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Wellington and Christchurch, you have meetups this weekend! If you’re in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, head along on Saturday 📅 7 May, 10am – 12pm 📍 National Library of New Zealand Pipitea Room More info ▶️ w.wiki/EPYb

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A big shout out to everyone contributing to #1Lib1Ref 2025! In collaboration with @wmau.bsky.social, over 1,800 references have been added to Wikipedia, ensuring information is reliable and verifiable 📖 We’re in the final days of the campaign now, but it’s not too late to join! Sign up by 5 June ⬇️

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Earlier this year, two of our experienced NZ editors spoke with RNZ on The Detail about the processes that shape Wikipedia – and now, the Wikimedia Foundation are sharing their kōrero with the world 🌏 Listen here if you missed the interview 👉 www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedeta...

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As they learn to edit Wikipedia, postsecondary students are making small yet meaningful contributions to improve coverage of historically excluded figures in STEM: wikiedu.org/blog/2025/05...

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When the book by historian Elizabeth Cox, Making Space: A History of New Zealand Women in Architecture was published, there were only nine women listed in the Wikipedia category for New Zealand women architects – a number quite at odds with the more than 500 women named in the book.

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Have you tried the Wiki List tool? Here's the third and last of my series of video explainers of tools related to making lists from #Wikidata and #Wikipedia. youtu.be/FHhvcvvFPsA

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Kudos to my colleague @siobhanleachman.bsky.social for writing the article on this threatened moth species back in 2018, and to Landcare Research for releasing a photo under an open licence (and boo to the Herald for violating copyright by not crediting them). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orocram...

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This Sunday is your chance to catch up with Wikipedians around the motu, get some help with any questions, and hear what everyone’s been doing lately. Join the Aotearoa New Zealand Online Meetup, 12–2pm, Sunday 25 May. Details here ▶️ w.wiki/DtFe 📷 Glenn Carstens-Peters, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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There's still time to register for tonight's workshop at 7pm NZST: wikipedia-for-activists-may-2025.lilregie.com/booking/atte...

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Using Petscan to create lists from #Wikipedia and #Wikidata youtu.be/CBCgyF-WAP4

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Thanks to everyone I met at #WikiConChCh over the weekend I had a great time

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This Thursday: Join Wikipedian at Large Dr Mike Dickison to learn about how Wikipedia, one of the most visited websites in the world, provides a useful platform for facts and information that back your message up. 7–8pm, Thursday 22 May Sign up here ➡️ wikipedia-for-activists-may-2025.lilregie.com

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I just registered for Wikidata and Sister Projects, an event held online over 4 days later this month. Many sessions will be recorded. I see @thneed.bsky.social among the speakers. Who is going to join me? @wmau.bsky.social @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:W...

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Leading a night tour and photography walk for the Wikipedians who've arrived in Ōtautahi today for the NZ's annual national WikiCon. #WikiConChch

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Wikipedians from across the motu have gathered today in Ōtautahi Christchurch to connect and share knowledge for #WikiConChch www.wikimedia.nz/christchurch...

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Our #1Lib1Ref campaign with Wikimedia Australia begins tomorrow! We're calling on Librarians and Information Professionals to add one reference to Wikipedia (or more!), helping improve the quality of openly accessible information. Learn more ➡️ www.wikimedia.nz/1lib1ref-2025/

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I spent this morning making an update to my 'how to use Mix'n'match' video, seeing as the sound on the previous one was terrible, and also the tool has been through some changes since 2020. youtu.be/OZXEtUrjJrY #Wikidata

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I'm seeing red! 🎈 I just hit a huge milestone in my project to import all the parks of Christchurch to Wikidata!

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Today only – one of the rarest endemic species in Aotearoa on the front page of Wikipedia! 👀🌳 Thanks to the dedicated efforts of a NZ editor, the article on Bartlett's rātā (Metrosideros bartlettii) is Wikipedia’s featured article for Friday 9 May 2025.

