Wikimedia Australia February 2024 Update
This month’s news and happenings includes celebrating volunteer achievements, inspirational projects and new events.
News
Australian Wikimedian hits 100,000 edits!
Australian mentor and dedicated Wikipedian, Ann Reynolds, has recently achieved a significant milestone by completing her 100,000th edit on Wikipedia. Congratulations, Ann!
Know My Name Regional Gallery Tour
In 2024, Wikimedia Australia is partnering with the National Gallery of Australia to support the Know My Name Regional touring exhibition. The exhibition will visit five regional towns with the theme “Making Women Count”. For the first stop on the tour, we visited Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery and held an edit-a-thon. Read the highlights.
The Dowling Collection is now on Wikimedia Commons
The Alice Springs Public Library have successfully uploaded images from their Donald Dowling Collection to Wikimedia Commons. This collection, consisting of over 240 images, primarily relates to World War II in Alice Springs, Hermannsburg and Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory. Read about the project.
The Wikipedia Library
The world's greatest encyclopedia needs access to the world's best sources. The Wikipedia Library allows active editors to access a wide range of collections of paywalled reliable sources for free! Any editor can use the library if they meet a few basic requirements. Find out more about the Library and what’s included here.
Events
- Drop in and Wiki - March 2024 — Wednesday 6 March 2024
Join us for a casual drop-in session, edit Wikipedia, and ask us anything! - Art + Feminism Wiki Edit-a-thon — Saturday 9 March 2024
Head over to Richmond Library and help close the gender gap in Wikipedia articles at the Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. - Online Community Meeting - March 2024 — Wednesday 13 March 2024
Hear from the Wikimedia Australia community and share what you've been working on - Know My Name NGA Wikipedia edit-a-thon — Saturday 16 March 2024
Know My Name edit-athon: help tell a new story of Women in Australian art. - WikiCon Aotearoa/Auckland 2024 — Saturday 23 March 2024
WikiCon Auckland 2024 will be held in Auckland on the weekend of 23–24 March 2024.
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Other things from around the web:
- Wikimedia’s CTO: In the age of AI, human contributors still matter - MIT Technology Review
- Breaking Age Barriers: The 80-Year-Old Librarian Who Became a Wikipedia Powerhouse in Prague - BNN
- Updates from the Indic Oral Culture Project - Diff
- Documenting culture and heritage, one province at a time - Diff
- Guinness World Record Smashed: Polish Wikipedia’s 100-Hour Editing Marathon Unveils the Riches of Poland’s Heritage! - Diff
- Wiktionary: a valuable tool in language preservation - Diff