Wikipedia:GLAM/Australian libraries and WP/Events/City of Sydney First Nations

Wikipedia's lack of diversity among contributors has long been acknowledged.

People are meeting up across the world to help remedy the imbalance and bias in the diversity of voices on Wikipedia. The City of Sydney Library has joined this movement, hosting edit-a-thons to increase and improve content relevant to our diverse communities.

Everyone is welcome to join our edit-a-thon online, presented in partnership with Wikimedia Australia. It will be led by Kirsten Thorpe, Nathan “Mudyi” Sentance, with experienced Wikipedia editors Toby Hudson and Caddie Brain. Kirsten’s professional and research interests relate to Indigenous self-determination in libraries and archives. Nathan works to ensure that the cultural and historical narratives conveyed by memory institutions are being told and controlled by First Nations people. With their help, participants will focus on improving articles of importance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities on Wikipedia.

No experience is necessary to join the edit-a-thon.

Register here.

Event Details

Date: Saturday 10 July 2021
Time: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Online via Zoom
Registrations: https://whatson.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/events/first-nations-wikipedia-edit-a-thon

Event links

Presentation slides

Event Dashboard

Participants

If you do not have a Wikipedia account, please create one here first: click here to create your account. When choosing your username, please keep in mind that using your real name as your Wikipedia user name can carry risks - you may like to use a nickname instead.

To add your Wikipedia username, click Edit source (beside the section heading Participants), then type *~~~~

This will add your Wikipedia username to a bulleted list.

Facilitators:

Participants:

Content

Suggested content is available here. Add your name to the content you would like to work on.

Training and support

Where to begin

Create your user page (if you don't have one already)
- New editors - consider adding a line, "Participating in an editathon on 10 July" and linking to this project page - this will let other editors know that you are just starting out
- More experienced editors are welcome to link to this page too from their user page if they would like to
Choose a topic from the list - either an article to edit or an article to create
Edit the Articles for Creation or Articles for Editing section to put your Wikipedia username against the one you have chosen (talk to Rubicon9bce or another experienced editor if you are having trouble with the table format) and save your changes
Consult the resources listed and the resources being provided
- If you aren't sure about what to include or how to use a reference, check with the facilitators
Make your changes (remember, you must write in your own words unless adding a cited quotation, and must cite your sources) and save
When you are finished with one article, choose another!

Editing Wikipedia articles

Click Edit, either at the top of the article or at the section heading for the section you would like to work on
Enter your text and use the formatting options
Remember that you are working on a live article which others may be reading or editing

Creating Wikipedia articles

You may prefer to work in your Sandbox - this will let you save your work as you go. If you do work in your sandbox, speak to Rubicon49bce when you are ready to "launch"/publish your article

Tips for biographies

Do:

Choose a notable subject
Use neutral language
Be aware of guidelines surrounding articles about living people
Use verifiable, independent sources

Don't

Promote the subject
Use unreliable sources

Resources

First Nations Protocols

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Protocols

Websites

Articles

articles in projects: NSW & Indigenous peoples of Australia

Templates

Template:Indigenous Australians

Newspapers

Koori Mail, a national fortnightly newspaper, has been digitised by AIATSIS (1991-2019)
INFOKOORI is an index to the Koori Mail from May 1991 to July 2016. It is also an index to biographical information from various magazines including: Our Aim (1907-1961), Dawn (1952-1969), New Dawn (1970-1975) and Identity (1971-1982)