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If you’re in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington and would like to connect with Wiki editors, pick up some new tricks, or just learn what it’s all about – come along to the monthly meetup this Saturday! All welcome. 📅 Saturday 10 May, 10am – 12pm 📍 National Library of New Zealand Programme Rooms

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Just a reminder that on 22 May 7–8pm I'm running a brand-new, free, online webinar on how Wikipedia works, why it's potentially the highest-impact platform you can use to get a message out, and how activists can learn to use it responsibly. Sign up here: wikipedia-for-activists-may-2025.lilregie.com

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It's New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) week from 5–11 May, marking 19 years since NZSL became an official language of Aotearoa NZ. Originally evolving from British Sign Language, NZSL has many unique features, including signs for Māori concepts such as marae and tangi. Learn more ➡️ w.wiki/BKKF

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WANZ member Lucy Schrader is speaking at #NDF25 about how GLAM people make great Wiki editors 👏

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#WomenInRed are working on Revolutionary Women and names beginning with I&J during May. Why not join us? @wmau.bsky.social @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

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Alexander Turnball Library - Survey in 2021 - 85% of people surveyed preferred to use online digital resources to coming in-person to access the original resources. #ndf25

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It's great to be at #NDF25 hearing about how organisations around the motu are connecting technology and culture.

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May 2025 marks 25 years of Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa | NZ Music Month 🎵 Aotearoa has a diverse musical history, from the pre-colonial sounds of waiata and taonga pūoro, to current New Zealand artists such as Lorde and Alien Weaponry achieving international success 🌏

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Wikipedia’s new AI strategy puts humans first. We're using AI to support volunteers, not replace them. By removing technical barriers and enhancing tools, we aim to give volunteers more time for collaboration, context, and consensus. Learn more ➡️ wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/04...

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Throughout history, women have played vital roles in wartime – serving as nurses, signallers, drivers, radio operators, and in intelligence, medical, clerical, and welfare roles.

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Today at 12pm – Connect with other Wikipedia editors around the motu at the monthly Aotearoa New Zealand online meetup. All are welcome! w.wiki/DvH9

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#AnzacDay in New Zealand. I'm remembering Merlin Owen Pasco a fabulous entomologist and collector of type specimens sadly killed near the village of Corbie in France on the 6 August 1918 when he was just 25 years old. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_...

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This image of members of the Māori Battalion performing a haka in Egypt, 1941, was featured as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 25 April 2017. CC0.

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Held on April 22 every year, Earth Day began in an effort to support environmental protection of our planet, following an oil spill off the coast of California. 📷: The unofficial Earth Flag, which includes the Blue Marble photo taken by the crew of Apollo 17. CC0. Learn more 👉 w.wiki/DscF

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If you're an activist, Wikipedia and WikiCommons can help you get the facts out there—if you know how they work, and what the rules are. To help, I'm running a free online workshop on 22 May, 7pm NZST, open to complete beginners. wikipedia-for-activists-may-2025.lilregie.com/booking/atte...

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One month to go until our annual #1Lib1Ref campaign with @wmau.bsky.social kicks off! From 15 May to 5 June, we’re asking Librarians and Information Professionals to add at least one reference to Wikipedia, helping improve the quality of articles on one of the most-read websites in the world.

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Editors in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, your monthly meetup is tomorrow! All welcome, from complete beginners to experienced editors. 📅 Saturday 12 April, 10am – 12pm 📍 National Library of New Zealand Programme Rooms 🔗 w.wiki/DmYs 📸: Public Library, Riddiford Street, Wellington (c 1904-1914)

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Over 2,100 images from the Auckland Museum Henry Winkelmann Collection have been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, including this panorama of Auckland waterfront from 1913. Find out more in the latest This Month in GLAM report ▶️ outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Ne...

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AI-generated content can be found all over the internet. But did you know that AI tools use information from Wikipedia to respond to people’s questions? Take #AWikiMinute to learn more.

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