Editing Wikipedia to understand our past: Enriching Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s local history on Wikipedia[edit]

Abstract/description[edit]

In 2023 Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira received Wikimedia Foundation Alliance funding for a project to enhance and enrich Auckland local history Wikipedia pages and provide resources for teachers and students for the new compulsory Aotearoa New Zealand Histories Curriculum.

This presentation will provide an overview of the second stage of the project which involved four Wikipedia Summer Students working at the Museum creating and editing local history related content. The Summer Students Helen, Harry, Anjuli and Rebecca (Hs17127, Summ23, Worldsgreatestmum and Winnieswikiworld) will discuss the experience, highlights and outcomes of their ten-week internships.

Relationship to ESEAP or to the theme[edit]

This project is an example of collaboration between the Wikimedia Foundation and a GLAM institution to enhance Wikipedia content in New Zealand’s largest city

It is also a future focused project, looking at how Wikipedia can be used as a teaching resource, and how Wikipedia editing can be undertaken at scale to provide for the needs of education audiences.

Finally, it has aliso introduced four new young editors to Wikipedia editing, aiming to provide diverse and under-represented perspectives to the Aotearoa NZ Wikipedia community

Username/s[edit]

Speaker 1: Hs17127 Speaker 2: Summ23 Speaker 3: Worldsgreatestmum Speaker 4: Winnieswikiworld

Session type[edit]

Lecture: 30-45 minutes

Duration[edit]

40 minutes

Session outcomes[edit]

Participants will learn about a large-scale editing project, and how local history can be enhanced to make Wikipedia more useful in a classroom setting
Participants will also hear first-hand experience from newbie Wikipedia editors, and learn about the challenges they faced and the outcomes of their internships