Wikipedia:Meetup/Christchurch/38
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.
- Foundation Cafe, ground floor of Tūranga, the Christchurch Central Library (OSM, Google Maps)
- Sunday, 6 April 2025
- 12:00–2:00 pm
Venue
[edit]- The venue sells a variety of café cabinet food, including really good cheese scones and blueberry danish pastries. The coffee is good too. There are vegan and gluten free options as well.
- Internet access is provided through the library "PUBLIC" network, but it can be a bit intermittent at times.
Depending on how you are getting there:
- Car: there are a number of large car park areas nearby operated by Wilsons. There is also on-street parking on Armagh and Colombo Street. All of these are charged by the hour.
- Bicycle: there is a large covered bicycle stand right outside the café with a clear view of the table we normally sit at.
- Public transit: there are bus stops on Manchester Street, which is a short walk away to the east. The Christchurch Bus Interchange is a 10 minute walk away, to the south.
Attendees
[edit]Add your Wikipedia username if you have one. Tip: in Source editing you can just type asterisk-space-three tildes (* ~~~)
Apologies
[edit]- MurielMary (talk) out of town, sorry
- Sameeenz (talk)
Useful links
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- Join the Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand user group
- Wikipedia Aotearoa New Zealand on Facebook
- The Aotearoa Wikipedian at Large project (WP:AoWPAL)
- Wikiproject New Zealand in Wikipedia and Wikidata
- New Zealand Wikipedians' notice board
What have we been up to?
[edit]- Herewhy (talk) is busy busy with Ōtūtereinga, Ōnawe Peninsula pā massacre, Hōne Tikao, Tangatahara and Akaroa Marine Reserve and taiāpure
- Giantflightlessbirds (talk) has been working on Banks Peninsula reserves in March, including articles about Hay, Montgomery, and Kaituna Valley reserves and a photography camping trip to Okains Bay. Busy trying to convince Flickr users to change their licences. WikiCon organisation is continuing, and now trying to recruit facilitators for the most-desired session topics. Also have been working with Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum on their book and photo collections: two new books in Wikisource and new photos by Bobbie Barwell deployed around Wikipedia. The University of Otago Wikipedian in Residence grant is finally underway, and I'm supporting DrThneed in the role.
Upcoming events
[edit]- WikiCon 2025 is in Christchurch, Fri 16 – Sun 18 May: don't forget to register here.
Outcomes and tips
[edit]- Which licence to use in Commons? One of Mike's photos is used in the new Toitū te Whenua book.
- David is developing policy for handling Wikipedia content, and handling COI requests.
- Banks Peninsula politicians Vicki Tahoe-Patten, Tyrone Fields.
Next meetups
[edit]- In May, we have Christchurch WikiCon!