a couple of people at the Museum of Old and New Art about a possible Wikipedia collaboration. Gave a public talk on Wikipedia at Kaikōura Museum and ran a workshop on using Wikipedia as an outreach platform with a selection of heritage, District Council, and tourism people—a possibility there'll be more collaboration in the future. Attended the Cantage meetup morning and chatted with Helen Brown of Okains Bay Museum / Ngāi Tahu archives about a visit from one or more Wikipedians.

Upcoming events

Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 August: Akaroa Wiki Weekend. Editing and meetups at the Akaroa Museum, Coronation Library, and Akaroa Library. Wikipedians are welcome to come over for a day or part day, and coordinate with Mike on what's happening.

Outcomes and tips

Have been tipped off that the article on Deon Swiggs (current ECan Deputy Chair) was written by a political ally, so we should examine it for balance. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 05:10, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Discussed a variety of topics, including:

Copyright status of photos of the Queen, and possible strategies for getting freely licensed images of the royal family
Plans for an Akaroa event and an Ashburton event
Organising a possible "Wikipedia 101" session for interested people involved with local history. Possible venue would be the Tūranga computer studio. Could advertise though local orgs and facebook groups.
New Pages Patrol and how to be welcoming to new users without compromising on article quality.
VRT for copyright issues on Commons

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